Faculty Senate Dissertation-Year Fellowships 2008-2009

Clare Terni , Department of Anthropology

Thesis Title: We Cannot Return to the Wombs of Our Mothers: Reciprocity and Obligation in the New South Africa


Nicholas Douris, Department of Biology

Thesis Title: Loss of the Rhythmic Gene Nocturnin Confers Resistance to Diet-Induced Obesity


Jonathan Readey, Department of English Languages and Literatures

Thesis Title: Written and Built Memorials: Global Literature in an Age of Mass Tragedy


Zhen Wu, Curry School of Education

Thesis Title: Early Adolescents' Computing Interests: Gender, Attitudes, Self-Efficacy, and Outcome Expectations


Lauren Sefcik, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Department of Biomedical Engineering

Thesis Title: Regulaiton of Sphingosine 1-Phosphate Signaling for Therapeutic Neovascularization and Tissue Engineering


Phillip Haberkern, Department of History

Thesis Title: The Presence of the Past: History, Memory, and the Making of St. Jan Hus