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Note: The Center does
not have a fellowship program for 2006-2007
 Patricia
Beckman
Religious Studies
Trish Beckman,
Ph.D.,
is an assistant professor in MU's Department
of Religious Studies. Her primary interests
are the history of Christianity, mysticism,
and feminist theology. In her research,
she concentrates on medieval, vernacular
mystical texts by women. Trish, who received
her Ph.D. from the University of Chicago,
is currently working on a book project entitled
Writing Religion and Performing Piety
in Medieval Women's Mysticism: Mechthild
of Magdeburg, Margaret Ebner, and Heinrich
of Nördlingen. During the fellowship,
she will write an article on the ways in
which the history of Christianity, when
taught from a comparative religious perspective,
can address central interpretive issues
in the humanities. She hopes also to work
on an article on the central role of Religious
Studies (content and method) for professionals
in education at the high school and collegiate
level. Trish hopes that as a scholar she
can model an approach to studying religion
that could help practitioners, educators,
and broader society to recognize the power
religion has in the world and to artfully
analyze and interact with it.
 Bob
Hamm
Business
Bob Hamm, Ph.D.,
received his doctorate in business administration
from the University of Texas at Austin.
He currently is Professor Emeritus at Oklahoma
State University, where he teaches a senior
class on Professional Consultancy. He has
worked for numerous organizations, including
IBM and PepsiCo. Although he has written
over sixty articles and the book The
Art of Partnering, he is best known
for his public speaking, where he introduces
humor into his lectures to illustrate key
issues in life. Bob has traveled to more
than 124 countries and has lectured in many
of them. He has been a Fulbright Scholar
in China and as a Rotary Scholar at the
University of Jordan.
 Rajendra
Kurup
Engineering
Rajendra Kurup
is director and principal consultant of Environmental
Engineers International and an adjunct lecturer
in environmental engineering at Murdoch University,
Western Australia. He received a Bachelor
of Technology in civil engineering from the
University of Kerala and pursued higher qualifications
in environmental engineering; a Master of
Engineering from IHE Delft, The Netherlands;
and a Master of Engineering Science (Research)
from the University of Western Australia;
and he is completing his Ph.D. research at
Murdoch University. As a professional engineer,
Raj has worked in the fields of wastewater
treatment, waste management, nutrient removal
technologies, numerical modelling of hydrodynamics,
and water quality of estuarine environment.
Rajendra has authored numerous peer reviewed
publications and is currently Associate Editor
of ASCE Journal of Energy Engineering
and in the editorial boards of Water Environment
& Technology and The Environmental
Engineer. He is currently chair of West
Australian chapter of Environmental Engineering
Society. Raj's research interest includes
development of sustainable technologies for
pollution control; inter-relationship of society,
culture, and technologies; sustainability
and religion.
 Greg
Manship
Medicine
Greg Manship
is a Ph.D. candidate at the Center for Health
Care Ethics at St. Louis University. He earned
an M.Div. from McCormick Theological Seminary
in Chicago and an M.A. in Philosophy of Religion
from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in
Deerfield, Ill. He is an ordained Minister
of Word and Sacrament in the Presbyterian
Church (U.S.A.) having served several congregations
in Illinois. Greg has also served as an adjunct
professor, volunteer hospital chaplain, and
a medical technologist. Greg will research
the religious/spiritual experiences of third-year
medical students as they rotate through their
Family and Community Medicine clerkship. This
research can be used to enhance medical students'
awareness and understanding of religion and
spirituality in the provision of health care.
 Dong Pil Yoon
Social Work
Dong Pil Yoon, Ph.D.,
is an assistant professor at the University
of Missouri-Columbia's School of Social Work.
He earned a B.A. at Yon Sei University in
Seoul, South Korea, an M.S.W. at West Virginia
University, and a Ph.D. at the University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research
interests include religiousness/spirituality,
human diversity, gerontology, rural social
work, and welfare reform. At MU, Dong teaches
courses on policy analysis, evaluative research
methods, and advanced quantitative research
methods. During the fellowship, he will be
examining the effect of religiousness/spirituality
on distress among people diagnosed with HIV/AIDS
in rural Missouri.
2005
JUNIOR FELLOWS
 Fahd
Ahmad
Medicine
Fahd Ahmad is
a third-year medical student at the University
of Missouri-Columbia's School of Medicine.
In 2002 he earned a B.S. in Business Administration
from MU, graduating magna cum laude with an
Honors certificate. Fahd has been a counselor
at Mini-Medical School, a camp designed for
talented high school students with an interest
in medicine, and a volunteer for Unite for
Site, an organization dedicated to preventing
blindness through vision screenings and vision
education. He is a member of the American
Medical Students Association, American Medical
Association, Students Interested in Pediatrics,
and the Association of Student Internists.
Scott Dean
Religious
Studies
Scott Dean
received B.A. degrees in Religious Studies
and Philosophy from the University of Missouri-Columbia
and is now pursuing an M.A. in MU's Department
of Religious Studies, where he has been a
teaching assistant. His current emphasis of
study is on the religions of South and Southeast
Asia, specifically Hinduism and Buddhism.
As an undergraduate, Scott was a Curators
Scholar, Honors College student, and Bright
Flight Scholar. In addition to his academic
studies, Scott is a technical support supervisor
for an Internet service provider. Ultimately,
he would like to pursue a Ph.D. in Political
Philosophy.
 John
Gall
Engineering
John Gall
earned B.S. (graduating summa cum laude) and
M.S. degrees in mechanical engineering from
the College of Engineering at the University
of Missouri-Columbia and is now pursuing a
Ph.D. in mechanical aerospace engineering
at MU. John has been a teaching assistant
and also a research assistant on a project
contracted from NASA's Glenn Research Center.
He is interested in exploring the cultural
and social implications of the work engineers
perform, and he is also interested in studying
the issue of environmental sustainability.
 Jennifer
Miller
Social
Work
Jennifer Miller,
who earned a B.A. in Psychology from the University
of Missouri-Columbia in 2004, is now pursuing
a master’s degree in Social Work at MU. Jennifer
is particularly interested in the interdisciplinary
nature of the Center’s work, and she hopes
to use her research and statistical analysis
experience to study the effects of spirituality
on individuals who are coping with traumatic
experiences, such as illness or abuse. Jennifer
has volunteered in several social service
projects, including soup kitchens, Habitat
for Humanity, literacy programs, and teen
pregnancy prevention and education.
Rhetta Standifer
Business
Rhetta Standifer
recently completed her Ph.D. in Business Administration
with an emphasis in organizational behavior.
She is interested in studying the issues that
may arise when creating and maintaining interorganizational
relationships within business-to-business
electronic commerce contexts. An additional
area of interest is the effect of individuals'
faith-based orientations on the formation
of business relationships. Rhetta earned an
M.A. in Music Theory and an M.B.A, both from
the University of Missouri-Columbia, and she
has been an adjunct professor and graduate
instructor in MU's Department of Management.
In August she will begin her new position
as Assistant Professor at the University of
Wisconsin-Eau Claire in Management. This semester
Rhetta will be working with Ken Evans on a
cross-cultural study that examines the moderating
affect of an individual's spirituality upon
relationship formation in interorganizational
relationships.
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