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
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FROM 1987 - 2007
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 - Eric 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
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
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FOR
ACADEMIC YEAR 2006-2007
RECIPIENT NAME |
TITLE |
|
James Bleshman |
The coming of the Dirty War: The Return of Peron, Isabelita, and Triple
A |
|
Jonah Boyarin |
How Secular and Hasidic Jews Imagine Each Other and What that Means
about America |
|
Brooke Ashley Duling |
Ecotourism in Indonesia: Can we save the last wild orangutans with
tourism? |
|
Nickolas Garin |
Pakistani Immigration to Oslo, Norway 1967-1975 and the Problem of
Integration |
|
Devon Golaszewski |
Oral History in the Adamawa, Cameroon |
|
Ameera Hamid |
Turkey's bid to join the European Union: Turkish Public Sentiment |
|
Elissa Kozlov |
Growing Old in Prison, A Psychological Approach to Understanding the
Unique process of Aging in America's Prison Systems |
|
Lyn-ni Lee |
Finding the Right balance: Integrationist policies and their effects on
inter-ethnic relations in Malaysia and France |
|
Howie Lempel |
Economic Determinants of Ideology in Civil War era Spain |
|
Claudia Grace Lesser |
Whose Illness? Cross-Cultural Perceptions of Health for Mexican
Immigrants within an American Medical System |
|
Amy Louie |
"Local" Japanese Americans and the Hawaiian Sovereignty Movement |
|
Emily Malkin |
The Role of British Imperialism and the Boer War in the Construction of
Afrikaner Nationalism, 1899-1902" |
|
Alana Miller |
A Study of the Effects of Government Assistant on Low Income Female Head
of Household's Employment |
|
Kate Mollison |
The Prosthetic Age: Aesthetic and Functional Development in Prosthetic
Technology in Europe, 1914-1939 |
|
Halim Farouk Rizk |
Brides of the Nation, "Martyrs for the Cause" Arab Feminisms,
Anti-Zionism, and Gendered Resistance in the Modern Levant |
|
Alex Rosen |
Ten years of Chilled Innovation; Understanding the Effects of
Intellectual Property Rights Online |
|
Maura Scully |
Space, Territory, and Structures in Conflict |
|
Laura Silver |
Taiwan and the United Nations: Eviction, Readmission, and National
Identity |
|
Jane Stolar |
Animals as Social Facilitators in Aged Care Residences, Hospitals,
Programs for the Mentally Challenged and Prisons |
|
Adam Tinkle |
Images of Rural American in Consumer Capitalism, 1960 to the Present |
|
Daniel Wertz |
Reassessing the Philippine-American War: How America's Culture
Influenced its Imperialist Adventure in the Pacific |
Hallowell Prize
