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Interns at Natural History
1998

Arjoon, Deokie. University of Guyana. Intern will conduct a GIS analysis of the fish of Guyana. Working with Vicki Funk. Department of Botany. 23-May-98 to 02-Aug-98.

Bagby, Joseph. Guilford College. Intern will conduct field research in Mexico. Working with Bill Merrill. Department of Anthropology. 18-May-98 to 26-Jul-98.

Barbour, Amy Kathryn. Oberlin College. Reorganizing the Bellerophont collection. Working with Douglas Erwin. Department of Paleobiology. 06-Jan-98 to 30-Jan-98.

Bartok, Keri. American University. Assist Public Relations activities by writing articles, updating press materials, handling media inquiries and acting as a liason between news and entertainment media and the museum. Working with Johanna Miller. Public Affairs. 14-Jan-98 to 30-May-98.

Beatty, Erin. University of Colorado - Boulder. Intern will assist with the physical curation, inventory, and data standardization of the NMNH collection of genus Tryonia (Spring Snail). Working with Cheryl Bright. Department of Invertebrate Zoology. 01-Jun-98 to 03-Jul-98.

Bonifay, Emily. Ohio University. Intern will assist with daily media inquiries, assist with the maintanence of the print, TV and radio database, escort film crews in the museum and reorganize the press slide collection. Working with Michele Urie. Public Affairs. 07-Jul-98 to 21-Aug-98.

Bowden, Nathan. George Washington University. Intern will prepare specimens for analysis in stable light isotope laboratory. Working with Nancy Sikes. Museum Support Center. 06-Mar-98 to 06-Jun-98.

Brown, Richelle. Thomas Jefferson High School. Evidences of injury and pathology in the skeletons of bottlenose dolphins. Working with James Mead. Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Mammals. 18-Sep-98 to 30-Jan-99.

Brown, Richelle. Thomas Jefferson High School. Evidences of injury and pathology in the skeletons of bottlenose dolphins. Working with James Mead. Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Mammals. 18-Sep-98 to 30-Jan-98.

Cafarella, Jessica. Duke University. Study Scurvy in Pre-Adult human fossil remains from the American Southwest. Working with Donald Ortner. Department of Anthropology. 12-Jan-98 to 15-Jun-98.

Claflin, Christopher. George Washington University. Intern will conduct a systematic study of amphibole-bearing granite pegmatites to test the significance of certain amphiboles as petrogenetic indicators. Working with Mike Wise. Department of Mineral Sciences. 23-May-98 to 02-Aug-98.

Cramer, Ashley. University of New Mexico. Intern will work on the description of Argyrotzienai (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Working with John Brown. Department of Entomology. 25-May-98 to 02-Aug-98.

Crider, Ernest Allen. Northern Virginia Community College. Working with Ken Rasmussen. Department of Paleobiology. 01-Apr-98 to 31-Dec-98.

Dimichele, Valerie. Barrie School. Working with Donald Ortner. Department of Anthropology. 07-Jan-98 to 04-Mar-98.

Fairchild, Jennifer. University of Washington. Intern will study the development and distribution of paralarval Illex condetti in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Working with Michael Vecchione. 23-May-98 to 02-Aug-98.

Fuller, Gregory. Barrie School. Separate Minerals from volcanic ashes from Colima Volcano, Mexico. These will be used to date the ashes using the 40AR/39AR method. Working with James Luhr. Department of Mineral Sciences. 14-Jan-98 to 18-Apr-98.

Gomez, Maximiliano. Montgomery College. Intern will assist with research carried out for the long-term monitoring of the Estacion Biological Del Beni, Bolivia. Working with J. Comiskey. Biodiversity. 02-Mar-98 to 15-May-98.

Green, Rose. Barrie School. Study variation of the human mandible between genders. Working with Dave Hunt. Department of Anthropology. 07-Jan-98 to 04-Mar-98.

Green, Rose. Barrie School. Intern will assist with the photographic documentation of late Paleozoic plant fossils representing the transition from the ice age to global greenhouse climates. Working with William DiMichele. Department of Paleobiology. 09-Jun-98 to 31-Jul-98.

