Nov. 15, 2007
Projects receiving support from the Provost's Undergraduate Research Fund this year (in alphabetical order) are:
Project: "National Collegiate Wind Ensemble to Perform at Carnegie Hall"
Recipient: Aaron Bagby
Adviser: Roger Braun, School of Music
Amount: $1,500
Project: "Presentationof "In the Right Place,At the Right Time, With the Right Style: Margaret Bourke-White's World War IIPhotographs for Life Magazine"at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication'sSoutheast Regional Colloquium"
Recipient: Meredith Barnett
Adviser: Patrick Washburn, School of Journalism
Amount: $775
Project: "Elucidatinggenes and cis-regulatory elements involved in gravity signal transduction in Arabidopsis thaliana using geneexpression and bioinformatics approaches"
Recipient: Jasmine Bascom
Adviser: Sarah Wyatt,Department of Environmental and Plant Biology
Amount: $934
Project: "JNK-dependentcell death in Drosphilia blood cell development: regulation by SUMO"
Recipient: William Bell
Adviser: Soichi Tanda,Department of Biological Sciences
Amount: $1,500
Project: "You Know HowUs Catholic Girls Can Be"
Recipient: Avery Blair-Wilson
Adviser: Julie Drummermuth, School of Art
Amount: $400
Project: "Tree ofHeaven: An Invasive Mystery"
Recipient: Jason Bonham
Adviser: Kim Brown,Department of Environmental and Plant Biology
Amount: $750
Project: "Housemates"
Recipient: Wrion Bowling
Adviser: Eric Williams,School of Telecommunications
Amount: $1,500
Project: "Three-dimensionalorientation of an otoconial organ, the utricle, in the skull: A micro-CT andconfocal microscopy analysis"
Recipient: Jennifer Bowman
Adviser: Michael Rowe,Department of Biological Sciences
Amount: $1,378.50
Project: "Role ofPhytohormones in Leaf Development of the California Poppy"
Recipient: Clare Bruggeman
Adviser: Stefan Gleissberg,Department of Environmental and Plant Biology
Amount: $1,354
Project: "A Waste ofPaper"
Recipient: Robin Bundi
Adviser: Patricia Cue, Departmentof Graphic Design
Amount: $650
Project: "InnovativeEnergy Saving Technologies for an Existing Commercial Building"
Recipient: Leigh Buzzard
Adviser: Daniel Gulino,Department of Chemical Engineering
Amount: $1,500
Project: "EnvironmentalDance: The Vitality of Moving with Nature"
Recipient: Lindsay Calvert
Adviser: Ruben Graciani, School of Dance
Amount: $1,500
Project: "Surfacereconstructions on GaN at liquid He temperatures"
Recipient: Anthony Canterbury
Adviser: Nancy Sandler,Department of Physics and Astronomy
Amount: $200
Project: "Creation oftwo NF-кB reporter cell lines to study the role of translation regulation inNF-кB activation"
Recipient: Oliver Carpenter
Adviser: Shiyong Wu,Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Amount: $1,220
Project: "Functionalizationof a Natural Product Scaffold, Nonactic, Through C-H Bond Activation"
Recipient: Katie Castor
Adviser: Mark McMills,Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Amount: $1,500
Project: "Study ofmolecular pathways of novel anti-cancer drugs"
Recipient: Cynthia Cipolla
Adviser: Susan Evans,Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Amount: $1,500
Project: "On theEffectiveness of Political Theater: Gauging the influence of A House With No Walls on the Philadelphia community"
Recipient: Gail Clendenin, Honors Tutorial College
Adviser: Jeff St. John,School of Communication Studies
Amount: $446
Project: "An examinationof event tourism in Appalachian Ohio: visitors' motivation, perceptions, andbuying behaviors"
Recipient: Kristen Cox
Adviser: Fang Meng, School of Human and Consumer Sciences
Amount: $750
Project: "SubcultureGraphics"
Recipient: Jodie Coyne
Adviser: Patricia Cue, School of Art
Amount: $700
Project: "The Effect ofOne Exercise Session on Blood Triglycerides of Men with Above Average Levels"
Recipient: David Cunningham
Adviser: Roger Gilders,Department of Recreation and Sport Sciences
