Golden, Firestone medals
honor excellence in undergraduate work
Malcolm Beasley, dean of
the School of Humanities and Sciences, and Laura
Selznick, director of the Undergraduate Research
Opportunities program, announced Class of 1999 recipients
of the Firestone Medal for Excellence in Undergraduate
Research and the Robert M. Golden Medal for Excellence in
Humanities and Creative Arts.
The Firestone award
recognizes students undertaking honors projects in the
social, physical and natural sciences, nominated by their
academic programs or departments. The Golden award
similarly distinguishes students completing honors
projects in the humanities or creative projects in the
fine arts. The medalists each received an engraved bronze
medal, citation and check at an awards ceremony held June
12 in Campbell Recital Hall.
The awardees, their
hometowns, departments or programs, projects and faculty
sponsors follow:
Robert M. Golden
Medals for Excellence in Humanities and Creative Arts
Alejandro Santos
Amezcua; Santa Ana, Calif.; comparative studies in
race and ethnicity, and anthropology; "Latina/o
Transgenderism: The Reconfiguration of Sex/Gender
Dimorphism"; Nicholas DeGenova, cultural and social
anthropology.
Jerome Bradford
Anderson; Framingham, Mass.; comparative literature;
"An Aristocracy of Readers: Canon Formation in
Joris-Karl Huysmans' A rebours"; Joshua
Landy, French and Italian.
Max Jay Erdstein;
Cape Coral, Fla.; history; "London Transported: Art,
Industry, and Modernism"; Paul Seaver, history.
Renée Allyson Fox;
Chatsworth, Calif.; English; "Empires of the
Imagination: Egypt and Fin de Siècle Fictions of
Imperialism"; Suvir Kaul, English.
Jeff Goldman;
Tiburon, Calif.; history; "Voting for Death: How
Capital Punishment Became a Political Issue in America,
1950-1988"; David Kennedy, history.
Geoffrey David Koops;
Winchester, Mass.; art and art history; "Artistic
Creation in Art"; Kristina Branch, art and art
history.
Noam Leslau;
Frankfurt am Main, Germany; history and economics;
"Conflict of Nations: A Discourse Analysis Limpieza
de Sangre, Medieval Communities, and the Emergence of
a Spanish National Identity"; Kathryn Miller,
history.
Joya Elizabeth
Martuscello; Burlingame, Calif.; drama;
"Artistic Creation in Drama."
John Anthony Maurer IV;
St. Louis, Mo.; music; "Artistic Creation in
Music"; Christopher Chafe, music.
Masum Hemendra Momaya;
Elgin, Ill.; public policy and feminist studies;
"Taking Her Place in the Global Economy"; Susan
Okin, political science.
Michelle Rae Feng-Jiao
Tung; Hong Kong; art with honors in humanities
special programs; "Technology Transformation: The Anime
Cyberbabe"; Alice Rayner, drama.
Allison Elizabeth Twist;
San Marino, Calif.; American studies; "Lady Lindy
Lives: Revisiting Images of Amelia Earhart"; Joseph
Corn, history.
Seth Andrew Weisburst;
West Hartford, Conn.; English and art history with honors
in humanities special programs; "Confronting the
Nightmare of Dresden: History and Deception in Kurt
Vonnegut's Mother Night, Cat's Cradle, and Slaughterhouse
Five"; William Solomon, English.
Anna Yusim;
Wheeling, Ill.; biological sciences with honors in ethics
and society; "The Limits of Responsibility and the
Inadequacy of the Desert: A Philosophical Quest for
Justice in Health Care"; Lori Gruen, philosophy.
Firestone Medals
for Excellence in Undergraduate Research
Kasey Elisabeth Barton;
Silverthorne, Colo.; biological sciences; "Niche
Partitioning and Competition in Two Ant
Communities"; Deborah Gordon, biological sciences.
Aaron Stephen Bernstein;
Wilmette, Ill.; human biology; "Depression, Immunity
and Bereavement in Spouses of Advanced Cancer
Patients"; David Spiegel, psychiatry and behavioral
sciences.
Boris Bershteyn;
Campbell, Calif.; economics and political science;
"Judicial Precedent and External Influences in the
United States Supreme Court: A Study of Predatory Pricing
Cases"; Gregory Rosston, economics and public
policy.
Taylor Chase Boas;
Atlanta; international relations and Latin American
studies; "www.cubalibre.cu? Transnational Networking
and the Impact of the Internet on Non-Democratic
Rule"; Terry Karl, political science.
Paul Bodnar;
Cliffside Park, N.J.; political science;
"Institutional Design and the Politics of
Uncertainty: Case Studies in East European
Democratization"; Coit Blacker, Institute for
International Studies.
