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 fiscal year 2000 program is distributed as follows: Life Sciences 60%, Physical Sciences 7%, and Social Sciences 33%. We are pleased to announce that the following projects have been approved for Earthwatch Institute support in fiscal year 2000.
Life Sciences
Ecology
Dr. Lee Dyer, Assistant Professor, Mesa State College, Colorado
- Dr. Grant Gentry, Researcher, La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica. Tropical Caterpillar Defenses Against Natural Enemies, Costa Rica.
Dr. Gregory Ettl, Assistant Professor, St. Joseph's University, Pennsylvania. Decline of Whitebark Pine in the Greater North Cascades Ecosystem, Washington.
Dr. Timothy Graham, Ecologist, United States Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Moab, Utah. Monitoring Protocols for Amphibians and Terrestrial (Riparian) Invertebrates in Salt Creek Canyonlands National Park, Utah.
Dr. David Harper, Senior Lecturer in Ecology, University of Leicester, U.K.
- Dr. Ros Boar, Senior Research Fellow, University of East Anglia, U.K. Dr. Tony Cook, Director, Newton Field Centre, U.K. Mr. Tony Drane, Independent Coeloptera Researcher, U.K. Dr. Mark Everard, Director of Wetland Evaluation, The Natural Step, U.K. Dr. Phil Hickley, Head, National Coarse Fisheries Centre, The U.K. Environmental Agency Dr. Munir Virani, Ornithologist, Peregrine Fund Kenya Project, Nairobi, Kenya. Inside Lake Naivasha, Lake Bogoria, Lake Baringo and Hell's Gate National Park, Kenya.
Dr. Karen D. Holl, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, University of Santa Cruz, California.
- Grey Hayes, PhD Candidate, University of California, Santa Cruz, California. California Coastal Prairie Wildflowers, Santa Cruz, California.
Dr. Susan Kephart, Professor of Biology, Willamette University, Oregon Pollinators and Breeding Patterns in Rare and Common Wildflowers, Oregon.
Dr. Michael Mahony, Senior Lecturer, University of Newcastle, Australia
- Dr. John Clulow, (same institution). Australia's Vanishing Frogs.
Dr. Naoki Maruyama, Professor, Tokyo Noko University, Tokyo, Japan. Sika Deer of Nikko National Park, Tochigi, Japan.
Tamara McGuire, Ph.D. Candidate, Texas A&M University, Galveston, Texas. River Dolphins of Peru.
Dr. William J. McShea, Research Scientist, Conservation and Research Center, National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania. The Impact of White-tailed Deer on Forest Communities in the Eastern U.S., Virginia.
Dr. David A. Nickle, Entomologist, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Washington, D.C.. Amazon Katydids: Post-Field Analysis, Washington, D.C.
Dr. Masaaki Oganezawa, Associate Professor, Utsunomiya University, Japan. Conservation of Oze's Wildlife, Nikko National Park, Gunma, Japan.
Dr. Eric John Olson, Independent Researcher, Massachusetts. Seasonal Dynamics of Tropical Dry Forest Food Webs, Costa Rica.
Dr. Alfred Oteng-Yeboah, Professor, University of Ghana and Deputy Director General, Center for Scientific and Industrial Research, Ghana
- Dr. Paul Beir, Professor, Northern Arizona University Dr. William Oduro, Professor, University of Science and Technology, Ghana. Ghana's Hippo Sanctuary.
Dr. Rolf O. Peterson, Professor of Wildlife Ecology, Michigan Technological University. Moose-Wolf Ecology on Isle Royale, Michigan.
Dr. Gary A. Polis, Associate Professor of Biology, University of California at Davis. 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 Assistant Professor, Department of Conservation Biology, University of Pittsburgh. Ontario Old-Growth White and Red Pine Forest Survey, Canada.
Santiago Ron, Professor, Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador
- Dr. L. Coloma, Curator, Museum of Zoology, and Professor, (same institution). Endangered Frogs of Ecuador.
Dr. Cassandra Nunez, Research Coordinator, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey.
- Dr. Daniel I. Rubenstein, Professor and Chair, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey. Dr. Chris Thouless, Chief Administrator, Lewa Conservancy, Kenya. Lewa Downs Conservation, Kenya.
