Bravo! 2009-10 Fellowship Recipients University-wide Recruitment and Dissertation Fellowships Berkeley Fellowship for Graduate Study
Yosuke Adachi, Geography Kristina Anderson, History of Art Emily Bartlett, Chemistry Timur Bazhirov, Physics Annelise Beck, Chemistry Sima Belmar, Performance Studies Anand Bhaskar, Computer Science Joshua Blumenstock, Information Management and Systems Jacques Bothma, Biophysics Timothy Brackbill, Mechanical Engineering Andrew Brighten, Jurisprudence and Social Policy Warner Brown, Geography Krista Brune, Hispanic Languages and Literatures Marshall Burke, Agricultural and Resource Economics Dylan Byron, Logic and the Methodology of Science Ryan Calder, Sociology Benjamin Cannon, English Ricardo Cardoso, City and Regional Planning Kun Chen, Anthropology Kelly Clancy, Biophysics Alasdair Cohen, Environmental Science, Policy, and Management Joshua Craze, Anthropology Lara Cushing, Energy and Resources Anindya De, Computer Science Sibyl Diver, Environmental Science, Policy, and Management Paul Dobryden, German Herbert Rizal Docena, Sociology Michael Edge, Psychology Erika Erickson, Plant Biology Seth Estrin, Classical Archaeology Ann Marie Faust, Molecular and Cell Biology
Andrew Friedman, Geography Erin Gallagher, Chemical Engineering Jared Garvey, Mechanical Engineering Amie Gordon, Psychology Zoe Griffith, History Steven Hall, Environmental Science, Policy, and Management Shaun Halper, History David Hoffman, Chemistry David Holstius, Environmental Health Sciences Mary Agnes Hoopes, Jurisprudence and Social Policy Zahra Kadkani-Schmitt, Architecture Katherine Kadue, Comparative Literature Brenno Kenji Kaneyasu Maranhao, Hispanic Languages and Literatures Shih-Yang Kao, Geography Anthony Kelman, Mechanical Engineering Dimiter Kenarov, English Kiran Keshavamurthy, South and Southeast Asian Studies Chloe Kitzinger, Slavic Languages and Literatures Neha Kumar, Information Management and Systems Richard Lee, English Jian Li, Economics Mengshi Lu, Industrial Engineering and Operations Research Jennifer Malkowski, Rhetoric Daniel Marcus, History of Art Maria Martinez Gutierrez, Health Services, and Policy Analysis Ivy McDaniel, Molecular and Cell Biology Ramsey McGlazer, Comparative Literature Ryan Melnyk, Microbiology Toby Mitchell, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Rielle Navitski, Rhetoric Joseph Neeman, Statistics Sarah Newman, Astrophysics Emily Ng, Medical Anthropology Win Pin Ng, Bioengineering Khoa Nguyen, Mathematics Ianna Owen, African American Studies Monica Park, Classics Erin Pitt, Ancient History and Mediterranean Archaeology Jennifer Pranolo, Rhetoric Eric Prendergast, Linguistics Marco Purpura, Italian Studies Daniel Reinholz, Science and Mathematics Education Benjamin Ross, Applied Science and Technology Sriram Sankararaman, Computer Science John Sapienza, Anthropology Laura Schewel, Energy and Resources Joshua Schraiber, Integrative Biology Shaul Setter, Comparative Literature Angeline Spain, Education Piyush Srivastava, Computer Science Margaret Tillman, History Nu-Anh Tran, History Rachel Trocchio, English Rachel Wamsley, Comparative Literature Yang Wang, Physics Zohar Weiman-Kelman, Comparative Literature Christopher Wilkens, Computer Science Stephen Yee, Plant Biology
Chancellor’s Fellowship for Graduate Study
Kehinde Ajayi, Economics Suzanne Ali, Chemistry Jean Alupay, Integrative Biology
Saeed Alzghari, Chemistry Karen Andrade, Environmental Science, Policy, and Management Lydia Ashton, Agricultural and Resource Economics Claudia Avalos, Chemistry Michael Barnes, Civil and Environmental Engineering Dominick Bartelme, Economics James Battle, Medical Anthropology Felicia Becerra, Scandinavian Languages and Literatures Fareed Ben-Youssef, Rhetoric Christine Beyzaei, Civil and Environmental Engineering Helaine Blumenthal, History Christopher Bravo, Ancient History and Mediterranean Archaeology Vanessa Brutsche, French Charlotte Carlstrom, Microbiology Mariana Carrera, Economics Carmen Castillo, English Lilia Chaidez, Agricultural and Resource Economics Joseph Chavarria-Smith, Molecular and Cell Biology Adam Chavin, Mathematics Tessa Childers-Day, Statistics Laurence Coderre, Chinese Language Jadine Collingwood, History of Art Anthony Conway, Chemical Engineering Sharif Corinaldi, Physics David Covarrubias, Molecular and Cell Biology Adam Cranmer, Mechanical Engineering Alexis Crow, Biophysics Anna Cruz, Near Eastern Studies Manuel Cuellar, Hispanic Languages and Literatures Maria Cueto, Mathematics Benjamin Cullen, English Adrienne Damiani, German Yael Degany, Mathematics Nancy Diaz, Mechanical Engineering Bradley Dotson, Plant Biology Alejandra Dubcovsky, History Joseph Duong, History Terra Edwards, Anthropology
Cindy Huang Long after a visit to the Pakistan-China border in 1999, Cindy Huang yearned to know more about Central Asia and its extraordinary people. While a Berkeley doctoral candidate in anthropology, Cindy got that opportunity. She spent 2007 in the Xinjiang region of northwestern China, living with the Uyghurs, a Muslim group with a rich tradition along the legendary Silk Road, and studying their unique culture. “A lot of people don’t know who the Uyghurs are,” she says. Cindy’s research, supported by Berkeley fellowships, investigates how Uyghur women perceive themselves and have been shaped by momentous changes over their lifetimes. Fellowship funding “really gave me a feeling of intellectual freedom,” says Cindy, who graduated cum laude from Yale and holds a master’s from Princeton. Cindy describes Islam and China as “probably the two greatest forces shaping our future” and believes there’s much to be learned from the Uyghurs. Cindy, who grew up in suburban Chicago, completed her Ph.D. in December and hopes to have her dissertation published. She recently joined the State Depart— Abby Cohn ment as a policy adviser for the Global Hunger and Food Security Initiative.
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