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Academic Appointees
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1987

In 1987 a total of 51 fellowship appointments were recorded at Natural History, including 4 Senior Postdoctoral Fellowships, 33 Postdoctoral Fellowships, 9 Predoctoral Fellowships, 5 Ten-week Graduate Student Fellowships, 0 Visiting Scholar/Student appointments, and 30 Short-term Visitor appointments (short-term visitor appointments are not listed here).

* Indicates an SI fellow who went on to become part of the NMNH scientific community.

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SENIOR POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP AWARDS

Buchwald, Vagn F. SI Senior Fellow, University of Copenhagen. "A Study of Iron Meteorites in the Smithsonian Collections, Particularly those Collected in the Antarctic during the 1980's." Working with Roy Clarke. Department of Mineral Sciences. 01-Sep-87 to 31-Jan-88.

Heald, Suzette. SI Senior Fellow, University of London, Great Britain. "Two African Modes of Being: Society and Person Among the Gim and Teso of East Africa." Working with Ivan Karp. Department of Anthropology. 15-Feb-86 to 14-Dec-87.

Powell, Peter. SI Senior Fellow, Nashotah House Seminary. "Cheyenne Indian Art, with Primary Emphasis upon Northern Cheyenne Ledger Book Art." Working with William Sturtevant. Department of Anthropology. 01-Jan-88 to 31-Dec-88.

Wang, Hui-ji. SI Senior Fellow, University of Fu-Dan, P.R.C.. "Systematic and Biogeographic Investigations of Jurassic-Cretaceous Gastropods of the Tethyan Realm of Tibet." Working with Thomas Waller. Department of Paleobiology. 01-Nov-87 to 31-Oct-88.

POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP AWARDS

Aronson, Richard B. SI Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University. "Predation, Mass Extinction, and the Fate of Crinoid Communities in the Mesozoic." Working with David Pawson. Department of Invertebrate Zoology. 01-Jan-88 to 31-Dec-88.

Becker, Vito. SI Postdoctoral Fellow, University of London. "The higher classification and relationships of Stenomatinae (Lepidoptera)." Working with Donald Davis. Department of Entomology. 01-Jan-87 to 31-Dec-87.

Bienenfeld, Paula Faye. SI Postdoctoral Fellow, State University of New York, Binghamton. "Functional Analysis of African Late Stone Age Tools." Working with Dennis Stanford. Department of Anthropology. 01-Jun-87 to 31-May-88.

Broderick Day, Barbara Ann. SI Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Irvine. "Political Figures in Popular Art of the Arly National Period." Working with Wendy Wick Reaves. Department of Anthropology. 01-Sep-87 to 31-Aug-88.

Burnham, Robyn J. SI Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Washington. "Empirical and Theoretical Approaches to Paleobotanical Sampling." Working with William DiMichele. Department of Paleobiology. 01-Oct-87 to 30-Sep-88.

**Cannell, Peter. SI Postdoctoral Fellow, City University of New York. "The Syrinx and Systematics of Higher Non-passerine Birds." Working with Richard Zusi. Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Birds. 01-Oct-86 to 30-Sep-88.

Condon, Martha Ann. SI Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Texas, Austin. "A Phylogenetic Analysis of Blepharoneura loen (Diptera: Tephritidae)." Working with Wayne Mathis. Department of Entomology. 01-Feb-88 to 31-Jan-89.

Griswold, Charles Edward. SI Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Berkeley. "Systematics and Biogeography of the Spider Subfamily, Machadoniidae Lehtinen 1967 (Araneae: Miturgidae)." Working with Jonathan Coddington. Department of Entomology. 01-Apr-88 to 31-Mar-89.

Hard, Robert J. SI Postdoctoral Fellow, University of New Mexico. "Analysis of Tarahumara field Data Focusing on Ethnoarchaeological Work." Working with William Merrill. Department of Anthropology. 01-Jan-87 to 31-May-88.

Heaney, Lawrence R. SI Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Kansas. "Systematics and Biogeography of Southeast Asian Tree Squirrels." Working with Michael Carleton. Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Mammals. 01-Sep-86 to 15-Jan-88.

Heydon, Steven Lee. SI Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Illinois. "A Taxonomic Review of Nearctic Ormocerini and Pirenini (Hymneoptera: Pteromalidae)." Working with Ronald McGinley. Department of Entomology. 15-Oct-87 to 14-Oct-88.

Hill, Jonathan David. SI Postdoctoral Fellow, Indiana University. "Ritual Hierarchy and Secular Equality: The Duality of Power Patterning in an Indigenous Society of Lowland South America." Working with William Crocker. Department of Anthropology.15-Jan-88 to 14-Jan-89.

