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Senior Fellows


2008-09
Leeann Brigham
Experimental Tests on Neurotransmitter Models of Schizophrenia
Advisors: Douglas Weldon (p); Jennifer Borton (c)

Matthew G. Crowson
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Augmentation by IRF2BP2 in Muscle Tissue Principal Advisors: Herman Lehman (p); Sue Ann Miller, Alexandre Stewart (University of Ottawa Heart Institute) (c)

Nicole Dietsche
Midnight Circus: An Original Graphic Novel
Advisors: Tina Hall (p); Bruce Muirhead, Frank Sciacca, Richard Seager (c)

Kyla Gorman
Narrative Weaving: An Exploration of the Unique Aspects of Storytelling in Video Games
Advisors: Stuart Hirshfield, Doran Larson (p)

Christopher C. Sullivan
Culture and Cultivation: An Exploration of the Agrarian Philosophy and the Implications of an Agricultural Existence.
Advisors: Peter Cannavo (p); Wyatt Galusky(c)
2007-08
Amy M. Barrows
Electrochemical Control of Metalloproteins: Coupling Hydrogel Encapsulated Proteins to Electrodes
Advisors: Tim Elgren (p); Michael McCormick (c)

Rachel Marie Cannon
Neruoscience and Free Will
Advisors: Marianne Janack (p); John Vaughan (c)

Kristy Colombine
"I Feel Pretty, and Witty and Gay ": an Analysis on the Relationship between Gay and Lesbian Media Images and Legal Acceptance in the twentieth Century.
Advisors: Shoshana Keller (p); Martha Mockus (c)

Sarah Lieberman Cornblath
Comparing the Success of Non-Governmental organizations in Combating Social Issues in Paraguay and Argentina
Advisors: Stephen Orvis (p); Yolanda Aguila (c)

Stephen Andrew Orlando
A Graphical Novel based on the Russian Folktale of Vasilisa the Beautiful
Advisors: Tina Hall (p); John Bartle (c)

Miranda Aycock Raimondi
The Art of Science: an Exploration of the Creative Principles that Unite Art and Science
Advisors: Ella Gant (p); Sam Pellman, Ann Silversmith (c)

2006-07
Emily Thereesa Starr
"Microbiotic Soil Crusts at the Rome Sand Plains, NY: Disturbance and Biodiversity in a Pine Barren Ecosystem"
Advisors: William Pfitsch, Biology (p); Michael McCormick, Biology (c)

2005-06
Alan Thomas Clark
"Being There: Realism, Presence, and Identification in Virtual Environments"
Advisors: John Adams (p); Bonnie Urciuoli (c)

Michael Eli Gruen
"Wireless Security in Resource Constrained Mobile Systems"
Advisors: Mark Baily (p); Robert Redfield (c)

Carlyn Anne Patterson
"Brain Circuitry for Detecting Rewards: Neural Activity in the Rat Caudate Nucleus and Superior Colliculus"
Advisors: Doug Weldon (p); Ian Rosenstein (c)

Amy Elizabeth Schloerb
"The Creation of an Actor Identity: Working at Acting"
Advisors: Jennifer Irons (p); Carole Bellini-Sharp (c)

2004-05
Thomas Joseph Acampora
"The Sex Fiend, the Oreintalist and the Homebody: Roger Casement, T.E. Lawrence and E.M. Forster.  Three Models of Male Homosexuals in the Early Twetieth-Century British Empire"
Advisors: Esther Kanipe (p); Gillian Gane (c)

Aletha Faye Asay
"Atomic bomb Literature in Japan: Narrative Response to Trauma"
Advisors: Melek Ortabasi (p); Kyoto Omori (c)

Elizabeth Anne Jones
"Doing God's Work: An Ethnography of Pro-Life Activism in an American Evangelical Community"
Advisors: Bonnie Urciuoli (p); Richard Werner (c)

Emily Peters Kerr
"Como de Eso: Agriculture and Food Security in the Dominican Republic"
Advisors: Carol Drogus (p); Alan Cafruny (p); Derek Jones (c); Henry Rutz (c)

Christopher George Takacs
"Coping in the Metropolis: The Architecture of Public Life in American Cities"
Advisors: Daniel Chambliss (p); A. Todd Franklin (c)

Jouis Joseph Vaickus
"Intermolecular Free Radical Addition Reactions of a-Nitro Esthers, Amides, and Ketones and b-Keto Esters: Explorations"
Advisors: Ian Rosenstein (p); Stephen Waratuke (c)

2003-04
Jessica A. Kent
"In Search of a Novel: or, Jessica Becomes a Writer"
Advisors: Doran Larson (p); Peter Rabinowitz (c)

