The Woodrow Wilson National
Fellowship Foundation's Dissertation Grants encourage original research that will impact
the understanding of women's and children's lives, alter public policy or treatment and
provide ongoing support for the topics being investigated.
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April
19, 2001 – (Lexington, Ky.) – Three
University of Kentucky doctoral candidates have received 2001 Dissertation Grants from the
Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. They
are among 31 students from across the nation who have been awarded grants in the areas of
women's studies and women's and children's health. UK
and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are the only two institutions with
three winners each.
The
grants encourage original research that will impact the understanding of women's and
children's lives, alter public policy or treatment and provide ongoing support for the
topics being investigated.
UK's
winners are:
• Deborah S. Armstrong, women's health winner,
graduate student studying nursing, Lexington, Ky.
• Ann M. Ciasullo, women's studies winner, graduate
student studying English, Spokane, Wash.
• Margo P. Kleinfeld, children's health winner,
graduate student studying geography, Lexington, Ky.
The
students will receive a $2,000 award for expenses related to their dissertation research
and writing.
The
Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship is a non-profit educational organization dedicated to
excellence in education.
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