Hanlon, Thomas. Northern Virginia Community College. Intern will study Paleoclimate assesments using sedimentary cores taken from Lake Issy-Kul in Krelykstan, Central Asia. Working with Kenneth Rasmussen. Department of Paleobiology. 01-Apr-98 to 31-Dec-98.

Hardy, Stephen. Kansas State University. Intern will research and report on funding opportunities with government agencies for programs related to global change, and will research educational outreach programs. Working with Cissy Anklam. Public Programs. 09-Jun-98 to 26-Jul-98.

Harnick, Paul. Oberlin College. Work on a statistical survey of the morphology of the genus Pecopteris. Working with Bill DiMichele. Department of Paleobiology. 06-Jan-98 to 30-Jan-98.

Hembree, Jennifer. George Washington University. Will compile River Basin Survey data in order to correlate relationships between excavations and surveys done and the collections and reports housed at the Smithsonian. Working with Deb Hull-Walski. Department of Anthropology. 27-Oct-97 to 07-Jan-98.

James, Sara. College of William and Mary. Intern will use minerals and glass to understand volcanic eruptions at the Arenal volcano in Costa Rica. Working with Bill Melson. Department of Mineral Sciences. 23-May-98 to 02-Aug-98.

Jay, Amanda. Bradford University. Intern will help develop exhibits, including exhibits on human evolution, ancient Egypt, and post-Neolithic Europe. Working with Kathleen Gordon. Public Programs. 09-Feb-98 to 28-Aug-98.

Jones, Christina. George Mason University. Intern will assist with filmography for the NMNH exhibit "Forces of Change." Working with Barbara Stauffer. Exhibits. 21-Jan-98 to 13-May-98.

Kearsley, Sarah. Barrie School. 14-Jan-98 to 14-Aug-98.

Keegstra, Steven. University of Maryland - College Park. Primary duties include map and database construction, editing, involvement in programming and discussion on GIS project implementation. Will be assigned to new projects in archaeology, botany, invertebrate zoology, geology and paleobiology, as needed. Working with Dan Cole. ADP. 13-Aug-98 to 31-Dec-98.

Kessler, Sarah. Germantown Friends School. Process and description of the William O Field Photograph Collection. Working with Pamela Wintle. Department of Anthropology. 05-Jan-98 to 30-Jan-98.

Kim, Amy. Carleton College. Intern will inventory the fish illlustration collection, and assist with reproductions of original works for web sites. Working with Lisa Palmer. Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Fishes. 15-Jun-98 to 21-Aug-98.

Kimbrell, Tristan. Kansas State University. Intern will help develop a new method for assessing the age of Black-throated Blue Warblers by using cross sections of the long-bones of birds of a known age to investigate the association between endosteal deposits and age. Working with Donald Ortner. Department of Anthropology. 26-May-98 to 02-Aug-98.

Lawson, Kimberly. Institute of American Indian Arts. Intern will assist with organizing the Division of Mound Exploration records. Working with Karen Mudar. Department of Anthropology. 01-Jun-98 to 07-Aug-98.

Lewis, Wanda. New Mexico State University. Intern will be involved in reconstructing morphological charicteristics of the human face by analyzing key points on the skull. Working with Ralph Chapman. Department of Anthropology. 23-May-98 to 02-Aug-98.

Linington, Elisabeth. Intern will assist with media inquiries, film crews and mailings of press materials. Working with Johanna Miller. Public Affairs. 14-Jan-98 to 14-Jun-98.

Litchfield, Kristin. George Washington University. Working with Linda Stevens. Discovery Room. 12-Jan-98 to 18-Apr-98.

Lord, Andrea. George Washington University. Intern will work with the conservation and rehousing of the human skeletal collections. Working with David Hunt. Department of Anthropology. 25-Mar-98 to 08-May-98.

Malinsky, Becky. American University. Intern will conduct documentary research on Southwest Indian drawings in the National Anthropological Archives. Working with Candace Greene. Department of Anthropology. 02-Jun-98 to 31-Aug-98.

