The following students have received awards for research and travel through the Fall 2017 Funding Cycle in the Office of Student Research. Of the 20 applications received, 17 were funded.
Victoria Acosta and Meghan Hall, A Survey of Lepidopterans in Lancer Park
BIOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Sujan M. Henkanaththegedara
Paula Amburgey, Investigating the Effects of Cancer Mutations on BRD3 Bromodomain Binding
BIOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Erin Shanle
Lindsey Brown, Effect of Body Composition Changes throughout the Annual Training Cycle on Anaerobic Power Outputs in Division I Female Soccer Athletes
HEALTH, ATHLETICS, RECREATION AND KINESIOLOGY
Faculty Mentors: Dr. Kyle Levers and Dr. Troy Purdom
Kaitlyn Dobyns, Identification of Mosquitoes Found in Rainwater Harvesting Systems Using PCR
BIOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Faculty Mentors: Dr. Kathy Gee and Dr. Dale Beach
Allison Eagle, Does Nature Benefit Everyone? Salivary Cortisol Responses of Wilderness Therapy Clients
BIOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Catherine Franssen
Kyrsten Gage, Identifying Mosquito Specimens Using Polymerase Chain Reaction
BIOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Faculty Mentors: Dr. Kathy Gee and Dr. Dale Beach
Jake Giles, Using Lower Body Mobility testing to Evaluate Detraining Effect on Muscle Balance and Joint Symmetry in Division I Female Soccer Players
HEALTH, ATHLETICS, RECREATION AND KINESIOLOGY
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Troy Purdom
Juan Guevara, Printing on Handmade Paper Substrates with Laser Cut Blocks
THEATRE, ART, AND GRAPHIC DESIGN
Faculty Mentor: Ms. Kerri Cushman
Hailey Kintz, Do Paraben Derivatives Alter T cell Immunity?
BIOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Amorette Barber
William Kish and Matthew Bowman, Assessing the diversity of Spiders and Beetles in the Lancer Park Floodplain
BIOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Sujan M. Henkanaththegedara
Michaela Malboeuf, Voices from Detention: An Exploration of Undocumented Immigrants' Journeys
SOCIOLOGY, ANTHROPOLOGY, AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE STUDIES
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Connie Koski
Michaela Malboeuf and Rebecca Ciminelli, The Effects of Subjects' Status of Deception Detection
PSYCHOLOGY
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Sarai Blincoe
Chase McPherson, Aerobic Capacity and the Effect of Body Composition Throughout the Annual Training Cycle
HEALTH, ATHLETICS, RECREATION AND KINESIOLOGY
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Troy Purdom
Olivia Mehalko and Cameron Reuss, Corncobs in the Campfire: Evidence for Cultivation of Zea mays at 44CH62- The Randy K. Wade Site
SOCIOLOGY, ANTHROPOLOGY, AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE STUDIES
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Brian Bates
Katlyn Meyers, Determining the Effects of Mutations in p300 on Gene Expression in Cancer Cells
BIOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Erin Shanle
Katherine Plucinski, The Connection Between Dead Zones in the Chesapeake Bay and Dissolved Organic Matter (DOM) Exports from Hull Springs Farm, Westmoreland County, VA
BIOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Dina Leech
McCoy Williams, Field 3D Kinematics of Unsteady Flight in Wild Blue Jays
BIOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Brandon Jackson
