2006
The following students received grants or fellowships to conduct research this year.
Christopher Abbott ’07: The Institutional Development of Congress, John Baughman, political science, advisor; Summer Research Apprenticeship.
Oleg Alekseev ’07: The Effect of NASP Deprivation on the Gene Expression Profile of the Cell, Paula Schlax, chemistry, advisor; Hughes Student Fellowship.
Gabriela Anhalzer ’07 and Valerie LaRiviere ’07: The Incan Royal Highway: A Path from the Past to the Future; Otis Fellowship.
David Asanuma ’09: Interactive BLAST Tutorial: Helping Undergraduates Understand the Complexities of Gene Sequencing in Introductory Biology and Biochemistry Courses, Nancy Kleckner, biology, and Andrew White, Information and Library Services, advisors; Collaborative Technology Development Grant.
Ainur Begim ’07: Religion and Cultural Identity Formation in Kyrgyzstan, Mishael Caspi, religion, advisor; Hoffman Fellowship.
Emily Biliouris ’07: Internship at Harvard Health and Psychophysiology Laboratory, Cambridge, MA, John Kelsey, psychology, advisor; Bates College; Carrigan Denny Brown, Health and Psycholophysiology Lab, Harvard University, advisor; Hoffman Research Support Grant.
Jacob Bluestone ’07: A Land of Opportunity: The Middle, North to South, Otis Fellowship.
Aleksandra Brakalova ’07: Glutamatergic Transmission and Schizophrenia, John Kelsey, psychology, advisor; Hughes Student-Faculty Research Grant.
Sophia Brown ’07: University of Munich Summer JYA Exploration Program, Craig Decker, German, advisor; Hoffman Research Support Grant.
Alexander Bushe ’07: Digitization, Cataloguing, and Storage of a Cross-section of Original Ethnomusicological Fieldwork Videotapes, Gina Fatone, music, and Andrew White, Information and Library Services, advisors; Collaborative Technology Development Grant.
Jared Cassin ’08: The Biogeography of Homarus americanus: Physiological and Biochemical Factors that Determine Thermal Tolerance, Research Internship at Mt. David Island Biological Laboratory, Mary Kate Worden, MDIBL mentor; INBRE Grant.
Besir Ceka ’08: Internship with United States Agency for International Development in Macedonia, Nate Bowditch, Municipal Management Advisor, United States Agency for International Development, advisor; Stangle Grant for Research for Economics and Law.
Ryan Creighton ’07: Internship with Senator Patrick Leahy’s Judiciary Committee Office, Jennifer Kononan, executive assistant to Patrick Leahy, advisor; Hoffman Research Support.
Leanne A. Cunningham ’08: Racial Conflict, State Intervention, and National Identity Related to Afro-Brazilians; Phillips Student Fellowship.
Akiko Doi ’07: Enzymology of Protein Degradation, T. Glen Lawson, chemistry, advisor; Bates Student Research Fund.
Nathan Dorpalen ’06: A Narrative Analysis of Organic and Local Agriculture in Maine, Peter Rogers, environmental studies, advisor; Ruggles Scholar Grant.
Natasha D’Souza ’08: Two Brushes, One Image: Painting the Indian Diaspora; Phillips Student Fellowship.
Kyle Dunmire ’08: Mechanisms Underlying Hyperoxia-induced Developmental Plasticity, Ryan Bavis, biology, advisor; Faculty Grant.
Jessica Dumas ’06 and Michael Wilson ’07: A Community History Exhibition, David Scobey, Harward Center for Community Partnerships, advisor; Faculty Grant.
Nihal Eisa ’07: Effects of an Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor (AhR) Agonist on the Beat Rate of Embryonic Chicken Cardiomyocytes in Primary Culture, Rebecca Sommer, biology, advisor; Faculty Grant.
Lucas Feinberg ’07: Frequency, Intensity, and Ecological Consequences of Blood Worm (Glycera dibranchiate) Harvesting on Intertidal Flats in Maine, William Ambrose, biology, advisor; Hughes Student-Faculty Research Grant.
Josepha Gonzalez ’07: The Advent of Puerto Rican Women in Politics; Ada Lopez, President, National Conference of Puerto Rican Women, Chicago Chapter, advisor; Hoffman Research Support Grant.
Arda Gucler ’07: The Anzac Soldiers: Faces of War; Phillips Student Fellowship.
