Grant Recipients
College of Liberal Arts (COLA)
2009 Undergraduate Research Award (URA)
Amanda Dibble, Anthropology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Robin Sheriff, Anthropology
Project: Agriculture & Agrochemical Use among the Q’eqchi’ Maya of San Luís, Petén, Guatemala
Courtney Stevens, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Rebecca Warner, Psychology
Project: Immediate vs. Long Term Benefits of a Walking Program: Adherence to Exercise Intervention among UNH College Students
2009 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) USA
Caitlin Baummer, Music Performance
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Burt Feintuch, English
Project: The Art of Authenticity: An Opportunity for the Voices of Appalachian Individuals to be Heard
Elizabeth Beaudoin, Art History & Painting
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Rebecca Karo, Art & Art History
Project: Falling Behind, but Perfecting a Style: Finding a Place in History for William Bouguereau’s Paintings
Jennifer Cook, International Development
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Mark Overmyer-Velazquez, UCONN
Project: The Transient Labor of Migrant Farm Workers in the Connecticut River Valley
Thibaut Delloue, History
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Lucy Salyer, History
Project: Manchester’s French-Canadian Immigrants During World War I
Emma Duffy-Comparone, Political Science
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Susan Siggelakis, Political Science
Project: The Politics of Post-Feminist Popular Culture Sex and the City: A Case Study
Jason Frazier, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Ellen Cohn, Psychology
Project: Individual Difference Factors of Delinquency in Adolescents Enrolled in Group Home Programs
Heather Froehlich, English & Linguistics
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Rochelle Lieber, English
Project: Native and Adopted Prefixes in English Morphology: A Comprehensive Study of Locative Prefixes in English Word-Formation
Randy Lawrence-Hurt, Political Science
Faculty Mentor: Prof. John Cerullo, History
Project: Rights of the Accused: Examining Criminal Defendants’ Rights in the State of New Hampshire
Michael Mackail, Fine Arts
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Jennifer Moses, Art & Art History
Project: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: Metaphor as a Foundation for Narrative Painting
Sarah Nelson, Studio Art
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Jennifer Moses, Art & Art History
Project: Painting the Greens: An Artistic Look at Sustainable Farming
Chris Noyes, Music Education
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Christopher Kies, Music
Project: Composing a Piece for Solo Double Bass and Orchestra
Tanya Rouleau, Psychology & Sociology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. David Pillemer, Psychology
Project: Children’s Use of Autobiographical Memories During Social Problem Solving
Erin Thesing, Anthropology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Robin Sheriff, Anthropology
Project: Culture of the Classroom: An Examination of the Social Integration and Identity Shaping of Adolescent Refugees in a Small New Hampshire High School
Joshua Torbick, Studio Art
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Benjamin Cariens, Art & Art History
Project: Architecture Made Small: Concrete, Steel and Wood in Furniture Design
Kelly Walsh, Philosophy & English
Faculty Mentor: Prof. David Hiley, Philosophy
Project: Individualism in America
Shelby Whittet, English, European Culture Studies & Cinema Studies
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Delia Konzett, English
Project: The Representation of Minorities in Contemporary European Cinema
2009 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Abroad
Brendan Everett, Psychology, Pre-Med
Research Site: London, England
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Andrew Leber, Psychology
Foreign Faculty Mentor: Prof. Michael Proulx, Queen Mary University of England
Topic: Assessment of Training with vOICe Vision Technology over Time
Abigail McNamara, Music Education
Research Site: Uganda, Africa
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Andrew Boysen, Music
Foreign Faculty Mentor: Mr. Conrad Mandsager, Director ChildVoice International
Topic: Music as Therapy? A Study of the Emotional Effects of Music on Former Child Soldiers in Uganda
Kirstin Striker, English
Research Site: Utrecht, The Netherlands
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Martin McKinsey, English
Foreign Faculty Mentor: Prof. Cees Koster, Utrecht University
Topic: “We Want to be Amused”: Translating the Poetry of Hans Lodeizen from Dutch to English
2009 International Research Opportunities Program (IROP)
Melody Chapin
Research Site: Sao Paulo, Brazil
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Jenni Cook, Music
Foreign Faculty Mentor: Prof. Rubens Russomano Ricciardi, University of Sao Paulo
