Summer Research Projects, Summer 2006
Anthropology
Another America: an ethnography of the Irish-American Travellers
Amanda Boundy (Adviser: Dr. Mullin)
Korean single mothers and their children as portrayed by mass media
Grace Shin (Adviser: Dr. Mullin)
Art and Art History
Animals on the Edge II: Marginal imagery on the Cathedral of Saint-Trophime
Bethany Corriveau (Adviser: Dr. Cavell)
A study in the personification of trees
Laura Beyer (Adviser: Prof. McCauley)
Biology
Plastination of Nurse Sharks (Ginglymostoma cirratum): a strategy for long-term preservation of biological materials
Rachel Ransom (Adviser: Dr. Carrier)
Sensory system function in Nurse Sharks (Ginglymostoma cirratum): acquisition and interpretation of electrophysiology in olfactory pathways
Lindsay Rubin (Adviser: Dr. Carrier)
Sensory system function in Nurse Sharks (Ginglymostoma cirratum): acquisition and interpretation of electrophysiology in acoustic nerve pathways
Lindsay Rubin (Adviser: Dr. Carrier)
Does the source of DNA matter? A comparison of DNA extracted from nestling House Wrens and Tree Swallows
David Goodyear (Adviser: Dr. Kennedy)
Analysis of vocalizations of Northern Cardinals throughout a breeding season
Will Lewis (Adviser: Dr. Kennedy)
Home range size and landscape use by wood turtles, Glyptemys insculpta
Kristen Krum (Adviser: Dr. McCurdy)
Fine-scale movements and habitat use by wood turtles, Glyptemys insculpta
Lake Sweet (Adviser: Dr. McCurdy)
Developing a genetic assay to measure reverse transcriptase fidelity
Rasleen Saluja (Adviser: Dr. Saville)
Investigating mechanisms of DNA repair in Drosophila melanogaster
Mark Weismiller (Adviser: Dr. Saville)
Examination of the molecular mechanisms that promote divergent axon morphologies: analysis of Slit chemorepellent expression through cell division in Drosophila melanogaster.
Paul Beach (Adviser: Dr. Scheel)
Investigation of the effect of netrin expression on nerve cell growth and cell cycle regulators.
Wendy Simanton (Adviser: Dr. Scheel)
Chemistry
An electrochemical immunoassay for pollutant detection
Ashley Fields (Adviser: Dr. Beilstein)
The structure and properties of MALDI matrixes
Andrew Fidler (Adviser: Dr. Bieler)
Synthesis and development of chiral hypervalent iodine compounds: an international collaborative project
Shauna Paradine (Adviser: Dr. French)
Progress toward a new class of chiral hypervalent iodine reagent
Sarah Simmons (Adviser: Dr. French)
Permanganate stable ionic liquids
Brandon Morrill and Jacob Skeans (Adviser: Dr. Harris)
Synthesis of organic ligands for molecular magnetism
Andy Brusoe (Adviser: Dr. McCaffrey)
Chemical manipulations to synthesize a ligand based on tetrahydro asterriquinone for magnetic materials
Kristyn Darmafall (Adviser: Dr. McCaffrey)
Changing plant species distributions in the Great Basin
Lisa Colville (Adviser: Dr. Van de Ven)
English
Along the Brick Street: an Albion novel
Corey Crowley (Adviser: Dr. Brown)
Sexuality on the stage in Shakespeare's early modern times
Lauren Karcz (Adviser: Dr. Crupi)
The divine Jane Austen and the sexuality of her sacred texts
Catherine Janssen (Adviser: Dr. Jordan)
200 years: Lord Byron and Oscar Wilde in the public eye
Michael Melvin (Adviser: Dr. Jordan)
Writing through Faulkner: a study of language and narration
Ryan Kiesel (Adviser: Dr. Lockyer)
Economics and Management
The economic success of Puerto Rico based on political identity
Lindsay Weber (Adviser: Dr. Li)
Environmental Institute/Whitehouse Nature Center
The effectiveness of art- versus science-based modules in environmental education for children
Catherine Game (Adviser: Director Crupi and Dr. White)
Foreign Languages
German influence in Argentina: beyond Nazi asylums, a transnational study
Grace Keeney (Adviser: Dr. Grimm)
La Louisiane dans le recueil de poésies "Les Ephémères" par Alexandre Latil
Brandon Hill (Adviser: Dr. Guenin-Lelle)
History
Rock and roll, cinema, and self-management: popular culture in the former Yugoslavia
Simona Shuboni (Adviser: Dr. Cocks)
EPA and auto emissions
Benjamin Passavant (Adviser: Dr. Dick)
Mathematics and Computer Science
Applications of graph theory to economics
Thomas Youle (Adviser: Dr. Connamacher)
Development of crystallographic analysis software: stereographic projection and image correction
Brian Dick (Adviser: Dr. Mason)
Music
The life, music, and legacy of Howard Hanson and his influences on American classical music and the American music education system
Kevin Ryan (Adviser: Dr. Abbott)
Drill writing: concept to completion
Brenda Errichiello (Adviser: Dr. McIlhagga)
Investigating and applying extended techniques of oboe performance
Allison Gessner (Adviser: Prof. Van de Ven)
Philosophy
A compromise between consequentialism and deontology
Peter Bornschein (Adviser: Dr. Madhok)
Psychology
Perception of women in the workplace
Mark Wojda (Adviser: Dr. Christopher)
Common sense theories of illness of diabetes and heart disease in an African American population
Lauren Paul (Adviser: Dr. Jensen)
The effects of enriched maternal environments and support on the cognitive performances of offspring in Octodon degus
Dorela Shuboni (Adviser: Dr. Jechura)
Inside the criminal mind: a comparison of matricide and patricide
Adrienne Farrell-VanZomeren (Adviser: Dr. Keyes)
Race and perception of color in skin tone identification tasks
Kelly Parsell (Adviser: Dr. Keyes)
Dorsal hippocampus involvement in trace appetitive conditioning with various lengths of trace intervals in rats.
Megan Anderson (Adviser: Dr. Wilson)
Religious Studies
Asceticism or anorexia: religious freedom and self-harm
Sarah Hewitt (Adviser: Dr. Mourad)
Sociology
Social consequences of child labor in urban Nigeria
Arielle Carter (Adviser: Dr. Togunde)
A sociological analysis of children's educational and occupational aspirations in urban Nigeria
Sarah Richardson (Adviser: Dr. Togunde)
Parents' views, children's voices: intergenerational analysis of child labor in urban Nigeria
Emily Weber (Adviser: Dr. Togunde)
Speech Communication
Analyzing non-verbal communication
Beckie Garrison and Lindsay Pingel (Adviser: Dr. Erlandson)
The importance of guanxi
Meghan Esper (Adviser: Dr. Young)
Cultural transmission in Shakespeare's comedies: propaganda and early modern popular culture
Sarah Wingo (Adviser: Dr. Young)
Theatre
"Wrestling" with difficult subjects: using theatre to talk about sexual orientation
Jordan Parsons (Adviser: Dr. Chapman)
Women's and Gender Studies
*Rethinking corporeality: Deleuze, feminism, and the post-psychoanalytic body
Rachel McKinney (Adviser: Dr. Cocks)