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Following is the roster of APSA Congressional Fellows for the 2009-2010 term.  Click here for a list of their government office assignments »

POLITICAL SCIENTIST

- Jason Ackleson, Ph.D., Associate Professor, New Mexico State University

- Lee Drutman, Ph.D. candidate, Research Fellow, The Brookings Institution

- Katrina L. Gamble, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Brown University

- B. Welling Hall, Ph.D., Professor, Earlham College

- Rebecca U. Thorpe, Ph.D. candidate, Research Fellow, The Brookings Institution 

 JOURNALIST

- Beth Ward, Reporter, Carroll County Times

- Daniel K. Schill, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Southern Methodist University, Corporate Communication & Public Affairs

 CARL ALBERT CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH AND STUDIES CENTER

- Walt Jatkowski, Ph.D. Candidate, The University of Oklahoma

 AMERICAN AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATION

- Sarah J.M. Miskin, Ph.D., Acting Executive Advisor, Department of Parliamentary Services, Canberra, Australia

ASIA FOUNDATION

- Torsak Janpian, First Secretary, Middle East Division of Thailand Ministry of Foreign Affairs

- Sang-hun Lee, Legislative, Advisor, National Assembly Secretariat of Korea

 THE GERMAN MARSHALL FUND OF THE UNITED STATES

- Ulrike Hornung, LL.M. (Univ. Cape Town) Federal Ministry of the Interior, Berlin Germany

- Sonja Regler, Field Researcher, Beijing University, People’s Republic of China

 SPIRIT MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY FUND/MARK O. HATFIELD FOUNDATION

- Stacia R. Martin, Oregon State Senate Sergeant-at-Arms

 ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION

- Andrew Bindman, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Health Policy, Epidemiology & Biostatistics,

University of California San Francisco

- Gustavo D. Cruz, D.M.D., M.P.H., Associate Professor & Director of Public Health and Health Promotion,

Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, New York University (NYU) College of Dentistry.

- Sheldon D. Fields, Ph.D., R.N., F.N.P.-B.C., A.A.C.R.N., F.N.A.P., F.A.A.N.P., Associate Professor of Nursing, University of Rochester Medical Center—School of Nursing

- David Keller, M.D., Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Massachusetts Medical (UMASS) School

- Janet E. Leigh, B.D.S., D.M.D., Professor & Chairman of Oral Medicine & Radiology, Louisiana State University

 (LSU) Health Sciences Center

- Gregg Margolis, Ph.D., Associate Director, National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT)

- Mark D. Schwartz, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine, New York University (NYU) School of Medicine

- Barbara Tobias, M.D., Associate Professor & Director of the Pre-doctoral Division Department of Family Medicine University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

- Margaret C. Wilmoth, Ph.D., M.S.S., R.N., F.A.A.N., Professor of Nursing, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

- Shale L. Wong, M.D., M.S.P.H., Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Colorado, School of Medicine

 ATLANTIC PHILANTHROPIES/ HEALTH AND AGING POLICY FELLOWS

Residential

- Charles (Chad) Boult, MD, MPH, MBA, Director of the Roger C. Lipitz Center for Integrated Health Care, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

- Kelly D. Horton, MS, RD, CD, Founding Director of Connect Nutrition, Seattle Washington

- Diane E. Meier, MD, Director, Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute, Director, Center to Advance Palliative Care Mount Siani School of Medicine

- Kathleen A. Negri, Esq., Elder Law Attorney, Professional Speaker, Author, Caregiver

Non-Residential

- Steven R. Counsell, MD, Director, Indiana University Geriatrics Program, Director of Geriatrics, IU Medical Group-Primary Care Scientist, Indiana University Center for Aging Research

- Richard Marottoli, M.D., M.P.H., Associate Professor, Yale University School of Medicine

- Heidi L. Wald, MD, MSPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver

- Margaret I. Wallhagen, PhD, GNP-BC, AGSF, FAAN, Professor, Department of Physiological Nursing, Director, UCSF John A. Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence, University of California-San Francisco

- Kathleen Unroe, MD, MHA, Geriatric Medicine Fellow, Duke University Medical Center & Durham VA Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC)

FEDERAL EXECUTIVES

- Nancy Berson, Social Insurance Specialist, Social Security Administration

- Courtney Cooper, Executive Officer, Social Security Administration

- Amy K. DiRusso, Deputy Group Chief, Associate Director for Military Affairs, Central Intelligence Agency  

- Sarah K. Han, DST Engineer, Level III, Central Intelligence Agency

- Laura A. Kosch, Management Analyst, Social Security Administration

- Jennifer J. Rigger, Social Insurance Specialist, Social Security Administration

Founded in 1953, the APSA Congressional Fellowship Program is the nation's oldest and most prestigious congressional fellowship. More than fifty years later, the program remains devoted to its original objective of expanding knowledge and awareness of Congress.