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Fulbright Fellows by Field of Study
2004-2005



Acting

Ms. Francesca Carlin
      Russia
      Ensemble Building through the Russian Theatre
Mr. Ben Spatz
      Poland
      Polish Physical Theater

African History

Ms. Abigail N. Jackson
      South Africa
      Tracing the African-American and Afro-Caribbean Presence in South Africa
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African Languages And Literatures

Mr. Lowell A. Brower
      Tanzania
      Myths and Tales of the Swahili Coast
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African Politics

Mr. Daniel M. Hoyle
      Nigeria
      Oil Politics and Community Organizing in the Niger Delta
Mr. Adam E. Keith
      Ghana
      The Role of Foreign NGOs in Ghana's Civil Society
Mr. Oliver P. Tuholske
      Senegal
      Political Influence of Senegal's Marabouts: Potentates or Spiritual Counselors?
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African Studies

Ms. Heather E. Barr
      United Kingdom
      Application of Principles of Self-determination in U.K. Provision of Aid to Africa
Ms. Joanna E. Friedman
      Senegal
      Microfinance Loans to Women
Mr. Xavier O. Livermon
      South Africa
      The Politics of Popular Music in Post-Apartheid South Africa
Mr. Joshua S. Tetrick
      Nigeria
      Implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC): Indigenous Children and the Right to an Education
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Agriculture

Miss Caitlin S. Boon
      United Kingdom
      Food Policy from a British Perspective
Ms. Karen A. Cichy
      Colombia
      Improving the Sustainability of Common Bean Production
Miss Molly V. Clinehens
      Peru
      How to Cultivate Participation in Urban Agriculture Projects
Ms. Judith I. Joffe- Block
      Mexico
      Opportunities for Mexico's Small Farmers
Ms. Jennifer A. Keahey
      Latvia
      The Steps the Three Sectors are Taking to Develop Profitable, Locally-driven Agriculture
Ms. Kristin L. Mercer
      Mexico
      Evolution of Maize Landraces in Mexico
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Anthropology

Mr. Ryan T. Adams
      Brazil
      The Social Context of Land Use Change: Soybean Expansion, Decision-making, and Social Impact
Mr. Hesham S. Alim
      Egypt
      Shaabi Music and Culture in Contemporary Cairo: An Ethnographically-informed Linguistic and Cultural Analysis
Ms. Ana M. Araujo
      Brazil
      Economic Difference and Alternative Visions of Development in the Brazilian Sertao
Ms. Diana B. Baker
      Morocco
      Gender-based Differences in Moroccan Migration For Employment
Ms. Mara D. Bernstein
      Ireland
      The Anthropology of Tourism on Achill Island
Ms. Catherine E. Bolten
      Sierra Leone
      Livelihood and Reintegration in Northern Sierra Leone
Ms. Alison S. Borek
      Spain
      Spain's Fertility Rate
Miss Kathryn V. Boswell
      Burkina Faso
      Migration and Repatriation in Southern Burkina Faso
Ms. Sarah E. Carpenter
      Turkey
      Community Identities and the Growth and Development of the Tourism Industry
Mr. Nishaant Choksi
      India
      Theories of Globalization's Impact on Democratic Politics and the Emerging Voices of Marginalized Groups
Mr. Andrew Conroe
      Indonesia
      Rethinking Student Activism and the Everyday in Contemporary Indonesia
Mr. Nathan L. Converse
      Ecuador
      Ethnodevelopment: an Alternative to Development
Mr. Matthew A. Cook
      India
      Writing and Power in British Sindh
Miss Yolanda D. Covington
      Democratic Republic Of Congo
      BaKongo Performances as Embodied History
Ms. April M. Crabtree
      Poland
      Role of Education in Genocide's Aftermath for Reconstruction and Reharmonization
Ms. Amy L. Crumly
      Spain
      Social Action and Identities: Gender and Nationalism in Basque Women's Associations
Mr. Jason A. Danely
      Japan
      The Effects of Aging and Religious Experience in Japanese Society
Ms. Anneke M. Deluycker
      Peru
      Behavioral Ecology and Conservation of the Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey in a Cloud Forest
Ms. Abigail A. Dumes
      France
      Female Cameroonian Immigrants in Paris
Ms. Valerie E. Foster
      Tanzania
      Land Rights, Food Security, and HIV/AIDS in Kagera Region: An Ethnographic Analysis of HIV/AIDS Widows
Mr. Matthew S. Goldberg
      Brazil
      Predictive Genetic Testing Among the Urban Poor in Brazil
Mr. Trevor A. Goldsmith
      Spain
      Building Communities and Community Buildings in Barcelona
Ms. Alexia Green
      Jordan
      Jordanian Youth and Mobile Phones
Ms. Jessica L. Hackett
      India
      The Transmission of Tradition, Knowledge and Techniques of Midwives in Rural Maharasthra
Mrs. Dinah R. Hannaford
      Italy
      A Cultural Analysis of the Senegalese Community in Italy
Mr. Andrew W. Haxby
      Nepal
      The Tamang Christian
Ms. Christine M. Hegel
      Egypt
      Legal Consciousness in Egypt
Ms. Elisabeth A. Hildebrand
      Ethiopia
      The Archaeology of Agricultural Origins in Southwest Ethiopia
Mr. Jason W. Ingersoll
      China
      Understanding the Spread of Psychiatric Disorder in Global Context: The Rise of Depression in China
Mr. Michael J. Issa
      Syria
      Culture and Bioanthropology and the Influence of Religion on Behavior
Mr. Graham M. Jones
      France
      Trades of the Trick: Apprenticeship and Innovation among French Magicians
Mr. Jeremy M. Koster
      Nicaragua
      Biodiversity and Indigenous Hunting in the Bosawas Biosphere Reserve
Ms. Alana B. Libow
      Bolivia
      Microfinance and the Socio-Economic Development of Aymara Women
Ms. Nicole C. List
      Senegal
      Green Cities: Access to Land for Urban Agriculture
Mr. Bertin M. Louis
      Bahamas
      Haitian Baptism Across Borders: An Ethnographic Study of Diaspora, Religious Practice and Missionary Work in the United States and Haiti
Ms. Victoria H. Luong
      Vietnam
      Images of Childbirth and Motherhood in the Era of "Doi Moi"
Mr. Ian M. Lyons
      China
      Yunnan Minority Folklore Traditions on the Ancient Tea-horse Road
Mr. Edgar Martin Del Campo
      Mexico
      Polysemic Analysis of the Nagual in Post-colonial Mexican Folklore
Miss Jeanne E. Miller
      Ethiopia
      The Sheikh Hussein Pilgrimage: Rituals, Social Behavior, and Commerce
Ms. Noelle J. Mole
      Italy
      Gender, Language and Social Change in Italy
Ms. Nona D. Moskowitz
      Japan
      Marginal versus Mainland Selves: Identity Construction on Chichijima Island
Ms. Paula Paoli
      Honduras
      An Ethnography on the Garifuna's Ethnobotanic Healing Practices
Miss Yadira Perez
      Dominican Republic
      Construction of Whiteness among Japanese Dominicans
Ms. Ariana Pitchon
      Chile
      Comparative Aquaculture Strategies and Social-ecological Resilience
Mr. Daniel E. Renfrew
      Uruguay
      Lead Contamination, Environmental Politics, and State Interventions
Ms. Miriam Robinson Gould
      Morocco
      Authenticity, Tourism, and Performance in the Djemaa al-Fna
Ms. Juliette R. Rogers
      France
      Food Politics in the European Union: Agency and Implications for Identity in Normandy
Mr. Jacob R. Saunders
      Poland
      The Changing Politics and Dynamics of the Family in Post-socialist Poland
Ms. Stephanie A. Savell
      Benin
      Tourism Among the Otammari of Northwestern Benin
Miss Carey E. Scheerer
      Honduras
      Gendered Perspectives of HIV/AIDS in Garifuna Communities of Honduras
Miss Seema D. Shah
      India
      Women's Health and Traditional Medicine
Ms. Elana S. Shever
      Argentina
      The Cultural Politics of Refinement in Cutral Co/Plaza Huincul
Mr. Marc D. Shur
      Kenya
      Hormones, Infanticide and Friendship Bonds
Ms. Leila S. Sievanen
      Indonesia
      Changing Institutional Assemblages and Patterns of Resource Utilization and Access among Maritime Communities in Bunaken National Park
Ms. Jennifer N. Sime
      Spain
      Pilgrimage Tours and Ethnographic Observation of the Shrine and Cathedral in Santiago de Compostela and its Environs
Ms. Trangdai N. Tranguyen
      Sweden
      The Vietnamese Stockolm Project Home (VSP): Vietnamese Narratives of Transnationalism
Miss Olivia- Thao P. Vo
      Vietnam
      The Effects of Children with Birth Defects on Vietnamese Family Structure
Mrs. Jessie A. Wallner
      Nepal
      Musical Form and Function among the Three Sakya-pa Sub-sects of Tibetan Buddhism
Mr. Gavin H. Whitelaw
      Japan
      Emergence and Proliferation of Convenience Stores
Ms. Anna J. Willow
      Canada
      Politics, Sovereignty, and Cultural Revitalization in a Changing Landscape-Asubpeeschoseewagong (Grassy Narrows), Ontario
Ms. Emily E. Zeamer
      Thailand
      Responses to the Ambiguous Figure of Teh Nun in Thai Society
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Archeology

