1997 Grants List
The Center for Field Research (CFR) reviews and recommends proposals for support by Earthwatch Institute . Earthwatch Institute sponsors field studies worldwide by scholars working to investigate and/or conserve the Earth's physical, biological, and cultural heritage. Interested scholars should submit to CFR a two-page description of planned research and field methods including dates, budget, and plans for the use of Earthwatch Institute volunteers as field assistants. If funding for the proposed research is deemed appropriate, a more detailed full proposal will be invited for peer review. Earthwatch Institute and The Center for Field Research are not-for-profit organizations. The 1997 program was distributed as follows: Life Sciences 60%, Physical Sciences 9%, and Social Sciences 31%. We are pleased to announce that the following projects were approved for Earthwatch Institute support in fiscal year 1997.
Life Sciences
Ecology
Myra Barnes, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Biology, University of Nevada, Reno. Acacia Woodlands and Elephants in Botswana.
Dr. Robin C. Brace, Lecturer in Zoology, University of Nottingham, U.K. · Dr. J. Colin Hartley, Honorary Research Fellow, Department of Life Sciences (same institution) · John Hornbuckle, freelance ornithologist, U.K. Ecology and Conservation of Threatened Savanna Birds in Bolivia.
Joseph Paine Dudley, Research Associate and Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Biology and Wildlife, University of Alaska-Fairbanks. Elephant Ecology: Community Ecology of the African Savanna Elephant, Zimbabwe.
Dr. Lee Dyer, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Mesa State College, Colorado · Grant Gentry, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Biology, University of California at Los Angeles. Tropical Caterpillar Defenses Against Natural Enemies, Costa Rica.
Dr. Alejandro Estrada, Senior Research Scientist, Estacion de Biología "Los Tuxtlas," Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Vanishing Rain Forests of México.
Dr. Joseph L. Fox, Associate Professor, Department of Ecology/Zoology, University of Tromso, Norway · Dr. Raghunandan S. Chundawat, Wildlife Ecologist, Wildlife Institute of India. Land of the Snow Leopard, India.
Dr. Ralph Garono, Earth Design Consultants, Inc., Oregon · James Kooser, Senior Ecologist, Rettew Associates, Inc., Pennsylvania · Dr. Richard Kiesling, Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission · Dr. George Staff, Ecologist (same institution). The Characterization of Aquatic Ecosystems in Big Bend National Park Using Adult Insects, Texas.
Dr. David Malcolm Harper, Lecturer in Ecology, University of Leicester, U.K. · Dr. Tony Cook, Director, Newton Field Centre, Kettering, U.K. · Dr. Ros Boar, Senior Research Associate, University of East Anglia, U.K.. Inside Lake Naivasha and Hell's Gate National Park, Kenya.
Dr. Karen D. Holl, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz. Tropical Rainforest Restoration, Costa Rica.
Dr. David W. Inouye, Professor of Zoology, University of Maryland. Field Biology at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Colorado.
Durrell D. Kapan, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Canada. Diversity of Heliconius Butterfly Wing Patterns in Endangered Rain Forests of Western Ecuador.
Alison J. Leslie, Ph.D. Candidate and Research Assistant, Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Drexel University, Pennsylvania and Crocodile Research Project, Natal Parks Board, South Africa · Dr. James R. Spotila, Betz Chair Professor of Environmental Science, Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Drexel University. The Role of the Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) in the Lake St. Lucia Ecosystem in Natal, South Africa.
Dr. Robert T. Mason, Assistant Professor, Department of Zoology, Oregon State University and Adjunct Professor, Department of Biology, Memphis State University, Tennessee. Behavioral Ecology and Reproductive Biology of Red-sided Garter Snakes from the Interlake Region of Manitoba, Canada.
Dr. William J. McShea, Research Scientist, Conservation and Research Center, National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution and Visiting Professor, St. Lawrence University, New York. The Impact of White-tailed Deer on Forest Communities in the Eastern U.S., Virginia.
Dr. Gary A. Polis, Associate Professor of Biology, Vanderbilt University, Tennessee. Biogeography and Ecology of Lizards and Spiders from the Gulf of California, México.
Dr. Peter A. Quinby, Executive Director and Research Scientist, Ancient Forest Exploration and Research, Ontario, and Research Ecologist, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Ontario's Ancient Forests, Canada.
