To
date, in 2009 a total of 302 internship
appointments have been recorded by the National
Museum of Natural History, with 136 interns
currently in-residence, 47 anticipated to
start their appointment soon, 109 who have
already completed their internship, 0 who
decline to be included in the listing, and
10 whose registered internship was terminated,
not successfully completed or declined.
The
following is a list of students selected for
internship positions at Smithsonian's National
Museum of Natural History. This list includes
the student's name, the affiliated institution
during their internship, the title of the
internship project, the name of the supervisor/sponsoring
NMNH staff, the assigned NMNH unit/office
in which the internship was conducted, and
the dates of the appointment.
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*AGARD,
Christopher.
Howard University. Investigating the use
of the tail and effects of tail shedding
in sympatric spiny-lizards. Working with
Roy McDiarmid. Department of Vertebrate
Zoology, Amphibians and Reptiles. 20-Oct-08
to 29-Sep-09.
AHMED,
Ambareen.
George Washington University. Scanning
scientific reprints as archival copies;
filing reprints into the Crustacea Library
collection. Working with Marilyn Schotte.
Department of Invertebrate Zoology. 22-Dec-08
to 9-Jan-09.
*ALGEE,
Lauren.
University of Texas, Austin. William F.
Wheeler photographs of Efe pygmies digitization
project. Working with Stephanie Ogeneski.
Department of Anthropology. 1-Jun-09 to
31-Jul-09.
ALLREAD,
Forest.
Corcoran College of Art and Design. Preparing
scientific illustrations of fossil leaves
and insects. Working with Mark Parrish.
Department of Paleobiology. 13-Feb-09
to 29-May-09.
AMES,
Heidi.
Pennsylvania State University. Working
with the Global Volcanism network. Working
with Rick Wunderman. Department of Mineral
Sciences. 20-Dec-08 to 9-Jan-09.
ASTUA,
Diego.
Latin American and Caribbean Collections
Management Training Program. Universidade
Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil. Studying
Vertebrate Zoology. Working with Diana
Munn and Carol Butler. Office of the Associate
Director for Research and Collections.
9-Feb-09 to 22-Mar-09.
BADGLEY,
Clarie.
Radford University. Assisting with the
administration and public information
for the Encyclopedia of Life project.
Working with Breen Byrnes. Office of the
Associate Director for Research and Collections,
Encyclopedia of Life. 23-Feb-09 to 29-May-09.
*BAUMAN,
Hannah.
Yorktown High School. Assisting with educational
activities in the Ocean Hall. Working
with Elizabeth Ban. Office of Education.
26-May-09 to 12-Jun-09.
BEAVER,
Sarah.
Alternative Spring Break Program. Appalachian
State University. Maps
of the world project. Working with Rusty
Russell and James Harle. Department of
Botany.
9-Mar-09 to 13-Mar-09.
BELL,
Jennifer.
Winter
Break Internship. Lafayette
College. Organizing
and recording rock specimens.
Working with Leslie Hale. Department of
Mineral Sciences. 5-Jan-09 to 16-Jan-09.
BENANTY,
Justine.
George Washington University. Collecting
information and items related to Alica
Fletcher and her work with the Omaha and
Sioux. Working with Joanna Scherer. Department
of Anthroplogy. 12-Jan-09 to 3-May-09.
BETZ,
Barbara.
Macalester College. Organizing information
for the publication on the deer stone
project field report. Working with Bill
Fitzhugh. Department of Anthropology.
29-Sep-08 to 15-Jul-09.
*BIRMINGHAM,
Katherine.
George Washington University. Assisting
with collections management projects in
Anthropology. Working with Deb Hull-Walski.
Department of Anthropology. 18-May-09
to 25-Sep-09.
*BOBBIO,
Lourdes.
Oakcreat High School. Digitizing radiographs
of fish specimens. Working with Lisa Palmer.
Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Fishes.
22-Jun-09 to 7-Aug-09.
*BOGUSKI,
James.
Marymount University. Assisting with the
caretaking of live insect specimens in
the exhibits. Working with Dan Babbit.
Office of Education, Insect Zoo. 4-May-09
to 31-Jul-09.
BONDE,
Sophia.
Assisting with the start up of the membership
program. Working with Jennifer Williams.
Office of Development. 9-Sep-08 to 1-Jun-09.
*BOYD,
Marshall.
Salisbury University. Contributing to
the digitization of files by scanning
reprints of isopod crustaceans. Working
with Marilyn Schotte. Department of Invertebrate
Zoology. 1-Jun-09 to 15-Aug-09.
*BROOKS,
Kelsey.
Princeton University. Investigating conservation
assessments of select plant families.
Working with Gary Krupnick. Department
of Botany. 1-Jun-09 to 7-Aug-09.
*BROWN,
Ashley.
Moore College of Art and Design. preparing
scientific illustrations of beetles using
graphite and coicuille board. Working
with Marie Metz. Department of Entomology.
18-May-09 to 20-Aug-09.
*BROWN,
Hannah.
Averett University. Studying patterns
of insect herbivory at the Colwell Creek
locality in North-Central Texas. Working
with Conrad Labandeira. Department of
Paleobiology. 18-May-09 to 10-Jul-09.
BROWN,
Hannah.
Alternative Spring Break Program. Averett
University. Preparing an assessment
list of the conservation status of select
plant species. Working with Gary Krupnick.
Department of Botany. 9-Mar-09 to 13-Mar-09.
BROWN,
Michael.
University of Maryland. Digital imaging
and DNA barcoding of beetles. Working
with Terry Erwin and Christy Geraci. Department
of Entomology. 9-Sep-08 to 15-Jan-09.
*BROWNING,
Jessica.
Indian
River Community College.
Animal
husbandry, laboratory and field work related
to maintaining living models of marine
ecosystems used for public education.
Working
with Bill Hoffman. Smithsonian Marine
Station, Fort Pierce.
28-Aug-08 to 29-Aug-09.
*BUCKER,
Stephanie.
George Washington University. Assisting
with the Summer Institute of Museum Anthroplogy
workshop. Working with Candace Greene.
Department of Anthropology. 4-May-09 to
15-Aug-09.
*CAINE,
Eric.
Phillips Exeter Academy High School. Filing
plants into the US National Herbarium
collections . Working with Rusty Russell.
Department of Botany. 15-Jun-09 to 14-Aug-09.
CAMACHO,
M. Alejandra.
Latin American and Caribbean Collections
Management Training Program. Pontificia
Universidad Catolica del Ecuador, Ecuador.
Studying Vertebrate Zoology. Working with
Diana Munn and Carol Butler. Office of
the Associate Director for Research and
Collections. 9-Feb-09 to 22-Mar-09.
*CARRIZOSA,
Irene.
University of North Carolina. Processing,
mounting and labeling specimens collected
from various malaise and canopy traps
at Valles Caldera Nature Preserve in New
Mexico.. Working with Michael Gates. Department
of Entomology. 12-Jul-09 to 13-Aug-09.
CARRUTHERS,
Victoria.
Catholic University. Assisting with the
inventory of the Tell Jemmeh collections.
Working with Melinda Zeder. Department
of Anthropology. 26-Jan-09 to 25-Jan-10.
*CARTER,
Catherine.
Vanderbilt University. Assisting wth the
Bulletin for Global Volcanism Network.
Working with Rick Wunderman. Department
of Mineral Sciences. 18-May-09 to 14-Aug-09.
*CASTANEDA,
Maria.
George Washington University. Conducting
a phylogenetic study of Caracinonemerteans
living on decapods and crustaceans using
DNA analysis. Working with Jon Norenburg.
Department of Invertebrate Zoology. 18-May-09
to 14-Aug-09.
*CASTILLO,
Eric.
Washington University, St. Louis. 3D digitizing
of the occipito-cervical articulation
in humans. Working with Chris Dudar. Department
of Anthropology. 15-Jun-09 to 31-Jul-09.
*CHAMBERLAIN,
Peter.
Indian River Community College. Animal
husbandry, laboratory and field work related
to maintaining living models of marine
ecosystems used for public education.
Working with Bill Hoffman. Smithsonian
Marine Station, Fort Pierce. 26-Jun-08
to 25-Jun-09.
*CHANG,
Elizabeth.
Swarthmore College. Examining a collection
of brittle star specimens looking for
age markers and evidence of predation.
Working with Martha Nizinski. Department
of Invertebrate Zoology. 1-Jun-09 to 28-Aug-09.
CHANG,
Elizabeth.
Swarthmore College. Rehousing
and scanning fish illustrations and images.
Working with Lisa Palmer. Department of
Vertebrate Zoology, Fishes. 9-Mar-09 to
13-Mar-09.
CHATMAN,
Kira.
George Washington University. filling
copy orders for researchers using the
National Anthroplogical Archives. Working
with Daisy Njoku. Department of Anthropology.
3-Nov-08 to 22-May-09.
CHEN,
Deena.
Alternative
Spring Break Program. Wesleyan
University. Rehousing and scanning fish
illustrations and images. Working with
Lisa Palmer. Department of Vertebrate
Zoology, Fisjes. 16-Mar-09 to 20-Mar-09.
*CHEN,
Hua Xin (Sherry).
University of Maryland, College Park.
Learning techniques of scientific illustration.
Working with Natalia Vandenburg. Department
of Entomology. 1-Jun-09 to 14-Aug-09.
CHEN,
Huaxin "Sherry".
Winter
Break Internship. University
of Maryland, College Park. Organizing
the ground squirrel collection.
Working with Suzy Peruach. Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Mammals. 5-Jan-09
to 23-Jan-09.
CHERNIN,
Jill.
George Washington University. Inventorying
a collection from Isreal. Working with
Deb Hull-Walski. Department of Anthropology.
12-Feb-09 to 31-May-09.
*CHOI,
Jamie.
W.T. Woodson High School. Curating and
labeling insect collections. Working with
Matthew Buffington. Department of Entomology.
22-Jun-09 to 4-Sep-09.
*CHONG,
Steven.
San Jose State University. Assisting with
the San Jacinto project. Working with
Rusty Russell. Department of Botany. 1-Jun-09
to 7-Aug-09.
*CHUGHTAI,
Zenit.
Michigan State University. Assisting with
social media projects, including Flickr
postings. Working with Dennis Hasch. Office
of Information Technologies. 18-May-09
to 28-Aug-09.
CHUGHTAI,
Zenit.
Winter Break Internship. Michigan State
University. Investigating and maintaining
the Museums social networking pages, including
adding new content and spaces. Working
with Dennis Hasch. Office of Information
Technologies. 15-Dec-08 to 9-Jan-09.
*CHWALEK,
Greta.
Academy of Holy CRoss High School. Digitization
of the Green River fossils. Working with
Finnegan Marsh. Department of Paleobiology.
8-Jun-09 to 17-Aug-09.
COLMENARES,
Pio.
Latin American and Caribbean Collections
Management Training Program. Instituto
Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas,
Venezuela. Working with Diana Munn and
Carol Butler. Office of the Associate
Director for Research and Collections.
9-Feb-09 to 22-Mar-09.
*COLLINS,
Leah.
Eastern Michigan University. Assisting
in the forensic anthropology lab, interacting
with visitors and guiding them through
the activities. Working with Amy Bolton.
Office of Education. 1-Jun-09 to 7-Aug-09.
CORBETT,
Lia.
T.C. Williams High School. Assisting with
the implementation and design of an ant
workshop for local public schools. Working
with Ted Schultz and Natasha Mehdiabadi.
Department of Entomology. 15-Sep-08 to
31-May-09.
COSTA,
Jane.
Latin American and Caribbean Collections
Management Training Program. Instituto
Oswaldo Cruz, Brazil. Studying Entomology.
Working with Diana Munn and Carol Butler.
Office of the Associate Director for Research
and Collections. 9-Feb-09 to 22-Mar-09.
*COTA,
Angela.
College
of William and Mary. Testing the occurance
of magmatic epidote in pegmatites through
examination of select specimens of mineral
epidote. Working with Mike Wise. Department
of Mineral Sciences. 1-Jun-09 to 21-Aug-09.
COTA,
Angela.
Winter
Break Internship. College
of William and Mary. Creating
a Google Earth layer showing specialized
mineral deposits.
Working with Mike Wise. Department of
Mineral Sciences. 5-Jan-09 to 19-Jan-09.
CRESSMAN,
Senora.
Alternative
Spring Break Program. University
of Maryland, Baltimore County. Studying
jellyfish biogeography using computer
modeling. Working with Allen Collins.
Department of Invertebrate Zoology. 16-Mar-09
to 20-Mar-09.
*CRISPIN,
Katherine.
Case Western Reserve University. Studying
piston cylinder calibration. Working with
Elizabeth Cottrell. Department of Mineral
Sciences. 11-May-09 to 25-Sep-09.
*CULLEN,
Erin.
Stevenson University. Assisting in the
Written in Bone exhibit and conducting
research on burial vault excavation and
osteological analysis. Working with Douglas
Owsley. Department of Anthropology. 2-Feb-09
to 30-Apr-10.
CUTHBERTSON,
Thomas.
Alternative
Spring Break Program. Ohio
State University. The world of maps project.
Working with Rusty Russell and James Harle.
Department of Boatny. 23-Mar-09 to 27-Mar-09.
*DALTON,
Sarah.
Cornell University. Imaging and cataloging
digital fish radiographs. Working with
Lisa Palmer. Department of Vertebrate
Zoology, Fishes. 8-Jun-09 to 23-Jul-09.
*DANCHISKO,
Kevin.
University of Notre Dame. Archaeology
of California's Channel Islands. Working
with Torben Rick. Department of Anthropology.
1-Jun-09 to 7-Aug-09.
DANG,
Tam.
