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Academic Year 2011 - 2012 NCUR & Professional Conference Awardees.

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NCUR 2012: National Conference on Undergraduate Research

Group Presentations:

• Matthew Ahrens, Computer Science; Kendra Bourne, Art; and James-Ace Thackston, Music (mentor: Dr. James Bohn) "Agenda: A Minimalist Composition for Melody, Harmony, and Visual Artist"

• Yueqiao "Chichi" Chi, Exchange Program; Yiyun "Emma" Hao, Exchange Program; James Ouk, Management; Yuening "Jaspar" Wu, Exchange Program; and Zhoujing "Jane" Zhou, Exchange Program (mentor: Dr. Chien Wen Yu) "Marketing Innovation and Development of Regional Airports in America: A Case Study of New Bedford Airport"

• Yueqiao "Chichi" Chi, Exchange Program; Yiyun "Emma" Hao, Exchange Program; James Ouk, Management; Yuening "Jaspar" Wu, Exchange Program; and Zhoujing "Jane" Zhou, Exchange Program (mentor: Dr. Chien Wen Yu) "Inspiration from the Competition of Taobao and eBay: A Strategy for the E-Commerce Market in China"

• Silviane DaConceicao, Biology, and Crystal Smith, Biology (mentor: Dr. Boriana Marintcheva) IIntroducing Gene Product 3 (gp3) "Knockout Mutations in Bacteriophage T7"

• Larry MacDougall, Biology, and Kelly Young, Biology (mentor: Dr. Boriana Marintcheva) "Generating Deletion Mutants Lacking T7 Gene Product 6 (gp6)"

Individual Presentations:

• Rachael Ackley, English (mentor: Dr. Benjamin Carson) "Through the Eyes of Survivors: A View into Cambodia's Violent History"

• Amy Anderson, Sociology and Elementary Education (mentor: Dr. Patricia Fanning) "Food Pantry Dilemma: Understanding the Need for Nutritional Value in Emergency Food Provided in a Down Economy"

• Deana Andrade, Social Work (mentor: Dr. Jing Tan) "Predictors of Attitudes Toward Older Adults Among Chinese College Students"

• Jennifer Ashley, Athletic Training (mentors: Drs. Pamela Russell and Tom Wu) "Bike Sharing as Alternative Transportation at Bridgewater State University"

• Ashley Barry, English (mentor: Dr. Molly Robey) "Servants of the Great Spirit: Native American and National Religion in Hobomok and Hope Leslie"

• Julie Boucher, Social Work (mentor: Dr. Laura Boutwell) "Gender Differences among Veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder"

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

• Kimberly E. Bryant, Psychology (mentor: Dr. Sandra Neargarder) "The Effects of Earlier School Start Times on Sleep and Cognitive Performance in Children Ages 7-10"

• Stefanie Carreiro, Social Work (mentor: Dr. Jing Tan) "Gender and Perspectives on Elderly Care in China"

• Richard Charette, Economics (mentor: Dr. Margaret Brooks) "Black-Scholes and Wiener Process"

• Jennifer Conway, Biology (mentor: Prof. Jennifer Mendell) "A Molecular Exploration of the Microbial Community in the Intestinal Tract of the Kiko Goat"

• Nicole Coughlin, Elementary Education (mentor: Dr. Jennifer Manak) "The Pursuit of American Independence: Integrating Children's Literature into Social Studies Instruction"

• Diana DeMont, Social Work (mentor: Dr. Lucinda King-Frode) "Overcoming Educational Disadvantage: Shelter Initiatives for Homeless Children"

• Adelmar DoCanto, Physics (mentor: Dr. Thomas Kling) "Can Weak Gravitational Lensing Determine Matter Halo Fall-Off of Galaxy Clusters?"

