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An Invitation to the University Community
The Eighth Annual Graduate and Professional Student Recognition Ceremony
Thursday, April 6, 2006 • 3 p.m. - 6 p.m.
The Carolina Club in the George Watts Hill Alumni Center
3 p.m. Research Poster Displays • 4 p.m. Awards Ceremony • 5 p.m. Reception with Capital String Ensemble
Please join the Graduate School for this special event
Among the award winners to be recognized are:
2006 GEAB impact Awards Winners
Education
Robert Fans, Sociology, Social Networks and School Bulymg
Margarita Machado-Casas, Education, Narrating Education of New tndgenousAatmo Transnational
Communities in the South: Migration, Life and its Effects on Schools
Meghan M. McGlinn, EAication, Documenting the American South: How One Digital Library Provides
Valuable Learning Resources to North Carolina Social Sturtes Classes
Dorian Miller, Computer Science, Improving the Rearing Comprehension of LD/ADHD Students through
Reading Software
Lisa M- Paulin, Journalism and Mass Communication, A Critical Discourse Analysis of Latinos in English
and Spanish-language Newspapers of North Carolina
Economic Development/Environmental
May Ling Becker, Marine Science, River-Estuary Water Flow Dynamics in the Cape Fear River Estuarv.
North Carolina
Baker Perry, Geography, Northwest Flow Snowfall in the Southern Appalachians
Jennifer E. Weaver and Micah Weinberg, Political Science, Prison Constmction: An Economic
Development Option for North Carolina Counties?
Health and Social Services
Kimberly Cobb, Maternal and Child Health, North Carolina Metabolic Newborn Screening: Loss to Follow
up, Physician Knowledge and Risk for Neonatal Tymsinemia
Kaaren Haldeman, Anthropology, Expectant Fears andßaciakzed Reproduction: African American
Women s Lived Experiences of Pregnancy and Motherhood
Jennifer Hillmann, Neurobiology, A Possible Link between Drinking and Depression
Sheritha P. Lee, Pharmacology, Fight Chronic Inflammation in Sickle Cell Disease by Controlling the
CD4OL Protein
Debra Risisky, Maternal and Chad Health, Statutory Rape: Mandatory Reporting in the Title X Clinics of
North Carolina
2006 GEAB Recognition Award Winners
Education
Drinda Benge, Education, Latino Students Perceptions about the Rights, Duties, and Responsibilities
Associated with American Citizenship
Matt Harper, History, African-American Religion and Public Life: Ministers and Community Building in
North Carolina, IB6S-1920
Anastacia Kohl, Education, The Professional Development Needs of Kindergarten through Grade 12
English as a Second Language and Foreign Language Teachers: A Descriptive Study
Claire Olßhea, Computer Science, The Story Ertton How an Online Software Program Helped Students
Learn English
Chad Seales, Religious Studies, The Living Way of the Cross: Good Friday and Easter Performances in
Siler City, North Carolina, 1901-2006
Economic Development/Environmental
Uranie Peppi Browne and Dorian Miller, Computer Science, JAWS: A Device to Assist North
Carolinians with Motor Impairments Complete Tasks at Vocational Training Centers
Rachel Fleming, City and Regional Planning, Challenges and Feasibility of Rural Arts-based Economic
Development: A Case Study of Chatham County, North Carolina
Katherine Henderson, City and Regional Planning, The Economic Benefits of Open Space in Wake
County, North Carolina
Hae-Young Kim, Biostatistics, Making Early Detection Tests for HIV More Accurate and Cost-effective
Nick Maynard, Public Policy Analysis, Assessing Opportunities for Building and Expanding Cross-Border
Economic Development Initiatives in North Carolina s Border Counties
Aaron McKethan, Public Policy Analysis, The Rise and Fall of Consumer Choice in the North Carolina
State Health Plan: Lessons from the Past and the Future of Reform
Health and Social Services
Lauren Abbate, Epidemiology, Is Obesity a Factor in Developing Knee Osteoarthritis?