Arda Gucler ’07: Community-Based Economics, William Corlett, political science, advisor; Summer Research Apprenticeship.
Nakeisha Gumbs ’07: Black, White, and Color: Art in Aruba; Phillips Student Fellowship.
Rufat Hasanov ’09: Black Factory, William Pope.L, theater, advisor; Summer Research Apprenticeship.
Aislinn Houghman ’07: How the Civil War Changed Public Health in New York City, Margaret Creighton, history, advisor; Ruggles Scholar Grant.
Mireille Ikirezi ’07: Water, Gender, and Environment: The Rwandan Case, Elizabeth Eames, anthropology, advisor; Stangle Grant for Research for Economics and Law and Hoffman Research Support Grant.
Maria Jenness ’07: The Interaction between Normal Faults and Eruptive Fissures on the Reykjanes Peninsula, Southwest Iceland, John Creasy, geology, advisor; Hughes Student Fellowship.
Christina Jones ’07: Internship at Local Child Advocacy Agencies, Emily Kane, education, advisor; Richey Community Engagement Fellowship.
Lauren Kawana ’06: Mapping Routes and Digging for Roots: South Asian American Women Writers, Lavina Shankar, English, advisor; Hoffman Research Support Grant.
Rachel Kellar ’06: Internship at Local Child Advocacy Agencies, Emily Kane, education, advisor; Richey Community Engagement Fellowship.
David Kelly ’08: Defining Freewill in Kant, Nietzsche, and Sartre, David Cumminskey, philosophy, advisor; Hoffman Research Support Grant.
Marta Latinakova ’08: A Series of Interactive, Media Rich Grammatical and Cultural Exercises Based on a Corpus of Russian Commercial Ads, Dennis Browne, Russian; and Andrew White, Information and Library Services, advisors; Collaborative Technology Development Grant.
Valerie LaRiviere ’07 and Gabriela Anhalzer ’07: The Incan Royal Highway: A Path from the Past to the Future; Otis Fellowship.
Allison Leong ’08: Asians in America: the Development of Asian Towns in the United States, Atsuko Hirai, history, advisor; Hoffman Research Support Grant.
Ann Lovely ’07: Crown Ethers as Chiral NMR Shift Reagents, Thomas Wenzel, chemistry, advisor; Hughes Student-Faculty Research Grant.
Hannah Lund ’06: Interactions between Sleep, Stress, and Exogenous Hormones in College-aged Females, J. Roxanne Prichard, psychology, advisor; Hughes Student Travel Grant.
Neil Marya ’07: Localization of Excitatory Glutamate Receptors from the Pond Snail,Helisoma, Nancy Kleckner, biology, advisor; INBRE.
Peter L. Meisel ’07: Beta1-Adrenergic Receptor and Beta2-Adrenergic Receptor mRNA Levels in Primary Cultures of Embryonic Chick Cardiocytes, Rebecca Sommer, biology, Faculty Grant.
Jane Mellors ’07: Acculturative Strategies and the Outcomes of Self-esteem and Well-being of Hispanic Immigrants to Boston, Krista Scottham, psychology, advisor; Bates Student Research Fund.
Brooke Miller ’07: Mechanisms Underlying Hyperoxia-induced Developmental Plasticity, Ryan Bavis, biology, advisor; Faculty Grant.
Gabriela Muñoz ’07: Marine Mammal Behavior and Cognition Internship, Todd Kahan, psychology, advisor; Hughes Student Fellowship.
Razin Mustafiz ’09: From Bangladesh to Lewiston: The Role of Microfinance in Poverty Alleviation, Olya Gayazova, political science, advisor; Hoffman Research Support Grant.
Courtney O’Farrell ’07: Crown Ethers as Chiral NMR Shift Reagents, Thomas Wenzel, chemistry, advisor; Faculty Grant.
Khoa Pham ’07: Revisiting the Ho Chi Minh Trail; Otis Fellowship.
Lauren Philbrook ’07: Alteration of Coronary Artery Number and Size in Mice Exposed to Prenatal Arsenic, Rebecca Sommer, biology, advisor; Faculty Grant.
Lauren Pluchino ’08: Exploring the Realm of Goodall: Social Change through Grassroots Engagement; Phillips Student Fellowship.
Lauren Pluchino ’08: Internship with Judge John Beliveau of the Maine District Court, Lewiston, Sawyer Sylvester, sociology, advisor; Richey Community Engagement Fellowship.
