1985-1986 Fellows

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Frank Browning

Senior West Coast Reporter, NPR

Consequences of demographic upheaval, especially Asian and Hispanic immigration, on American culture

Stephen Frank

Feature Writer, Times Union and Knickerbocker News (Albany, NY)

American and European history and literature; social psychology; the Holocaust of World War II

Frank Gibson

City Editor, The Tennessean (Nashville)

American history, literature, law, sociology and anthropology

Sandra Gregg

Metropolitan Reporter, The Washington Post

Public health, medical care and finance; recent American, African and European history and literature

Samuel Hodges

State Legislative Reporter, United Press International (Columbia, SC)

American history, literature and constitutional law; the Middle East, Spanish

Dean Jensen

Art Critic and Feature Writer, Milwaukee Sentinel

Art history, architecture, literature and classical mythology

Jae-Pil Jo

Reporter for International News, Yonhap News Agency (Seoul)

American and Soviet military strategies in East Asia since World War II

Kazuo Kawanishi

Staff Writer, Mainichi Shimbun (Tokyo)

American culture and economics, with emphasis on the American-Japanese economic relationship

James Kindall

Staff Writer, Star Magazine (Kansas City)

English history, literature and journalism of the late 18th century with emphasis on the role of John Wilkes

Suzanne Lagoni

News Director, KPAX-TV (Missoula, MT)

American history and literature, media law, Asian studies with emphasis on China and Japan, environmental studies

Carolyn Ness

Assistant Metropolitan Editor, The San Francisco Examiner

Factors in social change, including American attitudes toward the roles of women, history, political science, psychology

Robert Press

Southeast Bureau Chief, The Christian Science Monitor

Recent U.S. foreign policy, modern European history, Third World politics, world religions

Melinda Quitos De Jesus

Associate Editor and Columnist, Veritas (Quezon City, Philippines)

US policy in Southeast Asia; political and cultural history of Southeast Asia and the Philippines

N.V. Raman

Associate Editor, The Star (Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia)

International relations, politics and technology, political systems of Southeast Asia, Third World journalism

James Ricci

Feature Writer, Detroit Free Press

Literature with emphasis on the modern novel and short story; creative and critical writing

Kathie Smith

Agribusiness Reporter, The Modesto Bee (California)

Literature, with emphasis on American literature since the 1920’s; art and music appreciation