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ADAMS,
Dena.
George Washington University. Assisting
in the preparation of anthropological
collection objects for travel and loan.
Working with Deb Hull-Walski. Department
of Anthropology. 1-Feb-07 to 31-May-07.
ADAMS,
Portia.
Howard University. Studying the natural
development of botanical species in a
specific area over the last 100 years.
Working with Rusty Russell. Department
of Botany. 5-Jun-06 to 31-Jul-07.
AINSWORTH,
Alexis.
George Washington University. Curating
the collection of fishes scientific
illustrations. Working with Lisa Palmer.
Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Fishes.
4-Sep-07 to 31-Dec-07. 
BALLA,
Agnes. St. Mary's College.
DNA recovery from formalin-fixed specimens.
Working with David Schindel. Barcode of
Life. 11-Sep-06 to 3-Feb-07.
BAKER,
Kelly.
Dartmouth College. Developing, testing,
and teaching curriculum-based school programs
to students in grades K-8. Working with
Mollie Oremland and Amy Bolton. Office
of Guest Services. 3-Jan-07 to 23-Sep-07.
BATEMAN,
Curtis.
George Washington University. Expanding
the catalog record for the Roman, Greek
and Egyptian sculpture collections. Working
with James Krakker. Department of Anthropology.
15-May-07 to 30-Sep-07. 
BECKHAM,
Ford.
Kinkaid High School. Winter Break Internship
Program. Assisting with operations in
the Human Origins Laboratory, including
documenting artifacts, databasing information,
and organizing references.Working with
Rick Potts. Department of Anthropology.
5-Jan-07 to 12-Jan-07.
BERGMANN,
Maxwell.
George Washington University. Sorting,
processing and filing US National Herbarium
specimens, especially National Cancer
Institute voucher specimens. Working with
Linda Hollenburg. Department of Botany.
19-Mar-07 to 14-May-07. 
BERNS,
Sabrina.
University of Maryland. Assisting
with business development and marketing.
Working with Karen Fitzgerald. Office
of Guest Services. 5-Mar-07 to 15-Aug-07.
BLATCH,
Stephanie .
University of Virginia. Assisting with
development of the new human origins exhibit
. Working with Kathleen Gordon. Department
of Anthropology. 10-Sep-07 to 31-Dec-07.
BOLAN,
Bernadette.
George Washington University. Assisting
with research for a book on Kiowa drawings.
Working with Candace Greene. Department
of Anthropology. 22-Jan-07 to 31-May-07.
BOLLIGER,
Serena.
University of Virginia. Assisting with
the photographic and bibliographic database
of on-going research and exhibition projects
in Asian cultural history. Working with
Paul Taylor. Department of Anthropology.
24-Sep-07 to 14-Dec-07. 
BRESNAHAN,
Megan.
George Washington University. Assisting
with collections research, cataloging,
accessioning, loan processing and other
curatorial duties in Anthropology. Working
with Deb Hull-Walski. Department of Anthropology.
29-May-07 to 24-Aug-07. 
BUCCERI,
Jerome.
Ohio Wesleyan University. Spring Break
Internship Program. Assessing the value
of a scientific publication and contributing
to the development of the global volanism
project. Working with Richard Wunderman.
Department of Mineral Sciences. 12-Mar-07
to 16-Mar-07. 
BUENROSTO,
Jose.
Escuela Nacional de Antropolia e Historia,
Panama. Assisting with the exhibit "Written
in Bone.". Working with Carolyn Margolis.
Office of Exhibits. 4-Jun-07
to 24-Aug-07. 
BUKHARI,
Adil.
University of Maryland, College Park.
Winter Break Internship Program. Designing
a flash-based coloring book for the NMNH
web site. Working with Dennis Hasch. Office
of Information Technologies. 22-Dec-06
to 19-Jan-07 
BURGE,
Devon.
George Washington University. Expanding
current catalogue records for ethnographic
objects collected by William C. Sturtevant.
Working with Candace Greene. Taylor. Department
of Anthropology. 4-Sep-07 to 31-Dec-07.
BURNS,
Philip.
University of British Columbia, Canada.
Examining goat and sheep remains from
archaeological excavations in Iran and
Iraq for signs of domestication. Working
with Melinda Zeder. Department of Anthropology.
29-May-07 to 1-Aug-07. 
CAMP,
Amanda.
California State University, Bakersfield.
Assisting with the Written in Bone: Life
and Death in the Colonial Chesapeake exhibition
due to open at NMNH November 2008. Also
investigating bone density of the colonial
Chesapeake and forensic casework. Working
with Doug Owsley. Department of Anthropology.
4-Sep-07 to 21-Dec-07. 
*CANNON,
James.
George Washington University. Development
and fund raising for antropology projects.
Working with Laurie Burgess. Department
of Anthropology. 4-Oct-07 to 31-May-08.
CARNATION,
Stephanie.
George Washington University. Assisting
with data entry and organization of data
in the human origins database. Working
with Matthew Tocheri. Department of Anthropology.
22-Jan-07 to 31-May-07.
CARTWRIGHT,
Brendan.
George Washington University. Seeking
funding sources and writing proposals
for grants to the Department of Anthropology.
Working with Laurie Burgess. Department
of Anthropology. 22-Jan-07 to 20-May-07.
CARTY,
Caroline.
Christie's Education, London, England.
Studying how to research items to be used
in new exhibits. Working with Junko Chen.
Office of Exhibits. 16-Jul-07
to 10-Aug-07. 
CASE,
Rebecca.
Spring Break Internship Program. Rhode
Island School of Design. Designing an
educational flash interactive for the
Ocean Portal web site. Working
with Dennis Hasch. Office of Information
Technologies. 16-Apr-07 to 20-Apr-07.
CASE,
Rebecca.