Neel Bhatavadekar, Health Policy and Administration, Holding Up the Oral Health Safety Net: The Role
ofNHSC Alumni Dentists in North Carolina
Elizabeth Caplick, Social Work, North Carolina Assisting in Assessing Child Welfare Outcomes Project:
Developing Improved Performance Measures
Robert Campbell, Pathology and Lab Medicine, Finding a More Efficient and Cost-effective Way to Treat
Hemophilia
Audrey de Nazelle, Environmental Science and Engineering, Health Risk Assessment of a Pedestrian
Oriented Environment
Daniel Herman, Biomedical Engineering, Strength Training as a Possible Prevention Strategy for Knee
Injuries in Female Athletes
Jennifer J. Jordan, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Can a Gene Mutation Help Predict the Onset of
Breast Cancer?
Gerald Lackey, Sociology, 'How Does One Feel Blue In SpamshfTesting the Cross-Cultural Equivalence
of the Depression-measuring Instrument in North Carolina Mexican Immigrant Communities
Rachel Palmieri, Epidemiology, North Carolina Women s Health Report Card
Brian Pence, Epidemiology, An Approach to More Effectively Treat HIV Patients who Suffer from
Substance Abuse and Mental Illness
Ericka Danielle Rentz, Epidemiology, Physical and Sexual Violence in the Lives of North Carolina
Women: Prevalence and Associations with Negative Mental Health
Ashley Rivenbark, Toxicology, Identifying Novel Genes that Contribute to Breast Cancer
Joseph Thompson, Microbiology and Immunology, Inducing Mucosal Immunity through a New Type of
Vaccination
Tim Wigle, Pharmacy, A Novel Approach to Preventing Antibiotic Resistance to Bacterial Infections
Prestigious External Fellowships
Anthropology
Daniel H. deVries, Public Entity Risk Institute and the Natural Hazards Center PERlship Fellowship
Gretchen Fox, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
Michal Osterweil, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
Dana Powell, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
Applied and Materials Science
Gregory Mogilevsky, National Physical Sciences Consortium Fellowship, NSF Graduate Research
Fellowship Program
Art
Maureen Olßrien, Dumbarton Oaks Junior Fellowship
Biochemistry and Biophysics
Virginia Carnahan, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
Michele Gauger, Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program Predoctoral Traineeship
Award
Brant Hamel, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
Chad McCall, Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program Predoctoral Traineeship Award
Stephanie A. Morris, Ford Foundation Diversity Predoctoral Fellowship
Carrie Partch, NIH- National Institutes of Mental Health NRSA Fellowship (F3l)
Yen B. Pham, Vietnam Education Foundation Fellowship
Matt Torres, Ford Foundation Diversity Predoctoral Fellowship
Matthew Whitley, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
Corinne E. Zeller, American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship
Biology
Mia Lowden, NtH- National Institute of General Medicine Science NRSA Fellowship (F3l)
Jeannine Ruth Larocque, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
Elizabeth Mandel, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
Amber Rice, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
Jennifer Taylor, Ford Foundation Diversity Dissertation Fellowship
Biomedical Engineering
Daniel Herman, Thera-Band Academy Vladimir Janda Grant for Therapeutic Exercise Research, National
Athletic Trainer s Association District 111 Student Grant
David Wagner, National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science
(GEM) Fellowship
Biostatistics
Jonathan L. Gelfond, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Biological Sciences Predoctoral Fellowship
Business Administration
Abbie Shipp, Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychologists Graduate Student Scholarship
Cell and Developmental Biology
Tiana Garrett, American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship
Jennifer Sallee, American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship, Department of Defense Breast
Cancer Research Program Predoctoral Traineeship Award
