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How appropriate it is that the word alumni It was also edifying to watch as they applaud- comes from the Latin root alere, meaning to ed the improvement and growth that they see nourish. The staff of the Graduate School is in their specific graduate programs and the proud to dedicate this issue of The GRIND to support services now offered by the Graduate its alumni and is grateful that Duke’s Office School. of Alumni Affairs has kindly allowed us to With sincere appreciation, we offer you use, as the theme for this edition, its tag line, this special issue that highlights the diverse Forever Duke. talents, careers, accomplishments, and contri- VOLUME 6 A year ago, members of Duke’s Graduate butions of our graduates. We have a special ISSUE 1 School alumni gave generously of their time story to tell here at Duke, and the members FALL 2005 to help the school create its first promotional of our graduate community—past and pres- video, Duke University Graduate School: Where ent—help us to tell it every day. As Dean Your Presence Matters. What we were able to Lewis Siegel cogently stated in a recent letter capture offers an authentic glimpse into grad- to the alumni, “For truly our graduate stu- Graduate Student Affairs uate education at Duke. Even more impor- dents, as much as anyone, have contributed Jacqueline Looney tant than the finished product, which exceed- to the prominence that this university enjoys Associate Dean ed by every measure our own expectations, today.” We hope this issue will nourish you, the video project had the added benefit of inspire you, and give you an even deeper Lana BenDavid reconnecting our staff with alumni who appreciation for the value of our graduate Program Coordinator shared with us the value of their graduate programs at Duke and beyond. education. It was heartening to hear how Walter Tallman —Jacqueline Looney Program Assistant their time at Duke equipped them for their fascinating variety of significant career choices. Tomalei Vess Director of Student Development ALUMNI AFFAIRS

Sterly Wilder convocation and supports the Graduate and Professional Student Council’s organization Executive Director, Alumni Affairs of game watching parties and other events. In The Duke Alumni Association (DAA) pro- addition, the Alumni Association has designat- vides benefits and services for all alumni (and ed two positions for graduate and professional school alumni on the DAA Board, as well as future alumni), including those of the Grad- one for an observing member. By including Enhancing the Quality uate School. We consider all alumni from the graduate and professional students as well as of Graduate Student Life: Graduate School with M.A.s and Ph.D.s, no alumni who represent all Duke’s schools, the Academic Support matter the program, members of the DAA. DAA Board actively seeks and encourages Disability and Harassment Services The Alumni Office hosts the welcome recep- involvement of this important constituency International and Minority Concerns tion each Fall semester following the new student in the life of the university. Personal Counseling Professional Development Social Programs Message from the Associate Dean 1 Fifth Annual Graduate Student Research Day 8 Student Group Support Alumni Affairs 1 Where Are They Now? 12 Alumni Profile 2 Student Highlights 14 Graduate Student Profile 3 Student Graduation 18 Faculty Profiles 4 Job Placements 20 Program Spotlight 6 Student Health Center 21 Forever Duke Center for Instructional Technology 7 Alumni Reflections on the Duke Experience 22 THE GRADUATE STUDENT NEWSLETTER 2 The ALUMNI AFFAIRS (continued from page 1) After graduation, we provide a career advisor dedicated to alumni (Director of Alumni Careers); life and health insur- “The most influential part of my experience at Duke was the ance; the Duke Visa credit card; library borrowing privileges; Art & Art History Department’s commitment to an interdis- a 20% discount at Duke stores; discounted rates for use of ciplinary approach to art history. It was also extremely helpful Duke’s recreational facilities; free lifetime e-mail forwarding; and access to the online Duke alumni directory. Complete that my dissertation committee, and especially my advisor Dr. information can be found at http://www.dukealumni.com. Richard Powell, encouraged me to work directly with objects … During the 2005–2006 year, the Alumni Association in a discipline that can be overly preoccupied with theory and is undergoing a strategic planning process. One of the key criticism.” goals in the plan is the engagement of graduate and profes- —Andrea Barnwell,Art & Art History (’01) sional students and alumni. We hope to develop an enduring Spelman College, Georgia presence in the lives of these important members of the uni- Director, Museum of Fine Art versity community. ALUMNI PROFILE

Peter Fraenkel and joblessness to employment. As he evaluates the effective- Ph.D., Psychology (’88) ness of this program, he reports, “Recent findings show that this intervention led to a significant decrease in parents’ sense Director, Center for Time, Work, and the Family of demoralization, in psychiatric symptoms, and in child Ackerman Institute for the Family behavior problems.” His team now has directed its focus to Associate Professor, Psychology homeless families with teens. Fraenkel pursues similar research with women and their children who are homeless as The City College of New York a result of escaping domestic violence. He also conducted a Duke’s clinical psychology program certainly nourished study examining the challenges and coping approaches of alumnus Dr. Peter Fraenkel with an excellent balance between poor first-generation Latino families. acquiring research expertise and developing clinical skills. His Fraenkel’s other research and writing interests include a dissertation explored the effects of personal values on autobi- family-based approach to treating incest; distress-prevention ographical memory and on the ability to accurately recall fre- programs for couples; and the impact of work pressures and quency of occurrence. Fraenkel notes that his program technology on couple and family time. His work on the topic “encouraged rigorous critical thinking about the scientific of treating incest culminated in several articles, a treatment basis for our theoretical assumptions about people and prob- manual, and a co-authored book, The Relational Trauma of lems. We were taught to question every theory, idea, and find- Incest: A Family-Based Approach to Treatment (Guilford Press, ing.” This foundation continues to shape his work both as a 2001). He is also a contributing editor to the Psychotherapy professor who mentors students in their research and as a Networker Magazine and recently published an article there on scholar reviewing several scientific journals. the history and future of family therapy. Fraenkel encourages Dr. Fraenkel examines the challenges faced by homeless current graduate students in his field to “read as much as you families in New York City and the coping approaches they use can, and publish while you’re in grad school. You can’t imag- to manage their situation. The Duke Psychology Clinic, of ine how hard it is to find time to read and write once you’re which Fraenkel was student director for two years, engen- out in the ‘real world’ of seeing patients, teaching, and dered a dedication to this current research through its strong mounting community programs—not to mention raising kids. commitment to working with underserved populations. I had a few offers to publish articles with faculty while at Fraenkel’s research led to creation of a nine-week multi- Duke, which I turned down because I felt like I was so busy ple family discussion group intervention to support families as and because I felt I had my whole career in front of me, but it parents negotiate the difficult transition from welfare to work would have been worth taking the time to do those articles. In

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ALUMNI PROFILE retrospect, seeing where the field’s gone, two of them quite match.” Irving Alexander’s course in assessment formed would’ve been classics by now!” the basis for Dr. Fraenkel’s use of in-depth qualitative inter- In general, Dr. Fraenkel advises that students remain views as a core research methodology. Susan Roth’s clarity in open to all that the educational enterprise offers. “Some- statistics and in conceptualizing research provided “an invalu- times,” he observes “students fight too much with what they’re able bedrock” for all his work. Fraenkel’s involvement in John learning, rather than realizing that each professor has her or Coie’s community-based intervention research on rejected his own fix on the field that distills a lot of experience. Learn and neglected kids provided his first exposure to the bridge what you can from each person you encounter—you’ll be sur- between clinical and community psychology. Finally, Fraenkel prised at how it comes back to help you later on.” According adds, “the terrific group of fellow students provided a commu- to Fraenkel, his mentor, Phil Costanzo, modeled “an integra- nity of scholars and developing clinicians. We worked hard tive, omnivorous intellect, which I can only aspire to but never and we had a lot of fun!” GRADUATE STUDENT PROFILE

The Forever Duke theme of this issue led us to encourage a waste of time even if they do not directly move your current student to contemplate the future and to consider what reflec- research forward, because they help give you context within tions ten years of life might yield concerning the experience of gradu- which you can better understand your experiences and ate education at Duke. In creative response, Ariana Sutton-Grier has challenges. provided us with the following fictional letter, one that she imagines • Never underestimate the power of collaboration. You have she would write ten years from now to the student she is today. already had the opportunity to experience the benefits of good collaborations at Duke. You have co-taught a class Ariana Sutton-Grier entitled, “Feminism & Ecology” and worked closely on a joint research project studying how plant diversity affects Doctoral Student, Ecology the ability of a restored wetland to improve water quality Dear Ariana (Age 27), through pollutant removal. Collaborations can help you learn more and achieve more than you can by yourself. You I would like to be able to tell you that by age 37 you have can’t do it all by yourself, My Dear, even if you do think you managed to “save the Earth” and become the president of the are superwoman some times. first entirely “green” university, but that is not the case. You • Never settle for anything that does not satisfy you. Programs are facing many big decisions in the next several years, such as such as Preparing Future Faculty (PFF) at Duke are helping deciding between a career in academia and a career in gov- you explore your options after you finish your Ph.D. ernment or non-profit work. I don’t want to ruin the surprises Continue to keep doors open, think beyond the traditional you will encounter on this decade journey. However, I can tell models, and keep pushing your limits. It doesn’t matter you, you will stay true to your aspirations and intentions. You what anyone else thinks is the right choice for you; it is up will be a role model, mentor, and leader in your own way. I to you to find what makes you happy and pursue it. can provide you with five key pieces of advice that might help •Value and thank those people in your life who rejuvenate you along the way. You already know much of this, but it never and motivate you (husband, parents, and friends), because hurts to be reminded, especially when times are trying. without them you would probably have thrown in the towel a long time ago. • Remember that keeping up good relationships with your friends and co-workers is critical to your happiness and suc- cess. The people you have met during your Duke experience are going to continue to be your colleagues and support in CONGRATULATIONS! the coming years. Continue to surround yourself with a group of diverse, intelligent, and caring individuals as you Join us in congratulating Associate Dean for Graduate progress through your career because you thrive in a work- Student Affairs and Associate Vice Provost for Academic ing environment filled with people who can support but also Diversity, Jacqueline Looney, who recently received challenge you. Duke University’s Blue Ribbon Award for Diversity; the • The “extra” stuff you do is what makes you a well-rounded, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion Award from the Office for well-educated, and well-connected person. Participating in Institutional Equity; and the 2005 Administrator of the groups such as Women in Science & Engineering (WISE) Year Award from the Graduate and Professional Stud- and Graduate & Professional Women’s Network (GPWN) ent Council. has helped you find mentors outside your department and has allowed you to help others. These activities are not a THE GRADUATE STUDENT NEWSLETTER 4 The GRADUATE STUDENT PROFILE (continued from page 3)

There are hard times coming: the big push to finish your sleeping and eating habits, allow yourself creative forms of dissertation, the tough transition out of being a graduate stu- expression that are completely unrelated to work, and spend dent and on to the rest of your career, and the constant strug- quality time with your family. gle to balance personal priorities—such as being a good Take inspiration from other Duke graduates who have spouse, friend, and potential parent—with professional aspira- made time in their professional lives to mentor others but still tions and expectations. But your Duke experiences will have have honored, successful careers. Be a role model and give helped prepare you for these challenges. You have learned to your time and energy to others. Helping others has produced take initiative, to be confident and self-reliant, but also to satisfaction and happiness up to this point in your life, and it know when you need help or advice from others. You have will continue to do so. I cannot truthfully tell you the next ten learned that time spent helping others is generously repaid to years are going to be easy, but it will be an exciting journey! you. You have learned that it is important to take time for yourself. Remember to get plenty of exercise, maintain your Best of luck and keep your chin up! Ariana (Age 37) FACULTY PROFILES

