A $5,000 Graduate Fellowship Award is granted annually to a graduate student from each of the following Oregon universities: Oregon State University, Portland State University, University of Oregon, University of Portland, and WIllamette University.
Congratulations to the 2012 Graduate Fellowship Award Winners!
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 Oregon State University:
Rhea Hanselmann
Ph.D. Student in School of Zoology, Disease Ecology
Rhea Hanselmann received her B.Sc. degree in Biotechnologyfrom Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 2001. After working as aseasonal wildlife biologist studying Common Loons, she began herveterinary studies at Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine in2001. As a veterinary student, Rhea focused on wildlife disease,carrying out several research projects. She received her doctoral degreeand a certificate in International Wildlife Conservation Medicinein 2005. Rhea worked in small and exotic animal practice, andcompleted postdoctoral fellowships in both emergency medicine andanesthesia. In 2009, she completed the Master of Preventive VeterinaryMedicine program at the University of California, Davis focusing onwildlife and ecosystem health. She was a Smithsonian Institutionpostdoctoral fellow at the Mpala Research Center in Kenya in 2009, whereshe studied the health and infectious diseases of wild KoriBustards. Since 2010, Rhea has been enrolled in a Ph.D. program inthe department of Zoology at Oregon State University. Rhea’scurrent work is funded by an EPA Science to Achieve Results graduatefellowship and examines the impacts of intensive forest management on theimmune function and infectious disease dynamics of wild rodents inthe Oregon Coast Range.
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 Portland State University:
Elisabeth Wilder
MA Student in School of Sociology, Sociology
Elisabeth Wilder received herBachelor’s degree in Political Science from the Pennsylvania State University, whereshe received numerousscholarships and awards for her work.She graduated summa cum laude at theage of twenty, spent four years as a teacher in a low-income community withTeach for America, and then became an Assistant Director for EnvironmentCalifornia. Elisabeth’s passion for social and environmental justice led her toPortland State University, where she is currently a Master’s candidate inSociology. Her research focuses on media representations ofthe Keystone XL pipeline, which, if approved, would transport one of the world’s dirtiestfuels—tar sands oil—from Canada to the United States. Carbon dioxide emissions from tar sands oil are three times higher thanthose of conventional oil; James Hansen, NASA scientist and eminentclimatologist, has publicly stated that if the Keystone pipeline is built, itwill be “game over for the climate”. However, about half of the Americanpopulation thinks that it should be approved. Elisabeth evaluates whether the media is providing citizenswith the full range of information about Keystone XL, and, more broadly,analyzes the ideological landscape of the mass media and the extent towhich it facilitates or limits discourse in civil society.
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 University of Oregon:
Harpreet Bahia
PhD Student in Counseling Psychology and Human Services, Counseling
Harpreet Bahia, M.C., is currently a Counseling Psychologydoctoral student at the University of Oregon. Her research interests arefocused on community based prevention interventions for partner violence amongimmigrant groups. Specifically, she is interested in creating culturallyappropriate tools to measure and reduce partner violence among non-Englishspeaking, ethnic minority immigrants. She has been focusing her research onSouth Asians for the past two years – conducting workshops and various presentationsto increase awareness about the prevalence of partner violence among thisminority group. Her interest in prevention based interventions evolved aftertwo years of field work with the Healthy Families program in Arizona.
She was the recipient of the 2010 UO Promising Scholar Awardand the 2011 Student Leadership Award from the Asian American PsychologicalAssociation. Harpreet is involved in various community organizations includingthe Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon and DisOrient Film Festival. Shealso serves on the leadership team for the Division of South Asian Americanswithin the Asian American Psychological Association.
She received her Bachelors of Science in Psychology andMasters of Counseling from Arizona State University.
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 Willamette University:
Rachel Constantino-Wallace
J.D. Student in College of Law, Law
Rachel Constantino-Wallace is in the processof finishing her last year of law school at the Willamette University Collegeof Law where she serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the Willamette Law Review.Rachel just finished her summer associateship with the Law Offices of James S.Rogers, a plaintiff’s personal injury law firm in Seattle, Washington. Afterlaw school, Rachel will begin a 2-year judicial clerkship with the HonorableMary Kay Becker of the Washington State Court of Appeals, Division I.
Outside of school,Rachel plays intramural volleyball and flag football, attends as many spinclasses as she can talk herself into, and—while on breaks—reads as many booksas she can get her hands on. Rachel is honored to receive the University ClubFoundation Fellowship and hopes to contribute much to this organization inthanks.
