Royster Society of Fellows
Dissertation Fellowships
Dissertation Fellows 2009-2010
- Devin Barrett, Chemistry
Charles Lee Raper Dissertation Fellowship
- Andrew George, Ecology
Charles Alphonso Smith Dissertation Fellowship
- Anupama Gomez, Maternal & Child Health
Jessie Ball duPont Dissertation Fellowship
- Maile Henson, Neurobiology
Charles Lee Raper Dissertation Fellowship
- Erik Karlsson, Nutrition
William Whatley Pierson Dissertation Fellowship
- Elizabeth King, Health Behavior & Health Education
Charles Lee Raper Dissertation Fellowship
- Beth Latshaw, Sociology
Paul Hardin Dissertation Fellowship
- Eric Mandelbaum, Philosophy
Thomas S. and Helen Borda Royster and Snowden and Elspeth Merck Henry Dissertation Fellowship
- Harmony Salzler, Genetics & Molecular Biology
Edwin A. Greenlaw Dissertation Fellowship
- Tracy Wike, Social Work
Lovick P. Corn Dissertation Fellowship
Dissertation Fellows 2008-2009
- Janne Boone, Nutrition
Henry Dearman & Martha Stucker Fellowship
“Do Active Communities Support Physical Activity, or Support Active People”
- Kristal Chichlowska, Epidemiology
Sequoyah Dissertation Fellowship
“Electrocardiographic Abnormalities Preceding Incident Heart Failure”
- Mark Elliott, Environmental Science and Engineering
Ross & Charlotte Johnson Family Dissertation Fellowship
“Performance Characterization and Design Modification of the Biosand Drinking Water Filter”
- Marcie Fisher-Borne, Social Work
Lyle V. Jones Dissertation Fellowship
“The Design, Implementation and Evaluation of a Statewide Cultural Competency Training for North Carolina Disease Intervention Specialists”
- Jessica Hardie, Sociology
Jessie Ball Dupont Dissertation Fellowship
“Aspirations and Attainment in the Transition to Adulthood”
- Hedwig Lee, Sociology
Jessie Ball Dupont Dissertation Fellowship
“Race, Ethnicity and the Social Context of Disadvantage and its Links to Obesity and Physical Inactivity in Adolescence and the Transition to Adulthood”
- Alicia Levin, Music
Thomas S. & Helen Borda Royster & Snowden & Elspeth Merck Henry Dissertation Fellowship
“Seducing Paris: Piano Virtuosos and Artistic Identity, 1820-1848”
- Elena Oxman, English
Paul Hardin Dissertation Fellowship
“Epiphanies of the Sensible: Thinking Through Images in French Film Philosophy”
- Dana Powell, Anthropology
Sequoyah Dissertation Fellowship
“Independent Power: The Cultural Politics of Energy Production on the Navaho Nation”
- Leslie Prochaska, Physics and Astronomy
Linda Dykstra Science Dissertation Fellowship
“Age and Metallicity Relations of Stellar Populations Within S0 Galaxies”
- Sydney Spangler, Maternal and Child Health
Lovick P. Corn Dissertation Fellowship
“Use of Skilled Attendance at Childbirth in Rural Tanzania: The Role of Social and Material Inequalities”
- Cindy Spurlock, Communication Studies
Susan Lord Dissertation Fellowship
“Making Conservation Public: Rhetorical Environmentality and National Parks”
- Kathryn Taylor, Chemistry
Carol & Edward Smithwick Dissertation Fellowship
“Hybrid Nanoparticles as Contrast Agents for Magnetic Resonance Imaging”
Dissertation Fellows 2007-2008
- Emily Bobrow, Maternal & Child Health
The Peace Sullivan Dissertation Fellowship
“Factors Influencing the Willingness of Pregnant HIV-positive Women to Participate in Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission Programs in Lilongwe, Malawi”
- Rachel Buchanan, Social Work
The Jessie Ball duPont Dissertation Fellowship
“The Effects of Close Relationships and Acculturation on the Risky Behavior of Latino Adolescents”
- Jennifer Carter, Pathology
The Sequoyah Dissertation Fellowship
“Regulation of the Plasminogen Activator System by Peroxisome Proliferator Activated Receptor-gamma Ligands Using the MCF-10A Family of Cel Lines and Adipocytes”
- Dohoon Lee, Sociology
The Jessie Ball duPont Dissertation Fellowship
“The Micro Basis of Socioeconomic Inequality: The Role of Noncognitive Skills in Adult Life Outcomes”