The Graduate School proudly shares with you these profiles of have repeatedly seen her take students’ ideas and help shape the three 2005 Dean’s Award for Excellence in Mentoring recipients. them to make them better.” Linda has been a fan of her stu- Linda K. George dents’ work, helping them to believe that they have something to contribute to the field, and a prodding advisor, who pushes Linda K. George, a professor of sociology and psychology, her students’ ability to conceptualize everyday life in sociologi- completed her bachelor’s and master’s work in sociology from cal terms. As one nominator expressed, “In essence, Linda has the Miami University of Ohio. In 1975, she earned the Ph.D. been a guiding force in teaching me my trade.” in sociology from Duke University. She pursued her postdoc- A genuine care and concern for her students also jumps toral training in the study of aging at the Duke University School of Medicine and joined its faculty as an assistant pro- from the pages of Professor George’s many nominations. “A fessor in the department of psychiatry in 1977. Professor big part of what makes Linda a great mentor is her empathy, George is an established scholar in social psychology, who has compassion, and outright support during the rough times,” earned one of the top names in gerontology and medical soci- says one student. Dr. George truly realizes that students are ology. Her most recent work examines social precursors of best able to be successful scholars if they are content in the depression, the effects of stress on health, and the relation- other areas of their lives. ships between religion and health. In 1991, Dr. George The following written statement paints a clear picture of received the Trinity College Distinguished Teaching Award for the warmth and professionalism that Professor George brings her outstanding work in the classroom. to her mentoring relationships: Professor George’s reputation draws a variety of students Linda has continuously amazed me with her wonderful balance to her side, from those she formally advises to those who take her classes just to experience her highly regarded teaching of intelligence, humor, kindness, and occasionally sternness skills. She has seized this opportunity to share her gifts with as when helping students reach their goals. These qualities alone many as possible, often working with five or six graduate stu- do not make her a deserving mentor, but rather her ability to dents a year while also mentoring undergraduates and post- understand her students and foster our growth as academics in doctoral students. One nominator observes, “It is clear to me a genuinely positive and supportive way … Although it is that she wants each and every one of her students to be suc- impossible to list Linda’s countless examples of generosity and cessful, and she is willing to do what it takes to get us there.” guidance, I believe her strength as a mentor goes well beyond According to another student, George’s keen mind gives her her obligations as a faculty member and makes her a worthy, if “a strong ability to help students understand how to make the not perfect, model to represent the Dean’s Award for Excellence most of any topic. Aside from my own experience with her, I in Mentoring. SPECIAL FACULTY RECOGNITION John Hope Franklin, James B. Duke Professor Emeritus of History, just released his new book, Mirror to America: The Autobiography of John Hope Franklin. Erich Jarvis, Associate Professor of Neurobiology, received the 2005 National Institutes of Health Director’s Pioneer Award for his research on the brain mechanisms of vocal learning in songbirds and humans. Kenneth Kreuzer, Professor of Biochemistry, was recently honored by the university with a 2005 Blue Ribbon Award for Diversity. GRIND 5 FACULTY PROFILES (continued from page 4)

William M. Reichert strengths as a mentor and helps students keep their bearings throughout their doctoral journey. “There is no doubt as to William “Monty” Reichert is a professor of biomedical when you’re heading in the wrong direction or when you engineering and director of the Center for Biomolecular and have moved to the next step in your research,” a student Tissue Engineering. In 1982, he earned his Ph.D. in macro- notes, “because Monty tells you in a firm, simple, and often molecular science and engineering at the University of humorous way. Every weekly lab meeting is filled with honest Michigan, followed by postdoctoral work and a faculty and constructive feedback, which students look forward to.” appointment in bioengineering at the University of Utah. The unique lab experience that emerges from Professor Monty joined Duke’s biomedical engineering faculty in 1988. Reichert’s genuine dedication to his students takes shape in Professor Reichert’s research interests include biosensors, pro- the following nomination text: tein mediated cell adhesion, and wound healing. The primary focus of his work is on the behavior of proteins and cells at There is trust and mutual respect. Every now and then one of surfaces. These phenomena are central to many aspects of the graduate students will get up and walk over to his office, biology and medicine, for example thrombus formation, where the door is open and Monty is typing on the computer. inflammation, complement activation, immune recognition, They knock and he turns around, his whole attention on them. wound healing, cell-cell recognition, and cell adhesion to arti- Whether that student is there for two minutes or twenty minutes, ficial and natural substrates. The aim of Reichert’s work is to Monty will continue to talk the issue over without any sign of develop new diagnostics and to improve biomaterials. impatience or hassle. There is a respect there that you can feel; Professor Reichert dedicates himself to having a close- he knows the student has done his own investigation into the knit, diverse lab group. The students in his lab know they problem before coming to him and that, whatever it is, it is stand at the top of his priority list, and they strive to sustain worth discussing. The mutual respect, the easy banter that the atmosphere of respect, equality, and open collaboration occurs in the lab, and the productivity of the graduate students that professor Reichert has encouraged. Recognizing the ben- and postdocs are the result of an atmosphere created by Monty. efits that diverse perspectives create in a learning environ- It is an atmosphere where you are expected to work hard, but ment, Professor Reichert has worked tirelessly to expand questions are appreciated and help is always available. opportunities for underrepresented groups to pursue doctor- al education in the sciences. Largely due to intentional bridge Alex Rosenberg building efforts during Dr. Reichert’s sabbatical year at North Alex Rosenberg is the R. Taylor Cole professor of philoso- Carolina Central University, the number of biomedical engi- phy. He completed his Ph.D. in philosophy at the Johns neering students at Duke from underrepresented groups Hopkins University in 1971 and joined Duke’s philosophy fac- tripled during his tenure as the program’s Director of ulty in 2000. Previously he was a professor of philosophy and Graduate Studies. “Yet,” as one nominator points out, “his social science at Syracuse University, professor of philosophy dedication to diversity does not alter his advising style. Monty at the University of California–Riverside, and director of the is a demanding graduate advisor of all his students in a consis- Honors Program at the University of Georgia. Called “a pub- tent manner.” His fairness and genuine care foster an “easy lishing machine” by one of his nominators, Professor Rosen- and respectful work environment, where you know criticism is berg has published several texts and approximately 150 papers not personal and Monty is looking out for your best interests.” in the philosophy of biology, the philosophy of causation, and The genial, professional, and generally helpful atmos- the philosophy of cognitive, behavioral, and social science phere during lab meetings and in the lab itself reveals Monty’s (especially economics).

MASTER OF ARTS IN TEACHING Robert Noyce Fellows at Duke

Duke’s Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) Program has received a $448,484 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to prepare science and mathematics teachers to work in public high schools identified as being in high-need school districts. With joint support from NSF’s Robert Noyce Scholarship Program and Duke, MAT will provide eleven scholarships and stipends of at least $38,000 in each of the next three years. The two Principal Investigators, Associate Professor Susan Alberts, Department of Biology, and Associate Professor Richard Hodel, Department of Mathematics, are directing the Robert Noyce Fellows at Duke University Program. Professors Alberts and Hodel serve on the MAT Faculty Advisory Committee. The MAT office is administering the grant. Interested students should contact the MAT office at 684-4353 or [email protected]. THE GRADUATE STUDENT NEWSLETTER 6 The FACULTY PROFILES (continued from page 5)con- tinued from page 4) Professor Rosenberg’s commitment to his students expresses itself in impressive availability. From a door that is “always open” to regular lunch invitations, Alex’s stu- dents “cannot imagine an advisor who is more accessible.” One nominator notes MANY THANKS! that Alex “displays an impeccable work ethic and a respect for all his students … he The Office of Graduate takes his work and our time as seriously as if he were meeting a dean later that Student Affairs would like to day … He shows us that all the tasks involved in professional life deserve respect thank all the students, faculty, and dedication.” and alumni that gave so gener- While his commitment shows in his day-to-day availability, Professor Rosenberg’s ously of their time to help us concern for his students “shines the brightest when they need him the most—when it comes time for them to hit the job market.” Several students credit his recommenda- capture an authentic glimpse of tions as crucial components of successful job applications. Another nominator graduate student life in the new observes, “I can vouch for Alex’s immense effect on the career paths of his students. He CD-ROM video production, Duke introduced me to my now postdoc supervisor and invited me to attend international University Graduate School: Where conferences where he would introduce me to all his colleagues. He passed on some Your Presence Matters. For free projects that he was invited to work on so I could increase my visibility in the field.” copies of the video CD—for As this final observation makes clear, Professor Rosenberg’s commitments are a legacy of excellence that he passes on to his students: yourself and for friends currently exploring graduate school Alex is an outstanding researcher and teacher, and if he weren’t so supportive and en- programs—just stop by Allen couraging of his graduate students, it would be daunting to have him as an advisor … I am amazed by Alex’s research productivity, his engagement in university service, and Building Room 120 or call his commitment to his students. How he balances all these things while maintaining a 919-684-2056. sane lifestyle is a mystery to me, but it is something to which I very much aspire.

