2007
The following students received grants or fellowships to conduct research this year.
Ilana Ader-Bell ’09 and Anne Sheldon ’09: Empowering Girls through English Education in Senegal; Phillips Student Fellowship.
Megan Arnold ’09: High Arctic Climate Change: Analysis of Lake Sediment Stratigraphy, Michael Retelle, geology, advisor; Bates Student Research Fund and Hoffman Research Support Grant.
Dylan Atchley ’08 and Jennifer Foster ’09: Interaction between Respiratory Gas Concentrations and Development in Birds, Ryan Bavis, biology, advisor; Hughes Student-Faculty Research Grant.
Nyan Lynn Aung ’09: Micro-Fluidic Two-Phase Flow in Fuel Cells, Jay Benziger, Princeton University, advisor; Hughes Fellowship.
Hanna Balshakova ’10: Balkan Ways to Independence, Dennis Browne, Russian, advisor; Hoffman Research Support Grant.
Nicholas Bauer ’08: Kinetic Binding Profile of Ribosomal Protein S1 to repoS and DsrA RNA, Paula Schlax, chemistry, advisor; Faculty Research Grant.
Anthony Begon ’08 and Rose Van Horn ’08: Addressing the Cycle of Poverty through Education in Cambodia; Phillips Student Fellowship.
Daphne Braden ’09 and John Reuter D’07: Streamwater Chemistry in Relation to Watershed Characteristics at Acadia National Park, Holly Ewing, environmental studies, advisor; Hughes Student-Faculty Research Grant.
Aleksandra Brakalova ’07: Putative Disruptive Effect of MK-801 on Morphine Memory Consolidation in a CPP Paradigm, John Kelsey, psychology, advisor; Bates Student Research Fund.
Jonathan Brennan ’08 and William Locke ’08: Ecological Consequences of Baitworm(Clycera dibranchiata) Harvesting on Intertidal Flats in Maine: Effects on Growth and Survival of Clams (Mya arenaria), Carbon Remineralization, and Sediment Parameters, William Ambrose, biology, advisor; Hughes Student-Faculty Research Grant.
Thomas Broge ’08: Interaction between Respiratory Gas Concentrations and Development in Birds, Ryan Bavis, biology, advisor; Faculty Research Grant.
Besir Ceka ’08: The End of the World: From Apocalypse and Nuclear Armageddon to Posthumanity and Ecocide, Denis Sweet, German, advisor; Bates Student Research Fund and Student Research Apprenticeship
Alexandra Conroy ’08: Internship at Maine District Court, Sawyer Sylvester, sociology, advisor; Richey Community Engagement Fellowship
Kara Constantine ’08 and Benjamin Smeltzer ’10: Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy, Matthew Côté, chemistry, advisor; Hughes Student-Faculty Research Grant.
Avalon Dibner ’08: Protein Interactions Involving Ribosomal Protein S1, Paula Schlax, chemistry, advisor; Faculty Research Grant.
Kim Anh Dinh ’10: The Impact of Globalization on a Traditional Craft Village, James Hughes, economics, advisor; Hoffman Research Support Grant.
Sulochana Dissanayake ’09: Williamstown Theater Festival Apprenticeship Program, Paul Kuritz, theater, advisor: Hoffman Fellowship and Hoffman Research Support Grant.
Jessa Doleac ’07: Long Term Changes in Infaunal Structure at a Protected Intertidal Mudflat, Wiscasset, ME, William Ambrose, biology, advisor; Bates Student Research Fund.
Casey Doyle ’07: Spatial Perception, Casey O’Callaghan, philosophy, advisor; Student Research Apprenticeship.
Kyle Dunmire ’08: Interactions between Respiratory Gas Concentrations and Development in Birds, Ryan Bavis, biology, advisor; Faculty Research Grant.
Lisa Fischer ’09: Analysis of First-Time Homebuyer Survey Data and Downtown Lewiston Neighborhood Study, Emily Kane, sociology, advisor; Richey Community Engagement Fellowship.
Kaitlin Galloway ’10: El Caminode Santiago: A Pilgrimage of Land and Spirit; Otis Student Fellowship.
Ryan Griffin ’07: Priming’s Effect on ADHD Patients’ Scores on Conners’ Continuous Performance Scale (CPT), Nancy Koven, psychology, advisor; Bates Student Research Fund.
Alessandra Guimaraes ’08: Function and Stylistic Changes of Châteaux over Time; Rebecca Corrie, art and visual culture, advisor; Ruggles Scholar Grant.
Alessandra Guimaraes ’08: Insecticide Resistance in Mosquito Vectors, Chelsea Smartt, University of Florida, advisor; Hughes Student Fellowship.
Kaitlin Hagan ’08 and Katelyn Provencher ’08: Carboxymethylated Cyclodextrins and their Lanthanide Complexes as Chiral NMR Solvating Agents, Thomas Wenzel, chemistry, advisor; Hughes Student-Faculty Research Grant.
Kate Harmsworth-Morrissey ’08: Gitagata Oral History and Reconciliation Project, Alexandre Dauge-Roth, French, advisor; Hoffman Research Support.
Bridget Harr ’07: Intersectionality and Beliefs about Gender and Sexuality, Emily Kane, sociology, advisor; Student Research Apprenticeship.
Gregory Henkes ’08: Tapping the Trees of the Sea: Tracing Environmental Variation of the Past 130 Years in the Barents Sea Using Biological Evidence from the Circumpolar Greenland Cockle, Serripes groenlandicus, William Ambrose and Beverly Johnson, biology, advisors; Hoffman Fellowship and Hoffman Research Support Grant.
Erik Hood ’08: Meta-Analysis in the Field of Eyewitness Identification Research, Amy Douglass, psychology, advisor; Student Research Apprenticeship.