Topic: Brazilian Art Song and its Influence on Classical Music in Brazil
Christina Marie Deloge
Research Site: Montreal, Canada
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Meghan Howey, Anthropology
Foreign Faculty Mentor: Dr. Sonia Neela Das, University of British Columbia
Topic: What is Proper French? Conflicting Language Ideologies Between Quebecois and French Residents of Montreal
Bridget Farmer
Research Site: Dijon, France
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Claire Malarte-Feldman, French
Foreign Faculty Mentor: Prof. Nadine Berenguier, UNH
Topic: Secularism in France: Where do Muslims Fit In
Teri D. Hatch
Research Site: Santiago, Chile
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Mary Fran Malone, Political Science
Foreign Faculty Mentor: Ms. Lucia Dammert, University of Chile
Topic: Divorced from the Past? An Analysis of the New Chilean Civil Divorce Law
Jacqueline Lewis
Research Site: Butare, Rwanda
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Alynna Lyon, Political Science
Foreign Faculty Mentor: Prof. Paul Rutayisire,
National University of Rwanda
Topic: Prospects for Peace: Youth Perceptions of Transitional Justice in Post-Genocide Rwanda
2009 Research Experience and Apprenticeship Program (REAP)
Jacqueline Cordell, English Literature & History
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Monica Chiu, English
Project: Social and Cultural Forces behind the Life of the Mid to Late Nineteenth-Century New England Mills as seen by the Workers Through Primary Source Documents
Kimberly Deane, Classics
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Stephen Brunet, Languages, Literature, & Culture
Project: Databasing and Gathering Background Information on Ancient Olympic Athletes
Loren Marple, Studio Art
Faculty Mentor: Craig Hood, Art & Art History
Project: Landscape Workshop: Plein Air Landscape Painting
Kayla O’Meara, French & Biology
Faculty Mentor: Joanne Curran Celentano, Molecular, Cellular, & Biomedical Sciences
Project: Examining the Effect of Seasonal Change and Feeding Practices on the Quality of Milk Produced and its Influence on Artisan Cheese Production
2008 Undergraduate Research Award (URA)
Julie Arnold, Psychology / Justice Studies
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Vicki Banyard, Psychology
Topic: Decreasing Sexual Violence Through Bystander Intervention: A Study of the Greek and Intercollegiate Athletic Communities
Kristina Breton, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Rebecca Warner, Psychology
Topic: Social Relationships in College: Perceptions and Evaluations of "Hooking Up"
Alexander Brickett, Political Science
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Kenneth LaValley, Cooperative Extension
Project: The Hydrostatic Hinge: Verification Testing of a Bycatch Reduction Device
Eric Brown, Music Theory / Composition
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Daniel Beller-McKenna, Music
Project: The Study of Lutherie with Erich Solomon
Brian Canning, English
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Delia Konzett, English
Topic: Applied Aesthetics in Film Sound: Creating the Soul of the Motion Picture
Justin Carr, Anthropology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Robin Sheriff, Anthropology
Topic: African Refugees and the Process of Resettlement: Examining the Refugee Experience in New Hampshire and Ghana
Claire Churchill, French/International Affairs
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Barbara Cooper, Language, Literature & Cultures
Topic: Politicians History Has Forgotten: the Case of Jules Simon
Maria Crossman, Psychology
Amanda Seavey, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Victoria Banyard, Psychology
Topic: Protective and Risk Factors for Development in College: A Longitudinal Investigation
Guillaume Delloue, Philosophy / French
Trevor Mauck, Political Science / Philosophy
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Warren Brown, Political Science
Topic: Democracy in America: 1835 - 2007
Steven Falk, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Ellen Cohn, Psychology
Topic: The Role of Parenting Styles in Adolescent Substance Abuse
Jaime Gallagher, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Ellen Cohn, Psychology
Topic: Attributions of Responsibility for Pregnancy: The Effects of Reputation and Consent
Dave Kutz, English
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Mekeel McBride, English
Topic: Living Their Stories: Writing into Being a Family History
Andrew Lee, Geography
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Huiting Mao, Climate Change Research Center
Topic: Greenhouse Gases from Shipping Emissions Over the Gulf of Maine
Nathaniel Lord, English
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Delia Konzett, English
Topic: A City of Genius: A Documentary Concerning MIT
Heather Macomber, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Robert Drugan, Psychology
Topic: Does Desipramine Reverse Intermittent Swim Stress-Induced Behavioral Depression?
