Robert W. Sussman, Ph.D., professor of anthropology in Arts & Sciences, and Glenn C. Conroy, Ph.D., professor of anthropology in Arts & Sciences and professor of anatomy and neurobiology in the School of Medicine, have the first- and fifth-most cited articles, respectively, in the 24-year history of the International Journal of Primatology. Sussman’s article, “A New Interpretation of the Social Organization and Mating System of the Callitrichidae,” and Conroy’s article, “Problems of Body-Weight Estimation in Fossil Primates,” were published in 1987. …
Lester K. Spence, Ph.D., assistant professor of political science and of African and Afro-American Studies, both in Arts & Sciences, has been awarded a Kellogg Scholars in Health Disparities Program fellowship. Spence is conducting research at the Morgan State Center for Urban Health for two years, which he started in August. The purpose of the fellowship is to train social scientists to study health disparities from the perspective of their various disciplines. Spence plans to research the myriad ways that political processes impact the public health of African-Americans in urban contexts. …
John R. Bowen, Ph.D., the Dunbar-Van Cleve Professor in Arts & Sciences, has received a one-year, $167,401 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for research titled “Diversity and Debates in Contemporary Islam.” …
Philip V. Bayly, Ph.D., professor of mechanical engineering, has received a six-month, $33,333 grant from Myneurolab for research titled “Sterotaxic Accessory for Reproducible Trauma.” …
James S. Schilling, Ph.D., professor of physics in Arts & Sciences, has received a three-year, $360,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for research titled “Studies of Alkali Metal and High-Tc Oxide Superconductors and Molecular Materials under Extreme Hydrostatic Pressure.” …
Alan R. Templeton, Ph.D., the Charles Rebstock Professor of Biology in Arts & Sciences, has received a one-year, $89,150 grant from the University of Michigan/NIGMS for research titled “Genomic Approaches to Common Chronic Disease.” …
Matteo Levisetti, M.D., instructor in medicine, has received a three-year, $414,000 grant from the American Diabetes Association for research titled “Identification of Novel Autoantigens in Type 1 Diabetes.” …
Laure E. Hartman, graduate student in Romance languages and literatures in Arts & Sciences, is the first recipient of the Silver-Schuman Washington University Fellowship, which is awarded to graduate students in French Renaissance literature. The fellowship is intended to provide for one year of funding in which to write intensively and finish the doctorate free from teaching obligations. …
Jane Harris Aiken, J.D., the William M. Van Cleve Professor of Law, received a two-year, $300,000 grant from the Department of Justice for a “Legal Assistance for Victims Grant Program.” …
Ryan K. Balot, Ph.D., associate professor of classics in Arts & Sciences, received a six-month, $24,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for research titled “Courage in the Democratic Polis: Civic and Military Self-Definition in Classical Athens”…
Sophia Hayes, undergraduate chemistry student in Arts & Sciences, received a three-month, $5,000 grant from Pfizer Global Research & Development for a “Pfizer Summer Undergraduate Summer Fellowship.” …
Shanti A. Parikh, Ph.D., assistant professor of African and Afro-American Studies, of anthropology, of Women and Gender Studies, of history and philosophy of science and of International and Area Studies, all in Arts & Sciences, received a one-year, $41,500 grant from Fulbright: Council for International Exchange of Scholars for research titled “Bargaining With Female Sexuality: Assessing the Age of Consent as a Feminist Strategy in Uganda.”