TRINITY WATSON FELLOWSHIP WINNERS AND THEIR PROJECTS
1969 - Present

 The Thomas J. Watson Traveling national fellowship supports a year of travel and independent study following graduation in order to provide "opportunities for seniors of exceptional potential for a focus and discipline of their own devising." For more information, visit the Career Services page on Fellowships & Scholarships.

                Erbrina K. Jobarteh ’69 - African Diplomacy

                 Michael F. Jimenez ’70 - Agrarian Reform: Columbia, Peru, Chile

                 Philip S. Khoury '71  -  Minorities in the Arab World: Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, England, France

                 Thomas M. Weiner '71  -  Alternative Approaches to Elementary Education: England, Israel, Scandinavia

                 Jack C. Barthwell '72  -  Intergration of Received and Customary Legal Systems: East, Central, and West Africa

                Robert L. Watts '72  -  Photography: Sierra Leone, Ghana

                James W. Allison '73  -  Children's Theater:  Soviet Union, Sweden

                Michael J. Gross '73  -  Writing: France (Paris)

                Robert J. Ingria '74  -  Relationship Between Ancient Greek Poetry and Architecture: Greece, Italy

                Jane L. Veith '74  -  Ethological Approaches to Animal Behavior: Scotland,  England, France, Italy, Switzerland

                Elizabeth H. Egloff '75  -  Writing and Working with Small Presses: England, Scotland, Ireland, Spain, Italy

  Andrea M. McCrady '75  -  The Carillon: The Netherlands, West Germany, France, Switzerland, Denmark, Sweden,
                                                  England, Scotland

                 Robert A. Orsi '75  -  Contemporary Christian Monasticism and Monastic Spirituality: Italy,
                                                      England, France, Spain, Israel

                 Stephen J. Thomas '76  -  Scandanavian Folk Music: Sweden, Denmark

                 Omar H. Dahbour '77  -  Islam and Modernization:  Morocco, Algeria, Egypt, Turkey, Lebanon

                 Joyce E. Erickson '77  -  The Recorder: England, Austria, Germany

                Malcolm R. Daniel '78  -  Physical Structure and Visual Effects in Architecture: Iran, Turkey, Greece,
                                                            Italy, West Germany, France, Spain

Ted A. Emery '79  -  Italian Opera and Drama of the Verismo Period:  Italy, England, Austria, West Germany

                 Gary M. Abramson '80  -  Law and Politics in the Western Sahara: Morocco, Algeria, Spain, Western Sahara, France

                 Michele S. Pagnotta '81  -  Women in Islam: Yugoslavia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Taiwan, Egypt

                 Constance G. Smith '82  -  Assimilation of the Chinese:  Southeast Asia

                 Scott L. Vernick '83  -  Implications of the Nazi Holocaust for Judaism:  Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Israel

                 James W. Bolton '84  -  Tibetan Culture in Exile: India, Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim

                 Ian A. McFarland '84  -  European Waldensian Communities:  United Kingdom, France, Italy, Germany

                 David M. Blyn '85  -  Traditional Boat Building: Japan, Hong Kong, Malaysia

                 Floyd T. Higgins '85  -  Organ Building: Germany, France, United Kingdom

                 Mark R. Sheridan '87  -  Approaches to Animal Rights: England, Kenya,  Sri Lanka, India, Spain, Denmark

                Sara Lawson '88  -  Cultural Values and Economic Development: Botswana, Ecuador, Thailand

                Victoria R. Clawson '89  -  Urban and Rural Women Working Together: Peru, Nepal

                Michael G. Vitale '89  -  National Culture and Its Effects on Health Care Systems:  Italy, Great Britain, Japan

                Laura Taylor '90 - Marine Pollution: Malta, Barbados, Western Samoa, Comoros Islands

                W. Stephen Lowe '91 - Shrimp Culture Industry:  Ecuador, Thailand, Philippines

                David L. Molner '91 - Rhetoric, Debate and Argumentation:  United Kingdom, France, Germany

                Matthew S. Burfeind '92 - Urban Rail Transportation: Great Britain

                Clayton A. Hurd '92 - Education & Cultural Autonomy in Indigenous Communities: Guatemala, Ecuador, Bolivia

                Kimberly A. Mugford '92 - Comparative Study of the Peking Opera: China, Taiwan

                Deborah E. McBride '93 - Vending Life and Vendors:  Mexico, Honduras, Costa Rica

                Melissa R. Kerin '94 - Tibetan Sacred Art in the Diaspora

                Raffi Khatchadourian '95 - Tracing Identities in Armenian Art:  Armenia, India, Turkey

                Joy Wright '95 - The Pentecostal Explosion in Latin America & Spain:  Chile, Guatemala, Spain

                Thomas Appleton '96 -  Exploring the Generation Gap in Chinese Society

Gideon Pollach '96 -  Local Traditions Versus Common Practices in the Great English Choirs

                Ian Waggett '96 -  Living on the Frontiers - Australia, Russia, Greenland

                 Patrick Nolen ’00 - Aging: Personal Values & Governmental Policy: Ireland, France, South Africa

                 Adam Orr ’00 - The Invasive Flatworm Problem: New Zealand, United Kingdom

                Danielle C. Brown ’01 - Jazz Musicians in Europe:  England, France, Switzerland

                Noelle I. Nicholson ’01 - Fishing Village Cooperatives Confront Large Resort Tourism: Brazil, Portugal, Cape Verde