Independent Study Projects

Adams, Brad (ISLE 95) Fish Tales: Life in a Migratory Fishing Camp
Alderson, D. (ISLE 95) Two Cases of Illness in Watapuluwa
Alford, J. (ISLE 93) The I.P.K.F.'s Effects on Ethnic Identity
Anderson, Carolyn (ISLE 84) Dambulla: Temple Economics
Avery, Luke (ISLE 99) Employment of the Second Generation Settlers in Mahaweli System C
Azzolini, Elizabeth (ISLE 04)  In Search of "Sri Lankan Music Background and Present situation of Tamils of Sri Lanka
Baeza, Rafael (ISLE 89) Exorcism and its Healing Aspects
Baeza, Rafael(ISLE 89) Monastic Architecture of Anuradhapura: Development of the Stupa
Barclay, Chris (ISLE 86) Self-Perfection and Self-Destruction in the Sangha
Barnard, Laura (ISLE 83) Sri Maha Bodhi: Cultural Melting Pot
Bass, Daniel (ISLE 93) Television:Drug of a Nation
Bazzano, Jason (ISLE 00) The Effects of Habitat Loss Inflicted by Tea Plantations Upon Frogs in Sri Lanka
Beauchamp, Ray (ISLE 97) A Study and A Story of Tangalle--Differing Methods of Describing The Changes Sri Lankan Fisherman Face Today
Beaven-Ankner, Jennifer (ISLE) Kandyan Dance in a Village: Malagammana
Beer, Tom (ISLE 86) Monastic Musings: Considerations on Buddhist Sangha
Belmont, David (ISLE 85) Survival in Poverty: The Fishermen of Mirissa Colony
Bernstein, M. (ISLE 94) The Jewish History of Sri Lanka
Berringer, Katie (ISLE 07) Reinterpreting the Gradual Path: Meditation in a Globalized World
Bertsch, Roger (ISLE 83) The Religious and Social Aspects of Rites of Passage in Jaffna Society
Birmelin, Lucas (ISLE 87) Influences on B. Worship of Major Guardian Dieties...
Blackburn, Anne (ISLE 86) Mahayana Buddhism in SL: A New Approach
Braddock, Jocelyn (ISLE 02) Weft and Warp to Motor and Machine in Sri Lanka’s Handloom Industry
Brady, Daniel (ISLE 06) The Sinhalese Villager and the Tamil Estate Worker in the Context of Resettlement
Braxton, Julita (ISLE 92) The Apsaras of Sigiria 
Brennan, Dallas (ISLE 92) Maternity Leave Benefits and the Double Burden of the Working Mother in Sri Lanka
Brennan, Dallas (ISLE 92) Sarvodaya Shamadana Movement: Harvesting the Grassroots Revolution
Bridge, Doug (ISLE) Sarvodya and the 1971 Insurrection
Britt, Michael (ISLE 94) Ceylon's Role in WWII
Brown, Cameron (ISLE 98) Education of the Upcountry Tamil Estate Community and Development and Current Status
Brown, D. (ISLE 85) Mahawelli Radio Community: The Role that Radio Can Play in Development
Brown, E. (ISLE 83) Indian Tamil Laborers on the Tea Plantations: An Alienated Society
Brown, Elizabeth (ISLE 04) Being a Buddhist Pilgrim
Brown, Josh (ISLE 95) Buddhism and Modern Science
Bucher, Jamie (ISLE 01) An Intruder to Craft, An Apprentice of the Art of Lacquer
Buckley, Sarah (ISLE 96) Politics at the University of Peradeniya

Burks, Sarah Gettie (ISLE 03)

The Man with the Fro: Sai Baba in Sri Lanka
Calhoun, Sarah (ISLE 99) Face/Off: The Dichotomous Life At Lankatilike
Campbell, Laura (ISLE 99) Lanka Jatika Sarvodaya Shramadana Sangamaya Movement: GALLE
Carbine, Jake (ISLE 91) Supremacy and Subordination
Carle, Siggi (ISLE) Untitled- Education
Carlson, Jessica (ISLE 04) My Way is Better than Your Way: Comparing Methods of Ayurvedic Education
Carpenter, Steve (ISLE 93) Forms of Devotionalism Surrounding the Celebration of God Kataragama's Affair with Valli Amma
Carstens, Charlie (ISLE 04) Who Dropped the Alms Bowl?