Cell and Molecular Physiology
Rebekah Sisk, NSF Graduate Research Fellowshtp Program
Sarah Street, NIH- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders NRSA Fellowship (F3l)
Chemistry
Jennifer Campbell, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
Kevin Dobmeier, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
Robert Hughes, American Chemical Society Division of Organic Chemistry Fellowship
Justin Kita, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
William Rieter, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
Shanina Sanders, National Physical Sciences Consortium Fellowship
City and Regional Planning
Christine Boyle, NSF Young Scientist Summer Grant to conduct Research at IIASA, NSF East Asia and
Pacific Summer Institutes for U.S. Graduate Students
Aurelie Brunie, Public Entity Risk Institute and the Natural Hazards Center PERlship Fellowship
Katherine K. Henderson, The Governor and Mrs. Dan K. Moore Fellowship to Keep North Carolina Clean
and Beautiful
Special Thanks
Graduate and Professional Student Federation
Executive Committee and Cabinet
Sheryl Abrahams, Child Care
Stephanie Adams, Outreach
Lauren Anderson, Treasurer
Erin Bartels, Child Care
Irene Baskerville, Chief of Staff
Michael Brady, President
Ashley Brown, Vice President for Internal Affairs
Jennifer Carter, Vice President for External Affairs
Leon Coleman, Diversity Affairs
Milo Dandashi, LGBTQ
Todd Gamblin, information Technology
Reem Hasan, Diversity Affairs
Matthew Higgins, Student Services
Jordan Hitchens, Outreach
Marina Johnston, Health Policy
David Keely* City md Local Relations
Anne Health Policy
Laura Lee, SOfM -
Theresa Mcfteynolds, Secretary
Dana Powell, Public Service
Chris Racine. Public Service
Jonathan Riehl, TA-RA Issues
Emily Louise Shoemaker, Assistant Attorney
General
Amanda Stokes, Attorney General
Lizzie Torrone, Honor Court Chair
Bynum Walter, City and Local Relations
Tynia Yang, Social
Mohamed Zayed, Outreach
Boka W. Hadzija Award Selection Committee
Bradley A. Bernstein, Business
Ronald J. Copeland, Pharmacy
Lanetta Holloway, Law
Dorene MacK inn on-Tucker, Education
Sharon Milgram, Cell and Development Biology
Kurt Ribisl, Health Behavior and Health Education
Lindsey C. Smith, English
Liz Thurston, The Graduate School
Impact Award Selection Committee
Laurel Flies, Health Policy and Administration
Michael Harpoid, GEAB
Sandra Hoeflich, Graduate School
Asad Khattak, Oty and Regional Planning
Juan Logan, Studio Art
Cathy Nielson, Occupational Science
Anna Osland, EPA-STAR (Science to Achieve Results) Fellowship, Ford Foundation Diversity Predoctoral
Fellowship, Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship
Laura Sandt, Helene M. Overly Scholarship for Women in Transportation
Ye Rin Urn, Ambassadorial Scholar, Rotary International Foundation
Classics
Elizabeth Wolfram, Institute for Humane Studies Fellowship
Computer Science
Aaron Block, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
Uma Devi, IBM Doctoral Fellowship
Russell Gayle, Department of Energy High-Performance Computer Science Fellowship
Gennette Gill, National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship
Justin Hensley, ATI Technologies Fellowship
Jason Jerald, National Physical Sciences Consortium Fellowship
E. Scott Larsen, NVIDIA Fellowship
David Brandon Lloyd, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
Dorian Miller, IBM Doctoral Fellowship
Jeremy Wendt, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
Dentistry
Nimet Adatia, American College of Prosthodontics 3M/ESPE Research Grant
Hitomi Akimoto, 3M/ESPF Fellowship
Kuang-Han Andrew Chang, 3M/ESPF Fellowship
Ro Shauna Rothwell, NIH- National Institute of General Medicine Science NRSA Fellowship (F3l)
Dan Grauer, La Caixa Scholarship
Judy Mclntyre, Endodontic Research Grant (American Association of Endodontists Foundation)
Blayne Thibodeau, Endodontic Research Grant (American Association of Endodontists Foundation)
Ecology
Meghan W. McKnight, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
Carla Norwood, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
