In
2008 a total of 272 internship appointments
were recorded by the National Museum of Natural
History, including 221 appointments succesfully
completed, 48 appointments carrying over to
2008, and 3 whose registered internship was
terminated, not successfully completed or
declined. During Calendar Year 2008 interns
contributed 90,203 hours.
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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ABADILLA,
Monique.
George Washington University. Assisting
with digital imaging, inventory, and archival
research related to anthropological collections.
Working with Deb Hull-Walski. Department
of Anthropology. 2-Sep-08 to 31-Dec-08.
ADAMS,
Kristin.
Research Training Program. University
of Wisconsin, Whitewater. Using foraminifera
to determine the possibility of and climate
of the Cretaceous hot house event. Working
with Brian Huber. Department of Paleobiology.
26-May-08 to 1-Aug-08.
*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.
AHMED,
Sanaa.
Analyzing CT and lazer scans of hand and
foot bones in primates. Working with Matt
Tocheri. Department of Anthropology. 8-Oct-08
to 12-Dec-08.
AINSWORTH,
Alexis.
George Washington University. Updating
information in the fish illustration database.
Working with Lisa Palmer. Department of
Vertebrate Zoology, Fishes. 11-Aug-08
to 28-Nov-08.
ALMSTEAD,
Keri.
George Washington University. Organizing
and inventorying the Lisht, Egypt collection.
Working with Dave Hunt. Department of
Anthropology. 11-Feb-08 to 16-May-08.
*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.
ANDERSON,
Damon.
New School University. Content management
for the Encyclopedia of Life project.
Working with Breen Byrnes. Office of the
Associate Director for Research and Collections.
10-Mar-08 to 20-Mar-08.
ARIAS
CELIS, Quintin Adolfo.
Collections Management Training Program
for Latin American and Caribbean Professionals.
Museo del Instituto de Zoología
Agrícola Francisco Fernández
Yépez de la Universidad Central
de Venezuela - MIZA. Maracay, Venezuela.
11-Feb-08 to 21-Mar-08.
ARISUMI,
Katherine.
Rochester Institute of Technology. Photographing
amazon canopy beetles. Working with Terry
Erwin. Department of Entomology. 9-Jun-08
to 15-Aug-08.
BAE,
Yeon Kyung.
Swarthmore College. Studying Asian Cultural
history. Working with Paul Taylor. Department
of Anthropology. 23-Jun-08 to 23-Dec-08.
BALABAN,
Amanda.
Walt Whitman High School. Curating the
vertebra collection. Working with Steve
Jabo. Department of Paleobiology. 14-Jul-08
to 30-Aug-08.
BARDEN,
Phillip.
Research Training Program. Arizona State
University. Comparing Phidole morphology
diversity to DNA barcoding diversity in
Guyana. Working with Ted Schultz. Department
of Entomology. 26-May-08 to 1-Aug-08.
BARLAS,
Rebecca.
Yorktown High School. Studying physical
anthropology. Working with Dave Hunt.
Department of Anthropology. 27-May-08
to 13-Jun-08.
BATY,
Jenica.
University of Michigan. Alternative Spring
Break Program. Studying plant specimens
in the US National Herbarium on a question
involving change over time. Working with
Rusty Russell. Department of Botany. 25-Feb-08
to 29-Feb-08.
BENANTY,
Justine.
George Washington University. Conducting
an analysis of the C.F. Hall Collection
of Inuit artifacts from Northern Canada,
collected ca. 1860. Working with Stephen
Loring. Department of Anthropology. 2-Sep-08
to 31-Dec-08.
BERTSCH,
Tori.
University of Georgia. Cataloging artifacts.
Working with William Fitzhugh. Department
of Anthropology. 14-Jan-08 to 16-May-08.
BEST,
Patricia.
University of North Carolina. Cataloguing
camel bones. Working with Melinda Zeder.
Department of Anthropology. 15-Jan-08
to 30-May-08.
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 1-Jun-09.
BOGAARD,
Casey.
Sledelyk Gymnasium Nymegen, Netherlands.
Studying the evolutionary process of whales.
Working with Bill DiMichele, Cindi Looy,
and Mark Uhen. Department of Paleobiology.
31-Mar-08 to 4-Apr-08.
BOLTON,
Meghan.
University of Maryland, College Park.
Web development. Working with Dennis Hasch.
Office of Information Technology. 22-May-07
to 20-Jan-08.
*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.
BONDE,
HELENA.
Assisting with the start up of the membership
program. Working with Jennifer Williams.
Office of Development. 29-Sep-08 to 14-Nov-08.
BOYSON,
Alexander.
Thomas S. Wootton High School. Photographing
beetles. Working with Steve Lingafelter.
Department of Entomology. 8-Jul-08 to
13-Aug-08.
BRIDER,
Joseph.
University of Hawaii, Manoa. Studying
Pacific Islands botanica and species
databases.
Working with Vicki Funk. Department
of Botany. 27-May-08 to 27-Jun-08.
BRODERICK,
Victoria.
George Washington University. Assisting
with the new Discovery Cart for the Butterfly
Pavillion and other animal care projects.
Working with Dan Babbitt. Office of Education,
Insect Zoo. 5-May-08 to 30-Sep-08.
BROMBERG,
Megan.
Bates College. Organizing and archiving
photographs and negatives of societies
and cultures of Tibet and India in the
mid 20th century. Working with Pam Wintle.
Department of Anthropology. 8-Jul-08 to
7-Aug-08.
BROWN,
Charlotte.
George Washington University. Assisting
in the teaching of school programs as
part of the Discovery Room, and interacting
with K-8 students. Working with Amy Bolton.
Office of Guest Services. 14-Jan-08 to
31-Apr-08.
*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.
BUZZARD,
Brendan.
Prescott College. Producing articles for
the Natural History newsletter and NMNH
web sites about research and discoveries
at the Museum. Working with Dennis Hasch.
Office of Information Technologies. 9-Jul-08
to 31-Aug-08.
CACCIALI
SOSA, Pier.
Collections Management Training Program
for Latin American and Caribbean Professionals.
Natural History Museum. San Lorenzo, Paraguay.
11-Feb-08 to 21-Mar-08.
CAMPBELL,
Lauren.
Yale University. Investigating and maintaining
the Museums social networking pages, including
adding new content and spaces. Working
with Dennis Hasch. Office of Information
Technologies. 2-Jun-08 to 1-Aug-08.
CAMPBELL,
Sonja.
Queen's University. Analyzing fish DNA
samples to determine genetic barcode for
species ID. Working with Lee Weigt. Office
of the Associate Director for Research
and Collections. 4-Aug-08 to 29-Aug-08.
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.
CAPOBIANCO,
Caroline.
Northwestern University. Studying chemical
defenses of seaweeds. Working with Valerie
Paul. Smithsonian Marine Station, Fort
Pierce. 16-May-08 to 21-Nov-08.
CARRERA,
Erika.
Pontificia Unniversidad Catolica del Ecuador.
Sorting
ecuadorian coleoptera specimens.
Working with Terry Erwin. Department of
Entomology. 4-Feb-08 to 30-Apr-08.
CARTER,
Alyse.
University of Maryland. Working with classic
literature on invertebrate zoology, arranging
and assembling pictures of glass sponges.
Working with Allen Collins. Department
of Invertebrate Zoology. 17-Mar-08 to
21-Mar-08.
CASTANEDA,
Maria del Rosario.
George Washington University. Conducting
a phylogenetic study of egg-preying nemereans
living on decapod crustaceans. Working
with Jon Norenburg. Department of Invertebrate
Zoology. 2-Jun-08 to 19-Sep-08.
*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,
Kelly.
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. 11-Feb-08
to 19-May-08.
*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.
*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.
CLARK,
Lauren.
University of Maryland, College Park.
Cataloguing artifacts from the Coahuila
collection. Working with Deb Hull-Walski.
Department of Anthropology. 2-Sep-08 to
30-Dec-08.
COBERLY,
Alex.
Ohio State University. Identifying fish
species from Belize. Working with Carole
Baldwin. Department of Vertebrate Zoology,
Fishes. 2-Sep-08 to 18-Sep-08.
COFFEY,
Michelle.
Montgomery
College. Participating in paleobiology
field work. Working with Matt Carrano.
Department of Paleobiology. 12-May-08
to 1-Aug-08.
COLE,
Robyn.
Full Sail High School. Creating a documentary
on the NMNH and its exhibits. Working
with Dennis Hasch. Office of Information
Technologies. 2-Sep-08 to 30-Nov-08.
COLLINS,
Benjamin.
Clemson University. Studying Ecuador canopy
biodiversity and working on the Vortex
project. Working with Terry Erwin. Department
of Entomology. 22-Sep-08 to 17-Oct-08.
*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.
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.
CORTES,
Marina.
Columbia University. Molecular analysis
using microsatellite markers on the
understory plant Heliconia acuminata
in a fragmented lanscape in Central
Amazon, Brazil. Working with W. John
Kress. Department of Botany. 4-Feb-08
to 19-Dec-08.
CRAUDERUEFF,
Mary.
University of Maryland, College Park.
Processing the Irving Goldman papers
and updating the catalog record. Working
with Lorain Wang. Department of Anthropology.
2-Jun-08 to 22-Aug-08.
DAILEY,
Caitlin.
George Washington University. Biographical
and background research on collectors
and donors of objects in the Pacific
collection. Working with Adrienne Kaeppler.
Department of Anthropology. 18-Jan-08
to 15-May-08.
*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.
DANG,
Tam.
George Mason University. Studying the
diversity of leaf-litter Pheidole ants
in Guyana, DNA barcoding, ad auto-montage
digital images. Working with Ted Schultz.
Department of Entomology. 23-Jun-08
to 31-Aug-08.
DARIVEMULA,
Shilpa.
James Madison High School. Taking pictures
and images of volcanic glasses using
a petrographic microscope. Working with
Liz Cottrell. Department of Mineral
Sciences.
17-Mar-08 to 21-Mar-08.
DARIVEMULA,
Shilpa.
James Madison High School. Petrographic
microscopic imaginf and analysis of
XANES data. Working with Liz Cottrell.
Department of Mineral Sciences. 16-Jun-08
to 4-Aug-08.
DELGADO,
Mercedes.
Collections Management Training Program
for Latin American and Caribbean Professionals.
QALLTA, Centro de Investigación
para la Preservación y Promoción
del Patrimonio Cultural. Lima, Peru.
11-Feb-08 to 21-Mar-08.
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.
DERMAN,
Aza.
Hunter College. Editing, formatting,
data calibration and research for Scandinavian
studies. Working with Noel Broadbent.
Department of Anthropology. 9-Jun-08
to 22-Aug-08.
DEY,
Anita.
Thomas S. Wootton High School.
Databasing the nematode collection.
Working with Jon Norenburg. Department
of Invertebrate Zoology. 16-Jun-08
to 8-Aug-08.
DIMMER,
Kathleen.
University of Alberta. Ethnobotany of
the Pacific Islands . Working with Rusty
Russell. Department of Botany. 13-May-08
to 20-Aug-08.
*DINWIDDIE,
April.
Mount Holyoke College. Identifying Mordellid
beetles. Working with David Furth. Department
of Entomology. 11-Aug-08 to 31-Aug-09.
DINWIDDIE,
April.
Mount Holyoke College. Creating a database
of all Western Hemisphere Mordellidae
species using the classical literature
and posting into the Encyclopedia of
Life web site. Working with Jim Edwards.
Office of the Associate Director for
Research and Collections, Encyclopedia
of Life. 2-Jun-08 to 31-Aug-08.
DOMBROWSKIE
Jason.
University of Alberta. Description of
a new species of Clepsis from
the Southwestern US. Working with John
Brown. Department of Entomology. 25-Aug-08
to 5-Sep-08.
