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jefferson scholars foundation 2010York City poetic avant-garde anda fixture in the Arensberg Circle,in Loy’s largely autobiographicallong-poem “Anglo-Mongrelsand the Rose” (1923-1925). Inparticular, these new analysescast Fountain as a study in liminalitydue to the piece’s ability toreveal the murky interstices thatlurk at the edges of distinct artistic,cultural, and social spheres.Taking up Fountain’s torch, in“Anglo-Mongrels and the Rose,”Loy also uses human excreta inorder to champion a mongrelizedvoice constituted of physical,material, and ideological defecatheeighth annual jefferson fellows symposiumHeld Friday, February 19, 2010, at the Rotunda and in various Pavilions across the Lawn, thesymposium featured ten presentations from current <strong>Jefferson</strong> Fellows. The symposium’s methodologyis simple: provide an opportunity for <strong>Jefferson</strong> Fellows to engage with members of the Universitycommunity to discuss aspects of their current research. The preparation, and then the presentationitself, allows the Fellows to hone their research and teaching skills and gain valuable feedback.williamdirienzoStellar Nurseries: Recentprogress and problems inStar Formation ResearchStars are the most fundamentalastronomical objects. They werethe focus of astronomy longbefore humans had any detailedinformation about their nature.One of the first questions weoften ask about a novel objector phenomenon is “Wheredid it come from?” Indeed, astronomersponder the originof anything they see througha telescope; however, despiteall our years of observationaland theoretical work, many ofthe fine but important aspectsof star formation are not fullyunderstood. In particular, themechanism by which massivestars form is difficult to describein detail. I will begin with areview of our current body ofknowledge along with whatwe think we know about starformation. Then I will proceedto outline the unresolved issuesand current research designed toaddress these points, includingmy own search for examples oftriggered star formation withinthe Milky Way.upon Marcel Duchamp’s contemporariesand the generationsthat followed, attempts to situatethis scatological readymadewithin the context of the literaryarts have left scholars respondinglargely as they claim poetsdid when confronted with thepiece: scratching their heads. Yetrecent scholarship that recuperatesFountain’s homoerotic andracial overtones by focusing uponcontemporary fears of queeractivity in public toilets suggeststhe debate Fountain sparkedproved pivotal for Mina Loy, aprominent member of the NewlauragoldblattAn Abjective Art: TheInterstitial Aestheticof marcel Duchamp’s“Fountain” and mina Loy’s“Anglo-mongrels and theRose”Despite prolific critical examinationsof Fountain’s influenceLaura Goldblatt, the John F. Lillard Fellow (English), discusses the Language ofCultural Abjection.114


the fellowsJameson Graber, the Trey Beck Fellow (Mathematics), discusses control theory in acoustic systems.tion. In privileging this interstitialdiscourse — the language ofcultural abjection — Loy adoptsboth the formal and ideologicalunderpinnings of Fountain’srelationship to excreta in orderto create a new model for poeticproductivity and the figure ofthe enduring artist.p. jamesongrabermathematical Analysisof Structural AcousticSystemsThe purpose of this talk is toexplain how mathematics cancontribute to the study of areal-world engineering problem,namely that of stabilizing anacoustic chamber (e.g., airplanefuselage). I will begin by explainingthe physical scenario — anacoustic chamber with “noise”affecting acoustic pressure —which engineers wish to control(i.e., protect system from damageor other unwanted effectsof noise). The core of my presentationis to explain how theparticular area of mathematicscalled control theory is used toanalyze this system. I will summarizethe basic philosophy ofcontrol theory in a three-stepprocess: modeling the physicalphenomena using a system ofpartial differential equations,studying the properties of thenew mathematical problem, and,finally, altering the model inorder to obtain desired behavior(e.g., to obtain or enhance stability).Having explained the basicphilosophy of control theory, Iwill show how we apply it inthe case of structural acousticsystems. I will present the differentialequations model that Iam studying, explain what propertiesof the model need to bedemonstrated mathematically,and then describe the controlmethods hoped for in this model.Finally, I will give a qualitative(non-technical) description ofthe mathematical techniques Iuse to contribute to our understandingof structural acousticsystems.jenifer m.guimond“greening”OperationsStrategy: ALife CycleApproachIn today’s businessenvironment,“green” initiativesare beginning topermeate operationsstrategyacross industries.Companiesthat have embraceda lifecycle approach tooperations are recognizingthat economic successis reliant on more than justtraditional profitability andthat a firm’s stakeholder baseconsists of more than shareholders.Employees, communities,and the environment representadditional stakeholders thatcontribute to long-term sustainablefirm success. A life cycleapproach to operations allowsan organization to evaluatethe benefits, risks, and costs ofa product or technology frominception to end of life use, andultimately to the reuse of productcomponents. It ensures thatbusinesses are thinking aboutoperations in the larger contextof long-term sustainability. Inaddition, life cycle–based operationsand sustainable businesspractices can lead to processimprovement, product innovation,and increased profitability.In evaluating the value added bygreen operations and strategicsustainability initiatives, the lifecycle view can offer a method ofunderstanding how cost tradeoffsinteract with one another11


