Two doctoral candidates have been awarded the 2009-10 University of Oregon Doctoral Research Fellowship: Shannon Elizabeth Bell, sociology, and Caitlin Snyder, music. The fellowship, which includes an $18,000 stipend and a university tuition waiver, supports outstanding advanced doctoral degree candidates as they complete their research and write their dissertations. The funding begins in the fall of 2009 and is available to recipients for up to 12 months.
The fellowship program, a joint effort of the Graduate School and the Office of the Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies, is designed to promote excellence in research at the University of Oregon. The fellowships are available to eligible doctoral degree candidates in all academic disciplines in their final year at the university. Each department nominates one candidate for the fellowship and a subcommittee of the University of Oregon Graduate Council evaluates the applications in consultation with Richard W. Linton, Vice President of Research and Graduate Studies and Dean of the Graduate School.
Bell is studying the social and environmental impacts of the coal industry on central Appalachia and the grassroots environmental justice movement that has risen up to hold the coal industry accountable for irresponsible mining practices.
Snyder is studying the communicative properties of 18th-century music. By combining three normally separate analytical tools in music theory, she is exploring musical meaning within François Couperin’s collection for the harpsichord, “Les Pièces de Clavecin.”