Rhode Island School of Design. Designing
an educational flash interactive for the
Ocean Portal website. Working with Dennis
Hasch. Office of Information Technologies.
9-Jul-07 to 3-Aug-07. 
CHALDRANIAN,
Leon.
Bergen County Academies High School. Transposition
of text and database maintenance. Working
with Igor Krupnik. Department of Anthropology.
2-Jul-07 to 23-Jul-07. 
CHARBONEAU,
Joseph.
Oberlin College. Winter Break Internship
Program. Mapping floristic changes in
the San Jacinto Mountains using data from
herbarium specimens. Working with Rusty
Russell. Department of Botany. 3-Jan-07
to 29-Jan-07.
CHEN,
Arlene.
University of Maryland, College Park.
Profiling the condition of fossil terrestrial
mammals. Working with Steve Jabo. Department
of Paleobiology. 21-Nov-06 to 19-Jan-07.
CHENG,
Chiu.
Moriavian College. Conducting DNA barcoding
ants to assess the efficency of DNA barcoding
versus morphological identification. Working
with Ted Schultz. Department of Entomology.
5-Jun-07
to 15-Aug-07. 
CHRISTMAS,
Stephanie.
James Madison University. Assisting with
the digital imaging of National Anthropological
Archives collections. Working with Stephanie
Ogeneski. Department of Anthropology.
22-Jan-07 to 19-Apr-07.
CHU,
Kerry.
American University. Conducting an SEM
analysis of the external morphology of
cave amphipod crustaceans. Working with
Rafael Lemaitre. Department of Invertebrate
Zoology. 29-Jan-07 to 31-Dec-07.
CLIFFORD,
Chelsea.
Carleton College. Researching archival
documents to aid in finding specimens
from the US Exploring Expedition in the
US National Herbarium. Working with Rusty
Russell. Department of Botany. 26-Nov-07
to 2-Dec-07. 
COBB,
Phillip.
Anne Arundle Community College. Assisting
with the fish collection move. Working
with Jackson Tanner and Amy Putnam. Move
Office. 18-Jun-07 to 18-Aug-07.
COLLINS,
Miles.
St. Mark's High School. DNA sequencing
and analysis of birds. Working with Lee
Weigt. Laboratories of Analytical Biology.
31-May-07 to 17-Aug-07. 
COOLIDGE,
Rhonda H.
George Washington University. Re-housing
the physical anthropology collections.
Working with Dave Hunt. Department of
Anthropology. 30-Jun-06 to 12-Jan-07.
COOKE,
Ashlei.
College of William and Mary. Spring
Break Internship Program. Pacific Island
Ethnobotany Project. Working with Rusty
Russell. Department of Botany. 12-Mar-07
to 16-Mar-07. 
COPES,
Lynn.
Arizona State University. Assisting
with RTP events and administration.
Working with Mary Sangrey. Office of
Academic Services. 27-May-07 to 8-Jun-07.
*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.
11-Dec-07 to 31-May-08. 
CORDER,
GWEN.
University of Louisville. Spring Break
Internship Program. Assisting with projects
in the Discovery Room. Working with
Amy Bolton. Office of Guest Services.
12-Mar-07 to 16-Marl-07. 
CROFT,
Ameliah.
Beloit College. Revising ethic and group
names for the arctic collection database.
Working with Igor Krupnik. Department
of Anthropology. 18-Jun-07 to 10-Aug-07.
CUCUTEANU,
Stefania.
George Washington University. Entering
information about carnivore mandibles
into a database. Working with Zelalem
Assefa. Department of Anthropology.
25-Jan-07 to 31-Aug-07.
DEDRICK,
Maia.
University of Michigan. Coding llama
bones from ancient Peru. Working with
Melinda Zeder. Department of Anthropology.
4-Sep-07 to 29-Nov-07. 
*DENT,
Elizabeth. George Washington
University. Photocopying and filing
archival documents and photos from the
Linker Film collection to document anthropology,
architecture and antiquities. Working
with Daisy Njoku. Department of Anthropology.
14-May-07 to 2-May-08.
DEY,
Anita.
Thomas Wootton High School. Organizing
the freezers full of DNA tissue samples
and conducting DNA extractions of Magnolia.
Working with Liz Zimmer. Department
of Botany. 18-Jun-07 to 10-Aug-07.
DIAMOND,
Elizabeth.
Bryn Mawr College. Dissecting ostracods
to study their morphology and histology.
Working with Elizabeth Nelson. Department
of Invertebrate Zoology. 29-May-07 to
31-Aug-07. 
DRAGOO,
Michelle.
California State University, Chico.
Assisting in preparing botany specimens
for curation. Working with Linda Hollenburg.
Department of Botany. 4-Jun-07
to 10-Aug-07. 
DRYMALA,
Susan.
University of Maryland, College Park.
Cleaning and reconstructing a Miocene
baleen whale jaw bone. Working with
Steve Jabo. Department of Paleobiology.
2-Feb-07 to 5-May-07.
DUBE,
Shruti.
Girls
College, Bhopal, India. Sorting
and filing plant specimens, herbarium
specimen repair and preparations, image
scanning. Working with Linda Hollenberg.
Department of Botany. 22-Jan-07 to 21-Dec-07.
DYCK,
Jonathan Amadeus.
Liberty University. Sorting insect collections.
Working with David Furth. Department
of Entomology. 22-Jan-07 to 4-May-07.
ECKER,
Mary.
George Washington University. Assisting
with the publication preparation of
the Handbook of North American Indians.
Working with Joanna Scherer. Department
of Anthropology. 11-Jun-07 to 21-Dec-07.
EDLING,
Matthew.
George Washington University. Digitizing
a large collection fo Latin American
materials held by the NAA.. Working
with Deb Hull Walski. Department of
Anthropology. 29-May-07 to 17-Aug-07.