Dr. Michael A. Shirley, Resource Management Coordinator, Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve · Judy L. Haner, Environmental Specialist (same institution). Subtropical Habitat Restoration, Florida.
Eric Simandle, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology, University of Nevada, Reno. An Experimental Assessment of the Habitat Requirements of the Threatened Desert Tortoise, Utah.
Harold Slater, Consultant, aCaribe Research Institute, Everglades National Park and Research Associate, Louisiana State University · Dr. William J. Platt, Professor (same institution). Disturbance Ecology of Upland Everglades Forests, Florida.
Dr. Athayde Tonhasca, Jr., Professor, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro · Dr. Jacquelyn Blackmer, Professor (same institution) · Dr. Gilberto Albuquerque, Professor (same institution.) Effect of Atlantic Forest Fragmentation on the Species Composition and Abundance of Euglossine Bees in Desengano State Park, Brazil.
Inventory and Monitoring
Dr. Martin R. Cheek, Scientific Officer for West and Congolian Africa, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, U.K. · Stuart Cable, Scientific Officer (same institution). Botanical Inventory of Lower Altitude Rain Forests, Mount Cameroon.
Dr. Zsolt Debreczy, Research Director, International Dendrological Research Institute, Inc., Massachusetts · Dr. István Rácz, Scientist/Curator, World Flora Herbarium/ Dendrological Photo Archive, Museum of Natural History, Budapest, Hungary · Dr. Fuh Jiunn Pan, Heng Chun Tropical Botanical Garden. Encyclopedia Botanica/Dendrological Atlas: Documenting Conifers and High Mountain Dendroflora in Taiwan.
Dr. Zsolt Debreczy, Research Director, International Dendrological Research Institute, Inc., Massachusetts · Dr. István Rácz, Scientist/Curator, World Flora Herbarium/ Dendrological Photo Archive, Museum of Natural History, Budapest, Hungary. International Dendrological Atlas Project: Documenting Conifers and Temperate Climate Vegetation of Hokkaido, Japan.
Dr. Judd A. Howell, Research Scientist, U.S. Department of Interior, National Biological Survey, Golden Gate Cooperative Research Field Station, California. Wildlife Habitat Relationships in Golden Gate National Recreation Area, California.
Prof. Roger L. Kitching, Chair of Ecology, Australian School of Environmental Studies, Griffith University, Australia and External Examiner in Biology, University of Brunei. Insects and the Rainforest of Borneo.
Carlos A. López González, Ph.D. Candidate, Idaho State University · Alberto González Romero, Instituto de Ecología, México · Dr. John Laundré, Adjunct Professor, Biological Sciences Department, Idaho State University. The Small Carnivore Community of a Tropical Dry Forest in México.
Dr. David A. Nickle, Research Entomologist and Unit Leader, Hymenoptera-Orthoptera Research Group, Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. · Dr. James L. Castner, Biological Photographer, Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida. Katydids of the Peruvian Amazon.
Nicholas J. Riddiford, Director, Fair Isle Bird Observatory, Shetland Islands. Biodiversity of Wetlands at S'Albufera, Mallorca, Spain.
John E. Roth, Resource Management Specialist, Oregon Caves National Monument. Cave Formations and Macro-invertebrate Baselines, Oregon.
Dr. Jatna Supriatna, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Indonesia · Pak Sundowo Harminto, Lecturer in Biology (same institution) · Dr. Dedy Daernedi, Lecturer in Biology (same institution) · Dr. Robert Franks, English Resource Consultant, Foundation for Advancement of Biological Sciences in Indonesia. Biodiversity Conservation and Community Development: Togian Islands Biodiversity Survey.
Dr. Carey Yeager, Clare Booth Luce Assistant Professor, Fordham University · Dr. Herry Dkojo Susilo, Director, Indonesian Department of Forestry Conservation, Tanjung Puting National Park, Indonesia. Conserving Borneo's Rainforest: An Integrated Approach.
Mammalogy-Marine
Kenneth C. Balcomb, III, Research Biologist and Executive Director, Center for Whale Research, Washington · Dr. Astrid van Ginneken, Assistant (same institution). Orca Survey, Washington.