DOUD,
Jenna.
DNA analysis of plants. Working with
Liz Zimmer. Department of Botany. 2-Jun-08
to 31-Jul-08.
DUNCAN,
Kaitlyn.
Virginia Tech University. Sorting and
organizing insect fossils. Working with
Finnegan Marsh. Department of Paleobiology.
9-Jun-08 to 12-Aug-08.
DUNN,
Shannon.
Colorado College. Organizing paleobiology
collections, specifically insect fossils.
Working with Finnegan Marsh. Department
of Paleobiology. 21-Jul-08 to 8-Oct-08.
ECCLESTON,
Megan.
Northern Virginia Community College.
Researching the pygmy collections. Working
with Mary Jo Arnoldi. Department of
Anthropology. 14-Oct-08 to 12-Dec-08.
ECHEGARAY,
Jorge.
Uppsala University, Sweden. Studying
genetics. Working with Robert Fleischer
and Jennifer Leonard. Department of
Vertebrate Zoology, Genetics Lab. 1-Sep-07
to 31-Sep-08.
EDMONDS,
Marisa.
Georgetown University. Assisting
with the start up of a membership program.
Working
with Jennifer Williams. Office of Development.
19-Sep-08 to 12-Dec-08.
EGGE,
Colin.
St. Albons High School. Assisting with
on-line video for the NMNH web site.
Working with Dennis Hasch. Office of
Information Technologies. 30-Jun-08
to 30-Sep-08.
ETUKEREN,
Ataefiok.
Georgetown University. Cataloging and
recording data regarding extinct or
near-extinct plants. Working with Gary
Krupnick. Department of Botany. 3-Mar-08
to 7-Mar-08.
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.
FIELDS,
Victoria.
Baylor University. Smithsonian Marine
Station, Fort Pierce. 9-Jul-08 to 15-Aug-08.
FLOREZ,
Ana Marcela.
Research Training Program. Universidad
Industrian de Sautander. Investigating
if Bischofia leaves are pinnate
or palmate in nature. Working with Ken
Wurdack. Department of Botany. 26-May-08
to 1-Aug-08.
*FOLTZ,
Christine.
George Washington University. Assisting
with starch and phytolith research.
Working with Dolores Piperno. Department
of Anthropology. 8-Oct-08 to 31-May-09.
FREEMAN,
Aaron.
University of Maryland, College Park.
Processing geographic data for the
Ocean portal web site. Working with
Dan Cole. Office of Information Technologies.
16-Jun-08 to 22-Aug-08.
*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.
GARCIA
MENDOZA, Diego Francisco.
Collections Management Training Program
for Latin American and Caribbean Professionals.
CIIDIR-IPN Unidad Durango. Durango,
México. 11-Feb-08 to 21-Mar-08.
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 05-Jun-09.
GILBERT,
Elise.
University of Michigan. Grain size analysis
of sediment core samples at the Greek-Roman
site if Syberis. Working with J. Daniel
Stanley. Department of Paleobiology.
14-Jan-08 to 9-May-08.
GONZALES,
Erika.
Universidad de Los Andes. Preparing
a description of fossil plants and analysis
of paleoclimate in the Paleoeocene-Eocene
of Western North America. Working with
Scott Wing. Department of Paleobiology.
6-Mar-08 to 31-Dec-08.
GOLDCHAIN,
Cristina.
University of North Carolina, Wilmington.
Studying forams. Working with Brian
Huber. Department of Paleobiology. 2-Jun-08
to 8-Aug-08.
GORMAN,
Erin.
Wittenberg University. Researching information
about Alice Fletcher, the first female
American anthropologist. Working with
Joanna Scherer. Department of Anthropology.
15-Jan-08 to 18-Apr-08.
GRACI
C, Adriana.
Collections Management Training Program
for Latin American and Caribbean Professionals.
Marine and Coastal Research Institute
- INVEMAR. Santa Marta (Magdalena),
Colombia. 11-Feb-08 to 21-Mar-08.
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.
GUNDA,
Thushara.
Research Training Program. University
of Virginia. Analyzing the chemical
and physical properties of blue quartz
to determine its geological significance
in the Shenandoah Mountains. Working
with Mike Wise. Department of Mineral
Sciences. 26-May-08 to 1-Aug-08.
HA,
Joo Yeon "Julie".
Ohio State University. Assisting with
events related to the Korean Heritage
exhibit. Working with Paul Taylor. Department
of Anthropology. 2-Jan-08 to 31-May-08.
HABER,
Michaela.
Gougher College. Investigating information
about anthropologist Alice Fletcher's
work with Native Americans in the 1800's.
Working with Joanna Scherer. Department
of Anthropology. 27-May-08 to 29-Aug-08.
HAGGERTY,
Caroline.
Kenyon College. Documenting and cataloging
the John Marshall Juhoansi Bushman film
and video collection. Working with Pam
Wintle. Department of Anthropology.
9-Jun-08 to 15-Aug-08.
HARP,
Anna.
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.
16-Jun-08 to 15-Aug-08.
HARWOOD,
Leslie.
Maryland Institute. Scanning images
of invertebrates. Working with Allen
Collins.
Department of Invertebrate
Zoology.
17-Mar-08 to 21-Mar-08.
HAVERS,
Matthew.
Rowan University. Collecting data and
preparing slides of parasitic wasps.
Working with Michael Gates. Department
of Entomology. 16-Jun-08 to 29-Aug-08.
HAY,
Christianna.
Thomas Jefferson High School. Investigating
MySpace, facebook, Youtube, and Flicker
to investigate making NMNH resources
more applicable to an online audience
utilizing popular social networking
programs. Working with Dennis Hasch.
Office of Information Technologies.
17-Mar-08 to 21-Mar-08.
HAYES,
Malorie.
Southeastern Louisiana University. Assessing
the phylogenetic relationships within
the fish family, Percidae. Working with
Bruce Collette. Department of Vertebrate
Zoology, Fishes. 2-Jun-08 to 8-Aug-08.
*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.
HENRY,
Sara.
University of Michigan. Alternative
Spring Break Program. Contributions
to the U.S. National Herbarium: Botany
Maps. Working with Rusty Russell. Department
of Botany. 25-Feb-08 to 29-Feb-08.
*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.
HERRERA,
Santiago.
Universidad de los Andes. Developing
an Antarctic invertebrate collection
database. Working with Rafael LeMaitre.
Department of Invertebrate Zoology.
2-Jun-08 to 22-Aug-08.
HIGH,
Jasmine.
George Washington University. Collections
care of the mammal collection and integrated
pest management. Working with Jeremy
Jacobs. Department of Vertebrate Zoology,
Mammals. 2-Jun-08 to 7-Nov-08.
*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.
HOEHN,
Whitney.
University of Hawaii, Manoa. Molecular
techniques. Working with Liz Zimmer.
Department of Botany. 2-Sep-08 to 13-Dec-08.
HOFFMANN,
Maureen.
Research Training Program. Bryn Mawr
College. Analysis of prosodic qualities
of Unami. Working with Ives Goddard.
Department of Anthropology. 26-May-08
to 1-Aug-08.
HOLLAND,
Rebecca.
Indian River Community College. Studying
natural products of marine algae. Working
with Raphael Ritson-Wiliams. Smithsonian
Marine Station, Fort Pierce. 16-Sep-08
to 30-Dec-08.
HOLM,
Patricia.
Texas State University, San Marcos.
Cataloging
and analyzing archaeological data. Working
with Bill Fitzhugh. Department of Anthropology.
8-Sep-08
to 31-Oct-08.
HOLTZ,
Elyse.
Howard University. Studying plant conservation.
Working with Rusty Russell. Department
of Botany. 11-Sep-07 to 31-Aug-08.
HOOD,
Cory.
Gulliver High School. Studying early animal
domestication. Working with Bill Fitzhugh.
Department of Anthroplogy. 9-Jun-08 to
1-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 9-Jun-08.
HUEBNER,
Katherine.
University. Alternative Spring Break Program.
Wilson
Copepod Library Project Scanning Invertebrate
Animal Illustrations and Maps.
Working with Chad Walter. Department of
Invertebrate Zoology. 25-Feb-08 to 29-Feb-08.
HUMPHRIES,
Amy.
George Washington University. Processing
lithics from the Thunderbird Site in Virginia.
Working with Dave Rosenthal. Department
of Anthropology. 2-Sep-08 to 19-Dec-08.
*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.
JARET,
Steven.
University of Tennessee. Characterizing
the mineralogic effects of the meteorite
impact on the rocks from Tenoumer impact
crater. Working with Bevan French. Department
of Paleobiology. 2-Jun-08 to 25-Jul-08.
JOHNSON,
Madeline.
George Washington University. Assisting
with the start up of a membership program.
Working
with Jennifer Williams. Office of Development.
9-Sep-08 to 12-Dec-08.
JOHNSON,
Sarah.
George Mason University. Recurating the
small mammal collection, including rodents
and bats. Working with Suzanne Peurach.
Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Mammals.
15-Feb-08 to 15-Jun-08.
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-Dec-08.
*JUENGST,
Sara.
Vanderbilt University. Cataloging and
analyzing archaeological data. Working
with Bill Fitzhugh. Department of Anthropology.
8-Sep-08 to 3-Jan-09.
KAUFMAN,
Grace.
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Studying
media relations. Working with Kelly Carnes.
Office of Public Affairs. 27-May-08 to
9-Aug-08.
KAWAHARA,
Akito.
University of Maryland. Discovery of a
new species of Phyllocnistis, and its
larval biology. Working with Don Davis.
Department of Entomology. 8-Sep-08 to
19-Sep-08.
KAZIMER,
Katherine.
Yale University. Developing a marine invertebrate
website through the digitalization of
specimen information. Working with Rafael
LeMaitre. Department of Invertebrate Zoology.
9-Jun-08 to 22-Aug-08.
KEANE,
Reilley.
Potomac High School. Organizing and categorizing
plant DNA. Working with Liz Zimmer. Department
of Botany. 21-Jul-08 to 8-Aug-08.
KEMP,
Addison.
Mount Holyoke College. Studying evolution
of functional morphology in Sciuridae.
Working with Dick Thorington. Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Mammals. 27-May-08
to 15-Aug-08.
KLOTZ,
Whitney.
George Washington University. Assisting
with the Written Bone exhibit. Working
with Barbara Stauffer. Office of Exhibits.
16-Jun-08 to 29-Aug-08.
*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.
KOEN,
Ashley.
George Washington University. Organizing
slides and preparing powerpoint presentations
for lectures. Working with Adrienne
Kaeppler. Department of Anthropology.
22-Sep-08 to 5-Dec-08.
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.
*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.
KOLLER,
Jared.
George Mason University. Assisting in
the Asian Cultural History program. Working
with Paul Taylor. Department of Anthropology.
1-Oct-07 to 14-Mar-08.
*KOBAB,
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 23-Jan-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.
*KRANZ,
Rebecca.
Curation and identification of Hymenoptera
specimens. Working with Michael Gates.
Department of Entomology. 8-Dec-08 to
15-Feb-09.
KRISHNAN,
Mekala.
American University. Northern India source
material research; footnoting of Abbott
papers. Working with Paul Taylor. Department
of Anthropology. 27-May-08 to 11-Jul-08.
KUMARASWAMY,
Mouly.
University of Michigan. Alternative Spring
Break Program. Wield the Power of RSS.
Working with Dennis Hasch. Office of Information
Technologies. 25-Feb-08 to 29-Feb-08.
*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.
LANG,
Alexander.
Meadville Area High School. Collecting
fishes and their tissue samples for DNA
analysis, as part of a Caribbean-wide
investigation of fishes species diversity
based on DNA barcoding and morphology.
