Walter Van de Leur, SI Predoctoral Fellow, University of 

 Amsterdam. "Such Sweet Thunder: The Musical Collabora- 

 tion of Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington," with John 

 Hasse from February I, 1996 to October 31, 1996. 



National Museum of Natural History 



John Alroy, SI Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Arizona. 

 "Ecomorphological Analysis of North American Cenozoic 

 Mammalian Faunas," with Scott Wing and Anna Behrens- 

 meyer, from September 1, 1996 to August 31, 1997. 



Alessandra Baptista, Visiting Student, University of 



Maryland. "Proposed Studies on Aulacigastridae (Diptera)," 

 with Wayne N. Mathis from August 15, 1996 to August 14, 



1997- 

 Julie Barcelona, SI Graduate Fellow, Miami University, Ohio. 

 "An Investigation of the Systematic Positions of the Fern 

 Genera Sphenomens and Odontosoria sensu stricto {Den- 

 ns aediac e ae )" with David Lellinger from June 17, 1996 to 

 August 23, 1996. 

 Jeffrey Bates, SI Graduate Fellow, University of New 

 Hampshire. "Developing Taxonomic Expertise on Free- 

 Living, Marine Nematodes," with Duane Hope and Kris- 

 tian Fauchald, from June I, 1996 to August 9, 1986. 



Andrew Brower, SI Postdoctoral Fellow, American Museum of 

 Natural History. "Systematics of the Heliconiinae (Lepidop- 

 tera: Nymphalidae)," with Robert Robbins from Septem- 

 ber 1, 1996 to August 31, 1997. 



Emilio Bruna, SI Graduate Fellow, University of California, 

 Davis. "Effect of Habitat Fragmentation on Tropical Plant- 

 Pollinator Interactions," with W. John Kress from July I, 

 1996 to September 15, 1996. 



Larry Buckley, SI Postdoctoral Fellow, Southern Illinois 

 University. "Morphological and Molecular Evolution of 

 Iguanid Lizards: Controversy or Congruence?," with Kevin 

 De Queiroz and Dave Swofford, from September 1, 1996 to 

 August 31, 1997. 



Ryszard Chrost, Short Term Visitor, University of Warsaw. 

 "Study of Microbial Degradation and Utilization of Or- 

 ganic Constituents of Floating Detritus and Bacterial 

 Production in the Mangrove Ecosystem at Twin Cays, Bel- 

 ize, South America," with Maria A. Faust from May 1, 1996 

 to July 31, 1996. 



Roger Colten, SI Postdoctoral Fellow, Fowler Museum of 

 Cultural History. "Osteometric Identification and Aging 

 of Pinniped Bones From Archaeological Sites," with 

 Melinda Zeder from October I, 1995 to September 30, 

 1996. 



Mihai Ducea, SI Predoctoral Fellow, California Institute of 

 Technology. "Probing the Roots of the Batholiths: Lower 

 Crustal Xenoliths from the Sierra Nevada," with Sorena 

 Sorensen from June I, 1996 to August 31, 1996. 



Sarah Fee, SI Predoctoral Fellow, Inst. Nat. des Lang, et 

 Civil. Oriental. "The Aesthetic and Social Meanings of 

 Cloth in Androy, Southern Madagascar: A Comparative 

 Analysis," with Maty Jo Arnoldi from June I, 1996 to 

 May 31, 1997. 



Chrissen Gemmill, SI Postdoctoral Fellow, University of 

 Colorado. "Evolutionary Relationships of Hawaiian Pit- 

 tosporum," with Warren Wagner and Elizabeth Zimmer, 

 from June I, 1996 to May 31, 1997. 



Sean Harple, Visiting Student, Univerity of Kansas. "Study of 

 Existing Indigenous Museums and Indonesian Govern- 

 ment-Sponsored Museums in Irian Jaya, and an Assesment 

 of the Potential for a Proposed Indigenous Museum in the 

 Kamoro or Amungme Tribal Area," with Paul Taylor from 

 January 22, 1996 to January 17, 1997. 



Chantal Huckert, SI Postdoctoral Fellow, University of 



Xalapa, Mexico. "The Contemporary and Classic Maya Tex- 

 tile Figures: Opening of a Representational Universe," with 

 Robert Laughlin from July I, 1996 to June 3, 1997. 



John Janovec, Visiting Student, Texas A&M University. "The 

 Woody Nyctaginaceae of Costa Rica: Phylogenetic 

 Relationships, Species Definitions, Ecology, and 

 Geographic Distributions," with Vicki Funk from May 6, 

 1996 to September 20, 1996. 



Darlene Judd, Visiting Scientist, Texas A&M University. 

 "Production of High Quality, Modern Systematic 

 Monographs of Three Understudied Taxa of Flies (Dip- 

 tera)," with Wayne Mathis from January 1, 1996 to Decem- 

 ber 31, 1997. 



Patticia Lambert, SI Postdoctoral Fellow, University of North 

 Carolina. "Violent Conflict in Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherer 

 Societies of Southern California," with Douglas Ubelaker 

 and Douglas Owsley, from September I, 1996 to August 31, 



1997- 



Amy Meisner, SI Graduate Fellow, George Washington 

 University. "Systematic Revision of Two Genera of 

 Viviparous Halfbeaks: Dermogenys and Nomorhampbus 

 (Teleostei:Hemiramphidae)," with Lynne Parenti from June 

 3, 1996 to August 12, 1996. 



Yunxiang Ni, Visiting Scientist, Miami University. "Crys- 

 tal Structure Study of Vaterite and its Implications," 

 with Jeffrey Post from October 1, 1995 to September 30, 

 1996. 



Fredrik Pleijel, Visiting Scientist, Swedish Museum of 

 Natural History. "Polychaete Phylogeny," with Kristian 

 Fauchald from September 5, 1996 to September 4, 1997. 



Hilga Prinis, Visiting Student, University of Amsterdam, 

 The Netherlands. "Dutch-Smithsonian Expedition to Irian 

 Jaya in 1926: A Study of Transaction, Selection and Value 

 of Cultural Objects," with Paul Taylor from January 22, 

 1996 to October 11, 1996. 



Hilga Prins, Visiting Student, University of Amsterdam, the 

 Netherlands. "Material Culture in Cross-cultural En- 

 counters," with Paul Taylor from January 22, 1996 to 

 October 10, 1997. 



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