Summer Research Stipends

 

Summer Stipend Information (here in PDF format) Updated 08/06/09

Summer Stipend  /Cover Sheet form (Word) Updated 07/31/09
 

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2009 Summer Stipends  
Name  Dept Title
Carlos Ardavin Modern Languages & Literatures The Literary Enterprise of Xuan Bello
Peter Balbert English Fractured Marriage and the Spirit of Place: Topography and Symbology in Lawrence's St. Mawr
Eduardo Balreira Mathematics Connectedness of Algebraic Rational Hypersurfaces
Angela Florschuetz English The Mother's Mark: Imagining Mothers in Middle English Romance 
Kyle Gillette Speech & Drama Upholstered Realism versus The Great Futurist Railroad
Jessica Halonen Art & Art History Rx Garden
John Hermann Political Science United States v. Lopez (1995): The Anatomy of a Landmark Case
Amer Kaissi Health Care Administration Hospital-Affiliated Convenient Care Clinics
Peter Kelly-Zion Engineering Science Experimental Studies of Film Evaporation
Kenneth Loiselle History Friendship Under Fire: Freemasonry in the French Revolution, 1789-1794
Brian Miceli Mathematics The Theory of Mixed Rook Placements
Randall Nadeau Religion The Blackwell Companion to Chinese Religions
Peter O'Brien Political Science Generous Postmodernism: A case against Nihilism and for Multiple Rationalities
Timothy O'Sullivan Classical Studies Romans Walking: Identity in Motion
Andrew Porter English Departures: A Novel in Progress
David Rando English Surfing Modernism
Richard Salvucci Economics The Lizardi Family and the Atlantic Economy, 1700-1870
Sussan Siavoshi Political Science The Voices of Reform: Islam and Politics in 21st Centruy Iran
Patricia Simonite Art & Art History The Akrotiri Project
David Spener Sociology & Anthropology Documenting the Clandestine Border-Crossing Experiences of Mexican Migrants in the Era of Intensified Immigration Control
Chad Spigel Religion Synagogue Workship in Khirbet Wadi Hamam
Matthew Stroud Modern Languages & Literatures Strong Women, Righteous Women: Mira de Amescua's El Clavo de Jael
Benjamin Surpless Geosciences Structural Evolution of the Black Gap Syncline, West Texas
Rita Urquijo-Ruiz Modern Languages & Literatures Wild Tongues: Adelina Anthony's Performance Art
Yu Zhang Computer Science Diffusions in Social Networks
     
2008 Summer Stipends  
NAME DEPARTMENT PROJECT TITLE
Laura Agoston Art & Art History The Ends of Mourning: Michelangelo's Funeral in San Lorenzo, 1564
Jarrod Atchison Speech and Drama The Mystic Chords of Separation: Decorum and Jefferson Davis's Resignation from the Senate
Jenny Browne English The Deceased Hope the Farm Remains in the Family for Generations to Come
Michelle Bushey Chemistry Short Wavelength UV induced changes in the flavonoid content of dicotyledonous plants: Mass Spectrometry Identification
David Crockett Politcal Science The Perils of Restoration Politics: George W. Bush in Political Time
Saber Elaydi Mathematics Time-Variant Population Models
Mark Garrison Art & Art History Recording of the Persepolis Fortification Archive:Tablets, Texts, and Seals
Frank Healy Biology Elucidation of the Role of Bacterial Signaling Molecules in the Production of Antibiotic Compunds and Toxins
David Hough Physics and Astronomy Modeling and Evolution of Magnetic Structures in Quasars
Robert Huesca Communication Youth Radio and Its Impacts
Andrew Kania Philosophy Philosophers on "Memento": A collection of new essays by leading scholars exploring the philosophical issues raised by the recent film "Memento". 
Patrick Keating Communication Rudolf Arnheim and the Shape of the Accidental
Nanette LeCoat Modern Languages and Literatures The Politics of Sociability: The Abbe Morellet and the French Academy
Kevin Livingstone Biology Development of a graph-based comparative genomics software package
Jennifer Mathews Sociology and Anthropology Spaces of Contention: Conflict and Rebellion in the Mesoamerican Plaza
Susanna Morrow Speech and Drama Improvising the Body: Ruth Zaporah's Action Theater
Kevin Nickels Engineering Science Quantitative Modeling of a Schlieren Optics System
Sofia Paredes Modern Languages and Literatures Spanish Language curriculum enhancement: Articulating language, content, and textual genres in the transition from Intermediate to Advanced Language Instruction
Chris Pursell Chemistry Laboratory Studies of the Evaporation of Fuel Films
Roger Spencer Economics Fiscal Policy Crowding Out
Jennifer Steele Physics and Astronomy  Optical trapping and sorting of microparticles using surface plasmon electromagnetic near fields
Wilson Terrell Engineering Science Experimental Analysis of Heat Transfer Fluids
Betsy Tontiplaphol English In Embalmed Darkness: The Luscious Poem in the Nineteenth Century
Harry Wallace Psychology Do Narcissists Quit or Persevere in the Face of Failure?
Elizabeth Ward Art and Art History The Production of a Series of Images in Lithography

