---

The 1998/99 Haas Scholars

We are pleased to introduce the very first cohort of Haas Scholars.

Click on their names and learn more about these talented students and their projects!

Melissa Florence Baird (Anthropology Major)
"Devouring Our History: An Inquiry into the Destruction of California Rock Art"
Sponsor: Professor Margaret Conkey, Anthropology Department  

Laura Anne Brueckner (English Major)
"The Commedia Workshop"
Sponsor: Professor Dunbar Ogden, Dramatic Arts Department  

Kaci Faylee Elder (Women's Studies & English Double Major)
"Contemporary American Utopias: Diverse Intentional Communities from a Young Feminist Perspective"
Sponsor: Professor Caren Kaplan, Women's Studies Department  

Natalia Oleg Glebova (MCB Major)
"Thioredoxin in Bioremediation"
Sponsor: Professor Terrance Leighton, MCB: Division of Biochemistry  

Sora Yoon Han (Ethnic Studies Major)
"Asian American Prisoners Oral History Project"
Sponsor: Professor Stephen Small, African American Studies Department

Alison Joy Harrington (Peace & Conflict Studies Major)
"The Irish-Mexican Connection: A Model for Coalition Building"
Sponsor: Professor Carlos Munoz, Ethnic Studies Department  

Kabrina Kau (English Major)
"Taiwanese Aborigines and the Education Dilemma"
Sponsor: Professor Ling-Chi Wang, Ethnic Studies Department    

Malihe S. Kigasari (Anthropology Major)
"'Self-Elimination' in Higher Education: An Analysis of Latino High School Seniors' Decision-Making in Applying to Four-Year Colleges."
Sponsor: Professor John Ogbu, Anthropology Department  

Sean Poi Lee (MCB Major)
"Antibody Catalyzed Protein Folding"
Sponsor: Professor Jack Kirsch, MCB: Division of Biochemistry  

Maurilio Arreola Leon (Political Science Major)
"The California Latino Legislative Caucus: The Functioning Role and Influential Impact in the California Legislature"
Sponsor: Professor Bruce Cain, Political Science Department  

Kwa Yu Liou (MCB Major)
"Establishment of a Kinetic Analysis Framework for the Activity of an RNase P Ribozyme"
Sponsor: Professor Fenyong Liu, School of Public Health  

Shahram Misaghi (MCB Major)
"Protein Crystallography and Bacterical Resistance"
Sponsor: Professor Robert Glaeser, MCB: Division of Biochemistry

Lillian Park (Psychology Major)
"Memory--True or False? Processing and Structure in False Memory"
Sponsor: Professor John Kihlstrom, Psychology Department  

Jeri Lynn Parrent (Conservation & Resource Studies Major)
"Genetic Diversity Among Populations of Phellinus Swieteniae in Mangroves"
Sponsor: Professor Gregory Gilbert, ESPM: Ecosystem Sciences Division

Tamarind A. Rossetti-Johnson (Art Practice & English Double Major)
"Orbital Revolution: An Exploration in Visual, Conceptual, and Physical Communication"
Sponsor: Professor Kevin Radley, Department of Art Practice  

Ori Adam Skloot (Business Administration Major)
"Researching the Recycling Industry in Israel"
Sponsor: Professor Christine Rosen, Haas School of Business Administration  

Matthew Wheelock Stahl (Mass Communications Major)
"Independent Cultual Production vs. the Culture Industry: Performance of Self and Creation of Value in an Eddy of the Mainstream"
Sponsor: Professor Gil Eyal, Sociology Department  

Neil Arun Tolani (MCB Major)
"The Biomechanics of Walking Backwards"
Sponsor: Professor Rodger Kram, Integrative Biology Department  

Patrick Chi-Wai Tsui (History Major)
"The Effect of the Turnover on the Catholic Church in Hong Kong"
Sponsors: Professor Lowell Dittmer, Political Science Department and Professor Thomas Gold, Sociology Department

Christophe Marc Wall-Romana (French Major)
"Translation of a poetry book by the French poet James Sacré
Sponsor: Professor Ann Smock, French Department