Home > Offices > Fellowships
FELLOWSHIPS RECORD 2008–2009
As of October 5, 2009
43 FELLOWS
14 Fulbright
Competition Year 2008–09
Fellowship Year 2009–10
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Cole Rizki 08
Argentina: Teaching English
Mentor: Marina Kaplan
Recommenders: Ruth Haas, Marina Kaplan
Language Evaluator: Marina Kaplan
Consultant: Patricia Gonzalez
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
4 Blumberg
Zoe Litsios '10, Florence
Ancient Graffiti in Italian Cities
Mentor: Serena Grattarola
Recommender: Christine Andrews
Mary Miller '10, Florence
Conservation vs. Development: Florence's Architectural Identity
Mentor: Serena Grattarola
Recommender: Kirin Makker
Debleena Mitra '10, Florence
Mary Magdalene in Quattrocento Florence
Mentor: Serena Grattarola
Recommender: Barbara Kellum
Rebecca Weiner '10, Paris
Cuisine as Culture in French Literature
Mentor: Peter Bloom
Recommender: Martine Gantrel-Ford
1 Leanna Brown '56 Fellowship
Lillian Lamboy '10
3 Critical Language Enhancement Award
Vivian Baird-Zars '10
Russia
Alyson Faller 09
Russia
Mentor: Helene Visentin
Advisers: Maria Banerjee, Natalia Ermolaev
Amy Zeng 09
China
Mentor: Steven Goldstein
Advisers: Shizuka Hsieh, Sujane Wu
2 DAAD
To Germany
Lyudmyla Kovalenko 09
Study for degree:
MSc Medical Neurosciences, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Mentor: Jocelyne Kolb
Recommenders: Margaret Anderson, Jocelyne Kolb
Language Evaluator: Jocelyne Kolb
Consultants: Adam Hall, Jocelyne Kolb, 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
2 DAAD Undergrad
To Germany
Kassia Rudd '11
Sarah Unbehaun
'11
1 École Normale Superiéure Fellow
Premier French university, in Paris
Nadia Rivera-Nieves
09J
"Thinking from the 'Outside': Derrida, Foucault and Feminist Theory"
Recommenders: Janie Vanpee, Helene Visentin
2 French Government Teaching Assistantship
Assistante d'anglais
Megan Burbank 09
Versailles
Mentor: Martine Gantrel
Recommender: Mary Ellen Birkett
Erin Whelchel 09
Montpellier
Mentor: Janie Vanpee
Recommender: William Oram
Language Evaluator: Jonathan Gosnell
Consultant: William Oram
1 Goldman Sachs Global Leaders
Amna Sarfraz '11
Recommenders: Randall Bartlett, Judith Cardell
1 Goldwater
Laura Smith '10
Major: Biochemistry
Career Goal: Ph.D in Biochemistry. Conduct research in biochemical science and teach at the university level.
1 Hellenic American Education Foundation Teaching Fellowship
Amelia VanderLaan 09
Recommenders: Patrick Coby, William Oram
Consultant: Janice Schell
2 Killam
To Canada
Zoya Plamondon '11
Mentor: Justin Cammy
Recommenders: Robert Buchele, Mahnaz Mahdavi
Nina Schwartzman '10
Mentor: Justin Cammy
Recommenders: Bosiljka Gluma, Nicolas Russell
Language Evaluator: Jonathan Gosnell
1 Knowles Math Teaching Fellow
Caitlin (Brady) Santos '03
Click here to read her story.
5 Mellon Mays
Advisers: Randy Bartlett, Naomi Miller
Dominique Barbeau '11
Mentor: Laura Katz
Catherine Dodson '11
Mentor: Fletcher Blanchard
Yang Li '11
Mentor: Ileana Streinu
Darcy Rendon '11
Mentor:
Ginetta Candelario
T'Sey-Haye Preaster AC
Mentor: Riche Barnes
1 Post-Baccalaureate Fellow
National Yiddish Book Center
Christa Whitney '09
1 Presidential Fellow
Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress
Lillian Lamboy '10
Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship
Lucy Gent 09
West Africa: Environmental Studies
“Economic opportunity through environmental protection”
Mentor: Donald Andrew
Recommenders: Marguerite Harrison, Karen Pfeifer
Language Evaluator: Ann Leone
4 ALTERNATES
1 Boren
Katelyn Davis '11
Mentor: Katherine Halvorsen
Consultant: Nadya Sbaiti
Recommenders: Jennifer Guglielmo, Nadya Sbaiti
3 Fulbright
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
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
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
5 FINALISTS
1 France TA
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
4 Fulbright
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
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
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
1 AWARD
Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship
Veselina Hristova '11
See Fulbright News to keep abreast of up-to-date information on the Fulbright Fellowship.
