Highlights

Research Training Program
SEMI-FINALIST LIST
2002

A total of 193 applications were received for review. Due to computer problems and mail delays the application deadline was extended to Monday 4 February 2002 and the on-line system continued to accept submitted documents until 6:30 a.m. (4 Feb 02).

The Pre-screening Committee completed their review by 6:00 p.m., 4 February 2002. All application folders were reviewed, including incomplete sets. The committee nominated 131 semi-finalists (68%) for forwarding to Scientific Evaluators serving on the Scoring Committee.

The Scoring Committee is composed of seventeen (17) members from the NMNH scientific staff. There are eight review teams with two reviewers per team. Semi-finalists folders were divided randomly into eight review set of 16 or 17 folders per set. Review sets were distributed to Scoring Committee members 5 February 2002. Each semi-finalist will be scored by two different reviewers. Evaluators will complete a 100 point score sheet for all application folders in their set. To equalize scoring, review sets will be normalized. Approximately 40 students will be selected as finalists for review by Scientific Judges serving on the Final Selection Committee.

Statistics: The semi finalist list includes 73% women. The majority of semi finalists are in the Junior year (36%) and most applicants (32%) express an Anthropology focus. The most requested advisor is Rick Potts.

IMPORTANT: This posting of semi-finalist status is not definitive. Due to regular adjustments in review sets, circumstances often dictate a change in status. No applicant should consider themselves completely eliminated from consideration for a position in the RTP until the final status is released and award notices are mailed - 8 March 2002.

Following is the list of 2002 Research Training Program semi-finalists:

	Last Name	First Name
	Adcock	Megan
	Alcauskas	Katherine
	Alcázar	Magdalena
	Ali	Mariam
	Andersen	Laura
	Anderson	Michelle
	Arbuckle	Nancy
	Baptista	Rômulo
	Basiotis	Katherine
	Belben	Carrie
	Bell	Alyssa
	Brady	Sharon
	Cadena Rueda	Edwin
	Cameron	David
	Carvalho	Murilo
	Casillo	Abigail
	Chamberlain	Zoe
	Cisneros-Heredia	Diego
	Cleary	Michelle
	Conant	Sarah
	Cooley	Cameron
	Costantino	Jessica
	Cummings	Sarah
	Curo	Aleyda
	Daly	Elizabeth
	Davila	Jessica
	Doak	Erin
	Duffelmeyer	Emily
	Edmonds	Douglas
	Esposito	Rhea
	Faulkner	Ella
	Finnearty	Jessica
	Frankel	Nicolás
	Freeburg	Adam
	Frey	Margaret
	Gallego	Natalia
	Garrett	Sarah
	Garson	Daniel
	Gilbert	Laura
	Glidewell	Jennifer
	Gomes	Camila
	Gomez	Felicia
	Gomez	Marcela
	Gomez	Silvina
	Green	David
	Guerrero	Cecilia
	Hack	Nicholas
	Hadiaty	Renny
	Hales	Talela
	Hankins	Amie
	Havel	Jamaiya
	Hemming	Shannon
	Henderson	Anna
	Hensinger	Krista
	Herschensohn	Olivia
	Hodgkins	Jamie
	Hohl	Amber
	Holden	Anne
	Hsu	Eric
	Hutchison	Leah
	Iriarte	Kristen
	Johnston	Rachel
	Knapp	Michelle
	Kostyria	Alexey
	Kurinets	Victoria
	Langle	Alfonso
	Lee	Jimin
	Lehane	James
	Lindon	Heather
	Loomer	Jennifer
	Maccubbin	Gwyneth
	Martin-McNaughton	Jamie
	Mascarenas	Jessica
	Matney	Jordan
	May	Jennifer
	McCarren	Heather
	McDonald	Tyliah
	McGuire	Jennifer
	Merkel	Amanda
	Miller	Diane
	Miyamae	Juri
	Montalbano	Teresa (Teya)
	Mortimer	Julie
	Mustard	Matthew
	Nelson	Stephanie
	Newsom	Amanda
	Nowak	Michael
	Oceguera-Figueroa	Alejandro
	Olson	Erik
	Ordoñez	Alejandro
	Paustian	Megan
	Pezzia	Claudia
	Pilko	Eric
	Presser	Naftali
	Pyenson	Nicholas
	Ramjohn	David
	Rasch	Jennifer
	Ridley	Josephia
	Robinson	Kimberly
	Ross	Matthew
	Royer	Danielle
	Rueda	Paula
	Runyan	Andrea
	Santiago	Carmen
	Schaffer	Jennifer
	Seebauer	Jessica
	Senft	Laurel
	Shearer	Kirsten
	Shelton	Deborah
	Skeeles	Angela
	Smith	Rick
	Sossa	Jeffrey
	Steele	Martha
	Stuebner	Anne
	Stupec	Kathleen
	Svarts	Tim
	Thorsen	Dean
	Tripp	Erin
	Umashankar	Rachana
	Urbanová	Petra
	Valvo	Lisa
	Velez	Jorge
	Versieux	Leonardo
	Vlahovic	Tijana
	Wagner	Catherine
	Weyher	Anna
	Willson	Kelli
	Yau	Tien Yin
	Young	Frances
	Zika	Amanda
	Zuccarelli	Micah

