Recent Student Scholarship
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Independent Studies
Andrew J. Brady
History
“Environment and the role it played in recent business history.”
Alison Cimino
English
“A chapbook of 10 poems.”
Elizabeth Ann Coran
Psychology
“Research and rehabilitation of individuals with head injuries.”
Matthew A. Geertsma
Philosophy
“Game theory and rational choice: How do game theories and rational choices influence negotiation, decision-making, and strategic situations?”
Brian Hall
Engineering
“Design, construction, and programming of an autonomous mobile robot.”
Terrance James
International Studies
“Buddhist art.”
Research Assistantships
Vincent Bernardo
Biology
Associate Professor Daniel Blackburn, faculty adviser
“Sexually dimorphic trunk muscles of Rana pipens.” Some of the research includes comparison of weight of muscles between frogs injected with testosterone and control frogs, and protein analysis of the muscles.
Richard Martin Dallmeyer
Chemistry
Professor of Chemistry David Henderson, faculty adviser
“Analysis of antioxidant effectiveness using solid phase micro extraction and GCMS.” This research uses
a new analytical procedure to measure the volatile chemicals formed when oils are heated.
Catharine Any Whitters
Women’s Studies
Senior Lecturer Adrienne Fulco, faculty adviser
“Bibliographic research on a variety of issues concerning women in
the courts and the law.” Research focuses on gender equality and the Supreme Court and on Catharine MacKinnon’s feminist legal thought.
Aily Nguyen
Biology
Associate Professor of Biology Kathleen Archer, faculty adviser
“Virescent mutation in tobacco.” Research involves determining the cause of the mutation.
Timothy Lishnak
Biology
Associate Professor Daniel Blackburn, faculty adviser
“The garter snake, Thamnophis Sirtalis, will be examined and a quantification of the uterine vascularity will be produced using image analysis software and whole mounts viewed on a phase contrast microscope.”
Senior Theses
Nedret Abrahamson
Art History
“Diane Arbus - The first photographer to make the ‘ugly, the insane, and the everyday’ a high art subject matter.”
Charles Baker
Economics
“Economic impact of constructing
a professional sports stadium.”
Monique M. Lee
International Studies
“Role of the media on Chinese culture.”
Jessica Lopes
Studio Arts
“Central focus on painting, with other elements of design, such as printmaking, drawing, and collage incorporated.”
Emily Louise Miller
Theater and Dance
“Women solo performers: Anna, Lily and me,” a study of the techniques of Anna Deavere Smith and Lily Tomlin as one-woman performers: how they develop their material
as well as how they create their performances. (Emily developed and presented her own material and performance based on
techniques learned in research.)
Lisa Olney
American Studies
“Lyndon Johnson and the social policy origins of the War on Poverty.”
Catherine M. Sharick
History
“Memory, identity, and the Young Ireland Movement: An examination of Ireland’s remote past by the Young Irelanders in the hopes of developing a national identity.”
Laura R. Triano
Neuroscience
“Effects of neonatal isolation stress on brain and behavioral responses in day 10 rat pups.”
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