Congratulations to the 38 fellowships candidates (36 Fulbright and two DAAD) who successfully completed foundation applications in fall 2008.
Thank you to the 129 Smith College faculty and staff who assisted these candidates in various capacities as listed below, many in multiple ways and or for two and more candidates.
2 DAAD GERMANY APPLICATIONS
Lyudmyla Kovalenko 09
Study for degree:
MSc in Medical Neuroscience
Mentor: Jocelyne Kolb
Recommenders: Margaret Anderson, Jocelyne Kolb
Language Evaluator: Jocelyne Kolb
Consultants: Adam Hall, Joel Westerdale
Chantel Pheiffer 09
Research proposal:
“From Colonialism to Cooperation: The Evolution of German-Namibian Relations”
Mentor: Judith Keyler-Mayer
Recommenders: Judith Keyler-Mayer, Gregory White
Language Evaluator: Judith Keyler-Mayer
Consultants: Darcy Buerkle, Jocelyne Kolb, Joel Westerdale, Gregory White
36 FULBRIGHT APPLICATIONS
Heather Adair 09
Spain: Teaching English
Mentor: Susan Levin
Recommenders: Jill de Villiers, Susan Levin, Christiane Metral
Language Evaluator: Marina Kaplan
Consultants: Marina Kaplan, Christiane Metral
Erin Braswell 09
Chile: Teaching English
Mentor: Susannah Howe
Recommenders: Suzan Edwards, Jim Henle, Joyce Palmer-Fortune
Language Evaluator: Phoebe Porter
Consultants: Kivie Cahn-Lipman, Suzan Edwards, James Lowenthal
Megan Burbank 09
France: Women’s Studies
“Expatriate Islam: Changing Religious Practices of Sub-Saharan Muslim Women”
Mentor: Gregory White
Recommenders: Mary Ellen Birkett, Nancy Bradbury
Language Evaluator: Mary Ellen Birkett
Consultants: Nancy Bradbury, Caroline Melly, Janie Vanpee
Jennifer Chain 09
France: Teaching English
Mentor: Jonathan Gosnell
Recommenders: Dawn Fulton, Sabina Knight, Peter Pufall
Language Evaluator: Dawn Fulton
Consultants: Dawn Fulton, Sabina Knight, Peter Pufall
Victoria Chan 09
Korea: Teaching English
Mentor: Margaret Thacher
Recommenders: Suzan Edwards, Margaret Thacher, Doreen Weinberger
Consultant: Daryl Gehman
Tania Chelnov-Snitow 09
Russia: Theatre Studies
“Return of the Exile: Michael Chekhov’s Technique in Contemporary Russian Theatre”
Mentor: Ellen Kaplan
Recommenders: Serguei Glebov, Jennifer Guglielmo, Ellen Kaplan
Consultants: Serguei Glebov, Jennifer Guglielmo
Kaitlin Cimini 09
Colombia: Teaching English
Mentor: Maria Harretche
Recommenders: Luc Gilleman, Maria Harretche, Mary Murphy
Language Evaluator: Silvia Berger
Consultant: Fraser Stables
Brittany Diaz 09
Argentina: Teaching English
Mentor: Sharon Seelig
Recommenders: Ibtissam Bouachrine, Helene Visentin, Douglas Winsor
Language Evaluator: Ibtissam Bouachrine
Consultants: Ibtissam Bouachrine, Erika Laquer, Douglas Winsor
Lila Dodge 09
Burkina Faso: Theatre Studies
“Contemporary Dance: African Traditions, Innovations, and Exchanges”
Mentor: Rodger Blum
Recommenders: Rodger Blum, Susan Waltner
Language Evaluator: Eglal Doss-Quinby
Consultants: Florentine Bambara, William Lhamon, Susan Waltner
Alyson Faller 09
Russia: Teaching English
Mentor: Helene Visentin