Chang, Anita (ISLE 94) Oppression of Women in Economically Developing Societies
Chapman, J. (ISLE 94)  Disappearing Act: Premadasa & the Decline of Sinhala Chauvinism in Sri Lankan Politics
Chauss, M (ISLE) A Hot Place... Ruins of Polonnaruwa
Clapp, Bill (ISLE 85) Buddhist Doctrine as Psycho-Therapy
Clark, Katy (ISLE 03) A Pot Filled to the Brim Does Not Shake: Examining the Sri Lankan Pottery Industry
Clark, Rachel (ISLE 00) Traveling in Darkness and Silence:  Viewing Physical Disability in Sri Lanka through Special Education
Cmaylo, Jessie (ISLE 98) Soothsayers in Sri Lanka: A Unique Portraiture of Regiousity in the Mystical and Mundane
Cole, Will (ISLE 07) The Queen Bee: Charisma, Disease, and the Power of Demons
Conley, Susan (ISLE 87) Sastra: Is Destiny Ruled by the Planets?
Corbman, Marjorie (ISLE 08) After the Pogrom: Reconstruction of Identity among the IDPs in Puttalam
Cordek, Susan (ISLE 87) Sins of Omission: The Catholic Church in Sri Lanka
Cornwell, Sarah (ISLE 03) Mangoes, Pranksters, Kings and Mayhem: The Folklore Of Sri Lanka
Costa, Hyacinth (ISLE 03) The Fairest of the All: Losing Pigment vs. Losing Pounds Within Sri Lankan Standards of Beauty
Costerisan, Dawn (ISLE 94) Sinhala-English Bilingualism
Crabtree, L. (ISLE) Galletana Ratemullah: Anthropological Study
Cressey, Sarah (ISLE) Sinhalese Buddhism in the 19th C: Resistance and
Crook, Kim (ISLE) American Missionaries in Jaffna
Curren, Seth (ISLE 02) Down on the Upside. Modernization and the Kandyan Arts
Curtis, Meg (ISLE 91) Buddhists and Hindus at Kataragama: Religious and Ethnic Isolation in Sri Lanka
David, Toby (ISLE 04) Making the Mask: Theory and Practice or Zoo Lah Lah!
Davies, Cynthia (ISLE 02) Lanka’s Melting Pot: Evangelical Christians and Culture in Sri Lanka.
Davis, Jonathan (ISLE 86) Muslims in Galle: An Accommodating Opportunist Minority
De Armond, Alex (ISLE 93) Society of Friends of the Dhamma: Reinterpretation...
Desmond, Sarah (ISLE 86) Many Faces of Kataragama God
Dick, Jody (ISLE 89) Pattini in Myth and Practice
Dick, Jody (ISLE 89) Assimilation and Transformation: Yaksas and Nagas in Early Sri Lankan History
Diebert, Jessica(ISLE) Rural Women's Employment and the Revival of Sri Lanka's Handloom Industry
Dorsey, Blinn (ISLE 87) Tooth and Tree: Comparison of Worship...
Dorsey, Blinn (ISLE 87) Rise of the City as a Center in SL History
Doyle, S. (ISLE 85) Sarvodaya, Realistic or Idealistic
Drayter, Scott (ISLE 86) Deteriorating Circumstances Leading to Dissatisfaction in a Political Study
Dunbar, Emmett (ISLE 92) Bodhi Puja
Dworkin, Emily (ISLE 00) Finding a Place in Society:A Study of the Life and Identity of the Nuns at the Lady Blake Upasikaramaya
Eberly, Lydia (ISLE 04) Batik: Art?

