Presidential
Awards ($1,000 each)
Corel Brown
Ph.D. student in English. Financial assistance to spend the summer
finishing her novel, The Unsayable, a multigenerational story about
incest. By writing about three generations of incest, Ms Brown hopes
to show "…how something so horrible happens again-again-again."
Center for Latino, Latina American,
and Caribbean Studies (CELAC)
Edna Acosta-Belen, accepting
Financial assistance for publishing Internationalizing Women’s
Studies: Cross-Cultural Perspectives for Gender Research and Teaching,
a volume of selected papers from the major conference activities
of the University’s 1995-98 Ford Foundation project, Internationalizing
Women’s Studies.
Jennifer Clunie
M.A. student in History. Financial support to complete research
on a history of the grassroots abortion rights activists (individuals
and organizations) in New York State who campaigned from 1962 to
1973 to legalize abortion.
"This award provides both financial and emotional support and
encouragement to conduct research on a movement by, for, and about
women."
Jamie Evans
Undergraduate Sociology major, premed student and woman of color
who demonstrates outstanding academic talent. Financial support
for summer classes needed to complete major and premed requirements.
"I sincerely thank the IFW awards committee for giving me this
rare opportunity to financially support my educational goals. It
is already a difficult task trying to maintain my individuality
as a student being a young woman, and also a woman of color. The
IFW awards committee has recognized my academic talents as a student
in this position and thus has helped to advance me one step closer
toward achieving my aspirations."
Yang Shen
Ph.D. student in Sociology. Research on empowering women through
neighborhood social services and individual resources: a case study
in Shanghai. Funds go toward interview costs and travel.
Named Awards
The Lillian Barlow Initiatives For Women Award ($500)
Tanya Manning
Ph.D. student in Education and R.A. for CELA. African American,
non-traditional age student. Will run a two to three month seminar
for high school and college women on writing and performance. She
is linking teaching literacy to her own interest in performance
art, with a focus on women and empowerment.
"This award has allowed me to make come true my envisionment
of working with and for women."
The Kathleen A. Turek Initiatives For Women Award
($500)
Tina Tarquinio
Computer Science and Applied Mathematics major, interested in combining
computer science and law interests. For tuition for extra summer
courses.
The Susan Van Horn Shipherd ’64 Women in Science
Scholarship ($250)
Karin Kemp
Undergraduate woman of color majoring in English and Biology and
planning for a career in medicine. Financial assistance for summer
school.
The Secretarial/Clerical Council Initiatives For
Women Award ($250)
Deborah Coppola
Support staff member of the Hindelang Criminal Justice Research
Center and working mother returning to school at a non-traditional
age. Financial support to complete an Associates degree at Hudson
Valley Community College.
The Initiatives For Women Fine Art Scholarship ($500)
Anna Socha
Undergraduate, non-traditional age student. Costs to set up an exhibit
of her photos from the Fourth World United Nations Conference on
Women (Beijing) at Borders Books and Music.
"This award will enable me to share a glimpse into the magic
of women’s involvement in making changes globally, by working
on the grassroots level."
The Jennine O’Reilly-Conway ’88 Award($500)
Lisa Easterly
Ph.D. student in Social Welfare. Single mother returning to school
at a non-traditional age. Financial assistance to complete her degree
and work with affirmative businesses who employ people with disabilities.
The Gloria R. DeSole Fund for Initiatives For Women
($500)
Angelina Diaz
Assistant Director of Middle Earth Peer Assistance Program at the
University’s Counseling Center and a Ph.D. student in Counseling
Psychology. Financial support for dissertation research on the relationship
between cultural identity and HIV risk among Latina women.
"This award is immensely important to me as a Latina woman
because, not only is it assisting me to attain my doctorate, but
it also makes contributions to the dearth of HIV/AIDS prevention
research on women."
The Anne Gustin Scholarship for Women in Law and
Government ($250)
Jennifer Cordes
Undergraduate Sociology major in the 3+3 Law Program with Albany
Law School and a member of the 1997 ECAC Championship Field Hockey
Team. Financial support for a woman demonstrating outstanding academic
and athletic accomplishment.
The University at Albany Women’s Association,
"University Women’s Award" ($500 each)
Althea Bartley
Student in M.S. program in Biometrics and Statistics in the School
of Public Health. African American woman out of school two years
between University at Albany B.S. and graduate school. Also helps
out with projects at the Center for Minority Health.
Kathleen Vedder
Returning woman student and single mother. Currently in advanced
study in MSW program. High G.P.A. while raising three teenagers.
Previously worked in Head Start before coming to University at Albany
and wants to eventually work in pediatric oncology. Funds needed
for basic living expenses.