ERB,
Veronica.
Grinnell College. Rehousing materials
in the fish illustration collection. Working
with Lisa Palmer. Department of Vertebrate
Zoology, Fishes. 14-Jun-07
to 17-Aug-07. 
FARMER,
Erica.
George Washington University. Categorizing
'orphan' items without accession numbers
for the Anthropology Department. Working
with Candace Greene. Department of Anthropology.
29-May-07 to 31-Dec-07. 
FAUST,
Katie.
Louisiana State University. Investigating
the genetic and geographic delineation
of the hybrid zone between red-billed
and black-billed streamertail hummingbirds
in Jamaica. Working with Gary Graves.
Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Birds.
15-Apr-07 to 15-Aug-07.
FERRETTI,
Jennifer.
Maryland Institute. Digitization of silver
gelatin photographs taken by noted New
York photographer Walter Rosenblum between
1945 to 1962. Working with Stephanie Ogeneski.
Department of Anthropology. 24-Sep-07
to 21-Mar-08. 
FISCHER,
Rebecca.
Research Trianing Program. Northwestern
University. Investigating the correlation
between water and CO2 content and oxidation
states in volcanic melt inclusions. Working
with Liz Cottrell. Department of Mineral
Sciences. 29-May-07 to 3-Aug-07.
FLOREZ,
Laura.
Research Trianing Program. Universidad
de los Andes, Colombia. Testing the correspondance
of molecular species of Guyana ants identified
using DNA barcoding with previously recognized
morphospecies. Working with Ted Schultz
and Sean Brady. Department of Entomology.
29-May-07 to 3-Aug-07. 
FRIEDMAN,
Avital.
Washington University, St. Louis. Creating
a photographic database for all the photographic
material from Dr. Mary Jo Arnoldi's Mali
field work, 1978 to present. Working with
Mary Jo Arnoldi. Department of Anthropology.
21-May-07 to 10-Aug-07.
FULLER,
Jaclyn.
Valparaiso University. Assisting with
press releases and media relations.
Working with Michele Urie. Office of
Public Affairs. 16-Jan-07 to 20-Apr-07.
FUNK,
Sarah.
Allegheny College. Genetic variation in
bower birds. Working with Robert Fleischer.
Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Genetics
Lab. 2-Jul-07 to 3-Aug-07. 
FURNESS,
Andrew.
Research Trianing Program. Marquette University.
Describing and characterizing the morphology
and histology of foam glands in frogs
of the genus Leptodactylus. Working
with Roy McDiarmid and Ron Heyer. Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Amphibians and
Reptiles. 29-May-07 to 3-Aug-07.
GARCIA
TIGREROS Fenix.
SUNY, Brockport. Studying fossils to determine
which are the best preserved. Working
with Brian Huber. Department of Paleobiology.
29-May-07 to 10-Aug-07. 
GARDNER,
Sarah.
Oakton High School. Organizing reprints
of mammal publications and preparing them
for archival binding. Working with Al
Gardner. Department of Vertebrate Zoology,
Mammals. 6-Feb-07 to 12-Jun-07.
GAUBECA
CORREA, Ivanna.
Ganexa University, Panama. Assisting with
exhibits development. Working with Carolyn
Margolis. Office of Exhibits. 4-Jun-07
to 31-Jul-07. 
GEBHARDT,
Rebecca.
Marymount University. Creating more opportunities
for species needs students. Working with
Amy Bolton. Office of Guest Services.
29-May-07 to 3-Jul-07. 
GELENIUS,
Rachel.
Denison University. Researching the textiles
and fashions of Mali with the curator
of African art. Working with Mary Jo Arnoldi.
Department of Anthropology. 11-Jun-07
to 3-Aug-07. 
GERARD,
Suzanne. George Washington
University. Inserting and linking scientific
fish illustrations into the KEmu multimedia
catalog. Working with Lisa Palmer. Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Fishes. 8-May-07
to 30-Aug-07.
GILMORE,
Emily.
Georgetown University. Ethnobotany of
the Pacific Islands . Working with Rusty
Russell. Department of BotanyAnthropology.
10-Sep-07 to 30-Oct-07. 
GRIFFIN,
Sean. Montgomery Blair
High School. Pinning and sorting entomology
specimens, specifically Coleoptera.
Working with Dave Furth. Department of
Entomology. 19-Jun-06 to 17-Aug-07.
GRUNES,
Marissa.
Yale University. Creating a searchable
timeline for US Wilkes expedition herbarium
specimens. Working with Rusty Russell.
Department of Botany. 8-Jan-07 to 12-Jan-07.
GUERRA
ANAYA, Ciara.
University of Panama, Panama. Assisting
with exhibit development.
Working with Carolyn Margolis. Office
of Exhibits. 4-Jun-07
to 24-Aug-07. 
GUILLEN-MARTY,
Lalisse.
University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez. Assisting
in the generation of databases documenting
plant and animal DNA diversity. Working
with Lee Weigt. Laboratories of Analytical
Biology. 4-Jun-07
to 10-Aug-07. 
GUNDA,
Thushara.
University of Virginia. Studying pegmatites.
Working with Mike Wise. Department of
Mineral Sciences. 6-Aug-07 to 24-Aug-07.
GUNNELL,
Benjamin.
University of North Carolina, Greensboro.
Arranging ground squirrels into their
newly revised taxanomic classification.
Working with Suzy Peruach. Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Mammals. 19-Sep-07
to 31-Dec-07. 
HAN,
Benjamin.
Centerville High School. Processing plants
from the US exploring expedition. Working
with Rusty Russell. Department of Botany.
25-Jun-07 to 24-Aug-07. 
HARBURGER,
Aleeza.
Magruder High School. Cleaning and labeling
samples of foraminifera. Working with
Brian Huber. Department of Paleobiology.