Enke, Anne(ISLE 84)

Buddhism in Lankatilaka: Belief, Ritual, or Just Fun
Feinberg, David (ISLE 98) Sinahala Veda Kama and the Vederales of Sri Lanka: From its Indian Ayurvedic Origins to its Modern Indigenous Expression 
Finkle, Tori (ISLE 04) Press Freedom in Sri Lanka: Perspectives in Change and Political Culture
First, Brian (ISLE 87) Udarata Natun: Kandyan Dance
Fish, Michael (ISLE 04) Lay Meditation Movements in Sri Lanka
Fisher, Jeremy (ISLE 04) With God on Our Side, Who Can Be Against Us?: Sri Lankan Pentecostal Churches and their Members
Fisher, Matthew (ISLE 82) Uses of the Dhammapada
Flaherty, Megan (ISLE 89) Meditation and Therapy: Beyond Limitations
Flaherty, Patrick (ISLE 89) State and Society in the Anuradapura Civilization
Ford, Karly ST (ISLE 01) Beyond Grammar: Questions about English Instruction in Sri Lanka
Forrest, Kim (ISLE 04) The Social Outreach of the Catholic Church: Recent Trends and Limitations
Fox, Richard (ISLE 01) Environmental Protection of the British Colonial Era:The Ironies of Exploitation
Franklin, Peter (ISLE 03) Shared Space: The Evolution of a Mixed Ethnicity Village
Friedrich, Philip (ISLE 04) The Tank, the Temple, and the Paddy Field Today: Religio-Cultural Symbols and Rural Agrarian Dev. Policy
Frisbie, Ted (ISLE 95) The Success Story: Search for the Meaning of Religious Tolerance in Multi-Religious Sri Lanka 
Fromm, Michelle (ISLE 84) Rites and Rituals of Birth, Pre and Post Natal Care in Sri Lanka
Gallin, Rebecca (ISLE 93) Exorcism in SL: Balance of Power Between Supernatural...
Galt, Alex (ISLE 93) Effects of the Buddhist Revival on Sri Lanka's Educatnal System
Gandhi, Shreena (ISLE 00) Buddhist Folklore as My Frame, the Picture Being Changes in Sri Lankan Buddhism
Garrett, E.H. (ISLE 03) Sri Lanka's Modern and Traditional Kitchens: Age-Old Tradition, Change and Assimilation
Gerson, Jordana (ISLE '97) Name That Nun: Bhikkuni, Dasa Sil Matavo, Upasika? Towards a Feminist Buddhism--The Spiritual and the Feminine and Female World Renouncers in Contemporary Sri Lanka
Gibbon, Corinne (ISLE 04) Youth Frustrations, Aspirations, and Perspectives on Violence
Gidwani, Tara (ISLE 82) Meditation and Lifestyle: Examination of Meditation...
Gillis, Alex (ISLE 04) The Magical Nature of a Buddhist Sri Lanka: Buddhist Practice versus Doctrine
Gladfeller, Hannah (ISLE 93) Duttagamani and the Sinhala Buddhist Revival: Stupa...
Glantz, Michael (ISLE 06) Its Not Easy Being Blue: An Investigation of Vishnu Devale Worship
Gleason, Tristan (ISLE 00) Coral Reef Ecology and the Condition of Two Reefs on the Southern Coast of Sri Lanka
Glick, Jon (ISLE 85) Meditational Journey into Meaning of the Forest
Goss, Meghan (ISLE 04) The Role of NGOs in Community Development: A Case Study With Satyodaya
Gravelin, Sara (ISLE 00) Hatching a Plan for Turtle Conservation in Sri Lanka
Greenley, Paige (ISLE 07) In Search of the Sri Lankan Potter
Greisman, Erika (ISLE 01) Religious Ideological Change as Manifested in the Lives of the Buddhist Nuns of Sri Lanka
Gruber, Jason (ISLE 89) Ehi-Passika
Gruber, Jason (ISLE 89) In Search of... [Duttagamini and the Mahavamsa]
Guerette, Chris (ISLE 03) Cultural Bias at Sri Lankan Archaeological Sites and Museums
Gustafson, Amberlee (ISLE 06) Buddhism, Education, and Kandyan Dance
Hall, Adam (ISLE 08)  Community Participation in Environmental Conservation and Development in the Udeseiya Valley of the Knuckles Conservation Area
Halverson, C. (ISLE 86) The Sarvodaya Shramandana Movement: Ideals,Pre-School Ceremonial Openings, and Bureaucracy
Harris, Jenny (ISLE 85) State of the Arts: Cottage Crafts in Kalapura
Hashmall, Sarah (ISLE 07) The Snare of Mara: Women in Sri Lankan Buddhist Monastic Life
Haske, Chris (ISLE 99) Visions of Vulnerability: A Brush with Contemporary Sri Lankan Art
Hassman, Alison (ISLE 94) Sri Lanka's Environmental Situation
Hastings, Paul (ISLE 03) The Inculturation of Christianity in Sri Lanka: Towards A Reassessment of Christianity
Henderson, Jane (ISLE 83) Moving East or West?: Westerners in Robes
Herrick-Stare, Peter (ISLE 00) A Theoretical Study of Aid, Development, and Conflict
Hirsch, Melanie (ISLE 00) When the Ethnic Conflict Comes to Dinner: Ethnic Conflict and Identity for Families of Mixed Ethnicity
Hitz, Delia (ISLE 83)  The Taming of the Demonic
Hoelher, Kristen (ISLE 83) Place of Dasasil matas in SL Today, and the Demands...
