Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) USA 2024
Emily Buehne, English; Philosophy
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Sandhya Shetty, English
Topic: The Body of the Subaltern: What to Do with the Female Body in a Necropolitical World?
Sadie Chaffin, Psychology; Justice Studies
Faculty Mentor: Prof. April Bailey, Psychology
Topic: Race and Reasonable Person Bias in Legal Decision-making
Travis Dean-Ploof, Philosophy; Political & Legal Philosophy
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Nick Smith, Philosophy
Topic: What Does Antifascist Law Truly Look Like? Exploring Anti-fascistic Ethical Theories and Social Criticisms to Develop Jurisprudence
Owen Hughes, Music Liberal Studies
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Rose Pruiksma, Music
Topic: Seduced into Carpentry: Music Technology as Limitation and Inspiration in the work of Harry Partch and Beyond
Jackson Mazejka, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Jolie Wormwood, Psychology and Justice Studies
Topic: Emotion Perception and Memory with Depression and Anxiety
Abigail Michaels, Psychology & Classics
Faculty Mentor: Prof. April Bailey, Psychology
Topic: Do Domain-general “Person=Man” Biases Intensify Already Biased Representations in Male-dominated Occupations?
Claire Paley, History
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Elizabeth Mellyn, History
Topic: "Mad" Women: Gender, Madness, and Institutional Oppression in Mid-nineteenth Century America
Georgina Ramadanovic, Classical Languages and Literatures
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Paul Robertson, Classics, Humanities, & Italian Studies
Topic: Ancient and New World Conceptions of the “Barbarian”
Daisy Tuttle, Fine Arts
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Benjamin Cariens, Art and Art History
Topic: A Study of Bonnard, Seurat, and Mitchell: Traveling to Capture Sensations of Communities and Landscapes Through Art
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship for Interdisciplinary Teams (SURF IT) 2024**
**Given their interdisciplinary nature, SURF IT projects will appear under more than one college.
Braelyn Hilsenbeck, Neuroscience and Behavior (COLSA)
Lyra Joson, Psychology and Linguistics (COLA)
Faculty Mentors: Prof. Kate Christison-Lagay, Biological Sciences; Prof. Casey Roark, Psychology
Topic: Rhythms of Cognition: Exploring the Nexus of Neural and Eye Movement Oscillations During Auditory Learning
Undergraduate Research Award (URA) 2024
Jillienne Robinson-Warren, Classics: Classical Languages & Literatures
Faculty Mentor: Prof. R. Scott Smith, Classics, Humanities, & Italian Studies
Topic: Roman Women on the Move: A Latin Textbook
Sabrina Smith, Anthropology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Samantha McCrane, Anthropology
Topic: Effects of River Conditions on Recovery of Human Remains
Research Experience and Apprenticeship Program (REAP) 2024
Emilie Carroll, Music Liberal Studies
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Rose Pruiksma, Music
Topic: Tradition and Transformations: Tunes and Dances in the New England Contra Dance World
Karter Hanley, Classics: Classical Languages & Literatures
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Tejas Aralere, Classics, Humanities & Italian Studies
Topic: Roman Tales of Silk and Seres
Ethan Keller, English
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Paul Robertson, Classics, Humanities, & Italian Studies
Topic: Purity and Disease in the Historical Reception of the Book of Leviticus
Research Presentation Grants 2024
Courtney Goodwin, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Ellen Cohn, Psychology
Topic: Parenting Styles and Rule-Violating Behaviors: The Mediating Effects of Depression
Conference: Eastern Psychological Association
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) USA 2023
Cameron Bento, Philosophy
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Subrena Smith, Philosophy
Topic: Is the Self All in My Head?
Courtney Goodwin, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Ellen Cohn, Psychology
Topic: The Effects of Parenting Styles on Rule Violating Behavior: The Mediating and Moderating Effects of Depression
Kieran Newcomb, Philosophy
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Nicholas Smith, Philosophy
Topic: The Use of Artificial Intelligence in Judicial Deliberation
Amir Robertson, Psychology/ Women and Gender Studies
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Jolie Wormwood, Psychology
Topic: Developing a Gender Diverse Stimulus Set for Emotion Expressions
Virginia Schoff, Political Science
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Mary Malone, Political Science
Topic: A Systematic Review of Perceptions of Crime and State Legitimacy in Rural Brazil
William Wirth, Classical Languages and Literature
Faculty Mentor: Prof. R. Scott Smith, Classics, Humanities and Italian Studies
Topic: Towards a Digital Translation of the Servian Commentaries
Undergraduate Research Award (URA) 2023
Cruz Dellasanta, Anthropology and Justice Studies
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Amy Michael, Anthropology
Topic: Determination of Forensic Significance in a New Hampshire Cold Case
Kylee Jedraszek, Sociology, Justice Studies
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Amy Michael, Anthropology
Topic: Cold Case Forensic Analysis of an Unidentified Juvenile Cranium Recovered by New Hampshire Law Enforcement
Virginia Schoff, Political Science
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Michele Dillon, Sociology
Topic: Catholic Political Thought: Liberalism in Crisis
Alaina Zambrowski, Political Science and International Affairs
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Ekaterina Burvikova, Languages, Literatures and Cultures
Topic: Post-Soviet Hungarian Attitudes Towards Soviet Symbolism
Research Experience and Apprenticeship Program (REAP) 2023
MaryAnn Lozowski, Theatre: Design and Theatre Tech
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Jeffrey Klenotic, Communication Arts and Sciences
