Student Achievements
The Middle East Studies Center Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship Awards:
Academic Year 2009
- Stephen Boxwell, pursuing a Doctorate in the Department of Linguistics
- Ashanthi De Silva, pursuing a Master's in the John Glenn School of Public Affairs
- Erin Hannay, pursuing a Master's in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
- Christopher Hemmig, pursuing a Master's in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
- Tara Hess, pursuing a Master's in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
- Catalina Hunt, pursuing a Doctorate in the Department of History
- Jennifer Nowlin, pursuing a Doctorate in the Department of Political Science
- Ryan Phillips, pursuing a Doctorate in the Department of Political Science
- James Walker, pursuing a Doctorate in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
Summer 2008
- Erin Hannay, pursuing a Master's in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
- James Helicke, pursuing a Doctorate in the Department of History
- Christopher Hemmig, pursuing a Master's in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
- Catalina Hunt, pursuing a Doctorate in the Department of History
- Jennifer Nowlin, pursuing a Doctorate in the Department of Political Science
Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Grants for Academic Year 2009:
Michael Ewers, from the Department of Geography, will conduct research in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for 10 months, examining the role of highly-skilled, expatriate labor in the country’s efforts to transition beyond oil-based economic development. Ewers will study a number of diversification strategies which have been implemented since the 1970s in the UAE to understand how knowledge transfer from expatriate to local labor has occurred.
International Affairs Grant Recipients focusing on the Middle East or Central Asia (Announced June 13, 2008):
Andrew de la Garza, History, Ph.D. Student
Great Armies and Perfect Dominion: Babur, Akbar and Mughal Military Revolution, 1526-1605
Grant: $2,500Hans Utter, Musicology, Ph.D. Candidate
Performance, Patronage and Politics: Mughal Memories and Globalization in Hindustani Music
Grant: $1,700Abdulkadir Yildirim, Political Science, Fourth Year Ph.D. Student
The Rise of Muslim Democratic Parties: Globalization and Moderation of the Middle East
Grant: $2,000
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