ATP Summer Grants

Awardees and Mentors Summer 2011

  • Kimberly Bryant, Psychology (Mentor: Dr. Sandra Neargarder) Making the Grade: How Earlier School Start Times Affect Sleep and Overall Academic Performance in Children Ages 8 to 10

  • Jennifer Conway, Biology (Mentor: Professor Jennifer Mendell) A Molecular Exploration of the Microbial Community in the Intestinal Tract of Kiko Goats

  • Diana DeMont, Social Work (Mentor: Dr. Lucinda King-Frode) Shelter Initiatives for Homeless Students

  • Adelmar DoCanto, Physics (Mentor: Dr. Thomas Kling) Can Weak Gravitational Lensing Determine Matter Halo Fall-Off?

  • Elizabeth George, History (Mentor: Dr. Joshua Greenberg) Through the Eyes of Sailors and Citizens: How Americans at Home and on the USS Constitution Viewed the Greek Revolution

  • Erkan Gulturk, Mathematics (Mentor: Dr. Jeffrey Williams) Exploring Optical Physics and Using Theory to Develop Creative Photography Representing Optical Phenomena

  • Victoria Harkins, Sociology (Mentor: Dr. Jodi Cohen) Sexual Education and Teens: A Study of the Effectiveness of Greater Lowell Area Public High Schools Sexual Education Programs

  • Thomas William Howard, Mathematics (Mentor: Dr. Irina Seceleanu) Understanding Biological Systems Using Self-Similarity

  • Johanna Jackson, Special Education (Mentor: Dr. Suzanne Miller) Surveying Performing Arts and Non-Performing Arts Students’ Vocal Quality of Life

  • Stephanie James, Art (Mentor: Professor Robert Lorenson and Professor Preston Saunders) Fold Forming in Large and Small Scale: Personal Ornament in Copper and Silver Metallic Home Lighting

  • Bligh MacDonald, English (Mentor: Dr. Stacey Sheriff) Infomercial: A Marketing Odyssey

  • Brianne Molloy, Psychology (Mentor: Dr. Elizabeth Spievak) Out of State/Out of Mind: Cognitive Distance and Beliefs About Global Warming and Sustainability

  • Jonathan Nippert, Philosophy (Mentor: Dr. Claire Brown and Dr. Laura McAlinden) The Ethical Quandaries of Space Colonization and How Humans can Flourish on Many Worlds

  • Richard Orcutt, Biology (Mentor: Professor Jennifer Mendell) Quantification of Methane Producing Bacteria in the Gastrointestinal Tract of Kiko Goats Using Quantitative PCR

  • Mallory Piggott, Communication Studies (Mentor: Dr. Melanie McNaughton) Health Risk Communication: Insulin Misuse and Disturbed Eating Behaviors in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes

  • Laura Pistorino, Early Childhood Education (Dr. Sandra Neargarder) Early to Bed, Early to Rise: How Changing to an Earlier School Start Time Affects Sleep Patterns and Cognitive Functioning in Elementary School Children

  • Diana Ramos, Political Science (Dr. Deniz Leuenberger) Feeding the World or Feeding the Problem: A Look at How Hunger Relief Aid Strategies Fulfill Moral Obligations

  • Saide Ranero, English (Mentor: Dr. Lee Torda) Reading and Writing Women in the Middle East: One Story of War and Recovery

  • Katherine Saucier, Psychology (Mentor: Dr. Elizabeth Spievak) All Kidding Aside: The Serious Business of Humor in Politics

  • Nicole Sauber, Sociology (Mentor: Dr. Jing Tan) The Impact of Service: Cultural Understanding and International Service Learning with Bridgewater State University

  • Helen Silkonis, Anthropology (Mentor: Dr. Sandra Faiman-Silva) One With the Land: An Exploration of Environmental Perspectives of the Native American Tribes of Southern New England

  • Kathleen Smith, English (Mentor: Dr. Ellen Scheible) The Power of Education in Seamus Heaney’s Poetry

  • Kallee Spooner, Criminal Justice and Philosophy (Mentor: Dr. Richard Wright) The Meaning of Redemption: Why is America Sentencing Juveniles to Life Without the Possibility of Parole (LWOP)?

  • Jenna Sturges, Special Education (Mentor: Dr. Ahmed Abdelal) Influence of Direct Working Memory Intervention on Childrens’ Reading Fluency

  • Meghan Sullivan, Psychology (Mentor: Dr. Elizabeth Spievak) Escaping the Self: Self-Injurious Conduct as an Attempt to Cope

  • Amy VanDenBerghe, Elementary Education (Mentor: Dr. Patricia Fanning) Food Pantry Dilemma: Understanding the Need for Nutritional Value in Emergency Food provided in a Down Economy

  • Krystina Vieira, Psychology (Mentor: Dr. Tina Jameson) Optimistic and Pessimistic Decision Making

Awardees and Mentors Summer 2011 Center for Sustainability

  • Christine Aloia, Psychology and Criminal Justice (Mentors: Dr. Tina Jameson - Psychology and Dr. Ed Brush - Chemistry), "Green and Sustainable Chemistry: A Public Opinion Analysis"

  • Jennifer Ashley, Athletic Training (Mentors: Dr. Tong-Ching (Tom) Wu and Dr. Pam Russell - Movement Arts, Health Promotion and Leisure Studies), "Bike Sharing as Alternative Transportation at Bridgewater State University"

