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Academic Year 2008 - 2009 Professional Conference Awardees. Click here for a list of NCUR 2009 Awardees.

Anthony Jannotta, Annual Midwest Undergraduate Philosophy Conference, April 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Laura McAlinden) Aquinas: Compatibilism, Libertarianism, and Human Freedom
Yvonne Estabrooks, New England League of Middle Schools Annual Conference (Mentor: Dr. Elizabeth Spievak) Bullying Lawsuits: What They Tell Instructional Leaders about Communicating with Students and Advocates
Jeffrey Gosian, Association for Psychological Science Conference (Mentor: Dr. Elizabeth Spievak) Fair and Balanced? The Juror Mindset and the Myth of Impartiality
Jennifer Swanson, Association for Psychological Science Conference (Mentor: Dr. Elizabeth Spievak) Running on Empty: How College Students Cope with Attentional Difficulties
Jacki Zarella, Association for Psychological Science Conference (Mentor: Dr. Elizabeth Spievak) Attributions of Blame and Outrage: Predicting Legal Liability and Punitive Damages in Harassment Cases
Daniel Schepis, 2009 Posters on the Hill, May 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Donald Padgett) "The Use of Aquatic Turtles by Pond-lily Plants for Seed Dispersal"
Laurie Delaney, Midwest Political Science Association National Conference, April 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Jordon Barkalow) "Moral Lessons for Muggles: Aristotelian Virtue and Friendship in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter Series"
Christopher Hallenbrook, Midwest Political Science Association National Conference, April 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Jordon Barkalow) "Exploring the Nature of Anti-Federalist Thought: Republicanism and Liberalism in the Political Thought of Cato"
Alex Clatterbuck, Eastern Communication Association Conference, April 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Jason Edwards) "Taking Sustainability Back to School"
Phillip Kostka, Eastern Communication Association Conference, April 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Jason Edwards) "Framing Race in America"
Kathryn Messner, Eastern Communication Conference, April 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Jason Edwards) "The Connection between Civil Religion and Inaugural Addresses"
Jessica Crowe, 72nd Annual Meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, April 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Jodi Cohen) "Can Adolescents Handle Adult-Life?: The Wellbeing of Students on University Grounds"
Taylor Hall, 72nd Annual Meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, April 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Jodi Cohen) "Homophobia Got You Down? Low Levels of Self-Esteem Relate to Homophobia on a College Campus"
Ricardo Jean-Charles, 72nd Annual Meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, April 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Jodi Cohen) "The Difference Self-Esteem Makes: An Examination of the Relationship between Achievement and Self-Esteem"
Jennifer Madeira, 72nd Annual Meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, April 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Jodi Cohen) "I'm OK, You're OK: Attitudes of First-Year Students Toward LGBT Students and Faculty"
Jessica Mann, 72nd Annual Meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, April 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Jodi Cohen) "Sex in the Classroom: A Look at Sexism on College Campuses"
Christi Nelson, 72nd Annual Meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, April 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Jodi Cohen) "Higher Education - Narrow-Minded and Unsupportive?: An Analysis of Support on Campus for LGBT Students"
Amanda Bragan, American Chemical Society National Meeting, March 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Edward Brush) "Determining the Feasibility of Producing Biodiesel From Waste Vegetable Oil Through Cost-Benefit and SWOT Analyses"
Maely Cabral, American Chemical Society National Meeting, March 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Edward Brush) "Inhibitor Design by Trojan Horse Attack on the Model Cysteine Protease Papain"
Bethany Collins, American Chemical Society National Meeting, March 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Steven Haefner) "Investigation of the Intermolecular Association Between Cucurbit[7]uril and Monosaccharides"
Margaret Fiedler, American Chemical Society National Meeting, March 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Steven Haefner) " Direct use of Molybdenum Clusters as Precursors in the Development of Molybdenum Blue Ceramic Glazes"
Julianne Martell, American Chemical Society National Meeting, March 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Edward Brush) "Development of 1H-NMR and ASTM-based Methods to Evaluate the Analytical Purity of Biodiesel Produced from Waste Vegetable Oils"
Donna Molloy, Academy of Criminal Justice Services, March 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Jo-Ann Della Giustina) "Connecting Volunteerism Behind Prison Walls with the Classroom Experience"
Cliff Oliveira, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, March 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Kyung-shick Choi) "Juvenile Perceptions of Police Officers: Do Police-Oriented Programs Encourage Self-Control?"
