Presidential Awards (5 at $1,000)
Erica Hutchins is a doctoral
student in the Department of Biological Sciences. She will use her
award to cover expenses of the First Pan American Congress in Developmental
Biology. There she will present her research in a poster session:
Drosophila Homer is required for retinal apoptosis.
Georgia Kioukis is a
doctoral student in Educational Administration and Policy Studies.
She will use her award to fund dissertation research on the implementation
of No Child Left Behind's Supplemental Educational Services provision.
Ingrid Rodriguez is an
advanced doctoral student in the Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology
Program. She will use this award to fund conference attendance and
participation in a symposium, Multicultural Training Needs and
Experiences of Doctoral Students: Does One Size Fit All?, and
to present a paper on cultural, personal, and workplace variables
that affect Puerto Rican women.
April Roggio is an advanced
doctoral student in the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and
Policy. She will use this award to fund coursework. Her research
focuses on the system dynamics field of study and links community
sustainability with the use of advanced statistical tools.
Natalya Topilina is a
doctoral student in the Department of Chemistry. To advance her
biochemical research, she will use the award to defray the costs
of attendance and participation at the annual meeting of the Protein
Society.
Endowed Awards
Louise C. and Earl M.
Applegate Award ($1000)
Karen Himmelfarb is a graduate student
in the Department of Geography and Planning. She will present a
paper on the social justice implications of the 2008 Olympic Games
in Beijing. This award will help fund her travel and expenses to
the Second Global Conference on Economic Geography in Beijing, China.
Lillian Barlow Award
($800)
Laura Chestnut is a graduate student
seeking a dual Master's degree in Special Education and Literacy
plus multiple teaching certifications. She will use this award for
travel costs during her internship in an Albany area school.
Christine E. Bose and
Edna Acosta-Belen IFW Feminist Research Award ($900)
Karen Tejada, a Ph.D. candidate in
the Department of Sociology, will use her award for her dissertation
project on Salvadoran political organizations in Washington, D.C.
This funding will defray the travel and research costs.
Gloria R. DeSole Fund
($600)
Crystal Campbell is pursuing her Master’s
degree in the Department of Africana Studies. She will use this
award for travel costs to present her research at the Annual National
Council of Black Studies. Her paper is titled, Sculpting a Pan-African
Culture in the Art of Negritude: A Model for African Artists.
Anne Gustin Scholarship
for Women in Law and Government ($900)
Christina Miller is a graduate student
working toward a Graduate Certificate in Public Management/Public
Policy at the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy.
She will use her award to cover tuition expenses.
Ford Foundation IFW
Women in Science Fellowship ($1100)
Asanté Shipp-Hilts, a graduate
student in the Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, will
use her award for travel costs for her Master's field placement
in Haiti. Her research on Haitian female sex workers focuses on
data collection and analysis procedures for the Foundation for Reproductive
Health and Family Education.
Haynes-Davis Memorial
Scholarship ($900)
Millah Musungu is an international
doctoral student in Education Psychology with a focus on Research
and Evaluation. This award will help her defray costs to support
her scholarship.
Karen R. Hitchcock New
Frontiers Fund
Laura Deihl ($2000) is a doctoral student
in the Department of Education & Counseling Psychology. She
will use the award to support her dissertation research on the work
experiences of residential counseling paraprofessionals.
Minjeong Kim ($1900)
is a doctoral student in the Department of Sociology. Her dissertation
relates to Filipina international marriage migrants in South Korean
rural communities. She will use her funding for transcription costs
related to her research.
Melisa Kiyamu Tsuchiya
($2000) is an international doctoral student in the Department of
Anthropology. She will use this award to finance the travel and
program costs of a summer anthropology expedition. This is related
to the study of high altitude populations in Spiti, a Tibetan borderland.
Rene Wilson ($1500) is
currently working on a doctoral degree in Education Administration
in the Department of Education Administration and Policy Studies.
She will use her award to defray travel and research expenses. Her
research focus is understanding parents and teachers perceptions
of parent involvement in students' education.
Honoring Our Mothers
Fund ($1000)
Candi Griffin is the Director of the
Liberty Partnerships Rising Stars Program on the downtown campus.
She will use this award to enroll in a GRE preparation course to
begin her work toward a Ph.D. in psychology.
Initiatives For Women
Endowment Award
Christy Duffy-Paiement ($800) is a
third-year doctoral student in the Department of Educational &
Counseling Psychology. She will use her award to fund research costs
related to her work on eating disorders and the role of athletics
in self-esteem and self-confidence in females.
Zara St. Croix ($1100)
is a graduate student in the Department of Health Policy Management
and Behavior. She will use her award to make a video for Haitian
populations vulnerable to HIV. This is to introduce programs and
services available from the Foundation for Reproductive Health and
Family Education.
Yumi Suzuki ($1900) is
a doctoral student in the School of Criminal Justice. This award
will help fund a graduate certificate course on victimology and
victim assistance at the Tokiwa International Victimology Institute
in Japan. Her research interest is female sexual victimization and
treatment in the criminal justice system.
The Susan Van Horn-Shipherd
'64 Women in Science Scholarship ($1000)
Halimah Mohamed-Mohamed Jorge is currently
working on her Ph.D. in the Department of Chemistry. Her research
is in tuberculosis. She will use her award to attend the 47th Interscience
Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.
Women in Technology
($500)
Alexis Wichowski is a first-year doctoral
student in the Informatics Department of the College of Computing
and Information. Her research relates to technology and political
deliberation in groups. She will use her award to help defray costs
related to her research.
Special Awards
Secretarial/Clerical
Council Award ($700)
Gale Butler is a staff member in the
Office of Academic Support Services and an undergraduate student
with Sociology as her major. This award will help defray educational
expenses.
General Awards
Jessica Martin ($1000)
is a doctoral student in Counseling Psychology. She will present
her research on alchohol-related addictive behaviors at a Scientific
Conference on Counseling Psychology at the Universidade de Coimbra,
Portugal. She will use her award for travel costs associated with
attending this conference.
Orpha Ongiti ($1000)
is an international doctoral student in the Department of Educational
Administration and Policy Studies. She will use her award to fund
research expenses related to her investigation on policies and practices
to increase female participation in doctoral level mathematical
sciences.
Rachel Rappaport ($500)
is a first-year graduate student in the Department of Political
Science. She will use her award to support her research in a comparison
of the likelihood of violence of Tamil versus Palestinian minorities
in Asia and the Middle East respectively.
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