Grant Recipients
College of Liberal Arts (COLA)
2011 Undergraduate Research Award (URA)
Kevin Anderson, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Ellen Cohn, Psychology
Topic: Depression as Moderator of the Integrated Model of Legal and Moral Reasoning
Carly Champagne, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Benjamin Harris, Psychology
Topic: Marjorie Van de Water: A Career in Psychology and Journalism
Laura Jarvis, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Ellen Cohn, Psychology
Topic: Family Matters: Parenting Factors as Mediators of the Link between Family Structure and Adolescent Rule-Violating Behavior
Christa Jeck, Linguistics
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Leah Williams, English
Topic: Ghost Train: The Isolation of the American Passenger
Michael Pope, Spanish/International Affairs
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Benjamin Cole, Center for International Education
Topic: Elections and Party Dominance
Sarah Ransom, Psychology/Justice Studies
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Ellen Cohn, Psychology and Justice Studies
Topic: Effects of Victim and Perpetrator Reputation on Attitudes towards Relational Aggression: Who Is the Bully?
Karilyn Sheldon, Anthropology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Meghan Howey,
Anthropology
Topic: Lithic Analysis, Living Sites, and Social Interactions during Late Prehistory in Northern Michigan
2011 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) USA
Katherine Blanchette, Fine Arts
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Scott Schnepf, Art
Topic: I, Printmaker: An Exploration of Artistic Processes
Christopher Bruneau, Philosophy
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Paul McNamara, Philosophy
Topic: Evaluations of Robert Audi’s The Architecture of Reason
Kevin Cannon, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Edward Lemay, Psychology
Topic: Communal Strength and Commitment and the Implications for the Excessive Reassurance Seeking-Rejection Relationship
Stacy A. Clark, Philosophy
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Meredith Hall, English
Topic: “Encouraging America to Find Her Voice” The Evolution of Voice: An Explorative Memoir
Jacqueline Cordell, English Literature/ Linguistics
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Cord Whitaker, English
Topic: The Individual Voice: The Expression of Authority through Idiolects in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales
Michael D’Angelo, Classics
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Susan Curry, Classics
Topic: Vegetarians Ancient and Modern
Christopher Foss, Music Performance
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Janet Polk, Music
Topic: The Effects of Gouge Variations on the Physical Forces in the Bassoon Reed
Kendra Hanlon, Anthropology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. William Ross,
Milne Special Collections
Topic: Mardi Gras Indians and the Rebuilding of African American Community in a Post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans
Jolene Harju, Music Performance
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Peggy Vagts, Music
The Balanced Flutist: A Study of the Benefits of Body Mapping on Flute Performance
Jillian Price, History/Anthropology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Marion Girard-Dorsey, History
Topic: The Experience of Musical Propaganda in World War I America
2011 International Research Opportunities Program (IROP)
George Adams, Music/Liberal Studies
Research Site: Southampton, England
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Robert Haskins, Music
Foreign Faculty Mentor: Prof. David Nicholls, University of Southampton
Topic:Rhythmic and Harmonic Structure in Steve Reich: From Sketch to Score
Brett Gallo, Music Theory
Research Site: Accra, Ghana
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Burt Feintuch, Humanities
Foreign Faculty Mentor: Prof. John Collins, University of Ghana
