Past Conference Grants

2023 – 2024

Women’s Studies

Reed, Ashlynn  (Advisor: Trisha Franzen) National Women’s Studies Association Annual Conference

Hernandez, Monique  (Advisor: Trisha Franzen) National Women’s Studies Association Annual Conference

2022 – 2023

Fall 2021

Geology

Zink, Samantha  (Advisor: Joe Lee-Cullin)  Geological Society of America Connects

Jose, Saige  (Advisor: Joe Lee-Culling)  Geological Society of America Connects

Jatta, Moses (Advisor: Madeline Marshall)  Geological Society of America Connects

Bergeron, Lauren  (Advisor: Madeline Marshall)  Geological Society of America Connects

Spring 2022

Biochemistry

Beyers, Ryan  (Advisor: Craig Streu)    Experimental Biology 2022

Corona-Avila, Irene  (Advisor: Craig Streu)    Experimental Biology 2022

Crysler, Anna  (Advisor: Craig Streu)    Experimental Biology 2022

Filbrandt, Peter  (Advisor: Craig Streu)    Experimental Biology 2022

Hogaboom, Jeremey  (Advisor: Chris Rohlman)    Experimental Biology 2022

Patel, Jade  (Advisor: Craig Streu)    Experimental Biology 2022

Piontkowsky, Kaitlyn  (Advisor: Craig Streu)    Experimental Biology 2022

Dye, Samantha (Advisor: Craig Streu)    American Chemical Society – Bonding Through Chemistry

Geiss, Hannah  (Advisor: Craig Streu)    American Chemical Society – Bonding Through Chemistry

Goike, Rachel  (Advisor: Craig Streu)    American Chemical Society – Bonding Through Chemistry

McQuown, Haley  (Advisor: Craig Streu)    American Chemical Society – Bonding Through Chemistry

Moss, Alexis  (Advisor: Craig Streu)    American Chemical Society – Bonding Through Chemistry

Muhaxhiri, Enisa  (Advisor: Ben Appiagyei)    American Chemical Society – Bonding Through Chemistry

Potter, Chase  (Advisor: Craig Streu)    American Chemical Society – Bonding Through Chemistry

Reed, Lolo  (Advisor: Craig Streu)    American Chemical Society – Bonding Through Chemistry

Economics

Injinash, Aminna  (Advisor: John Bedient)  National Conference of Undergraduate Research

Honors Program

Jagdish, Tanya  (Advisor: Dale Kennedy)  2022 Richard Macksey National Undergraduate Humanities Research Symposium

Modern Language

Best, Jacqueline  (Advisor: Dianne Guenin-Lelle)  2022 Richard Macksey National Undergraduate Humanities Research Symposium

Psychological

Carr, Victoria  (Advisor: Andrea Francis & Mareike Wieth)  Association for Psychological Science

Krawczyk, Meghan  (Advisor: Andrea Francis & Mareike Wieth)  Association for Psychological Science

**ALL FALL 2020 CONFERENCES WERE CANCELLED DUE TO COVID 19**

SPRING 2021
Biology

Stander, Rachel  (Advisor: Abigail Cahill)   National Conference of Undergraduate Research

Chemistry

Pham, San  (Advisor: Craig Streu)    National Conference of Undergraduate Research

History

Bergeron, Lauren  (Advsisor: Marcy Sacks)  National Conference of Undergraduate Research

Biology

Christopher Breen Christopher  (Advisor: Abigail Cahill)   Society of Intergrative & Comparative Biology

Geology

Alexandra Hormanlexandra  (Advsisor: Carrie Menold)   Geologic Society of America Annual Meeting

Chemistry

Slone Schultz  (Advisor: Kevin Metz)    American Chemical Society Fall Scientific Meeting

Anthropology

Cameron Voss    (Advisor: Allison Harnish)    Athens Democracy Forum
Camerson Voss  (Advisor: Allison Harnish)    American Anthropological Assoc. and the Canadian Anthro Soc.

** ALL CONFERENCES WERE CANCELED FOR SPRING 2020 DUE TO COVID 19 **

Appel, Rachel (Advisor: Mareike Wieth) 59th Psychonomic Society Annual Meeting

Baker, Andrew (Advisor: Tim Lincoln) Geological Society of America Annual Meeting

Chernysheva, Liliya (Advisor: Kevin Metz) American Geophysical Union 2018

Garcia, Elisabeth (Advisor: Matt Schoene) Global Course Connection Conference

Graham, Sydney (Advisor: Matt Schoene) Global Course Connection Conference

Hanna, Ashley (Advisor: Matt Schoene) Global Course Connection Conference

Jansen, Elle (Advisor: Matt Schoene) Global Course Connection Conference

Konett, Aliera (Advisor: Bill Bartels) Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America

Mangiapane, Antonio (Advisor: Matt Schoene) Global Course Connection Conference

McCann, Nicole (Advisor: Matt Schoene) Global Course Connection Conference

Mehaney, Mikita (Advisor: Matt Schoene) Global Course Connection Conference

Pitt, Melanie (Advisor: Matt Schoene) Global Course Connection Conference

Rosenburg, Max (Advisor: Tim Lincoln) Geological Society of America Annual Meeting

Stewart, Ian (Advisor: Drew Christopher) 2019 Society for Personality and Social Psychology Convention

Swett, Henry (Advisor: Matt Schoene) Global Course Connection Conference

Youmans, Tess (Advisor: Matt Schoene) Global Course Connection Conference

Star, Eryn (Advisor: Vanessa McCaffrey) Midwest Bisexual Lesbian Gay Transgender Asexual College Conference

Beall, Mary (Advisor: Kevin Metz) 257th National Meeting of the American Chemistry Society

Schultz, Slone (Advisor: Kevin Metz) 257th National Meeting of the American Chemistry Society

Jordan, Shakara (Advisor: Kevin Metz) 257th National Meeting of the American Chemistry Society

Markovich, Annika (Advisor: Kevin Metz) 257th National Meeting of the American Chemistry Society

Karns, Taylor (Advisor: Craig Streu) Experimental Biology 2019 ASBMB Meeting

Allison, Jessica (Advisor: Craig Streu) Experimental Biology 2019 ASBMB Meeting

Denison, Madeline (Advisor: Craig Streu) Experimental Biology 2019 ASBMB Meeting

Schoon, Hannah (Advisor: Craig Streu) Experimental Biology 2019 ASBMB Meeting

Dill, Zerick (Advisor: Craig Streu) Experimental Biology 2019 ASBMB Meeting

Ranger, Marah (Advisor: Craig Streu) Experimental Biology 2019 ASBMB Meeting

Siemens, Bram (Advisor: Craig Streu) Experimental Biology 2019 ASBMB Meeting

Zimmer, Kassidy (Advisor: Craig Streu) Experimental Biology 2019 ASBMB Meeting

Enerson, Rebecca (Advisor: Craig Streu) Experimental Biology 2019 ASBMB Meeting

Weiblen, Emilee (Advisor: Craig Streu) Experimental Biology 2019 ASBMB Meeting

Voss, Camerson (Advisor: Matt Schoene) North Central Sociological Association Conference

Allaway, Isabel (Advisor: Matt Schoene) North Central Sociological Association Conference

McCann, Nicole (Advisor: Matt Schoene) North Central Sociological Association Conference

Manning, Caroline (Advisor: Holger Elischinberger) Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology

Manning, Caroline (Advisor: Holger Elischinberger) Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Assoc

Appel, Rachel (Advisor: Mareike Wieth) 31st Annual Assocation for Psychological Science Convention

McGerty, Laurel (Advisor: Holger Elischinberger) 31st Annual Assocation for Psychological Science Convention

Antal, Taylor (Advisor: Mareike Wieth) 31st Annual Assocation for Psychological Science Convention

Mudd, Emily (Advisor: Holger Elischinberger) 31st Annual Assocation for Psychological Science Convention

Plummer, Zachary (Advisor: Craig Streu) Experimental Biology 2019 ASBMB Meeting

Nelson, Jennifer (Advisor: C. Menold) 2017 GSA Annual Meeting

Vesa, Onna (Advisor: N. Zellner) 231st American Astronomical Society

Allaway, Isabel (Advisor: Matthew Schoene) NC Sociological Assoc. Annual Meeting

Alpert, Taylor (Advisor: Brad Rabquer) Experimental Biology Conference

Bernard, Michael (Advisor: Vanessa McCaffrey) ACS – New Orleans

Boyle, Erin (Advisor: Lynn Verdusco-Baker) NC Sociological Assoc. Annual Meeting

Brown, Nichole (Advisor: Heather Jordan) AMS

Budd, Tristan (Advisor: Brad Rabquer) Experimental Biology Conference

Bush, Jessica (Advisor: Chris Rohlman) Experimental Biology Conference

Conover, Olivia (Advisor: Vanessa McCaffrey) American Chemical Society – New Orleans

Dill, Zerick (Advisor: Craig Streu) American Chemical Society – New Orleans

Fodor, Antoniu (Advisor: David Reimann) 2018 Joint Mathematics Meeting

Kazmierczak, Marcin (Advisor: Kevin Metz) American Chemical Society – New Orleans

Kelsey, Lauren (Advisor: Kevin Metz) American Chemical Society – New Orleans

Kohanov, Zach (Advisor: Craig Streu) American Chemical Society – New Orleans

Mason, Garrett (Advisor: Vanessa McCaffrey) American Chemical Society – New Orleans

Miller, Anna (Advisor: Ken Saville) Experimental Biology Conference

Patel, Nikhil (Advisor: Brad Rabquer) Experimental Biology Conference

Reid, Alex (Advisor: Kevin Metz) American Chemical Society – New Orleans

Robbins, Jami (Advisor: Vanessa McCaffrey) American Chemical Society – New Orleans

Sheperd, Patrick (Advisor: Craig Streu) American Chemical Society – New Orleans

Stander, Matt (Advisor: Brad Rabquer) Experimental Biology Conference

Swartz, Brock (Advisor: Craig Streu) American Chemical Society – New Orleans

Vesa, Oana (Advisor: Nicolle Zellner) 231st American Astronomical Society

Woodhead, Nicole (Advisor: Chris Rohlman) Experimental Biology Conference

Bedker, Amanda (Advisor: Kimberly Jones) KCACTF III Festival XLIX, Indianapolis, IN

Butler, Jayden (Advisor: Nicolle Zellner) 229th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Grapevine, TX

Chernysheva, Liliya (Advisor: David Reimann) Joint Mathematics Meetings, Atlanta, GA

Darling, Emilee (Advisor: Carrie Menold) Geological Societies of America’s Annual Meeting, Denver, CO

De Spelder, Suzanne (Advisor: Zach Fischer) KCACTF III Festival XLIX, Indianapolis, IN

Ely, Samantha (Advisor: Jeff Wilson) Pavlovian Society Annual Meeting, Jersey City, NJ

Gaca, Margaret (Advisor: Brad Chase) 60th Annual Midwest Archaeoligical Conference, Iowa City, IA

Georgopoulos, Kristal (Advisor: Jared Cole) KCACTF III Festival XLIX, Indianapolis, IN

Gillham, Robert (Advisor: Bill Bartels) Geological Societies of America’s Annual Meeting, Denver, CO

Johnson, Brandon (Advisor: Jeff Wilson) Society for Neuroscience 2016 Conference, San Diego, CA

Morrison, Angela (Advisor: David Reimann) Joint Mathematics Meetings, Atlanta, GA

Nelson, Jennifer (Advisor: Carrie Menold) Geological Societies of America’s Annual Meeting, Denver, CO

Sears, Elisabeth (Advisor: Jeff Wilson) Society for Neuroscience 2016 Conference, San Diego, CA

Thurner, Stephanie (Advisor: David Reimann) Joint Mathematics Meetings, Atlanta, GA

Vesa, Oana (Advisor: N. Zellner) 229th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Grapevine, TX

Heitman, Kylie (Advisor: Brad Rabquer) Experimental Biology 2017 Conference, Chicago, IL

