2003-2004 Recipients Back row, left to right: Kendall Owen Bowlin, Jeremy Matthew Brown, Tracie Culp Harrison, Matthew Robert Walker Front row, left to right: Paul Lloyd Larsen, Tracy Laine Bucholz, Ronald Joseph Briggs Not pictured: Frances Lourdes Ramos Doctoral Fellows Kendall Owen Bowlin Accounting from University of Mississippi UT Austin: Department of Accounting   Kendall Bowlin investigates many questions about financial accounting, factors in management and auditor decision making, and the market’s response to certain accounting and reporting issues. Bowlin is also interested in which types of financial disclosures are most important to the market and how the news media affects which disclosures the market deems important.   Ronald Joseph Briggs Economics from University of California – Davis UT Austin: Department of Economics   Ronald Briggs’ research focuses on Environmental Economics and Game Theory. Briggs aspires to develop an integrated perspective on the behavior of agents in markets, the institutions that shape markets, and the evolving games between them.   Jeremy Matthew Brown Ecology, Evolution and Behavior from Indiana University UT Austin: School of Biological Sciences/Ecology, Evolution and Behavior Program   Jeremy Brown’s work examines human-induced evolution and speciation. Most of his work in evolutionary genetics investigates genetic patterns observed across life, why they vary, and what shapes them. Specifically, his research focuses on why the DNA sequences of different organisms evolve at different rates, as well as the genetic processes underlying the formation of new species.   Tracy Laine Bucholz Chemical Engineering from University of Florida UT Austin: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Deferred to 2006   Tracy Bucholz’s research aims to use chemistry to facilitate the intelligent design of a myriad of new materials such as low dielectrics constant polymers for use in smaller electronic devices, as well as stimuli-responsive polymers for use in drug delivery systems and biosensors.   Paul Lloyd Larsen Mathematics from Oxford University UT Austin: Department of Mathematics   Paul Larsen’s work focuses on the mathematical structures of nature, specifically the areas of granular flow and dynamical systems.   Matthew Robert Walker Computer Science from Rice University UT Austin: Department of Computer Science   Matthew Walker’s work focuses on the incorporation of domain-specific knowledge into the problem of clustering. He hopes to formulate constraints based on this knowledge using entropy to capture the “amount” of deformation of the data space required to achieve the desired clustering. Dissertation Fellows Tracie Culp Harrison Nursing From The University of Texas at Austin UT Austin: School of Nursing   Tracie Harrison investigates women with childhood onset disabilities who are living longer now than ever before in history, but are experiencing higher levels of co-morbidities and secondary conditions than women aging without disabilities.   Frances Lourdes Ramos History From The University of Texas at Austin UT Austin: Department of History   Frances Ramos’ research focuses on the relationship between the elaborate production of religious ritual and the maintenance of political power in the 18th century city Puebla de los Angeles, Mexico. Master’s Fellows None awarded this year.