- Cara McComish, Speech and Hearing Science
The Paul Hardin Dissertation Fellowship
“Mealtime Communication and Oral-Motor Feeding Skills in Six Month Old Infants Who Were Born Prematurely”
- Amanda Northcross, Environmental Sciences & Engineering
David N. & Gladys H. McNelis Dissertation Fellowship
“Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation from Monoterpene Ozonolysis in the Presence of Inorganic Aerosols: Acid Effects on SOA Yields and Oligomeric Fraction”
- Maximilian Owre, History
The Lovick P. Corn Dissertation Fellowship
“United in Divisions: Partisanship and National Identity in Restoration France, 1814-1830”
- Elizabeth Selig, Ecology
The Ross & Charlotte Johnson Family Dissertation Fellowship
“Effects of Changing Temperature on Coral Reef Health: Implications for Management”
- Julie Sullivan, Chemistry
The Linda Dykstra Science Dissertation Fellowship
“Effects of Small Molecule Binding to mRNA on Gene Expression”
- Matthew Thompson, Anthropology
The Sequoyah Dissertation Fellowship
“Staging ‘The Drama:’ The Continuing importance of Cultural Tourism in the Gaming Era”
- Lara Vaz, Health Behavior & Health Education
The John Motley Morehead Dissertation Fellowship
“Understanding the Process of HIV Serostatus Disclosure to HIV-Infected Children in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo”
- Karen Wendling, Chemistry
The Carol & Edward Smithwick Dissertation Fellowship
“Methods to Detect Volatile Organic Compounds Using Selected Ion Chemical Ionization in a Quadrupole Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer”
- Janelle Werner, History
The Caroline H. & Thomas S. Royster Jr. Dissertation Fellowship
“As Long as Their Sin is Privy: Priests and Concubines in England, 1375-1549”
Dissertation Fellows 2006-2007
- Gabriel Cumming, Ecology
The Paul Hardin Dissertation Fellowship
“Addressing the Landscape Change with Rural North Carolinians: The Ecology of Community Discourse”
- Kara Getrost, Comparative Literature
The Jessie Ball duPont Dissertation Fellowship
“African Lessons in Adolescence: British and German Colonial Adventure Novels of Sub-Saharan ”
- Adam Hall, Applied & Materials Sciences
The Ross & Charlotte Johnson Family Dissertation Fellowship
“Material and Device Investigations Using Carbon Nanotubes in Electromechanical Systems”
- Damon Jacobs, Cell & Molecular Physiology
The Sequoyah Dissertation Fellowship
“Myosin 5C: Actin-based Organelle Trafficking in Epithelial Cells”
- Dorian Miller, Computer Science
The Lovick P. Corn Dissertation Fellowship
“Computer Interfaces to Support Collaboration Between People with and without Hearing or Visual Impairments”
- Jane Moran, Physics
The Carol & Edward Smithwick Dissertation Fellowship
“Early-Time Polarization Measurements of a Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglow with the PROMPT Polarimeter”
- Joshua Nadel, History
The Theda Perdue & Michael Green Dissertation Fellowship
“Processing Modernity: Social and Cultural Adaptation in Cuba, 1892-1961”
- Maureen O'Brien, Art
The Thomas S. & Helen Borda Royster & Snowden & Elspeth Merck Henry Dissertation Fellowship
“Deconstructing the Vienna Genesis: Art and Text in Byzantium and Renaissance Italy”
- Rachel Rosen, Physics
The Linda Dykstra Science Dissertation Fellowship
“Non-radial Oscillations in Radio Pulsars”
- Karen Ruffle, Religious Studies
The John Motley Morehead Dissertation Fellowship
“A Bride of One Night, A Widow Forever: Gender and Vernacularization in the Construction of South Asian Shi’i Hagiography”
- Christina Snyder, History
The Sequoyah Dissertation Fellowship
“Captives of the Dark and Bloody Ground: Identity, Race, and Power in the Contested American South”
Dissertation Fellows 2005-2006
- Sally Clendon, Speech and Hearing Sciences
The Thomas S. & Helen Borda Royster & Snowden & Elspeth Merck Henry Dissertation Fellowship
“The Language of Beginning Writers: Implications for Students Who Use AAC”
