2006-2007 Recipients   Doctoral Fellows Snowden Becker Information Studies from University of California – Los Angeles UT Austin: School of Information   Snowden Becker is actively involved in preserving home movies and other ephemeral media as part of our larger cultural heritage. Her research focuses on the use of home movies as historical, scientific, and personal evidence, and the integration of motion pictures into mixed archival collections. Lucia Henderson Art History from University of California – San Diego UT Austin: Department of Art and Art History   Lucia Henderson studies the iconographic systems of Precolumbian Mesoamerica, with a particular emphasis on the ways in which such systems are shared (or differ) across time, space, and culture. Her current research focuses on the early expressions of Maya worldview and religion in Late Preclassic monumental stone sculpture. Tanvi Madan Public Affairs from Yale University UT Austin: LBJ School of Public Affairs   Tanvi Madan studies U.S. and Indian foreign policy decision-making. She is interested in how decision-making in the U.S. and India relates to their bilateral relationship and how it has been affected by the prevailing global environment, by differing priorities, perceptions and politics, by the personalities and policy processes involved, and by the relationships that each state has had with other countries. Martin Mereb Mathematics from University of Buenos Aires, Argentina UT Austin: Department of Mathematics   Martin Mereb studies number theory, which is the area in mathematics concerned with arithmetic problems, good approximation by rational numbers and integer solutions of equations arising from engineering, computation sciences and cryptology. Katharine Stahl Educational Psychology from Dartmouth College UT Austin: Department of Educational Psychology   Katharine Stahl is interested in children's social relationships and, more particularly, in examining the connection between family relationships and peer relationships. Her interests also include attachment theory, and how attachment style affects the way in which children relate to their peers.   Dissertation Fellows Lucas A. Cieza Astronomy From The University of Texas at Austin UT Austin: Department of Astronomy   Lucas Cieza is a member of the Spitzer Legacy Project: From Molecular Cores to Planet-forming Disks. He uses Spitzer, NASA's Space Infrared Telescope, to study the evolution of circumstellar disks, the birthplace of planets. Doh Chang Lee Chemical Engineering From The University of Texas at Austin UT Austin: Department of Chemical Engineering   Doh Lee is interested in physics and chemistry of nanomaterials controllably synthesized in solution-based environments. He studies growth kinetics of carbon nanotubes and silicon nanowires in supercritical fluids, and colloidal synthesis and characterization of various magnetic nanocrystals.   Master’s Fellows Marc Lionetti Educational Psychology from Northwestern University UT Austin: Department of Educational Psychology   Marc Lionetti is studying psychological theory with emphasis on developmental processes and therapeutic approaches in preparation for a career as a secondary school counselor. Xiaowen Ma (Sherry Thomas) Professional Accounting Louisiana State University UT Austin: Department of Accounting   Xiaowen Ma is interested in becoming a forensic accounting specialist and fraud examiner.