Ms. Hilary W. Becker
      Italy
      North Etruscan Economy, 6th to 3rd C, BC
Ms. Kristine M. Bruner
      Croatia
      Prehistoric Mobility Patterns and Exchange Networks: Evidence from Vindija Cave
Miss Jessica H. Craig
      Guatemala
      Proyesto San Bartolo: The Reconstruction of Ritual Behavior Over Time
Ms. Beverly N. Goodman
      Israel
      Tel Abu Hawam: A Bronze Age Coastal Reconstruction
Ms. Jane Hickman
      Greece
      Gold and Silver Jewelry of the Early Bronze Age Aegean
Mr. Marc N. Levine
      Mexico
      The Tututepec Archaeological Project: Investigating a Prehispanic Empire in Oaxaca
Ms. Heidi M. Luchsinger
      Argentina
      Ancient Landscapes and Environments of the Earliest Argentines
Ms. Susan E. Maguire
      Canada
      Archaeology of National Identity at Political Borders
Ms. Jennifer J. Piro
      Armenia
      Pastoralism and Emergent Societal Complexity in Early Bronze Age Armenia
Ms. Teresa P. Raczek
      India
      Early Indian Technologies and Economies through the Medium of Stone Tools or Lithics
Mr. Anthony H. Ruter
      Denmark
      High-resolution Sediment and Microfossil Record from the Tisso
Mr. Timothy D. Sullivan
      Mexico
      Archeological Investigations in the Chiapa de Corzo Hinterlands
Ms. Jessica C. Thompson
      South Africa
      Faunal Analysis of Blombos Cave and the Origins of Modern Human Behavior
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Architecture

Mr. Nicola C. Depace
      Italy
      The Emissarium: An Ancient Roman Conduit Brought to Light
Miss Maria L. Durana
      India
      Indigenous Architecture in India and its Role in Post-disaster Reconstruction
Ms. Oona J. Gabersek
      Slovenia
      Redefine Outdoor Recreation and Tourism in Bovec
Mr. Andrew T. Marcus
      Spain
      The Legacy of Traditional Catalan Construction in Contemporary Spain
Mr. Peter Olshavsky, Iv
      Canada
      Synesthetic Architecture
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Area Studies

Mr. Christopher A. Baker
      Kazakhstan
      Historical Writing in Post-Soviet Kazakhstan
Miss Stephanie A. Ford
      New Zealand
      Theory and Practical Application of Cultural Heritage Management
Mr. Patrick A. Francis
      Kazakhstan
      Conversations with Oralmandar: Recording the Experiences of Mongolia's Repatriated Kazakhs
Mr. Jeffrey P. Kim
      China
      Sociocultural Dynamics of the Korean Ethnic Identity within Tianjin and Yandian
Mr. Cheng- Un S. Lam
      Uzbekistan
      Language, Culture and Nation-building in Uzbekistan
Ms. Stefania Patinella
      Italy
      Seed to Table: Lessons from Italy's Cultural Resistance to Industrial Food
Mr. Jann M. Ronis
      China
      An Institutional History of Nyingma Monasticism in Eastern Tibet between the 17th and 19th C
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Art And Architectural History

Ms. Mariana G. Aguirre
      Italy
      Art and Architectural History
Mrs. Andaleeb B. Banta
      Italy
      Bernardo Stozzi and Early 17th C Genoa
Ms. Amy Bryzgel
      Latvia
      Latvian Artist since the Thaw and Negotiated Issues of National and Artistic Identity in their Work
Ms. Jessica E. Buskirk
      Netherlands
      The Presence of Contemporary Patrons in the Holiest of Scenes
Ms. Caroline Chen
      China
      The Development of Imperial Parks in Beijing: Three Qing Case Studies, 1639-1911
Ms. Catherine Demavivas
      Thailand
      Art and Collaboration in Chiang Mai
Miss Katherine M. Dimitroff
      Belgium
      Unraveling Christ's Passion: Iconography in a Flemish Medieval Tapestry Set
Mr. Brian C. Haman
      Austria
      The Art of Alfred Kubin
Mr. Trevor M. Helminski
      Germany
      The Stage Photography of Ruth Berlau
Miss Claudia A. Leos
      Mexico
      Mexican Colonial and Latin American Modern Art
Ms. Andrea C. Lepage
      Ecuador
      Arts of the Franciscan Colegio de San Andres in Quito
Ms. Melanie D. Michailidis
      Uzbekistan
      Transition from Zoroastrianism to Isla as Manifested in Funerary Architecture
Ms. Jill M. Pederson
      Italy
      Leonardo's Circle: Studies in Painting and Court Culture in Renaissance Milan, 1480-99
Mr. Igor A. Rodriguez
      Colombia
      Visual Cultures in Colombia
Mr. Jeffrey T. Saletnik
      Germany
      Creativity Across Disciplines: Bauhaus Pedagogy and Musical Composition
Mr. Samir S. Shah
      Sri Lanka
      Critical Vernacular Architecture and National Identity
Mr. Anthony E. Stellaccio
      Lithuania
      Lithuania's Post-communist Ceramic Art
Miss Lisa M. Tannenbaum
      Switzerland
      History of Bathing in Switzerland
Mr. Allen K. Taylor
      Germany
      New Ways of Seeing: Photographic Culture in 1920's Germany
Ms. Rachel M. Terp
      Argentina
      Public Monuments and Nation Building in 19 C Buenos Aires
Mr. James C. Terry
      Mexico
      Maya Architecture of Chicanna and the Central Yucatan
Mr. Robin L. Thomas
      Italy
      Charles of Bourbon's Naples
Ms. Natalie O. Trojan
      Ukraine
      Lviv: Historic Preservation in a City Ten Years after Communism
Ms. Christine T. Vu
      Vietnam
      Vietnam, Art and Architectural History
Ms. Elizabeth A. Watson
      Uruguay
      Debating Montevideo: The Views of Vilamajo and Torres-Garcia, 1930-49
Mr. Ryan Welch
      Russia
      Art and Architectural History
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Astronomy

Ms. Katherine A. Brutlag
      Japan
      Modern Japanese Astronomical Science and Scientific Japanese
Mr. Matthew J. Miller
      Iceland
      Astronomy, Geosciences and International Relations
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Biology

