Name

School

Topic

Benjamin Benus

University of Maryland

Visual Music: The Life and Work of Ludung Hirschfeld-Mack

Rachel Borgatti

University of Maryland

Nutrient-Microbe Interactions of the Mangroves of Queensland, Australia

Rebecca Warburton Boylan

George Washington University

Researching Thomas Hardy's Artistic Vision

Mardi Byerly

University of Maryland

Inhibition of BDNF Gene Expression in the Hypothalamus by T#: A Potential Pathway for Energy Regulation

Gregory F. Domber

George Washington University

American Support for Opposition Movements in Poland, 1981-1989

Binglin Gong

University of Maryland

Behavior of Markets - Empirical Evidence from Nasdeq

Tiffany Lynn Harvey

Gallaudet University

Can Individuals with Severe to Profound Hearing Loss be Fit with Minimal Contact Technology

Mitchell P. Jones

Catholic University

Nature, Soul, and Spirit in Husserl's Phenomenology of Subjectivity

Sandra Leavitt

Georgetown University

Between Security and Conflict: Government Policies Toward Muslim Minorities in Asia

Anna K. Lee

Howard University

Interethnic Aggression and Willingness to Help

Kelli Lewis and Janice Lyons (joint awardees)

George Washington University

Low Copy Number DNA Analysis: The Recovery of DNA from Handled Objects and Determination of Order of Contact Based on Mixed Genetic Profiles

Lara Lopardo

George Washington University

Phylogenetic Revision of Mysmenid Spiders and the Evolution of Web Architecture (Araneae, Araneoidea, Mysmenidae)

Shelly McKenzie

George Washington University

Mass Movements: A Cultural History of Exercise and Physical Fitness

Holly L. Menninger

University of Maryland

The Effects of Periodical Cicadas on Stream Ecosystems

Carlo Moreno

University of Maryland

The Role of Species Abundance and Distribution in Pest Regulation

Margaret Anne Morse

University of Maryland

The Arts of Domestic Devotion in Renaissance Italy: the Case of Venice

Kelly O'Neal

University of Maryland

Monitoring Coastal Marsh Loss and Upland Inundation in the Chesapeake Bay

Kelly A. Ryan

University of Maryland

Regulating Passion: Sexuality and Citizenship in the New Republic

Nadya J. Sbaiti

Georgetown University

Schooling Gender and Citizenship in a Middle Eastern Society

Colin Studds

University of Maryland

Winter Habitat Quality and Population Processes for American Redstarts

Lisa Senchysshyn Trever

University of Maryland

"When the Very Stones Rose Up to Serve the Inca" Illuminating the Imperial Inca Architecture of Cusco, Peru

Xenia V. Wilkinson

Georgetown University

From Cornfields to Magical Resort Town: A History of Valle De Bravo, Mexico

Courtney Hissong Wilson

American University

Zapatista Murals and the Iconography of Resistance

Joana Zanol Silva

George Washington University

Biodiversity of Marine Bristle Worms of Selected Genera of the Family Eunicidae (Polychaeta, Annelida) from the Brazilian Coast