2014 SUMMER RESEARCH PARTICIPANTS
American Studies
Shannon O'Brien '15
Advisor: Associate Professor of Africana Studies Angel Nieves
Examining the Community-Building Efforts of Food Justice Organizations in Philadelphia
Anthropology
Micha Stimson '15
Advisor: Assistant Professor of Anthropology Nathan Goodale
Archaeology
Morgan Biggs '16
Advisor: Assistant Professor of Anthropology Nathan Goodale
Slocan Narrows Archaeological Project: laboratory results from 2011-2013 excavation seasons
Maxwell Lopez '15
Advisor: Assistant Professor of Anthropology Nathan Goodale
Cultural Landscapes of the Irish Coast
Bridget Maguire '16
Advisor: Assistant Professor of Anthropology Nathan Goodale
Gournia Survey Project
Emily Rubinstein '16
Advisor: Assistant Professor of Anthropology Nathan Goodale
Slocan Narrows Archaeological Research
Art
Yang Yang '15
Advisor: Associate Professor of Art Ella Gant
A Tale of Three Cities - Sketchbook Art Project
Art History
Ianna Recco '16
Advisor: John McEnroe, the John and Anne Fischer Professor in Fine Arts
Gournia Excavation Project
Henry Rittenberg '15
Advisor: Visiting Assistant Professor of Art History and Postdoctoral Fellow in Asian Studies Lawrence Chua
From Penn to Richardson: A Study in Post-World War II Fashion Photography
Asian Studies
John Lyons ’16
Advisor: Kyoko Omori, associate professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures (Japanese)
Japanese Silent Film, Orochi (1925) & Benshi Artists
Biochemistry
Deanna Cho '15
Advisor: Associate Professor of Biology Wei-Jen Chang
Characterization of Genomic Indicators in Hypotrichous Ciliates
Laura McCormick '15
Advisor: Associate Professor of Chemistry Myriam Cotten
Biochemical and Biophysical Studies of Antimicrobial and Anticancer Peptide Piscidin
Mason Schoeneck '15
Advisor: Associate Professor of Chemistry Myriam Cotten
Biochemical and Biophysical Studies of Antimicrobial and Anticancer Peptide Piscidin
Biology
Milinda Ajawara '16
Advisor: Associate Professor of Biology Wei-Jen Chang
Fish DNA
Emma Anderson '17
Advisor: Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology Heather Mallory
Behavioral Study of Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches
Megan Blair '16
Advisor: David Gapp, the Silas D. Childs Professor of Biology
The Effect of Medicinal Herb Extracts on Vertebrate Intestines
Thomas Blanchard '17
Advisor: Associate Professor of Biology Mike McCormick
Microbial Ecology of Green Lake
Nikole Bonacorsi '15
Advisor: Associate Professor of Biology Bill Pfitsch
Invasive Plants
Jonah Boucher '17
Advisor: Associate Professor of Biology Mike McCormick
Hannah Corman '16
Advisor: Associate Professor of Biology Mike McCormick
Microbial Ecology of Green Lake
Ryan Dorey '15
Advisor: Associate Professor of Biology Wei-Jen Chang
Ichthyophthirius multifiliis
Anne Emanuels '16
Advisor: David Gapp, the Silas D. Childs Professor of Biology
Analyzing Pancreatic Tissue of Vertebrates
Blaire Frett '16
Advisor: Associate Professor of Biology Bill Pfitsch
The Effect of Invasive Species on Forest Ecology
Alexandru Hirsu '17
Advisor: Associate Professor of Biology Wei-Jen Chang
Ichthyophthirius multifilus
Ryan Hobson '16
Advisor: Professor of Biology Herman Lehman
Vitamin C Synthesis in Invertebrates
Alex Jones '16
Advisor: Professor of Biology Herman Lehman
Vitamin C Synthesis in Invertebrates
Leonard Kilekwang '16
Advisor: Associate Professor of Biology Bill Pfitsch
Invasive plants
Lauren King '16
Advisor: Professor of Biology Herman Lehman
Vitamin C Synthesis in Invertebrates
Sarah Lawler '16
Advisor: David Gapp, the Silas D. Childs Professor of Biology
Histological Research of Animal Cells (Diabetic etc.)