Peter Pooler, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, March 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Aviva Twersky Glasner) "Criminal Justice Students are Morally Jacked: Ethics, Values and Substance Use Among CJ and Other College Students"
Christina Smith, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, March 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Jo-Ann Della Giustina) "Alternatives to Violence Project: Community Building on Both Sides of the Wall"
Christopher St. Andre, Association of American Geographers National Conference, March 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Darcy Boellstorff) "Solar and Topographical Breeding Habitat Preferences of Two Damselflies: Calopteryx aequabilis and Calopteryx maculata"
Daniel Kent, 20th Annual National Service-Learning Conference, March 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Ruth Hannon) "Learning Through Serving Bridgewater State College"
Amy Gracia, Sigma Tau Delta 2009 International Conference, March 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Michael McClintock) "Melville's Prose and Prophesy: Insight From Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street"
Michelle Mercure, Sigma Tau Delta 2009 International Conference, March 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Michael McClintock) "The Pleasure of a Lacanian Reading"
Andrew Adler, American College Theatre Festival Conference, January/February 2009 (Mentor: Professor James Quinn) "Performance in the Irene Ryan Scholarship Audition"
Sara Bastin, American College Theatre Festival Conference, January/February 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Arthur Dirks) "Stage Management of The Ideal Husband"
Melanie Bernier, American College Theatre Festival Conference, January/February 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Suzanne Ramczyk) "Performance in the Irene Ryan Scholarship Audition"
Mario DaRosa, American College Theatre Festival Conference, January/February 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Suzanne Ramczyk) "Performance in the Irene Ryan Scholarship Audition"
Shannon Dwyer, American College Theatre Festival Conference, January/February 2009 (Mentor: Professor James Quinn) "Performance in the Irene Ryan Scholarship Audition"
Alexander Forgione, American College Theatre Festival Conference, January/February 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Arthur Dirks) "Stage Design of Stop Kiss"
Joseph Helm, American College Theatre Festival Conference, January/February 2009 (Mentor: Professor Henry Shaffer) "Performance in the Irene Ryan Scholarship Audition"
Michael Lacey, American College Theatre Festival Conference, January/February 2009 (Mentor: Professor Henry Shaffer) "Performance in the Irene Ryan Scholarship Audition"
Krystle MacNeill, American College Theatre Festival Conference, January/February 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Suzanne Ramczyk) "Performance in the Irene Ryan Scholarship Audition"
Meghan O'Donnell, American College Theatre Festival Conference, January/February 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Arthur Dirks) "Stage Management of The Magic Flute"
Nicholas Simpson, American College Theatre Festival Conference, January/February 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Arthur Dirks) "Lighting Design of Student Festival 2007"
Bethany Trepanier, American College Theatre Festival Conference, January/February 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Suzanne Ramczyk) "Performance in the Irene Ryan Scholarship Audition"
Anna Dalton, American College Dance Festival Association Regional Conference, February 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Jody Weber) "Performance in the Dance Gossamer Descent"
