The following is a list of the applicants who were appointed as a result of
the 2007 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.
Arthur, George F. Kojo, Florida State University. Carved in Wood: Symbolism in the Woodcarvings of the Akan of Ghana, at the National Museum of African Art with Christine Mullen Kreamer and Mary Jo Arnoldi from December 15, 2007 through August 15, 2008.
Bjelajac, David V., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Mercurial Pigments: Chemistry, Color Theory and Studio Practice in American Painting, 1720-1880, at the Smithsonian American Art Museum with William H. Truettner and Eleanor Jones Harvey from November 1, 2007 through July 31, 2008.
Evans, Dorinda , Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London. Art in Conflict: The Legacy of Gilbert Stuart, at the National Portrait Gallery with Ellen Miles from September 1, 2007 through May 31, 2008.
Luckow, Melissa A., University of Texas, Austin. Morphological Studies in the Mimosoideae (Leguminosae), at the National Museum of Natural History with Laurence J. Dorr and Jun Wen from July 15, 2007 through July 15, 2008.
Sanchez, Alberto J., Univ. Nac. Autonoma de Mexico. Effect on Benthic Community by Blue Crab in Rhode River, at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center with Anson Hines from June 1, 2007 through September 30, 2007.
Willumson, Glenn G., University of California, Santa Barbara. Iron Muse: Picturing the First Transcontinental Railroad, at the Smithsonian American Art Museum with Toby Jurovics and William Truettner from November 1, 2007 through July 31, 2008.
Blakeslee, April M.H., University of New Hampshire. Genes and Parasites: Reconstructing the Invasive History of a Marine Snail in Three Oceans, at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center with A. Whitman Miller and Gregory Ruiz from September 1, 2007 through August 31, 2008.
Cleghorn, Naomi E., Stony Brook University. Zooarchaeology and Taphonomy of the Weasel Cave (Myshtulagty Lagat) Fauna, Northern Caucasus, Russia, at the National Museum of Natural History with Melinda Zeder from January 15, 2008 through May 15, 2008.
Fischhoff, Ilya R., Princeton University. Collective Movements of Large Mammals: Ecological and Social Mechanisms, at the National Zoological Park with Peter Leimgruber and William McShea from September 1, 2007 through August 31, 2009.
Fitzgerald, Erich M.G., Monash University. Small Whale, Big Relationship Issues: Resolving the Phylogenetic Position of the Pygmy Right Whale Within Mysticeti, at the National Museum of Natural History with James G. Mead and Hans-Dieter Sues from January 1, 2008 through December 31, 2008.
Garcia Inanez, Javier , University of Barclena. Study of Acculteration Processes Through Colonial Pottery: A Technological Approach, at the Museum Conservation Institute with Robert Speakman and Ronald Bishop from August 1, 2007 through September 30, 2008.
Green, Walton A., Yale University. The Evolution of Complex Organization in Early Angiosperms, at the National Museum of Natural History with Scott Wing from March 1, 2008 through February 28, 2009.
Hata, Hiroki , Kyoto University. Cultivation Mutualisms Between Damselfish and Algae, at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute with Nancy Knowlton and D. Ross Robertson from March 1, 2008 through February 28, 2009.
Hellyer, Robert I, Wake Forest University. Green Tea and the Path to an Industrial, International Japan, at the Freer Sackler Gallery of Art with Louise Cort and Pete Daniel from June 1, 2007 through August 31, 2007.
Hiller, Alexandra , Justus Liebig Univ. Giessen. Evolutionary History of the Family Porcellanidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura), at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute with Haris Lessios and John Christy from January 15, 2008 through January 14, 2009.
Hirsch, Ben T., Stony Brook University. How Does Genetic Relatedness Influence Juvenile Dominance Relations in Ring-Tailed Coatis (Nasua Nasua)?, at the National Zoological Park with Jesus Maldonado and Katherine Ralls from August 1, 2007 through July 31, 2008.
Horton, Brent M., University of Maine. Integrating Endocrinology and Life History in a Study of Orange-Crowned Warblers (Vermivora Celata), at the National Zoological Park with T. Scott Sillett and Janine Brown from September 15, 2007 through September 14, 2008.
Iwaniuk, Andrew N., University of Alberta. Inferring Sensory Abilities from Cranial Nerve Morphology in Extant and Fossil Birds, at the National Museum of Natural Hsitory with Storrs Olson from October 1, 2007 through September 30, 2008.