Winter
Break Internship. George
Mason University. Studying the diversity
of leaf-litter Pheidole ants in Guyana,
DNA barcoding, ad auto-montage digital
images. Working with Ted Schultz and
Natasha Mediahbadi. Department of Entomology.
22-Dec-08 to 23-Jan-09.
DEAN,
Katherine.
Winter
Break Internship. New
College of Florida. Updating
the nomenclature of red-backed voles.
Working with Leslie Hale. Department
of Mineral Sciences. 5-Jan-09 to 30-Jan-09.
DEMSON,
Anastasia.
Virginia Commonwealth University. Rehousing
and scanning fish illustrations and
images. Working with Lisa Palmer. Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Fishes. 9-Mar-09
to 13-Mar-09.
DERDERIAN,
Vana.
Winter Break Internship. Montogomery
College. Assisting with database records
to review and add to MosquitoMap and
enhance spatial knowledge of mosquito
vector threat related to disease prevalence.
Working with Desmond Foley. Department
of Entomology. 14-Jan-09 to 13-Feb-09.
*DE
SOYSA, Tarja.
Smith College. DNA barcode project.
Working with W. John Kress. Department
of Botany. 1-Jun-09 to 14-Aug-09.
*DICKEY,
Sarah.
George Washington University. Designing
posters for anthropological collection
in the Arctic studies center. Working
with Beatrix Arendt. Department of Anthropology.
1-Jun-09 to 14-Aug-09.
*DINWIDDIE,
April.
Mount Holyoke College. Identifying Mordellid
beetles. Working with David Furth. Department
of Entomology. 11-Aug-08 to 31-Aug-09.
DORAN,
Ashlie.
SUNY Plattsburgh. Public relations.
Working with Kelly Carnes. Office of
Public Affairs. 21-Jan-09 to 3-May-09.
*ELY,
Michael.
Winston Churchill High School. Filing
plants into the US National Herbarium
collections. Working with Rusty Russell.
Department of Botany. 15-Jun-09 to 14-Aug-09.
FALCONE,
Cristina.
University of Mary Washington. Studying
the local insect diversity in an uncollected
habitat: sampling wasp larvae, identification
and cateloguing. Working with Michael
Gates. Department of Entomology. 4-May-09
to 29-May-09.
FARAHAT,
Dahlia.
Winter
Break Internship. American
University in Cairo.
Organizing
and recording rock specimens.
Working with Leslie Hale. Department
of Mineral Sciences. 5-Jan-09 to 30-Jan-09.
*FARNSWORTH,
Phyllis.
University of California, Irvine. Researching
information and maintaining the environment
of the butterflies in the Butterfly
Pavilion. Working with Dan Babbitt.
Office of Education. 22-Jun-09 to 31-Aug-09.
FERNANDES,
Nandita.
Winter
Break Internship. St.
George's University. Biocuration
and cyberinfrastructure of plants; DNA
barcoding.
Working with Ida Lopez. Department of
Botany. 5-Jan-09 to 30-Jan-09.
*FETTEROLF,
Savannah.
Columbia University. Researching the
life and work of Alice Fletcher for
the North American Indian project. Working
with Joanna Scherer. Department of Anthropology.
1-Jun-09 to 18-Sep-09.
*FIDLER,
Robert.
University of Virginia. Participating
in field work in New Mexico as part
of the Valles Caldera National Preserve
Biodiversity Project. Working with Michael
Gates. Department of Entomology. 18-May-09
to 15-Jul-09.
*FLANDERS,
Lowell.
George Washington University. Assigning
control numbers to the fish illustration
collection. Working with Lisa Palmer.
Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Fishes.
26-Jan-09 to 15-Jan-10.
*FLEMING,
Genna.
University of Maryland. Creating digital
images of media and entering plant identifications.
Working with Rusty Russell. Department
of Botany. 1-Jun-09 to 7-Aug-09.
*FOLTZ,
Christine.
George Washington University. Assisting
with starch and phytolith research.
Working with Dolores Piperno. Department
of Anthropology. 8-Oct-08 to 4-Sep-09.
*FORDEN,
Emily.
Claremont McKenna College. Processing
site information related to California
archaeology. Working with Torben Rick.
Department of Anthropology. 8-Jun-09
to 14-Aug-09.
FRANK,
Andrew.
American University. Conducting histological
and DNA sequence work on worms. Working
with Jon Norenburg. Department of Invertebrate
Zoology. 6-Apr-09 to 30-Mar-09.
*FRANKLIN,
Julia.
Duke University. Assisting in the forensic
anthropology lab and Written in Bone
exhibit. Working with Doug Owsley. Department
of Anthropology. 18-May-09 to 28-Aug-09.
FREDERICKS,
Jarrod.
Alternative Spring Break Program. Florida
State University. Maps of the world
project. Working with Rusty Russell
and James Harle. Department of Botany.
9-Mar-09 to 13-Mar-09.
*FREEMAN,
Aaron.
University of Maryland, College Park.
Linguistic analysis of ethnobotanical
data extracted from herbarium collections.
Working with Rusty Russell. Department
of Botany. 11-Aug-08 to 31-Aug-09.
GAAL,
Kaylin.
Alternative Spring Break Program. College
of Wooster. Maps
of the world project. Working with Rusty
Russell and James Harle. Department
of Botany. 9-Mar-09 to 13-Mar-09.
GANGADIN,
Anielkoemar.
Latin American and Caribbean Collections
Management Training Program. National
Zoological Collection, Suriname. Studying
Entomology. Working with Diana Munn
and Carol Butler. Office of the Associate
Director for Research and Collections.
9-Feb-09 to 22-Mar-09.
GARABEDIAN,
Laura.
George Washington University. Assisting
with filing archives. Working with Leanda
Gahegan. Department of Anthropology.
2-Mar-09 to 29-May-09.
*GARDNER,
Pamela.
Indian
River Community College.
Animal
husbandry, laboratory and field work
related to maintaining living models
of marine ecosystems used for public
education.
Working
with Bill Hoffman. Smithsonian Marine
Station, Fort Pierce.
6-Jun-08 to 5-Jun-09.
GAUGHRAN,
Stephen.
Alternative
Spring Break Program. Columbia
University. Creating a working bibliography
of zoological literature. Working with
Courtney Shaw. Smithsonian Libraries.
16-Mar-09 to 20-Mar-09.
*GEBHARD,
Jessica.
Brown University. Rewriting the old
Algouquin lexicon to include new information.
Working with Ives Goddard and Lucy Thomason.
Department of Anthropology. 18-May-09
to 21-Aug-09.
*GENETTI,
Leigh.
University of Michigan. Assisting with
education and outreach marketing. Working
with Karen Fitzgerald. Office of Education.
12-Jan-09 to 28-Aug-09.
*GOLDSTEIN,
David.
University of Pennsylvania. Assisting
Smithsonian efforts to update and expand
their presence in the social networks
including: facebook, YouTube, Flicker,
Twitter, and MySpace. Working with Dennis
Hasch. Office of Information Technology.
22-Jun-09 to 14-Aug-09.
GREEN,
Jenna.
George Washington University. Creating
life tables and visuals to assist in
preparation of paleoanthropology publications.
Working with Doug Ubelacker. Department
of Anthropology. 1-Apr-08 to 9-Mar-09.
*GRUNES,
Claire.
Winston Churchill High School. Filing
plants into the US National Herbarium
collections. Working with Rusty Russell.
Department of Botany. 15-Jun-09 to 7-Aug-09.
GYOURKO,
Jessica.
James Madison University. Scanning images
and illustrations of fishes. Working
with Lisa Palmer. Department of Vertebrate
Zoology, Fishes. 9-Mar-09 to 13-Mar-09.
*HALE,
Katherine.
St. John's College. Measuring and photographing
fossil lycopsid specimens. Working with
Bill DiMichele. Department of Paleobiology.
18-May-09 to 15-Aug-09.
*HAHN,
Crystal.
George Washington University. Assisting
with the development of the Human Origins
exhibt. Working with Kathleen Gordon.
Office of Exhibits. 16-Mar-09 to 18-Sep-09.
*HALTHORE,
Maya.
West Springfield High School. Investigating
patterns of insect herbivory from the
Lower Permian Colweek Creek locality
of Northcentral Texas. Working with
Conrad Labandeira. Department of Paleobiology.
22-Jun-09 to 28-Aug-09.
*HARRISON,
Peter.
American University. Assisting with
the curation of the parasitic wasp collection.
Working with Matt Buffington. Department
of Entomology. 11-May-09 to 21-Aug-09.
*HASDORFF,
Charise.
Howard University. Sifting through sediment
and rock from a dig in Wyoming, trying
to identify different organisms from
the fossils. Working with Matt Carrano.
Department of Paleobiology. 23-Feb-09
to 25-Jun-09.
*HAUSHEER,
Justine.
Princeton University. Assisting with
writing and editing documents for the
Encyclopedia of Life. Working with Breen
Byrnes. Office of the ADRC, Encyclopedia
of Life. 15-Jun-09 to 14-Aug-09.
*HAYES,
Eamonn.
University of North Carolina, Greensboro.
Map cataloguing. Working with Rusty
Russell. Department of Botany. 1-Jun-09
to 8-Aug-09.
HEDRICK,
Brandon.
Emory University. Assisting with the
Rock and Ore collection. Working with
Leslie Hale. Department of Mineral Sciences.
22-Dec-08 to 9-Jan-09.
HENSLEY,
Stephanie.
George Washington University. Assisting
with logging in anthropoological collections
and loan of objects for the "Written
in Bone" exhibit. Working with
Douglas Owsley. Department of Anthropology.
4-Aug-08 to 28-Feb-09.
HILL,
Ashley.
Florida Institute of Technology. Working
on the USAP project to provide a database
of descriptions of species collected
in the Antarctic. Working with Rafael
Lemaitre. Department of Invertebrate
Zoology. 29-Sep-08 to 31-Mar-09.
*HOFMAN,
Courtney.
University of Notre Dame. Assisting
in the analysis of the archaeological
materials from the California Channel
Islands. Working with Torben Rick. Department
of Anthropology. 1-Jun-09 to 21-Aug-09.
HOLLEMAN,
Jasper.
Christelyk Lyceum Zeist High School.
The world of maps project. Working with
Rusty Russell and Jim Harle. Department
of Botany. 11-May-09 to 15-May-09.
*HORACE-Middleton,
Ruth.
University of Phoenix. Sorting vertebrate
microfossils from the Early Cretaceous
Cloverly Formation . Working with Matt
Carrano. Department of Paleobiolohu.
12-Feb-09 to 25-Jun-09.
HUQ,
Neamul.
Indian River Community College. Chemical
characterization of marine algae. Working
with Raphael Ritson-Wiliams. Smithsonian
Marine Station, Fort Pierce. 26-Jan-09
to 31-May-09.
*IMPARATO,
Maura.
Organizing a photo contest on Flockr
for the butterfly pavilion and creating
related web pages. Working with Dennis
Hasch. Office of Information Technology.
18-May-08 to 6-Nov-09.
IMPARATO,
Maura.
Developing a training guide for volunteer
docents in the Sant Ocean Hall. Working
with Hal Banks. Office of Education.
7-Oct-08 to 17-Apr-09.
*IRELEY,
Brian.
Cornell University. Assisting with public
relations efforts and public presence
through writing, multimedia and other
communication. Working with Kelly Carnes.
Office of Public Affairs. 18-May-09 to
26-Jul-09.
*JACKSON,
Katrina.
University of Arizona. Conducting research
on meteorites. Working with Tim McCoy.
Department of Mineral Sciences. 18-May-09
to 14-Aug-09.
JARAMILLO,
Patricia.
Latin American and Caribbean Collections
Management Training Program. Charles Darwin
Foundation, Ecuador. Studying Botany.
Working with Diana Munn and Carol Butler.
Office of the Associate Director for Research
and Collections. 9-Feb-09 to 22-Mar-09.
*JOHNSON,
Katie.
Washington College. Assisting with the
cataloguing and preservation of the fish
illustration archives. Working with Lisa
Palmer. Department of Vertebrate Zoology,
Fishes. 18-May-09 to 28-Aug-09.
*JOHNSON,
Madeline.
George Washington University. Assisting
with the development of the NMNH membership.
Working with Jennifer Williams. Office
of Development. 8-Jun-09 to 14-Aug-09.
JORDAN,
Asha.
School Without Walls High School. Introducing
guests to the Butterfly Pavilion exhibit
and reminding them of the rules. Working
with Dan Babbitt. Office of Education.
29-Sep-08 to 31-May-09.
JUENGST,
Sara.
Vanderbilt University. Cataloging and
analyzing archaeological data. Working
with Bill Fitzhugh. Department of Anthropology.
8-Sep-08 to 3-Jan-09.
KACZKOWSKI,
Rebecca.
George Washington University. Collections
care and management issues involving forensic
anthropology collections, especially those
associated with the Written in Bone exhibit.
Working with Doug Owsley. Department of
Anthropology. 22-Jan-09 to 15-May-09.
*KAMAT,
Neeta.
University of Notre Dame. Assisting with
the development of the Charter Membership
Program. Working with Jennifer Williams.
Office of Development. 26-May-09 to 15-Aug-09.
*KENNEY,
Jonathan.
Eckerd College. Transferring x-rays of
the Nile Delta cores to the Museum's electronic
data management system. Working with Daniel
Stanley. Department of Paleobiology. 8-Jun-09
to 28-Aug-09.
KIM,
Heewon.
Alternative
Spring Break Program. Dartmouth
College. Labeling parasetic wasp specimens
from color preference survey. Working
with Michael Gates. Department of Entomology.
23-Mar-09 to 27-Mar-09.
*KLEIN,
Hannah.
The Field School High School. Assisting
in the Butterfly Pavilion and Insect Zoo.
Working with Dan Babbit. Office of Education.