Topic: Sound Design for Silent Films: Innovation and Intermediality in the Construction of Sonic Environments for Silent Cinema
Georgina Ramadanovic, Classical Languages and Literatures
Faculty Mentor: Prof. R. Scott Smith, Classics, Humanities and Italian Studies
Topic: Cataloging and Mapping Ovid's Myths
Jilliene Robinson-Warren, Classical Languages and Literatures
Faculty Mentor: Prof. R. Scott Smith, Classics, Humanities and Italian Studies
Topic: Roman Women on the Move: A Latin Textbook
Research Presentation Grants 2023
Christiana Barber, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Ellen Cohn, Psychology
Topic: Parental Rules and Legitimacy as Mediation between Parenting Styles and Rule-Violating Behavior
Conference: Eastern Psychological Association Meeting
Lindsey Broadhurst, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Jolie Wormwood, Psychology
Topic: Affective Forecasting and Mental Health Symptom Severity
Conference: Eastern Psychological Association Meeting
Undergraduate Research Award (URA) 2022
Marc-Anthony Guidice, Political Science and International Affairs
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Jennifer Spindel, Political Science
Topic: Shifting Scales - How Middle Powers Affect Global Balance
Camden Roy, Classics and Italian Studies
Faculty Mentor: Paul Robertson
Topic: Beyond the Strayed Angel: Gnosticism in the Theosophical Movement
Research Experience and Apprenticeship Program (REAP) 2022
Virginia Schoff, Political Science
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Mary Fran Malone, Political Science
Topic: On the Front Line of Violence: A Survey-Based Portrait of Women Seeking to Emigrate from Northern Central America
Abigail Towers, Philosophy and History
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Matthew Dowd, Philosophy
Topic: The Protestant Work Ethic and the COVID-19 Pandemic
William Wirth, Classical Languages and Literature
Faculty Mentor: Prof. R. Scott Smith, Classics, Humanities and Italian Studies
Topic: A Digital Approach to Mythical Narratives: Servius’ Commentaries to Vergil
Research Presentation Grants 2022
Jason Masiello, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Ellen Cohn, Psychology
Topic: An Analysis of Youth Impulsivity and Selfishness: A Psychological Explanation for Adult Rule-Violating Behavior
Conference: American Psychology – Law Society Conference
Brenna Niziak, Psychology and Justice Studies
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Ellen Cohn, Psychology
Topic: The Need for Guidance: Depression as a Mediator between Parental Monitoring and Delinquency
Conference: American Psychology – Law Society Conference
Elizabeth Phelps, Psychology and Justice Studies
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Ellen Cohn, Psychology
Topic: One Size Does Not Fit All: Expanding the Procedural Justice Model to Accommodate Psychopathic Traits
Conference: American Psychology – Law Society Conference
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) USA 2021
Mariaisabel Cedeño, Psychology & American Sign Language/English Interpreting
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Pablo Chavajay, Psychology
Topic: Cultural Variations in Children's Involvement in Household Work
Melina Fedelia, Classical Languages and Literature
Faculty Mentor: Prof. R. Scott Smith, Classics
Topic: The Geography of Tragedy
Jamie Mater, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Robert Eckstein, Justice Studies & Psychology
Topic: Experiences in Point and Level Systems in Residential Adolescent Care: An Oral History
Camden Roy, Classics & Italian Studies
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Paul Robertson, Classics
Topic: The Strayed Angel: Gnosticism in the Works of George William Russell (AE)
Ryan Saputo, History
Faculty Mentor: Prof. David Bachrach, History
Topic: Barbarians and Heretics: Anti-Greek and Anti-Latin Sentiments in Crusade Era Chronicles, 1095-1204
Kylie Smith, Music Education
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Karl Orvik, Music
Topic: Viola Pedagogy and Methodology
Undergraduate Research Award (URA) 2021
Miah Munro, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. John Mayer, Psychology
Topic: Personality of a Coworker
Research Experience and Apprenticeship Program (REAP) 2021
Paige O’Neil, Communication
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Tarkington Newman, Social Work
Topic: Promoting Positive Youth Development through Sport: The Role of the Youth Sport Coach
Honors Thesis Grant 2021
Gordon Unzen, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Ellen Cohn, Psychology & Justice Studies
Project Title: Political Ideology Effect on Legal Socialization
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) USA 2020
***Indicates a student who received a grant in 2020 but could not follow through with their plans to conduct or present their research due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Fiona MacDonald, English Literature, Classics
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Susan Curry, Classics
Topic: Perceiving Invisible Realities: Milton and Plato’s Use of Vision and Language as Instruments of Knowledge
Kylie Smith, Music Education
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Rose Pruiksma, Music
Topic: Refugee Composers of the 20th Century: The Impact of Displacement on Musical Identity During World War II
Hayden Stinson, Linguistics and Spanish
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Rachel Burdin, English
Topic: Shifting Dialectical Patterns and Gay Male Speech in Southern New Hampshire
Gordon Unzen, Psychology, Philosophy, Justice Studies
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Nicholas Smith, Philosophy
Topic: Impacts of Artificial Intelligence and Big Data for Criminal Law
Rachel Young, Psychology, Justice Studies, Women’s & Gender Studies
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Ellen Cohn, Psychology
Topic: How Does the Intersection of Race and Gender Affect Crime Victims?