PROGRAM SPOTLIGHT

MASTER OF ARTS IN LIBERAL STUDIES Honored as a Model of Excellence To commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the establishment of the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies (MALS) pro- gram at Duke University, The Journal of Graduate Liberal Studies devoted its entire Fall 2005 issue to the creative and scholarly work of current MALS students and alumni. The journal’s editors “congratulate the MALS program at Duke for reaching this milestone and producing the fine students capable of the outstanding work exemplified [in this issue].” Here is a list of the authors and works featured in the journal’s commemorative edition:

Shivaun Berg Connie L. Johnston Janet R. Parsons “Bronwen at 3” “The Iconization of St. Francis” “Faces of Imperialism” James D. Bunting John W. Kirby Barbara Alison Prillaman “On the Edge of War: A Personal “Footsteps to Sterilization: Psychiatry “St. Pierre the Enigma: The Puzzling Reflection on the Philippines, the and Surgery at the North Carolina Fall of the Beauvais Cathedral Vaults” United States, and the Vietnam Era” State Hospital for the Insane at Raleigh, Maxine Rose Schur 1922-1932” Jason Chumley “Romantic Influences on the Thought “The Good Son” Ellen Levine and Writing of On the Origin of “Emulsions and Obsessions: Species” Pilar Fort Three Portraits” “Shamanism and Globalization: Jennifer R. Socey The Case of Curanderismo Joseph Terry Mangum “In the Dragon’s Tail” in Northern Peru” “The First Crusade: Anne Weston Canonization of Religious Violence” Sylvia Hill “The Examination” “The Mathematics of Maya” Mimi O’Brien Tracy Yale “Speaking for Themselves: Lisa Hyatt Smith “Jeannette Rankin: Zines Created by Teen Girls” “The Charmer” Woman of the West” GRIND 7 CENTER FOR INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY Gerald DiGiusto comments and suggestions, students offered constructive cri- tiques of their peers’ writing. Perhaps most usefully, the stu- Doctoral Student, Political Science dents had the opportunity to respond to those comments, allowing them to put our collective advice to immediate use. Benefits of the Blog This exercise benefited everyone. I learned to clarify and bet- ter present my comments and students had an opportunity to Many instructors are quick to dismiss fads in instructional see how others approached the same assignment. In effect, technologies as gimmicky, mere bells and whistles that do the blogs created an environment in which every student little to enhance the quality of instruction and learning. could benefit from their peers’ learning process. Nothing is more trendy right now than “blogs” or “weblogs.” Moreover, the blogs became a collective knowledge base Although my own use of technology in the classroom had pre- that helped students tie together the various themes from the viously been limited to Blackboard and E-Reserves, the prolif- course. All the blog entries remained posted throughout the eration of blogs on foreign policy and international affairs— semester; in essence, each student created a portfolio that oth- particularly during the war in Iraq—convinced me to try my ers could refer to while writing their own entries and prepar- hand at using blogs in the classroom. Therefore, as I prepared ing for exams. Students therefore had the satisfaction of a tan- to teach Political Science 93: Introduction to International gible body of work product while benefiting from a diverse Relations during Summer Session I, Jim Coble of the Center and easily accessible set of commentaries on the issues and for Instructional Technology and Patrick Murphy of the ideas we had discussed all semester long. Graduate School helped me develop a blogging component One unexpected benefit of the blogs was how they for the course. Each student received a blog through the improved student preparation for our class meetings. Because course Blackboard site. As I told my students on the first day the assigned blog entries were due before the start of each of class, my trepidation no doubt readily apparent, this was class, they prompted students to review, synthesize, and begin just an experiment. to engage the ideas and information from assigned readings Though none of the students had ever maintained a blog prior to each day’s discussion. The result was far more sophis- before—a handful of them had never even heard of blogs—to ticated discussions than I would have anticipated from an their immense credit, they took enthusiastically to the assign- introductory course. Rather than merely reading the material, ment. It was soon obvious that the blogs were an excellent the students had already begun to apply and process it, greatly teaching tool. As an instructor, I was most satisfied by how the enhancing our in-class conversations. Without the blogs, I blogs facilitated an ongoing conversation about world politics. doubt I could have enforced such a high level of preparation Like the students, I maintained a blog and commented on throughout the semester. students’ entries. Students would often begin back-and-forth Despite my initial skepticism, the experiment worked. discussions in the comment section of each entry; seeking The blogs greatly improved the course, both in terms of the clarifications, suggesting alternative explanations, and identi- quality of work that students completed and in the quality of fying anomalies and counterexamples—thus developing the our class discussions. My students responded well to using an very analytical and inquisitive skills we seek to teach in politi- unfamiliar technology and seemed to appreciate the opportu- cal science. nity to engage directly with their peers’ writing. The anonymi- At the start of the semester, students were given aliases for ty of the blogs was empowering, while their public nature pro- their personal blogs and comments, giving them greater free- vided an important constraint and incentive. As a variation on dom to take intellectual risks. In fact, some students used more traditional writing assignments or as a supplement to in- their anonymous blogs to challenge their own in class com- class discussions, the blogs proved a flexible teaching tool. ments! Although I required students to respond only to the assigned questions, many began posting entries more regular- ly, applying concepts they had learned in class to current STAFF UPDATE events and extending our class discussions. The anonymity, Enrollment Services Office of the Dean balanced by the public nature of the blogs, furnished a pro- ductive incentive structure: students had the freedom to Pankaj Patel Lynne Grossman experiment with their ideas yet had to develop those ideas Data Manager Assistant to the Vice Provost & Dean fully enough to present them to their peers. As a result, the Finance and Administration quality of the essays surpassed what I have generally found in Sarah Elizabeth Elkins Programs Administration other courses in which I assigned traditional papers. Data Manager David Bell Unlike those traditional short writing assignments, the Associate Dean blogs provided a more immediate and diverse forum for eval- of the Graduate School uation and feedback of the students’ work. In addition to my THE GRADUATE STUDENT NEWSLETTER 8 The FIFTH ANNUAL GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH DAY

The students featured here participated in the Spring 2005 Graduate Student Research Day. Duke graduate students continue to demon- strate the diversity of their intellectual talent through the presentation of high caliber, cutting-edge research. The research abstracts appear online at: http://www.gradschool.duke.edu/student_life/finding_support/gsa/programs/graduate_student_research_day/2005/

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES Neurobiology Heather Dean Biochemistry Allocentric representation of visual space in macaque posterior Jungsan Sohn, Kolbrun Kristjansdottir, Alexias Safi, cingulate cortex Benjamin Parker, Brendan Kiburz, and Johannes Rudolph Remote hot-spots mediate protein substrate recognition for Margie Ream and Dona Chikaraishi Cdc25 phosphatase. Hypoxia induced catecholamine release in the midgestation fetus. Biological Anthropology & Anatomy Pathology Jandy Hanna Rhea M. Brooking, Jungmin Kim, and Soman N. Abraham Vertical climbing energetics in prosimian primates Enhancing innate immune responses using mast cell activator Biology compound 48/80 Juliette Colinas , Gil Bohrer, Borislav Iordanov, Sulene L. Chi and Philip Benfey Angiostatin: A direct effect on tumors beyond the endothelium Linear regression to study regulation of gene transcription Hanying Li Kyle Dexter Molecular robotics for DNA nanostructure Composition and conservation of plant communities in the Amazon Basin Pharmacology & Cancer Biology Audrey S. Howell, Javier E. Irazoqui, Chandra L. Theesfeld, Steven H. Spoel and Xinnian Dong and Daniel J. Lew NPR1 modulates salicylate- and jasmonate-dependent defense Opposing roles for actin in Cdc42p polarization responses in plants. Environment Lisa McPhatter Combination therapy of Bevacizumab with Rapamycin in Wayne E. Mayer anti-tumor activity The piassaba palm: Conservation and development in the buffer zone of Peru’s Cordillera Azul National Park Niharika B. Mettu, Julianne M. Hall, and Donald P. McDonnell Molecular Genetics & Microbiology Peptide antagonists of peroxisome proliferator activated receptor Yen-Ping Hsueh, Alex Idnurm, and Joseph Heitman (PPAR) Recombination is enhanced in regions flanking the Cryptococcus mating type locus: Implications for the evolution of a fungal Trudy G. Oliver, Tracy Ann Read, Jessica D. Kessler, Anriada sex chromosome. Mehmeti, Jonathan F. Wells, Trang T.T. Huynh, Simon M. Lin, and Robert J. Wechsler-Reya Emily Lin, Mike Dee Gunn, Jenny Ting, and David Pickup Loss of patched and disruption of granule cell development in a Poxviruses are able to activate TLR2 and TLR9 signaling. pre-neoplastic stage of medulloblastoma

Chiatogu Onyewu Odessa Marks , Floyd L. Wormley, Jr., John R. Perfect, and Alternative splicing factors as genetic modifiers of human disease Joseph Heitman The calcineurine target Crz1 contributes to azole tolerance but is not Barbara J. Natalizio and Mariano A. Garcia-Blanco required for virulence of Candida albicans. Development of an in vitro system to study coupled transcription and splicing Jennifer A. Perry, P.B. Deming, S.S. Margolis, and S. Kornbluth Katie Styer The topoisomerase II-dependent G2 checkpoint inhibits Plx1 kinase Yersinia pestis kills Caenorhabditis elegans by a biofilm-inde- through the regulation of phosphatase activity. pendent process that requires novel mammalian virulence factors. GRIND 9 GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH DAY

University Program in Genetics & Genomics Clare Aselin Matti Abigail Brown Art at white heat: Jazz music and swing dancing Testing a model for the regulation of the hepatitis delta virus antigenomic ribozyme Eric Oakley The pain wrought children of my fancy: Menotti’s operatic represen- Claudia M. Dollins, Sandra Santulli-Marotto, Juliana M. tations of childhood Layzer, Sarah E. Cox, Eli Gilboa, and Bruce Sullenger Enhancement of tumor immunotherapy using RNA antagonists Randy Yale to the PD-1/B7-H1 pathway Perverts and responsibility: The rhetoric of Jesse Helms Literature Laura Fuhrman Erica R. Edwards A forward genetic approach to dissect Caenorhabditis elegans’ innate immunity The cultural production of charismatic leadership

Firat Oruc Anne Kiang, Z. Hartman, J. Wei, R. Everett, D. Serra, H. Jiang, M.M. Frank, and A. Amalfitano After allegory: Phantasmagoria of modernity in Complement system inhibition diminishes Benjamin’s Arcades Project Adenovirus-associated toxicities Music Marcel Pusey Evadnie Rampersaud, Alexander G. Bassuk, David S. Haydn’s instrumental music and the fallacy of Sturm und Drang: Enterline, Timothy M. George, Deborah G. Siegel, Elizabeth Issues of style in the symphonies, string quartets, and keyboard C. Melvin, Joanna Aben, Jacqui Allen, Arthur Aylsworth, sonatas, c. 1766–72 Timothy Brei, Joann Bodurtha, Connie Buran, Leigh E. Floyd, Preston Hammock, Bermans Iskandar, Joy Ito, John. A. Romance Studies Kessler, Nicole Lasarsky, Philip Mack, Joanne Mackey, David Rebecca E. Ingram McLone, Elli Meeropol, Lorraine Mehltretter, Laura E. “Fake sea cucumbers with sisho, sesame and yuzu”: Postnational Mitchelll, W. Jerry Oakes, Jeffrey S. Nye, Cynthia Powell, consumer networks and “Spanish” haute cuisine Kathleen Sawin, Roger Stevenson, Marion Walker, Sandra G. West, Gordon Worley, John R. Gilbert, and Marcy C. Speer Margaret A. Ozierski Whole genome-wide linkage screen for neural tube defects reveals The scandal of the origin of the work of art: La belle noiseuse regions of interest on chromosomes 7 and 10. PHYSICAL SCIENCES & ENGINEEERING Michael Slifer and Margaret Pericak-Vance A genetic association study of Alzheimer dementia Biomedical Engineering Elizabeth Bucholz and G. Allan Johnson Anastasia Wise 4-dimensional projection encoded b-SSFP imaging of a mouse heart: Fumonisin mycotoxin exposure as a potential risk factor for human A work in progress neural tube defects in Guatemala Audrey Ellerbee Hanyi Zhuang, Harumi Saito, Momoka Kubota, Richard Exploring heart cell dynamics using spectral domain Roberts, Qiuyi Chi, and Hiroaki Matsunami phase microscopy An analysis of the structure and function of RTP1 Bumjoon Kim and Kimberly Trabbic-Carlson HUMANITIES Synthesis and characterization of elastin-like polypeptides fusion with calmodulin English Tyler Kendall Ming De Lin, Cristian T. Badea, and G. Allan Johnson “U ert svo cool”: Code switching and language negotiation on an Functional cardio-pulmonary imaging of the rodent online Icelandic-English message board using microradiography Liberal Studies Andre M. Loyd, Jason F. Luck, Nicolas Buraglia, Barry S. John W. Kirby Myers, Donald P. Frush, and Roger W. Nightingale Footsteps to sterilization: Gynecological surgery as a cure for female Thresholding method for rendering anatomically accurate pediatric insanity: The case of Dorthea Dix Hospital at Raleigh and steriliza- head and neck models tion laws in North Carolina, 1900-1933 THE GRADUATE STUDENT NEWSLETTER 10 The