jefferson scholars foundation 2010Mary Hicks, the Newman Family Fellow (History), talks to a group about domesticservants in Brazil.throughout the life of a product.Life cycle thinking advances aholistic approach to operationsthat focuses on maximizingvalue and minimizing negativeenvironmental and social impactthroughout the value chain.Ultimately, a life cycle approachcan promote a more sustainablerate of both production andconsumption and can help uselimited financial and naturalresources more effectively.abuses. During the decadeleading to emancipation in 1888,many ex-slaves and their descendentsalso sought to break bondsof rural patronage by relocatingto Salvador, Bahia, one of thelargest cities in Brazil. My studyfocuses on the increasing mobilityof these people as they left thehinterland to become domesticservants in the provincial capital.The migration of ex-slaves (andrunaways) to the city of Salvadorand the subsequent renegotiationof labor relations between masterand servant provoked elitesto respond by limiting this newthreat to their patriarchal domination.This period also reveals thefaint beginnings of state laborregulation of the popular classes.The end of slavery coincided withand produced legislation aimedat domestic servants and other urbanprofessions, which attemptedboth to prolong social and laborrelations deeply influenced byslavery, as well as to incentivizethe transition to wage-labor.ray lamasWhere’s the plane going?The Future of the LargeCommercial AircraftIndustryThis project will examine the past,current, and future levers of valueof the large commercial aircraftindustry, focusing on what havebeen successful companies andtheir approaches to business, aswell as the failures and the lessonsmary hicksmigration, mobility,gender, Race, and LaborRelations among UrbanDomestic Servants inSalvador, Brazil, 1887-1893During the long period leadingto slave emancipation in Brazil’sempire (over fifty years), Brazilianslaves of African descent hadbegun increasingly to challengethe dominance of the landed,slave-holding elites that hadconstituted the nation’s governingclass for over three centuries.Slaves ran away, renegotiatedlabor conditions with their owners,and appealed to governingauthorities to stem physicalRay Lamas, the Melville <strong>Foundation</strong> Fellow (Darden School of Business), discusses the future ofcommercial aviation with prospective <strong>Jefferson</strong> Fellows.116


the fellowslearned from them. This willencompass the history of thecommercial aircraft manufacturingindustry, the current duopolybetween Boeing and Airbus, andan examination of the rise of potentialcompetitors from China,Brazil, and Russia in the future.lindsay p.o’connorLoose Vowels: LinguisticWaste and Lil Wayne’s NoCeilingsUsing images of waste in LilWayne’s lyrics as a starting point,this presentation will engage differingtheoretical traditions andask questions about the metaphorswe use when we thinkand talk about language whilealso telling the story of a criticaland theoretical project’s genesisand development. Once wenotice how much Lil Wayne talksabout human excrement, wecan explore how these images ofwaste operate in his music andthen expand these metaphorsto language in general. Ordinarylanguage philosophers like J.L.Austin, linguists like GeoffreyNunberg, and post-structuralistthinkers like Jacques Derridahave much to say about our useof language on the one handand semantic autonomy on theother, and this project seeks anin-between position from whichan account of language as wasteis possible. With a focus on therecent mixtape No Ceilings butan eye to the entire oeuvre, wewill explore how Lil Wayne createsand utilizes images of andwords for human excrement asrepresentative of both his ownlinguistic virtuosity and language’sstrange ways of escapingour understanding.Harold Reeves, the Eric M. Heiner Fellow (Classics), discusses Herodotus.harold s.reevesRepetition and Variation inthe History of HerodotusIn History, the Greek historianHerodotus chronicles the longhistory of conflict between Eastand West that culminated in thePersian invasions of Greece inthe early 5th Century BC. Oftencalled the father of history, hehas also been called the fatherof lies. Indeed, as was observedeven in antiquity, Herodotus is attimes willing to include material— myths and legends from thefar distant past, as well as mythicalaccounts of peoples andevents in far distant lands — thatwould have little or no place inthe work of a modern, “rational”historian. In this talk, I will arguethat Herodotus includes thesestories from tradition, from myth,and from the popular imaginationin order to establish theexistence of repetitions andpatterns in the flow of humanhistory. I will consider specificallyhow Herodotus highlights — andperhaps invents — such patternsin his narrative of the greatbattles of Thermopylae andSalamis. Finally, I will reflect onhow this tendency to see historyas patterned and repetitive hasbeen passed down from the fatherof history and continues, forbetter or worse, to influence ourinterpretation of history today.lanier l.sammonsThe game of Notes:Composition as an Act ofplayWhen composers talk aboutcomposing, they often emphasizethe playful qualities of thecreative process. They speak ofthe act of writing music as a puzzle,a sport, or a roll of the dice;they describe playing the “gameof notes.” Tellingly, these playbaseddescriptions arise acrosstime and style. In their frequencyand persistence, then, these linksbetween play and compositionbegin to suggest that the twoshare a relationship that goesbeyond analogy. Writing music11


