FOR RELEASE: May 16, 2008 |
Contact: Jane Glickman or Stephanie Babyak (202) 401-1576 |
U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings today named 44 Jacob K. Javits fellows to pursue graduate study in selected fields within the arts, humanities, and social sciences. Selected from 899 applicants, fellows are chosen on the basis of superior academic achievement, financial need, and exceptional promise.
"The Jacob K. Javits fellows are among America's best and the brightest," Spellings said. "I look forward to their contributions in fields from English to economics, and from playwriting to public policy."
Fellows were selected by panels of academic scholars appointed by the Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Board, which is comprised of distinguished scholars appointed by the Secretary of Education. The Board established the following academic fields for this year's competition:
Arts fields creative writing, music performance, music theory, music composition, music literature, studio arts, television, film, cinematography, theatre arts, playwriting, screenwriting, acting, and dance.
Humanities fields art history, archeology, area studies, classics, comparative literature, English language and literature, folklore, folk life, foreign languages and literature, less commonly taught languages, history, linguistics, philosophy, religion, speech, rhetoric, and debate.
Social Sciences fields anthropology, communications and media, criminology, economics, ethnic and cultural studies, geography, political science, psychology, public policy and administration, and sociology.
The fellowship consists of a maximum stipend amount of $30,000, not to exceed the fellow's financial need, and an institutional payment of $12,981, accepted by the institution of higher education in lieu of all tuition and fees for the fellow. In total, the Department is awarding $1,891,164 for the 44 students.
According to program rules, 20 percent of the 44 fellowships were awarded in the arts, 20 percent in the social sciences, and 60 percent in the humanities.
A Javits fellowship may be renewed annually for up to four years. In addition to the 44 new fellowships announced today, 176 students who attend 62 colleges and universities are continuing Javits fellows.
Note to editors: Following is a list of new Javits fellows, alphabetical by the fellow's home state, and includes the field of study and institution he or she will be attending.
AR
- ArkadelphiaLeah Webb-Halperin, University of Wisconsin-Madison, American history
- Little RockNicholas Salazar, Yale University, classics
CA
- EncinoJohn Hawley, New York University, art history
- Los AngelesAngela Jordan, UCLA, theater arts, playwriting, screenwriting, acting and dance
- Los AngelesAna Muniz, UCLA, sociology
- OaklandJennifer Schradie, UC Berkeley, sociology
- OjaiAllison (Kendra) Greene, University of Iowa, creative writing
- OrangeCatherine Nguyen, UCLA, comparative literature
- Scotts ValleyKatrina Chamberlain, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, studio arts (including photography)
- Westlake VillageTristan Inagaki, UCLA, psychology
CT
- New HavenScott Andresen, Yale University, studio arts (including photography)
DC
- WashingtonDahlia Butler, Hollins University, theater arts, playwriting, screenwriting, acting and dance
FL
- IndialanticRandolphe Browne, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, American history
- TallahasseeDaniel Gough, University of Chicago, music performance, theory, composition and literature
IL
- ChampaignAlexandra Tipei, Indiana University, non-American history
- ChicagoFaith Kares, Northwestern University, anthropology
- ChicagoCeleste McNamara, Northwestern University, non-American history
- NilesMegan Paustian, Rutgers, The State University, English language and literature
- WaukeganMary Kiolbasa, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, creative writing
IN
- BrownstownMohammed Rafiq, Yale University, English language and literature
KY
- LouisvilleSusan Ellison, Brown University, anthropology
MA
- BrooklineMitchell Verter, New School for Social Research, philosophy
- CambridgeBen Gebre-Medhin, University of California Berkeley, sociology
- Ma MiltonMargaret Butterfield, Harvard University, religion
MD
- BoydsJong Sun Lee, Maryland Institute College of Art, studio arts (including photography)
NC
- AhoskieMeredith Brown, University of Rochester, psychology
- BathJoel Davenport, Columbia University, television, film, and cinematography
- DurhamJason Staples, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, religion
NE
- LincolnFrancie Streich, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, economics
NJ
- LawrencevilleSasha-Mae Eccleston, University of California Berkeley, classics
NM
- AlbuquerqueEric Garcia, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, studio arts (including photography)
NY
- Annandale on HudsonOraib Toukan, Bard College, studio arts (including photography)
- BrooklynTennessee Jones, Hunter College, creative writing
- New YorkDaisy Rosenblum, University of California Santa Barbara, linguistics
OH
- ColumbusLaura Herbert, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, foreign languages and literature
- MassillonMeghan Henning, Emory University, religion
OR
- CorvallisHeather Brink-Roby, Harvard University, English language and literature
PA
- Bryn MawrEzra Tessler, Columbia University, American history
PR
- GuaynaboCarmen Oquendo-Villar, New York University, television, film, and cinematography
TX
- DallasJohnathan Lawley, Southern Methodist University, studio arts (including photography)
UK
- LondonJonathan Stewart, Columbia University, television, film, and cinematography
VA
- ArlingtonJulia Stephens, Harvard University, non-American history
VT
- BenningtonKatie Martin, Smith College, theater arts, playwriting, screenwriting, acting, and dance
WI
- GreendaleAmir Moosavi, New York University, less commonly taught languages
###
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081104183752im_/http://www.ed.gov/images/ed_c_dline.gif)
![]() |
Back to May 2008 |
![]() |
||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
![]() |