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March 2004 Subject

Grants from the March 15, 2004 Deadline
Alphabetical by Subject

Anthropology Paleontology/Sedimentation
Behavioral Ecology/Ethology Petrology/Geochemistry
Cell Biology/Biochemistry Physics/Astronomy
Chemistry Physiology/Functional Morphology
Computer Science/Mathematics Psychology
Ecology Systematics/Evolutionary Biology
Engineering Tectonics/Geophysics
Hydrology/Geomorphology  

Subject

Student

College / University Title Mentor
Anthropology Kimberly Oakberg Allegretto Brandeis University The Role of maize in the development of sociopolitical complexity in the Central Mississippi Valley, A.D. 800-1200 Robert Zeitlin
Anthropology Karen Lynn Baab The Graduate Center, The City University of New York Cranial Variation in Homo erectus Eric Delson
Anthropology Sarah Barr Barber University of Colorado, Boulder Early State Organization on the Pacific Coast of Oaxaca, Mexico Arthur Joyce
Anthropology Tracy Kay Betsinger Ohio State University Gender-Based Health Differences in Medieval Poland Clark Larsen
Anthropology Chelsea Blackmore University of California, Riverside Quantitative Phosphorous Testing of Exterior Living Spaces as an Index of Social Identity Wendy Ashmore
Anthropology John Andrew Bunce University of California, Davis Ecological Consequences of Trichromatic Color Vision for Callicebus brunneus, a New World Monkey Lynne Isbell
Anthropology Margaret Chatham Crofoot Harvard University Distribution and Movement Patterns of Capuchin Monkeys on Barro Colorado Island, Panama Richard Wrangham
Anthropology Seth David Dobson Washington University in St. Louis Comparative Study of Facial Mobility in Nonhuman Anthropoids Richard Smith
Anthropology Matthew Ronald Freeman University of Southern Mississippi Social and Political Complexity at Deathly Silent Mound Homer Jackson
Anthropology Evan Stuart Grant University of Arizona Investigating human diet in northern Mongolia during the Pleistocene John Olsen
Anthropology Jandy Barbara Hanna Duke University Vertical climbing efficiency in primates Daniel Schmitt
Anthropology Andrea Laneece Hatch University of Puget Sound Musculoskeltal stress markers (MSM) as indicators of kneeling behavior in a Byzantine Jerusalem monastery Susan Sheridan
Anthropology Katherine Jane Hinde University Maternal Condition and Lactational Investment: Milk Composition in Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta) Joan Silk
Anthropology Timothy Donovan Hollis University of Massachusetts An Elite Maya Residence in at Dos Hombres, Belize Lauren Sullivan
Anthropology James Andrew Kenworthy University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Enhancing the Digital Representation of Archaeological Landscapes:Microtopography & GIS Clara Scarry
Anthropology Susan Elizabeth Lofthouse McGill University Foxe Basin Archaeology Project James Savelle
Anthropology Heidi M. Luchsinger Texas A&M University Dating the Late Pleistocene Climate Reversal in Central Argentina Michael Waters
Anthropology Julie Gayle Markin University of Georgia Woodstock: Understanding Settlement, Subsistence and Political Change in the Late Woodland Southeast David Hally
Anthropology Kathleen Marie Muldoon Washington University in St. Louis Paleoecology of Ankilitelo: Implications for Late Quaternary Megafaunal Extinctions David Rasmussen
Anthropology Eric Shane Nocerino University of California, Santa Barbara Functional Differences Between Upland and Lowland Neolithic Sites in Southern Germany Michael Jochim
Anthropology Colleen Hillary Nyberg University of Missouri, Columbia Social Support Networks and Child Morbidity in a Dominican Village Mark Flinn
Anthropology Jonathan Marcus Perry Duke University Investigation of the Anatomy of the Muscles of Mastication in Extant Strepsirhines and Reconstruction of these Muscles in Extinct Strepsirhines Christine Wall
Anthropology Christine Ann Phillips-Krawczak University of Kansas Population History of the Garifuna of Saint Vincent Island and Central America Michael Crawford
