ACM-Mellon Fellowships - Cohort 3
The third cohort of the ACM-Mellon Post-doctoral Teacher-Scholar Fellowship Program begins in fall 2011. A total of nine of the two-year Fellowships were awarded to the eight colleges listed below.
For each Fellow, the listing includes his/her academic area for teaching and academic year(s) in the program.
Coe College
- Evangeline M Heiliger, Gender studies, 2011-13 Fellowship
PhD & MA, University of California-Los Angeles, Women's studies; BA, Victoria University of Wellington, Gender and women’s studies.
Mentor: Gina Hausknecht, Associate Professor of English
Colorado College
- Jennifer Clare, Comparative literature, 2011-13 Fellowship
PhD & MA, University of California-Berkeley, South and Southeast Asian studies; BA, Brown University, Comparative literature and visual arts.
Mentor: Corinne Scheiner, Maytag Associate Professor of Comparative Literature
Cornell College
- Nilay Ozok-Gundogan, Modern Middle Eastern history, 2011-13 Fellowship
PhD, Binghamton University, History; MA, Bosphorus University (Turkey), History; BA, Bosphorus University, Political science and international relations.
Mentor: Philip Lucas, Associate Professor of History
Lake Forest College
- Aurelia Campbell, Asian art, 2011-13 Fellowship
PhD, University of Pennsylvania, East Asian languages & civilizations; Visiting Scholar, Peking University; BA, Pitzer College, Art history and studio art.
Mentor: Ann Roberts, James D. Vail III Professor of Art
Lawrence University
- Burcu Bakioglu, New media studies, 2011-13 Fellowship
PhD & MA, Indiana University, Comparative literature; BA, Bogaziçi University (Turkey), English literature.
Mentor:Julie McQuinn, Assistant Professor of Music
Luther College
- Michael O'Brien, Ethnomusicology, 2011-13 Fellowship
PhD & MM, University of Texas at Austin, Ethnomusicology; BA & BM, Lawrence University, Instrumental music education.
Mentors: Juan Tony Guzman, Associate Professor of Music and Education; Brooke Joyce, Assistant Professor of Music
Monmouth College
- Michael Laughy, Classical archaeology, 2011-13 Fellowship
PhD, University of California-Berkeley, Ancient history and Mediterranean archaeology; MA, Washington University, Greek and Latin literature; BA, University of New Hampshire, Latin, anthropology, and philosophy.
Mentor: Tom Sienkewicz, Minnie Billings Capron Professor of Classics
Monmouth College
- Jeremy Pool, African history, 2011-13 Fellowship
PhD & MA, Emory University, History; BA, Macalester College, History.
Mentor: Simon Cordery, Associate Professor of History
Ripon College
- VaNatta Ford, African American rhetoric/Communication, 2011-13 Fellowship
PhD, Howard University, Communication; MDiv, Howard University; BS, Illinois State University, History.
Mentor: Jody Roy, Professor of Communication and Assistant Dean of Faculty