Mr. Allen C. Bateman
      Norway
      Water Channel Proteins in the Brain
Mr. Daniel P. Benesh
      Finland
      The Evolution of a Peculiar Genus of Parasites
Mr. Justin J. Brumbaugh
      Germany
      Native Chemical Ligation: Bimolecular Tools for Analysis of Lipid-mediated Protein Translocation and Cellular Signaling
Ms. Amanda N. Cass
      Australia
      A Developmental Perspective on the Evolution of Flatfishes
Ms. Elizabeth R. Congdon
      Venezuela
      Natal dispersal and new group formation in capybaras
Ms. Hilliary E. Creely
      Germany
      Human-specific Neurological Traits
Miss Adrienne A. Dolberry
      Germany
      A Novel Protein Found in Stationary-Phase Cyanobacteria: Survival vs. Death Mediator?
Ms. Christen Fornadel
      Australia
      An Epidemiological Examination of Hydatid Disease
Miss Stephanie M. Freer
      Germany
      Ethanol Tolerance in Drosphila Melangaster
Mr. Jeffrey M. Friedman
      Brazil
      Biochemistry of Dengue Virus Infection
Mr. Gregory A. Gambetta
      Mexico
      Isolation and Characterization of Novel Genes Affecting Root Development in Plants
Miss Pamela R. Gehring
      Germany
      Pathophysiological Events Leading to Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Ms. Magdalena A. Gutowska
      Germany
      The Threat of Increasing CO2 Levels in Marine Ecosystems: the role of CO2 in Metabolic Equilibria
Ms. Chrisann Kyi
      Thailand
      The Population Genetics of the Malaria Mosquito along the Thailand-Myanmer Border
Ms. Jessica L. Macmanus
      Namibia
      The Effects of Social Interaction, Hormones, and Behavior on the Estrus Cycle of Cheetahs
Miss Retsina Meyer
      Norway
      Mental Mapping Inertia and the Involvement of the CA3 Subfield in Memory Retrieval
Mr. Ian S. Pearse
      Germany
      Chemical Ecology in Jena
Miss Brooke E. Penaluna
      Chile
      Farmed Salmon Spawning in the Southern Chilean Lakes
Miss Keiko Y. Petrosky
      Germany
      Interactions of Scaffolding Proteins Containing L27 Domains and their Role in Synaptic Assembly
Mr. Anand Reddi
      South Africa
      Molecular Profiling of HIV/TB Co-infection using DNA Microarrays in KwaZulu-Natal
Mr. Florian B. Reyda
      Brazil
      Diversity and Host Specificity in the Tapeworms of Freshwater Stingrays
Ms. Hannah T. Reynolds
      France
      Microbial Influence on Colonial Recognition in Fungus-Growing Ants
Ms. Amy E. Rogers
      Ecuador
      Improving The Ecological Efficacy of Reforestation Efforts
Miss Katrina C. Schmidt
      Germany
      Biomedical Research
Miss Maryalice H. Walker
      South Africa
      Conserving an African Bat (Myotis Tricolor)
Ms. Ifreke B. Williams
      Trinidad & Tobago
      Elimination of Risk Factors Associated with HIV/AIDS or Heart Disease
Ms. Monica Y. Willis
      Italy
      The Mechanism of Action of Estrogen on Neurons
Miss Kimberly A. Zaia
      Sweden
      Identifying Neuroprotective Genes in Mosue Models of Brain Trauma
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Botany

Mr. Melvin D. Bolton
      Netherlands
      Host-parasite Genetics in Soybean
Ms. Laura B. Vary
      Madagascar
      Discovering Diversity in the Sexual Systems of Malagasy Flora
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Business/economics

Miss Carrie A. Clyne
      China
      Globalization and American Investment in China
Ms. Hilary L. Jones
      Brazil
      Cooperative Globalization? Uruguayan and Brazilian Agricultural Co-ops' Responses to MERCOSUR
Ms. Amy J. Kirschenbaum
      Argentina
      Trade in Services within MERCOSUR and Implications for FTAA Negotiations
Mr. Dario Olivas
      Mexico
      Binational Business Study and Internship
Ms. Melissa C. Tilghman
      Uruguay
     
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Business/management

Mr. James P. Allwein
      Greece
      The Modernization of the Athens Stock Exchange
Mr. Robin M. Bot-miller
      Mexico
      Binational Business Study and Internship
Miss Wing- Yan Choi
      Hong Kong
      Underpriced IPOs in the Hong Kong Stock Market
Ms. Mary A. Fallon
      Mexico
      Binational Business Study and Internship
Ms. Tesia M. Hostetler
      Spain
      International MBA Program
Miss Abigail Jensen
      Mexico
      Binational Business Study and Internship
Ms. Crystal E. Millican
      Mexico
      Binational Business Study and Internship
Mr. David M. Negard
      Taiwan
      Synergy of Cultural Barriers to Achieve Global Productivity
Mr. Joshua S. Peters
      United Kingdom
      Interface of Technology and Policy
Miss Tiffany R. Putimahtama
      Mexico
      Binational Business Study and Internship
Mr. Eduardo Rivas
      Mexico
      Binational Business Study and Internship
Mr. David M. Toal
      Bulgaria
      The Effect of International Visitors on the Bulgarian Domestic Tourism Industry
Miss Leslie J. Van Howe
      Mexico
      Binational Business Study and Internship
Ms. Sandra I. Wang
      Spain
      International MBA Program
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Canadian Studies

Ms. Erin L. Barnhart
      Canada
      A Collection of Case Studies on British Columbia's Volunteer Centers
Ms. Sarah M. Fornia
      Canada
      The Appropriation of Native Art in Anne Cameron's Work
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Chemistry

Mr. Charles P. Allen
      Spain
      Synthesis of Bioorganomatallic Compounds
Miss Anna R. Beck
      Austria
      Aerosol Source Analysis and Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation
Ms. Margaret M. Elvekrog
      Sweden
      Radical Generation in Model Metalloradical Protein Systems
Ms. Wendy S. Iskenderian
      Switzerland
      Synthesis and Characterization of Buckybowl Systems
Mr. David M. Johnson
      Germany
      Organometallic Catalysis: Half-Sandwich Complexes as Catalysts for Polymerization of Alpha-Olefins
Ms. Natasha L. Keith
      Argentina
      Elucidation of the Quality Control of Protein Folding: Studies on CNX/CRT and Grp78/BiP Chaperone Systems
Miss Stephanie L. Nemeth
      Germany
      Building a Global Perspective in Environmental Chemistry
Mr. Jonathan D. Power
      Germany
      Determination of the Folding Mechanisms of Two-Domain Proteins
Ms. Miriam M. Quintal
      Israel
      The Merging of Synthesis and Theory: Understanding Metalloaromatic Systems
Ms. Brooke A. Rosenzweig
      Italy
      The Residaul Effects of Gel Cleaning Systems on Oil Paintings
Miss Katherine E. Stainken
      Germany
      Atmospheric Chemistry and the Environment
Ms. Elizabeth M. Szilagyi
      Hungary
      Theoretical Study of CO2 Activation with Transition Metal Complexes
Ms. Emily D. Whitesel
      Chile
      Protein Kinases' Role in the Regulation of Cell Division in Cancer
Ms. Kristine M. Yu
      Germany
      Synchronization of Glycolytic Oscillations in Yeast Cell Populations
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Classical Languages And Literature

Mr. Seth G. Bernard
      Greece
      Classical Languages and Literature
Mr. Jason C. Pedicone
      Germany
      The Pilgrim's Primers: The Influence of the Mirabilia Urbis Romae on the Medieval Guidebook Tradition
Miss Jennifer L. Stahl
      Germany
      The Hellenistic Roots of Pre-Constantine Christianity
Mr. Sanjaya Thakur
      Greece
      The Agustan Building Program in Athens
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Communications

Ms. Arlene L. Birt
      Netherlands
      Visual Explanation of Product Life-Cycles
Mr. Harry L. Charalambides
      Iceland
      Communicating Culture through Film: An Analysis of the Icelandic Refunds Act, no. 43/1999.
Ms. Zeta C. Hall
      Morocco
      The Narrow Streets of the Medina: Argumentation, Women, and Sharia
Ms. Jenessa G. Hunter
      Germany
      German Response to the Role of English in German Advertising
Miss Lacey J. Jacobs
      Germany
      Advertising and Public Relations in Germany
Miss Reah C. Johnson
      Bahrain
      News Creation amid Democratic Reforms in Bahrain
Mr. Thomas E. Maguire
      Egypt
      Satellite Television and Islamic Authority
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Comparative Literature

Ms. Sophia F. Beal
      Mozambique
      Art as Liberation in Mia Couto's Fiction
Ms. Alexis C. Briley
      Germany
      German Comic Literature: Theory to Translation
Miss Bryn R. Rosenfeld
      Russia
      Russian Prose and the Spanish Civil War
Mr. Lucas W. Stratton
      Russia
      Synesthesia in Fin-de-Siecle Russian Music, Literature, and Visual Arts, 1890-1917
Miss Deberniere J. Torrey
      Korea, South
      Early Modernizing Forces in 19th C Korean Literature
Mr. Saul R. Zaritt
      Israel
      Israeli Literature: The Fantastical Found
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Comparative Politics

