2013 Participants
More than 130 Hamilton students spent part of their summer conducting research with faculty members. From Clinton to Washington and Oneida Lake to Greece, students collaborated with Hamilton faculty members on Levitt Center public affairs-related research, Emerson fellowships and science research.
Participants Listed by Discipline
Ivy Akumu '15
Advisor: Assistant Professor of Africana Studies Nigel Westmaas
Demystifying African Religion
Jorett Joseph '15
Advisor: Professor of Classics and Africana Studies Shelley Haley
Justice Through Love: Community Building Efforts of Black Women
Katherine Hill '14
Advisor: Assistant Professor of Anthropology Nathan Goodale
Elemental Characterization of Floor Sediments from Housepit Sy, Bridge River Housepit Village, British Columbia
Katherine Bickmore '15
Advisor: Katharine Kuharic, the Kevin W. Kennedy Professor of Art
The Degeneration, Deterioration, and Decay of Society: A Critique of the Representation of the Femme Fatale in Art
Mackenzie Leavenworth '15
Advisor: John McEnroe, the John and Anne Fischer Professor in Fine Arts
Rewriting the Past: Excavation Project in Gournia
Deanna Perez '14
Advisor: Associate Professor of Art Rebecca Murtaugh
The Life of a Book: From the Bindery to the Pedestal
Sean Smith '15
Advisor: Assistant Professor of Art Robert Knight
Art Is...: Re-examining Black Art in America
Claire Barton '14
Advisor: David Gapp, the Silas D. Childs Professor of Biology
Elevated Blood Sugar in Turtles of Utica Marsh
Jennifer Baxter '14
Advisor: Associate Professor of Biology Michael McCormick
Detection and Identification of Electron Shuttles in Iron-Respiring Bacteria
Megan Blair '16
Advisor: David Gapp, the Silas D. Childs Professor of Biology
Exploring Genetic Diabetes in Mice
Kevin Boettger '14
Advisor: Associate Professor of Biology Michael McCormick
Identification of Endogenous Electron Shuttles in Fe(III) reduction by Shewanella Oneidensis
David Borczuk '14
Advisor: David Gapp, the Silas D. Childs Professor of Biology
Investigating Adipose Cell Morphology in Diabetes Mice
Matthew Brzustoski '15
Advisor: Associate Professor of Biology Michael McCormick
Investigating the Mechanisms of Remote Electron Transfer in Metal Respiring Bacteria
Andraya Cole '14
Advisor: David Gapp, the Silas D. Childs Professor of Biology
Endocrinology
Robert Clayton '15
Advisor: Associate Professor of Biology Michael McCormick
Investigating the Primary Drivers of Change in Microbial Diversity Following Loss of Ice-Shelves Along the East Coast of the Antarctic Peninsula
Sitong Chen '16
Advisor: Associate Professor of Biology Wei-Jen Chang
Building a pipeline to help identify mis-annotated genes in Ichthgophthirius multifiliis
Ryan Dorey '15
Advisor: Associate Professor of Biology Wei-Jen Chang
Genome Structure of Ichthyophthirius multifiliis
Helen Farrell '14
Advisor: Associate Professor of Biology Michael McCormick
Investigating the Primary Drivers of Change in Microbial Diversity Following Loss of Ice-Shelves Along the East Coast of the Antarctic Peninsula
Sydney Feinstein '15
Advisor: Professor of Biology Herman Lehman
Vitamin C
Kelly Jenkins '14
Advisor: David Gapp, the Silas D. Childs Professor of Biology
High Fructose Corn Syrup and Health
Lily Johnston '16
Advisor: Associate Professor of Biology Wei-Jen Chang
5' Race cDNA and mRNA Ich
Daniel Lichtenauer '14
Advisor: Associate Professor of Biology Michael McCormick
Investigating the Primary Drivers of Change in Microbial Diversity Following Loss of Ice-Shelves Along the East Coast of the Antarctic Peninsula
Hannah Lyons '14