Amount: $1,500
Project: "BrandIdentity: Print and Promotion"
Recipient: Joseph Czalkiewicz
Adviser: Karla Hackenmiller, School of Art
Amount: $500
Project: "An Anaylsis ofCaucasian and African-American Young Women: The Effects of Social Comparisonand Thin Media Standards on Self-Esteem"
Recipient: Naomi Drakeford
Adviser: Emily Balcetis,Department of Psychology
Amount: $700
Project: "A Safer PrintEnvironment"
Recipient: Laura Drapac
Adviser: Karla Hackenmiller,Department of Printmaking
Amount: $1,466.39
Project: "Phylogeographyof freshwater red alga, Batrachospermumboryanum, in North America"
Recipient: Sam Drerup
Adviser: Morgan Vis,Department of Environmental and Plant Biology
Amount: $865
Project: "Female Voicesfrom the French Resistance"
Recipient: Katie Flynn
Adviser: Lois Vines,Department of Modern Languages
Amount: $1,500
Project: "Biomechanicalconsequences of popping a wheelie in lizards"
Recipient: Alex Fotis
Adviser: Stephen Reilly,Department of Biological Sciences
Amount: $750
Project: "Characterizingthe Possible Contribution of Ca²+ in UV-Induced ER-Stress"
Recipient:Brian Gallagher
Adviser:Shiyong Wu, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Amount: $1,278
Project: "From Managua to New York: AContent Analysis of Barricada and The New York Times' Coverage ofRevolutionary Nicaraguafrom 1981-1983"
Recipient: Maria Gallucci
Adviser: Bernhard Debatin, School of Journalism
Amount: $1,500
Project: "Suzuki TeacherTraining at Capital University"
Recipient: Connor Grace
Adviser: Marjorie Bagley, School of Music
Amount: $1,085
Project: "S to O LinkageIsomerization In Ruthenium Metal Complexes"
Recipient: Tod Grusenmeyer
Adviser: Jeffery Rack,Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Amount: $1,500
Project: "50 Years ofWihdat: A Life Spent as a Palestinian Refugee"
Recipient: Shannon Guenther
Adviser: Haley Duschinski,Department of Anthropology
Amount: $1,500
Project: "AlternativeAppalachian Communities"
Recipient: Robert Hardin
Adviser: CaryRoberts Frith, School of Journalism
Amount: $1,000
Project: "FightingWildfires: From Ash to Zinc"
Recipient: Alexander Herbert
Adviser: Jared Butcher,Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Amount: $460
Project: "The Effect ofConsuming a Meal on the Anti-Oxidant Enzyme Paraoxonase and Oxidized LowDensity Lipoproteins in Men"
Recipient: Jared Hickok
Adviser: Michael Kushnick, College of Health and Human Services
Amount:$1,500
Project: "A Case Studyof IT/IS Outsourcing: Successful Experience in Marathon,EDS and SAIC"
Recipient: Joseph Hooker
Adviser: Raymond Frost,Department of Mangement Information Systems
Amount: $500
Project: "AlternativeAppalachian Communities"
Recipient: Eric Hornbeck
Adviser: CaryRoberts Frith, School of Journalism
Amount: $1,000
Project: "AnInvestigation of the Real Representation of Women Portrayed in High FashionMagazines"
Recipient: Julie Horton
Adviser: Mathew Friday, School of Art
Amount: $500
Project: "Hearing God'sVoice: Conversations with Bishop CarltonPearson"
Recipient: Max Korn
Adviser: Elizabeth Collins,Department of Classics and World Religions
Amount: $832
Project: "Defining theRole of Zinc Transporter Genes in Fruit Fly (Drosophilia Melanogaster Cultured Neurons"
Recipient: Andrew Kouse
Adviser: Robert Colvin,Department of Biological Sciences
Amount: $1,489.07
Project: "ArthogenicMuscle Response during a Ten Day Functional Ankle Immobilization"
Recipient: Greg Kuhlman
Adviser: Bentley Krause,Department of Recreation and Sport Sciences
Amount: $1,500
Project: "InformingQueer and Feminist Identity: The Creative Process in the Visual and Moving Arts"
Recipient: Amanda Kurtz
Adviser: Ruben Graciani, School of Dance
Amount: $1,000
Project: "Characterizationof C. elegans monoamine oxidasemutants amx-1, amx-2, and amx-2;amx-1"
Recipient: Melissa LaBonty