Christopher Loan '15
Advisor: David Gapp, the Silas D. Childs Professor of Biology
Investigating Effects of Natural Cathartics on the Gastrointestinal System of Mice
Samantha Mengual '16
Advisor: Associate Professor of Biology Bill Pfitsch
Invasive Plant Management
Kathleen Moran '15
Advisor: Associate Professor of Biology Bill Pfitsch
Effects of Garlic Mustard on Plant Communities
Shea Nagle '16
Advisor: Professor of Biology Herman Lehman
Looking at Manduca Sexta Hearts
Philip Parkes '17
Professor of Biology Herm Lehman
The Origins of Over-Testing: Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) Test
Benjamin Piegari '15
Advisor: Associate Professor of Biology Wei-Jen Chang
The Fish Parasite Ichthyophthirius multifiliis
Carly Poremba '15
Advisor: David Gapp, the Silas D. Childs Professor of Biology
Horticultural and Historical Exploration of Botanico-Vegetable Medicine
Tshering Sherpa '16
Advisor: Associate Professor of Biology Wei-Jen Chang
Presence of Apoptosis in Unicellular Organism
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
Weilin Tang '17
Advisor: Associate Professor of Biology Wei-Jen Chang
Molecular Characterization of Ichthyophthirius Multifilis
Hannah Trautmann '15
Advisor: Associate Professor of Biology Bill Pfitsch
Effect of Reduction to the Invasive Species Honeysuckle to Tick Populations in the Hamilton Glen
Richard Wu '16
Advisor: Associate Professor of Biology Wei-Jen Chang
Genome Structure of Ichthyophthirius multifiliis
Samuel Zimmerman '14
Advisor: Associate Professor of Biology Wei-Jen Chang
Developing a New Pipeline to Reassemble the Genome of Ichthyophthirius multifiliis
Chemistry
Erik Antczak '16
Advisor: Professor of Chemistry Karen Brewer
Synthesis and Analysis of Rare Eath Doped Metals
Bryon Banman '16
Advisor: Professor of Chemistry Karen Brewer
Rare Earth Metals in Sol-Gel Lattices
John Bennett '16
Advisor: Assistant Professor of Chemistry Max Majireck
Organic Synthesis Methodology
Micheal Carducci '17
Advisor: Robin Kinnel, the Silas D. Childs Professor of Chemistry Emeritus
Alpha-Fetoprotein
Esther Cleary '15
Advisor: Assistant Professor of Chemistry Max Majireck
Development of new organic synthesis methodology
John DeGuardi '16
Advisor: Associate Professor of Chemistry Ian Rosenstein
Organic Radicals
Allison Eckert '15
Advisor: Associate Professor of Chemistry Ian Rosenstein
Development of Tandem Radical-Suzuki Coupling Reactions for the Synthesis of Medium-Sized Rings
Bryan Ferguson '17
Advisor: Associate Professor of Chemistry Myriam Cotten
Biochemical and Biophysical Studies of Antimicrobial and Anticancer Peptide Piscidin
Hannah Ferris '16
Advisor: Assistant Professor of Chemistry Max Majireck
Pyrrizolidines and Indizolidines
Andrew Fletcher '17
Advisor: Professor of Chemistry Karen Brewer
Rare Earth Ion Spectroscopy
Phoebe Greenwald '16
Advisor: Professor of Chemistry Karen Brewer
Rare Earth Ion Spectroscopy
Geum Mi Kang '17
Advisor: Assistant Professor of Chemistry Adam Van Wynsberghe
Computational Investigations of Influenza Neuraminidase Binding Kinetics
Alex Kaplan '16
Advisor: Assistant Professor of Chemistry Max Majireck
Pyrolizidines and Indolizidines
Jedediah Kass '16
Advisor: Associate Professor of Chemistry Ian Rosenstein
Ring opening of the cyclopropylcarbinyl radical
Zachary Klein '15
Advisor: Robin Kinnel, the Silas D. Childs Professor of Chemistry Emeritus
Alpha-fetoprotein
Ashton Lowenstein '17
Advisor: Robin Kinnel, the Silas D. Childs Professor of Chemistry Emeritus
The Cryptumaldomide Project
Patrick Marris '16
Advisor: Assistant Professor of Chemistry Adam Van Wynsberghe
Computational Investigations of Influenza Neuraminidase Binding Kinetics
Yingbin Mei '16
Advisor: Assistant Professor of Chemistry Max Majireck
Organic Synthesis
Binh Nguyen '16
Advisor: Associate Professor of Chemistry Myriam Cotten
Biochemical and Biophysical Studies of Antimicrobial and Anticancer Peptide Piscidin
Benjamin Schafer ’17
Advisor: Assistant Professor of Chemistry Max Majireck
Development of new organic synthesis methodology
David Seavey '17
Advisor: Associate Professor of Chemistry Ian Rosenstein
