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The 2000/2001 Haas Scholars

We are pleased to introduce the 2000/2001 Haas Scholars.

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

Paul Aparicio (Psychology Major)
"Does the Cerebellum Contribute to the Synchronization of Information Processing: An Experimental Investigation of Current Theories on Schizophrenia"
Sponsor: Professor Richard Ivry, Psychology

Krisa Fredrickson (Individual Major)
"The Consumption of Aloeswood and the Incense Culture of Japan"
Sponsor: Professor Nelson Graburn, Anthropology

Rachel Faye Giraudo (Anthropology Major)
"Rock Art in the Matopos: Interpretation, Impact and Identity"
Sponsor: Professor Margaret Conkey, Anthropology

Zachary David Gordon (English & Philosophy Major)
"The World Seen Without a Self: The Epistemology of Unoccupied Perspectives in To the Lighthouse"
Sponsor: Professor Ann Banfield, English

Morgan Greene (PEIS Major)
"New Monopolist For the New Economy: The Case of Microsoft"
Sponsor: Professor Robert Berring, Boalt School of Law

Leena Her (Anthropology & Psychology Major)
"Ethnographic Investigation into the Factors Contributing to Variation of Academic Achievement Among Hmong Students in a Central Valley High School"
Sponsor: Professor Dan Perlstein, Education

Katherine Hijar (History Major)
"Reactive Expressions: Deviance, Control & Erotic Desire"
Sponsor: Professor David Henkin, History

Umair Khan (MCB Major)
"Effects of C5 Protein on Interactions between RNase P Ribozyme and a Model mRNA Substrate"
Sponsor: Professor Fenyong Liu, Public Health

John Jin Kim (MCB Major)
"Altering the Specificity of IDH by Directed Evolution"
Sponsor: Professor Daniel E. Koshland, Jr., MCB

Sae Hee Ko (Chemistry Major)
"Biochemical Control of Fruit Ripening and Senescence"
Sponsor: Professor Jack Kirsch, MCB

Michael Yuehhsun Lee (Chemical Engineering Major)
"Enzyme Activation in Organic Solvents: Surfactant - Assisted Solubilization"
Sponsor: Professor Douglas Clark, Chemical Engineering

John Perng (EECS Major)
"Wearable Virtual Keyboard: Acceleration Sensing Glove"
Sponsor: Professor Kristofer Pister, EECS

Hoai Nguyen (Julie) Pham (History Major)
"’Their War’: The Perspectives of the South Vietnamese Military in American Literature and in Their Own Words"
Sponsor: Professor Peter Zinoman, History

Paul Sager (History Major)
"Heroes or Traitors: The Twisted History of a French Newspaper in the German Occupation and After"
Sponsor: Professor Susanna Barrows, History

Ariana Bree Stamper-Gimbar (Linguistics & Native American Studies Major)
"The Social Stratification of Language: A Comparative Analysis of American Indian English Among the Wintun and Kumeyaay"
Sponsor: Professor Richard Rhodes, Linguistics

Monica Swanson (Social Welfare & Political Science Major)
"Consensual Executions: Death Row Inmates Who ‘Volunteer’ to Die"
Sponsor: Professor Franklin Zimring, Boalt Law School

Marc Wolf (History Major)
"No One Belongs Here More Than You: Creating an Image of Israel for Tourists and Pilgrims"
Sponsor: Professor Nelson Graburn, Anthropology

Leila Yavari (Political Science Major)
"The Politics of Repression and the Arts of Subversion: Contemporary Theater in Iran"
Sponsor: Professor D. Paul Thomas, Political Science

Shirley Ye (History Major)
"Negotiating Female Film Fandom, 1910-1940"
Sponsor: Professor David Henkin, History

Thomas Yuzvinsky (Physics & Math Major)
"Direct Measurement of Time Reversal Symmetry Violation in a P-wave Superconductor"
Sponsor: Professor J.C. Séamus Davis, Physics



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