Jarrard, who teaches courses in southern Baroque architecture, sculpture, and painting, will spend the 1999­00 academic year at the Bunting Institute exploring the material elements, architectural resonances, and social dimensions of five theaters in France and Italy. Her research may shed new light on the role of the theater in shaping public experience and attitudes toward architecture.

"I am very pleased to award this fellowship to Professor Jarrard," Wilson said. "The Bunting Institute provides some of the world's best scholars with the time and resources they need to break new ground in their fields."

As a Bunting fellow, Jarrard will be provided with an office, a stipend, and access to resources at Radcliffe and Harvard -- including the unique and collaborative environment at the Bunting Institute. Jarrard will also make a public presentation of her research during her fellowship.

Before assuming her position at Harvard in 1996, Jarrard was a visiting lecturer of art at Smith College in 1994, an assistant professor of art at the University of Georgia from 1992 to 1993, and an instructor in the Art History Department at Emory University.

Jarrard earned doctoral and master's degrees in art history from Columbia University. In 1982, she graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor's degree in art history from Duke University.

Jarrard has also earned postdoctoral fellowships from the American Academy in Rome and the J. Paul Getty Foundation.

The Radcliffe Junior Faculty Fellowship was established in 1995 for junior women on the faculty at Harvard. Each year, Radcliffe invites special contributions from alumnae and friends to support the investment toward tenure parity for women academics.

Fellowships at the Bunting Institute provide a concentrated research and work environment as well as access to extraordinary scholarly resources, stimulating colleagues, professional interchange, and an atmosphere of mutual support among talented women of diverse backgrounds and disciplines.

Founded in 1960, the Bunting Institute is the world's premier multidisciplinary center of advanced studies for women.