2013 Student Research & Creative Activity Winners
Kelene Fercho
Title: Neuropsychological correlates of task-induced cognitive fatigue: A study of performance and strategy
Program: Human Factors Psychology
Advisor: Doug Peterson
Raul B. Moreno
Title: On the Rez with Frazier and Fraser: Can The Land of Infinite Variety Speak?
Program: English
Advisor: Dr. Fred Arroyo (and most recently Dr. Edward Allen, soon to be retiring)
Christine Tirabassi
Title: Body Image and Risk Behaviors: The Role of Self-Esteem in a Multi-Ethnic Sample of College Women
Program: Clinical Psychology
Advisor: Jean Caraway
Ryan Hunsaker
Title: Journaling and Life Outcomes
Program: Clinical Psychology
Advisor: Raluca Gaher
Berit Linneham Foss
Title: Enhancement of Swelling Pressure for Tissue-engineered Nucleus Pulposus through Chondroprotective Supplementation
Program: Biomedical Engineering
Advisor: Ying Deng
Dominique Boudreau
Title: Mechanistic Studies of Chloroquine as UBXN2A Inducers in Colon Cancer
Program: Basic Biomedical Sciences
Advisor: Khosrow Rezvani
Yanqing Wang
Title: The role of GABA in controlling endocannabinoid-mediated modulation of pain and non-pain synapses.
Program: Basic Biomedical Sciences
Advisor: Brian Burrell
Harrison S. Kibombo
Title: Investigation of the role of platinum oxide supported titania for the degradation of organic pollutants
Program: Chemistry
Advisor: Ranjit Koodali
Rosalie Brueske
Title: Development of the Nonsexual Multiple Relationship Scale: Phase II and National Conference Presentation
Program: Clinical Psychology
Advisor: Barbara Yutrzenka
Teniesha A. Kessler-Emanuel
Title: Graduate Thesis: Endangered Species Poetry Book with Illustrations
Program: English - Creative Writing
Advisor: Lee Roripaugh
Carla Lee Anderson
Title: Effective Practices of Financial Education for College Students: Students' Perceptions of Credit Card Use and Financial Responsibility
Program: Educational Administration
Advisor: Karen Card
Yufeng Zhang
Title: Patterns of Mechanisms of Training Effects on Maximal Metabolic Output in Birds
Program: Biology
Advisor: David Swanson
Shuai Li
Title: Angiotensin II induces vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation, by proteasome dependent degradation of PIAS3 and activation of STAT3.
Program: Basic Biomedical Sciences
Advisor: Douglas Martin
Andrea Lin Lucas
Title: Examination of trans-Golgi SNARE syntaxin 10 interactions at the chlamydial inclusion
Program: Basic Biomedical Sciences
Advisor: Lisa Moore
Kara McCormick
Title: Investigating influenza's genetic contributions to viral fitness
Program: Basic Biomedical Sciences
Advisor: Victor Huber
Savannah Peters
Title: Differences Between Contraception Use in Rural and Urban Teens
Program: Clinical Psychology
Advisor: Randal Quevillon
Peter Shearer
Title: Quantifying optimal experience: psychophysiological measures of positive user interactions with electronic media
Program: Human Factors Psychology
Advisor: Michael Granaas
Ana Sofia Moreira da Silva
Title: The Wagner Tuba: the revival of an historical instrument
Program: Fine Arts - Music
Advisor: John Koster, David Moskowitz and Timothy Farrell
Hannah McLaren Boyd
Title: What is a Gamelan?
Program: Fine Arts - Music
Advisor: John Koster