jefferson scholars foundation 2010emerges as an inherently playfulactivity. Accepting this propositionoffers the opportunity toexamine musical creation from anew perspective. The later part ofthe previous century witnessedthe development of a rich body ofliterature on human play. Thinkerslike Johan Huizinga, Roger Caillois,Gregory Bateson, and BrianSutton-Smith (to name only afew) posited intricate theoriesabout the mechanisms and meaningsof play. Examining how thesetheories are reflected in the act ofcomposition presents new methodsfor composers, analysts, andlisteners to understand musicalcreation and relate to its results.stacie l.thyrionThe pedagogical Value ofplato’s phaedrusPlato’s Phaedrus is a curiously selfcriticalwork. In this middle-perioddialogue of Plato, Socrates suggeststhat all compositions shouldbe put together like a livingcreature, with a head, middle, andextremities all fitting each otherand the whole. In spite of this thePhaedrus appears to have twodisjointed halves: the first a seriesof three speeches about love, andthe second a dialectic exchangeabout the art of good rhetoric. Inthe final pages of the dialogueSocrates also famously criticizesStacie Thyrion, the <strong>Jefferson</strong> <strong>Scholars</strong> <strong>Foundation</strong> Fellow (Philosophy), discusses Plato’s Phaedrus.writing, for causing forgetfulnessin the writer, for creating a falseappearance of wisdom in thereader, and for being unable torespond to questions or criticisms.He presents in contrast a truerform of writing: writing directlyon the soul of a student throughphilosophic dialogue. Readershave wondered since antiquitywhether Plato meant to undermineseriously his written workswith these self-criticisms. In thistalk I use the standards of goodcomposition presented within thework to assess the value of thePhaedrus itself. How does Plato’swritten philosophy measure upto these standards? Did Platobelieve his written philosophycould, like the dialectic methodof his teacher Socrates, lead areader to acquire knowledge? Wemight even attack a more difficultquestion: Did Plato intend for hisdialogues to be published outsidethe Academy?11


the fellowsfellows completing their fellowships in 2010Leslie Francis CozziPenny S. and James G. Coulter FellowDepartment of Art HistoryYale University (B.A.)University of Virginia (M.A.)Chicago, IllinoisLeslie is currently researching and writing a dissertation on contemporaryItalian women artists and feminism. She spent the fall 2009 semester inBologna, Italy, conducting archival research for her dissertation. She returnedto Charlottesville in the spring, where she continued work on her dissertationand prepared to teach a summer school class entitled “Women and WesternArt.” She was awarded a Fulbright Student Grant for 2010-2011 to completeher dissertation research in Italy, and is looking forward to spending theupcoming year in Rome and Milan.Adam Wesley DeanJohn L. Nau III FellowDepartment of HistoryUniversity of California-Los Angeles (B.A.)University of Virginia (M.A.) (Ph.D.)Salt Lake City, UtahAdam graduated in May 2010 with a Ph.D. in United States History. Hisdissertation is entitled “An Agrarian Republic: How Conflict over LandUse Shaped the Civil War and Reconstruction.” Adam is currently workingwith the University of North Carolina Press, the University of WashingtonPress, Johns Hopkins University Press, and the University of Georgia Press totransform this dissertation into a book. Adam also had an article publishedin the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography in December 2009 aboutVirginia history education in the mid-20th-century. In fall 2010, Adam willhave an article featured in the Journal of Civil War History on the creation ofYosemite State Park in 1864. Despite his busy research schedule, teachinghas been and will be Adam’s primary focus. In the fall of 2009, he taughta seminar for fourth-year undergraduates entitled “The Reconstruction ofAmerica after the Civil War.” In the summer of 2009, Adam will be teachingthe United States History Survey at U.Va. Next year, Adam plans to teach twoclasses on the Civil War and Reconstruction at the University of Richmond. Inaddition, Adam will serve as the new Program Coordinator for the <strong>Jefferson</strong>Fellows Center, programming activities, managing the building schedule,assisting with presentations, and advising graduate Fellows. Outside ofacademia, Adam enjoys fly-fishing and hiking with his disobedient goldenretriever — Greeley.11


jefferson scholars foundation 2010fellows receiving their degree in 2010Jenifer Martin GuimondMacfarlane Family FellowDarden Graduate School of BusinessDuke University (B.A.)Naval Post-Graduate School (M.A.)University of Virginia (M.B.A.)Fort Lauderdale, FloridaJen will begin working for Bain and Company in Atlanta as a managementconsultant. Before starting at Bain she will travel to Africa to spend fivemonths agribusiness consulting for a not for profit organization. Jen wasawarded the Raven Society <strong>Scholars</strong>hip and was selected as a WilliamMichael Shermet Scholar this past year at Darden.Ramon Iglesias LamasMelville <strong>Foundation</strong> FellowDarden Graduate School of BusinessUnited States Naval Academy (B.S.)Naval War Academy (M.A.)University of Virginia (M.B.A.)Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaRay was selected as a Shermet Scholar, an award reserved for the top fivepercent of Darden’s first year students. He served as President of Darden’sGeneral Management and Operations Club as well as vice president forcommunications for the Darden Military Association. Ray participated asa Second Year Career Coach, mentoring six first-year students through thecareer recruiting process. He is a member of Omicron Delta Kappa. Upongraduation, Ray will work for Bain and Company in Dallas, Texas, as amanagement consultant.120


the fellowsLeah Angell SieversMarc and Nancy Shrier FellowJewish Studies Program, Department of Religious StudiesYale University (B.A.)Harvard University (M.T.S.)Baltimore, MarylandLeah is finishing her comprehensive exams and looks forward to starting herdissertation. She also enjoys her work on the boards of the Virginia HolocaustMuseum and the Beth Ahabah Museum & Archives, both in Richmond,Virginia.The 2010 Class of <strong>Jefferson</strong> Fellows.121