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Nilesh N. Mistry and Edward W. Hsu Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science Gradient distortion correction for 3-D MR diffusion tensormi- Kelli Crews Baumgartner croscopy using mutual information and Fourier deformation Bayesian network modeling of offender behavior for criminal profiling Caroline Rhim, Shannon L.M. Dahl, Juliana L. Blum, Marian G. McCord, and Laura E. Niklason Gwangrog Lee and Piotr E. Marszalek Effects of scaffold assembly on tissue engineered blood vessels UV radiation affects the mechanics of the double helix. Chemistry Ming Qian Qiang Fu, Lei An, and Jie Liu Multi-sensor planning by unified graphical model Single-walled carbon nanotubes for thin-film transistors Alexei Valiaev, Ashutosh Chilkoti, Scott Schmidler, Farrell R. Kersey and Stephen L. Craig and Stefan Zauscher Dynamic force spectroscopy of coordination-based reversible polymer Effect of the phase transition and guest residue on mechanics building blocks of stimulus-responsive polypeptides

Lucy L. Liu and Katherine J. Franz Physics How phosphorylation affects the metal binding property of a synthetic Jie Hu alpha-synuclein peptide fragment Excited charmed mesons in heavy hadron chiral perturbation theory

Petra L. Roulhac, Kendall D. Powell, Suraj Dhungana, Meng-Ru Li Katherine D. Weaver, Timothy A. Mietzner, Alvin L. Stable propagation of bursts in a one dimension homogeneous Crumbliss, and Michael C. Fitzgerald excitatory synfire chain SUPREX analysis of the thermodynamics of synergistic anion binding by ferric binding protein Xing Zong Compton scattering on a polarized 3He target at HIGS Computer Science Laura Grit, David Iriwn, Anda Iamnitchi, and Jeff Chase Statistics & Decision Sciences Resource brokering for federated utilities Scotland C. Leman Likelihoods from summary statistics: Recent divergence Earth & Ocean Sciences between species Nicole Mich, Susan Lozier, and Amy Bower Temporal variability of Labrador Sea Water export pathways Abel Rodriguez Bayesian structural analysis of proteins Mark W. Strudley, A. Brad Murray, and Peter K. Haff Regolith thickness instability and the formation of tors in arid, Eric Vance granitic environments Quantifying elephant social structure using a bilinear mixed effects Electrical & Computer Engineering model to elicit qualities of elephant behavior Pawan K. Choudhary, B. B. Madan, and Kishor S. Trivedi SOCIAL SCIENCES Integrated voice/data cellular communication with generally distributed delay for end voice calls Business Administration Samuel Bond Bin Liu Precommitment bias in the evaluation of a single option Reflectivity measurement of aluminum on MEMS Kim-Chi Wakefield Trinh Tong Ren, Arthi Swaminathan, and Steven A. Cummer Organizational memory: Conceptual framework & empirical The presence and behavior of continuing currents in operation at individual- and group-level lightning flashes Economics Jiayu Song Xin Huang Non-uniform Fast Fourier Transform (NUFFT) based medical Modelling duration and size of jumps in financial price processes image reconstructions Lijing Ouyang Gang Ye Sibling influences on teen substance use A 3-D EIT system for breast cancer detection GRIND 11 GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH DAY

Omari H. Swinton Amy R. Noll, Kari A. Merrill, Timothy J. Strauman, An “A” for effort: Does more effort lead to more learning? Florin Dolcos, and Roberto Cabeza Negative and self-referential encoding in depression: An fMRI study History Michael N. Crotty Nicole J. Polanichka and Melanie B. Hoy Uranium mining and native peoples in the North American West The transmission of parents’ appearance-related values, concerns, and behaviors and their influence on weight concerns and self- L’Tanya Richmond esteem in obese treatment-seeking youth Elon history: An African American perspective Political Science Cathi Propper, Ginger Moore, Susan Calkins, Katherine Hutchinson, and Amy Mariaskin Shayla C. Nunnally Mothers’ and infants’ physiological regulation in the still-face paradigm Learning about race, thinking about politics: Black American racialized political socialization and political trust Jorgianne Civey Robinson When your defenses are up: Domain-specific exclusion as a threat Owen Yeates to self-worth Tolerating on faith: The theological basis of Locke’s toleration Psychology: Social & Health Sciences Christina C. Sanchez and Sara J. Becker Jenille D. Adams Impulsive behaviors as predictors of suicidal ideation and attempts Socioeconomic context and parenting among African American and Euro-American families Michelle R. Sherrill and Rick H. Hoyle Who we want to be and what we do about it: The role of possible Charles Jonassaint selves in self-regulation Effects of the serotonin transporter gene, childhood environment, and Public Policy race on self-esteem: A model adapted from the depression literature Xing Hu Dream Corps: How campus activism leads to social entrepreneurship Neil P. Jones and Caitlin M. Hogan Over and over again: The negative consequence of ruminating in Sociology response to an unattained ideal self Alexis T. Franzese To thine own self be true? Says who! A theoretical model of authenticity

Sixth Annual Graduate Student Research Day April 5, 2006

Showcasing Research and Scholarly Contributions Providing Opportunities to Practice and Refine Research Presentations Offering Valuable Feedback Missed out on your chance to participate last year? Here’s how you can prepare for this year! Graduate Students: Prepare to share posters and oral presentations. Postdoctoral Students: E-mail [email protected] to sign up as a reviewer. Faculty: Encourage your students to participate and e-mail [email protected] to sign up as a reviewer. This year’s Research Day is only part of the excitement of a whole week of events planned just for you! Keep your calen- dar clear for Graduate Student Appreciation Week (April 3 –7, 2006) a nationally recognized celebration of graduate educa- tion initiated by the National Association of Graduate-Professional Students. THE GRADUATE STUDENT NEWSLETTER 12 The

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To get a picture of the variety of interesting professions that Duke Graduate School Karen Frenzel, alumni pursue, peruse the following list. While a reasonable effort has been made to verify Electrical Engineering (’89) and update placements reported to the departments, some individuals may have moved to University of Idaho Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering new positions in the last year or so. Omar Ghattas, Civil Engineering (’88) Omar Aguilar, Haofei Chen, Economics (’05) Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania Statistics & Decision Sciences (’98) Goldman Sachs, Hong Kong John A. & Katherine G. Jackson ING Investment Management, New York Executive Director Chair in Computational Geosciences Senior Vice President & Director, Yu-Shu Chen, Sociology (’97) Director, Center for Quantitative Research Central Police University, Taiwan Computational Geosciences Santosh Ananthraman, Associate Professor, Grant Harris, Ecology (’04) Mechanical Engineering (’93) Crime Prevention & Correction USDA Forest Service, Alaska PulseMetrics, Pennsylvania Barbara Ching, Literature (’90) Wildlife Ecologist CEO & Co-Founder University of Memphis, Tennessee John Hasnas, Philosophy (’88) Robert Baird, Religion (’92) Associate Professor, English George Mason University, Virginia Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, Director, Orr Center for the Humanities Associate Professor, Business New Jersey Daniel Colon-Ramos, Genetics (’03) Vice President, School-University Relations Joseph Hill, Pharmacology (’87) Stanford University, California University of Texas Southwestern Jeffrey Benovic, Biochemistry (’86) Damon Runyan Postdoctoral Fellow Medical Center Thomas Jefferson University, Pennsylvania Kevin Cook, Associate Professor & Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Slavic Languages & Literature (’01) Chief of Cardiology Chair, Kimmel Cancer Center Indian Hills Community College, Iowa Susan Hirsch, Kim Blankenship, Sociology (’86) Assistant Professor, Arts & Sciences Cultural Anthropology (’90) Yale University, Connecticut David Cortez, Microbiology (’97) George Mason University, Virginia Associate Director, Vanderbilt University, Tennessee Associate Professor, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS Assistant Professor, Biochemistry Conflict Resolution Barbara Block, Zoology (’86) Michael Datto, Tadashi Ihara, Stanford University, California Cell & Molecular Biology (’99) Biomedical Engineering (’90) Charles and Elizabeth Prothro Duke University, North Carolina Suzuka University, Japan Professor in Marine Sciences Assistant Professor, Pathology Professor, Medical Imaging Beth Borowsky, Pharmacology (’91) Associate Director, Torben Iversen, Aventis Pharmaceuticals, New Jersey Molecular Diagnostics Lab Political Science (’95) Senior Principal Scientist, Dana Devine-Frommel, Harvard University, Massachusetts Central Nervous System Disease Group Microbiology (’86) Professor, Government Gary Boye, Music (’95) University of British Columbia, Canada Susan Jacobson, Forestry (’00) Appalachian State University, North Carolina Professor, Pathology and Lab Medicine University of Florida Assistant Professor & Head Music Librarian Michelle Rau Embry, Environment (’04) Professor & Director, Program for Marie Burns, Neurobiology (’96) Environmental Protection Agency, Virginia Studies in Tropical Conservation University of California–Davis Office of Pesticide Programs Willie Jennings, Religion (’93) Associate Professor of Environmental Toxicologist Duke University Divinity School, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science Kai Evers, German Studies (’02) North Carolina Vice Chair of Research University of California–Irvine Senior Associate Dean for Philip Butin, Religion (’91) Assistant Professor, German Academic Programs San Francisco Theological Seminary Assistant Research Professor, Maj. Lisa Frederico-Zuraw, President Theology & Black Church Studies Chemistry (’88) Sharad Chaudhary, Mathematics (’96) The Citadel, South Carolina Peter Jipp, Forestry (’97) Bank of America Securities, North Carolina Associate Professor, Chemistry World Bank, Washington, DC Managing Director & Head, Senior Forestry Specialist James Frenzel, Securities Research & Analytics Electrical Engineering (’89) University of Idaho Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering GRIND 13 THEY NOW?

