Past Burch Fellows

• Madrid Danner-Smith, Pimento and Identity: How a Spice Transcends All Aspects of Jamaican Culture
• Ad Lane, The Art of Branding: Narratives of Identity and Heritage at the Crossroads of Modern Kazakhstan
• Trevor McPherson, Musical Neuroscience in Indonesia
• Manisha Mishra, Prescribing Empathy: Exploring Arts-Based Pedagogy in Medical Training
• Ryan Rowe, Joined by Tradition: Belarusian Folklore and Song In Siberia and Belarus
• Max Taylor, Discovering Comedy as Philosophy in Chicago

• Sarah Adams, Discovering My True Voice
• Sarah Hart, Traditional Medicine, Arts, and Culture in the Peruvian Amazon
• Prakash Kadiri, Making Waves: A Prakash Kadiri Film
• Aditi Senthilnathan, The Impact of Rural Women at the Aravind Eye Hosptial in Tamil Nadu, India
• Karl VonZabern, Indigenous Labor Rights in Peru

• Sophie Capshaw-Mack, Equality in Education: A Study of Gender Parity in Namibia
• Peter Cooke, Working with Syrian Refugees in Paris
• Max Gandy, Connecting Communities through Cacao
• Ankita Jain, Bali: An Exploration of Traditional Medicine and Spiritual Healing
• Izzy Pinheiro, Rainbows of Resistance: Queer Identity and Revolution in South Africa
• Dana Rodriguez, Doorways as Symbols of Passageway
• Alexandra Willcox, Mosquito Monitoring in Marseille 

• Paul Ashton, Chinese Identity in Johannesburg
• Rachel Atkinson, Small Batch Brooklyn: A Look Inside the Culinary Artisan Community of Brooklyn, NY
• Marissa Bane, Malawi Burn Prevention Study
• Aidan Kelley, Hoops 4 Hope–Basketball and Youth Development in Cape Town
• Matt Leming, The Brain (and Other Adventures) in London
• Emerson Rhudy, Craft and Trade in the Modern World–A Violinmaking Study 

• Morgan Bettcher, Aquatic Insects of the Andean Cloud Forests and their Environmental Importance
• Natalie Deuitch, Turmeric and Taxol: Making Ancient Medicine Modern
• Maggie Howell, Jewish and Algerian Internment in Collective and Official French Memory
• Karina Javalkar, Exploring Diabetes Health Beliefs, Behaviors, and Knowledge in India
• Layla Quran, “Happy is He Who Calls Himself a Turk:” Turkey’s Kurdish Question
• Matt Steyl, Endangered Species Tracking and Monitoring in South Africa
• Burton Westermeier, Exploring Medieval Pilgrimage in Spain, England, and Ireland 

• Laura Buff, Reading and Breathing Opera
• Charlie Harris, Documenting the African Space Research Program in Uganda
• Shampa Panda, Participatory Irrigation Management in Odisha, India
• Becca Rohrer, Using Cultural Heritage to Remake Local Food Systems: A Study of Cornwall, England
• Gautam Sanka, Technology and Healthcare: Developing Mobile Applications for Rural Clinics in India
• Melissa Wrzesien, Simulating Scandinavia: A Lesson in Climate Modelling 

• Farhana H. Ahmed, Prophecy in Medieval Arabic Philosophy
• Santiago Beltrán, Lending & Savings: Building Wealth in Low-Income Guatemalan Households
• Bryce Butner, Over Our Dead Salmon: Environmental Conflict in the Last Frontier
• Mindy Feng, Working as a Biomedical Technician in a Rural Hospital in Honduras
• Matthew Krantz, Research at the Charite: Sumo and Ubiquitin Interplay A New Role in Stroke and Tumor Growth
• Kiri Sunde, Hoofbeats and Healing: Modern Medicine Meets the Amish 

• Andrew Ashley, The Changing Landscape of the Northwest of England
• S. Jakelin Bonilla, Ethnographic Weaving in the Southern Andes of Peru
• Vanessa Fixmer-Oraiz, Bamboo! A Climate Change Strategy
• Caitlin Bradley, Vocalizations of Tamarin Monkeys in Amazonian Peru
• Grace MacNair, Midwifery in Malawi
• Maressa McCall, Immersion in India: A Study of Tabla & Music Education 

• Ryan Dowdy, Cén Scéal , Eireann? What’s the Story, Ireland? Studying Irish Rebel Balladry
• Anna Claire Eddington, Living by the Letter: The Role of Women in the South African Media
• Victoria Facelli, Festooning: An Ethnography of Queer Festivals in Europe
• Taylor Jo Isenberg, The In Between: The Dom of East Jerusalem
• Jesalyn Keziah, Aotearoa: An Adventure in Apiculture, Beekeeping, Biosecurity and Medicinal Honey
• Nikul Patel, A Fear Relinquished, A Culture Preserved 

