Maria A. Jaramillo, Bachelors Candidate, Universidad de los 

 Andes. Bocany. Phylogenetic relationships in the family 

 Costaceae (Order ZingiberaJes). May 27, 1995 through Au- 

 gust 6, 1995. 



Nicholla C. Johnson, Bachelors Candidate, University of the 

 West Indies. Botany. Monographic study of legumin osae 

 genus asadia. May 28, 1995 through August 18, 1995. 



Tricia L. Kennedy. Public Affairs Office. To learn about the 

 functions and activities of a public affairs ofhce in a na- 

 tional museum. May 31, 1995 through July 28, 1995. 



Tara S. Kirkpatrick, Bachelors Candidate, Mount Holyoke 

 College. Mineral Sciences. To study lepidolite, a lithium- 

 rich mica, in pegmatites to determine the criteria for distin- 

 guishing between primary and secondary growth of these 

 lenses. May 29, 1995 through August 4, 1995. 



Jeffrey K. Lake, Bachelors Candidate, Gnnnell College. Bot- 

 any. Phylogenetic analysis of generic relationships in che 

 family Musaceae. It will focus primarily on morphological 

 characters and secondarily on molecular data. The phylog- 

 eny will be used to trace evolution of pollination system. 

 May 29, 1995 through August 6, 1995. 



Kathenne E. Langer, Bachelors Candidate, University of New 

 Hampshire. Mineral Sciences. To determine significance of 

 trace element chemistry in amazonite and microcline for 

 classifying rare element granitic pegmatites. May 29, 1995 

 through August 8, 1995. 



Claudia B. Mackey, Bachelors Candidate, University of Cen- 

 tral Florida. American Indian Program. Catalog photo- 

 graphs of Native American (Plains) and enter information 

 onto a computer database. February 16, 1995 through April 

 H, 1995- 



Barnaby N. Marsh, Bachelors Candidate, Cornell University. 

 Fishes. Systematic revision of toungefishes. July 3, 1995 

 through August 6, 1995. 



Michael Mastrota, Bachelors Candidate, University of Virginia. 

 Anthropology. Text and graphic database entry and editing for 

 ongoing projects. January 13, 1995 through June 9, 1995. 



Carolyn J. McClennan, Bachelors Candidate, University of Ar- 

 izona-Tucson. Native American cataloguing. Cataloguing 

 items of Mohave material culture found in the Harrington 

 manuscripts. May 30, 1995 through August 4, 1995. 



Robert D., Miller II, PhD Candidate, University of Michigan. 

 Anthropology. Research into the archaeological profile of 

 Highland Palestine in the I2th-llth centuries B.C. with em- 

 phasis on settlement patterns. August 18, 1995 through Au- 

 gust 30, 1995. 



Fancine Millman, Masters Candidate, George Washington 

 University. Exhibits. Assisting in project management and 

 educational outreach for the new Janet Annenberg Hooker 

 Hall of Geology, Gems, and Minerals. January 10, 1995 

 through May 14, 1995. 



Denise Mitchell, Bachelors Candidate, University of Oregon. 

 Native American Program. Researching ethnological and 

 historical information on Native American groups of South- 

 west Oregon Coast. April 4, 1995 through June 9, 1995. 



Peter Murch, Bachelors Candidate, State University of New 

 York. Zoology. Analysis of the distinctive west of 

 gresgrutus like characids from the western and central Am- 

 azon basin. May 27, 1995 through August 6, 1995. 



Mary L. Murphy, Masters Candidate. Anthropology. Helping 

 research for Egyptian exhibit and human origins exhibit. 

 June 12, 1995 through August 11, 1995. 



Abdul-Karim Mustapha, Bachelors Candidate, University of 

 Maryland. Anthropology. Looking at local archival collec- 

 tion and documents by African Americans during the ante- 

 bellum period. These will be used as a source material to 

 engage the issue of African American literacy at this time. 

 June 5, 1995 through August II, 1995. 



Peter Nichols, Bachelors Candidate, James Madison Univer- 

 sity. Mineral Sciences. Preparation of the Bulletin of the 

 Global Volcanism Network, a monthly update on active 

 volcanoes. March 20, 1995 through August 31, 1995. 



Kara A. O'Connor, Bachelors Candidate, University of Ver- 

 mont. Botany. To use a variety of microtechniques to com- 

 pare leaf anatomy in the Commelmacene. May 27, 1995 

 through August 6, 1995. 



Makiko Okuma, Bachelor's Candidate, Wichita State Univer- 

 sity. Anthropology, Asian Ethnology. Geographical terms 

 annotations in Abbot project, specifically Central Asia June 



". 1995 



Catherine Ann Osuna, Bachelors Candidate, Sweet Briar Col- 

 lege. Public Programs. Reworking Discovery Room Collec- 

 tion box "What is a Fossil?" Including research, script 

 writing and refurbishing the box. January 9, 1995 through 

 January 31, 1995. 



Karin L. Owens, Bachelors Candidate, Alabama A&M Univer- 

 sity. Learn and actively participate in all financial aspects of 

 the program including the distribution of funds across mul- 

 tiple fund numbers, budget spending, record keeping, fi- 

 nancial management and budget reconciliation. June 5, 

 1995 through August I, 1995. 



Bret A. Payseur, Bachelors Candidate, University of Colorado at 

 Boulder. Conservation. DNA extraction from taphonomic 

 bones, PCR amplification, and inspection of changes in the 

 DNA over time. May 27, 1995 through August 6, 1995. 



Ana L. Porzecanski, Bachelors Candidate, University de la Re- 

 publica. Paleobiology. Comparison of preservation of experi- 

 mentally decayed and fossil leaves. May 27, 1995 through 

 August 6, 1995. 



Lola H. Purvis, Masters Candidate, University of New Or- 

 leans. Anthropology. Directed independent archival intern- 

 ship — Acee Blue Eagle Collection. May 22, 1995 through 

 June 9, 1995. 



Edward A. Rehfeld, Bachelors Candidate, Stone Child Col- 

 lege. Marine. Taxonomic re-appraisal of compsomediama 

 medium chabanand 1951 (cynoglossidae: pleuronecti- 

 formes), a poorly-known Indo-Pacific tonguefish. May 27, 

 1995 through August 6, 1995. 



Michelle B. Roche, Bachelors Candidate, College of William 

 and Mary. Anthropology. Archaeobiology ot the Habur 



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