Mary OlConnor, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program, Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society
Award
Elizabeth Selig, EPA-STAR (Science to Achieve Results) Fellowship
Dahl C. Winters, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
Economics
Mohammad R. Jahan-Parvar, Institute for Humane Studies Fellowship
Education
Dorene MacKinnon-Tucker, NIH- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism NRSA
Fellowship (F3l)
Jan A. Yow, Delta Kappa Gamma International Founders Scholarship
English
Allison Bigelow, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Hohenstein Fellow
Bryan Carella, Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fellowship
Kelly Ross, Jacob K. Javits Fellowship
Lindsey Claire Smith, Ford Foundation Diversity Dissertation Fellowship*
Environmental Science and Engineering
Joseph M. Brown, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
Talia Chalew, EPA-STAR (Science to Achieve Results) Fellowship
Nadine Czoschke, EPA-STAR (Science to Achieve Results) Fellowship
Mark Elliott, EPA-STAR (Science to Achieve Results) Fellowship
Jennifer Hsieh, NSF East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes, Fulbright U.S. Student Fellow (Taiwan)
David Love, National Water Research Institute Fellowship
Brian Pachkowski, EPA-STAR (Science to Achieve Results) Fellowship
Benjamin D. Stanford, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
Christine Stauber, Fulbright U.S. Student Fellow (Dominican Republic)
Courtney Woods, NIH- National Institute of Environmental Health NRSA Fellowship for Minority
Students(F3l)
Epidemiology
Hoa V. Le, Vietnam Education Foundation Fellowship
Nghia C. Nguyen, Vietnam Education Foundation Fellowship
Quoc C. Nguyen, Vietnam Education Foundation Fellowship
Melanie Young, NIH- National Cancer Institute NRSA Fellowship for Minority Students (F3I)
Anne Marie Jukic, NICHD sponsored Summer Institute for Perinatal Research, NIEHS Summer
Predoctoral Research Award
Sarah Landis, P.E.O. Continuing Education Scholarship, NEWAID Foundation Predoctoral Award
Brian W. Pence, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Biological Sciences Predoctoral Fellowshp
Abigail Norris Turner, P.E.O. Scholar Award
Exercise and Sport Science
Laura Gerraughty, Atlantic Coast Conference Postgraduate Scholarship
Michelle McLeod, National Athletic Trainers Association Research and Education Foundation Graduate
Scholarship, NCAA Ethnic Minority and Women s Enhancement Program Postgraduate Scholarship
Hollie Waluz, National Athletic Trainers Association Research and Education Foundation Graduate
Scholarship
Genetics and Molecular Biology
Anastacia Berzat, NIH- National Cancer Institute NRSA Fellowship for Minority Students (F3l)
Jennifer Jordan, Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program Predoctoral Traineeship
Award
Nathan Montgomery, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Biological Sciences Predoctoral Fellowship, NSF
Graduate Research Fellowship Program*
Erica Rinella, NIH- National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine NRSA Fellowship (F3l)
Geography
Travis Graham, Gates Millennium Scholarship
Clark Langston Gray, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
David Havlick, NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant
Tina Mangieri, Fulbright U.S. Student Fellow (Kenya)
Christian Sellar, NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant
Geology
Stephanie Dilts, Geological Society of America Student Research Grant
Tracy Fenger, Geological Society of America Student Research Grant, Sigma Xi Student Research Grant
Tim Nielson, Geological Society of America Student Research Grant
Health Behavior and Health Education
Zulfiya Chariyeva, Edmund S. Muskie Graduate Fellowship
Yvonne Ferguson, NIH- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development NRSA Fellowship for
Minority Students (F3l)
Marlyn Hudson, NIH- National Cancer Institute NRSA Fellowship for Minority Students (F3l)
Katherine J. Karriker-Jaffe, SOPHE / CDC Student Fellowship in Injury Prevention