William Johnsen, History (’86) Andrew Neather, History (’94) Anthony Smith, Economics (’90) War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania London Evening Standard, United Kingdom Yale University, Connecticut Associate Dean for Academic Policy Comment Editor Professor, Economics (Former speechwriter for Benjamin Johnson, Neurobiology (’93) Ronnie Smith, Computer Science (’91) Minister Tony Blair) Bristol Myers Squibb Pharmaceuticals, East Carolina University, North Carolina New Jersey Christopher Parslow, Associate Professor & Associate Director Classical Studies (’89) Director of Graduate Studies, Wesleyan University, Connecticut Department of Computer Science Robert Jokerst, Biochemistry (’87) Professor & Chair, Biological Data Transport, California Jonathan Stroud, Classical Studies Department President & CEO Statistics & Decision Sciences (’99) Joanne Passaro, University of Pennsylvania, L. Gregory Jones, Religion (’88) Cultural Anthropology (’95) Wharton School of Business Duke University Divinity School, Mercy College, New York Assistant Professor, Statistics North Carolina Vice President for Dean & Professor of Theology Rob Thieler, Geology (’97) Planning & Institutional Assessment U.S. Geological Survey, Mohamed Jouay, English (’94) Freda Porter-Locklear, Woods Hole, Massachusetts Caddi Ayyad University, Morocco Mathematics (’91) Research Geologist Professor, English Porter Scienctific, Inc., North Carolina Jeffrey Vanhoy, Physics (’86) Anne Kenworthy, Cell Biology (’94) CEO U.S. Naval Academy, Maryland Vanderbilt University, Tennessee David Tab Rasmussen, Professor, Physics Assistant Professor, Biological Anthropology (’86) Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Tomalei Vess, Biology (’02) Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri Duke University Graduate School, Richard Larowe, Computer Science (’91) Professor, Physical Anthropology North Carolina Baltimore Technologies, Ireland Dana Reinhold, Psychology (’92) Graduate Student Affairs Director of Solutions Engineering Parenting Café, Arizona Director of Student Development Harold Layton, Mathematics (’86) Owner, Lecturer, & Parenting Coach Zoe Warwick, Psychology (’92) Duke University, North Carolina Robert Richardson, Physics (’66) University of Maryland–Baltimore County Professor, Mathematics Cornell University, New York Associate Professor, Psychology Daniel Lipinski, Political Science (’98) F. R. Newman Professor of Physics & Director, Undergraduate Programs U.S. House of Representatives, Illinois Vice Provost for Research Mark Westneat, Zoology (’90) Representative, Third District (Nobel Prize for Physics, 1996) Field Museum of Natural History, Illinois Anthony Martin, Political Science (’04) Monique Rocca, Ecology (’04) Associate Curator, Fishes Fort Bragg, North Carolina Colorado State University Department of Zoology Chief, Security and Anti-Terrorism Assistant Professor, Wildland Fire Science Timothy Young, Pathology (’95) John Mastrototaro, John Rowden, Zoology (’96) Carolina Ear, Nose, & Throat, Biomedical Engineering (’89) Central Park Zoo, New York North Carolina Medtronic MiniMed, California Curator of Animals Private Practice Head of Product Development Annika Sanfridson, Immunology (’95) Anne Yoder, Michelle McMurry, Astra Zeneca R&D, Sweden Biological Anthropology (’92) Immunology (M.D./Ph.D. ’99) Team Leader, Protein Production Duke University, North Carolina Aspen Institute, Washington, DC Professor, Biology Henry Schwarz, Literature (’91) Director, Health, Biomedical Science, & Director, Duke University Primate Center Georgetown University, Washington, DC Society Initiative Associate Professor, English Carla Zecher, Romance Studies (’91) Jean-Paul Montagnier, Music (’94) Director, Program on Justice & Peace Newberry Library, Illinois Université Nancy II, France Director, Center for Renaissance Studies Cleverson Silva, Geology (’91) Professor & Chair, Music Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil Alexandru Morega, Professor, Energy & Geosciences Institute Mechanical Engineering (’93) Itamar Simonson, Business (’87) Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Stanford University, California Romania Sebastian S. Kresge Professor in Marketing Professor, Electrical Engineering THE GRADUATE STUDENT NEWSLETTER 14 The STUDENT HIGHLIGHTS

Advanced International Research Fellowships “Even though I think I must have done some good to Duke, Attiya Ahmad, Cultural Anthropology I think Duke did a lot more good to me than I did to it.” Erin Alston Post, Literature —Gaurav Desai, English (’96) Bass Instructorship Nihad Farooq, English Rachel Meyers, who will complete her dissertation on the Antonine women in 2006, received the Ernestine Friedl Laurel Jean Fredrickson, Art History Research Fellowship (Women’s Studies) and the Anne Firor Scott Research Fellowship (History Department) in April John Spear Mayrose, Music 2005. In January 2005, the Archaeological Institute of Vin Joseph Nardizzi, English America honored her with the Dorot Foundation Travel Grant Award. Linda Marguerite Rupert, History Charles Muntz pursued summer studies at the American Matthew Jason Wilkens, Literature Academy in Rome as a recipient of the Mary A. Grant Award. Stern Dissertation Year Fellowship Rachel Stroumsa has completed a paper for the second ses- Brian Edward Carr, Literature sion of the advanced seminar on Literature and Culture in Katey Kuhns Castellano, English the Ancient Mediterranean (May 2005) offered by the Venice International University 2005 Seminar in Literature and Joel Wren Revill, History Culture of the Ancient Mediterranean. Chemistry Cultural Anthropology Louise Charkoudian and David Loveless received Joe Taylor Attiya Ahmad attended a conference in June 2005 on foreign Adams Fellowships, awarded “to an outstanding graduate labor migration in the Arabian Gulf region at the Bellagio student in chemistry.” Conference Center in Milan, Italy. Rui Liu received the R. Krigbaum Fellowship, a fellowship Brian Goldstone presented his paper entitled “Theologians All awarded “to an outstanding graduate student in physical to Expose: Early Social Anthropology and the Contours of the chemistry broadly defined.” Secular” in April 2005 at the Society for Psychological Anthropology conference in San Diego. John Stanko and Matt Poferl received Pelham Wilder Fellow- ships, summer fellowships awarded to two graduate students Mara Kaufman attended the World Social Forum conference in chemistry who have distinguished themselves as teaching in Sao Paulo, Brazil in January 2005. assistants or instructors. Katherine Lambert-Pennington presented her paper entitled “‘It’s In Here’: Koori Women’s Expressions and Practices of Xiaoqing Han received a Proctor & Gamble Fellowship. Embodied Personhood” at the American Ethnological Society Civil & Environmental Engineering meeting in San Diego in April 2005. Erik J. Rosenfeldt received two prestigious awards from Gabriella Lukacs presented her paper “What’s Love Got to Do the drinking water community, the Abel Wolman Doctoral with It?: ‘Parasite Singles,’ Trendy Dramas and Post-fordism in Fellowship and the National Water Research Institute (NWRI) Contemporary Japan” at the Asian Studies Conference in Doctoral Fellowship. Erik’s research focus is the treatment of Chicago in April 2005. emerging chemical contaminants in water—specifically endocrine disrupting pollutants—utilizing ultraviolet light Jennifer Prough presented her paper “Girls Culture, Girls’ based advanced oxidation processes. Sexuality: A View from the Shojo Manga Industry” at the Asian Studies Conference in Chicago in April 2005. Classical Studies Yu Wang received the Wenner-Gren Foundation Fellowship Rodney Larsen was a William and Myra Boone Doctoral for Dissertation Research. Fellow for 2004 –05. Margot Weiss presented her paper entitled “Kink at Denny’s: Eph Lytle presented “Customs Duties in Anthedon? Re- exam- BDSM, Repurposed Space, and Public Sexual Culture.” in ining a List of Maximum Prices” at the Annual Meetings of May 2005 at the Society for Anthropologists of North America the American Philological Association and the Archaeological (SANA) conference in Merida, Mexico. Institute of America. He will be a fellow at the American School of Classical Studies in Athens, 2005 –2006. Caroline Yezer received the Pre-doctoral Fellowship at the School of American Research in Santa Fe. GRIND 15 STUDENT HIGHLIGHTS (continued from page 14)

Ecology methylation in the killifish CYP1A promoter” (accepted by Jason Jackson presented “Below-ground fungal diversity in Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part C). the South Carolina Piedmont” at the Mid Atlantic States Genetics & Genomics Mycological Conference at North Carolina State University. Audrey Howell Jesse Sloan He also presented on the use of ITS clone libraries to assess and each received a National below-ground fungal diversity at both the Southeastern Science Foundation Award. Ecology and Evolution Conference in Georgia and the Soil Jennifer Weidman authored the cover article of the Ecology Society 10th Biennial Conference in Illinois. September 2004 issue of Genome Research. English Dana Dolinoy won best poster at the 2004 Genetics and Envi- Monique Allewaert has been named a McNeil Center Barra ronmental Mutagenesis Society meeting and the Student Dissertation Fellow at the McNeil Center for Early American Merit Award at the Spring 2005 North Carolina Society of Studies at the University of Pennsylvania for 2005–2006. Toxicology meeting. Hollianna Bryan is the recipient of a Vertical Integration History Grant. During the summer of 2005, she worked with Professor Maryam Ali won a yearlong Foreign Language Area Studies Srinivas Aravamudan and undergraduate student, Christina grant to support language work and research in India. Scheller, on a project titled, “The Influence of Classical Culture on Eighteenth-Century British Life.” Jonathan Bird won a Ford Foundation Latin American Doctoral Research Fellowship for research in Peru, a Tinker- Alisha Gaines gave three conference papers this year, includ- Mellon Grant for research in Mexico, and a Foreign ing one at a pop culture conference at UCLA with fellow Language Area Studies Summer Grant to support study of English graduate students Britt Rusert and Alvaro Jarrin Yucatec Maya. (Cultural Anthropology). In September, Alisha presented a paper, later quoted by the New York Times, at a conference Deborah Breen and Treva Lindsey won fellowships to attend about Michael Jackson. Southern Voices also interviewed her the Dartmouth American Studies Institute Summer Seminar. for an article about Michael Jackson. Michael Crotty won an International Council for Canadian Bart Keeton received research grants from both the Graduate Studies grant and a Canadian Embassy grant, both to support School and the Center for European Studies. The grants will historical research in Canada. enable Bart and Kinohi Nishikawa (Literature) to travel to Paris in Fall 2005 to work on their joint project titled, “The Noir Atlantic: Chester Himes, Marcel Duhamel, and Harlem- Paris Crime Fiction.” Eden Osucha received a Ford Foundation Fellowship. ERRATA Yi-Ting Wang has completed a Chinese translation of Toril 1. In the Cultural Anthropology department highlights Moi’s Sexual/Textual Politics. The translation won a grant from on page 12 of the previous issue, Ellen Gray’s presen- the National Institute of Translation and Compilation of tation title should read “Memories of Empire, Myth- Taiwan and was published by their affiliated press in July. It ologies of the Sout: Fado Performance and the will become one of the designated textbooks in introduction Shaping of Saudade” to feminism courses in many Taiwanese universities. Reported 03/10/2005 by Holly Francis of the Cultural Environment Anthropology department Catherine McClellan received the Archie Carr Best Student Paper Award in Conservation at the January 2005 Inter- [EDITOR’S NOTE: Sout is a genre of Arab music, pop- national Sea Turtle Symposium in Savannah, Georgia. ular in countries such as Kuwait and Bahrain.] Alicia Timme-Laragy received a three- year fellowship through 2. In the memorial piece for Shauna Saunders on page the U.S. EPA STAR Program and attended a prestigious confer- 19 of the last issue, Francois de la Rochefoucauld ence in Alessandria, Italy, “Physiological Responses in Marine authored the quote, “However rare true love is, true Organisms” (PRIMO), where she was a co- author on the pres- friendship is rarer.” entation entitled: “Mechanisms of interactive developmental tox- Reported 03/08/2005 by Cynthia Peters of the Nicholas School icity of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in zebrafish.” She also of the Environment and Earth Sciences had two papers accepted for publication, “Developmental and behavioral effects of embryonic exposure to DE-71 in Fundulus [EDITOR’S NOTE: La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) was heteroclitus” (accepted by Chemosphere) and “Analysis of CpG a prominent French author of maxims and memoirs.] THE GRADUATE STUDENT NEWSLETTER 16 The

