2008
The following students received grants or fellowships to conduct research this year.
Megan Arnold ’09: Climate Change Studies in Svalbard, Norway, Michael Retelle, advisor, geology; Hughes Fellowship.
Nyan Lynn Aung ’09: Cluster Ion Spectrometry Data Analysis, George K. Parks, advisor, Space Science Lab, UC Berkeley; Hughes Fellowship.
Victor Babatunde ’11: Comparative Analysis of Translational Initiation and Regulation in Escherichia coli and in Borrellia burgdorferi, Paula Schlax, advisor, chemistry; INBRE Student-Faculty Research Grants in Biology and Biochemistry.
Clyde Bango ’11: Residency at the Spelman College Summer Art Colony, Portobelo, Panama; Phillips Fellowships for Cross-Cultural Exploration.
Amod Basnet ’11: Transverse Effects of Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers under Optical Feedback, Hong Lin, advisor, physics; Hughes Student-Faculty Research Grant.
Jared Bok ’10: Singapore’s Ethnic Integration Policies, Susan Schomburg, advisor, religion; Tanaka Memorial Foundation Grant for Research Travel in Asia.
Chloe Bourne ’11: Chiral NMR Shift Reagents, Thomas Wensel, advisor, chemistry; Faculty Research Grant.
Thomas Broge Dec ’08: Effect of Perinatal Hyperoxia on Carotid Body Development,Ryan Bavis, advisor, biology; Faculty Research Grant.
Sophia Budianto ’09: Music Notation and Glossary for the Textbook, Introduction to Opera, James Parakilas, advisor, music; Summer Research Apprenticeship.
Annie Carlton ’10: Effects of Arsenic on Placental Development in the Mouse, Rebecca Sommer, advisor, biology; Faculty Research Grant.
Leah Carr ’10: Neurogenetics of Executive Function in Alexithymia, Nancy Koven, advisor, psychology; Faculty Research Grant.
Gent Carrabregu ’09: The Problem of Civil Disobedience in a Contested Polity: The Case of the Radical Kosovar Movement, Vetevendosje, William Corlett, advisor, politics; Stangle Grant for Research in Economics and Law.
Besir Ceka ’08: The End of the World: From Apocalypse and Nuclear Armageddon to Posthumanity and Ecocide, Denis Sweet, advisor, German; Summer Research Apprenticeship.
Cora Chisholm ’10: Chiral NMR Shift Reagents, Thomas Wenzel, advisor, chemistry; Faculty Research Grant.
Stephanie Connors ’09: Testing the Effectiveness of Motivational Interviewing as a Primary Weight Reduction Strategy in an Obese Population, St. Mary’s Medical Center, Kathryn Graff Low, advisor, psychology; Hughes Fellowship.
Mayur Contractor ’10: Glutamate Receptors Involved in Feeding Behavior in Pond Snail, Nancy Kleckner, advisor, biology; Faculty Research Grant.
Abigail Counteman ’10: Effects of Arsenic on Placental Development in the Mouse,Rebecca Sommer, advisor, biology; Faculty Research Grant.
Sulochana Dissanayake ’09: Friends of Prisoners’ Children, Sri Lanka: A Study of Program Efficacy, Michael Murray, advisor, economics; Hoffman Research Support Grant.
Vitalie Djugostran ’11: Portfolio Diversification of Countries Poorly Endowed with Factors of Production, David Aschauer, advisor, economics; Hoffman Research Support Grant.
Maura Foley ’09: Timing and Shear Sense of the Moose River, Shear Zone, Presidential Range, NH, J. Dykstra Eusden, advisor, geology; Faculty Research Grant.
Miranda Gallo ’09: Characterization of Novel GluR5/6/7 IR Cell Group in Central Pattern Generator of the Buccal Ganglia in the Pond Snail, Helisoma trivolvis, Nancy Kleckner, advisor, biology, Bechman Scholars.
Hannah Giasson ’09: Testing the Effectiveness of Motivational Interviewing as a Primary Weight Reduction Strategy in an Obese Population, St. Mary’s Medical Center, Kathryn Graff Low, advisor, psychology; Hughes Fellowship.
Kerry Glavin ’08: Algorithm for Minimum Spanning Trees, Pallavi Jayawant, advisor, mathematics; Hoffman Research Support Grant.
Justin HoShue ’09: Transverse Effects of Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers under Optical Feedback, Hong Lin, advisor, physics; Hughes Student-Faculty Research Grant.
Stephanie Howson ’09: Zen Feminism: Revisioning Feminist Theory from a Buddhist Perspective, John Strong, advisor, religion; Hoffman Fellowship.