Rachael Pool ’07: Effects of Family Planning in Tamil Nadu, David Cummiskey, philosophy, advisor; Hoffman Research Support Grant.
Katelyn Provencher ’08: Crown Ethers as Chiral NMR Shift Reagents, Thomas Wenzel, chemistry, advisor; Faculty Grant.
Eliza Reed ’08: Weaving the Millworkers’ World: Historical Research and Museum Exhibition Design, David Scobey, Harward Center for Community Partnerships, advisor; Summer Research Apprenticeship.
Leah Roberts ’08: Healthy Lifestyle Barriers and Supports in Underserved Populations, Kathryn Low, psychology, advisor; Hughes Student Fellowship.
Winthrop Rodgers ’09: Digital Image Project, Trian Nguyen, Art and Visual Culture, advisor; Hoffman Research Support Grant.
Elizabeth Scannell ’07: Characterization and Localization of Excitatory Glutamate Receptors from the Pond Snails, Helisoma trivolvis and Biomphalaria glabrata, Nancy Kleckner, biology, advisor; INBRE Grant.
Ashley Neil Serrao ’08 and Natasha D’Souza ’08: Two Brushes, One Image: Painting the Indian Diaspora; Phillips Student Fellowship.
Joseph Shulan ’07: Functional Cardiac Assessment of Mice Exposed to Prenatal Arsenic, Rebecca Sommer, biology, advisor; Faculty Grant.
Michael Simel ’08: Applied Math Research at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, David Haines, mathematics, advisor; Rawling Grant for Mathematics.
Gregory Sousa ’08: Internship at the Mt. David Island MDI Biological Laboratory, Andrew Christie and Petra Lenz, MDIBL mentors; INBRE Grant.
Ann Speers ’07: Frequency, Intensity, and Ecological Consequence of Bloodworm(Glycera dibranchiate) Harvesting on Intertidal Flats in Maine, William Ambrose, biology, advisor; Hughes Student-Faculty Research Grant.
Lois St. Brice ’07: The Evolution of Environmental Management in South Africa; Phillips Student Fellowship.
Nathaniel Stambaugh ’06: Imaging Center Assistant, Matthew Côté, chemistry, advisor; Faculty Grant.
Christopher Theile ’07: Synthesis of Spiroketal Enol Ether Analogs, Jennifer Koviach, chemistry, advisor; Hughes Student-Faculty Research Grant.
Benjamin Umiker ’07: Study of Tryponasoma brucei Surface Proteins, Joseph Pelliccia, biology, advisor; Hughes Student Fellowship.
Sidney Walker ’07: Identity and the Hawaiian Sovereignty Movement, James Richter, political science, advisor; Hoffman Research Support Grant.
Leyi Wang ’07: Nanostructure Fabrication and Characterization, Matthew Côté, chemistry, advisor; Hughes Student-Faculty Research Grant.
Yuwen Wang ’07: Internship at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Michael Wisnewski, Assistant Director of Career Services, advisor; Ladd Internships and Scher Fellowship.
Joseph Warren ’07: Estimate of Growth and Density of Glycera dibranchiate on Intertidal Mudflats in Maine, William Ambrose, biology, advisor; Hughes Student Fellowship.
Carine Warsawski ’07: Changes in Collective Memory at a Zionist Function, Loring Danforth, anthropology, advisor; Hoffman Fellowship.
Madeline Weber ’08: Crown Ethers as Chiral NMR Shift Reagents, Thomas Wenzel, chemistry, advisor; Faculty Grant.
Anne Whiting ’06: The Effects of Sleep, Stress, and Exogenous Hormones on the Cortisol Awakening Response in College-aged Females, J. Roxanne Prichard, psychology, advisor; Hughes Student Travel Grant.
Elizabeth Wilcox ’09: Interactive Media Objects That Explain Basic Linear Algebra Concepts, Pallavi Jayawant, mathematics and Andrew White, Information and Library Services, advisors; Collaborative Technology Development Grant.
Jordan Williams ’07: Sampling Marginalization, Sue Houchins, African American studies, advisor; Hoffman Research Support Grant.
Michael Wilson ’07 and Jessica Dumas ’06: A Community History Exhibition, David Scobey, Harward Center for Community Partnerships, advisor; Faculty Grant.
Andrew Wyman ’09: University of Munich Summer JYA Exploration Program, Craig Decker, German, advisor; Hoffman Research Support Grant.