  • Mary P. Brennan Finnie, History (Mentor: Dr. Margaret Lowe), "The History of Community Gardening and its Impact on Sustainability, Particularly in Public School Community Garden Programs"

  • Katrina Delaney,  Sociology (Mentor: Dr. James Hayes-Bohanan - Geography), "A Fair Trade Educational Action Plan for Bridgewater State University"

Awardees and Mentors Summer 2010

  • Sandra Andrade, History (Mentor: Dr. Molly Robey) Le Mélange of Francophone Culture in William Wells Brown's Clotel

  • Yasmin Baig, Biology (Mentor: Professor Jennifer Mendell) Bacterial Diversity in the Gastrointestinal Tract of the Kiko Goat as Assessed by 16S rRNA Gene Clone Libraries

  • Kaitlyn Baptista, Psychology (Mentor: Dr.Teresa King) Media, Cultural and Generational Effects on Body Image: A Comparison of a Middle Eastern and Western Sample

  • Jesse Berglund, Mathematics (Mentor: Dr. Ward Heilman) Analyzing the Galois Groups of General Fifth-Degree and Fourth-Degree Polynomials

  • Melissa Brulotte, Chemistry (Mentor: Dr. Samer Lone) Structure and Function: The Crystal Structure of Dpo4 with N-Acetyl-2-Aminofluorene

  • Michel Darazi, Chemistry (Mentor: Dr. Edward Brush) Designing Cysteine Protease Inhibitors as Potential Therapeutic Agents to Treat Various Diseases

  • Ryan Engley, English (Mentor: Dr. James Crowley) Means and Extremes: Aristotle, Gender-switching, and Queer Friendships in Shakespeare

  • Sean Every, Music (Mentor: Dr. Donald Running) Saxophone Repertoire: A Look Into New Compositions from 2000 to 2010

  • Jillian Faustino, Psychology (Mentor: Dr. Amanda Shyne) Pay Attention! Can the Type of Interaction Between Handler and Dog Immediately Preceding and Agility Run Affect a Dog's Attention During a Run?

  • Tara Frare, Biology (Mentor: Dr. Jonathan Roling) Development of Biomarkers for Endocrine Disrupting Compounds in the Fathead Minnow, Pimephales promelas

  • Sarah Fuller, History (Mentor: Dr. Margaret Lowe) The Suffrage Debate in Beverly, Massachusetts: "Inalienable Right" or "the Fever of the Diseased Civilization" 1895-1920

  • Michael Galvez, Communication Studies (Mentor: Dr. Bjorn Ingvoldstad) Taking Lars on the Road: Five Variations

  • Christopher Goncalo, Chemistry (Mentor: Dr. Steven Haefner) Synthesis and DNA Binding Studies of Mono- and Bimetallointercalators

  • Alanna Hicks, Psychology (Mentor: Dr. Amanda Shyne) The Effectiveness of Verbal Versus Non-Verbal Cues in Achieving Desirable Behaviors from Canines on an Agility Course

  • Joshua Horton, Psychology (Mentor: Dr. Elizabeth Spievak) Overweight Stereotype Humor and the Moderating Effects of a Self-Focus Manipulation

  • Kathryn Johnston, English (Mentor: Dr. Michelle Cox) "Substitution": A Short Science Fiction Story

  • Matthew Keogh, English (Mentor: Dr. Benjamin Carson) The Denial of the Will and the Denial of Hope: Schopenhauer's Philosophy in the Plays of Eugene O'Neill

  • Julia LaMotte, Psychology (Mentor: Dr. John Calicchia) The Use of Play Therapy for Children Who Have Experienced Emotional and Physical Trauma Worldwide

  • Andrew Linde, Art (Mentor: Dr Donald Tarallo) Between Seeing and Thinking: An Exploration of Visual Translation

  • Stephanie Martin, Earth Sciences (Mentor: Dr. Robert Cicerone) Pleistocene-Age Climate Variation Derived from Oxygen-Isotope Measurements from Marine Organisms

  • Kathryn McAvoy, Chemistry (Mentor: Dr. Samer Lone) The Role of Y-family DNA Polymerase in Lesion Bypass of the Chemotherapeutic Drug Cisplatin

  • Joseph Moloney, Criminal Justice (Mentor: Dr. Christa Polczynski-Olson) Locations of Drug and Robbery Offenses: Spatial Analyses Based on Social Disorganization Theory

  • Caitlin Murphy, Biology (Mentor: Dr. Samer Lone) Understanding the Role of Dpo4 in Lesion Bypass of DNA Damaged with the Important Oxidative Carcinogen Thymine Glycol

  • Linda Myllmaki, Social Work (Mentor: Dr. Kathleen Bailey) Women in Alcoholics Anonymous: Exploring Recovery Experiences in a Male Dominated Organization

  • Paula Ortet, Biology (Mentor: Dr. Stephen Waratuke) Exploring Titanium Arylsulfides and Carbamates for Use in Catalytic Hydroaminations

  • Mateusz Pacha-Sucharzewski, Mathematics (Mentor: Dr. Ward Heilman) Analysis of the "Traveling Salesman Problem" and an Application of Heuristic Techniques for Finding a New Solution

  • Everton Pacheco, Chemistry (Mentor: Dr. Samer Lone) Structure and Function of Dpo4 Augmented with the N-Digit from DNA Polymerase Kappa

  • Katherine Paton, Political Science (Mentor: Dr. Jordon Barkalow) Machiavelli at Wit's End: Virtue, Fortune and the Purpose of Comedy

  • Ashley Rober, Psychology (Mentor: Dr. Sandra Neargarder) Parkinson's Disease and the Clock Drawing Task: Does Type of Initial Symptom Affect Visualspatial and Planning Abilities?