Recommenders: Maria Banerjee, Randall Bartlett, Helene Visentin
Language Evaluator: Natalia Ermolaev
Consultants: Melissa Bagg, Natalia Ermolaev, Joel Westerdale
Emily Floyd 09
Colombia: Teaching English
Mentor: Dana Liebsohn
Recommenders: Joel Kaminsky, Vera Shevzov
Consultants: Joel Kaminsky, Maria Rueda, Vera Shevzov
Kathryn Fox 07
Finland: Theatre Studies
“Finnish and American Connections in the Choreography of Tero Saarinen”
Mentor: Daniel Horowitz
Recommenders: Rosetta Cohen, Daniel Horowitz, Susan Waltner
Christine Frascarelli 06
Indonesia: Teaching English
Mentor: Douglas Patey
Consultant: Patricia Skarda
Lucy Gent 09
Senegal: Dance
“Senegalese Dance: Articulating the Movements of a Traditional Art”
Mentor: Susan Waltner
Recommenders: Marguerite Harrison, Susan Waltner
Language Evaluator: Ann Leone
Consultants: Rodger Blum, Elliot Fratkin, Justina Gregory, Caroline Melly, Roisin O’Sullivan, Kevin Quashie, Margaret Sarkissian, Janice Schell, Marilyn Sylla
Eve Grinstead 09J
France: Art and Architectural History
“Power Accrued through the Objets d’Art of a Dowager Queen”
Mentor: Nicolas Russell
Recommenders: Brigitte Buettner, André Dombrowski
Language Evaluator: Nicolas Russell
Consultants: Brigitte Buettner, André Dombrowski, Daryl Gehman, Brian Turner
Johanna Gustin 09
Germany: Teaching English
Mentor: Jocelyne Kolb
Recommenders: Craig Davis, Jocelyne Kolb, Joel Westerdale
Language Evaluator: Jocelyne Kolb
Consultants: Craig Davis, Brian Turner, Joel Westerdale
Elizabeth Guthrie 09
Jordan: Teaching English
Mentor: Jill de Villiers
Recommenders: Peter de Villiers, Elliot Fratkin, Nadya Sbaiti
Language Evaluator: Mohamed Hassan
Consultants: Donna Divine, Elliot Fratkin, Mohamed Hassan, Donald Joralemon, Nadya Sbaiti, Gregory White
Meara Heubach 08
Uruguay: Teaching English
Mentor: Maria Rueda
Recommenders: Jennifer Guglielmo, Michelle Joffroy
Language Evaluator: Marina Kaplan
Consultants: Luc Gilleman, Michelle Joffory, Marina Kaplan, Lucy Mule, Patricia Skarda
Tina Jackson 09
Malaysia: Teaching English
Mentor: Ernie Alleva
Recommenders: Christine Davis, Esteban Monserrate, Rebecca Thomas
Dara Kaye 09
Korea: Teaching English
Mentor: Gillian Kendall
Recommenders: Marc Lendler, William Oram
Consultants: William Oram, Patricia Skarda
Traci Kuratomi 09
Argentina: Economics
“Viability of Cooperatives as an Alternative Business Model”
Mentor: Robert Buchele
Recommenders: Robert Buchele, James Miller, Dennis Yasutomo
Language Evaluator: Maria Harretche
Consultants: Jason Bauer, Roger Kaufman, James Miller, Roisin O’Sullivan, Nola Reinhardt
Adrienne Lee 09
Taiwan: Teaching English
Mentor: Shizuka Hsieh
Recommenders: David Cohen, Joanne Corbin, Catherine Woronzoff-Dashkoff
Language Evaluator: Jing Hu
Consultant: Debra Carney
Rachel Love 09
Italy: Area Studies
“La Cultura Altra and the Italian Left”
Mentor: Anna Botta
Recommenders: Michael Thurston, Gregory White
Language Evaluator: Serena Grattarola
Consultants: William Oram, Thalia Pandiri, Michael Thurston, Gregory White
Katelyn Lucy 09
Botswana: Public Health