jefferson scholars foundation 2010fellows receiving their degree in 2010Daniel Benjamin SloanMelville <strong>Foundation</strong> FellowDepartment of BiologyWesleyan University (B.A.)Kennebunk, MaineIn 2010, Dan completed his term as a <strong>Jefferson</strong> Fellow and was awarded adissertation year fellowship by the Faculty Senate to continue his graduatework. He will complete his degree in May 2011. Dan’s ongoing dissertationresearch examines genome evolution in plants. His work has revealedrapid and unprecedented changes in organelle genome size, structure,and mutation rates within the carnation family. In the past year, Dan haspublished and co-authored several scientific papers: “Evolutionary feedbacksbetween reproductive mode and mutation rate exacerbate the paradox ofsex,” Evolution; “A phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial substitution ratevariation in the angiosperm tribe Sileneae,” BMC Evolutionary Biology. He hasalso published three of eight dissertation chapters.Katherine Lynn TullyKenneth L. Bazzle FellowDepartment of Environmental SciencesKenyon College (B.A.)University of Virginia (M.S.)Danville, CaliforniaIn November 2009, Katie was inducted into the Raven Society. She wasawarded a Dissertation Year Fellowship from the Graduate School of Arts andSciences for 2010-11 to complete her dissertation entitled, “The Effects ofManagement and Shade Tree Functional Type on Nutrient Pools, Retention,and Loss from Coffee Agroforestry Systems in Costa Rica.” Katie has concludedher field work in Costa Rica, and will spend the summer completing thechemical analysis on her samples. She will attend the Ecological Societyof America Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where she willpresent a chapter of her dissertation entitled, “Canopy Species and LitterQuality Regulate Patterns of Decomposition and Nutrient Release in a CoffeeAgroforest.” She also hopes to return to California to backpack in the HighSierras.122


the fellowsjefferson dissertation year fellowshipIn November 2009 the <strong>Foundation</strong>’s Board ofDirectors approved an initiative to fund aseries of graduate dissertation year fellowshipsin conjunction with the GraduateSchool of Arts & Sciences (GSAS). Thesefellowships will help students complete theirdissertations on time and increase theirchances for success in the always competitiveacademic job market. The <strong>Foundation</strong>’soverarching Fellowship goal is to strengthenour nation’s colleges and universities byenabling the most highly qualified youngpeople to join their faculties.In addition to the academic criteria theGSAS committee uses to select recipients ofits dissertation year fellowships, the <strong>Jefferson</strong>Dissertation Year Fellowship committee willseek graduate students who embody thecharacteristics of the <strong>Jefferson</strong> Fellowshipand the <strong>Jefferson</strong> <strong>Scholars</strong> <strong>Foundation</strong>. Thesecharacteristics include:n An exceptional academic recordn An unquestioned interest, potential, eagerness,and capacity to share their knowledgewith a broad audiencen Intellectual depth and curiosity, leadershipskills, teaching potential, thirst for knowledge,and an ability to communicateeffectivelyn A desire to work in an environment whereshared ideas among a group of pan Universityleading thinkers strengthens and informsmore narrowly defined scholarshipRequirements of the <strong>Jefferson</strong> Fellowshipinclude:n Maintaining and using regularly anassigned office at the <strong>Jefferson</strong> FellowsCenterAndrew T. Kennedy, the inaugural <strong>Jefferson</strong> Arts& Sciences Dissertation Year Fellow.n Presenting at the <strong>Jefferson</strong> FellowsSymposiumn Attending regular <strong>Jefferson</strong> Fellowsactivities and eventsThe inaugural <strong>Jefferson</strong> Dissertation YearFellowship, endowed by an anonymousbenefactor, was awarded to Andrew Kennedyfrom the Chemistry department. Mr. Kennedyhas a distinguished record. He was named anhonoree for the Seven Society GraduateFellowship for Superb Teaching (2008) andreceived the Frank Finger Graduate TeachingFellowship for stimulating and organizedclassroom teaching (2008). He was presentedthe Chemistry Award for the highest cumulativefour-year average in concentrationsubjects in the chemistry program. He studiesthe role of lipids in regulating the cell lifecycle, research that may help transformcancer from an often fatal disease into achronic, manageable condition.123


jefferson scholars foundation 2010graduate fellows 2006Vilde AaslidEdgar Shannon FellowDepartment of MusicUniversity of Washington (B.A.)(M.A.)Seattle, WashingtonVilde is researching and writing herdissertation on the intersectionsbetween jazz and poetry. She alsocontinues her research on jazz lamentsand will present this work at theannual meeting of the American Musicological Society in November 2010.In May 2009 her work on jazz laments was awarded the graduate studentpaper prize at the U.S. meeting of the International Association for the Studyof Popular Music. In addition to her scholarly work on music, Vilde continuesto be an active performer on violin and Hardanger fiddle. Recently, Vilde andher husband welcomed a new addition to the family, a baby boy, AndersAaslid DeJarnatt, born May 16, 2010.Jill PatriciaBaskinEdgar Shannon FellowDepartment of Art HistoryDartmouth College (B.A.)University of Virginia (M.A.)Redmond, WashingtonJill is studying images of the Africanlandscape made by early nineteenthcenturyAmerican travelers,particularly African-Americans, abolitionists, and colonization societymembers. In the summer of 2010, she assisted with work on an exhibitionat the Special Collections library while learning French, studied for hercomprehensive exams, and wrote her dissertation proposal. In the 2010-11school year, Jill will be in Charlottesville conducting dissertation research.Emily JaneCharnockGregory L. and Nancy H. CurlFellowDepartment of PoliticsOxford University (B.A.)American University (M.A.)Middlesbrough, United KingdomIn the coming year, Emily willcontinue working on her dissertation“From Ghosts to Shadows: The National Party Organizations and InterestGroups.” This project explores the evolving relationship between parties andinterest groups from the New Deal to the contemporary period.Rishiraj DasPaul T. Jones II FellowDepartment of EnvironmentalSciencesUniversity California-Berkeley(B.S.)Yale University (M.S.)Mumbai, IndiaRishi presented a poster at theAmerican Geophysical Union’sFall 2009 meeting in San Francisco, and received the Department ofEnvironmental Science’s Best Poster Award at the January 2010 EnvirodaysConference. He has begun collaborating with faculty at Oregon StateUniversity to study the sources of dust and aerosols that bring nutrients toforests in the Yucatan peninsula. During the summer 2010, Rishi will travelto Mexico to continue looking for Saharan dust and nutrients in the tropicaldry forests of the Yucatan.124


