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The Lewis N. Cotlow Fund Proposals

Here are a few sample Cotlow proposals that were funded in recent years. They are in PDF format.

Year	Recipient, Degree Program	Location	Project Proposal
2007	Margaret Artz BA Intl Aff	South Africa (Winterveldt)	Assessment of Youth Theatre as a Force for Social Change in South Africa Since 2003, theatre has been used to create a dialogue about important social problems at the Bokomoso Youth Center in the rural town of Winterveldt, South Africa. By tapping into the rich cultural tradition of performance arts that characterizes this region, theatre provides a mechanism by which youth participants can better communicate about, cope with, and reduce social problems that they experience in everyday life. This proposed study will investigate the perceptions of participants in the theatre program about the value of the program to them. It is based on 4 1/2-6 weeks of participant observation and focused interviews in Winterveldt. The project will contribute to an emerging and important area in performance studies that focuses on social justice and activism. Hide Abstract
2007	Geoffrey Cain BA Anth & Intl Aff	Cambodia (Stung Mean Chey)	Poverty, Free Markets, and the Body as Commodity: Rumors of Transplant Tourism and Organ Stealing in a Phnom Penh Suburb
2007	Janine Chalk PhD Hom Paleo	Brazil (Gilbues, Piauí)	Mechanical Properties of Diet in Bearded Capuchin Monkeys (Cebus libidinosus) in Piauí, Brazil
2007	Lauren Deal BA Anth	Argentina (Buenos Aires), United States (Washington, DC)	Doe, a Deer -- A Female Deer: Figurative Language and Vocal Pedagogy in the United States and Argentina
2007	Robin Freeman MA Anth	United States (Virginia)	Language Interrupted: Augmentative Technologies and Cultural Constructions of "Normalcy"
2007	Nicole Griffin PhD Hom Paleo	Belgium (Antwerp)	Hominid Forefoot Kinematics, Kinetics, and Bone Architecture
2007	Heather Hwalek BA Intl Aff	Jordan (Amman)	For the Love of Strangers: Food Habits and Hospitality in Jordan
2007	Nadia Rahman MA Anth	Bangladesh (Dhaka)	Authoritative Knowledge and Local Women’s Knowledge: A Focus on the Reproductive Health Initiatives of ICDDR/B
2007	Claire Selsky MA Latin Amer Studies	United States (Washington, DC)	Life, Latinos and the Pursuit of Healthiness: Health Care Experiences of Latinos in Mount Pleasant, Washington, DC
2006	John Curran BA Anth	United States (Boston)	Ideological Diversity in the Language of Massachusetts Judges’ Jury Instructions: An Ethnography of Legal Discourse
2006	Catherine Haradon PhD Hom Paleo	South Africa (Florisbad)	Pilot Study of South African Middle Pleistocene Fossil Assemblages
2006	Bonnie Richard MA Anth	India (Delhi & Leh)	The Changing Cultural Outlook on Disability in Ladakh, India
2006	Lia Schwartz BS Bio Anth	South Africa (Phalaborwa)	A Behavioral Comparison of Peer Interactions in Orphaned and Non-Orphaned Chacma Baboons
2006	Dana Thomson BA Intl Aff	United States (Washington, DC)	Comparative Study of Two HIV/AIDS Care Organizations in Washington, DC
2005	Andrew Frerking BA Anth	Mexico (San Bernardo Mixtepec, Oaxaca)	What Binds What Breaks: A Study of the Importance of the Extended Family in Regards to Rural Oaxacan Social Institutions and Migration
2005	Christopher Wong BA Anth	United States (New York City)	Tourism and Cultural Representation in Chinatown, NYC
2003	Paul Constantino PhD Hom Paleo	Kenya (Nairobi), United States (Washington, DC)	Comparative Evolutionary Ecomorphology of the Hypertrophic Masticatory Functional Complex

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