2007 American Scholars

Postgraduate Scholars

Scholar	Mary Anderson
Field of Study	Dramatic Arts
Education	University of California Davis
Dates	12 months from July 2007
Host Institution	University of Tasmania
Research Focus	Examining site-based performance practice created within an ecological environment, involving web-casted performances between Hobart, Tasmania, and locations in the United States

Scholar	Julia Back
Field of Study	Biological Sciences
Education	Linfield College
Dates	12 months from July 2007
Host Institution	Deakin University
Research Focus	Study the behavioral responses of Australian fur seals to boat-based disturbances at breeding colonies

Scholar	Rachel Brummel
Field of Study	Environmental Sociology
Education	University of Minnesota
Dates	12 months from Jan 2008
Host Institution	Commonwealth Science and Industry Research Organisation (CSIRO) - Government Department
Research Focus	How diverse stakeholder groups navigate multiple and sometimes conflicting bushfire management objectives in the context of collaborative decision-making and planning

Scholar	Joshua Coene
Field of Study	Modern History
Education	University of Michigan
Dates	12 months from Dec 2008
Host Institution	University of New South Wales
Research Focus	Exploring popular support for harsh punishment and prison expansion in New South Wales

Scholar	Emily Cornwell
Field of Study	Biological Sciences
Education	Kalamazoo University
Dates	12 months from Aug 2007
Host Institution	Deakin University
Research Focus	The adaptations associated with the hypersaline conditions of a Victorian lake

Scholar	Alan Franks
Field of Study	Civil Engineering/Film
Education	University of Alabama, Birmingham
Dates	12 months from July 2007
Host Institution	University of Sydney
Research Focus	Develop filmmaking skills and film a documentary on the engineering innovations used on Australian outback farms

Scholar	Ben Fohner
Field of Study	Business Studies
Education	Stanford University
Dates	12 months from Feb 2008
Host Institution	Monash University
Research Focus	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)

Scholar	Shayle Kann
Field of Study	Environmental Science
Education	Pamona College
Dates	12 months from Jan 2008
Host Institution	Australian National University
Research Focus	Environmental, policy, and market research on solarization and energy efficiency retrofits

Scholar	Joshua Meisel
Field of Study	Biological Sciences
Education	Stanford University
Dates	12 months from July 2007
Host Institution	University of Queensland
Research Focus	Research on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef into protecting the reef ecosystem from global climate change and expanding our knowledge of its symbiotic biology

Scholar	Jenna Morency
Field of Study	Modern History
Education	University of Maine, Farmington
Dates	12 months from Jan 2008
Host Institution	University of Tasmania
Research Focus	Research on British imperialism and colonial Australia, through the study of the ninety-three American prisoners who were transported to Australia in 1837-1838

Scholar	Emily Morgan
Field of Study	Environmental Studies
Education	Mt Holyoke College
Dates	12 months from Feb 2008
Host Institution	Deakin University
Research Focus	Research in the emerging field of environmentally-conscious nutrition education

Scholar	Jesse Silverman
Field of Study	Evolutionary Biology
Education	Duke University
Dates	12 months from July 2007
Host Institution	University of Queensland
Research Focus	To characterise the genetic and genomic regulatory processes that are responsible for the shell development of abalone

Scholar	Tyler Summers
Scholarship	US Alumni Scholarship
Field of Study	Engineering
Education	University of Texas
Dates	12 months from Sept 2007
Host Institution	Australian National University
Research Focus	Develop a new theory for control of autonomous vehicle formations - a team of vehicles working together to accomplish a task without human intervention

Scholar	Rory Telemeco
Field of Study	Environmental Studies
Education	University of Central Oklahoma
Dates	12 months from July 2007
Host Institution	University of Sydney
Research Focus	Investigation in the potential impact global temperature changes have on natural populations of an egg-laying vertebrate

Scholar	Elizabeth Triche
Field of Study	Medicine / Public Health
Education	Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Dates	12 months from July 2007
Host Institution	University of Sydney
Research Focus	Masters in International Public Health

Scholar	Leland Turner
Field of Study	History / Film
Education	Texas Tech University
Dates	12 months from Aug 2007
Host Institution	Australian National University and The University of Queensland
Research Focus	The growing Americanisation of Australian cultures

Scholar	Alexander White
Field of Study	Psychology
Education	Yale University
Dates	12 months from July 2007
Host Institution	University of Sydney
Research Focus	Masters in psychology on the perception of time, examining the nature of time perception and the visual feature binding the brain

Senior Scholarships

Scholar	Leslie Jacobson
Field of Study	Dramatic Arts
Education	The George Washington University
Dates	5 months from Dec 2007
Host Institution	University of Adelaide
Research Focus	Study play writing and theatrical production in Australia and develop and produce a new play based on a novel by a leading Australian anthropologist

Scholar	Dr Steven Pantilat
Field of Study	Medicine
Education	University of California San Francisco
Dates	6 months from July 2007
Host Institution	University of Sydney
Research Focus	Understand the palliative care needs of patients with heart failure and their preferences for how best to discuss palliative care issues

Scholar	Dr Andrei Derevianko
Field of Study	Physics / Astronomy
Education	University of Nevada-Reno
Dates	6 months from Dec 2007
Host Institution	University of New South Wales
Research Focus	Research into variation of fundamental constants of physics and will deal with the fundamental question: are the physical constants constant?

Scholar	Dr Barbara Riegel
Field of Study	Nursing
Education	University of Pennsylvania
Dates	3 months from Feb 2008
Host Institution	Australian Catholic University
Research Focus	Collaborative research into the self-care of patients with heart failure

Scholar	Dr Rebekah Coley
Field of Study	Psychology
Education	Boston University
Dates	12 months from July 2007
Host Institution	University of New South Wales
Research Focus	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

Scholar	Dr Patricia Sykes
Field of Study	Political Science
Education	American University
Dates	5 months from Jan 2008
Host Institution	Australian National University
Research Focus	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