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Reena Goldthree won a 2004-2005 Social Science Research ing; she also has been invited to take part in the Franklin Council (SSRC) Mellon Mays Predoctoral Research Grant and Institute’s Faculty-Graduate Seminar for 2005-2006. a Ford Foundation grant to attend the “Interrogating the African Diaspora” Summer Seminar at Florida International Michael Schwaiger published “Peninsular Justice: Valdez and University; she also won Duke’s African and African-American its Floating Court, 1910–1914” in Statesmanship in Alaska: Studies Mary Bethune Writing Award. Papers Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Alaska Historical Society. Benjamin Grob-Fitzgibbon, Anastasia Lasakis, Xiaoxiang Luo, and Nate Orgill each received Summer Research Fellowships Andrew Sparling published “Putrefaction in the Laboratory: from the Graduate School. How an Eighteenth-Century Experimentalist Refashioned Herself as an Homme de Lettres” in Querelles: Jahrbuch fur Alisa Harrison contributed the work “Women’s and Girls’ Frauen und Geschlechterforschung 10 (2005): 17-88. Activism in 1960s Southwest Georgia: Rethinking History and Historiography,” to the book Women Shaping the South: Creating Ivonne Wallace Fuentes won a Gerst Instructorship from the and Confronting Change (University of Missouri Press, forth- Program in Political, Economic, and Humanistic Studies. coming). She also completed a review essay on Georgina Kristen Wintersteen won a Ford Latin American Doctoral Hickey, Hope and Danger in the New South City: Working-Class Research Fellowship for research in Chile and a Foreign Women and Urban Development in Atlanta, 1890-1940 (University Language Area Studies Summer Grant for study in Brazil. of Georgia Press, 2003). The review was accepted for posting at http://www.h-net.msu.edu, H-South, July, 2004. Jenette Wood Crowley won an Anne Firor Scott Award for historical research relating to gender. Paula Hastings and Jacob Remes each won Summer Research Grants from the Department of Canadian Studies. Neurobiology Gustavo Arriaga, Molly Heyer, Nathan Fitzsimmons, Jeffrey Marie Hicks won an International Research Travel Award Klein, Timothy Hanson, and Michael Patterson received from the Graduate School; she also received the Adelle and a National Institutes of Health Grant for Training Erwin Tomash Fellowship in the History of Information in Neuroscience. Processing from the Charles Babbage Institute at the University of Minnesota. Chih Lynn Cheng received with the Talmadge Peele Award. Stephen Inrig, Kelly Kennington, Joanna Kucinski, and Phil Kathryn Condon received a Ruth K. Broad Founda- Rubio have earned positions with the Senior Honors Seminar. tion Fellowship. Kelly Kennington’s, “Slave Property Ownership: An Inter- Robert Kotloski received The Wakeman Award at Duke. disciplinary Approach,” a review essay of Dylan Penningroth’s Dayu Lin received the Robertson Award for Best Graduate The Claims of Kinfolk: African-American Property and Community Student talk. in the Nineteenth Century South (University of North Carolina Press, 2003) was accepted for posting at Ye Li received the Robertson Award for Best Graduate http://www.h-net.msu.edu, H-Law, September 2004. Student poster. Seonmin Kim won an Academia Sinica Award to do research April Horton won the George G. Somjen Award for Best in Taiwan. Dissertation 2004-2005. Joanna Kucinski won a Medieval and Renaissance Studies Colleen Hanlon presented “Functional neuroimaging of Dissertation Fellowship. monozygotic twins discordant for Parkinson’s Disease” at the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting. Daniel Levinson-Wilk and Andrew Sandoval-Strauss published “Princes and Maids of the City Hotel” in the Journal of Decorative and Propaganda Arts, forthcoming. Posters Presented at the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting Mikyoung Park: “Intracellular Source of AMPA Receptors Phil Rubio and Linda Rupert won Beveridge Research Grants for LTP” from the American Historical Association. Linda Rupert won an American Association of University Women Dissertation-Writing Fellowship. She also won the Ida “I feel an extreme amount of loyalty to the university because B. Wells Graduate Student Award from the Coordinating I think that Duke was very loyal to me.” Council for Women in History, given to one individual in the United States to support the final stages of dissertation writ- —Walter Molano, Political Science (’95) GRIND 17

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Jennifer Stapleton: “Chronic Multi-electrode recordings in the gustatory cortex of rats engaged in an FR5 taste task” FUTURE FACULTY HIGHLIGHTS Amit Basole: “Mapping of spatial and temporal frequency preference in ferret visual cortex” 2004-2005 Graduate School Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching Arani Roy: “Auditory retuning in the song system during decrystallization of adult zebra finch song” Myrna Ivonne Wallace-Fuentes Ph.D. candidate, History Shih-Chieh Lin: “Basal Forebrain Control of Cortical Activation” Certificate candidate, Latin American & Caribbean Studies Bridget Kelly: “Characterization of dystrophin glycoprotein Certificate candidate, Latin American Cultural Studies complex at neuronal cholinergic synapses” 2005-2006 Graduate School Teaching Mini-grants Yulong Li: “Regulation of neurotransmitter release by the Tracy Ziegler, Environment membrane-proximal coil of SNAREs” “Developing Teaching Portfolios for Reflection, Assessment, and Growth” Posters presented at the Annual Biological Sciences Graduate Project Adviser: Dr. Celia Bonaventura Student Symposium Elizabeth Jelinek and Kylie Prymus, Philosophy Janaina Pantoja: “Reward Modulates Stimulus Reverberation in the Primary Sensory Thalamo-Cortical Loop” “Teaching Tips for Philosophical Writing” Project Adviser: Dr. Owen Flanagan Mikyoung Park: “Recycling Endosomes as Dendritic AMPA Receptor-Containing Organelles for LTP” Michael Brady, Gerald DiGiusto, and Stefan Dolgert, Political Science Physics “Political Science and the Political Classroom” Xin Qian received the 2005 Southeastern Universities Project Adviser: Dr. Michael Munger Research Association/Thomas Jefferson National Lab Graduate Fellowship. Heather Rice, Psychological and Brain Sciences Chee Liang Hoe received the Radiological Society of North “Resources for Teaching Psychology” America (RSNA) 2004 Research Trainee Prize for the abstract Project Adviser: Dr. David Rubin “Computer Simulation of Liver Lesions for Pediatric CT: A New Research Tool” in December 2004. Radiology published Preparing Future Faculty Fellows his paper “Simulation of Liver Lesions for Pediatric CT.” The August 2005 issue of Diagnostic Imaging Magazine includes a Pooja Arora Amanda Mbuvi Young Researchers Spotlight that profiles his recent work. Eric Bauer Kristina McDonald Kyle Dexter Firat Oruc Political Science Stefan Dolgert Meagen Pollock Douglas Casson won the American Political Science Association’s (APSA) 2005 Leo Strauss Award for the best dis- Seth Dowland John Pyhtila sertation in political philosophy. Michael Garcia Erin Rees Erin Gentry Jeremiah Remus Eddy Malesky won the APSA’s 2005 Gabriel A. Almond Award Thomas Gerber Tong Ren for the best dissertation in comparative politics. Benjamin Grob-Fitzgibbon Jill Rickershauser Steven Wilkinson is a co-winner of the APSA’s 2005 Woodrow Pengfei Guo Joshua Sandquist Wilson Award, for his book Votes and Violence: Electoral Competi- Melanie Hoy Sophia Santillan tion and Ethnic Riots in India. The Wilson Award, made annual- David Kaplan Nicola Scafetta ly since 1947, is given to “the best book published in the Yunus Kaya Joseph Spivey United States during the prior year on government, politics, Lukasz Kozubowski Ariana Sutton-Grier or international affairs. Alexis Kuncel Ludmila Tyler Psychology: Social & Health Science David Long Xin Wang Laura Thomas and Harlan Fichtenholtz were each awarded a Liza Makowski Tracy Ziegler National Institutes of Health NRSA Research Fellowship. Kasey Mattia THE GRADUATE STUDENT NEWSLETTER 18 The STUDENT GRADUATION DECEMBER 2004 Joanna Vinluan Tobiason Steven Robert Burns Jack Alden Draper Vijay Varadarajan Linda Karming Chan Andrew Wayne Duncan Doctor of Philosophy Trang Uyen Vo Badrish Chandramouli Alan Craig Embry Peter Matthew Volpe Colin Robert Crossman Huayu Fang Yujuan Bao James W. Voltz Ryan Greer Kenneth J. Feeley Tunde Bello-Ochende Xin Wang Joseph Gyamfi Alex Jonathan Feerst Michael T. Black Douglas Conrad Weiser Jeffrey Mark Hoerle Andrew Richard Feist Janelle Suzanne Blankenship Rajiv Gamani Wickremesinghe Emily Sea Hu Tracy Simon Feldman Craig Thomas Borowiak Krista Eileen Wiegand Liangbo Hu Alessandro Fornazzari Amy Sara Carroll Christopher Alan Williams Joel Preston Irick Daniel Fox Marc Champagne Karen M. Winkfield Bumjoon Kim Josef Derek Franke Juan Andres Chavarria Rebecca Yahr Kelly Arlene Kirkwold Angela Marie Gillikin Hui Chen Elizabeth Shinmay Yeh Daniel Lim Devon James Godfrey Giacomo Chiozza Xuan Zhao Kai Ni Amy Michelle Goodman Jonathan Hirsch Cohen Yi Zou Jennifer A. Niedermeyer Jennifer Sue Griffiths Jeremy Joseph Dahl Wenbin Pan Laura Tobias Gruss Shannon Lee Mitchell Dahl Master of Arts Bogdan-Ioan Alexandru Popa Ming Guo Pavel Vladimirovic Danilov Mohan Shankar Megan Christine Hall Peter Dula Jeffrey Shafik Atallah Michelle Joanne Sharpe Colleen Ann Hanlon Dustin Watson Ellington Paul Louis Bendich Marko Jak Tadjer Kristen Marie Hart Ryan Lee Fimmen Elizabeth Boniface Jimmy Teng Daniel Arthur Henk Jennifer Anne Fitzgerald Bruno De Moura Borges Jason Ryan Thacker Christopher Herbert Henkels Meghan Marie Flaherty Richard Gilbert Boswell, Sr. Avram Hiller Christopher Allen Franks Mark Elliott Brumley Master of Public Policy Michael Everett Hoffman Yun Fu Stephanie Lorraine Combes Kirsten Suzanne Hofmockel Mohanaraman Gopalan Ryan Christopher Denniston Susan Elizabeth Brown Asam Julie Ann Hollister-Smith Sathish Govindarajan Seth Andrew Dowland Joel Eric Dunn James William Horn Craig Arthur Grabowski Donald Jon Ebel Ivan Kendal Urlaub Li-Li Hsieh Amaris Ratna Guardiola Elizabeth Helen Essary Gerald Wei Hsu Matthew Blake Fehrs Jessamyn Anne Hatcher MAY 2005 Charlotte Christina Hubbert Michael Robert Hiscock Qiushi Feng Daniel Michael Hungerman Daniel John Hoffman Karin Anne Hessler Bo Jiang Erin Margaret Janssen Dana Lee Anne Jennings Doctor of Philosophy Austin Michael Kelley Young Joo Jeong Huidi Ji James George Abbott Valerie Rene Kempf Changho Jung Beth Felker Jones Eric D. Adler Sarah L. Kieweg Denise Marie Kall Jason Andrew Jopling Ericka Ann Albaugh Julie C. Kim Kelly Marie Kennington Soma Sau Kalb Justin Edward Aldridge Pramod Kolar Matthew Ryan Kiser Aisha Karim Valerie Denise Anderson Elissa Beth Krakauer Sang Hui Lee Nicole Christina Kesty Elizabeth Ann Archie Marisa Lee Kreider Jennifer Lee Moren-Cross Michael Hudson Kirby Avelino Florentino Arellano Mikhail R. Krishtal Kevin McDonald Morrison James Daniel Kirk James Patrick Balhoff Kolbrun Svala Kristjansdottir Julie Louise Nash Claire Victoria Kramer Laura Cecilia Balladur Shannon L. La Deau Leila Rothwell Nesson Balaji R. Krishnapuram Sanjay Kumar Banerjee Gonzalo Lamana Emily Catherine O’Barr Ping Li John Frederick Bauschatz Amanda Katherine Lambert- Jung-Youl Park Lipyeow Lim Jana Marguerite Bennett Pennington Angela Rae Perez Mike Brant Lippman Stephen Russell Berry Christopher Scott Lassiter Kelly Faye Riner Shihua Lu Monica Rao Biradavolu Mitchell Paul Levesque Marco Rossi Hadas Mamane-Gravetz Philip Joseph Brendese Daniel Levinson Wilk Matthew McMinn Singer Anthony Michael Martin Robert John Buckingham Si Li Abraham David Smith Desiree Alexandra Martin James Davidson Byassee Tong Li Joonmo Son Patrick Owen McGowan John Wesley Cain Sandra Valentina Lizarazo Harmawan Rubino Sugana Sarah Marie McGuire Carol Christine Camblin Oksana Sergeevna Loginova Matthew Wayne Surles James Barnes McLachlan Yiting Cao Rebekah W. Long Marcella Therese Szablewicz Lesa Belle Morrison Kevin James Chalut Zhenyu Lu Kelley Jeanne Tatro Barbara Ann Olsen Valeta Carol Chancey Gabriella Lukacs Ranak Bhupendra Trivedi Hemali Pritam Phatnani Shaorong Chang Liyuan Ma Peri Pate Vondy Brooks Barnes Pond Haofei Chen Deborah Kristine Marcuse Brenda Salter Weaver Ana Grohovac Rappold Ye Chen Amanda Leigh McClerren Julianne Melissa Weinzimmer Matthew Victor Rockman Catherine Marie Chin Stuart Frazier McDaniel Julius Middleton Wilder Lorecia Kaifa-Aliya Roland Hong Leng Chuah Cathleen Marie McHugh Peidong Yu Joshua Stuart Rose Richard Patrick Church Amy Lynn McNulty Elizabeth Anne Rothenberg Robert P. Conrad Sarah Opal Meadows Jerry Wayne Rouse Master of Science Carina Pamela Curto Ilarion V. Melnikov Amy Katherine Solan Liu Deng Charles Robert Michelich Jimmy Teng Benjamin Oduro Adei Rebecca Ann Mosher Ali Riza Birim Michele Theresa Diaz Vanessa Valena Tinsley Betsy Lynn Dobbs-Mcauliffe Shayla Christina Nunnally GRIND 19 STUDENT GRADUATION