Melissa K. Stoos
"The Actions of the Nitrosylated Octopamine Compound, 4'Hydroxycetophenone"
Advisors: Herman Lehman (p); Robin Kinnel (c)

2002-03
Jon Paul Bellona
"Monument of Sound: Creating a Vietnam War Memorial"
Advisors: Samuel Pellman, Music (p); Douglas Raybeck, Anthropology (c)

Samuel J. Klempner
"Investigation of the Morphogenesis of Ephemeral Aortic Arches in Chick Embryos with Special Attention to a Role for Apoptosis in Their Removal"
Advisors: Sue Ann Miller, Biology (p); David Gapp, Biology (c)

Shauna Sweet
"Power in the Margins: Investigating Contemporary Social Spaces"
Advisors: Daniel Chambliss, Sociology (p); Mitchell Stevens, Sociology (c); Richard Seager, Religion (c)  

2001-02
Leah Byrne
"An Investigation of the Effect of Nitration on the Invertebrate Neuromodulator Octopamine: The Biological Implications and Actions of Nitrooctopamine"
Advisors: Herman Lehman, Biology (p); Douglas Weldon, Psychology (c)

Maggie Hanson
"The Personality of Distance Runners: Performance, Injury, and Mental Health"
Advisors: Greg Pierce, Psychology (p); Daniel Chambliss, Sociology (c); Jennifer Borton, Psychology (c); Julie Dunsmore, Psychology (c)

Danielle Wittern
"Entre Lenguas: Reflections of an American Girl in Spain"
Advisors: Naomi Guttman, English (p); Jeremy Medina, Spanish (c)

2000-01
Lauren A. Ivison
"Am I My Mother's Daughter? Choices of Identity and Cultural Survival for Bolivian Indigenous Women"
Advisors: D. Chambliss, Sociology (p); S. Sanchez-Casal, Romance Languages (c)

Cynthia M. Fadem
"Chronology of the Landscape Evolution at Oneida Lake with an Investigation into Possible Human Occupation"
Advisors: E. Domack, Geology (p); G. T. Jones, Anthropology (c)

1999-00
Scott Hiley
"Making Relics: Holy Objects, Human Agents, and the Sacralisation of the Material in High Medieval French Literature"
Advisors: R. Krueger, French (p); E. Wheatley, English (c)

Cemile Guldal
"Revealing the Unknown Function of Scm2, the Yeast Tryptophan Permease"
Advisors: J. Garrett, Biology (p); T. Elgren, Chemistry (c)

Laura Knapp
"Religion as an Outlet for Insecurity: An Approach from an Attachment Perspective"
Advisors: J. Borton, Psychology (p); J. Williams, Religion (c); J. McArn, Chaplain (c)

1998-99
Karlen Lee Chase
"Between Destinies: Exhuming Two Southern Women's Secrets, a Novel"
Advisors: Naomi Guttman, English (p); Doran Larson, English (c)

1997-98
Mary B. Dias
"Visual Navigation of a Mobile Robot"
Advisors: Stuart Hirshfield, Computer Science (p); Brian Collett, Physics (c)

Jonathan Goldstein
"Characterization of Compound U and the Catalase Chemistry Associated with the R2 Subunit of Ribonucleotide Reductase"
Advisors: Tim Elgren, Chemistry (p); Jinnie Garrett, Biology (c)

Kim-Ee Yeoh
"Computations of Galois Groups"
Advisors: Robert Redfield, Mathematics (p); Richard Decker, Computer Science (c)

1996-97
Marc Campbell
"The Conceptual Significance of a New Relationship Schema Activation Methodology"
Advisors: Gregory Pierce, Psychology (p); Penny Yee, Psychology (c)

Rebecca Pierce
"The Evangelical Poor in Bogota, Columbia"
Advisors: Dennis Gilbert, Sociology (p); Gwen Dordick, Sociology (c); Mitchell Stevens, Sociology (c)

Leandre Waldo
"A Reconsideration of the Battered Woman Syndrome: Sociological, Psychological, and Legal Implications"
Advisors: Margaret Gentry, Women's Studies (p); Carol Drogus, Government (c); Gwen Dordick, Sociology (c)

Nicole Dietsche
Nicole Dietsche '09. Photo by Greg Huffaker '09

Hamilton Senior Fellow Nicole Dietsche Writes Original Graphic Novel

This semester, Nicole Dietsche '09, is taking one class. She works as the technical manager for Tech Crew, the co-lighting technician in Wellin Hall, and as the new media intern for Razor and Tie Entertainment. She is an editor of The Continental and a member of the Emerson Literary Society. The rest of her time is dedicated to the completion of her original graphic novel, tentatively titled Midnight Circus. Nicole is able to maintain this unique schedule due to her position as one of five Senior Fellows at Hamilton this year. More ...