2006 American SCholars
Postgraduate Awards |
Field of Study |
Education |
Dates |
Host Institution |
Fulbright Research |
| Physics | University of Puget Sound | 12 months from July 2006 | University of Queensland |
Researching optical methods for characterising entangled photon states useful in experimental quantum information. | |
Jessica Boynton |
Linguistics | East Michigan University | 12 months from February 2007 | University of Western Australia |
Conducting linguistic fieldwork to document Tjupany, an Indigenous language of the Western Desert region of Australia. |
| Laura (Kat) Burmeister | Anthropology | University of Connecticut | 12 months from July 2006 | Charles Darwin University | Conducting research towards a PhD on understanding how Aboriginal youth’s increased exposure to formal education is affecting egalitarian sharing practices. |
| Biology | Mt Holyoke College | 12 months from August 2006 | University of Adelaide | Investigating the underlying mechanisms of the relationship between obesity and female fertility. | |
| Physics | Dickinson College | 12 months from July 2006 | University of Queensland | Enrolled in a Masters of Physics researching nanocrystal conducting polymers and their application to solar cells. | |
| Pharmacology | Cornell University | 12 months from July 2006 | University of Melbourne | Researching the evolution, toxinology and health significance of toxic venomous fish. | |
| Biology | Michigan State University | 12 months from March 2007 | University of South Australia | Undertaking research at the Centre for Comparative Water Policies and Laws to examine the socio-political aspects for water management in Australia. | |
| Biology | St Olaf College | 12 months from July 2006 | University of Melbourne | Investigating the metabolic pathways in the apicoplast of the parasite Plasmodium falciparum, the human infecting species of Malaria. | |
| Law | Harvard Law School | 12 months from September 2006 | University of Melbourne | Conducting comparative research encompassing law and politics, with a focus on religion. | |
| Political Science | Harvard University | 12 months from June 2007 | University of Sydney | Enrolling in a Masters in International Studies focusing on investigating attitudes towards asylum seekers. | |
| Law | Yale University | 12 months from September 2006 | La Trobe University | Conducting research in the field of comparative legal studies analysing the difference in criminal sentencing methods in the U.S. and Australia. | |
| Kate Murray | Clinical Psychology | Arizona State University | 12 months from January 2007 | University of Queensland | Conducting comparative research into refugee resilience in resettlement. |
| History | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 12 months from September 2006 | University of Queensland | Conducting an historical study of Australian biological Nitrogen Fixation research, focusing on the symbiosis between legumes and soil bacteria. | |
| Behavioural Ecology | Cornell University | 8 months from August 2006 | Australian National University | Conducting research towards a PhD, investigating social conflict in Australian huntsman spiders. | |
Senior Scholar Awards |
Field of Study |
Education |
Dates |
Host Institution |
Fulbright Research |
| Biological Sciences | Indiana University | 6 months from January 2007 |
CSIRO, Canberra |
Researching soil micro-organisms as determinates of terrestrial plant community dynamics and restoration. | |
| Law | University of Hawaii | 6 months from January 2007 | La Trobe University | Lecturing/research on intellectual property law regimes and rights of Indigenous Peoples in traditional knowledge, cultural expression and genetic resources. | |
| Political Science | College of Wooster | 5 months from January 2007 | University of New South Wales | Conducting research on Australian debates over the ratification of international treaties. |
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| Art | University of Maryland | 6 months from July 2006 | University of Wollongong | Lecturing/research in sound design and installation art resulting in publication of a sound installation and audio DVD. | |
| Medical Science | George Washington University | 5 months from April 2007 | University of Queensland | Conducting research to compare techniques of lingual movement (bio) feedback in remediating speech problems following neurological damage. |
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| Professor Wendy Woodson | Dance/Theatre | Amherst College | 5 months from February 2007 | Victorian College of the Arts | Creating a new performance work entitled “Cross Continental” that relates to concepts, experiences and images of reconciliation, mediation and migration. |
Fulbright ANU Distinguished Chair |
Field of Study |
Education |
Dates |
Host Institution |
Fulbright Research |
| Political Science | Yale University | 5 months from August 2006 |
Australian National University (ANU) |
Conducting collaborative research into election financing and compare executive leadership by presidents and prime ministers. |