Summer Research

2008 Summer Research Participants

 

Africana Studies Chemistry Government Religious Studies
Anthropology Classics History Sociology
Art Computer Science Philosophy Theatre
Asian Studies Economics Physics Women's Studies
Biology Geosciences Psychology  


Africana Studies
 
Geoffrey Hicks '09
Slave Folklore, Religion, and Pride
 
   
Anthropology
 
Rachel Horowitz '09 and Professor Nathan Goodale
Type variance and the Near Eastern pre-pottery Neolithic social landscape: implications of stone tool typologies and the transition to food productio
  Lisa Fontes '09, Heather Otis '10 and Professor Nathan Goodale
Type variance and the Near Eastern pre-pottery Neolithic social landscape: implications of stone tool typologies and the transition to food production
     
Art
Gregory Huffaker '09 and Professor Sylvia deSwaan
Utica and the Mohawk Valley: A History in Pictures 
   
     
Asian Studies
   
Cristina Garafola '11 and Professor Hong Gang Jin
The Effects of Input Flood and Corrective Feedback on Learning Chinese as a Foreign Language
  Eileen Rivera '10 and Professor Masaaki Kamiya
Slight of Tongue: Code Switching Phenomenon
     
Biology
   
Jillian Berkowitz '09 and Professor Michael McCormick
Explorations into the iron reduction mechanisms of various microorganisms and its potential environmental implications in addressing uranium contamination
  Sarah Bertino '09 and Professor Herm Lehman
The role of tyramine beta-hydroxylase related protein (tbhr) in Apis mellifera
     
Linnaea Chapman '10 and Professors Ernest Williams and Bill Pfitsch
Lupine and butterflies at the Rome Sand Plains
  Bryden Considine '08 and Professor Michael McCormick
Abiotic and biotic uranium reduction kinetics
     
Jeffrey Corbett '09 and Professor Wei-Jen Chang
Genetic Transfer between the macro and micro ciliate nucleuses
  Emma Domby '11 and Professor David Gapp
Internal relief of turtle and frog gastrointestinal tract using scanning electron microscopy (SEM)
     
Kelly Fitzsimmons '10 and Professors Ernest Williams and Bill Pfitsch
Lupine and butterfly biology in the Rome Sand Plains
  Caroline Krumholz '10 and Professors Ernest Williams and Bill Pfitsch
Effects of fire disturbance on lupine and Frosted Elfin communities in the Rome Sand Plains
     
Sven Oman '10 and Professors Nicole Snyder and David Gapp
Determining the factors that contribute to red blood cell fragility in a diabetic mouse model
  Tongxin Lu '11 and Professor Wei-Jen Chang
Copy number puzzle in ciliates
     
Amy Rumack '09, Valerie Valant '10 and Professor Michael McCormick
Diversity of microorganisms in Green Lakes, Fayetteville, NY
  Kristen Selden '09 and Professor David Gapp
Comparisons of turtle gastrointestinal tract morphology using scanning electron microscopy
     
Chemistry
   
Kathryn Arpino '10 and Professor Karen Brewer
Synthesis and characterization of rare-earth nanoparticles
  Alexa Ashworth '09 and Professor George Shields
Understanding formation of sulfuric acid Water Clusters using computational models
     
Andrew Branting '11 and Professor Tim Elgren
An exploration of the power of enzymes
  Matthew Breen '11 and Professor Karen Brewer
Rare earth complexes incorporated into silica sol gel glass
     
Fallon Chipidza '10 and Professor Camille Jones
Chemical analysis between host and guest molecules in the semiclathrate compound
  Ha Eun Samuel Cho '10 and Professor Camille Jones
Viscosity and density for hydrate-forming solutions
     
Gail Corneau '10, Lydia Rono '11 and Professor Nicole Snyder
The synthesis of vancomycin derivative incorporating an unnatural carbohydrate at vancosamine position
  Sarah Cryer '10 and Professor Camille Jones
Stability research on semiclathrates: developing fuel cells for our tomorrow
     
James Greisler '10 and Professor Nicole Snyder
New routes for the synthesis of septanose carbohydrates
  Graham Hone '10 and Professor Ian Rosenstein
The application of ring openings
     
Amy Klockowski '09 and Professor Robin Kinnel
Synthesis of Germacrene-D
  Peter Kosgei '10 and Professor Karen Brewer
Co-doped silica glasses containing the rare earth Ions
     
Kathy Lee '11 and Professor Ian Rosenstein
The synthesis of selenide precursors to study the kinetics of cyclopropylcarbonyl radical ring openings
  Chris Lorenc '10 and Tim Elgren
Characterization of encapsulated enzymes
     
Divij Mathew '09 and Professor Camille Jones
Formation of sII clathrate hydrates: modeling the results from high pressure synthesis and neutron diffraction studies
  Thomas Morrell '10, George Shields and Thomas Castonguay
A computational study of atmospheric water clusters and the development of a cloud formation model
     