Rana, Savannah (Advisor: Brad Rabquer) Experimental Biology 2017 Conference, Chicago, IL

Stull, Lauren (Advisor: Brad Rabquer) Experimental Biology 2017 Conference, Chicago, IL

Armstrong, Christopher (Advisor: Craig Streu) 253rd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Francisco, CA

Estapa Bernabeu, Blanca (Advisor: Craig Streu) 253rd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Francisco, CA

Hall, Thomas (Advisor: Craig Streu) 253rd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Francisco, CA

Kazmierczak, (Advisor: Craig Streu) 253rd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Francisco, CA

Kelsey, Lauren (Advisor: Craig Streu) 253rd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Francisco, CA

Newson, Jordan (Advisor: Craig Streu) 253rd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Francisco, CA

Rola, Alexandra (Advisor: Craig Streu) 253rd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Francisco, CA

Ryan, Rebecca (Advisor: Craig Streu) 253rd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Francisco, CA

Zafferani, Martina (Advisor: Craig Streu) 253rd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Francisco, CA

CA Ford, Roxanne (Advisor: Kevin Metz) 253rd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Francisco, CA

Murphy, Shannon (Advisor: Kevin Metz) 253rd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Francisco, CA

Gumbleton, Lynette (Advisor: Barry Wolf) 36th Annual Conference on The First-Year Experience, Atlanta, GA

Stegman, Marissa (Advisor: Carrie Menold) Joint 52nd Northeastern Annual Section/51st North-Central Annual Section Meeting 2017, Pittsburgh, PA

Talaski, Grace (Advisor: Sam McIllhagga) 2017 CBDNA Small Band Programs Intercollegiate Band, Kansas City, MO

Zinkel, Kaitlin (Advisor: Andrea Francis) 29th APS Annual Convention, Boston, MA

Burns, Kelsey (Advisor: Andrew Christopher) 29th APS Annual Convention, Boston, MA

Alfano, Olivia (Advisor: Holger Elischberger) 29th APS Annual Convention, Boston, MA

Bourgoin, Jaime (Advisor: M. Wieth & A. Francis) 29th APS Annual Convention, Boston, MA

Cannoy, Ci Ci (Advisor: Mareike Wieth) 29th APS Annual Convention, Boston, MA

Johnson, Brandon (Advisor: J. Wilson)   Pavlovian Society Annual Meeting, Portland, OR

Johnson, Brandon (Advisor: J. Wilson)   Neuroscience 2015, Chicago, IL

Livingston, Corbin (Advisor: Kevin Metz)  250th American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting, Boston, MA

Livingston, Corbin (Advisor: Kevin Metz)  2015 Michigan Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference, Ann Arbor, MI

Barry, Zac  (Advisor: Brad Rabquer)  Experimental Biology, San Diego, CA

Bean, Elijah (Advisor: Marcy Sacks)  GLCA Boston Summer Seminar, Boston, MA

Bourgoin, Jaime (Advisor: Andrea Francis and Mareike Wieth)  28th APS Annual Convention, Chicago, IL

Burns, Dylan (Advisor: Cliff Harris)  251st National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS), San Diego, CA

Bush, Jessica (Advisor: Christopher Rohlman)  Experimental Biology, San Diego, CA

Crake, Claudia (Advisor: Vanessa McCaffrey)  251st National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS), San Diego, CA

Darling, Blake (Advisor: Scott Melzer)  2016 MSS-NCSA Joint Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL

Detwiler, Corissa (Advisor: Lynne Chytilo)  2016 Conference of the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA), Kansas City, MO

Estepa-Bernabeu, Blanca (Advisor: Cliff Harris)  251st National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS), San Diego, CA

Gaudette, Joshua (Advisor: Brad Rabquer)  Experimental Biology, San Diego, CA

Geisler, Pietro (Advisor: Cliff Harris)  251st National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS), San Diego, CA

Hall, Thomas (Advisor: Craig Streu)  251st National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS), San Diego, CA

Hempfling, Jordan (Advisor: Vanessa McCaffrey)  251st National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS), San Diego, CA

Kondor, Courtney (Advisor: Lisa Lewis)  251st National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS), San Diego, CA

Liu, Claudia (Advisor: Scott Melzer )  2016 MSS-NCSA Joint Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL

Livingston, Corbin (Advisor: Kevin Metz)  251st National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS), San Diego, CA

McKindles, Jessica (Advisor: Andrea Francis and Mareike Wieth)  28th APS Annual Convention, Chicago, IL

Meyer, Philip (Advisor: Clayton Parr)  2016 Mystic Seaport Sea Music Festival Symposium, Groton, CT

Moretti, Brandon  (Advisor: Brad Rabquer)  Experimental Biology, San Diego, CA

Obert, Alyssa (Advisor: Vanessa McCaffrey)  251st National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS), San Diego, CA

Perreault, Marie (Advisor: Scott Melzer)  2016 MSS-NCSA Joint Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL

Scott, Jessica (Advisor: Andy Boyan)  International Association for Communication and Sports Summit, Grand Rapids, MI

Sheridan, Megan (Advisor: Christopher Rohlman)  Experimental Biology, San Diego, CA

Watson, Krista (Advisor: Vanessa McCaffrey)  251st National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS), San Diego, CA

Wheeler, Corey (Advisor: Marcy Sacks)  GLCA Boston Summer Seminar, Boston, MA

Zafferani, Martina (Advisor: Craig Streu)  251st National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS), San Diego, CA

Ciastko, Lindsay (Advisor: N. Zellner) Michigan Space Grant Consortium, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Glenn, Ashley (Advisor: W.J. Wilson) Pavlovian Society Conference, Seattle, Washington

Harvey, Kayleigh (Advisor: C. Menold) Geological Society of America 2014 Conference, Vancouver, Washington

Heerspink, Brent (Advisor: T. Lincoln) Geological Society of America 2014 Conference, Vancouver, Washington

Morlock, Emily (Advisor: W.J. Wilson) Pavlovian Society Conference, Seattle, Washington

Ankney, Paige (Advisor: Cliff Harris) American Chemical Society National Meeting 2015, Denver, CO

Baguzis, Melissa (Advisor: Mareike Wieth) 27th APS Annual Convention, New York, NY

Bowers, Kara (Advisor: E. Dale Kennedy) 2015 Midwest Ecology and Evolution Conference, Bloomington, IN

Carey, Morgan (Advisor: Brad Rabquer) 2015 American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Meeting, Boston, MA

Foster, Stephen (Advisor: Holger Elischberger) 27th APS Annual Convention, New York, NY

Frick, Ethan (Advisor: Ken Saville) 2015 American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Meeting, Boston, MA

Glazier, Jessica (Advisor: Holger Elischberger) 27th APS Annual Convention, New York, NY

Hathaway, Chaney (Advisor: Cliff Harris) American Chemical Society National Meeting 2015, Denver, CO

Kribs, Zach (Advisor: Mareike Wieth) 27th APS Annual Convention, New York, NY

Madhaven, Shanti (Advisor: Mareike Wieth) 27th APS Annual Convention, New York, NY

Myers, Candace (Advisor: Carrie Booth-Walling) MidWest Political Science Assoc Annual Conf 2015, Chicago, IL

Pender, Josh (Advisor: Kevin Metz) American Chemical Society National Meeting 2015, Denver, CO

Samson, Michelle (Advisor: Kevin Metz) American Chemical Society National Meeting 2015, Denver, CO

Sanders, Stephanie (Advisor: Kevin Metz) American Chemical Society National Meeting 2015, Denver, CO

Sears, Elisabeth (Advisor: Megan Kudzia) 2015 Code4Lib Conference, Portland, OR

Sears, Michael (Advisor: Ken Saville) 2015 American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Meeting, Boston, MA

Sheridan, Megan (Advisor: Chris Rohlman) 2015 American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Meeting, Boston, MA

Sochor, Victoria (Advisor: Brad Rabquer) 2015 American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Meeting, Boston, MA

Syed, Safiya (Advisor: Brad Rabquer) 2015 American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Meeting, Boston, MA

Webster, Nick (Advisor: Cliff Harris) American Chemical Society National Meeting 2015, Denver, CO

Webster, Nick (Advisor: Chris Rohlman) 2015 American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Meeting, Boston, MA

Young, Evan (Advisor: Vanessa McCaffrey) American Chemical Society National Meeting 2015, Denver, CO

Zimmer, Emily (Advisor: Holger Elischberger) 27th APS Annual Convention, New York, NY

Baguzis, Melissa (Advisor: W. Jeffrey Wilson) Pavlovian Society Annual Meeting-Austin, TX

Baguzis, Melissa (Advisor: W. Jeffrey Wilson) Neuroscience 2013 Conference, San Diego, CA

Buck, Patrick (Advisor: Midori Yoshii) Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs, East Lansing, MI

Davis, Jon (Advisor: Beth Lincoln) 125th Annual Meeting and Expo for The Geological Society of America, Denver, CO

Hinks, Ben (Advisor: Thom Wilch) 125th Anniversary Annual Meeting & Expo for The Geological Society of America, Denver, CO

Huggins, David (Advisor: Carrie Menold) 125th Anniversary Annual Meeting & Expo for The Geological Society of America, Denver, CO

Keller, Heidi (Advisor: Tim Lincoln) 125th Anniversary Annual Meeting & Expo for The Geological Society of America, Denver, CO

Matti, Carlos (Advisor: Kevin Metz) Midwestern Symposium on Undergraduate Research in Chemistry, East Lansing, MI

Paxton, Holly (Advisor: W. Jeffrey Wilson) Pavlovian Society Annual Meeting, Austin, TX

Paxton, Holly (Advisor: Jeffrey Wilson) Neuroscience 2013 Conference, San Diego, CA

Redner, Ellen (Advisor: Thom Wilch) 125th Anniversary Annual Meeting & Expo for The Geological Society of America, Denver, CO

Reynolds, James (Advisor: Tim Lincoln) 125th Anniversary Annual Meeting & Expo for The Geological Society of America, Denver, CO

Rhee, Kevin (Advisor: Midori Yoshii) Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs, East Lansing, MI

Scelina, Noelle (Advisor: Thom Wilch) 125th Anniversary Annual Meeting & Expo for The Geological Society of America, Denver, CO

Baguzis, Melissa (Advisor: Andrew Christopher) 26th Association for Psychological Science’s Annual Convention, San Fransisco, CA

Brown, Marie (Advisor: Cliff Harris) 247th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society. Dallas, TX

Ciastko, Lindsay (Advisor: Nicolle Zellner) 223rd American Astronomical Soceity Conference. Washington, DC

Cloutier, Marissa (Advisor: Roger Albertson) 2014 Annual Drosophila Research Conference, San Diego, CA

Connolly, Megan (Advisor: Ian MacInnes) 2014 National Council for Undergraduate Research Conference, Lexington, KY

DeGroot, Audrey (Advisor: Ashley Feagin) Society for Photographic Education Conference, Baltimore, MD

DesRosiers, Scott (Advisor: Doug White and E. Dale Kennedy) Annual Meeting of the Wilson Ornithological Society, Newport, RI

Dix, Michael (Advisor: Kevin Metz) 247th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society. Dallas, TX

Domke, Sarah (Advisor: Eric Hill) 26th Association for Psychological Science’s Annual Convention, San Fransisco, CA

Douglas, Brandon 2014 National Council for Undergraduate Research Conference, Lexington, KY

Earl, Erica (Advisor: Vanessa McCaffrey) 247th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society. Dallas, TX

Fink, Eric (Advisor: Cliff Harris) 247th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society. Dallas, TX

Ganem, Alysandra (Advisor: Nicolle Zellner) 223rd American Astronomical Soceity Conference. Washington, DC

Gitre, Haley (Advisor: Cliff Harris) 247th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society. Dallas, TX

Jones, Joe (Advisor: Cliff Harris) 247th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society. Dallas, TX

