WASHINGTON—The United States Institute of Peace is pleased to announce the selection of its 2003-2004 Peace Scholar dissertation fellows, each of whom will receive a $17,000 stipend. The funding will support research addressing conflict in Colombia, Rwanda, Sudan, China, the countries of West Africa, and elsewhere.

The Peace Scholar fellowship recipients represent a diverse array of academic disciplines—political science, architecture, journalism, anthropology, and others—and a cross-section of leading universities in the United States.

The Peace Scholar program is one of the Institute's most competitive. Over 180 students from the United States and 30 foreign countries competed for the 10 awards. The applicants are studying at 66 universities located in 31 states and the District of Columbia. The program is open to any doctoral student, regardless of citizenship, enrolled in an American university and working on a dissertation related to the peaceful resolution of international conflict. Peace Scholars are selected by the Institute's Board of Directors based on recommendations by prominent academic experts and practitioners in fields related to international peace and conflict.

Since 1987, the Institute has awarded 158 Peace Scholar fellowships to students at about 50 universities. Former Peace Scholars continue to pursue successful careers in academia, government service, nongovernmental organizations, and the media. They represent an international network of experts on the analysis, management, and prevention of conflict.

This is the 16th annual Peace Scholar competition sponsored by the Jennings Randolph Fellowship Program of the U.S. Institute of Peace. The program is named in honor of former U.S. senator Jennings Randolph of West Virginia, a vigorous proponent of the Institute's founding. The Peace Scholar program is part of the Institute's congressional mandate to support research, education, and training about peace and conflict in the international arena.

Jennings Randolph Program for International Peace
2003-2004 Peace Scholars
September 1, 2003–August 31, 2004, unless otherwise noted

Ms. Huiyun Feng
Arizona State University, Department of Political Science
Dissertation Title: "A Dragon on Defense: China's Strategic Culture and War"

Ms. Emily Gunzburger
Cornell University, Department of Architecture
Dissertation Title: "Representing Competing Identities: Building and Rebuilding in Postwar Bosnia-Herzegovina"

Ms. Jennifer Hazen
Georgetown University, Department of Government
Dissertation Title: "Rebel Groups, Their Networks, and the Incentives for Continued Warfare"

Mr. Peter Mwesige
Indiana University, Bloomington, Ernie Pyle School of Journalism
Dissertation Title: "Radio Talk Shows, Political Participation, and Democratization in Uganda"

Ms. Jennifer Rubenstein
University of Chicago, Department of Political Science
Dissertation Title: "Just Samaritans? The Ethics of Non-Governmental Humanitarian Aid"

Mr. James Schechter
University of Colorado, Boulder, Department of Anthropology
Dissertation Title: "Finding 'Lost Boys?' Governing Sudanese Minors in a UNHCR Refugee Camp"

Mr. Scott Straus
University of California, Berkeley, Department of Political Science
Dissertation Title: "The Order of Genocide: Race, Power, and War in Rwanda"

Ms. Winifred Tate
New York University, Department of Anthropology
Dissertation Title: "Suffering Citizens: Human Rights Claims and Counterclaims in Colombia"

Ms. Leslie Wirpsa
University of Southern California, School of International Relations
Dissertation Title: "Resources and Indigenous Rights: Transnational Politics and the Expansion of the Oil Frontier in Colombia and Ecuador"

Mr. Ahmet Yukleyen
Boston University, Department of Anthropology
Dissertation Title: "Sources of Tolerance and Radicalism Among Turkish- Islamic Organizations in Europe (January-December, 2004) "