Dr. Peter A. Scott, Scientific Coordinator and Ecologist, Churchill Northern Studies Center, Ontario. Climate Change on the Edge of the Arctic, Canada.
Dr. Athayde Tonhasca Jr., Professor, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro
- Dr. Jacqueline Blackmer, Entomologist, United States Department of Agriculture 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.
Dr. Kevina Vulinec, Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Florida. Monkeys, Beetles, and Seed Dispersal in the Amazon Basin, Brazil.
Inventory and Monitoring
Dr. Martin R. Cheek, Scientific Officer for West and Congolian Africa, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, U.K.
- Barbara Mackinder, Higher Scientific Officer, (same institution). George Gosline, Research Associate, (same institution). Botanical Inventory of Lower Altitude Rain Forests, Mount Cameroon, Cameroon.
Donald P. Eaton, PhD Candidate, University of Nevada, Reno. Conservation of Freshwater Invertebrates and Fishes in Brazil's Pantanal Wetlands.
Dr. Martin Haigh, Professor of Physical Geography, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, U.K. Millennium Oaks, Abergavenny, Wales.
Dr. Martin Haigh, Professor of Physical Geography, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, U.K. Summer Sapling Survey, Abergavenny, Wales.
Dr. Bob Johns, Curator of Ferns & Gymnosperms, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London, U.K. Kew Gardens Botany Workshop, London, U.K.
Dr. Carlos A. Lopez Gonzalez, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Denver, Colorado; Invited Researcher, Instituto de Ecología, México
- Mircea G. Hidalgo Mihart, Instituto de Ecología, México. Alberto González Romero, Researcher (same institution) The Small Carnivore Community of a Tropical Dry Forest in México.
Dr. Geoffrey Mwachala, Research Scientist, East African Herbarium, National Museums of Kenya
- Geoffrey Mungai, Collection Manager (same institution) Winifred Musila, Research Scientist (same institution). Taita Hills Botanical Survey, Kenya.
Henry Mwima, Deputy Director, National Parks & Wildlife Service, Zambia. Analysis of the Vegetation and Landscape of Kafue National Park, Zambia.
Nigel Phillips, Collections Manager, Natural History Museum, London. Orchids of the Oxfordshire Downs, Oxfordshire, U.K.
Nicholas J. Riddiford, Director, Fair Isle Bird Observatory, Shetland Islands. Biodiversity of Wetlands at S'Albufera, Mallorca, Spain.
Dr. Ian Tittley, Collections Manager, Natural History Museum, London. Natural History Museum Botany Workshop, London, U.K.
Mammalogy-Marine
Kenneth C. Balcomb III, Research Biologist and Executive Director, Center for Whale Research, Washington
- Dr. Astrid van Ginneken, Assistant (same institution). Long-term Studies of Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) Pods in Puget Sound, Washington.
Dr. Peter Best, Senior Research Officer, Mammal Research Institute, University of Pretoria, South Africa. The Dirunal Behaviour, Movements and Patterns of Association of Heaviside's Dolphins, South Africa.
Ana Cañadas, Ph.D. Candidate, University Autónoma of Madrid, Spain
- Dr. Peter Evans, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, U.K. Ecology of Common Dolphins in the Alboran Sea, Spain.
Diane Claridge, Research Biologist, Bahamas Marine Mammal Survey
- Kenneth C. Balcomb III, Research Biologist and Executive Director, Center for Whale Research, Washington. Visual and Acoustic Survey of Bahamian Marine Mammal Species and Habitats, Bahamas.
Dr. Peter J. Corkeron, Lecturer , Department of Tropical Environment Studies and Geography, James Cook University, Australia.
- Louise Chilvers, Ph.D. Candidate, (same institution). Conservation Biology of Bottlenose Dolphins in Southeast Queensland, Australia.
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 institutions). 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 institutions). The Age/Sex Composition and Residency Structure of Wintering Humpback Whales, Hawaii.
Dr. Julia A. Horrocks, Senior Lecturer, Department of Biological and Chemical Sciences, University of the West Indies, Barbados.
- Barry Krueger, Field Director, Barbados Sea Turtle Project, Barbados. Conservation of Engandered Sea Turtles in Barbados, West Indies.