Mendi D. S. Lewis Townsend Melissa Anne Bixler Sabrina Diana Rozenman Richard Jason Smith Obadike Matthew Allen Blackston Meredith Ellen Rumble Jiayu Song Maria Pia Olivero Jeremy Michael Burke Nelson Bruno Sa Meredith Anne Spiker Lijing Ouyang Danny James Cecile Michael Thomas Schwaiger Hailiang Tao Sung Ha Park Dong Chen Chinmay Vijay Shah Lisa Marie Valvo Benjamin Poulter Seong-Il Choi Jeremy Allen Smith Eric Alan Vance Scott Pritchard Sarah Elizabeth Citrin Brian Sobus Yongli Yu Marcel Walsh Pusey Bason Eric Clancy Steve Chiongbian Solon Dennis Carl Rasmussen Annalisa Corti Erika Christine Stevens Master of Arts in Teaching Valérie Christine Reeb Andrew McCutcheon Dawes Akihisa Tanaka Christopher Kavin Rowe Sanghyun Doh Daniel Jeffrey Taylor Leah Nichole Means Stephen Patrick Ryan Erdene Dorjsuren Thuy-Quyen Tran Holly Elizabeth Pulis Shauna Saunders Joanne L. B. Durchfort Hien Thu Tu Joel Andrew Schickel Efua Mairo Erbynn Nijat Valiyev Master of Public Policy Jeremy M. Schott Oscar Hugo Farfan Yang Wang Andrew Michael Seeds Mazda Regina Figaro Andrew Seth Wasson Marissa Archibald Anuja Sehgal John Vincent Foreman Ryoichi Watanabe Sandeep Bhattacharya Balakrishnan Selvakumar Kristen Joy Freeman Kathrin Helene Weston Kevin John Bishop Paul Luther Shaffer Christopher James Fregiato Julian Li-An Wong Kelsey Anne Blakely Seth Neland Shatkin-Margolis Mihaela Kristina Froehlich Barbara Ellen Woolley Megan Ellen Burns Caleb J. Smith Joy LaToia Ganes Randy Christopher Yale Geoffrey Shah Coltrane Robin Ann Smith Laura Kathleen Grattan Dennis Tao Yang Andrew Cummings Olga Speck Joshua Gordon Graubart Qiang Ye Erika Michelle Dempsey Vijay Srinivasan Richard H. Griffin April Ruth Young Tatiana S. Diykova Laura Nelson Stemmle Daniel Grant Hick Sun Kyeong Yu Elizabethann English Shannon Maureen Sterling Layla Rose Hilbun Dechen Zam Ruhi Sharad Gandhi Andrew James Terjesen Nagatomi Hirayama Ellen Lorien Goodwin Jeffrey Longwell Grimes Henry Lamar Tomlinson Mai Hosoi Master of Science Pavla Vesela Chiayu Hsu Alicia Jane Groh Serguei Vorojtsov Heather Danyette Hu Dawn Banard Anca Elena Grozav Susan Jennifer Walsh Jie Hu Vinay K. Bansal Laura Elizabeth Hayman Jing Wan Beom Seuk Hwang Kelli A. Crews Baumgartner Erin Elizabeth Henderlight Huili Wang Rajiv Jalota Carlos Marinho Carvalho Eric Matthew Hoefer Jingshu Wang Robert Clayton Jernigan Pawan Kumar Choudhary Deborah Kempe Jacobowitz Wishsanuruk Wechsatol Neil Patrick Jones Luke Jay Dollar Ames Seth Harold Weinberger Maja Jovovic John Desmond Finan Steven Parkes Kent Jeffrey Marshall Welch Kap Soo Kim Luis Fausto Garcia Li-Jung Ku Cybelle McFadden Wilkens John Wallace Kirby Joseph Paul Hepp Neelakshi Mann William Taylor Wojtach Anna Kozlovskaya Michael James Hunter Jenny Catherine Michael Jianguo Xu Kendra Marie Laffe Steven Craig Israel Andrew Hartley Nelson Guoqiang Yang Sebastian Lopez Azumendi Mark A. Jensenius Neetika Prabhakar Yang Yang Le Luo Jongmyeong Kim Anika Rasner Dan Yasaki Julie Marie Lynch Nicholas Ryan Kirchem Katherine Marie Robert Peng Yin Heather Alison Mallory Dong Woo Lim Jodie Miriam Sandel Wenjun Ying Neil Thomas Mason Yan Liu Danielle Elizabeth Sass Hanwook Yoo Usep Abdul Matin Jennifer Salin Miller Eugene Roy Son Laura Ruth Yordy Clare Aselin Matti Tomokazu Miyakozawa Paul Glen Stahle Wayne Curtis Yount Dustin Larry Mengelkoch Jan Martin Nielsen Brett Christopher Stohs Jing Yu Hasmik Minasyan Vikram Bharat Patel Brock Evans Taylor Jon Stanley Zawistowski Zaur R. Muslumov Pallavi Naga Pratapa Corinne Nicole Wallace Gang Zhao Denis Nikolaevich Nekipelov Sophia Teresa Santillan Cindy Wang Yunhui Zheng Chad Thomas Nicholson Aya Sasaki Jeffrey Brendan Williams Kinohi Stephen Sadao Nishikawa Chang-Won Seo Kimberly Danielle Williams Na Xu Master of Arts Samir Nuriyev Enkh-Ariunaa Oidovdanzan Shakeel Ahmed Tserennadmid Osorpurev “The parts of my Duke experience that are most helpful to me Adam Loyce Aiken Lori S. Osowski Roncevert David Ganan Almond I-Ching Pan now are the broad training in science I received and learning to Irina Antsiferova Brent Andrae Perdue balance fun and work, which helps me to network and keep my Dobrinka Vasileva Atanasova Nicole Joann Polanichka sanity. I think Duke was a great place for social and academic Mark Lawrence Axelrod Cathi Barbra Propper development.” Padmaja Ayyagari Virginia Fay Purbrick —Carmichael Roberts, Chemistry (’95) Ji Bai Kevin Mitchell Reese Jocelyn Elaine Bailey Allison Horsman Ridder Surface Logix, Inc., Massachusetts Caroline Marie Berger Christine Ann Rogers Co-founder & President THE GRADUATE STUDENT NEWSLETTER 20 The JOB PLACEMENTS

The following list of job placements is based on responses received from Duke graduate departments and does not reflect a complete listing of placements for the 2004–2005 academic year.