Kacher, Walter (Advisor: Lynn Verduzco-Baker) 2014 National Council for Undergraduate Research Conference, Lexington, KY

Kruppe, Betsy (Advisor: Cliff Harris) 247th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society. Dallas, TX

Lelle, Austin (Advisor: Cliff Harris) 247th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society. Dallas, TX

Luo, Liqi (Advisor Ashley Feagin) Society for Photographic Education Conference, Baltimore, MD

Manquen, Jack (Advisor: Roger Albertson) 2014 Annual Drosophila Research Conference, San Diego, CA

Matti, Carlos (Advisor: Nicolle Zellner) 223rd American Astronomical Soceity Conference. Washington, DC

Matti, Carlos (Advisor: Kevin Metz) 247th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society. Dallas, TX

McClish, Allison (Advisor: Roger Albertson) 2014 Annual Drosophila Research Conference, San Diego, CA

McManaman, Jillian (Advisor: Cliff Harris) 247th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society. Dallas, TX

Mora Villar, Marisol (Advisor: Cliff Harris) 247th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society. Dallas, TX

Paxton, Holly (Advisor: Andrew Christopher) 26th Association for Psychological Science’s Annual Convention, San Fransisco, CA

Reddy, Alissa (Advisor: Cliff Harris) 247th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society. Dallas, TX

Sanders, Stephanie (Advisor: Kevin Metz) 247th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society. Dallas, TX

Schumaker, Alex (Advisor: Christopher Rohlman) 2014 American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Meeting, San Diego, CA

Shewach, Ori (Advisor: Andrew Christopher) 2014 Society for Personality & Social Psychology Conference. Austin, TX

Shewach, Ori (Advisor: Andrew Christopher) 26th Association for Psychological Science’s Annual Convention, San Fransisco, CA

Stapley, Emma (Advisor: Mary Collar) 2014 National Council for Undergraduate Research Conference, Lexington, KY

Thomas, Joe (Advisor: Cliff Harris) 247th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society. Dallas, TX

Tuma, Lizzie (Advisor: Brad Rabquer) 2014 American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Meeting, San Diego, CA

Wass, Brendan (Advisor: Cliff Harris) 247th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society. Dallas, TX

Wells-Schmidt, Robert (Advisor: Cliff Harris) 247th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society. Dallas, TX

Wesolowicz, Danielle (Advisor: Andrew Christopher) 26th Association for Psychological Science’s Annual Convention, San Fransisco, CA

Allgaier, Hannah (Adviser: Christopher Rohlman). “Identification of the DNA Binding Surface on the SIRV Capsid Protein.” Presented at the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Annual Meeting, April 20-24, 2013. Boston, MA.

Anderson, Dana (Adviser: Barbara Keyes). “Degrees, Methods, and Locations of Outpatient Practitioners Treating Anorexia Nervosa.” Presented the the Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention, May 23-26, 2013. Washington, DC.

Baguzis, Melissa (Adviser: W. Jeffrey Wilson). “Automated Detection of Movement and Location of an Earthworm.” Presented at the Pavlovian Society Meeting, September 20-23, 2012. Jersey City, NJ.

Blauvelt, Kelsi (Adviser: Nicolle Zellner). “Automated Methods for MALDI-TOF MS Analysis of Samples.” Presented at the Michigan Space Grant Consortium, October 6, 2012. Ann Arbor, MI.

Copi, Chelsea (Adviser: Cliff Harris). “Toward the Synthesis of 6-benzyl-2-thiouracil.” Presented at the 245th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, April 6-9, 2013. New Orleans, LA.

Coyne, Alice (Adviser: Barbara Keyes). “Methodological Challenges: Conducting Practice-Based Research In a Small Outpatient Clinic.” Presented the the Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention, May 23-26, 2013. Washington, DC.

Dix, Michael (Adviser: Kevin Metz). “Palladium Nanoparticles on Porous Carbon Microspheres As Catalysts For Hydrogenation Reactions.” Presented at the 245th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, April 6-9, 2013. New Orleans, LA.

Dougherty, Grace (Adviser: Christopher Rohlman). “The Role of CSF1 in Hepatocellular Carcinoma-recruited Macrophages.” Presented at the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Annual Meeting, April 20-24, 2013. Boston, MA.

Earl, Erica (Adviser: Vanessa McCaffrey). “Formation of Erythrose From Glycoaldegyde Using Bentonite Clay as a Catalyst.”  Presented at the 245th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, April 6-9, 2013. New Orleans, LA.

Ganem, Alysandra (Adviser: Nicolle Zellner). “Lunar Astrophotography.” Presented at the Michigan Space Grant Consortium, October 6, 2012. Ann Arbor, MI.

Gerber, Hayley (Adviser: Vanessa McCaffrey). “The Effect of Electron Density Within Vanadium Complexes Having Differing Substituents on Toxicity to Cancer Cells.” Presented at the 245th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, April 6-9, 2013. New Orleans, LA.

Habicht, M. Helen (Adviser: Carrie Menold). “Quantifying Paths in UHP Terranes: A 3-D Approach Using Thermobarometry and Field Relationships.” Presented at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, November 4-7, 2012. Charlotte, NC.

Hiday, Aaron (Adviser: Timothy Lincoln). “Investigation of Bioturbation and Groundwater Sapping as Possible Causes of Diel Turbidity Cycles in Rice Creek, Kalamazoo Watershed in Michigan.” Presented at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, November 4-7, 2012. Charlotte, NC.

Kribs, Zachary (Adviser: Andrew Christopher). “Age, Personality, and Time of Day Preference: A Meditational Relationship.” Presented the the Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention, May 23-26, 2013. Washington, DC.

Kruppe, Christopher (Adviser: Kevin Metz). “Synthesis of Shaped Nanoparticles Structured to Supports.” Presented at the 245th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, April 6-9, 2013. New Orleans, LA.

Nanna, Alex (Adviser: Andrew French). “Methylation of Heterocycles Using Fenton Chemistry.”  Presented at the 245th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, April 6-9, 2013. New Orleans, LA.

Nwe, Phu Khat (Adviser: Andrew French). “Synthesis and Evaluation of a New Substrate For Aryl Iodide Organocatalysis.” Presented at the 245th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, April 6-9, 2013. New Orleans, LA.

Paxton, Holly (Adviser: W. Jeffrey Wilson). “Automated Detection of Movement and Location of an Earthworm.” Presented at the Pavlovian Society Meeting, September 20-23, 2012. Jersey City, NJ.

Pender, Mitchell (Adviser: Vanessa McCaffrey). “Synthesis and Characterization of Substituted Bis-sulfate-bridged Binuclear Oxovanadium (IV) Macrocyclic Complexes.” Presented at the 245th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, April 6-9, 2013. New Orleans, LA.

Pickworth, Katie (Adviser: Barbara Keyes). “Degrees, Methods, and Locations of Outpatient Practitioners Treating Anorexia Nervosa.” Presented the the Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention, May 23-26, 2013. Washington, DC.

Plasman, Haley (Adviser: Dean McCurdy). “Using Macroinvertebrates as Bioindicators of Water Quality in Rice Creek, Michigan.” Presented at the Benthic Ecological Meeting, March 20-23, 2013. Savannah, GA.

Renaud, Elizabeth (Adviser: W. Jeffrey Wilson). “The Annelidometer: Automated Monitoring of an Earthworm’s Position and Movement.” Presented at the 245th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, April 6-9, 2013. New Orleans, LA.

Sanders, Stephanie (Adviser: Kevin Metz). “Room Temperature Synthesis of Shaped Palladium Nanoparticles on Carbon Substrates.” Presented at the 245th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, April 6-9, 2013. New Orleans, LA.

Schroeder, Krysta (Adviser: Andrew French). “Isolation of Podophyllotoxin From Juniperus scopulorum Post Essential Oil Extraction.” Presented at the 245th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, April 6-9, 2013. New Orleans, LA.

Schuetz, Blake (Adviser: Eric Hill). “Authoritarian Parenting, Cognitive Style, and the Religious Fundamentalism-Homonegativity Relationship.” Presented the the Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention, May 23-26, 2013. Washington, DC.

Shewach, Oren (Adviser: Andrew Christopher). “The Protestant Work Ethic: Its Relationship to the Big Five Personaltiy Factors.” Presented the the Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention, May 23-26, 2013. Washington, DC.

Sovansky, Erin (Adviser: Mareike Wieth). “Creativity in Musicians: Creativity Requires More Than Simply Playing Music.” Presented the the Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention, May 23-26, 2013. Washington, DC.

Spencer-Sturdavant, William (Adviser: Vanessa McCaffrey). “Optimization of the Acetoxylation of (+)-Limonene in the Presence of Zeolite H-beta.” Presented at the 245th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, April 6-9, 2013. New Orleans, LA.

Sutherland, Annie (Adviser: Jacque Carlson). “Pedagogical Aids in College Textbooks: Aids Do Not Significantly Facilitate Learning.” Presented the the Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention, May 23-26, 2013. Washington, DC.

Thomas, Joseph (Adviser: Cliff Harris). “Preparation and Use of PdNP Catalysts For Hydrogenation of Organic Compounds.” Presented at the 245th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, April 6-9, 2013. New Orleans, LA.

Walker, Ryan (Adviser: Andrew Christopher). “The Effects of Friendship Level on the Use of the Anchoring Heuristic: Who Do You Trust?” Presented at The Society for Personality and Social Psychology National Conference January 17-19, 2013. New Orleans, LA.

Ward, Anna (Adviser: Dean McCurdy). “Using Macroinvertebrates as Bioindicators of Water Quality in Rice Creek, Michigan.” Presented at the Benthic Ecological Meeting, March 20-23, 2013. Savannah, GA.

Waun, Cassaundra (Adviser: Vanessa McCaffrey). “Analysis of Glycolaldehyde After Simulated Terrestrial Impact Experiments.” Presented at the Michigan Space Grant Consortium, October 6, 2012. Ann Arbor, MI.

Waun, Cassaundra (Adviser: Vanessa McCaffrey). “Analysis of Glycolaldehyde After Simulated Meteoritic Impact Experiments.” Presented at the 245th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, April 6-9, 2013. New Orleans, LA.

Weiss, Brian (Adviser: Andrew Christopher). “Openness and Divergent Thinking: Investigating Possible Mediating Factors.”  Presented the the Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention, May 23-26, 2013. Washington, DC.

Bennett, Erica (Advisers: Vanessa McCaffrey and Nicolle Zellner). “Chemistry of Gylcolaldehyde and Dihydroxyacetone After High Velocity Impacts: Initial Experiments and Results.” Presented at the 243rd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 25-29, 2012. San Diego, CA.

Blaker, Amanda (Adviser: W. Jeffrey Wilson). “Escape and Avoidance Learning In the Earthworm.” Presented at the Pavlovian Society Annual Meeting, September 22-24, 2011. Milwaukee, WI.

Blaker, Amanda (Adviser: W. Jeffrey Wilson). “Earthworms in the Behavioral Neuroscience Laboratory Course.” Presented at the Society for Neuroscience Meeting, November 12-16, 2011. Washington, DC.

Connolly, Megan (Adviser: Ian MacInnes). “Misogyny in the Petrarchan Paradigm.” Presented at the 3rd Annual Medieval and Renaissance Studies Consortium, April 14, 2012. Alma, MI.

Coyne, Alice (Adviser: Scott Melzer). “What Do You Do? How Unemployed Men and Stay-At-Home Dads Respond to Not Being Breadwinners.” Presented at the Pacific Sociological Association Meeting, March 22-25, 2012. San Diego, CA.

Davis, Monica (Adviser: W. Jeffrey Wilson). “Earthworms in the Behavioral Neuroscience Laboratory Course.” Presented at the Society for Neuroscience Meeting, November 12-16, 2011. Washington, DC.

DeHondt, Justin (Adviser: Christopher Hagerman). “Reexamining Roman-Gothic Power Relations: the 418 Settlement of the Goths in Aquitaine.” Presented at the 3rd Annual Medieval and Renaissance Studies Consortium, April 14, 2012. Alma, MI.

