The following is a list of the applicants who were appointed as a result of
the 2004 Smithsonian Institution Fellowship competition. This list includes
the names of the institutions from which they received their doctoral degrees
(note: current institutional affiliation is listed for senior awards) or
in
which they are currently enrolled, the title of the proposed research undertaken
at the Smithsonian, the name of their host/advisor, the Smithsonian unit
at which the research was conducted, and the dates of their tenure.
This list is intended to demonstrate the kinds and variety of topics that receive support through the Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program.
Gorchov, David L., Miami University. Environmental Limits to the Invasion of an Exotic Shrub, "Rubus phoenicolasius," in Late Successional Dediduous Forest, at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center with Dennis Whigham July 15, 2004 through July 14, 2005.
Lewis, Laura A., James Madison University. History, Race and Place in the Making of Black Mexico, at the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage with Olivia Cadaval and Diana Baird N'Diaye from September 1, 2004 through November 30, 2004.
McCarthy, David P., Rhodes College. Against Imperium: American Artists in an Age of Global Conflict, at the Smithsonian American Art Museum with Virginia Mecklenburg and Liza Kirwin from September 15, 2004 through December 15, 2004.
Olmstead, Richard G., University of Washington. Phylogeny and Systematics of Verbenaceae, at the National Museum of Natural History with Vicki Funk and W. John Kress from October 15, 2004 through April 15, 2005.
Visona, Monica B., Metropolitan State College of Denver. Time and Space in the Art of the Lagoon Peoples of Cote d'Ivoire, at the National Museum of African Art with David Binkley September 15, 2004 through March 15, 2005.
Andre, Sarah L., Northwestern University. Investigation of Impact Basins and Hypsometry of Mercury, at the National Air and Space Museum with Thomas Watters August 1, 2004 through July 31, 2005.
Assefa, Zelalem, State University of New York, Stony Brook. Digital Catalogue of East African Mammals, at the National Museum of Natural History with Richard Potts June 1, 2004 through January 30, 2005.
Bai, Xuemei, University of Southern Mississippi. Probing Interactions Between Karlotoxin in "Karlodinium micrum" and Parasitism by "Amoebophrya" Species, at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center with D. Wayne Coats September 15, 2004 through September 14, 2005.
Bisson, Isabelle-Anne, York University, Canada. Coevolutionary History of a Feather Degrading Bacterium and Its Avian Host, at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center with Peter Marra December 1, 2004 through November 30, 2005.
Blockett, Kimberly D., Pennsylvania State University. Race, Religion and Rebellion in the Early 1800s: The Life and Travels of Zilpha Elaw, Black Woman Evangelist, at the Anacostia Museum with Gail Lowe and Portia James from September 1, 2004 through February 28, 2005.
Bristol Jr., Douglas W., University of Maryland, College Park. African American Barbers in the Twentieth Century, at the National Museum of American History with Fath Davis Ruffins and Katherine Ott from June 1, 2004 through August 31, 2004.
Carney, Karen, Stanford University. The Influence of Elevated CO2 on Soil Microbial Community Composition and Function: Implications for the Fate of Carbon in the Rhizosphere, at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center with J. Patrick McGonigal and Bert Drake from January 1, 2005 through December 31, 2005.
Cernusak, Lucas A., Australian National University. Water Use Efficiency of Tropical Trees Derived from Stable Isotopes, at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute with Klaus Winter March 1, 2005 through February 28, 2006.
Cheng, Wen-Chien, University of Michigan. Ideas Beyond Indulgence: Images of Drunkenness from Imperial China, at the Freer Gallery of Art/Arthur M. Sackler Gallery with Joseph Chang March 1, 2005 through June 30, 2005.
Doris, Sara, University of Kentucky. Pop Art and the Contest Over American Culture, at the Smithsonian American Art Museum with Virginia Mecklenburg January 1, 2005 through July 31, 2005.
Ewers, Robert Mark, University of Canterbury, New Zealand. Economic Development, Tropical Deforestation and Scenarios for Future Biodiversity Loss, at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute with William Laurance July 1, 2004 through June 30, 2005.
Fan, Fa-ti, University of Wisconsin, Madison. American Scientific Explorations in China, 1900s-1940s, at the Smithsonian Institution Archives with Pamela Henson and Susan McElrath from January 15, 2005 through May 15, 2005.
Gillette, Maris B., Haverford College. Historical Legacies and Artistic Expressions in Chinese Porcelain, at the Freer Gallery of Art/Arthur M. Sackler Gallery with Louise Cort and Jan Stuart from February 1, 2005 through April 30, 2005.
Haney, Erin L., University of London, UK. Portraits of Everyday Life: Photographs, History, and Memory in the Gold Coast, 1840 - 1940, at the National Museum of African Art with Christine Mullen Kreamer October 15, 2004 through July 14, 2005.
Hilton, Eric J., University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Comparative and Developmental Morphology and Phylogenetic Systematics of Jacks (Carangidae), at the National Museum of Natural History with G. David Johnson September 1, 2004 through August 31, 2005.