Angela Dowell, American College Dance Festival Association Regional Conference, February 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Jody Weber) "Performance in the Dance Gossamer Descent"
Arielle Knyff, American College Dance Festival Association Regional Conference, February 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Jody Weber) "Performance in the Dance Gossamer Descent"
Rachel Matheson, American College Dance Festival Association Regional Conference, February 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Jody Weber) "Performance in the Dance Gossamer Descent"
Carolyn Sueltenfuss, American College Dance Festival Association Regional Conference, February 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Jody Weber) "Performance in the Dance Gossamer Descent"
Margaret Tyszkiewicz, American College Dance Festival Association Regional Conference, February 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Jody Weber) "Performance in the Dance Gossamer Descent"
Lauren Vieira, American College Dance Festival Association Regional Conference, February 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Jody Weber) "Performance in the Dance Gossamer Descent"
Mallory Walker, American College Dance Festival Association Regional Conference, February 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Jody Weber) "Performance in the Dance Gossamer Descent"
Stephanie Webb, American College Dance Festival Association Regional Conference, February 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Jody Weber) "Performance in the Dance Gossamer Descent"
Matthew Beal, Eastern States Archaeological Federation Annual Conference, November 2008 (Mentor: Dr. Curtiss Hoffman) "Fire-Cracked Rock Analysis of the Middleboro Little League Site"
Kyle Cramsey, Eastern States Archaeological Federation Annual Conference, November 2008 (Mentor: Dr. Curtiss Hoffman) "Soil Chemical Testing from the Middleboro Little League Site"
Aimee Higgins, New England - St. Lawrence Valley Geographical Society Conference, November 2008 (Mentor: Dr. Robert Hellstrom) "The Effects of Land Cover Variability on Evapotranspiration in the Llanganuco Valley"
Nadia Carlevale, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Conference, November 2008 (Mentor: Dr. Sandra Ciocci) "Evidenced-Based Assessment of Accented Speech Through Supervised Peer Interactions"
Ryan Glass, Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, November 2008 (Mentor: Dr. Nancy Van Leuven) "Comparison of how Colleges Promote Greenhouse Gas Inventory Strategies"
Emily Legassie, Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, November 2008 (Mentor: Dr. Nancy Van Leuven) "Branching Out: How Can School Administers Better Educate Their Students on Sustainable Practices and the Greenhouse Gas Inventory"
Shawn Mullins, Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, November 2008 (Mentor: Dr. Nancy Van Leuven) "Campaigns You Can Use: Sample P.R. Tools to Use for Students and Sustainability"
Jacquelyn Robbins, Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, November 2008 (Mentor: Dr. Nancy Van Leuven) "How to Create Successful Communication for College Students for Sustainability"
Natasha Walton, Northeast/Popular American Conference, November 2008 (Mentor: Dr. Bjorn Ingvoldstad) "Gender Construction in Music"

NCUR 2009: National Conference on Undergraduate Research

Christopher Amuzzini, NCUR, April 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Michael Boyd) "Conspiracy, Paranoia, Magical Perspective and the Collective Unconscious: Magical Realism in Thomas Pynchon's The Crying of Lot 49"
Jessica Barbeiro, NCUR, April 2009, (Mentor: Dr. Aviva Twersky Glasner) "The Treatment of Elderly Inmates: Are We Meeting the Standard of Care?"