• Zena Cardman, Mars on Earth: Astrobiology in Pavilion Lake and the Arctic
• Will Halicks, After the Black Dog
• Kaitlin Houlditch-Fair, Acrobatics, Sex Education, and Altered Expectations in Tanzania
• Lauren Teegarden, Maya Migration to the United States
• Jonathan Toledo, A Summer in Madrid: A Stationary Path, or a Sum Overall?
• Sam Wurzelmann, Todo Es Posible, Nada Es Seguro: The San Miguel Del Bala Eco-Lodge 

• Liz Carter, Chinese Women in Japan: Exploring Layered Identities in the Diaspora
• Kian Kamyab, Narratives of Pain, Stories of Justice: Victims of Chemical Warfare in Iran
• Andrew Magill, Studying the Musical Roots of an Afro-Brazilian Culture in Salvador da Bahia
• J.J. Raynor, Democratic Dreaming: A Journey to Learn and Teach Democracy
• Liz Ross, The Margin of Survival: Women and Microcredit in Vietnam
• Dylan Sandler, City Planning Down Under 

• Vera Fabian, Solutions for hunger and environmental destruction in Kenya
• Paul North, Theatre-for-Development in Malawi 
• Sarah Plastino, Mexican immigrant experiences and community life
• Laura Williamson, Studying woodworking in Canada and France
• Habib Yazdi, Studying drumming in Ghana 

• Lisa Bolton, Health education and practices in Uganda
• Nancy DeMaria, Working with missions in San Illdefonso and Veracruz, Mexico
• Matt Kiefer, Studying music in Cleveland, New York, and North Carolina
• Justin Randolph, The effects of globalization in Bhutan and Ladakh, India
• Clare Rohleder, Rehabilitiation volunteer in Southern Ghana
• Kate Stratton, Music and drama training in England 

• Marce Abare, Partner in Education and Research in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Pooja Bavishi, Improving Labor Rights for Self-Employed Women in India
• Pablo Durana, China by the Mile: A Cycle-Journey Across the Minority Regions of Western China
• Lauren McAlee, Created an after-school enrichment program in Mound Bayou, Mississippi
• Casey Molino Dunn, New York City: A Singer’s Ideal Classroom 

• Sindhura Citineni, Hunger Project in India
• Stephen Ham, Great Ape Sanctuary in Zambia
• Heide Iravani, Green Empowerment Water Project in Nicaragua
• Megan Ketch, Mime Study in Europe
• Daniel Pignatiello, Volcano Research in Washington State
• Asher Stein, Jazz Study in Cuba
• Natalie Teague, Organic Clothing Production Cycle in US and Nicaragua 

• David Chapman, Produced and Performed Own Play at Edinburgh Fringe Festival
• Kevin Crotty, Studied Trumpet Throughout Europe
• Elizabeth Kerr, Visited and Photographed Sacred Sites in Scotland and Ireland
• Allyson Lippert Letteri, Painted Woman at Work in Samoa
• Tanya Rogo, Worked on AIDS Crisis in Kenya 

• Ariadna Boixader, Lived with Oaxacan Community and Studied Reasons for US Immigration
• Durba Chattaraj, Worked with Indian Minority Culture in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
• Rajesh Panjabi, Worked in Inuit Healthcare Centers in Alaska
• Paul S. Lee, Worked in NGOs in Southern Africa
• Alexander Stein, Studied Jazz in New York City 

• Rye Barcott, Worked on Youth Violence in Kibera, a Slum in Nairobi, Kenya
• Jonathan Kregor, Researched Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique in Germany
• Jessica Luginbuhl, Explored Identity Issues of North African Immigrants in France
• Devyn Spence Benson, Examined Impact of Globalization on Local Cultures in Guatemala
• Kelley Vance Lawrence, Lived with and Recorded Language of the Coatzospan Mixtec

1999 Fellows

• Alex Little, Studied Peace and Conflict in Ireland
• Annie Newell, Research on Red Colobus Monkey in Zanzibar
• Melissa Putman, Lived and Worked with Deaf Community in Minnesota
• Meg Williamson, Traced and Wrote about Grandmother’s History in Europe and Africa 

• Melanie French Stone, Studied Russian Medical System in Saratov
• Patrick Gray, Retraced Camino de Santiago Pilgrimage
• Sanjai Gupta, Studied Chess with Grandmaster Lev Alburt
• Melissa Zwicker Martin, Studied Voice in New York City 

• Tyrell Haberkorn, Teaching English to Sex Workers in Bangkok, Thailand
• Ted Lord, Apprenticed with Master Door Carver in Zanzibar
• Sarah Manekin, Study of Ethiopian Jews in Jerusalem
• David Moricca, Student Scholars in Zimbabwe 

• Maria Muscarella, Assisted Midwives in Ireland
• Erin Parrish Reade, Worked with AIDS Patients in New York City
• Jonathan Tepper, Study of Latino: A Half-Forgotten Language 

• Daniel Aldrich
• David Hunter Cherwek, 1995, Survey of African Medicine and Research
• Dawnelle Hyland, Working with At-Risk Students in Los Angeles 

• Shirley Liu, Study of Traditional Chinese Medicine
• Brent Ridge, Lived with indigenous warriors in the Ecuadorean Amazon