Adviser: Janet Duerr,Department of Biological Sciences
Amount: $720
Project: "AlternativeStudy Abroad at the Laban Centre for Movement and Dance"
Recipient: Mary Lachman
Adviser: Michele Geller, School of Dance
Amount: $1,500
Project: "CyberspinningMySpace and the Music Industry: Public Relations Practices on the LargestOnline Social Network"
Recipient: Jerrod Lemaster
Adviser: Bernhard Debatin, School of Journalism
Amount: $950
Project: "That WhichPasses Show: Contradictions and Incongruities in Narrative"
Recipient: Miles Liebtag
Adviser: Paul Jones,Department of English
Amount: $1,050
Project: "Between Lives"
Recipient: Thomas Mantle
Adviser: Stan Alost, School of Visual Communication
Amount: $500
Project: "Establishing aCell-Based Model for Evaluating the Efficacy of the Immunomodulator IIRF"
Recipient: Kyle Martin
Adviser: Shiyong Wu,Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Amount: $1,325.45
Project: "Detection ofLiquid and Cocktail Explosives Using Ion Spectrometry"
Recipient: Danielle Melaragno
Adviser: Peter Harrington,Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Amount: $1,100.95
Project: "Changes ingene regulatory networks by epigenetic reprogramming due to arsenic exposure"
Recipient: Bailey Miles
Adviser: Lisa Crockett,Department of Biological Sciences
Amount: $1,481
Project: "InlandDesalination Operation and Disposal in Rural, Isolated Communities"
Recipient: Zachary Morgan
Adviser: Darin Ridgway,Department of Chemical Engineering
Amount: $1,500
Project: "Detection ofMarijuana and Cocaine Metabolites in Adulterated Urine Using Solid PhaseExtraction--Ion Mobility Spectrometry and Gas Chromatography--Mass Spectrometry"
Recipient: Ryan O'Donnell
Adviser: Peter Harrington,Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Amount: $953.50
Project: "AnExperimental Analysis of Gape and Bite Force in the carnivorous NorthernGrasshopper Mouse, Onychomys leucogaster,and the herbivorous Deer Mouse, Permyscusmaticulatus"
Recipient: Erika Peiffer
Adviser: Susan Williams,Department of Biomedical Sciences
Amount: $698
Project: "PromotingSustainability through Maps: AthensGreen Guide"
Recipient: Samuel Pepple
Adviser: Margaret Pearce,Department of Geography
Amount: $750
Project: "The Role ofDance in Post-Soviet Russia"
Recipient: Jennifer Petrie
Adviser: Benita Blessing,Department of History
Amount: $250
Project: "My Name is Rachel Corrie"
Recipient: Kathryn Primeau
Adviser: Shelley Delaney, School of Theater
Amount: $795
Project: "Depictions ofAllegorical Figures in Medieval French Manuscripts of Roman de la Rose"
Recipient: Nicole Re
Adviser: Marsha Dutton,Department of English
Amount: $1,500
Project: "Rented Space:Leisure and Commerce"
Recipient: Mark Reamy
Adviser: Jodi Boatman,Department of Photography
Amount: $1,500
Project: "SuzukiInstitute"
Recipient: Julia Reeves
Adviser: Marjorie Bagley, School of Music
Amount: $1,200
Project: "eMotion [ATH2]"
Recipient: Morgan Riles
Adviser: Katherine Milton, College of Fine Arts
Amount: $900
Project: "Determiningthe Activation Time of White Blood Cells Versus Pipette Size"
Recipient: Steven Rogers
Adviser: David Tees,Department of Physics and Astronomy
Amount: $1,337
Project: "Start to Care,Make it Fair--Educating Americans on Social Responsibility In A MaterialSociety"
Recipient: Nora Rye
Adviser: Frederick Lewis, School of Telecommunications
Amount: $1,500
Project: "CollegeStudents' Conceptualization and Response to Unwanted Sexual Experiences: TheRole of Victim and Perpetrator Alcohol Consumption"
Recipient: Amy Saling
Adviser: Christine Gidycz,Department of Psychology
Amount: $922
Project: "Spatialpatterns in glutamate receptor sub unit composition across the turtle utricle"
Recipient: David Sams
Adviser: Ellengene Peterson,Department of Biological Sciences
Amount: $1,340.75
