Grant Recipients
College of Liberal Arts (COLA)
2007 Undergraduate Research Award (URA)
Diana Saly, Philosophy / Mathematics
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Charlotte Witt, Philosophy
Topic: Arệte and the Greek Olympian
Todd Szahun, Political Science
Faculty Mentor: Prof. William Ross, Special Collections
Topic: Rebuilding New Orleans after Katrina: Status, Policy, and UNH’s Involvement, a Research Project
2007 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) USA
Silias Archambault, Sociology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. John Carroll, Environmental Conservation
Topic: Downeaster Ridership Survey
Molly Baechtold, Studio Art
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Jennifer Moses, Art & Art History
Topic: From Paintbrush to Keyboard: Learning to Use Computer Technology as an Artistic Tool
Laila Ballout, Philosophy / History
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Kurk Dorsey, History
Topic: The Lessons of Beirut, 1983: The Transition of American Middle Eastern Policy from the Cold War to Militant Islam
Amanda Bemis, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Brett Gibson, Psychology
Topic: An Examination of the Traveling Salesperson Problem Using Children
Jake Bernier, Studio Art
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Jennifer Moses, Art & Art History
Topic: Orchestral Anatomy; A Visual Study of the Sum and its Parts
Kristen Butterfield, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Rebecca Warner, Psychology
Topic: A Culture Without Sound: An Empirical Analysis of Hearing Persons’ Positive and Negative Perceptions of Deaf Persons in Areas of Mental Capacity, Social Competence and Emotional Well-being
David Creer, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Jill McGaughy, Psychology
Topic: Hold That Thought; Is Persistent Spiking in Medial Temporal Lobe the Basis of Learning?
Melissa Dacosta, English Literature / Philosophy
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Sandhya Shetty, English
Topic: Buddhism and Civil War in Sri Lanka: Examining the Sinhalese-Tamil Conflict through Postcolonial Literature
Guillaume Delloue, Philosophy / French
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Barbara Cooper, French
Topic: Reconsidering Charles Baudelaire: The Influence of Conservatism on His Poetry
Thomas Faiella, History / Music
Faculty Mentor: Prof. James Farrell, Communication
Topic: In the Matter of Cicero and Aristotle, et al. v. Modern Courtroom Rhetoric: A Classical Analysis and Critique of Modern Courtroom Oratory and Persuasion
Colleen Flaherty, Political Science / Spanish
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Mary Malone, Political Science
Topic: Democracy Without Citizens? Civil Society in Chile
Elizabeth Joseph, English
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Clark Knowles, English
Topic: Blooming Time: Traveling Out to Journey In
Nathaniel Lord, English
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Delia Konzett, English
Topic: The Birth and Death of German Avant-Garde Film: German Expressionism Goes Hollywood
Katharine Mock, Fine Arts
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Vicki Wright, Art & Art History
Topic: Visual Identity of Portsmouth: An Installation of Drawings, Paintings and Artifacts
Anna Parker, History
Faculty Mentor: Prof. William Ross, Special Collections
Topic: Civil War Letters and Diaries
Kyle Spoor, Philosophy
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Duane Whittier, Philosophy
Topic: The God, The Will, The Evil
Kimberly Voorhies, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Robert Mair, Psychology
Topic: The Effect of Lesions in Nuclei of the Central Thalamus of Sequence of Learning in Rats
Rebecca Wilkerson, Philosophy
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Kathy Miriam, Philosophy
Topic: Cherishing Our Freedom: The Lived Experience of the Privileged Complicit
Lindsay Wraga, Fine Arts
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Jennifer Moses, Art & Art History
Topic: Recording 21st Century Life With Paint: Finding my Voice as a Young Female Artist
2007 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Abroad
Amanda Diegel, Sociology
Research Site: Cordoba, Argentina / Montevideo, Uruguay
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Mary Malone, Political Science
Foreign Faculty Mentor: Dr. Rosario Quierolo, University of Pittsburgh.
Topic: Building Democratic Support in the Classrooms: Case Studies in Cordoba, Argentina and Montevideo, Uruguay.