Mabee, Paula Marie. SI Postdoctoral Fellow, Duke University. "The Interrelationship of Elassoma and the Role of Paedomorphosis in its Evolution." Working with G. David Johnson. Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Fishes. 01-May-87 to 30-Apr-88.

Mazer, Susan Jo. SI Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Berkeley. "The Analysis of Ecological Correlates of Interspecific Seed Weight Variation." Working with Scott Wing. Department of Paleobiology. 01-Feb-87 to 31-Jul-88.

Mooi, Richard J. SI Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Toronto. "Pedicellariae and the Phylogenetics of Irregular Echinoids." Working with David Pawson. Department of Invertebrate Zoology. 01-Feb-88 to 31-Jan-89.

**Munroe, Thomas Allan. SI Postdoctoral Fellow, William and Mary College. "A Phylogenetic Study of the Flatfish Suborder, Soleoidea." Working with Richard Vari. Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Fishes. 15-Jan-87 to 14-Jan-88.

Nagarkar, Madhav Balkrishna. SI Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Poona, India. "Asian Species of Thelotremataceae, Their Relatives in the New World Tropics, and Cladistic Classification of the Family." Working with Mason Hale. Department of Botany. 14-Sep-87 to 13-Sep-88.

O'Grady, Richard Terence. SI Postdoctoral Fellow, University of British Columbia, Canada. "A Phylogenetic Study of the Co-evolution between Crocodilians and some of their Nematode Gut Parasites." Working with W. Duane Hope. Department of Invertebrate Zoology. 01-Apr-87 to 31-Mar-88.

Owen, Claudia. SI Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Washington. "Behavior of Oxygen During Blueschists-facies Metamophism." Working with Sorena Sorenson. Department of Mineral Sciences. 01-Jan-88 to 31-Dec-88.

Pereira, Luis Alberto. SI Postdoctoral Fellow, Universidad Nacional de la Plata, Argentina. "A Systematic Study of the Genera Pectiniungius Bollman, 1889 and Schendylurus Silvestri, 1907, Including a Phylogenetic Approach (Geophilomorpha: Schenylidae)." Working with Jonathan Coddington. Department of Entomology. 01-Mar-88 to 28-Feb-89.

Petraglia, Michael D. SI Postdoctoral Fellow, University of New Mexico. "Natural Formation Processes and the Archaeological Record." Working with Richard Potts. Department of Anthropology. 01-Sep-87 to 31-Aug-88.

Pipoly III, John James. SI Postdoctoral Fellow, City University of New York. "Phylogenetic Systematics and Biogeography of the Genus Cybianthus (Myrsinaceae)." Working with Vicki Funk. Department of Botany. 01-Jul-87 to 30-Jun-988.

Reed, Ruth Pamela. SI Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Miami. "Occurrence and Characterization of Fine-grained Carbonate Precipitates." Working with Ian McIntyre. Department of Paleobiology. 01-Jun-87 to 31-May-88.

Rumrill, Steven Seward. SI Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Alberta. "Morphological and experimental investigations of larval settlement and metamorphosis in marine invertebrates." Working with Mary Rice. Department of Invertebrate Zoology. 01-Oct-87 to 30-Sep-88.

Schaefer, Scott Allen. SI Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Chicago. "Phyletic Relationships of Scoloplax (Teleostei: Scoloplacidae), with a re-assessment of Loricarioid Phylogeny." Working with Stanley Weitzman. Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Fishes. 01-Sep-87 to 31-Aug-88.

Seibert, Darrell J. SI Postdoctoral Fellow, City University of New York. "Interrelationships within the Family Cyprinidae." Working with Richard Vari. Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Fishes. 01-Sep-87 to 31-Aug-88.

Shirayama, Yoshihisa. SI Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Tokyo. "Phylogenetic Study of Free-Living Deep-Sea Nematodes Collected Off Sanriku, Northeastern Japan, with Special Interest in the Antiquity of Deep-Sea Species." Working with W. Duane Hope. Department of Invertebrate Zoology. 01-Mar-88 to 23-Feb-89.

Silverblatt, Irene Marsh. SI Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Michigan. "Andean Symbols of Colonization: The History of Santiago and the Peruvian Mountain Gods." Working with William Merrill. Department of Anthropology. 01-Aug-87 to 31-Jul-88.

Sobrevilla, Claudia. SI Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University. "Phylogenetic Studies of the Subtribe Espeletinae." Working with Vicki Funk. Department of Botany. 01-Mar-87 to 28-Feb-88.