Dr. Peter B. Best, Senior Research Officer, Mammal Research Institute, University of Pretoria, South Africa. Survey of the Genetic Variation of the Right Whale Population off the Coast of South Africa.
Marcelo Cassini, President, PROFAUNA, Argentina. Habitat Use by the South American Fur Seal, Uruguay.
Diane Claridge, Research Biologist, Center for Whale Research, Washington · Kenneth C. Balcomb, III, Research Biologist and Executive Director (same institution). Visual and Acoustic Survey of Bahamian Marine Mammal Species and Habitats.
Dr. Peter J. Corkeron, Department of Tropical Environment Studies and Geography, James Cook University, Australia. Conservation Biology of Bottlenose Dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, in Southeast Queensland: A Study using Telemetry.
Dr. Louis M. Herman, Director, Kewalo Basin Marine Mammal Laboratory, Hawaii and Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Hawaii · Dr. Adam Pack, Senior Research Coordinator (same institution). Intelligence and Communication in Dolphins, Hawaii.
Dr. Louis M. Herman, Director, Kewalo Basin Marine Mammal Laboratory, Hawaii and Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Hawaii · Dr. Adam Pack, Senior Research Coordinator (same institution). The Age/Sex Composition and Residency Structure of Wintering Humpback Whales, Hawaii.
Curt Jenner, Research Biologist, Centre for Whale Research Inc., Western Australia · Micheline-Nicole Jenner, Research Biologist (same institution). Humpback Whales of Western Australia.
Jessica Koelsch, Staff Biologist, Marine Mammal Program, Mote Marine Laboratory, Florida · Dr. Randall S. Wells, Behavioral Ecologist, Brookfield Zoo, Chicago; Marine Mammal Research Program Coordinator, Mote Marine Laboratory; and Vice President of Research, Dolphin Biology Research Associates, Inc., Sarasota, Florida. Residence Patterns and Habitat of Florida Manatees.
Dr. Randall S. Wells, Behavioral Ecologist, Brookfield Zoo, Chicago; Marine Mammal Research Program Coordinator, Mote Marine Laboratory; and Vice President of Research, Dolphin Biology Research Associates, Inc., Sarasota, Florida · Suzanne Hofmann, Senior Biologist, Mote Marine Laboratory, Florida. Population Biology and Behavior of Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphins, Florida.
Dr. Bernd Würsig, Professor of Marine Mammalogy, Texas A&M University at Galveston · Suzanne Yin, Graduate Student, Marine Mammal Research Program (same institution) The Dusky Dolphin: Effects of Human Activities, New Zealand.
Mammalogy-Terrestrial
Dr. Govindasamy Agoramoorthy, Research Associate, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. · Dr. Julio Cesar Ruiz, Director, Argentinean Primate Center, Corrientes, Argentina. Black Howlers of Argentina.
Dr. Sky Alibhai, Lecturer in Zoology, Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, University of London · Zoë Jewell, Honorary Research Associate, (same institution). Rhinowatch: Black Rhino Monitoring and Conservation in Zimbabwe.
Dr. Josephine Andrews, Department of Anthropology, Ecology and Conservation Unit, University College London and Department of Anthropology, Washington University, St. Louis. The Black Lemur Forest Project, Madagascar.
David Balfour, Regional Ecologist, Natal Parks Board, South Africa. Large Herbivore Census in Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Park, South Africa.
Claudio Ciofi, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Kent and the Institute of Zoology, London. Conservation Biology of the Komodo Dragon, Indonesia.
Dr. Wolfgang P. J. Dittus, Research Associate, National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.; Director, Primate Studies Program, Institute of Fundamental Studies, Sri Lanka and Advisor for Wildlife Conservation, Government of Sri Lanka. Behavioral and Ecological Relations among Social Groups of Wild Toque Macaques (Macaca sinica) of Sri Lanka.
Dr. Eduardo Fernandez-Duque, Visiting Researcher, Argentinean Primate Center. Population Genetics of a Monogamous Neotropical Primate: The Owl Monkey (Aotus Azarae), Argentina.
Dr. Roger S. Fouts, Co-Director, Chimpanzee and Human Communication Institute, Central Washington University · Deborah H. Fouts, Co-Director (same institution). Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) Locomotor Behavior, Proximity, and Space Use in a Complex, Captive Environment, Washington.