Kettenring, Karin Marie, University of Minnesota. Effects of Salinity, Flooding, Nitrogen and CO2 on the Establishment of Native and Non-Native Haplotypes of Phragmites Australis, at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center with Dennis Whigham from September 15, 2007 through September 14, 2008.
Mehdiabadi, Natasha J., University of Texas, Austiin. Phylogenetic and Behavioral Tests of Symbiont Choice in the Attine Ant-Fungus Symbiosis, at the National Museum of Natural History with Ted Schultz and Sean Brady from September 15, 2007 through September 15, 2008.
Mitchell, Carl P.J., University of Toronto. Estuarine and Tidal Marshes as Sources of Methylmercury: Hydrology and Hot Spots, at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center with Cynthia Gilmour from January 15, 2008 through January 14, 2009.
Ochs, Juliana , University of Cambridge, UK. Fear and Security on the American Homefront: From Pearl Harbor to Ground Zero, at the National Museum of American History with Harry R. Rubenstein and Peter Liebhold from September 15, 2007 through August 15, 2008.
Pang, Hui-Ping , Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing. Gan-Zhao: Between the Court and Regional Workshops of the Southern Song Dynasty, at the Freer Gallery of Art/Arthur M. Sackler Gallery with Joseph Chang and Massumeh Farhad from June 1, 2007 through May 31, 2008.
Punyasena, Surangi W., University of Chicago. Morphological Evolution of Neotropical Pollen and Functional Ecological Interpretations, at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute with Carlos Jaramillo and Scott L. Wing from September 1, 2007 through November 15, 2008.
Rivera Andia, Juan Javier, Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Symbolic Activities in the Cattle Branding Ritual of the Peruvian Andes, at the National Museum of the American Indian with Ramiro Matos and William Merrill from January 1, 2008 through June 30, 2008.
Rodriguez-Santana, Ivette , Yale University. Down in Puerto Rico with a Kodak: Images of Life, Visions of Society in the Caribbean Colony, at the National Museum of American History with Marvette Perez and David E. Haberstich from December 15, 2007 through June 15, 2008.
Rota, Jadranka , University of Connecticut. Molecular and Morphological Phylogenetics of the Family Choreutidae (Lepidoptera) with Special Emphasis on its Subfamily Millieninae, at the National Museum of Natural History with Donald Davis and John Brown from February 1, 2008 through January 31, 2009.
Thomas, Martin E., University of Technology, Sydney. Revisiting the 1948 American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land, at the Smithsonian Institution Archives with Pamela Henson and Paul Michael Taylor from February 1, 2008 through April 30, 2008.
Wittman, Sarah E., University of Vermont. Trophic Architecture Effects of Keystone Species, at the Smithsonian Tropical Reseach Institute with Ben Turner and Candy Feller from October 15, 2007 through October 14, 2008.
Yang, Xiaoyan , Peking University, China. Employing Starch Grain Analysis to Study Early Neolithic Millet Domestication and Dispersals in China, at the National Museum of Natural History with Dolores Piperno from November 1, 2007 through July 31, 2008.
Yasuhara, Moriaki , Osaka City University, Japan. Abrupt Climate Changes and Deep-Sea Ostracode Communities Over the Last 30,000 Years: Latitudinal and Glacial/Interglacial Comparisons, at the National Museum of Natural History with Gene Hunt and Brian T. Huber from October 15, 2007 through October 15, 2008.
Altman, Safra , University of Maryland. The Combined Effect of Community Diversity and Resource Availability on Invasion Success, at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center with Gregory Ruiz and Anson Hines from August 1, 2007 through July 31, 2008.
Barrette, Marie-France , University of Sherbrooke. Early-Life Hormonal Profiles and Variation in Individual Responsiveness to Social Stressors in Cooperative Wild Meerkats, at the National Zoological Park with Steven L. Monfort from January 1, 2008 through December 31, 2008.
Boone, Jobyl A., University of Delaware. Christo and Jeanne-Claude in the United States, 1964-2005, at the National Portrait Gallery with Frank Goodyear from October 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008.
Burton, Johanna B., Princeton University. The Context of Context: Appropriation in American Art of the 1980s, at the Archives of American Art with Liza Kirwin from July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008.
Daniels, Brian I., University of Pennsylvania. Social Scientists, Cultural Policies, and the Preservation of American Heritage, 1906-1979, at the National Museum of Natural History with Bruce Bernstein from September 15, 2007 through May 14, 2008.