Topic: Rhythmic Perception in West African Music
Chelsea Moyer, Political Science/International Affairs
Research Site: Ifrane, Morocco
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Jeannie Sowers, Political Science
Foreign Faculty Mentor: Prof. Jeanine Pfahlert, University of Ifrane
Topic: Morocco: A Case Study of Women’s Rights Movements in the Middle East
2011 Research Experience and Apprenticeship Program (REAP)
John DeGennaro, Anthropology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Eleanor Harrison-Buck, Anthropology
Topic: Documenting British Colonialism and African Slave History in the Belize Valley: Archaeology and Ethnohistory
Cory McKenzie, History
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Cathy Frierson, History
Topic: A Query into the Survival of the Russian Orthodox Church under Soviet Repression, with Iconography as a Chief Theme
Tegan O’Neill, Political Science
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Dante Scala, Political Science
Topic: Multi-Year Study of National Congressional Campaign Expenditures and a Multi-Election Study of the National Primary Vote
2011 Research Presentation Grant
George Adams, Music/Liberal Studies
Project Title: Beat-Class Modulation in Steve Reich's Music for 18 Musicians
Conference: National Conference on Undergraduate Research
Kevin Anderson, Psychology
Project Title: A Personality Legal Socialization Model: Attitudes, Self-Control, and Belief in a Just World as Predictors of Rule-Violating Behavior
Conference: Association for Psychological Sciences
Jeff Heim, Music Theory
Project Title: Frank McCuff: Police Force Vigilante (2010)
Conference: Big Apple Film Festival
Sasa Tang, Political Science/International Affairs
Project Title: Tanzanian Government and Non-Governmental Organizations
Conference: Council on Undergraduate Research “Posters on the Hill”
Sarah Tower-Richardi, Psychology
Project Title: Binding of Location and Colr in Retinotopic, not Spatiotopic, Coordinates
Conference: Vision Sciences Society
2011 Honors Thesis Grant
Jennifer Bakan, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Susan Parson, Tufts University
Thesis: The Impact of Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT) on the Family
Sara Douglas, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Vanessa Druskat, Management
Thesis: The Antecedents and Consequences of Interpersonal Understanding in the Work Place
2010 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship
(SURF) USA
George Adams, Music
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Robert Haskins, Music
Project: Beat-Class Modulation in the Music of Steve Reich
Kevin Anderson, Psychology
Research Site: Stanford University
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Jill McGaughy, Psychology
Onsite Faculty Mentor: Dr. Paul Hamilton, Stanford University
Project: Probabilistic Reward Learning in Depression: Investigating the Neural Basis of Reward and Anhedonia
Jennifer Bakan, Psychology
Research Site: Tufts Medical Center
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Robert Mair, Psychology
Onsite Faculty Mentor: Dr. Susan Parsons, Tufts Medical Center
Project: The Impact of Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT) on Family Functioning
Elyssa Barrick, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Robert Mair, Psychology
Project: Event-Related Microstimulaton of MPFC in the Rat
Annie Grace Couvillion, Studio Art
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Julee Holcombe, Art & Art History
Project: Out of Focus: Images of the Underside of New Hampshire Life
Thibaut Delloue, History
Faculty Mentor: Prof. J. William Harris, History
Project: Abraham Lincoln in New Hampshire
Sara Dennison, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Robert Mair, Psychology
Project: Event-Related Microstimulation of Mammillary Bodies in Rats
Matthew Libman, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Robert Drugan, Psychology
Project: Are There Sex Differences in Intermittent Swim Stress-Induced Deficits in Spatial Learning in Rats?
