2009 Participants
Participants Listed by Discipline
Africana Studies
Stephanie Tafur '10 and Associate Professor of Africana Studies Angel Nieves
Black Like the Depths of My Africa: Transnational Black Consciousness and Student Activists in Apartheid South Africa
Anthropology
Laura DeFrank '10 and Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology Nathan Goodale
The Cultural Landscape of the Irish Coast Heritage Project 2009
Lisa Fontes '09 and Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology Nathan Goodale
The Cultural Landscape of the Irish Coast Heritage Project 2009
Madeleine Gunter '11 and Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology Nathan Goodale
The Importance of Schist on InisArc
C. Fiona Kirkpatrick '10 and Chaise LaDousa
Reading Bollywood: Post-Colonial Discourse on Gender and Ethnicity in Contemporary Indian Cinema
Erica Kowsz '11
Cultural Landscapes of the Irish Coast Heritage Project 2009
Art History
Xiaohan Du '12 and Associate Professor of Art History Steve Goldberg
A Comparative Study of Public Education Programs in American and Chinese Art Museums
Biology
Shawon Akanda '12 and Assistant Professor of Biology Wei-Jen Chang
Suppression of Negative Self-Referent Thoughts
Amy Allen '10 and Assistant Professor of Biology Mike McCormick
Distinguishing Temperature's Influence on Abiotic and Biotic Reduction of Uranium
Carly Andrascik '11 and Ernest Williams, the Christian A. Johnson Excellence in Teaching Professor of Biology
Bio Blitz at Utica Marsh
Gary Bedrosian '10 and Associate Professor of Biology William Pfitsch and Ernest Williams, the Christian A. Johnson Excellence in Teaching Professor of Biology
Lupine Restoration in the Rome Sand Planes
Andrew Brodsky '11 and Associate Professor of Biology Herman Lehman
Tyramine beta-hydroxylase Origins and Functions in Drosophila and Other Invertebrates
David Brown '10 and Assistant Professor of Biology Mike McCormick
Characterization and identification of freely diffusible agents that facilitate remote iron respiration
Jonathan Chaponis '10 and Associate Professor of Biology Herman Lehman
The Synthesis and Characterization of Septanose Carbohydrates
Stephen Chaponis '10 and Associate Professor of Biology Herman Lehman
A study in tyramine ß-hydroxylase
Thomas Coppola '10 and Assistant Professor of Biology Wei-Jen Chang
Ciliate DNA Research
Kira des Jardins '10 and Professor of Biology Jinnie Garrett
Green Lakes Fungal Species Identification
Kelly Fitzsimmons '10 and Professor of Biology Dave Gapp and Visiting Assistant Professor in Biology Amber Smythe
Sean Linehan '10 and Assistant Professor of Biology Mike McCormick
An assessment of archaeal diversity in Green Lake, Fayetteville, NY
Elizabeth Pendery '10 and Assistant Professor of Biology Michael McCormick
An assessment of bacterial diversity in Green Lake, Fayetteville, NY
Jennifer Santoro '11 and Associate Professor of Biology William Pfitsch
Research at the Rome Sand Plains
Ke Xu '11 and Assistant Professor of Biology Wei-Jen Chang
Copy Number Puzzle
Chemistry
Taylor Adams '11 and Assistant Professor of Chemistry Nicole Snyder
Peptide-lipid interactions of amphipathic cationic antimicrobial peptides
Matthew Baxter '11 and Associate Professor of Chemistry Myriam Cotten
Peptide-lipid interactions of amphipathic cationic antimicrobial peptides
Christopher Boisvert '12 and Assistant Professor of Chemistry Nicole Snyder
The Synthesis and Characterization of a Vancomycin Derivative Incorporating an Unnatural Carbohydrate at the Glucose Position
Courtney Carroll '11 and Associate Professor of Chemistry Myriam Cotten
Structure-Function Relationship Studies in Host Defense Peptides
Peter Garrett '11 and Assistant Professor of Chemistry Nicole Snyder
Peptide-lipid interactions of amphipathic cationic antimicrobial peptides
Kevin Graepel '11 and Assistant Professor of Chemistry Nicole Snyder
The Synthesis and Characterization of a Vancomycin Derivative Incorporating a Unnatural Carbohydrate at the Glucose Position
Graham Hone '10 and Assistant Professor of Chemistry Nicole Snyder
Ariel Kaphan '10 and Professor of Chemistry Karen Brewer
Incorporation of Rare Earth Ions and Chelated Complexes into Silica Sol-Gel Matrices
Cui Lin '12 and Associate Professor of Chemistry Myriam Cotten
Structure-Function Relationship Studies in Host Defense Peptides
Chris Lorenc '11 and Professor of Chemistry Tim Elgren
Jason McGavin '12 and Associate Professor of Chemistry Myriam Cotten
Structure-Function Relationship Studies in Host Defense Peptides
Emina Memisevic '12 and Assistant Professor of Chemistry Camille Jones
Clathrate Hydrates
Sara G. Miller '10 and Assistant Professor of Chemistry Nicole Snyder
