Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
Dr. Michelle Wainstein will take two graduate students to
the Juan Fernandez Islands in Chile to advance conservation
efforts and perform biological research on a threatened
and endemic seabird community.
Dental Public Health Sciences
Two undergraduate students will accompany Dr. Peter Milgrom
to the Republic of the Marshall Islands to conduct research
on the tooth decay epidemic in young children and develop
communication strategies to increase preventative behaviors.
English
Dr. Anu Taranath and seventeen undergraduate students studying
"Globalization and Justice" as part of a CHID
Study Abroad program will travel to Mumbai, India to attend
the World Social Forum, an international gathering of activists
and organizations working for social change in their respective
countries.
Evans School of Public Affairs
One graduate student will accompany Dr. Mary Kay Gugerty
to Botswana to participate in the CIVICUS Civil Society
World Assembly and conduct research on
nongovernmental organization umbrella coalitions
and networks.
Family and Child Nursing
Three students will travel to Guatemala with Dr. Cathy Lindenberg
to attend a week-long workshop where participants will adapt,
enhance and link TeenSmart Internet services currently in
the U.S. to Central America. TeenSmart provides web-based
bilingual interactive health services to promote positive
decision making related to six common risk behaviors among
adolescents.
Fibers Program, School of Art
Dr. Layne Goldsmith will take two undergraduate students
and one graduate student to develop designs and marketing
strategies for small businesses and fair trade organizations
in Nepal while observing the means of production technology,
work conditions and socio-economic structures in an economically
disadvantaged country.
Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences, UW Tacoma
Three undergraduate students will travel with Dr. John Banks
to conduct research on insect diversity in agroecosystems
in rural Costa Rica to help farmers reduce crop damage while
enhancing beneficial insect populations.
Law, Societies, and Justice/Jackson School of International
Studies
Two undergraduate students and one graduate student will
travel to Guatemala with Dr. Angelina Godoy to witness the
realities of human rights advocacy work and conduct research
on legal mobilization in the wake of genocide.
Neurology
Dr. Joseph Zunt will take three graduate students to observe
and provide medical and social services for commercial sex
workers and underserved populations in Peru.
Pathobiology
Dr. Patrick Duffy will take two graduate students to Tanzania
as part of the "Malaria in Pregnancy" project.
Students will collect data, promote scientific interactions
between Tanzanian and U.S. graduate students, as well as
participate as teaching assistants in a Malaria in Pregnancy
workshop.
Psychology
One graduate student will accompany Dr. Randall Kyes to
Indonesia to assess the impact of tourism on the Sulawesi
black macaque monkey population in the Tangkoko Nature Reserve
and provide outreach education for the children in local
elementary schools to help promote environmental awareness
in the region.
Sociology
Dr. William Lavely will take two graduate students to Northern
China to perform a small-scale study on how families in
two rural communities are adapting to demographic changes
due to the one-child policy.