Mr. Jeremy J. Albright
      Spain
      The Responsiveness and Accountability of Democratic Institutions to the Public
Mr. Leonardo R. Arriola
      Ethiopia
      Ethiopia's Party System: An Examination of Electoral Rules and Social Cleavages
Mr. Barak D. Hoffman
      Tanzania
      The Impact of Foreign Aid on Democracy
Mr. Charles E. Kiamie, Iii
      Jordan
      Fringe Benefits? Political Disconnection, Islamists and Democratization in Jordan
Mr. Thomas J. Scotto
      Canada
      The "Meaning" of Partisanship in Canada
Ms. Elizabeth A. Stein
      Brazil
      The Media's Effects on Political Activism in Democratizing Nations
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Conducting

Mr. Charles W. Kamm
      Finland
      Choral Conducting, Repertoire and Traditions in Finland
Ms. Annunziata Tomaro
      Germany
      The German Orchestral Sound
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Creative Writing

Ms. Rebecca A. Brams
      Peru
      A Literary Perspective on Women in Inca Peru
Miss Megan S. Buskey
      Ukraine
      Exile and Return
Ms. Crystal A. Cook
      Armenia
      Research a Novel, "Appalachians in Armenia"
Ms. Valerie Fioravanti
      Italy
      A Novel, "The Travels of Franca and Lina"
Ms. Amy E. Greene
      Israel
      Israel Folklore Book
Ms. Cathy P. Hong
      Korea, South
      Writings and Oral Histories of North Korean Refugees
Miss Sara W. Houghteling
      France
      Missing Paintings and Missing Owners since 1922
Miss Francesca M. Momplaisir
      Ghana
      Historical Amnesia in the Motherland and Her Forgotten Children in the Diaspora
Ms. Karen M. Otero
      Mexico
      "Our Sisters' Voices:" A Creative Writing Project
Mrs. Michaele T. Pauwen
      Germany
      Capturing the Transforming German Identity
Miss Denise Nicole Pollentier
      Iceland
      The Iceland Poem Project
Ms. Lori K. Reese
      Sri Lanka
      Buddhism and Americans Abroad: Spiritual Tourists in Sri Lanka
Ms. Deborah E. Smith
      Ireland
      Drama as a Truly Communal Stage
Miss Amy R. Thorne
      Colombia
      New Journalism and the Desplazados
Miss Hoang- Anh L. Tran
      Vietnam
      Rice Grains: A Collection of Poetry
Mr. Nicholas A. Twemlow
      New Zealand
      Work on "First Crossing" (poems) and "Walking Drover's Road" (monograph)
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Dance

Mr. Ankur Bahl
      France
      Connecting Global Dance Traditions
Ms. Rebecca B. Davis
      Russia
      Using Dance-theater to Communicate Russian Culture and History to International Audiences
Miss Cynthia R. Paniagua
      Peru
      Traditional Peruvian Folkdance
Ms. Emily B. Tepper
      Belgium
      Performing Arts
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Design

Mr. John E. Caserta
      Italy
      Interactive Time-capsule
Ms. Heather Mae Erickson
      Finland
      The Coupling of Mass-produced Industrial Design with Traditional Techniques of Wheel-thrown Porcelain
Miss Iris J. Litwin
      India
      Textiles in Western India
Mr. Jeffrey C. Nebolini
      Iceland
      Visual and Written Documentation of Icelandic Fashon Design
Ms. Sarah C. Turner
      Netherlands
      Current Practices in Dutch Contemporary Jewelry and it's Intersections with the Development of Secular Art
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East Asian Languages And Literature

Mr. Michael D. Emmerich
      Japan
      Translation and the Canon: Rewriting The Tale of Genji
Ms. Ariel I. Fox
      China
      Cultural Identity in Recent Adaptations of "Dream of the Red Chamber"
Mr. Barrett J. Heusch
      Japan
      Imagawa Ryoshun and His Way of Poetry
Mr. Alex J. Lindsay
      Taiwan
      Marketing the Parks
Mr. Gabriel A. Sylvian
      Korea, South
      The Politics of Homosexuality: Discourse and Media, 1910-present
Mr. Jonathan D. Walton
      China
      Occidentalism and Identity in the Poetry of Hong Xiuquan
Ms. Anastasia D. Wright
      Taiwan
      Classical Chinese Literature and its Effects on American Literature
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East Asian/pacific/australian History

Mr. Daniel S. Asen
      China
      Forensic Medicine during the Early Republic
Mr. Matthew R. Augustine
      Japan
      An International History of US Occupations and Alliance-building in Postwar Japan and South Korea, 1945-53
Mr. Clayton D. Brown
      Taiwan
      Han Identity in Chinese Ethnology and Archaeology
Ms. Annika A. Culver
      Japan
      The Politics of Surrealism in Japan, 1927-42
Mr. Pieter S. De Ganon
      Japan
      Meat-eating in Japanese Culture, 1750-1905
Mr. Alexander P. Gardner
      China
      The Geographical Aspect of Rimay as Preserved in Tibetan and Chinese Imperial and Provincial Annals, Doctrinal Treaties, Biographies and Religious Histories
Mr. Eric C. Han
      Japan
      Nationalisms Transformed: Narrating Community in Yokohama Chinatown, 1859-present
Mr. Jiyul Kim
      Korea, South
      The Cold War and South Korea, 1961-79
Ms. Sophia J. Kim
      Korea, South
      The Colonial Politics of Public Education: Competing Visions of Nationalized Bodies
Miss Caitrin U. Mckiernan
      China
      Another Half of Nationalism
Mr. Paul S. Nam
      Japan
      The Japanese Influence on the Development of Capitalism in Colonial Korea
Ms. Deborah B. Solomon
      Japan
      The 1029 Kwangiu Student Protests and their Repercussions for the Japanese Empire
Mr. Joseph C. Wicentowski
      Taiwan
      Hygiene and Power in Modern Taiwan: The Colonial and Nationalist Periods, 1895-1955
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East Asian/pacific/australian Politics

Mr. Aaron M. Halegua
      China
      Solving Conflicts, Chinese Style: Mediation Institutions and Techniques
Mr. Daniel M. Kliman
      Japan
      Japanese Defense Policy in the Post-9/11 World
Ms. Jennifer A. Schwartz
      Japan
      Japan's FTA Strategy: Political Debates and Economic Effects
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East Asian/pacific/australian Studies

Mr. Ian M. Billard
      China
      The Social Consequences of Uneven Economic Development in Beijing
Miss Ami P. Karnik
      Malaysia
      Potential Effects of Integration on the Electronics Industry
Ms. Rachel A. Kunze
      China
      The Social, Political and Technical Life of Traditional Chinese Opera
Ms. Sheila R. Peuchaud
      Japan
      Ethnography/Participant Observation of High School Girls' Judo Team
Ms. Elena Shih
      China
      Chinese Women Resisting Silence: Achieving Voice through Social Service
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Eastern European History

Ms. Sarah A. Cramsey
      Czech Republic
      History of the Monument to the Victims of Nazi Fascism
Mr. Tolga U. Esmer
      Bulgaria
      Ottoman Modernity and Its Discontents In Ottoman Bulgaria, 1750-1878
Mr. Philip W. Lyon
      Croatia
      Ethnic Germans and Identity in the first Yugoslavia and Croatia
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Eastern European Languages And Literature

Mr. Jesse R. Menefee
      Russia
      Mikhail Lermontov versus Pechorin
Ms. Mihra E. Rittmann
      Russia
      Different Ways Survivors Memorialize their Tragic Experience in the Soviet System of Forced Labor Camps (Gulags)
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Eastern European Politics

Mr. Ethan Alexander-davey
      Russia
      The Resurgence of Slavophilism in Post-Soviet Russia
Ms. Monica A. Boduszynski
      Poland
      Policy Responses to Changes in Ethnic Makeup
Mr. Ora John E. Reuter
      Ukraine
      East European Politics
Miss Heather J. Stepanek
      Bulgaria
      Bulgarian Public Opinion on American Military Bases
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Eastern European Studies

Ms. Madigan A. Fichter
      Romania
      Perception of Inhabited Space in Traditional Romanian Culture
Ms. Sara N. Korol
      Poland
      The Permeability and Significance of Poland's Border with Ukraine
Mr. Mark K. Melamed
      Poland
      Public Policy Issues and World Affairs
Mr. David H. Smith
      Russia
      Political Satire in Russia from Brezhnev to the Present Day
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Ecology/environmental Studies