Markey, Molly. Bowling Green State University. Intern will sample and identify early Cretaceous Foraminifera with respect to paleobiology. Working with Brian Huber. Department of Paleobiology. 25-May-98 to 02-Aug-98.

Marquez-Alamedz, Arturo. Northern Arizona University. Intern will assist with the creation of a consortium of institutions interested in developing research/educational programs on the anthropology of Northern Mexico. Working with Bill Merrill. Department of Anthropology. 20-May-98 to 17-Aug-98.

Maslakova, Svetlana. Moscow State University. Intern will analyze literature and specimens to test a hypothesis on the phylogenetic relationships between several nemerteans. Working with Jon Norenburg. Department of Invertebrate Zoology. 23-May-98 to 02-Aug-98.

McGrath, Kimberlee. Bucknell University. Intern will research repatriation for Mohegan funerary customs and material culture. Working with Paula Molloy. Department of Anthropology. 01-Jun-98 to 07-Aug-98.

McLinn, Colleen. Eckerd College. Intern will study animal domestication and it's agricultural impacts in the ancient Near East. Working with Melinda Zeder. Department of Anthropology. 23-May-98 to 02-Aug-98.

Menke, Sean. University of Minnesota - Morris. Intern will study the Morphological variation among species of the Flatfish family Soleidae located in the East Indian Ocean. Working with Tom Munroe. Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Fishes. 23-May-98 to 02-Aug-98.

Milas, Alexander. George Mason University. Intern will assist with database management and with the rehousing of the Paleoindian collection. Working with Dennis Stanford. Department of Anthropology. 18-May-98 to 09-Sep-98.

Milligan, Lauren. University of California - Los Angeles. Working with Donald Ortner. Department of Anthropology. 10-Oct-97 to 01-Feb-98.

Mitchel, Denise. University of Oregon. Intern will conduct research for the Western Oregon Indians project. Working with JoAllyn Archambault. Department of Anthropology. 01-Jul-98 to 25-Aug-98.

Monoky, Anne. Bucknell University. Working with Johanna Miller. Public Affairs. 22-May-98 to 03-Jul-98.

Montague, Sean. Memorial University of Newfoundland. Intern will assist with the Labrador exhibit (Arctic Studies). Working with Bill Fitzhugh. Department of Anthropology. 23-Feb-98 to 12-Jun-98.

Moreira, Cristiano. University De Federal do Rio De Janeiro. Intern will study the neotropical characids subfamily Iguanodectimae. Working with Stanley Weitzman. Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Fishes. 23-May-98 to 02-Aug-98.

Myo, Min Thu. Intern will research and study the W.L. Abbott collection from the Thai-Burma border. Working with Paul Taylor. Department of Anthropology. 01-Jun-98 to 14-Aug-98.

Namgyel, Thinley. University of Wisconsin - Madison. Intern will conduct a phylogenetic and biogeographical analysis of the Himalayan genus Cautleya. Working with John Kress. Department of Botany. 23-May-98 to 02-Aug-98.

Nava, Michele. University of Hawaii - Hilo. Intern will research the bibliographic and photographic archives pertaining to the Philippine ethnological collections at the NMNH. Working with Patricia Afable. Department of Anthropology. 01-Jun-98 to 07-Aug-98.

Nestlerode, Michelle. University of North Carolina - Willmington. Intern will evaluate a 20 year old sponge collection from the mid-Atlantic coast to look for changes in sponge diversity. Working with Klaus Ruetzler. Department of Invertebrate Zoology. 23-May-98 to 02-Aug-98.

Oremland, Mollie. University of Virginia. Intern will assist with the revision of Bigelow & Schroeder's "Fishes of the Gulf of Maine." Working with Bruce Collette. Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Fishes. 26-May-98 to 28-Aug-98.

Owens, Scott. Eastern Senior High School. Help with inventory of endangered and threatened plant species. Working with George Russell. Department of Botany. 01-Mar-98 to 30-May-98.

