Summer Research Projects, Summer 2008

Anthropology

Alcohol and the Irish-American Identity: Explorations in the Social Sciences
Kaylee Pope (Adviser: Prof. Mullin)

Agents of Change: Gender Differences in Migration Intentions among University Undergraduates in Nigeria
Jacob Rinkinen (Adviser: Dr. Togunde)

African Perceptions of America through the Popular Culture and Mass Media
Amanda Vocke (Adviser: Dr. Togunde)

Art and Art History

H.C. Westermann Exhibition
Rudy Aronoff (Adviser: Dr. Wickre)

Zinc Macrocrystalline Ceramics
Joseph Bednark (Adviser: Prof. Chytilo)

H. C. Westermann Exhibition
Hannah Trager (Adviser: Dr. Wickre)

Biology

Susceptibility of Michigan Frogs to Aeromonas Bacteria in Relation to Levels of the Stress Hormone Corticosterone
Kelyn Carlson (Adviser: Dr. McCurdy)

The Effects of Ambient Temperature on Incubation Behaviors in House Wrens (Troglodytes aedon): Comparing Early and Late Clutches
Amanda Engelhard (Adviser: Dr. Kennedy)

Associations between Livestock Farms and Rice Creek's Health: A Microbiological Examination
Molly Estill (Adviser: Dr. Olapade)

Hobo Element: DSB Repair
Dontae Jacobs (Adviser: Dr. Saville)

Historical Genetic Analysis of Prairie Rose Gentian
Heather Lagendyk (Adviser: Dr. Lyons-Sobaski)

Individual Variation in Incubation Behavior of House Wrens (Troglodytes aedon)
Ashley Ozelski (Adviser: Dr. White)

Cross-species Amplification Using Prairie Rose Gentian (Sabatia campestris) Genetic Markers
Chelsea Smith (Adviser: Dr. Lyons-Sobaski)

Method of DNA Repair in D. melanogaster using hobo Excisions
Brandon Veremis (Adviser: Dr. Saville)

Detection of Ranavirus and Chytrid Fungi in Frogs of Western Michigan
Monica Yalamanchili (Adviser: Dr. McCurdy)

Chemistry

Zinc Macrocrystalline Ceramics
Joseph Bednark (Adviser: Prof. Chytilo)

Exploration of Unpaired Electron Interactions in a Series of Dimanganese Complexes
Sarah Kelley (Adviser: Dr. McCaffrey)

Clathrate Hydrate Analysis
Laura Pollum (Adviser: Dr. Lewis)

Molecular Magnetism
Elizabeth Reznikov (Adviser: Dr. McCaffrey)

Synthesis in Clathrate Hydrates
Reid Smith (Adviser: Dr. Lewis)

Economics and Management

The Chinese Family Financial Plan
Yang Chen (Adviser: Prof. Yoshida)

Education

Collaboration, Curriculum, Classroom Management: What Do We Really Learn From the Maymester Experience?
A'Lana Bates (Adviser: Dr. Henke)

English

The Uses of Anger: An Exploration of Female Anger within the Poetry of Audre Lorde
Heather Bresnahan (Advisor: Dr. Lockyer)

Fallen Gentlemen in Victorian Literature and Society
Kristin Butler (Adviser: Dr. Lamouria)

An Exploration of the Changing Representation of Place in James Wright's Poetry
Stephanie Edwards (Adviser: Dr. Stotz—Ghosh)

Words Emerging From a House Divided: A Study of Literary Trends and Cultural Sentiment of Michigan
Michelle Salemka (Adviser: Dr. Stotz-Ghosh)

Geology

Thin-Section Preparation of Antarctic Rock Samples
Meagan Bosket (Adviser: Prof. Wilch)

History

Traditional Medicine, Gender and Birth in Ghana: A Contemporary and Historical Analysis
Kwame Sakyi (Adviser: Dr. Carotenuto)

Honors

Strategic Bombing of World War II
Hannah Scheiwe (Adviser: Dr. Cocks)

International Studies

Linguistic Apartheid: South African Lingual Identity
Mark Anthony Arceno (Adviser: Dr. Carotenuto)

Music

Visual Representations of Music for Marching Band
Kelly Gentry (Adviser: Dr. McIllhagga)

Enchanted Garden: Russian Cultural Influences in the Ballets of Igor Stravinsky
Alyson Norris (Adviser: Dr. McIllhagga)

Visual Representations of Music for Marching Band
Breanna Reedy (Adviser: Dr. McIllhagga)

Physics

Mitigating Vibrations of the Telescope Mounts on the Roof of Palenske Hall
Ludwik Lembryk (Adviser: Dr. Zellner)

Calibration and Use of the 11" Celestron Telescope for Observing and CCD Imaging
Culver Redd (Adviser: Dr. Zellner)

Optimizing the Production of Atomic Hydrogen By Laser Photo Detachment of Negative Hydrogen Ions
Samantha Strasser (Adviser: Dr. Seely)

Political Science

Marxism in the 21st Century: A Marxist Critique of Globalization and the Developing International Political Economy
Dan Moilanen (Adviser: Dr. Rose)

Psychology

The Effects of Incentives on Different Problem Solving Types
Christina Poulin (Adviser: Dr. Wieth)

The Relationship between Progesterone Levels and Olfactory Cues on Responsiveness in the Female Diurnal Rodent (Octodon degus)
Dorela Shuboni (Advisor: Dr. Jechura)

Autism and Creativity
Takeshia Williams (Adviser: Dr. Walter)

Protestant Work Ethic, Conscientiousness, and its Relationship with Performance
Keith Zabel (Adviser: Dr. Christopher)

Religious Studies

Church Response to Environmental Crisis
Jonathan Reynolds (Adviser: Dr. Mourad)

Sociology

Agents of Change: Gender Differences in Migration Intentions among University Undergraduates in Nigeria
Jacob Rinkinen (Adviser: Dr. Togunde)
African Perceptions of America through the Popular Culture and Mass Media
Amanda Vocke (Adviser: Dr. Togunde)