Advisor: David Gapp, the Silas D. Childs Professor of Biology
Insulin Secretion in Turtles
Elisabeth MacColl '16
Advisor: Associate Professor of Biology Wei-Jen Chang
Characterizing Different Strains of Ichthyophthirius multifiliis based on Somatic SNPs
Samantha Otis '14
Advisor: Professor of Biology Herman Lehman
Mox in SZ Cells
Ashley Perritt '14
Advisor: Professor of Biology Herman Lehman
Vitamin C
Douglas Santoro '14
Advisor: Associate Professor of Biology William Pfitsch
Impact of Garlic Mustard on Soil Nematode Communities
Tshering Sherpa '16
Advisor: Associate Professor of Biology Wei-Jen Chang
Ich Parasite
Patricia Taik '16
Advisor: Associate Professor of Biology Wei-Jen Chang
Phylogenetic Analysis of the Phylum Nematoda using the Actin, beta gamma 1 gene sequences
Nikolaus Wagner '14
Advisor: Professor of Biology Herman Lehman
Mox
Samuel Zimmerman '14
Advisor: Associate Professor of Biology Wei-Jen Chang
Molecular Characterization of Ichthyophthirius multifiliis
Savannah Alvarado '15
Advisor: Assistant Professor of Chemistry Adam Van Wynsberghe
Investigation of Neuraminidase Lingand Interactions
Sky Aulita '15
Advisor: Robin Kinnel, the Silas D. Childs Professor of Chemistry Emeritus
Anticancer Peptides Related to Cryptomaldamide
Bryon Banman '16
Advisor: Assistant Professor of Chemistry Adam Van Wynsberghe
Investigations in Ligand Binding Pathways of the Neuraminidase Active Site
Jeremy Brendle '14
Advisor: Associate Professor of Chemistry Myriam Cotten
Chemistry research
Peter Campbell '14
Advisor: Professor of Chemistry Karen Brewer
Incorporation of WO3-RE3+ nanoparticles into silica sol-gel matrices
Krystina Choinski '15
Advisor: Robin Kinnel, the Silas D. Childs Professor of Chemistry Emeritus
Anticancer Peptides Related to Cryptomaldamide
Lisbeth DaBramo '15
Advisor: Professor of Chemistry Tim Elgren
Toxicology Research
Tara Hansen '14
Advisor: Robin Kinnel, the Silas D. Childs Professor of Chemistry Emeritus
Bioactive Depsipeptides Derived from the Alpha-fetoprotein Model
Jia Hsien Ho '15
Advisor: Assistant Professor of Chemistry Adam Van Wynsberghe
Normative Protein-Ligand Simulations
Shakil Hossain '14
Advisor: Robin Kinnel, the Silas D. Childs Professor of Chemistry Emeritus
Bioactive Depsipeptides Derived from the Alpha-fetoprotein Model
Hannah Jaiven '14
Advisor: Professor of Chemistry Karen Brewer
Synthesis of Antenna Ligands for Coordination to Europium and Terbium Ions
Leah Krause '14
Advisor: Assistant Professor of Chemistry Adam Van Wynsberghe
Investigations of Neuraminidase-Ligand Interactions
Edwin Marrero '15
Advisor: Professor of Chemistry Karen Brewer
Fluorescence of Elements
Laura McCormick '15
Advisor: Robin Kinnel, the Silas D. Childs Professor of Chemistry Emeritus
Anticancer Peptides Related to Cryptomaldamide
Clare O'Grady '14
Advisor: Assistant Professor of Chemistry Adam Van Wynsberghe
Investigations of Molecular Docking as an Educational Exercise
Catherine Oglevee '15
Advisor: Professor of Chemistry Karen Brewer
Synthesis and Luminescence Properties of Rare Earth Sol-Gel Derived Materials
Laura Rivera '16
Advisor: Professor of Chemistry Karen Brewer
Synthesis and Characterization of Sol-Gel Encapsulation of Rare Earth Chelated Complexes
Rachel Sobel '15
Advisor: Professor of Chemistry Tim Elgren
Toxicology Research
Ashleigh Stephan '15
Advisor: Professor of Chemistry Tim Elgren
Encapsulation of Enzymes
Andrew Szatkowski '15
Advisor: Professor of Chemistry Karen Brewer
Luminescence of Sol-Gel
Bryce Timm '15
Advisor: Robin Kinnel, the Silas D. Childs Professor of Chemistry Emeritus
Anticancer Peptides Related to Cryptomaldamide