Jessica Koelsch, Senior 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, Florida; and Vice President of Research, Dolphin Biology Research Associates, Inc., Sarasota, Florida. Residence Patterns and Habitat of Florida Manatees.
William Megill, Ph.D. Candidate, University of British Columbia
- Dr. David R. Jones, Professor, (same institution). Grey Whales of British Columbia.
Mr. Richard Sears, President, Mingan Island Cetacean Study (MICS). Ecology of St. Lawrence Rorquals, Mingan Island, Quebec, Canada.
Dr. Randall S. Wells, Behavioral Ecologist, Brookfield Zoo, Chicago; Marine Mammal Research Program Coordinator, Mote Marine Laboratory, Florida; 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 (Turciops truncatus), Florida.
Dr. Bernd Würsig, Professor, Marine Mammal Research Program, Texas A&M University, Galveston
- Tim Markowitz, Ph.D. Candidate (same institution) April Harlin, M.Sc. Candidate (same institution). Effects of Human Activities on the Dusky Dolphin (Legenorhynchus obscurus), New Zealand.
Satoru Yamamoto, PhD Canididate, University of Hawaii. Dolphin Cognition and Communications, Chita Penninsula, Aichi, Japan.
Mammalogy-Terrestrial
David Balfour, Regional Ecologist, Natal Parks Board, South Africa. Large Herbivore Census in Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Park, South Africa.
Dr. Alan Birkett, Consultant and Honorary Fellow, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. Sweetwaters Black Rhino Project, Kenya.
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.
Luke Dollar, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee at Knoxville
- Dr. Stuart Pimm, Visiting Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Columbia University. Carnivores of Madagascar.
Dr. Ivona Foitova, Research Assistant, University of Veterinary Science, Czech Republic. Parasites and Natural Antiparasitics in Orangutan, Indonesia.
Dr. Roger S. Fouts, Co-Director, Chimpanzee and Human Communication Institute, Central Washington University
- Deborah H. Fouts, Co-Director (same institution). Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) Behavior, Proximity, and Space Use in a Complex, Captive Environment, Washington.
Dr. Joseph L. Fox, Associate Professor, Department of Ecology/Zoology, University of Tromsø, Norway
- Dr. Raghunandan S. Chundawat, Wildlife Ecologist, Wildlife Institute of India. Conserving the Snow Leopard and its Ecosystem, India.
Mahesh K. Gurung, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Illinois at Chicago
- Som Ale, Mahendra Conservation Officer, King Trust for Nature Conservation; Graduate Student, University of Tromsø, Norway Dr. Joseph Fox, Faculty, (same institution). Land of the Snow Leopard, Nepal.
Dr. Yadvendradev V. Jhala, Faculty/Scientist, Wildlife Institute of India. Conservation Research for the Indian Wolf (Canis lupus pallipes), India.
Dr. Nobuo Kanzaki, Associate Professor, Tokyo Noko University, Tokyo, Japan. Wild Boar of Shimane, Japan.
Katherine Kendall, Research Ecologist, United States Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Glacier National Park, Montana. Using DNA to Monitor Grizzly Bear Population Trends, Glacier National Park, Montana.
Alexine Keuroghlian, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Nevada, Reno. The Response of Peccaries to Seasonal Fluctuations in an Isolated Patch of Tropical Forest, Saõ Paulo, Brazil.
Alexine Keuroghlian, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Nevada, Reno. The Response of Peccaries to Seasonal Fluctuations in Brazil's Pantanal Wetlands.
Dr. John W. Laundré, Assistant Research Professor of Biology, Idaho State University
- Dr. Lucina Hernandez, Visiting Researcher, University of Illinois. Behavior, Ecology, and Conservation of Mountain Lions in Fragmented Habitat, Idaho.
Dr. David Lindenmayer, Fellow, Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies, The Australian National University
- Mr. Chris MacGregor, Research Officer, (same institution). A Long Term Monitoring Program for the Conservation of Leadbeater's Possum, Australia.
Laurie Marker, Ph.D. Candidate, Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, University of Oxford, U.K.; Director, Cheetah Conservation Fund. Cheetah Survival on the Namibian Livestock Farmlands.
