Outstanding Dissertation & Thesis Awards for 2007
Distinguished Master’s Thesis Award
Nichole Huffman
Master of Science
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Thesis Advisor: Jeffrey Gorski, Ph.D.
Title: Nucleation of Hydroxyapatite Crystals within Biomineralization Foci is Associated with
Proteolytic Processing of Bone Sialoprotein and Bone Acidic Glycorpotein-75
Outstanding Dissertation Award - Humanities
Dr. Deborah Maltby
English / History
Dissertation Advisor: Jennifer Phegley, Ph.D.
Title: Reading “Hodge”: Nineteenth-Century English Rural Workers
Outstanding Dissertation Award - Social and Behavioral Sciences
Dr. Zdravka Todorova
Economics and Social Science Consortium
Dissertation Advisor: Frederic Lee, Ph.D.
Title: Reconsidering Households in Economic Theory
Outstanding Dissertation Award - Natural Sciences
Dr. Benjamin Levine
Molecular Biology and Biochemistry / Cell Biology and Biophysics
Dissertation Advisor: Leonard Dobens, Ph.D.
Title: Interactions Between Bunched, Slow Border Cells, Cut, and Notch Signaling Regulate Follicle Cell Migrations During Drosophila Oogenesis
School of Graduate Studies
19th Annual Awards Celebration
On April 22, 2008, the School of Graduate Studies held their 19th Annual Awards Celebration. in Pierson Auditorium.
In the six categories of graduate fellowship awards, new awards were made to 34 students. Fifteen students holding fellowships during the 2007-08 school year are also eligible to renew their fellowships for a second year.
Four students were also honored for their Outstanding Dissertations and Theses. Those winners are listed in the column on the right side of this page.
Six students received recognition as Superior Graduate Teaching Assistants:
Xueyi (Eddie) Chen - Chemistry
Allison Hartnett -
Physics
Sandra Howard - Music Education
Lauren Obermark - English
Samantha Reynolds - Mathematics
Gina Sanders - Sociology
Fellowship awards were made to the following students:
School of Graduate Studies Minority Master’s Fellowships
Alesia Robinson - Counseling
School of Graduate Studies Minority Doctoral Fellowships
Danah Barazanji - Counseling Psychology
Makini Brown - Counseling Psychology
Xuan Hong Pham - Economics / Social Science Consortium
Danyele Shelton - Counseling Psychology
Chancellor’s Doctoral Fellowships
April Austin - English / History
Sai Hanuman Sagar Boddu - Pharmaceutical Sciences / Chemistry
Ryan Jesperson - Music Composition
Nattinee Jitnarin - Health Psychology
Ian Lynam - Clinical Psychology
Erin Nemenoff - Public Affairs and Administration /
Social Science Consortium
Codi Schale - Counseling Psychology
Tang Wang - Entrepreneurship and Innovation / Public Affairs and Administration
Hua Zhang - Pharmacology / Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
Yalun Zhou - Curriculum and Instruction / English
Arthur Mag Graduate Fellowships
Cynthia Buchanan - Bloch School of Business and Public Administration
Megan Cornell - College of Arts and Sciences
Alan Woolever - School of Law
Preparing Future Faculty Fellowships
Sourish Dasgupta - Computer Science / Telecommunications Networking
Joseph Rico Drake - Counseling Psychology
Piyush Jain - Pharmaceutical Sciences / Chemistry
Andres Salguero - Music Composition
Alla Semenova - Economics / Social Science Consortium
School of Graduate Studies Dissertation Research Fellowships
Kenneth Butcher - Curriculum and Instruction / Geosciences
Stephen Childress - English / Social Science Consortium
Lorna Condit - English / Religious Studies
Geralyn Crain - Oral Biology / Public Affairs and Administration
Shakuntala Das - Economics / Social Science Consortium
Sudharshan Hariharan - Pharmaceutical Sciences / Chemistry
Kevin Hoffman - Clinical Psychology
Michael Murray - Economics / Mathematics
Michael Muskus - Molecular Biology and Biochemistry / Cell Biology and Biophysics
Rajan Pant - Sociology / Social Science Consortium
Henrietta Rix Wood - English / History