Palmer, Matthew. Brigham Young University. Intern will evaluate the intensity and type of insect herbivory on Eocene Flora from Republic, Washington. Working with Conrad Labandeira. Department of Paleobiology. 23-May-98 to 02-Aug-98.

Porter, Jonathan. Washington University. Intern will process 1933 African film footage from the Julius and Dorette Fleischman Collection and the Daniel Freedman Collection. Working with Pam Wintle. Department of Anthropology. 01-Jun-98 to 26-Jul-98.

Prince, Debra Ann. George Washington University. Intern will identify and catalogue stone tool artifacts from the middle Stone Age site of Katanda, in central Africa. Working with Alison Brooks. Department of Anthropology. 01-Mar-98 to 15-May-98.

Proszynski, Tomasz. Warsaw University. Intern will conduct a morphological study of posterior eye tapeta in Salticidae. Working with Mary Sangrey. Department of Entomology. 23-May-98 to 02-Aug-98.

Purcell, John. Montgomery College. Working with Carl Hansen. Photographic Services. 05-Mar-98 to 30-May-98.

Relph, Tamera. Bowie High School. Working with George Russell. Department of Botany. 14-Apr-98 to 08-Jun-98.

Rodgers, Svea. University of Montana - Missoula. Digital photography of Rocks exhibit for website and electronic video; aid in exhibit installation and graphics. Working with Linda Deck. Exhibits. 09-Sep-98 to 09-Dec-98.

Rohde, Joy. University of Chicago. Intern will collate documents relating to the Bureau of American Ethnology under John Wesley Powell. Working with Robert Leopold. Department of Anthropology. 22-Jun-98 to 28-Aug-98.

Romero, Reyna. New Mexico State University. Intern will compare sponges from the Carolina coast from the early 1980's and today to determine changes in sponge diversity. Working with Klaus Ruetzler. Department of Invertebrate Zoology. 23-May-98 to 02-Aug-98.

Rosenshein, Ellen. Binghamton University. Intern will seek to study the mechanisms by which asteriods melted in the early history of the solar system. Working with Tim McCoy. Department of Mineral Sciences. 23-May-98 to 02-Aug-98.

Sadleir, Rudyard. University of Illinois - Chicago. The student will test whether rapid burial of corals leads to better preservation than of those that remain on the sea floor after death. Working with John Pandolfi. Department of Paleobiology. 23-May-98 to 02-Aug-98.

Saluke, Sandra. Cornell University. Intern will describe a new species of Elaphria (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Working with Mike Pogue. Department of Entomology. 23-May-98 to 02-Aug-98.

Shannon, Carolyn. University of Oklahoma. Intern will assist with the assembling of archival data for repatriation evaluations. Working with Bill Billeck. Department of Anthropology. 01-Jun-98 to 15-Aug-98.

Shoup, Heidi Renee. Ohio State University. Intern will compile exhisting morphological and molecular data with new morphological data to contest competing hypotheses about the phylogeny of Cyprinodontiform fish. Working with Stan Weitzman. Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Fishes. 23-May-98 to 02-Aug-98.

Simon, Vicki. Montgomery College. Assisting with illustration research on the Plains and Southeast volume. Also working with supervisor on various research projects relating to historical N. American Indian photography. Working with Joanna Scherer. Department of Anthropology. 22-Sep-98 to 31-Jan-00.

Skoy, James. Brigham Young University. Intern will study the distribution and evolution of porcupine rats in the Bocas Del Toro Islands in Panama. Working with Charles Handley. Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Mammals. 23-May-98 to 02-Aug-98.

Sperling, Brooke. University of California - Santa Barbara. Complete and analyze a thorough catalog of the brain collection in the NMNH and research the social history of the autopsy to obtain a good background behind the collection. Working with Gillian Flynn. Department of Anthropology. 15-Sep-98 to 04-Dec-98.

Sperling, Brooke. University of California - Santa Barbara. Complete and analyze a thorough catalog of the brain collection in the NMNH and research the social history of the autopsy to obtain a good background behind the collection. Working with Gillian Flynn. Department of Anthropology. 15-Sep-98 to 04-Dec-98.