the fellowsJustin LindsayNeillHarrison Family FellowDepartment of ChemistryDavidson College (B.S.)Hillsborough, North CarolinaJustin is working as a researchassistant in the laboratory of ProfessorBrooks H. Pate. His research is focusedon the use of microwave spectroscopyto study small molecular clusters and unstable species of astrochemicalinterest, as well as the dynamics of excited molecules. In the past year a highenergyconformational isomer of methyl formate, an abundant interstellarmolecule, has been detected in the interstellar medium as a result oflaboratory measurements in the Pate laboratory. This surprising detectionhas sparked new theoretical and experimental inquiries into the mechanismsby which this molecule, and other related organic species, are synthesized indense star-forming regions, processes that are currently not well understood.Hillary SunshineSchaeferDouglas S. Holladay Sr. andCary N. Moon Jr. FellowDepartment of PsychologyUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison(B.S.)University of Virginia (M.A.)Wausau, WisconsinDuring the 2009-10 academic yearHillary completed two community rotations as part of the clinical psychologytraining schedule — one at an alternative school providing individualand group therapy for at-risk adolescents, and a second concentrating onforensic assessments. She also collected the first wave of her dissertationdata, developing and administering an assessment for empathy andemotional skill. She hopes to develop this test as a tool that is both usefulfor a neuroimaging paradigm and also applicable to an inpatient population.Currently, there are few validated tests of emotional functioning suitablefor clinical use, and her work hopes to provide such a tool. In the 2010-11academic year she will return to Western State Hospital for a rotationproviding therapy to long-term psychiatric inpatients, and continue to collectdata and refine the paradigm for the empathy assessment.Adam MichaelWinckElizabeth Arendall Tilney andSchuyler Merritt Tilney FellowDepartment of GermanicLanguages and LiteraturesWake Forest University (B.A.)Yale University (M.A.)University of Virginia (M.A.)Knoxville, TennesseeIn August 2009, Adam completed his qualifying exams on the lateEnlightenment, tragi-comedy, and Nietzsche before moving to Mannheim,Germany, to teach literature seminars for two semesters. He presented apaper on the ethics of Kierkegaard’s Fear and Trembling at a conference inEssex, England, in May 2010. Currently, he is researching his dissertation ona tradition of polemics in German literature from the late Enlightenmentthrough Nietzsche. By the fall of 2010, Adam will be back in Charlottesville.12


jefferson scholars foundation 2010graduate fellows 2007Rachael LynnBeatonC. Mark Pirrung FellowDepartment of AstronomyUniversity of Virginia (B.A.) (M.S.)Lynchburg, VirginiaDuring the 2009-10 academic year,Rachael focused on collecting data forher thesis work, traveling to Arizonafive times and to the Big Island ofHawaii twice. She worked diligently as a teaching assistant for the graduatelevelobservational astronomy course and received the Larry Fredrick Awardfor Graduate Level Teaching for her efforts to revitalize the lab equipment,dedication to student mentoring, and for work organizing a ten-day tour ofthe observational astronomy facilities in Arizona and New Mexico for theclass. Rachael helped to launch the “Dark Skies, Bright Kids” outreach programto rural Albemarle County elementary schools and started a mentoringpartnership with high school students at the Central Virginia Governor’s Schoolfor Science & Technology. She will teach “Introduction to Modern Cosmology”during the 2010 Summer Session. In 2010-11, Rachael will focus more on herdissertation research into the structure and evolution of nearby galaxies aswell as continue to work actively as a mentor and teacher to both elementaryand high school students studying astronomy.Matthew DanielLernerJames H. and Elizabeth W.Wright FellowDepartment of PsychologyWesleyan University (B.A.)University of Virginia (M.A.)Nahant, MassachusettsIn the past year, Matt receivedhis Master’s Degree in Psychology,advanced to Ph.D. candidacy, and defended his dissertation proposal. Heco-authored three in-press peer-reviewed papers (one of which was firstauthored)and has three more under review (two of which are first-authors).He gave twelve invited talks, symposia, or poster sessions at five internationalacademic conferences. Matt also received several awards supporting hisresearch and academic achievements, including a Distinguished TeachingFellowship, a Doris Buffett Fellowship, and — most notably — the AmericanPsychological Association’s Early Graduate Student Researcher Award.Additionally, Matthew has continued to grow the collaborative UVA AutismResearch Group, working on several interdisciplinary projects, including acommunity-based treatment project run out of the new <strong>Jefferson</strong> FellowsCenter. He has also provided clinical services as a child, group, and familytherapist via his practicum placement at the Lafayette School and TreatmentCenter. Over the next year, Matthew will provide clinical assessment servicesto children via his practicum placement at the Kluge Children’s RehabilitationCenter through the U.Va. Neuropsychological Assessment Laboratory. He willalso begin collecting data for his dissertation project, and will continue toadminister his community- and lab-based research into social problems inchildren with developmental disorders.Kelly MariePetermanBrian Layton Blades FellowDepartment of HistoryVassar College (B.A.)University of Virginia (M.A.)Columbia, MarylandIn the spring of 2010, Kellysuccessfully passed hercomprehensive exams and receivedpermission to proceed to the doctoral dissertation. Her dissertation willfocus on the spread of Western-style economic liberalization programs inEgypt in the 1970s and 1980s, and the debates between the supporters andopponents of those programs. Kelly spent the summer doing preliminarydissertation research in Charlottesville as well as in Washington, D.C., at theWorld Bank and IMF archives before heading to New York City on a researchtrip to the Chase Manhattan and United Nations archival collections. By early2011 she anticipates travelling to Cairo to conduct additional research.“The new building and its resources aregoing to increase my productivity.Having a comfortable, convenient,quiet, and well-equipped workspacemakes it easier to stay focused andmotivated — particularly as I continueto get deeper into my program, and mywork becomes increasingly selfmotivated.”Lanier Sammons, Edgar Shannon Fellow126


