| President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program Finalists 2004 -2005 Arts & Humanities Irum Shiekh Current Position: Graduate student Current Institution: University of California, Berkeley Research Area: Muslims in America before/after September 11 Contact Information: Kenneth Vanbik Current Position: Ph.D. candidate Current Institution: University of California, Berkeley Research Area: Historical-comparative Linguistics Contact Information:
Edward Wright-Rios Current Position: Assistant Professor Current Institution: Vanderbilt University Research Area: Mexican History Contact Information:
Biological Sciences Sandra Encalada Current Position: Postdoctoral research associate Current Institution: University of California, San Diego Research Area: Prion Axonal Transport Contact Information: Nancy Grumet Current Position: Cooperative Institute for Climate and Ocean Research Postdoctoral Scholar Current Institution: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute Contact Information: Candace Y. Hsieh Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow Current Institution: University of California, Irvine Research Area: Molecular mechanisms underlying development and plasticity in mammalian auditory system Contact Information: Laura D. Mydlarz Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher (Harvell Laboratory) Current Institution: Cornell University Research Area: Coral Resistance to disease Contact Information: Annette Ostling Current Position: Graduate student Current Institution: University of California, Berkeley Research Area: Community Ecology Contact Information: Nancy Grumet Prouty Current Position: Ph.D. candidate Current Institution: Stanford University Research Area: Geological Sciences Contact Information:
Mathematics, Engineering, Physical Sciences Kristin M. Burgess Current Position: Ph.D. student Current Institution: MIT Research Area: Astrophysics and Cosmology Contact Information: Angela F. Dickens Current Position: Graduate student Current Institution: University of Washington Research Area: Chemistry and Oceanography Contact Information: Melissa Summers Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow Current Institution: Stanford University Research Area: Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Photovoltaic Cells Contact Information:
Social Sciences Julie Beck Current Position: Doctoral candidate Current Institution: University of California, Santa Cruz Research Area: Sociology: Crime/social control; social welfare; gender/race; punishment; ethnography Contact Information: Jessica R. Cattelino Current Position: Assistant Professor of Anthropology Current Institution: University of Chicago Research Area: Citizenship and economy in Native North America Contact Information: Jennifer Jihye Chun Current Position: Ph.D. candidate, Sociology Current Institution: University of California, Berkeley Research Area: Labor, Globalization, Culture, Korean Studies Contact Information: Cynthia Cruz Current Position: Core Faculty in Education and Human Development Current Institution: Pacific Oaks College, Pasadena, California Research Area: The queer body, race, memory, and Chicana epistemologies; testimonial narratives and ethnography; post colonial pedagogies and urban schools. Contact Information: Jennifer Husbands Current Position: Ph.D. candidate / researcher Current Institution: Stanford University / University of California, San Diego Research Area: Education Contact Information: Amy Lonetree Current Position: Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow Current Institution: University of California, Berkeley Research Area: 20 th Century American Indian history, Public history, museum studies Contact Information:
Yesilernis L. Peña Current Position: Ph.D. candidate (UCLA), and Assistant Professor of Psychology (PUCMM) Current Institution: University of California, Los Angeles and Pontifica Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra, Dominican Republic Research Area: Race relations in Latin America Contact Information: John M. Reveles Current Position: Team Member, Center for Equity in Mathematics and Science Education Current Institution: University of California, Santa Barbara Research Area: Scientific literacy; equity of access in science education Contact Information: Mario M. Ruiz Current Position: Ph.D. candidate Current Institution: University of Michigan Research Area: 19 th/20 th Century Egypt/Social History/Law Contact Information: Leslie G. Wirpsa Current Position: Ph.D. candidate Current Institution: School of International Relations, University of Southern California Research Area: Oil & Conflict; Indigenous Movements; Latin America; Gender, Culture & Global Society Contact Information: |