"Urban Space as Museum: Public Discourse in Ba'athist Baghdad," Heghnar Zeitlan, UCLA

 "The Murals of Itzmiquilpan and the Creation of a Mexican historical Allegory," Michael Schuessler, UCLA

 "The Predicament of Contemporary African Artists," Victoria Rovine, Indiana University

 "The Unearthed Drum: Black Indian Mardi Gras of New Orleans," Michele Martinez, UCLA

 "The Aesthetic Status of Pottery in Japan and the English Speaking West," Laurel Lyman, Hunter college, City University of New York

 "A Re-evaluation of Handy's Analysis of Marquesan Tattooing," Tricia Allen, University of Hawaii at Manoa