Gregory Rompala, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Robert Drugan, Psychology
Project: The Impact of Post Learning Interval on Swim Stress-Induced Deficits in Navigational Memory
Nahal Saheli, Psychology / Spanish
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Victoria Banyard, Psychology
Topic: Sexual Violence Prevention on Campus Through Bystander Education
Robin Sherman, History
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Meghan Howey, Anthropology
Topic: Ceramic Analysis, Social Groups, and Late Prehistory in Northern Michigan (AD 1200-1600)
Laura Smetana, Political Science / International Affairs
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Lawrence Reardon, Political Science
Project: A Look Inside: One Extended Family’s Reflections on Communism and Democracy in Slovakia
Courtney Stevens, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Benjamin Harris, Psychology
Topic: John G. Gehring and Suggestive Psychotherapy, 1890-1930
2008 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) USA
Caitlin Baummer, Music Performance
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Burt Feintuch, English
Project: Music in the Mountains: A Look at the Emotional Effects of Music on Individuals Living in Poverty
Jameson Copp, Fine Arts
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Benjamin Cariens, Art & Art History
Project: An Exploration of Water
Bridget Farmer, Political Science
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Dante Scala, Political Science
Project: Broadcast Media and Presidential Candidates: A Panel Study of Voter’s Reactions to Television Coverage of the Democratic Presidential Candidates for 2008
Gillian Graham, English
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Sandhya Shetty, English
Project: Gestures of Care: Images of Nursing in Michael Ondaatje’s Novels
Jack Harden, Philosophy
Faculty Mentor: Prof. David Hiley, Philosophy
Project: Assessing the Politics of Jacques Derrida
Cade Harstedt, English
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Delia Konzett, English
Project: The Political Aesthetic: Social Realism in European Cinema
Robert Jones, Fine Arts
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Benjamin Cariens, Art & Art History
Project: Multi-Figure Study: Experimenting with Materials to Manipulate Perception of Expressed Social Interaction between Figures
Isabel Klein, Women’s Studies
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Lisa MacFarlane, English
Project: Recovering the Farm Security Administration’s “How American People Live” Exhibit
Seth Macomber, History
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Kurk Dorsey, History
Project: Barry Goldwater and the 1964 New Hampshire Primary
Lauren McDonough, Anthropology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Meghan Howey, Anthropology
Project: The Relationship between Modern Humans and Neandertals: A Physical and Childhood Developmental Comparison Based on the Dental Record
Rebecca Noyes, Music Education
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Andrew Boysen, Music
Project: Crafting High-Quality Middle-School Band Music: A Research-Based Approach
Erica Sheldon, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Pablo Chavajay, Psychology
Project: Empathy in Preschool-Age Children with High-Functioning Autism
2008 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Abroad
Amanda Dibble, Anthropology
Research Site: Guatemala City, Guatemala
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Robin Sheriff, Anthropology
Foreign Faculty Mentor: Prof. Andres Alvarez Castaneda, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala
Topic: The Q’eqchi Maya of the Southern Peten, Guatemala: The Environmental Perspective of a Displaced People
Kirsten Lindquist, English and Environmental Conservation
Research Site: United Kingdom
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Dawn Haines, English
Foreign Faculty Mentor: Prof. Alan Hurst, Regent’s College
Topic: Parallel Journeys: The Movement of the Body and Mind in Travel Writing
Laureen Ouellet, Spanish and Political Science
Research Site: Madrid & Granada, Spain
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Jaume Marti-Olivella, Spanish
Foreign Faculty Mentor: Prof. Francisco Sanchez-Moates Gonzalez, University of Granada
Topic: Five Different Sides to the Story: A Comparison of Newspaper’s Portrayal of Eukskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA)
2008 International Research Opportunities Program (IROP)
Anna W. Bruning, Communication
Research Site: San Sebastian, Spain
Faculty Mentor: Prof. James Tucker, Sociology