Marisa Barnaby, NCUR, April 2009, (Mentor: Dr. Jodi Cohen) "Playing House: Preschool Play Behaviors and the Influence of Gender" (Unable to Attend)
Melanie Bernier, NCUR, April 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Suzanne Ramczyk) "The Vision of Motherhood in Selected Plays by Edward Albee"
Louis Bianchini, NCUR, April 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Thomas Kling) "Optical Scalar Approach to Weak Gravitational Lensing by Thick Lenses"
Jeffrey Carboni, NCUR, April 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Donald Padgett) "Dietary Composition of the Eastern Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta) and its Role in Seed Dispersal"
Christopher Cepero, NCUR, April 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Thomas Kling) "Examining the Accuracy of Weak Gravitational Lensing"
Jessica Crowe, NCUR, April 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Jodi Cohen) "Are Mirrors Just Propaganda? The Distorted Picture of Body Dissatisfaction"
Michelle Cubellis, NCUR, April 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Richard Wright) "The Unintended Consequences of Executing Child Rapists"
Melissa Delgado, NCUR, April 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Jo-Ann Della Giustina) "Wrongful Convictions: An Examination of Major Factors Associated with the Conviction of Innocent Individuals"
Amanda Estano, NCUR, April 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Jodi Cohen) " Don't Tell Me What I Can't Do: The Educational Experiences of College Students With Special Needs" (Unable to Attend)
Bonnie Fletcher, NCUR, April 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Teresa King) "A Bridge Between the Mind and Body: The Effect of Massage on Body Image State"
Timothy Haber, NCUR, April 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Bjorn Ingvoldstad) "A Specific Look at New Zealand on the Air: Regulation and Cultural Imperialism"
Christopher Hallenbrook, NCUR, April 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Jordon Barkalow) "Exploring the Nature of Anti-Federalist Thought: Republicanism and Liberalism in the Political Thought of Cato" (Unable to Attend)
Stephanie Lawrence, NCUR, April 2009 (Mentor: Professor Mercedes Nunez) "Painting the Words: Combining Language and Literature in the Visual Arts"
Jillian Leonard-Bouley, NCUR, April 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Margaret Lowe) "The Substantial Effects of Ella Jo Baker and Fannie Lou Hamer on the Civil Rights Movement and the Mississippi Democratic Freedom Party"
Janelle Mapes, NCUR, April 2009 (Mentor: Drs. Jeffery Bowen and Merideth Krevosky) "Effect of Reactive Oxygen Species on the Onset of Apoptosis"
Shawn McGeoghegan, NCUR, April 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Bjorn Ingvoldstad) "Classic Rock: A Cultural Phenomenon"
Shawn McGeoghegan, NCUR, April 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Amanda Brozana) "The Sanctity of Marriage in the United States"
Elizabeth McMahon, NCUR, April 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Jodi Cohen) "Creation Station: A Study of Peer and Student-Teacher Interaction through Art"
Alex Mello, NCUR, April 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Bjorn Ingvoldstad) "Schism in the Underground: How Boston Hardcore Split from Punk Rock"
Joseph Moloney, NCUR, April 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Mitchell Librett) "Peacemaking Criminology"
Shawn Mullins, NCUR, April 2009 (Mentor: Bjorn Ingvoldstad) "Why Buy the Music When You Can get it for Free?"
Michael Robillard, NCUR, April 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Edward James) "Continuism and The Mind-Body Problem"
Susan Sands, NCUR, April 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Donald Padgett) "The Reproductive Ecology of the Rare Great Laurel in Massachusetts"
Daniel Schepis, NCUR, April 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Donald Padgett) "The Role of Eastern Painted Turtles (Chrysemys picta) in the Seed Dispersal of Pond-Lily (Nuphar variegata) Plants in Massachusetts"
Christine Silvester, NCUR, April 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Jodi Cohen) "Sex at School: An Examination of Sexual Attitudes in College"

Academic Year 2007 - 2008 Professional Conference Awardees. Click here for a list of NCUR 2008 Awardees.