Anthropology Stanley Serafin Tulane University Violence and Site Abandonment: Bioarchaeological Investigation of the Collapse of Mayapan John Verano
Anthropology Nicole Regan Shelnut University of South Florida Isotopic Analysis of Mummies from Northwestern Argentina Robert Tykot
Anthropology Sara Kathryn Simon University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The Effect of Socio-political Changes on Human Skeletal Remains from the Transitional Period (AD 800-950) in the Jequetepeque-Chaman region, Peru Dale Hutchinson
Anthropology Dustin Blake Stephens University of California, Berkeley Evolutionary Origins of Human Ethanol Intake in Primate Frugivory? Robert Dudley
Anthropology Laura Kathryn Stroik Arizona State University Patterns of dimorphism and allometry of the hominoid forelimb and the relationship of phylogeny, allometry, and function with interspecific pattern similarity Kaye Reed
Anthropology James Michael VanderVeen Indiana University Subsistence Patterns as Markers of Cultural Exchange: Spanish and Taíno Interactions at La Isabela Geoffrey Conrad
Anthropology John D. Wagner University of New Mexico Essential fatty acids and development in Ecuadorian children Jane Lancaster
Anthropology Tammy Yvonne Watkins University of Georgia The Agricultural Landscapes of the Maya in Northwestern Belize Elois Ann Berlin
Anthropology Vicki Lynn Wedel University of California, Santa Cruz Biological Effects of Slavery and Emancipation on Historical African Americans Alison Galloway
Anthropology Kimberly Denise Williams Ohio State University A Geospatial Bioarchaeological Perspective on Behavior, Activity Patterns, and Lifestyle in the Eastern Woodlands of North America Clark Larsen
Anthropology Alyson Gail Young Ohio State University Rethinking the role of infant development in health outcomes among the Datoga of Tanzania Ivy Pike
Behavioral Ecology Nicole Renee Abel Gannon University The influence of condition factor and body size on the vocalizations of male round gobies (Neogobius melanostomus) Greg Andraso
Behavioral Ecology Rachelle Martha Marie Adams University of Texas The Evolution of Social Parasitism in Megalomyrmex Ants Ulrich Mueller
Behavioral Ecology Rindy Christine Anderson University of Miami The cardiac response as a measure of song perception in the song sparrow Melospiza melodia William Searcy
Behavioral Ecology Susan L. Balenger Towson University Does extra-marital mating make bluebirds blue? Color and paternity in Mountain Bluebirds L. Johnson
Behavioral Ecology Oliver Mathias Beckers University of Missouri, Columbia Phenotypic plasticity of mate choice Johannes Schul
Behavioral Ecology Peter Edward Bouwma Florida State University The aposematic function of sound production in spiny lobsters William Herrnkind
Behavioral Ecology Jason Louis Cashmore University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Factors affecting site fidelity of a burrowing crayfish Carla Caceres
Behavioral Ecology Jennifer Louise Ciaccio University of Miami The ontogeny of feeding behavior in the lemon shark, Negaprion brevirostris: the roles of experience and maturation in foraging skill acquisition of a generalist predator Steven Green
Behavioral Ecology Miranda Michelle Cooley Oregon State University Feather Choice In Tachycineta Swallows Tara Robinson
Behavioral Ecology Idelle Alvaree Cooper Indiana University Maintenance of the female color polymorphism in damselflies by negative frequency-dependent selection Curtis Lively
Behavioral Ecology Ana Paula Cutrera National University of Mar del Plata Intraspecific comparative study of the dispersal patterns in two populations of the subterranean rodent Ctenomys talarum Eileen Lacey
Behavioral Ecology Paul Anthony De Luca University of Missouri, Columbia Patterns of mating and dispersal behavior in a treehopper Reginald Cocroft
Behavioral Ecology Verity Lynn Mathis New Mexico State University Conservation genetics of banner-tailed kangaroo rats (Dipodomys spectabilis): a molecular ecology perspective Gary Roemer
