Past Scholars - 2006

Mr. David Adams
Psychology
“SEL and Special Education: Understanding the Relationship between Social and Emotional Learning and Behavior and Emotional Disoders”
Professors Maurice Elias and Catherine Lugg

Mr. Jeffrey Alexander
Genetics
“Genetic and Fluorimetic Analysis of Age Pigment Impact on Maintaining Youth in C. elegans
Professor Monica Driscoll

Ms. Lisa M. Amendo
History
“Thomas Edison: An American Icon in an Era of Globalization”
Professor Reese Jenkins

Mr. Benjamin Amsterdam
History
“The Brzezinski Gambit: Roots of an American Empire in the Middle East”
Professor Lloyd Gardner

Mr. Peter Asch
History
“Clarke with an "E"”
Professor William O'Neill

Mr. Gregg Barcan
Chemistry
“Purification and Crystallization of RNA Polymerase from Escherichia coli
Professor Edward Arnold

Mr. Olatunji Barlatt
Economics
“Workplace Safety Programs: Are they still worth it? A Closer Look at OSHA and the Maine 200 Program”
Professor Mark Killingsworth

Mr. Sergey Basyuk
History
“The Soviet Political Commissar in Fact and Fiction”
Professor Jochen Hellbeck

Ms. Anna Batler
Anthropology & English
“A Theist in the City of Man: Religious Woman in the Public Sphere”
Professors Brad Evans and Fran Mascia-Lees

Ms. Kelly Chang
Chemistry
“Synthesis and In Vitro Degradation of Phenolic Derivative-Based Poly(Anhydride-Ester) Microspheres”
Professor Kathryn Uhrich

Mr. Christopher P. Chen
Cell Biology and Neuroscience
“Neuroprotection by Uric Acid in a Model of Spinal Cord Injury”
Professor Bonnie Firestein

Mr. Andy Choy
Cell Biology and Neuroscience
“Structural Requirements for Tropomodulin Function”
Professors Sarah Hitchcock-DeGregori and Alla Kostyukova

Mr. Adam Cooper
Linguistics
“Tracking the Evolution of French Quantifiers”
Professor Viviane Deprez

Ms. Neha Das
Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
“Dynamic Expression of mRNA Splice Variants of the RNA-binding Protein AUF1”
Professor Gary Brewer

Ms. Rosemary Dodemaide
Political Science
“The ALF, the ELF and the Aryan Nations: Domestic Terrorism in the US Today”
Professor Roy Licklider

Ms. Drew-Anne Drapala
Cell Biology and Neuroscience
“Predicting Neurotoxicity Response to Methotrexate for Treatment of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia”
Professor B. A. Kamen

Ms. Shira Eytan
Life Sciences
“Analysis of the Effects of Phosphorylation on Mcm1 Expression”
Professor Andrew Vershon

Ms. Stephanie Ference
History
“"She Goes Too Far": Female Bodybuilding and Women's Struggle for Athletic Legitimacy, 1895-2005”
Professor James Reed

Mr. Sheehan Fisher
Psychology
“Parenting Styles and Conduct Disorder among Adolescents”
Professor Deirdre Kramer

Mr. Daniel Freidenreich
Exercise Science
“Multiple Sets vs. A Single Set: Determining Superiority by Manipulating Resistance Training Intensity”
Professor Shawn Arent

Mr. Daniel Gaztambide
Religion
“The Birth of a Dying Savior: Simon Peter on the Couch”
Professor Mahlon Smith

Ms. Rena Gersten
Psychology
“The Effects of Birth Order on Language Development in Twins”
Professor Karin Stromswold

Ms. Parisa Ghazi
Political Science
“Reflections of A People: Iranian-American Political Participation in the United States”
Professor Beth Leech

Mr. Ryan Gogol
Philosophy & Spanish and Portuguese
“Lost in Translation:  Can there be determinate meanings of 'Rabbit', 'London' and language?”
Professors Jason Stanley and Jose Camacho

Ms. Kathryn Grimes
English
“Fluent in Spanglish: Latino Identity and Bilingual Poetry”
Professor Maria Saldana

Mr. Paul Haimowitz
Political Science
“The Incompatibility of the Separation of Church and State with Traditional Jewish Law”
Professor Gordon Schochet

Mr. Gregory Hale
Psychology
“Do Individual Differences in the Basal Rate of Hippocampal Neurogenesis Predict General Learning Ability in Mice?”
Professor Louis Matzel

Ms. Dana Jean Janquitto
Asian Languages and Cultures
“Sun Women: The Female Rulers of Japan”
Professor Paul Schalow

Ms. Tal Kanfi
Economics
“The Effects of a Minimum Wage Increase on Vacancies in the New Jersey Labor Market: A Computable General Equilibrium Analysis”
Professor Michael Lahr

Ms. Lyudmila Kotlyanskaya
Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
“Uncovering the Role of MIP-1, a Novel Protein that Interacts with the Mechanosensitive Channel MEC, in Touch Sensation in C. elegans
Professor Monica Driscoll