Holland, Anne (ISLE 97) Christian Missionary Outreach in Sri Lanka
Hone, Trent (ISLE 92)  Asoka: Cateravartin Ideal and the Rulership of SL
Hong, Sarah (ISLE 93) Oh, the Suffering: Buddhism and Existential Psychology 
Horn, Johanna (ISLE 96) Violence Against Women: the invisible barrier to development -- a look at women, violence, and development planning in Sri Lanka
Hoyt, Samantha (ISLE 00) The Abolishment of Oppositions: Journeying Into the Depths of the Demonic
Huber, Kristen (ISLE 06) Finding a Religious Role as a Woman in Sri Lankan Society
Huebner, Laura (ISLE 01) A New Perspective on a Traditional Family Role: An Analysis of Sri Lankan Migrant Housemaids Who Chose to Resume Their Role as Housewife
Hughes, Stephen (ISLE 83) Reinterpretatn According to Tradition: Island Hermitage
Humphrey, Laura (ISLE 00)  The Movement within the Movement: Evolution and Change in the 21st Century Vipassana Movement
Hunt, B.W.M. (ISLE 95) Customs, Traditions, Practices - Sinhalese Home Construction Rituals
Huseby, Conor (ISLE 00) The Evolution of the JVP: The Story of Democracy's Failure
Hyman, Katie (ISLE 06) Reading Between the Cusps
Irby, Gavin (ISLE 99) Sila, Panna and a Bottle of Cuervo Gold
Jackiw, Nicholas (ISLE 86) Joseph Vaz's Pursuit of the Faith: Roman Catholicism and the Dutch Rule
Jackiw, Nick (ISLE 86) Clouds Under Sunlight
Jagernauth, David (ISLE 00) This God is a Mystery:  Sri Lankan Multireligion in the Cult of Skanda/Murugan at Kataragama
Jarvis, Jill (ISLE 99) In Pieces: Reconsidering this War
Jebb, Flynn (ISLE 04) Mama Lankave Natune Igennegatta
Jennings, Kate (ISLE 96) Fields of Gold? (a critique of the Mahaweli Development Programme)
Johnson, Emily (ISLE 00) Sudhu Bhikkus: An Analysis of Western Buddhist Monks
Johnson, Molly (ISLE 93) Death: and the Concepts and Rituals that Surround It...
Johnston, Chris (ISLE 08) Sowing the SEEDS: Sarvodaya's Different Look at Banking
Kadlec, Shaun (ISLE 99) Dance, Drum, Subsistence, and Modernization: The Yakdessagedera Family's Hereditary Traditions
Kane, Risa (ISLE 82) Women in Buddhism
Kasper, Emily (ISLE 93) How Resplendent... Pres. Wijetunge's Military Policy
Keating, Christina (ISLE 87) Interaction Between a Village and its Aramaya
Keefe, Lyle (ISLE 82) Position of Kingship and its Relation to the Sangha
Kelley, Tera (ISLE 01) 'Culture' and the Production of Feminist Consciousness
Kennedy, C. (ISLE 84) Following the Sarvodaya Path Towards Rural  Development
Kenny, Michael (ISLE 01) The Bow and Arrow: a Study of the Political Implications of the Sihala Urumaya Party's Platform During the 2001 General Elections of Sri Lanka
Kensinger, Derek (ISLE 97) Creating a Cure
Kent, Dan (ISLE 96) Practicing Belief: A Study of the Japanese Neo New Religion, Sukyo Mahikari, in Sri Lanka
Kent, Dan (ISLE 97) Reflections of Merit:  The Adam's Peak Pilgrimage Traditions of Sri Lanka
Khaki, Ateqah (ISLE 03) Unveiling the Motivations and Implications of Hijab Amongst University Women in Sri Lanka
Kinnard, Jacob (ISLE 85) Tradition of Change and Changing of Tradition:
Klass, Ingrid (ISLE 94) Silenced & Shamed: Rape in S.L. Context
Klukan, Brett (ISLE 01) Bara: Devotional Practices at St. Anne's, Talawila
Kollmeyer, Andrew (ISLE 06) The Role of Modern Nikayas in Sri Lanka
Koyama, Mark (ISLE 86) Feet Almost Silent: Impressions of Meditation
Kulukundis, Delia (ISLE 04) The Sri Lankan bhikkhuni sangha: values and pressures
