2006 Student Summer Scholars
Lauren Bader

Protection Of Adult Pig Retinal Ganglion Cells From Glutamate-Induced Excitotoxicity
Faculty Mentor: David Linn
Kevin Betts

Attributions About Ostracism During The Completion Of A Cognitive Task
Faculty Mentor: Christine M. Smith
Christine Cleary

Studying Creativity: Pinning The Butterfly Or Preserving The Habit
Faculty Mentor: Gilda Povolo
Megan Cookingham

Evaluating Tagging Methods And Movement Patterns Of Round Gobies
Faculty Mentor: Carl Ruetz
Benjamin Eovaldi

The Androgen Signal Transduction Pathway In Coronary & Pulmonary Arteries
Faculty Mentor: Francis Sylvester
Brad Fowler

The "Creative Class" And Its Effects On Economic Development, Land Values, And Social Inequality In Midwestern Cities
Faculty Mentor: Joel Stillerman
Karen Grant

Creativity Testing: Alive And Well In The 21st Century?
Faculty Mentor: Susan Odgers
Rachael Hamilton

An Investigation Of The Elements Required For A Successful Cervical Cancer Awareness Campaign Designed To Meet The Needs Of Women In Rural Nicaragua
Faculty Mentor: Julia Mason
Nicole Henriksen

Using Imitative Play And Free Play To Facilitate The Development Of Social And Play Skills In Young Children With Autism
Faculty Mentor: Amy Matthews
Anica Jankowski

Globalization in Late Ottoman Jordan: Material Culture in Village Society
Faculty Mentor: Bethany Walker
Loretta Lanning

Beethoven's Continental Folksong Settings: Research and Musical Preparation
Faculty Mentor: Lisa Feurzeig, Music and Dance
Kait LaPorte

Preparing a Performing Version of L'Amor Marinaro, an Opera by Joseph Weigl
Faculty Mentor: Lisa Feurzeig, Music and Dance
Kim Marshick

Processing Information from Narrative and Expository Text
Faculty Mentor: Michael Wolfe, Psychology
Amanda Massau

Golf Course Management & Amphibians: Impacts of wetland habitat management on the occurrence of green and leopard frog populations
Faculty Mentor: Stephen Burton
Dustin Mier

Investigation of Ailanthus altissima Extracts on Microbial Species
Faculty Mentor: Roderick Morgan, Biology
Adam Miller

Design of Engineering Analysis Software
Faculty Mentor: John Oliva
Jesse Ondersma

Progress Towards the Synthesis of Apomorphine
Faculty Mentor: Matthew E. Hart, Chemistry
Jonathan Rawson

Probing important protein interactions in the mammalian diaphanous-related formins: How single amino acid residue can affect the entire skeletal network of the cell
Faculty Mentor: Brad Wallar, Chemistry
Rachel Salata

Public Discourse in a Democracy
Faculty Mentor: Judy Whipps, Liberal Studies
Brian Smith

Generation of Mutant Class D Lactamases Conferring Resistance to Third-Generation Cephalosporins
Faculty Mentor: Dave Leonard, Chemistry
Sara Smolinski

Determination of Hdc Transcription Initiation in the Drosophila Genome Using 5 -RACE
Faculty Mentor: Martin Burg, Biomedical Sciences
Susan Soli

Walking the Ravines: An Educational Journey through Writing and Photography
Faculty Mentor: Stan Krohmer, Liberal Studies
Matthew Stamps

Circle Packings
Faculty Mentor: David Austin, Mathematics
Tina Struyk

The Impact of English as a Second Language and Bilingual Education on Spanish Language Proficiency of Elementary Students
Faculty Mentor: Zulema Moret, Modern Language and Literatures
Ilea Swinehart

Identification of a Gene Involved in Hormone-Induced Moss Development
Faculty Mentor: Margaret Dietrich, Biology
Anita Van Til

Willard Wichers and Dutch Immigration Under the Refugee Relief Act
Faculty Mentor: David Snyder
Crystal VanOss-Daining

Women and the Reformation: A Comparative Study of Marriage Laws and Gender Roles in Catholic and Protestant Europe
Faculty Mentor: Grace Coolidge, History
Jesse Veenstra

Identification of development-specific mRNA splice variants from the rosA gene of Drosophila melanogaster
Faculty Mentor: Martin Burg, Biomedical Sciences
Jamie Wasilchenko

The Divine Mother, Community Outreach, and Interfaith in West Michigan
Faculty Mentor: Russell Rhoads, Anthropology
Andrew Wilson

Access to Prenatal Care in Kent County: Understanding the Issues that influence Provider Participation in the Medicaid Program
Faculty Mentor: Stephen Borders, Public, Nonprofit & Health Administration
Patrick Womble

Urbanization induced changes to a ravine system and evaluation of land use and infrastructure sustainability at Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan
Faculty Mentor: Peter Wampler, Geology
If you'd like to see more about these scholars' projects, then check out the Student Summer Scholars Summer Showcase Abstract Book.