“‘Carrier of the Nation’: Maternal Health and Immigration”
Mentor: Andrew Rotman
Recommenders: Leslie King, Katwiwa Mule
Consultants: Darcy Buerkle, Elliot Fratkin, Katwiwa Mule, David Newbury
Mika Maekawa 09
Korea: Teaching English
Mentor: Jefferson Hunter
Recommenders: Jefferson Hunter, Michael Thurston
Consultant: Michael Thurston
Amanda Parsons 07
Brazil: Political Science
“Meta2010’s Water Management Stakeholder Collaboration on the Rio das Velhas”
Mentor: Marguerite Harrison
Recommenders: Howard Gold, Alice Hearst
Language Evaluator: Marguerite Harrison
Consultants: Donald Baumer, Ginetta Candelario, Velma Garcia, Alice Hearst, Leslie King, Steven Williams
Elizabeth Pusack 09
Austria: Comparative Literature
“Vienna’s Diaries: The Thoughts that Filled the Coffeehouses”
Mentor: Luc Gilleman
Recommenders: Ann Boutelle, Luc Gilleman, Jocelyne Kolb
Language Evaluator: Jocelyne Kolb
Consultants: Jocelyne Kolb, Joseph McVeigh
Julia Reed 09
Qatar: Political Science
“Debating the Future: Deliberative Discourse and the Citizen”
Mentor: Alice Hearst
Recommenders: Donald Baumer, Daniel Brown, Gregory White
Language Evaluator: Mohamed Hassan
Consultant: Gregory White
Cole Rizki 08
Argentina: Teaching English
Mentor: Marina Kaplan
Recommenders: Ruth Haas, Marina Kaplan
Language Evaluator: Marina Kaplan
Consultant: Patricia Gonzalez
Hana Rodrigs 09
Spain: Teaching English
Mentor: Michelle Joffroy
Recommenders: Reyes Lazaro, Nancy Sternbach
Language Evaluator: Patricia Gonzalez
Consultant: Holly Davis
Ayla Schlosser 09
Mexico: Teaching English
Mentor: Douglas Patey
Recommenders: Marc Lendler, Hugo Viera, Gregory White
Language Evaluator: Hugo Viera
Consultants: Velma Garcia, Marc Lendler, Hugo Viera, Gregory White
Erin Whelchel 09
France: Teaching English
Mentor: Janie Vanpee
Recommender: William Oram
Language Evaluator: Jonathan Gosnell
Consultant: William Oram
Anna White-Nockleby 09
Argentina: History, Cultural and Intellectual
“Psychoanalysis, Politics and the Psychodramatic Legacy of Eduardo Pavlovsky”
Mentor: Darcy Buerkle
Recommenders: Ernest Benz, Darcy Buerkle, Maria Harretche
Consultants: Leonard Berkman, Luc Gilleman, Maria Harretche, Marina Kaplan
Emily Wolfe Roubatis 09
Peru: Public Health
“Decreasing Maternal Mortality Rates in Indigenous Andean Women”
Mentor: Elisabeth Armstrong
Recommenders: Elisabeth Armstrong, Donald Joralemon, Erika Laquer
Language Evaluator: Maria Harretche
Consultants: Maria Harretche, Donald Joralemon
Amy Zeng 09
China: Political Science
“Dimensions of Renewable Energy Policy Implementation”
Mentor: Steven Goldstein
Recommenders: Steven Goldstein, Shizuka Hsieh, Gregory White
Language Evaluator: Sujane Wu
Consultants: Donald Baumer, Shizuka Hsieh, Gregory White, Dennis Yasutomo
Bessie Zhu 09
Germany: Architecture
“Constructing Exhibition Spaces in Post-War Berlin”
Mentor: Frazer Ward
Recommenders: Judith Keyler-Mayer, Jocelyne Kolb, Joel Westerdale
Consultants: Barbara Kellum, Judith Keyler-Mayer, Jocelyne Kolb, Dana Leibsohn, Joel Westerdale