International Research Opportunities Program (IROP) 2020
***Sarah Jarrar, Anthropology & History
Research Site: Ramallah, West Bank
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Fredrik Meiton, History
Foreign Faculty Mentor: Prof. Moslih Kanaaneh, Birzeit University
Topic: State of Change: Ramallah’s Class Structure and Impacted Social Spaces
Research Experience and Apprenticeship Program (REAP) 2020
Maria Chouinard, Linguistics
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Rachel Burdin, English
Topic: Language and Religion in New Hampshire
Benjamin Mackillop, Political Science
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Dante Scala, Political Science
Topic: Voting Behavior of Rural Legislators in New Hampshire State Legislature
Aliya Sarris, Political Science, Women’s & Gender Studies
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Holly Cashman, Languages, Literature & Cultures
Topic: Data Collection and Analysis for Seacoast New Hampshire LGBTQ Oral History Project
Undergraduate Research Award 2020
Madison Madore, Fine Arts: Photography
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Sachiko Akiyama, Art & Art History
Topic: 3D Scanning, Printing, and Casting as a Pathway to Merge Technology and Art: Combining Techniques to Further Cultural History Education and Studio Art Practice
James Peters, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. John Mayer, Psychology
Topic: Understanding the Personality of a Coworker
Research Presentation Grant 2020
***Allison Cross, Psychology & Justice Studies
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Ellen Cohn, Psychology
Project Title: Violent Video Game Playing and Aggression in Behavior Groups
Conference: National Conference on Undergraduate Research 2020 (NCUR)
***Crystina Friese, Anthropology & Justice Studies
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Meghan Howey, Anthropology
Project Title: Toward Repatriation and the Creation of an Object Biography: A Multi-factorial Analysis of a Human Finger Bone - Necklace
Conference: The Society for American Archaeology Annual Meetings
Sonja Heels, Sociology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Nena Stracuzzi, Sociology
Project Title: Cultivating Consent: A Qualitative Exploratory Study of the New England BDSM Community
Conference: 2020 Positive Sexuality Conference
Katherine Titus, Anthropology, History
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Amy Michael, Anthropology
Project Title: Preserving the Past for a More Ethical Future: Photogrammetry and Re-Analysis of a Bioarchaeological Sample from Cadir Hoyuk in Turkey
Conference: American Schools of Oriental Research Annual Meeting
Honors Thesis Grant 2020
Sonja Heels, Sociology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Nena Stracuzzi, Sociology
Thesis: Exploring Consent in BDSM Communities
Angela Hurley, Sociology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Cesar Rebellon, Sociology
Thesis: Student and Campus Police Relations
James Peters, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. John Mayer, Psychology
Thesis: Understanding the Personality of a Coworker
Kayla Sliz, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. John Mayer, Psychology
Thesis: Correlation of Personal Intelligence with Athletic Motivation and Sport Performance
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) USA - 2019
Meredith Baker, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Emily Waterman, Psychology
Topic: Conducting a Process Evaluation of the Supporting Survivors and the Self Program
Allison Cross, Psychology & Justice Studies
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Ellen Cohn, Psychology
Topic: Are Violent Video Game Playing and Aggression Related over Time?
Kyle Deegan, Neuroscience & Behavior
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Robert Mair, Psychology
Topic: Examining the Role of Reuniens and Rhomboid Thalamic Nuclei in Spatial Working Memory
Annelise Papinsick, Music Performance
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Rose Pruiksma, Music
Topic: Rahbee’s Pedagogical Works for Piano
Gabrielle Scott, English Literature
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Paul Robertson, Classics
Topic: The Literary Reception of the Book of Leviticus
Victoria Madore, Neuroscience & Behavior
Ian Gliser, Neuroscience & Behavior (COLSA)
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Sergios Charntikov, Psychology
Topic: The Effect of Stress on Individual Demand for Alcohol
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Abroad - 2019
Darby O’Neil, Political Science & International Affairs
Research Site: Almaty, Kazakhstan
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Sveltana Peshkova, Anthropology
Foreign Faculty Mentor: Prof. Nurseit Niyazbekov, KIMEP University
Topic: Study of Gender Dynamics in Kazakhstan through Content Analysis of the Urban Landscape and Mediascape
Katherine Titus, Anthropology & History
Research Site: Çadir Hӧyük, Turkey
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Amy Michael, Anthropology
Foreign Faculty Mentor: Prof. Gregory McMahon, University of New Hampshire
Topic: Examination of Late Chalcolithic Juvenile Human Remains at Çadir Hӧyük in Central Turkey
Undergraduate Research Award (URA) - 2019
Gabrielle Scott, English Literature
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Paul Robertson, Classics
Topic: The Reception of the Book of Leviticus in Shakespeare’s Hamlet
Nicole Westfall, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Robert Drugan, Psychology
Topic: Assessment of Individual Differences in Female Rat Stress Reactivity and Response to Desipramine Treatment
International Research Opportunities Program (IROP) - 2019
Tejas Moses, BFA Studio Arts: Ceramics,
Research Site: Jingdezhen, China
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Donald Williams, Art & Art History
Foreign Faculty Mentor: Mrs. RunJuan Huang, Jingdezhen, China
Topic: An Investigation of Form and Surface in the Porcelain Capital of the World
Research Experience and Apprenticeship Program (REAP) - 2019
Caroline Piper Gibson, Philosophy & Political Science
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Nicholas Smith, Philosophy
Topic: Utilitarian Criminal Justice System
Aubrey Porter, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Robert Ross, Psychology
Topic: How Different Religious Affiliations Impact Understanding of Monotheistic and Polytheistic Ideas
