Luce Undergraduate Environmental Fellows Program

The Luce Undergraduate Environmental Fellows Program provides opportunities for Brown undergraduate students to work on environmental research projects in developing countries in coordination with Watson Scholar program alumni. Each fellowship provides $4,000 to cover travel and expenses for summer research.

• QingHui Lin, Environmental Science and Economics (2009), Luce Fellow, Summer 2008, “The Short-term Effects of Camu Camu Cultivation on Crop Earnings and Environmental Conservation in Amazonian Villages in Peru ”
  Watson Scholar, Luis Campos Baca, Peru
  
  
• Will Lippitt, International Relations (2009), Luce Fellow, Summer 2008, “Ecotourism in Himachal Pradesh: An Inquiry in Camp Potters Hill”
  Watson Scholar, Jasjit Singh Walia, India
  
  
• Melea Atkins, Public Policy (2010) and Natalie Wilhelm, Engineering (2010), Luce Fellows, Summer 2008, “Project Assida: Appropriate Technology for Kilimanjaro: An Evaluation of Biogas Energy in Rural Tanzania”
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  Watson Scholar, Godfrey Kimaro, Tanzania
  
  
• Jennifer Baumstein, International Relations (2008), Luce Fellow, Summer 2007
  "A Climate Change Initiative through a Pilot Scheme on Resource Recovery in Abuja, Nigeria"
  Watson Scholar: Jokotola Akoni, Nigeria
  
  
• Jeremy Mak, International Relations (2007), Luce Fellow, Summer 2007
  "Integrated Nutrient Recycling Systems: The Path to Food Security and a Better Quality of Life for Rural Farmers in Shaanxi Province, China"
  Watson Scholar: Shenghe Liu, China
  
  
• Erica Moen, Environmental Science (2008), Luce Fellow, Summer 2007
  "Air Quality and Environmental Health Impacts in a Subsaharan City--a Case Study of Abuja, Nigeria"
  Watson Scholar: Jokotola Akoni, Nigeria
  
  
• Christina Tang, Environmental Science and Economics (2009), Luce Fellow, Summer 2007 "Bridging Local Knowledge and Water Management Practices: a Case Study in Kuttanad, Kerala, India"

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  Watson Scholar: N. Anil Kumar, India
  
  
• Timothy Downing, Environmental Science (2005), Luce Fellow, Summer 2004, "Mapping of Wildlife Corridors of Nairobi National Park"
  Watson Scholar: Wanjiru Mwatha, Kenya
  
  
• Nkiruka Chiemelu, International Relations and History (2004), Luce Fellow, Summer 2003: "At Whose Expense?: Policy Formation in Wildlife Conservation and Human Conflict in Kenya”
  Watson Scholar: Winfred Nelson, Ghana
  
  
• Lindsay Clarida, Environmental History (2004): Luce Fellow, Summer 2003, "Human Animal Conflict Report for South Luangwa Area Management Unit"
  Watson Scholar: Francesca Chisangano, Zambia
  
  
• Michal Kapitulnik, Environmental Science and Visual Art (2004), Luce Fellow, Summer 2003: "Assessing the Status of Prunus Africana in Areas of Varying Levels of Disturbance in the Kakamega Forest in Kenya"
  Watson Scholar: Lucie Rogo, Kenya
  
  
• Lauren McGeoch, Environmental Science (2004), Luce Fellow, Summer 2003, "Assessing the Status of Mondia Whytei across a range of environments and Disturbance Levels in the Kakamega Forest, Western Kenya"
  Watson Scholar: Lucie Rogo, Kenya
  
  
• Kaakpema Yelpaala, Public Health and Development (2002), Luce Fellow, Summer 2003: "Mining, Sustainable Development, and Health in Ghana: The Akwatia Case-Study"
  Watson Scholar: Winfred Nelson, Ghana
  
  
• Rebekah Rottenberg, Environmental Studies (2003), Luce Fellow, Fall 2003: "The Health Effects of Obsolete Pesticides in Nepal"
  Watson Scholar: Meena Pokhrel, Nepal
  
  
• Loimann Katrina ole-MoiYoi , International Relations (2003), Luce Fellow, Summer 2002: “Community Participation in the Planning and Management of Marine Protected Areas: A Study of Kenya and the Philippines”
  Watson Scholars: Moonyeen Alava, Philippines and Anna Stabrawa, Kenya
  
  
• Neeta Bijoor, GeoChemistry (2002), Luce Fellow, Summer/Fall 2002: “Small-Scale Co-Management for the Sustainable Use of Xilingol Biosphere Reserve, Inner Mongolia”
  Watson Scholar: Wenjun Li, China and Tumenbayar Nyamaa, Mongolia
  
  
• Mary Montgomery, Biology (2002), Luce Fellow, Fall 2002: "A preliminary study of residential paint lead concentrations in Johannesburg"
  
  
• Theodore Luebke, Biology (2001.5), Luce Fellow, Summer 2001; and Almea M. Matanock, Pre-Med (2003), Luce Fellow, Summer 2001: "Asbestos-Related Disease in South Africa: Opportunities and Challenges Remaining Since the 1998 Parliamentary Asbestos Summit"
  
  
• Megan Terebus, Environmental Studies (2002), Luce Fellow, Summer 2001: "Question: Is ‘environmental leapfrogging' a realistic strategy for electrifying the Dominican Republic countryside?"
  Watson Scholar: Victor Vinas-Nicolas
  
  
• Anne Perring, Chemistry (2002): Luce Fellow, Fall 2001: "Water Quality in El Rio Ocoyoacac"
  Watson Scholar: Patricia Ramirez-Romero

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