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ACM-Mellon Fellowships - Cohort 1

The first cohort of the ACM-Mellon Post-doctoral Teacher-Scholar Fellowship Program began in fall 2009.  Two-year Fellowships were awarded to the six colleges listed below.

In some cases, Fellows have left the program after one year to accept a permanent teaching position and a replacement Fellow has been hired for the second year of the Fellowship.

For each Fellow, the listing includes his/her academic area for teaching and academic year(s) in the program.

 

Coe College

  • Julie Fairbanks (PhD, Indiana University), Cultural Anthropology (2009-2011)
    Mentor:     Allen Fisher, Professor of Sociology

Colorado College

  • Elizabeth Havice (PhD, University of California-Berkeley), Political Science (2009-10)
    Mentor: John Gould, Associate Professor of Political Science
  • Dan Fahey (PhD, University of California-Berkeley), Political Science (2011-12) 
    Mentor:     John Gould, Associate Professor of Political Science 

Cornell College

  • Uri D. Leibowitz (PhD, University of Massachusetts, Amherst), Philosophy (2009-10)
    Mentor: James White, Professor of Philosophy
  • Katherine Biederman (PhD, Loyola University, Chicago), Ethics (2010-11) 
    Mentor:     James White, Professor of Philosophy

Lake Forest College

  • Elizabeth Barre (PhD, Florida State University), Religion (2009-10)
    Mentors:     Lou Lombardi, Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Ethics Center; Ahmad Sadri, Gorter Professor of Sociology and Anthropology/Director of the Islamic World Studies Program
  • James Hoesterey (PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison), Islamic Studies (2010-11)
    Mentors:     Ahmad Sadri, Gorter Professor of Sociology and Anthropology/Director of the Islamic World Studies Program; Cathy Benton, Associate Professor of Religion and Asian Studies

Ripon College

  • Mark McClish (PhD, University of Texas at Austin), Asian Religions, 2009-10
    Mentor:     Brian H. Smith, Professor of Religion
  • Michael Nichols (PhD, Northwestern University), Asian Religions (2010-11)
    Mentor:     Brian H. Smith, Professor of Religion

St. Olaf College

  • Matthew Rahaim (PhD, University of California-Berkeley), Music/Asian Studies, 2009-10
    Mentors: Gerry Hoekstra, Professor of Music; Karil Kucera, Luce Assistant Professor of Asian Visual Culture
  • Julia Byl (PhD, University of Michigan), Ethnomusicology (2010-11)
    Mentors: Karil Kucera, Luce Assistant Professor of Asian Visual Culture; Alice Hanson, Professor of Music

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