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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 Jefferson Fellows.121
jefferson scholars foundation 2010fellows receiving their degree in 2010Daniel Benjamin SloanMelville Foundation FellowDepartment of BiologyWesleyan University (B.A.)Kennebunk, MaineIn 2010, Dan completed his term as a Jefferson 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
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