Introduction of five membered rings onto double bonds
Aida Shadrav '17
Advisor: Associate Professor of Chemistry Myriam Cotten
Biochemical and Biophysical Studies of Antimicrobial and Anticancer Peptide Piscidin
Jonathan Shapiro '17
Advisor: Instrumentation Specialist Greg Rahn
Analysis of Neonicotinoid Pesticides of Honey and Beeswax in order to assess Colony Collapse Syndrome
Bryce Timm '15
Advisor: Robin Kinnel, the Silas D. Childs Professor of Chemistry Emeritus
Synthesis of Cryptomaldamide
Richard Wenner '17
Advisor: Assistant Professor of Chemistry Adam Van Wynsberghe
Computational Investigations of Influenza Neuraminidase Binding Kinetics
Benjamin Wesley ’16
Advisor: Assistant Professor of Chemistry Max Majireck
Development of new organic synthesis methodology
Christopher Williams '17
Advisor: Assistant Professor of Chemistry Max Majireck
Development of new organic synthesis methodology
Grace Williams-DuHamel '15
Advisor: Associate Professor of Chemistry Ian Rosenstein
Modified Suzuki Coupling Reaction with Radical Processes
Cinema and Media Studies
Asad Javed '15
Advisor: Professor of French Martine Guyot-Bender
En Rose - The Depiction and Reception of Homosexuality in French Cinema
Bennett Glace '16
Advisor: Visiting Professor of Art History Scott MacDonald
Another Man's Treasure: An Exploration of 'Trash' Cinema
Comparative Literature
Kevin Welsh '15
Advisor: Peter Rabinowitz, the Carolyn C. and David M. Ellis '38 Distinguished Teaching Professor of Comparative Literature
Uncovering the "Quality of Distortion": Investigating the Cultural Divide Between the Midwest and the East Using Midwestern Literature From the 1920s and 30s
Computer Science
Mykhailo Antoniv '17
Advisor: Associate Professor of Computer Science Alistair Campbell
Developing a configurable type-safe programming language for beginners
Kelsey Babcock '17
Advisor: Professor of Computer Science Mark Bailey
Extending shell scripting languages with types
Alexander Cates '15
Advisor: Stuart Hirshfield, the Stephen Harper Kirner Professor of Computer Science
Brain-Computer Interactions
Eric Collins '17
Advisor: Professor of Computer Science Mark Bailey
Python library development
Benjamin Drebing '17
Advisor: Professor of Computer Science Mark Bailey
Reasoning about programming behavoir
Philip Ewing '15
Advisor: Stuart Hirshfield, the Stephen Harper Kirner Professor of Computer Science
Brain-Computer Interactions
Alexis Judd '17
Advisor: Professor of Computer Science Mark Bailey
Python library/problem set development
Ryan Koven '16
Advisor: Stuart Hirshfield, the Stephen Harper Kirner Professor of Computer Science
Brain-Computer Interactions
Chris Lee '16
Advisor: Associate Professor of Computer Science Alistair Campbell
Developing a configurable type-safe programming language for beginners
Ching Hsuan (Annie) Leng '17
Advisor: Professor of Computer Science Mark Bailey
Python library/problem set development
Judson Martin '15
Advisor: Stuart Hirshfield, the Stephen Harper Kirner Professor of Computer Science
Brain-Computer Interaction
Yani Najarian '16
Advisor: Associate Professor of Computer Science Alistair Campbell
Developing a configurable type-safe programming language for beginners
Helen Olivo '17
Advisor: Stuart Hirshfield, the Stephen Harper Kirner Professor of Computer Science
Brain-Computer Interaction
Jack Pierce '17
Advisor: Associate Professor of Computer Science Alistair Campbell
Developing a configurable type-safe programming language for beginners
Gretchen Walker '15
Advisor: Professor of Computer Science Mark Bailey
Extending shell scripting languages with types
Reina Weinstock '17
Advisor: Stuart Hirshfield, the Stephen Harper Kirner Professor of Computer Science
Brain-Computer Interaction
East Asian Languages and Literatures
Tori Fukumitsu '15
Advisor: Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures (Japanese) Kyoko Omori
Performing With the Picture, Moving With the Times: the Role of Benshi in Preserving a Japanese Cultural Practice and Adapting to a Global Audience
Wenlu Weng '16
Advisor: Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages & Literature Zhuoyi Wang
