Past Fellows: 1985-1986

1985-1986 Michigan Journalists in Residence and their fields of study:

Frank Browning, senior West Coast reporter, National Public Radio,
Consequences of demographic upheaval, especially Asian and Hispanic immigration, on American culture

Melinda Quitos De Jesus, associate editor/columnist, Veritas (Quezon City, The Philippines)
U.S. policy in Southeast Asia; political and cultural history of Southeast Asia and The Philippines

Stephen Frank, feature writer, Times-Union and Knickerbocker News (Albany, NY)
American and European history and literature; social psychology; the Holocaust of World War II

Frank Gibson, city editor, The Tennessean
American history, literature, law, sociology and anthropology

Sandra Gregg, metropolitan reporter, The Washington Post
Public health, medical care and finance; recent American, African and European history and literature

Samuel Hodges, state legislative reporter, United Press International (Columbia, SC)
American history, literature and constitutional law; the Middle East, Spanish

Dean Jensen, art critic/feature writer, Milwaukee Sentinel
Art history, architecture, literature and classical mythology

Jae-Pil Jo, reporter, international department, Yonhap News Agency (Seoul, Korea)
American and Soviet military strategies in East Asia since World War II

Kazuo Kawanishi, staff writer, Mainichi Shimbun (Tokyo, Japan)
American culture and economics, with emphasis on the American-Japanese economic relationship

James Kindall, staff writer, Star magazine, The Kansas City Star
English history, literature and journalism of the late 18th century with emphasis on the role of John Wilkes

Suzanne Lagoni, news director, KPAX-TV (Missoula, MT)
American history and literature, media law, Asian studies with emphasis on China and Japan, environmental studies

Carolyn Ness, assistant metropolitan editor, San Francisco Examiner
Factors in social change, including American attitudes toward the roles of women, history, political science, psychology

Robert Press, Southeastern bureau chief, The Christian Science Monitor
Recent U.S. foreign policy, modern European history, Third World politics, world religions

N.V. Raman, associate editor, The Star (Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia)
International relations, politics and technology, political systems of Southeast Asia, Third World journalism

James Ricci, feature writer, Detroit Free Press
Literature with emphasis on the modern novel and short story; creative and critical writing

Kathie Smith, agribusiness reporter, The Modesto Bee (Modesto, CA)
Literature, with emphasis on American literature since the 1920’s; art and music appreciation