 2007 SUMMER STIPENDS

NAME DEPARTMENT PROJECT TITLE
Peter Balbert English D. H. Lawrence and the Marriage Matrix: Intertextual Essays on Courtship, Conflict, and Transcendence
Rosana Blanco-Cano ML&L Zapotec Visions of Gender and Art: The Works of Natividad Amador and Martha Toledo
Eduardo Cabral Balreira Mathematics Topological Methods in Global Invertibility and its Applications
Jane Childers Psychology Children's Research Lab: How do Children Use Extralinguistic Information During Verb Learning
Rocio Delgado Education Exploring Multicultural Curricula in Special Education Teacher Preparation Programs
Christine Drennon Soc. & Anthrop. Testing Political Identity Theory with Multi-Agent Systems Simulation
Ruben Depertuis Religion Trial and Conflict Scenes in Acts and the Philosopher's Bold Speech
Beate Gersch Communication Working Mother-A media profile of the American working mother during the transition of feminist politics
Jennifer Henderson Communication The Role of Nonprofit Organizations as Participants in First Amendment Supreme Court Cases
Nicolle Hirschfeld Classical Studies The Cypriot ceramic cargo of the Uluburun shipwreck
Amer Kaissi Health Care Admin. Strategic Planning and Hospital Performance
Larry Kutchen English The Haitian Revolution, the Reign of Terror, and the Rise of Circumatlantic Romanticism
David Lesch History The History of the Unted States in the Middle East
Steven Luper Philosophy Well-being and Harm
Kelly Lyons Biology Use of Plant Species Functional Traits to Design Invasion Resistant Grassland Communities
Brian Miceli Mathematics Rook Theory & Poly-Stirling Numbers
Luis E. Murillo Religion Mexican Catholics, US Citizens: Transnational Catholic Practice and Identity in the parish of Coeneo, Michoacan and in the United States: 1945-2004
Peter O'Brien Political Science Clashes withn Civilization: The Headscarf Debate in Europe
Andrew Porter English The Elson House: A Novel in Progress
David Rando English Make It News! : Representing Experience in Twentieth-Century News and Literature
Kate Ritson Art & Art Hist. Investigation and creation of sculptural works integrating the Mokume Gane process of fabricating patterned metal
Bladimir Ruiz ML&L Juvenile Identities and Adult-centrism in Camino a casa. Un dia en la vida de un joven mexicano by Naiev Yehya
Richard Salvucci Economics Lizardi and Company: The Rise and Decline of a Transnational Mexican Trading Firm, 1770-1870
Kathleen Surpless Geosciences Reconstructing Cretaceous paleogeography of the western United States through provenance analysis of the Hornbrook Formation, Oregon and California
Rita Urquijo-Ruiz ML&L Chicano Nationalism and Queer Identity: What's a Cuban-American Singer got to do with it?

 

 