Kyle, Jay (ISLE 96) The Sea in Camera: Photographing Change in the Conditions of Mirissa's Fisherfolk
Kyle, Jennifer (ISLE 89) Kandyan Style Vihara Painting and Sinhala Buddhist Folk  Culture 
Kyle, Jennifer (ISLE 89) Unique Sculptural Identities in Early Sinhalese Art: Moonstones and Guardstones
La Velle, E. (ISLE ) The Constitution on Sri Lanka
Ladner, M. (ISLE 94)   Source of Power... L.T.T.E., J.V.P., U.N.P. after '77
Lange, Shara K. (ISLE 96) Press and Censorship under Bandaranaike's Government
Lavender, Patrick (ISLE 06) The Local Side of Sri Lanka’s Garment Industry
Leavitt, B. (ISLE 86)  Somethings Fishy Going on in Dondra
Leeming, Haven (ISLE '07) The Worth of Water: Traditional Water Values and Modern Well Irrigation in the Dry Zone of Sri Lanka
Leerbruger, M. (ISLE 92) Gender Roles of Sri Lankan Children as Compared to American Children
Leigh, Jennifer (ISLE 92) Changing Status of Women under Colonial Rule
Leigh, Jennifer (ISLE 92) Romance, Ragging, & Ritual: A Study in the Lives of Peradeniya Women
Leigh, Jennifer (ISLE 92)  Images of Women in Ancient and Mediaeval Texts and Inscriptions
Leow, Paul (ISLE 00)  Rice and Curry, You Idiot!:  The Search for Traditional Sri Lankan Food in a Changing Culture
Leroy, M.E. (ISLE 99) Buddhism: A New Approach to Psychotherapy?
Leslie, Kate (ISLE 98) English Language & the Disenfranchisement of Rural Youth: A Look at the Problem and Solutions     
Levine, Cyndi (ISLE 85) Masks and the False Face of the Future
Levinson, J. (ISLE 84) The Effects of Malutrition on Maternity & Child Welfare
Lilienthal, S. (ISLE 85) Barely Afloat and Sinking: Problems Confronting Peasant Agriculture
Linden, Sharon (ISLE 97) The Elephant-Man Conflict in Sri Lanka
Litsch, Sarah (ISLE 99) Sri Lanka's Cottage Industry: A Traditional Business in a Modern World
Llosa, Thalia (ISLE) Meditation in Relation to Mental Health
Locker, Mary Margaret (ISLE 03) Strange Benevolence
Lowry, E. (ISLE 94) U.S. Peace Corps: Foreign Aid or Intervention?
Lu, Nhu-tien (ISLE 98) Fabrique au Sri Lanka
Lynch, Caitrin (ISLE 87) A Look at the Dasa Sil Matas of Sri Lanka
Maes, Benjamin (ISLE 00) From Bus Halts to Bodhi Trees:  War and Remembrance in Contemporary Sri Lanka
Mahadev, Neena (ISLE 98) Social Devt Among UpCountry Tamils: The Means to Empower a Depressed Community
Mahowald, Adam (ISLE 01) Chasing Veddas
Maier, Betty (ISLE 98) The Evolution of Woodcarving in Sri Lanka: Techniques and Historical Background of the Kandyan Period to Present
Malone, Bettina (ISLE 84) Women Municipal Workers of Mahayawe
Manski, Ruth (ISLE 07) Clinical Experiences of Pregnancy: Gender, Fragmentation and Power
Martin, Paul (ISLE 84) Yala: Zoo or Reserve
Martineau, K. (ISLE 93) Kandyan Weddings
Masevchik, J.(ISLE 94) Dhamma, Domicile and the Damage Done- Early Early Ceylonese Monasticism and a Changing Ideal
Mason, Meta (ISLE 99) A Study of Sri Lanka's Coral Reefs: Degradation to Restoration
Massey, C. (ISLE 84) Gems in Sri Lanka
Maxwell, Sarah (ISLE 86)  Dambulla: Parking Lot for Buddhas 
May, Sara (ISLE 87) Buddhist Pantheon, Buddha's Path and the Path of the People
McCowan, Corey (ISLE 98) The Cultural Triangle Revisited
McCullough, Ian (ISLE 01) The Buddhist Education of a 10th Year Student in Sri Lanka
McGee, Alexandra (ISLE 89) Closer Look in Comparison of Buddhist Nuns in BuddhIsm Transformed  and the Kirinda Aramaya 
