2014 Minority Award Recipients
The Smithsonian Office of Fellowships and Internships (OFI) is pleased to recognize the Minority Award Recipients for the 2014 Minority Awards Program, Native American Awards Program, and James E. Webb Internship Program.
Julia Aguilar, University of California, Los Angeles
Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (CFCH)
Co-Coordination of Performative Aspects of the China Family Activities Area of the 2014 Smithsonian Folklife and Festival and Folkways Recordings Lesson Plan Adaptation
Khary Anderson, Villanova University
National Museum of American History (NMAH)
Research and Development of Public Programs Including Theatrical Presentations
Maglyn Bertrand, Emory University
Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (CFCH)
Grupo Raiz, Rafael Manriguez, and the Nueva Cancion Movement
Charmaine Branch, Vassar College
National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC)
Exhibition Research: Through the African American Lens: A Preview of the Smithsonian NMAAHC
Susanna Campbell, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
National Zoological Park (NZP)
Monitoring Genetic Variability of Endangered Foxes Using Non-Invasive and Ancient Samples
Margaret Chu, Cornell University
National Zoological Park (NZP)
Zoo Nutrition in Practice and Theory
Channing Hatchett, Tuskegee University
National Zoological Park (NZP)
Nutritional Research
Audra Huffmeyer, University of Michigan
National Zoological Park (NZP)
A Comparative Genomic Analysis of the Clouded Leopard and Sunda Clouded Leopard: Bioinformatics as a Conservation Tool
Sydney Johnson, Miami University
National Museum of American History (NMAH)
Research and Development of Public Programs Including Theatrical Presentations
Abigail Lapin Dardashti, CUNY Graduate Center
Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM)
Exploring Race in Dominican American Art
Symba Nuruddin, Yale University
Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM)
Management of Permanent Collections and Programming
Jarrett Smith, Howard University
National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC)
Exhibition Research and Object Management
Hana Tran, Amherst College
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (HMSG)
Research and Exhibition Support for Multiple Installations
Madhvi Venkatraman, University of Maryland, College Park
National Zoological Park (NZP)
Island Scrub-Jay Research
Cahtering Zhou, Vassar College
Freer Gallery of Art/Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (FSGA)
Sogdians in China: Recent Research
Native American Awards Program (NAP)
David Lewis, Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde
National Museum of Natural History (NMNH)
Cartography of the Grand Ronde Tribe
Marie Theriault, University of Montreal
National Museum of Natural History (NMNH)
In Search of a Bridge Between Modern and Traditional Societies: Educational Context of an Identitary Re-reading and Reinterpretation of the Works of Ethnographer Tuscarora JNB Hewitt with the “Haudenosaunee” Iroquois and Mohawk nations.
James E. Webb Internship Program (WEBB)
Carlo Davis-Castro, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI)
Native American Artist Files
Tatehona Kelly, American University
National Museum of American History (NMAH)
Researching Program History and Program Development
Brooke Wheeler, Arizona State University
National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI)
Planning and Assisting with Major Museum Programming Projects