2-Feb-09 to 28-Aug-09.
*KOCH,
Sandra.
FBI Laboratory. Learning feather identification
using whole feathers and microscopic structures.
Working with Carla Dove. Department of
Vertebrate Zoology, Birds. 17-Jun-08 to
16-Jun-09.
KOEN,
Ashley.
George Washington University. Assisting
with the Anthropology in the Museum
collections training course. Working
with Candace Greene. Department of Anthropology.
6-Dec-08 to 31-May-09.
KOENIG,
Erika.
Hammond High School. Using Treemap to
visualize the progress of the Encyclopedia
of Life. Working with Cynthia Parr. Office
of the Associate DIrector for Research
and Collections. 17-Oct-08 to 30-Jun-09.
KOPSTEIN,
Mickey.
Winter Break Internship. College of William
and Mary. Investigating and maintaining
the Museums social networking pages, including
adding new content and spaces. Working
with Dennis Hasch. Office
of Information Technologies.
15-Dec-08 to 19-Jan-09.
KORAB,
Margaret "Molly".
School Without Walls High School. Assisting
with a human resources project. Working
with Diana Munn. Office of the Director.
3-Nov-08 to 5-Jun-09.
KRANZ,
Rebecca.
Curation and identification of Hymenoptera
specimens. Working with Michael Gates.
Department of Entomology. 8-Dec-08 to
15-Feb-09.
*KREUZER,
Andrea.
George Washington University. Assisting
with graphic production and design for
the Darwin exhibit. Working with Michael
Lawrence. Office of Exhibits. 18-May-09
to 28-Aug-09.
KURSH,
Elspeth.
George Washington University. Assisting
with preparations for the "Written
in Bone" exhibit. Working with Doug
Owsley and Cathy Hawks. Department of
Anthropology. 15-Sep-08 to 6-Mar-09.
KUSH,
Jenna.
George
Washington University. Collections care
and management issues involving forensic
anthropology collections, especially those
associated with the Written in Bone exhibit.
Working with Doug Owsley. Department of
Anthropology. 22-Jan-09 to 6-Jul-09.
LAGOMARSINO,
Laura.
University of California, Berkeley. Using
DNA data to reconstruct the evolutionary
history of Heliconia. Working with
W. John Kress. Department of Botany. 21-Jan-09
to 15-May-09.
*LAM,
Winnie.
University of Alberta. Conducting a faunal
survey of the Tortricidae moths of Virginia,
including collecting and cataloging museum
specimens. Working with John Brown. Department
of Entomology. 22-Jun-09 to 21-Aug-09.
LANDAU,
Shira.
Havesford Senior High School. Assisting
in the Butterfly Pavilion and Insect Zoo.
Working with Dan Babbit. Office of Education.
2-Feb-09
to 28-Mar-09.
*LAPERA,
Maria Gabriela.
College of William and Mary. Investigating
human remains of Spanish ancertry in the
New World. Working with Doug Owsley. Department
of Anthropology. 18-May-09 to 14-Aug-09.
LAURO,
Daniele.
Universita Degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza.
Assisting with editoral work on the L.
W. Abbott diaries and Venice project.
Working with Paul Taylor. Department of
Anthropology. 23-Feb-09 to 29-May-09.
LAVERDE,
Oscar.
Latin American and Caribbean Collections
Management Training Program. Museo de
la Salle, Colombia. Studying Vertebrate
Zoology. Working with Diana Munn and Carol
Butler. Office of the Associate Director
for Research and Collections. 9-Feb-09
to 22-Mar-09.
LECLERC,
Emma.
Ithaca College. Assembling materials for
a study of 24 years of papers given at
the Visual Research Conference of the
Society for Visual Anthropology. Working
with Joanna Scherer. Department of Anthropology.
21-Jan-09 to 2-May-09.
LEE,
Joo Hyun.
Alternative
Spring Break Program. George
Washington University. Studying . Working
with . Department of . 16-Mar-09 to 20-Mar-09.
*LEHMBERG,
Sarah.
Goucher College. Writing annotated bibliographies
about African American scientists. Working
with Courtney Shaw. Smithsonian Libraries.
26-May-09 to 21-Aug-09.
*LEVINE,
Eleanor.
Williams College. Assisting with the Museum's
buisness ventures and guest services.
Working with Jerry Sachs. Office of Guest
Services. 1-Jun-09 to 24-Jul-09.
*LITTLE,
Morgan.
George
Washington University. Assisting with
the Summer Institute in Museum Anthropology
by retrieving objects. Working with
Candace Greene. Department of Anthropology.
29-May-09 to 15-Aug-09.
LITTLE,
Morgan.
George Washington University. Working
on an curating the Discovery Room collections.
Working with Amy Bolton. Office of Education.
1-Oct-07 to 29-May-09.
LIPMAN,
Hannah.
George Washington University. Categorizing
and documenting processes used for the
archeology collections. Working with James
Krakker. Department of Anthropology. 12-Nov-08
to 30-May-09.
*LIYANAGE,
Nuwanti.
Virginia Commonwealth University. DNA
barcoding of Southeast Asian bats. Working
with Don Wilson. Department of Vertebrate
Zoology, Mammals. 18-May-09 to 17-Jul-09.
LOONEY,
Paige.
University of Georgia. Converting maps
in the US National Herbarium into pdf
files. Working with Rusty Russell and
Jim Harle. Department of Botany. 18-May-09
to 22-May-09.
LOPEZ
DE CARRIZOSA, Irene.
Alternative Spring Break Program. University
of North Carolina, Asheville. Labeling
and pinning wasps collected as part of
a collection trap color preference survey.
Working with Michael Gates. Department
of Entomology. 9-Mar-09 to 13-Mar-09.
*LOUTON,
Jessica.
George
Mason University. Studying the diversity
of leaf litter Pheidole in Guyana.
Working with Ted Schultz. Department
of Entomology. 1-Jun-09 to 28-Aug-09.
LOUTON,
Jessica.
Winter Break Internship. George Mason
University. Studying the diversity of
leaf-litter Pheidole in Guyana;
DNA barcoding and producing digital
auto-montage images of specimens. Working
with Ted Schultz and Natasha Mehdiabadi.
Department of Entomology. 15-Dec-08
to 16-Jan-09.
*LOVE,
Rachell.
Johns Hopkins University. Caddisfly speciation
through DNA barcoding. Working with Terry
Erwin. Department of Entomology. 26-May-09
to 31-Jul-09.
LUCERO,
Tyler.
Winter
Break Internship. Brown
University. Organizing
and recording rock specimens.
Working with Leslie Hale. Department of
Mineral Sciences. 5-Jan-09 to 16-Jan-09.
LYNN,
Tara.
University of Maryland, College Park.
Studying jellyfishes. Working with Allen
Collins. Department of Invertebrate Zoology.
9-Feb-09 to 17-Apr-09.
LYONS,
Elizabeth.
George Washington University. Extracting
plant DNA for the plant catalog system.
Working with Elizabeth Zimmer. Department
of Botany. 23-Mar-09 to 26-May-09.
*MAHONY,
Caitlin.
Skidmore College. Documenting and concerving
Alaskan Native objects to be included
in the new Arctic Studies Center Museum
in Anchorage, Alaska. Working with Landis
Smith. Department of Anthropology. 15-Jun-09
to 7-Aug-09.
MAMEDE,
M. Candida.
Latin American and Caribbean Collections
Management Training Program. Instituto
de Botanica, Brazil. Studying Botany.
Working with Diana Munn and Carol Butler.
Office of the Associate Director for Research
and Collections. 9-Feb-09 to 22-Mar-09.
MANAHAN,
Amanda.
Spring
Break Internship Program.
Heidelberg University.
The
world of maps project. Working with Rusty
Russell and Jim Harle. Department of Botany.
2-Mar-09
to 6-Mar-09.
MARQUARDT,
Amy.
Winter Break Internship. Coe College.
Measuring levels of pesticide and other
harmful chemicals in the museum's anthropological
collections. Working with Eric Hollinger.
Department of Anthropology. 15-Dec-08
to 16-Jan-09.
MARQUEDANT,
Zoe.
Holtan-Arms High School. Assisting with
the upkeep of the Butterfly exhibit. Working
with Dan Babbitt. Office of Education,
Insect Zoo. 9-Jun-08 to 29-May-09.
*MARSHALL,
Melissa.
Smith College. Using specimen data from
the US National Herbarium to investigate
and analyze preliminary conservation assessments
of select plant families. Working with
Gary Krupnick. Department of Botany. 26-May-09
to 21-Aug-09.
MARTINEAU,
Michelle.
T.C. Williams High School. Assisting with
the implementation and design of an ant
workshop for local public schools. Working
with Ted Schultz and Natasha Mehdiabadi.
Department of Entomology. 15-Sep-08 to
31-May-09.
*MCCORMICK,
Jerrett.
Rochester Institute of Technology. Preparing
and photographing insect specimens for
an on-line database. Working with Matt
Buffington. Department of Entomology.
26-May-09 to 14-Aug-09.
MCGREW,
Mera.
Alternative
Spring Break Program. Vassar
College. Ecology and evolution of Synalpheus
shrimp. Working with Nancy Knowlton and
Kristin Hultgren. Department of Invertebrate
Zoology. 16-Mar-09 to 20-Mar-09.
*MCKENZIE,
Taila.
Virginia Commonwealth University. Assisting
with the Index Animalion project. Working
with Courtney Shaw. Smithsonian Libraries.
1-Jun-09 to 7-Aug-09.
*MELSER,
Pamela.
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Assisting wth the Bulletin for Global
Volcanism Network. Working with Rick Wunderman.
Department of Mineral Sciences. 18-May-09
to 15-Sep-09.
MENDOZA,
Gilberto.
Latin American and Caribbean Collections
Management Training Program. Smithsonian
Tropical Research Institute, Panama. Studying
Paleobiology. Working with Diana Munn
and Carol Butler. Office of the Associate
Director for Research and Collections.
9-Feb-09 to 22-Mar-09.
*MEYER,
Alyssa.
George Mason University. Modernizing and
databasing the Museum's Antarctic marine
invertebrate collection. Working with
Rafael Lemaitre. Department of Invertebrate
Zoology. 18-May-09 to 21-Aug-09.
*MITTEREDER,
Lara.
George Mason University. Analyzing plant
tissue DNA and barcoding different species.
Working with Liz Zimmer. Department of
Botany. 18-May-09 to 28-Aug-09.
*MOLINARI,
Sarah.
College of William and Mary. Databasing
historical records of Arizona plants.
Working with Rusty Russell. Department
of Botany. 26-May-09 to 21-Aug-09.
*MOON,
Kevin.
George Mason University. Data entry. Working
with Paul Taylor. Department of Anthropology.
15-Jun-09 to 14-Aug-09.
*MUELLER,
Scott.
Colorado State University. Learning how
to manage construction projects for a
large museum complex Working with Chung-Hsi
Wong. Office of Facilities Management.
1-Jun-09 to 4-Dec-09.
NATHAN,
Mayda .
Dartmouth College. Compiling a database
of NMNH botanical specimens. Working with
Gary Krupnick. Department of Botany. 9-Feb-09
to 29-May-09.
*NESSLE,
Ryan.
James Madison University. Measuring and
cataloguing stone tools and artifacts
found in Newfoundland. Working with Bill
Fitzhugh and Christopher Wolff. Department
of Anthropology. 1-Jun-09 to 3-Jul-09.
*NEWMAN,
Alexandra.
Dickinson College. Assisting in the forensic
anthropology lab and the Written in Bone
exhibit. Working with Doug Owsley. Department
of Anthropology. 26-May-09 to 7-Aug-09.
NGUYEN,
Huyen.
American University. Studying avian DNA
and phylogenetic relationships. Working
with Mike Braun. Department of Vertebrate
Zoology, Birds. 11-Sep-08 to 30-May-09.
*NICKELS,
Catherine.
American University. Identifying, exploring
and evaluating web-based ocean sicence
information and curricula for inclusion
in the Smithsonian Ocean Portal. Working
with Elizabeth Ban. Office of Education.
1-Jun-09 to 14-Aug-09.
NIESTEN,
Iris.
University of Virginia. Cateloging the
Hands On collection. Working with Margery
Gordon. Office of Education. 16-Mar-09
to 15-May-09.
NOBACK,
Marlijn.
Utrecht University. Studying content development
for a module on human evolution in the
context of climate change for the upcoming
human origins program website.
Working with Briana Pobiner. Department
of Anthropology. 6-Apr-09 to 23-Apr-09.
*NORELL,
Mary.
University of Maryland, College Park.
Assisting with photography, documenting
events and exhibits and taking photographs
of specimens to aid in research. Working
with Donald Hurlbert. Office of Imaging.
1-Jun-09 to 10-Jul-09.
*OBER,
Erin.
George
Washington University. Assisting with
the Summer Institute of Museum Anthroplogy
workshop. Working with Candace Greene.
Department of Anthropology. 4-May-09 to
15-Aug-09.
*OLSEN,
Nicholas.
Yale
University. Participating in field work
in New Mexico as part of the Valles
Caldera National Preserve Biodiversity
Project. Working with Michael Gates.
Department of Entomology. 18-May-09
to 15-Jul-09.
OLSEN,
Nicholas.
Alternative Spring Break Program. Yale
University. Labeling and pinning wasps
collected as part of a collection trap
color preference survey. Working with
Michael Gates. Department of Entomology.
9-Mar-09 to 20-Mar-09.
*ORR,
John.
George Mason University. Assisting with
the preparation of a manuscript on the
distribution of Ostracoda. Working with
Louis Kornicker. Department of Invertebrate
Zoology. 22-Jun-09 to 28-Aug-09.
PANT,
Hitesh.
Alternative Spring Break Program. American
University. Maps
of the world project. Working with Rusty
Russell and James Harle. Department of
Botany.