  • Lauren Rocha, English (Mentor: Dr. Kathleen Vejvoda) Things that go Bump in the Night: Gender and Sexuality in the Twilight Series

  • Shannon Rosenblat, English (Mentor: Dr. Anne Doyle) Art Under Repression: A Soviet Jewish Woman's Struggle for Artistic Freedom as Seen Through the Eyes of a Western Gentile

  • Allen Schaen, Earth Sciences (Mentor: Dr. Malinda Kent-Corson) Oxygen Isotopic Constraints on the Elevational History of the Western Kunlun Mountains in the Northern Region of the Tibetan Plateau

  • Kristina Sigman, Biology (Mentor: Dr. Samer Lone) Examination of DNA Synthesis Across a 1,N6 - ethenodeoxyadenosine Lesion by Yeast DNA Polymerase Rev1

  • Kerriann Speranza, Criminal Justice (Mentor: Dr. Dina Perrone) The Effects of Massachusetts' Decriminalization of Marijuana Law on Use Patterns

  • Joshua Weaver, Biology (Mentor: Dr. Edward Brush) Perilous Proteases - Using Competitive Inhibitors to Navigate the Active Site of Papain

  • Heidi Woofenden, Psychology (Mentor: Dr. Teresa King) Body Image and Religiosity in Jordanians and Americans

    Center for Sustainability Grants:

  • Sherry Blackmon, Chemistry (Mentor: Dr. Jonathan Roling) Does Triclosan Exposure and Tolerance Lead to Chlorine Resistant Bacteria?

  •  Sopheap Chea, Chemistry (Mentor: Dr. Kevin Curry & Dr. Cielito King) Does Triclosan Exposure and Tolerance Lead to Chlorine Resistant Bacteria?
     

Awardees and Mentors Summer 2009

  • Toni Aiduk, Social Work (Mentor: Dr. Arnaa Alcon) A Look at Local Geriatric Competencies

  • Kira Archibald, Psychology (Mentor: Dr. Teresa King) The Role of Body Image and Social Anxiety in Problematic Drinking Behavior

  • Christie Bowles, Criminal Justice (Mentor: Dr. Dina Perrone) Salvia Divinorum: Patterns of Use

  • Melissa Brulotte, Chemistry (Mentor: Dr. Samer Lone) Archaeal Polymerase Dpo4 Complexed with N-Acetyl-2-Aminofluorene

  • Liza-Anne Cabral, Communication Studies (Mentor: Dr. Jason Edwards) Managing Economic Crises: Bill Clinton and the Mexican Peso Crisis

  • Scott Campbell, Philosophy (Mentor: Dr. Laura McAlinden) External World Skepticism in Descartes

  • Mary Canha, Social Work (Mentor: Dr. Lucinda King-Frode) Siblings of Children with Autism: An exploratory Study of Sibling Concerns and Coping Strategies

  • Michaela Clark, Undecided (Mentor: Dr. Richard Wright) The Torture of Alleged Terrorists: Necessary for Public Safety or a Criminal Act?

  • Marlyn Colon, Psychology (Mentor: Dr. Sandra Neargarder) Finding the Pill on the Floor: How Contrast Sensitivity Affects Daily Living Skills in Alzheimer's Disease Patients

  • Angel Cooper, English (Mentor: Dr. William Devlin) Domination, Individuality, and Moral Chaos: Nietzsche's Will to Power

  • Michelle Cubellis, History (Mentor: Dr. Richard Wright) Guantanamo Bay: Just Preventive Detention of Terrorists or a Fundamental Violation of Due Process?

  • Allison Cullen, Social Work (Mentor: Dr. David O'Malley) Social Work and the Inception of Religiously and Spiritually Competent Practice within Institutions: The Role of Social Workers with Elderly in Hospice Care

  • Yvonne Estabrooks, Psychology (Mentor: Dr. Elizabeth Spievak) The Effect of Cognitive Processes on the Premenstrual Experience

  • Derek Ferris, Geography (Mentor: Dr. Robert Hellstrom) Regional vs. Local Impact of Wind on Glaciers in the Andes Mountains

  • Gary Forrester, Physics (Mentor: Dr. Martina Arndt) Solar Observations During Solar Minimum Using a Small Radio Telescope

  • Britta Gingras, English (Mentor: Dr. Benjamin Carson) "Double Consciousness' and the Racial Self in Danzy Senna's Caucasia, John Okada's No-No Boy, Zitkala-Sa's American Indian Stories, and Maxine Hong Kingston's The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts

  • Lizandra Gomes, Theatre Arts (Mentor: Dr. Suzanne Ramczyk) The Visions of Women Created by Three Major Female African American Playwrights of the Twentieth Century: Alice Childress, Lorraine Hansberry, and Suzan-Lori Parks

  • Brandon Green, Physics (Mentor: Dr. Edward Deveney) The Relativistic Quantum Field Calculator for Fundamental Particle Interactions

  • Renee Holt, Earth Science (Mentor: Dr. Michael Krol) Sedimentary Petrology of the Teddy Creek Group, Blacktail Mountains, Montana: Implications for Provenance and Landscape Evolution

  • Chelsea Horrocks, Criminal Justice (Mentor: Dr. Richard Wright) The Myth of the Female Sex Offender?

