Many thanks to the following organizations and institutions for providing gifts of time, money and space for my research and writing:
- Oregon Arts Commission for an Individual Artist Fellowship award, 2009
- Fishtrap, Inc. for a week at the Imnaha Writers’ Retreat in Fall 2008
- Crab Orchard Review for naming my essay, "Ama" a finalist for the 2009 John Guyon Prize in Literary Nonfiction
- The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation for a postdoctoral "Grant for Research and Writing on International Peace and Conflict (1993-95)"
- Social Science Research Council for an Advanced Area Studies Grant (1992-93). The Rockfeller Humanities Residency Fellowship
- Women’s Studies Program, University of Iowa for providing space and time for research and writing (1990-91)
- Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research and The Institute for International Studies, Stanford University for dissertation research grants (1986-88)
- National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship (1983-86)