Jacob Wagner '15
Advisor: Professor of Chemistry Tim Elgren
Preserving Proteins with Advanced Sol-Gel Technique
Comparative Literature
Meghan O’Sullivan ’15
Advisor:Professor of Comparative Literature Nancy Rabinowitz
Oral Expression of Refugee Women
Nicholas Brewer '14
Advisor: Stuart Hirshfield, the Stephen Harper Kirner Professor of Computer Science
Brain-Computer Interaction Techniques Applied to Human-Computer Interface and Adaptive Systems
Margaret Coleman '16 and Katherine Droppa '16
Advisor: Associate Professor of Computer Science Alistair Campbell
Development of Problem Corpus for Introductory Computer Science
Rachel Friedman '15
Advisor: Stuart Hirshfield, the Stephen Harper Kirner Professor of Computer Science
Brain-Computer Interaction Techniques Applied to Human-Computer Interface and Adaptive Systems
Elliot Greenham '14
Advisor: Stuart Hirshfield, the Stephen Harper Kirner Professor of Computer Science
Brain-Computer Interaction Techniques Applied to Human-Computer Interface and Adaptive Systems
Adam Gwilliam '15
Advisor: Associate Professor of Computer Science Alistair Campbell
Semi-Automatic Discovery and Categorization of Semantic Errors
Samuel Kotlove '16
Advisor: Stuart Hirshfield, the Stephen Harper Kirner Professor of Computer Science
Brain-Computer Interaction Techniques Applied to Human-Computer Interface and Adaptive Systems
Chris Lepre '15
Advisor: Stuart Hirshfield, the Stephen Harper Kirner Professor of Computer Science
Brain-Computer Interaction Techniques Applied to Human-Computer Interface and Adaptive Systems
Melissa Yang '14
Advisor: Associate Professor of East Asian Language and Literatures Masaaki Kamiya
Idiosyncracies of the Chinese and Japanese Language in Comparison to the English Language in Conversation
Timothy Cowan '15, Kelly Osterling '15 and Samantha Sherman '15
Advisor: Ann Owen, the Henry Platt Bristol Professor in Public Policy
Community Development Successes and Failures in Small Cities
Ru Jun Han '14
Advisor: Professor of Economics Chris Georges
Understanding the Impact of Automated Trade Algorithms through Agent-Based Modeling
Elizabeth Kelly '14
Advisor: Lecturer in Economics Nesecan Balkan
The Seeds of Independence - Food Security and Risk Aversion in El Salvador
Malcolm Phelan '15
Advisor: Professor of Economics Stephen Wu
Identifying Operational Barriers to Prehospital Trauma Systems in Developing Countries
Eren Shultz '15
Advisor: Professor of Economics Erol Balkan
Sustainable Agriculture and Cooperative Farming: Observations from Tanzania and Uganda
John Wildman '15
Advisor: Professor of Economics Stephen Wu
Overcoming Operational Barriers to Prehospital Trauma Systems in Developing Countries
Krista Hesdorfer '14
Advisor: Director of the Education Studies Program Susan Mason
Civic Learning and Income-Based Achievement Gaps in the United States’ K-12 Education System
Crystal Kim '15
Advisor: Director of the Education Studies Program Susan Mason
The Korean Fever for Education: An Examination of Cultural Transmittance and Social Inequality
Joseph Michaels '14
Advisor: Professor of English and Creative Writing Vincent Odamtten
McElroy Sentence Questioned: Gender and Cosmic Generosity in the Work of Joseph McElroy
Sarah Sgro '14
Advisor: Associate Professor of English Tina Hall
Family Gone Bizarre: The Domestic Grotesque in Contemporary Fiction and Poetry
Kina Viola '14
Advisor: Assistant Professor of Philosophy Russell Marcus
Mapping the Labyrinth: A Study of Infinity Through Mixed-Genre Creative Writing
Andy Chen '16, and John McGuinnis '16 and Zachary Pilson '16
Advisor: Associate Professor of Geosciences Todd Rayne