  • Paraskevi Liousas, Elementary Education (Mentor: Dr. Uma Shama) Impact of Pathway to College-Level Mathematics on Student Success

  • Brianne McDonough, Earth Science (Dr. Robert Cicerone) A Two-Dimensional, Linear-Elastic Model to Explain Radial Extensional Fractures, Pantheon Fossae, Caloris Basin, Mercury

  • Michelle Mercure, English (Mentor: Dr. Matt Bell) The "Bad Girl" in Film Noir Turned Feminist: (Psychoanalytic) Feminist Theorizations of the Female Fatale

  • Samantha Morse, Chemistry (Dr. Samer Lone) Structural Determination of Dpo4-Thymine Glycol Complex

  • Rachel Mullins, Psychology (Mentor: Dr. Sandra Neargarder) Do You See What I See?: An Archival Study to Develop a Complete Visual Profile for Individuals with Mental Retardation and Down Syndrome.

  • Scott Schlef, Physics (Mentor: Dr. Thomas Kling) Dealing with Multiple Lens Planes in Gravitational Lensing

  • David Spalding, Biology (Mentor: Dr. Boriana D. Marintcheva) Probing Viral Genomes fro Translation Factor Homologues Involved in Protein Synthesis using Bioinformatics

  • Marguerite Vantangoli, Biology (Mentor: Dr. Jonathan Roling) Evaluating the Health of the Aquatic Ecosystem: Quantifying the Effects of Endocrine Disrupting Compounds on Pimephales promelas

  • Bethany Verrilli, Chemistry (Dr. Samer Lone) The Relationship Between DNA Lesion Bypass and the Chemotherapy Drug Cisplatin

  • Danielle Williams, Psychology (Dr. Elizabeth Spievak) Hurting to Cope: Self-Injurious Behavior as an Escape from Self-Focus


Awardees and Mentors - Summer 2008

  • Michelle Bayly, Earth Science, (Mentor: Dr. Richard Enright) An Evaluation of the Environmental Impact of Conjunctive use of Ground Water and Surface Water in the Furnace Brook Well-Field in Marshfield, Massachusetts.

  • Louis Bianchini, Mathematics, (Mentor: Dr. Thomas Kling) Is a Truncated Navarro-Frenk-White Dark Matter Halo Model Sufficient for Current Applications in Weak and Strong Navigational Lensing?

  • Amanda Bragan, Physics, (Mentor: Dr. Edward Brush) Cost-benefit Analysis for Producing Biodiesel on-site from Waste Vegetable Pil for use in all BSC Diesel Vehicles.

  • Melanie Byam, History, (Mentor: Dr. Erin O'Connor) Nationalism and a Woman's Place: Modern Latin American Women in Text

  • Maely Cabral, Biology,  (Mentor: Dr. Edward Brush) Battling Disease with a Trojan Horse Attack on the Model Cysteine Protease Papain

  • Jeffrey Carboni, Biology, (Mentor: Dr. Donald Padgett) The Dietary Composition of the Eastern Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta picta) with Special Interests in Seed Composition.

  • Christopher Cepero, Physics, (Mentor: Dr. Thomas Kling) Accuracy of Weak Gravitational Lensing

  • Laurie Delaney, Political Science,  (Mentor: Dr. Jordon Barkalow) Moral Lessons for Muggles: Aristotelian Virtue and Friendship in J.K Rowling's Harry Potter Series.

  • Deborah M. deRaadt, Social Work, (Mentor: Dr. Lucinda King-Frode) The Challenges of Task and Time Management for the Families of Children with ADHD: Strategies and Successes.

  • Margaret Fiedler, Chemistry,  (Mentor: Dr. Steven Haefner) Singing the Moly Blues: The Direct Use of Molybdenum Clusters as a Precursor in the Development of Molybdenum Blue Ceramic Glazes.

  • Bonnie J. Fletcher, Physical Education, (Mentor: Dr. Teresa King) A Bridge Between the Mind and Body: Effects of Massage Therapy on Body Image

  • Christopher Hallenbrook, History, (Mentor: Dr. Jordon Barkalow) Exploring the Nature of Anti-Federalist Thought: Republicanism and Liberalism in the Political Thought of Cato.

  • Aimee Higgins, Geography, (Mentor: Dr. Robert Hellstrom) The Effects of Land Cover Variability on Evapotranspiration in the Llangunuco Valley.

  • Bruce Hunt, Political Science, (Mentor: Dr. Jordon Barkalow) What Happened to God?: An Empirical Assessment of the Continuity Thesis in American Political Thought

  • Stephanie Lawrence, Art, (Mentor: Professor Mercedes Nuñez)  Painting the Words: Combining Language and Literature in the Visual Arts

  • Emily Legassie, Communication Arts & Science, (Mentor: Dr. Jason Edwards) Examining the Strategies Used by Celebrities When Promoting International Causes

  • Julianne Martell, Chemistry, (Mentor: Dr. Edward Brush )Development of the Analytical Methods to Evaluate the Purity of Biodiesel Produced from BSC Waste Vegetable Oils.