Dr. Evelyn B. Hanggi, Head, The Equine Research Foundation and Post-graduate Researcher, University of California, Santa Cruz. The Equine Cognition Project, California.
Dr. Thomas P. Husband, Professor and Director of Undergraduate Affairs, Department of Natural Resources Science, University of Rhode Island · Dr. Matthew C. Nicholson, Postdoctoral Fellow in Mammalian Ecology, Center for Vector-Borne Disease Research (same institution). Conservation Genetics and Behavioral Ecology of the Cretan Wild Goat, Greece.
Dr. Yadvendradev V. Jhala, Faculty/Scientist, Wildlife Institute of India. Conservation Research for the Indian Wolf (Canis lupus pallipes).
Dr. John W. Laundré, Adjunct Professor of Biology, Idaho State University. Biology, Ecology, and Conservation of Mountain Lions in Fragmented Habitat, Idaho.
Zhaoyuan Li, Lecturer, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Academia Sinica, China and Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Biology, Mahidol University, Thailand. Habitat Fragmentation, Population and Social Structure of White-headed Langur (Presbytis leucocephalus) in Southwest Guangxi, China.
Laurie Marker-Kraus, Director, Cheetah Conservation Fund, Namibia · Sandra Lou Hurlbut, Assistant Director (same institution). Cheetah Survival on the Namibian Livestock Farmlands.
Dr. Rolf O. Peterson, Professor of Wildlife Ecology, Michigan Technological University. The Moose and Wolves of Isle Royale, Michigan: The Role of Wolf Predation in the Population Dynamics of Moose.
David Powell, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Zoology, University of Maryland · Dr. Devra Kleiman, National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Behavioral Ecology of Feral Horses on Assateague Island, Maryland.
Dr. Peggy D. Rismiller, Senior Research Associate, University of Adelaide, South Australia. Echidna Ecology, South Australia.
Jeff Short, Senior Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Wildlife and Ecology, Australia. Re-establishment of Endangered Mammals on Mainland Australia.
Dr. Patricia Wright, Director, Institute for the Conservation of Tropical Environments and Associate Professor of Anthropology, State University of New York, Stony Brook. Behavior and Ecology of Rainforest Lemurs in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar.
Marine Biology
Eric K. Brown, Senior Research Associate, Pacific Whale Foundation, Hawaii. Tropical Reef Dynamics, Hawaii.
Ralf H. Boulon, Endangered Species Coordinator, U.S.V.I. Division of Fish and Wildlife · Peter Dutton, Director of Operations/Principal Investigator, Leatherback Research Project, U.S.V.I. Division of Fish and Wildlife, St. Croix and Principal Investigator, Hubbs-Sea World Research Institute, San Diego · Donna McDonald, Director of Operations/Principal Investigator (same institutions). Breeding Biology of the Leatherback Sea Turtle, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands.
Dr. David B. Eggleston, Assistant Professor of Marine Sciences, North Carolina State University. Bahamas Reef Fish & Nursery Habitats.
Kevin Feldheim, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Illinois at Chicago · Dr. Samuel H. Gruber (Consultant), Professor, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami. Homing Behavior and its Sensory Basis in the Lemon Shark (Negaprion brevirostris) in Bimini Lagoon, Bahamas.
Dr. Susan L. Hammen-Winn, Adjunct Professor of Botany, Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island · Dr. Stanley Cobb, Professor of Zoology (same institution) · Dr. Robert D. Kenney, Assistant Marine Research Scientist (same institution). Behavioral Ecology of Coral Reef Fish Communities, Belize.
Paul D. Hough, Biologist/Research Officer, The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority Aquarium, Australia · Dr. Janice I. Morrissey, Assistant Curator (same institution). The Captive Breeding of Great Barrier Reef Corals, Australia.
Dr. Christopher C. Kohler, Professor, Fisheries Research Laboratory, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale · Dr. Susan T. Kohler, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Agriculture (same institution). Feeding Ecology of Marine Herbivorous Fishes in a Ciguatera Endemic Region, U.S. Virgin Islands.
Dr. Anthony I. Mazeroll, Assistant Professor of Biology, West Texas A&M University · Dr. Denis C. Goulet, Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York, Buffalo. Mate Acquisition in the Anemonefish (Amphiprion bicinctus), Israel.
