THE FELLOWS - Jefferson Scholars Foundation

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