9-Mar-09 to 13-Mar-09.
*PARADIS,
Brendan.
Indian
River Community College.
Animal
husbandry, laboratory and field work
related to maintaining living models
of marine ecosystems used for public
education.
Working
with Bill Hoffman. Smithsonian Marine
Station, Fort Pierce.
28-Aug-08 to 29-Aug-09.
*PATSCH,
Elizabeth.
George Washington University. Assisting
with curation of the fish collection
and the fish illustration collection.
Working with Lisa Palmer. Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Fishes. 4-May-09
to 7-May-10.
*PATTERSON,
Lorah.
Western Michigan University. Locating,
indexing, and digitally recording various
plant specimens representative of 19th
century exploring expeditions. Working
with Rusty Russell. Department of Botany.
1-Jun-09 to 28-Aug-09.
*PAYNE,
Octavia.
University of Pennsylvania. Cataloguing
bones in the anthropology and osteology
collections. Working with David Hunt.
Department of Anthropology. 15-Jun-09
to 28-Aug-09.
*PEACOCK,
John.
Virginia Tech. Information technology
projects. Working with Dennis Hasch.
Office of Information Technologies.
1-Jun-09 to 7-Aug-09.
*PETERS,
Shannon.
Michigan State University. Plant DNA
barcoding; extracting and sequencing
plant DNA for inclusion in the DNA barcode
system. Working with Elizabeth Zimmer.
Department of Botany. 8-Jun-09 to 10-Jul-09.
PIRONE,
Cary.
Florida International University. Reconstructing
a molecular phylogeny of the flowering
plant family Strelitziaceae. Working
with John Kress. Department of Botany.
4-May-09 to 25-May-09.
PLANAS,
Dawn.
Austin College. Documenting and conserving
Alaska Native objects. Working with
Landis Smith. Department of Anthropology.
20-Oct-08 to 30-May-09.
POLANCO,
Michelle-Marie.
George Washington University. Copying
documents for researchers in the National
Anthropological Archives. Working with
Daisy Njoku. Department of Anthropology.
10-Oct-08 to 22-May-09.
POLLOCK,
Amanda "Kai".
Winter Break Internship. Thomas Nelson
COmmunity College. Organizing and recording
rock specimens. Working with Leslie
Hale. Department of Mineral Sciences.
15-Dec-08 to 9-Jan-09.
*POSNER,
Ester.
Grand Valley State University. Measuring
water content and speciation of oxygen
in melt inclusions within volcanic glasses.
Working with Elizabeth Cottrell. Department
of Mineral Sciences. 1-Jun-09 to 7-Aug-09.
*REGELSKI,
Christina.
University of Virginia. New media and
social networking initiatives of the
Museum. Working with Dennis Hasch. Office
of Information Technologies. 11-May-09
to 21-Aug-09.
REGELSKI,
Christina.
University of Virginia. Investigating
and maintaining the Museums social networking
pages, including adding new content
and spaces. Working with Dennis Hasch.
Office of Information Technoligies.
15-Dec-08 to 9-Jan-09.
REUTER,
Theodore.
Winter
Break Internship. Oberlin
College. Organizing
and recording rock specimens.
Working with Leslie Hale. Department
of Mineral Sciences. 5-Jan-09 to 23-Jan-09.
*RICHARDSON,
Uma.
Northern Virginia Community College.
Editing and proofreading exhibit scripts.
Working with Angela Roberts. Office
of Public Programs. 1-Jun-09 to 7-Aug-09.
*ROBERTS,
Mariel.
University of Pennsylvania. Investigating
the evolutionary relationships among
cryptic species of shrews in Central
America. Working with Neal Woodman.
Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Mammals.
15-Jun-09 to 14-Aug-09.
ROBINSON,
Emily.
George Washington University. Assisting
with the modernization of marine invertebrate
collections. Working with Rafael Lemaitre.
Department of Invertebrate Zoology. 2-Sep-08
to 31-Jan-09.
ROJAS,
M. Alejandra.
Latin American and Caribbean Collections
Management Training Program. Universidad
de la Republica, Uruguay, Studying Paleobiology.
Working with Diana Munn and Carol Butler.
Office of the Associate Director for Research
and Collections. 9-Feb-09 to 22-Mar-09.
*ROSE,
Wayne.
University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
Ras Tafari ephemerals microfilm project.
Working with Jake Homiak. Department of
Anthropology. 22-Jun-09 to 28-Aug-09.
*ROSWELL,
David.
Park High School. Studying photogrtaphy.
Working with Jim Diloreto. Office of Imaging.
20-Apr-09 to 6-Jun-09.
*RUBIN,
Katie.
University of Pennsylvania. Conducting
paleopathological research and cataloging.
Working with Don Ortner. Department of
Anthropology. 1-Jun-09 to 28-Aug-09.
*RUEBUSH,
Elizabeth.
Williams College. Conducting research
on volcanic glass and the educational
experience of students visiting the Museum.
Working with Elizabeth Cottrell. Department
of Mineral Sciences. 1-Jun-09 to 7-Aug-09.
SACKS,
Hallie.
American University. Developing a content
and training guide for Museum docents
in the Ocean Hall. Working with Harold
Banks. Office of Education. 26-Jan-09
to 5-May-09.
de
los SANTOS, Gabriel.
Latin American and Caribbean Collections
Management Training Program. Museo Nacional
de Historia Natural, Dominican Republic.
Studying Entomology. Working with Diana
Munn and Carol Butler. Office of the Associate
Director for Research and Collections.
9-Feb-09 to 22-Mar-09.
*SCHROER,
Katherine.
George Washington University. Assisting
with the Human Origins Program and development
of exhibit-related educational materials.
Working with Briana Pobiner. Department
of Anthropology. 2-Feb-09 to 28-Aug-09.
SCHULER,
Katherine.
Corcoran College of Art and Design. Illustrating
entomological specimens. Working with
Marie Metz. Department of Entomology.
26-Jan-09 to 16-Apr-09.
SCILINGO,
Stephanie.
George Mason University. Converting Antarctic
invertebrate material to digital media.
Working with Rafael Lameitre. Department
of Invertebrate Zoology. 29-Sep-08 to
29-Mar-09.
*SEADLER,
Abigail.
Hamilton College. Assessing trace elements
in Lepidolites. Working with Mike Wise.
Department of Mineral Sciences. 8-Jun-09
to 21-Aug-09.
SEASONS,
Samantha.
University of South Florida. Collecting
carinometric data for pre-hostoric Florida
remains. Working with Dave Hunt. Department
of Anthropology. 4-May-09 to 22-May-09.
*SEWEJKIS,
Ellen.
Indian River Community College. Animal
husbandry, laboratory and field work related
to maintaining living models of marine
ecosystems used for public education.
Working with Bill Hoffman. Smithsonian
Marine Station, Fort Pierce. 21-Jun-08
to 20-Jun-09.
*SHELLEY,
William.
University of Miami. Assisting with the
conservation of Alaska Native objects.
Working with Landis Smith. Department
of Anthropology. 6-Oct-08 to 2-Oct-09.
SHIVAKUMAR,
Vivaek.
Thomas Jefferson High School. Creating
geological content for a layer in Google
Earth. Working with Mike Wise. Department
of Mineral Sciences. 6-Apr-09 to 10-Apr-09.
*SHRAMKO,
Matthew.
Gilman High School. Unpacking and cataloguing
new mineral collections. Working with
Leslie Hale. Department of Mineral Sciences.
18-May-09 to 5-Jun-09.
*SIDEROWISZ,
Joe.
George Washington University. Updating
the fish collection database. Working
with Lisa Palmer. Department of Vertebrate
Zoology, Fishes. 18-May-09 to 13-Aug-09.
SIEGAL,
Katherine.
Sidwell Friends High School. Assisting
with the caretaking of live insect specimens
in the exhibits.
Dan
Babbit. Office of Education, Insect Zoo.
4-May-09 to 29-May-09.
*SIMPSON,
Elizabeth.
George Washington University. Curating
the fish illustration collection, rehousing,
cataloguing and imaging. Working with
Lisa Palmer. Department of Vertebrate
Zoology, Fishes. 18-May-09 to 21-Aug-09.
SINDHUPRAMA,
Chutimon.
Spring Break Internship Program. University
of Michigan. The world of maps project.
Working with Rusty Russell and Jim Harle.
Department of Botany. 23-Feb-09 to 27-Feb-09.
*SMITHKA,
Illiya.
Virginia Tech. Conducting research on
pegmatites. Working with Mike Wise. Department
of Mineral Sciences. 26-May-09 to 14-Aug-09.
*SRIVASTAVA,
Aditi.
Chantilly High School. Studying the
genetic make up and anatomy of nemerteans.
Working with Jon Norenburg. Department
of Invertebrate Zoology. 22-Jun-09 to
28-Aug-09.
SRIVASTAVA,
Aditi.
Chantilly High School. Studying deep
sea worms. Working with Jon Norenburg.
Department of Invertebrate Zoology.
6-Apr-09 to 10-Apr-09.
*STANILKA,
Joy.
Indian
River Community College.
Animal
husbandry, laboratory and field work related
to maintaining living models of marine
ecosystems used for public education.
Working
with Bill Hoffman. Smithsonian Marine
Station, Fort Pierce.
28-Jan-09 to 27-Jan-10.
STEVENS-KITTNER,
Norah.
Winter Break Internship. Guilford College.
Working with Nancy Knowleton and Kristin
Hultgren. Department of Invertebrate Zoology.
15-Dec-08 to 9-Jan-09.
STOEPLER,
Teresa.
George Washington University. Sorting,
curating and identifying Hymenoptera parasitoids
reared from caterpillars. Working with
Michael Gates. Department of Entomology.
20-Oct-08 to 15-May-09.
*STRAIT,
Lisa.
Michigan State University. Conservation
of endangered Hawaiian birds. Working
with Helen James. Department of Vertebrate
Zoology, Birds. 18-May-09 to 14-Aug-09.
*SULLIVAN,
Ashley.
American University. Cataloguing specimen
data from US national Herbarioum specimens
as part of the implementation of a global
strategy for plant conservation. Working
with Gary Krupnick. Department of Botany.
11-May-09 to 21-Aug-09.
*SUPEKAR,
Sunjana.
Oberlin College. Assisting with the curation,
cataloguing, and photography of antarctic
marine invertebrates. Working with Rafael
Lemaitre. Department of Invertebrate Zoology.
26-May-09 to 31-Jul-09.
SUPEKAR,
Sunjana.
Winter
Break Internship. Oberlin
College. Studying
the molecular phylogenetics of nemertean
worms.
Working with Jon Norenburg. Department
of Invertebrate Zoology. 5-Jan-09 to 27-Jan-09.
SWANGO,
Amanda.
Alternative Spring Break Program. University
of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Maps
of the world project. Working with Rusty
Russell and James Harle. Department of
Botany.
9-Mar-09 to 13-Mar-09.
*SZYMASZEK,
Julie.
American University. Curating various
aspects of the San Jacinto project. Working
with Rusty Russell. Department of Botany.
1-Jun-09 to 14-Aug-09.
*TANG,
Amanda.
University of Maryland, College Park.
Examining remains from Chaco canyon. Working
with Melinda Zeder. Department of Anthroplogy.
12-Jan-09 to 11-Jan-10.
TAPANAKORNVUT,
Aunchisa.
Winter
Break Internship. Wesleyan
University. Creating
educational content for google earth.
Working with Mike Wise. Department of
Mineral Sciences. 5-Jan-09 to 16-Jan-09.
*TARMANN,
Margaret.
Thomas Jefferson High School. Assisting
in the preparation of a manuscript on
the distribution of Ostracoda. Working
with Louis Kornicker. Department of Invertebrate
Zoology. 22-Jun-09 to 14-Aug-09.
*TESKE,
Natalie.
Florida State University. Entering accession
documents into the Museum electronic database.
Working with Mary Jo Arnoldi. Department
of Anthropology. 1-Jun-09 to 1-Jul-09.
*TIDWELL,
William.
George Mason University. Scanning photos
as part of researching the biographical
history of crustacean research. Working
with Rose Gulledge. Department of Invertebrate
Zoology. 9-Feb-09 to 28-Aug-09.
TILLER,
Jennifer.
Howard University. Comparing morphological
changes between four types of lizards
in the Gonatodes family. Working with
Traci Hartsell. Department of Vertebrate
Zoology, Amphibians and Reptiles. 10-Sep-08
to 9-May-09.
*TRENKLE,
Angela.
University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
Assisting with the curation of antarctic
invertebrates. Working with Rafael Lemaitre.
Department of Invertebrate Zoology. 1-Jun-09
to 28-Aug-09.
TUBBS,
Dylan.
University of Maryland, College Park.
Cateloguing hominid artifacts. Working
with Jennifer Clark. Department of Anthropology.
16-Nov-08 to 30-May-09.
*TUN,
Saw Sandi.
School of Oriental & African Studies.
Organizing
and recording rock specimens.
Working with Paul Taylor and Troy Johnson.
Department of Anthropology. 5-Jan-09 to
19-Jun-09.
*TURNBOW,
Terra.
Sandia High School. Photographing the
Folklife Festival. Working with Donald
Hurlbert. Office of Imaging. 15-Jun-09
to 7-Aug-09.
*TURNER,
Angela.
Virginia Tech. Isolating and cataloging
plant DNA. Working with Elizabeth Zimmer.
Department of Botany. 22-Jun-09 to 4-Sep-09.
*VANTA,
Tristan.
Virginia Commonnwealth University. Preparing
illustrations of insects, including Coleoptera.
Working with Marie Metz. Department of
Entomology. 26-May-09 to 17-Aug-09.
VANTA,
Tristan.