The Bernice Mosbey Peebles ’39 Scholarship Award
($500)
Nikki Josephs
Undergraduate woman of color majoring in history and beginning the
teacher education program in Fall 1998 in order to prepare for a
career teaching social studies in urban education.
The Gladys and David Groudine Award ($250)
Keiko Miwa
Ph.D. student in Educational Administration and Policy Studies.
To support her dissertation research. She is looking at non-government
and government organizations relations in primary education in Bangladesh.
Initiatives For Women Awards
Laura Castillo ($500)
Ed.D. student in Educational Administration and Policy Studies.
Financial support for dissertation research on the relationship
between Feminist Popular Education and the political activism and
empowerment of women in the Dominican Republic.
"I wouldn’t have had the opportunity to do international
research without this award. It helps me to realize my research
goals."
Stacey Dawes ($600)
M.S. student in Reading. Financial support to finish degree which
will allow her to teach as an English Language Arts/Reading instructor.
Jesse Epstein ($200)
M.F.A. student in Studio Art, for art supplies.
"This funding allows me to continue supporting my education
and career as a woman artist, resolving questions and creating dialogue
between our physical and spiritual presence."
Patricia Gonzales ($300)
Ph.D. student in Industrial/Organizational Psychology. Remuneration
of research subjects for a research project on the effects of "stereotype
threat" on test performance of Latino students.
"Because Latino subjects are difficult to find, this funding
allows me to complete my project and complete my Master’s degree."
Marcia Hernandez ($500)
Ph.D. student in Sociology. Funding for equipment to study the effects
of an instructor’s race and gender on students’ tolerance
and acceptance of information, and belief in the competency of the
instructor.
Miehyeon Kim ($1,000)
Ph.D. student in English. The funds will be used for research on
American minority women writers as a Ph.D. dissertation.
Crystal Moore ($500)
Ph.D. student in Social Welfare. A prior IFW award recipient whose
research under that 1996 grant produced a published article. For
dissertation work on the roles of family and religion in end-of-life
medical decision-making among the elderly, an issue that is especially
salient to mothers and daughters who often bear the responsibility
of caregiving.
"The IFW program has enabled me to successfully pursue a line
of meaningful research, an essential activity in realizing my goal
of becoming an academic in the field of social welfare. My first
publication was made possible through the generosity of IFW, and
I am indeed grateful for the program’s continued support."
Tessie Petion ($450)
Undergraduate Business major, concentrating in MSI. Eventually wants
to be a doctor. Prior Spellman Award winner. Funds toward Kaplan
MCAT review preparation.
"Because I got a late start in my preparation for medical school,
the Kaplan course will make it easier for me to gain entrance into
medical
school."
Lea Pickard ($600)
Ph.D. student in Anthropology. For travel to Mexico to do fieldwork
for thesis on Mexican women’s involvement in the abortion debates.
Bonnie Spanier ($500)
Associate Professor of Women’s Studies. To travel and tape
interviews about grassroots activism to eradicate breast cancer.
"This award encourages me to pursue a long-range project on
science and feminist activism."
E. Michele Staley ($500)
Ph.D. student in Criminal Justice. Funds go toward surveying criminal
justice decision makers on the treatment of women and men offenders
in child abuse cases. Funding will help offset copying and postage
expenses for the mail survey to be used in her dissertation research.
"This award is a wonderful honor. Especially from such a worthwhile
organization."
Rebecca Stanley ($900)
Coordinator of Distance Education, Professional Development Program
at Rockefeller College. Disabled staff member. Funds are for full-time
attendant to come with her to a conference and summer course on
Quality of Life for the Disabled in Copenhagen. She has funding,
but needs car rental and registration fee for attendant.
Nalani White ($500)
Ph.D. student in Counseling Psychology. Needs to pay fees to make
use of privately registered questionnaire for her thesis work on
ethnic identity and academic self-sufficiency.
Pamela Wiener ($600)
Ph.D. student in Social Welfare. Seeks subject fees for a study
of grandparents as surrogate parents to their grandchildren. Sample
will be taken from not-for-profit support groups in Florida, where
she lives.
Patricia Willis ($500)
D.A. in Humanistic Studies student, with a focus on Women’s
Studies and Public Policy. Funding will allow her to take more credits.
Has a research interest in the effects of the Women’s Movement
on flight attendant organizing in the 1970’s.
Women Organized for Radical Difference (WORD) ($250)
Elizabeth Burnworth, accepting
Wants to sponsor sexual assault awareness workshop utilizing peer
education to be made available to residence hall advisors and course
instructors, especially about acquaintance rape.
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