Starr, Christopher Kenneth. SI Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Georgia. "Phylogeny of Stenograstrine Wasps." Working with Karl V. Krombein. Department of Entomology. 17-Jun-87 to 16-Jun-88.

Verano, John W. SI Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Los Angeles. "Skeletal Biology of Prehistoric Northern Andean Populations." Working with Douglas Ubelaker. Department of Anthropology. 01-Oct-87 to 30-Sep-88.

Wetmore, Karen L. SI Postdoctoral Fellow, Johns Hopkins University. "Mechanical architecture and habitat of some larger Benthic Foraminfera." Working with Martin Buzas. Department of Paleobiology. 01-Jan-88 to 31-Dec-88.

Xiaoying, Shi. SI Postdoctoral Fellow, Beijing Graduate of Geology. "Jurassic Brachiopod Fauna, Systematics and Paleogiogeography." Working with Richard Grant. Department of Paleobiology. 01-Feb-87 to 31-Jan-88.

PREDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP AWARDS

Begun, David. SI Predoctoral Fellow, University of Pennsylvania. "The Taxonomy of Phylogeny of Dryopithecus." Working with Richard Potts. Department of Anthropology. 01-Sep-86 to 31-Aug-88.

Gopalsamy, Shanta. SI Predoctoral Fellow, Annamalai University, India. "Taxonomy and Phylogeny of Sciaenid fishes (Sciaenidae: Perciformes)." Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Fishes.

Kipuri, Naomi N. SI Predoctoral Fellow, Temple University. "Social Change and Gender Among Maasai Women." Working with Ivan Karp. Department of Anthropology. 01-Jun-87 to 31-May-88.

Kool, Silvard. SI Predoctoral Fellow, George Washington University. "Phylogeny and Taxonomy of Thaidid (Prosobranchia: Muricacea) Gastropods." Working with Richard Houbrick. Department of Invertebrate Zoology. 01-Jun-86 to 31-May-88.

Kvist, Lars Peter. SI Predoctoral Fellow, University of Aarhus, Denmark. "The Taxonomy and Specialization of Kohleria (sensu lato) (Gesneriaceae)." Working with Laurence Skog. Department of Botany. 01-Sep-86 to 30-May-88

Lee Asch, David. SI Predoctoral Fellow, University of Michigan. "Hopewellian Agriculture of the Lower Illinois Valley." Working with Bruce Smith. Department of Anthropology. 15-Sep-87 to 14-Sep-88.

Pape, Thomas. SI Predoctoral Fellow, University of Copenhagen. "A systematic taxonomic revision of Blaesoxipha Loew (Diptera: Sarcophagidae, Protodexiini)." Working with Wayne Mathis. Department of Entomology. 01-Sep-87 to 31-Aug-88.

Shantha, Gopalsamy. SI Predoctoral Fellow, Annamalai University, India. "Taxonomy and Phylogeny of Sciaenid Fishes (Sciaenidae: Perciformes)." Working with Stanley Weitzman. Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Fishes. 15-Feb-88 to 14-Feb-89.

Smith Collins, Laurel. SI Predoctoral Fellow, Yale University. "The Effect of Environment and Morphologic Variation within a Benthic Foraminiferal Species." Working with Martin Buzas. Department of Paleobiology. 01-Sep-87 to 31-Aug-88.

TEN-WEEK GRADUATE STUDENT FELLOWSHIP AWARDS

Heaton, Timothy Howard. SI Ten-week Graduate Student Fellow, Harvard University. "Patterns of evolution in the fossil rodent Ischyromys from Oligocene deposits of the Great Plains of North America." Department of Paleobiology.

*Loring, Stephen. SI Ten-week Graduate Student Fellow, University of Massachusetts. "Archaeology and ethnography of the late Indian populations of Labrador: a social perspective." Department of Anthropology.

Meneses, Maria Isabel. SI Ten-week Graduate Student Fellow, University of Hawaii. "Taxonomy of Ceramium species in the Hawaiian Islands." Working with James Norris. Department of Botany. 01-Feb-88 to 07-Apr-88.

Palmer, Jacqueline Marie. SI Ten-week Graduate Student Fellow, Harvard University. "Comparative morphology of the external silk-spinning structures in spiders." Department of Entomology.

Willard, Debra Ann. SI Ten-week Graduate Student Fellow, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. "Correlation of Lycospora with Lycopod cones: compressions and anatomically preserved cones in coal balls." Department of Botany.