The
Carol A. Baker '81 Memorial Prize
The
Carol Baker prize was established in 1987 and is awarded annually on the
following terms:
"That
the Carol A. Baker ’81 Memorial Prize be established in the Public Affairs
Center for the development and recognition of the accomplishments of junior
faculty. This would be awarded by
the Dean of the Social Sciences on a yearly basis to encourage and recognize
excellence in teaching and research.
"The
award is made by the Dean of the Social Sciences on the recommendation of the
PAC Governing Board. The
departments of Anthropology, Economics, Government, History, and Sociology are
invited to make nominations, which should be in writing and accompanied by a
c.v. Eligibility, by convention,
is limited to untenured professors who are not in their canonical
tenure-decision year."
- RECIPIENTS OF THE BAKER MEMORIAL PRIZE
- SINCE 1987
Awarded by Charles Lemert, Dean of the Social Sciences:
1987-88
- Sue Fisher, Department of Sociology
Awarded by Richard Boyd, Dean of the Social Sciences,
on the basis of recommendation by the PAC Governing Board:
1988-89
- John Finn, Department of Government
1989-90 - Patricia Hill,
Department of History
1990-91
- Rob Rosenthal, Department of Sociology
Awarded by David Morgan, Dean of the Social Sciences,
on the basis of recommendation by the PAC Governing Board:
1991-92 - Marc Eisner,
Department of Government
1992-93 - Richard
Grossman, Department of Economics
1993-94 - Gary Shaw,
Department of History
1994-95 - Gilbert
Skillman, Department of Economics
Awarded by Alex Dupuy, Dean of the Social Sciences,
on the basis of recommendation by the PAC Governing Board:
1995-96 - Claire Potter,
Department of History
1996-97 - Sandi Wong,
Department of Sociology
1997-98 - Renee Romano,
Department of History
Awarded by Ann-Louise Shapiro, Dean of the Social
Sciences, on the basis of recommendation by the PAC Governing Board:
1998-99 - None Awarded
1999-00 - Douglas Foyle, Department of Government
Jonathan Cutler, Department of Sociology
2000-01 - Jennifer Tucker,
Department of History
Awarded by Brian Fay, Dean of the Social Sciences, on
the basis of recommendation by the PAC Governing Board:
2001-02 - None Awarded
2002-03 - Ethan Kleinberg,
Department of History
2003-04 - Christiann
Hogendorn, Department of Economics
2004-05 - Erik Grimmer-Solem,
Department of History
Awarded by Don Moon, Dean of the Social Sciences, on
the basis of recommendation by the PAC Governing Board:
2005-06 - Ernesto Verdeja,
Department of Government
2006-07 - Masami Imai,
Department of Economics
2007-08 - Mary
Alice Haddad, Department of Government
2008-09 -
None Awarded
2009-10 - Erica
Chenoweth,
Department of Government
Awarded by Gary Shaw, Dean of the Social Sciences, on
the basis of recommendation by the PAC Governing Board:
2010-11 - Paul Erickson, Department of History
Davenport Study Grant
The Davenport Study Grants Program are decided in April to support
successful proposals. Students from 5 different departments plus the
College of Social Studies will receive monies in excess of $75,000 for an average of
more than $2500.
Successful proposals focused squarely on researchable questions, offered
concrete plans for accomplishing realistic goals, and were supported by
adviser whose letters indicated significant interest and prior interaction.
The committee congratulates the recipients, and wishes them all the best in
their work.
- RECIPIENTS OF THE DAVENPORT
STUDY GRANTS PROGRAM
-
FOR
ACADEMIC YEAR 2012 - 2013
-
|
RECIPIENT NAME
|
TITLE
|
|
Maxwell Bigman |
Integrating Technology into the Classroom: A Report on the
Cognitive Tool For Education Reform. |
|
Sarah Dash |
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? The Implementation of Fascist "Italianita"
Through Cuisine. |
|
Benjamin Docter |
The Democrats Of Education Reform. |
|
Renee Dunn |
Who are the Job Creators? The Implication of Educational
Entrepreneurship Programs for Job Market and Societal Change in
Kampala, Uganda. |
|
Calvo Elhauge |
Spain in the League of Nations: An Evaluation of Europe's
First 'Intermediate Power'. |
|
Allison Greenwald |
Bambolse as Commodity: Understanding the Relative Social and
Economic Motivations for Production of Wall Paintings in Sirigu,
Ghana. |
|
Ana Halsey |
The Politics of Social Protection: The Political Origins of
Universal Health Insurance in Indonesia. |
|
Benjamin Jacobs |
When Lambs Drink Wolf's Milk: Exploring Chinese National
Identity Formation and Historical Narratives under Patriotic
Education. |
|
Mari Jarris |
Rescuing the Concept of Freedom: The Frankfurt School's
Critique of Idealist Philosophy from Kant to Sartre. |
|
Hannah Korevaar |
West Side Story: Race, Space, Religion and the Law in Salt
Lake City. |
|
Manon Lefevre |
The Invasive Landscape: History, Ideologies, and Ecological
Consequences of the New England Lawnscape. |
|
Laura Munsil |
National Memory and Cinema: The Spanish Civil War on Film. |
|
Sophia Park |
The Emerging Luxury Market in China: What Channel and Gucci
Means to China Today and Tomorrow. |
|
Grace Powell |
US Drone Strikes and IR Theory. |
|
Tianyu Xie Rain |
The Single Hope: Youth Civic Engagements in the Age of
Individualization in China. |
|
Chloe Rhinehart |
Conditional Cash Transfer Programs in Multiethnic, "Plurinational"
States: The Case of Ecuador's Bono Sde Desarrollo Humano. |
|
Madelene Smith-Huemer |
Gendered Revolutions: The Role of Women within German
Reunification. |
|
Julian Theseira |
Lu Zhengxiang: A Christian and Confucianist Chinese Diplomat
and Modernizer. |
|
Kelly Toy |
The First Ladyship - Unelected, Unpaid, Unforgetable: A
History of Women in America from Martha Washington to Michelle
Obama. |
|
Maxwell Votey |
Cossack Identity and Paramilitarism in Early Post-Soviet Russia. |
|
Sabina Wahl |
Community Activism as Platform for Transformation: A
Historical Study of Muslim Women in a Durban Township. |
|
Shannon Welch |
Jesus in the Wilderness: Jesuit and Protestant Competition for
Abenaki Souls in the Anglo-French Northeast. |
|
Aileen Yeung |
Estonia: An Experiment in Economic Freedom. |
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