Winter Break Internship. Virginia Commonwealth
University. Assisting with insect drawing
preparations and photo editing. Working
with Marie Metz. Department of Entomology.
15-Dec-08 to 9-Jan-09.
*WALL,
Megan.
Dickinson College. Assisting with te administration
and activity creation for school programs
in the Discovery Room. Working with Amy
Bolton. Office of Education. 8-Jun-09
to 141-Aug-09.
*WANSETH
GEFVERT, Liv.
University of Miami. Rehousing the fish
illustration collection. Working with
Lisa Palmer. Department of Vertebrate
Zoology, Fishes. 8-Jun-09 to 14-Aug-09.
*WATSON,
Amanda.
Qunnipiac University. Studying public
affairs. Working with Kelly Carnes. Office
of Public Affairs. 2-Sep-08 to 31-Aug-09.
*WEITMAN,
Sarah.
University of Georgia. Assisting visitors
in the Naturalist Center, especially in
the Bone Learning Labs. Working with Helene
Lisy. Office of Education, Naturalist
Center. 8-Jun-09 to 7-Aug-09.
*WYSE,
Diane.
George Mason University. Assisting with
the care and curation of Antarctic marine
invertebrates. Working with Rafael Lemaitre.
Department of Invertebrate Zoology. 8-Jun-09
to 28-Aug-09.
*YHUANJE,
Kenneth.
University of Missouri, St. Louis. Conducting
research on marsupial mammals. Working
with Kris Helgen. Department of Vertebrate
Zoology, Mammals. 26-May-09 to 27-Jun-09.
YONGJIANS,
Zhang.
China Agricultural University. Studying
plant barcode methods. Working with W.
John Kress. Department of Botany. 21-Jan-09
to 24-Apr-09.
*YOO,
Janet.
James Madison University. Assisting with
the photographic and bibliographic databases
for ongoing research and exhibition projects.
Working with Paul Taylor. Department of
Anthropology. 2-Feb-09 to 14-Aug-09.
*YOON,
Ayoung.
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. William
F. Wheeler photographs of Efe pygmies
digitization project. Working with Stephanie
Ogeneski. Department of Anthropology.
1-Jun-09 to 31-Jul-09.
*YOUNG,
Caroline.
Kenyon College. Researching historic plant
collecting expeditions and preparing one
page descriptions for the Botany web site.
Working with Rusty Russell. Department
of Botany. 22-Jun-09 to 31-Aug-09.
ZHANG,
Zhuo.
Spring
Break Internship Program.
University of Michigan.
Biocuration and cyberinfrastructure development
for plant DNA barcoding. Working with
Ida Lopez. Department of Botany. 23-Feb-09
to 27-Feb-09.
*ZICHT,
Alice.
Oberlin College. Documenting Arizona Flora.
Working with Rusty Russell. Department
of Botany. 8-Jun-09 to 31-Aug-09.
Intern
Statistics for FY '08
Although
most of our reporting is
based on calendar year,
the Museum also follows
a fiscal year (FY '08: 1
Oct 07 to 30 Sep 08) for
annual reporting. From 1
Oct 07 to 31 Dec 07 an additional
25 internship appointments
were recorded at NMNH.
There
were 29 appointments that
carried over from ca 2007
to ca 2008. There are 57
appointments that carried
over from FY '08 to FY '09.
In
FY '08
there
were a
total
of 281internship
appointments
administered
by the
National
Museum
of Natural
History.
For comparison,
in FY
'07 NMNH
hosted
239 internship
appointments.
During
FY 08
interns
contributed
90,290
hours,
an increase
of over
10,000
hours
(12,968)
over last
years
contributed
hours
of 77,322
and a
significant
increase
from FY
'07 of
58,092
hours.
There
were 250
new internship
appointments
started
(registered)
during
FY '08.
So,
who hosted
interns
in FY
'08?
-
Office of the Associate
Director for External
Affairs and Public Programs:
19 interns hosted.
Intern Resources
*AGARD,
Christopher.
Howard University. Investigating the use
of the tail and effects of tail shedding
in sympatric spiny-lizards. Working with
Roy McDiarmid. Department of Vertebrate
Zoology, Amphibians and Reptiles. 20-Oct-08
to 29-Sep-09. 
AHMED,
Ambareen.
George Washington University. Scanning
scientific reprints as archival copies;
filing reprints into the Crustacea Library
collection. Working with Marilyn Schotte.
Department of Invertebrate Zoology. 22-Dec-08
to 9-Jan-09. 
*ALGEE,
Lauren.
University of Texas, Austin. William F.
Wheeler photographs of Efe pygmies digitization
project. Working with Stephanie Ogeneski.
Department of Anthropology. 1-Jun-09 to
31-Jul-09. 
ALLREAD,
Forest.
Corcoran College of Art and Design. Preparing
scientific illustrations of fossil leaves
and insects. Working with Mark Parrish.
Department of Paleobiology. 13-Feb-09
to 29-May-09. 
AMES,
Heidi.
Pennsylvania State University. Working
with the Global Volcanism network. Working
with Rick Wunderman. Department of Mineral
Sciences. 20-Dec-08 to 9-Jan-09.
ASTUA,
Diego.
Latin American and Caribbean Collections
Management Training Program. Universidade
Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil. Studying
Vertebrate Zoology. Working with Diana
Munn and Carol Butler. Office of the Associate
Director for Research and Collections.
9-Feb-09 to 22-Mar-09. 
BADGLEY,
Clarie.
Radford University. Assisting with the
administration and public information
for the Encyclopedia of Life project.
Working with Breen Byrnes. Office of the
Associate Director for Research and Collections,
Encyclopedia of Life. 23-Feb-09 to 29-May-09.
*BAUMAN,
Hannah.
Yorktown High School. Assisting with educational
activities in the Ocean Hall. Working
with Elizabeth Ban. Office of Education.
26-May-09 to 12-Jun-09. 
BEAVER,
Sarah.
Alternative Spring Break Program. Appalachian
State University. Maps
of the world project. Working with Rusty
Russell and James Harle. Department of
Botany.
9-Mar-09 to 13-Mar-09. 
BELL,
Jennifer.
Winter
Break Internship. Lafayette
College. Organizing
and recording rock specimens.
Working with Leslie Hale. Department of
Mineral Sciences. 5-Jan-09 to 16-Jan-09.
BENANTY,
Justine.
George Washington University. Collecting
information and items related to Alica
Fletcher and her work with the Omaha and
Sioux. Working with Joanna Scherer. Department
of Anthroplogy. 12-Jan-09 to 3-May-09.
BETZ,
Barbara.
Macalester College. Organizing information
for the publication on the deer stone
project field report. Working with Bill
Fitzhugh. Department of Anthropology.
29-Sep-08 to 15-Jul-09. 
*BIRMINGHAM,
Katherine.
George Washington University. Assisting
with collections management projects in
Anthropology. Working with Deb Hull-Walski.
Department of Anthropology. 18-May-09
to 25-Sep-09. 
*BOBBIO,
Lourdes.
Oakcreat High School. Digitizing radiographs
of fish specimens. Working with Lisa Palmer.
Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Fishes.
22-Jun-09 to 7-Aug-09. 
*BOGUSKI,
James.
Marymount University. Assisting with the
caretaking of live insect specimens in
the exhibits. Working with Dan Babbit.
Office of Education, Insect Zoo. 4-May-09
to 31-Jul-09. 
BONDE,
Sophia.
Assisting with the start up of the membership
program. Working with Jennifer Williams.
Office of Development. 9-Sep-08 to 1-Jun-09.
*BOYD,
Marshall.
Salisbury University. Contributing to
the digitization of files by scanning
reprints of isopod crustaceans. Working
with Marilyn Schotte. Department of Invertebrate
Zoology. 1-Jun-09 to 15-Aug-09.
*BROOKS,
Kelsey.
Princeton University. Investigating conservation
assessments of select plant families.
Working with Gary Krupnick. Department
of Botany. 1-Jun-09 to 7-Aug-09.
*BROWN,
Ashley.
Moore College of Art and Design. preparing
scientific illustrations of beetles using
graphite and coicuille board. Working
with Marie Metz. Department of Entomology.
18-May-09 to 20-Aug-09. 
*BROWN,
Hannah.
Averett University. Studying patterns
of insect herbivory at the Colwell Creek
locality in North-Central Texas. Working
with Conrad Labandeira. Department of
Paleobiology. 18-May-09 to 10-Jul-09.
BROWN,
Michael.
University of Maryland. Digital imaging
and DNA barcoding of beetles. Working
with Terry Erwin and Christy Geraci. Department
of Entomology. 9-Sep-08 to 15-Jan-09.
*BUCKER,
Stephanie.
George Washington University. Assisting
with the Summer Institute of Museum Anthroplogy
workshop. Working with Candace Greene.
Department of Anthropology. 4-May-09 to
15-Aug-09. 
*CAINE,
Eric.
Phillips Exeter Academy High School. Filing
plants into the US National Herbarium
collections . Working with Rusty Russell.
Department of Botany. 15-Jun-09 to 14-Aug-09.
CAMACHO,
M. Alejandra.
Latin American and Caribbean Collections
Management Training Program. Pontificia
Universidad Catolica del Ecuador, Ecuador.
Studying Vertebrate Zoology. Working with
Diana Munn and Carol Butler. Office of
the Associate Director for Research and
Collections. 9-Feb-09 to 22-Mar-09.
CARRUTHERS,
Victoria.
Catholic University. Assisting with the
inventory of the Tell Jemmeh collections.
Working with Melinda Zeder. Department
of Anthropology. 26-Jan-09 to 25-Jan-10.
*CARTER,
Catherine.
Vanderbilt University. Assisting wth the
Bulletin for Global Volcanism Network.
Working with Rick Wunderman. Department
of Mineral Sciences. 18-May-09 to 14-Aug-09.
*CASTANEDA,
Maria.
George Washington University. Conducting
a phylogenetic study of Caracinonemerteans
living on decapods and crustaceans using
DNA analysis. Working with Jon Norenburg.
Department of Invertebrate Zoology. 18-May-09
to 14-Aug-09. 
*CASTILLO,
Eric.
Washington University, St. Louis. 3D digitizing
of the occipito-cervical articulation
in humans. Working with Chris Dudar. Department
of Anthropology. 15-Jun-09 to 31-Jul-09.
*CHANG,
Elizabeth.
Swarthmore College. Examining a collection
of brittle star specimens looking for
age markers and evidence of predation.
Working with Martha Nizinski. Department
of Invertebrate Zoology. 1-Jun-09 to 28-Aug-09.
CHATMAN,
Kira.
George Washington University. filling
copy orders for researchers using the
National Anthroplogical Archives. Working
with Daisy Njoku. Department of Anthropology.
3-Nov-08 to 22-May-09. 
*CHEN,
Hua Xin (Sherry).
University of Maryland, College Park.
Learning techniques of scientific illustration.
Working with Natalia Vandenburg. Department
of Entomology. 1-Jun-09 to 14-Aug-09.
CHEN,
Huaxin "Sherry".
Winter
Break Internship. University
of Maryland, College Park. Organizing
the ground squirrel collection.
Working with Suzy Peruach. Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Mammals. 5-Jan-09
to 23-Jan-09. 
CHERNIN,
Jill.
George Washington University. Inventorying
a collection from Isreal. Working with
Deb Hull-Walski. Department of Anthropology.
12-Feb-09 to 31-May-09. 
*CHOI,
Jamie.
W.T. Woodson High School. Curating and
labeling insect collections. Working with
Matthew Buffington. Department of Entomology.
22-Jun-09 to 4-Sep-09. 
*CHONG,
Steven.
San Jose State University. Assisting with
the San Jacinto project. Working with
Rusty Russell. Department of Botany. 1-Jun-09
to 7-Aug-09. 
*CHUGHTAI,
Zenit.
Michigan State University. Assisting with
social media projects, including Flickr
postings. Working with Dennis Hasch. Office
of Information Technologies. 18-May-09
to 28-Aug-09. 
CHUGHTAI,
Zenit.
Winter Break Internship. Michigan State
University. Investigating and maintaining
the Museums social networking pages, including
adding new content and spaces. Working
with Dennis Hasch. Office of Information
Technologies. 15-Dec-08 to 9-Jan-09.
*CHWALEK,
Greta.
Academy of Holy CRoss High School. Digitization
of the Green River fossils. Working with
Finnegan Marsh. Department of Paleobiology.
8-Jun-09 to 17-Aug-09. 
COLMENARES,
Pio.
Latin American and Caribbean Collections
Management Training Program. Instituto
Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas,
Venezuela. Working with Diana Munn and
Carol Butler. Office of the Associate
Director for Research and Collections.
9-Feb-09 to 22-Mar-09. 
*COLLINS,
Leah.
Eastern Michigan University. Assisting
in the forensic anthropology lab, interacting
with visitors and guiding them through
the activities. Working with Amy Bolton.
Office of Education. 1-Jun-09 to 7-Aug-09.
CORBETT,
Lia.
T.C. Williams High School. Assisting with
the implementation and design of an ant
workshop for local public schools. Working
with Ted Schultz and Natasha Mehdiabadi.
Department of Entomology. 15-Sep-08 to
31-May-09. 
COSTA,
Jane.
Latin American and Caribbean Collections
Management Training Program. Instituto
Oswaldo Cruz, Brazil. Studying Entomology.
Working with Diana Munn and Carol Butler.
Office of the Associate Director for Research
and Collections. 9-Feb-09 to 22-Mar-09.
*COTA,
Angela.
College
of William and Mary. Testing the occurance
of magmatic epidote in pegmatites through
examination of select specimens of mineral
epidote. Working with Mike Wise. Department
of Mineral Sciences. 1-Jun-09 to 21-Aug-09.
CRESSMAN,
Senora.
