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2006
Student Summer Research Grants and Fellowships
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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.

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alerie 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.

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shley Neil Serrao '08 and Natasha D'Souza '08:  Two Brushes, One Image:  Painting the Indian Diaspora; Phillips Student Fellowship.

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oseph 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.

9/2006

  

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