National Endowment for the Humanities
SUMMER STIPENDS AWARDS
Division of Research
Announced: April 2002

Abe, Ryuichi
Columbia University
New York, NY
Nonwestern Religion
Myoe Koben (1173-1232) and the Cultural Contour of Medieval Japanese Buddhism

Agnew, Michael S.
Historiography
Columbia University
New York, NY
Spanish Literature
Transformations in Late Medieval Spanish

Alexander, Elizabeth S.
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA
Jewish Studies
Transmitting Text, Transforming Tradition in the Mishnah and the Talmud

Bardsley, Sandy
Emory and Henry College
Emory, VA
Medieval Studies
Sin, Speech, and Gender in Late Medieval England

Black, Joseph L.
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN
British Literature
The "Martin Marprelate" Tracts (1588-89): Seven "Puritan" Satires

T Blaufarb, Rafe
Auburn University
Auburn, AL
European History
The Procès des Tailles: A Study in the Rise and Fall of French Absolutism, 1547-1789

Boatwright, Mary R.
Duke University
Durham, NC
Classical History
Tombstones, Romans, and Romanization of Rome's Northern Frontier (Pannonia)

Brewer, Daniel
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN
French Literature
The French Enlightenment and its Reception in 19th- and 20th Century France

Bross, Kristina
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN
American Studies
A Critical Edition of the Eliot Tracts (1647-1685): Encounters Between Puritan Missionaries and Native Americans

Carr, Steven A.
Indiana University.- Purdue University
Fort Wayne, IN
Film History and Criticism
Hollywood and the Holocaust from World War II to 1965

Chen, Xiaomei
Ohio State University
Columbus, OH
Asian Literature
Chinese Theater From Late Imperial China to the 20th Century

Cinnamon, John M.
Miami University
Hamilton, OH
Anthropology
Narratives of Social Landscapes in the Equatorial African Rain Forest (Gabon)

Clark, Walter A.
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS
Music History and Criticism
Enrique Granados: A Life in Music (1867-1916)

Connolly, James J.
Ball State University
Muncie, IN
American History
A Cultural History of Party Politics in Industrial America (1840-1916)

Crais, Clifton C.
Kenyon College
Gambier, OH
African History
Origins of Rural Poverty in South Africa, 1850-1894

Davis, Donald R.
Bucknell University
Lewisburg, PA
Asian Studies
Religious Scripture and Legal History in Pre-Colonial India

Dial, Donna
Independent Scholar
Miami, FL
Literature
Forgotten Men: The Fateful Tale of FDR's Veterans Rehabilitation Camps

Doherty, Brigid
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
Arts History and Criticism
The Work of German Artist Hanne Darboven, 1966-2000

Dolzani, Michael
Baldwin-Wallace College
Berea, OH
English
The Romance and Drama Notebooks of Northrop Frye

Dyer, Stephanie K.
Independent Scholar
Davis, CA
American History
Shopping Centers in the American Cultural Landscape, 1920-1980: A Philadelphia Case Study

Earenfight, Theresa Marie
Seattle University
Seattle, WA
European History
Money, Power, and Queenship in the Later Middle Ages: Maria of Castile (1401-58)

Edge, Dexter
Independent Scholar
Memphis, TN
Music History and Criticism
The Genesis of Mozart's Opera Le nozze di Figaro

Engelmann, Stephen G.
University of Illinois
Chicago, IL
Political Science
Selected Writings of English Political Philosopher Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832)

Estlund, David M.
Brown University
Providence, RI
Ethics
Democratic Political Authority

Falicov, Tamara L.
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS
Film History and Criticism
The Cinematic Tango: The Film Industry, the State, and National Identity in Argentina, 1930-1998

Ferry, Megan M.
Union College
Schenectady, NY
Asian Studies
The Critical Reception of Chinese Women Writers in the Early 20th Century

Fischer, Kirsten
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN
American History
Refugees of the Republic: Race and Nation in the Northwest Territory, 1790-1850

Folkenflik, Vivian
Independent Scholar
Laguna Beach, CA
French Literature
Translation and Edition of Michelet's L'Etudiant (The Student), 1847-48

Forment, Carlos A.
Independent Scholar
Princeton, NJ
Latin American Studies
Democracy in Argentina: Civic Selfhood and Public Life, 1820-1890