• Bonnie Dunigan, Psychology (mentor: Dr. Teresa King) "An Examination of Eating Attitudes in Samples of Jordanian and American Women"

• Christopher Espinoza, English (mentor: Dr. Benjamin Carson) "Cambodian Folktales, Storytelling, and Cultural Preservation"

• Grace Famobiwo, Political Science (mentor: Dr. Laura Boutwell) "Examining College Students' Perceptions of Africa"

• Elizabeth George, History (mentors: Drs. Joshua Greenberg and Brian Payne) "Through the Eyes of Sailors and Citizens: How Sailors on the USS Constitution Viewed the Greek Revolution"

• Jolee Griffin, Social Work (mentor: Dr. Jing Tan) "Perspectives on Institutional Care for Older Adults Among Chinese College Students"

• Erkan Gulturk, Mathematics (mentor: Mentor: Dr. Jeffrey Williams) "Using Optical Physics 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 Howard, Mathematics (mentor: Dr. Irina Seceleanu) "A Mathematical Model for the Effects of Plaque Aggregation on the Neuronal Network"

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

• Stephanie James, Art (mentor: Dr. Preston Lorenson) "Hollow Volumes: An Experiment in Communicating Contrast"

• Jerry Joubert, Criminal Justice (mentor: Dr. Richard Wright) "Race and Capital Punishment: A Deadly Intersection"

• Jeremy Kaplan, Biology (mentor: Dr. Christopher Bloch) "Effects of Habitat Fragmentation on Biodiversity of Invertebrates in Southeastern Massachusetts"

• Caitlin Larracey, English (mentor: Dr. James Crowley) "Shakespeare’s Sonnets and Storytelling: Poetic Performances and the Lyric Voice"

• Kristen Leone, Biology (mentor: Dr. Boriana Marintcheva) "The Effect of the Elimination of Host RNAses on Bacteriophage T7 Propagation"

• Heidi Lima, Biology and Elementary Education (mentor: Dr. Kevin Curry) "Movements of Ebony Jeweling, Calopteryx maculata, During Breeding Season and the Potential Impact of an Anthropogenic Barrier at South Brook, Bridgewater, MA"

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

• Juliann Manning, Social Work (mentor: Dr. Jing Tan) "Globalization and its Effect on Chinese College Students' Perspectives on Elder Care"

• Kevin McElwee, Physics (mentor: Dr. Pamela Russell) "Preliminary Findings: Speed-Accuracy Tradeoff In Windmill Fastball and Change-up Pitching"

• Moire O'Mullane, English (mentor: Dr. Benjamin Carson) "Cambodian Literature Since the Fall of the Khmer Rouge"

• Richard Orcutt, Biology (mentor: Prof. Jennifer Mendell) "Quantification of Methanogens in the Gastrointestinal Tract of Kiko Goats Using Real-Time PCR"

• Mallory Piggott, Communication Studies (mentor: Dr. Melanie McNaughton) "Insulin Misuse in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes"

• Kara Pittsley, Psychology (mentor: Dr. Teresa King) "A Cross-Cultural Study of Measurement Equivalence"

• Saide Ranero, English (mentor: Dr. Lee Torda) "Reading and Writing Women of the Middle East: A Story of War and Recovery"

• Janelle Roberts, Elementary Education and Special Education (mentor: Dr. J. Edward Carter) "What Was That Again, Congenital Disorder of Glycosylation?"

• Nicole M. 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. Faiman-Silva) "One with the Land: An Exploration of Environmental Perspectives of Native American Tribes of Southern New England"

• Jessica Sylvia, Criminal Justice (mentor: Dr. Kyung-Shick Choi) "The Validity and Reliability of the PCL-R"

• Zeeley Sylvia, Psychology (mentor: Dr. Teresa King) "Jordanian Woman and Exercise: An Intergenerational Comparison"

• Ankita Tandon, Biology (mentor: Dr. Boriana Marintcheva) "Engineering T7 Double Deletion Lacking Gene Product 4 (mentor: gp4) and Gene Product 2.5"

Professional Conferences:

• Katelyn Caldwell, American College Dance Festival Association, February 2012 (Mentor: Dr. Jody Weber) Hanson's Grandchildren