25-Jun-07 to 10-Aug-07. 
HARROP,
Jessica.
Princeton University. Creating an ethogram
of body patterns and behaviors of an Illex
squid. Working with Mike Vecchione. Department
of Invertebrate Zoology. 6-Aug-07 to 7-Sep-07.
HARROWER,
Emma.
Research Trianing Program. University
of British Columbia, Canada. Describing
the morphological and genetic differences
between Muhlenbergia montana and
M. filiculmis. Working with Paul
Peterson. Department of Botany. 29-May-07
to 3-Aug-07. 
HEILMAN,
Amy.
University of Virginia. Analyzing the
chemical composition of dolphin samples
and performing collections management.
Working with Charlie Potter. Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Mammals. 4-Jun-07
to 10-Aug-07. 
HERRERA
MONROY, Santiago.
Research Trianing Program. Universidad
de los Andes, Colombia. Describing the
diversity of the fresh water jellyfish
using molecular and morphometric data.
Working with Steve Cairns and Allen Collins.
Department of Invertebrate Zoology. 29-May-07
to 3-Aug-07. 
HEWLINGS,
Katherine.
University of Leicester, UK. Researching
and updating files on human orgins.
Working with Kathleen Gordon. Office
of Exhibits. 1-Nov-06 to 28-Feb-07.
HOBBS,
Joan.
Montgomery College. Creating a map of
anthropological artifacts found at Hare
Harbor, Canada. Working with Bill Fitzhugh.
Department of Anthropology. 31-Jan-07
to 11-May-07.
HODGE,
Sarah.
Sarah Lawrence College. Researching
and transcribing for the Alice Fletcher
project. Working with Joanna Scherer.
Department of Anthropology. 6-Dec-06
to 22-Jun-07.
HOEKENGA,
Barbara Christine.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Writing stories for the Ocean Web Portal.
Working with Dennis Hasch. Office of Information
Technologies. 11-Jun-07 to 24-Aug-07.
HOLCOMB,
Lauren.
University of Notre Dame. Compiling background
information on archaeological sites that
have produced historic period burials
in the Mid-Atlantic region. Working with
Doug Owsley. Department of Anthropology.
21-May-07 to 10-Aug-07. 
*HOLTZ,
Elyse.
Howard University. Studying plant conservation.
Working with Rusty Russell. Department
of Botany. 11-Sep-07 to 31-Aug-08.
*HUDSON,
Holly.
University of the DIstrict of Columbia.
Extraction and identification of starches
and phytoliths from solis and artifacts.
Working with Dolores Piperno. Department
of Anthropology. 18-Jun-07 to 13-Aug-08.
HULL,
Lora.
American University. Working with the
human osteology collections. Working with
Dave Hunt. Department of Anthropology.
30-Jan-07 to 25-May-07.
HURLEY,
Brendan.
Duke University. Marine mammal database.
Working with Dee Allen. Department of
Vertebrate Zoology, Mammals. 25-Jun-07
to 30-Sep-07. 
ISHIHARA,
Takashi.
University of Tokyo, Japan. Skeletochronology
of sea turtles. Working with George Zug.
Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Amphibians
and Reptiles. 6-Sep-07 to 20-Sep-07.
JANK,
Marlen.
Friedrich-Schiller Universitat, Germany.
Root morphology of extant higher primates.
Working with Bernard Wood (part-time).
Department of Anthropology. 15-Sep-06
to 15-Jan-07. 
KEMP,
Addison.
Research Trianing Program. Mount Holyoke.
Looking at Peruvian taxa and one Bolivian
taxa of Characid fish, determining adaptations
related to possible insemination practices.
Working with Stan Weitzman. Department
of Vertebrate
Zoology, Fishes.
29-May-07 to 3-Aug-07. 
KETCHUM,
Katie.
Towson University. Conducting
DNA barcoding ants to assess the efficency
of DNA barcoding versus morphological
identification.
Working with Ted Schultz. Department of
Entomology. 5-Jun-07
to 3-Aug-07. 
KIM,
Nayeoung.
University of Michigan. Spring Break Internship
Program. Developing a small collection
of Flash-based applications that use scribble
coloring book interactive technology.Working
with Dennis Hasch. Office of Information
Technology. 26-Feb-07 to 2-Mar-07.
KNIFFIN,
Maribeth.
Smith College. Researching information
for the book The Art of Plant Evolution.
Working with John Kress. Department of
Botany. 29-May-07 to 3-Aug-07.
KNIGHT,
Judith.
Oxford University. Collation and research
of pygmy collections. Working with Mary
Jo Arnoldi. Department of Anthropology.
22-Nov-07 to 31-Dec-07. 
*KOEN,
Ashley.
George Washington University. Conducting
research on repatriation items to be returned
to their tribes. Working with William
Billeck. Department of Anthropology. 24-Sep-07
to 1-Jun-08. 
*KOLLER,
Jared.
George Mason University. Assisting in
the Asian Cultural History program. Working
with Paul Taylor. Department of Anthropology.
1-Oct-07 to 41-Mar-08. 
KWON,
Michelle.
Whitman College . Entering information
into a database on fossil cetaceans. Working
with Mark Uhen. Department of Paleobiology.
4-Jun-07
to 3-Aug-07. 
KWON,
Sora.
Northern Virginia Community College. Korean
art and history. Working with Paul Taylor.
Department of Anthropology. 2-Jul-07 to
6-Aug-07. 
LAGOMARSINO,
Laura.
Research Trianing Program. University
of California, Berkeley. Measuring morphological
traits of Heliconia species and
relating them to patterns of hummingbird
pollination to investigate possible co-evolution
of the two organisms. Working with John
Kress. Department of Botany. 29-May-07
to 3-Aug-07. 
LAYTON,
Daniel.