Behavioral Ecology Joel William McGlothlin Indiana University Static and dynamic sexual traits in dark-eyed juncos: evolutionary integration or alternative mating strategies? Ellen Ketterson
Behavioral Ecology Bridgette Faye Nace California State University Northridge Reproductive Behavior of Black Perch (Embiotoca jacksoni) Larry Allen
Behavioral Ecology Erin Amelia Olson Idaho State University Mating Strategies in the Female Burying Beetle, Nicrophorus investigator : a case of Intraspecific Brood Parasitism Rosemary Smith
Behavioral Ecology Michal Segoli Ben Gurion University of the Negev A risky mating: constraints on male reproductive success in a widow spider Yael Lubin
Behavioral Ecology Laura Rose Sharkey University of Hawaii at Manoa The Role of the Auditory System in the Recruitment of Larval Reef Fish Timothy Tricas
Behavioral Ecology Katherine Aina Shaw Clark University The evolution of phenotypically-plastic behavioral syndromes in the threespine stickleback adaptive radiation Susan Foster
Behavioral Ecology Christian Paul Soucier Brooklyn College of the City University of New York A potential mechanism for detecting water-born vibrations in the Chambered Nautilus Jennifer Basil
Behavioral Ecology Ellen K. Ter Haar Central Michigan University Predation and Nesting Activity of the Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta) on Beaver Island, Michigan James Gillingham
Behavioral Ecology Javier delBarco Trillo University of Memphis Male meadow voles adjust their sperm investment in response to a risk of sperm competition Matthew Parris
Behavioral Ecology Paula Alejandra Trillo University of Montana Longterm Consequences of Brood Amalgamation in the Tortoise Beetle Acromis sparsa (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Douglas Emlen
Behavioral Ecology Michael Donald Wall University of Sydney The effect of foraging mode on snake ecology and evolution: evidence from an Australian legless lizard (Lialis burtonis) Richard Shine
Behavioral Ecology Jennifer Man-Ling Wang University of California, Berkeley Does Microbial Penetration Affect Hatching Success in Temperate Passerine Birds? Steven Beissinger
Behavioral Ecology Mark Andrew Westbrock Wake Forest University Adaptive sex allocation in the Nazca booby (Sula granti) David Anderson
Behavioral Ecology Elsa Kristen Youngsteadt North Carolina State University Behavioral and chemical ecology of Neotropical ant-gardens Coby Schal
Behavioral Ecology Dale Allyn Zaborowski State University of West Georgia Training Bobwhite to Increase Predator Recognition and Reaction Time Carl Quertermus
Cell Biology / Biochemistry Thomas M Barry University of New Hampshire Molecular Investigations of Photobiology in the Green Sea Urchin, Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis Charles Walker
Cell Biology / Biochemistry Cynthia Frances Chi University of Massachusetts Amherst An in vitro model to determine the mechanism by which statins and ubiquinone affect C2C12 myotubes Priscilla Clarkson
Cell Biology / Biochemistry Elizabeth Marie Chislock Pennsylvania State University Regulation of Osteoblast Alkaline Phosphatase Activity by Bone-Metastatic Breast Cancer Cells Andrea Mastro
Cell Biology / Biochemistry Vlad Alexandru Codrea University of Texas at Austin Computationally-Guided Approach to Augmenting the Genetic Code Andrew Ellington
Cell Biology / Biochemistry Patrick David Curtis University of Georgia Biological Cyanide Production in Myxococcus xanthus Lawrence Shimkets
Cell Biology / Biochemistry Hung Quoc Doan University of Texas at Austin Determining Reptilian Sex-Specific Markers Using AFLP David Crews
Cell Biology / Biochemistry Janet Renee Donaldson Mississippi State University Involvement of RuvAB and RecG in the Recovery of Replication following UV-induced DNA Damage in Escherichia coli Justin Courcelle
Cell Biology / Biochemistry Dragos Mihael Galusca Emporia State University Interaction between Hyperinsulinemia and Depressed Levels of Insulin-like Growth Factor 1 on Neuronal Cell Survival in Alzheimer's Disease Leland Sudlow
Cell Biology / Biochemistry Laura Judith Geffner