American Fellowships support women scholars completing doctoral dissertations, conducting postdoctoral research, or finishing research for publication. Recipients must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents.
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The oldest and largest of the AAUW's fellowship and grant programs, the American Fellowships program dates from 1888 when Vassar graduate Ida Street, a pioneer in the field of early American Indian history, received $350 to pursue a graduate degree in education at the University of Michigan.
Since that time, American Fellows have continued to make important contributions to scholarship and society:
- Popular psychologist Joyce Brothers (1952) launched a public career that has spanned five decades.
- Late critical essayist, short-story writer, and novelist Susan Sontag (1957) wrote about modern culture.
- Late Challenger astronaut Judith Resnick (1975) received a fellowship to complete her dissertation on chemical engineering.
- Several American Fellows served as college or university presidents, including Rhoda M. Dorsey (1953) at Goucher College, Hanna Holborn Gray (1954) at the University of Chicago, Mary Maples Dunn (1957) at Smith College, and Nannerl O. Keohane (1966) at Duke University.
The 2009-2010 American Fellows continue this legacy. To contribute to their fields and society, they are studying women's health policy and feminist activism, researching the effects of global climate change on marine systems, and creating sustainable and self-financing micro credit and enterprise development programs.
AAUW thanks the following 2009 American Fellowship appointed and guest panelists: Laura Behling (MN), Chair, English language and literature; Carla Aldrich (IN), biological sciences; Jessy Alexander (IL), biological sciences; Safoi Babana-Hampton (MI), language/literature; Elsa Barkley-Brown (MD), history; Emily Blank (DC), economics; Nemata Blyden (DC), history; Beth Bullard (VA), music history; Catherine Carr (MD) biological sciences; Mitali Das (CA), economics; Emily Ihara (VA), social work; Kathleen Ingersoll (MD), anthropology; Rachel Jean-Baptiste (IL), history; Susan Keay (MD), biological sciences ; Jessica Lavariega Monforti (TX), political science; Anne Leblans (MD), language/literature; Diana Lipscomb (DC), biological sciences; Karen Markin (RI), communications and journalism; Claire G. Moses (MD), history; Amy Mullin (MD), physical sciences; Mindy Nancarrow (AL) art history; Shawn Noren Kramer (CA) marine biology; Jacqueline Pistorello (NV) psychology; Darleen Pryds (CA), history; Suzanne Raitt (VA), English; Meredith Rode (DC), art history; Rebecca Ropers-Huilman (MN), education; Karen Rosenblum (VA), sociology; Maxine Sample (VA), literature; Judy Yates Siker (CA), religious studies, Belinda Smith (MD), social work; Hoyoung Song (CO), engineering; Despina Stratigakos (NY), architecture; Sue Ann Taylor (DC), anthropology; Lois Tetrick (VA), psychology; and Katharina von Kellenbach (MD), religious studies.