2006 SUMMER STIPENDS  
Name Dept. Project Title
Michelle Bushey Chemistry The Suitability of Porous Polymer Monoliths for Capillary Electrochromatography and Liquid Chromatography for the separation of Analytes of Biological Interest
Donald Clark History Seoul: A Cultural and Literary History
Stacey Connelly Speech & Drama A Career in Ruins: Erwin Piscator's Post-War Journal
David Crockett Political Science The Perils of Restoration Politics: George W. Bush in Political Time
Kristin Crouch Speech & Drama Expressions of Rage and Desire: Shared Experience Theatre's Production of Jane Eyre and Mill on the Floss
Julie DeCourcy Economics The Gap between Old Navy and Banana Republic: The Impact of Income Distribution on Vertical Product Differentiation within Firms
Aaron Delwiche Communication Overcoming Barriers to the Formation of Transnational Identities in Virtual Worlds
Roberto Hasfura Mathematics Higher Order Mixing in Kakutani Equivalence Classes
Laura Hunsicker-Wang Chemistry Copper Chaperones from Thermus thermophilus: is Sco1 a true copper chaperone?
Thomas Jenkins Classical Studies Nix on the Fluffy Stuff: Franklin P. Adams and American Love Elegy
Andrew Kania Philosophy Pieces of Music: A comparative Ontological Study of Classical, Rock, and Jazz Music
Carey Latimore History All that is needed now is the Auction Block as it used to be: Restoration and Reconstruction in Richmond, Virginia
Kevin Livingstone  Biology Evolutionary dynamics of a duplicated lycopene B-cyclase
Scott Macpherson Music Rudolph Mauersberger: Wie Liegt die Stadt so wust and Dresdner Requiem - Critical Analysis of Two Major Works Dating from the Fire-bombing of Dresden
Glenn Meyer Psychology Altruism and the Ability to Help
Judith Norman Philosophy The Fate of the Subject in Post-Kantian Thought
Timothy O'Sullivan Classical Studies Death ane ora parentum in Virgil's Aeneid
Sarah Pinnock Religion Embodied Mysticism of the Annihilated Self
Denise Pope Biology Individual Variation in fiddler crab mating and communication behavior: one size does not fit all
Daniel Speigel Physics & Astronomy Patterns in Liquid Crystals Induced with Laser Light
Jennifer Steele Physics & Astronomy Effects of Chemical Functionalization on the Plasmonic Properties of Metallodielectric Nano-Gratings
Claudia Stokes English In Defense of Genius: Resisting Professionalism in the American Nineteenth Century
Betsy Winakur Tontiplapho English In Embalmed Darkness: The Luscious Poem in the Nineteenth Century
Dennis Ugolini Physics & Astronomy Measuring Surface Charge on Ligo Optics
Harry Wallace Psychology A Model of Choking Under Pressure

 

 

2005 SUMMER STIPENDS  
Name Dept. Project Title
Laura Allen Education Investigating the effects of curricular change on beginning teachers' attitudes and practices regarding parent involvement
Duane Coltharp  English The Pleasures of the Popular: The British Literary Ballad, 1640-1755.
Christine Drennon Soc. & Anthro. Poor People in Poor Places?
Diana D.Glawe Engineering Science Structural control of peptide-mediated silica formation
Frank Healy Biology Mutagenesis of y-Butyrolactone Autoregulator and Binding Protein Transcriptional Regulator Genes in Secondary Metabolite-Producing Streptomyces
Jennifer J. Henderson Communication The First Amendment Database Project
John R. Hermann  Political Science Tearing Open The Lid of Pandora's Box: The Supreme Court, Commerce Clause, and National Police Powers
Nicolle Hirschfeld Classical Studies Final Preparations for Publication of the Potmarks of  Hala Sultan Tekke (Cyprus)
Bruce Holl Modern Lang. & Lit. Nabokov as Chess Author
David Hough Physics & Astronomy Magnetic Fields in the Cores of Lobe-dominated Quasars
Robert Huesca Communication Youth on the Air: A Study of Youth Radio Programs and Their Impacts
Jongwon Lee Art & Art History Hand-Made Paper for Digital Printing -An investigation of surface treatments to enable the use of traditional hand-made paper in digital printing.
David W. Lesch History The History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Kelly Lyons Biology Uncoupling Biotic and Abiotic Determinants of Non-Indigenous Species Success at the Local and Landscape Scale.
Patricia Norman Education Coaching the Coaches: Challenges and Possibilities for Critical Friends Groups
Diane Persellin Music First Steps to Vocal Accuracy: A Study of Intervals that Young Children Sing Most Successfully.
Andrew Porter English The completion of A Light from the East, a novel in progress.
Kate Ritson Art & Art History Investigation and creation of sculptural works and digital prints employing light as an aesthetic and technical focus.
Bladimir Ruiz Modern Lang. & Lit. Gay and Lesbian Subjectivities in Mexican Narrative: Utopia and Transgression.
Luis Schettino Psychology Evoked Response Potentials to Subconscious Visual Stimulation and Subsequent Motor Behavior.
Michael Soto English The Harlem Renaissance: Geography, Demography, and Social Identity in 1920's African American Life.
Kathleen Surpless Geosciences A New View of the Early History of the Great Valley Basin (California) from Detrital Zircon Provenance Analysis
Adam R. Urbach Chemistry The Design, Synthesis, and Thermodynamic Characterization of Highly Stable Complexes in Water
Rita E. Urquijo-Ruiz Modern Lang. & Lit. The Music of the Pachucada: A Binational Study of the Sounds that "Moved" Mexican and Chicana/o Zoot Suitors During the 1940's and 1950's.
Wen Xing Modern Lang. & Lit. Principles and Procedures for Transcribing Excavated Chinese Bamboo and Silk Manuscripts: An Update of The Study of Chinese Bamboo and Silk Manuscripts in Light of the Shanghai Museum Bamboo Slip Manuscripts