- Connell Cunningham, Jr., Chemistry
The Ross & Charlotte Johnson Family Dissertation Fellowship
“Improvement of Through-put and Ion Activation for Structural Elucidation of Compounds in a Quadrupole Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer”
- Lisa Clare Davenport, Biology
The Paul Hardin Dissertation Fellowship
“Sociality in the Giant Otter (Pteronura brasiliensis): Causes and Consequences”
- David Davis, English
The Georgia Carroll Kyser Dissertation Fellowship
“World War I, Literary Modernism, and the U.S. South”
- J. Andrew Flory, Music
The John Motley Morehead Dissertation Fellowship
“I Hear a Symphony: Making Music at Motown from 1959-1979”
- Christine Kaestle, Maternal and Child Health
The Jessie Ball duPont Dissertation Fellowship
“Age at First Intercourse and the Sexual Health of Young Adults”
- Patricia L. Kohl, Social Work
The Lovick P. Corn Dissertation Fellowship
“Child Welfare Agency Response to Domestic Violence among Families Investigated for Child Maltreatment: A Multi-level Analysis of Safety Following Child Welfare Involvement”
- Lindsey Smith, English
The Sequoyah Dissertation Fellowship
“Multicultural Savage: Indians, Environment, and Identity on the Borders of American Literature”
- Joshua Steinhurst, Computer Science
The Paul Hardin Dissertation Fellowship
“Practical Photon Mapping in Hardware”
- Joette Russell Tanner, Chemistry
The Carol & Edward Smithwick Dissertation Fellowship
“Novel Alignment Materials for Use in Liquid Crystal Display Devices”
- Jennifer A. Taylor, Biology
The Sequoyah Dissertation Fellowship
“Hydrostatic Skeletons in the Crustacea: Skeletal Support Change in Aquatic and Terrestrial Crabs”
- Eileen M. Vandenburgh, Ecology
The Lovick P. Corn Dissertation Fellowship
“Are Part-time Marine Protected Areas Effective? Development of Biological and Social Theories Crucial to Designing MPAs for the Real World”
- Celeste Yeates, Physics and Astronomy
The Linda Dykstra Science Dissertation Fellowship
“Mode Identification with Combination Frequences in ZZ Ceti Stars with the SOAR Telescope”
- Yaraslau Zayats, Economics
The Jessie Ball duPont Dissertation Fellowship
“Schooling, Wages, and the Role of Unobserved Ability: The Case of Cebu”
Dissertation Fellows 2004-2005
- Yaacov Ben-Shemesh, Philosophy
The Paul Hardin Dissertation Fellowship
“Neutrality and Self-Government”
- Melissa K. Bostrom, English
The Thomas S. and Helen Borda Royster and Snowden and Elspeth Merck Henry Dissertation Fellowship
“Economics of Farm, Family and Whiteness in the Short-Story”
- Swaha Das, Computer Science
The Carol and Edward Smithwick Dissertation Fellowship
“Strategies, Heuristics and Semantics to Enhance Performance of OSHL Theorem Proving”
- G. Rebecca Dobbs, Geography
The Hugh McColl Dissertation Fellowship
“North Carolina’s Piedmont Urban Crescent and the Indian Trading Path: A Polycentric Urban Region and its Early Roots”
- Brandie Fariss, Ecology
The John Motley Morehead Dissertation Fellowship
“Common Property-Uncommon Interests: The Effects of Tourism on Communal Resource Management in the Reserva de Huascardan, Peru”
- Tywanda Ellison Manuel, Education
The Jessie Ball duPont Dissertation Fellowship
“The Relationship of Social Support and Families Perceptions of Childhood Disability to Family Well-Being”
- Maya Parson, Anthropology
The Lovick P. Corn Dissertation Fellowship
“An Ethnographic Analysis of Corruption in Post-Socialist Nicaragua”
- Sharif Razzaque, Computer Science
The Ross and Charlotte Johnson Family Dissertation Fellowship
“Redirected Walking”
- Mary E. Robbins, Chemistry
The Linda Dykstra Science Dissertation Fellowship
“Micropatterning Nitric Oxide Releasing Sol-Gels for Biosensor Applications”
- Kathleen Blain Roberts, History
The Hugh McColl Dissertation Fellowship
“Pretty Women: Female Beauty Culture in the Twentieth-Century South”
- Rosemarie Stremlau, History
The Sequoyah Dissertation Fellowship