Thomas A. McGrath, Biology Professor, Corning Community College, New York · Dr. Garriett W. Smith, Associate Professor of Biology, University of South Carolina, Aiken. Bleaching of Coral Reefs: Long-term study of Reefs of San Salvador Island, Bahamas.
Dr. Jack Morelock, Professor, Department of Marine Sciences, University of Puerto Rico. Effects of Human Activities on Coral Reefs: Survey and Monitoring Program, Puerto Rico.
Dr. Frank V. Paladino, Biology Professor, Purdue University, Indiana · Dr. James R. Spotila, Betz Chair Professor of Environmental Science, Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Drexel University, Pennsylvania · Dr. Pamela T. Plotkin, Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology (same institution) · Dr. David C. Rostal, Assistant Professor of Biology, Department of Biology, Georgia Southern University · Dr. Richard Reina, Department of Biology, Australia National University. Leatherback Turtle Nesting Ecology and Physiology, Costa Rica.
Shane E. Paterson, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Zoology, University of Georgia. The Social Behavior of Sympatric Barracuda Species, Papua New Guinea.
Jeffrey Seminoff, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Science, University of Arizona · Wallace Nichols, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Science (same institution). Movement and Feeding Ecology of the Black Sea Turtle (Chelonia agassizii) in Baja California, México.
Dr. Alan T. White, Coastal Resource Management Project, Philippines. Coral Reef Surveys for Conservation Planning in Anilao, Batangas, Philippines.
Prof. Renlin Zou, Director of the Hainan Experimental Station of Tropical Marine Biology · Prof. Yunfei Wu, Professor of Aquatic Ecology, Ocean University of Qingdao. China's Sanya Fringing Reefs: Species Diversity and Dynamics, China.
Ornithology
Michael E. Baltz, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Biology, University of Missouri-Columbia · Dr. John Faaborg, Professor, Division of Biological Sciences (same institution) · Dr. Fred C. Schaffner, Wildlife Biologist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Caribbean Islands National Refuge, Puerto Rico. Neotropical Migrant Birds in Puerto Rico.
Donna A. Dewhurst, Wildlife Biologist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska Peninsula/Becharof National Wildlife Refuge Complex. Alaska's Neotropical Migrants.
Dr. Paul Haworth, Freelance Ecologist, Argyllshire, U.K. · Dr. Alan Fielding, Senior Lecturer in Ecology, Manchester Metropolitan University, U.K. Hawks, Eagles and Owls of Mull, Scotland.
Dr. Gabor L. Lövei, Research Scientist, Flock House Agricultural Centre, New Zealand · Dr. Tibor Csörgö, University Lecturer, Department of Zoology, Eotvos Lorand University, Hungary · Dr. Sergio Scebba, Banding Officer, Roccolo Ganda Bird Observatory, Italy. Indicators of Environmental Change: Population Trends of Migrant Passerines in Europe.
Dr. David B. McDonald, Associate Professor, Department of Zoology and Physiology, University of Wyoming · Robert Clay, Ph.D. Candidate, Large Animal Research Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, U.K.. Male-male Cooperation in a Lekking Manakin, Costa Rica.
Dr. William D. Newmark, Department of Zoology, University of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. African Forest Birds: Impact of Forest Fragmentation upon Bird Populations in the Usambara Mountains, Tanzania.
Michael Schindlinger, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Biology, Harvard University · Dr. Ernesto H. Enkerlin, Associate Professor, Instituto Technologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey. The Behavior, Ecology, and Conservation of Amazon Parrots, México.
Dr. Yong Wang, Wildlife Ecologist, U.S. Forest Service Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station · Dr. Deborah M. Finch, Wildlife Biologist (same institution). Monitoring the Use of Riparian Habits as Migration Corridors and the Population Trends of Stopover Landbird Migrants along the Rio Grande, New Mexico.
Dr. David Westmoreland, Assistant Professor, Director of Undergraduate Research, Emory University. Adaptation & Egg Coloration in Birds, California.
Physical Sciences
Biogeochemistry
Dr. J. Scott Turner, Assistant Professor, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, State University of New York, Syracuse. Ventilation in Colonies of Southern African Macrotermites, Namibia.
Geology
Amir Mokhtari Fard, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Quaternary Research, Stockholm University, Sweden. Reconstruction of the End of the Last Glaciation in the Baltic Region: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Sweden.
