Rebecca Mae Gimbel, a 2009 graduate from the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, received the National Science Foundation's prestigious GRFP (Graduate Research Fellowships Program) award for her doctoral project, "Medical Diplomacy: Haitian Interpretations of Bolivarianism through Medical Aid". The award funds her doctoral studies in anthropology at Rice University, where she was admitted in 2009. She has previously held a National Science Foundation REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) grant, which allowed her to conduct research in Rwanda on women's participation in the illicit mineral trade in the summer of 2009.
April 16, 2010