Academic, Research Training, Internship Appointments, and Fellowships 



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Andrea DiGiovanni 



BA Candidate New York University 6/5/00 to 8/31/00 



Soft and evaluate Movietone newsreel collection; sort and catalogue travel slides associated with 

 "Hansen Collection" (early travel films). 



Torsten Dikow 



BS University of Rostock, Germany 5/27/00 to 8/3/00 



A phylogenetic study of Actocetor (Diptera: Ephydridae) with a revision of the Afrotropical and 

 Paleoarctic species. 



Allison Elder 



BA College of William and Maty 5/24/00 to 12/7/00 



Developing, for the Discovery Room, object-based activities to facilitate learning in a hands-on en- 

 vironment. 



Andrew Allen Fatke 



BS Candidate South Dakota School of Mines 5/27/00 to 8/4/00 



This project employed known statistical methods to investigate the feasibility of size from sample 

 date, including fossil groups and extant spiders. 



Stephanie Fuentes 



BA Candidate SUNY-Geneseo 5/29/00 to 8/2/00 



The goal of the project is to make stratigraphic and geographic distinctions among the 

 Precambrian Ediacarin Fauna. 



Patricia Gavdos 



BA University of Notth Carolina 



Working on a project at the National Museum of Natural History. 



5/7/00 to 6/16/00 



Helen Gemmill 



BA Middlebury College 1/4/00 to 1/28/00 



Cataloguing the African education collection; Introduction to museum education. 



Sally Graver 



BA Grinnell College 5/30/00 to 5/30/01 



Assist with current laboratory projects, forensic cases, and monograph preparation. 



Robert Griffin 



BA Candidate University of Virginia 6/12/00 to 8/17/00 



Documenting eight films by Central American archaeologist, Matthew Stirling, including creation 

 of detailed cataloging records in addition to audio commentary where possible. 



Eleanor Grimm 



High School George Mason High School 7/24/00 to 9/1/00 



Helping with arrangement, description, and storage of archival collections. 



Valerie Kay Hardy 



B A Candidate University of Virginia 6/5/00 to 8/5/00 



-Richmond 

 Acting as liaison between news/entertainment media and museum scientists. Working with VIPs, 

 local and national, and international film and television crews. Reading and compiling museum 

 print news clippings, using the Internet and computer database. Writing and updating press 

 materials, including news releases and fact sheets. 



Erica Haskell 



BA Mills College 9/8/00 to 12/31/00 



Assist with promotional campaigns to publicize historically important recordings. 



Kristofer Michael 

 Helgen 



Tabitha Hensley 



BA Candidate Harvard University 5/29/00 to 8/3/00 



Taxonomic revision of Caribbean Procyon based on cranial and dental morphology. 



BS Candidate University of New Orleans 5/27/00 to 8/4/00 



This project will focus on examining a compiled petrologic database from the Quaternary volcanoes 

 of Centtal America to investigate regional geochemical trends, and relationships to age, position, 

 and tectonic parameters, such as crustal thickness, distance from the trench and proximity to cross- 

 arc fractures zones. 



Taneika Hughes BA Candidate Howard University 4/5/99 to 12/31/99 



Exploration and documentation of the selection process believed to determine the reasoning behind 

 inconsistent removal of remains from a former burial yard in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. Perhaps the 