Research Presentation Grant - 2019
Angelique Georges, Sociology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Catherine Moran, Sociology
Project Title: Communicative Adaptations: A Focus on Minorities in Post-Secondary Institutions
Conference: 6th Annual Black Doctoral Network Conference
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship – USA 2018
Riley Boss, Anthropology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Meghan Howey, Anthropology
Topic: Preserving a Lost Village: LiDAR Analysis and Ground-Truthing Residual Foundations from the Great Flood of 1938 in East Weare, New Hampshire
Allison Easterbrook, Neuroscience and Behavior
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Don Robin, Communication Sciences & Disorders
Topic: Music and Improvisation Brain Activation: A Meta-Analysis and Functional Model
Briana Silck, Neuroscience & Behavior/Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Robert Ross, Psychology
Topic: The Relationship between Moral Reasoning, Empathy, and Theory of Mind Using Effective Connectivity
John Sullivan, Music Education
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Ryan Vigil, Music
Topic: A Musical Analysis of College Songs
Ari Toumpas, Classics: Latin Teaching
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Scott Smith, Classics, Humanities, and Italian Studies
Topic: Telephus, Son of Hercules, Son of Zeus: Mythic Genealogy in Pausanias’ Description of Greece
Undergraduate Research Award 2018
Renee Chasse, Psychology, Neuroscience & Behavior
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Robert Drugan, Psychology
Topic: Sex Differences in Ultrasonic Vocalization Emission and Serotonin Dorsal Raphe Activation
Erin Hart, Neuroscience & Behavior
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Sergios Charntikov,
Psychology
Topic: A Quantitative Analysis of the Value Enhancing Effects of Nicotine and Varenicline
Chloe Pilgrim, Psychology/Neuroscience & Behavior
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Robert Drugan, Psychology
Topic: Chronic Stress Induced Corticotrophin-Releasing-Factor Sensitization in Female Rats
Research Presentation Grant
Thomas Maxwell, Linguistics
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Ileana Chirila, French
Project Title: Sinti Music: Romani Counter-Narratives: Activism and Arts in Contemporary France
Conference: 20th/21st Century French and Francophone Studies Colloquium
Lorena Cruz, Spanish & International Affairs
Faculty Mentor: Prof. John Chaston, Spanish
Project Title: Spanish and Arabic are NOT Almost the Same: Busting an Urban Legend
Conference: NH World Language Teachers Association Conference
Aaron Promer, History & International Affairs
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Alynna Lyon, Political Science
Project Title: Model UN
Conference: National Model United Nations Conference: Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship – Abroad 2017
Isabelle Beagen, Theatre
Faculty Mentor: Prof. David Richman, Theater & Dance
Research Site: London, England
Topic: Eleanor Marx and the Impact of Henrik Ibsen’s Theatrical Work
Andrew Ware, Philosophy & Economics
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Nicholas Smith, Philosophy
Research Site: London, England
Topic: Distributional Implications of the Development of Artificial Intelligence for Global Policy
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship – USA 2017
Daniel Faiella, Studio Art
Faculty Mentor: Prof. David Newsam, Music
Topic: Musical Amalgamations: The Applications of Musical Concepts from Jazz and Blues to Traditional Celtic Music
Christian Gum, History
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Cathy Frierson, History
Topic: Cooper in the Caucasus: Examining James Fenimore Cooper’s Influence on Russian Literature
Charlotte Harris, Communication: Business Application; Spanish
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Michael Soha, Communication
Topic: Populism and the Press: Investigating the Relationship between the Government and Media in Latin America
Araya Lacy, Neuroscience & Behavior
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Robert Ross, Psychology
Topic: The Relationship between Moral Reasoning and Theory of Mind Effective Connectivity
Giselle Wallace, Psychology & Ancient Mediterranean Civilizations
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Susan Curry, Classics
Topic: Trauma and Myth: An Exploration of Group Bibliotherapy Using Classical Texts as Treatment for PTSD
Undergraduate Research Award 2017
Renee Chasse, Psychology, Neuroscience & Behavior
Chloe Pilgrim, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Robert Drugan, Psychology
Topic: Individual Differences in Stress Coping: Forecasting Learned Resilience Using Ultrasonic Vocalizations
Erin Hart, Neuroscience & Behavior
Daniel Hertia, Biology (COLSA)
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Sergios Charntikov, Psychology
Topic: The Functional Involvement of Dorsomedial Caudate-Putamen in Associative Learning with Intravenous Nicotine Stimulus
Research Experience and Apprenticeship Program (REAP) 2017
Crystina Friese, Anthropology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Meghan Howey, Anthropology
Topic: Practicing Archeological Field Methods in the Great Bay Estuary
Tejas Moses, Fine Arts: Ceramics & Sustainability
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Don Williams, Art & Art History
Topic: The Study of Form and Decoration in Functional Pottery
Rory O’Neil, Political Science & International Affairs
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Jeannie Sowers, Political Science
Topic: Targeting Infrastructure in the Middle East: Environment, Conflict, and Law
John Sullivan, Music Education
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Ryan Vigil, Music
Topic: Research Assistance for Christian Science Hymnal: Hymns 430-60
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship – USA 2016
Nils Babcock, Classics & Philosophy
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Charlotte Witt, Philosophy
Topic: Animalism in Aristotle
Stephanie Barlow, Neuroscience & Behavior
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Robert Ross, Psychology
Topic: Investigation of the Changes in Oscillatory Coherence During Cognitive Control as a Result of Traumatic Brain Injury