Evan Monty, History
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Jeffrey Bolster, History
Project: New Hampshire and the Great Depression: Federal Legislation and Its Impact on the Granite State during the 1930's
Kevin O’Leary, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Edward Lemay, Psychology
Project: Self-Esteem and Reactions to Feedback
Caitlin Rivers, Anthropology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Curt Grimm, Carsey Institute
Project: Exploring Childhood Obesity in Rural New Hampshire
Bethany Schmidt, Sociology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Karen VanGundy, Sociology
Project: Impressions of the Prison Rape Elimination Act: Wardens' Attitudes toward and Implementation of the PREA
Ryan Sheehan, Music
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Jenni Cook, Music
Project: Developing the Countertenor Voice
Benjamin Tibbetts, Music
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Christopher Kies, Music
Project: A Study of the Oratorio: Setting Khalil Gibran's The Prophet for Choir and Piano
Sarah Tower-Richardi, Psychology
Research Site: MIT, McGovern Center
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Andrew Leber, Psychology
Onsite Faculty Mentor: Dr. Julie Golomb, MIT
Project: Remembering Faces and Object Location after Eye Movements
2010 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Abroad
Jacob Goodwin, History
Research Site: Pēst County, Hungary
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Jeffry Diefendorf, History
Foreign Mentor: Prof. Laszo Varadi, University of Corvinus
Project: Faded Memories: Confronting the Hungarian Holocaust and Collective Awareness through Cemetery Restoration
2010 International Research Opportunities Program (IROP)
Sasa Tang, Political Science/International Affairs
Research Site: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Lawrence Reardon, Political Science
Foreign Faculty Mentor: Dr. Bernadeta Killian, University of Dar es Salaam
Project: Non-Governmental Organizations and the Tanzanian Government
2010 Undergraduate Research Award (URA)
Kevin Anderson, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Jill McGaughy, Psychology
Project: Impulse Control and Noradrenergic Lesions of the Lateral Orbitofrontal Cortex
Tiffany Black, Anthropology/Women’s Studies
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Teresa Raczek, Anthropology
Project: “’Cause It’s a Girl’s Night”: Working-Class Women and Their Understanding of Gender and Class Identities
Andrew Bobolas, Geography
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Mary Stampone, Geography
Project: Evaluation of WAVEWATCH III Wave Height Forecasts for the Gulf of Maine
Karin A. Hakala, Sociology/Spanish
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Sharyn Potter, Sociology
Project: The Implications of Learning English on Family Dynamics among Hispanic Immigrants
Alexander Joy, English/Philosophy
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Marco Dorfsman, Languages, Literature and Culture
Project: American Existentialism: A Comparative Study of Lovecraft and Camus
Justin Linxweiler, Anthropology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Meghan Howey, Anthropology
Project: Diet and Health Analysis of Late Woodland American Indians on Burt and Douglas Inland Lakes, Northern Michigan
Thomas Parisi, Political Science/Cinema Studies
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Delia Konzett, English
Project: Persuading and Entertaining the Public: American Propaganda Films of World War II
Bethany Wakeman, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Ellen Cohn, Psychology
Project: Attitudes toward Perpetrators and Victims of Relational Aggression: The Effect of Privacy and Internet Use
Megan Yee, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Robert Drugan, Psychology
Project: Do Ultrasonic Vocalizations during Swim Stress Predict Resistance to Behavioral Depression in Rats?
Matthew Libman, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Robert Drugan, Psychology
Project: Are There Sex Differences in Intermittent Swim Stress-Induced Deficits in Spatial Learning in Rats?
2010 Research Experience and Apprenticeship Program (REAP)
Michael D’Angelo, Classics
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Scott Smith, Classics
Project: A Bibliographic Survey for an Atlas of Ancient Rome
Molly Driscoll, European Cultural Studies & International Affairs
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Jeffry Diefendorf, History
Project: Urban Change and Urban Identity: Cologne, Basel, and Boston in the Middle Third of the Twentieth Century and the Construction of Civic Identity
Christopher Foss, Music
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Janet Polk, Music
Project: Bassoon Reedmaking: An Investigation of the Forming Process
Ella Nilsen, Political Science
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Cathy Frierson, History
Project: Being Jewish in Russia and the United States in the Twentieth Century: The Jewish Question in Russia and the First Wave of Russian Jewish Immigration to the United States
Rachel Sluder, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Robert Mair, Psychology
Project: Effects of Ventral Midline Thalamic Stimulation on Spatial Working Memory in the Rat
2010 Research Presentation Grant
Jennifer Cook, International Development
Project Title: Transient Migrant Workers in the CT River Valley
Conference: Society for Applied Anthropology, Merida Mexico
2010 Honors Thesis Grant
Brendan Everett, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Andrew Leber, Psychology
Thesis: Assessment of Training with vOICe Vision Technology over Time
Kimberly Rogers, Communication
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Danielle Pillet-Shore, Communication
Thesis: First Impressions in Business Interactions
2010 Study Abroad Research Grant
Benjamin Phinney, French
Research Site: Lausanne, Switzerland
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Barbara Cooper, French
Project: Jean DuBuffet Thesis Research
