Graduate students receive 28 Fulbright-Hays fellowships

Seventeen of the 28 graduate students who won Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad fellowships this year pose for a photo on the lawn of the Main Quad. Madeline Hamblin, (fourth from left in front row), Director of the Office of Graduate Affairs, reported that 28 students out of 42 applicants received the awards this year, and four students are on the alternate list.

Chicago students continue to garner record-breaking numbers of Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad fellowships, which the U.S. Department of Education awards annually. For the 19th consecutive year, Chicago students have won more Fulbright-Hays DDRA fellowships than any other U.S. educational institution. This year, 28 of 42 Chicago applicants have received fellowships, and four students were on the alternate list, as of this printing. Last year, 23 students received the fellowships, and in 2003, 21 students were recipients of the awards.

The dissertation fellowships are for study in non-Western countries and cover periods of six to 12 months. The following students, who are 2005 fellowship recipients, are named with their areas of study and the countries to which they will travel to conduct their research.

Deanna Barenboim, Human Development, Mexico

Matthew Bird, Human Development, Peru

Katherine Burke, Islamic Archaeology, Egypt

Stephanie Buttacavolisosa, Human Development, Mexico

Julia Cassaniti, Human Development, Thailand

Bianca Dahl, Human Development, Botswana

Alyssa Gabbay, Classical Persian Literature, India

Stephen Halsey, History, China, Taiwan

Joseph Hankins, Anthropology, Japan

Kelda Jamison, Anthropology, Turkey

Andrew Janco, History, Russia

Beatrice Jauregui, Anthropology, India

Justin Jesty, East Asian Languages & Civilizations, Japan

Jeremy Jones, Anthropology, Zimbabwe

Steven Kosiba, Anthropology, Peru

Ethan Kroll, South Asian Languages & Civilizations, India

Spencer Leonard, South Asian Languages & Civilizations/History, India

Stacey Manley, History, Russia

Marston Morgan, Anthropology, New Caledonia, Algeria, France

Scott Reylea, History, China, United Kingdom

Noah Salomon, Religion, Sudan

Ann Schneider, History, Brazil

Andrey Shlyakhter, History, Russia, Belarus, Ukraine

Andrew Sloin, History/Jewish Studies, Belarus, Russia

Kabir Tambar, Anthropology, Turkey

Saul Thomas, Anthropology, China

Jeremy Walton, Anthropology, Turkey

Liza Weinstein, Sociology, India