College of William and Mary. Mapping the
color forms of Commelina neurophylla in
East Africa. Working with Bob Faden. Department
of Botany. 6-Aug-07 to 24-Aug-07.
LENO,
Lisa.
George Mason University. Developing lesson
plans based on the data and specimens
collected on the Wilkes 1838 - 1842 exploring
expedition in order to educate students
about the botanical discoveries made.
Working with Rusty Russell. Department
of Botany. 2-Apr-07 to 29-Jun-07.
LEVENSON,
Lance.
George Washington University. Compiling
a database of extinct and extant fauna
from Africa and Southeast; Pliocene to
the present. Working with Rick Potts and
Fire Kovarovic. Department of Anthropology.
2-Apr-07 to 8-Jul-07.
LINZMEIER,
Benjamin.
Research Trianing Program. Bowling Green
State University. Morphometric analysis
of Ammonia, a foram genus from
Florida. Working with Marty Buzas. Department
of Paleobiology. 29-May-07 to 3-Aug-07.
LITTLE,
Morgan.
University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
Spring Break Internship Program. Documenting
Museum History, interviews with staff:
Ruth Schallert. Working with Mary Sangrey.
Office of Academic Services. 19-Mar-07
to 23-Mar-07. 
LITTLE,
Morgan.
University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
Research
Training Program Reporter: writing articles
about RTP events and activities, preparing
photo gallery captions and assisting
with RTP general audience research summaries.
Working with Mary Sangrey. Office of
Academic Services. 28-May-07 to 3-Aug-07.
LYNN,
Tara.
University of Maryland, College Park.
Spring Break Internship Program. Scanning
and organizing scientific illustrations
of crustacean species. Working with Mollie
Ryan. Department of Invertebrate Zoology.
19-Mar-07 to 23-Mar-07. 
MACLAREN,
Andrew.
University of Michigan. Spring Break Internship
Program. Organizing and cataloging botany
and invertebrate zoology maps. Working
with Jim Harle. Department of Botany.
26-Feb-07 to 2-Mar-07.
MAIER,
Hannah.
University of Michigan. Researching
and transcribing for the Alice Fletcher
project. Working with Joanna Scherer.
Department of Anthropology. 1-May-06
to 31-Aug-07.
MALIK,
Khaula.
George Washington University. Conducting
research for the Human Orgins exhibit.
Working with Kathleen Gordon. Department
of Anthropology. 22-Mar-07 to 6-Apr-07.
MARKEY,
Caitlin.
McGill University. Working in the Wilson
copepod library. Working with Chad Walter.
Department of Invertebrate Zoology. 29-May-07
to 10-Aug-07. 
MARQUARDT,
Amy.
Research Trianing Program. Coe College.
Analyzing iron meteoritic beads from Hopewell
cultures to determine source material,
trade routes and how the beads were made.
Working with Tim McCoy. Department of
Mineral Sciences. 29-May-07 to 3-Aug-07.
MARROQUIN,
Cecily.
Research Trianing Program. New Mexico
State University. Investigating the quantity
of therapeutic agents available to a pre-modern
society and how that might reflect the
importance of the diseases to the society.
Working with Alain Touwaide. Department
of Botany. 29-May-07 to 3-Aug-07.
*MARTINEU,
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. 11-Dec-07 to
31-May-08. 
MASON,
Dawn.
George Washington University. Assisting
with Guest Services initiatives including
marketing for the docent program. Working
with Karen Fitzgerald. Office of Guest
Services. 8-Jan-07 to 13-Apr-07.
MEULENDYK,
Jessica.
George Washington University. Assisting
with collections management in anthropology.
Working with Deb Hull-Walski. Department
of Anthropology. 4-Sep-07 to 11-Jan-08.
*MICKLE,
Caryn.
George Washington University. Assisting
Discovery Room visitors, school programs,
and creating a hands-on Discovery Room
project. Working with Amy Bolton. Office
of Guest Services. 15-Oct-07 to 15-Jan-08.
MIETZNER,
S. Milo.
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.
Spring Break Internship Program. Documenting
Museum History, interviews with staff:
Stan Shetler. Working with Mary Sangrey.
Office of Academic Services. 12-Mar-07
to 16-Mar-07. 
MILLER,
Katherine.
Yale University. Working with the collections
manager. Working with Carol Butler. Department
of Anthropology. 29-May-07 to 27-Jul-07.
MILLER,
Sarah.
McLear School of Maryland. Cataloging
specimens from the Wilks' Expedition for
the botany department. Working with Rusty
Russell. Department of Botany. 29-May-07
to 13-Jun-07. 
MIMNAUGH,
Shannon.
University of Notre Dame. Researching
the Bab-edh Dhra and other Near East collections
in Anthropology. Working with Don Ortner.
Department of Anthroplogy. 4-Jun-07
to 10-Aug-07. 
MITTELMAN,
Alicia.
George Washington University. Producing
a discovery cart activity that focuses
on ancient cultures and a student self-guide
to the Hall of Mammals. Working with Hal
Banks. Office of Guest Services. 16-Jan-07
to 12-Apr-07.
MOHAMMADI,
Shabnam. Old Domonion
University. Field work in Thailand, conducting
ecological studies on pit vipers. 
MOHAMMADI,
Shabnam. Old Domonion
University. Collections management projects
in entomology. Working with Dave Furth.
Department of Entomology. 1-Nov-07 to
1-Jan-08.
MOLES,
Bryan.
University of Chicago. Mapping Mesozoic
fossil exposures. Working with Matt Carrano.
Department of Paleobiology. 11-Jun-07
to 17-Aug-07. 
MOLINA,
Antoniette.
University of Panama, Panama. Assisting
with exhibit development.
Working with Carolyn Margolis. Office
of Exhibits. 4-Jun-07
to 24-Aug-07. 
MONITTO,
Aivia.