Dr. Barbara McKnight, Principal Investigator, Tsavo Elephant Research Project, Tsavo National Park, Kenya
- Steve Turner, Managing Director, Savannah Camps and Lodges, Kenya. Tsavo Ecosystem, Elephant Population Survey, Kenya.
Dr. Gonzalo Medina Vogel, Assistant Professor, Instituto de Ecologia y Evolucion, Universidad Austral de Chile. River Otters of Chile.
Dr. Shusaki Minato, Director, Yamane Museum, Yamanashi, Japan. Dormouse of Yatsugatake, Yamanashi, Japan.
Dr. Chris Newman, Zoology Department, Oxford Univeristy, Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WILDCRU), Oxford, U.K. Badger, Fox, and Deer of Wytham Woods, Oxford, U.K.
Dr. Roger Powell, Associate Professor, Departments of Zoology and Forestry, North Carolina State University
- Dr. Michael Mitchell, Wildlife Ecologist, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama. Dr. Theodore Simons, Ornithologist, North Carolina State University. Conservation Biology of Mature Forest Species in the Southern Appalachian Mountains: Tests of the ‘Management Indicator Species' Concept, North Carolina.
Dr. Peggy Rismiller, Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Anatomy, University of Adelaide, South Australia and Senior Researcher, Pelican Lagoon Research and Wildlife Centre. Echidna Ecology, South Australia.
Mark Satinet, Otters and Rivers Project Officer, Wiltshire Wildlife Trust, Wiltshire, U.K. Otter Survey, Wiltshire, U.K.
Dr. Melody Serena, Conservation Biologist, Australian Platypus Conservancy. Conservation of Platypus in Farmland Areas, Australia.
Jeff Short, Senior Research Scientist, Division of Wildlife and Ecology, CSIRO, Australia
- Jacqui Richards, Experimental Scientist, (same institution). Re-establishment of Endangered Mammals on Mainland Australia.
Dr. Naruki Takatsuki, Associate Professor, Tokyo University, Japan. Sika Deer of Kinkazan Island, Miyagi, Japan.
Dr. Patricia Wright, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, and Director, Institute for the Conservation of Tropical Environments, State University of New York, Stony Brook. Behavioral Ecology of Rain Forest Lemurs (Propithecus diamdema edwardsi) in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar.
Marine Biology
Dr. Lilian Alessa, Director, the Environment Program and Assistant Professor, Roanoke College, Virginia. Coastal Ecology of British Columbia.
Dr. M. Eric Benbow, University of Dayton, Ohio
- Dr.Albert Burky, Professor of Biology, (same institution) Dr. Carl Way, Senior Program Manager, Barry A. Vitter & Associates, Inc.. The Impact of Human Development on Isolated Oceanic Island Streams, Hawaii.
Dr. Ali Fuat Canbolat, Professor, Hacettepe University, Turkey. Sea Turtles of Turkey.
Donna Dutton, Director of Field Operations, Principal Investigator, Leatherback Recovery Project, U.S.V.I. Breeding Biology of the Leatherback Sea Turtle, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands.
Andrew W. Bruckner, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Puerto Rico
- Robin J. Bruckner, M.S., (same institution). Coral Reef Deterioration, Puerto Rico.
Thomas A. McGrath, Professor of Biology, Corning Community College, New York
- Dr. Garriett W. Smith, Associate Professor of Biology, University of South Carolina, South Carolina. Long-term
Study of Coral Bleaching on Reefs of San Salvador Island, Bahamas.
Dr. Frank V. Paladino, Professor, Department of Biology, Purdue University, Indiana
- Dr. James R. Spotila, Betz Chair Professor of Environmental Science, Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Drexel University, Pennsylvania Dr. Richard Reina, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, (same institution). Leatherback Turtle Nesting Ecology and Physiology, Costa Rica.
Jeffrey Seminoff, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Science, University of Arizona. Movement and Feeding Ecology of the Black Sea Turtle (Chelonia agassizii) in Baja California, Mexico.
Dr. Kathleen Sullivan Sealey, Professor, University of Miami, Florida
- Ruben E. Torres, Ph.D. Candidate, (same institution). Carribean Conch Fishery, Dominican Republic.
Dr. Joan Whittier, Senior Lecturer, University of Queensland, Australia
- Kamarruddin Ibrahim, Ph.D. Candidate, (same institution). Ecology and Management of Hatchling Production of Green Turtles, Malaysia.