Frank, Dana
University of California
Santa Cruz, CA
American History
A History of the U.S. Labor Movement and International Solidarity, 1870-2000

Freeman, Daniel E.
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN
Music History and Criticism
Mozart in 18th-Century Prague

Fujitani, Takashi
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA
Far Eastern History
Ethnic and Colonial Soldiers: Korean Japanese and Japanese Americans During WWII

Fuller, Mia
University of California
Berkeley, CA
Anthropology
Mussolini's Citizens: Living in Italy's Fascist-Era "New Towns" from 1928 to the Present

Furey, Constance M.
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN
Religion
Scholarship and Salvation in Early 16th-Century Italian Catholicism

George, David S.
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, IL
Latin-American Languages
The Work of Brazilian Playwright Nelson Rodrigues (1912-1980)

Gilbert, Pamela K.
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
Interdisciplinary
Mapping the Social Body and the History of Medicine in Victorian England, 1832-1866

Gustafson, Kevin L.
University of Texas
Arlington, TX
British Literature
Textual Anarchy: Richard Rolle's English Psalter and the Threat of Heterodoxy in 15th-Century England

Haines, John D.
Shorter College
Rome, GA
Music History and Criticism
Catalogue of French Melodies in 13th-Century Stories

Horton, H. Mack
University of California
Berkeley, CA
Asian Literature
8th Century Poetry by Japanese Envoys to the Korean Kingdom of Silla: Translation and Commentary

Irmscher, Christoph
University of Maryland
Baltimore, MD
American Literature
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and American "Middlebrow" Culture

Jackson, Patrick T.
American University
Washington, DC
International Studies
Occidentalism: The Rhetoric of Reconstruction in West Germany After World War II

Kalter, Susan Mary
Illinois State University
Normal, IL
American Literature
The Treaty as Propaganda: Benjamin Franklin's Interventions into Indian Affairs, 1736-1762

Karnes, Kevin C.
Independent Scholar
Vienna Moscow, ID
Music History and Criticism
Music Criticism as Intellectual Discourse in Late 19th Century

Karush, Matthew B.
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA
Latin American History
Cultures of Class: The Making of a Divided Argentina, 1920-45

Katz, Joshua T.
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ
Ancient Languages
A Linguistic and Cultural Study of Animals in Ancient Indo-European and Near Eastern Societies

Kehoe, Dennis P.
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA
Classical History
Law, Legal Institutions, and the Agricultural Economy of the Early Roman Empire

Keyser, Richard L.
Independent Scholar
Omaha, NE
European History
From Gift to Contract: The Transformation of Medieval Property Dealings, Champagne, 1100-1350

Kizenko, Nadieszda
SUNY Albany
Albany, NY
European History
Imperial Iconography: Russian Orthodox Church Architecture Built Outside the Empire in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries

Koss, Juliet
Scripps College
Claremont, CA
Arts History and Criticism
The Munich Artists' Theater and the Modern Mass Audience in the Early 20th Century

Lackey, Jennifer
Pomona College
Claremont, CA
Philosophy
Epistemology of Testimonial Knowledge

Langohr, Vickie Anne
College of the Holy Cross
Worcester, MA
Political Science
State School Systems and Religious Nationalism in Colonial Egypt and India

Leafstedt, Carl S.
Trinity University
San Antonio, TX
Music History and Criticism
Bela Bartok in America, 1940-45

Lewis, Laura A.
James Madison University
Harrisonburg, VA
Anthropology
Narratives of History, Race and Place in the Making of Black Mexico

Logan, Deborah A.
Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green, KY
Interdisciplinary
Harriet Martineau's Writing on the British Empire

Looper, Matthew G.
California State University
Chico, CA
Art History and Criticism
A Database of Aztec Glyphic Signs

Loving, Jerome M.
Texas A & M University
College Station, TX
English
Theodore Dreiser: A Critical Biography

Lu, Xiang
DePaul University
Chicago, IL
Communications
Rhetoric of the Cultural Revolution: Impacts on Contemporary Chinese Thought and Communication

MacDonald, Dennis R.
Claremont Graduate University
Claremont, CA
History of Religion
Imitations of the Iliad in the Acts of the Apostles

Matarese, Susan
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY
Political Science
Ancient History
The Journals of Brother Isaac Newton Youngs of the Mt. Lebanon, New York Shaker Community