“Cherokee Families: Cultural Adaptation During the Allotment Era: 1882-1934”
Dissertation Fellows 2003-2004
- Lisa Chensvold, Music
The Caroline H. and Thomas s. Royster Dissertation Fellowship
“Making Ercole Amante: Opera and the Aesthetics of Collaboration at the Court of Louis XIV”
- Christine Kelleher, Political Science
The Thomas S. and Helen Borda Royster and Snowden and Elspeth Merck Henry Dissertation Fellowship
“Representation and Responsiveness in American Local Governments”
- Hye-Chung Kum, Computer Science
The Paul Hardin Dissertation Fellowship
“Approximate Mining of Consensus Sequential Patterns”
- Madoka Kumashiro, Psychology
The Peace Sullivan Dissertation Fellowship
“‘Maintaining an Even Strain’: A Homeostatic Model of Balance in Orientation Toward Personal Concerns Relative to Relational Concerns”
- Cynthia Lakon, Health Behavior and Health Education
The Jessie Ball duPont Dissertation Fellowship
“Social Network Influences on Needle Use Among High Risk Youth and Young Adults”
- Mercedes Lopez-Morales, Physics and Astronomy
The Linda Dykstra Science Dissertation Fellowship
“Searching for M-Dwarf Detached Eclipsing Binaries to Test Low Mass Stellar Models”
- Brian Nablo, Chemistry
The Ross and Charlotte Johnson Family Dissertation Fellowship
“Investigating the Antibacterial Action of NO-Releasing Sol-Gels for the Prevention of Bioflim Production at Medical Implants”
- Matthew Smith, Philosophy
The Lovick P. Corn Dissertation Fellowship
“Property and Conventions: A New Natural Law Theory of Property”
Dissertation Fellows 2002-2003
- Marc David, Anthropology
The Lovick P. Corn Dissertation Fellowship
“Memory’s Warp: History, Race, and the Cultural Politics of the Past in South Louisiana”
- Kathryn Harker, Sociology
The Jessie Ball duPont Dissertation Fellowship
“Academic Outcomes Among Adolescents in Stepfamilies”
- Luke Keele, Political Science
The Ross and Charlotte Johnson Family Dissertation Fellowship
“In Whom Do We Trust? Confidence in American Political Institutions”
- Laura L. Mielke, English
The Sequoya Dissertation Fellowship
“Encountering the Indian in the Age of Sentiment, 1823-1864”
- Heather K. Nelson, Nutrition
The Caroline H. and Thomas S. Royster Jr. Dissertation Fellowship
“Role of Host Nutritional Status during an Influenza A Infection”
- Zena Ryder, Philosophy
The Thomas S. and Helen Borda Royster and Snowden and Elspeth Merck Henry Dissertation Fellowship
“The Causal Maintenance Theory of Consciousness”
- Bernadette B. Sangalang, Social Work
The Jessie Ball duPont Dissertation Fellowship
“Evaluating a Case Management Program for Adolescent Mothers: A Dual Cohort Design”
- David A. Sartorius, History
The Paul Hardin Dissertation Fellowship
“Limits of Loyalty: Race and the Public Sphere in Cienfuegos, Cuba, 1850-1898”
Dissertation Fellows 2001-2002
- Susan Ridgely Bales, Religious Studies
The Jessie Ball duPont Dissertation Fellowship
“The Sensuous and the Local: An Ethnographic Study of Children’s Interpretations of First Communion at Two Catholic Parishes in North Carolina”
- George E. Demacopoulos, Religious Studies
The Thomas S. and Helen Borda Royster and Snowden and Elspeth Merck Henry Dissertation Fellowship
“A Monk in Shepherd’s Clothing: Gregory I and the Asceticization of Pastoral Authority”
- Jason Dale Fridley, Biology
The Henry H. Dearman Dissertation Fellowship
“Interactions Among Species Diversity, Environmental Complexity, and Ecosystem Productivity in Experimental Plant Communities”
- Jonathan Grabowski, Ecology
The Paul Hardin Dissertation Fellowship
“The Biological and Economic Value of Oyster Reefs to the Nursery Function of the Estuary”
- Holly Heard, Sociology
The Jessie Ball duPont Dissertation Fellowship
“The Life Course of Family Structure and Educational Achievement Among Adolescents”
- Daniel Y. Kono, Political Science
The Lovick P. Corn Dissertation Fellowship
“Are Preferential Trade Arrangements Good for Multilateralism?”