Miss Vanessa M. Adams
      Australia
      Spatial Modeling of Patch Dynamics: An Explicit Model
Miss Vallerye A. Anderson
      Ecuador
      Solid Waste Management in Quito
Miss Lisa R. Bacanskas
      Lithuania
      Applying Integrated Costal Environmental Management Principles in the Establishment of a Costal Resource Centre
Ms. Jodi S. Brandt
      Bolivia
      Assessing Land Use Impacts on Water Resources in Remote and Highly Sensitive Watersheds of Southeastern Bolivia
Ms. Christine M. Browne-nunez
      Kenya
      Maasai Attitudes and Behaviors toward Elephants
Ms. Stephanie R. Cohan
      Mexico
      Community-based Ecotourism Development in Mexico
Ms. Robin D. Currey
      Kyrgyz Republic
      Winter Use of Wild, Semi-Domesticated and Domesticated Plants
Mr. Stewart A. Diemont
      Mexico
      Lacandon Maya Sustainable Agroforestry: Plant Community and Soil Ecology
Mr. Adam S. Fox
      Israel
      Geohydrology in Israel's Hula Valley and the Florida Everglades
Mr. Adam H. Freedman
      Cameroon
      Ecotones and Afrotropical Biodiversity
Miss Barbara A. Han
      Venezuela
      Environmental Change and Emerging Infectious Disease in Tropical Amphibians
Ms. Georgia M. Hart
      Ecuador
      Human/botanical Interactions in a High-Altitude Grassland
Miss Emily F. Harvey
      Paraguay
      Management of Buffers of Protected Areas in Paraguay
Ms. Heather F. Henry
      Australia
      The ecology of hyperaccumulator plants growing on mine tailings; the prospect of metal transfer to the food chain by hyperaccumulator and the importance of metal speciation in plant-metal uptake
Ms. Karen L. Hibbard-rode
      Finland
      History of Arctic Societies
Miss Jennifer L. Imamura
      Thailand
      Seed Dispersal and Seedling Dynamics in a Southern Thailand Tropical Forest
Ms. Edel Marie V. Jose
      Philippines
      The Community Surviving on a Landfill: The Philippine Ecological Waste Problem
Mr. John H. Kim
      Japan
      Energy Movement from one Habitat to Another: Implications for Diversity, Abundance and Population Maintenance
Mr. Timothy F. Lang
      Poland
      Implementing Environmental Policies in Post-Communist Poland
Mr. Jesse R. Lasky
      Panama
      Effects of Habitat Fragmentation on Bird Communities in Panamanian Dry Forest
Miss Joanna M. Levitt
      Ecuador
      Prior Informed Consent: A Pre-requisite for Sustainable Development
Ms. Staci Lewis
      Barbados
      The Role of Coral Reef Degradation in the Length Reduction of Hermodice Carunculata
Ms. Alison J. Lipman
      Bolivia
      Conservation Management of Amazon River Turtles in the Bolivian Amazon
Mr. Jeffrey B. Luzar
      Brazil
      Highway Paving, Deforestation, and Governance along the Trans-Oceanic Highway in Acre
Mr. Andrew J. Lyons
      Zambia
      An Investigation of Land Use/Cover Change Dynamics Using A Multi-Agent System Model
Miss Alissar Maaliki
      Morocco
      Utilization and Conservation of Herbal Medicine
Mr. Edward W. Monroe, Jr.
      Bulgaria
      Building Stones of Bulgaria
Mr. John E. Myers
      Colombia
      Building a Secure Financial Future for Colombia's Protected Natural Areas
Ms. Erica C. Nichols
      Cameroon
      Ecological Perception and Resource Management in Rural Cameroon
Miss Kerry L. Shannon
      Thailand
      Watershed Management: Community Involvement in the Sustainable Development of Water Resources
Mr. Cameron D. Siler
      Philippines
      Philippine Herpetological Survey
Ms. Kluane C. Snyder
      Singapore
      Developing a Ballast Water Management Plan for Singapore
Mr. Troy Sternberg
      Mongolia
      No fences: Rangeland use in Mongolia
Mr. Philip D. Tanimoto
      Costa Rica
      The Distribution of Cloud Forests in Meso-America
Miss Laura M. Tilghman
      Madagascar
      Traditional Knowledge in Bioprospecting
Mr. Daniel N. Ungier
      Senegal
      Evaluating New Development Paradigms: The Global Eco-Village Network
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Economic Development

Ms. Catherine H. Almirall
      Peru
      The Micro-Credit Model of the Cooperative de Ahorro in AA.HH. Dos de Mayo, Lima
Miss Nicole Barbery
      Bolivia
      Improving Access to Clean Water for the Urban Poor
Mr. Ivan C. Barry
      Turkey
      The Causes and Consequences of Turkey's Devastating Financial Crisis of 2001
Mr. Keith A. Bettinger
      Malaysia
      The Role of National Parks in Economic Development Plans
Mr. Tod A. Bruning
      Sri Lanka
      The Information Communications Technology (ICT) Readiness Toolkit for Rural Radio
Ms. Leah R. Cohen
      Russia
      Social Service Provision in Rural Russia
Miss Christine Y. Fu
      China
      Assessing Minorities' Economic Development in Yunnan
Ms. Ina Ganguli
      Ukraine
      Labor and Social Welfare in Ukraine
Mr. Daniel L. Glasson
      Poland
      Development in Rural Areas
Ms. Kristen A. Himelein
      Mauritania
      Modernizing Society: Humanitarian Aid and Mauritania's Diverse Population
Ms. Elizabeth L. Holmes
      Morocco
      Women's Participation in Development: Building Morocco through Literacy
Mr. Asad A. Husain
      Malaysia
      Economic Development and Islamic Economic Philosophy
Miss Lauren K. Inouye
      Indonesia
      Integrate Sustainability into Community Development Plans
Miss Jessica M. Karbowski
      Mauritius
      The Impact of Mauritius' Regulatory Environment on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Sector Development
Ms. Rachelmarie C. Kleinberg
      Malawi
      Sustainable Livelihoods in Malawi
Ms. Susan L. Lautze
      United Kingdom
      Re-conceptualizing Livelihood Models for Application in Complex Emergencies
Miss Stephanie K. Milbergs
      Latvia
      The Major Forces, Relations and Issues Shaping the "New Europe" from the Perspective of a Former Satellite State of the Soviet Union
Ms. Abigail V. Noble
      Uruguay
      Economic Development and Democracy in Uruguay
Ms. Malka A. Older
      Sri Lanka
      Religious Institutions as Drivers of Economic Development in Rural Communities
Ms. Tanya K. Palit
      Bangladesh
      Gender Training Initiatives
Mr. Daniel B. Putnam
      Nepal
      Decentralization in Nepal: Implications for Local Autonomy, Sustainability, and Self-reliance in the Rural Development Sector
Miss Laura V. Rosen
      Peru
      Determining Factors that Contribute to a Village Bank's Success
Miss Roya C. Wolverson
      Mali
      Crop Diversification in Mali's Cotton Zone
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Economics

Mr. Phillip C. Bastian
      Germany
      The Future of European Securities Markets: A Comparative Analysis
Mr. David K. Chang
      Japan
      Foreign Involvement in the Japanese Economy
Ms. Catherine H. Gibson
      Germany
      Wirtschaftswunder Revisited: Integration and the German Economy
Mr. Joseph F. Konopka
      United Kingdom
      International Health Policy
Miss Rachel A. Medwood
      Netherlands
      The Economics of International Patent Law
Mr. Noam Pitsker
      Tunisia
      Effects of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership on Tunisia
Mr. Adam B. Rachlis
      Singapore
      Intellectual Property Rights, Technological Development and the US-Singapore Free Trade Agreement
Mr. Zaheer Razack
      Jordan
      The Nature of Differences Between Islamic Banking and Western-Style Banking
Mr. Thomas J. Sternweis
      Estonia
      A Theoretical Study of Foreign Direct Investment
Mr. Richard L. Sweeney
      Czech Republic
      Price Stagnation that has Occurred Despite Market Liberalization
Ms. Justine D. Wagner
      Costa Rica
      Impact of Government Social Spending on Inequality and Poverty
Mr. Matthew P. Williams
      Netherlands
      Developing Better Measures of Output in the Education Function of Government
Ms. Anna Winestein
      Switzerland
      The Economic Effectiveness of Special Exhibitions
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Education

