Zoology
One graduate student will travel with Dr. Samuel Wasser
to conduct research in Tanzania on molecular (DNA) methods
of tracking illegal elephant and other wildlife poaching
activities in Africa.
Anthropology
One graduate student will travel with Dr. Bettina Shell-Duncan
to Eritrea to investigate changing attitudes toward Female
Genital Cutting in the context of broader social changes
in women's roles and status in post-war Eritrea.
Geography
One graduate and one undergraduate will travel with Dr.
Matt Sparke to the 3rd World Social Forum in Brazil to conduct
research on the diversity of civil society representatives
in attendance (e.g., peasants' rights groups, environmental
NGOs, human rights NGOs, food/health/aid NGOs, etc.).
Pathology
One graduate student will travel with Dr. Nancy Kiviat to
Senegal to develop breast and cervical cancer screening
biomarker assays appropriate for use in Senegal and other
developing countries.
Public Health and Law
Two graduate students will travel with Dr. Beth Rivin (PH)
and Dr. Patricia Kuszler (Law) to Indonesia as part of a
Health and Human Rights project. They will assist in providing
education and training in biomedical and clinical ethics,
including the issues of informed consent, patient confidentiality
and non-discrimination.
Anthropology/Botany/Forestry
Eight undergraduates who are currently in Sichaun, China
as part of the UW WorldWide exchange program will travel
by train to Kunming, China to present at a conference with
Drs. Stevan Harrell (Anthropology), Richard Olmstead (Botany)
and Thomas Hinckley (Forestry). They will report on their
intensive, multidisciplinary study of the ecohistory and
ecological relations of two villages where they have experimented
with sustainable development in local elementary education
with the Yi minority group.
Marine Affairs
Two graduate students will travel to the Philippines with
Dr. Patrick Christie to examine the sustainability of the
Integrated Coastal Management approach in the Philippines.
Zoology
One graduate student will travel with Dr. Dee Boersma to
the Falkland Islands to conduct field research on penguins
using satellite tags. They will document penguin foraging
locations, as a means of managing fisheries, maritime transportation
and other human activities to minimize human/penguin conflicts.
Evans School of Public Affairs
One graduate student will travel with Dr. Mary Kay Gugerty
to Mexico to help write a case study on the implementation
of an ICT (information and communication technology) project
in a nonprofit organization. Few resources exist for teaching
about how best to use ICTs in developing country settings.
Anthropology
Two graduate students will travel with Dr. Darryl Holman
to co-present at the llth Annual Scientific Conference of
the International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease Research
in Bangladesh. Their research focuses on the complex interactions
among nutrition, disease, population density, and birthspacing.
CHID (Comparative History of Ideas)
Two undergraduate student leaders will accompany Dr. James
Clowes to Lebanon when he takes a group of 20 UW students
to explore the intersection of identify formation and conflict.
The student leaders will help develop the program, serve
as facilitators, and promote these issues when they return
to UW.
Family and Child Nursing
Three students (including one undergraduate) will travel
with Dr. Catherine Carr to a rural Mayan community in Guatemala
to help implement and evaluate a maternal/infant care project
involving "comadronas," traditional Mayan midwives.
Landscape Architecture
Two graduate students will travel to China with Drs. Jeffrey
Hou and Daniel Abramson to take part in a field study of
historic preservation and community development to see how
heritage conservation can serve as a means for sustainable
development and social empowerment at the local level.
Jackson School of International Studies
One graduate student will travel with Dr. Resat Kasaba to
Turkey to introduce a service-learning component to the
CHID program while their students are in Istanbul. The student
will develop volunteer opportunities for the CHID students
in neighborhood associations, women's associations, human
rights organizations and business associations.
Public Health
Two graduate students will travel to Croatia with Dr. Branko
Kopjar to participate in the evaluation of the reform of
the specialized health care system in Croatia.
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Two residents from Oral/Maxillofacial Surgery and Dentistry
will travel to Guatemala with Dr. Galia Pirinjian to do
reconstructive surgeries for congenital and acquired defects
and deformities in children and adults, as well as tumor
and trauma patients.
Forestry
Two undergraduate students will travel to Costa Rica with
Dr. Susan Bolton to begin an environmental assessment of
the stream and riparian areas of La Cangreja National Park,
the last remaining primary forest in the ecotonal region
between the Pacific lowlands and the central highlands.
Technical Communications
Two graduate students will travel to Uzbekistan with Dr.
Beth Kolko to study patterns of information technology adoption
and usage in Central Asia, and how cultural issues affect
people's willingness to use IT. This will inform global
debates about the "digital divide" and IT implementation.
UW Tacoma Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences
Two undergraduate students will travel with Drs. Chris Demaske
and William Richardson to collaborate on producing issues
of two student newspapers, the Moscow State University "Zhurnalist"
and the UW Tacoma "Ledger." This will provide
the UW students a chance to participate in the news-gathering
and reporting essential to a free press, but in a society
that is not yet certain what the term "free press"
means.
Education
Two graduate students will travel with Dr. Tom Stritikus
to Vietnam to examine how the previous schooling of recent
immigrant Vietnamese students impacts their learning process
in the US. This will help the Seattle Public Schools adapt
their newcomer orientation programs to best meet the needs
of the most recent immigrants.
The Pipeline Project
One undergraduate will travel with Director Christine Stickler
to Iran to implement an art-literacy project with the poor
children in Mazandaran Province to strengthen their reading,
writing and editing skills. This will use the same technique
that has been successfully utilized in UW's "Alternative
Spring Break" experiences in rural sites around Washington
state.
Business
Three undergraduate students traveled to Ecuador with Dr.
Paula Laschober to participate in community development
projects in conjunction with the Partners of the Americas
International Convention.