Mr. Wayne Lalicon
Political Science & Sociology
“The Philippine polity in transition via transnationalism”
Professors Robyn Rodriguez and Leela Fernandes

Mr. Zachary M. Matusheski
History
“The Enemy Within: The Compromises of Robert S. McNamara”
Professor Michael Adas

Ms. Vedrana Misic
French
“Politics and Literature: Sartre and Duras”
Professor Carole Allamand

Ms. Victoria Niewrzol
Political Science
“Redress or Regress: The Politics of Legal Mobilization on Gay Marriage in America”
Professor Lisa Miller

Mr. Arthur Oder
Spanish and Portuguese
“El traductor-viajero”
Professor Phyllis Zatlin

Mr. Jay Oza
Life Sciences
“Attenuation of Neuroprotective HSP Response upon Neural Differentiation - Phenotype and Mechanism”
Professor Alice Liu

Mr. Shyam Patel
Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
“Role of Defective Cell Death Pathways in Breast Cancer”
Professor Eileen White

Mr. Christopher Percival
Anthropology
“A Study of GIS Techniques in the Analysis of Ancient Environments at Koobi Fora”
Professor Craig Feibel

Mr. Matthew D. Phelan
History
“Yes! We Have No Bananas!: "Grass" (1925) and the Making of Merian C. Cooper”
Professor Michael Adas

Mr. Brian Radvansky
Genetics
“Media and Construct Optimization of NS1 Protein for Structural and Functional Biological Studies”
Professor Gaetano Montelione

Mr. Karthik Raju
Cell Biology and Neuroscience
“Molecular Interactions of Neurofascin Variants”
Professor Martin Grumet

Ms. Nirmala Ramalingam
Cell Biology and Neuroscience
“Neural Encoding of Visuo-motor Transformation in Area 7a (IPL) of Macaque Parietal Cortex”
Professors Ron Hart and Ralph Siegel

Ms. Briana Rubin
Asian Languages and Cultures
“Japan's Own Brand of Suicide: Exploring the Unique Cultural Identity of Suicide in Japan”
Professor Satoru Saito

Mr. Eric Saltzman
Psychology
“Spreading Body Concerns: The Media’s Influence on Personal Body Concerns and Interpersonal Body Concerns for Romantic Partners”
Professor Diana Sanchez

Mr. Christoph Schierle
Psychology
“Measuring Brain Activity while Lying to Appear Unprejudiced: An ERP Study”
Professor Lee Jussim

Mr. Timothy S. Schuermer
Anthropology
“The Effect of Biophilia on Campus Design, Architecture, and the Psychological State of University Students”
Professor Lee Cronk

Mr. Rushank Shah
History
“Between Emperor, State, and Nation: Peter Chaadaev, the Decembrists, and the Search for a Russian National Consciousness.”
Professor Jochen Hellbeck

Ms. Agnieszka Siemiginowska
Geography
“Changing Urban Forms and Emerging Hazard Vulnerabilities”
Professor Robin Leichenko

Mr. Joseph V. Snee
Political Science
“Judging in Transition: Courts in post-Communist Russia”
Professor Jan Kubik

Mr. Alexander Son
Cell Biology and Neuroscience
“Response of Oligodendrocyte Progenitor Cells After Spinal Cord Injury in Transgenic Mice Lacking the Cell-Cycle Inhibitor p27Kip1”
Professor David Crockett

Mr. Xiaonan Sun
Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
“Association Analysis of the Genes PCP2 and ALDOLASE C with Autism Spectrum Disorders”
Professor James Millonig

Mr. Roger Taylor
English
“Jakarta: A Screenplay”
Professor Richard Koszarski

Ms. Katherine B. Teixeira
Psychology
“Changes in the Activity of Striatal Neurons during Formation of a Licking Habit”
Professor Mark West

Mr. Samuel Tischfield
Genetics
“A Bioinformatics Approach to Modeling Cytochrome P450 Gene Regulation in Hepatocytes”
Professor Charles Roth

Mr. J. Alex van Schaick
History
“Unintended Consequences: Neoliberalism and Social Movements in Bolivia”
Professor Herman Bennett

Mr. John Varady
American Studies
“Sports Documentary: A Cultural Perspective”
Professor Anne Fabian

Ms. Love Volkova
Cell Biology and Neuroscience
“Serotonin Abnormalities in Engrailed-2 Mutants in connection with Hyperserotonemia of Autism”
Professor George Wagner

Ms. Stephanie Warm
Psychology
“The Real Self and the Ideal Self: a Study of the Life and Thought of Karen Horney”
Professor George Atwood

Ms. Kathleen Wright
Genetics
“Analysis of the Mammalian Selenocysteine Insertion Machinery in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Professor Paul Copeland

Mr. Kenneth Yanes
French
“Usages de la satire dans la littérature des guerres de religion”
Professor Francois Cornilliat

 
   
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