Angela Thrasher, NIH- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases NRSA Fellowship for
Minority Students (F3l)
Thang Van Trinh, Vietnam Education Foundation Fellowship
Lara E. Vaz, NIH- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development NRSA Fellowship for
Minority Students (F3l)
Health Policy and Administration
Luong T. Nguyen, Vietnam Education Foundation Fellowship
History
Mark L. Bradley, Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fellowship
Nicholas Ganson, SSRC Canada Fellowship
Anne Overkamp, DAAD Fellowship
Laura Puaca, Spectrum Scholarship from the American Library Association
David Sehat, Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fellowship
Human Movement Science
Stacey Dusing, Physical Therapy Foundation PODS Scholarship
Information and Library Science
Ron Brown, NASA Graduate Student Research Fellowship
Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences
Brett Weed, Department of Homeland Security Predoctoral Fellowship
Marine Science
Sarah Lee, EPA-STAR.(Science to Achieve Results) Fellowship, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
Budweiser Scholarship
Maternal and Child Health
Deborah Dee, NIH- NRSA Fellowship (F3l), Center for Disease Control Travel Grant
Edem Effiong, Rotary World Peace Fellowship
Andrea Ireland, NIH- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality NRSA Fellowshtp (F3l)
Khatuna Katamadze, Edmund S. Muskie Oaduate Fellowship
Nidhi Khosla, Rotary World Peace Fellowship
Amanda Koch, Michigan Population Fellows Graduate Applied Projects Mini-Grant
Frances Likis, Association of Reproductive Health Professionals Gary Stewart Scholarship for Research
in Public Health
Nhiem Viet Luong, Vietnam Education Foundation Fellowship
Du Huy Nguyen, Fulbright Foreign Student Fellow
Alia Turganbaeva, Edmund S. Muskie Graduate fellowship
Mathematics
Emily Gamber, National Physical Sciences Consortium Fellowship
Amber Sallerson, Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship
Microbiology and Immunology
Cassandra Lambeth, NIH- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases NRSA Fellowship (F3l)
Matilda Nicholas, NIH- National Institute of Environmental Health F3O (MD/PhD Fellowship)
Abigail Panter, Psychology
Valerie Sheares-Ashby, Chemistry
Barbara Vilen, Microbiology and Immunology
Sean Washburn, Physics
Tom Whitmore, Geography
External Fellowships Workshop Panelists
Aaron Block, Computer Science
Mark L. Bradley, History
Enver Casimir, History
Emily Gamber, Mathematics
Nicholas Ganson, History
Susan Gramling, Grant Source Library
Joshuam Guthman, History
Marlyn A. Hudson, Health Behavior and Health
Education
Laura Lapkauskaite, Biostatistics
Melissa S. Lee, Nutrition
Julie Lee Mell, Religious Studies
Michal Osterweil, Anthropology
Laura M. Puaca, History
Rebecca W. Rhodes, Grant Source Library
Amber Rice, Biology
Peter Robinson, Geography
Kelly Ross, English
Shanina Sanders, Chemistry
Elizabeth Selig, Ecology
Karla Slocum, Anthropology
Rachell Underhill, The Graduate School
Graduate Education Advancement Board
Donald S. Buckley
Timothy M. Crowder
Lana T. Dial
William A. Darity
Henry H. Dearman
David Edwards
Dennis Gillings
Jean C. Grainger
Boka W. Hadzija
Michael A. Harpoid
Luther Hodges
Verla C. Insko
M. Ross Johnson
J.R. Kirkland
Juanita M. Kreps
Robert E. Laport
Bibb Latan*
Howard N. Lee
David L. Lewis
Susan T. Lord
David T. McCoy
Music
Virginia Lamothe, Fulbright U.S. Student Fellow (Italy)
Neurobiology
Jennifer Hillmann, NIH- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism NRSA Fellowship (F3l)
Kevin Wright, NIH- National Institutes of Neurological Disorders and Stroke NRSA Fellowship (F3l)
Nursing
Natasha Greene, NIH- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases NRSA
Fellowship (F3l)
Ann Jessup, NIH- National Institute of Nursing Research NRSA Fellowship (F3l)
Robin Knobel, NIH- National Institute of Nursing Research NRSA Fellowship (F3l)
Nutrition
Sara Benjamin, Department of Health and Human Services Child Care Research Scholars Grant
Rachel Bikoff, American Dietetic Association Foundation Lydia J. Roberts Memorial Scholarship in Public
