Fellows Area

JARRETT CHAPLIN
My name is Jarrett Chapin, and I am currently seeking my M.A. in the Department of English. I hope to examine the frontier thesis of Frederick Jackson and the fiction of authors of the old west (e.g., Charles Brockden Brown, James Fenimore Cooper). I am also interested in the German adventure novelist Karl May, as well as 19th and early 20th century novels. My research goal in all of these is to examine and account for the absence of the Native American figure in the latter formations of the politics of literary resistance.

JAMIE BAUER
My name is Jaime Bauer, and I am currently seeking my M.A. in the department of Communicative Disorders. My research will focus on the impact of traumatic brain injury on social communication skills in developing children.

AMANDA HITTSON
My name is Amanda Hittson, and I am currently seeking my M.A. in the department of mathematics. My research will focus on computational number theory.

HEATHER STRUTZ
My name is Heather Strutz, and I am currently seeking my M.A. in the department of Sociology. My research will focus on race and ethnic studies curriculum in post secondary education. I want to explore past and present Arab-American identity. I am also interested in the inclusion of Arab-Americans in the discipline of race and ethnic studies.

JESSICA JEREMIAH
My name is Jessica Jeremiah and I am currently seeking my M.A. in the department of Social Work.

ADRIAN MAYORGA
My name is Adrian Mayorga and I am currently seeking my M.A. in the department of Computer Sciences. My research will focus on computer graphics, specifically animation and visualization of scientific data.

VANESSA MONTOYA
My name is Vanessa Montoya, and I am currently seeking my M.A. in the department of Communicative Disorders. My research will focus on second language acquisition, specifically how people learn a second language and the nature of relationships between the new language and their first language.

DAN GILBERT
My name is Dan Gilbert, and I am currently seeking my M.A. in the department of Music. My research will focus on viola performance. I hope to pursue a career in music performance.

JOSEPH DE SIMONE
My name is Joseph De Simone, and I am currently seeking my M.A. in the department of Journalism and Mass Communications. My research will focus on the potentially positive effects (i.e. educational implications, pro-social behaviors, etc.) of single player video games on individuals.

NAOMI WILLIAMS
My name is Naomi Williams, and I am currently seeking my M.A. in the department of History. My research will focus on the 20th century United States working-class history.

CHRISTINA DIAZ
My name is Christina Diaz, and I am currently seeking my M.A. in the department of Sociology. My research will focus on survey construction, migration, fertility and morality.

BROOKE RAMSEY
My name is Brooke Ramsey, and I am currently seeking my M.A. in the department of Social Work. My research will focus on the relationship between poverty and child abuse/neglect.

JERRETT JONES
My name is Jerrett Jones, and I am currently seeking my M.A. in the department of Sociology and the Lafollette School of Public Affairs. My research will focus on the role spatial relationships play in the social outcomes of individuals and households. Specifically, I am interested in examining the role of space in the resettlement of ex-offenders who are leaving prisons and returning to urban communities.

LINDSEY TWIN
My name is Lindsey Twin, and I am currently seeking my M.A. in the department of sociology. My research will focus on how world capitalist cycles reverberate across states and national economies. I will also be exploring how nationally-based identities and cultural practices shape how people are placed in jobs by the economy and how they are granted citizenship rights by the state.

JOHANNA QUINN
My name is Johanna Quinn, and I am currently seeking M.A. in the department of Developmental Studies. My research will focus on gender and environmental issues in Latin America.

JAMIE FISHER
My name is Jamie Fisher and currently seeking an M.A. in the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication. I've always been very aware of how important communication is, especially within technical subjects like science and the environment. I'll be studying journalism and strategic communication and also be working toward a graduate certificate in environmental studies. As a professional, I will hopefully be able to combine the two and communicate the importance of our environment to the public. As for hobbies, I spend a lot of time outdoors: I enjoy just being outside and doing things like hiking, fishing, canoeing, rock climbing and mountain biking.

FATIMA SALEM
My name is Fatima Salem and I am currently seeking an MA in the Department of Communication Disorders. I am interested in exploring language delays in children, especially in the bilingual population. I am also interested in how these language delays affect literacy in these children, and what treatment options have proven to be most effective to treat these delays. I also love knitting and cross stitching. I just finished knitting myself a scarf, just in time for the cold weather!