Solar-powered Evaporation-condensation Device for Alternative Energy
Aubrey Coon '16
Advisor: Eugene Domack, the Joel W. Johnson Family Professor of Geosciences
Delta Environmental Engineers/Sylvan Beach Nourishment
John DeGuardi '16
Advisor: Eugene Domack, the Joel W. Johnson Family Professor of Geosciences
Rhenium and Osmium Dating of Black Shale Deposits
Adrien Hilmy '13
Advisor: Eugene Domack, the Joel W. Johnson Family Professor of Geosciences
Rhenium-Osmium Dating of Black Shale Deposits
Nicholas Anastasi '15
Advisor: Associate Professor of Government Peter Cannavo
An Assessment of the Recent Chilean Ministry for the Environment: The Framing and Rhetoric of an Institution
Mary D’Ambro '15
Advisor: Alan Cafruny, the Henry Platt Bristol Professor of International Affairs
The Common Agricultural Policy and French Power
Neil Edwards '14
Advisor: Professor of Government Steve Orvis
Chinese Influence in Africa: A Case Study of Chinese Developmental Investments in Tanzania
Adriana Fracchia '14
Advisor: Alan Cafruny, the Henry Platt Bristol Professor of International Affairs
The Rise of the Golden Dawn and the Future of Greek Democracy
Hristina Mangelova '16
Advisor: Associate Professor of Government Sharon Rivera
Generational Differences in Political Trust in Bulgaria: How to Install Trust in the Bulgarian Nation
Fletcher Wright '14
Advisor: Professor of Government Steve Orvis
Re-imagining the Apartheid Era: Disillusionment and Reinterpretation
Claire Zurlo '14
Advisor: Associate Professor of Government Peter Cannavo
What Would Jefferson Do? The Jeffersonian Ideal and Modern Day Environmental Policy
Turner Trapp '15
Advisor: Professor of History Kevin Grant
The Discovery ofLogarithms, Their Application to Ballistics, and Their Role in the Royal Navy's Rise to Dominance in the Age of Sail
Anderson Tuggle '14
Advisor: Associate Professor of History Lisa Trivedi
From Feudal to Modern: Political Change in India’s Princely States during the Transition to Independence
Shea Nagle '16, Ben Ligas '14, Nicole LaBarge '15, Scott Pillette '14, and Sally Bourdon '15
Advisors: Professor of Biology Herman Lehman, Associate Professor of Geosciences Dave Bailey, Associate Professor of Geosciences Todd Rayne and Philip Klinker, the James S. Sherman Professor of Government.
Interdisciplinary Research on the Impact of Lead Exposure
Nathan Livingston '14
Advisor: Professor of Music Lydia Hamessley
Performing the Poetics of Music
Ricardo Welch '14
Advisor: Professor of Music Michael Woods
Dear Hip-Hop: Hip-Hop's Portrayal of the African American Male Figure
Maybelline Acquaye '14
Advisor: Assistant Professor of Psychology Jeremy Skipper
Neuroscience Research
Summer Bottini '14
Advisor: Jonathan Vaughan, the James L. Ferguson Professor of Psychology
Research in Action Planning
Carrie Cabush '15
Advisor: Jonathan Vaughan, the James L. Ferguson Professor of Psychology
Research in Action Planning
Alexander Cates '15
Advisor: Jonathan Vaughan, the James L. Ferguson Professor of Psychology
Research in Action Planning
Rebecca Gaines '15
Advisor: Assistant Professor of Psychology Jeremy Skipper
The Neurobiology of Speech Perception in Real-World Contexts
Stephanie Hruza '16
Advisor: Douglas Weldon, the Stone Professor of Psychology
Seratonin and Sensory-Motor Gating
Christopher Holm '15
Advisor: Douglas Weldon, the Stone Professor of Psychology
Calcium-Binding Proteins in the Rat Brain
Mahima Karki '14
Advisor: Jonathan Vaughan, the James L. Ferguson Professor of Psychology
Research in Action Planning
Noah Levinson '14
Advisor: Assistant Professor of Psychology Jeremy Skipper