the fellowsJustin McCraeRoseBirdsall Fellow for the MillerCenter of Public AffairsDepartment of PoliticsRutgers University (B.A.)Baylor University (M.A.)Miami, FloridaJustin continues to work towards hisPh.D. in political theory. In additionto his studies, Justin has been an active participant in his department’spolitical theory colloquiums, in which he was a discussant for two visitingfaculty members’ papers over the course of the year. He has expanded beyondhis political theory background to become a teaching assistant for several ofthe Politics Department’s American Politics courses. Outside of the classroomJustin continues to demonstrate a commitment to university diversity byworking for the Office of Graduate Student Diversity Programs, where he is adoctoral intern. He has participated in the office’s recruiting efforts, programimplementation, and as a host for the Second Annual Graduate StudentDiversity Visitation Weekend. As a result of the weekend, several prospectivestudents of diverse backgrounds have decided to pursue their graduate studiesat the University of Virginia. During the summer Justin continued his role inthe university community as a Graduate Assistant for the university’s SummerTransition Program, where he assisted incoming first-years in making a smoothtransition into the academic and social aspects of college life.Lanier LeeSammonsEdgar Shannon FellowDepartment of MusicColumbia University (B.A.)Macon, GeorgiaLanier has remained active asa composer and a performer inaddition to completing his qualifyingexams. His piece, “Each” for chamberensemble and electronics, was selected for performance at the 2010 Societyof Composers, Inc. National Student Conference in March. The renownedpercussion quartet Talujon premiered “D.C. Home” at Old Cabell Hall inFebruary. Lanier presented “Marbles,” a piece for dancers and interactiveelectronics developed with choreographers from the U.Va. dance program,in a series of four performances at Culbreth Theater. Lanier has continued toperform extensively on both classical and electric guitar. As part of Dzian!, hehelped fuel fundraisers for earthquake relief in Haiti and typhoon relief inTaiwan. Dzian! performed in New York’s Union Square as part of the Passportto Taiwan festival. Lanier has also played improvisational sets aroundCharlottesville and remained an active member of the University’s New MusicEnsemble. His research this year focused on the act of composition as play,the use of the electric guitar by composers, and intersection and overlapbetween popular music and art music in the 20th and 21st centuries. He willbegin work on his dissertation in the coming year.Stacie LynneThyrion<strong>Jefferson</strong> <strong>Scholars</strong><strong>Foundation</strong> FellowDepartment of PhilosophyUniversity of Minnesota-TwinCities (B.A.)Green Bay, WisconsinIn the fall of 2009 Stacie transferredfrom the UVA Classics Departmentto the UVA Philosophy Department. She has broadened her education inmodern and contemporary philosophy and continued her studies in ancientGreek philosophy. She plans to continue her work with the Platonic dialoguesin her dissertation research, most notably the Phaedrus and the Symposium.Her work focuses most intently on Plato’s attitudes towards his own writtenphilosophy, in relation to his attitudes towards the writings and speeches ofother Greek poets and intellectuals, and in relation to his attitudes towardsthe spoken, dialectical philosophy of his teacher, Socrates. She continues toenjoy Greek reading groups with colleagues in both departments as well asteaching Greek to fellow graduate students and community youth.Lanier Sammons, the Edgar Shannon Fellow (Music), jams at aChinese New Year celebration in Charlottesville.12