Dr. Floyd W. McCoy, Jr., Instructor in Geology and Oceanography and Graduate Faculty in Geology and Geophysics, University of Hawaii and Research Scientist, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts. The Buried Aegean, Greece.
Hydrology
Prof. Wei-Zu Gu, Xi'an University of Technology and Nanjing Institute of Hydrology and Water Resources, China. Ecohydrological Research for Ejin Basin, Inner Mongolia.
Dr. Josef Krecek, Associate Professor, Institute of Applied Ecology, Agricultural University of Prague, The Czech Republic · Zuzana Horická, Research Assistant, Department of Hydrobiology, Charles University, Prague. Acid Rain: Rehabilitation of the Air Pollution Damaged Headwaters of North Bohemia, The Czech Republic.
Dr. Ludwig Tent, Head, Bezirksamt Wandsbek Division of Environmental Protection, Germany. Otter Network Tostedt: Restoring Germany's Riverways and Associated Habitat.
Paleontology
Dr. Larry D. Agenbroad, Director, Quaternary Studies Program and Professor of Geology, Northern Arizona University. Excavations at the Hot Springs Mammoth Site, South Dakota.
Dr. Neville F. Alley, Principal Geologist, Biostratigraphy Branch, Department of Mines and Energy, South Australia · Dr. Andrew I. Rowett, Contract Geologist and Palaeobotanist (same institution). Fossil Rain Forests of Inland South Australia.
Dr. Oscar Carranza Casteneda, Biology and Paleontology Faculty, Universidad Nacional Autonóma de México · Prof. Wade E. Miller, Professor of Geology and Paleontology, Brigham Young University, Utah. Mexican Megafauna.
Dr. Oscar Carranza Casteneda, Biology and Paleontology Faculty, Universidad Nacional Autonóma de México · Prof. Wade E. Miller, Professor of Geology and Paleontology, Brigham Young University, Utah. Fossils from the Sierra Madre, México.
Dr. J. Keith Rigby, Jr., Associate Professor of Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Indiana. The Last of the North American Dinosaurs, Montana.
Dr. Katherine Scott, Research Associate, Baden Powell Quaternary Research Centre and Lecturer, St. Cross College, University of Oxford, U.K.. Pleistocene Geoarchaeology at Stanton Harcourt Channel, Oxfordshire, U.K..
Dr. Martin A. Whyte, Lecturer in Geology, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Sheffield, U.K. · Dr. Michael Romano, Lecturer in Earth Sciences (same institution). Tracking Jurassic Dinosaurs, England.
Social Sciences
Archaeology
Dr. E. Charles Adams, Associate Curator of Archaeology and Director, Homol'ovi Research Program, Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona · Richard C. Lange, Senior Research Specialist and Associate Director (same institution). Organizational Responses to Aggregation in the American Southwest: A Case Study at Homol'ovi II, Arizona.
Paul T. Bidwell, Principal Keeper of Archaeology, Tyne and Wear Museums Service, U.K. · Graeme Stobbs, Archaeological Supervisor (same institution) · Nicholas Hodgson, Assistant Keeper of Field Archaeology (same institution) and Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Archaeology, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, U.K.. Arbeia Roman Fort Excavation, England.
Kenneth P. Cannon, Project Archaeologist, National Park Service Midwest Archaeological Center, Nebraska · Dr. Kenneth L. Pierce, Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Colorado. Caldera Unrest, Lake Level Change, and Prehistoric Occupation of the Southern Shore of Yellowstone Lake, Wyoming.
George M. Crothers, Research Associate and Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Anthropology, Washington University, Missouri · Robert H. Ward, Cultural Resource Specialist, Mammoth Cave National Park, National Park Service. Inventory of Cultural Resources in Mammoth Cave, Kentucky.
Dr. Bruno David, Scientific Officer, Kuku Djungan Aboriginal Corporation, Australia. Ngarrabullgan Homeland Research, Queensland, Australia.
Walter Fasnacht, Curator of the Neolithic Collection, Swiss National Museum. Almyras Excavations, Cyprus.
Dr. Moshe Fischer, Senior Lecturer, Tel Aviv University, Israel. Archaeological Investigations of Yavneh-Yam, Israel.
