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GRANTS FOR STUDENT RESEARCH IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

The Committee on African Studies offers summer travel grants to assist Harvard juniors with senior honors thesis research and Harvard graduate students doing doctoral dissertation research on Africa. These grants are for research in the social sciences or humanities and are only for travel in Sub-Saharan Africa. The graduate student grants are funded through the generosity of the Jennifer Oppenheimer Africa Research Fund and the Provost's Office.

All grants cover only partial expenses and interested students should also apply elsewhere for funds. Undergraduate grants are for a minimum of eight weeks summer stay in Africa.

To apply for the Committee on African Studies grants go the online common application form for the "Summer Research Travel Grants for International Centers at Harvard" available at the Career Services website or at the Committee office. The deadline for the next grant competition will be in February of 2008.

Please note the specific additional instructions for the Committee on African Studies grants which are listed on the common application forms. Specifically, an itinerary and a review of the literature as it applies to the thesis topic must accompany the application.

For more information on Committee grants contact:
Dr. Rita Breen
1730 Cambridge Street, Room 403
Ph: 495-5265, rbreen@fas.harvard.edu

Megan Camm, "Impact of the Xhosa Cattle Killing: What Oral Narratives Tell Us 150 Years Later," in South Africa.

Kafui Gbewonyo, "A Comparative Study of the Use of Wastewater in Agriculture in Ghana and Kern County, California."

Leah Pillsbury, "Language and Education Policy in Tanzanian Schools."

Anne Romatowski, "The Influence of Female Genital Cutting and Local Language Programs on National Identity in Senegal."

Kathleen Walro, "An Analysis of the Relationship Between De Beers and the South African State in 1986 and 2005."

2006 GRADUATE STUDENT GRANTS

Laura Murphy, "Irruptions of Memory: The Transatlantic Slave Trade in the Literature of West Africa" in Nigeria. She was a recipient of a Jennifer Oppenheimer African Studies Graduate Student Research Grant.

Ijeoma Nwachukwu, Harvard Law School, "Law and the Politics of Educational Reform in Nigeria."

Harmony O'Rourke, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, "Diasporas and Knowledge Systems: Changing Notions of Cleanliness, Health and the Body" in Cameroon. She was a recipient of a Jennifer Oppenheimer African Studies Graduate Student Research Grant.

Gemma Rodrigues, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, "Guns and Rhodes: The Colonial and Postcolonial Urban Landscapes of Harare, 1890-present" in Zimbabwe. She was the recipient of a Jennifer Oppenheimer African Studies Graduate Student Research Grant.

Sandra Sequeira, Kennedy School of Government, "The Political Economy of Transport Policies in Southern Africa" in South Africa and Mozambique.

Kwame Shabazz, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, "Ethnographic Fieldwork on Globalization,'Race,' and Neo-Traditionalism in Ghana."

Graziella Silva, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, "Comparison of Affirmative Action Policies in Higher Education in South Africa and Brazil."

Lindsay Crouse, "The Legacy of the Dop System: Understanding Alcohol on South African Farms from Colonialism to the Present."

Kathryn Eidmann, "Role of Liberal Discourse in the Transnational Feminist Movement: Domestic Violence and Women's Advocacy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania."

Bethany Hoag, "Displaying Pain: Community Theater in the Fight Against HIV & AIDS in Swaziland."

Zoe Sachs-Arellano, "A Case Study on the Possibility of a Paradigm Shift in Approaches to International Development and Education: Focusing on Individual Agency," in Namibia.

Virginia Schnure, "Implementing Uganda's Health Care System with Severely Limited Means: An Ethnography of Buhinga Hospital's Doctors and Nurses."

2005 GRADUATE GRANTS

Sharon Abramowitz, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, "Trauma and War in Civilian Populations in West Africa," in Guinea and Liberia. She is a recipient of the Jennifer Oppenheimer Graduate Grant in African Studies.

Sana Aiyar, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, "Relationship Between the South Asian Diaspora in Kenya and the Government of India."

Jonathan Harris, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, "Traditional Governance and Local Economic Outcomes," in South Africa. He is a recipient of the Jennifer Oppenheimer Graduate Grant in African Studies.

Anne Hazel Mugo, Harvard Law School, "Evaluating Firms' Response to Information Costs and How Political Risk is Necessary for Successful Legal Reform," in South Africa.

Myles Osborne, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, "Kenya's Forgotten People: Ethnicity and Identity Among the Akamba, 1938-63."

Brian M. Wood, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, "Food Sharing Among Hadza Hunter Gatherers," in Tanzania. He is a recipient of the Jennifer Oppenheimer Graduate Grant in African Studies.

Abigail Fee, "Effects of transporting Western family planning ideology into Ho, Ghana."

Lindsey Freeman, "Role of women's organizations in establishing peace and in reconstruction: a case study of 'Inclusive Security' in post-war Uganda."

Willa Friedman , "Educational projects and programs aimed at improving social capital in community schools in Kati, Mali."

Christopher Golden, "Bushmeat consumption in the Makira Forest, Madagascar: an evaluation of economic incentives in wildlife conservation."

Ashley Horan , "Evolution of oral traditions in urban areas of Cameroon."

Itumeleng Makgetla, "Large South African banking groups' approach to low-income housing finance as an indicator of their interest in the domestic economy and internationalizing tendencies." She is this year's Harvard African Students Alumni Network (HASAN) grant recipient.

Sonya Anderson, Graduate School of Education, "'Girl friendly' education: teachers' beliefs and praxis in classrooms in Benin."

David Evans, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, "Orphans and schooling in Africa: a longitudinal analysis in Kenya."

Leora Maltz, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, "Landscapes of home: aesthetics and identities in the new South Africa."

Myles Osborne, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, "Role and impact of the Kamba on the anti-colonial struggle in Kenya."

Abena Osseo-Asare, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, "Representing poison: scientists, healers and the transformation of plant medicine in Ghana since 1850."

Corrinne Williams, Harvard School of Public Health, "Consequences of domestic violence on women's health in Tanzania."

2003 UNDERGRADUATE GRANTS

Adeline Boatin, an Environmental Sciences and Public Policy concentrator, traveled to Rwanda to examine changing farming practices in Rwanda post-genocide and implications on environmental management.

Justina Hierta, a Government concentrator, traveled to Rwanda to explore effects of government policies on local civil society's ability to foster interaction in a democratic manner.

Shakirah Hudani, a Social Studies concentrator, traveled to Rwanda to work research themes of confession, forgiveness and the use of religious rhetoric to reconfigure historical memory in post-genocide Rwanda. She was the Harvard African Students Alumni Network (HASAN) grant recipient of 2003.

2003 OPPENHEIMER GRADUATE GRANTS

Sandy (Prita) Meier, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, History of Art and Architecture, traveled to Kenya preliminary pre-dissertation research on architectural landscapes of Swahili coast urban centers.

Gaston Sorgho, Harvard School of Public Health, Population and Reproductive Health, traveled to Mali and Senegal for an evaluation of health sector reform impact on reproductive health program activities in those West African countries.

Kristina Van Dyke, GSAS, History of Art and Architecture,traveled to Senegal to do archival research for her dissertation: Performance of Space: Reconceptualizing Urbanism and Architecture in the Middle Niger (Mali).

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