Thomas Nevers '10 and Professor Camille Jones
Analysis and synthesis of novel new sH clathrate hydrates, particularly cyclic ethers such as tetrahydropyran derivatives
  Trevor Pedrick '09 and Professor Tim Elgren
Controlling electron transfer to encapsulated enzymes
     
Michael Petrey '09 and Professor Karen Brewer
Investigating Similarities Between Molecular Geometry and Steiner Trees
  James Russell '09 and Professor Tim Elgren
Novel materials for bio-remediation of halogenated hydrocarbons
     
Benjamin Saccomano '09 and Professors Camille Jones and Ian Rosenstein
Synthesis of selectively proteated propylene oxides
  Benjamin Van Arnam '09 and Professor Nicole Snyder
Exploring the nature of ligand binding in the carbohydrate recognition domain of galectin-1
     
Elena Wood '10 and Professor George Shields
Understanding the formation of sulfuric acid water clusters through high level computational models
  Ke Xu '11 and Professor Camille Jones
Synthesis of clathrate hydrates and semiclathrates for neutron scattering studies
     
Classics
   
Kaitlyn Bishara '09 and Professor Carl Rubino
The Role of Classics in the Founding of America
  Christopher Bouton '09 and Professor Carl Rubino
Modern Classics: The Search of Classical Themes in Modern Media
     
Casey Green '09 and Professor Barbara Gold
Republican Mothers: A Comparative Study
   
     
Computer Science
   
Matthew Eichenfeld '09 and Professor Stuart Hirshfield
Web service discovery in cross-domain environments
  Tawanda Mashavave '10 and Professor Mark Bailey
Securing vulnerable software using software dynamic translation
     
Jesse Stromwick '09 and Professor Alistair Campbell
Extending snarpy to new robots
   
     
Economics
   
Andrew B. Miller '10 with Professor Chris Georges
Agent Based Modeling of Firm Dynamics and Labor Turnover
  Li Qiu '09 with Professor Ann Owen
A Study of the Global Stock Markets Integration
     
Lu Qi '11 with Professor Julio Videras
Lunar New Year of 2008 Encounters Big Snowstorm: How the Natural Disaster Reveals China's Migration and Economic Structure Issues
  Ramunas Rosgys '09 and Professor Erol Balkan
Privatization in Lithuania
     
Cindy Zhu '11 with Professor Steve Wu
The Impact of China's Housing Reform on Income Inequality
   
     
English
   
Brendan Conway '09 and Professor Tina Hall
Why We Need Supermen: The Purpose of Superheroes in Society 
   
     
Geosciences
   
Jane Barnes '09 and Professor Barbara Tewksbury
Mapping and causes of deformation bands in palagonites
  Alex de Moor '10 and Professor Eugene Domack
Accumulation rate of glacial marine sediments
     
Mason Fried '10 and Professor Eugene Domack
Antarctic glacial marine sediments ice shelf history
  Megan Fung '10, Katie Giuliano '10, and Ryan Jorrey '10 and Professor Eugene Domack
Sedimentary environmental studies of Oneida Lake
     
Madeleine Gunter '11 and Professor Todd Rayne
Determining the influence of surface water on Clinton municipal wells
  Cassidy Jay '11 and Professor Todd Rayne
Determining the influence of surface water on Clinton municipal wells
     
Richard Munschauer '09 and Professor David Bailey
Calciobetafite in a whole new world
  Kimberly Roe '08 and Professor Gene Domack
Stable isotopic analysis of sub-ice shelf sediments
     
Government
   
Kaitlin Britt '09 with Professor David Rivera
Public Opinion and Democracy: A Comparative Study of Russia and China
  Zachary Cohen '09 and Professor Alan Cafruny
American Attitudes Towards the European Union
     
Cameron Gaylord '09 with Professor Ted Lehmann
U.S. Foreign Policy and Oil: America, Democracy and the Global Oil Competition
  Blake Hulnick '09 with Professor Frank Anechiarico
Assessing Federal Election Administration at the State and Local Level
     
Meaghan LaVangie '09 and Professor Shelley McConnell
The Relationship Between Civil Society and Democracy
  Silin Li '11 with Professor Steve Orvis
From McDonald's to Chinese Cultural Identity in a Globalization World
     
J. Kevin O'Connor '09 with Professor Peter Cannavo
Anacostia and the U-Street Corridor: Interactions between Class, Race, and Conceptions of Place in the Nation's Capitol
  Stephen Rowe '09 and Professor Robert Martin
Stephen Rowe '09 Studies Democracy and Justice in Nepal and India
     
Xiaolu Xu '10 with Professor Peter Cannavo
The Challenge of Architectural Preservation in Booming Shanghai
   
     
History
   
William Cowles '09 with Professor Kevin Grant
Gandhi's Political Community in South Africa
  Sam Dudley '09 with Professor Lisa Trivedi
In the Name of Our Fathers: The Historical Conditions and Lived Experience of Partition in South Asia
     
Jennifer Karl '09 with Professor Lisa Trivedi
The Health of Women Textile Workers in Lancashire and Lowell
  Wenxi Li '10 and Professor Douglas Ambrose
African Americans Vote Democrat: Trend or Here to Stay?
     
