The 2001/2002 Haas Scholars
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Caetlin Benson-Allott (Compartive Literature Major)
"Creating Confessional Narration"
Sponsor: Professor Charles Altieri, English
Gloria Brar (MCB Major)
"Examining Subcellular Localization of Cell Cycle Components
to Determine a Better Breast Cancer Treatment"
Sponsor: Professor Gary Firestone, MCB
Tam Bui (Political Economy of Industrial Socities Major)
"Silicon Valleys New Vietnamese Entrepreneurs"
Sponsor: Professor AnnaLee Saxenian, City & Regional Planning
Casey Butterfield (Comparative Literature Major)
"Transcending Language: Carme Riera and Post-Franco
Catalan Literature"
Sponsor: Professor Emilie Bergmann, Spanish and Portuguese
Mariyam Cementwala (Political Science Major)
"Giving the Veiled a Voice: A Test of the Efficacy
of International Law"
Sponsor: Professor Beth Simmons, Political Science
Benjamin M. Chen (Bioengineering Major)
"Quantification of Short TE Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Imaging (MRSI) from Patients with Brain Tumors"
Sponsor: Professor Sarah J. Nelson, Bioengineering
Sylvan Guerveno (Music Major)
"LEnfer en Soie"
Sponsor: Professor Edwin Dugger, Music
Amarina Kealoha (ISF Major)
"The Revolution Will Not be in the Movies:
Hip-Hop Film and Politics"
Sponsor: Professor Shawn Brixey, Art Practice
Erika Kemp (Religious Studies & SSEAS Major)
"The Holy Gita: The Role of the West in Indias Adoption
of the Bhagavad Gita as a Holy Text"
Sponsor: Dr. Sally Sutherland Goldman, SSEAS
Joseph H. Kim (Political Science Major)
"Do Impersonal Voting Formats Change the 'Character' of American Elections?"
Sponsor: Professor Ann Swidler, Sociology
Stanley (Toby) Levers (Comp Lit & Italian Studies Major)
"Voices of Authority and Divergence: Authorship in the
Anglo-Saxon Period and in the Later Middle Ages"
Sponsor: Professor Albert Ascoli, Italian Studies
John Davis Long (MCB & Philosophy Major)
"Intracellular Studies of the Thalamo Cortical Circuit"
Sponsor: Professor Yang Dan, MCB
Haley Mellin (Art Practice Major)
"Ancient Egyptian Mummy Portraits: Looking into the
Faces of the Past and Present "
Sponsor: Professor Katherine Sherwood, Art Practice
Carlos Miranda (Rhetoric Major)
"Beloved: Toni Morrisons Rhetoric of Libation"
Sponsor: Professor Alfred Arteaga, Ethnic Studies
Daniell Newman (Political Science Major)
"Digital Government: The Next American Revolution?"
Sponsor: Professor Bruce Cain, Political Science
Tiasha Palikovic (Political Science & Psychology Major)
"In Fear of Difference: Dissent and Anti-Individualism in the former Yugoslavia"
Sponsor: Professor Ken Jowitt, Political Science
Nicholas Parra-Vasquez (Chem. Eng. & Material Science Major)
"A Fundamental Study of Selective Catalysis in
Heterogeneous Materials"
Sponsor: Professor Alexander Katz, Chemical Engineering
Aida Sadikovic (MCB Major)
"Role of Neutrophils and Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes in Cell-mediated Immunity to Listeria monocytogenes"
Sponsor: Professor Daniel Portnoy, MCB & School of Public Health
China Star (Anthropology Major)
"'You Aren't the First and You Won't be the Last': Unmarried Motherhood in Contemporary Rural Ireland"
Sponsor: Professor Nancy Scheper-Hughes, Anthropology
John Weedin (MCB & History Major)
"Exploring the Role of Polysialic Acid in Tumor Metastasis"
Sponsor: Professor Carolyn Bertozzi, Chemistry & MCB
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