Working with Carole Baldwin. Department
of Vertebrare Zoology, Fishes. 8-Apr-08
to 1-Jun-09.
LANG,
Jim.
Collecting fishes and their tissue samples
for DNA analysis, as part of a Caribbean-wide
investigation of fishes species diversity
based on DNA barcoding and morphology.
Working with Carole Baldwin. Department
of Vertebrare Zoology, Fishes. 8-Apr-08
to 1-Jun-09.
LARSON,
Jonathan.
Purdue Unversity. Constructing a database
of pyraloidea moths and studying the invasive
species of this superfamily. Working with
Alma Solis. Department of Entomology.
9-Jun-08 to 1-Aug-08.
LATANICH,
Sarah.
Towson State University. Processing
lithics from the Thunderbird Site in Virginia.
Working with Dave Rosenthal. Department
of Anthropology. 2-Sep-08 to 11-Dec-08.
LAWLOR,
Alexandra.
Roger Williams University. Curating the
cephalopod collection. Working with Mike
Vecchione. Department of Invertebrate
Zoology. 9-Jun-08 to 5-Sep-08.
LAYTON,
Daniel.
College of William and Mary. Studying
Commelinaceae. Working with Bob Faden.
Department of Botany. 2-Jun-08 to 1-Aug-08.
LAZARUS,
Michel.
Loyola College. Assisting National Anthropological
Archives with photos done with alternative
printing processes. Working with STephanie
Ogeneski. Department of Anthropology.
12-May-08 to 14-Aug-08.
LEE,
Chang won.
Centreville High School. Sorting insect
and plant fossils. Working with Finnegan
Marsh. Department of Paleobiology. 30-Jun-08
to 1-Sep-08.
LEWIS,
Lenette.
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. to 25-Aug-08.
LIAO,
Irene.
Research Training Program. University
of California, Berkeley. Comparing the
leaf and spathe anatomy of several Commelina
species from Thailand. Working with Bob
Faden. Department of Botany. 26-May-08
to 1-Aug-08.
LINLEY,
Erin.
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. 23-Oct-07
to 17-Mar-08.
LITTLE,
Morgan.
George Washington University. Working
on an internet database project assocated
with the Ancient Egypt collection.
Working with Melinda Zeder and Kathleen
Gordon. Office of Exhibits. 28-May-07
to 31-Sep-08.
*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.
LIU,
Connie.
Duke University. Catalogue of Ostracods.
Working with Lou Kornicker. Department
of Invertebrate Zoology. 27-May-08 to
19-Jun-08.
LIYANAGE,
Nuwanti.
VIrginia Commonwealth University. Taking
photographs and fixing microscope slides.
Working with Scott Wing. Department of
Paleobiology. 10-Mar-08 to 14-Mar-08.
*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.
LOUTON,
Jessica.
George Mason University. Studying diversity
of leaf-litter Pheidole in Guyana; DNA
barcoding and auto-montage of digital
images. Working with Ted Schultz. Department
of Entomology. 27-May-08 to 22-Aug-08.
LUNA,
Natalia.
Vassar College. Investigating the ousehold
world model, an agent-based computer simulation
model, to track the yearly movement of
an artificial society of herders and flocks
located on different landscapes in Mongolia.
Working with Dan Rogers. Department of
Anthropology. 2-Jun-08 to 1-Sep-08.
LUNSFORD,
John.
Old Dominon University. Conducting archival
research for specific information to confirm
or augment accession and catalog records
and databases. Working with James Krakker.
Department of Anthropology. 27-May-08
to 1-Sep-08.
LUIZ,
Jade.
Portland State University. Assisting in
the anthropological archives. Working
with Rob Leopold. Department of Anthropology.
31-Mar-08 to 30-Jun-08.
MAC
VEAN, AnaLu.
Collections Management Training Program
for Latin American and Caribbean Professionals.
Herbarium UVAL, Institute of Research,
Universidad del Valle de Guatemala. Ciudad
de Guatemala, Guatemala. 11-Feb-08 to
21-Mar-08.
MAHMOOD,
Faisal.
High School. Organizing paleobiology collections,
specifically insect fossils. Working with
Finnegan Marsh. Department of Paleobiology.
21-Jul-08 to 29-Aug-08.
MARKEY,
Caitlin.
McGill University. Digitizing the Helen
Hamilton Gardener photographic collection,
depicting Gardener's time in Puerto Rico.
Working with Stephanie Ogeneski. Department
of Anthropology. 12-May-08 to 14-Aug-08.
*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,
Nile.
Landon High School. Assisting with the
upkeep of the Butterfly exhibit. Working
with Dan Babbitt. Office of Education.
14-Jul-08 to 31-Aug-08.
*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.
*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.
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.
MARTINEZ-AQUINO,
Carlos.
Virginia Commonwealth University. Studying
scientific illustration of leaf beetles.
Working with Marie Metz. Department of
Entomology. 16-Jun-08 to 2-Sep-08.
MAUDE,
Kate.
George Washington University. Assisting
with the Butterfly Pavilion. Working with
Dan Babbitt. Office of Education. 22-Sep-08
to 31-Dec-08.
MCALPINE,
Joanne.
University of Central Florida. Revising
a college course in pegmatites. Working
with Mike Wise. Department of Mineral
Sciences. 10-Dec-07 to 6-Mar-08.
MCCABE,
Melody.
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. 22-Jan-08
to 9-May-08.
MCPEAK,
Justin.
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. 13-Dec-07
to 1-May-08.
MENDOZA,
Yasmin.
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-Dec-08.
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.
MIDDLETON,
Ruth.
Montgomery College. Participating in paleobiology
field work. Working with Matt Carrano.
Department of Paleobiology. 12-May-08
to 1-Aug-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 30-May-08.
MILLER,
Barry.
Indian River Community College. Studying
natural products from marine organisms.
Working with Bill Hoffman. Smithsonian
Marine Station, Fort Pierce. 19-May-08
to 31-Jul-08.
MILLER,
Liz.
University of Virginia. Searching various
archives for information to confirm or
augment catalog records and research databases.
Working with Jim Krakker. Department of
Anthropology. 2-Jun-08 to 1-Sep-08.
MILLER,
Sarah.
St. John's College. Transcribing documents
and finding plants related to the Wilkes
Expedition. Working with Rusty Russell.
Department of Botany. 27-May-08 to 31-Jul-08.
MINCARONE,
Michael Maia.
Collections Management Training Program
for Latin American and Caribbean Professionals.
Museu Oceanográfico Univali. Itajaí,
Brasil. 11-Feb-08 to 21-Mar-08.
MITCHELL,
Jonathan.
Research Training Program. Appalachian
State University. Determining the origin
of a selection of dinosaur egg fragments
found in the Morrison Formation. Working
with Matt Carrano. Department of Paleobiology.
26-May-08 to 1-Aug-08.
MOHAIS,
Srishti.
Collections Management Training Program
for Latin American and Caribbean Professionals.
Zoological collection, Department of Life
Sciences, University of the West Indies(UWI).
St. Augustine, Trinidad & Tobago,
West Indies. 11-Feb-08 to 21-Mar-08.
MOHAMMADI,
Shabnam. Old Domonion
University. Collections management projects
in entomology. Working with Dave Furth.
Department of Entomology. 1-Nov-07 to
1-Jan-08.
MOLINOLO,
Gonzalo.
Walter Johnson High School. Classifying
plant fossils. Working with Finnegan Marsh.
Department of Paleobiology. 16-Jun-08
to 29-Aug-08.
MONSON,
Blake.
George Washington University. Assisting
with collections management of the anthropology
collections. Working with Deb Hull-Walski.
Department of Anthropology. 5-May-08 to
1-Sep-08.
MYERS,
Abigail.
Clemson University. Digitizing images
of invertebrates. Working with Allen
Collins.
Department of Invertebrate
Zoology.
17-Mar-08 to 21-Mar-08.
NAGENDRA,
Uma.
Swarthmore College. Working in the herbarium
to locate specimens from the U.S. Exploring
Expedition. Working with Rusty Russell.
Department of Botany. 17-Mar-08 to 20-Mar-08.
*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.
NGUYEN,
Trang.
Virginia Tech. Compiling metadata for
the Ocean Portal database. Working with
Dan Cole. Office of Information Technologies.
17-Dec-07 to 11-Jan-08.
NGUYEN,
Trang.
Virginia Tech University. Cataloging marine
invertebrates for an on-line database.
Working with Rafael LeMaitre. Department
of Invertebrate Zoology. 2-Jun-08 to 22-Aug-08.
NICOLE,
Silvia.
University of Padua. DNA barcoding and
it's application to crop plants. Working
with W. John Kress. Department of Botany.
3-Mar-08 to 30-Sep-08.
NICHOLS,
Teresa.
Research Training Program. University
of Pittsburgh. Examining climate change
in Mongolia to determine possible relationships
to the development of social complexity.
Working with Dan Rogers. Department of
Anthropology. 26-May-08 to 15-Aug-08.
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.
NUNEZ
RAUDALES, Sofia Alejandra.
Collections Management Training Program
for Latin American and Caribbean Professionals.
Natural History Museum of the Honduran
National Autonomous University (UNAH).
Tegucigalpa, Honduras. 11-Feb-08 to 21-Mar-08.
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.
OPERT,
Rena.
George Washington University. Researching
Native American remains and assisting
with general collections management
of anthropological collections. Working
with Deb Hull-Walski and Risa Arbolino.
Department of Anthropology. 22-Jan-08
to 31-May-08.
ORMENYI,
Tessa.
Grover Cleveland High School. Assisting
in anthroplogical collections management
including cataloguing and photographing
archeological and anthropological artifacts.
Working with Deb Hull-Walski. Department
of Anthropology. 30-Jun-08 to 1-Aug-08.
ORR,
Kelly.
University of Georgia. Zooarchaeological
analysis of vertebrate faunal remains
from the Eaker and San Saba archaeological
sites. Working with Melinda Zeder. Department
of Anthropology. 23-Jan-08 to 31-Aug-08.
ORTIZ,
Stevenson.
Interamerican University. Geo-referencing
West Indian seed plant collections at
the US National Herbarium and typification
of West Indian seed plant names. Working
with Pedro Acevedo. Department of Botany.
27-May-08 to 1-Aug-08.
OWLE,
Chivas.
Indian River Community College. Studying
natural products of marine algae. Working
with Raphael Ritson-Wiliams. Smithsonian
Marine Station, Fort Pierce. 19-May-08
to 30-Jul-08.
OTTAVIANO,
Kate.
Wesleyan University. Maintaining the
reading room, answering questions and
assisting with projects. Working with
Robert Leopold. Department of Anthropology.
27-May-08 to 18-Jul-08.
PACHECO,
Keyla.
Interamerican University. Studying population
dynamics, evolutionary relationships,
and age of Ophiacantha bidentata.
Working with Chris Mah. Department of
Invertebrate Zoology. 27-May-08 to 1-Aug-08.
PALACIOS,
Nydia.
Bryn Mawr College. Cataloguing, photographing
and storing ethnographic and archaeological
objects. Working with Deb Hull-Walski.
Department of Anthropology. 27-May-08
to 1-Aug-08.
*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.
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.
PARISH,
Lynette.
Archiving 16mm film. Working with Pam
Wintle. Department of Anthropology.
14-Apr-08 to 18-Apr-08.
PEARLSTEIN,
Kristen.
American University. Conducting a survey
of the gross pathology of specimens
in the Terry and Hunington Collections,
as well as rehousing specimens. Working
with Dave Hunt. Department of Anthropology.
5-May-08 to 18-Jul-08.
PERRY,
David.
Wakefield High School. Scanning and
archiving photographic slides. Working
with Chip Clark. Photo Services. 30-Jun-08
to 21-Jul-08.