Trevor Mauck, Political Science /Philosophy
Research Site: Ifrane, Morocco
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Jeannie Sowers, Political Science
Foreign Faculty Mentor: Prof. Audra Grant and Prof. Jarnes Sater, Al Akhawayn University
Topic: Morocco: Transition from an Islamic Monarchy to a Democratic Islamic Nation.
Research Experience and Apprenticeship Program (REAP) 2007
Bridget Farmer, Liberal Arts Undeclared
Faculty Mentor: Prof. C. Mil Duncan, The Carsey Institute
Project: Research and statistical analysis with the Carsey Institute on various projects, predominately involving rural areas and the changes going on within those areas
2006-2007 Undergraduate Research Award
Emily Bolton, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Vicki Banyard, Psychology
Topic: Defining Unwanted Sexual Experiences and Consent
Nichole Guenard, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Ellen Cohn, Psychology
Topic: The Effects of Advertisements on Attitudes Toward Rape
Adrian Kerrison, Communication
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Mardi Kidwell, Communication
Topic: Go Team! Social Purposes of Student Fan Chants at New England Collegiate Hockey Games
Nathaniel Lord, English
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Delia Konzett, English
Topic: Exploring the Explorer: A Cinematic Homage to Maya Deren
Melissa Mangold, Sociology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Sharyn Potter, Sociology
Topic: Dating Abuse in College Relationships: A Qualitative Study
Sarah Marcoux, French Studies
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Claire Malarte-Feldman, French
Topic: La Torture: Examining the Battle of Algiers as a Human Rights Failure
Elizabeth McFadden, History
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Gregory McMahon, History
Topic: Living on the Edge: The Staffordshire Moorlands Pan and Life Along Hadrian's Wall
Brian Rebholtz, Religious Studies
Faculty Mentor: Prof. David Frankfurter, History
Topic: Behold the Virgin: A Phenomenological Approach to Marian Apparitions
Bligh Reynolds, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Robert Drugan, Psychology
Topic: Involvement of Hypothermia in Swim Stress-Induced Deficits in Navigational Learning
Maria Zoccoli, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Brett Gibson, Psychology
Topic: Do Clark's Nutcrackers Acutally Know What They Remember and What They Do Not? Checking for Metamemory in Nutcrackers
2005-2006 Undergraduate Research Award
Ryan Abbott, Philosophy
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Nick Smith, Philosophy
Topic: Foundations for Critique: The Relevance of Adorno for Habermas and Critical Theory
Nicholas Adams, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. William Stine, Psychology
Topic: The Effects of Catecholaminergic and Cholinergic Enhancement on Covert Orienting and Alerting in Visuospatial Attention
Adam Donovan, Communication
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Beverly James, Communication
Topic: Analyzing the Unique Characteristics of Television Narrative
Roger Eichorn, Philosophy
Faculty Mentor: Prof. David Hiley, Philosophy
Topic: Strategies Without Strategists: Foucault and the Normalizing Power of Mass Media
Alyssa Fenton, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Toni Bisconti, Psychology
Topic: Understanding Coping Process in Older Adult Widows: The Role of Social Support and Spirituality
Jesse Gag, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Carolyn Mebert, Psychology
Topic: Attitudes and Knowledge of the Legal System as it Relates to the Level of Watching Crime Related Dramas on Television
Maureen Gillespie, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. John Limber, Psychology
Topic: Exploring Right-Hemisphere Sensitivity to Grammaticla Agreement within Noun-Pharse and Full-Sentence Contexts
Andrew Greene, Music
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Michael Annicchiarico, Music
Topic: Celtic Roots: A Modern Celtic Dance Project
Kraig Lamper, Music
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Robert Haskins, Music
Topic: Fluxus: The Movement, The Works, and It's Continuation
Abigail Noyce, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. William Stine, Psychology
Topic: The Role of Static Monocular Depth Cues in the Perception of Three-Dimensional Deformation
Sarah Rabbett, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Robert Drugan, Psychology
Topic: Antidepressant Reversal of Intermittent Cold Water Swim Stress Induced Swim Escape Behavioral Deficits in Rats
Katherine Smith, Political Science
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Alynna Lyon, Political Science
Topic: What Does It Take: The Sporadic Nature of American Humanitarian Interventions