Gender

Not Stated: 3
Male: 33
Female: 95
TOTAL: 131

Ethnicity

Not Stated: 1
Asian American: 4
Black or African American: 5
Hispanic American: 10
Other: 5
TOTAL: 25

Year in School

Freshman: 3
Sophomore: 22
Junior: 47
Non-graduating Senior: 17
Graduating Senior: 35
Graduated: 4
Other: 3
TOTAL: 131

Citizenship

Not Stated: 3
Not US Citizen: 29
US Citizen: 99
TOTAL: 131

Country of Citizenship

United States: 100
Argentina: 2
Brazil: 4
Canada: 3
Colombia: 6
Czech Republic: 1
Ecuador: 1
India: 1
Indonesia: 1
Mexico: 3
Peru: 1
Russia: 1
Serbia: 1
Switzerland: 1
Trinidad and Tobago: 2
United Kingdom: 3
TOTAL: 131

NMNH Discipline

Anthropology: 42
Botany: 11
Entomology: 3
Invertebrate Zoology: 13
Mineral Science & Geology: 14
Paleobiology: 19
Vertebrate Zoology: 29
TOTAL: 131

US State of Residence

Not Stated: 50
California: 4
Colorado: 3
Florida: 3
Georgia: 3
Illinois: 2
Indiana: 3
Iowa: 2
Kansas: 2
Louisiana: 2
Maine: 1
Maryland: 5
Massachusetts: 3
Michigan: 2
Minnesota: 1
Missouri: 1
New Jersey: 2
New York: 6
North Carolina: 1
Ohio: 5
Oklahoma: 1
Oregon: 2
Pennsylvania: 4
Puerto Rico: 3
Tennessee: 1
Texas: 10
Utah: 2
Virginia: 4
Washington: 2
Wisconsin: 1
TOTAL: 131

