Program Description
Biannually since 1996 this program has been funding up to 12 graduate students at an early stage of work on the dissertation to participate in a semester-long seminar devoted to discussion of one another's dissertation work and of the questions of method and purpose raised by “humanistic” scholarship more broadly. Students are selected from among applicants working in arts, humanities, and social science departments (and occasionally also the professional schools). A team of two faculty members -- from two departments, thus representing two distinct methodologies -- directs the seminar.
The purpose of the A&S Seminar is to speed the transition from course work and qualifying examinations to the kind of independent research and writing required to complete the dissertation. This can be a difficult transition, especially for students in the humanities, where scholarly work still remains by and large individual and solitary. The A&S Seminar smooths this transition by offering participants the collegiality and some of the structure of the graduate seminar –e.g., production deadlines, the opportunity to share and get feedback on their work, the obligation to engage critically and constructively with that of their fellow seminarians. Such cross-disciplinary exchange increases participants’ understanding of the methodologies of their own chosen disciplines, and it enhances their ability to explain and defend their work in the larger arena of non-experts.
Read the Art/Sci article on the 2010-11 seminar
2010-11 Fellows
Wells Addington (English)
Danny Anderson (English)
Dana Cowen (Art History)
Nadia El-Shaarawi (Anthropology)
Emily Hess (History)
Indra Lacis (Art History)
Rebecca Siders (Sociology)
Kelly St. Pierre (Music)
Sarah Tomasewski (Music)
Joshua Terchek (Sociology)
Tiffany Washington (Art History)
2007-08 Fellows
Lyz Bly (History)
Alex Bonus (Music)
Tami Gadbois (Art History)
James Melvin (Religion, U. Pennsylvania – nonfunded participant)
Tony Morris (Art History)
Eric Rose (Psychology)
Cathy Watkins (Art History)
Jonathan Wlasiuk (History)
2005-06 Fellows
Ellen Bortel (Art History)
Barbara Burgess-Van Aken (English)
Elizabeth Carpenter (Anthro)
Katherine Clark (English)
Evelyn Kiefer (Art History)
Kate Masley (Anthro)
Melisa Moore (Psych)
Joshua Palmer (History)
Benjamin Sperry (History)
Michael Weil (Art History)
2004-05 Fellows
Aaron Alcorn (History
Brian Ballentine (English)
Darcy L. Brandel (English
Narcisz Fejes (English)
Amy Gilman (Art History)
Kimberly Hyde (Art History)
Asdghig Karajayerlian (English)
Adam T. Perzynski (Sociology)
Gül Seckin (Sociology)
2003-04 Fellows
Maria Assif (English)
Seeshan Ahmad Butt (Psychology)
Rotem Gilbert (Music)
Eric Kendall (History)
Heather J. Kichner (English)
Loren Lovegreen (Sociology)
Kathryn McGowan (Anthropology)
Susan Martis (Art History)
Elizabeth Sirkin (English)
Geoff Zylstra (History)
2001 Fellows
Gregory Bodwell (History)
Margaret C. Cooney (Anthropology)
Meena Dasari (Psychology)
Juilee Decker (Art History)
Adam Gilbert (Music)
Katherine Kickel (English)
Amy H. McAlpine (English)
Susan Murname (History)
Brenda R. Smith (English)
Amy Wisniewski (Sociology)
2000 Fellows
Nina L. Aronoff (MSAS)
Heidi T. Chirayath (Sociology)
Siobhán M. Conaty (Art History)
Christopher T. Dole (Anthropology)
Tasslyn L. Frame (History)
Bernard L. Jim (History
Kristine Kelly (English)
Daniel Kerr (History)
Traci Arnett Pipkins (English)
Brad J. Ricca (English)
Virginia Burns Spivey (Art History)
Christopher Stewart (English)
1997-98 Fellows
Patrick Shaw Cable (Art History)
Maryanne Cole (Cenlish)
David Hochfelder (History)
Susan Schmidt Horning (History)
John D. Kuijper (English)
Carla T. Kungl (English)
Jeannine A. O’Grody (Art History)
Micah Parzen (Anthropology)
Patrick J. Ryan (History)
John Schumacher (Sociology)
Stanton Thomas (Art History)
Rick Van Noy (English)
1996-97 Fellows
Jesse Ballenger (History)
Karen Churchill (Art History)
Jeffrey Grove (Art History)
Patrick Lublin (Anthropology)
Lisa Maruca (English)
Sara Meng (Art History)
Joan Organ (History)
Jeffry Schantz (English)
Ulrice Schultze (Management)
David Steingard (Management)
Joel Westwood (English)
Regina Williams (History)
For more information, contact Martha Woodmansee.
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