Research Articles

Research articles describe research and creative projects in all the disciplines and are authored by UNH undergraduates or recent graduates in collaboration with Inquiry student and staff editors. They should not exceed 2500 words (excluding bibliography). These articles are based on research reports or essays written for a course or independent study. Because of the relatively short length and general audience of research articles, their authors often choose to narrow or refocus their original text. The research experience is held to be as important as research results.

Contemporary Art with Chinese Characteristics: Relations between Beijing Artists and the Chinese Government Post-1989

—Jennifer Lindsay (Mentor: Lawrence C. Reardon, David Moser)

Jennifer Lindsay returned to Beijing to find out if artists were allowed more freedom now than following the Tiananmen Square Incident in 1989.

Interviewing Adults with Intellectual Disabilities about Oral Health in Brisbane, Australia

—Meghan Maguire (Mentor: Joan Earle Hahn, Kate van Dooren)

Meghan Maguire traveled to Australia to help improve oral health education for people with intellectual disabilities.

Number Discrimination in the Clark’s Nutcracker (Nucifraga Columbiana)

—Lindsay Michaud (Mentor: Brett Gibson)

For many people, the word "laboratory" quickly conjures images of microscopes, white coats, and rats. For Lindsay Michaud, the laboratory was filled with feathered friends and pine nuts. She spent the summer of 2013 studying these birds' uncanny ability to rapidly count large numbers of nuts.

Questioning the Marshall Plan in the Buildup to the Cold War

—Sam O’Brien (Mentor: John Cerullo)

Determining the United States’ role in the designing of the Marshall Plan led Sam O’Brien into the archives of the U.S. Department of State.

Not in my Backyard: How Citizen Attitudes and Local Politics Affect Disaster Preparedness Policies

—Tegan O’Neill (Mentor: Stacy D. VanDeveer)

After her home in western Massachusetts was hit by a severe tornado, Tegan O’Neill launched an intense research project to help New Hampshire seacoast towns become better prepared for natural disasters.

Exploring the Potential for Sharia-compliant Microfinance in Underwriting Jordan's Muslim Poor

—Austin Perea (Mentor: Jeannie Sowers, Alaa Abbassi)

Senior Austin Perea originally set out for Cairo, Egypt, through the International Research Opportunities Program (IROP), but a coup d'état forced his evacuation to Jordan, where he refocused his research on Islamic microfinance opportunities in that country.

A Supplemented Diet: Multivitamin Use among College Students

—Leah Tully (Mentor: Jesse Stabile Morrell)

Are college students using multivitamins to supplement their diets? Leah Tully looks at the data to find out.

A Nurse in Nepal: Determining Quality of Postnatal Care in the Foothills of the Himalayas

—Stephanie Winn (Mentor: Gene Harkless, Purna Devi Shrestha)

Nursing student Stephanie Winn explores postnatal care practices in rural Nepal.

Inquiry Journal

Undergraduate Research Journal : Spring 2014

Research Articles