The Office of International Affairs recently awarded nine faculty members and 24 students with grants totaling $90,000 to be used for research projects or student programs that are international in scope. The International Affairs grant program supports projects that advance the understanding of foreign countries, cultures and peoples through academic study.

Grants are given for projects that explore the languages, cultures, arts, politics, economy, or socio-demographic aspects of a foreign region. Proposals addressing global issues are also eligible if these issues are explored in a regional context. This includes proposals about public health, public policy and climate change, among others.

The Spring 2008 Grant Recipients include

Faculty Awards

Cynthia Clopper and Judith Tonhauser, Joseph Marulli (student), Linguistics
Exploring the Phonetics-Semantics in Paraguayan Guaraní
Grant: $6,000

Stephen F. Dale, History
Kerala Christians and Malayali Society
Grant: $2,800

Richard Dick, Environment and Natural Resources
Development of an Agroecology Research and Education Program in West Africa
Grant: $6,000

Belton M. Fleisher, Economics
The Evolution of Institutions, Financial Development and Cluster-based Industrial Growth
Grant: $3,000

Richard Gordon, Spanish and Portuguese
Race, Ethnicity, Sexual Orientation, and Constructions of National Identify in Brazilian Literature and Culture: An International Student Symposium
Grant: $9,500

Derek Heng, History
Caught In Between: Economy, Society and State-Formation of the Malay Region in the Pre-Modern Era
Grant: $2,000

Barbara Piperata, Anthropology
The Role of a Conditional Cash Transfer Program in Addressing Food Security in the Rural Amazon
Grant: $5,000

Amanda Rodewald, Environment and Natural Resources
Social and Ecological Values of Agroecosystems in the Venezuelan Andes
Grant: $2,000

Student Awards

Jose Barquero-Romero, Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics
International Remittances: The Case of Costa Rica and Nicaragua
Grant: $1,350

Karl Baumann, Honors Film Studies
Mundos Especulares: Filmic Reconstruction and Remedies of Historical Memory; Tramau: Argentina and its Desaparecidos
Grant: $1,700

Jason Bush, Theatre, Ph.D. Student
Staging Lo Andino: The Peruvian Scissors Dance and the Performativity of Heritage
Grant: $2,500

Soundarya Chidambaram, Political Science, Graduate Student
The Political Right and Electoral Mobilization in India: The Linkage Between Caste and Religious Violence
Grant: $2,500

Andrew de la Garza, History, Ph.D. Student
Great Armies and Perfect Dominion: Babur, Akbar and Mughal Military Revolution, 1526-1605
Grant: $2,500

Sarah Getzelman, History of Art, Ph.D. Student
Shangri-la in Exile: Tibetan Image and Custom in India
Grant: $2,500

Kevin Grove, Geography, Ph.D. Student
Insuring Disaster: Climate Change, Catastrophe Insurance and the Jamaican State
Grant: $2,400

Melissa Herman, Environmental Science, Fourth Year Student
Effects of Manure Application Timing on Maize Yields for Subsistence Farming in Western Kenya
Grant: $2,500

Amy Hubbard, Anthropology, Ph.D. Student
Establishing Biodistance: Cross-validation of Genetic and Osteological Methods
Grant: $2,500

Mathew Imm, Rein Lambrecht, Stephen Morrical, Janice Esker, College of Medicine, First Year Students
Podemos: Partnership for Ongoing Development Education and Medical Outreach Solutions
Grant: $9,050

George Lywood, History, Ph.D. Candidate
Imagining, Building and Consuming Russia's Riviera: Tourism and the Black Sea Coast before 1917
Grant: $1,500

Ariana Maki, History of Art, Ph.D. Candidate
From Blacksmith to Buddha: The Arts of Pema Lingpa (1450-1521)
Grant: $2,500

Scott R. Powell, Political Science, Third Year Graduate Student
Rethinking Change in the Welfare State: The Political Foundations of Labor Market  Reform
Grant: $1,500

Helena Riha, Linguistics, Ph.D. Candidate
Roman Letter Words as a Window on the Chinese Language and Chinese Society
Grant: $1,500

Mark Soderstrom, History, Third Year Graduate Teaching Associate
Enlightening the Land of Midnight: Peter Slovstov, Ivan Kalashnikov and the Making of Russian Siberia
Grant: $2,500

Gayatri S. Thampy, Anthropology, Fourth Year Doctoral Candidate
Land Use and Land Tenure Reforms in Bocas del Toro, Panama
Grant: $2,500

Hans Utter, Musicology, Ph.D. Candidate
Performance, Patronage and Politics: Mughal Memories and Globalization in Hindustani Music
Grant: $1,700

Mark Wahl, Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering
WRSIS in China
Grant: $2,500

Sarah Wright, Geography, M.A. Candidate
Water and Warming: Indigenous Perspectives on Climate Change
Grant: $2,500

Christina V. Xydias, Political Science, Ph.D. Candidate (ABD)
Women Representing Women?: Gender Quotas and Women's Substantive Representation in Germany
Grant: $2,500

Abdulkadir Yildirim, Political Science, Fourth Year Ph.D. Student
The Rise of Muslim Democratic Parties: Globalization and Moderation of the Middle East
Grant: $2,000

Additional information is available on the Office of International Affairs grants and scholarships web page.