Exploring the Nature of Ligand Binding in the Active Site of Galectin-1 Using Natural and Unnatural Carbohydrates
Rem Myers '11 and Assistant Professor of Chemistry Nicole Snyder
Synthesis of a Vancomycin Derivative Incorporating an Unusual Carbohydrate at the Vancosymine position
Melissa Nezamzadeh '11 and Assistant Professor of Chemistry Camille Jones
The Formation and Structures of Clathrate Hydrate Systems
Lisa Olszewski '11 and Assistant Professor of Chemistry Camille Jones
How hydrates form: A study of water-ether hydrate-forming solutions
Kristen Pallen '12 and Assistant Professor of Chemistry Camille Jones
Investigating Structures and Formations Cathrate Hydrate Systems
Rachel Rothbarth '12 and Assistant Professor of Chemistry Nicole Snyder
The Synthesis and Characterization of Two Novel Porphyrin-Carbohydrate Conjugates: New Pharmaceuticals for Photodyanamic Therapy
James Russell '09 and Professor of Chemistry Tim Elgren
Leighanne Sherrow '11 and Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry Patrick Caruana
Rendering the Acid-Mediated Decomposition of Hydroxymethylfuran (HMF) Useful: Trapping Potential Nucleophilic Intermediates
Nathaniel Taylor '11 and Robin Kinnel, the Silas D. Childs Professor of Chemistry
Synthesizing a Pharmaceutical Agent from TPVNP
William Wieczorek '11 and Associate Professor of Chemistry Myriam Cotten
Structure-Function Relationship Studies in Host Defense Peptides
Keith Willner '11 and Robin Kinnel, the Silas D. Childs Professor of Chemistry
Germacrene D as a Chemical Signal for Oviposition and Feeding in Local Butterflies
Alexander Wood '12 and Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry Bradley Wile
Synthesis and characterization of new phosphinoiminopyridine ligands, and transition metal complexes thereof
Maximilien Yelbi '11 and Assistant Professor of Chemistry Nicole Snyder
The Synthesis and Characterization of Two Novel Porphyrin-Carbohydrate Conjugates as Potential Therapeutics for the Treatment of Malaria
Classics
Julianne Tylko '10 and Barbara Gold, the Edward North Professor of Classics
The Hippocratic Oath, Ancient and Modern: A Lens Through Which to Analyze the Rationality of Medicine
Comparative Literature
Chris Parmenter '10 and Nancy Rabinowitz, the Margaret Bundy Scott Professor of Comparative Literature
Euripides' Medea and its Tradition
Computer Science
Laurel Emurian '11 and Associate Professor of Computer Science Mark Bailey
Exploring Computer Security Using Virtual Execution Environments
Samuel Hincks '11 and Stuart Hirshfield, the Stephen Harper Kirner Professor of Computer Science
The Science of Interface Design for Mobile Devices
Mary Lehner '12 and Associate Professor of Computer Science Mark Bailey
Investigation of Digital Threats through Case Development
Tawanda Mashavave '10 and Professor of Computer Science Richard Decker
Theoretical Computer Science
Matthew Russell '11 and Associate Professor of Computer Science Mark Bailey
Visualization and Analysis of Programming Sessions
Thomas Williams '11 and Associate Professor of Computer Science Alistair Campbell
Cognitive Robotics: a knowledge representation approach
Economics
Yinghan Ding '12 and Lecturer in Economics Margaret Morgan-Davie
Do We Need Government Regulations in the Airline Industry? An Observation and Economic Analysis of the Current Price-making in the Unregulated US Airline Industry
English and Creative Writing
Andrew Peart '10 and Professor of English Catherine Kodat and Associate Professor of English Steve Yao
Toward a Twenty-First Century Poetry & Poetics in New Digital Field
French
Molly Faerber '10 and Bonnie Krueger, the Burgess Professor of French
Re-Imagining the Lais of Marie de France
Government
Caroline Davis and Laura Gault '11 and Steve Orvis and Marla Jaksch
State of Health Care in the Hadzabe Community
Geosciences
Lisa Feuerstein '10 and Associate Professor of Geosciences David Bailey
Kimberlitic Rocks of Central New York
Alexandra Hutchison '10 and Associate Professor of Geosciences David Bailey
Radiometric Dating of New York State Kimberlites
Anoop Pandey '10 and Professor of Geosciences Barb Tewksbury
Remote Sensing Study of structures along active faults in southern Egypt
Manique Talaia-Murray '12 and Eugene Domack, the Joel W. Johnson Family Professor of Geosciences
A Bathymetric Study of Oneida Lake
Travis Tomaselli '11 and Eugene Domack, the Joel W. Johnson Family Professor of Geosciences
Grain Size Distribution in the Eastern Basin of Oneida Lake
Jonathan Traylor '10 and Associate Professor of Geosciences David Bailey
Geochemistry and petrology of alkaline rocks at Cannon Point, NY
Elyse Williamson '10 and Professor of Geosciences Barbara Tewksbury
