Graduate Student News

Matthew Hersch won the Robinson Prize from the Society for the History of Technology (SHOT) for his 2008 presentation. This prize is awarded for "the best-presented paper at the SHOT meeting by an individual delivering his or her first paper at the meeting. Candidates for the award are judged on the quality of the historical research and scholarship of the paper, but special attention is paid by the awards committee to the effectiveness of the presentation."

Our graduate students hosted the Joint Atlantic Seminar in the History of Medicine on October 9-10.

In spring 2009, our graduate students had spectacular success in winning grants and fellowships, including winning five Dissertation Completion Fellowships and Dissertation Research Fellowships from the School of Arts and Sciences--a success rate of 100%.

Peter Collopy, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship and Pottruck Graduate Presidential Prize Fellowship

Erica Dwyer has been invited to participate in the 2009 Fulbright-Hays Zulu Group Project Abroad in South Africa for ten weeks of intensive Zulu language study.

Matthew Hersch, HSS/NASA Fellowship in the History of Space Science for the 2009-10 academic year.

Eric Hintz, SAS Dissertation Completion Fellowship

Jessica Martucci, SAS Dissertation Research Fellowship, Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing Grant, Alice Paul Center for Research on Women, Gender & Sexuality Grant, Pressman Fund Award

Joanna Radin, SAS Dissertation Research Fellowship grant, and a grant-in-aid from the Hagley Library and Museum.

Corinna Schlombs, IEEE Fellowship in Electrical History

Roger Turner,Guggenheim pre-doctoral fellowship (National Air and Space Museum), Dave Abrams and Gene Banning Research Grant (Pan American Airlines Historical Foundation)

Kristoffer Whitney, SAS Dissertation Research Fellowship

Damon Yarnell, SAS Dissertation Research Fellowship, NSF funding for dissertation completion