Andrew VanHoogenstyn, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Robert Drugan, Psychology
Topic: Further Evaluation of The Effects of Cold Water Swim Stress on Navigational Learning and Memory
2006 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship - Abroad
Virginia defreitas-Battersby, Political Science / International Affairs
Research Site: San Jose, Costa Rica
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Mary Malone, Political Science
Foreign Faculty Mentor: Prof. Juliana Martinez, Universidad de Costa Rica
Topic: The Barriers Between the Kitchen and the Campaign: Women and Politics in San Jose, Costa Rica
Susannah Pratt, Political Science / International Affairs
Research Site: Shanghai, China
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Lawrence Reardon, Political Science
Foreign Faculty Mentor: Mingzheng Shi, Director – CIEE Shanghai
Topic: Urban Migrant Poverty in Shanghai: Moving Up or Moving Onto the Streets
Laura Smetana, Political Science / International Affairs
Research Site: Bratislava, Slovakia
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Lawrence Reardon, Political Science
Foreign Faculty Mentor: Prof. Branislav Zrutta, Stredna Priemyselna Skola-Myjava
Topic: A Look Inside: A Case Study in Post-Communist Slovakia Concerning the Transition of One Extended Family from a State-Run Centrally Planned Economy and Communist Society to a Capitalist, Free-Market Democracy
2006 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship - USA
Philip Brand, Economics / Political Science
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Matt Parks, Political Science
Topic: Putting a Bridle on Democracy? Three Excesses in Contemporary American Democracy: A Tocquevillian Critique
Emily Carter, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. David Pillemer, Psychology
Topic: College Essays as Memory Documents: Are They Predictive of Student Success?
Jenna Darling, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Jill McGaughy, Psychology
Topic: Why You Can’t Teach an Old Rat New Tricks: How Cholinergic Lesions in the Temporal Lobe Mimic Aging
Brian Miner, Music Education
Faculty Mentor: Ms. Susan Hatfield
Topic: Creativity and Music Education: A Study of Three Approaches for Teaching Elementary General Music
Pamela J. Niver, Philosophy / Humanities
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Willem deVries, Philosophy
Topic: The Basis of Morality: Sentiment or Reason? Evaluating Schopenhauer’s Sentiment-Based Moral Theory
David Palange, History
Faculty Mentor: Prof. William J. Harris, History
Topic: American Warfare Through the Eyes of New England Soldiers
Nathaniel Raymond, Fine Arts
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Scott Schnepf, Art & Art History
Topic: The Power of the Graphic Novel: Social and Philosophical Quandaries in Narrative and the Power of the Object
Brian L. Rebholtz, Religious Studies / Anthropology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. David Frankfurter, History
Topic: A Woman Clothed with the Sun: Exploring Symbols of Power, Identity and the Apocalyptic in Marian Apparitions
Patrick T. Ryan, Philosophy
Faculty Mentor: Prof. David Hiley, Philosophy
Topic: The Nature of Progress and its Implications for Technology
Lauren Santini, Anthropology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. William Saturno, Anthropology
Topic: Locating Maya Archaeological Sites Using Multispectral NASA Satellite Imagery Data
Hannah Varn, Philosophy / English
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Willem deVries, Philosophy
Topic: Regulative Ideals in Policy Making: Philosophical Conversations about the Future and Their Practical Implications in the Debate on Global Warming
Jim Wood, Linguistics
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Naomi Nagy, English
Topic: Register Variation in Modern Written Icelandic
2005-2006 International Research Opportunities Program
Daniel L. Chaston, Music Education
Research Site: Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Dan Beller-McKenna, Music
Foreign Faculty Mentor: Mr. D. Batbayar, Mongolian College of Music and Dance
Topic: The Morin Huur and its Place in Mongolian History and Culture
Laura Louise Plummer, Spanish & IA
Research Site: San Juan, Puerto Rico
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Julia Rodriguez, History
Foreign Faculty Mentor: Dr. Maria Barcelo-Miller, Universidad del Sagrado Corazon
Topic: Quinceañera: How a Girl’s Transition to Womanhood is Celebrated in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Alexandra Ross-Raymond, Studio Art & Women’s Studies
Research Site: Berlin/Bremen, Germany
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Mary Rhiel, German
Foreign Faculty Mentors: Walter Gramming, Artist and Ms. Christine Holzner-Rabe, Palula Modershon-Becker Museum