Julianne Martell, Northeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, June/July 2008 (Mentor: Dr. Edward Brush) "Development of Analytical Methods to Evaluate the Purity of Biodiesel Produced from Waste Vegetable Oils"
Joseph Coleman, IEEE Symposium on Technology and Society, June 2008 (Mentor: Dr. Robert Wolk) "Colliding Fronts: Making Sense of the Wind Power Debate"
Meghan L. Rieu-Werden, Association for Psychological Science 20th Annual Conference, May 2008 (Mentor: Dr. Elizabeth Spievak) "It's All in Your Head: Gastrointestinal Problems, Anxiety and Depression"
Christopher Macpherson, American Alliance of Health Physical Education Dance National Conference, April 2008 (Mentor: Dr. Karen Richardson) "PEP Grant Funded Fitness Centers in Middle Schools"
Michelle Mercure, Undergraduate Shakespeare Conference of New England, April 2008 (Mentor: Professor Michael McClintock) "The Spanish Tragedy and the Supernatural"
Kenneth Awasung, American Chemical Society Conference, April 2008 (Mentor: Dr. Stephen Waratuke) "Synthesis of Phenoxide Ligands and Titanium Catalyzed Hydroaminations"
Lindsay McDonald, American Chemical Society Conference, April 2008 (Mentor: Dr. Steven Haefner) "Synthesis of Metal Cyclen Complexes and their Reactivity with Monosaccharides"
Taryn Palluccio, American Chemical Society Conference, April 2008 (Mentor: Dr. Stephen Waratuke) "Titanium Catalyzed Hydroamination Reactions of Enzymes"
Rebecca Silvia, Eastern Psychological Association Conference, March 2008 (Mentor: Dr. Teresa King) "Body Image and Sex Roles in Men and Women"
Jessica Sousa, Geological Society of America Cordilleran/Rocky Mountain Joint Section Conference, March 2008 (Mentor: Dr. Michael Krol) "Petrologic Investigation of Amphibolites Across a Major Ductile Shear Zone in the Ruby Mountains, SW Montana: Implications for the Nature of Early Proterozoic Mafic Magmatism"
Ketna Julmeus, 22nd Annual Conference on the Teaching of Psychology, March 2008 (Mentor: Dr. Ruth Hannon) "Service-Learning in Psychology: Benefits and Challenges of a Mentoring Model"
Juliana Margarida, 22nd Annual Conference on the Teaching of Psychology, March 2008 (Mentor: Dr. Ruth Hannon) "Service-Learning in Psychology: Benefits and Challenges of a Mentoring Model"
Lee Wolfrum, 22nd Annual Conference on the Teaching of Psychology, March 2008 (Mentor: Dr. Ruth Hannon) "Service-Learning in Psychology: Benefits and Challenges of a Mentoring Model"
Jamie Barry, Midwest Sociological Society Conference, March 2008 (Mentor: Dr. Jodi Cohen) "Is Being Down Bringing You Down?: Self Esteem and Achievement in College"
Nicole Bihler, Midwest Sociological Society Conference, March 2008 (Mentor: Dr. Jodi Cohen) "Social Security in the Classroom: What Makes a College Student Secure Enough to Participate in Class"
Sarah Landry, Midwest Sociological Society Conference, March 2008 (Mentor: Dr. Jodi Cohen) "Zombies or Students?: A Look at how Social Anxiety Affects Classroom Participation"
Joseph Lapinski, Midwest Sociological Society Conference, March 2008 (Mentor: Dr. Jodi Cohen) "Resident and Non-Resident Status: How Each Affects Students' Social and Academic Attitudes"
Pattijean Maltais, Midwest Sociological Society Conference, March 2008 (Mentor: Dr. Jodi Cohen) "Challenging Gender: Student Perceptions of Gendered Experiences in the Classroom"
Elizabeth McMahon, Midwest Sociological Society Conference, March 2008 (Mentor: Dr. Jodi Cohen) "Rising Perceptions are Raising Hands"
Kristina Norton, Midwest Sociological Society Conference, March 2008 (Mentor: Dr. Jodi Cohen) "The Effects of Hopes, Goals, and Self Confidence on Motivation and Achievement of College Students"