Dix, Michael (Adviser: Kevin Metz). “Fabrication and Characterization of Graphite Supported Nanoparticles as Catalysts for the Suzuki Reaction.” Presented at the 243rd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 25-29, 2012. San Diego, CA.

Drolet, Cari (Adviser: Eric Hill). “Victim Blaming Increases When Sexual Assault Cases Do Not Go To Trial.” Presented at the 24th Annual Association for Psychological Science Convention, May 24-27, 2013. Chicago, IL.

Farris, Holly (Adviser: David Seely). “Analyzing Hydrated Salt Solutions at the Phoenix Landing Site.” Presented at the 43rd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, March 17-21, 2012, The Woodlands, TX.

Ferrara, Nicole (Adviser: W. Jeffrey Wilson). “Escape and Avoidance Learning in the Earthworm.” Presented at the Pavlovian Society Annual Meeting, September 22-24, 2011. Milwaukee, WI.

Ferrara, Nicole (Adviser: W. Jeffrey Wilson). “Earthworms in the Behavioral Neuroscience Laboratory Course.” Presented at the Society for Neuroscience Meeting, November 12-16, 2011. Washington, DC.

Fontana, Thomas (Adviser: William Bartels). “An Unusual Vertebrate Assemblage Preserved in Distal Alluvial Fan and Lake Margin Deposits of the Cathedral Bluffs Tongue, Wasatch Formation, Bush Rim, Red Desert, Wyoming.” Presented at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, October 8-11, 2011. Minneapolis, MN.

Giddings, Charisa (Adviser: W. Jeffrey Wilson). “Escape and Avoidance Learning in the Earthworm.” Presented at the Pavlovian Society Annual Meeting, September 22-24, 2011. Milwaukee, WI.

Herrman, Nicholas (Adviser: Vanessa McCaffrey). “Magnetic Coupling and Crystal Structures of Substituted Bis-Phenoxy-Bridged Dicopper (II) Macrocyclic Complexex.” Presented at the 243rd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 25-29, 2012. San Diego, CA.

Hiday, Aaron (Adviser: Thom Wilch). “Assessment of Diel Cycling in Agricultural Streams in South-Central Michigan-A Focus on Turbidity.” Presented at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, October 8-11, 2011. Minneapolis, MN.

Huggett, Audrey (Adviser: Ian MacInnes). “Virgil and Beatrice as Intellectual Parents.” Presented at the 3rd Annual Medieval and Renaissance Studies Consortium, April 14, 2012. Alma, MI.

Keener, Rachel (Adviser: Trisha Franzen). “Girls, Food and Power: Reclaiming the Earth Panel. Community Partnerships and Activism With/By Girls.” Presented at the National Women’s Studies Association Annual Conference, November 10-13, 2011. Atlanta, GA.

Kronner, John (Adviser: Cliff Harris). “Suzuki Couplings Using a Novel Palladium.” Presented at the 243rd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 25-29, 2012. San Diego, CA.

Kruppe, Christopher (Adviser: Kevin Metz). “Synthesis of Supported Palladium Nanocubes For Catalysis.” Presented at the 243rd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 25-29, 2012. San Diego, CA.

Lessnau, Nicholas (Adviser: Vanessay McCaffrey). “Substituent Effects on the Chemistry of Dioxovanadium (V) Complexes.” Presented at the 243rd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 25-29, 2012. San Diego, CA.

Long, Nicholas (Adviser: Vanessa McCaffrey). “Quantitative Analysis of Volatile Organic Compunds in Opened Wine.” Presented at the 243rd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 25-29, 2012. San Diego, CA.

Miller, Anna (Adviser: Kevin Metz). “Uptake and Impacts of Silver Nanoparticles on Brassica rapa.” Presented at the 243rd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 25-29, 2012. San Diego, CA.

Rao, Swati (Adviser: W. Jeffrey Wilson). “Earthworms in the Behavioral Neuroscience Laboratory Course.” Presented at the Society for Neuroscience Meeting, November 12-16, 2011. Washington, DC.

Reynolds, Lyndsey (Adviser: Kevin Metz). “Fabrication of Supported Palladium Nanoparticles on Polycarbonate Membranes as Catalysts for the Suzuki Reaction.” Presented at the 243rd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 25-29, 2012. San Diego, CA.

Roberts, Lauren (Adviser: Scott Melzer). “Exploring Intersex Indentities.” Presented at the Pacific Sociological Association Meeting, March 22-25, 2012. San Diego, CA.

Sams, Brandon (Adviser: Andrew French). “Synthesis of a C2-symmetric Chiral Aryl Iodine Orgaocatalyst.”  Presented at the 243rd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 25-29, 2012. San Diego, CA.

Sams, Joshua (Adviser: William Bartels). “A GIS Analysis of the Distribution of Epizoans on Mucrospirifer Thedfordensis (Brachiopoda, Spiriferida) From the Middle Devonian of Ontario.” Presented at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, October 8-11, 2011. Minneapolis, MN.

Sanders, Stephanie (Adviser: Kevin Metz). “Uptake and Impacts of Silver Nanoparticles on Brassica rapa.” Presented at the 243rd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 25-29, 2012. San Diego, CA.

Schroeder, Krysta (Adviser: Andrew French). “Isolation and Characterization of Podophyllotoxin From Mayapple and Other Plants.” Presented at the 243rd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 25-29, 2012. San Diego, CA.

Smith, Jeffrey (Adviser: Cliff Harris). “Suzuki Couplings Using a Novel Palladium Nanoparticle Catalyst.” Presented at the 243rd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 25-29, 2012. San Diego, CA.

Stephens, Emily (Adviser: Andrew French). “Synthesis of a C2 Symmetric Chiral Aryl Iodine Organocatalyst.” Presented at the 243rd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 25-29, 2012. San Diego, CA.

Thomson, Emily (Adviser: Ian MacInnes). “Liturgical Drama and Women.” Presented at the 3rd Annual Medieval and Renaissance Studies Consortium, April 14, 2012. Alma, MI.

Underwood, Patrick (Adviser: Kevin Metz). “Palladium Nanoparticles Supported on Glazzy Carbon as Catalysts For the Suzuki Reaction.” Presented at the 243rd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 25-29, 2012. San Diego, CA.

Waun, Casey (Advisers: Vanessa McCaffrey and Nicolle Zellner). “Chemistry of Glycolaldegyde and Dihydroxyacetone After High Velocity Impacts: Initial Experiments and Results.” Presented at the 243rd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 25-29, 2012. San Diego, CA.

Williams, Abigail (Adviser: Thom Wilch). “Assessment of Diel Cycling in Agricultural Streams in South-Central Michigan-A Focus on Turbidity.” Presented at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, October 8-11, 2011. Minneapolis, MN.

Ahlich, Erica (Adviser: Jacque Carlson). “Emotional Intelligence Moderates the Relationship Between Shyness and Feelings of Inadequacy.” Presented at the Association for Psychological Science 23rd Annual Convention, May 26-29, 2011, Washington, DC.

Brown, Rachel (Adviser: Ian MacInnes). “Needlepoint: Women’s Silent Self-Expression.” Presented at the 2011 Medieval and Renaissance Studies Consortium, April 16, 2011, Grand Rapids, MI.

Castelli, Catie (Adviser: Thomas Wilch). “Shifting Elevational Distributions of Three Subalpine and Alpine Plant Species in the White Mountains, California.” Presented at the 2011 Northeastern/North-Central Section Meeting of the Geological Society of America, March 19-22, 2011, Pittsburgh, PA.

Covell, Jeremy (Adviser: Kevin Metz). “Polymeric Membrane Supported Palladium Nanoparticles for the Remediation of Trichloroethene.” Presented at the 241st National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 26-29, 2011, Anaheim, CA.

Dawson, Seth (Adviser: Kevin Metz). “Bi-Specific Antibody Derived Fusion Proteins With Tunable Pharmacokinetic Properties for Cancer Pretargeting Using a Covalent Probe Capture Approach.” Presented at the 241st National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 26-29, 2011, Anaheim, CA.

DeVoursney, Katherine (Adviser: Vanessa McCaffrey). “The Michigan Garage Series.” Presented at the Midwest Society for Photographic Educators Conference, September 30-October 2, 2011, Kalamazoo, MI.

Dukes, Tom (Adviser: Christopher Hagerman). “Josiah Harlan, Orientalism, and the “afghan Character.” Presented at the Linguistics and Literatures Undergraduate Colloquium, March 26, 2011, Boston, MA.

Goldman, Erin (Adviser: Ola Olapade). “Comparison of Autotrophic and Heterotrophic Assemblages along Nutrient Gradients in Rice Creek, Michigan.” Presented at the Annual Tri-Beta NE-4 District Convention, April, 9, 2011, Athens, OH.

Havens, Zane (Adviser: Thomas Wilch). “Diel Turbidity Cycles in the Upper Kalamazoo River, Michigan.” Presented at the 2011 Northeastern/North-Central Section Meeting of the Geological Society of America, March 19-22, 2011, Pittsburgh, PA.

Herrman, Nick (Adviser: Kevin Metz). “Photochemical Cleavage of Leader Peptides.” Presented at the 241st National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 26-29, 2011, Anaheim, CA.

Huggett, Audrey (Adviser: Amity Reading). “Whores, Thieves, and Vagabonds—Still a King’s Best Friends: The Legacy of Debased Rhetoric in Henry V.” Presented at the 2011 Medieval and Renaissance Studies Consortium, April 16, 2011, Grand Rapids, MI.

Kaisler, Maria (Adviser: Jacque Carlson). “A Social Skills Board Game for Children with Autism: A Case Study.” Presented at the Association for Psychological Science 23rd Annual Convention, May 26-29, 2011, Washington, DC.

Koaches, Hannah (Adviser: Christopher Rohlman). “Annotation and Fluorescent Assays of Anabaena Group I Ribozyme Variants.” Presented at the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Conference, April 8-12, 2011, Washington, DC.

Mahoney, Matt (Adviser: William Bartels). “Comparison of Eocene Basin-Margin and Basin-Center Crocodiles from the Bridger Formation, Green River Basin, Wyoming.” Presented at the 2011 Northeastern/North-Central Section Meeting of the Geological Society of America, March 19-22, 2011, Pittsburgh, PA.

McCoy, Anthony (Adviser: Mareike Wieth). “Within Hemisphere Processing Increases Use of the Anchoring Heuristic.” Presented at the Association for Psychological Science 23rd Annual Convention, May 26-29, 2011, Washington, DC.

McNear, Kelly (Adviser: Kevin Metz). “Nanomaterial Stability in an Electro-Fenton Reactor As a Model for Waste Water Advanced Oxidation Processes.” Presented at the 241st National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 26-29, 2011, Anaheim, CA.

Miller, Drew (Adviser: Andrew Christopher). “Personality Facets, Conservative Ideology, and Ambivalent Sexism: A Facet-Level Analysis.” Presented at the Association for Psychological Science 23rd Annual Convention, May 26-29, 2011, Washington, DC.

Pickworth, Courtney (Adviser: Andrew Christopher). “How Do Working Memory and Sentence Length Impact Syntactic Flexibility?”  Presented at the Association for Psychological Science 23rd Annual Convention, May 26-29, 2011, Washington, DC.

Pung, Kayleigh (Adviser: Ola Olapade). “An Assessment of the Source, Transport, and Fate of Fecal Bacteria in the Kalamazoo River.”  Presented at the Annual Tri-Beta NE-4 District Convention, April, 9, 2011, Athens, OH.

Reynolds, Lyndsey (Adviser: Kevin Metz). “Palladium Nanoparticles on a Porous Substrate as a Catalyst for the Suzuki Reaction.” Presented at the 241st National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 26-29, 2011, Anaheim, CA.

Rinkenen, Jacob (Adviser: Christopher Rohlman). “Cytotoxic Effects of Combinational Therapy of Ascorbic Acid and 3PO on Breast and Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Cells.”  Presented at the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Conference, April 8-12, 2011, Washington, DC.