Topic: Painting Women and Self in Germany: A Study of Paula Modersohn-Becker’s Self Portraits and Paintings
Pajika Voravittayathorn, Political Science & International Affairs
Research Site: Bangkok, Thailand
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Clifford J. Wirth, Political Science
Foreign Faculty Mentor: Prof. Sungsidh Pinyarangsan, Chandkasem Rajabhat University
Topic: Democracy in Bangkok City: Police Services and Corruption
2005-2006 Research Presentation Grants
Erica Bertolotto, Political Science & IA
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Justus Ogembo, Anthropology
Topic: Attempts to Eliminate Child Labor in Tanzania--A Case Study of the Iringa Development of Disabled Youth and Child Care
Conference: National Conference on Undergraduate Research. Asheville, NC
Kristin Harris, English
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Sarah Sherman, English
Topic: The Paradoxical Euphoria of Images and Consumerism: Emile Zola, Theodore Dreiser, and the Rise of American Consumer Culture
Conference: National Conference on Undergraduate Research. Asheville, NC
Katherine Smith, Political Science
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Alynna Lyon, Political Science
Topic: The Use of Economic Sanctions for Political and Economic Compulsion
Conference: Model United Nations. New York, NY
Caitlin Walker, Anthropology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. William Saturno, Anthropology
Topic: Structure 63 and Las Plumas; Comparing Late Classic Components at San Bartolo Through Ceramics Analysis
Conference: American Society of Anthropology. San Juan, PR
2005-2006 Undergraduate Research Conference
Nicholas Adams & Jenna Darling, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Jill McGaughy, Psychology
Topic: The Effects of Norepinephrine and Dopamine in Remediating Selective Attention Disorder
Jessica Cawley, Music
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Susan Hatfield, Music
Topic: Investigating the Ways the Irish Learn Music
Emily Demers, Communication
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Melissa Deem, Communication
Topic: Female Monster: Eileen Wournos and the Transgressions of Public Sexuality
Katie Smith, Political Science
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Lawrence Reardon, Political Science
Topic: A Nuclear Iran?
Meghann McCluskey, English
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Lawrence Reardon, Political Science
Topic: Politics and Film: A Focus on Freedom Political
Gina Lalli, Sociology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Mary Moynihan, Women’s Studies
Topic: Highlighting the Margins: Empowerment and Engagement II
Kriag Lamper, Music Performance
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Rob Haskins, Music
Topic: Fluxus as Fragmentation and Continuity
Courtney Strait, Women’s Studies
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Mary Moynihan, Women’s Studies
Topic: Topic: Highlighting the Margins: Empowerment and Engagement II
André Hoehl, Political Science
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Lawrence Reardon, Political Science
Topic: Integration and Cultural Tension in the German Turkish Community
Michelle Giguere, English
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Lawrence Reardon, Political Science
Topic: The Censorship has Sailed: Spanish Media and Democracy
Andrew Begley, History
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Harvard Sitkoff, History
Topic: Disintegration: Ross Barnet, the Kennedys, and the Politics of Integration at Ole Miss
Roger Eichorn, Philosophy/History
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Jennifer Selwyn, History
Topic: Theories of Historical Knowledge
Catherine Overson, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Gary Goldstein, Psychology
Topic: Perinatal Loss: Possible Caregiver Barriers
Molly Cooper, English
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Douglas Lanier, English
Topic: Bad Girls: Romantic Feminine Rebellion in Renaissance Drama
Mary Veronica Vandoloski, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. David Pillemer, Psychology
Topic: Verb Tense as a Predictor of Listener’s Reactions to Autobiographical Narratives
Andrew VanHoogenstyn, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Robert Drugan, Psychology
Topic: The Effects of Intermittent Cold Water Swim Stress on Navigational Learning and Memory
Mark Joseph, Philosophy/English
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Paul McNamara, Philosophy
Topic: Can Kant Accommodate Supererogation?
Roger Eichorn, Philosophy/History
Faculty Mentor: Prof. David Hiley, Philosophy
Topic: Philosophy and Common Life: Skeptical Crisis of Dogmatic Crisis?