Dasch, Rowena Houghton, University of Texas, Austin. "Now Exhibiting": Charles Bird King's Picture Gallery, Fashioning American Taste and Nation 1824-1861, at the National Portrait Gallery with Ellen Miles and William Truettner from June 1, 2007 through August 31, 2007.
Dueppen, Stephen A., University of Michigan. An Archaeozoological Study of Early Village Life in the West African Savanna, at the National Museum of Natural History with Melinda Zeder from June 1, 2007 through August 31, 2007.
Fullilove, Courtney , Columbia University. Cabinet of Curiosities: The U.S. Patent Office, 1836-1862, at the Smithsonian Institution Archives with Pamela Henson from January 1, 2008 through June 30, 2008.
Gilbert, David W., University of Wisconsin, Madison. Investigating the Emergence of the Black Professional Musician, 1905-1919, at the National Museum of American History with John E. Hasse and Dwight Blocker Bowers from February 1, 2008 through April 30, 2008.
Greenhalgh, Adam , University of Maryland. Risky Business: Chance and Contingency in American Art, 1876-1907, at the Smithsonian American Art Museum with William Truettner and Eleanor Jones Harvey from September 1, 2007 through August 31, 2008.
Hart, Mary Klugh, University of Kentucky. Sex Allocation and Egg Trading Strategy in a Simultaneous Hermaphrodite: Examining Sexual Conflict in a Mating System, at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute with D. Ross Robertson from July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008.
Hatayama, Mami , University of London, UK. The Lacquer Artist Shibita Zeshin and his Cultural Circles, at the Freer Gallery of Art/Arthur M. Sackler Gallery with Ann Yonemura from July 1, 2007 through September 30, 2007.
Kia, Chad , Columbia University. Visual and Literary Allegories in Sufi Illuminated Manuscripts of the Safavid Period, 1487-1565, at the Freer Gallery of Art/Arthur M. Sackler Gallery with Massumeh Farhad from September 1, 2007 through January 31, 2008.
Marden, Kerriann , Tulane University. Taphonomy and Mortuary Variability in the Chaco Canyon, at the National Museum of Natural History with Donald Ortner and David Hunt from July 15, 2007 through January 15, 2008.
Mayer, Eve , Harvard University. Indigenous States: The Utah Territory and Mid-Nineteenth Century American Empire, at the National Museum of Natural History with William Merrill and Robert Leopold from September 15, 2007 through December 15, 2007.
Mueller, Thomas , University of Maryland. Does Temporal Unpredictability in Resources Lead to Nomadism in Mongolian Gazelles?, at the National Zoological Park with Peter Leimgruber and Jonathan D. Ballou from September 1, 2007 through August 31, 2008.
Peiffer, Prudence M., Harvard University. Routine Extremism: Ad Reinhardt and Modern Art, at the Smithsonian American Art Museum with Virginia Mecklenburg from September 1, 2007 through August 31, 2008.
Reudink, Matthew W., Queen's University, Ontario. Carry-over Effects in American Redstarts: Implications for Sexual Selection and Behavior, at the National Zoological Park with Peter Marra from September 1, 2007 through August 31, 2008.
Schnell, Nalani Katharina, University of Tuebingen, Germany. How to Feed on Large Prey: Morphological Adaptations of the Cranial and Axial Skeleton of Barbeled Dragonfishes (Stomiidae, Teleostei), at the National Museum of Natural History with G. David Johnson from January 15, 2008 through July 15, 2008.
Scott, Christopher J., University of South Carolina. Blue Collar Comedy? Humorous Skits in Early Country Music, at the National Museum of American History with Pete Daniel from August 1, 2007 through January 31, 2008.
Scott, Emily Eliza, University of California, Los Angeles. Wasteland Aesthetics: Art and the Postindustrial Landscape, 1962-1972, at the Smithsonian American Art Museum with Toby Jurovics and Virginia Mecklenburg from September 1, 2007 through December 31, 2008.
Sharma, Yuthika , Columbia University. A View from the Countryside: Art and Architecture of the Delhi Suburbs (1780-1857), at the Freer Gallery of Art/Arthur M. Sackler Gallery with Debra Diamond and Massumeh Farhad from March 1, 2008 through May 31, 2008.