Health Nutrition
Raymond Givens, NIH- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute NRSA Fellowshtp (F3l)
Melissa Sharoun Lee, NIH- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development NRSA Fellowship
for Minority Students (F3l)
Sarah Monje, American Dietetic Association Foundation Qgindara Oliver Dodge Memorial Scholarship
Aimee Morin, American Dietetic Association Foundation Mead Johnson Nutritionals/Bristol Myers Squibb
Scholarship, American Dietetic Association Beechnut Dietetic Intem/Pre-Professional Practice
Program Scholarship
Tuan T. Nguyen, Vietnam Education Foundation Fellowship
Alexia Smith, ASN Proctor and Gamble Graduate Student Research Award
Gabrielle Tumer-McGrievy, American Dietetic Association Foundation Lydia J. Roberts Memorial
Scholarship
Daisy Zamora, NIH- National Institute of General Medicine Science NRSA Fellowship (F3l)
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Daniel Hunter Best, American Society for Investigative Pathology Trainee Travel Award
Laura DiMichele, American Heart Association-Mid Atlantic Affiliate Predoctoral Fellowship
Jennifer Elizabeth Jahn, American Society for Investigative Pathology Experimental Pathologist-in-
Training Merit Award
Terrence Darion Lewis, NIH- National Institute of General Medicine Science NRSA Fellowship (F3l)
Liisa S. Smith, American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship
Pharmaceutical Sciences
John Byrd, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Dissertation Fellowship
Ronald Copeland, David and Ludle Packard Foundation Scholarship
Michael Duncan, David and Lucile Packard Foundation Scholarship
Giulia Ghibellini, American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education Predoctoral Fellowship
Venita Gresham, NIH- National Cancer Institute NRSA Fellowship for Minority Students (F3l)
Brian Keppler, American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education Predoctoral Fellowship
Craig Lee, NIH- National Institute of Environmental Health NRSA Fellowship (F3l)
Dongmei Lu, PhRMA Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship
Beverly Mowrey, PhRMA Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship
Enzo Palma, NIH- National Cancer Institute NRSA Fellowship for Minority Students (F3l)
Mark Patterson, American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education Predoctoral Fellowship
Martin J. Telko, United States Pharmacopeia Fellowship
Troy Trygstad, American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education Predoctoral Fellowship
Ding Xu, American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship
Pharmacology
Jed Ferguson, American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship
Dayle V. Houston, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Biological Sciences Predoctoral Fellowship
Christopher Johnston, NIH- National Institute of General Medicine Science Postdoctoral Fellowship (F3Z)
Sheritha Lee, UNCF/MERCK Dissertation Fellowship
Dionne Morris, American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship
Rafael J. Rojas, Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program Predoctoral Traineeship
Award
Eric Wauson, American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education Predoctoral Fellowship
Melinda Willard, PhRMA Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship in Pharmacology/Toxicology
Breann Wolfe, American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship
Philosophy
Matthew Chrisman, Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships
Adam Cureton, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program, Institute for Humane Studies fellowship
Laurel Goldstein, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellowships in Humanistic Studies
Political Science
Russell Bither-Terry, SSRC-Mellon Mays Predoctoral Research Grant
Thomas J. Mustillo, Organization of American States Dissertation Award
Jan Rovny, Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada Predissertation Award
Psychology
Cory K. Chen, Sigma Xi Dissertation Fellowship