Keiner, Christine M., Rochester Institute Of Technology. Post-Earth Day Environmental Science and Politics at the Smithsonian, at the Smithsonian Institution Archives with Pamela Henson and Jeffrey Stine from June 1, 2004 through August 31, 2004.
Lawrence, Kathleen, Boston University. Aesthetic Transcendentalism and Its Legacy: Margaret Fuller, William Wetmore Story, and American Sculpture, at the Smithsonian American Art Museum with George Gurney October 1, 2004 through December 31, 2004.
Leon Canales, Elmo A., Universidad Catolica de Lima, Peru. Paleoindian Lithic Technologies: An Intercontinental Approach, at the National Museum of Natural History with Dennis Stanford and Ramiro Matos from September 1, 2004 through March 31, 2005.
Miller, Jeremy A., George Washington University. Molecular Phylogeny and Taxonomy of Widow Spiders (Araneae, Theridiidae, Latrodectus), at the National Museum of Natural History with Jonathan Coddington and Ted Schultz from July 1, 2004 through June 30, 2005.
Nel, Philip W., Vanderbilt University. Crockett Johnson and Ruth Krauss: A Biography, at the National Portrait Gallery with Wendy Wick Reaves January 1, 2005 through August 15, 2005.
Percy, Diana M., University of Glasgow, UK. Evolution and Adaptation in Insect-Plant Interactions: A Model System in the Hawaiian Islands, at the National Museum of Natural History with Scott Miller and Robert Fleischer from September 15, 2004 through September 14, 2005.
Philpott, Stacy M., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. A Bi-Regional Comparison of Sustainable Coffee Certification: Developing Conservation Strategies for Chiapas, Mexico and Sumatra, Indonesia, at the National Zoological Park with Robert Rice and Russell Greenberg from September 1, 2004 through August 31, 2005.
Savov, Ivan P., University of South Florida. The Nature and History of Volcanism in Armenia: Insights from Petrology and Geochemistry of Lavas from the Lake Sevan Region, at the National Museum of Natural History with James Luhr September 1, 2004 through August 31, 2005.
Smythe, Ashleigh B., University of California, Davis. Phylogeny of the Marine Nematode Subclass Enoplia, at the National Museum of Natural History with W. Duane Hope and Jon Norenburg from March 15, 2005 through March 14, 2006.
Stapley, Jessica, Australian National University. An Empirical Test of the Role of Sexual Selection on Reproductive Isolation in Anolis Limifrons, at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute with John Christy March 1, 2005 through February 28, 2006.
Taylor, Stephanie L., Boston University. Joseph Cornell and His World, at the Smithsonian American Art Museum with Virginia Mecklenburg January 1, 2005 through June 30, 2005.
Toth, Eva, Rice University. Behavioral and Genetic Analysis of Eusocial Shrimp Occurring at Bocas Del Toros, Panama, at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute with Nancy Knowlton September 15, 2004 through September 14, 2005.
Tryon, Christian A., University of Connecticut. Variation in Lithic Technology and Hominid Landscape Use in the African Acheulian, at the National Museum of Natural History with Richard Potts September 15, 2004 through May 15, 2005.
Whatley, Robin L., University of California, Santa Barbara. Evolution of Early Mammal Community Structure, at the National Museum of Natural History with Anna K. Behrensmeyer and Richard Thorington from December 1, 2004 through November 30, 2005.
Arnold, Rebecca L., University College London, UK. American Looks: Sportswear, Fashion & The Image of Women in New York, 1929-1947, at the National Museum of American History with Ellen Roney Hughes and Priscilla Wood from August 1, 2004 through October 31, 2004.
Barron, Alexander R., Princeton University. Patterns and Controls of Nitrogen Fixation in a Tropical Forest, at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute with S. Joseph Wright June 1, 2004 through March 31, 2005.
Bridges, Nichole N., University of Wisconsin, Madison. Souvenir Standards, Aesthetic Integrity, and Indigenous Agency in Carved Loango Tusks, at the National Museum of African Art with David Binkley January 15, 2005 through July 15, 2005.
Curtiss, Kimberly M., Rutgers University. Points in Between: Painting Native America, 1830-1900, at the Smithsonian American Art Museum with William Truettner and Frank Goodyear from September 1, 2004 through August 31, 2005.
Gisolfi, Monica R., Columbia University. From Cotton Farmers to Poultry Growers: The Rise of Industrial Agriculture in North Georgia, 1920-1960, at the National Museum of American History with Pete Daniel and Jeffrey Stine from September 1, 2004 through August 31, 2005.
Innis, Anne F., University of Maryland. Comparative Ecology of an Invasive Perrennial "Rubus phoenicolasius" and the Native "Rubus argutus", at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center with Dennis Whigham June 1, 2004 through May 31, 2005.
Jordan, Guy D., University of Maryland, College Park. Consuming Images: The Visual Culture of Virtue and Vice in Antebellum America, at the Smithsonian American Art Museum with Eleanor Harvey and William Truettner from September 1, 2004 through August 31, 2005.
Keisman, Jennifer, Princeton University. Species Effects on Nutrient Cycling, at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center with Geoffrey Parker and Thomas Jordan from July 1, 2004 through June 30, 2005.