Mert Karakus ’11: Economic Incentive and Regulation: The Privatization of Turk Telecom, David Aschauer, advisor, economics; Hoffman Research Support Grant.
Alexandra Kelly ’09: From Quack to Hero: The Character of the Doctor in Nineteenth-Century Literature, Sylvia Federico, advisor, English; Hoffman Fellowship.
Madison Kilbride ’10: The Perceptual Status of Language: Visual or Auditory? Casey O’Callaghan, advisor, philosophy; Hoffman Research Support Grant.
Lina Kong ’10: Cross-cultural Study of Mauritian and Chinese Cultures through the Hakka People; Phillips Fellowships for Cross-Cultural Exploration.
Cem Kurtulus ’09: Making of the Image: Political Satire in Turkish Cinema, Steven Dillon, advisor, English; Hoffman Fellowship.
Cem Kurtulus ’09: The End of the World: From Apocalypse and Nuclear Armageddon to Posthumanity and Ecocide, Denis Sweet, advisor, German; Summer Research Apprenticeship.
Benjamin Levin ’09: Research Cruise, Barents Sea: Benthic Ecology Research, William Ambrose, advisor, biology; Hoffman Research Support Grant.
Jacob Lewis ’09: The Purpose of Pilgrimage: Finding Meaning on El Camino de Santiago; Phillips Fellowships for Cross-Cultural Exploration.
Mariana Lidofsky ’09: Pre-production for Filmmaking Thesis, Paul Kuritiz, advisor, theater; Hoffman Research Support Grant.
Joshua Linscott ’10: Comparative Analysis of Translational Initiation and Regulation inEscherichia coli and in Borrellia burgdorferi, Paula Schlax, advisor, chemistry: INBRE Student-Faculty Research Grants in Biology and Biochemistry.
Ariane Mandell ’09: Star-Crossed: The Origin, Evolution, and Influence of Qi Xi Folklore, Roberta Strippoli, advisor, Japanese; Hoffman Research Support Grant.
Jennifer Marino ’09: Harnessing Plasmon Resonances to Study Nanostructures, Matthew Côté, advisor, chemistry; Summer Research Apprenticeship.
Kristen Meyers ’09: Does Perinatal Hyperoxia Impair Adult Exercise Performance?Ryan Bavis, advisor, biology; INBRE Student Faculty Research Grants in Biology and Biochemistry.
Sabrina Miess ’09: Teens, Text, and Identity in Space-Time Networks of Literacy Activity, Anita Charles, advisor, education; Summer Research Apprenticeship.
David Miller ’08: Political Economy of Environmental Philanthropy: Understanding Funding Flows of NGOs, Sonja Pieck, advisor, environmental studies; Hoffman Research Support Grant.
Anita Mohandas ’09: An Examination of Public and Judicial Policy Facilitating or Impeding Womens’ Access to Justice, Rebecca Herzig, advisor, women and gender studies; Hoffman Research Support Grant.
Christopher Morrell ’09: Measuring and Incorporating Stakeholder Values into River Restoration Decisions, Lynne Lewis, advisor, economics; Faculty Research Grant and Hoffman Research Support.
Anne Mueller ’09: Experiencing Rwanda and Its Economic Recovery, Alexandre Dauge-Roth, advisor, French; Hoffman Research Support Grant.
Jeremy Muench ’10: An Investigation of How the Differences of a Specific Form of q-Binomial Coefficients Form a Unimodal Sequence of Integers, Pallavi Jayawant, advisor, mathematics; Rawlings Grant for Research in Mathematics.
Sophie Nelson ’09: Negotiating Truth and Self-Formation in Storytelling: A Creative Fiction Project, Robert Farnsworth, advisor, English; Hoffman Research Support Grant.
Cody Newman ’11: Thermal Upgrading of Needy Biomass to Fuels and Chemicals,Rachel Austin, advisor, chemistry; Faculty Research Grant.
Hwei Ling Ng ’09: Following the Ganges: A Collision of Flesh and Spirit in Water; Otis Fellowship for the Exploration of Individuals, Societies, and the Environment.
Ngoc Nguyen ’10: Vietnam’s Agricultural Exports Growth and Its Impact on Farmers’ Welfare in the Mekong Delta, Ngan Dinh, advisor, economics; Stangle Grant for Research in Economics and Law.
Thao Nguyen ’11: Chiral NMR Shift Reagents, Thomas Wenzel, advisor, chemistry; Faculty Research Grant.
Jamie Nickerson ’09: Mechanistic Bioinorganic Chemistry, Rachel Austin, advisor, chemistry; Hughes Student-Faculty Research Grant.
Stephen Nunes ’11: Measuring and Incorporating Stakeholder Values into River Restoration Decisions, Lynne Lewis, advisor, economics; Faculty Research Grant and Hoffman Research Support.
