2010 Student Summer Scholars
Matthew Boeve
Visual learning and discrimination of abstract shapes by crayfish
Faculty Mentor: Daniel Bergman, Biomedical Sciences
Katherine Butler
Does Gender Still Matter?: Women Physicians' Self-Reported Medical Education Experiences
Faculty Mentor: Julia Mason, Women and Gender Studies
Kelsey Crowley
Localization of serotonin and histamine-containing cells in the larval CNS of Drosophila melanogaster
Faculty Mentor: Martin Burg, Biomedical Sciences
Joshua Davis
Mapping the Reactivity Surface of Metal-Olefin Reactions
Faculty Mentor: Stephen Matchett, Chemistry
Trevor DeWaard
Identity, Language Practices and Language Ideologies Among Nepali-Bhutanese in West Michigan
Faculty Mentor: Kathryn Remlinger, English
Lena Drake
The Edible Body, a poetry chapbook: Food and Sex as Pleasure, Disorder, and Commodity
Faculty Mentor: Kathleen Blumreich, English
Kendall Gilbert
Using organic agriculture systems for introducing a model farming fieldwork program at Grand Valley State University
Faculty Mentor: Edwin Joseph, Geography
Tamara Hillman
Impacts of timber harvest on Southern Flying Squirrel survival and habitat use
Faculty Mentors: Paul Keenlance, Biology; Joe Jacquot, Biology
Susan Krizmanich
Physical Educators Playing with Technology: Creating and Evaluating Motor Development Screencasts
Faculty Mentor: Colleen Lewis, Movement Science
Min Lee
Genetic approaches to understanding the impact of wind energy on red bats (Lasiurus borealis)
Faculty Mentor: Amy Russell, Biology
Andrea Lowing
Hawthorn extract - viable treatment for cardiovascular disease or unscrupulous herbal supplement?
Faculty Mentor: Francis Sylvester, Biomedical Sciences
Alex MacDonald
Synthesis of Rigid Analogs of Thyronamine
Faculty Mentor: Matthew Hart, Chemistry
Bertil Nshime
Extraction of Pesticides from Contaminated Soil via Cyclodextrin Complexation
Faculty Mentor: Andrew Lantz, Chemistry
Douglas Peterson
The role of Nato3, a novel transcription factor, in dopamine neuron formation
Faculty Mentor: Merritt Taylor, Biomedical Sciences
Jennifer Phelan
A chemical genetics approach to elucidate mechanisms of the fission yeast polo kinase in cell division
Faculty Mentor: Dawn Clifford Hart, Cell & Molecular Biology
Daniel Rhode
Exoticism in the Composition and Reception of Rodgers and Hammerstein's The King and I and Flower Drum Song
Faculty Mentor: Lisa Feurzeig, Music
Nichole Rydahl
Outcome Evaluation of Emergency Food Programs in Kent County, Michigan
Faculty Mentor: Stephen Borders, Public Administration
M. Andrew Sanford
The Ethical Dimensions of Water Usage and Aquatic Invasive Species in the Great Lakes Ecosystem
Faculty Mentor: John Uglietta, Philosophy
Shawna Tanner
Trait and Social Influences in the Link between Negative Thinking and Favorable Affect
Faculty Mentor: Brian Lakey, Psychology
Andrew Taylor
The relationship between beliefs and comprehension
Faculty Mentor: Michael Wolfe, Psychology
Jennifer Torreano
Designing Spaces, Mapping Disciplines: Toward Better Collaboration Between Writing Centers and Libraries
Faculty Mentor: Ellen Schendel, Writing
Julie Wesselink
The Antibacterial Properties of GV-1 and GV-2 Chemical Derivatives
Faculty Mentor: Roderick Morgan, Biology
Shawn Wright
Redesign of the Wheelchair Trainer
Faculty Mentors: Christopher Pung, Engineering; John Farris, Engineering
If you'd like to see more about these scholars' projects, then check out the Student Summer Scholars Summer Showcase Abstract Book.