Marissa Johnson ’08: Musical Performance: Field Research in Spain, James Parakilas, music, advisor; Hoffman Research Support Grant.
Lawrence Graham Jones ’09: The Experience of Darshan by Hindu and Buddhist Pilgrims, John Strong, religion, advisor; Tanaka Memorial Foundation Grant.
Kristofer Jönsson ’08: The Way Life Should Be? – Negotiating Maine as “Vacationland,” Heather Lindkvist, anthropology, advisor; Hamill Family Fund and Hoffman Research Support Grant.
Sartaj Khan Mojlish ’10: Structural Adjustment Policies: Privatization of Jute Mills in Bangladesh, Áslaug Ásgeirsdottir, politics, advisor; Stangle Grant for Research for Economics and Law.
Martha Klemm ’08: Video Intervention/Prevention Assessment, Jennifer Patashnick, Children’s Hospital, Boston, advisor; Hughes Fellowship.
Abhiskek Kumar ’09: Investigating Delhi’s Displaced: On the Trail of the Exodus, James Hughes, economics, advisor; Hoffman Research Support Grant.
Elizabeth Lakin ’08 and Madeline Weber ’08: Synthesis of Spiroketal Enol Ether Analogs, Jennifer Koviach, chemistry, advisor; Hughes Student-Faculty Research Grant.
Marta Latinakova ’08: Unleashing My Musical Spirit to Discover the Unknown, Gina Fatone, music, advisor; Hoffman Research Support Grant.
Allison Leong ’08: Water Fluoridation as a Medical Technology, Rebecca Herzig, women and gender studies, advisor; Hoffman Research Support Grant.
Shawna-Kaye Lester ’08: Movement of Jah People: Dance in Uganda; Phillips Student Fellowship.
Alexander Martin ’08 and Benjamin Reilly ’08: In the Footsteps of Natives and Northmen: The Northern Forest by Canoe; Otis Student Fellowship.
Razin Mustafiz ’09: Internship at the Grameen Bank: Investigating the Gender-Specific Effects of Microcredit on Intra-Household Bargaining, Francisco Duina, sociology, advisor; Stangle Grant for Research for Economics and Law.
Nels Nelson ’07: Digital Imaging for Publication, Trian Nguyen, art and visual culture; Hoffman Research Support.
Alvin Nguyen ’09: Empowering Orphans: Teaching in Cusco, Peru, Helen Regan, education, advisor; Hoffman Fellowship.
Alicia Oas ’09: Costume Design and Construction for Shakespeare South Africa, B. Christine McDowell, theater, advisor; Hoffman Research Support Grant and Student Research Apprenticeship.
Svitlana Orekhova ’09: Fluid Identity: Generation, Citizenship, and Self in South Tyrol, Craig Decker, German, advisor; Hoffman Fellowship.
Arta Osmanaj ’09: Unemployment Issues in Kosovo, James Richter, politics, advisor; Stangle Grant for Research for Economics and Law.
Tucker Pawlick ’09: Toward a Culture of Sustainability; Otis Student Fellowship.
Marilla Pender-Cudlip ’10: Investigation of Reaction Mechanisms of Metalloenzymes Important in the Global Cycling of Alkanes, Rachel Austin, chemistry, advisor; Faculty Research Grant.
William Prins Jr. ’09: Gilbert and Sullivan Research Project, Dennis Grafflin, history, advisor; Hoffman Research Support Grant.
Suresh Rana ’08: Exploring Bangladeshi Communities to Understand Cross-Cultural Perspectives and Religious Interpretations of Cancer and Cancer Treatment; Phillips Student Fellowship.
Benjamin Reed ’08: Mathematical Models of Prions, Meredith Greer, mathematics, advisor; Rawlings Grant for Math.
Zachary Risler ’08: A Global Perspective of HIV/AIDs: Cultural Immersion and Volunteering in South Africa; Phillips Student Fellowship.
Meagan Ryan ’07: Full-Length Sequence of the Glutamate Receptor Hel-GluR1 fromHelisoma trivolvis, Nancy Kleckner, biology, advisor; Hughes Student Research.
Rose Schwab ’09: The Spiritual Power of Sustenance-Based Land Use; Otis Student Fellowship.
Michelle Sisco ’08: People and Performance on the Streets of Chennai National Folklore Support Center, Heather Lindkvist, anthropology, advisor; Hamill Family Fund and Hoffman Research Support.
Gregory Sousa ’08: Mechanisms of Biological Timing in the Green Crab Carcinus maenas, Andrew Christie, advisor, Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory; INBRE Student Fellowship.
Jonathan Stange ’08: Explanatory Style and Recent Graduates’ Perception of Future Option, Michael Sargent, psychology, advisor; Hoffman Research Support Grant and Ruggles Scholar Grant.
Jennifer Stasio ’07: Perceptions of Involuntary Psychiatric Treatment from the Perspectives of Mental Health Care Professionals, Amy B. Douglass, psychology, advisor; Bates Student Research Fund.
Paul Suitter ’09: The Institutional Development of Congress, John Baughman, politics, advisor; Summer Research Apprenticeship.
Maren Vouga ’09: Bauernhőfe und Gesundheit: A Study of Animal-Assisted Therapy and Horticultural Therapy in the Farm Setting; Phillips Student Fellowship.
Kristen Young ’09: The Physiological Responses of Decapod Crustaceans to Thermal Change: The Comparative Physiology of Acid-Based Balance in Lobsters and Crabs, Mary Kate Worden, advisor, Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory; INBRE Student Fellowship.
Miljan Zečević ’10: 2007 Munich Summer Fellows Program, Craig Decker, German, advisor; Hoffman Research Support Grant.