Art & Art History Barbara Olsen Margot Weiss Visiting Assistant Professor Visiting Instructor of Anthropology Charlotte Houghton Vassar College Sweet Briar College Associate Professor Pennsylvania State University Cultural Anthropology English Civil & Environmental Engineering Tracy Brown Jeff Reaser Assistant Professor Instructor Cevza Melek Kazezyilmaz-Alhan Central Michigan University Secondary English Education Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering North Carolina State University Auburn University Lila Ellen Gray Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology Environment Classical Studies Columbia University Ryan Fimmen Eric Adler Gonzalo Lamana Post Doctoral Scholar Visiting Assistant Professor, History Assistant Professor of Department of Chemistry Rice University Hispanic Languages & Literatures Ohio State University University of Pittsburgh John Bauschatz History Visiting Assistant Professor Jennifer Prough Swarthmore College Visiting Lecturer Jim Isenhower Honors College, Valparaiso University Mike Lippman Officer Lecturer Gabriella Lukacs United States Army Emory University Assistant Professor of Anthropology Noeleen McIlvenna University of Pittsburgh Assistant Professor Wright State Gwenn Miller Assistant Professor Holy Cross LEAVING YOUR MARK Tom Rogers Assistant Professor During her final year as a student, Cevza Melek Kazezyilmaz-Alhan delivered University of North Carolina–Charlotte a successful presentation of her research at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) conference in San Francisco, December 2004. Among several papers pre- Jake Selwood Assistant Professor pared as part her thesis, “On Numerical Modeling of Overland Flow” has been Georgia State published in Applied Mathematics and Computation. She developed a comprehen- sive wetland model that incorporates surface-ground water interactions and Matthew Specter accounts for upstream contributions from urbanized areas. On Duke University’s Three-year postdoctoral position West Campus and in the Duke University restored wetland area of the Sandy George Mason University Creek watershed, the model is being applied to predict hydrologic and water qual- Immunology ity fluctuations in both the surface and subsurface phases of the hydrologic cycle. Shaza Fadel Jeff Reaser has given conference papers at the National Council of Research Fellow Teachers of English conference in Indianapolis, Indiana; American Speech Center for Immunology & and Hearing Society conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; New Ways of Inflammatory Diseases Massachusetts General Hospital Analyzing Variation conference in Ann Arbor, Michigan; American Dialect Harvard Medical School Society in Oakland, California; and the North Carolina Council for the Social Studies conference in Greensboro, North Carolina. Jeff also conducted teacher workshops on language diversity in the classroom at the Southeastern Conference on Linguistics in Raleigh, North Carolina and the American Federation of Teachers conference in Washington, DC. GRIND 21 JOB PLACEMENTS

Neurobiology Jing Yu Patrick McGowan Senior Scientist Postdoctoral Fellow Colleen Hanlon Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Psychiatry, Neurology, & Neurosurgery Postdoctoral Fellow Research Douglas Research Center Linda Porrino Laboratory McGill University, Montreal, Canada Wake Forest University Psychology: Social & Health Sciences Tracy Barret Aaron Sandler Chrissy Camblin Project Manager Postdoctoral Fellow Postdoctoral Fellow Thurston Arthritis Research Center Miguel Nicolelis Laboratory University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill Duke University Michele Diaz Romance Studies Jeffrey Welch Lab Research Manager Postdoctoral Fellow Brain Imaging & Analysis Center Cybelle McFadden Wilkens Guoping Feng Laboratory Duke University Visiting Professor, French Duke University Georgia Institute of Technology

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ALUMNI REFLECTIONS

Beyond everything I learned in my courses and research, the two most use- The skills that we learn as humanists in graduate school are important ful aspects of the program [at Duke] were, one, the teaching experience skills for society as a whole. The skills of critical thinking, the skills of and two, the strong sense of community among the graduate students— writing and communicating well, the skills of being persuasive can move specifically because, with the breadth of teaching I’m doing now, it was public will. good to converse on a regular basis with people who didn’t have the Gaurav Desai, English (’96) same specialization. Tulane University, Louisiana Mary Bowman, English (’92) Associate Professor of English University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point Associate Professor, English I use the knowledge that I gained from each course at Duke in my various classroom settings at Wellesley. The skills that I gained in the classroom, My training at Duke in the Department of Biochemistry and the in the practice and ensemble rooms, and the Women’s Studies training at University Program in Genetics provided me with an outstanding interdis- Duke have been most useful and have a profound influence on practically ciplinary foundation in the basic sciences and research. My background everything that I do at Wellesley. gave me the knowledge and experiences to function successfully in the Claire Fontijn-Harris, Music (’94) pharmaceutical industry, where taking on assignments specific to a wide Wellesley College, Massachusetts variety of scientific disciplines is not unusual. The encouragement and Associate Professor, Music support of my dissertation research advisor, Dr. Tao-shih Hsieh, my disser- tation committee members, and fellow Duke graduate students with whom I have maintained lasting friendships, were truly motivational in helping I couldn’t do this job without a Ph.D. I couldn’t do it; I couldn’t have me to achieve my goals. gotten it. The skills are essential: the critical thinking skills, the writing skills. These are things you get in law school or you get in other profession- Sheryl Brown, Biochemistry & Genetics (’96) al degree programs, but they are honed over time while you’re pursuing Merck Research Laboratories, California the Ph.D. Senior Project Scientist, Vaccine Regulatory & Analytical Sciences Jeffrey Goldman, Biology, (’01) American Institute of Biological Sciences, Washington, DC The friendships that were forged with faculty, administrators, and other Science Office Director graduate students are lasting ones, and my faculty advisors supported me throughout my career, not just during my graduate years. Such com- mitment to a student is rare, but it exists at Duke, for which I am I learned to teach by experiencing and watching good teaching. Being a very grateful. TA in the physics department at Duke gave me an opportunity to learn about and help with the detailed work of instruction … One thing that is Danielle Carr-Ramdath, Mathematics (’92) strong in my memory is the effort given to being sensitive to the influence The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, New York of peer pressure on classroom dynamics. The better teachers always reward- Program Officer for Higher Education ed students who asked questions, even those who asked about something that was just presented. The response to questions almost always started From my very first semester, I was treated as a legitimate member of a uni- with something like “thanks for asking” or “very good question.” versity community … I was spoiled for anything else! I had the chance, Calvin Howell, Physics (’84) from the time I came here, to work with the best people in the field and to Duke University, North Carolina work with them not from a posture where they were teaching me but where Professor, Physics they were saying, “Here’s what I’m working on. I’ve got this problem. Help Deputy Director, me work this out.” And here I was this new student, accepted in that role, Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory (TUNL) and you can believe I learned as much as fast and read as hard as I could. The most useful part of my experience involved being one-on-one with a Deborah Chay, Literature (’92) professor in a class setting or otherwise. Those situations taught me how to The Japan Society, New York think because no one else was there to come up with answers to their ques- Vice President of Development tions other than me, and then I had to defend my answers. Marion McClary, Zoology (’97) Fairleigh Dickinson University, New Jersey Associate Professor, Biological Sciences GRIND 23 ON THE DUKE EXPERIENCE

From my first year at Duke, John Aldrich involved me in research projects, I found great value in the extraordinary training I received in Duke’s which greatly enhanced my graduate coursework. I now try to involve my Literature Program and the unusual and vibrant intellectual community, students in research early and often in order to pass on the benefit of that which has formed around the Program. It sustained me while I was there valuable experience. and has been formative for the way I think. (Though I did also learn to Jennifer Merolla, Political Science, (’03) play basketball!) Claremont Graduate University, California Vivason Soni, Literature (’00) Assistant Professor, Politics and Policy University of Michigan Assistant Professor, English The rigor that was demanded by the professors was the most helpful [part of the Duke experience], as well as the focus on interdisciplinary studies. Looking back on my Duke experience, I am most appreciative of two ele- Although I work on financial and economic issues, everyday I employ the ments: One is the guidance I received from the people in the political sci- context I received in the sociology and history of Latin America. ence department, particularly John Aldrich and James Hamilton (at the Walter Molano, Political Science (’95) Sanford Institute). They were both excellent mentors and friends. The BCP Securities, Connecticut other is the experience of teaching in the Nicholas School of the Environ- Partner ment, where I taught four or five different courses on environmental poli- tics and law … I had wonderful colleagues and really enjoyed the stu- dents and the entire experience there. Looking back at my time at Duke, I am most grateful for the academic David Spence, Political Science (’97) and personal support I received from mentors like Peter H. Wood and University of Texas McCombs School of Business Karla Holloway. I believe these two scholars (and many more at Duke) Associate Professor, Information, Risk, & Operations Management demonstrate what it means to love—to really love—what you do. Time and time again, I was (and continue to be) struck by their knowledge and passion. It is my hope that over time I, too, may be able to engender that Doing research toward a Ph.D. in engineering is akin to unraveling a kind of spark and love for history and literature in my own students. complex riddle, the very subject of which often remains elusive for long Celia E. Naylor, History (’01) periods of time. Being an attorney can involve wading through volumi- Dartmouth College, New Hampshire nous information, prioritizing possible outcomes, and making tough judg- Assistant Professor, History ments concerning credibility in order to develop the optimum strategy to achieve a goal for a client. The patience and, at times, humility I learned during my doctoral and legal studies at Duke readily apply to my I was fortunate to have a research advisor, Dr. Donald B. Chesnut, who legal pursuits. not only helped me to grow and develop as a chemist, but as a teacher as Seth A. Watkins, Mechanical Engineering (Ph.D. ’96/J.D. ’99) well. His sense of fairness and integrity are still unparalleled in my expe- Steptoe & Johnson LLP, Washington, DC riences nearly a decade after having left his research group. I also had the Special Counsel privilege of working with one of Duke’s finest teachers, Dr. James F. Bonk, who gave me a plethora of teaching opportunities. The confidence and trust he placed in me and my abilities are appreciated to this day. There is I suppose my Duke experience was taking what I think I was like when no doubt that these two individuals had and continue to have a profound I got here—someone who was naïve and excited—and allowing me to influence on my life both personally and professionally. develop in a way that I could become the productive scientist, teacher, Benjamin Rusiloski, Physical Chemistry (’94) and mentor that I am proud to be. Associate Professor & Chair, Chemistry Gregory Wray, Biology, (’87) Delaware Valley College Duke University, North Carolina Professor, Biology I was lucky to be in a department that was very conscious of what it Director, Center for Evolutionary Genomics meant to go out on the market and get a job; so they put resources together to explain that to us. My Duke experience created a sense of joy of discovery and joy in the path Faith Smith, Literature (’95) of following a question of interest. That joy of discovery has never gone Brandeis University, Massachusetts away; and it has sustained me through some difficult times. Associate Professor, English Anne Yoder, Biological Anthropology & Anatomy (’92) Chair, African & African-American Studies Duke University, North Carolina Professor, Biology Director, Duke University Primate Center The GRINDTHE GRADUATE STUDENT NEWSLETTER MISSION STATEMENT

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