Cassie Pimentel, Midwest Sociological Society Conference, March 2008 (Mentor: Dr. Jodi Cohen) "Confidence and the Classroom"
Christine Silvester, Midwest Sociological Society Conference, March 2008 (Mentor: Dr. Jodi Cohen) "To Attend or not to Attend: The Effects of Low Class Attendance on Student Classroom Confidence"
Alicia Winders, Midwest Sociological Society Conference, March 2008 (Mentor: Dr. Jodi Cohen) "Campus Perceptions: The Effect on Classroom Participation and Self Confidence"
Curtis Holland, Eastern Sociological Society Conference, February 2008 (Mentor: Dr. Jonathan White) "Comparative Effects of Neoliberal Globalization on the Rights and Welfare of Children in Kenya, Indonesia and Colombia"
Megan Almy, Amy Fichtenmayer, Erin Hollenbeck, Jill Kashgagian, Rachel Matheson, Lauren St. Peter, Carolyn Sueltenfuss, Maggie Tyszkiewicz, Mallory Walker, and Stephanie Webb, American College Dance Festival Association, February 2008 (Mentor: Dr. Jody Weber) Performance in the dance Concrete Drive/Grassy Heart
Andrew Adler, Bethany Trepanier, American College Theater Festival, January 2007/ February 2008 (Mentor: Prof Henry Shaffer) Presentation on Pride and Prejudice, Boys' Life, and Twelfth Night
Maureen Bates, Mario DaRosa, American College Theater Festival, January 2007/ February 2008(Mentor: Prof Henry Shaffer) Presentation on A Hatful of Rain, Othello, and Gas.
Kenneth Dignard, Joseph Helm, American College Theater Festival, January 2007/ February 2008 (Mentor: Prof Henry Shaffer) Presentation on Bent and Suburbia.
Erin Draper, Amy LeFort, American College Theater Festival, January 2007/ February 2008 (Mentor: Prof Henry Shaffer) Top Girls and Mauritius.
Michael Lacey, Thomas Manning, American College Theater Festival, January 2007/ February 2008 (Mentor: Prof Henry Shaffer) Presentation on Fat Pig, The Dumbwaiter, and Andre's Mother.
Stephen Benjamin, Brendan Carter, American College Theater Festival, January 2007/ February 2008 (Mentor: Dr. Stephen Levine) Presentation on Harry and Sam, Thief River, and Uncle Vanya.
Shannon Dwyer, Katie Hagerman, American College Theater Festival, January 2007/ February 2008 (Mentor: Dr. Stephen Levine) Presentation on Once a Catholic, Bad Seed, and The Gingerbread Lady.
Patrick McMahon, Aimee Moriarty-Barrows, American College Theater Festival, January 2007/ February 2008 (Mentor: Dr.Stephen Levine) Presentation on Scene I: "The Chopin Playoffs", Scene II: "Late Night in the woman's restroom in the Jungle Bar.", and Monologue: "Hurly Burly".
Brian Simons, American College Theater Festival, January 2007/ February 2008 (Mentor: Dr.Stephen Levine) Stage Manager: Fellowship.
Curtis Bellafiore, Lauren Lewis, American College Theater Festival, January 2007/ February 2008 (Mentor: Dr. Suzanne Ramczyk) Presentation on Fat Pig,The Sea Horse, Bonjour La Bonjour, and Homebody/Kabul
Alyson Bernier, Adam Joy, American College Theater Festival, January 2007/ February 2008 (Mentor: Dr. Suzanne Ramczyk) Presentation on Angels in America and Stuck.
Marc Ferrante, Krystle MacNeill, American College Theater Festival, January 2007/ February 2008 (Mentor: Dr. Suzanne Ramczyk) Presentation on Garden of Delight, Tracers, Spring Storm, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, and Antony and Cleopatra.
Timmothy McIntosh, American College Theater Festival Association, January 2007/ February 2008 (Mentor: Dr. Suzanne Ramczyk) Presentation on of writings completed for Critics Workshop and Competition.
