2010 Student Summer Scholars


Matthew Boeve

Matthew Boeve

Visual learning and discrimination of abstract shapes by crayfish
Faculty Mentor: Daniel Bergman, Biomedical Sciences

Katherine Butler

Katherine Butler

Does Gender Still Matter?: Women Physicians' Self-Reported Medical Education Experiences
Faculty Mentor: Julia Mason, Women and Gender Studies

Kelsey Crowley

Kelsey Crowley

Localization of serotonin and histamine-containing cells in the larval CNS of Drosophila melanogaster
Faculty Mentor: Martin Burg, Biomedical Sciences

Joshua Davis

Joshua Davis

Mapping the Reactivity Surface of Metal-Olefin Reactions
Faculty Mentor: Stephen Matchett, Chemistry

Trevor DeWaard

Trevor DeWaard

Identity, Language Practices and Language Ideologies Among Nepali-Bhutanese in West Michigan
Faculty Mentor: Kathryn Remlinger, English

Lena Drake

Lena Drake

The Edible Body, a poetry chapbook: Food and Sex as Pleasure, Disorder, and Commodity
Faculty Mentor: Kathleen Blumreich, English

Kendall Gilbert

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

Tamara Hillman

Impacts of timber harvest on Southern Flying Squirrel survival and habitat use
Faculty Mentors: Paul Keenlance, Biology; Joe Jacquot, Biology

Susan Krizmanich

Susan Krizmanich

Physical Educators Playing with Technology: Creating and Evaluating Motor Development Screencasts
Faculty Mentor: Colleen Lewis, Movement Science

Min Lee

Min Lee

Genetic approaches to understanding the impact of wind energy on red bats (Lasiurus borealis)
Faculty Mentor: Amy Russell, Biology

Andrea Lowing

Andrea Lowing

Hawthorn extract - viable treatment for cardiovascular disease or unscrupulous herbal supplement?
Faculty Mentor: Francis Sylvester, Biomedical Sciences

Alex MacDonald

Alex MacDonald

Synthesis of Rigid Analogs of Thyronamine
Faculty Mentor: Matthew Hart, Chemistry

Bertil Nshime

Bertil Nshime

Extraction of Pesticides from Contaminated Soil via Cyclodextrin Complexation
Faculty Mentor: Andrew Lantz, Chemistry

Douglas Peterson

Douglas Peterson

The role of Nato3, a novel transcription factor, in dopamine neuron formation
Faculty Mentor: Merritt Taylor, Biomedical Sciences

Jennifer Phelan

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

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

Nichole Rydahl

Outcome Evaluation of Emergency Food Programs in Kent County, Michigan
Faculty Mentor: Stephen Borders, Public Administration

M. Andrew Sanford

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

Shawna Tanner

Trait and Social Influences in the Link between Negative Thinking and Favorable Affect
Faculty Mentor: Brian Lakey, Psychology

Andrew Taylor

Andrew Taylor

The relationship between beliefs and comprehension
Faculty Mentor: Michael Wolfe, Psychology

Jennifer Torreano

Jennifer Torreano

Designing Spaces, Mapping Disciplines: Toward Better Collaboration Between Writing Centers and Libraries
Faculty Mentor: Ellen Schendel, Writing

Julie Wesselink

Julie Wesselink

The Antibacterial Properties of GV-1 and GV-2 Chemical Derivatives
Faculty Mentor: Roderick Morgan, Biology

Shawn Wright

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.

2010 Student Summer Scholars Summer Showcase Abstract Book



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