Dr. B. Miles Gilbert, Director, Casa Malpais Archaeological Program, Arizona. Hopi/Zuni Ethnoarchaeology at Casa Malpais, Arizona.
Prof. Charles F. W. Higham, Professor of Anthropology, University of Otago, New Zealand · Dr. Rachanie Thosarat, Research Scientist, Thai Department of Fine Arts, Bangkok. Origins of Angkor, Thailand.
Dr. William F. Keegan, Associate Curator of Archaeology, Florida Museum of Natural History and Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Florida, Gainesville. Prehistoric West Indian Specialists, Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands, British West Indies.
Dr. William F. Keegan, Associate Curator of Archaeology, Florida Museum of Natural History and Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Florida, Gainesville. Documenting Haiti's Pre-Columbian Cultural Heritage.
Richard C. Lange, Senior Research Specialist and Associate Director, Homol'ovi Research Program, Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona · Dr. Richard S. Ciolek-Torrello, Principal Investigator, Statistical Research, Inc., Arizona. Cliff Dwellers of the Sierra Ancha, Arizona.
Peter V. Lape, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Anthropology, Brown University. Networks of Exchange in the Spice Islands, Indonesia.
Dr. Marilyn Masson, Associate Professor, State University of New York, Albany. The Belize Postclassic Project, Laguna de On Island.
Dr. Larry McKee, Chief Archaeologist, The Hermitage, Tennessee. The Archaeology of Plantation Life at Andrew Jackson's Hermitage, Tennessee.
Dr. Heather McKillop, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Louisiana State University. Traders of the Maya Coast, Belize.
Jeanne Moe, National Project Archaeology Coordinator, Bureau of Land Management, Utah · Sally Cole, Utah Museum of Natural History. Mill Creek Archaeological Project: A Study of Archaeology, Riparian Ecology, and Recreational Impacts, Moab, Utah.
Dr. Gerald F. Schroedl, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Tennessee. Looking for the Invisible Builders of Brimstone Hill, Gibraltar of the West Indies.
Dr. Nigel Spencer, Institute of Archaeology, University of Oxford. Dr. Kyriacos Lambrianides, University College London. The Madra Cay Archaeological Project, Turkey.
Dr. Christopher M. Stevenson, Director, Diffusion Laboratory, Archaeological Consultants, Inc., Ohio and Research Associate, Materials Research Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University. Easter Island: Prehistoric Settlement, Economy, and Political Evolution, Chile.
Dr. Alan P. Sullivan, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Cincinnati, Ohio. Upper Basin Archaeological Research Project, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona.
James Symonds, Executive Director, Archaeological Research and Consultant at the University of Sheffield, U.K.. Flora MacDonald - The 1745 Uprising and After: Clearance, Emigration, and the Social Transformation of the Scottish Highlands.
Dr. Nicola Terrenato, Leverhulme Fellow, University of Durham, U.K. · Laura Motta, "Daniela Fusaro" Scholar, University of Rome "La Sapienza." Etruscan Landscapes, Italy.
Dr. Robin Torrence, Australian Research Council Fellow, The Australian Museum. Early Village Life in Papua New Guinea.
Thomas A. Vosmer, Research Assistant, Department of Maritime Archaeology, Western Australian Maritime Museum. The Omani Dhow Recording Project, Coast of Oman.
Dr. William H. Waldren, Founder and Director, Deya Archaeological Museum and Research Center, Spain and Research Fellow, Baden-Powell Quaternary Research Centre, Oxford University, U.K.. Balearic Prehistoric Ecology and Culture, Mallorca, Spain.
Dr. Michael J. Walker, Professor of Physical Anthropology and Head, Sub-Department of Physical Anthropology, Department of Animal Biology, Murcia University, Spain. Human Evolution: Searching for Neanderthal Man in Southeast Spain.
Humanities
Prof. Cigdem T. Akkurt, Associate Professor, Department of Art & Design, Iowa State University · Hasan Akkurt, Partner, Akkurt + Akkurt Design, Iowa. The Old-Traditional Houses of Kula, Turkey.
Ing. Fabio Carrera, Founder and Director, Venice Project Center, Italy; Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, M.I.T. and UNESCO Computer Consultant. Preserving Venetian Art, Italy.