Portland State University. Preparing finding
aids for various collections in the National
Anthropological Archives. Working with
Rob Leopold. Department of Anthropology.
2-Apr-07 to 15-Jun-07.
MONTEITH,
Nelson.
Kinkaid High School. Winter Break Internship
Program. Assisting with operations in
the Human Origins Laboratory, including
documenting artifacts, databasing information,
and organizing references. Working with
Rick Potts. Department of Anthropology.
5-Jan-07 to 12-Jan-07.
MUDVARI,
Prakriti.
Bowling Green State University. Assisting
with updating the database of the barcode
of life. Working with Amy Driskell. Laboratories
of Analytical Biology. 18-Jun-07 to 31-Aug-07.
MULDER,
Mark.
University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Examining source materials about Korea
in preparation for publication. Working
with Paul Taylor. Department of Anthropology.
12-Mar-07 to 18-Aug-07. 
MURPHY,
Maureen.
University of Mary Washington. Spring
Break Internship Program. Organizing and
cataloging botany specimens from the Wilkes
expedition. Working with Rusty Russell
and Bianca Lipscomb. Department of Botany.
5-Mar-07 to 9-Mar-07.
NGUYEN,
Trang.
Virginia Tech. Cataloging specimens
from the Wilks' Expedition. Working
with Rusty Russell. Department of Botany.
29-May-07 to 10-Aug-07. 
*NONAKA,
Ai .
Hosei University, Japan. Sorting, identification,
databasing, and imaging larval fishes.
Working with Dave Johnson. Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Fishes. 12-Jun-07
to 30-Jun-08. 
OJIO,
Tetsuro.
Nagoya University, Japan. Assisting with
guest services to determine how to utilize
information technologies in museum exhibits
activities and management activities.
Working with Hal Banks. Office of Guest
Services. 23-May-07 to 17-Aug-07.
OLECHNOWICZ,
Jenna.
George Washington University. Researching
early anthropologi collection records
to improve current catalog records. Working
with Candace Greene. Department of Anthropology.
18-Jun-07 to 31-Dec-07. 
OLMER,
Merissa.
University of Florida. Working on archaeobotanical
and lithic artifacts from the Fayum and
archiving images for the Human Origins
hall. Working with Bruce Smith. Department
of Anthropology. 29-May-07 to 3-Aug-07.
*ONAT,
Berna.
Dickinson College. Assisting with the
installation of an exhibit in the NMNH
Director's Office. Working with Lana Gendlin.
Office of Public Programs. 10-Sep-07 to
30-Aug-08. 
OPIANG,
Muse.
University of Missouri, St. Louis. Investigating
the ecology and speciation of the long-beaked
echidna (Zaglossus bartoni) . Working
with Don Wilson. Department of Vertebrate
Zoology, Mammals. 21-May-07 to 22-Jun-07.
O'ROURKE-BARRETT,
Allyson.
Smith College. Management of specimens
in the US National Herbarium. Working
with Linda Hollenburg. Department of Botany.
18-Jun-07 to 21-Dec-07. 
PAMMER,
Jakob.
Eckerd College. Re-labeling fossil fish.
Working with Bob Purdy. Department of
Paleobiology. 16-Jul-07
to 10-Aug-07. 
PARDO,
Maria Emilia.
Temple University. Winter Break Internship
Program. Digitalization and restoration
of the puppet theater slide collection.
Working with Robert Laughlin. Department
of Anthropology. 1-Jan-07 to 1-Apr-07.
*PARK,
Soe Young (Regina).
Madeira High School. Assisting with
projects in the Asian Cultural Program.
Working with Paul Taylor. Department
of Anthropology. 26-Sep-07 to 28-May-08.
PAYNE,
Cody.
College of Charleston. Identifying new
species of Gobiidae fish through larval
DNA; comparing new species with those
previously identified. Working with
Carole Baldwin. Department of Vertebrate
Zoology, Fishes. 11-Jun-07 to 27-Jul-07.
PENTIS,
Michelle.
University of California, Santa Cruz.
West African and Zulu material culture
studies. Working with Mary Jo Arnoldi.
Department of Anthropology. 4-Apr-07
to 1-Jun-07.
PEOPLES,
Daniel.
University of North Carolina, Greensboro.
Cataloging new plant specimens donated
to the museum. Working with Linda Hollenburg.
Department of Botany. 29-May-07 to 9-Aug-07.
PERSAUD,
Nakita.
Binghamton University. Spring Break
Internship Program. Mexican ethnobotany
(Palmer Project): investigating specimens
from the border regions of the U.S.
and Mexico. Working with Rusty Russell.
Department of Botany. 2-Apr-07 to 6-Apr-07.
PHEUHONG,
Tammy.
Kalamazoo College. Conducting a survey
of teaching aids and assisting with
Insect Zoo aminal care. Working with
Dan Babbit. Office of Guest Services.
21-Aug-07 to 9-Sep-07. 
PIERSON,
Elizabeth. George Washington
University. Creating a database and conducting
an inventory of the collection of mannequins
plus research on the cast iron coffin
and processing outgoing loans. Working
with Deb Hull-Walski. Department of Anthropology.
7-Sep-06 to 1-May-07.
PILAAR,
Suzanne.
Research Trianing Program. Rutgers University.
Assessing dental ages and demographics
of sheep and goat remains to determine
the transition between hunting and herding
in the Near East. Working with Melinda
Zeder. Department of Anthropology. 29-May-07
to 3-Aug-07. 
PONTSIOEN,
Robert.
University of Guelph, Canada. Researching
the archival records of William Louis
Abbott (1860 - 1936). Working with Paul
Taylor. Department of Anthropology. 22-Jan-07
to 20-Jul-07.
PORRATA,
Carolyn.