McGee, Alexandra (ISLE 89) Role of the Bodhi Tree in Ancient Sri Lanka
McKinley, Alex (ISLE 06) Existence and Conversations: An Examination of Catholic Inter-religious Dialouuge, Inculturation, and Identity in Wahakotte and Kandy
McLane, Heather (ISLE 98) Post Independence Devt in the Pottery Industry
Meltzer, Emily (ISLE 99) The Needs and Problems of Adolescents in Sri Lanka and the Efforts to Address Them
Mengel, Sarah (ISLE 04) Sixth and Seventh Grade Students’ Notions of Nat’l Identity
Meyers, Lizabeth (ISLE 98) Traditional Kandyan Jewelry: Design, Manufacture and Position in History
Meyers, Maggie (ISLE 04) The Personification of Ignorance and Wisdom…
Mezz, David (ISLE 95) Investigations into the Truth of the Rebirth Doctrine
Miller, Megan (ISLE 06) Health on Tea Plantations
Mitchell, Laura (ISLE 97) Puppetry in Sri Lanka
Mitchell, Megan (ISLE 96) The Fate of the Elephant: Problems of Conservation in
Modest, Sam (ISLE 08) The Evolution of Kandyan dance across generations: Exploring the Effects of Social Values and Structures on Tradition
Moore, Lisa (ISLE 02) Grassroots Feminism in Sri Lanka
Morgenstern, Mara (ISLE 04) Technological and Traditional Methods in the Gem Industry of Sri Lanka
Morris, Chris (ISLE 04) The Ceylonese and World War II
Mullen, Jenna (ISLE 02) Exploring the Shifting dynamics of Kataragama Through the stories of its people.
Muller, Kevin (ISLE) Rituals of Maintenance
Muller, Kevin (ISLE) Tradition and Change: Asala Perahara
Neubert, Chris (ISLE 06) Rethinking Development
Nevitt, R. (ISLE 85) How Much is the Brown Baby in the Window: The Stigma of Foreign Adoption in Sri Lanka
Newcomer, Lynea (ISLE 00) Life in the New Millenium:  Sri Lankan Music Fusion
Nichols-Barrer, Ira (ISLE 01) Constructing Kataragama: Multiethnic and Multireligious Encounters Through the Eyes of Residents
Norcia, Matthew (ISLE 01) Gods and Gills: Religion of the Fishermen
Olendzki, Nik (ISLE 07) Angampora: Sri Lanka's Martial Art
Olson, Will (ISLE 07) The Priest, The Patient, and the Head Cap: Investigating Ayurvedic Mental Healing in Modern Sri Lanka
Owen, David (ISLE 03) Sacred Forms: A Comparative Study of Hindu, Buddhist, Christian, and Islamic Religious Uses of Visual Art
Parker, Jeffrey (ISLE 93) Socioeconomic History of modern Anuradhapura
Parrish, Elizabeth (ISLE 04)  Jatika Hela Urumaya: The Fusion of Church and State
Pechilis, Karen (ISLE 82) The Sinhalese Buddhists at Kataragama 
Pederson, A. (ISLE 95) The Kali Devalaya
Penny, Liz (ISLE 98)  An Initial Investigation into the Geological/Geo-Anthropological Env. of the Yapahuw & Pinwewa Areas
Perlow, Jackie (ISLE 07) The Women Behind the Wax: Exploring the Craftsmanship and artistry of the Sri Lankan Batik Industry
Piltch, Debbie (ISLE) Women in Film
Platt, David C. (ISLE 96) Who's Your Dadi? Tracing the Dynamics of the Buddhist Pantheon as Embodied in the Evolution of Dadimunda Deviyo at Alutnuwara
Prins, David (ISLE 01) From the Jungle to the Zoo: A Comparison of a Forest Hermitage Monastery and a Large Meditation Center/Monastery and their Roles in a Buddhist Society
Pyle, Laura (ISLE 98) Nationalization of the Tea Estates of Sri Lanka
Rasmussen, Bill (ISLE 89) Aspects of Sinhalization at Kataragama 
Rasmussen, Bill (ISLE 89) Decline of Rajarata Civilization: Various Arguments 
Repp, Emily (ISLE 99) Confronting Death: Belief and Ritual in Sinhalese Buddhism
Rice, Andrew (ISLE 94) Sri Lanka, Alcoholism, and A.A.