Ornithology
Douglas Altshuler, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Zoology, University of Texas, Austin, Texas.
- Dr. Robert Dudley, Associate Professor (same institution). Physiology and Ecology of Hummingbirds along an Altitudinal Gradient, Peru.
Dr. Constance Dustin Becker, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Kansas State University, Kansas. Ecuador Cloud Forests: Seasonal Migrations of Neotropical Birds, Ecuador.
Reginaldo José Donatelli, Assistant Professor, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Brazil. Birds and Dynamic Habitat Mosaics in the Pantanal, Brazil.
Dr. Eric Dorfman, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute of Wildlife Research, Australia
- Errol Nye, Environmental Consultant, Farrer Centre, Charles Stuart University, Australia. Kakadu Waterbirds, Australia.
Dr. Paul Haworth, Freelance Ecologist; Research Associate, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, U.K. Eagles of Mull, Argyll, Scotland.
Michael Kreger, Ph. D. Candidate, University of Maryland; Technical Information Specialist, National Agricultural Library's Animal Welfare Information Center; and Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Maryland
- David Clugston, Wildlife Technician, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Maryland Dr. George Gee, Leader, Restoration Ecology, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Maryland Dr. Jeff Hatfield, Statistician (same institution) Stephen Nesbitt, Wildlife Biologist, Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Florida. Evaluation of Behavioral Management Techniques to Improve Survival of Juvenile Whooping Cranes Released in Florida.
Dr. Gabor L. Lövei, Senior Scientist, Department of Crop Protection, Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences.
- Dr. Tibor Csörgö, Associate Research Scientist, Department of Zoology, Eotvos Lorand University, Hungary György Miklay, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Zoology (same institution) Dr. Leon Bennun, Senior Scientific Officer, Department of Ornithology, National Museums of Kenya. Dr. Sergio Scebba, Director, Gruppo Inanellamento Limicoli, Puzzuoli, Italy. Population Trends of Migrant Passerines: Hungary, Italy, and Kenya.
Dr. William D. Newmark, Department of Zoology, University of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, and Research Curator, Utah Museum of Natural History. Impact of Tropical Forest Fragmentation on Bird Populations in the Usambara Mountains, Tanzania.
Dr. William L. Robinson, Professor Emeritus, Northern Michigan Univeristy. Woodcock in the Aspens, Michigan.
Dr. Reuven Yosef, Director, International Birdwatching Center, Israel and Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Ben-Gurion University, Negev
- Dr. Reuven Soloman, Staff Scientist, International Birdwatching Center, Israel. Soaring Birds of Eilat, Israel.
Physical Sciences
Biogeochemistry
Dr. Andrew Russell, Lecturer in Physical Geography, Keele University, U.K.
- Dr. Fiona Tweed, Lecturer, Staffordshire University, U.K. Dr. Richard Waller, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Greenwich, U.K.. Dr. Philip Warren, Postdoctoral Researcher, Keele University, U.K. Glacier Outburst Floods, Glacier Surges and Sediment Transfer: Implications for Proglacial Environments, Iceland.
Dr. Igor Taganov, Director, Center for International Environmental Initiatives, Russian Academy of Sciences
- Dr. Valeri Nikonov, Director, Technical and Engineering Center, Radium Institute, Russia. Preserving Lake Baikal - Pollutant Inputs and Food Web Magnification, Siberia.
Dr. J. Scott Turner, Assistant Professor, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, State University of New York, Syracuse. Ventilation in Colonies of Southern African Termites, South Africa.
Hydrology
Prof. Wei-Zu Gu, Professor, Xi'an University of Technology and Nanjing Institute of Hydrology and Water Resources, China; Director, Chuzhou Institute for Modern Water Sciences and Senior Scientific Advisor, Russsian State Hydrological Institute and Hydrology and Water Resources Survey of Tibet. Ecohydrological Research for Ejin Basin, Inner Mongolia.
Dr. Josef Krecek, Associate Professor, Institute of Applied Ecology, Agricultural University of Prague, The Czech Republic
- Zuzana Horicka, Research Assistant, Department of Hydrobiology, Charles University, Prague. Acid Rain: Rehabilitation of the Air Pollution Damaged Headwaters of North Bohemia, The Czech Republic.