Touchon, Justin C., Boston University. Evolution of Reproductive Mode: Phenotypic Plasticity and Selection on Aquatic and Terrestrial Breeding in a Neotropical Treefrog, at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute with William Wcislo and Mary Jane West-Eberhard from June 1, 2007 through December 31, 2007.
Uddin, Lisa M., University of Rochester. Endangered Civility: Civic Renewal and the National Zoo in the 1960's and 1970's, at the Smithsonian Institution Archives with Pamela Henson from July 1, 2007 through December 31, 2007.
Velazco-Garcia, Paul M., University of Illinois, Chicago. Diversification in the Neotropics: Evolution of the Bat Genus Platyrrhinus, at the National Museum of Natural History with Alfred L. Gardner from September 1, 2007 through November 30, 2007.
Westkaemper, Emily M., Rutgers University. Martha Washington Goes Shopping: Mass Culture's Gendering of History, 1910-1950, at the National Museum of American History with William L. Bird and Fath Davis Ruffins from January 1, 2008 through June 30, 2008.
Wiersema, Juliet B., University of Maryland, College Park. Architectural Vessels of the Moche of Peru, at the National Museum of the American Indian with Ramiro Matos from June 15, 2007 through October 15, 2007.
Wu, Xiaojin , Princeton University. Beyond Decoration: Production, Iconography and Function of Ink Bird-and-Flower Screens in Muromachi Japan, at the Freer Gallery of Art/Arthur M. Sackler Gallery with Ann Yonemura from July 1, 2007 through September 30, 2007.
Beredo, Bernadette Cheryl, University of Hawaii, Manoa. The Bureau of American Ethnology and the Making of American Archival Practice, 1879-1903, at the National Museum of Natural History with Robert Leopold and John Fleckner from January 7, 2008 through March 14, 2008.
Copes, Lynn , Arizona State University. Using CT Scans to Compare Cranial Architecture of Human Inuit and Homo Erectus, at the National Museum of Natural History with Bruno Frohlich and from June 11, 2007 through August 17, 2007.
Davis, Candace M., North Carolina State University. The Effect of Enclosure Conditions on the Stress Physiology of Pygmy Rabbits (Brachylagus idahoensis), at the National Zoological Park with Janine Brown and from June 4, 2007 through August 10, 2007.
Diazgranados, Mauricio , St. Louis University. Past, Present and Future Geographic Distribution of Espeletiinae, at the National Museum of Natural History with Vicki Funk and Harold Robinson from June 4, 2007 through November 2, 2007.
Diggs, Nora Elizabeth, University of Georgia. Consequences of a Diet Shift in Wintering Hermit Thrushes (Catharus Guttatus), at the National Zoological Park with Peter P. Marra and from June 4, 2007 through August 10, 2007.
Kutyla, Alicja K., Middle Tennessee State University. The Human Sacroiliac Joint: Identifying Age Changes in the Auricular Surface of the Sacrum, at the National Museum of Natural History with Don Ortner and Dave Hunt from July 16, 2007 through January 11, 2008.
Lam, Susanna , University of California, Los Angeles. Mineral Analysis of Chinese Jades from the Neolithic through the Han Dynasty, at the Freer Gallery of Art/Arthur M. Sackler Gallery with Janet G. Douglas and Sorena Sorensen from January 7, 2008 through March 14, 2008.
Muir-Harmony, Teasel E., University of Notre Dame. A History of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory's Optical Satellite Tracking Station in Japan, at the National Air and Space Museum with David DeVorkin and from June 4, 2007 through August 10, 2007.
Riggs, Marion C., Princeton University. A Study of the Collection of Giuseppe Barberi Drawings at the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, at the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum with Floramae McCarron-Cates and Gail Davidson from June 4, 2007 through August 10, 2007.
Rodgers, Paula J., University of Maryland, College Park. A Comparative Analysis of Sperm Use and Mating Strategies in Brachyuran Crabs, at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center with Anson Hines and from June 11, 2007 through August 17, 2007.
Valance, Helene Helene, Universite Paris VII Denis Diderot. The Re-Envisioning of American Landscape, at the Smithsonian American Art Museum with Cynthia Mills and William Truettner from July 2, 2007 through September 7, 2007.
Zeigler, Sara L., University of Maryland, College Park. Incorporating Landscape in Population Viability Analysis: Improving Generic Modeling Platforms for Endangered Species Conservation, at the National Zoological Park with Jonathon Ballou and Becky Raboy from June 4, 2007 through August 10, 2007.