Summer Research Projects, Summer 2020

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ANTHROPOLOGY
Social Media Use and Identity Formation among Kaqchikel Maya Youth
Dulce Aceves (Advisor: Meghan Webb)


ART / ART HISTORY
Black Excellence
Chalara Sutton (Advisor: Michael Dixon)

Mocker Room
Alexandra Taylor (Advisor: Michael Dixon)

Self-Made Man
Morgan Trowbridge-Pross (Advisor: Ashley Feagin)

From Peru to Michigan: Identifying Peruvian Artifacts in the Albion College Art Collection
Rebecca Wagener (Advisor: Bille Wickre)


BIOCHEMISTRY
Virus
Anna Crysler (Advisor: Craig Streu)

Development of a Pseudomonas Syringae Binding Nanobody
Peter Filbrandt (Advisor: Craig Streu)

Monoclonal Antibody Design as a Novel Therapy of Bacterial Leaf Blight Disease in Rice
San Pham (Advisor: Craig Streu)

A study of T7 RNA polymerase-Template interaction utilizing CRISPR/dCas9 protein
Khulan Enkhbaatar (Advisor: Chris Rohlman)

Cloning and Purification of Hpa 1 for Directed Evolution of a T3SS Antibiotic Targeting Rice Blight
Kaitlyn Piontkowsky (Advisor: Chris Rohlman)

A study of E. coli RNA polymerase-Template interaction utilizing CRISPR/dCas9 protein
Jeremy Hogaboom (Advisor: Chris Rohlman)


BIOLOGY
The effect of double mutant shnE.3.2, Ark82 on the development of the imaginal eye disc in Drosophila melanogaster
Anh Dihn (Advisor: Ken Saville)

RNAseq Analysis for Tetrahymena thermophila Mating Type Recognition Pathway
Hannah Erickson (Advisor: Marcella Cervantes)

Determination of distance and differences of song length between dawn song and song at nest box in House Wrens (Troglodytes aedon)
Angela Meyers (Advisor: Dale Kennedy)

Population Genetic structure of Rose Pink in Michigan
C.J. Morton (Advisor: Shelia Lyons-Sobaski)

Effect that parasitic mites have on nest site selection and clutch sizes by House Wrens (Troglodytes aedon)
Nathan Periat (Advisor: Doug White)

Comparing Bacterial Occurrences and their Hydrolytic Enzyme Activities among Different Soil Types using 16S Ribosomal RNA Gene Sequencing
Alexis Wilkerson (Advisor: Ola Olapade)


CHEMISTRY
The Electrocatalytic Reduction of Bromate Through the Use of Electrodes
Morgan Goodnow (Advisor: Kevin Metz)

Examining the Electrocatalytic Reduction of Bromate
Jesse Hepner (Advisor: Kevin Metz)

Microwave Assisted Duff Reaction
Alexandra Seidel (Advisor: Vanessa McCaffrey)

ECONOMICS & MANAGEMENT
The Benefits and Needs of Financial Education for Young Adults
Ajani Wilson (Advisor: Vicki Baker)

EDUCATION
Enhancing Water Literacy for Teenagers Using the Ludic Method
Marcelle Collares (Advisor: Suellyn Henke)

Breaking the Stigma: It's Not Your Fault
Erin Lathrop (Advisor: Suellyn Henke)

Bringing Environment to E-STEM
Angel Ramirez (Advisor: Suellyn Henke)

ENGLISH
Effects of Theatre Extracurriculars on Youth
Karen George (Advisor: Ian MacInnes)

HISTORY
Exploring Cultural Continuity Between Ancient Greece and Byzantium
Anthony Avouris (Advisor: Chris Reidel)

“Albion Public Schools: Going South to Historically Black Colleges and Universities to Create a Teaching Faculty that Looks Like Its Student Population.”
Akaiia Ridley (Advisor: Wesley Dick)

MATH
Nontransitive Dice in the Casino
Claire Mitchell (Advisor: Mark Bollman)

PHYSICS
Greenhouse Gas Inventory for Albion College
Tanya Jagdish (Advisor: Darren Mason & Doug White)


PSYCHOLOGY
The Effect of Nootropics on Worms
Hunter Penrod (Advisor: Jeff Wilson)

Gender-role conflict, masculinity, and John Henryism as predictors of attitudes toward help seeking
Aura Ware (Advisor: Eric Hill)

SOCIOLOGY
Not Going Pro: Academics and Athletics Among Division III Student-Athletes
Clare Kelley (Advisor: Scott Melzer)

Academic and Athletic Identities of Division III Student-Athletes
Courtney Lamrouex (Advisor: Scott Melzer)

Autistic People's Experiences with Teacher-Student Abuse in Public School
Eryn Star (Advisor: Lynn Verduzco-Baker)

WOMEN'S STUDIES
Raising a Feminist: The Connection Between the Riveters of WWII and the Second Wave Feminist Movement
Katherine O'Connor (Advisor: Trisha Franzen)