The TIAA-CREF Ruth Simms Hamilton Research Fellowship recognizes cutting-edge, graduate-level research, which advances the study of the African Diaspora.
The 2006/07 recipients are:
- Sonia Beatriz dos Santos, University of Texas at Austin, “Afro-Brazilian Women’s NGOs and Their Activism Around Health Issues: An African Diasporic Perspective on Black Womanhood”
- Liza Gijanto, Syracuse University, “Change and the Era of the Atlantic Trade in Niumi, The Gambia”
- Grete Viddal, Harvard University, “Sueno de Haiti: Danced Identity in Eastern Cuba”
Anna L. Pagano, University of California, San Diego, was awarded alternate status for her work “Relations between Afro-Brazilian Religions and Public Health in Brazil: Perspectives on ‘Tradition’ and ‘Modernity.’”
Distinguished judges were:
Dr. Marietta Baba, Dean, Michigan State University
Dr. David Barry Gaspar, Professor, Duke University
Dr. Steven James Gold, Professor, Michigan State University
Dr. Michael Gomez, Professor and Department Chair, NYU and Director, ASWAD
Dr. Robert O’Neill, Professor, University of Virginia School of Law
Dr. Colin Palmer, Professor, Princeton University
Dr. Ronald Thompson, former CEO and Chairman, Midwest Stamping, Inc.
Dr. Clifton Wharton, Jr., Former Chairman and CEO, TIAA-CREF; President Emeritus, Michigan State University; Former Chancellor, SUNY System