- Thomas Daniel Ryder, Philosophy
The Caroline H. and Thomas S. Royster Jr. Dissertation Fellowship
“Neurosemantics: A Theory”
- Deborah J. Thomas, Geological Sciences
The Ross and Charlotte Johnson Family Dissertation Fellowship
“Paleoceanography of Warm Climates: Reconstructions Using Geochemical Proxies”
- Shannon S. Van Zandt, City & Regional Planning
The Lyle V. Jones Dissertation Fellowship
“The Impact of Homeownership on Opportunity for Low-Income Households”
Dissertation Fellows 2000-2001
- David Carr, Geography
The Lovick P. Corn Dissertation Fellowship
“The Impact of Migration on Land Use Land Cover and Change in a Protected Area: Colonization, and Corn in the Sierra de Lacandon National Park, Guatemala”
- Thomas Fahy, English
The Lyle V. Jones Dissertation Fellowship
“Disabling Visions: Freak Shows in Modern American Literature and Visual Arts”
- Jessica Fields, Sociology
The Jessie Ball duPont Dissertation Fellowship
“Community, Difference, and School-Based Sex Education: Lessons in Sexual Citizenship”
- Thomas Holden, Philosophy
The Thomas S. & Helen Borda Roster and Snowden & Elspeth Merck Henry Dissertation Fellowship
“The Antinomy of Material Composition: Leibniz to Kant”
- Kathryn Newfont, History
The Peace Sullivan Dissertation Fellowship
“Moving Mountains: Forest Politics and Commons Culture in Western North Carolina, 1964-1994”
- Tina Marie-Saldana, Nutrition
The Caroline H. and Thomas S. Royster Dissertation Fellowship
“Impaired Glucose Tolerance During Pregnancy”
- Erik Sotka, Biology
The Paul Hardin Dissertation Fellowship
“Host Plant Use Among and Within Species of Marine Organisms”
- Michael Yonan, Art History
The Henry H. Dearman Dissertation Fellowship
“Embodying the Empress-Widow: Maria Theresia and Schonbrunn, 1765-1780”
Dissertation Fellows 1999-2000
- David Anderson, History
The Lyle V. Jones Dissertation Fellowship
“Striking Consensus: The Perfect Circle Strike of 1955 and Competing Visions of Industrial Order in America’s Heartland”
- Timothy Crowder, Biomedical Engineering
The Caroline H. and Thomas S. Royster Jr. Dissertation Fellowship
“A Novel Dry Powder Inhaler for Aerosol Drug Delivery”
- Christina Ewig, Political Science
The Paul Hardin Dissertation Fellowship
“Gender and State Reform: Formulation and Impact of Neoliberal Health Policies in Peru”
- Kimberly Jastremski, Slavic Languages
The Georgia Carroll Kyser Dissertation Fellowship
“Spiritual Exile and the Work of Czeslaw Milosz”
- Tanya Kinsella, Germanic Languages
The Caroline H. and Thomas S. Royster Jr. Dissertation Fellowship
“The Aesthetics of Bodily Violence: The Early German Artfilm and Classical Aesthetics”
- Lisa Pellerin, Sociology
The Jessie Ball duPont Dissertation Fellowship in Early Adolescence
“Urban Youth and Schooling: A Dynamic and Contextual Study of Student Disengagement”
- Joseph Thompson II, Biology
The Henry H. Dearman Dissertation Fellowship
“The Ontogeny of Squid Mantle Architecture and Function”
- A. Elizabeth Van Deventer, Anthropology
The Lovick P. Corn Dissertation Fellowship
“Redefining the Farm, Redefining the Self Continuity and Change in Burgundy, France”
Dissertation Fellows 1998-1999
- Sandra Jane Bardsley, History
The Georgia Carroll Kyser Dissertation Fellowship
“Scolding Women: Cultural Knowledge and the Criminalization of Female
Speech in late Medieval England, 1300-1500”
- David C. Campbell, Geology
The Caroline H. and Thomas S. Royster Jr. Dissertation Fellowship
“Evolution of the Bivalvia: Molecular and Morphological Evidence”
- JoAnn Carmin, City and Regional Planning
The Caroline H. and Thomas S. Royster Jr. Dissertation Fellowship