  • Kelly Medeiros, Social Work, (Mentor: Dr. Lucinda King-Frode) Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing: Implementation and Modification of the Treatment Protocol for Use with Youth Clientele.

  • Ashley Reidy, Political Science, (Mentor: Dr. Deniz Leuenberger) Modernization and the Effects on Cultural Identity

  • Daniel Schepis, Biology, (Mentor: Dr. Donald Padgett) The Role of Eastern Painted Turtles (Chrysemys picta picta) in Influencing the Distribution of Pond-Lily (Nuphar variegata) by Seed Ingestion in Southeastern Massachusetts.

  • Christopher St. Andre, Biology, (Mentor: Dr. Darcy Boellstorff) Courtship and Oviposition Habitat Preferences of Breeding Adult Damselflies: Calopteryx aequabilis and Calopteryx maculata.

  • Jennifer Swanson, Psychology, (Mentor: Dr. Elizabeth Spievak) Running on Empty: How College Students Cope with Attentional Difficulties

Awardees and Mentors - Summer 2007

  • Kenneth Awasung, Chemistry, (Mentor: Dr. Stephen Waratuke) "Organic Ligand Synthesis & Intra-Molecular Hydroamination Reactions"
  • Louis Bianchini, Mathematics, (Mentor: Ms. Hashini Mohottala) "Superconducting Temperature As a Function Of Excess Oxygen In A Lanthanum Barium Copper Oxide Material (La2BaxCuO4 With X =0.125)"
  • Joseph Coleman, Business Management, (Mentor: Dr. Robert M. Wolk) "Colliding Fronts: Masking Sense of the Wind Power Debate"
  • Caroline Curtis, Biology, (Mentor: Prof. Christopher Bloch) "Effects of Locally Applied Pesticide Constituents on Freshwater Crustaceans In Eastern Massachusetts Watersheds"
  • Meghan Damiano, Criminal Justice, (Mentor: Dr. Richard Wright), "The Chivalry Hypothesis & Filicide: Are There Categorical Differences Between Mothers & Fathers Who Kill Their Children?"
  • Colleen Farrell, English, (Mentor: Dr. Ann Brunjes), "Absolut Therapy"
  • Daniel Fitch, Mathematics, (Mentor: Dr. Uma Shama), "The Design And Testing Of Hand Held Devices To Assist Persons With Disabilities To Navigate Bus Services"
  • Amanda Fountain, Communication Arts & Science, (Mentor: Dr. Arthur Lizie), "It's All In The Words: Determining The Relationship Between Newspaper Portrayal of Rape Victims And Readers Response"
  • Pedro Garcia daSilva, Biology, (Mentor: Dr. Patricia Mancini), "Effects Of Methyleneoxindole (MOI) Derivatives On Trypanothione Reductase Activity And Viability Of Procyclic Trypanosoma brucei"
  • Gregory Gaudreau, Biology, (Mentor: Carol Carson and Dr. John Jahoda), "Modern Leviathans: The Life History Of The Basking Shark (Cetorhinus Maximus) In The Waters Off New England"
  • Brandon Green. Physics, (Mentor: Ms. Hashini Mohottala), "Separate Magnetic And Superconducting Phases in La2-xSrxCuO4+y"
  • Curtis Holland, Sociology, (Mentor: Dr. Jonathan White), "The Impact Of Globalization On The Rights And Welfare Of Children In Developing Countries: A Comparative Study Of Three Diverse Nations"
  • Quetti Jean, Anthropology, (Mentor: Dr. Diana Fox), "A Comparative Ethnographic And Reflective Study Of Different Aspects Of Water Use in Toco, Trinidad, And Delma, Haiti"
  • Mandy Lyons, Art, (Mentor: Prof. Rob Lorenson), "Bringing Visual Arts To The Visually Impaired Through Education"
  • Christopher MacPherson, Physical Education, (Mentor: Dr. Karen Pagnano), "PEP Grant Funded Fitness Centers In Middle Schools: Are Students Learning The Skills And Behaviors To Live A Physically Active Lifestyle?"
  • Julianne Martell, Chemistry, (Mentor: Dr. Edward Brush), "Development Of A Lab Bench Research Reactor To Investigate Improved Chemical Methods Of Producing Biodiesel From BSC Waste Vegetable Oil"
  • Jessica Martinho, English, (Mentor: Dr. Ann Brunjes), "The Whiteness Of The Whale: Representations Of Race in Herman Melville's Moby-Dick"
  • Alzira Murphy, Social Work, (Mentor: Dr. Arnaa Alcon), "Beyond The Grave: How Do Grandparents Who Are Sole Caregivers For Grandchildren Arrange For Care Of the Child(ren) In The Case Of Disability Or Death Of The Grandparent?"
  • Nicole Rando, Art, (Mentor: Dr. Beatrice St. Laurent), "Art, Propaganda And Politics In The Modern And Contemporary Middle East"
  • Amanda Taylor, Biology, (Mentors: Carol Carson and Dr. John Jahoda), "Observed Behaviors Of The Humpback Whale, Megaptera Novaeangliae, In The Gulf Of Maine With Special Emphasis On The Creation Of An Ethogram"
  • Jessica Lorraine Sousa, Earth Science (Mentor: Dr. Michael Krol), "Kinematic And Microstructural Study Of Mylonitic Rocks From The Ruby Mountains, Southwest Montana"
  • Jennifer Thomas, Biology, (Mentor: Prof. Christopher Bloch) "Detection Of Parasitic Infection In Terrestrial Snails In The Luquillo Experimental Forest In Puerto Rico"
  • Meghan Wert, Biology, (Mentors: Carol Carson and Dr. John Jahoda), "The Life History Parameters Of the Humpback Whale, Megaptera Novaeangliae) In The Waters Of The Gulf Of Maine"