PETERSON,
Marlin.
University of California, Santa Cruz.
Creating illustrative entomological
illustrations. Working with Marie Metz.
Department of Entomology. 4-Aug-08 to
24-Aug-08.
PHILIPS,
Christopher.
University of Delaware. Curating the
parasitic hymenoptera collection. Working
with Matt Buffington. Department of
Entomology. 9-Jun-08 to 31-Aug-08.
*PLANAS,
Dawn.
Austin College. Documenting and conserving
Alaska Native objects. Working with
Landis Smith. Department of Anthropology.
20-Oct-08 to 13-Mar-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.
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.
RECINOS,
Kate.
Madeira High School. Assisting with exhibit
interpretation and animal care of the
Butterfly Pavillion and Insect Zoo. Working
with Dan Babbitt. Office of Education,
Insect Zoo. 9-Jun-08 to 30-Aug-08.
*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.
REHNER,
Daniel.
University of Maryland. Updating AFSAS
reports and assisting with bird strke
cases. Working with Carla Dove. Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Birds. 27-May-08
to 25-Jul-08.
RICIGLIANO,
Kristin.
University of Maryland. Creating exhibit
based educational activities for students
in 4th to 8th grade; developing an informational
poster for their classrooms. Working
with Amy Bolton. Office of Education.
27-May-08 to 22-Aug-08.
RIOJAS,
Audrey.
University of Michigan. Alternative Spring
Break Program. Wilson Copepod Library
Project Scanning Invertebrate Animal Illustrations
and Maps.
Working with Chad Walter. Department of
Invertebrate Zoology. 25-Feb-08 to 29-Feb-08.
RIVERA,
Maria.
University of Maryland. Creating a database
for needlefish radiographs. Working with
Bruce Collett. Department of Vertebrate
Zoology, Fishes. 17-Mar-08 to 21-Mar-08.
RIVERA,
Vanessa.
Interamerican University. Conducting a
literature survey of pleurocerid primary
types. Working with Ellen Strong. Department
of Invertebrate Zoology. 27-May-08 to
1-Aug-08.
ROBINSON,
Emily.
George Washington University. Recurating
and rehousing the ground squirrel collection.
Working with Suzanne Peurach. Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Mammals. 7-Apr-08
to 31-Aug-08.
*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.
ROMINGER,
Andrew.
Research Training Program. Stanford University.
Rates of morphologic change in brachiopods
during the Permian. Working with Pete
Wagner and Doug Erwin. Department of Paleobiology.
26-May-08 to 1-Aug-08.
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.
SABELLA,
Kathryn.
University of Notre Dame. Assisting with
the Written in Bone exhibit. Working with
Doug Owsley. Department of Anthropology.
16-Jun-08 to 20-Aug-08.
SAHA,
Nilanjana.
Bucknell University. Cataloguing beetles.
Working with Terry Erwin. Department of
Entomology. 17-Dec-07 to 30-Jan-08.
SANIN,
Camilo.
Research Training Program. Univeridad
de los Andes. Studying phylogeography
of Cinclodas foscus. Working with
Terry Chesser. Department of Vertebrate
Zoology, Birds.
26-May-08 to 1-Aug-08.
SAWYER,
Kimberly.
University of Washington. Identifying
cephalopod specimens. Working with Mike
Vecchione. Department of Invertebrate
Zoology. 16-Jun-08 to 29-Aug-08.
SCHELLENGER,
Alexandra.
Smith College. Studying DNA barcoding.
Working with John Kress. Department of
Botany. 27-May-08 to 18-Jul-08.
SCHLEGEL,
Elisabeth.
Post University. Studying ant societies.
Working with Ted Schultz and Natasha Mediabadi.
Department of Entomology. 16-Jun-08 to
1-Aug-08.
SCHOPIERAY,
Cheney.
University of Michigan. Alternative Spring
Break Program. Scanning Invertebrate Animal
Illustrations and Maps.
Working with Molly Ryan. Department of
Invertebrate Zoology. 25-Feb-08 to 29-Feb-08.
SCHULTHEISS,
Jessica.
George Washington University.
researching ancestry of recent discoveries.
Working with Deb Hull-Walski. Department
of Anthropology. 4-Oct-07 to 30-Sep-08.
*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.
*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.
SIM,
Ha-young "Mike".
University of Illinois. Conducting bibliographic
research for Azerbaijan, Georgia, and
Turkey. Working with Paul Taylor. Department
of Anthropology. 27-May-08 to 25-Jul-08.
SMILEY,
Samantha.
University of Mississippi. Relabeling
and organizing files in the Wilson Copepod
library. Working with Chad Walter. Department
of Invertebrate Zoology. 11-Mar-08 to
14-Mar-08.
SO,
Dong-Hyok.
Virginia Commonwealth University. Researching
photographic and biblographic databases
for on-going research and exhibitions.
Working with Paul Taylor. Department
of Anthropology. 1-Oct-07 to 16-Nov-08.
SO,
Ko Chiek.
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. 1-Dec-07
to 1-May-08.
SOLEY,
Ann.
University of Maryland, College Park.
Learning techniques for analysis of macroremains.
Working with Linda Perry. Department of
Anthropology. 7-Jan-08 to 1-Jun-08.
SOROFMAN,
Katherine.
University of Iowa. Researching and identifying
ethnographic anthropological items. Working
with Candace Greene. Department of Anthropology.
16-Jun-08 to 31-Jul-08.
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.
SPIERS,
Lindsay.
John Carroll High School. Investigating
the natural products chemistry of marine
cyanobacteria and brown algae in the genus
Dictyota. Working
with Raphael Ritson-Wiliams.
Smithsonian Marine Station, Fort Pierce.
2-Jun-08 to 15-Aug-08.
SPRAGUE,
Kaitlyn.
Mount Vernon High School. Assisting with
the care and rearing of insects as part
of the public Insect Zoo and Butterfly
Exhibit. Working with Dan Babbit. Office
of Education, Insect Zoo. 31-Mar-08 to
31-Aug-08.
STARKWEATHER,
Anne.
George Wasington University. Studying
material cultures and museum collection
context associated with Native Alaskan
groups in preparation for the 2010 opening
of an exhibit at the Anchorage Museum.
Working with Landis Smith. Department
of Anthropology. 27-May-08 to 22-Aug-08.
STARKWEATHER,
Anne.
George Wasington University. Studying
material cultures and museum collection
context associated with Native Alaskan
groups in preparation for the 2010 opening
of an exhibit at the Anchorage Museum.
Working with Landis Smith. Department
of Anthropology. 9-Sep-08 to 31-Dec-08.
STEPHENS,
Ryan.
Research Training Program. University
of Wisconsin, Stevens Point. Studying
relative proportion of individual bones
in the fore feet of small-eared shrews
to distinguish closely-related cryptic
species in Central America. Working with
Neal Woodman. Department of Vertebrate
Zoology, Mammals. 26-May-08 to 1-Aug-08.
*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.
STOKES,
Catherine.
Indian
River Community College. Studying natural
products of marine algae. Working with
Raphael Ritson-Wiliams. Smithsonian Marine
Station, Fort Pierce. 15-Sep-08 to 15-Dec-08.
STRICKLAND,
Kyle.
University of Notre Dame. Field work in
Mongolia; transcribing field notes. Working
with Bill Fitzhugh. Department of Anthropology.
27-May-08 to 25-Jul-08.
SU,
Ko-Chieh.
Indian River Community College. Studying
animal husbandry, laboratory and field
work related to maintaining living models
of marine ecosystems used for public education.
Working with Bill Hoffmann. Smithsonian
Marine Station, Fort Pierce. 21-Jul-08
to 22-Aug-08.
SUN,
Catherine.
Research Training Program. University
of Delaware. Studying the phylogeny of
Lineus ruber and Lineus veridans.
Working with Jon Norenburg. Department
of Invertebrate Zoology. 26-May-08 to
1-Aug-08.
SUPEKAR,
Sunjana.
Oberlin College. Studying tissue preparation
of nemerteans. Working with Jon Norenburg.
Department of Invertebrate Zoology. 27-May-08
to 25-Aug-08.
TALMAN,
Joseph.
James Sargeant Reynolds College. Photographing
the fossil collection. Working with Don
Hurlbert. Photo Services. 2-Jun-08 to
18-Jul-08.
TANUZ,
Marian Alicia.
Collections Management Training Program
for Latin American and Caribbean Professionals.
Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales
- Universidad de Buenos Aires. Buenos
Aires, Argentina. 11-Feb-08 to 21-Mar-08.
TELLIS,
Athena.
Thomas Jefferson High School. DNA barcoding
of botanical specimens. Working with Liz
Zimmer. Department of Botany. 23-Jun-08
to 31-Dec-08.
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 7-Apr-08.
TERRELL,
April.
University of Maryland, College Park.
Compiling lesson plans for the iWonder
workshops. Working with Helene Lisy. Office
of Education, Naturalist Center. 1-Oct-08
to 20-Dec-08.
*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.
TISSI,
Angela.
Oregon State University. Assisting with
the DNA barcoding of mosquitoes initiative.
Working with Rick Wilkerson. Department
of Entomology. 30-Jun-08 to 25-Jul-08.
TRESSEL,
Stephen.
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. 11-Sep-07
to 30-Dec-08.
*TUBBS,
Dylan.
University of Maryland, College Park.
Cateloguing hominid artifacts. Working
with Jennifer Clark. Department of Anthropology.
16-Nov-08 to 30-May-09.
TURNBOW,
Jerika.
Sandia High School. Photographing objects.
Working with Don Hurlbert. Imaging Office.
30-Jun-08 to 1-Aug-08.
TUTWULER,
Christine.
Radford University. Inventory learning
lab to human osteology and then measure
two full skeletal casts and create a human
profile from the skeleton. Working with
Helene Lisy. Office of Education, Naturalist
Center. 19-May-08 to 31-Aug-08.
VALENZULA,
Jorge.
Collections Management Training Program
for Latin American and Caribbean Professionals.
CECPAN. Castro, Chiloé, Chile.
11-Feb-08 to 21-Mar-08.
*VANATA,
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.
VANTA,
Tristan.
Virginia Commonwealth University. Studying
scientific illustration. Working with
Marie Metz. Department of Entomology.
16-Jun-08 to 29-Aug-08.
VAN
VELDHUIZEN, Jacob.
University of Alaska, Fairbanks. Recuration
of the ground squirrel collection. Working
with Suzanne Peurach. Department of Vertebrate
Zoology, Mammals. 2-Jun-08 to 22-Aug-08.
VASALY,
Helen.
University of Virginia. Collecting and
classifying parasetic hymenoptera. Working
with Michael Gates. Department of Entomology.
14-Jul-08 to 29-Aug-08.
VIOLA,
Donna.
University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
Studying specimen curation and DNA barcoding
of Mordellidae beetles and caddisflies.
Working with Terry Erwin. Department of
Entomology. 27-May-08 to 1-Aug-08.
VOGEL,
Brett.
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Studying
geological collections management, examining
and organizing the Green River Fossil
Collection. Working with Finnegan Marsh.
Department of Paleobiology. 8-Sep-08 to
28-Nov-08.
WALKER,
Megan.
George Washington University. Photocopying
research documents. Working with Daisy
Njoku. Department of Anthropology. 2-Oct-07
to 30-Apr-08.
WANG,
Hai-jun.
George Washington University. Learning
paleobiology specimen prep and molding.
Working with Matt Carrano. Department
of Anthropology. 2-Jan-08 to 7-Feb-08.
*WATSON,
Amanda.
Qunnipiac University. Studying public
affairs. Working with Kelly Carnes. Office
of Public Affairs. 2-Sep-08 to 31-Aug-09.