Alexander Chase, Sociology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Cliff Brown, Sociology
Topic: Student Commuters: Unpacking Factors that Influence High School Students’ Choice on How to Travel to School
Sarah LaCourse, Neuroscience & Behavior
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Matthew MacManes, Molecular, Cellular & Biomedical Sciences
Topic: Transcriptomic Stress Response on the Hypothalamic Pituitary Gonadal Axis of the Rock Dove (Columbia livia)
Graham Peterson, History
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Daniel Beller-McKenna, Music
Topic: Lou Reed’s Metal Machine Music: The Worst Album Ever Recorded
Jack Vachon, Classics & History
Faculty Mentor: Prof. R. Scott Smith, Classics
Topic: Threats to Our Past: The Issue of Preserving Antiquities
Kathryn Taylor, Neuroscience & Behavior (COLSA)
Megan Duranko, Psychology
Erin Hart, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Sergios Charntikov, Psychology
Topic: Behavioral and Biological Markers Underlying Vulnerability to Heroin Abuse
Research Experience and Apprenticeship Program (REAP) 2016
Erin Driscoll, Music Performance
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Rob Haskins, Music
Topic: Research Assistance for Piano
Daniel Faiella, Studio Art
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Craig Hood, Art & Art History
Topic: Informing Imagination: Studying Light, Form, and Color in the New England Landscape
Ross Jones, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. R. Scott Smit, Classics
Topic: Did Seneca’s Medea Understand Stoicism? A Study in Senecan Psychology
Undergraduate Research Award 2016
Yandan Wang, Neuroscience & Behavior
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Robert Drugan, Psychology
Topic: Does Re-Exposure to Intermittent Swim Stress Potentiate Emission of Ultrasonic Vocalizations or Forecast Resilience in Juvenile Social Exploration Test of PTSD-Related Anxiety
International Research Opportunities Program 2016
Jacqueline Gilbert, Anthropology & International Affairs
Research Site: Havana, Cuba
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Robin Sheriff, Anthropology
Foreign Faculty: Mr. Carlos Iglesias, Yomiuri Shim bun
Topic: Cuba’s Water Crisis: Drought, Climate Change, and Decision-making Around Cuba’s Limited Water Resources
Research Presentation Grant
Yaning Cao, Geography
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Marino Fernandes, English
Project Title: Renewing Our Commitment to Multilingual Writers in the Writing Center: An Approach from the Margins
Conference: 2016 Midwest Writing Center Association
Alyssa Carlisle, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Victoria Banyard, Psychology
Project Title: What Trial Were You Watching? Understanding Public Opinion about Sexual Assault Using the Comments Section of Online News Sources
Conference: International Family Violence and Child Victimization Research Conference
Haley Goodson, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Katie Edwards, Psychology
Project Title: # RapeCultureIsWhen: Examining Levels of Endorsement & Correlates of Rape Myth Acceptance Among High School Youth
Conference: Association for Women in Psychology 2016 Conference
Crystal Napoli, History / Justice Studies
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Alynna Lyon, Political Science
Project Title: Model UN Conference
Conference: Model UN / New York City
Katherine Seavey, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Katie Edwards, Psychology
Project Title: Rural Community Members Perceptions of Help-Seeking by Victims of Intimate Partner Violence
Conference: International Family Violence and Child Victimization Research Conference
Ceara Tavares, Psychology / Justice Studies
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Ellen Cohn, Psychology
Project Title: The Role of Emotions on Morality: How Self-Conscious and Unconscious Emotions Influence Males’ and Females’ Everyday Morality
Conference: Association for Psychological Science
Cristy Theriault, Neuroscience & Behavior
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Robert Mair, Psychology
Project Title: More Than Just a Relay: The Role of Medial Thalamus in Flexible, Goal-Directed Behavior
Conference: Society for Neuroscience Annual Conference
Gwyneth Welch, Neuroscience & Behavior
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Jill McGaughy, Psychology
Project Title: The Effects of Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors Treatment on Executive Function and Prefrontal Cortex in Adolescent Rats
Conference: Society for Neuroscience Annual Conference
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Abroad 2015
Qizhen Xie, History & Classics
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Gregory McMahon, History
Research Site: Yozgat, Turkey
Topic: Empires, Militarism, and Decline in Ancient Anatolia
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) USA 2015
Julie Clancy, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Robert Ross, Psychology
Topic: The Impact of Emotion Regulation on Inhibitory Control and Its Neural Correlates
Gabriel Hoffman, History & Classics
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Susan Curry, Classics
Topic: Upside Down and Inside Out: Information Management in the Age of the Roman Empire
Yongjiao Hu, Sociology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Michele Dillon, Sociology
Topic: International Students’ Social Networks and Academic Achievement
Theodore Kazan, Neuroscience & Behavior
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Robert Mair, Psychology
Topic: Examining the Role of Ventral Thalamus; Nuclei Reuniens and Rhomboid in a Goal-Oriented Task
Kelli Minelli, Music Education
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Rose Pruiksma, Music
Topic: Bernard Herrmann’s Opera: Narrative, Adaption, and Musical Connections in the Opera Wuthering Heights
Subha Singh, Anthropology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Kevin Culligan, Molecular, Cellular, & Biomedical Sciences
Topic: Investigating DNA Mutation Accumulation in Arabidopsis thaliana
Jack Vachon, Classics & History
Faculty Mentor: Prof. R. Scott Smith, Classics
Topic: The Pausanias Project: Putting Greek Myth on the Map
Undergraduate Research Award (URA) 2014-15
Brendan Lortie, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. John Mayer, Psychology
Topic: The Role of Personal Intelligence in the Workplace