Ms. Fida J. Adely
      Jordan
      Secondary Schooling and Conceptions of Gender Among Adolescent Girls
Miss Elina Alayeva
      Canada
      First Nations Education
Mr. Daniel G. Allen
      Brazil
      Profiles of For-profit Private Education Companies
Mrs. Sreyashi J. Basu
      South Africa
      Transforming "Physics Emasondosondo"
Ms. Meredith D. Carpenter
      Norway
      Mattering Perceptions of Adult Students at a Norwegian University
Mr. Tom Cavanagh
      New Zealand
      Restorative Justice and Ethnographic Research
Ms. Francine S. Chew
      Ecuador
      Developing a Database for the Salesian Project
Mr. James F. Deyo, Iii
      Romania
      Political and Economic Analysis of Romania's Accession Efforts in Joining the European Union
Ms. Diane S. Geng
      China
      Girls' Access to Junior Secondary Education in Rural Northern China
Ms. Courtney A. Jones
      Taiwan
      How a Student's Access to English Education Affects their Ability to Pass Entrance Examinations and Enter into Higher Levels of Education
Miss Allynn M. Lodge
      Spain
      Creating a Conversationally Practical Textbook
Miss Stephanie W. Lo
      Taiwan
      The Global Village and International Education
Mr. Laurence J. Macdonald
      Japan
      Education Reform in Japan: Local Identity in a Global Age
Mr. Robert B. Maier
      Ireland
      Multi-media for Adolescents: from Passive Consumption to Active Creation
Ms. Deborah L. Michaels
      Slovakia (slovak Republic)
      The Relationship between Civic Education and Social Integration in Slovakia
Mr. Brett R. Noel
      Indonesia
      Conflict Resolution Education: Mapping Adaptations and Meaning
Miss Melissa L. O'neal
      Ireland
      Bringing Art, through Photography, into Deaf Education Programs
Mr. Shahram Paksima
      India
      Local Governance, NGOs and Educational Decentralization
Ms. Jennifer A. Riggan
      Eritrea
      The Role of Teachers in Constructing the Eritrean Nation
Miss Amanda K. Riske
      Norway
      No Teacher Left Behind: A Study of Teacher Preparation in Norway
Mr. Ritesh A. Shah
      New Zealand
      Tomorrow's Schools Reforms in New Zealand
Miss Moira N. Wilkinson
      Brazil
      Constructing Meanings of Participation and Citizenship in the Schools in Porto-Alegre
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Engineering

Mr. John E. Anderson
      Germany
      Sustainable Development in the German Construction Industry
Mr. Gino G. Banco
      Germany
      German Internal Combustion Engine (Diesel) Technology
Ms. Jennifer T. Blundo
      Australia
      Tissue Engineering: A Comparative Study of Synthesizing Novel Vascularized Scaffolds
Mr. Ted K. Brekken
      Norway
      Robust Wind Energy
Mr. Gabriel A. Burnett
      Denmark
      Stochastic Modeling Techniques for Wind Energy Prediction
Mr. Ryan T. Chancey
      Denmark
      Locating Bleed Water in Conduits in Post-tensioned Bridge Memebers Using Gamma Ray Spectrometry
Mr. David J. Follette
      Japan
      Improving the Efficiency of Hybrid Vehicles
Mr. Kenneth J. Franko
      Chile
      Urban Pollution Modeling
Miss Stephanie G. Grancharov
      Germany
      Nanoparticles for Use in Sensor Devices
Mr. Jon C. Gunther
      Sweden
      Process Control Application in Biotechnology
Mr. Brian E. Hardin
      Switzerland
      Fabrication Techniques of Dye-sensitized Solar Cells
Mr. Christopher G. Henry
      Australia
      Livestock Odor and Waste Regulations
Miss Patty P. Huang
      Finland
      Computer Simulation of Rooms Using the Digital Waveguide Mesh
Miss Jaime A. Krull
      Norway
      Sustainable Light Metals Products and Process
Mr. Robb M. Kulin
      Italy
      The Fatigue Behavior of Reinforced Composites
Miss Amy E. Landis
      Switzerland
      Precautionary and Reactionary Environmental Management: Diverse Approaches to Sustainability
Miss Ana V. Ramos
      France
      Materials Science and Engineering
Ms. Marie A. Schroeder
      Australia
      Mechanisms of Demineralized Bone Healing of Critical Size Defects
Mr. Michael William A. Settle
      Spain
      A Circuit Design for Achieving the Theoretical Benefits of Speculative Multithreading Form
Miss Adeline R. Sutphen
      New Zealand
      Augmented Reality and Tele-robotics
Miss Christina R. Tavoularis
      Switzerland
      Scalable Topologies of ad hoc Networks in the Laboratory of Computer Communications and Applications (LCA)
Mr. Alexandre R. Tumlinson
      Austria
      Ultrahigh-resolution Endoscope for Colon Cancer Research
Ms. Cynthia A. Wagener
      Switzerland
      Investigation of Kinetic Parameters Impacting Nitrification of Urine
Mr. Mark A. Watts
      Denmark
      Class D Amplifier Integrated Circuit
Ms. Emily R. Wolters
      Spain
      The Nuclear Fission Department of CIEMAT
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English

Mr. Jeffrey D. Brown
      Barbados
      Emergent Caribbean Novels and the Modernist Tradition
Ms. Erin M. Sullivan
      United Kingdom
      Exploring Shakespeare
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Ethnomusicology

Mr. Joshua N. Asen
      Morocco
      American Hip-Hop in Contemporary Moroccan Society
Mr. Michael A. Birenbaum Quintero
      Colombia
      Music, Multiculturalism, and the Discourse of Blackness in Colombia
Ms. Tracy A. Gallavan
      Indonesia
      The Institutionalization of Gamelan Gong Kebyar Music
Ms. Jacqueline M. Jones
      India
      Nationalism in India
Ms. Kathleen E. Lavengood
      Canada
      Experiencing Celtic Culture through Traditional Music in Cape Breton
Ms. Lisa M. Overholser
      Hungary
      Processes and Considerations in the Staging of Folk Dance Genres
Mr. Jeff L. Packman
      Brazil
      Popular Music Performance as a Form of Employment in the City of Salvador da Bahia
Ms. Emily J. Pinkerton
      Chile
      The Gendered, Political and Social Life of the Chilean Guitarron
Mr. Michael P. Roberts
      Mongolia
      The Mongolian Spike Fiddle as "National" Instrument
Ms. Ioana Sherman
      Romania
      Transformation and Totalitarianism, Folk Music and Persistence of Romanian Identity
Mr. Brian J. Shimkovitz
      Ghana
      Hiplife: Youth, Identity and Media Culture in Ghanaian Rap Music
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Filmmaking

Ms. Rosanna Brillantes
      Philippines
      Audio-visual Documenting Two Types of Shamanistic Practitioners on Siquijor Island
Mr. Eric G. Dyer
      Denmark
      Bicycle Culture and Sub-cultures
Ms. Corrie A. Francis
      New Zealand
      The Wilderness Culture of Aotearoa
Ms. Alexia E. Zuliani
      Cyprus
      A People Divided: A Documentary Film
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Film Studies

Mr. Paul D. Grant
      France
      Serge Daney: Return of the Cinephile
Ms. Anna K. Hrachovec
      Japan
      Ri Koran: A Star as Political Commodity in Imperial Japan
Mr. Cy C. Kuckenbaker
      Lithuania
      "Forest Brothers", A Lithuanian/American Film Project
Mr. Niaz Uddin
      India
      Bollywood: Song-and-Dance Sequences in Hindi Films
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Geography

Ms. Elizabeth M. Lunstrum
      Mozambique
      Geopolitics, Rural Livelihoods, and the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park
Mr. Ryan L. Perroy
      Albania
      Monitoring Soil Erosion Using Remote Sensing
Mr. Nicholas R. Smith
      China
      The Vibrant Village: Beyond Appreciation of the Vernacular
Mr. Shawn Van Ausdal
      Colombia
      Cattle and Power: Ranchers and Peasants in the Making of Modern Colombia
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Geology

