Roth-Thomson Award: Sweden

Project on the genetic pathways of breast cancer—a particularly pertinent study, given Lois’ battle with the disease. At the time, Trevino was a computer scientist at Arizona State University.

Project on glass art and manufacture in early 20th-century Sweden, conducted first at Linnaeus University and then at the Swedish Glass Research Institute in in Växjö. Bearnot holds a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and and BS from Brown University in materials engineering. His Roth Foundation award allowed him to visit glassworks

Project on the Swedish art song repertoire and Swedish diction, conducted at the Swedish Royal College of Music. Her Roth Foundation award allowed Hersey to travel from Sweden to Chicago to present her findings at the annual conference of the American Choral Directors’ Association. Since her return, she has developed a conductor’s guide to promote

Project on environmental studies and sustainability science at Lund University

Photography project on the social world of hunting and reindeer herding among the Sámi people of northern Scandinavia. While she was in Sweden, work from this series in the magazine D2, in an exhibit of experimental media in Moscow and at the Etnografiska Museet in Stockholm; these were followed by a solo exhibit in Korea

Project on Child Resilience: Pathways to Health in Sweden and the U.S.

Project on the “Swedish Model” of international development and approach to poverty in a globalized world. His Roth Foundation award allowed Bucks to travel to Tanzania to observe Swedish projects there.

Project on traditional Sami medicine and its interaction with the Swedish public health system. Her Roth Foundation award extended Knox’s ability to conduct interviews with traditional Sami healers and community leaders.

Project on the experience of Kurdish women in Sweden.

Project on the philosophical paradox of useful ignorance

Project on the interplay of immigration, politics and state capacity. At the time, Fridell was at the University of Oregon.

Project re-assessing myths about suicide in Sweden.

Project on the response of theology and religion to recent social change. At the time, geographer Rudberg was at Dartmouth College.

Project on the shift in the daily experience of time and space brought about by the use of mobile phones. At the time, Zafiroglu was at Brown University.

Project on the contribution of the Swedish ombudsman in maintaining public trust. At the time, Geise was at Harvard University.

Project on 16th-century art and architecture of the Swedish Reformation, undertaken after Neville earned his BA at Washington and Lee University.

Project on Swedish urban development. At the time, Mack was at MIT.

Project on Scandinavian literature. At the time, Webb was at UCLA.

Project on contemporary choral theory and practice in Sweden. At the time, Banks was a PhD candidate at the University of Wisconsin.

Project on theoretical perspectives and representations of homosexuality in Swedish literature. At the time, Roy was a PhD candidate at the University of Washington.

Project on comparative sales of military aircraft to Sweden by the US, France and the USSR, “as a means to determine … overlap and balance between the global economy and the interstate system.” This was Crowley’s doctoral project at UC Irvine.