Alternative
Spring Break Program. University
of Maryland, Baltimore County. Studying
jellyfish biogeography using computer
modeling. Working with Allen Collins.
Department of Invertebrate Zoology. 16-Mar-09
to 20-Mar-09. 
*CRISPIN,
Katherine.
Case Western Reserve University. Studying
piston cylinder calibration. Working with
Elizabeth Cottrell. Department of Mineral
Sciences. 11-May-09 to 25-Sep-09.
*CULLEN,
Erin.
Stevenson University. Assisting in the
Written in Bone exhibit and conducting
research on burial vault excavation and
osteological analysis. Working with Douglas
Owsley. Department of Anthropology. 2-Feb-09
to 30-Apr-10. 
CUTHBERTSON,
Thomas.
Alternative
Spring Break Program. Ohio
State University. The world of maps project.
Working with Rusty Russell and James Harle.
Department of Boatny. 23-Mar-09 to 27-Mar-09.
*DALTON,
Sarah.
Cornell University. Imaging and cataloging
digital fish radiographs. Working with
Lisa Palmer. Department of Vertebrate
Zoology, Fishes. 8-Jun-09 to 23-Jul-09.
*DANCHISKO,
Kevin.
University of Notre Dame. Archaeology
of California's Channel Islands. Working
with Torben Rick. Department of Anthropology.
1-Jun-09 to 7-Aug-09. 
DANG,
Tam.
Winter
Break Internship. George
Mason University. Studying the diversity
of leaf-litter Pheidole ants in Guyana,
DNA barcoding, ad auto-montage digital
images. Working with Ted Schultz and
Natasha Mediahbadi. Department of Entomology.
22-Dec-08 to 23-Jan-09. 
DEAN,
Katherine.
Winter
Break Internship. New
College of Florida. Updating
the nomenclature of red-backed voles.
Working with Leslie Hale. Department
of Mineral Sciences. 5-Jan-09 to 30-Jan-09.
DERDERIAN,
Vana.
Winter Break Internship. Montogomery
College. Assisting with database records
to review and add to MosquitoMap and
enhance spatial knowledge of mosquito
vector threat related to disease prevalence.
Working with Desmond Foley. Department
of Entomology. 14-Jan-09 to 13-Feb-09.
*DE
SOYSA, Tarja.
Smith College. DNA barcode project.
Working with W. John Kress. Department
of Botany. 1-Jun-09 to 14-Aug-09.
*DICKEY,
Sarah.
George Washington University. Designing
posters for anthropological collection
in the Arctic studies center. Working
with Beatrix Arendt. Department of Anthropology.
1-Jun-09 to 14-Aug-09. 
*DINWIDDIE,
April.
Mount Holyoke College. Identifying Mordellid
beetles. Working with David Furth. Department
of Entomology. 11-Aug-08 to 31-Aug-09.
DORAN,
Ashlie.
SUNY Plattsburgh. Public relations.
Working with Kelly Carnes. Office of
Public Affairs. 21-Jan-09 to 3-May-09.
*ELY,
Michael.
Winston Churchill High School. Filing
plants into the US National Herbarium
collections. Working with Rusty Russell.
Department of Botany. 15-Jun-09 to 14-Aug-09.
FALCONE,
Cristina.
University of Mary Washington. Studying
the local insect diversity in an uncollected
habitat: sampling wasp larvae, identification
and cateloguing. Working with Michael
Gates. Department of Entomology. 4-May-09
to 29-May-09. 
FARAHAT,
Dahlia.
Winter
Break Internship. American
University in Cairo.
Organizing
and recording rock specimens.
Working with Leslie Hale. Department
of Mineral Sciences. 5-Jan-09 to 30-Jan-09.
*FARNSWORTH,
Phyllis.
University of California, Irvine. Researching
information and maintaining the environment
of the butterflies in the Butterfly
Pavilion. Working with Dan Babbitt.
Office of Education. 22-Jun-09 to 31-Aug-09.
FERNANDES,
Nandita.
Winter
Break Internship. St.
George's University. Biocuration
and cyberinfrastructure of plants; DNA
barcoding.
Working with Ida Lopez. Department of
Botany. 5-Jan-09 to 30-Jan-09.
*FETTEROLF,
Savannah.
Columbia University. Researching the
life and work of Alice Fletcher for
the North American Indian project. Working
with Joanna Scherer. Department of Anthropology.
1-Jun-09 to 18-Sep-09. 
*FLANDERS,
Lowell.
George Washington University. Assigning
control numbers to the fish illustration
collection. Working with Lisa Palmer.
Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Fishes.
26-Jan-09 to 15-Jan-10. 
*FLEMING,
Genna.
University of Maryland. Creating digital
images of media and entering plant identifications.
Working with Rusty Russell. Department
of Botany. 1-Jun-09 to 7-Aug-09.
*FOLTZ,
Christine.
George Washington University. Assisting
with starch and phytolith research.
Working with Dolores Piperno. Department
of Anthropology. 8-Oct-08 to 4-Sep-09.
*FORDEN,
Emily.
Claremont McKenna College. Processing
site information related to California
archaeology. Working with Torben Rick.
Department of Anthropology. 8-Jun-09
to 14-Aug-09. 
FRANK,
Andrew.
American University. Conducting histological
and DNA sequence work on worms. Working
with Jon Norenburg. Department of Invertebrate
Zoology. 6-Apr-09 to 30-Mar-09.
*FRANKLIN,
Julia.
Duke University. Assisting in the forensic
anthropology lab and Written in Bone
exhibit. Working with Doug Owsley. Department
of Anthropology. 18-May-09 to 28-Aug-09.
FREDERICKS,
Jarrod.
Alternative Spring Break Program. Florida
State University. Maps of the world
project. Working with Rusty Russell
and James Harle. Department of Botany.
9-Mar-09 to 13-Mar-09. 
*FREEMAN,
Aaron.
University of Maryland, College Park.
Linguistic analysis of ethnobotanical
data extracted from herbarium collections.
Working with Rusty Russell. Department
of Botany. 11-Aug-08 to 31-Aug-09.
GAAL,
Kaylin.
Alternative Spring Break Program. College
of Wooster. Maps
of the world project. Working with Rusty
Russell and James Harle. Department
of Botany. 9-Mar-09 to 13-Mar-09.
GANGADIN,
Anielkoemar.
Latin American and Caribbean Collections
Management Training Program. National
Zoological Collection, Suriname. Studying
Entomology. Working with Diana Munn
and Carol Butler. Office of the Associate
Director for Research and Collections.
9-Feb-09 to 22-Mar-09. 
GARABEDIAN,
Laura.
George Washington University. Assisting
with filing archives. Working with Leanda
Gahegan. Department of Anthropology.
2-Mar-09 to 29-May-09. 
GAUGHRAN,
Stephen.
Alternative
Spring Break Program. Columbia
University. Creating a working bibliography
of zoological literature. Working with
Courtney Shaw. Smithsonian Libraries.
16-Mar-09 to 20-Mar-09. 
*GEBHARD,
Jessica.
Brown University. Rewriting the old
Algouquin lexicon to include new information.
Working with Ives Goddard and Lucy Thomason.
Department of Anthropology. 18-May-09
to 21-Aug-09. 
*GENETTI,
Leigh.
University of Michigan. Assisting with
education and outreach marketing. Working
with Karen Fitzgerald. Office of Education.
12-Jan-09 to 28-Aug-09. 
*GOLDSTEIN,
David.
University of Pennsylvania. Assisting
Smithsonian efforts to update and expand
their presence in the social networks
including: facebook, YouTube, Flicker,
Twitter, and MySpace. Working with Dennis
Hasch. Office of Information Technology.
22-Jun-09 to 14-Aug-09. 
GREEN,
Jenna.
George Washington University. Creating
life tables and visuals to assist in
preparation of paleoanthropology publications.
Working with Doug Ubelacker. Department
of Anthropology. 1-Apr-08 to 9-Mar-09.
*GRUNES,
Claire.
Winston Churchill High School. Filing
plants into the US National Herbarium
collections. Working with Rusty Russell.
Department of Botany. 15-Jun-09 to 7-Aug-09.
*HALE,
Katherine.
St. John's College. Measuring and photographing
fossil lycopsid specimens. Working with
Bill DiMichele. Department of Paleobiology.
18-May-09 to 15-Aug-09. 
*HAHN,
Crystal.
George Washington University. Assisting
with the development of the Human Origins
exhibt. Working with Kathleen Gordon.
Office of Exhibits. 16-Mar-09 to 18-Sep-09.
*HALTHORE,
Maya.
West Springfield High School. Investigating
patterns of insect herbivory from the
Lower Permian Colweek Creek locality
of Northcentral Texas. Working with
Conrad Labandeira. Department of Paleobiology.
22-Jun-09 to 28-Aug-09. 
*HARRISON,
Peter.
American University. Assisting with
the curation of the parasitic wasp collection.
Working with Matt Buffington. Department
of Entomology. 11-May-09 to 21-Aug-09.
*HASDORFF,
Charise.
Howard University. Sifting through sediment
and rock from a dig in Wyoming, trying
to identify different organisms from
the fossils. Working with Matt Carrano.
Department of Paleobiology. 23-Feb-09
to 25-Jun-09. 
*HAUSHEER,
Justine.
Princeton University. Assisting with
writing and editing documents for the
Encyclopedia of Life. Working with Breen
Byrnes. Office of the ADRC, Encyclopedia
of Life. 15-Jun-09 to 14-Aug-09.
*HAYES,
Eamonn.
University of North Carolina, Greensboro.
Map cataloguing. Working with Rusty
Russell. Department of Botany. 1-Jun-09
to 8-Aug-09. 
HEDRICK,
Brandon.
Emory University. Assisting with the
Rock and Ore collection. Working with
Leslie Hale. Department of Mineral Sciences.
22-Dec-08 to 9-Jan-09. 
HENSLEY,
Stephanie.
George Washington University. Assisting
with logging in anthropoological collections
and loan of objects for the "Written
in Bone" exhibit. Working with
Douglas Owsley. Department of Anthropology.
4-Aug-08 to 28-Feb-09. 
*HOFMAN,
Courtney.
University of Notre Dame. Assisting
in the analysis of the archaeological
materials from the California Channel
Islands. Working with Torben Rick. Department
of Anthropology. 1-Jun-09 to 21-Aug-09.
HOLLEMAN,
Jasper.
Christelyk Lyceum Zeist High School.
The world of maps project. Working with
Rusty Russell and Jim Harle. Department
of Botany. 11-May-09 to 15-May-09.
*HORACE-Middleton,
Ruth.
University of Phoenix. Sorting vertebrate
microfossils from the Early Cretaceous
Cloverly Formation . Working with Matt
Carrano. Department of Paleobiolohu.
12-Feb-09 to 25-Jun-09. 
*IMPARATO,
Maura.
Organizing a photo contest on Flockr
for the butterfly pavilion and creating
related web pages. Working with Dennis
Hasch. Office of Information Technology.
18-May-08 to 6-Nov-09. 
*IRELEY,
Brian.
Cornell University. Assisting with public
relations efforts and public presence
through writing, multimedia and other
communication. Working with Kelly Carnes.
Office of Public Affairs. 18-May-09 to
26-Jul-09. 
*JACKSON,
Katrina.
University of Arizona. Conducting research
on meteorites. Working with Tim McCoy.
Department of Mineral Sciences. 18-May-09
to 14-Aug-09. 
JARAMILLO,
Patricia.
Latin American and Caribbean Collections
Management Training Program. Charles Darwin
Foundation, Ecuador. Studying Botany.
Working with Diana Munn and Carol Butler.
Office of the Associate Director for Research
and Collections. 9-Feb-09 to 22-Mar-09.
*JOHNSON,
Katie.
Washington College. Assisting with the
cataloguing and preservation of the fish
illustration archives. Working with Lisa
Palmer. Department of Vertebrate Zoology,
Fishes. 18-May-09 to 28-Aug-09.
*JOHNSON,
Madeline.
George Washington University. Assisting
with the development of the NMNH membership.
Working with Jennifer Williams. Office
of Development. 8-Jun-09 to 14-Aug-09.
JORDAN,
Asha.
School Without Walls High School. Introducing
guests to the Butterfly Pavilion exhibit
and reminding them of the rules. Working
with Dan Babbitt. Office of Education.
29-Sep-08 to 31-May-09. 
JUENGST,
Sara.
Vanderbilt University. Cataloging and
analyzing archaeological data. Working
with Bill Fitzhugh. Department of Anthropology.
8-Sep-08 to 3-Jan-09. 
KACZKOWSKI,
Rebecca.
George Washington University. Collections
care and management issues involving forensic
anthropology collections, especially those
associated with the Written in Bone exhibit.
Working with Doug Owsley. Department of
Anthropology. 22-Jan-09 to 15-May-09.
*KAMAT,
Neeta.
University of Notre Dame. Assisting with
the development of the Charter Membership
Program. Working with Jennifer Williams.
Office of Development. 26-May-09 to 15-Aug-09.
*KENNEY,
Jonathan.
Eckerd College. Transferring x-rays of
the Nile Delta cores to the Museum's electronic
data management system. Working with Daniel
Stanley. Department of Paleobiology. 8-Jun-09
to 28-Aug-09. 
KIM,
Heewon.
Alternative
Spring Break Program. Dartmouth
College. Labeling parasetic wasp specimens
from color preference survey. Working
with Michael Gates. Department of Entomology.
23-Mar-09 to 27-Mar-09. 
*KLEIN,
Hannah.
The Field School High School. Assisting
in the Butterfly Pavilion and Insect Zoo.
Working with Dan Babbit. Office of Education.
2-Feb-09 to 28-Aug-09. 
KOEN,
Ashley.