Lauren Okano ’11: Activation of Eucaryotic Gene Expression by Bacteria, Pamela Baker, advisor, biology; Faculty Research Grant.
Erica Ong ’11: Islamic Studies/Hinduism Studies Research and Research Data Processing, Susan Schomburg, advisor, religion; Faculty Research Grant and Hoffman Research Support.
Dana Oster ’09: The Past, Present, and Future of Seawall Beach, Phippsburg, ME, Michael Retelle, advisor, geology; Hughes Fellowship.
Corey Pattison ’09: The Dark Side of Globalization: The Qinghai-Lhasa Railroad and the Preservation of Tibetan Tradition; Phillips Fellowships for Cross-Cultural Exploration.
Sebastian Pedraza ’11: Activation of Eucaryotic Gene Expression by Bacteria, Pamela Baker, advisor, biology; Hughes Student-Faculty Research Grant.
Marilla Pender-Cudlip ’10: Investigation of Metalloenzyme Mechanisms, Rachel Austin, advisor, chemistry; Faculty Research Grant.
Nelish Pradhan ’10: Occurrence of Black-Legged Tick (Ixodes scapularis) and Tick Burdens of Small Mammals in Southwestern Maine, Ronald Barry, advisor, biology; Hughes Student-Faculty Research Grant.
Ngoc Pham ’10: Chiral NMR Shift Reagents, Thomas Wenzel, advisor, chemistry; Faculty Research Grant.
Eric Pier ’09: Department of Energy Wood Project, Rachel Austin, advisor, chemistry; Faculty Research Grant.
W. Gregory Prins ’09: Late Victorian Copyright Law: A Cross-Atlantic Adventure with Gilbert and Sullivan, Margaret Creighton, advisor, history; Ruggles Scholarship for Pre-Thesis Research.
Elizabeth Rogers ’09: Occurrence of Black-Legged Tick (Ixodes scapularis) and Tick Burdens of Small Mammals in Southwestern Maine, Ronald Barry, advisor, biology; Hughes Student-Faculty Research Grant.
Ryan Rollo ’09: Chiral NMR Shift Reagents, Thomas Wenzel, advisor, chemistry; Faculty Research Grant.
Kimberly Russell ’09: Mechanistic Bioinorganic Chemistry, Rachel Austin, advisor, chemistry; Hughes Student-Faculty Research Grant.
Ellen Sabina ’09: The Faroe Islands: The Relationship of People to the Sea; Otis Fellowship for the Exploration of Individuals, Societies, and the Environment.
Abigail Saucier ’11: Mechanistic Bioinorganic Chemistry, Rachel Austin, advisor, chemistry; Hughes Student-Faculty Research Grant.
Anna Skarstad ’11: Farming in the Western Fjords of Norway: An Endangered Life?; Otis Fellowship for the Exploration of Individuals, Societies, and the Environment.
Lixin Tang ’10: The Changing Patterns of Chinese Urban Womens’ Work Lives, 1982-2000, Margaret Maurer-Fazio, advisor, economics; Summer Research Apprenticeship.
Emily Treat ’10: Teaching English in Malawi; Phillips Fellowships for Cross-Cultural Exploration.
Cameron Urban ’11: Preparing a Patent for an Early Stage Startup Company, Gene Clough, advisor, physics; Hoffman Research Support Grant.
Rebecca Wason ’09: The Rise and Fall of Gosport: Social Transitions on the Isles of Shoals, NH, Margaret Creighton, advisor, history; Hoffman Research Support Grant.
Simon Willbanks ’09: Dyfold Shortneing of Lake Acadian Strain, Mt. Adams, NH, J. Dykstra Eusden, advisor, geology; Faculty Research Grant.
Julia Wilson ’10: An Experimental System for the Kinetic Analysis of Picornaviral 3C Protease Processing Activity Using Natural Substrates, T. Glen Lawson, advisor, chemistry; Summer Research Apprenticeship.
Irene Wood ’09: Social Predictors and Personal Motivations of Physicians Providing Care to Medically Indigent Patients, Heidi Chirayath, advisor, sociology; Hoffman Research Support Grant.
Kristen Young ’09: Time-dependent changes in Respiratory Control after Perinatel Hyperoxia, Ryan Bavis, advisor, biology; Faculty Research Grant.
Miljan Zecevic ’10: Economics Migrants in Dubai: Potential Citizens or Permanent Guest Workers? Eric Hooglund, advisor, politics; Hoffman Research Support Grant.
Alexia Zhang ’10: Growth and Long-term Abundance Patterns of the BloodwormGlycera dibranchiate, William Ambrose, advisor, biology; Hughes Student-Faculty Research Grant.