“Protest, Participation, or Passivity?: Community Reactions to Proposed
Changes in Land Use Designations in the Czech Republic”
- Paul E. Castelloe Jr., Social Work
The Henry H. Dearman Dissertation Fellowship
“Community Change and Community Practice: A Qualitative Inquiry into
a Grassroots Model of Rural Community Change”
- Elizabeth V. Chew, Art History
The Caroline H. and Thomas S. Royster Jr. Dissertation Fellowship
“Female Art Collecting and Patronage in Seventeenth-Century Britain”
- Andrew L. Goldman, Classics
The Caroline H. and Thomas S. Royster Jr. Dissertation Fellowship
“The Roman Settlement and Settlement Patterns at Gordion, Turkey”
- Flora E-shen Lu, Ecology
The Caroline H. and Thomas S. Royster Jr. Dissertation Fellowship
“Changes in Resource Use, Subsistence Patterns, Work, and Diet of Huaorani
Indians of the Ecuadorian Amazon Due to Acculturation”
- Michelle Mouton, English
The Caroline H. and Thomas S. Royster Jr. Dissertation Fellowship
“Parliament, Power, and English Fiction, 1867-1888”
- Thomas B. Pearson, Religious Studies
The Paul Hardin Dissertation Fellowship
“Hearts and Minds: The Conversion of the Montagnard Refugees and the
Vietnam War”
- Raymond Russell Swisher, Sociology
The Jessie Ball duPont Dissertation Fellowship in Early Adolescence
“Neighborhood Effects on Adolescent Perceptions of Life Chances”
- Jory Philip Weintraub, Microbiology & Immunology
The Caroline H. and Thomas S. Royster Jr. Dissertation Fellowship
“Investigating the Role of Fas-Mediated Apoptosis in Prevention of Autoimmunity”
- Beth Elise Whitaker, Political Science
The Lovick P. Corn Dissertation Fellowship
“Refugees, Hosts, and the Struggle for Resources in Western Tanzania”
- Ronda C. Zakocs, Health Behavior & Health Education
The Henry H. Dearman Dissertation Fellowship
“Advocacy Organizations and State Gun Control Policies”
Dissertation Fellows 1997-1998
- Mary Victoria Basolo, City and Regional Planning
The Caroline H. and Thomas S. Royster Jr. Dissertation Fellowship
“Housing Policy in the Local Political Economy: Understanding the Initiation
and Support of Affordable Housing Programs in Cities”
- Marcie L. Colledge, Physiology
The Henry H. Dearman Dissertation Fellowship
“Tyrosine Phosphorvlation of AChR”
- Eric Iversen, Comparative Literature
The Lovick P. Corn Dissertation Fellowship
“History Making Novels: the Romances of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Ignacio
Manuel Altamirano”
- Daniel Clay Kelly, Geology
The Caroline H. and Thomas S. Royster Jr. Dissertation Fellowship
“Study of Evolutionary Responses to Past Oceanic Change: Lessons from
the Planktonic Foraminifera”
- Tara Powell, English
The Hugh W. McColl Fellowship for Southern Studies
First-year fellow with three-year award
- Pamela Paxton, Sociology
The Caroline H. and Thomas S. Royster Jr. Dissertation Fellowship
“Capitalizing on Community: Voluntary Association Membership and the
Democratic Society”
- Lisa Richey, Political Science
The Paul Hardin Dissertation Fellowship
“Population Politics and the Tanzanian National Population Policy”
- Jennifer Lynn Ritterhouse, History
The Caroline H. and Thomas S. Royster Jr. Dissertation Fellowship
“Rituals of Race: Black and White Children in Atlanta and the New South,
1880-1924”
- Jennie Marcelle Smith, Anthropology
The Caroline H. and Thomas S. Royster Jr. Dissertation Fellowship
“The Stones in the River Speak Out: Grassroots Organization, Nonviolent
Action, and Critical Social Thought in Rural Haiti”
- Holloway Sparks, Political Science
The Caroline H. and Thomas S. Royster Jr. Dissertation Fellowship
“Dissident Citizenship: Lessons on Democracy and Courage from Activist
Women”