Kelsey Rice '10 and Professor Shoshana Keller
Misinterpreting the Middle East: Western Bias in Approaches in Middle Eastern History
   
     
Philosophy
   
Kevin Kerr '10 and Professor Todd Franklin
Two Types of Freedom: Emancipation in the Writings of Leo Tolstoy and Freidrich Neitzsch
  Deborah Pless '09 and Professor Todd Franklin
Neitzsche and the Dying-Reviving Cycle
     

Psychology
   
Stephanie Anglin '10, Jessica Ruddiman '09 and Professor Jennifer Borton
Suppressing thoughts about oneself and others
  Deborah Barany '11 and Professor Jon Vaughan
Evaluation of computation models for the planning of everyday movements
     
Andrew Beyler '10 and Professor Brian Collett
Correcting aCORN's uniform magnetic field
  Madeline Caudle '10, Jacqueline Marra '10 and Savannah Knell '10 and Professor Jean Burr
Preschool relationships and school readiness
     
Suzannah Chatlos '10 and Professor Mark Oakes
The effects of automatic associations influence on behavior, physiology, and cognitive information systems
  Sam Colalillo '10 and Professor Tara McKee
The impact of ADHD symptomatology in college students
     
Ann Dickson '09 and Professor Jon Vaughan
Modeling complex reaching movements
  Joseph Ginther '10 and Professor Jon Vaughan
Evaluation of the coordination of every day movement using computational models
     
Kristina Hubley '10 and Professor Doug Weldon
Midbrain neuronal responses during reward retrieval in rats
  Victoria Nygren '11 and Professor Mark Oakes
The exploration of relational aggression in high school students
     
Avery Rizio '09 and Professor Mark Oakes
Directed forgetting or directed remembering? A comparison of remember, forget, and incidental learning instructions
  Anthony Sali '10 and Professor Tara McKee
The impact of ADHD symptomatology in college students
     
Kendra Wulczyn '10 and Professor Doug Weldon
Neurobiological basis of the "frustration response" in rats
   
     
Physics
   
William Bauder '10 and Professor Brian Collett
aCORN: A correlation in the neutron
  Will Eagan '11 and Professor Natalia Connolly
Cosmology: dark energy and supernovae (Type Ia)
     
Gregory Fullman '09 and Professor Natalia Connolly
Designing a software package for spectral analysis of Type 1 a supernovae
  Juan Hurtado '11 and Professor Ann Silversmith
Spectroscopy of rare earth based sol-gel glasses
     
Timothy Minella '09 and Natalia Connolly
Developing new computational tools for identifying Type Ia supernovae
  Thao Nguyen Thi Nguyen '08 and Professor Silversmith
Aluminium as co-dopant in Rare-Earth doped sol-gel silicate glasses
     
Andrew Portuguese '11 and Professor Natalia Connolly
Quantifying the differences between astronomical objects
  Gregory Schwedock '10 and Professor Seth Major
Self-organized criticality in toy dynamics in 2+1D quantum gravity
     
Gillian Smith '09 and Professor Ann Silversmith
The effect of rare earth ion doping on the fluoresence of sol-gel glass
  Glenn Smith '10 and Professor Brian Collett
aCORN
     
Jessica Smith '09 and Professor Brian Collett
Measuring the polarization of helium 3 using electron spin resonance
  Lauren Vilardo '11 and Professor Seth Major
Modeling of dynamics in 2 + 1 D quantum gravity
     
Religious Studies
   
Joshua Hicks '09 and Professor Stephenson Humphries-Brooks
Romans, Movies, and the Disappearance of the Bible
  Linhong Fu '09 and Professor Jay Williams
Reassessment of the Church of the East in Southeastern China
     
Sociology
   
Matt Arnold '09 with Professor Chaise LaDousa
Education and Democracy in India
  Daniel Rudel '10 with Professor Dan Chambliss
Theories for Community Integration: Refugees in Utica, N.Y.
     
Razeena Shrestha '09 with Professor Stephen Ellingson
Social Entrepreneurship: How It Has Transformed Sustainable Community Development in Nepal
   
     
Theatre
   
Romina Memoli '09 and Professor Carole Bellini-Sharp
Finding a Political Voice: El Teatro Campesino
   
     
Women's Studies
   
Robin Joseph '09 and Professor Anne Lacsamana
The Origins and Cultural Complexity of FGC