2009 Summer Research Grants
Biology Department
Maren Blohm, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
The effect of the heavy metals nickel and chromium on disjunct populations of Arabidopsis lyrata Kim Derrickson, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Is the Withdrawal of Parental Care by Male Wood Thrushes An Adaptive Response to Being Cuckolded? Andrew Schoeffield, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Control of Pathogenic Bacteria in a viable-but-nonculturable state by the bacterial predator Bdellovibrio Christopher Thompson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Modulation of the Innate Immune System of Echinacea and Green Tea Christopher Tilmann, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Impact of environmental toxins on the development and reproduction of the nematode, C. Elegans Chemistry Department Birgit Albrecht, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
The Odd Couple: SARS and ACE2 Elizabeth E. Dahl, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Proposal Writing for Research in Marine and Atmospheric Chemistry Jesse D. More, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Studies Toward the Synthesis of the Antifungal Natural Product Ezomycin A2: Preparation of Ezoaminuroic Acid Classics Department Thomas D. McCreight, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Student Life in Early Jesuit Schools: Previously Untranslated Documents Martha C. Taylor, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Democracy, Freedom, and Empire in Thucydides English Department Bryan Crockett, Ph.D., Associate Professor
The Puritan and the Pirate: Stephen Egerton’s Incendiary Sermon Juniper Ellis, Ph.D., Associate Professor
A Handbook for Humor Studies Nicholas Miller, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Tropics of Evolution: Science, Religion, and Literary Imagination Robert S. Miola, Ph.D., Professor
A Norton Critical Edition of Shakespeare’s Hamlet Mark W. Osteen, Ph.D., Professor
Femmes Not Fatale: Women, Love and Labor Power; and Vet Noir: Disability, Masculinity, and Memory, two chapters of a book entitled The Big Night: Film Noir and American Dreams Fine Arts Department Janet Headley, Ph.D., Professor and Chair
George A. Lucas, Samuel P. Avery, and Art Patronage in late 19th Century America History Department Thomas R. Pegram, Ph.D., Professor
The Ku Klux Klan in 1920’s American Society and Politics Mathematical Sciences Department Mili I. Shah, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Symmetric Eigenfaces Modern Languages and Literatures Department Leslie Zarker Morgan, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Orable, Guibourc, Tiborga: Metamorphoses of a Medieval French Literary Protagonist into Italian Pastoral Counseling Department Joseph Stewart-Sicking, Ed.D., Assistant Professor
Called to Serve: A Study of Gender and Well-Being among Episcopal Clergy Philosophy Department Paul Richard Blum, Ph.D., Professor
Michael Polanyi: The Personal Coefficient and the Cultural Framework: Parameters of Advancement in Science Bret W. Davis, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Orienting Heidegger Timothy J. Stapleton, Ph.D., Associate Professor
The Parting of the Ways: Husserl and Heidegger Physics Department Joseph W. Ganem, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Growth and Characterization of Praseodymium-Doped Potassium Lead Chloride Crystals Political Science Department Douglas B. Harris, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Arthur Pue Gorman and the Origins of Senate Party Leadership Janine Holc, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Is a Secular Europe the Future of Catholic Poland? The Impact of European Union Conflict on Polish Electoral Politics Speech-Language Pathology/Audiology Department Marie Kerins, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Learning and Communication Pattern of Generation Y Students in Speech-Language Pathology Libby Kumin, Ph.D., Professor
Development of a communication skills checklist for employment counseling with adults with Down Syndrome Janet Preis, Ed.D., CCC-SLP, Associate Professor
The Effect of Sensory Integration Therapy on the Expressive Language of Children with Autism Lisa Schoenbrodt, Ed.D., CCC-SLP, Professor
Response to Intervention: The Role of the Speech Language Pathologist Theology Department R. Trent Pomplun, Ph.D., Associate Professor
The Alphabetum Tibetanum of Antonio Agostino Giorgi (1711-1797) Angela Russell Christman, Ph.D., Professor
Ambrose of Milan’s Exposito Psalmi CXVIII in its Liturgical Setting Writing Department Ron Tanner, Ph.D., Professor
Searching for the Island Story Tellers Marketing Department
Jason Qiyu Zhang, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Born Unequal: Understanding Persuasiveness of Consumers Product Reviews Teacher Education Department
L. Mickey Fenzel, Ph.D., Professor and Chair
The Education of At Risk Urban African American and Latino/a Middle School Students in Nativity Schools
| 