AMERICAN STUDIES
Asahel Church, “ ‘Mr. Adams Preached Al Day’: Religion in the Life of Joshua Hempstead”
Advisor: T.H. Breen, History
Cortland Rankin, “American Spectacle: Examining the Interplay Between Country and City Spaces in the American City Symphony Film”
Advisor: Scott Curtis, Radio/Television/Film
Colin G. Utley, “The Fight For the National Sport: How Football Used Television to Supplant Baseball as the Nation's Game”
Advisor: Irv Rein, Communications
Stacy J. Williams, “The 1943 Joy of Cooking: A Novel Recipe for Second-Wave Feminism”
Advisor: Nicola Beisel, Sociology
ANTHROPOLOGY
Anna Ashbaugh, “Corporate Social Responsibility: In Principle and In Practice”
Advisor: Helen Schwartzman, Anthropology
Jamie Dobie*, “Cultural Translation: “Defining” an African and Global Media Identity through Ghanaian Film”
Advisor: Kearsley Stewart, Anthropology
Maya T. Jensen, “Solidarity in Saya: An Afro-Bolivian Cultural Movement”
Advisor: Mary Weismantel, Anthropology
Gregory D. Lane, Presentation at the Annual Paleopathology Association Meeting
Advisor: Timothy Earle, Anthropology
Erin Masterson, “Contraceptive Need and Use in the Developing World: The Republic of Guatemala”
Advisor: Teresa Woodruff, MED-ObGyn
Leah Witt, Presentation at the Human Biology Anthropology Annual Meeting
Advisor: William Leonard, Anthropology
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Anna Banc, “Activin and In Vitro Follicle Development”
Advisor: Teresa Woodruff, MED-ObGyn
Margaret Bradley, “Sleep-Wake Regulation in a Genetic Model of Obesity and Diabetes”
Advisor: Aaron Laposky, Neurobiology and Physiology
Andrew Y. Chang, “Role of MeCP2 in Cortical Circuit Development”
Advisor: Gordon Shepherd, Neuroscience
Molly L. Hogan, “Understanding the Regulation of DNA Localization”
Advisor: Jason H. Brickner, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Cell Biology
Terance T. Lee, “Gene Trap Mutagenesis as a Functional Genomics Approach Towards Reproductive Research”
Advisor: Eugene Xu, OB/GYN, Feinberg School of Medicine
David B. Liss, “Identification of the Roles of Wnt Signaling Pathways in Cartilage Condensation in the Chick”
Advisor: Andrew Dudley, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Cell Biology
Kali Zhou, “Synaptic Players: Protocadherin-Gamma & Its Interacting Proteins”
Advisor: Alec Wang, Biochemistry
CHEMISTRY
Thomas McDonald, “A Novel Growth Method for the Synthesis of Large Single Crystals of Hydroxyapatite”
Advisor: Ken Poeppelmeier, Chemistry
Tyler M. Miller, “Characterization of Antimicrobial Peptoids”
Advisor: Annelise Barron, Chemical & Biological Engineering
COGNITIVE SCIENCES
Kyle S. Honegger, Presentation at the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting
Advisor: Aryeh Routtenberg, Psychology
Tyler K. Perrachione*, “Integration of Speech- and voice-perception Systems for Native Language Talker Identification”
Advisor: Patrick Wong, Communication Sciences and Disorders
COMMUNICATION SCIENCES AND DISORDERS
Preethi Chintamaneni*, “Triggering Unattended Learning on Frequency Discrimination”
Advisor: Beverly Wright, Communication Sciences and Disorders
Alison H. Moy, “Role of Supra-segmental Information in Attribution of Meaning”
Advisor: Viorica Marian, Communication Sciences and Disorders
Communication Studies
Erika Jang, “A Study of PASK Knockout Mice as it Relates to Circadian Rhythm”
Advisor: Joseph Takahashi, Neurobiology and Physiology
ECONOMICS
Catherine Barrera, “A New Model of Representative-Principal Decisions”
Advisor: Marciano Siniscalchi, Economics
ENGLISH
Nicholas P. Anderman, “Nabokov's Memory and the Creation of Fictive Authority”
Advisor: Christopher Hager, English
EUROPEAN STUDIES
Michelle Edelman, “The Legend of Thomas Chatterton (1752-1770)”
Advisor: Susan Hollis Clayson, Art History
Timothy J. Quinn, "Enlightenment Echoes in Revolutionary Ideology: Gabriel Bonnet de Mably and the Intellectual Origins of the French Revolution"
Advisor: Benjamin Frommer, History
HISTORY
Caitlin Henning, “High Water and the Delta Blues: How River Management Shaped the Memphis Riverfront and the Memphis Blues Tradition”
Advisor: Josef Barton, History
Elizabeth L. Magarian, “Mayor Daley and the Dan Ryan Expressway”
Advisor: Henry Binford, History
Rachelle Paquin*, “Holocaust Education: A Comparison of Development and Methodology in Germany and America”
Advisor: Peter Hayes, History
David S. Rubenstein, “The Hunger Decision: Lyndon Johnson and the End of Food
Aid to Egypt”
Advisor: Carl Petry, History
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
Jennifer Heller*, “MINERvA Calibration and Normalization Via Neutral Current
Neutrino-Electron Scattering”
Advisor: Heidi Schellman, Physics and Astronomy
Avinash Honasoge*, “Creation of a Novel Knock-In Mouse to Determine the Role of Egr3 in Intrafusal Muscle Fiber Fate”
Advisor: Warren Tourtellotte, Pathology
Justin Lieber*, “Mixing and Chaos in Relativistic Systems: Distinguishing the Absolute from the Relative”
Advisor: Adilson E. Motter, Physics and Astronomy
