Marcelo Boccato Kuyumjian DMA Program in Jazz Studies. Division of Jazz Studies, School of Music Research Title: Na Cozinha de Elis: Cesar Camargo Mariano’s arrangements of samba for piano trio kuyumji2@illinois.edu10 Marcelo Boccato Kuyumjian, originally from Campinas‐SP, earned his bachelor's degree in Popular Music at UNICAMP in 2007 and a Master's of Music degree at the University of Iowa in 2010. During his tenure at U of Iowa, he was a teacher assistant in the Department of Jazz. He is currently pursuing his DMA in Jazz Studies at University of Illinois. As a performer and researcher, Marcelo is interested in different ways in which Jazz and Brazilian music interacts.
Krystal Maria Montesdeoca M.S. Program in Agricultural and Consumer Economics, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics Research Title: The Economics of Safrinha Succession Cropping System kmontes2@illinois.edu11 Krystal Montesdeoca earned a B.A. in Spanish and Economics from Illinois State University. Upon graduation she received a Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholarship to study at Pontifícia Universidade Católica in Rio de Janeiro for two years where she studied Business Intelligence and conducted volunteer work. She has centered her interests on the future of agriculture and using this industry to increase the world food supply and improve the world economy. Currently she is working on her master’s degree in agricultural and applied economics at the University of Illinois. She is fluent in English, Spanish, and Portuguese and speaks intermediate Japanese. Krystal hopes to pursue a career in agribusiness and international trade.
John‐Ben Soileau PhD Student, Department of Anthropology Research Title: Tensions of Practice: Açaí and the Commodification of Subsistence Agriculture in Brazil's Lower Amazon soileau2@illinois.edu12 John‐Ben received his BA in cultural anthropology from the University of New Orleans, and his MA in Latin American Studies from Tulane University, also in New Orleans‐‐his hometown. The Lemann fellowship will support his third year of the PhD program in sociocultural anthropology, during which time he will analyze preliminary fieldwork results and prepare for long‐term ethnographic fieldwork. His dissertation project examines the participation of a rural Afro‐Brazilian community in the regional and international açaí market.
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