McDonogh, Gary W.
Bryn Mawr College
Bryn Mawr, PA
Urban Studies
Rediscovering Alternative Public Spheres in 20th Century Barcelona

McMahan, David L.
Franklin and Marshall College
Lancaster, PA
Religion
Buddhism, Modernity and Postmodernity: The Making of Modern Buddhism

McPherson, Lionel K.
Tufts University
Medford, MA
Ethics
War's Conventions: A Philosophical Revision

Mendelson, Jordana
University of Illinois
Urbana, IL
Art History and Criticism
Propoganda Laboratories: Artists, Magazines, and War in Spain, 1936-1939

Merback, Mitchell B.
De Pauw University
Greencastle, IN
Art History and Criticism
Allegations of Desecration in 15th-Century Germany

Mikos, Michael J.
University of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI
Slavic Literature
Polish Romantic Literature, 1822-1863: An Anthology

Milam, Jennifer D.
Independent Scholar
Sydney, Australia
Art History and Criticism
Art and Amusement in 18th-Century France

Moloney, Deirdre
Saint Francis College
Loretto, PA
American History
Immigration Deportation Policy in the United States, 1880-1930

Most, Andrea
Independent Scholar
Toronto, Canada
American Literature
Jewish Involvement in the American Musical Theater, 1925-51

Murdoch, Lydia D.
Vassar College
Poughkeepsie, NY
British History
Imagined Orphans: Poor Families, Child Welfare, and Concepts of Citizenship in England, 1870-1918

Nepmnoyashchy, Catharine S.
Barnard College
New York, NY
Slavic Literature
Photographic Representations of Russian Ballerinas in the 20th-Century

Nouzellies, Maria G.
Duke University
Durham, NC
Latin American Studies
Cultural History of Modern Hysteria in Urban Argentina, 1875-1942

Nuckolls, Janis B.
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL
Anthropology
Linguistic Representations of Nature Among Quechua Speakers and Their Functions in Discourse (Ecuador)

Ott, John S.
Portland State University
Portland, OR
Medieval Studies
Episcopal Authority and Community in Northern France, 1050-1150

Peard, Julyan G.
San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA
Latin American History
American Women Teachers and the Education of Argentine Women, 1869-1900

Peluffo, Ana
University of California
Davis, CA
Latin American Literature
The Politics of Sentimentality in 19th-Century Latin American Literature

Petersen, Lauren H.
University of Delaware
Newark, DE
Art History and Criticism
Questioning Roman "Freedman Art": Ancient and Modern Constructions

Peterson, Derek
Independent Scholar
Ewing, NJ
History
Economic Change, Gender Crisis, and the Social History of the East African Revival Movement

Pruss, Alexander R.
Georgetown University
Washington, DC
Metaphysics
The Ontological Basis of Possibility: A Philosophical Inquiry

Ritterhouse, Jennifer L.
Utah State University
Logan, UT
American History
Learning Race: Racial Etiquette and the Socialization of Children in the Jim Crow South

Robinson, Cynthia
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM
Art History and Criticism
The 14th Century Mudejar Convent of Tordesillas (Spain): A Reinterpretation of Clarisan Spirituality

A Rubio, Gonzalo
Ohio State University
Columbus, OH
Near Eastern Literature
The Sumerian Epic Cycle of Enmeruar: Critical Edition, Translation and Commentary

Rupert, Robert D.
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX
Philosophy
Mental Representation and Conceptual Content: A Philosophical Inquiry

Saleh, Walid A.
Middlebury College
Middlebury, VT
Nonwestern Religion
The Apocalyptic Roots of Islamic Fundamentalism

Schlau, Stacey
West Chester University
West Chester, PA
Latin American Literature
Gendered Crime and Punishment: Colonial Latin American Women and the Inquisition

Schmitz, David F.
Whitman College
Walla Walla, WA
American History
Morality and Diplomacy: The United States and Right-Wing Dictatorships, 1965-1989

Shanken, Andrew M.
Oberlin College
Oberlin, OH
Architecture
Cultural History of American Architecture During World War II

Sheppard, W. Anthony
Williams College
Williamstown, MA
Music History and Criticism
Strains of Japonisme in Tin Pan Alley and on Broadway, 1890-1930

Silverman, Willa Z.
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA
French Language
Unpacking Their Libraries: French Bibliophiles and the Culture of Print, 1880-1914