Rockentine, Nicki (Adviser: Carrie Menold). “P-T Paths of the Luliang Shan UHP Locality, Western China.” Presented at the 2011 Northeastern/North-Central Section Meeting of the Geological Society of America, March 19-22, 2011, Pittsburgh, PA.

Sherman, Kara (Adviser: Kevin Metz). “Non-Covalently Functionalized Sorbents: New Functional Groups for Heavy Metal Sorption.” Presented at the 241st National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 26-29, 2011, Anaheim, CA.

Stoneburner, Jacob (Adviser: Kevin Metz). “Synthesis and Evaluation of Chiral Iodoaryloxazdines as Organocatalysts.” Presented at the 241st National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 26-29, 2011, Anaheim, CA.

Underwood, Pat (Adviser: Kevin Metz). “Palladium Nanoparticles on Molecular Modified Carbon Substrates and Their Use in Catalysis.” Presented at the 241st National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 26-29, 2011, Anaheim, CA.

Vance, Stephanie (Adviser: Gary Wahl). “Frames of Mind.” Presented at the 2011 Society for Photographic Education National Conference of Science, Poetry and the Photographic Image, March 10-13, 2011, Atlanta, GA.

William Ward (Adviser: Thomas Wilch). “Cold Air Pools in Crooked Creek Valley, White Mountains, California.” Presented at the 2011 Northeastern/North-Central Section Meeting of the Geological Society of America, March 19-22, 2011, Pittsburgh, PA.

Williams, Abigail (Adviser: Thomas Wilch). “Diel Turbidity Cycles in the Upper Kalamazoo River, Michigan.” Presented at the 2011 Northeastern/North-Central Section Meeting of the Geological Society of America, March 19-22, 2011, Pittsburgh, PA.

Wurzler, Jules (Adviser: Kevin Metz). “UV-Vis Absorption Properties of Benzoic Acid Derivatives.” Presented at the 241st National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 26-29, 2011, Anaheim, CA.

Zaborowicz, Matthew (Adviser: Christopher Rohlman). “Optimization of Fluorescence Based Group I Ribozyme Studies.”  Presented at the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Conference, April 8-12, 2011, Washington, DC

Aprile, Kayla (Adviser: Christopher Rohlman). “Fluorophore optimization for FRET based ribozyme studies.” Presented at the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology meeting, April 24-27, 2010, Anaheim, CA.

Arceno, Mark Anthony (Adviser: Kara Morrow). “Traversing time and crossing continents: Connections between ancient Egypt’s Isis and Christianity’s Mary.” Presented at the first annual Medieval and Renaissance Studies Consortium, March 27, 2010, Adrian, MI.

Arceno, Mark Anthony (Adviser: Diana Ariza). “To worship in one voice?: Monolingualism and Catholic South African multiethnolinguistic identity.” Presented at the 39th annual conference of the National Association for Ethnic Studies, April 7-10, 2010, Washington, DC.

Bayer, Rebecca (Adviser: Christopher Rohlman). “Synthesis and characterization of Cu2ZnSnS4 and Cu2ZnS3.” Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 20-23, 2010, San Francisco, CA.

Bender, Aaron (Adviser: Andrew French). “Synthesis and evaluation of chiral “salen-like” bis aryl iodides as asymmetric catalysts.” Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 20-23, 2010, San Francisco, CA.

Bow, Eric (Adviser: Christopher Rohlman). “Annotation and structural modeling of Anabaena Group I ribozyme variants,” Presented at the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology meeting, April 24-27, 2010. Anaheim, CA.

Cai, Bin (Adviser: Andrew French). “Synthesis and evaluation of chiral 2-(2-iodophenyl) oxazolines as hypervalent iodine catalysts.” Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 20-23, 2010, San Francisco, CA.

Carlson, Kelyn (Adviser: Dean McCurdy). “Changes in populations of two tanaid crustaceans, Dicapsuedes surinamensis and Halmyrapsuedes spaansi, living in mudflats on the coast of Suriname, South Africa.” Presented at the Beta, Beta, Beta, Northeast District 4 convention, April 16-18, 2010, Hillsdale, MI.

Champagne, Rachel (Advisers: Jacque Carlson and Holger Elischberger). “Predicting attitudes on controversial policies: The role of factual knowledge about human development.” Presented at the 22nd annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, May 27-30, 2010, Boston, MA.

Chen, Yang (Adviser: Zhen Li). “2009 financial crisis in Iceland.” Presented at the Harvard National Model United Nations 2010 conference, February 11-14, 2010, Boston, MA.

Seth Dawson (Adviser: Vanessa McCaffrey). “Multi-step synthesis of a “green” insect pheromone.” Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 20-23, 2010, San Francisco, CA.

Erin Goldman (Adviser: Ola Olapade). “Phylogenetic composition and diversity of epiphytic microbial communities on native and invasive plant species.” Presented at the Beta, Beta, Beta, Northeast District 4 convention, April 16-18, 2010, Hillsdale, MI.

Mahwish Hafeez (Adviser: Amy Bethune). “Nickel (II) complexes as functional urease mimics.” Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 20-23, 2010, San Francisco, CA.

Nicholas Herrman (Adviser: Vanessa McCaffrey). “Magnetic coupling of substituted bis-phenoxy-bridged dimanganese macrocyclic complexes.” Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 20-23, 2010, San Francisco, CA.

Deondra Jacobs (Adviser: Jacque Carlson). “Perception of the future educational success of pregnant teenagers.” Presented at the 22nd annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, May 27-30, 2010, Boston, MA

Stephanie Kelly (Adviser: Ian MacInnes). “Religion and writing for women in the Renaissance.” Presented at the first annual Medieval and Renaissance Studies Consortium, March 27, 2010, Adrian, MI.

Hannah Koaches (Adviser: Christopher Rohlman). “Annotation and structural modeling of Anabaena Group I ribozyme variants.” Presented at the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology meeting, April 24-27, 2010. Anaheim, CA.

Kyle Kondrat (Adviser: Cliff Harris). “Potassium permanganate oxidation of trialkylboranes: Does oxygen affect the product ratio?” Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 20-23, 2010, San Francisco, CA.

Rachel Leads (Adviser: Roger Albertson). “Behavioral variation in Drosophila due to Wolbachia localization in specific adult brain regions.” Presented at the 6th International Wolbachia conference, June 9-14, 2010, Asilomar, CA.

Kathryn Levasseur (Adviser: Barbara Keyes). “Predictors of outcome in partial hospitalization: Positive and negative life stressors, chronicity, severity of symptoms, and treatment length.” Presented at the 22nd annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, May 27-30, 2010, Boston, MA

Matthew Logan (Adviser: Andrew French). “Synthesis and evaluation of chiral “salen-like” bis aryl iodides as asymmetric catalysts.” Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 20-23, 2010, San Francisco, CA.

Anthony McCoy (Adviser: Mareike Wieth). “Sudodu: Memory for digits and irrelevant information.” Presented at the 22nd annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, May 27-30, 2010, Boston, MA.

Brittany Myers (Adviser: Christopher Van de Ven). “Chemical analysis and comparison of aridisols based on vegetation and rock type in the White Mountains of eastern California.” Presented at the annual meeting of the Geological Society of America, October 18-21, 2009, Portland, OR.

Chris Omerza (Adviser: Vanessa McCaffrey). “Formulation of substituted phenols using microwave irradiation.” Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 20-23, 2010, San Francisco, CA.

Elizabeth Perkins (Cliff Harris). “Poly-N-acetylglucoseamine nanofibers from a marine diatom promote wound healing and defensin expression in an AKT1-dependent manner.” Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 20-23, 2010, San Francisco, CA.

Kayleigh Pung (Adviser: Ola Olapade). “Phylogenetic composition and diversity of epiphytic microbial communities on native and invasive plant species.” Presented at the Beta, Beta, Beta, Northeast District 4 convention, April 16-18, 2010, Hillsdale, MI.

Becca Putans (Adviser: Kevin Metz). “Fabrication and characterization of supported metallic nanoscale catalysts: Towards ex situ remediation technology.” Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 20-23, 2010, San Francisco, CA.

Jacqueline Rollin (Adviser: Mareike Wieth). “Influences of incentive framing and motivational orientation of proofreading.” Presented at the 22nd annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, May 27-30, 2010, Boston, MA.

Kara Sherman (Adviser: Cliff Harris). “Degradation of ionic liquids based on 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium salts: Generaltiy and evalution of aqueous extracts.” Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 20-23, 2010, San Francisco, CA.

Timothy Stevens (Adviser: Christopher Rohlman). “Fluorescent based assay for Group I ribozymes using an ABI 310 genetic analyzer.” Presented at the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology meeting, April 24-27, 2010, Anaheim, CA.

Ryan Stowe (Adviser: Gene Cline). “Fighting the good fight: Altering America’s perception of evolution.” Presented at the NSTA Philadelphia national conference on science education, March 18-21, 2010, Philadelphia, PA.

Ryan Stowe (Adviser: Andrew French). “Structure-activity relationships for a small molecule inhibitor of AIF-DNA binding.” Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 20-23, 2010, San Francisco, CA.

Erica Tauzer (Adviser: Sheila Lyons-Sobaski). “The insular biogeography of vacant lots in southwestern Baltimore.” Presented at the annual meeting of the Baltimore Ecosystem Study 2009, October 21-22, 2009, Baltimore, MD.

Sandra Turay (Adviser: Diana Ariza). “Arab-American experiences: Long live the Cedars of Lebanon. Presented at the 39th annual conference of the National Association for Ethnic Studies, April 7-10, 2010, Washington, DC.

Kristina Weage (Adviser: Kevin Metz). “Electroless plating as a route to creating uniform palladium nanoparticles on functionalized glassy carbon.” Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 20-23, 2010, San Francisco, CA.

Matthew Zaborowicz (Adviser: Christopher Rohlman). “Fluorophore optimization for FRET based ribozyme studies.” Presented at the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology meeting, April 24-27, 2010, Anaheim, CA.

William Andert (Adviser: Andrew French). “Synthesis and evaluation of a salen-derived hypervalent iodine reagent.” Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 21-24, 2009, Salt Lake City, UT.

Meagan Bosket (Adviser: Thomas Wilch). “Explosively erupted hydrovolcanic deposits at Minna Saddle, Antarctica: Evidence for limited ice-magma interaction.” Presented at the joint meeting of the Geological Society of America, Soil Science Society of America, American Society of Agromony, Crop Science Society of America, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies with the Gulf Coast Section of SEPM, October 5-9, 2008, Houston, TX.

Stacy Capehart (Adviser: Andrew French). “Synthesis of gold-core/quantum dot-shell nanoparticles.” Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 21-24, 2009, Salt Lake City, UT.

Kelyn Carlson (Adviser: Dean McCurdy). “Parasitism and stress levels in populations of green frog, Rana clamitans, in Western Michigan USA.” Presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Society of Zoologists, May 12-16, 2009, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada.

Yang Chen (Adviser: Zhen Li). “Factors ofChina’s rapid national savings growth.” Presented at the 2009 National conference on undergraduate research, April 16-18, 2009, La Crosse, WI.

Amanda Engelhard (Adviser: E. Dale Kennedy). “Spying”” on incubating House Wrens reveals new information on their behavior in nest boxes.” Presented at the joint annual meeting of Wilson Ornithological Society and Association of Field Ornithologists, April 9-12, 2009, Pittsburgh, PA.

Casey Dexter (Adviser: Mary Jenson). “African Americans’ and Caucasian Americans’ lay-representations of coronary heart disease and diabetes.” Presented at the 21st annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, May 22-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA.

Thomas Freeman (Adviser: Christopher Rohlman). “Synthesis and characterization of fluorescently labeled ribozyme substrates.” Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 21-24, 2009, Salt Lake City, UT.