Timothy Linden*, “X-Ray Binary Evolution in Super-Star Clusters: A Statistical Model of Point X-Ray Sources in NGC 1569”
Advisor: Vicky Kalogera, Physics and Astronomy
Seth Myers*, “Statistical Physics of Non-Poissonian Processes: The Case of Inter-event Time Intervals”
Advisor: Adilson Motter, Physics and Astronomy
INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
Rachelle Paquin*, “Holocaust Education: A Comparison of Development and Methodology in Germany and America”
Advisor: Peter Hayes, History
Samina Z. Sulemanjee*, “Faith-based Aid to Refugees: A Case Study of Whether the Religious Affiliations of Faith-based aid Organizations Affect Their Assistance Towards the Sudanese Refugee Population in Cairo, Egypt”
Advisor: Bonnie Honig, Political Science
INTEGRATED SCIENCE PROGRAM
Mark Tibbitt, “The Viability and Efficacy of a Simple Two-Stage Methane Biodigester”
Advisor: Martina Hausner, Civil and Environmental Engineering
JOURNALISM
Maria Juliana Tafur*, “‘Rightful, yet Right-less’: Documentary of Sudanese
Refugees in Cairo”
Advisor: Akbar Virmani, African Studies
LINGUISTICS
Jennifer A. Garver, “Memory and Language in Bilinguals”
Advisor: Viorica Marian, Communication Sciences and Disorders / Psychology
Tyler K. Perrachione*, “Integration of speech- and voice-perception systems for native language talker identification”
Advisor: Patrick Wong, Communication Sciences and Disorders
MATHEMATICS
Jonah Leshin, Presentation at the Mathematical Association Joint Mathematical Meetings
Advisor: Michael Stein, Mathematics
Samuel P. Ruth, Presentation at the 2007 AMS-MAA National Conference
Advisor: Mike Stein, Mathematics
Michael Skalak, Presentation at the Mathematical Association Joint Mathematical Meetings
Advisor: Michael Stein, Mathematics
MUSICOLOGY
Emily Murrin, “Paraguayan folk harp”
Advisor: Drew Davies, Musicology
Performance Studies
Nicholas Giles, Presentation at the PCA/ACA National Conference in Boston: The Cutting Edge of Popular Culture
Advisor: Lori Baptista, Performance Studies
Alison Lehner, “How Appalachian Cuisine Nourishes Culture”
Advisor: Lori Baptista, Performance Studies
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Kara Downey*, “Theatre-for-Development and Democracy in Uganda”
Advisor: William Reno, Political Science
Andrew H. Levin, “Private Bids for Public Games: Politics of Olympic Bids”
Advisor: Mark Iris, Political Science
Alexander A. Lofton, “Hope and Optimism in the Political Discourse of Democratic
South Africa”
Advisor: Reuel Rogers, Political Science
Samina Z. Sulemanjee*, “Faith-based Aid to Refugees: A Case Study of Whether the Religious Affiliations of Faith-based Aid Organizations Affect Their Assistance Towards the Sudanese Refugee Population in Cairo, Egypt”
Advisor: Bonnie Honig, Political Science
PSYCHOLOGY
Preethi Chintamaneni*, “Triggering Unattended Learning on Frequency Discrimination”
Advisor: Beverly Wright, Communication Sciences and Disorders
Anthony Evans, “Survey and Behavioral Measures of Interpersonal Trust”
Advisor: William Revelle, Psychology
Leslie E. Halpern, “Effects of Diversity Ideologies on Cognition, Affect & Behavior”
Advisor: Jennifer Richeson, Psychology
Melissa A. Mitchell, “Emotion Regulation in Response to Prejudice”
Advisor: Jennifer Richeson, Psychology
Natalia Murashev, Presentation at the Society for Research in Child
Development Conference
Advisor: David Uttal, Psychology
Timothy Paans, “Who is Creative: The Influences of Culture and Motivation on Creativity”
Advisor: Wendi Gardner, Psychology
Michelle Rheinschmidt, “Belonging Regulation and Cognitive Perspective Taking”
Advisor: Wendi Gardner, Psychology
RADIO/TELEVISION/FILM
Jamie Dobie*, “Cultural Translation: “Defining” an African and Global Media Identity through Ghanaian Film”
Advisor: Kearsley Stewart, Anthropology
SOCIAL POLICY
Cassandra Chen, “Effect of High Stakes Testing on Student Learning”
Advisor: Michelle Reininger, Education and Social Policy
Kristen Marie Ounanian, “Boiling Up Regulation in the Lobster Fishing Industry”
Advisor: Lynne Kiesling, Economics
Alan Zarychta, “Case Study of the Negotiated Rulemaking Advisory Committee for Dog Management at Golden Gate National Recreation Area, San Francisco, CA”
Advisor: H. Paul Friesema, Political Science
SOCIOLOGY
Jee-Eun Kang, “Collective Identity and Student Activism in Transnational Social Movements: United Students for Fair Trade”
Advisor: Maryjane Osa, Sociology
Andre Nickow, “The Gangs of August Town”
Advisor: Susan Thistle, Sociology
Veronica L. Switzer, “Segregation or Separation? A Plan for Public Schools in Nebraska”
Advisor: Susan Thistle, Sociology
THEATRE
Kara Downey*, “Theatre-for-Development and Democracy in Uganda”
Advisor: William Reno, Political Science
Brett Janecek, Presentation at the "Disciplining Interdisciplinarity" Conference at Ohio State University
Advisor: Ana Puga, Theatre
URBAN STUDIES
Robert Griesedieck, “St Louis and Local Neighborhood Deindustrialization”
Advisor: Josef Barton, History
*Indicates a student whose interdisciplinary project may appear under more than one department heading. |