International Research Opportunities Program (IROP) 2015
Sean Thoel, History & Russian
Research Site: St. Petersburg, Russia
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Cathy Frierson, History
Foreign Faculty: Dr. Anatoly Pinsky, European University
Topic: Life Has Become More Joyous: Propagandizing Soviet Industrialization, 1928 – 1941
Research Experience and Apprenticeship Program (REAP) 2015
Isabelle Beagen, Anthropology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. David Richman, Theatre and Dance
Topic: Henrik Ibsen and the Effects His Work Had on the Life of Eleanor Marx
Elisabeth Iacono, History
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Marion Dorsey, History
Topic: What If Poison Gas Is Used Again? Perceptions of Future Gas Wars in Interwar & World War II Allied Nations
Crystal Napoli, History
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Marion Dorsey, History
Topic: Joining the Army – Recruitment into the Army
Research Presentation Grant 2015
Aisha Bhutto, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Maureen Gillespie, Psychology
Project Title: Perceived Prosodic Variability Gesture Rates in Spontaneous Speech
Conference: Experimental and Theoretical Advances in Prosody-3 (ETAP-3)
Tina Cannon, Psychology & Women Studies
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Katie Edwards, Psychology
Project Title: Sowing SEEDs of Recovery: The Role of Social and Community Supports in Promoting Women’s Recovery from Trauma and Substance Abuse
Conference: Association of Women in Psychology
Chloe Flanagan, Psychology & Women Studies
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Katie Edwards, Psychology
Project Title: Role-play; Hyper-Gender ideology and Women’s Dating Violence Perpetration and Victimization
Conference: Association of Women in Psychology
Ellen Haynes, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Katie Edwards, Psychology
Project Title: Multiple presentations, oral and poster
Conference: Association of Women in Psychology
Nadine Maliakkal, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Ellen Cohn, Psychology
Project Title: Adolescent Tested, Authoritative Parent Approved: A Longitudinal Study of Parenting Styles, Parental Legitimacy, and Adolescent Rule-Violating Behaviors
Conference: American Psychology - Law Society Annual Conference
Honors Thesis Grant 2015
Ashley MacPherson, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Katie Edwards, Psychology
Thesis: Erotic Literature's Impact on Body Dissatisfaction and Disordered Eating
2014 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) USA
Benjamin Bertrand, History
Faculty Mentor: Prof. David Bachrach, History
Topic: Swords and Society: The Depiction of Straight and Curved Swords in Illuminated Manuscripts from Europe and the Middle East from 1200 - 1500
Steven Cowley, History
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Cynthia Van Zandt, History
Topic: Mapping the Regicides in New England: A Visual Inquiry into the Manhunt for the Killers of King Charles I
Hannah Drake, English/International Affairs
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Clark Knowles, English
Topic: Ten Weeks of Storytelling: A Journey through Fiction Writing
Joseph Juknievich, History
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Lucy Salyer, History
Topic: Reds in the Granite State: A Close Examination of the Palmer Raids in New Hampshire, 1919-1920
Nadine Maliakkal, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Ellen Cohn, Psychology
Topic: Parental Legitimacy as a Mediator in the Relation between Parenting Styles and Bullying Perpetration
Melanie Platt, Linguistics
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Maya Ravindranath, English
Topic: New Hampshire Language and Life Project
2014 International Research Opportunities Program (IROP)
Hannah Waller, Political Science & International Affairs
Research Site: Sanski Most, Bosnia & Herzegovina
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Mary Malone, Political Science
Foreign Faculty: Prof. Mr. Vahidin Omanovic, Center for Peacebuilding
Topic: Transitional Justice in Post-Conflict Societies: A Case Study of Bosnia-Herzegovina
2014 Undergraduate Research Award (URA)
Adele Jones, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Robert Drugan, Psychology
Topic: Measuring Ultrasonic Vocalizations during Intermittent Swim Stress as an Indicator of Resilience to Social Anxiety in the Social Exploration Model
2014 Research Experience and Apprenticeship Program (REAP)
Jack Vachon, Classics
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Scott Smith, Classics
Topic: Putting Greek Myths on the Map
Moira Wright, English Literature & Classics
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Sean Moore, English
Topic: Slavery and the Making of the Early American Library: British Literature, Political Thought and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
2014 Research Presentation Grant
Annie Crossman, Psychology & Women’s Studies
Project Title: Supporting LGBTQ+ Survivors: How Community and Environmental Factors Relate to Disclosure of Intimate Partner Violence
Conference: Association for Women in Psychology
Arianna Schaaff, Psychology & Sociology
Project Title: Identity, Social Support and Resiliency: How Social Support Moderates Effects of Minority Stress Among LGB Individuals Across Stages of Outness”
Conference: Association for Women in Psychology
Joel Wyatt, Psychology
Project Title: Supporting LGBTQ+ Survivors: Intimate Partner Violence, Trauma and Physical Health: The Roles of Social Support and Coping Self-Efficacy
Conference: American Psychological Association
2014 Honors Thesis Grant
Meghan Craig, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Katie Edwards, Psychology
Thesis: Minority Stress and Self-Harm Among LGBTQ Young Adults
Halie Olszowy, Sociology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Catherine Moran, Sociology
Thesis: Hollywood Goes to College: Examining College First Year Students' Expectations through Film
Joel Wyatt, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Katie Edwards, Psychology
Thesis: Experiences of College Students
2013 Undergraduate Research Award (URA)
Laura Castracane, Neuroscience
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Robert Drugan, Psychology
Topic: Do Ultrasonic Vocalizations during Intermittent Swim Stress Predict Resilience in Subsequent Spatial Learning and Memory Tests?
