Edward M. Wise Dissertation Fellowship

The awardees in the 2004-2005 competition will be honored with a luncheon in Spring of 2005. Congratulations to the following winners for the excellent dissertation research toward the fulfillment of their PhD degrees in the humanities at Wayne State.

Edward M. Wise Fellow:
Kelly Young, Communication
"A Hunt for Identity and Sovereignty: A Rhetorical Analysis of Makah Indian Discourse in the Quest to Regain Whaling Rights"
Guided by Dr. William Trapani

Other Awardees:

Tara Hayes, English
“Jonson's Women, Women's Jonson”
Guided by Dr. Arthur F. Marotti

Derrick Willis, Anthropology
“Coming of Age Among African American Men in Detroit”
Guided by Dr. Andrea Sankar

Doris Runey, English
"Lonei Teodorani's Lorelei: A Praxis in Translation and Film Adaption"
Guided by Dr. Anca Vlasopolos

Tamara Emerson, English
"Translational Troubles: Moral Networks as Creating Nation in Nineteenth Century U.S. Imaginings of China"
Guided by Dr. Richard Grusin

Please refer to the menu to the left for the previous fellows, awardees and abstracts. Click here to download an application or here for flyer.