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Undergraduate Student Fellowships

Jacqueline Morris was the Center’s first undergraduate honors thesis student. She was a rising senior, majoring in Psychology and Public Policy, when she passed away in a tragic accident in her native Arizona in 2000. Morris’s parents established the Jacqueline Anne Morris Memorial Foundation to support undergraduate students who, like their daughter, are “dynamic, bright, ambitious and idealistic.”

The foundation has endowed a fellowship program to support students who are interested in conducting research in an area of child and family policy. Up to four awards are granted each year.  Each selected student receives $500 to cover research-related expenses and is paired with a Center faculty member or research scientist.  

2009-2010 Morris Fellows:

• Julia Chou, senior, public policy major, economics minor, global health certificate
  Project: Paradigm shifts: The suitability of inpatient treatment centers to treat malnutrition in Panamanian children
  Mentor: Anthony So, professor of the practice, public policy
• Amy Czaja, senior, public policy major, psychology minor, Children in Contemporary Society certificate
  Project: The effects of school nutrition on cognition, behavior and achievement and possible methods of improving Durham Public School Lunches
  Mentor: Joel Rosch, senior research scholar, Center for Child and Family Policy
• Chris Sheppard, senior, psychology major, Markets and Management Studies certificate
  Project: An evaluation of the impact of a substance intervention program on the deviance and social influence of peer leaders
  Mentor: Phil Costanzo, associate director, Center for Child and Family Policy
• Salem Tsegaye, senior, cultural anthropology major, Children in Contemporary Society certificate
  Project: Contemporary Turkish youth as subjects of state, family and self: The particular case of students in higher education
  Mentor: Katherine Pratt Ewing, professor, cultural anthropology
• Dana Weiner, junior, public policy major, Children in Contemporary Society certificate, Markets and Management Studies certificate
  Project: After-School Programs that Increase Elementary School Students' Academic Achievement
  Mentor: Jenni Owen, associate director, Center for Child and Family Policy