WEBSTER,
Barbara.
Gonzaga University. Studying basque whalers.
Working with Bill Fitzhugh. Department
of Anthropology. 27-May-08 to 31-Aug-08.
WELLS,
Mary.
Azie High School. Assisting with the recuration
of the ground squirrel collection. Working
with Suzane Peruach. Department of Vertebrate
Zoology, Mammals. 9-Jun-08 to 8-Aug-08.
WHITEHURST,
Mary.
Centre College. Cataloguing and maintaining
the Discovery Room collections and working
with the public to integrate objects from
the collections into educational programs.
Working with Amy Bolton. Office of Education.
8-Jul-08 to 22-Aug-08.
WILBER,
Mark.
Georgetown University. Systematics and
taxonomy of neo-tropical lizards. Working
with Kevin deQueiroz and Omar Torres.
Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Amphibians
and Reptiles. 4-Feb-08 to 8-May-08.
WILKINS,
Jayne.
University of Calgary, Canada. Assisting
with planning activities and supporting
the script and design development for
the Human evolution exhibit. Working with
Kathleen Gordon. Department of Anthropology.
7-Jan-08 to 25-Apr-08.
WILLIAMS,
Holly.
Kent State University. Assisting in the
National Anthropological Archives. Working
with Robert Leopold. Department of Anthropology.
9-Jun-08 to 29-Aug-08.
WONG,
Joanna.
Thomas S. Wootton High School. Updating
the Museum's social networking sites with
new information. Working with Dennis Hasch.
Office of Information Technologies. 21-Jul-08
to 30-Sep-08.
WOO,
Christopher.
Vassar College. Sorting Wilkes Expedition
specimens and editing transcripts of Wilkes
journals. Working with Rusty Russell.
Department of Botany. 9-Jun-08 to 21-Aug-08.
WOO,
Christopher.
Vassar College. Working in the herbarium
to locate specimens from the U.S. Exploring
Expedition. Working with Rusty Russell.
Department of Botany. 17-Mar-08 to 21-Mar-08.
YANG,
April.
Research Training Program. University
of California, Berkeley. Studying Tortricidae
moths. Working with John Brown. Department
of Entomology. 26-May-08 to 1-Aug-08.
YERXA,
Abigail.
University of California, San Diego. Conducting
research for the Alice Fletcher and American
Indian Projects. Working with Joanna Scherer.
Department of Anthroplogy. 2-Sep-08 to
19-Dec-09.
YOON,
Kevin.
Thomas S. Wootton High School. Translations
of invertebrate literature. Working with
Jennifer Hammock. Department of Invertebrate
Zoology. 23-Jun-08 to 26-Aug-08.
YOSHIDA,
Allison.
University of California, San Diego. Temporial
and spacial variation in the genetic diversity
of the endangered Hawaiian petrel. Working
with Helen James and Rob Fleischer. Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Birds. 20-Aug-08
to 19-Nov-08.
ZOOK,
Ethan.
Eastern Memmonite University. Data entry
of fossils/taphanomic specimens and photographs.
Working with Anna Kay Behrensmeyer. Department
of Paleobiology. 14-Jan-08 to 25-Apr-08.
ZUBRIS,
Gabrielle.
Towson University. Studying anthropological
artifacts to gain a better understanding
of different societies. Working with David
Rosenthal. Department of Anthropology.
29-Jan-08 to 20-May-08.
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
ABADILLA,
Monique.
George Washington University. Assisting
with digital imaging, inventory, and archival
research related to anthropological collections.
Working with Deb Hull-Walski. Department
of Anthropology. 2-Sep-08 to 31-Dec-08.
ADAMS,
Kristin.
Research Training Program. University
of Wisconsin, Whitewater. Using foraminifera
to determine the possibility of and climate
of the Cretaceous hot house event. Working
with Brian Huber. Department of Paleobiology.
26-May-08 to 1-Aug-08. 
*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. 
AHMED,
Sanaa.
Analyzing CT and lazer scans of hand and
foot bones in primates. Working with Matt
Tocheri. Department of Anthropology. 8-Oct-08
to 12-Dec-08. 
AINSWORTH,
Alexis.
George Washington University. Updating
information in the fish illustration database.
Working with Lisa Palmer. Department of
Vertebrate Zoology, Fishes. 11-Aug-08
to 28-Nov-08. 
ALMSTEAD,
Keri.
George Washington University. Organizing
and inventorying the Lisht, Egypt collection.
Working with Dave Hunt. Department of
Anthropology. 11-Feb-08 to 16-May-08.
*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.
ANDERSON,
Damon.
New School University. Content management
for the Encyclopedia of Life project.
Working with Breen Byrnes. Office of the
Associate Director for Research and Collections.
10-Mar-08 to 20-Mar-08. 
ARIAS
CELIS, Quintin Adolfo.
Collections Management Training Program
for Latin American and Caribbean Professionals.
Museo del Instituto de Zoología
Agrícola Francisco Fernández
Yépez de la Universidad Central
de Venezuela - MIZA. Maracay, Venezuela.
11-Feb-08 to 21-Mar-08. 
ARISUMI,
Katherine.
Rochester Institute of Technology. Photographing
amazon canopy beetles. Working with Terry
Erwin. Department of Entomology. 9-Jun-08
to 15-Aug-08. 
BAE,
Yeon Kyung.
Swarthmore College. Studying Asian Cultural
history. Working with Paul Taylor. Department
of Anthropology. 23-Jun-08 to 23-Dec-08.
BARDEN,
Phillip.
Research Training Program. Arizona State
University. Comparing Phidole morphology
diversity to DNA barcoding diversity in
Guyana. Working with Ted Schultz. Department
of Entomology. 26-May-08 to 1-Aug-08.
BARLAS,
Rebecca.
Yorktown High School. Studying physical
anthropology. Working with Dave Hunt.
Department of Anthropology. 27-May-08
to 13-Jun-08. 
BATY,
Jenica.
University of Michigan. Alternative Spring
Break Program. Studying plant specimens
in the US National Herbarium on a question
involving change over time. Working with
Rusty Russell. Department of Botany. 25-Feb-08
to 29-Feb-08. 
BENANTY,
Justine.
George Washington University. Conducting
an analysis of the C.F. Hall Collection
of Inuit artifacts from Northern Canada,
collected ca. 1860. Working with Stephen
Loring. Department of Anthropology. 2-Sep-08
to 31-Dec-08. 
BERTSCH,
Tori.
University of Georgia. Cataloging artifacts.
Working with William Fitzhugh. Department
of Anthropology. 14-Jan-08 to 16-May-08.
BEST,
Patricia.
University of North Carolina. Cataloguing
camel bones. Working with Melinda Zeder.
Department of Anthropology. 15-Jan-08
to 30-May-08. 
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 1-Jun-09. 
BOGAARD,
Casey.
Sledelyk Gymnasium Nymegen, Netherlands.
Studying the evolutionary process of whales.
Working with Bill DiMichele, Cindi Looy,
and Mark Uhen. Department of Paleobiology.
31-Mar-08 to 4-Apr-08. 
*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.
BONDE,
HELENA.
Assisting with the start up of the membership
program. Working with Jennifer Williams.
Office of Development. 29-Sep-08 to 14-Nov-08.
BOYSON,
Alexander.
Thomas S. Wootton High School. Photographing
beetles. Working with Steve Lingafelter.
Department of Entomology. 8-Jul-08 to
13-Aug-08. 
BRIDER,
Joseph.
University of Hawaii, Manoa. Studying
Pacific Islands botanica and species
databases.
Working with Vicki Funk. Department
of Botany. 27-May-08 to 27-Jun-08.
BRODERICK,
Victoria.
George Washington University. Assisting
with the new Discovery Cart for the Butterfly
Pavillion and other animal care projects.
Working with Dan Babbitt. Office of Education,
Insect Zoo. 5-May-08 to 30-Sep-08.
BROMBERG,
Megan.
Bates College. Organizing and archiving
photographs and negatives of societies
and cultures of Tibet and India in the
mid 20th century. Working with Pam Wintle.
Department of Anthropology. 8-Jul-08 to
7-Aug-08. 
BROWN,
Charlotte.
George Washington University. Assisting
in the teaching of school programs as
part of the Discovery Room, and interacting
with K-8 students. Working with Amy Bolton.
Office of Guest Services. 14-Jan-08 to
31-Apr-08. 
*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.
BUZZARD,
Brendan.
Prescott College. Producing articles for
the Natural History newsletter and NMNH
web sites about research and discoveries
at the Museum. Working with Dennis Hasch.
Office of Information Technologies. 9-Jul-08
to 31-Aug-08. 
CACCIALI
SOSA, Pier.
Collections Management Training Program
for Latin American and Caribbean Professionals.
Natural History Museum. San Lorenzo, Paraguay.
11-Feb-08 to 21-Mar-08. 
CAMPBELL,
Lauren.
Yale University. Investigating and maintaining
the Museums social networking pages, including
adding new content and spaces. Working
with Dennis Hasch. Office of Information
Technologies. 2-Jun-08 to 1-Aug-08.
CAMPBELL,
Sonja.
Queen's University. Analyzing fish DNA
samples to determine genetic barcode for
species ID. Working with Lee Weigt. Office
of the Associate Director for Research
and Collections. 4-Aug-08 to 29-Aug-08.
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.
CARRERA,
Erika.
Pontificia Unniversidad Catolica del Ecuador.
Sorting
ecuadorian coleoptera specimens.
Working with Terry Erwin. Department of
Entomology. 4-Feb-08 to 30-Apr-08.
CARTER,
Alyse.
University of Maryland. Working with classic
literature on invertebrate zoology, arranging
and assembling pictures of glass sponges.
Working with Allen Collins. Department
of Invertebrate Zoology. 17-Mar-08 to
21-Mar-08. 
CASTANEDA,
Maria del Rosario.
George Washington University. Conducting
a phylogenetic study of egg-preying nemereans
living on decapod crustaceans. Working
with Jon Norenburg. Department of Invertebrate
Zoology. 2-Jun-08 to 19-Sep-08.
*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. 
*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.
CLARK,
Lauren.
University of Maryland, College Park.
Cataloguing artifacts from the Coahuila
collection. Working with Deb Hull-Walski.
Department of Anthropology. 2-Sep-08 to
30-Dec-08. 
COBERLY,
Alex.
Ohio State University. Identifying fish
species from Belize. Working with Carole
Baldwin. Department of Vertebrate Zoology,
Fishes. 2-Sep-08 to 18-Sep-08.
COFFEY,
Michelle.
Montgomery
College. Participating in paleobiology
field work. Working with Matt Carrano.
Department of Paleobiology. 12-May-08
to 1-Aug-08.
COLE,
Robyn.
Full Sail High School. Creating a documentary
on the NMNH and its exhibits. Working
with Dennis Hasch. Office of Information
Technologies. 2-Sep-08 to 30-Nov-08.
COLLINS,
Benjamin.
Clemson University. Studying Ecuador canopy
biodiversity and working on the Vortex
project. Working with Terry Erwin. Department
of Entomology. 22-Sep-08 to 17-Oct-08.
*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. 
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. 
CORTES,
Marina.
Columbia University. Molecular analysis
using microsatellite markers on the
understory plant Heliconia acuminata
in a fragmented lanscape in Central
Amazon, Brazil. Working with W. John
Kress. Department of Botany. 4-Feb-08
to 19-Dec-08. 
CRAUDERUEFF,
Mary.
University of Maryland, College Park.
Processing the Irving Goldman papers
and updating the catalog record. Working
with Lorain Wang. Department of Anthropology.
2-Jun-08 to 22-Aug-08. 
*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. 
DANG,
Tam.