Miss Luna Federici
      New Zealand
      The Stage II "Super Interglacial": A Holocene Analog from a Southern Perspective
Ms. Fawna J. Korhonen
      Finland
      The Heologic Origins of Magnetic Signatures in Central Finland
Ms. Silvia E. Newell
      Costa Rica
      Cloud Forests: How Important are the Clouds?
Ms. Mary H. Ohren
      Niger
      Well Site Criteria in the Rural Zander Department
Mr. Kevin D. Robinson
      Mongolia
      Paleoclimate Reconstruction of Northern Mongolia
Mr. Kenneth L. Walker, Jr.
      Iceland
      Geologic and Environmental Issues
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Germanic Languages And Literature

Mr. Jason P. Ager
      Austria
      The Influence of Leo Perutz on Doron Rabinovici
Ms. Emily J. Banwell
      Germany
      Writing History/Writing Trauma
Ms. Robin I. Ellis
      Germany
      German-Turkish Women in German Literature
Miss Patience J. Graybill
      Germany
      Archival Impulses in Gurks and Kracht
Ms. Jennifer L. Jenkins
      Germany
      Metaliterary Reflections on the Place of Art and Literature in Hermann Broch's Der "Tod des Vergil" and Peter Weiss's "Die Asthetik des Widerstands"
Mrs. Suzuko L. Knott
      Germany
      Tawada Yoko: Japan Writes Germany
Mr. Marc A. Levitt
      Germany
      The Jewish Bildungsroman
Mr. Richard J. Martin
      Germany
      German Children's Literature Spanning the 12th C
Ms. Hannah M. Pollin
      Lithuania
      Yiddish Literature in the Vilna Ghetto: a Social Narcotic or a Social Catalyst
Mr. Arthur K. Salvo
      Germany
      Alchemy and Esoterica in the German Classicist and Romantic Literary Epoch
Mr. Christopher S. Schnader
      Germany
      Friendship and Intimacy in German Writings of the 18th C
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History, Cultural And Intellectual

Mr. Tyson E. Barker
      Austria
      Heinrich Laube and Central European Politics and Culture
Mr. Jeffrey J. Cunningham
      Germany
      Hermann Cohen's Influence on German Jewish Socialists
Miss Holly A. Daniel
      Switzerland
      Writings of Two Swiss Chroniclers, Renward Cysat
Mr. Michael W. Dean
      Czech Republic
      Comparative Modernisms: Technology and Cultural Identity in Vienna, Berlin, and Prague
Mr. Mehmetcan Dosemeci
      Turkey
      Turkish Hospitality
Ms. Courtney M. Doucette
      Russia
      Reinterpreting the Past: The Influence of Political Regimes on History
Mr. Alan L. Fortuna
      Germany
      Ethics in the Sciences in Southern Germany
Miss Caroline A. Kita
      Austria
      Weltanschauung of Gustav Mahler and Siegfried Lipiner
Mr. Jonathan D. Konits
      Germany
      Criticizing Israel through the Lens of History
Mr. William P. Malone
      Guatemala
      History of Rural Catholic Action and the Catholic Church in Guatemala
Ms. Elizabeth W. Mellyn
      Italy
      Faith and Unreason: Madness in Renaissance Italy, 1300-1500
Ms. Katie N. Miller
      Germany
      Historical Analysis from WWII to the Present
Mr. Gabriel B. Paquette
      Portugal
      18th C Portuguese Intellectual and Imperial History
Ms. Lisa A. Peschel
      Czech Republic
      Theatrical Performance in Terezin
Ms. Katherine M. Pickering
      Russia
      Intersection of Family, Gender and Nationality in the Russian Gentry, 1900-50
Ms. Sara B. Richlin
      Germany
      Changes in Historical Writings since "die Wende"
Miss Christine R. Rittenhouse
      Germany
      The Intellectual and Cultural Influence of the German Precursors of Ernst Haeckel
Ms. Deanna M. Ross
      Australia
      Theatre Rehearsal Analysis and Ethnography
Mr. Avinash Sharma
      Germany
      Naturheilkunde and the Project of Social Regeneration, 1862-1914
Mr. Trevor C. Sutton
      France
      The Scientific Revolution Influence on the Politics and Political Theory of the 17th C
Ms. Jennifer L. Welsh
      Germany
      The Cult of St. Anne
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History

Ms. Corrie R. Decker
      Tanzania
      Education, Race and Political "Development" in Colonial Kenya and Zanzibar, 1920-40
Ms. Jessica L. Delgado
      Mexico
      Laywomen and the Church in Colonial Mexico
Ms. Mona E. Jackson
      South Africa
      Amanzimtoti: The Making of an African Elite and their Strategies of Survival in Late 19th C and Early 20th C Natal
Ms. Elizabeth A. Mcguire
      Russia
      Children of the Revolution: Chinese Students in Soviet Russia, 1920-70
Ms. Amy L. Rogoway
      Spain
      Lorca's Work as a Director
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History, Modern

Ms. Amy Aisen
      Tunisia
      Women, Colonialism and the Rituals of Power: Court Life in 19th C Ottoman Tunisia
Ms. Amanda M. Brian
      Germany
      Growing Children in the German Empire, 1871-1918
Mr. Ian T. Brown
      Italy
      Banditry and the Evolution of Protest in Southern Italy
Miss Angelina Y. Chin
      China
      Women's Labor, Sexuality and Migration in Early 20th C South China
Ms. Katherine C. Fennell
      Argentina
      University and Crisis in Argentina
Mr. Martin Fromm
      China
      The Experience of Chinese Migration into Manchuria during the Republican Period
Mr. Jeremy D. Gantz
      Sri Lanka
      Influence of Colonial and Nationalist Politics on the Sri Lankan Education System
Mr. David J. Hensley
      Belgium
      Walloon Politics in a Pan-Francophone Context
Mr. Samuel J. Hirst
      Russia
      Apocalyptic Thought during the Revolutionary Period, 1900-17
Mr. Matthew D. Johnson
      China
      China's Film Industry during Socialist Construction
Mr. Mahbod Moghadam
      France
      Intellectual Roots of Algerian Islamism
Ms. Meredith L. Oyen
      China
      Allies, Enemies, and Aliens: Migration in US-Chinese Relations, 1943-65
Mr. Benjamin C. Pearson
      Germany
      Transforming Faith: Postwar Changes in West German Protestant Culture, 1945-1973
Mr. Nathan R. Perl-rosenthal
      France
      Sailors in the Atlantic Revolution: France and America, 1775-1800
Mr. Samuel M. Pierce
      Spain
      Political Catholicism in Spain's Second Republic, 1931-36
Miss Elizabeth R. Rabe
      Trinidad & Tobago
      East Indian Immigration to Trinidad in the Late 19th C
Ms. Johanna S. Ransmeier
      China
      The Sale of Women, Children and Laborers in Late Qing and Republican China, 1833-1937
Mr. Nicholas K. Rutter
      Germany
      Politics and Pedagogy in Cold War East Germany
Mr. Joseph H. Walline
      China
      Health Care for All: The Development of Emergency Medicine
Miss Deanna G. Wooley
      Czech Republic
      Memory and Revolution: The "Students of November 17th": Ten Years Later
Mr. Timothy A. Work
      Austria
      City Infrastructure and the Advent of Public Transportation in Vienna
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Information Sciences/systems

Mr. Christopher T. Ariza
      Netherlands
      Musical Implications of Software Design: Data Abstraction and Design Frameworks of Computer Aided Algorithmic Music Composition Systems
Miss Julia M. Booth
      Morocco
      Information Technology in Morocco
Mr. Nasir A. Grewal
      Jordan
      Arabic Optical Character Recognition Research
Mr. Christopher M. Holmes
      Zambia
      Sustainable Software for Open Geographic Data
Mr. Mahad Ibrahim
      Egypt
      Illiteracy and Orality: The Challenge of Information Communication Technology (ICT) Adoption in the Third World
Miss Crystal L. Kahn
      Italy
      Distributed and Parallel Computation of Discrete Heuristics
Mr. Kevin C. Lingerfelt
      Ukraine
      Development and Implementation of Educational Technology
Mr. Daniel S. Myers
      France
      Peer-to-peer File Systems for High-performance Computing
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International Relations

