ASIANetwork Freeman Foundation
Student-Faculty Fellows Program
for Collaborative Research in Asia

Summer 1998 Program: Faculty Mentors, Recipients, & Report Summaries

Institution
Project Site & Topic
Faculty Mentor
Student Fellow
Augustana College China: Life of Sister Ingeborg Nystul, First Augustana SL Deaconess to Serve in China (Abstract) Professor Marsha Smith, Sociology Jane Tiedge, History, '99
Butler University China: Contemporary Applications of Traditional Medicine Professor Deborah A. Sommer, Philosophy & Religious Studies Ashley Lynn Anderson, Philosophy & Religious Studies, '99
Colorado College China: Issues of Gender and Sexuality in the Works of Contemporary Women Writers (Abstract) Professor Hong Jiang, Chinese Language & Literature Mara Sunshine Andersen, Asian Studies, '00
Davidson College India: Would Wetlands be Viable Wastewater Treatment Facilities in India? Professor David William Martin, Economics Laura Amanda Walker, Environmental Studies, '98
Eckerd College Sri Lanka: How and Why is Sri Lanka at the Forefront Among South Asian Nations in Solving its Population Dilemmas? (Abstract) Professor Victoria Jean Baker, Anthropology Jan Marci Brunson, Anthropology, '98
Illinois Wesleyan University India: Do the People of Ramakrishna Mission in Calcutta Agree or Disagree with the View of Ramakrishna Proposed by Jeff Kripal in 'Kali's Child" (1995)? (Abstract) Professor Brian Allison Hatcher, Religion Andrew Michael Busch, History, '98
Kalamazoo College Sri Lanka: Buddhist Practices and Tenets of Lay Women in the Metropolitan Area of Colombo (Abstract) Professor Carol S. Anderson, Religion Karen Elizabeth Stoll, Anthropology, '98
University of Puget Sound Indonesia: Death and Dying in the Balinese Hindu Tradition (Abstract) Professor Elisabeth Benard, Asian Studies Stacey Leigh Brown, Women's Studies, 98
Skidmore College India: Role and Status of Nuns in Tibetan Buddhism (Abstract) Professor Joel R. Smith, Philosophy Elizabeth Noble, Philosophy, '99
St. Olaf College China: Income Distribution in the Shanghai Area and Its Effect on Future Growth (Abstract) Professor Xun Zhang Pomponio, Economics Paul Andrew Boruta, Economics, Chemistry, & Asian Studies, '98

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