Rodfong, Tina (ISLE 89) Visnu and the Ever-Changing Pantheon of Gods in Sri Lanka
Rodfong, Tina (ISLE 89) Irrigation in Dry one of Ceylon from 400 BC-600 AD Hf
Rosenberg, Gil (ISLE 98) The Illustrated Art/Science of Board Games in Sri Lanka
Rosenberg, K. (ISLE 98) Government Vet. Service in Sri Lanka:  The Vet Research Institue, Gov't Vet Hospital,Kundasale Field Station
Rosinski, Mary (ISLE) Ayurveda
Ross, Tyler (ISLE 00) Prospects for Privatization in Sri Lankas Tertiary Education
Sabharwal, Aliya (ISLE 08) Inculturation and Contradiction: Catholicism in Rural Sri Lanka
Sallstrom, Anna (ISLE 07) Higher Education in Nuwara Eliya
Sapir, Ed (ISLE 95) Into the Mystic
Sargent, Ann (ISLE 83) Book of Jatakas: Educational Tool for Popular Buddhism?
Savage, Luke (ISLE 04) Peasant Fishermen in a Capitalist Market
Schenck, Becky (ISLE 85) Kandyan Temple Paintings 
Schlitt, Ben (ISLE 98) An Introduction to Sinhalese Combative History and Technique
Schnell, David (ISLE 01) Modern Interpretations and Differences Between a Village Dwelling and Forest Dwelling Monastery
Schoenthal, Ben (ISLE 97) Demon Worship in the Sinhalese Buddhist Tradition--An Examination of Sanni Yakuma  and Sapa Kerenewa
Schuckman, H. Erik (ISLE 97) Facets of Death in Comparative Religion--Funeral Ceremonies of Buddhists, Hindus, Muslims, and Christians In Kandy
Scripps, John (ISLE 98) Tradition and Change in Sri Lankan Fisheries
Selikowitz, Dan (ISLE 95) Art as Meditation
Seward, Katherine (ISLE 06) Islamic Revivalism in the Sri Lankan Context
Shaler, Michael (ISLE 84) Thick Description of a Meditation Monastery
Shemesh, Yonatan (ISLE 08) Legitimation of the Curse: History, Justice, and Hierarchy at the Sinigama Devale
Sheriff, Kathryn (ISLE 07) Interfaith Communion or Subtle Evangelism? The Catholic Church in Bibile
Shirey, Jill (ISLE 01) Global Rights (Private) Limited: The Business of Manufacture and Label
Shore, Chris (ISLE 93) We Are All Going to Hell: If We're Not Already There
Siegel, Jayme (ISLE 06) [De/Con] Structive: A Statistical Analysis 
Silberman, Sarah (ISLE 00)  Sarvodaya:  Awakening Sri Lanka and Beyond
Sinha, Arjun (ISLE 83) Mahawelli, A Future Prospect
Smith, Colleen (ISLE 06) Religious Views of Kandyan Dancers
Snider, Laura (ISLE 04) Democracy Through ‘Bad’ Behavior: The Southern Mothers Front
Solomon, Julie (ISLE) Lace Making in Galle: Why?