Mahwish Hafeez (Adviser: Amy Bethune). “Nickel (II) complexes as functional urease mimics.” Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 21-24, 2009, Salt Lake City, UT.

Bryan Hornacek (Adviser: Roger Albertson). “The impact of pathogenic Wolbachia bacteria on the development of the Drosophila nervous system.” Presented at the 50th annual Drosophila research conference, March 4-8, 2009, Chicago, IL.

Matthew Logan (Adviser: Andrew French). “Synthesis and PET reactions of multi-funtionalized o-alkyl oximes.” Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 21-24, 2009, Salt Lake City, UT.

Sumedha Makker (Adviser: Vicki Sweitzer). “Where are they now? : Revisiting Breneman’s (1990) Study of Libral Arts Colleges.” Presented at the American Educational Research Association conference, April 13-17, 2009, San Diego, CA.

Eric Mittelstaedt (Adviser: Amy Bethune). “Nickel (II) complexes as functional urease mimics.” Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 21-24, 2009, Salt Lake City, UT.

Laura Pollum (Adviser: Lisa Lewis). “Molecular dynamics simulations of methane motion in clathrate hydrate cages.” Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 21-24, 2009, Salt Lake City, UT.

Kaycee Rashid (Adviser: Holger Elischberger). “Directed forgetting for real-life events in young adults.” Presented at the 21st annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, May 22-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA.

Culver Redd (Adviser: Nicolle Zellner). “Calibration and use of the 11-inch Celestron telescope for observing and CCD imaging.” Presented at the 2009 National conference on undergraduate research, April 16-18, 2009, La Crosse, WI.

Elizabeth Reznikov (Adviser: Vanessa McCaffrey). “Chromium-tetrone complexes as novel magnetic materials.” Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 21-24, 2009, Salt Lake City, UT.

Linette Rousseau (Adviser: Tammy Jechura). “Sleep deprivation in college students and the general population: mechanisms and effects.” Presented at the 21st annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, May 22-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA.

Shuboni, Dorela (Adviser: Tammy Jechura). “The effect of incremental changes in light onset on the reentrainment rate of Octodon degus following a 12-hour phase advance.” Presented at the Society for Neuroscience meeting, November 15-19, 2008, Washington, DC.

Ruth Spalding (Adviser: Jeffrey W. Wilson). “D-Cycloserine fails to facilitate extinction of an appetitive task in rats.” Presented at the Society for Neuroscience meeting, November 15-19, 2008, Washington, DC.

Kristin Sparschu (Adviser: Mary Jenson). “African Americans’ and Caucasian Americans’ lay-representations of coronary heart disease and diabetes.” Presented at the 21st annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, May 22-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA.

Kristin Sparschu (Adviser: Mary Jenson). “Using gender differences in lay-representations of coronary heart disease and diabetes to predict health behaviors.” Presented at the 21st annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, May 22-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA.

Ryan Stowe (Adviser: Andrew French). “Synthesis and evaluation of a salen-derived hypervalent iodine reagent.” Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 21-24, 2009, Salt Lake City, UT.

Brittnay Williams (Adviser: Mary Jenson). “Using gender differences in lay-representations of coronary heart disease and diabetes to predict health behaviors.” Presented at the 21st annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, May 22-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA.

Monica Yalamanchili (Adviser: Dean McCurdy). “Parasitism and stress levels in populations of green frog, Rana clamitans, in Western Michigan USA.” Presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Society of Zoologists, May 12-16, 2009, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada.

Keith Zabel (Adviser: Andrew Christopher). “Conservative ideology and well-being: the mediating role of the proactive personality.” Presented at the 21st annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, May 22-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA.

Keith Zabel (Adviser: Andrew Christopher). “Conscientiousness and subjective overachievement: A facet-level analysis.” Presented at the 21st annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, May 22-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA.

Kevin Zabel (Adviser: Andrew Christopher). “Age and risk: Mediating and moderating roles of sensation seeking and materialism.” Presented at the 21st annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, May 22-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA.

Kevin Zabel (Adviser: Andrew Christopher). “Conscientiousness and subjective overachievement: A facet-level analysis.” Presented at the 21st annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, May 22-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA.

Lisa Anderson (Adviser: Cliff Harris). “Multicomponent synthesis and anticancer evaluation of a library of novel indenopyridopyrimidines.” Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, April 5-10, 2008, New Orleans, LA.

Nick Bismack (Adviser: Tammy Jechura). “The effects of public displays of affection (PDA) on perceived stress levels, cognitive performance and cortisol levels.” Presented at the annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, May 22-25, 2008, Chicago, IL.

Robert Bodary (Adviser: Tammy Jechura). “Effects of early social isolation on development of O. degus: An animal model for depression and eating disorders?” Presented at the 11th meeting of the Society for Research on Biological Rhythms, May 17-21, 2008, Sandestin, FL.

Katelyn Boswell (Adviser: Tammy Jechura). “Effects of early social isolation on development of O. degus: An animal model for depression and eating disorders?” Presented at the 11th meeting of the Society for Research on Biological Rhythms, May 17-21, 2008, Sandestin, FL.

Andrew Brusoe (Adviser: Vanessa McCaffrey). “Substituted dianilinoquinones as ligands in magnetic materials.” Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, April 5-10, 2008, New Orleans, LA.

Stacy Capehart (Adviser: Andrew French). “Study of the mechanism of formation of symmetric bis-dibenziodolium salts: substituent effects.” Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, April 5-10, 2008, New Orleans, LA.

Cynthia Cardwell (Adviser: W. Jeffrey Wilson). “Excitation and inhibition asymmetry: A failure of the Rescorla-Wagner model.” Presented at the annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, May 22-25, 2008, Chicago, IL.

Cynthia Cardwell (Adviser: W. Jeffrey Wilson). “Excitation and inhibition asymmetry: No excitatory strength in an unreinforced stimulus paired with an appetitive conditioned inhibitor in the rat.” Presented at the 21st annual Tri-State conference on animal learning & behavior, March 28-29, 2008, Lexington, KY.

Cynthia Cardwell (W. Jeffrey Wilson). “The linear maze: Nearly 80 years of varying implementations of a good idea.” Presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, November 3-7, 2007, San Diego, CA.

Cynthia Cardwell (W. Jeffrey Wilson). “Attempted instatement of excitatory strength to an unreinforced CS using appetitive conditioned inhibition in the rat.” Presented at the annual meeting of the Pavlovian Society, October 4-7, 2007, Austin, TX.

John Cawood (Adviser: Cliff Harris). “Calories to Kilowatts – Energy conservation education.” Presented at the 4th annual North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) research symposium, November 13-15, 2007, Virginia Beach, VA.

Michael Cole (Adviser: Holger Elischberger). “Directed forgetting of autobiographical events in school-aged children.” Presented at the annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, May 22-25, 2008, Chicago, IL.

Megan Fitzpatrick (Adviser: Douglas White). “The effects of thermal environment on incubation behavior in house wrens.” Presented at the joint meeting of the Wilson Ornithological Society and the Association of Field Ornithologists,” April 17-20, 2008, Mobile, AL.

Thomas Freeman (Adviser: Christopher Rohlman). “Synthesis and characterization of fluorescently labeled ribonucleic acid ribozyme substrates.” Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, April 5-10, 2008, New Orleans, LA.

Catherine Game (Adviser: Douglas White). “Science versus art-based modules: Nonformal sustainability education for children.” Presented at the 4th annual North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) research symposium, November 13-15, 2007, Virginia Beach, VA.

Paul Gehres (Adviser: Wesley Dick). “An economical maize: Michigan’s faith in ethanol.” Attended the Michigan Bio Economy Summit, September 12-13, 2007, Lansing, MI.

Stephen Ham (Adviser: Mary Jenson). “Lay representations of cancer in a healthy population.” Presented at the annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, May 22-25, 2008, Chicago, IL.

Cameron Harris (Adviser: Mareike Wieth). “Time of day effects on insight problem solving.” Presented at the 48th annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, November 15-18, 2007, Long Beach, CA.

Cameron Harris (Adviser: Mareike Wieth). “Time of day effects on problem solving.” Presented at the 11th meeting of the Society for Research on Biological Rhythms, May 17-21, 2008, Sandestin, FL.

Cameron Harris (Adviser: Mareike Wieth). “Time of day effects on problem solving.” Presented at the annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, May 22-25, 2008, Chicago, IL.

Christopher Henes (Adviser: Christopher Rohlman). “Enginerring a steady state of FRET assay for the Twort group I ribozyme.” Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, April 5-10, 2008, New Orleans, LA.

Sarah Kelley (Adviser: Vanessa McCaffrey). “Substituent effects on electron exchange in phenoxide-bridged dimanganese complexes.” Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, April 5-10, 2008, New Orleans, LA.

Rachel Lippert (Adviser: Vanessa McCaffrey). ” Albion College: First ever women in science day.” Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, April 5-10, 2008, New Orleans, LA.

Joel McDade (Adviser: Vanessa McCaffrey). “Substituted dianilinoquinones as ligands in magnetic materials.” Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, April 5-10, 2008, New Orleans, LA.

Alex McKelvy (Adviser: Tammy Jechura). “Unihemispheric sleep in the Bearded Dragon throughout the 24-hour period and under threat conditions.” Presented at the 11th meeting of the Society for Research on Biological Rhythms, May 17-21, 2008, Sandestin, FL.

Eric Mittelstaedt (Adviser: Amy Beilstein). “Nickel (II) complexes as functional urease mimics.” Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, April 5-10, 2008, New Orleans, LA.

Ian Mondrow (Adviser: Tammy Jechura). “The effects of sleep deprivation on attraction.” Presented at the 11th meeting of the Society for Research on Biological Rhythms, May 17-21, 2008, Sandestin, FL.

Shauna Paradine (Adviser: Andrew French). “Study of the mechanism of formation of symmetric bis-dibenziodolium salts: Substituent effects.” Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, April 5-10, 2008, New Orleans, LA.

Megan Roberts (Adviser: Tammy Jechura). “Unihemispheric sleep in the Bearded Dragon throughout the 24-hour period and under threat conditions.” Presented at the 11th meeting of the Society for Research on Biological Rhythms, May 17-21, 2008, Sandestin, FL.

Kwame Sakyi (Adviser: Amy Beilstein). “Synthesis of redox-labeled atrazine conjugates for an electrochemical immunoassay.” Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, April 5-10, 2008, New Orleans, LA.

Amy Salmeto (Adviser: W. Jeffrey Wilson). “Impact of a depressive-like state on a spatial memory task.” Presented at the annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, May 22-25, 2008, Chicago, IL.

Dorela Shuboni (Adviser: Tammy Jechura). “The effect of alcohol and pheromones on the reentrainment rate of female Octodon degus.” Presented at the 11th meeting of the Society for Research on Biological Rhythms, May 17-21, 2008, Sandestin, FL.

Jennifer Sims (Adviser: Thomas Johnson). “Children’s perceptions of physical fitness, health, and nutrition.” Presented at the fall convention of the Michigan Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (MAHPERD) Association, November 16-17, 2007, Acme, MI.

Jacob Skeans (Adviser: Cliff Harris). “Pernamganate degradation of 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazoliunm tetrafluoroborate: intermediates and mechanism.” Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, April 5-10, 2008, New Orleans, LA.

Reid Smith (Adviser: Lisa Lewis). “Iodine in clathrate hydrate cages.” Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, April 5-10, 2008, New Orleans, LA.

Ryan Stowe (Adviser: Andrew French). “Progress toward the synthesis of a 1-iodo-2-naphthol-based chiral hypervalent iodine reagent.” Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, April 5-10, 2008, New Orleans, LA.

Amanda Tilot (Adviser: Tammy Jechura). “Examination of unihemispheric sleep in an Australian lizard, the Bearded Dragon (Pogona vitticeps).” Presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, November 3-7, 2007, San Diego, CA.

Amanda Tilot (Adviser: Tammy Jechura). “Effect of circadian disruption on pregnancy in the O. degus.” Presented at the 11th meeting of the Society for Research on Biological Rhythms, May 17-21, 2008, Sandestin, FL.