George Mason University. Studying the
diversity of leaf-litter Pheidole ants
in Guyana, DNA barcoding, ad auto-montage
digital images. Working with Ted Schultz.
Department of Entomology. 23-Jun-08
to 31-Aug-08. 
DARIVEMULA,
Shilpa.
James Madison High School. Taking pictures
and images of volcanic glasses using
a petrographic microscope. Working with
Liz Cottrell. Department of Mineral
Sciences.
17-Mar-08 to 21-Mar-08. 
DARIVEMULA,
Shilpa.
James Madison High School. Petrographic
microscopic imaginf and analysis of
XANES data. Working with Liz Cottrell.
Department of Mineral Sciences. 16-Jun-08
to 4-Aug-08. 
DELGADO,
Mercedes.
Collections Management Training Program
for Latin American and Caribbean Professionals.
QALLTA, Centro de Investigación
para la Preservación y Promoción
del Patrimonio Cultural. Lima, Peru.
11-Feb-08 to 21-Mar-08. 
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.
DERMAN,
Aza.
Hunter College. Editing, formatting,
data calibration and research for Scandinavian
studies. Working with Noel Broadbent.
Department of Anthropology. 9-Jun-08
to 22-Aug-08. 
DEY,
Anita.
Thomas S. Wootton High School.
Databasing the nematode collection.
Working with Jon Norenburg. Department
of Invertebrate Zoology. 16-Jun-08
to 8-Aug-08. 
DIMMER,
Kathleen.
University of Alberta. Ethnobotany of
the Pacific Islands . Working with Rusty
Russell. Department of Botany. 13-May-08
to 20-Aug-08. 
*DINWIDDIE,
April.
Mount Holyoke College. Identifying Mordellid
beetles. Working with David Furth. Department
of Entomology. 11-Aug-08 to 31-Aug-09.
DINWIDDIE,
April.
Mount Holyoke College. Creating a database
of all Western Hemisphere Mordellidae
species using the classical literature
and posting into the Encyclopedia of
Life web site. Working with Jim Edwards.
Office of the Associate Director for
Research and Collections, Encyclopedia
of Life. 2-Jun-08 to 31-Aug-08.
DOUD,
Jenna.
DNA analysis of plants. Working with
Liz Zimmer. Department of Botany. 2-Jun-08
to 31-Jul-08. 
DUNCAN,
Kaitlyn.
Virginia Tech University. Sorting and
organizing insect fossils. Working with
Finnegan Marsh. Department of Paleobiology.
9-Jun-08 to 12-Aug-08. 
DUNN,
Shannon.
Colorado College. Organizing paleobiology
collections, specifically insect fossils.
Working with Finnegan Marsh. Department
of Paleobiology. 21-Jul-08 to 8-Oct-08.
ECCLESTON,
Megan.
Northern Virginia Community College.
Researching the pygmy collections. Working
with Mary Jo Arnoldi. Department of
Anthropology. 14-Oct-08 to 12-Dec-08.
EDMONDS,
Marisa.
Georgetown University. Assisting
with the start up of a membership program.
Working
with Jennifer Williams. Office of Development.
19-Sep-08 to 12-Dec-08.
EGGE,
Colin.
St. Albons High School. Assisting with
on-line video for the NMNH web site.
Working with Dennis Hasch. Office of
Information Technologies. 30-Jun-08
to 30-Sep-08. 
ETUKEREN,
Ataefiok.
Georgetown University. Cataloging and
recording data regarding extinct or
near-extinct plants. Working with Gary
Krupnick. Department of Botany. 3-Mar-08
to 7-Mar-08. 
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. 
FLOREZ,
Ana Marcela.
Research Training Program. Universidad
Industrian de Sautander. Investigating
if Bischofia leaves are pinnate
or palmate in nature. Working with Ken
Wurdack. Department of Botany. 26-May-08
to 1-Aug-08. 
*FOLTZ,
Christine.
George Washington University. Assisting
with starch and phytolith research.
Working with Dolores Piperno. Department
of Anthropology. 8-Oct-08 to 31-May-09.
FREEMAN,
Aaron.
University of Maryland, College Park.
Processing geographic data for the
Ocean portal web site. Working with
Dan Cole. Office of Information Technologies.
16-Jun-08 to 22-Aug-08. 
GARCIA
MENDOZA, Diego Francisco.
Collections Management Training Program
for Latin American and Caribbean Professionals.
CIIDIR-IPN Unidad Durango. Durango,
México. 11-Feb-08 to 21-Mar-08.
GILBERT,
Elise.
University of Michigan. Grain size analysis
of sediment core samples at the Greek-Roman
site if Syberis. Working with J. Daniel
Stanley. Department of Paleobiology.
14-Jan-08 to 9-May-08. 
GONZALES,
Erika.
Universidad de Los Andes. Preparing
a description of fossil plants and analysis
of paleoclimate in the Paleoeocene-Eocene
of Western North America. Working with
Scott Wing. Department of Paleobiology.
6-Mar-08 to 31-Dec-08. 
GOLDCHAIN,
Cristina.
University of North Carolina, Wilmington.
Studying forams. Working with Brian
Huber. Department of Paleobiology. 2-Jun-08
to 8-Aug-08. 
GORMAN,
Erin.
Wittenberg University. Researching information
about Alice Fletcher, the first female
American anthropologist. Working with
Joanna Scherer. Department of Anthropology.
15-Jan-08 to 18-Apr-08. 
GRACI
C, Adriana.
Collections Management Training Program
for Latin American and Caribbean Professionals.
Marine and Coastal Research Institute
- INVEMAR. Santa Marta (Magdalena),
Colombia. 11-Feb-08 to 21-Mar-08.
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.
GUNDA,
Thushara.
Research Training Program. University
of Virginia. Analyzing the chemical
and physical properties of blue quartz
to determine its geological significance
in the Shenandoah Mountains. Working
with Mike Wise. Department of Mineral
Sciences. 26-May-08 to 1-Aug-08.
HA,
Joo Yeon "Julie".
Ohio State University. Assisting with
events related to the Korean Heritage
exhibit. Working with Paul Taylor. Department
of Anthropology. 2-Jan-08 to 31-May-08.
HABER,
Michaela.
Gougher College. Investigating information
about anthropologist Alice Fletcher's
work with Native Americans in the 1800's.
Working with Joanna Scherer. Department
of Anthropology. 27-May-08 to 29-Aug-08.
HAGGERTY,
Caroline.
Kenyon College. Documenting and cataloging
the John Marshall Juhoansi Bushman film
and video collection. Working with Pam
Wintle. Department of Anthropology.
9-Jun-08 to 15-Aug-08. 
HARWOOD,
Leslie.
Maryland Institute. Scanning images
of invertebrates. Working with Allen
Collins.
Department of Invertebrate
Zoology.
17-Mar-08 to 21-Mar-08. 
HAVERS,
Matthew.
Rowan University. Collecting data and
preparing slides of parasitic wasps.
Working with Michael Gates. Department
of Entomology. 16-Jun-08 to 29-Aug-08.
HAY,
Christianna.
Thomas Jefferson High School. Investigating
MySpace, facebook, Youtube, and Flicker
to investigate making NMNH resources
more applicable to an online audience
utilizing popular social networking
programs. Working with Dennis Hasch.
Office of Information Technologies.
17-Mar-08 to 21-Mar-08. 
HAYES,
Malorie.
Southeastern Louisiana University. Assessing
the phylogenetic relationships within
the fish family, Percidae. Working with
Bruce Collette. Department of Vertebrate
Zoology, Fishes. 2-Jun-08 to 8-Aug-08.
*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. 
HENRY,
Sara.
University of Michigan. Alternative
Spring Break Program. Contributions
to the U.S. National Herbarium: Botany
Maps. Working with Rusty Russell. Department
of Botany. 25-Feb-08 to 29-Feb-08.
*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. 
HERRERA,
Santiago.
Universidad de los Andes. Developing
an Antarctic invertebrate collection
database. Working with Rafael LeMaitre.
Department of Invertebrate Zoology.
2-Jun-08 to 22-Aug-08. 
HIGH,
Jasmine.
George Washington University. Collections
care of the mammal collection and integrated
pest management. Working with Jeremy
Jacobs. Department of Vertebrate Zoology,
Mammals. 2-Jun-08 to 7-Nov-08.
HOEHN,
Whitney.
University of Hawaii, Manoa. Molecular
techniques. Working with Liz Zimmer.
Department of Botany. 2-Sep-08 to 13-Dec-08.
HOFFMANN,
Maureen.
Research Training Program. Bryn Mawr
College. Analysis of prosodic qualities
of Unami. Working with Ives Goddard.
Department of Anthropology. 26-May-08
to 1-Aug-08. 
HOLM,
Patricia.
Texas State University, San Marcos.
Cataloging
and analyzing archaeological data. Working
with Bill Fitzhugh. Department of Anthropology.
8-Sep-08
to 31-Oct-08. 
HOLTZ,
Elyse.
Howard University. Studying plant conservation.
Working with Rusty Russell. Department
of Botany. 11-Sep-07 to 31-Aug-08.
HOOD,
Cory.
Gulliver High School. Studying early animal
domestication. Working with Bill Fitzhugh.
Department of Anthroplogy. 9-Jun-08 to
1-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 9-Jun-08.
HUEBNER,
Katherine.
University. Alternative Spring Break Program.
Wilson
Copepod Library Project Scanning Invertebrate
Animal Illustrations and Maps.
Working with Chad Walter. Department of
Invertebrate Zoology. 25-Feb-08 to 29-Feb-08.
HUMPHRIES,
Amy.
George Washington University. Processing
lithics from the Thunderbird Site in Virginia.
Working with Dave Rosenthal. Department
of Anthropology. 2-Sep-08 to 19-Dec-08.
*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. 
JARET,
Steven.
University of Tennessee. Characterizing
the mineralogic effects of the meteorite
impact on the rocks from Tenoumer impact
crater. Working with Bevan French. Department
of Paleobiology. 2-Jun-08 to 25-Jul-08.
JOHNSON,
Madeline.
George Washington University. Assisting
with the start up of a membership program.
Working
with Jennifer Williams. Office of Development.
9-Sep-08 to 12-Dec-08.
JOHNSON,
Sarah.
George Mason University. Recurating the
small mammal collection, including rodents
and bats. Working with Suzanne Peurach.
Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Mammals.
15-Feb-08 to 15-Jun-08. 
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-Dec-08. 
*JUENGST,
Sara.
Vanderbilt University. Cataloging and
analyzing archaeological data. Working
with Bill Fitzhugh. Department of Anthropology.
8-Sep-08 to 3-Jan-09. 
KAUFMAN,
Grace.
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Studying
media relations. Working with Kelly Carnes.
Office of Public Affairs. 27-May-08 to
9-Aug-08. 
KAZIMER,
Katherine.
Yale University. Developing a marine invertebrate
website through the digitalization of
specimen information. Working with Rafael
LeMaitre. Department of Invertebrate Zoology.
9-Jun-08 to 22-Aug-08. 
KEANE,
Reilley.
Potomac High School. Organizing and categorizing
plant DNA. Working with Liz Zimmer. Department
of Botany. 21-Jul-08 to 8-Aug-08.
KEMP,
Addison.
Mount Holyoke College. Studying evolution
of functional morphology in Sciuridae.
Working with Dick Thorington. Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Mammals. 27-May-08
to 15-Aug-08. 
KLOTZ,
Whitney.
George Washington University. Assisting
with the Written Bone exhibit. Working
with Barbara Stauffer. Office of Exhibits.
16-Jun-08 to 29-Aug-08. 
*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. 
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. 
*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.
KOLLER,
Jared.
George Mason University. Assisting in
the Asian Cultural History program. Working
with Paul Taylor. Department of Anthropology.
1-Oct-07 to 14-Mar-08. 
