June 7, 2002
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ANDERSON PRIZE. The Marson Anderson Prize in East Asian Literatures, awarded on an occasional basis to truly outstanding dissertations submitted to the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, was given to Miya Lippit. ATLANTIC MONTHLY STUDENT WRITERS' CONTEST. Elizabeth Allison, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, and Samantha Rothman, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, received honorable mentions in the nonfiction category. BECTON PRIZE. The Henry Prentiss Becton Prize for exceptional achievement in research, awarded to a graduate student within the Council of Engineering, was given to Vito Santoro, mechanical engineering. BEINECKE PRIZE. The Frederick W. Beinecke Prize, given to an outstanding doctoral dissertation in the field of Western American history, was awarded to Jay Gitlin. BILDNER ISRAEL AND JEWISH STUDIES TRAVEL FELLOWSHIP. The Robert L. Bildner '72 and Elisa Spungen Bildner '75 Israel and Jewish Studies Travel Fellowship, which provides support for travel to Israel for research or language training or to any other country for research in the field of Jewish studies, was awarded to Raluca Munteanu, political science. BLANSHARD FELLOWSHIP. The Frances Blanshard Fellowship Fund Prize for an outstanding doctoral dissertation submitted to the Department of the History of Art was awarded to Shih-shan Susan Huang. BLISS PRIZE. The Harding Bliss Prize for excellence in engineering and applied science, given each year to a student who has completed the Ph.D. thesis during the current academic year and "who has done most to further the intellectual life of the department," was awarded to Irfan Siddiqi, applied physics. BOONE PRIZE. The Sylvia Arden Boone Prize, established by Vera Wells '71 to honor the memory of Sylvia Boone, the first tenured African-American woman on the Yale faculty, was awarded to Sarah Adams. CHARLES KAO FUND GRANTS. The Charles Kao Fund provides support for summer research in East and Southeast Asia focusing on the impact of technology transfer processes between Asia and the West, and the social, cultural and political transformations in these regions. This year's winners are Kevin Coffey, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies; Seth Cook, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies; Benjamin Hodgdon, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies; Kabir Peay, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies; Colin Smith, anthropology; and Gavin Whitelaw, anthropology. COCA-COLA WORLD FUND AT YALE. The Coca-Cola World Fund at Yale provides summer travel grants for graduate and professional student projects involving applied research or internships overseas that focus on the intersection of at least two of the following fields: international law, international business or management, or international affairs and public policy. Awards were given to Jonathan Akeley, international relations; Margaret Bourdeaux, School of Medicine; Catherine Gunn, international relations; Timothy Kraemer, international relations; Theodore Lanzano, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies; Nicole Maywah, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies; Justin Reed, international relations; Vineeta Yadav, political science; and Jennifer Taylor, international relations. DOWNS FELLOWSHIPS. Wilbur Downs Fellowships support travel for students who undertake biomedical, medical, nursing and public health research in developing countries. Three School of Nursing students were selected as 2002 Downs Fellows. They are: Dylan E. Barnes-Lofti, for travel to Zambia to determine knowledge and attitudes about HIV/AIDS among health educators; Erin Rachel Shawn, for travel to South Africa to measure HIV symptom distress in a rural Zulu community; and Susana J. Westbrook, for travel to South Nicaragua to assess adolescent sexual risk behaviors. EAST ASIAN STUDIES DISSERTATION GRANTS. Eight students received East Asian Studies Dissertation Research Grants, which provide aid to Ph.D. students who expect to pursue research focusing primarily on China, Japan or Korea for their doctoral dissertations during the next academic year. They are Steven Clark, East Asian languages and literatures; Lorraine Paterson, history; Jun Saito, political science; Yumin Sheng, political science; and Akiko Takenaka-O'Brien, history of art. EAST ASIAN STUDIES SUMMER LANGUAGE GRANTS. Four students received East Asian Studies Summer Language Mini Grants for the study of Japanese, Chinese or Korean. They are Geoffrey Cunnar, anthropology; Hiba Hafiz, comparative literature; David A. Knight, East Asian languages and literatures; and Kokkee Tan, East Asian studies. EAST ASIAN STUDIES SUMMER TRAVEL GRANTS. Students receiving East Asian Studies Summer Travel and Research Grants are Allison Alexy, anthropology; James Baskind, religious studies; John Creamer, East Asian languages and literatures; John Delury, history; Jin Gao, comparative literature; Ryan Holmberg, history of art; Natsu Matsuda, political science; Mariko Shigeta, East Asian languages and literatures; and Colin Smith, anthropology. EGLESTON HISTORICAL PRIZE. The George Washington Egleston Historical Prize, given annually to a research student or students of the