Keith Zabel (Adviser: Andrew Christopher). “Conscientiousness and work ethic ideology: A facet-level analysis and an investigation of the multifaceted nature of protestant ethic beliefs.” Presented at the annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, May 22-25, 2008, Chicago, IL.

Megan Anderson (Adviser: W. Jeffrey Wilson). “Effects of dentate gyrus and CA1 lesions on trace appetitive conditioning in rats.” Presented at the annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, May 24-27, 2007, Washington, DC.

Nick Bismack (Adviser: Tammy Jechura). “The effects of public displays of affection (PDA) on perceived stress levels, cognitive performance and circadian cortisol levels.” Presented at the 11th annual meeting of the Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, June 21-24, 2007, Pacific Grove, CA.

Cynthia Cardwell (Adviser: W. Jeffrey Wilson). “Within-subject assessment of appetitive conditioned inhibitors in the rat: Summation and retardation-of-acquisition tests.” Presented at the 2oth annual Tri-State conference on animal learning & behavior, April 27-28, 2007, West Lafayette, IN.

Arielle Carter (Adviser: Dimeji Togunde). “In their own words: Consequences of child labor in urban Nigeria.” Presented at the annual meeting of the Michigan Sociological Association, October 7, 2006, Mount Pleasant, MI.

Kristyn Darmafall (Adviser: Vanessa McCaffrey). “Magnetic materials based on indole-substituted quinines.” Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 25-29, 2007, Chicago, IL.

Andrew Fidler (Adviser: Craig Bieler). “Photophysics of cinnamic acid derivatives.” Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 25-29, 2007, Chicago, IL.

Ashley Fields (Adviser: Amy Beilstein). ” Synthesis of redox-labeled atrazine conjugates for an electrochemical immunoassay.” Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 25-29, 2007, Chicago, IL.

Megan Fitzpatrick (Adviser: E. Dale Kennedy). “Nest structure, incubation, egg viability, and sex ratio in tree swallows in Michigan.” Presented at the Wilson Ornithological Society annual meeting, March 22-25, 2007, Wakefield, MA.

David Goodyear (Adviser: E. Dale Kennedy). “Does the source of DNA matter? A comparison of DNA extracted from feathers and glood of nestling house wrens and tree swallows.” Presented at the Wilson Ornithological Society annual meeting, March 22-25, 2007, Wakefield, MA.

Melissa Love (Adviser: Cliff Harris). “degradation of RDX by potassium permanganate: Synthesis and identification of 4-NDAB.” Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 25-29, 2007, Chicago, IL.

Megan Lupek (Adviser: Dean McCurdy). “Stress levels in green frogs in relation to colonization by a waterborne pathogen.” Presented at the meeting of the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution, May 17-21, 2007, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Shauna Paradine (Adviser: Andrew French). “Catalytic enantioselective alpha-oxytosylation of propiophenone using chiral hypervalend iodine reagents.” Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 25-29, 2007, Chicago, IL.

Jacob Sauser (Adviser: Andrew Christopher). “Chunking and context effects and their effects on media recall.” Presented at the annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, May 24-27, 2007, Washington, DC.

Sarah Simmons (Adviser: Andrew French). “Attempted aziridinations and sulfiliminations using simple iron catalysts and hypervalent iodine reagents.” Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 25-29, 2007, Chicago, IL.

Alicia Simon (Adviser: Andrew Christopher). “Conservative ideology and attitudes toward fat people.” Presented at the annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, May 24-27, 2007, Washington, DC.

Jennifer Smith (Adviser: Jeffrey Carrier). “Researching Electrophysiology in acoustic nerve pathways and behavioral studies in nurse sharks.” Presented at the annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, May 24-27, 2007, Washington, DC.

Jeff Stevens (Adviser: Dean McCurdy). “Reproductive behavior of intersexes in an intertidal amphipod, Dorophium volutator.” Presented at the meeting of the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution, May 17-21, 2007, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Emily Swanson (Adviser: Mary Jenson). “The influence of aging stereotypes on recovery projections personality/social. Presented at the annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, May 24-27, 2007, Washington, DC.

Mark Wojda (Adviser: Andrew Christopher). “Conservative ideology and prejudice toward working women.” Presented at the annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, May 24-27, 2007, Washington, DC.

32 travel grants were give out this academic year.

The following students were awarded conference grants for the 2004-05 academic year:

Megan Anderson and Christina Busuito (Adviser: Jeff Wilson). “Differentiation of auditory CS+ and CS- by rats in a runway-based Pavlovian conditioning task with self-initiated trials: a follow-up study.” Presented at the Pavlovian Society conference, September 16-19, 2004, Baltimore, MD.

Jeremy Benton (Adviser: Drew Christopher). “Death anxiety as a function of attitudes toward aging.” Presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Society, May 26-29, 2005, Los Angeles, CA.

Jeremy Benton (Adviser: Drew Christopher). “Anxiety about aging and fear of death: predictions from terror management theory.” Presented at the Michigan Undergraduate Psychology Research Conference, April 23, 2005, Marquette, MI.

Virginia Cangelosi (Adviser: Cliff Harris). “The oxidation of trialkylboranes with potassium permanganate: solvent, stoichiometry, and mechanism.” Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 12-16, 2005, San Diego, CA.

Sarah Carver (Adviser: Luti Erbežnik). “Development and application of FISH (fluorescence in-situ hybridization) in an undergraduate microbiology laboratory.” Presented at the Symposium for Undergraduates in Science, Engineering and Mathematics, Argonne National Laboratory, November 5-6, 2004, Argonne, IL.

Sarah Carver (Adviser: Luti Erbežnik). “Identification of an unknown bacterium from Rice Creek, Albion, Michigan.” Presented at the Michigan chapter American Society of Microbiology meeting, April 1-2, 2005, Delta College, University Center, MI.

Emily Carvill (Adviser: Lisa Lewis). “Effect of various storage conditions on the decomposition of THC in marijuana.” Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 12-16, 2005, San Diego, CA.

Stephanie Clark, Brandon Hill, and Wendy Simanton (Adviser: Molly Scheel). “Netrins: creating divergent axon morphologies.” Presented at the Society for Developmental Biology midwest meeting, June 25-28, 2005, Chicago, IL.

C. J. DuBois (Adviser: Barbara Keyes). “Children’s adherence to racial stereotypes: a cognitive developmental framework.” Presented at the Society for Research in Child Development biennial meeting, April 7-10, 2005, Atlanta, GA.

Jacqueline Fillinger (Adviser: David Green). “Leaded paint in pre-1970 Albion residences.” Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 12-16, 2005, San Diego, CA.

Stephen Fritz (Adviser: Tammy Jechura). “Unconscious priming of mirrored words: explorations in subliminal perception.” Presented at the Michigan Undergraduate Psychology Research Conference, April 23, 2005, Marquette, MI.

Brianna Granlund and Dana Sauter (Adviser: Chris Rohlman). “Thermal stability of higher order RNA structure.” Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 12-16, 2005, San Diego, CA.

Andrew Groggel (Adviser: Len Berkey). “The aspirations and vocational horizons of Albion youth: examining aspects of recovery.” Presented at the National Association of Ethnic Studies conference, March 24-26, 2005, Chicago, IL.

Elizabeth Gruber and Shauna Paradine (Adviser: Andrew French). “Progress toward synthesis of a new class of hypervalent iodine reagent.” Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 12-16, 2005, San Diego, CA.

Daniel Harris, Katherine McLogan, and Grace Shin (Adviser: Luti Erbežnik). “Isolation and identification of bacteria found in Rice Creek: a service learning approach to understanding microorganisms in the local environment.” Presented at the Michigan chapter American Society of Microbiology meeting, April 1-2, 2005, Delta College, University Center, MI.

Heather Holleman (Adviser: Barbara Keyes). “Auditory hallucinations: cognitive abilities during auditory distraction.” Presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Society, May 26-29, 2005, Los Angeles, CA.

Kristina Jelinek and Karolina Maluga (Advisers: Diane Ariza and Len Berkey). “Realizing the American Dream: youth identity in stages of transition.” Presented at the National Association of Ethnic Studies conference, March 24-26, 2005, Chicago, IL.

Lori Karakashian (Adviser: Mark Walter). “Fear of negative evaluation affects helping behavior.” Presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Society, May 26-29, 2005, Los Angeles, CA.

Scott Kortlandt (Adviser: Cliff Harris). “The oxidation of trialkylboranes with potassium permanganate: solvent, stoichiometry, and auto-oxidation.” Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 12-16, 2005, San Diego, CA.

Laura Krasean (Adviser: Barbara Keyes). “The effect of stress management group therapy on sub-acute back pain.” Presented at the Michigan Undergraduate Psychology Research Conference, April 23, 2005, Marquette, MI.

Eddie Lindow (Adviser: Drew Christopher). “First impressions and affective reactions to affluence acquisition: a facet-level analysis.” Presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Society, May 26-29, 2005, Los Angeles, CA.

Corey Madura (Adviser: Drew Christopher). “Individual differences in perceptions of personality attributes as a function of race and sexual orientation: an experimental investigation.” Presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Society, May 26-29, 2005, Los Angeles, CA. [Also presented at the Michigan Undergraduate Psychology Research Conference, April 23, 2005, Marquette, MI.]

Ben Olbricht (Adviser: Craig Bieler). “Direct measurement of the lifetime of NeBr2 van der Waals molecules as a function of isotopic species.” Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 12-16, 2005, San Diego, CA.

Paul Roberts (Adviser: Luti Erbežnik). “Is a bacterium isolated from Rice Creek (Michigan) a new species?” Presented at the Michigan chapter American Society of Microbiology meeting, April 1-2, 2005, Delta College, University Center, MI.

Christopher Smith (Adviser: Cliff Harris). “The oxidation of trialkylboranes with potassium permanganate: solvent and stoichiometry.” Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 12-16, 2005, San Diego, CA.

Erin Toth (Adviser: Chris Rohlman). “Fluorescent-based assay for ribozyme activity.” Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 12-16, 2005, San Diego, CA.

Jordan Troisi (Adviser: Drew Christopher). “Materialism and money spending disposition as predictors of economic and personality variables.” Presented at the Michigan Undergraduate Psychology Research Conference, April 23, 2005, Marquette, MI.

Nicole Villiere (Adviser: David Green). “Analysis of the degradation of semi-volatile organic compounds and the application to the EPA holding time limit.” Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 12-16, 2005, San Diego, CA.

Katherine Vojtko (Adviser: Drew Christopher). “Dental anxiety and dental fear predict oral hygiene behaviors.” Presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Society, May 26-29, 2005, Los Angeles, CA.

Dan Wreschnig (Adviser: Luti Erbežnik). “Identification of an unknown microorganism from Rice Creek.” Presented at the Michigan chapter American Society of Microbiology meeting, April 1-2, 2005, Delta College, University Center, MI.

The following students were awarded conference grants for the 2003-04 academic year:

Anjali Arora (Adviser: David Green). “Investigation of the holding time limits of a number of semi-volatile organic compounds.” Presented at the American Chemical Society annual meeting, March 28 – April 1, 2004, Anaheim, CA.

Rebekah Beall (Adviser: Zulema Moret). “Nube Oscura: sources and effects of air pollution in Santiago de Chile and Mexico D.F.” Presented at the 7th Conference on the Americas, October 11, 2003, Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, MI.

Nicole Casey (Adviser: Dean McCurdy). “The tramatode Himasthla quissetensis commonly infects soft-shell clams Mya arenaria and alters their burying behavior.” Presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Society of Zoologists, May 10-16, 2004, Wolfville, Nova Scotia.

Steven Celmer (Adviser: Michael Anes). “Automatic hemispheric activation for affect after presentation of major and minor chords: evidence from an affective word-evaluation task.” Presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Society, May 27-30, 2004, Chicago, IL.