*KOBAB,
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 23-Jan-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. 
*KRANZ,
Rebecca.
Curation and identification of Hymenoptera
specimens. Working with Michael Gates.
Department of Entomology. 8-Dec-08 to
15-Feb-09. 
KRISHNAN,
Mekala.
American University. Northern India source
material research; footnoting of Abbott
papers. Working with Paul Taylor. Department
of Anthropology. 27-May-08 to 11-Jul-08.
KUMARASWAMY,
Mouly.
University of Michigan. Alternative Spring
Break Program. Wield the Power of RSS.
Working with Dennis Hasch. Office of Information
Technologies. 25-Feb-08 to 29-Feb-08.
*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.
LARSON,
Jonathan.
Purdue Unversity. Constructing a database
of pyraloidea moths and studying the invasive
species of this superfamily. Working with
Alma Solis. Department of Entomology.
9-Jun-08 to 1-Aug-08. 
LATANICH,
Sarah.
Towson State University. Processing
lithics from the Thunderbird Site in Virginia.
Working with Dave Rosenthal. Department
of Anthropology. 2-Sep-08 to 11-Dec-08.
LAWLOR,
Alexandra.
Roger Williams University. Curating the
cephalopod collection. Working with Mike
Vecchione. Department of Invertebrate
Zoology. 9-Jun-08 to 5-Sep-08.
LAYTON,
Daniel.
College of William and Mary. Studying
Commelinaceae. Working with Bob Faden.
Department of Botany. 2-Jun-08 to 1-Aug-08.
LAZARUS,
Michel.
Loyola College. Assisting National Anthropological
Archives with photos done with alternative
printing processes. Working with STephanie
Ogeneski. Department of Anthropology.
12-May-08 to 14-Aug-08. 
LEE,
Chang won.
Centreville High School. Sorting insect
and plant fossils. Working with Finnegan
Marsh. Department of Paleobiology. 30-Jun-08
to 1-Sep-08. 
LIAO,
Irene.
Research Training Program. University
of California, Berkeley. Comparing the
leaf and spathe anatomy of several Commelina
species from Thailand. Working with Bob
Faden. Department of Botany. 26-May-08
to 1-Aug-08. 
LITTLE,
Morgan.
George Washington University. Working
on an internet database project assocated
with the Ancient Egypt collection.
Working with Melinda Zeder and Kathleen
Gordon. Office of Exhibits. 28-May-07
to 31-Sep-08. 
*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. 
LIU,
Connie.
Duke University. Catalogue of Ostracods.
Working with Lou Kornicker. Department
of Invertebrate Zoology. 27-May-08 to
19-Jun-08. 
LIYANAGE,
Nuwanti.
VIrginia Commonwealth University. Taking
photographs and fixing microscope slides.
Working with Scott Wing. Department of
Paleobiology. 10-Mar-08 to 14-Mar-08.
*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.
LOUTON,
Jessica.
George Mason University. Studying diversity
of leaf-litter Pheidole in Guyana; DNA
barcoding and auto-montage of digital
images. Working with Ted Schultz. Department
of Entomology. 27-May-08 to 22-Aug-08.
LUNA,
Natalia.
Vassar College. Investigating the ousehold
world model, an agent-based computer simulation
model, to track the yearly movement of
an artificial society of herders and flocks
located on different landscapes in Mongolia.
Working with Dan Rogers. Department of
Anthropology. 2-Jun-08 to 1-Sep-08.
LUNSFORD,
John.
Old Dominon University. Conducting archival
research for specific information to confirm
or augment accession and catalog records
and databases. Working with James Krakker.
Department of Anthropology. 27-May-08
to 1-Sep-08. 
LUIZ,
Jade.
Portland State University. Assisting in
the anthropological archives. Working
with Rob Leopold. Department of Anthropology.
31-Mar-08 to 30-Jun-08. 
MAC
VEAN, AnaLu.
Collections Management Training Program
for Latin American and Caribbean Professionals.
Herbarium UVAL, Institute of Research,
Universidad del Valle de Guatemala. Ciudad
de Guatemala, Guatemala. 11-Feb-08 to
21-Mar-08. 
MAHMOOD,
Faisal.
High School. Organizing paleobiology collections,
specifically insect fossils. Working with
Finnegan Marsh. Department of Paleobiology.
21-Jul-08 to 29-Aug-08. 
MARKEY,
Caitlin.
McGill University. Digitizing the Helen
Hamilton Gardener photographic collection,
depicting Gardener's time in Puerto Rico.
Working with Stephanie Ogeneski. Department
of Anthropology. 12-May-08 to 14-Aug-08.
*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.
*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. 
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. 
MARTINEZ-AQUINO,
Carlos.
Virginia Commonwealth University. Studying
scientific illustration of leaf beetles.
Working with Marie Metz. Department of
Entomology. 16-Jun-08 to 2-Sep-08.
MAUDE,
Kate.
George Washington University. Assisting
with the Butterfly Pavilion. Working with
Dan Babbitt. Office of Education. 22-Sep-08
to 31-Dec-08. 
MENDOZA,
Yasmin.
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-Dec-08.
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.
MIDDLETON,
Ruth.
Montgomery College. Participating in paleobiology
field work. Working with Matt Carrano.
Department of Paleobiology. 12-May-08
to 1-Aug-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 30-May-08.
MILLER,
Liz.
University of Virginia. Searching various
archives for information to confirm or
augment catalog records and research databases.
Working with Jim Krakker. Department of
Anthropology. 2-Jun-08 to 1-Sep-08.
MILLER,
Sarah.
St. John's College. Transcribing documents
and finding plants related to the Wilkes
Expedition. Working with Rusty Russell.
Department of Botany. 27-May-08 to 31-Jul-08.
MINCARONE,
Michael Maia.
Collections Management Training Program
for Latin American and Caribbean Professionals.
Museu Oceanográfico Univali. Itajaí,
Brasil. 11-Feb-08 to 21-Mar-08.
MITCHELL,
Jonathan.
Research Training Program. Appalachian
State University. Determining the origin
of a selection of dinosaur egg fragments
found in the Morrison Formation. Working
with Matt Carrano. Department of Paleobiology.
26-May-08 to 1-Aug-08. 
MOHAIS,
Srishti.
Collections Management Training Program
for Latin American and Caribbean Professionals.
Zoological collection, Department of Life
Sciences, University of the West Indies(UWI).
St. Augustine, Trinidad & Tobago,
West Indies. 11-Feb-08 to 21-Mar-08.
MOHAMMADI,
Shabnam. Old Domonion
University. Collections management projects
in entomology. Working with Dave Furth.
Department of Entomology. 1-Nov-07 to
1-Jan-08.
MOLINOLO,
Gonzalo.
Walter Johnson High School. Classifying
plant fossils. Working with Finnegan Marsh.
Department of Paleobiology. 16-Jun-08
to 29-Aug-08. 
MONSON,
Blake.
George Washington University. Assisting
with collections management of the anthropology
collections. Working with Deb Hull-Walski.
Department of Anthropology. 5-May-08 to
1-Sep-08. 
MYERS,
Abigail.
Clemson University. Digitizing images
of invertebrates. Working with Allen
Collins.
Department of Invertebrate
Zoology.
17-Mar-08 to 21-Mar-08. 
NAGENDRA,
Uma.
Swarthmore College. Working in the herbarium
to locate specimens from the U.S. Exploring
Expedition. Working with Rusty Russell.
Department of Botany. 17-Mar-08 to 20-Mar-08.
*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.
NGUYEN,
Trang.
Virginia Tech. Compiling metadata for
the Ocean Portal database. Working with
Dan Cole. Office of Information Technologies.
17-Dec-07 to 11-Jan-08. 
NGUYEN,
Trang.
Virginia Tech University. Cataloging marine
invertebrates for an on-line database.
Working with Rafael LeMaitre. Department
of Invertebrate Zoology. 2-Jun-08 to 22-Aug-08.
NICOLE,
Silvia.
University of Padua. DNA barcoding and
it's application to crop plants. Working
with W. John Kress. Department of Botany.
3-Mar-08 to 30-Sep-08. 
NICHOLS,
Teresa.
Research Training Program. University
of Pittsburgh. Examining climate change
in Mongolia to determine possible relationships
to the development of social complexity.
Working with Dan Rogers. Department of
Anthropology. 26-May-08 to 15-Aug-08.
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. 
NUNEZ
RAUDALES, Sofia Alejandra.
Collections Management Training Program
for Latin American and Caribbean Professionals.
Natural History Museum of the Honduran
National Autonomous University (UNAH).
Tegucigalpa, Honduras. 11-Feb-08 to 21-Mar-08.
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. 
OPERT,
Rena.
George Washington University. Researching
Native American remains and assisting
with general collections management
of anthropological collections. Working
with Deb Hull-Walski and Risa Arbolino.
Department of Anthropology. 22-Jan-08
to 31-May-08. 
ORMENYI,
Tessa.
Grover Cleveland High School. Assisting
in anthroplogical collections management
including cataloguing and photographing
archeological and anthropological artifacts.
Working with Deb Hull-Walski. Department
of Anthropology. 30-Jun-08 to 1-Aug-08.
ORR,
Kelly.
University of Georgia. Zooarchaeological
analysis of vertebrate faunal remains
from the Eaker and San Saba archaeological
sites. Working with Melinda Zeder. Department
of Anthropology. 23-Jan-08 to 31-Aug-08.
ORTIZ,
Stevenson.
Interamerican University. Geo-referencing
West Indian seed plant collections at
the US National Herbarium and typification
of West Indian seed plant names. Working
with Pedro Acevedo. Department of Botany.
27-May-08 to 1-Aug-08. 
OTTAVIANO,
Kate.
Wesleyan University. Maintaining the
reading room, answering questions and
assisting with projects. Working with
Robert Leopold. Department of Anthropology.
27-May-08 to 18-Jul-08. 
PACHECO,
Keyla.
Interamerican University. Studying population
dynamics, evolutionary relationships,
and age of Ophiacantha bidentata.
Working with Chris Mah. Department of
Invertebrate Zoology. 27-May-08 to 1-Aug-08.
PALACIOS,
Nydia.
Bryn Mawr College. Cataloguing, photographing
and storing ethnographic and archaeological
objects. Working with Deb Hull-Walski.
Department of Anthropology. 27-May-08
to 1-Aug-08. 
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.
PARISH,
Lynette.
Archiving 16mm film. Working with Pam
Wintle. Department of Anthropology.
14-Apr-08 to 18-Apr-08. 
PEARLSTEIN,
Kristen.
American University. Conducting a survey
of the gross pathology of specimens
in the Terry and Hunington Collections,
as well as rehousing specimens. Working
with Dave Hunt. Department of Anthropology.
5-May-08 to 18-Jul-08. 
PERRY,
David.
Wakefield High School. Scanning and
archiving photographic slides. Working
with Chip Clark. Photo Services. 30-Jun-08
to 21-Jul-08. 
PETERSON,
Marlin.
University of California, Santa Cruz.
Creating illustrative entomological
illustrations. Working with Marie Metz.
Department of Entomology. 4-Aug-08 to
24-Aug-08. 
PHILIPS,
Christopher.
University of Delaware. Curating the
parasitic hymenoptera collection. Working
with Matt Buffington. Department of
Entomology. 9-Jun-08 to 31-Aug-08.
*PLANAS,
Dawn.
Austin College. Documenting and conserving
Alaska Native objects. Working with
Landis Smith. Department of Anthropology.
20-Oct-08 to 13-Mar-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. 
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.
RECINOS,
Kate.
Madeira High School. Assisting with exhibit
interpretation and animal care of the
Butterfly Pavillion and Insect Zoo. Working
with Dan Babbitt. Office of Education,
Insect Zoo. 9-Jun-08 to 30-Aug-08.