University, graduate or undergraduate, who shall, by research, discover new facts of importance for American history, or who shall, by existing data, gather information or reach conclusions which from a historical, literary and critical point of view are likely to be useful to anyone interested in the same subject, was awarded to Susanna L. Blumenthal. VICTOR AND SONO ELMALEH AWARD. Bassoonist Peter Kolkay, School of Music, won first prize in the Concert Artists Guild's 51st Annual Competition in New York City. EUROPEAN STUDIES FELLOWSHIPS. European Studies Fellowships, which support training in a European language during the summer, were awarded to Paul Abelsky, history, and Mette Jensen, sociology. EUROPEAN UNION FELLOWSHIPS. European Union Fellowships, which support research focusing on the European Union or European integration, were awarded to Angelica Bernal, political science; Carolyne Davidson, international relations; Willem Maas, political science; Ajay Mathias, School of Management; Marina Mikhaylova, international relations; and Aleksandra Sznajder, political science. FIELD PRIZE. The Theron Rockwell Field Prize for a poetic, literary or religious work was awarded to John W. Monroe, history, for his dissertation "Evidence of Things Not Seen: Spiritism, Occultism and the Search for a Modern Faith in France, 18531925." FIELD RESEARCH GRANTS. Tinker Field Research Grants support master and pre-dissertation field research travel with a clear linkage to issues in Latin America, the Caribbean, Portugal and/or Spain. This year's recipients are Monica Araya, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies; Nicole Ardoin, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies; Kathleen Asas, epidemiology and public health; Kalanit Baumhaft, anthropology; Marina Campos, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies; Richard Chavez, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies; Ryan Crewe, history; Roberto Frau, international relations and School of Forestry and Environmental Studies; Borja Garcia, economics; Ilmi Granoff, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies; Manuella Meyer, history and African American studies; Boris Paiz, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies; Joseph Pikiewicz, School of Architecture; Robert Powell, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies; Emily Sprowls, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies; Brian Stout, epidemiology and public health; Louise Walker, history; and Susanna Westbrook, School of Nursing. FORD PRIZE. The William Ebenezer Ford Prize for achievement in study or research in mineralogy was awarded to Albert Smith Colman, geology and geophysics. FOREIGN LANGUAGE AND AREA STUDIES FELLOWSHIPS. Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships, funded by the U.S. Department of Education Title VI, are awarded to graduate and professional students whose academic work includes foreign language study and whose career plans include teaching, public service or business related to African studies, European studies or international affairs. FLAS Academic Year Fellowships, which fund intermediate or advanced study at Yale, were awarded to Wells Bennett, Russian and East European studies; Timothy Kraemer, international relations; Paulina Kubiak, international relations; Alicia Pascasio, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies; Judd Devermont, African studies; Martina Forgwe, African studies; Justin Reed, international relations; Sarah Schumacher, international relations; and Erica Williams, African studies. FLAS Summer Fellowships, which fund intensive language study over the summer, were awarded to Thomas Barton, history; Ward Blanton, religious studies; Tucker Foehl, American studies; Joseph Hill, anthropology; Angela Rogers, School of Nursing; Michael Jo, history; Manuella Meyer, African American studies and history; Jeffrey Mankoff, history; and Maria Vazquez, Spanish and Portuguese. FOX INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIPS. Fox International Fellowships support research exchanges in economics, political science, international relations, law, business and finance, or contemporary history between Yale and the Free University of Berlin, Moscow State University, Sidney Sussex College of Cambridge University, Tokyo University Graduate School, Fudan University in Shanghai, Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris and El Colegio de Mexico. This year's recipients are Joshua Guild, African American studies; Matthew Light, political science; and Anita Seth, history. FULBRIGHT FELLOWSHIPS. Three graduate students have been named Fulbright Research Fellows for 20022003. They are: Thomas Conners, linguistics, to study the historical development of a mountain dialect spoken by the Tengger people in Java; Steve (Suk Bae) Rhee, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, to study the politics of forestry from an anthropological perspective in Indonesia; and Grace Wang, epidemiology and public health, to conduct research on health care services at National Taiwan University in Taipei. GATZKE PRIZE. The Hans Gatzke Prize, given to the outstanding dissertation in a field of European history based upon the recommendation of the history department, was awarded to Mark Irvan Choate. GLOBALIZATION AND SELF DETERMINATION