Rachel Michel Brunette;
Monroe, Wis.; East Asian studies; "Dekasegi
Nikkeijin: Reflections on Japanese Immigration Policy
and the Return Migration of Japanese Latin
Americans"; Peter Duus, history.
Jennifer Lyn Gera;
Carmichaels, Pa.; sociology; "Work Requirements and
Welfare Reform: Assumptions, Implementation, and the
Effect on Persistent Poverty"; Susan Olzak,
sociology.
Peter Seth Hammerman;
San Francisco; biological sciences and history;
"Discovery of a Primate Model for Cystic
Fibrosis"; Jeffrey Wine, psychology.
Hugh Edward Handeyside;
Frankenmuth, Mich.; international relations; "U.S.
Democracy Assistance Organizations in Post-Cold War
Russia"; Michael McFaul and Ron Jepperson, political
science and sociology.
Todd Michael Herrington;
Irvine, Calif.; biological sciences; "Control of
Spore Differentiation in Myxococcus xanthus";
Dale Kaiser, biochemistry.
Annalise Noelle Husen;
Seattle; physics; "The Current Levels and
Conductance of the Voltage-Gated K Channel G87R from
Squid Stellate Ganglion"; William F. Gilly,
biological sciences (Hopkins Marine Station).
Michelle Margaret
Jewett; Pennington, N.J.; public policy and
sociology; "Stability in Income Inequality in the
Former German Democratic Republic Following
Reunification"; Geoffrey Rothwell, economics and
public policy.
Peter Matthews Kasson;
Chapel Hill, N.C.; individually designed major: chemical
and computational biophysics; "Rates of Peptide
Association to the Class II MHC Molecule I-Ek";
Robert Simoni, biological sciences.
Theodore Leng;
Caldwell, N.J.; philosophy and biological sciences;
"Capillary Electrophoresis Coupled with RBL-2H3
Cells as a Single-Cell Biosensor"; Richard Zare,
chemistry.
Kalee Geiderman
Magnani; Rockville, Md.; human biology and
psychology; "Are Developmental Changes in the Speed
and Accuracy of Word Recognition Related to Vocabulary
Growth?" Anne Fernald, psychology.
Kristen Eleanor Mann;
Lexington, Mass.; anthropological sciences with honors in
education; "A Comparative Case Study of Factors
Affecting Language Policy Discourse in Kenya and
Tanzania"; Karen Mundy, education.
Amy Francesca Perfors;
Montrose, Colo.; symbolic systems; "Slow and Steady
Doesn't Win the Race: The Relation of Infant Information
Processing Skills to Later Linguistic Performance";
Anne Fernald, psychology.
Danielle Andrea Rees;
Atherton, Calif.; psychology and human biology;
"Coping Styles and Defenses of Male and Female
College Students: A Longitudinal Study on Substance Use
and Eating-Disordered Behaviors"; Laura Carstensen,
psychology.
Uma Sanghvi;
Arlington, Va.; biological sciences; "Assessing
Potential Risk Factors for Child Malnutrition in Rural
Kerala, India"; Walter Falcon, Institute for
International Studies.
Andrei Dumitru Sdrulla;
Bend, Ore.; biological sciences; "Control of
Oligodendrocyte Differentiation by an Id Protein";
Ben Barres, neurobiology.
Seamus John Smyth;
Baton Rouge, La.; economics, and mathematics and
computational sciences; "The Robustness and
Efficiency of Monetary Policy Rules in Open Economies
with Perfect Capital Mobility"; John Taylor,
economics.
Aparajita Sohoni;
San Francisco; human biology; "Addressing the
Physiological and Social Implications of Leprosy: A Case
Study
Analysis on an NGO's
Method for Holistic Patient Rehabilitation";
Clifford Barnett, anthropological sciences.
Vivian Tsai; Rancho
Palos Verdes, Calif.; human biology;"Downregulation
of BCL-2 Using Antisense Oligodeoxynucleotides
Sensitizes Human Uterine
Sarcoma Cells to Paclitaxel (Taxol(r))"; Branimir
Sikic, medicine (oncology).
Nikolas I. Wada;
San Francisco; earth systems with honors through the
Institute for International Studies Goldman Honors
Program; "The Impact of El Niño on the World
Fishmeal Market"; Rosamund Naylor, Institute for
International Studies.
Rachel Margaret Wong;
Chandler, Ariz.; human biology; "Cultural
Preservation Efforts in Two Tibetan Children's
Homes"; Hill Gates, anthropological sciences. SR
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