jefferson scholars foundation 2010graduate fellows 2008William JosephDirienzoEdward P. Owens FellowDepartment of AstronomyUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison(B.S.)University of Virginia (M.S.)Franklin, WisconsinBill finished his classes and passed thequalifying exam to receive his master’sthis past May. Bill was the teaching assistant for Astronomy 2110 and 2120.As part of one of his classes, he toured telescopes in Arizona and New Mexico,and took part in a project observing dwarf galaxies at the Apache PointObservatory. Bill expects to submit a paper on star formation this summerand begin work on a follow-up project. Bill will TA again next year and willhelp develop a program to aid astronomy department undergraduatesapplying to graduate school. He also expects to submit an early scienceproposal for ALMA, the new millimeter array in Chile that is expected tobegin operation later this year.Laura EmilyGoldblattJohn S. Lillard FellowDepartment of EnglishWesleyan University (B.A.)Princeton, New JerseyDuring the 2009-10 academic year,Laura presented conference papersat the Midwest Modern LanguageAssociation annual conference and theNortheast Modern Language Association annual conference. This summer,Laura attended the UCD Clinton Institute for American Studies in Dublin.Philip JamesonGraberTrey Beck FellowDepartment of MathematicsWashington & Lee University(B.S.)Arlington, TexasJameson’s research focuses on thestabilization of structural acousticsystems that show up in varioustechnological applications such as flight. He is working under the guidanceof Professor Irena Lasiecka. Jameson recently submitted a paper on hisresearch to the Journal of Nonlinear Analysis, and is awaiting a decision aboutits publication. This summer he had several opportunities to share his workwith top mathematicians in his field. In May Jameson traveled to the AIMSConference on Dynamical Systems in Dresden, Germany, where he presentedin a special session. The following month he gave a talk at the Center forNonlinear Analysis summer school at Carnegie Mellon. In July he spent threeweeks at the University of Washington for their program in Inverse Problems,applications that are common in medical imaging. Jameson’s plans are tofocus on his dissertation topic and submit another journal article in 2010-11.12


the fellowsMary Ellen HicksThe Newman Family FellowDepartment of HistoryUniversity of Iowa (B.A.)University of Virginia (M.A.)Chicago, IllinoisMary most recently completed hermaster’s research on labor regulationsof female domestic servants inpost-emancipation Salvador, Brazil.She was able to conclude this research through summer research travelshe completed during the summer of 2009. She continues work on herdissertation proposal, which will explore a topic not often researched, therole of enslaved and free artisans in 18th-century Brazilian urban economies.She hopes to study art and architectural history in the fall semester in orderto discover the intersections between cultural production, political economy,and ideology in late colonial Brazil.Mary Hicks, the Newman Family Fellow (History), and her guidetouring the colonial architecture of Ouro Preto, Minas Gerias, Brazil.Lindsay ParsonsO’ConnorIrby Cauthen FellowDepartment of EnglishTulane University (B.A.)Peachtree City, GeorgiaIn February 2010, Lindsay presented apaper about post-structuralist theory,analytic philosophies of language,and rap artist Lil Wayne at the 20thAnnual Mardi Gras Conference at Louisiana State University. Later that month,she presented an extended version of this paper at the <strong>Jefferson</strong> FellowsSymposium under the title “Loose Vowels: Linguistic Waste and Lil Wayne’sNo Ceilings.” During the 2009-10 academic year Lindsay served as a teachingassistant for academic writing as well as 18th- and 19th- century literaturecourses, and she served as a Theory Area Representative for the GraduateEnglish Students Association (GESA). She looks forward to spending anothersummer in New Orleans, Louisiana before returning to Charlottesville forher third year of graduate study, during which she will take her qualifyingexams in 20th-century American literature and literary theory and serve asthe GESA treasurer.Harold SmithReevesEric M. Heiner FellowDepartment of ClassicsPrinceton University (A.B.)University of Chicago (J.D.)Catholic University of America(Ph.L.)University of Virginia (M.A.)Brooksville, FloridaHarold completed his master’s this term. His thesis, “Repetition and Variationin the Battle Narratives of Herodotus,” analyzed the ways in which Herodotusdescribed the battles of Thermopylae, Salamis, and Plataea. This summer,Harold plans to teach in the Summer Latin Institute at U.Va. In the fall, he willteach Greek 1010 and complete coursework requirements for his Ph.D. degree.12


jefferson scholars foundation 2010graduate fellows 2009Carolyn MarieBeansTerrence D. Daniels FamilyFellowDepartment of BiologyPenn State University (B.A.)Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaCarolyn spent the 2010 summerresearching at Mountain LakeBiological Station in southwestVirginia. Her travels also took her to Camden Hills State Park in Maineand other parts of New England where she studied the ecological andevolutionary impact of a species of jewelweed from India that is nowspreading throughout New England. She will also be presenting research onthe potential range expansion of Japanese honeysuckle in the United Statesunder current and future climate conditions, at the Ecological Society ofAmerica meetings this August.“I feel extremely lucky to be part of anorganization that took such care to createa space for students that is bothenvironmentally responsible andaesthetically pleasing. As a student inbiology, most of my work is tied to the labor the field. It means a lot to know that Ihave a place to come to read and think andmeet with other students. ”Carolyn Beans, Terrence D. Daniels Family FellowBenjamin KaganBradyEric P. and Elizabeth R.Johnson Family FellowDepartment of HistoryPrinceton University (B.A.)Stanford University (J.D.)Little Rock, ArkansasBen spent his first year completinga master’s thesis examining the roleof ideology in Secretary of State Elihu Root’s Latin American diplomacy. Benalso received his J.D. Degree from Stanford University in June.Caroline BashawDavisDarden <strong>Foundation</strong> FellowDarden School of BusinessNorthwestern University (B.A.)American University (M.A.)Chicago, IllinoisCaroline was awarded first place inthe Deloitte Case Challenge. Duringthe summer, she worked as anAssociate at Booz & Co. in Washington, D.C. Beginning fall 2010, Carolinelooks forward to taking a number of general management electives andtraveling to Bahrain for the Darden Global Business Experience.130