Malnutrition of School Children in China: Influences of Government Policies
Economics
Sitong Chen '16
Advisor: Professor of Economics Christophre Georges
Analysis of the Internet-born Currency: The Birth of Bitcoin
C. Adam Pfander '16
Advisor: Professor of Economics Paul Hagstrom
Foreign-Born Labor Markets in Recession
Education Studies
Brian Sobotko '16
Advisor: Susan Mason, director of Education Studies Program
Transformational Leadership in American Public Schools
English and Creative Writing
Hannah Chappell '15
Advisor: Professor of English and Creative Writing Onno Oerlemans
Moving Through Language: The Intersection of Literature, Dance and Performance
Nathaniel Lanman '15
Advisor: Visiting Assistant Professor of English and Creative Writing Benj Widiss
"The Thought of Thought": Contemporary Inheritances of the Modernist Stream of Consciousness Narrative
John Rufo '16
Advisor: Steve Yao, the Edmund A. LaFerve Professor of English
Reading and Writing Pound: A Creative Examination of The Cantos
Collin Spinney '16
Advisor: Professor of English and Creative Writing Naomi Guttman
Beautiful Deviancy: A Work of Fiction and Poetry Born Out of Activist Art
Environmental Studies
Nicole LaBarge '15
Advisor: Associate Professor of German and Russian Languages and Literatures (Russian) Frank Sciacca
Analyzing the Sustainability of Bon Appetit at Hamilton College Using a Life Cycle Assessment
French
Brendon Kaufman '15
Advisor: Roberta Krueger, the Burgess Professor of French
Social Uses of English Language Borrowings in France
Victoria Lin '15
Advisor: Associate Professor of French Cheryl Morgan
Behind the Veil: Formation of the Muslim Identity under Laicite
Geosciences
Alexander Boles '15
Advisor: Visiting Assistant Professor of Geosciences Brian Hough
Assessment of Seasonal Variation of Climate Based on Soil Water and Tree Ring Analysis
Felipe Ramirez '15
Advisor: Visiting Assistant Professor of Geosciences Brian Hough
Understanding the Effect of the Tectonic and Climate forcings on Lake Basins in Utah
Isabelle Weisman '15
Advisor: Visiting Assistant Professor of Geosciences Brian Hough
Climate Regimes and Spatial Variation of Holocene Precipitation in the Rocky Mountain Region
Josh Wolpert '16
Advisor: Barbara Tewksbury, the Upson Chair for Public Discourse and Professor of Geosciences
Satellite Image Analysis of Bedrock Structures in Eocene Carbonates of the Western Desert of Egypt
Government
Nejla Asimovic '16
Advisor: Alan Cafruny, the Henry Platt Bristol Professor of International Affairs
Accession of Serbia to the European Union
Ming Chun Tang '16
Advisor: Associate Professor of Government Peter Cannavo
A Global Warming "Hiatus"? Online News Coverage of the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report
History
John Boyle '15
Advisor: Professor of History Kevin Grant
Ireland: Independent or Dependent Power at the United Nations
Matthew Currier '16
Advisor: Assistant Professor of History John Eldevik
A Right to Kingship in Early Anglo-Saxon England: An Examination of Anglo-Saxton Kings' Ideology of Rulership in their Royal Charters
Leigh Gialanella '15
Advisors: Professor of History Douglas Ambrose and Director and Curator of Special Collections and Archives Christian Goodwillie
Print Culture in the Oneida Community
Interdisciplinary
Emily Banzer ’15, Jeremy Cottle ’17, Justin Long ’16, Gabriel Rivas ’16, Christopher Rogers ’15 and Elizabeth Wilson ’15 with Associate Professor of Anthropology Chaise LaDousa and Associate Professor of German and Russian Languages and Literatures John Bartle
Representing Arrival in Utica: Mass Media and Narratives of Experience
Shannon Boley ’17, Sawyer Konys ’16 and Jasmin Thomas ’15 with Visiting Associate Professor of Religious Studies Brent Plate and Assistant Professor of Art Rob Knight
Transitional Religious Spaces
Mathematics
Benjamin Moody '15
Advisor: Professor of Mathematics Emeritus Larry Knop
Eigen-Grades
Music
Sophia Millman '16
Advisor: Associate Professor of Music Heather Buchman
If Music Be the Food of Love, Play On: Is There a Future for Live Orchestral Performance?
