Past D. C. Spriestersbach Dissertation Prize Winners

2011 Winners

• David Riep, Art History
  Christopher D. Roy, Dissertation Advisor
  House of the Crocodile:  South Sotho Art and History in Southern Africa
• Megan Ealy, Genetics
  Richard Smith, Dissertation Advisor
  Otosclerosis – Identifying Genetic Contributors to a Complex Hearing Disorder

2010 Winners

• Vanessa R. Simmering, Psychology
  John P. Spencer, Dissertation Advisor
  Developing a Magic Number:  The Dynamic Field Theory Reveals Why Visual Working Memory Capacity Estimates Differ Across Tasks and Development
• Amrit De, Physics
  Craig E. Pryor, Dissertation Advisor
  Spin Dynamics and Opto-Electronic Properties of Some Novel Semiconductor Systems

2009 Winners

• Adam Ziemann, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
  Michael Welsh, Dissertation Supervisor
  Effects of Low pH on Seizures and Fear: A Critical Role for Acid-Sensing Ion Channels
  Also CGS/UMI Outstanding Dissertation Finalist
• Samuel Graber, American Studies
  John Raeburn, Dissertation Supervisor
  Twice-Divided Nation: The Civil War and National Memory in the Transatlantic World

2008 Winners

• Jessica Horst, Psychology
  Larissa K. Samuelson, Dissertation Supervisor
  Turning Novel Names into Known Names: Understanding Referent Selection and Retention in 24-Month-Old Children and Neural Networks
  Also CGS/UMI Outstanding Dissertation Winner
• Veronique Ziegler, Physics and Astronomy
  Usha Mallik, Dissertation Supervisor
  Hyperon and Hyperon Resonance Properties from Charm Baryon Decay at BaBar
  

2007 Winners

• Michael Chasar, English
  Adalaide Morris, Dissertation Supervisor
  Everyday Reading: US Poetry and Popular Culture, 1880-1945
  Also CGS/UMI Outstanding Dissertation Winner
• Michael R. Koenigs, Neuroscience
  Daniel Tranel, Dissertation Supervisor
  A Novel Role for Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex in Emotion and Decision-Making: Lesion Studies of Moral Judgment, Economic Choice and Brand Preference

2006 Winners

• Marius V. Ionescu, Mathematics
  Paul Muhly, Dissertation Supervisor
  C*-Algebras Associated with Mauldin-Williams Graphs
• Katherine B. Dernbach, Anthropology
  Mac Marshall, Dissertation Supervisor
  Popular Religion: A Cultural and Historical Study of Catholicism and Spirit Possession in Chuuk, Micronesia

2005 Winners

• Kristin King Gilbert, Art History
  Dorothy Johnson, Dissertation Supervisor
  Pedagogical Innovation and Reform at the Académie de France à Rome during the directorate of Charles Joseph Natoire (1752-1775)
• Salil Anil Lachke, Biological Sciences
  David Soll, Dissertation Supervisor
  Developmental Biology of "Candida Albicans" and "Candida Glabrata" and Its Clinical Significance

2004 Winners

• Hind A. Al-Abadleh, Chemistry
  Vicki Grassian, Dissertation Supervisor
  Heterogeneous Reactions of Atmospheric Gases on Oxide, Carbonate and Soot Surfaces
• C. Wesley Brakefield-Younts, Sociology
  Lisa Troyer, Dissertation Supervisor
  Status, Validation and the Legitimacy of Deviance

2003 Winners

• Angela Hess, Anatomy and Cell Biology
  Mary Hendrix, Dissertation Supervisor
  Molecular Dissection of Melanoma Tumor Cell Vasculogenic Mimicry
  Also CGS/UMI Outstanding Dissertation Finalist
• Michael Tavel Clarke, Enlgish
  Ed Folsom, Dissertation Supervisor
  These Days of Large Things: The Culture of Size in America, 1865-1930
  Also CGS/UMI Outstanding Dissertation Finalist

2002 Winners

• Nathan William Brixius, Computer Science
  Kurt Anstreicher, Dissertation Supervisor
  Solving Large-Scale Quadratic Assignment Problems
  Also CGS/UMI Outstanding Dissertation Finalist
• Bettina Fabos, Education
  Cynthia Lewis, Dissertation Supervisor
  A Commercial Highway in Every Classroom: Investigating Web Content in U.S. Schools

2001 Winners

• Eric Fure-Slocum, History
  Shelton Stromquist, Dissertation Supervisor
  The Challenge of the Working-class City: Recasting Growth Politics and Liberalism in Milwaukee, 1937-1952
• Josef Parvizi, Neuroscience
  Antonio Damasio & Gary Van Hoesen, Co-Dissertation Supervisors
  The Signature of Alzheimer's Disease in the Brainstem

2000 Winners

• Christopher Otrok, Economics
  B. Ravikumar, Dissertation Supervisor
  Implications of Temporally Dependent Preferences for Asset Pricing Puzzles and the Welfare Cost of Business Cycles: A Spectral Investigation
  Also CGS/UMI Outstanding Dissertation Finalist
• Marius Stefan, Mathematics
  Florin Radulescu, Dissertation Supervisor
  Some Indecomposability Properties of Free Group Factors

Winners prior to 2000

• 1999 Daryl A. Scott, Genetics (CGS/UMI Finalist)
• 1999 Eric Griffin, English (CGS/UMI Finalist)
• 1998 Razvan Gelca, Mathematics (CGS/UMI Finalist)
• 1998 Randy Ziegenhorn, Anthropology
• 1997 Susan Behrends Frank, Art History (CGS/UMI Winner)
• 1997 Jeff E. Engel, Biology
• 1996 Claire Fox, Comparative Literature
• 1995 Bing Ji, Physics & Astronomy
• 1994 Mary Beth Solner-O'Hagan, Psychology
• 1993 Matthew Anderson, Physiology (CGS/UMI Winner)
• 1992 Alice Adams, English (CGS/UMI Finalist)
• 1991 Lin Hua Shan, Physics
• 1990 Jeffrey Ostler, History
• 1989 Judith Stoll, Biology (CGS/UMI Finalist)
• 1988 Dennis Bielfeldt, Religion
• 1987 Robert Bosch, Physics
• 1986 Marcelline Hutton, History
• 1985 Robert Finney, Biology
• 1984 David Lasocki, Music (CGS/UMI Winner)
• 1983 Hector Salas, Mathematics
• 1982 John Ims, Psychology
• 1981 Mark Knuepfer, Pharmacology (CGS/UMI Finalist)