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jefferson scholars foundation 2010 fellows receiving their degree in 2010 Daniel Benjamin Sloan Melville Foundation Fellow Department of Biology Wesleyan University (B.A.) Kennebunk, Maine In 2010, Dan completed his term as a Jefferson Fellow and was awarded a dissertation year fellowship by the Faculty Senate to continue his graduate work. He will complete his degree in May 2011. Dan’s ongoing dissertation research examines genome evolution in plants. His work has revealed rapid and unprecedented changes in organelle genome size, structure, and mutation rates within the carnation family. In the past year, Dan has published and co-authored several scientific papers: “Evolutionary feedbacks between reproductive mode and mutation rate exacerbate the paradox of sex,” Evolution; “A phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial substitution rate variation in the angiosperm tribe Sileneae,” BMC Evolutionary Biology. He has also published three of eight dissertation chapters. Katherine Lynn Tully Kenneth L. Bazzle Fellow Department of Environmental Sciences Kenyon College (B.A.) University of Virginia (M.S.) Danville, California In November 2009, Katie was inducted into the Raven Society. She was awarded a Dissertation Year Fellowship from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences for 2010-11 to complete her dissertation entitled, “The Effects of Management and Shade Tree Functional Type on Nutrient Pools, Retention, and Loss from Coffee Agroforestry Systems in Costa Rica.” Katie has concluded her field work in Costa Rica, and will spend the summer completing the chemical analysis on her samples. She will attend the Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where she will present a chapter of her dissertation entitled, “Canopy Species and Litter Quality Regulate Patterns of Decomposition and Nutrient Release in a Coffee Agroforest.” She also hopes to return to California to backpack in the High Sierras. 122
the fellows jefferson dissertation year fellowship In November 2009 the Foundation’s Board of Directors approved an initiative to fund a series of graduate dissertation year fellowships in conjunction with the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences (GSAS). These fellowships will help students complete their dissertations on time and increase their chances for success in the always competitive academic job market. The Foundation’s overarching Fellowship goal is to strengthen our nation’s colleges and universities by enabling the most highly qualified young people to join their faculties. In addition to the academic criteria the GSAS committee uses to select recipients of its dissertation year fellowships, the Jefferson Dissertation Year Fellowship committee will seek graduate students who embody the characteristics of the Jefferson Fellowship and the Jefferson Scholars Foundation. These characteristics include: n An exceptional academic record n An unquestioned interest, potential, eagerness, and capacity to share their knowledge with a broad audience n Intellectual depth and curiosity, leadership skills, teaching potential, thirst for knowledge, and an ability to communicate effectively n A desire to work in an environment where shared ideas among a group of pan University leading thinkers strengthens and informs more narrowly defined scholarship Requirements of the Jefferson Fellowship include: n Maintaining and using regularly an assigned office at the Jefferson Fellows Center Andrew T. Kennedy, the inaugural Jefferson Arts & Sciences Dissertation Year Fellow. n Presenting at the Jefferson Fellows Symposium n Attending regular Jefferson Fellows activities and events The inaugural Jefferson Dissertation Year Fellowship, endowed by an anonymous benefactor, was awarded to Andrew Kennedy from the Chemistry department. Mr. Kennedy has a distinguished record. He was named an honoree for the Seven Society Graduate Fellowship for Superb Teaching (2008) and received the Frank Finger Graduate Teaching Fellowship for stimulating and organized classroom teaching (2008). He was presented the Chemistry Award for the highest cumulative four-year average in concentration subjects in the chemistry program. He studies the role of lipids in regulating the cell life cycle, research that may help transform cancer from an often fatal disease into a chronic, manageable condition. 123
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