Student Co-Authored Publications

Albion College faculty members with their undergraduate students have published the following scholarly articles in peer-reviewed national and international journals. The name of the Albion College student appears in bold. These publications reflect cutting-edge work in various specialized fields, and are an outstanding achievement for undergraduate students who plan to pursue advanced training in graduate or professional schools.

Duman-Scheel, M., Clark, S. M., Grunow, E. T., Hasley, A. O., Hill, B. L., & Simanton, W. L. (2007) Delayed onset of midline netrin expression in Artemia franciscana coincides with commissural axon growth and provides evidence for homology of midline cells in distantly related arthropods. Evolution & Development, 9 (2), 131–140.

Togunde, D. and Weber, E. (2007). Parents’ Views, Children’s Voices: intergenerational analysis of child labor persistence in urban Nigeria. International Journal of Sociology of the Family, 33, 285-301.
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Togunde, D. and Richardson, S. (2006). Household Size and Composition as correlates of child labor in Urban Nigeria. Africa Development, 31, 50-65.

Togunde, D. and Carter, A. (2006). Socioeconomic causes of child labor in urban Nigeria. Journal of Children and Poverty, 12, 73-89.

Christopher, A. N., Morgan, R. D., Marek, P., Keller, M., & Drummond, K. (2005). Materialism and self-presentational styles. Personality and Individual Differences, 38, 137-149.
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Togunde, D. and Newman, S. (2005). Value of children, child labor, and fertility preferences in Urban Nigeria. West Africa Review, 7, 1-25.

McCurdy, D.G., Forbes, M.R., Logan, S.P., Lancaster, D., and Mautner, S.I. (2005). Foraging and impacts by benthic fish on the intertidal amphipod, Corophium volutator. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 25, 558-564.

McCurdy, D.G., Forbes, M.R., Logan, S.P., Kopec, M.T., and Mautner, S.I. (2004). The functional significance of intersexes in the intertidal amphipod Corophium volutator. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 24, 261-265.

Degel, K. M., & McCurdy, D. G. (2004). Impacts of temperature on shedding of trematode parasites by the snail Ilyanassa obsoleta. Marine Scientist 2006.03.030302

Anes, M. D., & Kruer, J. L. (2004). Investigating hemispheric specialization in a novel face-word stroop task. Brain and Language, 89, 136-141.
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Christopher, A. N., Kuo, S. V., Abraham, K. M., Noel, L. W., & Linz, H. E. (2004). Materialism and affective well-being: The role of social support. Personality and Individual Differences, 37, 463-470.
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Christopher, A. N., Marek, P., Dobbins, E. M., & Jones, J. R. (2004). Three decades of social psychology: A longitudinal analysis of Baron and Byrne’s textbook. Teaching of Psychology, 31, 31-36.

Erbežnik, M., Hudson, S. E., Herrman, A. B.. & Strobel, H. J. (2004). Molecular analysis of the xylFGH operon, coding for xylose ABC transport, in Thermoanaerobacter ethanolicus. Current Microbiology, 48, 295-299.

McCurdy, D., Forbes, M., Logan, S., Kopec, M., & Mautner, S. (2004). The functional significance of intersexes in the intertidal amphipod Corophium volutator. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 24, 261-265.

Whitney, N., Pratt Jr., H. L., & Carrier, J. (2004). Group courtship, mating behaviour, and siphon sac function in the Whitetip Reef Shark, Triaenodon obesus. Animal Behaviour, 68, 1435-1442.

Anderson, R. A., & Otto, A. L. (2003). Perceptions of fairness in the justice system: A cross-cultural comparison. Social Behavior and Personality: An International Journal, 31, 557-564.
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Boye, A. C., Meyer, D., Ingison, C. K., French, A. N., & Wirth, T. (2003). Novel lactonization with phenonium ion participation induced by hypervalent iodine reagents. Organic Letters, 5, 2157-2159.

Holland, D., & Lee, J. (2003). A study of Z-scheme photosynthesis [Abstract]. Journal of Undergraduate Research, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, 3, 78.

Slaughter, B. S., & Skean Jr., J. D. (2003). Comparison of cedar and tamarack stands in a relict conifer swamp at Pierce Cedar Creek Institute, Barry County, Michigan. Michigan Botanist, 42, 111-127.

Slaughter, B. S., & Skean Jr., J. D. ( 2003). Annotated checklist of vascular plants in the vicinity of Cedar Creek and Brewster Lake, Pierce Cedar Creek Institute, Barry County, Michigan. Michigan Botanist, 42, 129-150.

Tobin, J., & Christen, D. K. (2003). Uncovering the electrical properties of four potential super-conductors through construction of a new cryogenic system and associated LabVIEW program [Abstract]. Journal of Undergraduate Research, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, 3, 138.

Saville, K. J., Lindley, A. M., Maries, E. G., Carrier, J. C., & Pratt Jr., H. L. (2002). Multiple paternity in the Nurse Shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 63, 347-351.
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Chrisman, W., Blankenship, M. J., Taylor, B., & Harris, C. E. (2001). Selective deoximation using alumina supported potassium permanganate. Tetrahedron Letters, 42, 4775-4777.
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Wilson, W. J., Ogg, J. A., & Marsack, K. Z. (2000). Acute Ginkgo biloba facilitates decision-making in a working memory task in rats. Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis, 60, 511.

Songer, A. L., & Kennedy, E. D. (1999). Seed and fruit preferences of small rodents: Effects of food location and toxicity. Michigan Academician 31, 371-384.

Garvin, N. S., Hysell, C., Kilbane, M., Kubicki, E., Lindberg, J., Morrison, H., O’Sullivan, A., & Smalley, J. (1993). Human Knowledge from pen to print: A collation of texts. Russell: The Journal of the Bertrand Russell Archives, 13 (1), 87-100.
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