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. Oscar Alcober, Professor of Paleontology, Universidad Nacional de San Juan and Curatorial Associate, Museo de Ciencias Naturales
- Dr. William Sill, Research Professor (same institution) and Curator (same institution). Triassic Park: The Origin of Dinosaurs, Argentina.
Dr. Michael Archer, Professor of Biological Science, University of New South Wales, Australia
- Henk Godthelp, Director, Vertebrate Paleontology Laboratories (same institution) Dr. Suzanne Hand, Senior Research Scientist, School of Biological Science (same institution). The Riversleigh World Heritage Site Project: Paleontology and Resource Management, Queensland, Australia.
Dr. Oscar Carranza Casteneda, Biology and Paleontology Faculty, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
- Prof. Wade E. Miller, Professor of Geology and Paleontology, Brigham Young University, Utah. Fossils of Sierra Madre, Mexico; Mexican Megafauna, Mexico.
Dr. Martin A. Whyte, Environmental and Geological Sciences Department, Sheffield University, Sheffield, U.K.
- Dr. Michael Romano (same institution). Dinosaur Footprints, Yorkshire, U.K.
Social Sciences
Archaeology
Dr. Kofi Agorsah, Professor, Portland State University, Oregon. Maroon Settlements of Suriname.
Dr. Bryce Barker, Lecturer in Archaeology/Anthropology, University of Southern Queensland, Australia. Hill Inlet and Holocene Change -- A Multi-Disciplinary Approach, Australia.
Dr. Frances Bernstein, Independent Researcher, Maryland. Temple of Isis at Cumae and Pompeii, Italy.
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.
James A. Chiarelli, Program Director for Social Sciences, The Center for Field Research at Earthwatch and Lecturer in Anthropology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Dr. Michael K. Trimble, Director, Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis Nicola J. Longford, General Objects Conservator, Missouri Historical Society. Sugar and Slavery: Historical Archaeology at Coconut Walk Estate, Nevis, West Indies.
James A. Chiarelli, Program Director for Social Sciences, The Center for Field Research at Earthwatch and Lecturer in Anthropology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Dr. Michael K. Trimble, Director, Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis Nicola J. Longford, General Objects Conservator, Missouri Historical Society. Sugar and Slavery: Post-Field Analysis, Boston, Massachusetts.
Sally Cole, Research Curator, Utah Museum of Natural History and Consultant, Bureau of Land Management, Utah. Mill Creek and Dark Canyon Plateau Archaeological Project, Utah.
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 Charles Swedlund, Photographer, Southern Illinois University. Inventory of Cultural Resources in Mammoth Cave, Kentucky.
Dr. Christopher DeCorse, Professor, Department of Anthropology, Syracuse University, New York. Ghana's Kingdom of Gold.
Dr. Manuel Dominguez-Rodrigo, Professor, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain. Early Man in the Rift Valley, Tanzania.
Nelsys Fusco-Zambetogliris, Principal, Archaeology Department, Uruguayan National Heritage Commission, Ministry of Education and Culture, Montevideo. Excavations at Historic Colonia Del Sacramento, Rio de la Plata, Uruguay.
Ivan Ghezzi, Ph.D. Candidate, Yale University, Connecticut and Assistant Professor, Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru. Pre-Inca Civilization, Peru.
Dr. Richard Gould, Professor, Department of Anthropology, Brown University, Rhode Island
- Dr. Donna Souza, Manager, Social Science Data Center, (same institution). From Sail to Steam in Bermuda.
Dr. Lawrence Jackson, Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Western Ontario, and Director, Northeastern Archaeological Associates, Canada
- Donna Morrison, Co-director, Advance Archaeology, Ontario. Ontario's Indian Farmers, Ontario, Canada.
Dr. William Keegan, Assistant Director Research & Collections; Curator of Caribbean Archaeology, University of Florida, Florida Museum of Natural History. Before Columbus: Caonabo's Homeland, Middle Caicos, Turks and Caicos Islands, British West Indies.
Dr. Marilyn Masson, Professor of Anthropology, State University of New York, Albany. The Belize Postclassic Project: Laguna de On Island, Belize.
Dr. Ruth Murdie, Lecturer in Seismology, Department of Geography, Keele University, U.K.