University Attending

Agnes Scott College: 1
Appalachian State University: 1
Arizona State University: 1
Augusta State University: 1
Ball State University: 1
Bennington College: 1
Bethel College: 1
Binghamton University, State
University of New York: 1
Bowling Green State University: 1
Brandeis University: 1
Brandon University: 1
Brigham Young University: 1
Brown University: 1
Bryn Mawr College: 1
Bucknell University: 1
Byrn Mawr College: 1
California State University at Sacramento: 1
California State University, Monterey Bay: 1
College of Charleston: 1
College of William and Mary: 1
College of Wooster: 1
Cornell University: 2
Drew University: 1
Duke University: 2
Eastern Illinois University: 1
Emory University: 1
Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences/Un. B. Aires: 1
Far Eastern State University: 1
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro: 1
Franklin and Marshall College: 1
George Mason University: 2
Georgetown University: 1
Gustavus Adolphus College: 1
Hamline University: 1
Harvard College: 1
Hunter College, CUNY: 1
Indiana University: 1
Interamerican University of Puerto Rico: 1
Iowa State University: 1
James Madison University: 1
Juniata College: 1
Knox College: 1
Louisiana State University: 1
Macalester College: 1
Masaryk University in Brno: 1
Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 1
Middle Tennessee State University: 1
Mount Holyoke College: 1
Oberlin College: 2
Ohio State University: 1
Ohio Wesleyan University: 1
Pepperdine University: 1
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana: 2
Samford University: 1
San Antonio Abad University: 1
Santa Clara University: 1
Skidmore College: 1
Smith College: 1
Southampton College, Long Island University: 1
Southeastern Oklahoma State University: 1
St Mary's College of Maryland: 1
St. Louis University: 1
State University of New York at Geneseo: 3
Swarthmore College: 1
Texas A&M University: 2
The College of William and Mary: 1
The Johns Hopkins University: 1
The Pennsylvania State University: 2
Trinity University: 1
Truman State University: 1
Universidad de Guadalajara: 2
Universidad de Puerto Rico: 1
Universidad del Quindío: 1
Universidad industrial de Santander: 1
Universidad militar Nueva Granada: 1
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico: 1
Universidad Nacional de Colombia: 1
Universidad Nacional de La Plata: 1
Universidad San Francisco de Quito: 1
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais: 1
University College London: 1
University of Aberdeen: 1
University of Belgrade: 1
University of British Columbia: 1
University of Chicago: 1
University of Colorado: 1
University of Florida: 3
University of General Soedirman: 1
University of Houston: 1
University of Maryland Eastern Shore: 1
University of Maryland, College Park: 1
University of Massachusetts: 2
University of Michigan: 1
University of Missouri: 1
University of New Mexico: 1
University of North Carolina, Asheville: 1
University of North Texas: 3
University of Oregon: 1
University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus: 1
University of Sao Paulo: 2
University of Southern Colorado: 1
University of St Andrews: 1
University of Toronto: 1
University of Utah: 1
University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point: 1
Vanderbilt University: 1
Virginia Commonwealth University: 1
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University: 1
Wake Forest University: 1
Wellesley College: 1
Wesleyan University: 1
Whitman College: 2
William Jewell College: 1
Yeshiva College of the Nation's Capitol: 1
TOTAL: 131

Requested Advisor

Not Stated: 1
Pedro Acevedo: 1
Mary Jo Arnoldi: 2
Carole Baldwin: 1
Anna K. Behrensmeyer: 8
William Billeck: 1
Michael Braun: 3
John Brown: 2
Stephen Cairns: 4
Bruce Collette: 1
Paula DePriest: 1
William DiMichele: 1
Carla Dove: 1
Robert Emry: 3
Douglas Erwin: 1
Robert B. Faden: 2
Kristian Fauchald: 1
Richard Fiske: 3
Mercedes Foster: 2
Bruno Frohlich: 1
Vicki Funk: 2
Alfred Gardner: 1
Ives Goddard: 1
M.G. Harasewych: 1
W. Ronald Heyer: 2
Robert Hoffmann: 1
W. Duane Hope: 1
Brian Huber: 2
G. David Johnson: 1
Adrienne Kaeppler: 3
W. John Kress: 3
Conrad Labandeira: 2
Robert Laughlin: 2
Mark Littler: 1
Stephen Loring: 1
James F. Luhr: 2
Ian Macintyre: 1
Glenn MacPherson: 2
Tim McCoy: 2
Roy McDiarmid: 2
James Mead: 4
William Melson: 2
William Merrill: 1
Donald Ortner: 6
Stephen Ousley: 5
Douglas Owsley: 1
Lynne Parenti: 1
David Pawson: 2
Richard Potts: 10
Clyde Roper: 2
Ted R. Schultz: 1
Bruce Smith: 1
Sorena Sorensen: 1
Victor Springer: 1
Dennis Stanford: 1
William Sturtevant: 1
Paul Taylor: 1
Richard Thorington: 3
Douglas Ubelaker: 2
Gus W. Van Beek: 1
Richard Vari: 2
Michael Vecchione: 1
Ed Vicenzi: 1
Stanley Weitzman: 1
Don Wilson: 3
Scott Wing: 1
Melinda Zeder: 1
Elizabeth Zimmer: 1
TOTAL: 131