Skolnik, Jonathan S.
University of Oregon
Eugene, OR
German Literature
Jewish Pasts, German Fictions: Historical Memory and Minority Culture, 1837-1955

Smith, Daniel S.
University of Illinois
Chicago, IL
History
Magnifying American Society: A Collective Biography of the Northern Military Effort during the Civil War

Smith, Erin A.
University of Texas, Dallas
Richardson, TX
American Studies
Souls and Commodities: Spirituality and Print Culture in 20th-Century America

Sparks, Randy J.
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA
American History
Atlantic Odyssey: The Two Princes of Calabar and the 18th-Century Atlantic World

Spreizer, Christine E.
Queens College, CUNY
Flushing, NY
German Literature
The Writer Elisa Asenijeff in Leipzig Cultural and Academic Circles, 1898-1913

Spruill, Marjorie J.
University of Southern Mississippi
Hattiesburg, MS
American History
The 1977 International Women's Year Conference and the Rise of Social Conservatism

Stadler, Gustavus T.
Haverford College
Haverford, PA
American Literature
The Concept of Genius in the U.S., 1840-1890

Stephens, Michelle Ann
Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley, MA
American Studies
Transnational Sensibility and Caribbean Intellectuals in the Early 20th Century

Stern, Rebecca F.
Ball State University
Muncie, IN
British Literature
Home Economics: Fraud and Domesticity in Victorian Literature and Culture, 1850-80

Stewart, Jacqueline N.
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Film History and Criticism
African-American Film at the Crossroads: The Films of Spencer Williams

Streets, Heather E.
Washington State University
Pullman, WA
British History
Born Warriors: The Military, Martial Races, and Masculinity in British Imperial Culture, 1857-1914

Theoharis, Jeanne F.
Brooklyn College, CUNY
Brooklyn, NY
American History
Black Struggles for Educational Change in Boston and New York: 1950's to 1970's

Thomasson, Amie L.
University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL
Philosophy
The Existence of Ordinary Objects: A Philosophical Inquiry

Tobin, Jeffrey
Occidental College
Los Angeles, CA
Jewish Studies
Jewishness and Masculinity in Buenos Aires: An Anthropological Study of an Ethnic Community

Traube, Elizabeth G.
Wesleyan University
Middletown, CT
Anthropology
National Culture and Identity on East Timor in the Postcolonial Era

Uddin, Sufia
University of Vermont
Burlington, VT
History of Religion
The Influence of Language and Literature on Contemporary Bengali-Islamic Identity

Wadman, Monika O.
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY
Literature
Hyphenated Identities in Contemporary French and American Literatures: Two Case Studies

Waller, Susan S.
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY
Arts History and Criticism
Peasant Poseurs: Millet, Breton and Their Rural Models

Walsh, Michael J.
Vassar College
Poughkeepsie, NY
History of Religion
The Economics of Salvation: Land and Religion in Medieval China

Wenzel, Jennifer A.
Stonehill College
Pawtucket, RI
Literature
The Impact of 19th-Century Anticolonial Millenarian Movements: A South African Case Study

Whitman, T. Stephen
Mount Saint Mary's College
Emmitsburg, MD
History
Regions, Borders, and Race: Free People of Color in the Mid-Atlantic States, 1750-1860

Willett, Julie Ann
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX
History
A History of Day Care Workers in the United States During the 20th-Century

Williams, Bronwyn T.
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY
Composition and Rhetoric
Literacy, Popular Culture, and the Middle School Classroom

Wittman, Laura H.
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA
Italian Literature
Modernist Mysticism: Art, Theology, and Spiritual Experience (Italy/France, 1870-1939)

Wright, James C.
Bryn Mawr College
Bryn Mawr, PA
Archaeology
Pilot Study of the Chamber Tomb Cemetery at Ancient Nemea, Greece

Ye, Weili
University of Massachusetts
Boston, MA
Far Eastern History
The Chinese Revolution and Communist Party Intellectuals, 1937-45

Zagzebski, Linda
University of Oklahoma
Norman, OK
Philosophy
Virtue Ethics, Motivation, and Theology

Zimmerman, Andrew
George Washington University
Washington, DC
European History
Science, Colonialism, and the Modernizing State in British and German East Africa

Zunshine, Lisa
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY
Literary Criticism
Bastards and Foundlings: Exorcising Illegitimacy in 18th-Century British Literature