University of Texas at Austin. Spring
Break Internship Program. Pacific Island
Ethnobotany Project. Working with Rusty
Russell. Department of Botany. 12-Mar-07
to 16-Mar-07. 
POSADA,
Antonia.
Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia. Investigating
if Heliconia psithacorum is a species
complex or a group of recently diverged
species using DNA sequencing and isozyme
analysis. Working with John Kress. Department
of Botany. 19-Mar-07 to 20-May-07.
*PRIMROSE,
Jennifer.
Beloit College. Conducting background
research for the web site Ocean Portal
. Working with Dennis Hasch. Office of
Information Technology. 6-Aug-07 to 30-Apr-08.
REGAN,
Christine.
University of Delaware. Spring Break Internship
Program. Organizing and cataloging botany
maps. Working with Jim Harle. Department
of Botany. 26-Mar-07 to 30-Mar-07.
RHODES,
Kristopher.
Research Trianing Program. Cornell College.
Assessment of an early Permian flora from
north-central Texas, comparing it to other
floral assemblages. Working with Bill
DiMichele. Department of Paleobiology.
29-May-07 to 3-Aug-07. 
RICHARD,
Bonnie. George Washington University.
Researching background of the war department
collection. Working with Candace Greene.
Department of Anthropology. 1-Sep-06
to 8-Jan-07. 
RICHES,
Nicole.
George Washington University. Blunt trama
survey of the Robert Terry collection.
Working with Dave Hunt. Department of
Anthropology. 15-Sep-06 to 11-May-07.
RIGGS,
Charlotte.
Wesleyan University. Updating plant conservation
databases using herbarium specimen data.
Working with Gary Krupnick. Department
of Botany. 8-Jan-07 to 21-Feb-07.
ROBERTSON,
Gale.
University of Leicester, UK. Floristic
changes in the Santa Rosa / San Jacinto
Mountain National Monument. Working with
Rusty Russell. 3-Oct-06 to 30-Oct-07.
ROBERTSON,
Gale.
University of Leicester, UK. Inventorying
the Discovery Room collections and identifying
the unknown specimens. Working with Amy
Bolton. Office of Guest Services. 4-Jun-07
to 31-Aug-07. 
*ROSENWASSER,
Emily.
George Washington University. Assisting
with writing press releases and tracking
media coverage. Working with Kelly Carnes.
Office of Public Affairs. 1-Oct-07 to
2-May-08. 
*SAHA,
Nilanjana.
Bucknell University. Cataloguing beetles.
Working with Terry Erwin. Department of
Entomology. 17-Dec-07 to 30-Jan-08.
SALAS,
Marielos Cris.
Eastern Kentucky University. Spring Break
Internship Program. Pacific Island Ethnobotany
Project. Working with Rusty Russell. Department
of Botany. 12-Mar-07 to 16-Mar-07.
SALAS,
Marielos "Cris".
Eastern Kentucky University. Scanning
and organizing scientific illustrations
of crustacean species. Working with Molly
Ryan. Department of Invertebrate Zoology.
18-Jun-07 to 10-Aug-07. 
SCHAFFER,
Kristen.
Whitman College. Studying the Drummon-Hay
water color paintings of Bermuda fish.
Working with Bruce Collette. Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Fishes. 4-Jun-07
to 10-Aug-07. 
SCHNEIDER,
Tonia.
University of Michigan. Spring Break Internship
Program. Organizing and cataloging illustrations
of invertebrate animals. Working with
Molly Ryan. Department of Invertebrate
Zoology. 26-Feb-07 to 2-Mar-07.
*SCHULTHEISS,
Jessica.
George Washington University.
researching ancestry of recent discoveries.
Working with Deb Hull-Walski. Department
of Anthropology. 4-Oct-07 to 31-May-08.
SCOTTEN
FINN, Elizabeth.
Antioch University, England. Spring Break
Internship Program. Pacific Island Ethnobotany
Project. Working with Rusty Russell. Department
of Botany. 12-Mar-07 to 23-Mar-07.
SILVA,
Elis.
Research Trianing Program. Universidada
de Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil. Examining
the intraspecific geographic variation
of the water possum (Chironectes minimus).
Working with Al Gardner. Department of
Vertebrate Zoology, Mammals. 29-May-07
to 3-Aug-07. 
SIMON,
Rebecca.
Pennsylvania State University. Transcribing
and conducting further research on the
field journals of Alice Fletcher. Working
with Joanna Scherer. Department of Anthropology.
27-Aug-07 to 21-Dec-07. 
SMITH,
Eric.
Haverford College. Winter
Break Internship Program. Documenting
Museum history, especially interviewing
staff in the Departments of Paleobiology
and Mineral Sciences. Working with Mary
Sangrey. Office of Academic Services.
08-Jan-07 to 19-Jan-07.
SNYDER,
Brock.
Wesleyan University. Organizing voucher
specimens from the National Cancer Institute.
Working with Linda Hollenberg. Department
of Botany. 16-May-07 to 30-Sep-07.
SNYDER,
Rachel.
George Washington University. Assisting
with the planning and execution of the
future female scientists program. Working
with Mollie Oremland. Office of Guest
Services. 17-Jan-07 to 8-Jun-07
SO,
Dong-Hyok.
Virginia Commonwealth University. Spring
Break Internship Program. Preparing podcasts
of NMNH research highlights. Working with
Dennis Hasch. Office of Information Technology.
12-Mar-07 to 16-Marl-07. 
SO,
Dong-Hyok.
Virginia Commonwealth University. Producing
protypes of video podcasts. Working
with Dennis Hasch. Office of Information
Technologies. 25-Jun-07 to 31-Sep-07.
SOURBEER,
Kristin.
Duke University. Maintaining a database
of media references and assisting with
media and public affairs. Working with
Michele Urie. Office of Public Affairs.
14-May-07 to 1-Aug-07. 