The use of palagonites in testing models for the origin and formation of deformation bands in subglacially erupted volcanics
History
Courtney Flint '11 and Professor of History Douglas Ambrose
Understanding the Continental Army in Revolutionary America
Sitanshu Mishra '10 and Associate Professor of History Kevin Grant
From Newspapers to the Internet: How Technology is Changing the Representation of Indian Arranged Marriage
Susan Perham '12 and Professor of History Esther Kanipe
Oneida County's African America WW II Veterans
International Affairs
Silin Li '11 and Alan Cafruny, the Henry Platt Bristol Professor of International Affairs
China's Economy Stimulus Package and its Impact
Neuroscience
Deborah Barany '11 and Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience Jonathan Vaughan
Analysis and Application of the Posture-Based Movement Model in 3-D Space
Anthony Sali '10 and Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience Jonathan Vaughan
Analysis and Application of the Posture-Based Movement Model in 3-D Space
Sven Oman '10 and Doug Weldon, the Stone Professor of Psychology
TBHR localization with in situ hybridization methods
Neurobiology of Frustration
Morgan Williams '11 and Doug Weldon, the Stone Professor of Psychology
Neurobiology of Frustration
Philosophy
Grace Liew '12 and Richard Werner, the John Stewart Kennedy Professor of Philosophy
Of Gadflies and Growth: The New Tide in Malaysian Politics
Physics
William Bauder '10 and Associate Professor of Physics Gordon Jones
Examining Magnetic Field Corrections in the aCORN Experiment
Will Eagan '11 and Assistant Professor of Physics Natalia Connolly
Quantifying the Evolution of Ultra-luminous infrared galaxies (ULIRGs)
Valerie Hanson '10 and Associate Professor of Physics Gordon Jones
Microprocessor Controlled EPR
Edward Lamere '11 and Associate Professor of Physics Gordon Jones
Testing an Alignment System for aCORN
Tim Minella '09 and Assistant Professor of Physics Natalia Connolly
A Sequential Analysis Trigger for Type Ia Supernovae
Andrew Portuguese '11 and Associate Professor of Physics Gordon Jones
Bacterial Fuel Cell/Helium-3 EPR Electronic Interface
Gregory Schwedock '10 and Peter Millet, the Litchfield Professor of Physics
MetaWeb: Graph Based Personal Data Storage - A Semantic Web of Meta Data
Glenn Smith '10 and Associate Professor of Physics Gordon Jones
A Correlation in Neutron Decay
Lauren Vilardo '11 and Associate Professor of Physics Gordon Jones
Testing an Alignment System for aCORN
Psychology
Sarah Bookbinder '10 and Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology Mark Oakes
Directed Forgetting
Clair Cassiello '11 and Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology Mark Oakes
Eye-Tracking Bias Project
Suzannah Chatlos '10 and Assistant Professor of Psychology Jean Burr
The SPARK Project: Social Predictors of Kindergarten Readiness
Molly Haughey '12 and Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology John Edlund
Mate Value
Jacqueline Marra '10 and Assistant Professor of Psychology Jean Burr
Social Psychological Academic Readiness for Kindergarten (SPARK) Project
Brian Milstone '10 and Associate Professor of Psychology Jen Borton
Suppression of Negative Self-Referent Thoughts
Amanda Murray '10 and Assistant Professor of Psychology Jean Burr
The SPARK Project: Social and Academic Predictors of Kindergarten Readiness
Caroline Pantazis '12 and Doug Weldon, the Stone Professor of Psychology
Caroline Pierce '10 and Associate Professor of Psychology Jen Borton
Suppression of Negative Self-Referent Thoughts
Clifford Robbins '10 and Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology Mark Oakes
Directed forgetting of detail-oriented stimulus
Religious Studies
Amber Wheeless '11 and Professor of Religious Studies Steve Humphries-Brooks
The Theology of Horror
Russian Languages and Literatures
Casey Quinn '10 and Associate Professor of German and Russian Languages and Literatures John Bartle
Parsing Utopia: Russian Literature and the Classics
Sociology
Sanjana Nafday '10 and Assistant Professor of Sociology Yvonne Zylan
The Blindfold is Off: Brooklyn's Criminal Justice System Viewed Under the Lenses of Race and Class
Julia Pollan '10 and Associate Professor of Sociology Jenny Irons
Clowns for a Cause: Investigating the Clown Care Program as a Case Study for How Nonprofit Organizations Scale from Start-up to National
Samantha Rabin '11
Open Season on Tourists? Identity and Community on Martha's Vineyard
Theatre
Juan Hurtado '11 and Associate Professor of Theatre Craig Latrell
Street Theatre in Colombia
Women's Studies
Rachel Pohl '11 and Assistant Professor of Women's Studies Anne Lacsamana
Comparative Analysis: Cuban American Feminism and Cuban Feminism