Caroline Curtis, Sigma Xi Annual Meeting & Research Conference, November 2007 (Mentor: Professor Christopher Bloch) "Effects of Locally Applied Pyrethroid Insecticides on Freshwater Macroinvertebrates"
Jennifer Thomas, Sigma Xi Annual Meeting & Research Conference, November 2007 (Mentor: Professor Christopher Bloch) "Nematode Infection in the Puerto Rican tree snail, Caracolus Caracolla: A possible Connection to Human Eosinophil Meningitis"
Amanda Fountain, National Communication Association Conference, November 2007 (Mentor: Dr. Arthur Lizie) "It's all in the Words: Determining the Relationship between Newspaper Portrayal of Rape and Reader Response"
Meghan Chase, American Society of Criminology, November 2007 (Mentor: Dr. Richard Wright) "The Chivalry Hypothesis & Filicide: Are There Categorical Differences Between Mothers and Fathers who Kill Their Children?"
Carolyn Burke, American Chemical Society National Meeting, August 2007 (Mentor: Dr. Edward Brush) "Service Learning Opportunities with K-12 Educators: Developing a Green Chemistry Unit Plan for Eastern Massachusetts High School

NCUR 2008: National Conference on Undergraduate Research

Mohamed Barakat, NCUR, April 2008 (Mentor: Dr. Robert Wolk) "Internet Advertising and College Student Purchasing Patterns"
Louis Bianchini, NCUR, April 2008 (Mentor: Dr. Hashini Mohottala) "Synthesizing and Characterizing SR2FEM006 Bulk and Thin Films"
Melanie Byam, NCUR, April 2008 (Mentor: Dr. Erin O'Connor) "Nationalism and a Woman's Place"
Jennifer Cascio, NCUR, April 2008 (Mentor: Dr. Jodi Cohen) "Disposable Adolescents: When Sexual Orientation Determines a Home"
Nancy Connolly, NCUR, April 2008 (Mentor: Dr. Bjorn Ingvoldstad) "Music and Promotion Through New Social Networks"
Jennifer Coutu, NCUR, April 2008 (Mentor: Dr. Bjorn Ingvoldstad) "The Blackberry and Society"
Allison Cullen, NCUR, April 2008 (Mentor: Dr. David O'Malley) "Exploring the Experience of Persons From Under-Represented Religious, Spiritual or Philosophical Backgrounds: Issues for Social Work Practice"
Francis Duggan IV, NCUR, April 2008 (Mentor: Dr. Robert Wolk) "The Financial Literacy of College Students"
Colleen Farrell, NCUR, April 2008 (Mentor: Dr. Ann Brunjes) "A Mourning Recap: Slam Poetry and its Roots in Drama"
Daniel Fitch, NCUR, April 2008 (Mentor: Dr. Uma Shama) "Delivery of Real-Time Vehicle Location and Transit Information Using Microsoft and Google Open Source Platforms"
Eric Flanagan, NCUR, April 2008 (Mentor: Dr. Bjorn Ingvoldstad) "College Students' Daily News Media Habits"
Amanda Fountain, NCUR, April 2008 (Mentor: Dr. Arthur Lizie) "Negative Political Advertisements: Political Folly or Ingenuity?"