George Washington University. Assisting
with the Anthropology in the Museum
collections training course. Working
with Candace Greene. Department of Anthropology.
6-Dec-08 to 31-May-09.
KOENIG,
Erika.
Hammond High School. Using Treemap to
visualize the progress of the Encyclopedia
of Life. Working with Cynthia Parr. Office
of the Associate DIrector for Research
and Collections. 17-Oct-08 to 30-Jun-09.
KOPSTEIN,
Mickey.
Winter Break Internship. College of William
and Mary. Investigating and maintaining
the Museums social networking pages, including
adding new content and spaces. Working
with Dennis Hasch. Office
of Information Technologies.
15-Dec-08 to 19-Jan-09. 
KORAB,
Margaret "Molly".
School Without Walls High School. Assisting
with a human resources project. Working
with Diana Munn. Office of the Director.
3-Nov-08 to 5-Jun-09. 
KRANZ,
Rebecca.
Curation and identification of Hymenoptera
specimens. Working with Michael Gates.
Department of Entomology. 8-Dec-08 to
15-Feb-09. 
*KREUZER,
Andrea.
George Washington University. Assisting
with graphic production and design for
the Darwin exhibit. Working with Michael
Lawrence. Office of Exhibits. 18-May-09
to 28-Aug-09. 
KURSH,
Elspeth.
George Washington University. Assisting
with preparations for the "Written
in Bone" exhibit. Working with Doug
Owsley and Cathy Hawks. Department of
Anthropology. 15-Sep-08 to 6-Mar-09.
KUSH,
Jenna.
George
Washington University. Collections care
and management issues involving forensic
anthropology collections, especially those
associated with the Written in Bone exhibit.
Working with Doug Owsley. Department of
Anthropology. 22-Jan-09 to 6-Jul-09.
LAGOMARSINO,
Laura.
University of California, Berkeley. Using
DNA data to reconstruct the evolutionary
history of Heliconia. Working with
W. John Kress. Department of Botany. 21-Jan-09
to 15-May-09. 
*LAM,
Winnie.
University of Alberta. Conducting a faunal
survey of the Tortricidae moths of Virginia,
including collecting and cataloging museum
specimens. Working with John Brown. Department
of Entomology. 22-Jun-09 to 21-Aug-09.
LANDAU,
Shira.
Havesford Senior High School. Assisting
in the Butterfly Pavilion and Insect Zoo.
Working with Dan Babbit. Office of Education.
2-Feb-09
to 28-Mar-09. 
*LAPERA,
Maria Gabriela.
College of William and Mary. Investigating
human remains of Spanish ancertry in the
New World. Working with Doug Owsley. Department
of Anthropology. 18-May-09 to 14-Aug-09.
LAURO,
Daniele.
Universita Degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza.
Assisting with editoral work on the L.
W. Abbott diaries and Venice project.
Working with Paul Taylor. Department of
Anthropology. 23-Feb-09 to 29-May-09.
LAVERDE,
Oscar.
Latin American and Caribbean Collections
Management Training Program. Museo de
la Salle, Colombia. Studying Vertebrate
Zoology. Working with Diana Munn and Carol
Butler. Office of the Associate Director
for Research and Collections. 9-Feb-09
to 22-Mar-09. 
LECLERC,
Emma.
Ithaca College. Assembling materials for
a study of 24 years of papers given at
the Visual Research Conference of the
Society for Visual Anthropology. Working
with Joanna Scherer. Department of Anthropology.
21-Jan-09 to 2-May-09. 
LEE,
Joo Hyun.
Alternative
Spring Break Program. George
Washington University. Studying . Working
with . Department of . 16-Mar-09 to 20-Mar-09.
*LEVINE,
Eleanor.
Williams College. Assisting with the Museum's
buisness ventures and guest services.
Working with Jerry Sachs. Office of Guest
Services. 1-Jun-09 to 24-Jul-09.
*LITTLE,
Morgan.
George
Washington University. Assisting with
the Summer Institute in Museum Anthropology
by retrieving objects. Working with
Candace Greene. Department of Anthropology.
29-May-09 to 15-Aug-09.
LIPMAN,
Hannah.
George Washington University. Categorizing
and documenting processes used for the
archeology collections. Working with James
Krakker. Department of Anthropology. 12-Nov-08
to 30-May-09. 
*LIYANAGE,
Nuwanti.
Virginia Commonwealth University. DNA
barcoding of Southeast Asian bats. Working
with Don Wilson. Department of Vertebrate
Zoology, Mammals. 18-May-09 to 17-Jul-09.
LOPEZ
DE CARRIZOSA, Irene.
Alternative Spring Break Program. University
of North Carolina, Asheville. Labeling
and pinning wasps collected as part of
a collection trap color preference survey.
Working with Michael Gates. Department
of Entomology. 9-Mar-09 to 13-Mar-09.
*LOUTON,
Jessica.
George
Mason University. Studying the diversity
of leaf litter Pheidole in Guyana.
Working with Ted Schultz. Department
of Entomology. 1-Jun-09 to 28-Aug-09.
*LOVE,
Rachell.
Johns Hopkins University. Caddisfly speciation
through DNA barcoding. Working with Terry
Erwin. Department of Entomology. 26-May-09
to 31-Jul-09. 
LUCERO,
Tyler.
Winter
Break Internship. Brown
University. Organizing
and recording rock specimens.
Working with Leslie Hale. Department of
Mineral Sciences. 5-Jan-09 to 16-Jan-09.
LYNN,
Tara.
University of Maryland, College Park.
Studying jellyfishes. Working with Allen
Collins. Department of Invertebrate Zoology.
9-Feb-09 to 17-Apr-09. 
LYONS,
Elizabeth.
George Washington University. Extracting
plant DNA for the plant catalog system.
Working with Elizabeth Zimmer. Department
of Botany. 23-Mar-09 to 26-May-09.
*MAHONY,
Caitlin.
Skidmore College. Documenting and concerving
Alaskan Native objects to be included
in the new Arctic Studies Center Museum
in Anchorage, Alaska. Working with Landis
Smith. Department of Anthropology. 15-Jun-09
to 7-Aug-09. 
MAMEDE,
M. Candida.
Latin American and Caribbean Collections
Management Training Program. Instituto
de Botanica, Brazil. Studying Botany.
Working with Diana Munn and Carol Butler.
Office of the Associate Director for Research
and Collections. 9-Feb-09 to 22-Mar-09.
MANAHAN,
Amanda.
Spring
Break Internship Program.
Heidelberg University.
The
world of maps project. Working with Rusty
Russell and Jim Harle. Department of Botany.
2-Mar-09
to 6-Mar-09. 
MARQUARDT,
Amy.
Winter Break Internship. Coe College.
Measuring levels of pesticide and other
harmful chemicals in the museum's anthropological
collections. Working with Eric Hollinger.
Department of Anthropology. 15-Dec-08
to 16-Jan-09. 
MARQUEDANT,
Zoe.
Holtan-Arms High School. Assisting with
the upkeep of the Butterfly exhibit. Working
with Dan Babbitt. Office of Education,
Insect Zoo. 9-Jun-08 to 29-May-09.
*MARSHALL,
Melissa.
Smith College. Using specimen data from
the US National Herbarium to investigate
and analyze preliminary conservation assessments
of select plant families. Working with
Gary Krupnick. Department of Botany. 26-May-09
to 21-Aug-09. 
MARTINEAU,
Michelle.
T.C. Williams High School. Assisting with
the implementation and design of an ant
workshop for local public schools. Working
with Ted Schultz and Natasha Mehdiabadi.
Department of Entomology. 15-Sep-08 to
31-May-09. 
*MCCORMICK,
Jerrett.
Rochester Institute of Technology. Preparing
and photographing insect specimens for
an on-line database. Working with Matt
Buffington. Department of Entomology.
26-May-09 to 14-Aug-09. 
MCGREW,
Mera.
Alternative
Spring Break Program. Vassar
College. Ecology and evolution of Synalpheus
shrimp. Working with Nancy Knowlton and
Kristin Hultgren. Department of Invertebrate
Zoology. 16-Mar-09 to 20-Mar-09.
*MCKENZIE,
Taila.
Virginia Commonwealth University. Assisting
with the Index Animalion project. Working
with Courtney Shaw. Smithsonian Libraries.
1-Jun-09 to 7-Aug-09. 
*MELSER,
Pamela.
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Assisting wth the Bulletin for Global
Volcanism Network. Working with Rick Wunderman.
Department of Mineral Sciences. 18-May-09
to 15-Sep-09. 
MENDOZA,
Gilberto.
Latin American and Caribbean Collections
Management Training Program. Smithsonian
Tropical Research Institute, Panama. Studying
Paleobiology. Working with Diana Munn
and Carol Butler. Office of the Associate
Director for Research and Collections.
9-Feb-09 to 22-Mar-09. 
*MEYER,
Alyssa.
George Mason University. Modernizing and
databasing the Museum's Antarctic marine
invertebrate collection. Working with
Rafael Lemaitre. Department of Invertebrate
Zoology. 18-May-09 to 21-Aug-09.
*MITTEREDER,
Lara.
George Mason University. Analyzing plant
tissue DNA and barcoding different species.
Working with Liz Zimmer. Department of
Botany. 18-May-09 to 28-Aug-09.
*MOLINARI,
Sarah.
College of William and Mary. Databasing
historical records of Arizona plants.
Working with Rusty Russell. Department
of Botany. 26-May-09 to 21-Aug-09.
*MOON,
Kevin.
George Mason University. Data entry. Working
with Paul Taylor. Department of Anthropology.
15-Jun-09 to 14-Aug-09. 
*MUELLER,
Scott.
Colorado State University. Learning how
to manage construction projects for a
large museum complex Working with Chung-Hsi
Wong. Office of Facilities Management.
1-Jun-09 to 4-Dec-09. 
NATHAN,
Mayda .
Dartmouth College. Compiling a database
of NMNH botanical specimens. Working with
Gary Krupnick. Department of Botany. 9-Feb-09
to 29-May-09. 
*NESSLE,
Ryan.
James Madison University. Measuring and
cataloguing stone tools and artifacts
found in Newfoundland. Working with Bill
Fitzhugh and Christopher Wolff. Department
of Anthropology. 1-Jun-09 to 3-Jul-09.
*NEWMAN,
Alexandra.
Dickinson College. Assisting in the forensic
anthropology lab and the Written in Bone
exhibit. Working with Doug Owsley. Department
of Anthropology. 26-May-09 to 7-Aug-09.
NGUYEN,
Huyen.
American University. Studying avian DNA
and phylogenetic relationships. Working
with Mike Braun. Department of Vertebrate
Zoology, Birds. 11-Sep-08 to 30-May-09.
*NICKELS,
Catherine.
American University. Identifying, exploring
and evaluating web-based ocean sicence
information and curricula for inclusion
in the Smithsonian Ocean Portal. Working
with Elizabeth Ban. Office of Education.
1-Jun-09 to 14-Aug-09. 
NIESTEN,
Iris.
University of Virginia. Cateloging the
Hands On collection. Working with Margery
Gordon. Office of Education. 16-Mar-09
to 15-May-09. 
NOBACK,
Marlijn.
Utrecht University. Studying content development
for a module on human evolution in the
context of climate change for the upcoming
human origins program website.
Working with Briana Pobiner. Department
of Anthropology. 6-Apr-09 to 23-Apr-09.
*NORELL,
Mary.
University of Maryland, College Park.
Assisting with photography, documenting
events and exhibits and taking photographs
of specimens to aid in research. Working
with Donald Hurlbert. Office of Imaging.
1-Jun-09 to 10-Jul-09. 
*OBER,
Erin.
George
Washington University. Assisting with
the Summer Institute of Museum Anthroplogy
workshop. Working with Candace Greene.
Department of Anthropology. 4-May-09 to
15-Aug-09. 
*OLSEN,
Nicholas.
Yale
University. Participating in field work
in New Mexico as part of the Valles
Caldera National Preserve Biodiversity
Project. Working with Michael Gates.
Department of Entomology. 18-May-09
to 15-Jul-09. 
*ORR,
John.
George Mason University. Assisting with
the preparation of a manuscript on the
distribution of Ostracoda. Working with
Louis Kornicker. Department of Invertebrate
Zoology. 22-Jun-09 to 28-Aug-09.
PANT,
Hitesh.
Alternative Spring Break Program. American
University. Maps
of the world project. Working with Rusty
Russell and James Harle. Department of
Botany.
9-Mar-09 to 13-Mar-09. 
*PATSCH,
Elizabeth.
George Washington University. Assisting
with curation of the fish collection
and the fish illustration collection.
Working with Lisa Palmer. Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Fishes. 4-May-09
to 7-May-10. 
*PATTERSON,
Lorah.
Western Michigan University. Locating,
indexing, and digitally recording various
plant specimens representative of 19th
century exploring expeditions. Working
with Rusty Russell. Department of Botany.
1-Jun-09 to 28-Aug-09. 
*PAYNE,
Octavia.
University of Pennsylvania. Cataloguing
bones in the anthropology and osteology
collections. Working with David Hunt.
Department of Anthropology. 15-Jun-09
to 28-Aug-09. 
*PEACOCK,
John.
Virginia Tech. Information technology
projects. Working with Dennis Hasch.
Office of Information Technologies.
1-Jun-09 to 7-Aug-09. 
*PETERS,
Shannon.
Michigan State University. Plant DNA
barcoding; extracting and sequencing
plant DNA for inclusion in the DNA barcode
system. Working with Elizabeth Zimmer.
Department of Botany. 8-Jun-09 to 10-Jul-09.
PIRONE,
Cary.
Florida International University. Reconstructing
a molecular phylogeny of the flowering
plant family Strelitziaceae. Working
with John Kress. Department of Botany.
4-May-09 to 25-May-09. 