*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. 
REHNER,
Daniel.
University of Maryland. Updating AFSAS
reports and assisting with bird strke
cases. Working with Carla Dove. Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Birds. 27-May-08
to 25-Jul-08. 
RICIGLIANO,
Kristin.
University of Maryland. Creating exhibit
based educational activities for students
in 4th to 8th grade; developing an informational
poster for their classrooms. Working
with Amy Bolton. Office of Education.
27-May-08 to 22-Aug-08. 
RIOJAS,
Audrey.
University of Michigan. Alternative Spring
Break Program. Wilson Copepod Library
Project Scanning Invertebrate Animal Illustrations
and Maps.
Working with Chad Walter. Department of
Invertebrate Zoology. 25-Feb-08 to 29-Feb-08.
RIVERA,
Maria.
University of Maryland. Creating a database
for needlefish radiographs. Working with
Bruce Collett. Department of Vertebrate
Zoology, Fishes. 17-Mar-08 to 21-Mar-08.
RIVERA,
Vanessa.
Interamerican University. Conducting a
literature survey of pleurocerid primary
types. Working with Ellen Strong. Department
of Invertebrate Zoology. 27-May-08 to
1-Aug-08. 
ROBINSON,
Emily.
George Washington University. Recurating
and rehousing the ground squirrel collection.
Working with Suzanne Peurach. Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Mammals. 7-Apr-08
to 31-Aug-08. 
*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. 
ROMINGER,
Andrew.
Research Training Program. Stanford University.
Rates of morphologic change in brachiopods
during the Permian. Working with Pete
Wagner and Doug Erwin. Department of Paleobiology.
26-May-08 to 1-Aug-08. 
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. 
SABELLA,
Kathryn.
University of Notre Dame. Assisting with
the Written in Bone exhibit. Working with
Doug Owsley. Department of Anthropology.
16-Jun-08 to 20-Aug-08. 
SAHA,
Nilanjana.
Bucknell University. Cataloguing beetles.
Working with Terry Erwin. Department of
Entomology. 17-Dec-07 to 30-Jan-08.
SANIN,
Camilo.
Research Training Program. Univeridad
de los Andes. Studying phylogeography
of Cinclodas foscus. Working with
Terry Chesser. Department of Vertebrate
Zoology, Birds.
26-May-08 to 1-Aug-08. 
SAWYER,
Kimberly.
University of Washington. Identifying
cephalopod specimens. Working with Mike
Vecchione. Department of Invertebrate
Zoology. 16-Jun-08 to 29-Aug-08.
SCHELLENGER,
Alexandra.
Smith College. Studying DNA barcoding.
Working with John Kress. Department of
Botany. 27-May-08 to 18-Jul-08.
SCHLEGEL,
Elisabeth.
Post University. Studying ant societies.
Working with Ted Schultz and Natasha Mediabadi.
Department of Entomology. 16-Jun-08 to
1-Aug-08. 
SCHOPIERAY,
Cheney.
University of Michigan. Alternative Spring
Break Program. Scanning Invertebrate Animal
Illustrations and Maps.
Working with Molly Ryan. Department of
Invertebrate Zoology. 25-Feb-08 to 29-Feb-08.
SCHULTHEISS,
Jessica.
George Washington University.
researching ancestry of recent discoveries.
Working with Deb Hull-Walski. Department
of Anthropology. 4-Oct-07 to 30-Sep-08.
*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. 
SIM,
Ha-young "Mike".
University of Illinois. Conducting bibliographic
research for Azerbaijan, Georgia, and
Turkey. Working with Paul Taylor. Department
of Anthropology. 27-May-08 to 25-Jul-08.
SMILEY,
Samantha.
University of Mississippi. Relabeling
and organizing files in the Wilson Copepod
library. Working with Chad Walter. Department
of Invertebrate Zoology. 11-Mar-08 to
14-Mar-08. 
SO,
Dong-Hyok.
Virginia Commonwealth University. Researching
photographic and biblographic databases
for on-going research and exhibitions.
Working with Paul Taylor. Department
of Anthropology. 1-Oct-07 to 16-Nov-08.
SOROFMAN,
Katherine.
University of Iowa. Researching and identifying
ethnographic anthropological items. Working
with Candace Greene. Department of Anthropology.
16-Jun-08 to 31-Jul-08. 
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.
SPRAGUE,
Kaitlyn.
Mount Vernon High School. Assisting with
the care and rearing of insects as part
of the public Insect Zoo and Butterfly
Exhibit. Working with Dan Babbit. Office
of Education, Insect Zoo. 31-Mar-08 to
31-Aug-08. 
STARKWEATHER,
Anne.
George Wasington University. Studying
material cultures and museum collection
context associated with Native Alaskan
groups in preparation for the 2010 opening
of an exhibit at the Anchorage Museum.
Working with Landis Smith. Department
of Anthropology. 27-May-08 to 22-Aug-08.
STARKWEATHER,
Anne.
George Wasington University. Studying
material cultures and museum collection
context associated with Native Alaskan
groups in preparation for the 2010 opening
of an exhibit at the Anchorage Museum.
Working with Landis Smith. Department
of Anthropology. 9-Sep-08 to 31-Dec-08.
STEPHENS,
Ryan.
Research Training Program. University
of Wisconsin, Stevens Point. Studying
relative proportion of individual bones
in the fore feet of small-eared shrews
to distinguish closely-related cryptic
species in Central America. Working with
Neal Woodman. Department of Vertebrate
Zoology, Mammals. 26-May-08 to 1-Aug-08.
*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. 
SUN,
Catherine.
Research Training Program. University
of Delaware. Studying the phylogeny of
Lineus ruber and Lineus veridans.
Working with Jon Norenburg. Department
of Invertebrate Zoology. 26-May-08 to
1-Aug-08. 
SUPEKAR,
Sunjana.
Oberlin College. Studying tissue preparation
of nemerteans. Working with Jon Norenburg.
Department of Invertebrate Zoology. 27-May-08
to 25-Aug-08. 
TALMAN,
Joseph.
James Sargeant Reynolds College. Photographing
the fossil collection. Working with Don
Hurlbert. Photo Services. 2-Jun-08 to
18-Jul-08. 
TANUZ,
Marian Alicia.
Collections Management Training Program
for Latin American and Caribbean Professionals.
Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales
- Universidad de Buenos Aires. Buenos
Aires, Argentina. 11-Feb-08 to 21-Mar-08.
TELLIS,
Athena.
Thomas Jefferson High School. DNA barcoding
of botanical specimens. Working with Liz
Zimmer. Department of Botany. 23-Jun-08
to 31-Dec-08. 
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 7-Apr-08.
*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. 
TISSI,
Angela.
Oregon State University. Assisting with
the DNA barcoding of mosquitoes initiative.
Working with Rick Wilkerson. Department
of Entomology. 30-Jun-08 to 25-Jul-08.
*TUBBS,
Dylan.
University of Maryland, College Park.
Cateloguing hominid artifacts. Working
with Jennifer Clark. Department of Anthropology.
16-Nov-08 to 30-May-09. 
TURNBOW,
Jerika.
Sandia High School. Photographing objects.
Working with Don Hurlbert. Imaging Office.
30-Jun-08 to 1-Aug-08. 
VALENZULA,
Jorge.
Collections Management Training Program
for Latin American and Caribbean Professionals.
CECPAN. Castro, Chiloé, Chile.
11-Feb-08 to 21-Mar-08. 
*VANATA,
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. 
VANTA,
Tristan.
Virginia Commonwealth University. Studying
scientific illustration. Working with
Marie Metz. Department of Entomology.
16-Jun-08 to 29-Aug-08. 
VAN
VELDHUIZEN, Jacob.
University of Alaska, Fairbanks. Recuration
of the ground squirrel collection. Working
with Suzanne Peurach. Department of Vertebrate
Zoology, Mammals. 2-Jun-08 to 22-Aug-08.
VOGEL,
Brett.
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Studying
geological collections management, examining
and organizing the Green River Fossil
Collection. Working with Finnegan Marsh.
Department of Paleobiology. 8-Sep-08 to
28-Nov-08. 
WALKER,
Megan.
George Washington University. Photocopying
research documents. Working with Daisy
Njoku. Department of Anthropology. 2-Oct-07
to 30-Apr-08. 
WANG,
Hai-jun.
George Washington University. Learning
paleobiology specimen prep and molding.
Working with Matt Carrano. Department
of Anthropology. 2-Jan-08 to 7-Feb-08.
*WATSON,
Amanda.
Qunnipiac University. Studying public
affairs. Working with Kelly Carnes. Office
of Public Affairs. 2-Sep-08 to 31-Aug-09.
WEBSTER,
Barbara.
Gonzaga University. Studying basque whalers.
Working with Bill Fitzhugh. Department
of Anthropology. 27-May-08 to 31-Aug-08.
WELLS,
Mary.
Azie High School. Assisting with the recuration
of the ground squirrel collection. Working
with Suzane Peruach. Department of Vertebrate
Zoology, Mammals. 9-Jun-08 to 8-Aug-08.
WHITEHURST,
Mary.
Centre College. Cataloguing and maintaining
the Discovery Room collections and working
with the public to integrate objects from
the collections into educational programs.
Working with Amy Bolton. Office of Education.
8-Jul-08 to 22-Aug-08. 
WILBER,
Mark.
Georgetown University. Systematics and
taxonomy of neo-tropical lizards. Working
with Kevin deQueiroz and Omar Torres.
Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Amphibians
and Reptiles. 4-Feb-08 to 8-May-08.
WILKINS,
Jayne.
University of Calgary, Canada. Assisting
with planning activities and supporting
the script and design development for
the Human evolution exhibit. Working with
Kathleen Gordon. Department of Anthropology.
7-Jan-08 to 25-Apr-08. 
WILLIAMS,
Holly.
Kent State University. Assisting in the
National Anthropological Archives. Working
with Robert Leopold. Department of Anthropology.
9-Jun-08 to 29-Aug-08. 
WONG,
Joanna.
Thomas S. Wootton High School. Updating
the Museum's social networking sites with
new information. Working with Dennis Hasch.
Office of Information Technologies. 21-Jul-08
to 30-Sep-08. 
WOO,
Christopher.
Vassar College. Sorting Wilkes Expedition
specimens and editing transcripts of Wilkes
journals. Working with Rusty Russell.
Department of Botany. 9-Jun-08 to 21-Aug-08.
WOO,
Christopher.
Vassar College. Working in the herbarium
to locate specimens from the U.S. Exploring
Expedition. Working with Rusty Russell.
Department of Botany. 17-Mar-08 to 21-Mar-08.
YANG,
April.
Research Training Program. University
of California, Berkeley. Studying Tortricidae
moths. Working with John Brown. Department
of Entomology. 26-May-08 to 1-Aug-08.
YERXA,
Abigail.
University of California, San Diego. Conducting
research for the Alice Fletcher and American
Indian Projects. Working with Joanna Scherer.
Department of Anthroplogy. 2-Sep-08 to
19-Dec-09. 
YOON,
Kevin.
Thomas S. Wootton High School. Translations
of invertebrate literature. Working with
Jennifer Hammock. Department of Invertebrate
Zoology. 23-Jun-08 to 26-Aug-08.
ZOOK,
Ethan.
Eastern Memmonite University. Data entry
of fossils/taphanomic specimens and photographs.
Working with Anna Kay Behrensmeyer. Department
of Paleobiology. 14-Jan-08 to 25-Apr-08.
ZUBRIS,
Gabrielle.
Towson University. Studying anthropological
artifacts to gain a better understanding
of different societies. Working with David
Rosenthal. Department of Anthropology.
29-Jan-08 to 20-May-08.