the fellowsAlex DouglasForrestDarden <strong>Foundation</strong> FellowDarden School of BusinessMassachusetts Institute ofTechnology (B.S.)Stanardsville, VirginiaAlex is an active member of theFinance Club and the HispanicAmerican Network at Darden.This past year, he and another Darden student successfully launcheda “High School Interview and Career Counseling Workshop” that broughtapproximately 40 local high school students to Darden for a day of mockinterviews and career-related discussions. They hope to make this into anannual event. After completing the first year of business school, Alex willspend his summer in New York City, interning at Rothschild, a privatelyowned investment bank.Jack ClarkHerndon IIIJohn L. Colley Jr. FellowDarden School of BusinessUniversity of Virginia (B.S.)Nashville, TennesseeClark and his wife Becca welcomed anew addition to the family, IsabelleGrace Herndon, born 1-1-10. Clarkjust finished his first year at Darden asa <strong>Jefferson</strong> Fellow, and is interning over the summer with Friend’s Life (www.friendslife.org), a small non-profit in Nashville, Tennessee. During his secondyear at Darden, Clark will serve as the President of the Raven Society, and as asecond year partner for the Community Consultants of Darden. He will returnto Bain & Company in Atlanta full-time in the fall of 2011.GabrielleKathryn LeeMillerD.N. Batten<strong>Foundation</strong> FellowDepartment of SpanishUniversity of Notre Dame (B.A.)Vienna, VirginiaGaby continues to prepare for hermasters comps, which will take placein spring 2011. After tutoring student athletes throughout the 2009-10academic year, she now looks forward to teaching Spanish classes toundergraduates in the fall. Gaby will spend the summer in Valencia, Spain, inorder to receive a Celta certification to teach English as a foreign language.Sarah AnneO’HalloranEdgar Shannon FellowDepartment of MusicUniversity College Cork (B.A.)(M.Phil.)Queens University (M.A.)Tralee, IrelandSarah O’Halloran is a composer,currently concentrating on integratingdramatic and theatrical elements with her musical practice. Her main teacherthis year was Matthew Burtner. Before joining U.Va., Sarah was a residentartist at Atlantic Centre for the Arts, Florida, in a residency led by composerMark Applebaum. Last fall, she studied creative writing and performancewith playwright Heather Woodbury in New York. Sarah is the adjudicationpanel chair for the installation category of International Computer MusicConference. Her piece Cat House was selected for the conference and wasperformed by the composer at the Miller Theatre, Columbia University, inJune 2010. Sarah was also involved in collaboration with Justin Paxton, anundergraduate choreographer, for the Spring Dance Concert. The Departmentof Music’s Digitalis concert included her first piece for laptop ensemble,which was played by more than 200 performers. Sarah is also a memberof the 2010-11 Music Arts Board. She will spend part of the summer in hernative Ireland working on a dramatic musical piece based on the Selkiemyths of Ireland and Scotland. She will also be filming interviews for a musicand video piece on St Finan’s Hospital.131


jefferson scholars foundation 2010graduate fellows 2009Jason AnthonyPanTaylor-Tyree Family FellowSchool of LawUniversity of Virginia (B.A.) (B.S.)Fairfax, VirginiaJason Pan has been accepted to theJD/MBA program with Darden. Thissummer, he interned at the U.S.Attorney’s office in Washington, D.C.At the law school, he serves on the board of the Virginia Journal of Law andTechnology and as the 1L representative for the Asian Pacific American LawStudent Association.Mary ElizabethPeckhamHilliard Family FellowDepartment of HistoryKenyon College (B.A.)Washington, D.C.After a great first year in the historydepartment, Elizabeth spent thesummer learning German withthe Goethe Institute program inGoettingen, Germany. She will return to Charlottesville in the fall to continuecoursework and serve as a teaching assistant.Corlett WolfeWoodH. Eugene Lockhart FellowDepartment of BiologySwarthmore College (B.A.)St. Louis Park, MinnesotaCorlett is planning to write herdissertation on how social interactionsaffect trait evolution in beetles. Shewas awarded a National Science<strong>Foundation</strong> Graduate Research Fellowship in the spring of 2010 for a projectthat proposed to investigate whether larval competition in beetles mightaffect where females choose to lay their eggs. She also had the opportunityto travel to Costa Rica in the spring to take a two-month course on tropicalecology and field biology. Corlett spent the summer conducting research atMountain Lake Biological Station, a field station located in the AppalachianMountains of southwestern Virginia.Justin Neill, the Harrison Family Fellow (Chemistry), engages agroup of Fellow nominees at the Rotunda dinner.132


the fellowsgraduate fellows 2010Julia James AbellMacfarlane Family FellowDarden School of BusinessHarvard University (B.A.)Birmingham, AlabamaDaniel ElliotFranzPaul B. Barringer FamilyFellowDepartment of MathematicsKenyon College (B.A.)Rochester, New YorkAnne MarieGuarneraJohn A. Blackburn FellowDepartment of SpanishBryn Mawr College (B.A.)Scotch Plains, New JerseyChristopherMichael IrwinOlive B. and Franklin C.Mac Krell FellowDepartment of AstronomyUniversity of Pittsburgh (B.A.)(B.S.)Irwin, PennsylvaniaReed AdamJohnsonJohn Lillard FellowDepartment of Slavic Languages &LiteraturesWesleyan University (B.A.)University of Virginia (M.F.A.)Lebanon, New HampshireAndrew JohnKennedy<strong>Jefferson</strong> Arts and SciencesDissertation Year FellowDepartment of ChemistryProvidence College (B.A.)Danville, Pennsylvania133

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