Awardees and Mentors - Summer 2006

  • Bryan Campbell, Physics, (Mentor: Dr. Thomas Kling) "Integrating the Bianchi Identities for Weak Gravitational Lensing"

  • Catie Carson, Criminal Justice, (Mentor: Dr. Richard Wright) "A Comparative Analysis of Sexual Assault in the United States, Canada, and England" 

  • Elizabeth Davenport, Art, (Mentor: Dr. Collin Asmus) "Forging my Relationship with the Figure: A Personal Exploration of Art Employing the Human Form"

  • Michael DeGagne, Business Management, (Mentor: Professor. Robert Wolk) "Unwired: Student Use of Technology in the Ubiquitous Computing World"

  • Derek Drake, Psychology, (Mentor: Dr. Anne Murtagh) "Emotional Intelligence as a Comparator in the Conceptualized Self-Regulation Hierarchical Control System"

  • Carolyn Gorman, Psychology, (Mentor: Dr. Teresa King) "Transmission of Body Image in School Aged Girls"

  • James Norman, English, (Mentor: Dr. Gregory Chaplin) "In His Image: Satan's Re-creation of Adam and Eve in Paradise Lost"

  • Taryn Palluccio, Chemistry, (Mentor: Dr. Steven Waratuke) "Hydroamination of Alkynes, Enynes, and Dienes Using Titanium Catalysts"

  • Jared Pearl, Chemistry, (Mentor: Dr. Steven Waratuke) "Synthesis and Spectroscopy Studies of Tripodal Amine Ligands on Titanium and Zirconium"

  • Casey Rekowski, History, (Mentor: Dr. Margaret Lowe) "Horace Mann's Vision in Action: Bridgewater Normal School's Female Teachers"

  • Christina Sarkisian, Art, (Mentor: Dr. Beatrice St. Laurent) "Fertility Figures and Goddesses: Depiction of Female Strength"

  • Lauren Scagnoli, Political Science, (Mentor: Dr. Jordan Barkalow) "The Fine Line between Poverty and Destitution: The Role of Compassion in Dostoevsky's Moral and Political Philosophy"

  • Emily Snow, Psychology, (Mentor: Dr. Michael Murtagh) "Attitudes About Summer Classes"

  • Jason Tower, Physics, (Mentor: Dr. Thomas Kling) "Light Cones for Kerr Black Holes"

  • Bradford Vezina, Art, (Mentor: Dr. Roger Dunn) "The Authenticity of our Past: Forgery and Art"

  • Amanda Viana, English, (Mentors: Dr. Lee Torda and Sheau-Hwang Chang) "Picture This: An Undergraduate Foray into Digital Media Preservation"

  • Emily Walsh, Earth Science, (Mentor: Dr. Peter Saccocia) "Origin of Hot Spring Water in Back Arc Basins"

  • Nicole Williams, English, (Mentor: Dr. Lee Torda) "Reading the Gardner: Viewership, Readership, and Public Art"

  • Brett Zografos, Biology, (Mentor: Dr. Patricia Mancini) "Effects of Methyleneoxindole (MOI) and its Derivatives on Viability of Procyclic Forms of Trypanosoma brucei: Possible Mechanisms of Drug Toxicity"

Awardees and Mentors - Summer 2005

  • Mary Cleary, History, (Mentor: Dr. Margaret Lowe) "Clearing the Hurdles: How Nineteen Women Made a Difference"

  • Emily Clement, Earth Science, (Mentor: Dr. Michael Krol) "Origin of Gabbroic Xenoliths within the Lone Mountain Dacite Intrusion, Big Sky, Montana: A Field and Petrographic Analysis"

  • Bethany Collins, Chemistry, (Mentor: Dr. Steven Haefner) "Cocurbituril as a Molecular Platform for the Association and Isolation of Monosaccharides"

  • Elizabeth Connell, Earth Science, (Mentor: Dr, Michael Krol) "Microstructural Analysis of a Drill Core from the Narragansett Basin, Somerset, MA"

  • James Crivellaro, English, (Mentor: Dr. Lee Torda) "Travel Writing and the Short Story"

  • Ian Delahanty, History, (Mentor: Dr. Thomas Turner) "Charles Francis Adams, Great Britain, and the 'American Question' in 1861"

  • Alison Erbeck, Chemistry, (Mentor: Dr. Edward Brush) "Synthesis and Evaluation of Indole and Oxindole Derivatives as Potential Inhibitors of Glyoxalase II" 

  • Marino Fernandes, Philosophy, (Mentor: Dr. Catharine Womack) "Na Esperanca de Reconciliacao: An Application of Second Language Acquisition Theories to Mentalese".