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Graduate Fellowship Award Past Winners
Oregon Health Science University
Andre LaGrange, Medicine, 1992
Lisa Baldwin, Gerontology, 1994
Catherine Salveson, Nursing, 1995
Judy Lee Colligan, Nursing, 1996
Judith Nordblom, Gerontology, 1997
Heather S. Hain, Behavioral Neuroscience, 1998
Stephani P. Eckert, Neuroscience, 1999
Thomas Chamberlain, Orthodontics, 2000
Catherine Van Son, Nursing, Gerontology, 2001
Kirk J. Robertson, DMD Candidate, 2002
Cindy Kay Perry, Nursing, 2003
Paul J. Meyer, Behavioral Neuroscience, 2004
Rebecca L. Ross, Nursing, 2005
Helen M. Kaamens, Behavioral Neuroscience, 2006
Yi Yan, Nursing, 2007
Lindsay Lancaster Kindler, Nursing, 2008
Aaron Tabacco, Nursing, 2009
Oregon State University
Eric Andersen, Genetics, 1991
Aphra Katsev, Human Development/Family Studies, 1992
Jennifer Walsh, Forestry Science, 1994
Karina Neilsen, Zoology, 1995
Nicholas Drapela, Chemistry, 1996
Aida Shirazi, Public Health, 1997
Jane V. Higdon, Nutrition and Food Management, 1998
Margaret Manoogian O'Dell, Family Sciences, 1999
Cheryl Buckholz, Pharmaceutics, 2000
David L. Waldien, Wildlife Sciences, 2001
Heather M. Leslie, Marine Ecology, 2002
Annette C. Buyserie, Animal Sciences, 2003
Chelsea M. Byrd, Molecular & Cellular Biology, 2004
Anne D. Guerry, Zoology and Marine Ecology, 2005
Laura E. Petes, Zoology, 2006
Esther E. Uchendu, Horticulture, 2007
Stephanie Ogden, Public Policy, 2008
David Dickson, Biological & Ecological Engineering, 2009
Edmond F. O’Donnell, Molecular Toxicology, 2010
Jill Franzosa, Toxicology, 2011
Portland State University
Shauna Adams, Social Work, 1991
Douglas Albertson, Science/Teaching (Music), 1991
Jessica Montgomery, Social Work, 1992
Daniel Grimes, Applied Economics, 1994
Mary Ellen Scofield, English, 1995
Richard Smith, Systems Science, 1996
Deborah Towner, Social Work, 1997
Robert B. Perkins, Environmental Sciences and Resources: Geology, 1998
Angela Rickard, Public Administration and Policy, 1999
Ann A. Ward, Social Work & Social Research, 2000
Cristi Marie Mattias, Education Leadership, 2001
Hal T. Nelson, Political Science, 2002
Bernadette Harnish, Chemistry, 2003
Harrison Kiambuthi Wanjiru, 2004
L.M. Alaiyo Foster, Education, 2005
Michael Micorescu, Biology, 2006
James Hillegas, History, 2007
Shirley Dawn Stanfield, Spanish, 2008
Jennnifer Bolen, Public Administration & Policy, Health Management & Policy, 2009
Melissa A. Shavlik, Communication Studies, 2010
Johnell Bell, Public Administration, 2011
University of Oregon
Michael Anderson, Music Arts, 1991
Jeffrey Peyton, Music Arts, 1992
Dennis Davenport, Music Arts, 1994
Paul Thiers, Political Science, 1995
Mary Ann Schoen, Psychology, 1996
Julia Hammer, Geology, 1997
Robert Clegg, Organic-Inorganic Chemistry, 1998
Michael Pebworth, American History, 1999
Genaro Mendez, Musical Arts, 2000
Stacy Ruth Rosenberg, Environmental Science, 2001
Jason Younker, Cultural Anthropology, 2002
Susan E. Hume, Cultural Geography, 2003
Jeffrey L. Stinson, Marketing, 2004
Michael L. Hughes, Environmental Science, Studies & Policy, 2005
Michael Furtado, History, 2006
Takiya J. Ahmed, Chemistry, 2007
Mark Samples, Musicology, 2008
Camille Walsh, Geography, 2009
Innisfree L. McKinnon, Geography, 2010
Eddiw Madison III, Mass Communication and Society, 2011
University of Portland
Matthew McTigue, Finance, 2006
Sarah G. Shewbert, Music, 2007
Jack Keegan, Nursing, 2008
Lynn Frost, Nursing, 2009
Nichole M. Krieck, Education, English as a Second Language, 2010
Kirstyn Everson, Nursing, 2011
Willamette University
Alina Vaynberg, Entrepreneurship and Marketing, 2010
Brandon Bennett, Education, 2011 |