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2007 American SCholars

Postgraduate Scholarships

Field of Study

Education

Dates

Host Institution

Fulbright Research

Mary Anderson Dramatic Arts University of California Davis 12 months from July 2007 University of Tasmania

Examining site-based performance practice created within an ecological environment, involving web-casted performances between Hobart, Tasmania, and locations in the United States.
Julia Back Biological Sciences Linfield College 12 months from Jan 2008 Deakin University Study the behavioral responses of Australian fur seals to boat-based disturbances at breeding colonies.
Rachel Brummel Environmental Sociology University of Minnesota 12 months from Jan 2008 Commonwealth Science and Industry Research Organisation (CSIRO) - Government Department

How diverse stakeholder groups navigate multiple and sometimes conflicting bushfire management objectives in the context of collaborative decision-making and planning.
Joshua Coene Modern History University of Michigan 12 months from Dec 2008 University of New South Wales Exploring popular support for harsh punishment and prison expansion in New South Wales.
Emily Cornwell Biological Sciences Kalamazoo University 12 months from Aug 2007 Deakin University

The adaptations associated with the hypersaline conditions of a Victorian lake . 

Alan Franks Civil Engineering/ Film University of Alabama , Birmingham 12 months from July 2007 University of Sydney Develop filmmaking skills and film a documentary on the engineering innovations used on Australian outback farms.
Ben Fohner Business Studies Stanford University 12 months from Feb 2008

Monash University

Analysing current barriers to innovation and commercialisation in the biotechnology sector, as well as coursework for a Masters of Business in Commercialising Science and Technology (CST). 

Shayle Kann Environmental Science Pamona College 12 months from Jan 2008 Australian National University Environmental, policy, and market research on solarization and energy efficiency retrofits.
Joshua Meisel Biological Sciences Stanford University 12 months from July 2007 University of Queensland Research on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef into protecting the reef ecosystem from global climate change and expanding our knowledge of its symbiotic biology.
Jenna Morency Modern History University of Maine, Farmington 12 months from Jan 2008 University of Tasmania Research on British imperialism and colonial Australia, through the study of the ninety-three American prisoners who were transported to Australia in 1837-1838 .
Emily Morgan Environmental Studies Mt Holyoke College 12 months from Feb 2008 Deakin University Research in the emerging field of environmentally-conscious nutrition education.
Jesse Silverman Evolutionary Biology Duke University 12 months from July 2007 University of Queensland To characterise the genetic and genomic regulatory processes that are responsible for the shell development of abalone.

Tyler Summers

Engineering University of Texas 12 months from Sept 2007

Australian National University

Develop a new theory for control of autonomous vehicle formations - a team of vehicles working together to accomplish a task without human intervention.

Rory Telemeco Environmental Studies University of Central Oklahoma 12 months from July 2007 University of Sydney

Investigation in the potential impact global temperature changes have on natural populations of an egg-laying vertebrate.

Elizabeth Triche

Medicine / Public Health Weill Medical College of Cornell University 12 months from July 2007 University of Sydney

Masters in International Public Health.
Leland Turner History / Film Texas Tech University 12 months from Aug 2007 Australian National University and The University of Queensland The growing Americanisation of Australian cultures.

Alexander White

Psychology Yale University 12 months from July 2007 University of Sydney Masters in psychology on the perception of time, examining the nature of time perception and the visual feature binding the brain.

Senior Scholarships

Field of Study

Education

Dates

Host Institution

Fulbright Research

Leslie Jacobson Dramatic Arts The George Washington University 5 months from Dec 2007 University of Adelaide Study play writing and theatrical production in Australia and develop and produce a new play based on a novel by a leading Australian anthropologist.
Dr Steven Pantilat Medicine University of California San Francisco 6 months from July 2007 University of Sydney Understand the palliative care needs of patients with heart failure and their preferences for how best to discuss palliative care issues.
Dr Andrei Derevianko Physics / Astronomy University of Nevada-Reno 6 months from Dec 2007 University of New South Wales

Research into variation of fundamental constants of physics and will deal with the fundamental question: are the physical constants constant?

Dr Barbara Riegel Nursing University of Pennsylvania 3 months from Feb 2008 Australian Catholic University Collaborative research into the self-care of patients with heart failure.
Dr Rebekah Coley Psychology Boston University 12 months from July 2007 University of New South Wales How behaviours such as substance use, risky sexual activity, and lack of adequate exercise, nutrition, and weight control contribute substantial health risks for youth in developed countries.
ANU Distinguished Chair Field of Study Education Dates Host Institution Fulbright Research
Dr Patricia Sykes Political Science American University

5

months from Jan 2008

Australian National University To make analytical, as well as empirical, contributions to the study of political leadership in Anglo-American nations, particularly research on women as executive leaders in Anglo-American systems.