PROJECT GRANTS. The Globalization and Self Determination Project provides pre-dissertation grants for projects with a focus on the future of the nation-state in the global economy, the activities of international financial institutions, or the relationships between globalization and economic and/or political decentralization. This year's recipients are Ahmed Afzal, anthropology; Angelica Bernal, political science; Kwesi Sansculotte-Greenidge, African studies; Yumin Sheng, political science; and Aleksandra Sznajder, political science. HEINZ SCHOLARSHIPS. The Teresa Heinz Scholars for Environmental Research program provides support for doctoral dissertations and student research projects that explore emerging environmental problems and their solutions. Two Ph.D. candidates from the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies received $10,000 grants: Pamela McElwee, for "Lost Worlds and Local People: The Effects of Migration, Land Tenure and Ethnicity on Natural Resources Use Around Protected Areas"; and Steve Rhee, for "Intent and Consequence: Examining Forestry Institutions and Community Management in Indonesia." Three master's candidates received $5,000 grants: Elizabeth Gordon, for "The Bushmeat Crisis and the Great Apes: Working Toward a More Integrated Decision-Making Process"; Christopher Menone, for "Urban Environmental Sustainability Metrics: Developing Goals for Green Cities"; and Elizabeth Shapiro, for "Interdisciplinary Agroecological Research as a Tool for Conservation Planning." HENRY HART RICE FELLOWSHIP. The Henry Hart Rice Foreign Residence Fellowships support students in the humanities and social sciences for work, research or study in countries that have not been traditional allies of the United States. This year's recipient is Margaret Bourdeaux, School of Medicine, who will study the impact of the Humanitarian Initiative in Kosovo on child health and survival. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS TRAVEL GRANTS. International Relations Summer Travel Grants are available to students in the master's program in international relations to support unpaid internships or research projects involving international travel. Grants were awarded to Jonathan Akeley, Huan Gao, Hye-Jung Hwang, Akiko Kageyama, Timothy Kraemer, Paulina Kubiak, Tanvi Madan, Marina Mikhaylova, Hugh Morely, Sushant Mukherjee, Brandon Prelogar, Aaron Rak, Toshihiko Shimizu, Jennifer Taylor and Xue Wang. LATIN AMERICAN AND IBERIAN STUDIES TRAVEL GRANTS. Latin American and Iberian Studies Travel Grants providing support for conducting research or study abroad in Latin America, the Caribbean, Portugal or Spain were awarded to Christiane Ehringhaus, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies; Vladimir Gil, anthropology; Helena Hansen, anthropology; and Andrew Mathews, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and anthropology. LEITNER INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY SUMMER AWARDS. The Georg Walter Leitner Program in International Political Economy, which funds research on international political economy, has awarded fellowships to Elizabeth Addonizio, political science; Anat Bracha, economics; Sharon Jackson, African studies; Natsu Matsuda, political science; Yumin Sheng, political science; Vineeta Yadav, political science; and Ilmi Granoff, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. LIGHT FELLOWSHIPS. The Richard U. Light Fellowships at Yale support language study at approved sites in East Asia for a summer, term or academic year. Recipients of summer fellowships are: for study in China or Taiwan, Ryan Holmberg, history of art; and Johanna Ransmeier, history; and for study in Japan, Allison Alexy, anthropology; Jin Gao, comparative literature; Andrew Lemon, economics; and Gavin Whitelaw, anthropology. Recipients of both summer and term or academic year awards are: for study in China or Taiwan, Kimberly Woody, Law School; and for study in Japan, Jenny Yoo, School of Architecture. LINDSAY FELLOWSHIPS. Lindsay Fellowships for Research in Africa, which fund summer research designed to increase the understanding of Africa, were awarded to the following graduate students: Katie Binetti, anthropology; Laura Harley, epidemiology and public health; Sharon Jackson, African studies; Moon-Hee Lee, anthropology; Mwatsveruka Munhutu, epidemiology and public health; Jordano Quaglia, Spanish and Portuguese; Kwesi Sansculotte-Greenidge, African studies; Amelia Shaw, epidemiology and public health and African studies; and Monica Wakefield, anthropology. NIARCHOS FELLOWSHIPS. Stavros S. Niarchos Research Fellowships, which supports research focusing on post-classical or modern Greece and its larger interactions with its neighbors in the European and Balkan regions and beyond, were awarded to Elena Boeck, history of art, and Vassileios Marinis, Divinity School. NICHOLAS PRIZES. John Spangler Nicholas (1921 Ph.D.) Prizes, awarded annually to outstanding doctoral candidates in experimental zoology, were given to Michael H. Buszczak, molecular, cellular and developmental biology; and Giovanna Serino, molecular, cellular and developmental biology. NORTHWEST GUITAR FESTIVAL COMPETITION. Guitarist Daniel Corr, School of Music, won the 2002 Northwest Guitar Festival Competition. ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN HISTORIANS AWARDS. The Huggins-Quarles Award for minority graduate students at the doctoral dissertation research stage was given to Françoise Nicole Hamlin, African American studies, for "The Book Hasn't Closed, The Story Isn't Finished: Continuing Histories of the Civil Rights Movement." The Lerner-Scott Prize for the best doctoral dissertation in U.S. women's history was given to Lisa G. Materson, history, for "Respectable Partisans: African American Women in Electoral Politics, 1877 to 1936." The Horace Samuel and Marion Galbraith Merrill Travel Grants in 20th-Century American Political History for younger scholars doing research in Washington, D.C., was given to Adriane D. Smith, history, for "All Things Sacred: African Americans and the First World War." ORVILLE PRIZE. The Philip M. Orville Prize, awarded to graduate students in geology in recognition of outstanding research and scholarship in the earth sciences, was given to Dana Lee Royer. PEYRE PRIZE. The Marguerite A. Peyre Prize, awarded at the discretion of the chair of the French department to a student in that department, was given to Patricia Gallagher. PORTER PRIZE. The John Addison Porter Prize is awarded for a work of scholarship in any field where it is possible, through original effort, to gather and relate facts or principles, or both, and to present the results in such a literary form as to make the project of general human interest. The prize was given to Josiah W. Osgood, classics, for his dissertation "The Missing Years: Italy 4429 B.C." SHYROCK MEDAL. The Shyrock Medal, given by the American Association for the History of Medicine for the best graduate student paper/article in the history of medicine, was awarded to Amir Arsalan Afkhami, history, for his essay "Infection, Jihad and Achieving the Virtues of Civilization: The 18891892 Cholera and Influenza Epidemics and Their Social Impact on Iran." SOROS FELLOWSHIPS. Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans supporting up to two years of graduate study in any discipline were awarded to Tali Farhadian, Law School; Daphna Renan, Law School; and Julie Suk, Law School. SOUTHEAST ASIA STUDIES SUMMER AWARDS. Southeast Asia Studies Summer Awards support research for students with a demonstrated commitment to the field of Southeast Asia studies. This year's recipients are Kevin Coffey, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies; Brian Goldberg, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies; Yudi Iskandarsyah, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies; Takeshi Ito, political science; Betony Jones, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies; Charles Keith, history; Florence Miller, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies; Jonathan Padwe, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies; Richard Payne, anthropology; Kabir Peay, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies; Katherine Wilson, epidemiology and public health; and Laura Meitzner Yoder, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. WOLFGANG PRIZES. Richard Wolfgang Prizes, awarded each year for the best doctoral theses by graduating chemistry students, was given to Steve Corcelli and George Moniz. WRIGHT PRIZE. The Arthur and Mary Wright Prize, given for an outstanding dissertation in the field of history outside the United States or Europe based upon the recommendation of the history department, was awarded to Raymond B. Craib. YCIAS DISSERTATION RESEARCH GRANTS. YCIAS Dissertation Research Grants provide funds to Ph.D. candidates for research on their doctoral dissertations in international relations, history or the social sciences. The award recipients are Alissa Ardito, political science; Jennifer Boittin, history; Benjamin Brand, music; Thomas Conners, linguistics; Eva Garen, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies; Mette Jensen, sociology; Daniel Lanpher, history; Jovana Lazic, history; Roger Levine, history; Jaime Lluch, political science; Cheryl Margoluis, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies; Sylvia Mitraud, sociology; Heather Peckham, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies; Gabriel Reynolds, religious studies; Suk (Steve) Rhee, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies; Robert Rosenswig, anthropology; Colin Smith, anthropology; Aleksandra Sznajder, political science; Julie Velasquez Runk, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies; Diane Whitney, anthropology; and Laura Yoder, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.
YCIAS PRE-DISSERTATION RESEARCH GRANTS. YCIAS Pre-Dissertation Mini Research Grants provide aid to graduate students in international relations, history or social sciences for pre-doctoral dissertation research. Grants were awarded to Seth Curley, anthropology; Jens-Uwe Guettel, history; Robin Hayes, African American studies; Takeshi Ito, political science; Sharon Jackson, African studies; Larissa Leclair, African studies; Emily Margarette, anthropology; Robert Morrissey, history; David "Quint" Newcomer, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies; Emma Ross, history of art; Kwesi Sansculotte-Greenidge, African studies; Amelia Shaw, African studies; Harsha Thirumurthy, economics; and Monica Wakefield, anthropology.
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