Stackhouse, Shannon. Harvard University. Intern will study the effects of domestication of animals and development of agriculture on ancient Near-East civilizations. Working with Melinda Zeder. Department of Anthropology. 26-May-98 to 22-Aug-98.

Stayton, C. Tristan. Purdue University. Intern will investigate how fossil bird assemblages compare to living avian fauna to estimate ancient ecosytems. Working with Anna K. Behrensmeyer. Department of Paleobiology. 23-May-98 to 02-Aug-98.

Steinwinter, Mariah. Sidwell Friends School. Intern will prepare illustrations for the archives, database entry, and scan for the on-line botanical catalog. Working with Alice Tangerini. Department of Botany. 11-May-98 to 05-Jun-98.

Stevens, Susannah. Carleton College. Intern will work in the Discovery Room, and assist staff with the development of educational projects. Working with Harold Banks. Education. 18-Jun-98 to 31-Aug-98.

Stewart, Kevin. Howard University. Intern will compile and gather resident pest information and data in order to plan for the move of the department offices and collections. Working with D. Furth. Department of Entomology. 23-May-98 to 02-Aug-98.

Stivison, Suzannah. College of William and Mary. Intern will assist with a long-term study of Cephalopod phylogeny. Working with Mike Vecchione. Department of Invertebrate Zoology. 08-Jun-98 to 14-Aug-98.

Taylor, David. Sam Houston State University. Intern will conduct a critical evaluation of specific relationships within the genus Pitcairnia. Working with Harold Robinson. Department of Botany. 23-May-98 to 02-Aug-98.

Thiel, Diana. University of Delaware. Intern will sample and identify foraminifera near the K/T boundary for differences in species diversity. Working with Brian Huber. Department of Paleobiology. 26-May-98 to 02-Aug-98.

Thorington, Katherine. Mount Holyoke College. Working with Dan Cole. ADP. 18-May-98 to 04-Sep-98.

Tolentino, Dominica. George Washington University. Intern will process, label and create a computer database of images of physical anthropological objects. Working with Chip Clark. Photographic Services. 04-Mar-98 to 30-May-98.

Trabucchi, Sarah. Smith College. Research on individual photographs selected for The Handbook of North American Indians, Plains volume. Working with Joanna Scherer. Department of Anthropology. 08-Sep-98 to 17-Dec-98.

Trent, Janina O'Brien. George Washington University. Intern will create archival photographic collections documenting physical anthropology projects by Chip Clark and Doug Owsley. Working with Chip Clark. Photographic Services. 01-Mar-98 to 15-May-98.

Tysell, Mackenzie. University of California - Davis. Intern will be working with the ASC and Canadian authorities in Newfoundland to analyze and safely return artifacts previously loaned to the Smithsonian. Working with Karla Lovett. Department of Anthropology. 01-Apr-98 to 30-Jun-98.

Wack, Allison. Randolph-Macon Women's College. Intern will review the change in distribution of flora and fauna habitat in Arlington County, Virginia over the past century. Working with Stan Shetler. Department of Botany. 23-May-98 to 02-Aug-98.

Weinbeer, Moritz. University of Wuerzburg. Intern will study the distribution, evolution and biogeography of one species of fruit-eating bat on the Bocas del Toro Islands in Panama. Working with Charles Handley. Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Mammals. 23-May-98 to 02-Aug-98.

Wood, Elizabeth. George Washington University. Working with Greta Hansen. Department of Anthropology. 26-Jan-98 to 03-Jul-98.

Yegoron, Maksim. University of Michigan. Intern will study weaving practices and textile technologies in Central Asia. Working with Paul Taylor. Department of Anthropology. 23-May-98 to 02-Aug-98.

Yoder, Cassady. University of New Mexico. Intern will test the applicability of the 4th rib age estimation technique for human skeletal remains to ribs 2-9. Working with Douglas Ubelaker. Department of Anthropology. 23-May-98 to 02-Aug-98.