Jon R. Fee, NIH- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism NRSA Fellowship (F3l)
Steffany Fredman, NIH- National Institutes of Mental Health NRSA Fellowship (F3l)
Cecily Hardaway, Ford Foundation Diversity Predoctoral Fellowship
Sarah Hart, NIH- National Institutes of Neurological Disorders and Stroke NRSA Fellowship (F3l)
Matthew Hersh, NIH- National Institute on Drag Abuse NRSA Fellowship (F3l)
Jonathan Hollander, NIH- National Institute on Drug Abuse NRSA Fellowship (F3l)
Jameeliyah Lane, APA Diversity Program in Neuroscience Predoctoral Fellowship
Michael Mcßae, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
Edward F. Morrill, NIH- National Cancer Institute NRSA Fellowship for Students with Disabilities (F3l)
Matthew Mosconi, National Alliance for Autism Research Predoctoral Fellowship
Timothy Saurer, NIH- National Institute on Drag Abuse NRSA Fellowship (F3l)
Dennis Sparta, NIH- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism NRSA Fellowship (F3l)
Gabriela Livas Stein, NIH- National Institute on Drug Abuse NRSA Fellowship for Minority Students (F3l)
Robert Wirth, NIH- National Institute on Drug Abuse NRSA Fellowship (F3l)
Taniesha Woods, APA Minority Fellowship Program Mental Health Research Fellowship
Romance Languages
Neal McTighe, Venice International University Summer Institute in the Humanities Award
Slavic Languages and Literatures
Jenne Powers, Fulbright U.S. Student Fellow (Russia)
Social Work
Sophia Smith, American Cancer Society Doctoral Training Grant for Clinical Social Work, NIH- National
Cancer Institute Small Research Grant (RO3)
Chiquitia Welch, Council on Social Work Education Minority Research Fellowship Award, NIDA Health
Disparities Conference Travel Award
Sociology
Amy E. Davis, Kauffman Foundation Dissertation Fellowship
Stephen Vaisey, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
Toxicology
Michele La Merrill, Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program Predoctoral Traineeship
Award
•won but did not accept award
Alpha Epsilon Lambda Inductees
Loren Bausell, Maternal and Child Health
Treavor H. Boyer, Environmental Sciences and Engineering
Elisabeth Ashley Rogers Brown, Information and Library Science
Yunkyung Chang, Nursing
Rita F. Colistra, Journalism and Mass Communication
Laura A. DiMichele, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Anand Doraiswamy, Biomedical Engineering
Julie E. Fann, English
Margaret E. Gambrel!, Nursing
Domenick G. Grasso, Chemistry
Dawne E. Howard, Information and Library Science
Jun Jia, Mathematics
Brent C. Kruel, Health Policy and Administration
Martin G. Kuhn, Jr., Journalism and Mass Communication
Sarah H. Landis, Epidemiology
Jeffrey C. Langdon, Health Policy and Administration
Sarah H. Landis, Epidemiology
Jessica K. Levy, Maternal and Child Health
Justin S. McAlister, Biology
Molly A. Medakovich, Art
Amy U. Nguyen, Dental Ecology
Joseph Santos Escobedo Palis, Geography
Jill C. Rau, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Liisa S. Smith, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
John A. Staley, 111. Health Policy and Administration
Mindy J. Steinberg, Maternal and Child Health
Cassidy R. Sugimoto, Information and Library Science
Shaheen R. Syal, Journalism and Mass Communication
Raheleh G. Tschoepe, Occupational Science
Ueltchi Service-Learning Course Development Grant
Melissa Birkhofer, Comparative Literature (2006 Recipient)
Marcie Fisher-Borne, Social Work (2005 Recipient)
Health Sledge, English (2006 Recipient)
Cindy Spurlock, Communication Studies (2005 Recipient)
David McNelis
Thomas J. Meyer
Philip F. Nelson
Gerry S. Oxford
Charles A. Sanders
Laurie G. Sanford
Carol B. Smithwick
Peace S. Sullivan
Priscilla P. Taylor
P. Kay Wagoner
Charles M. Weiss
Shirley F. Weiss
Beth E. Whitaker
Edwin M. Yoder, Jr.
GEAB Member Emeritus
Lyle V. Jones
GEAB Honorary Members
William C. Friday
Barbara Hardin
Paul Hardin
Caroline H. Royster
Thomas S. Royster
Congratulations to
these outstanding
graduate students!
O UNC
THE GRADUATE SCHOOL
THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 2006
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