Ms. Amanda M. Bougades
      Belgium
      International Conflict Analysis
Ms. Allison L. Bridges
      Indonesia
      Hope for Democracy: Political Culture among Jakarta's Urban Poor
Ms. Julia G. Buckmaster
      Norway
      Analysis of Peace-Building Mission in International Relations
Mr. Gregory A. Burris
      Turkey
      Turkish Foreign Policy Towards the Caucasus, Central Asia, and the Middle East
Mr. Mathew T. Cahill
      Austria
      European Topicality in International Relations
Miss Dawn M. Dahlke
      Sierra Leone
      Integration of Indigenous Medicine with Biomedicine
Ms. Andrea L. Everett
      Germany
      Core Issues in International Relations in Europe
Mr. Joshua P. Gernold
      Austria
      The Important Balance Between the Theory and Practice of International Relations
Ms. Amalia L. Greenberg
      Turkey
      Turkey's New and Revised Migration Laws
Miss Karen E. Harmel
      Ireland
      International Peace Studies
Ms. Taylor P. Healy
      Germany
      The 2004 European Union Expansion and German Immigration and Migration Policy
Ms. Rebecca K. Hunter
      Austria
      Professional International Communications in International Relations
Ms. Janet Kang
      Korea, South
      Female North Korea Defectors Living in South Korea
Miss Patricia N. Kocsondy
      Austria
      European Union Integration
Ms. Lauren E. Komatsu
      Japan
      Japanese Foreign Policy at the Grass-roots Level
Mr. Nathaniel W. Lalone
      Belgium
      Community Competence and the Common Commercial Policy in the 1990s: An Historical-Institutional Analysis of European Integration
Mr. Scott H. Linton
      Ecuador
      The Political Economy of Ecuadorian Emigration to Spain and the Resultant Personal Impact on Non-emigrants
Miss Ana Catarina Melica
Egypt
Egyptian Raqs Sharqi: Practical Training and Development of a Standardized Terminology
Mr. Michael P. Noonan
      Estonia
      EU and NATO Expansion to the Baltics within an Estonian Context
Mr. Christopher B. O'keefe
      Morocco
      Islamic Values and Development: The Islam Development Bank
Mr. Yevgeniy E. Oleynikov
      Belgium
      The Implications of a Common EU Foreign Policy toward the United States
Ms. Lesli F. Proffitt
      Sweden
      Peking Negotiations between Chou En-lai and Dag Hammarsjkold in 1955
Ms. Sheila C. Shettle
      Japan
      Fishbowl Style in Japan's Theme Parks
Miss Matiangai V. Sirleaf
      Ghana
      Diffusion of Civil Wars within the West African Sub-Region: A Case Study of Ghana
Mr. Daniel C. Twining
      United Kingdom
      A Liberal Empire? American Primacy as Grand Strategy
Mr. Rob M. Wilsey
      Australia
      Implementation of the Proliferation Security Initiative with Regard to the Bilateral Relationship between the United States and Australia
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Interpretation/translation

Miss Carla J. Colley
      Italy
      Sign Language Interpreter Ethics
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Islamic Languages And Literature

Ms. Raheela F. Maniar
      Jordan
      The Role of Arabic Linguistic Sciences in Interpreting the Qur'an
Ms. Anna Senarslan
      Azerbaijan
      Women Ashiqs and Islamic Cultural Revival in Post-Soviet Azerbaijan
Mr. Matthew T. Warren
      Morocco
      Ibn al -'Arabis_Mawaqi al-nujum: Introduction and Translation
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Islamic Studies

Ms. Kelly L. Al-dakkak
      United Arab Emirates
      Innovation and Change in Islamic Financial Instruments and Practices
Mr. Ryan L. Brizendine
      Syria
      The Work of Muhyi ad-Din ibn al-'Arabi, 1165-1240
Miss Kala D. Carruthers
      Syria
      Socialization and Islamic Collective Memory
Ms. Ellen R. Etchingham
      Morocco
      The Role of Inscriptions in Moroccan Architecture
Ms. Swiyya A. Haqq
      Yemen
      Women and Their Involvement in Traditional Islamic Education in Tarim
Mrs. Jocelyn N. Hendrickson
      Morocco
      Muslim Minorities and Islamic Law: Lessons from al-Andalus
Mr. Nebil A. Hussen
      Syria
      Rebellion in the Umayyad State
Mr. Brannon D. Ingram
      Netherlands
      Islamic Law in the Netherlands
Miss Hilary E. Kalmbach
      Syria
      Women, Modernity, and Sufism: Islamic Discourse and Social Tensions in Syria
Mr. Samuel E. Prevatt
      Egypt
      Historical and Contemporary Islamic Perceptions of Religious Pluralism
Mrs. Dena A. Pritchett
      United Arab Emirates
      Women and Transformation in the United Arab Emirates
Mr. Sayeed S. Rahman
      Morocco
      The Legal Thought of Ahmad Zarruq
Miss Reem Salahi
      Jordan
      Islamic Jihad: Inner Struggle for Excellence
Ms. Stephanie C. Saldana
      Syria
      The Muslim Jesus in Damascus
Ms. Rachel M. Sazanowicz
      Tunisia
      The Tunisian Example: The Synthesis of Politics, Religion, and Interdependence
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Journalism

Ms. Emily S. Bass
      Uganda
      Implementing National HIV Treatment in Uganda: A Narrative Documentary
Ms. Molly D. Blank
      South Africa
      Community and Education Reform in South Africa
Mr. Ian D. Gordon
      Venezuela
      Buscones and Bargain-Hunters? Investigating Baseball Academies in Venezuela
Mr. Andrew R. Green
      Zambia
      The Press Freedom Debate in Zambia
Ms. Trinity A. Hartman
      Spain
      The Bilingual Content in El Leante: El Mercantil, Valenciano
Mr. William R. Kuhns
      Argentina
      The Pursuit of Professional Soccer in Argentina
Mr. Charles W. Maynes
      Russia
      Sound Portraits: Real Russian Stories
Mr. Jeffrey S. Oliver
      Taiwan
      Evaluating Taiwan's Vital Financial Press
Mr. Brian J. Pozun
      Slovenia
      English Language Media in Slovenia
Ms. Claire E. Ramsay
      Morocco
      The Influence of Francophone Newspapers on Choice of Language Use in Moroccan Universities
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Latin American And Caribbean History

Miss Stefanie I. Block
      Chile
      The Role of Radical El Teniente Miners on the Fall of Allende
Mr. Steven L. Bryan
      Argentina
      Civilization and Gold: The Gold Standard in Japan and Argentina, 1867-1932
Mr. Celso T. Castilho
      Brazil
      Emancipation in Northeastern Brazil
Mr. Glenn A. Chambers
      Honduras
      Foreign Labor and the Creation of an Afro-Honduran Identity, 1876-1932
Ms. Bridget M. Chesterton
      Paraguay
      The Integration of the Chaco Frontier into the Nation State
Mr. John G. Farrell
      Argentina
      Latin Americans View the United States, 1783-1900
Mrs. Emily A. Landells
      Nicaragua
      Female Sandinista Veterans and their Daughters: A Comparative study
Ms. Stephanie C. Moore
      Peru
      The Japanese In Peru: Reasons for their World War II Deportation
Mr. Scott C. Murray
      Mexico
      The Politics of Rural Unrest in Durango, 1876-1940
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Latin American And Caribbean Politics

Miss Carla L. Depriest
      El Salvador
      Effective Access for Women to Children's Social Services
Mr. Lyle D. Morton
      Bolivia
      Assessing the Sustainability of Municipal Support Programs
Mr. Gregory S. Schober
      Mexico
      Transnational Actors and Mexican Policy
Mr. John Thomas Iii
      Peru
      The Development of Afro-Peruvian NGOs, 1980-Present
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Latin American And Caribbean Studies

Ms. Alexia R. De Vincentis
      Argentina
      Addressing the Issue of Unmet Legal Needs in Argentina
Ms. Meredith M. Drakesmith
      Dominican Republic
      The Infrastructure Supporting Haitian Women in Santo Domingo
Miss Caitlin E. Fouratt
      Costa Rica
      Economic Dimensions of Migration in Central America
Miss Heather M. Gervais
      Mexico
      Land Tenure Reform and Change in Rural Mexico
Ms. Alison L. Spain
      Haiti
      Art Without Borders
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Latin American Languages And Literature

Ms. Kristin A. Bengtson
      Guatemala
      Old Stories in New Contexts: Chuj Folklore in San Mateo Ixtatan
Mr. Christopher C. Dennis
      Colombia
      The Globalization Factor: Afro-Colombian Urban Youth Culture and Ethnic Identity