Dr. Claire Bonney, Instructor, Engineering School, Basel, Switzerland · Pierrot Hans, Freelance Computer Specialist. Comparing 19th-Century French Farmhouses in the Haute-Saone with those constructed by Haute-Saonaise Emigres to New York State, France.
Dr. Yelena V. Minyonok, Scientific Researcher and Curator, Folklore Archive Institute of World Literature, Russian Academy of Sciences · Sergey A. Minyonok, Director, Video Encyclopedia of Russian Folklore, Folklore Department (same institution). Video Encyclopedia of Russian Folklore.
Teresa Norton, Independent Researcher, New York · Dr. Lesa Mason, Professor, Savannah College of Art and Design and Associate, Kunst-Station Sankt Peter, Cologne. The Erzbishofliches Diozesanmuseum Koln: An Interdisciplinary Project in Cologne, Germany.
Chandrabhanu B. Pattanayak, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Communications, McGill University, Canada · Vibha Sharma, Masters Candidate, Department of Communications (same institution) · Dr. D. P. Pattanayak, Secretary/Treasurer, Indian Institute of Applied Language Sciences, India. Reading and Communicating Ritual and Performance, India.
Dr. Lauren B. Sickels-Taves, Independent Researcher, Natchitoches, Louisiana · Dr. Michael S. Sheehan, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Northwestern State University of Louisiana · Jenny Bjork, Resource Management Specialist, Cumberland Island National Park, Georgia. The Lost Art of Tabby Redefined: A Practical and Cultural Study, Cumberland Island, Georgia.
Dr. Gary Smith, Independent Researcher, Folk Research Centre, Dominica. Folklore Performance Stylistics and Social Practice in Dominica, West Indies.
E. Logan Wagner, Research Scholar, Center for the Study of American Architecture, University of Texas at Austin. The Mexican Art of Building.
Dr. Sammie Ann Wicks, Director/Founder The Borders Music Project, Ysleta Independent School District, El Paso, Texas. Regional Music: Mapping and Assessing Cultural Diversity in the El Paso, Texas/Juarez, México/Southern New México Border Region.
George Woolston, Architect and Independent Researcher, Kaustinen, Finland. Recording Traditional Rural Buildings in Finland.
Public Health
Phyllis Jansyn, Adjunct Fellow, Health in Housing Center, State University of New York, Buffalo. Community Health in Cameroon.
Robin Lim, Midwife and Chief Advisor, Happy Child Foundation · William Hemmerle, Assistant (same institution) · June Whitson, Certified Nurse Midwife (same institution) · Ni Ketut Rusni, Female Head, Nyuyh Kening Village Youth. Childbirth in the Morning of the World, Bali.
Erika Lehmann, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Epidemiology, University of California at Davis · Dr. Philip Kass (Consultant), Associate Professor of Analytic Epidemiology (same institution). Determinants of Homelessness and Subsequent Stress-Mediated Disorders in Women, Pennsylvania.
Dr. Prisca N. Nemapare, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Food and Nutrition, Ohio University. Maternal Nutrition and Health in Masvingo Province of Zimbabwe: A Preventive Nutrition Program.
Sustainable Development
Dr. Constance Dustin Becker, Assistant Professor, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University; Research Associate, Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University and Director-Ecologist, People Allied for Nature, Ltd. · Carmita Bonifaz de Elao, Instructor, Department of Botany, University of Guayaquil and Curator, Universidad de Guayaquil Herbarium, Ecuador. Community Forest Conservation in Ecuador.
Mario E. Blaser, Junior Researcher, National Council for Scientific and Technological Research, Argentina; Instructor, Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia Austral and Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Carleton University, Canada. Cultural Survival in a Changing World: Chamacoco Endurance, Paraguay.
Ghislain R. Chouinard, Head, Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence Section, Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans · Thomas R. Hurlbut, Fisheries Biologist (same institution). Winter Distribution of Atlantic Cod (Gadus morhua) in Cabot Strait and Approaches in Relation to Population Stock Structure, Canada.
Ir. Herliyani Suharta, Group Leader, Thermal and Mechanical Energy Technology Division, Indonesia Energy Technology Laboratory, BPP Teknologi, Indonesia. Solar Cookers of Indonesia: Field Test of the Solar Oven and Investigation of its Real Environmental, Social and Economic Impact.