- Dr. Vince Gaffney, Field Archaeology Unit, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, U.K. Dr. Roger White (same institution). Marches Hillfort Survey.
Dr. Tony Pollard, Senior Project Manager, University of Glasgow, U.K.
- Lee Van Schalkwyk, Assistant Director, Heritage Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa Ian Knight, Freelance Historian and writer, U.K. The Anglo-Zulu War, South Africa.
Denise Schaan, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Pittsburg, and Archaeological Curator, The Goeldi Museum, Brazil. Lost Civilizations of the Amazon, Brazil.
Dr. Christopher M. Stevenson, Virginia Department of Historic Resources; Research Associate, Materials Research Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University. Easter Island: Prehistoric Settlement, Economy, and Political Evolution, Chile.
James Symonds, Executive Director of Archaeological Research and Consultancy, University of Sheffield, U.K.. Flora MacDonald - The 1745 Uprising and After: Clearance, Emigration, and the Social Transformation of Scottish Highlands, Scotland.
Dr. Nicola Terrenato, Assistant Professor of Classics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
- Laura Motta, Visiting Professor, University of Siena, Italy. Etruscan Landscapes: Survey and Excavation in the Cecina Valley , Italy.
Dr. Viktor Trifonov, Institute for the Study of Material Culture, Russian Academy of Sciences. Field Archaeology in the Catherine Park of Tsarskoye Selo, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Dr. Guido Vannini, Professor, University of Florence, Italy
- Alessandro Alinari, ceramologist and independent scholar, Italy Dr. Anna Moore Valeri ceramologist and independent scholar, Italy. Maiolica Production and Territorial Aspects at the Medici Villa of Cafaggiolo in the Early 16th Century, Italy.
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. Searching for Neanderthal Man in Southeast Spain.
Dr. Mihail Zahariade, Senior Researcher, The Romanian Institute of Thracology, Bucharest, Romania. Romans and Natives in the Danube Delta, Romania.
Humanities
Prof. Çigdem T. Akkurt, Associate Professor, Department of Art and Design, Iowa State University
- Hasan Akkurt, Partner, Akkurt + Akkurt Design, Iowa. The Old-Traditional Houses of Kula, Turkey.
Dr. Yelena V. Minyonok, Scientific Researcher and Curator, Folklore Archive Institute of World Literature, Russian Academy of Sciences
- Sergei A. Minyonok, Researcher and Ph.D. Candidate, Folklore Department (same institution). Video Encyclopedia of Russian Folklore.
Dr. Michele Penhall, Independent Scholar, New Mexico
- Peter Yenne, Director, The Photographic Archive Project, Texas Adelma Benavente Garcia, Director, Instituto Audio-Visual Inka, Peru. Digital Archive Project: A Computerized Survey and Visual Inventory of Photographic Images from Collections in Southern Peru and Bolivia 1890-1940, Cusco, Peru.
Dr. Raul Reis, faculty, California State University, Monterey Bay and Institute for Human Communication, California. Amazon Cultural Traditions, Brazil.
Dr. E. Logan Wagner, Director, Studio Mexico Program, The College of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Architectural Heritage of Contact-Period Mexico, Yucatan, Mexico.
Public Health
Anuradha Dutta, Assistant Professor, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Garhwal Campus, India. Himalayan Nutrition, India.
Phyllis Jansyn, Adjunct Fellow, Health in Housing Center, State University of New York, Buffalo. Health in Housing Parasite Project, Cameroon.
Dr. Prisca N. Nemapare, Ministry of Health and Child Welfare, Zimbabwe. Health and Environmental Assessment of AIDS Orphans, Zimbabwe.
Dr. Hellen Oketch-Rabah, Programmes Officer, Green Africa Network; Lecturer in Pharmacognosy, University of Nairobi, Kenya. Ethnomedicine and Biodiversity Prospecting in South Nyanza Districts, Kenya.
Sustainable Development
Dr. Sheila Chmuhalek, Assistant Professor, Department of Clothing and Textiles, University of Manitoba, Canada • Dr. Virginia Wimberley, Associate Professor, Department of Clothing, Textiles, and Interior Design, The University of Alabama. Colors from the North Country, Manitoba, Canada.