Foreign Faculty Mentor: Prof. Javier Sanchez Zapatero, Professor of Spanish Language
Topic: One Country, Two Cultures: The Basques and the Spaniards
William Fullam, English / Theatre
Research Site: London, England
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Douglas Lanier, English
Foreign Faculty Mentor: Russ McDonald, Reader in Renaissance Literature
Topic: “Such Sweet Thunder”: New Approaches to the Music of Shakespeare’s Language
Sarah Gormady, International Affairs / Political Science
Research Site: St. Petersburg, Russia
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Cathy Frierson, History
Foreign Faculty Mentor: Irina Flige, Director of the Memorial Scientific-Information Center
Topic: Bolshevik Intention to Soviet Oppression: Jewish Women’s Impressions of Stalin’s Reign
Emily Louick, Spanish / Theatre
Research Site: Seville, Spain
Faculty Mentor: Prof. John Chaston, Spanish
Foreign Faculty Mentor: Fernando Iwasaki, Artistic Director, Cristina Heeren Flamenco Foundation
Topic: Dancing Culture: Technique and Performance in Spanish Flamenco
Andrew McKernan, Russian / Linguistics
Research Site: Moscow, Russia
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Cathy Frierson, History
Foreign Faculty Mentor: Prof. Vladimir Sedov, Professor of Architectural History, Institute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Science
Topic: Ghosts of Stalin: Ruins and Revival in Contemporary Sculpture and Architecture in Moscow
Luke Miller, Music Education
Research Site: Sydney, Australia
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Rob Haskins, Music
Foreign Faculty Mentor: Dr. Peter Dunbar-Hall, Associate Dean Sydney Conservatorium of Music
Topic: Australian Aboriginal Music, and the Social and Cultural Roles that it Plays
Patrick Ryan, Philosophy
Research Site: Bordeaux, France
Faculty Mentor: Prof. David Hiley, Philosophy
Foreign Faculty Mentor: Mr. Hervé Oulc’hen, Université Michel de Montaigne Bordeaux
Topic: Criticizing the Modern Age (based on work of Michael Foucault)
2008 Research Experience and Apprenticeship Program (REAP)
Thibaut Delloue, History
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Janet Polasky, History
Project: A Study of the French Revolution from the Point of View of the Peasants and the Sans-Culottes
Alexander Joy, English / Philosophy
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Nicolas Smith, Philosophy
Project: Disproof and Discourse on Nick Bostrom’s “Are We Living in a Computer Simulation”
Benjamin Phinney, French / Russian
Faculty Mentor: Barbara Cooper, French
Project: Literary and Historical Research into Dennery’s “Le Tremblement de Terre de la Martinique”
Tanya Rouleau, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: David Pillemer, Psychology
Project: Studies in Autobiographical Memory
2008 Research Presentation Grant
Julie Arnold, Psychology
Project: Decreasing Sexual Violence through Bystander Interventions: A Study of the Greek and Intercollegiate Athletic Communities
Conference: International Family Violence and Child Victimization Research Conference
Maria Crossman, Psychology
Project: Reducing Sexual Violence on Campus: The Role of Student Leaders as Empowered Bystanders
Conference: International Family Violence and Child Victimization Research Conference
Skye MacKay, Sociology/Justice Studies
Project: College Students’ Attitudes, Knowledge, and Level of Engagement in Risky Sexual Behavior in Regard to HIV/Aids
Conference: Meeting of Eastern Sociological Society
Trevor Mauck, Political Science/Philosophy
Project: The Legitimacy of the Legislative Powers in Morocco Post-Alternance
Conference: National Conference for Undergraduate Research
David Samra, Philosophy
Project: Must the Cosmological Argument Depend on the Ontological Conference
Conference: Dartmouth Undergraduate Philosophy Conference
Jacqueline Tambone, Political Science
Project: Participation in Student Conference as a Delegate on U.S. Affairs
Conference: Student Conference on U.S. Affairs
2008 Honors Thesis Grant
Skye MacKay, Sociology/Justice Studies
Thesis: College Students’ Attitudes, Knowledge, and Level of Engagement in Risky Sexual Behavior in Regard to HIV/Aids
Michael Munsey, Classics/History
Thesis: The Aeneas Legend before Virgil
2008 Study Abroad Research Grant
Yuliya Salata, European Cultural Studies
Research Site: Brest, France
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Barry Rock, Complex Systems Research Center
Foreign Faculty Mentor: Prof. Jacques Givri, University of Brest
Topic: Influence of Atlantic Ocean on Climate
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
Silas 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?