Neurobiology of Speech Perception in Real-World Contexts
Daniel Lustberg '14
Advisor: Douglas Weldon, the Stone Professor of Psychology
Clacium Binding Proteins in Rats
Sarah Mandel '15
Advisor: Jonathan Vaughan, the James L. Ferguson Professor of Psychology
Research in Action Planning
Sarah Mehrotra '14
Advisor: Assistant Professor of Psychology Jeremy Skipper
Neurobiology of cognition in real-world contexts
Freymon Perez '14
Advisor: Douglas Weldon, the Stone Professor of Psychology
Calcium Binding Proteins in the Rat Brain
Sandhya Rao '15
Advisor: Assistant Professor of Psychology Jeremy Skipper
Neurobiology of Speech Perception in Real-World Contexts
Gretchen Walker '14
Advisor: Assistant Professor of Psychology Jeremy Skipper
Neurobiology of Cognition in Real-World Contexts
Austin Heath '15
Advisor: Richard Werner, the John Stewart Kennedy Professor of Philosophy
Grasping Infinity: Philosophical, Mathematical, and Spiritual Conceptions of Boundlessness
Andrew Schnacky '14
Advisor: Professor of Philosophy Marianne Janack
A Philosophical Approach to the Work of David Foster Wallace
Abrar Ahmed '14
Advisor: Peter Millet, the Litchfield Professor of Physics
Complex Systems
McKinley Brumback '14
Advisors: Professor of Physics Gordon Jones and Associate Professor of Physics Brian Collett
Building 390 Apparatus
Jacob Davidson '15
Advisor: Professor of Physics Gordon Jones
aCORN
Alexander Grieco '15
Advisor: Professor of Physics Gordon Jones
aCORN Analysis
Bennett Heussler '15
Advisor: Peter Millet, the Litchfield Professor of Physics
Research of a Helmholtz Resonator
Benjamin Moody '15
Advisor: Professor of Physics Ann Silversmith
Spectroscopy of Earth-Based Materials
Andrew Morrison '14
Advisor: Professor of Physics Gordon Jones
Hot filament alignment system for aCORN
Katie Pierce '14
Advisor: Professor of Physics Ann Silversmith
Spectroscopy
Kerkira Stockton '14
Advisor: Professor of Physics Gordon Jones
aCORN data analysis
Tsion Tesfaye '16
Advisor: Professor of Physics Seth Major
An Investigation on the Consistency of Modified Special Relativity
Joshua Wilding '15
Advisor: Professor of Physics Gordon Jones
Grace Williams-DuHamel '15
Advisor: Professor of Physics Seth Major
James Anesta '14
Advisor: Visiting Associate Professor of Religious Studies S. Brent Rodriguez-Plate
Portrayals of the Afterlife in Popular Culture
Hannah O'Connell '14 and Alison Ritacco '14
Advisors: Robert Knight, Assistant Professor of Art and Brent Plate, Visiting Associate Professor of Religious Studies
Religious Spaces in Transition
Hannah Tessler '14
Advisor: Associate Professor of Sociology Steve Ellingson
Born Chinese, Raised American: The Impact of Adoption for Chinese-American Adoptees
Mandy Wong '15
Advisor: Associate Professor of Sociology Jenny Irons
Through A Different Lens: Fuzhounese Children's Viewpoint on Education
Lizzie Buchanan '15, Katherine Delesalle '14 and Allison Schuette '16
Advisors: Professor of Theatre Carole Bellini-Sharp and Visiting Assistant Professor of Theatre Andrew Holland
BRICKS: An Intersection of Community and Architecture
Nate Goebel '15
Advisor: Carole Bellini-Sharp, the Margaret Bundy Scott Professor of Theatre
Apocalypse at Dinner: A Creative-Minded Study of Anton Chekhov's Craft
Nathaniel Lanman '15
Advisor: Visiting Assistant Professor of Theatre Andrew Holland
Bricks: An Intersection of Community and Architecture
Wynn Van Dusen '15
Advisor: Carole Bellini-Sharp, the Margaret Bundy Scott Professor of Theatre
Remembering "The City that God Forgot": A Study of Pop Culture and Art in Utica, Post World War II