Amber Chenoweth and Josh Hodges (Adviser: Jeff Wilson). “Differentiation of CS+ and CS- by rats in a runway-based Pavlovian conditioning task.” Presented at the Pavlovian Society conference, September 25-28, 2003, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.

Elizabeth Crabb (Adviser: Trisha Franzen). “Sex in black and white: prostitution in progressive-era New York City.” Presented at the GLCA Women’s Studies Conference, April 16-17, 2004, Kenyon College.

Darcy Crain (Adviser: Barbara Keyes). “The impact of race and gender on children’s choice of playmates.” Presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Society, May 27-30, 2004, Chicago, IL. [Student Lindsay Sander also attended.]

Darcy Crain (Adviser: Barbara Keyes). “Children’s stereotypes based on skin color: an innovative approach.” Presented at the American Psychological Association annual meeting, July 28 – August 1, 2004, Honolulu, HI.

Erica Dudas (Adviser: Ronney Mourad). “The annunciation of hope for justice on Earth: the feminist response of Rosemary Radford Ruether to Karl Marx’s critique of religion and the hermeneutics of suspicion.” Presented at the Midwest Regional meeting of the American Academy of Religion, April 2-3, 2004, Chicago, IL.

Rachel Fonstad (Adviser: Zulema Moret). “Los Desastres Naturales.” Presented at the 7th Conference on the Americas, October 11, 2003, Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, MI.

Kristine Freeman (Adviser: Jeff Wilson). “Differential effects of ephedrine and caffeine on locomotion and anxiety in rats.” Presented at the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting, November 8-11, 2003, New Orleans, LA.

Kris Gauthier (Adviser: Drew Christopher). “The need for cognition, religious doubt, and life satisfaction.” Presented at the American Psychological Association annual meeting, July 28 – August 1, 2004, Honolulu, HI.

Shari Gross (Adviser: Dale Kennedy). “Do male House Wrens sing the same songs year to year?” Presented at the joint meeting of the Association of Field Ornithologists and the Wilson Ornithological Society, April 22-25, Ithaca, NY.

Eric Grunow and Stephanie Clark (Adviser: Molly Scheel). “Netrins: creating divergent axon morphologies.” Presented at the Mid-Atlantic meeting of the Society for Developmental Biology, May 20-22, 2004, Pittsburgh, PA.

Morgan Haugen (Adviser: Dale Kennedy). “Comparison of feather and fecal material for molecular sexing of nestling House Wrens.” Presented at the joint meeting of the Association of Field Ornithologists and the Wilson Ornithological Society, April 22-25, Ithaca, NY.

Kimberly Illg (Adviser: David Green). “Can low-temperature plasmas be used to modify surface properties? Making hydrophobic membranes hydrophilic with H202 plasmas.” Presented at the American Chemical Society annual meeting, March 28 – April 1, 2004, Anaheim, CA.

Taki Johnson (Adviser: Zulema Moret). “Day of the Dead: a look into the history behind the celebration.” Presented at the 7th Conference on the Americas, October 11, 2003, Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, MI.

Maggie Keller (Adviser: Drew Christopher). “The effects of victim self-presentational style on attributions of blame in a rape incident.” Presented at the American Psychological Association annual meeting, July 28 – August 1, 2004, Honolulu, HI.

Michael Kopec and Sean Logan (Adviser: Dean McCurdy). “The functional significance of intersexes in the intertidal amphipod Corophium volutator.” Presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Society of Zoologists, May 10-16, 2004, Wolfville, Nova Scotia.

Diana Lancaster and Sean Logan (Adviser: Dean McCurdy). “Site selection by flatfish foraging on the intertidal amphipod Corophium volutator.” Presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Society of Zoologists, May 10-16, 2004, Wolfville, Nova Scotia.

Sean Logan and Diana Lancaster (Adviser: Dean McCurdy). “Impacts of fish predation on demography of the intertidal amphipod Corophium volutator.” Presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Society of Zoologists, May 10-16, 2004, Wolfville, Nova Scotia.

Kelly Luytjes (Adviser: Zulema Moret). “Women in Latin America.” Presented at the 7th Conference on the Americas, October 11, 2003, Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, MI.

Kimberly Mann and Elizabeth Vogel (Adviser: Lynne Chytilo). “Ceramic pediment project – special topics discussion.” Presented at the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) annual conference, March 17-21, 2004, Indianapolis, IN. [Students Libby Bollinger, Hannah Burdick, and Matt Grissom also attended.]

Michael Marvin (Adviser: Christopher Rohlman). “Thermodynamics of the Anabena group I intron.” Presented at the Michigan RNA Society regional meeting, November 8, 2003, Lansing, MI. [Students Brianna Granlund, Dana Sauter, and Erin Toth also attended.]

Michael Marvin (Adviser: Christopher Rohlman). “Thermodynamic characterization of the Anabena pre-tRNAleu group I intron.” Presented at the American Chemical Society annual meeting, March 28 – April 1, 2004, Anaheim, CA.

Alyssa Montgomery (Adviser: Len Berkey). “American dreams: the intersection of race, class, and gender in Albion’s African-American community.” Presented at the National Conference on Race and Ethnicity, June 1-5, 2004, Miami, FL.

Nicholas Morgan (Adviser: Len Berkey). “African-American/black identity: stressors and techniques for succeeding on a predominately white campus.” Presented at the National Conference on Race and Ethnicity, June 1-5, 2004, Miami, FL.

Marci Nelson (Adviser: Selva Raj). “The Pineapple Story: exploring the use of narrative in New Tribes Mission.” Presented at the Midwest Regional meeting of the American Academy of Religion, April 2-3, 2004, Chicago, IL.

Craig Streu (Adviser: Andrew French). “Progress toward the synthesis of novel constrained heteroaromatic chiral hypervalent iodine reagents.” Presented at the American Chemical Society annual meeting, March 28 – April 1, 2004, Anaheim, CA.

Sara West (Adviser: Jeff Wilson). “Conditioned inhibition of already-elicited autoshaped CRs in the rat.” Presented at the Pavlovian Society conference, September 25-28, 2003, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.

Jaymie Whitson (Adviser: Zulema Moret). “After Salvador Allende: the years of Pinochet in photos.” Presented at the 7th Conference on the Americas, October 11, 2003, Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, MI.

The following students were awarded conference grants for the 2002-03 academic year:

Kristen Abraham (Adviser: Drew Christopher). “The roles of sex and sexism in interpersonal conflict resolution.” Presented at the American Psychological Society’s annual meeting, May 29 – June 1, 2003, Atlanta GA.

Steven Anderson and Jeremiah Morse (Adviser: Thom Wilch). “Developing a management plan for a small, rural watershed in south-central Michigan through monitoring of stream flow, turbidity, and temperature.” Presented at the Geological Society of America’s annual meeting, October 26-30, 2002, Denver CO.
[This poster was awarded the Sigma Gamma Epsilon National Council Award for the best student poster on October 28, 2002. Sigma Gamma Epsilon is the national honor society for Earth Sciences; Jeremiah and Steve are members of Albion College’s Gamma Kappa chapter of Michigan.]

Anjali Arora (Adviser: David Green). “Investigation of the holding time limits of a number of semi-volatile organic compounds.” Presented at the American Chemical Society’s national meeting, March 23-27, 2003, New Orleans LA.

Travis Boyd (Advisers: Drew Christopher and Bob Moss). “Measurement of athlete burnout and predictive factors: an analysis of Division III college student athletes.” Presented at the American Psychological Society’s annual meeting, May 29 – June 1, 2003, Atlanta GA.

Tammy Calvin (Adviser: Dale Kennedy). “Patterns of songs used in short-range mate communication of house wrens (Troglodytes aedon). Presented at the joint meeting of the Association of Field Ornithologists and the Wilson Ornithological Society, March 21-23, 2003, Ohio Wesleyan University.

Elizabeth Duvall (Adviser: Andrew French). “Reaction chemistry of chiral titanium complexes.” Presented at the American Chemical Society’s national meeting, March 23-27, 2003, New Orleans LA.

Julie Esh (Advisers: Diane Ariza and Len Berkey). “Understanding adolescent girls: photographs and writings by Albion Middle School girls.” Presented at the National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education, May 27-31, 2003, San Francisco CA.

Elizabeth Haas (Adviser: Drew Christopher). “Interpersonal and professional consequences of narcissistic and avoidant personality tendencies.” Presented at the American Psychological Society’s annual meeting, May 29 – June 1, 2003, Atlanta GA. [This poster was selected by the APS as the winner of its 2003 Student Research Competition, recognized as the most outstanding research by an undergraduate submitted to the convention in 2003.]

Alison Harris (Adviser: Dianne Guenin-Lelle). “The role of music and music festivals in the cultural renaissance in French Louisiana: Crossing borders in the American melting pot.” Presented at the 56th annual Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, April 24-26, 2003, Lexington KY.

Lauren Hecht (Adviser: Michael Anes). “Does a simple shading manipulation cause size overestimation in 3D volumes?” Presented at the Vision Sciences Society annual meeting, May 10-15, 2003, Sarasota FL.

Joseph Heinzelmann and Craig Streu (Adviser: Andrew French). “Progress toward the synthesis of a new chiral hypervalent iodine reagent.” Presented at the American Chemical Society’s national meeting, March 23-27, 2003, New Orleans LA.

Daniel Holland (Adviser: Dan Steffenson). “A study of the degradation of high-performance polyamide foams.” Presented at the American Chemical Society’s national meeting, March 23-27, 2003, New Orleans LA.

Kimberly Illg (Adviser: David Green). “The photodegradation of carbon tetrachloride with modified titanium dioxide.” Presented at the American Chemical Society’s national meeting, March 23-27, 2003, New Orleans LA.

Crystal Ingison (Adviser: Andrew French). “Mechanistic study of a new iodolactonization rearrangement reaction via a phenonium ion intermediate.” Presented at the American Chemical Society’s national meeting, March 23-27, 2003, New Orleans LA.

Amanda Kent (Adviser: Dale Kennedy). “Examination of methods to increase DNA yield from feathers to determine sex ratios of nestling house wrens (Troglodytes aedon). Presented at the joint meeting of the Association of Field Ornithologists and the Wilson Ornithological Society, March 21-23, 2003, Ohio Wesleyan University.

Sean Logan (Adviser: Dean McCurdy). “Impacts of fish predation on demography of the intertidal amphipod Corophium volutator.” Presented at the Crustacean Society Summer meeting, May 31 – June 6, 2003, Williamsburg VA.

Michael Marvin (Adviser: Christopher Rohlmann). “Structural analysis of the Anabaena group I intron.” Presented at the American Chemical Society’s national meeting, March 23-27, 2003, New Orleans LA.

Joshua Menig (Adviser: Cliff Harris). “Oxidation of trialkylboranes using potassium permangante.” Presented at the American Chemical Society’s national meeting, March 23-27, 2003, New Orleans LA.

Ryan Morgan (Adviser: Drew Christopher). “Affluence cues and first impressions: Does it matter how the affluence was acquired?” Presented at the American Psychological Society’s annual meeting, May 29 – June 1, 2003, Atlanta GA.

Jessica Mosier (Adviser: Cliff Harris). “Preparation of a chiral auxilliary: conversion of α-pinene to 2-hydroxy-3-pinanone.” Presented at the American Chemical Society’s national meeting, March 23-27, 2003, New Orleans LA.

Katie Siegmund (Advisers: Diane Ariza and Len Berkey). “Self-esteem in black adolescent females: socialization and the educational system.” Presented at the National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education, May 27-31, 2003, San Francisco CA.

Sarah Storbeck (Adviser: Michael Anes). “The effect of rotational motion on object recognition.” Presented at the Vision Sciences Society annual meeting, May 10-15, 2003, Sarasota FL.

Erin Toth (Adviser: Christopher Rohlman). “Structural analysis of the Anabaena group I intron.” Presented at the American Chemical Society’s national meeting, March 23-27, 2003, New Orleans LA.