*SPENCER,
Jake.
Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education
Center. Transferring papers to archival
quality envelopes and labeling envelopes.
Working with Chad Walter. Department of
Invertebrate Zoology. 24-Oct-07 to 2-Apr-08.
SUPER,
James.
Stanford University. Field work in Wyoming.
Working with Scott Wing. Department of
Paleobiology. 18-Jun-07 to 14-Sep-07.
TALLMADGE,
Kendall.
Beloit College. Assisting in the Office
of Repatriation. Working with Bill Billeck.
Department of Anthropology. 4-Jun-07
to 9-Aug-07. 
TARBOUSH,
Rania.
American University. Preparation, cutting
and Micrography of neurological tissue
of invertebrates. Working with Rafael
Lemaitre. Department of Invertebrate Zoology.
5-Feb-07 to 31-Aug-07
TAYLOR,
Rebecca.
Grinnell College. Winter
Break Internship Program. Documenting
Museum history, especially interviewing
staff in the Departments of Anthropology
and Botany. Working with Mary Sangrey.
Office of Academic Services. 08-Jan-07
to 19-Jan-07.
*TENNENT,
Jenny.
Mount Allison University. Interpreting
hi-resolution seismic profiles off Locri,
Calabria, Italy to better understand the
evolution of this early Greek site. Working
with J. Daniel Stanley. Department of
Paleobiology. 1-Oct-07 to 31-Jul-08.
THAYER,
Sadie.
George Washington University. Assisting
with collections management in anthropology.
Working with Deb Hull-Walski. Department
of Anthropology. 4-Sep-07 to 31-Dec-07.
THOMPSON,
Kirsten. George Washington
University. Researching accession files
and archaeological field notes to add
information to repatriation cases. Working
with Steve Ousley. Department of Anthropology.
1-Jan-07 to 25-May-07.
THOPMSON,
Stacey. George Washington
University. Developing web pages including
the new Anthropology home page and Ocean
Portal. Working with Dennis Hasch. Office
of Information Technologies. 8-Jan-07
to 28-Feb-07.
TITMAN,
Allison. George Washington
University. Assisting with the arrangements
for a loan of 500 objects from the Smithsonian
collections to a museum in Alaska. Working
with Deb Hull-Walski. Department of Anthropology.
21-May-07 to 8-Aug-07.
TOLER,
Maxx.
East Carolina University. Assisting with
the return of Native American material
held at the museum for accordance with
NAGPRA. Working with Bill Billeck. Department
of Anthropology. 29-May-07 to 10-Aug-07.
TRIZNA,
Michael.
Virginia Commonwealth University. Analyzing
common errors in the BOLD and GenBank
databases. Working with Davis Schindel.
Barcode of Life. 29-May-07 to 10-Aug-07.
TROWBRIDGE,
Jennifer.
George Washington University. Conducting
research in forensic anthropology. Working
with Douglas Ubelaker. Department of Anthropology.
6-Aug-07 to 15-Sep-07. 
VANN,
Miles.
Winston Churchill High School. Feeding
insects in the Insect Zoo. Working with
Dan Babbitt. Office of Guest Services,
Insect Zoo. 25-Jun-07 to 10-Aug-07.
VINITA,
Katrine.
Eckerd College. Digitally archiving published
photos of crustaceans. Working with Rafael
Lemaitre. Department of Invertebrate Zoology.
29-May-07 to 17-Aug-07. 
*WALKER,
Megan.
George Washington University. Photocopying
research documents. Working with Daisy
Njoku. Department of Anthropology. 2-Oct-07
to 30-Apr-08. 
WALTERS,
Katherine.
Apponequet Regional High School. Creating
a new educational cart for the Insect
Zoo. Working with Dan Babbit. Office of
Guest Services. 19-Jun-07 to 17-Aug-07.
WAMBACH,
Theresa.
Rockville High School. Assisting with
collections management in anthropology.
Working with Deb Hull-Walski. Department
of Anthropology. 25-Jun-07 to 13-Jul-07.
WEITZ,
Rachel.
Goucher College. Creating flyers and answering
the phone. Working with Karen Fitzgerald.
Office of Guest Services. 4-Jun-07
to 31-Aug-07. 
WEST,
Rebecca.
George Washington University. Working
with photographs in the National Anthropological
Archives as part of digital imaging. Working
with Stephanie Ogeneski. Department of
Anthropology. 14-May-07 to 17-Aug-07.
WICAKSONO,
Satrio.
Research Trianing Program. Wesleyan University.
Investigating the relationship between
the change in size of body pores of ostracodes
and the climatic changes over the same
period of evolutionary history. Working
with Gene Hunt. Department of Paleobiology.
29-May-07 to 3-Aug-07. 
WICAKSONO,
Satrio.
Wesleyan University. Winter Break Internship
Program. Organizing and cataloging botany
and invertebrate zoology maps. Working
with Jim Harle. Department of Botany.
22-Dec-06 to 19-Jan-07.
WILLIAMS,
Charlotte.
Brigham Young University. Researching
and documenting the botany objects collected
by Captain Cook during his 18th century
expeditions. Working with Rusty Russell.
Department of Botany. 11-Jun-07 to 24-Aug-07.
WINDSOR,
Amanda.
University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
Identifying an dsorting hermit crabs into
taxonomic groups for cataloging. Working
with Rafael Lemaitre. Department of Invertebrate
Zoology. 1-Jun-07
to 31-Jul-07. 
WYNALDA,
Lauren.
Western Michigan University. Arctic studies
center publications. Working with Bill
Fitzhugh. Department of Anthropology.
10-Sep-07 to 30-Nov-07. 
YONAN,
Amelia.
George Washington University. Researching
accession files and filling gaps therein.
Working with Candace Greene. Department
of Anthropology. 1-Jun-07 to 31-Aug-07.
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