Lawrence, James A., University of Texas, Austin. Abdication in an Artistic Democracy: Meaning in the Work of Barnett Newman and Donald Judd, 1950-1970 (and Thereafter), at the Smithsonian American Art Museum with Virginia Mecklenburg September 1, 2004 through February 28, 2005.
Matkin-Rawn, Story L., University of Wisconsin. "That We Could Have in our Hands the Power:" African American Organizing and the Reshaping of Arkansas Politics, 1945 - 1975, at the National Museum of American History with Pete Daniel February 15, 2005 through May 15, 2005.
May, Jessica, University of California, Berkeley. Off the Clock: Walker Evans and the Crisis of American Capital, 1930-1946, at the Smithsonian American Art Museum with Virginia Mecklenburg January 1, 2005 through September 30, 2005.
Michelmore, Mary C, University of Michigan. With the First Penny Paid": Welfare Reform, Tax Policy and American Political Culture, 1960 - 1980, at the National Museum of American History with Harry Rubenstein and William Bird from September 1, 2004 through December 31, 2004.
Noveck, Daniel B., University of Chicago. Historical Perspectives on Ramamuri Indian Ethnicity, at the National Museum of Natural History with William Merrill January 1, 2005 through September 30, 2005.
Patterson, Cynthia L., George Mason University. Artists and Engravers of the Philly Pictorials, 1835-1855, at the National Museum of American History with Helena Wright May 15, 2004 through August 15, 2004.
Peluc, Suzana I., University of California, Riverside. The Role of Ecological Factors and Microclimate in Shaping Nest Site Selection in Songbirds, at the National Zoological Park with Scott Sillett February 1, 2005 through March 31, 2006.
Robinson, Edward L., University of Oxford, UK. The Contributions of Photographer Frances Benjamin Johnson, at the National Museum of American History with Michelle Delaney and Pamela Henson from June 1, 2004 through October 31, 2004.
Rufolo, Scott J., Johns Hopkins University. An Analysis of Animal Remains from Khabur Basin, Syria, at the National Museum of Natural History with Melinda Zeder January 15, 2005 through October 15, 2005.
Samuel, Anne, University of Delaware. Vision Conceptualized in the American Renaissance Murals of Edwin Howland Blashfield (1848 - 1936), at the Smithsonian American Art Museum with Richard Murray September 1, 2004 through November 30, 2004.
Shin, Seojeong, University of Maryland, College Park. The Prints and Paintings of the Seventeenth-Century Chinese Artist, Xiao Yun Cong (1596-1673), at the Freer Gallery of Art/Arthur M. Sackler Gallery with Joseph Chang and Jan Stuart from July 15, 2004 through January 15, 2005.
Smith, Deborah Ann, University of Washington. Dogs, Scats, and DNA: A Noninvasive Approach for Carnivore Field Studies, at the National Zoological Park with Katherine Ralls and Jesus Maldonado from September 1, 2004 through August 31, 2005.
Smith, Kendra, St. Olaf College. Perfecting Nature's Food: American Dairy Production and Consumption, 1900 - 1975, at the National Museum of American History with Pete Daniel and Jeffrey Stine from January 15, 2005 through April 30, 2005.
Swenson, Kirsten J., State University of New York, Stony Brook. From Kitchen to Factory: Eva Hesse's Labors, at the Archives of American Art with Virginia Mecklenburg and Liza Kirwin from August 16, 2004 through January 31, 2005.
Altman, Safra, University of Maryland. Effects of Genotypic Variation on Success of Invasive Ascidians, at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center with Anson Hines and Gregory Ruiz from June 1, 2004 through August 6, 2004.
Jones, Bradley A., University of Glasgow, UK. Politics of the Street, at the National Museum of American History with Barbara Clark Smith March 1, 2005 through May 6, 2005.
Madsen, Leslie J., University of California, Davis. Women in Natural History Institutions, at the Smithsonian Institution Archives with Pamela Henson and Ronald Brashear from September 27, 2004 through December 3, 2004.
Marsh, Allison Courtney, Johns Hopkins University. Greetings from the Shop Floor: Factory Tours and the Picture Post Card, at the National Museum of American History with Steven Lubar and Peter Liebhold from June 1, 2004 through August 6, 2004.
Mayne, Rhiannon G., University of Tennessee. Coordinated Petrologic Spectral Studies of Antartic Basaltic Meteorites, at the National Museum of Natural History with Timothy McCoy and Glenn MacPherson from June 1, 2004 through August 6, 2004.
Olsen, Brian J., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Sub-Specific Differences in Freshwater and Tidal Swamp Sparrows (Melospiza Georgiana), at the National Zoological Park with Russell Greenberg May 31, 2004 through August 6, 2004.
Roux, Karin E., George Mason University. Examining the Presence and Impacts of Lead in Songbirds Along a Land-Use Gradient, at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center with Peter Marra May 3, 2004 through November 9, 2004.
Schmeling, Barbara J., Frostburg State University. The Effects of Prescribed Fire on Secretive Marsh Birds, at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center with Peter Marra June 1, 2004 through August 6, 2004.