Jared Ganem, NCUR, April 2008 (Mentor: Dr. Bjorn Ingvoldstad) "Creation of Stardom in the Media Through WWE'S Steve Austin"
Pedro Garcia daSilva, NCUR, April 2008 (Mentor: Dr. Patricia Mancini) "Effect of 3-Methyleneoxindole (MOI) and Glutathionyl-MOI (GS-MOI) on Trypanothione Reductase in Trypanosoma Brucei"
Gregory Gaudreau, NCUR, April 2008 (Mentor: Carol Carson and Dr. John Jahoda) "Modern Leviathans: The Life History of the Basking Shark in the Waters of New England"
Michelle Grant, NCUR, April 2008 (Mentor: Dr. Jodi Cohen) "The Impact of Birth Order on Parent Expectations for Children"
Brandon Green, NCUR, April 2008 (Mentor: Dr. Hashini Mohottala) "Superconducting and Magnetic Phases in Bulk and Thin Film LA2CU04+Y"
Quetti Jean, NCUR, April 2008 (Mentor: Dr. Diana Fox) "A Comparative Ethnography of Toco, Trinidad & Delmas, Haiti"
Jennifer Halley, NCUR, April 2008 (Mentor: Dr. Bjorn Ingvoldstad) "Social Networking Sites and Privacy Options"
Kayleigh Klegraefe, NCUR, April 2008 (Mentor: Dr. Bjorn Ingvoldstad) "Violent Video Games"
Sarah Landry, NCUR, April 2008 (Mentor: Dr. Jodi Cohen) "But Facebook Says I'm Straight: Gender Stereotypes Presented Inside and Outside of Rugby Spaces"
Stephanie Lawrence, NCUR, April 2008 (Mentor: Dr. Benjamin Carson) "Repeatedly Revealing Mystery"
Emily Legassie, NCUR, April 2008 (Mentor: Dr. Jason Edwards) "Examining the Strategies Used by Celebrities When Promoting International Causes"
Mandy Lyons, NCUR, April 2008 (Mentor: Professor Rob Lorenson) "Visual Arts for the Visually Impaired"
Michele Lyons, NCUR, April 2008 (Mentor: Dr. Jerald Walker) "Growth"
Jessica Martinho, NCUR, April 2008 (Mentor: Dr. Ann Brunjes) "The Whiteness of the Whale: Representations of Race in Herman Melville's Moby Dick"
Melissa Monteiro, NCUR, April 2008 (Mentor: Dr. Jodi Cohen) "STDS and the Learning Curve: An Examination of Health Curricula in Urban Southeastern Massachusetts High Schools"
Kathleen Moore, NCUR, April 2008 (Mentor: Dr. Jadwiga Smith) Dostoyevsky's "Crime and Punishment" and Postmodern Moral Ambiguity in the Works of Patricia Highsmith's "The Talented Mr. Ripley", Donna Taritt's "The Secret History", and Woody Allen's "Match Point"
Matthew Moreau, NCUR, April 2008 (Mentor: Dr. Michael Carson) "The Effects of Quorum Sensing on Genetic Regulation of the FTSQAZ Region in Escherichia Coli"
Linda Myllmaki, NCUR, April 2008 (Mentor: Dr. David O'Malley) "Exploring the Experience of Persons From Under-Represented Religious, Spiritual or Philosophical Backgrounds: Issues for Social Work Practice"
Nicole Rando, NCUR, April 2008 (Mentor: Dr. Beatrice St. Laurent) "Political Art and Propaganda in the Modern and Contemporary Middle East"
Joanne Russo, NCUR, April 2008 (Mentor: Dr. Michelle LaBonte) "Characterization of Full Length and Alternatively Spliced CD94 in Squirrel Monkeys"
Lorianne Saniuk, NCUR, April 2008 (Mentor: Dr. Jodi Cohen) "World Hunger Awareness in First Year Students at Bridgewater State College and Raising Consciousness"
Andrew Seremetis, NCUR, April 2008 (Mentor: Professor William Devlin) "Fear and Trembling in a 747: Kierkegaardian Duty and Islamic Martyrdom"
Amanda Taylor, NCUR, April 2008 (Mentor: Ms. Carol Carson and Dr. John Jahoda) "Observed Behaviors of the Humpback Whale, Megaptera Novaeangliae, in The Gulf of Maine with the Creation of an Ethogram"
Daniel Van Etta, NCUR, April 2008 (Mentor: Dr. Jodi Cohen) "That's Not in my Job Description: A Study of Worker's Entitlement"
Dorienne Willis, NCUR, April 2008 (Mentor: Professor John Mulrooney) "Hero or Victim: The Portrayal of Transgendered Individuals in Modern Film"
Lee Wolfrum, NCUR, April 2008 (Mentor: Dr. Ruth Hannon) "Stigma Associated with Sedation Dentistry"