Project: "DifferentialResponse in Rating of Perceived Exertion to Moderate Intensity Exercise atDifferent Times of the Day"
Recipient: Will Scherer
Adviser: Edward Potkanowicz,Department of Recreation and Sport Sciences
Amount: $1,045
Project: "ExhaustiveSingle Leg Side-to-Side Hopping as a Method to Study Fatigue in AnkleStabilizing Musculature"
Recipient: Gregory Schneider
Adviser: Andrew Krause,Athletic Training
Amount: $1,000
Project: "The Role ofMilk Proteins in Reducing Oil Absorbtion in Fried Foods"
Recipient: Maria Schott
Adviser: Rob Brannan, School of Human and Consumer Sciences
Amount: $855
Project: "NISH (National Industries for the Severely Handicapped)National Scholar Award for Workplace Innovation and Design"
Recipient: Austin Seigneur
Adviser: Greg Kremer,Department of Mechanical Engineering
Amount: $1,500
Project: "Structure andevolutionary implications of a new fossil Equisetumfrom the Cretaceous flora of Apple Bay"
Recipient: Nicholas Stanich
Adviser: Gar Rothwell,Department of Environmental and Plant Biology
Amount: $900
Project: "Initiation ofGait: "Front-Wheel Drive" Versus "Rear-Wheel Drive""
Recipient: Kristin Stover
Adviser: Audrone Biknevicius,Department of Biomedical Sciences
Amount: $500
Project: "The impact offresh produce on the food security and health of impoverished women living inAppalachian Ohio"
Recipient: Celia Struble
Adviser: David Holben, School of Human and Consumer Sciences
Amount: $1,000
Project: "MolecularSystematic and Biogeographic Studies on Tree-Violets (Rhinorea) in Madagascarand Southeast Asia"
Recipient: Dustin Sutherland
Adviser: Harvey Ballard,Department of Environmental and Plant Biology
Amount: $975
Project: "Musikstudiumin Wein, Österriech"
Recipient: Nicole Thomas
Adviser: Rebecca Rischin, School of Music
Amount: $1,500
Project: "ThePurification of Innate Immunity Regulatory Factor (IIRF)"
Recipient: Ted Weissfeld
Adviser: Shiyong Wu,Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Amount: $1,104
Project: "Determiningthe Forensic Viability of DNA from Chewing Gum Undergoing DifferentEnvironmental Conditions"
Recipient: Megan Wenning
Adviser: Glen Jackson,Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Amount: $1,000
Project: "SpanishColonialism in Hispaniola"
Recipient: Carolyn White
Adviser: Nancy Partyka,Department of Modern Languages
Amount: $1,200
Project: "The evaluationof hydration status following mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) in collegiateice hockey players"
Recipient: Angela Whittington
Adviser: Chad Starkey, School of Recreationand Sport Sciences
Amount: $550
Project: "NutritionKnowledge and Practices of High School Coaches and Athletic Trainers"
Recipient: Julia Wiesenborn
Adviser: Darlene Berryman, School of Human and Consumer Sciences
Amount: $1,336.40
Project: "Testing GalaxyEvolution in Early Cluster Environments"
Recipient: Jess Wilhelm
Adviser:Douglas Clowe, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Amount: $1,055
Project: "BiochemicalCharacterization of Putative Fucosyltransferases for Arabinogalactanproteins"
Recipient: Matthew Williams
Adviser: Ahmed Faik,Department of Environmental and Plant Biology
Amount: $1,200
Project: "Assessing theBioavailibilty of Grape Seed Extract in Meat During Processing and Digestion"
Recipient: James Woll
Adviser: Robert Brannan, School of Human and Consumer Sciences
Amount: $351.90
Project: "Effects ofWeight Cycling in Mice"
Recipient: JacobWright-Piekarski
Adviser: Darlene Berryman, School of Human and Consumer Sciences
Amount: $1,500
Project: "Deforestationin Nicaragua:A Reciprocal Relationship"
Recipient: Laura Yates
Adviser: Frank Bernard,Department of Geography
Amount: $1,000
Project: "Renal RNA NOSIsoforms in the Diabetic Zucker Rat"
Recipient: Jennifer Yee
Adviser: Felicia Nowak,Department of Biomedical Sciences
Amount: $610
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