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2004-2005 Student Award Winners

Nothing's Gonna Give

Saving Narnia

The Finer Things

From Ward Circle to the White House

Moving History Forward

Class Notables

Funding the Scholars

The following graduate students received NSEP/David L. Boren Graduate Fellowships, which enable students to focus on less commonly taught languages and cultures.

SaMee Burrage, MS candidate, SIS, will attend classes at Korea University in Seoul. Burrage, an international communication major, will focus on international commerce and Korean.

Anisha Dewan, MA candidate, SIS, will travel to Beirut to study Arabic. The international communication major will focus on Lebanese-Syrian relations.

Timothy Essam, MA candidate, SIS,  will spend a year in Bosnia-Herzegovina. An international development major, he  will study the causes and extent of youth alienation and how local NGOs can intervene to increase economic and political participation among youth.

Kelly Feltault, doctoral student, SIS, will conduct a case study of Maryland-based Phillips Foods Inc., which has operations in Maryland’s Eastern Shore and in Thailand. An anthropology major, Feltault plans to investigate the role that multinational corporations play in creating environmental security risks.

Fonta Gilliam, MA candidate, SIS, is an international development major who will study in Seoul, focusing on the Korean economy as a development model.

Benjamin Goldstein, MA candidate, SIS, is majoring in natural resources and sustainable development. He will focus on trends in land use and stewardship in Central America following the international coffee market crisis. His research will take him to both Costa Rica and Nicaragua.

Jesse Lynch, MA candidate, SIS, will study Arabic at Middlebury College and the American University of Cairo. A U.S. foreign policy major, Lynch will research Islamist movements and their role in promoting democratic reform.

Marsha Michel, MA candidate, SIS, will focus her research on the status of low-income Afro-Brazilian women. A comparative and regional studies major with a focus on Latin America and the Caribbean, Michel’s program of study includes foreign language training in Portugese.

Emily Morris, MA candidate, SIS, will travel to Zanzibar, Tanzania, where she will investigate trends in Islamic education. A development management major who speaks fluent Swahili, Morris will take intensive course work in Arabic.

Jenny Presswalla, MA candidate, SIS, will travel to Mumbai to research how U.S. visa policy has affected Indian students’ decisions to attend graduate school in the United States. An international communication major, Presswalla is primarily interested in students in science-oriented fields.

Katherine Surber, MA candidate, SIS, will study at Korea University in Seoul. An international economic policy major, Surber will focus on international economic policy and East Asian area studies.

Tiwanna DeMoss, CAS, anthropology

Patrick Gaughen, SPA, political science

Students who received other grants to go abroad include the following:

Lori Felton, senior, CAS, received the English Language Teaching Assistantship in Austria. An art history major, Felton will spend eight months teaching conversational English in a horticultural school in Vienna, perfecting her German, and studying early twentieth century and contemporary Austrian art.

KristyStephenson, senior, Kogod/CAS, received the English Language Teaching Assistantship in Austria. Stephenson, a business administration and German studies major, will spend a year in Vienna studying European business culture. She previously interned at a Berlin accounting firm.

Fidel Medina, senior, SIS/Kogod, received the Freeman Foundation Scholarship, which funds tuition and fees for a master’s in philosophy at the University of Cambridge. Medina, an international studies and business administration major, will pursue a degree in modern Chinese studies, splitting his time between Cambridge and Beijing University.

Kevin Wadzuk, junior, SPA, received the Killam Fellowship, a grant designed to promote mutual understanding between United States and Canadian citizens. Wadzuk, who’s majoring in justice, law and society, will spend one year studying international law at York University.

Tuition Grants

Jessica Pfleiderer, sophomore, SIS, received the Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship, which prepares students to enter the U.S. Department of State Foreign Service. An international studies major with a Spanish minor, Pfleiderer is a Presidential Scholar who serves as president of the AU Debate Society.

Janyne Quarm, sophomore, SIS, is a national finalist for the Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship.

Forrest Dunbar, junior, SIS/CAS, received the Harry S. Truman Scholarship, which allots students $30,000 to pursue an advanced degree. An international studies and economics major, Dunbar will use his scholarship to continue his formal training in economics and international relations. Dunbar cofounded an international “think tank” aimed at uniting Japanese and international students around their mutual interest in international service careers; he also plans to enter the Peace Corps after graduation.

Jacqueline Ingber, junior, SPA, is a national finalist for the Harry S. Truman Scholarship.

Lacey Rosenbaum, junior, SPA, is a national finalist for the Harry S. Truman Scholarship.

Anthony Valdez, junior, SPA, received a scholarship to the summer institute at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, which focuses on economics, statistics, policy analysis, writing, and public speaking. Valdez is a political science major.

Internships

Caroline Danauy, MA candidate, SIS, received the Drug Enforcement Administration Summer Honors Internship. Danauy, a comparative and regional studies major, will work in the DEA’s Intelligence Division.

Robert Levy, MS candidate, SPA, received the Drug Enforcement Administration Summer Honors Internship. Levy, a justice, law, and society major, will work in the DEA’s Intelligence Division.

The following students received two-year Presidential Management Fellowships, designed to attract outstanding graduate students into federal service:

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