Newcomb Grants Awarded to Students
Fall 2014
Independent Research Grants
Jamie Fitzgerald
Major: Environmental Science
Research project: Field research and collection of Threespine Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) in
Anchorage, AK.
Kate Grover
Majors: English, American Studies
Research project: “I’ve been a bad, bad girl”: Confessional Songwriting and Women’s Music in the 1990s.
Sarah Hays
Majors: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Biochemistry
Research project: Evolution and Genetic Analysis of Threespine Stickleback Hosts Parasitized by
Schistocephalus solidus.
Radhika Josi
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Research project: The Effects of Mediators Released by OxLDL and IFN-y-Activated Tissue Resident Cells
on the Progression of Atherosclerosis.
Sabrina Lynch
Majors: Biomedical Engineering, Mathematics
Research project: Platelet-Cancer Cell Interactions in Hematogenous Metastasis of Breast Cancer.
M’Bilia Meekers
Major: English
Research project: The Poetics of Ferguson.
Kimberly Micotto
Major: Neuroscience
Research project: Bird-brained or Brilliant: Assessing Long Term Capacity in Zebra Finches.
Candace Ross
Majors: Digital Media Production, Political Science
Research project: Archived. Wrote, produced, and edited a film.
Hannah Strobel
Major: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Research project: Population Genetics of Threespine Stickleback Hosts Parasitized by Schistocephalus
solidus.
Gabrielle Taper
Majors: Cell and Molecular Biology, Psychology
Research project: Cytomegalovirus Dysregulation of HDAC6 Function in Cytotrophoblast Invasion.
Maryann Thompson
Major: Psychology
Research project: Women’s Leadership Style May Make Them More Reception to Diversity Issues than
Men’s Leadership Style.
Hannah Weisbecker
Major: Engineering Physics
Research project: Biorobotics in Sparrow Communication.
Victoria Weller
Majors: English, Digital Media Production
Research project: The Garden Club. Wrote, produced, and edited a film.
Conference Attendance and Presentation Grants
Jennie Barker
Majors: International Relations, German
Presented paper “The Kurds in Turkey: Prospects for Peace Under the AKP” at the Middle East
Studies Association Annual Meeting in Washington, DC.
Marcy Cohen
Majors: Psychology, Sociology
Presented poster on “The Effect of Failure on Perspective Taking as Moderated by Self-Esteem”
at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology meeting in Long Beach, CA.
Suzanne Raad McShane
Major: Political Economy
Attended the National Breast Cancer Coalition: Project LEAD (Leadership, Education, and
Advocacy Development) Workshop in Washington, DC.
Mary Rinker
Major: Psychology
Presented paper “The Effect of Racial Attitudes and Status Asymmetry on Perceptions of Racial
Discrimination” at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology meeting in Long Beach, CA.
Adeline Williams
Majors: Public Health, English
Presented poster “Traffic-related Environmental Health Influences in an Urban, Underserved
Community in New Orleans, LA” at the American Public Health Association’s meeting in New
Orleans.
Lilith Winkler-Schor
Majors: Social Policy and Practice, Political Science, Studio Art
Attended the International Sculpture Conference in New Orleans.
Newcomb Grants awarded to Faculty
Fall 2014
Rosanne Adderley
Department of History
Support for Professor Lani Guinier campus visit.
Rebecca Atencio and Fernando Rivera-Díaz
Department of Spanish and Portuguese
The Art of Truth-Telling: A Comparative Approach to the Peruvian and Brazilian Truth Commissions.
Catherine Burnette
School of Social Work
Bolstering Resilience to Prevent and Treat Violence among Native American Women and Families.
Jean Dangler
Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Contrasting Bodies and Texts: Imprints and Copies of Villena’s Vita Christi and Roig’s Espill.
Gaurav Desai
Department of English
Salem in Zanzibar: Atlantic and Indian Ocean Crossings.
E. Maxwell Dulaney
Department of Music
nienteForte Contemporary Music Series with Guest Artists Ensemble Pamplemousse
Michelle Foa
Department of Art
Research in Paris on Toulouse-Lautrec.
Michelle Foa
Department of Art
Support for events associated with course “Degas in New Orleans and France.”
Karissa Haugeberg
Department of History
What It Means to Me: Women’s Testimonials about Abortion and Reproductive Rights in New Orleans.
Noa Marom
Department of Physics and Engineering Physics
Seminar series on women leaders in physics and engineering.
Felicia McCarren
Department of French and Italian
Public lecture by Professor Domna Stanton on “The Dynamics of Gender in Early Modern France.”
Elisabeth McMahon
Department of History
Campus visit and public lecture by Professor Ashley Currier on LGBT activism in Southern and Western
Africa.
Kristin Adele Okoli
Department of French and Italian
Support for events associated with course Fashioning Identity: The Politics of Sartorial Expression.
Renata Ribeiro
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Is Lead Causing Mockingbirds to Sing the Blues?
Matt Sakakeeny
Department of Music
Support for conference “New Orleans as Subject: Against Exceptionalism and Cultural Authenticity.”
Matt Sakakeeny
Department of Music
Skau Fund grant: Mahalia’s New Orleans, a conference and concert.
Maureen Shea
Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Support for the International Congress on Central American Literature.
Beretta Smith-Shomade
Department of Communication
Support for visiting guest speakers associated with course Imagining the Sacred in Black Popular Culture.
Kat Theall and Sarah Gray
Department of Global Community Health and Behavioral Science and Department of Psychology
Understanding Parental Perceptions of Health, Neighborhood, and School Readiness in Early Childhood.
Dmitry Troyanovsky
Department of Theatre and Dance
Production of Sara Kane’s play 4:48 Psychosis in Shanghai, China.
Sara Valentine
Department of Theatre and Dance
Production of “I Hope I Someday Get to Meet You, Nancy Dreaux: A Radio Play.”
Sunshine Van Bael
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Leaf Traits and Foliar Endophytes in Tropical Forest Plant Communities.