Gregory DiSanto, Geography
Faculty Mentors: Prof. Joel Hartter, Geography; Mary Stampone, Geography
Topic: Precipitation Trends in Western Uganda
Gregory DiSanto, Geography
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Anne Lightbody, Earth Sciences
Topic: Quantifying Interactions between Stream Flow and Woody Seedlings in a Sand-bed River
Audrey Hickey, Psychology & Sociology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Catherine Moran, Sociology
Topic: The Portrayal of Female Sexual Desires in Fifteen Current Films
Victoria Santospago, Music Education
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Jenni Cook, Music
Topic: Moving Freely: A Flutist’s Exploration of Body Mapping
Kevin Vansylyvong, History & Philosophy
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Eliga Gould, History
Topic: The Influence of Christ’s Church on the Liberal John Locke’s Conservatism
Madeline Whitcomb, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Victoria Banyard, Psychology
Topic: Reflections on Bystander Intervention
2013 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Abroad
Daniel Zotos, Political Science / IA
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Jeffrey Bolster, History
Research Site: Barcelona, Spain
Topic: The Practices and Policies Associated with the Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Fishery in Spain: Perpetuating a Majestic Species amongst the Political Quandary of Fisheries Management Policy
2013 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) USA
Samantha Arsenault, Neuroscience & Behavior
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Brett Gibson, Psychology
Topic: Investigating Above and Underground Spatial Representations in Rodents
Annie Crossman, Psychology & Women’s Studies
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Katie Edwards, Psychology
Topic: Supporting LGBT Survivors: How Community and Environmental Factors Relate to Recovery among LGBT Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence
Kimberlee Meserve, Fine Arts
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Grant Drumheller, Art & Art History
Topic: Simple Sights of Beauty
Andrew Minigan, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. David Pillemer, Psychology
Topic: The Reminiscence Bump in Priests’ Oral Life Histories
Tegan O’Neill, Political Science
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Stacy VanDeveer, Political Science
Topic: Risky Business in the Granite State: A Study of Local Natural Disaster Preparedness Policies in Rockingham and Strafford Counties
Emma Pankey, Anthropology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Meghan Howey, Anthropology
Topic: Fire Regimes and Forest Burning: A Paleoecological Reconstruction of Past Human Land-Use in the Upper Great Lakes Region
Arianna Schaaff, Psychology & Sociology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Katie Edwards, Psychology
Topic: Identity, Social Support and Resiliency: How Social Support Moderates Effects of Stress among LGB Individuals across Stages of Outness
2013 International Research Opportunities Program (IROP)
Jennifer Lindsay, Studio Art / International Affairs
Research Site: Beijing, China
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Lawrence Reardon, Political Science
Foreign Faculty Mentor: Mr. David Moser, Capital Normal University
Topic: Contemporary Art with Chinese Characteristics: Relations Between Beijing Artists and the Chinese Government Post-1989
Cory McKenzie, History/Philosophy
Research Site: Kobe, Japan
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Gregory McMahon, History
Foreign Faculty: Prof. Michiko Mori, Otemae University
Topic: Yuriwaka Daijin: The Debate over Japan’s Odysseus
Austin Perea, Political Science / Economics
Research Site: Cairo, Egypt
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Jeannie Sowers, Political Science
Foreign Faculty: Prof. Monal Abel-Baki, American University Cairo
Topic: Islamic Banking and Microfinance in Post-Mubarak Egypt
2013 Research Experience and Apprenticeship Program (REAP)
Hannah Drake, Undeclared
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Leah Williams, English
Topic: Your Forehead Should Touch Your Toes (and Other Yoga Adventures)
Joseph Juknievich, History
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Lucy Salyer, History
Topic: Explorations in Archival Research: The History of Immigrants and the Law
Jamie Ritzo, Philosophy
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Nick Smith, Philosophy
Topic: Interviews with the Philosophy Department Faculty
2013 Research Presentation Grant
Audrey Hickey, Psychology & Sociology
Project Title: What Impact do University of New Hampshire Students Have on Quality of Life in Durham, NH?
Conference: National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR)
Margaret Lubanko, English
Project Title: Collaboration Within and Across Communities: A District-Wide Case Study of Professional Learning Communities
Conference: NE Educational Research Organization Conference
Model United Nations, Political Science
Anu Rayamajhi, Communication
Project Title: UNH Model UN Delegation
Conference: National Model Unite Nations
2013 Honors Thesis Grant
Monica Stewart, Anthropology & International Affairs
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Joe Lugalla, Anthropology
Thesis: The Doctor and the Patient: An Exploration into the Roles Assigned
Connor Strobel, Philosophy & Political Science
Faculty Mentor: Prof. R. Val Dusek, Philosophy
Thesis: Explore the Concept of Violence as it Developed within Marxist Tradition
2012 Undergraduate Research Award (URA)
Nicholas Dowhaniuk, Geography
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Joel Hartter, Geography
Topic: Monitoring Forest Loss and Population Growth in a Biodiversity Hotspot of Africa
Alexa Price, History
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Nicoletta Gulacce, History
Topic: The Spirit of His Men: The Development of the Lord Nelson Legend in British Culture, 1805-1905
Alexa Price, History
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Eliga Gould, History
Topic: Loyalist Identities in Revolutionary New Hampshire
Eric Pugliano, History and Geography
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Cathy Frierson, History
Topic: Mapping of the Journeys of the Children of the Gulag
Katherine Wooten, Neuroscience & Behavior
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Robert Drugan, Psychology
Topic: Are Female Rats Prone to the Same Stress-Induced Memory Deficits as Male Rats in a Visible Platform Task in the Morris Water Maze?