  • Geoffrey Guimaraes, Chemistry, (Mentor: Dr. Frank Gorga) "Tyrosinase-catalytic Behavior in the Presence of Various Aromatic Alcohols"

  • Derek Hambly, Art, (Mentors: Prof. Preston Saunders and Dr. Rob Lorenson) "Soda Firing and Glaze Experimentation"

  • Megan Kenealy, Art, (Mentor: Dr. Rob Lorenson) "Still Haven't Bound What I'm Looking For"

  • Ashlee Kirkwood, Earth Science, (Mentor: Dr. Michael Krol) "Petrographic Analysis of a Drill Core from the Narragansett Basin, Somerset, MA"

  • Sarah Lane, Chemistry, (Mentor: Dr. Steven Haefner) "Monosaccharide Interactions with Rh(III) Cis-bipyridine Complexes"

  • Bethany Masten, Chemistry, (Mentor: Steven Haefner) "Development of Dirhodium Sugar-Substituted Carboxylate and Acetamide Complexes and Evaluation of their Potential as Lectin Inhibitors"

  • Lindsay McDonald, Chemistry, (Mentor: Dr. Steven Haefner) "Interactions of Cis-Bis-Ruthenium Complexes with Monosaccharides"

  • David Mofford, Chemistry, (Mentor: Dr. Edward Brush) "Design, Synthesis, and Testing of Indole and Oxindole Aspartic Acid Derivatives as Potential Caspase Inhibitors"

  • Taryn Palluccio, Chemistry, (Mentor: Dr. Steven Waratuke) "Enyne Hydroamination Reactions"

  • Brad Rubin, Philosophy, (Mentor: Dr. Francine Quaglio) "He that Increaseth Knowledge: Does Cistercian Monosticism Contain Strategies for Addressing the Crisis of Meaning in Contemporary Western Life?"

  • Kristina Stafford, Art, (Mentors: Prof. Preston Saunders and Dr. Rob Lorenson) "Catenary Tales: A Study of Soda/Salt-Fire Kiln Construction and Glaze Formulation"

  • Adam Stilgoe, History, (Mentor: Dr. Gregory Chaplin) "The Initial Formation of Independent Cultural Consciousness in British Colonials in the Caribbean during the Eighteenth Century through Poetry Written by Colonials"

Awardees and Mentors - Summer 2004

  • Rosa Aleman, Communication Studies (Mentor: Dr. Arthur Lizie), "Inner City Stories from Upward Bound: American Poverty and its Effects on the Pursuit of Higher Education for Disadvantaged Teens."

  • Evan Broderick, Chemistry (Mentor: Dr. Ed Brush), "Design and Synthesis of an Ionic Liquid and its Application as a Reusable Solvent."

  • Daniel Callahan, Earth Science (Mentor: Dr. Michael Krol), "Sedimentary Petrology of the Teddy Creek Group, Blacktail Mountains, Montana."

  • Robert J. Cannata, English (Mentor: Dr. Garland Kimmer), "The Snickering Echoes of Oppression: 100 Years of Irish Humor Through the Formation of the Irish Free State."

  • Karen L. DeBalsi, Biology (Mentor: Dr. Jeff Bowen), "Synthesis, Purification, Characterization, and Biological Evaluation of Dialkylester Glutathione Conjugates with 3-Methyleneoxindole as Potential Therapeutic Agents."

  • Kathleen Rachel Gonsalves, Earth Science (Mentor: Dr. Robert Cicerone), "Magnetic Field Precursors to the 1989 M7.1 Loma Prieta Earthquake."

  • Derek Thomas Hambly, Art (Mentor: Prof. Rob Lorenson), "Hybrid Clay: A Research of Creation and Design."

  • Teresa Hunter, English (Mentor: Dr. Garland Kimmer), "Voices in Violence: Cultural and Political Violence's Effect on Artistic Production in Northern Ireland's Belfast Poets, Seamus Heaney, Michael Longley and Cieran Carson from 1970 to the Present."

  • Brian Keith, Physics (Mentor: Dr. Thomas P. Kling), "Reunion of Weak Gravitational Lensing and General Relativity."

  • Megan Lakhal, Biology (Mentor: Dr. Patricia Mancini), "Selected Microorganisms From Soil and Water in the Bridgewater State College Vicinity."

  • Jesse Miller, Chemistry (Mentor: Dr. Ed Brush), "Two Novel Approaches to Generate Elemental Bromine for its Use in a Green Chemistry Synthesis of 3-Bromooxindole-3-acetic acid."

  • Shannon Moriarty, Political Science (Mentor: Dr. Brendan Burke), "A Case Study of the political Conflicts Surrounding the Closing and Reuse of the South Weymouth Naval Air Station."

  • Paul A. Muller, Jr., Biology (Mentor: Dr. Donald Padgett), "A Comparative Seed Germination Analysis Between Common and Endangered Nuphar Species of New England."

  • Erin Nevens, Earth Science (Mentor: Dr. Michael Krol), "Geologic Mapping and Petrographic Analysis of Metamorphic Rocks from Black Rock Beach, Cohasset, Massachusetts."