Spicer, Ruby (ISLE 87) Mama Tourist Kenek Nemei-- The Peace Corps of Sri Lanka Experience
Spielman, Rose (ISLE) Development or Determination? The People's Choice
Starkweather, Anne (ISLE 86) Beneath the Paws of the Lion 
Stehlik, Eddie (ISLE 03)  Rhythm and Motion: The Use of Energy and Flow in the Art Of Returning to the Time before the Disease
Sterio, Leanne (ISLE 03)  (Re)claiming What’s Ours: Power, Stability, and Solidarity in A Christian Community
Stevens, Bridget (ISLE 97) Traditional Paddy Agriculture:  Ritual in Practice
Stevens, Kim (ISLE 03) The Gulf Between Trousers and Sarong: an Observation of Modern Sri Lankan Class Issues in the Wake of Economic Liberation
Strachan, S. (ISLE 86) SOS Children's Villages
Stratton, Rory (ISLE 03) Mosque Architecture and the History of Sri Lankan  Muslim Communities through the Colonial Period
Sucheck, Alex (ISLE 99) Purity and Pollution: Bhakti Religiosity at Kataragama
Sufford, Pam (ISLE 84) Elderly in Sri Lanka
Sultze, K. (ISLE 86) Counsellor/Divine Scientist: An Astrologer in Sri Lanka
Sultze, Kim (ISLE 86) Rajasinha II: Dynamic Dead Man
Sundberg, Jeff (ISLE) A Gentle Essay on the Dismal Science: State Bank Trade Unions
Sutton, Jessica (ISLE 94) Buddhist Women: Aspiring Toward Better Rebirth Through Dana
Swanberg, Karen (ISLE 84) Lanka Mahila Samiti: A Women's Organization
Swanton, Liz (ISLE 06) Resisting the Norm: Sri Lankan Feminism through Queer Specs
Taggart, Fiona (ISLE 07) Sri Lanka's Approach to Prison Life and Rehabilitation
Thébaud, Ander (ISLE 87) Don't Forget to Eat Your Beans (SOYA)
Thomas, Jolie M. (ISLE 96) The Teacher's Role Within Sri Lanka's Education System - a small-scale study in an urban private environment
Thompson, Amy (ISLE 87) An American in Rodiya Village
Trainer, Michael (ISLE 96) Rhythmic Reconciliation: Transcendent Communications and Aesthetic Healing
Trainor, Kathy (ISLE 83) Many Faces of Kataragama Pilgrims
Trout, J. (ISLE) Indian Tamil Women Tea Estate Workers
Trusz, Grin Geiss (ISLE 04) The Malayaha Tamils of Sri Lanka's Tea Estates
Tuck, M. (ISLE 85) G.G. Ponnambalam and the Tamil Congress
Tucker, Diane (ISLE 87) Tea Plantations: More a Problem of Attitudes than Assets
Tufano, Sarah (ISLE 01) Dissecting the Voices: Modes of Religious Expression for Female World Renunciants
Turner, Joseph (ISLE 01) The Creation of an Institutionalized Past Through Politically Sacred Spaces
Valusek, Asteria (ISLE 08) The Student Bhikkhu on the University Campus: A Study at the University of Peradeniya
Van Horn, Carolina (ISLE 06) Development of Organic Agriculture in Sri Lanka
Vonnegut, Zach (ISLE 97) Reciprocal Generosity--A Study of the Relationship Between the Monks at the Sri Sudharmarama Intl. Buddhist Monastary and Their Lay Devotees
Walker, L. (ISLE 83) Bridging the Gap: The Veddas and Development
Walker, L. (ISLE 83) Sarvodayas Path to Rural Development
Wallach, Rachel (ISLE) A Tree and Its People
Wallis, Beth (ISLE 84) An Offering of Sound 
Walters, Jon (ISLE 82) In the Letter and the Spirit: Pastoral Role of the Buddhist Monk in Sri Lanka
Werntz, Mary (ISLE 83) The Order
White, T. (ISLE 86) Amazing Rev. Dhammajati and Buddhist Compassion Centre of Balapitiya
Wiener, Jack (ISLE 83) Fundamentalist Buddhism and Protestant Buddhism
Wiggins, Beth (ISLE 83) The Family in Yatigammana and its Extensions 
Wild, Kirsten (ISLE 89) The Sangha, Property, and State Support
Wilhelm, Kendra (ISLE 92) Tamil Tea Plantation Workers in Sri Lanka
Wilke, Sarah (ISLE 92) The Kiriammalage Dane
Williams, Andrew (ISLE 84) Methods, Truth, and Meaning
Williams, Erin (ISLE 99) Into the Jungle: An Exploration into the Real-life Practice of Ayurvedic and Indigenous Medicine in Sri Lanka
Wilson, Alicia (ISLE 94) Paths to Peace
Wish, Heather (ISLE 03) A Service to This Land? : Reflections on an International School in Kandy
Withers, Sara (ISLE 97) The Hand-Maids of Justice; Women Police Officers In Kandy
Wood, A. (ISLE 85) Sarvodaya: Then and Now
Wright, A. (ISLE 85) The Psychological Oppression of Estate Workers
Wright, Sarah (ISLE 02) Female World Renouncers
Young, Jon (ISLE 97) Growing In The Sangha--The Novice Monks of Ganegoda Temple