Neuroscience
Hannah Zucker '15
Advisor: Assistant Professor of Psychology Alexandra List
Neuroscience graphic novel
Philosophy
Mercedes Corredor '15
Advisor: Professor of Philosophy Marianne Janack
Absolute Spirit, Logic, and Contemporary Philosophy: Returning to Hegelian Thought
Sarah Izzo '15
Advisor: Rick Werner, the John Stewart Kennedy Professor of Philosophy
Brains on The Stand
Caleb Williamson '17
Advisor: Professor of Philosophy Todd Franklin
The 21st Century New Negro
Physics
Jacob Davidson '15
Advisor: Professor of Physics Gordon Jones
Polarization effects in the aCORN apparatus
Olivia Gozdz '16
Advisor: Professor of Physics Gordon Jones
How Polarization Affects The aCORN Experiment
Alex Grieco '15
Advisor: Professor of Physics Gordon Jones
aCORN Magnetic Field Correction
Bennett Heussler '15
Advisor: Professor of Physics Gordon Jones
Hot Filament alignment for the ACORN experiment
Malcolm Katzenbach '15
Advisor: Peter Millet, the Litchfield Professor of Physics
Impedance measurements of nonlinear acoustic oscillators
Alexander Laing '16
Advisor: Professor of Physics Gordon Jones
Hot Filament Alignment System for the aCORN Project
Andrew McWhirter '15
Advisor: Professor of Physics Ann Silversmith
Energy transfer interactions among rare earth ions in crystals and glasses
John Pikus '16
Advisor: Professor of Physics Ann Silversmith
Chelated rare earth compounds in porous materials: synthesis and optical characterization
Vineeth Rao '15
Advisor: Professor of Physics Ann Silversmith
Optical Behavior of Rare Earth Based Materials
Todd Roeder '16
Advisor: Peter Millet, the Litchfield Professor of Physics
Generating and observing ring vortices
Kevin Rovelli '15
Advisor: Professor of Physics Ann Silversmith
Chelated rare earth compounds in porous materials: synthesis and optical characterization
Michael Verostek '16
Advisor: Professor of Physics Seth Major
The Consistency of Modified Special Relativity
Eric Wistman '16
Advisor: Peter Millet, the Litchfield Professor of Physics
Impedance measurements of nonlinear acoustic oscillators
Emmerson Zhaime '17
Advisor: Professor of Physics Gordon Jones
Analysis Of Data From aCORN Experiment
Psychology
Rohan Arcot '16
Advisor: Associate Professor of Psychology Jennifer Borton
Defensive Self-Esteem and Memory for Self-Threatening Events
Nikole Bonacorsi '15
Advisor: Associate Professor of Psychology Tara McKee
Changes in and correlates of ADHD symptomatology in college student
Katherine Callahan '15
Advisor: Assistant Professor of Psychology Alexandra List
Visual attention: Failures, dynamics and interaction with auditory attention
Joshua DeVinney '15
Advisor: Associate Professor of Psychology Tara McKee
Changes in and correlates of ADHD symptomatology in college student
Courtney Hobgood '15
Advisor: Associate Professor of Psychology Tara McKee
Changes in and correlates of ADHD symptomatology in college students
Alex Mitko '16
Advisor: Assistant Professor of Psychology Alexandra List
Visual attention: Failures, dynamics and interaction with auditory attention
Abigail Quirk '16
Advisor: Associate Professor of Psychology Jennifer Borton
Defensive Self-Esteem and Memory for Self-Threatening Events
Rebecca Rees '16
Advisor: Associate Professor of Psychology Jennifer Borton
Defensive Self-Esteem and Memory for Self-Threatening Events
Christiana Westlin '15
Advisor: Assistant Professor of Psychology Alexandra List
Visual Attention: Failures, dynamics and interaction with auditory attention
Religious Studies
Lauren Scutt ’16
Advisor: Assistant Professor of Religious Studies Abhishek Amar
The transformation of Self through Ritual Action
Lainie Smith ’16
Advisor: Assistant Professor of Religious Studies Abhishek Amar
Investigating the growth and adaptations of the practice of meditation
Russian Studies
Keri Lloyd '15
Advisor: Associate Professor of Government Sharon Rivera
Putin 1.0 v. Putin 2.0: The Development of Russian NGO Law and Resulting Effects on Civil Society
Sociology
Annie Lindahl '15
Advisor: Associate Professor of Sociology Steve Ellingson
Incarcerated Mothers: A Look into the Social Policy Surrounding and Implications for Women in Prison
Women's Studies
Zoe Bodzas '16
Advisor: Vivyan Adair, the Elizabeth J. McCormack Associate Professor of Women's Studies
Contemporary Poor Women Writers: Bridging an Historical Silence
Brenda Narvaez '17
Advisor: Associate Professor of Women's Studies Anne Lacsamana
Community Mapping with Day Laborer Women
Gabriella Pico '16
Advisor: Vivyan Adair, the Elizabeth J. McCormack Associate Professor of Women's Studies
Exiled Mujeres: Understanding Identities of Contemporary Cuban Women
Rachel Sobel '15
Advisor: Vivyan Adair, the Elizabeth J. McCormack Associate Professor of Women's Studies
Constructions of Gender and Sexuality in Medical Practice and Policy