PLANAS,
Dawn.
Austin College. Documenting and conserving
Alaska Native objects. Working with
Landis Smith. Department of Anthropology.
20-Oct-08 to 30-May-09. 
POLANCO,
Michelle-Marie.
George Washington University. Copying
documents for researchers in the National
Anthropological Archives. Working with
Daisy Njoku. Department of Anthropology.
10-Oct-08 to 22-May-09. 
POLLOCK,
Amanda "Kai".
Winter Break Internship. Thomas Nelson
COmmunity College. Organizing and recording
rock specimens. Working with Leslie
Hale. Department of Mineral Sciences.
15-Dec-08 to 9-Jan-09. 
*POSNER,
Ester.
Grand Valley State University. Measuring
water content and speciation of oxygen
in melt inclusions within volcanic glasses.
Working with Elizabeth Cottrell. Department
of Mineral Sciences. 1-Jun-09 to 7-Aug-09.
*REGELSKI,
Christina.
University of Virginia. New media and
social networking initiatives of the
Museum. Working with Dennis Hasch. Office
of Information Technologies. 11-May-09
to 21-Aug-09. 
REGELSKI,
Christina.
University of Virginia. Investigating
and maintaining the Museums social networking
pages, including adding new content
and spaces. Working with Dennis Hasch.
Office of Information Technoligies.
15-Dec-08 to 9-Jan-09. 
REUTER,
Theodore.
Winter
Break Internship. Oberlin
College. Organizing
and recording rock specimens.
Working with Leslie Hale. Department
of Mineral Sciences. 5-Jan-09 to 23-Jan-09.
*RICHARDSON,
Uma.
Northern Virginia Community College.
Editing and proofreading exhibit scripts.
Working with Angela Roberts. Office
of Public Programs. 1-Jun-09 to 7-Aug-09.
*ROBERTS,
Mariel.
University of Pennsylvania. Investigating
the evolutionary relationships among
cryptic species of shrews in Central
America. Working with Neal Woodman.
Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Mammals.
15-Jun-09 to 14-Aug-09. 
ROBINSON,
Emily.
George Washington University. Assisting
with the modernization of marine invertebrate
collections. Working with Rafael Lemaitre.
Department of Invertebrate Zoology. 2-Sep-08
to 31-Jan-09. 
ROJAS,
M. Alejandra.
Latin American and Caribbean Collections
Management Training Program. Universidad
de la Republica, Uruguay, Studying Paleobiology.
Working with Diana Munn and Carol Butler.
Office of the Associate Director for Research
and Collections. 9-Feb-09 to 22-Mar-09.
*ROSE,
Wayne.
University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
Ras Tafari ephemerals microfilm project.
Working with Jake Homiak. Department of
Anthropology. 22-Jun-09 to 28-Aug-09.
*ROSWELL,
David.
Park High School. Studying photogrtaphy.
Working with Jim Diloreto. Office of Imaging.
20-Apr-09 to 6-Jun-09. 
*RUBIN,
Katie.
University of Pennsylvania. Conducting
paleopathological research and cataloging.
Working with Don Ortner. Department of
Anthropology. 1-Jun-09 to 28-Aug-09.
*RUEBUSH,
Elizabeth.
Williams College. Conducting research
on volcanic glass and the educational
experience of students visiting the Museum.
Working with Elizabeth Cottrell. Department
of Mineral Sciences. 1-Jun-09 to 7-Aug-09.
SACKS,
Hallie.
American University. Developing a content
and training guide for Museum docents
in the Ocean Hall. Working with Harold
Banks. Office of Education. 26-Jan-09
to 5-May-09. 
de
los SANTOS, Gabriel.
Latin American and Caribbean Collections
Management Training Program. Museo Nacional
de Historia Natural, Dominican Republic.
Studying Entomology. Working with Diana
Munn and Carol Butler. Office of the Associate
Director for Research and Collections.
9-Feb-09 to 22-Mar-09. 
*SCHROER,
Katherine.
George Washington University. Assisting
with the Human Origins Program and development
of exhibit-related educational materials.
Working with Briana Pobiner. Department
of Anthropology. 2-Feb-09 to 28-Aug-09.
SCHULER,
Katherine.
Corcoran College of Art and Design. Illustrating
entomological specimens. Working with
Marie Metz. Department of Entomology.
26-Jan-09 to 16-Apr-09. 
SCILINGO,
Stephanie.
George Mason University. Converting Antarctic
invertebrate material to digital media.
Working with Rafael Lameitre. Department
of Invertebrate Zoology. 29-Sep-08 to
29-Mar-09. 
*SEADLER,
Abigail.
Hamilton College. Assessing trace elements
in Lepidolites. Working with Mike Wise.
Department of Mineral Sciences. 8-Jun-09
to 21-Aug-09. 
SEASONS,
Samantha.
University of South Florida. Collecting
carinometric data for pre-hostoric Florida
remains. Working with Dave Hunt. Department
of Anthropology. 4-May-09 to 22-May-09.
SHIVAKUMAR,
Vivaek.
Thomas Jefferson High School. Creating
geological content for a layer in Google
Earth. Working with Mike Wise. Department
of Mineral Sciences. 6-Apr-09 to 10-Apr-09.
*SHRAMKO,
Matthew.
Gilman High School. Unpacking and cataloguing
new mineral collections. Working with
Leslie Hale. Department of Mineral Sciences.
18-May-09 to 5-Jun-09. 
*SIDEROWISZ,
Joe.
George Washington University. Updating
the fish collection database. Working
with Lisa Palmer. Department of Vertebrate
Zoology, Fishes. 18-May-09 to 13-Aug-09.
SIEGAL,
Katherine.
Sidwell Friends High School. Assisting
with the caretaking of live insect specimens
in the exhibits.
Dan
Babbit. Office of Education, Insect Zoo.
4-May-09 to 29-May-09. 
*SIMPSON,
Elizabeth.
George Washington University. Curating
the fish illustration collection, rehousing,
cataloguing and imaging. Working with
Lisa Palmer. Department of Vertebrate
Zoology, Fishes. 18-May-09 to 21-Aug-09.
SINDHUPRAMA,
Chutimon.
Spring Break Internship Program. University
of Michigan. The world of maps project.
Working with Rusty Russell and Jim Harle.
Department of Botany. 23-Feb-09 to 27-Feb-09.
*SMITHKA,
Illiya.
Virginia Tech. Conducting research on
pegmatites. Working with Mike Wise. Department
of Mineral Sciences. 26-May-09 to 14-Aug-09.
*SRIVASTAVA,
Aditi.
Chantilly High School. Studying the
genetic make up and anatomy of nemerteans.
Working with Jon Norenburg. Department
of Invertebrate Zoology. 22-Jun-09 to
28-Aug-09. 
STEVENS-KITTNER,
Norah.
Winter Break Internship. Guilford College.
Working with Nancy Knowleton and Kristin
Hultgren. Department of Invertebrate Zoology.
15-Dec-08 to 9-Jan-09. 
STOEPLER,
Teresa.
George Washington University. Sorting,
curating and identifying Hymenoptera parasitoids
reared from caterpillars. Working with
Michael Gates. Department of Entomology.
20-Oct-08 to 15-May-09. 
*STRAIT,
Lisa.
Michigan State University. Conservation
of endangered Hawaiian birds. Working
with Helen James. Department of Vertebrate
Zoology, Birds. 18-May-09 to 14-Aug-09.
*SULLIVAN,
Ashley.
American University. Cataloguing specimen
data from US national Herbarioum specimens
as part of the implementation of a global
strategy for plant conservation. Working
with Gary Krupnick. Department of Botany.
11-May-09 to 21-Aug-09. 
*SUPEKAR,
Sunjana.
Oberlin College. Assisting with the curation,
cataloguing, and photography of antarctic
marine invertebrates. Working with Rafael
Lemaitre. Department of Invertebrate Zoology.
26-May-09 to 31-Jul-09. 
SUPEKAR,
Sunjana.
Winter
Break Internship. Oberlin
College. Studying
the molecular phylogenetics of nemertean
worms.
Working with Jon Norenburg. Department
of Invertebrate Zoology. 5-Jan-09 to 27-Jan-09.
SWANGO,
Amanda.
Alternative Spring Break Program. University
of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Maps
of the world project. Working with Rusty
Russell and James Harle. Department of
Botany.
9-Mar-09 to 13-Mar-09. 
*SZYMASZEK,
Julie.
American University. Curating various
aspects of the San Jacinto project. Working
with Rusty Russell. Department of Botany.
1-Jun-09 to 14-Aug-09. 
*TANG,
Amanda.
University of Maryland, College Park.
Examining remains from Chaco canyon. Working
with Melinda Zeder. Department of Anthroplogy.
12-Jan-09 to 11-Jan-10. 
TAPANAKORNVUT,
Aunchisa.
Winter
Break Internship. Wesleyan
University. Creating
educational content for google earth.
Working with Mike Wise. Department of
Mineral Sciences. 5-Jan-09 to 16-Jan-09.
*TARMANN,
Margaret.
Thomas Jefferson High School. Assisting
in the preparation of a manuscript on
the distribution of Ostracoda. Working
with Louis Kornicker. Department of Invertebrate
Zoology. 22-Jun-09 to 14-Aug-09.
*TESKE,
Natalie.
Florida State University. Entering accession
documents into the Museum electronic database.
Working with Mary Jo Arnoldi. Department
of Anthropology. 1-Jun-09 to 1-Jul-09.
*TIDWELL,
William.
George Mason University. Scanning photos
as part of researching the biographical
history of crustacean research. Working
with Rose Gulledge. Department of Invertebrate
Zoology. 9-Feb-09 to 28-Aug-09.
TILLER,
Jennifer.
Howard University. Comparing morphological
changes between four types of lizards
in the Gonatodes family. Working with
Traci Hartsell. Department of Vertebrate
Zoology, Amphibians and Reptiles. 10-Sep-08
to 9-May-09. 
*TRENKLE,
Angela.
University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
Assisting with the curation of antarctic
invertebrates. Working with Rafael Lemaitre.
Department of Invertebrate Zoology. 1-Jun-09
to 28-Aug-09. 
TUBBS,
Dylan.
University of Maryland, College Park.
Cateloguing hominid artifacts. Working
with Jennifer Clark. Department of Anthropology.
16-Nov-08 to 30-May-09. 
*TUN,
Saw Sandi.
School of Oriental & African Studies.
Organizing
and recording rock specimens.
Working with Paul Taylor and Troy Johnson.
Department of Anthropology. 5-Jan-09 to
19-Jun-09. 
*TURNBOW,
Terra.
Sandia High School. Photographing the
Folklife Festival. Working with Donald
Hurlbert. Office of Imaging. 15-Jun-09
to 7-Aug-09. 
*TURNER,
Angela.
Virginia Tech. Isolating and cataloging
plant DNA. Working with Elizabeth Zimmer.
Department of Botany. 22-Jun-09 to 4-Sep-09.
*VANTA,
Tristan.
Virginia Commonnwealth University. Preparing
illustrations of insects, including Coleoptera.
Working with Marie Metz. Department of
Entomology. 26-May-09 to 17-Aug-09.
VANTA,
Tristan.
Winter Break Internship. Virginia Commonwealth
University. Assisting with insect drawing
preparations and photo editing. Working
with Marie Metz. Department of Entomology.
15-Dec-08 to 9-Jan-09. 
*WALL,
Megan.
Dickinson College. Assisting with te administration
and activity creation for school programs
in the Discovery Room. Working with Amy
Bolton. Office of Education. 8-Jun-09
to 141-Aug-09. 
*WANSETH
GEFVERT, Liv.
University of Miami. Rehousing the fish
illustration collection. Working with
Lisa Palmer. Department of Vertebrate
Zoology, Fishes. 8-Jun-09 to 14-Aug-09.
*WATSON,
Amanda.
Qunnipiac University. Studying public
affairs. Working with Kelly Carnes. Office
of Public Affairs. 2-Sep-08 to 31-Aug-09.
*WEITMAN,
Sarah.
University of Georgia. Assisting visitors
in the Naturalist Center, especially in
the Bone Learning Labs. Working with Helene
Lisy. Office of Education, Naturalist
Center. 8-Jun-09 to 7-Aug-09.
*WYSE,
Diane.
George Mason University. Assisting with
the care and curation of Antarctic marine
invertebrates. Working with Rafael Lemaitre.
Department of Invertebrate Zoology. 8-Jun-09
to 28-Aug-09. 
*YHUANJE,
Kenneth.
University of Missouri, St. Louis. Conducting
research on marsupial mammals. Working
with Kris Helgen. Department of Vertebrate
Zoology, Mammals. 26-May-09 to 27-Jun-09.
*YOO,
Janet.
James Madison University. Assisting with
the photographic and bibliographic databases
for ongoing research and exhibition projects.
Working with Paul Taylor. Department of
Anthropology. 2-Feb-09 to 14-Aug-09.
*YOON,
Ayoung.
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. William
F. Wheeler photographs of Efe pygmies
digitization project. Working with Stephanie
Ogeneski. Department of Anthropology.
1-Jun-09 to 31-Jul-09. 
*YOUNG,
Caroline.
Kenyon College. Researching historic plant
collecting expeditions and preparing one
page descriptions for the Botany web site.
Working with Rusty Russell. Department
of Botany. 22-Jun-09 to 31-Aug-09.
ZHANG,
Zhuo.
Spring
Break Internship Program.
University of Michigan.
Biocuration and cyberinfrastructure development
for plant DNA barcoding. Working with
Ida Lopez. Department of Botany. 23-Feb-09
to 27-Feb-09. 
*ZICHT,
Alice.
Oberlin College. Documenting Arizona Flora.
Working with Rusty Russell. Department
of Botany. 8-Jun-09 to 31-Aug-09.