Olivia McGlone, Psychology
Elizabeth Wanjiru, Neuroscience & Behavior
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Robert Drugan, Psychology
Topic: Ultrasonic Vocalizations as a Predictor of Performance on the Morris Water Maze
2012 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Abroad
Kaitlyn Cameron, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Rebecca Warner, Psychology
Research Site: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Topic: Creative Career Self-Actualization in the Netherlands
Merhawi Wells-Bogue, Journalism
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Lisa Miller, English
Research Site: Mekelle, Ethiopia
Topic: The Role of Governmental and Non-governmental Organizations in Addressing the Needs of Street Children: The Case in Mekelle City, Ethiopia
2012 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) USA
Joseph Annicchiarico, Music: Performance
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Andrew Boysen, Music
Topic: Orchestrating Copland: A Study in Orchestration for Wind Ensemble
Allison Caplin, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Barbara White, Occupational Therapy
Topic: What are the Relations Among Stress Perception, Health Perception, and Activity Participation in School-Aged Children
Hillary Christopher, Anthropology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Meghan Howey, Anthropology
Topic: Origins and Methods of Cheese Production in Neolithic Europe: An Archaeological Experiment
Molly Driscoll, European Cultural Studies / French
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Barbara Cooper, French
Topic: The Representation of Anne Boleyn in French Drama, Art, and Literature of the Nineteenth Century: A Historical and Literary Analysis
Elizabeth Hebert, Neuroscience & Behavior
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Robert Mair, Psychology
Topic: Influences of Subiculum on Memory-Coding Properties of Prefrontal Cortical Neurons in the Rat
Audrey Hickey, Psychology, Sociology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Benjamin Brown, Sociology
Topic: What Impact do University of New Hampshire Students Have on Quality of Life in Durham, NH?
Jennifer Lamontagne, Studio Art
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Suzanne Schireson, Art & Art History
Topic: Revival, Renewing Contemporary Religious Art through the Figure
Molly McCahan, Music Theory & EcoGastronomy
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Burt Feintuch, Center for the Humanities
Topic: Permaculture: Principles, Beliefs, and Values
Cory McKenzie, History, Philosophy
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Jessica Lepler, History
Topic: The Politics of Court-Clearing in Nineteenth-Century New Hampshire
Courtney Mills, Anthropology, History
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Meghan Howey, Anthropology
Topic: Reconstructing Gulf of Maine Cod Populations from the Archaic (ca. 8000 BC to 1000 BC) to the Contact Period (ca. AD 1500)
Jillian Price, Anthropology, History
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Meghan Howey, Anthropology
Topic: Archaeology of Preparedness: UNH Army Training Camp in World War I, 1918-1919
Mark Scimone, Neuroscience & Behavior
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Andrew Leber, Psychology
Topic: An Exploration of the Neural Correlates of Musical Rhythms Using Electrocorticography
Brianna Smith, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Brett Gibson, Psychology
Topic: Development of Planning Abilities in School-aged Children
Kevin Vansylyvong, History, Philosophy
Faculty Mentor: Prof. David Hiley, Philosophy
Topic: Michel Foucault and the Nature of Historical Evidence
2012 International Research Opportunities Program (IROP)
Christopher Foss, Music Performance
Research Site: Sarnico, Italy
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Janet Polk, Music
Foreign Faculty Mentor: Prof. Giorgio Versiglia, Academia I Musici di Parma
Topic: The Italian Influence
Hannah Lawrence, Political Science & Justice Studies
Research Site: Cairo, Egypt
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Jeannie Sowers, Political Science
Foreign Faculty Mentor: Dr. Barbara Ibrahim, American University in Cairo
Topic: Women’s Rights in a Post-Mubarak Reality
Michael Pope, Political Science, International Affairs
Research Site: Belfast, Northern Ireland
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Benjamin Cole, Dartmouth College
Foreign Faculty Mentor: Dr. Cathy Gormley-Heenan, University of Ulster
Topic: What Makes an Irish Dissenter? Modeling Former IRA Members
2012 Research Experience and Apprenticeship Program (REAP)
Bryan Merrill, Political Science
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Dante Scala, Political Science
Topic: Collection, Organization and Analysis of Electoral and Demographic Data Related to Super PAC's, Congressional Campaign Expenditures, and the Presidential Primary Vote
Research Presentation Grant
Christopher Bruneau, Philosophy
Project Title: Moderate Foundationalism and the Unification of Theoretical and Practical Reason in Robert Audis “The Architecture of Reason”
Conference: Philosophy Conference on Social Responsibility
Jacqueline Cordell, English Literature / Linguistics
Project Title: Presentation, Perception, and Power: The Authority of Foreign Terminology in the Reeve’s Tale and the Miller’s Tale
Conference: Sewanee Medieval Colloquium
2012 Honors Thesis Grant
Saige Jutras, Psychology/Justice Studies
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Katie Edwards, Psychology
Thesis: Individual Differences and Correlates of Stalking Disclosure Type among College Women
2012 Study Abroad Research Grant
Molly Driscoll, European Cultural Studies / French
Research Site: Paris & Dijon, France
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Barbara Cooper, French
Topic: The Representation of the Tudors in French Drama
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