Awardees and Mentors - Summer 2003

  • Amanda E. Allen, Sociology (Mentor: Dr. Patricia Fanning), "The Truth About Radical Feminism: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow"

  • Rebekah Beaudoin, Communication Studies (Mentor: Dr. Arthur Lizie), "The New Black Face: The Over Dramatization of Black Culture in Rap Videos"

  • Aaron Botelho, History (Mentor: Dr. Andrew Harris), "The Scourge of God: Radical Protestant Intellectual History Prior to the Reign of Elizabeth I"

  • Allyson M. Carbone, History (Mentor: Dr. Luci Fortunato De Lisle), "The Hidden Famine: Understanding Nutrition and Disease in Early Modern Europe"

  • Erin M. Collupy, Biology (Mentor: Dr. Kevin Curry), "Tessellated Darter, Etheostoma olmstedi, as a Stress Indicator In Southeastern Massachusetts Streams"

  • Glen de Pontbriand, English (Mentor: Dr. Ann Brunjes), "Evolution of the "Self" in American Literature"

  • Amanda E. Gross, Earth Science (Mentor: Dr. Richard Enright), "Field Validation of Grain Size Determination of Massachusetts Beaches Using Brightness Measurements from Landsat Thematic Mapper Data"

  • Tiffini Hamilton, Chemistry (Mentor: Dr. Cielito DeRamos-King), "An Investigation of Anthropogenic Impact on the Quality of the Town River in Bridgewater, Massachusetts"

  • Christopher B. Haslam, Biology (Mentor: Dr. Kevin Curry), "Chronological Patterns of Emergence of Dragonflies in Carver Pond, Bridgewater, MA"

  • Edward L. Kelliher, Biology (Mentor: Dr. Kevin Curry), "Larval Dragonfly Asymmetry as an Indicator For Environmental Stress"

  • Jesse Miller, Chemistry (Mentor: Dr. Edward Brush), "Green Chemistry Synthesis of 3-Bromooxindole-3-acetic acid: A Potential Anti-Cancer Agent"

  • Johannah Price, Foreign Languages (Mentor: Dr. Leora Lev), "First, Be Sexy! Cinema, Femininity, and the Young American Woman"

  • Nicholas Q. Rofe, Earth Science (Mentor: Dr. Michael Krol), "Geological Mapping of Volcanic Rocks in the Blacktail Mountains, Montana"

Awardees and Mentors - Summer 2002

  • Andrea Abbott, English (Mentor: Dr. Lee Torda), "The Phenomenon of Public Self-Disclosure: Shout it from the Rooftops? A Multi-Genre Essay"

  • Matthew Brennan, Earth Science (Mentor: Dr. Michael Krol), "The Geologic History of the Easton-Sharon Border, Southeastern Massachusetts"

  • Scott Dallmeyer, Physics (Mentor: Dr. Edward Deveney), "Doppler Free Saturated Absorption Spectroscopy"

  • Kelly Famolare, Earth Science (Mentor: Dr. Robert Cicerone), "Using Bloom's Taxonomy in the Creation of Geophysical Laboratory Exercises"

  • Philip Graham, History (Mentor: Dr. Michael Ierardi), "KV55 and the Amarna Dynasty"

  • James Hebda, Chemistry (Mentor: Dr. Cielito De Ramos-King), "Determination of Levels of Heavy Metals in Storm Water Runoff"

  • Craig Murphey, Communication Studies (Mentor: Dr. Arthur Lizie), "Whose Voice is Heard?: A Comparative Analysis of the Coverage of Local Issues in Four Newspapers"

  • Matthew Noiseux, Art (Mentor: Prof. Rob Lorenson), "Steel Sculpture"

  • Therese Winger, Management (Mentor: Dr. Helene Fine), "Evaluation of the Supply-Chain Management Process in the Radiology Department at Brigham and Women's Hospital"

Awardees and Mentors - Summer 2001

  • Danielle Charest, Anthropology and Music (Mentors: Drs. Curtiss Hoffman and Salil Sachdev), "The Role of Sacred Festivals and Music in Indian Culture"

  • Asako Enomoto, Chemistry (Mentor: Dr. Ed Brush), "Designing a Novel Pro-Drug (Trojan Horse) Inhibitor of Cysteine Proteases"

  • Chris Farnkoff, History (Mentor: Dr. Wing-kai To), "A Comparitive Analysis of Meiji Japan and Bismackian Germany"

  • Laura Horky, Biology (Mentor: Dr. Don Padgett), "Analyzing the Reproductive Biology of the Endangered Long's Bittercress, Cardamine longii"

  • Brendan Kidwell, Mathematics and Computer Science (Mentor: Dr. Uma Shama), "A Mathematical Algorithm for Predicting Arrival Times of Public Transit Vehicles"

  • Eric Molleur, Anthropology (Mentor: Dr. Diana Fox), "The State of Economic Development in Frankfield, Jamaica Through the Use of Visual Anthropology"

  • Tara-Joan Palopoli, Psychology (Mentor: Dr. Ruth Hannon), "Conflict Resolution in Adolescence: Issues and Resolution Strategist"

  • Cassandra Ristaino, Theater Arts (Mentor: Professor James Quinn), "How do we Incorporate Theatre into Education Through all of the Education Reform Standards?

  • Jackie Van Etten, Earth Science (Mentor: Dr. Peter Saccocia), "Microscopic Coral Morphology and Paleoclimate Reconstruction"

  • Perla Vidal, Communication Studies (Mentor: Dr. Arthur Lizie), "America's Music: The Evolution of Country Music Into Rock and Roll"

Last Modified: July 11, 2011