• Siobhan Chariott, American College Dance Festival Association, February 2012 (Mentor: Dr. Jody Weber) Hanson's Grandchildren

• Brittany Devine, American College Dance Festival Association, February 2012 (Mentor: Dr. Jody Weber) Hanson's Grandchildren

• Patrice Hogan, American College Dance Festival Association, February 2012 (Mentor: Dr. Jody Weber) Hanson's Grandchildren

• Kayla Medeiros, American College Dance Festival Association, February 2012 (Mentor: Dr. Jody Weber) Hanson's Grandchildren

• Erica Paul, American College Dance Festival Association, February 2012 (Mentor: Dr. Jody Weber) Hanson's Grandchildren

• Danielle Reynolds, American College Dance Festival Association, February 2012 (Mentor: Dr. Jody Weber) Hanson's Grandchildren

• Elyse Schiavi, American College Dance Festival Association, February 2012 (Mentor: Dr. Jody Weber) Hanson's Grandchildren

• Emily Sheehan, American College Dance Festival Association, February 2012 (Mentor: Dr. Jody Weber) Hanson's Grandchildren

• Natalie Uribe, American College Dance Festival Association, February 2012 (Mentor: Dr. Jody Weber) Hanson's Grandchildren

• Lindsey Vieira, American College Dance Festival Association, February 2012 (Mentor: Dr. Jody Weber) Hanson's Grandchildren

• James Cardella, American Society of Criminology Conference, November 2011 (Mentor: Dr. Aviva Glasner Twersky) Guardian Angels: Public Perception

• Andrea Celi, American Society of Criminology Conference, November 2011 (Mentor: Dr. Jo-Ann Della Giustina) Embarking on a Journey From the University Classroom to Behind Prison Walls

• Aimee Meier, American Society of Criminology Conference, November 2011 (Mentor: Dr. Jo-Ann Della Giustina) Lessons From Behind the Walls

• Kristina Ortiz, American Society of Criminology Conference, November 2011 (Mentor: Dr. Aviva Glasner Twersky) Psychological Effects of Being Incarcerated in a Supermax Prison

• Kerriann Speranza, American Society of Criminology Conference, November 2011 (Mentor: Dr. Aviva Glasner Twersky) Marijuana Decriminalization and the Gateway Hypothesis

• Kallee Spooner, American Society of Criminology Conference, November 2011 (Mentor: Dr. Richard Wright) Sentencing Juveniles to Life Without Parole in the United States

• Mercedees Thompson, American Society of Criminology Conference, November 2011 (Mentor: Dr. Jo-Ann Della Giustina) Embarking on a Journey From the University Classroom to Behind Prison Walls

• Kathleen Smith, New England Region of the American Conference for Irish Studies, October 2011 (Mentor: Dr. Ellen Scheible) Seamus Heaney's Political Poetry

• Kendra Tully, The Power to Imagine Better: The Philosophy of Harry Potter, October 2011 (Mentor: Professor Jennifer Mogg) Harry Gets by With a Little Help From His Friends: An Aristotelian Reading of Virtue and Friendship in Harry Potter

• Katrina Delaney,  Fair Trade Towns & Universities National Conference, September 2011 (Mentor: Dr. James Hayes-Bohanan) A Fair Trade Educational Plan for Bridgewater State University

• Matthew Vercollone, Mark Twain's Hannibal: The Clemens Conference, August 2011(Mentor: Dr. Molly Robey) Farce or Tragedy? A Case of Mistaken Identity in Twain's Pudd'nhead Wilson and Those Extraordinary Twins

 

 

Academic Year 2010 - 2011 NCUR & Professional Conference Awardees.

NCUR 2011: National Conference on Undergraduate Research

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

• Matthew Ahrens (Mentor: Dr. James Bohn) A Breath from an Electronic World: Experiments in Musical Expression using a Midi Wind Controller

• Christopher Ayala (Mentor: Dr. John Mulrooney) You, Maximus of Gloucester, To Me: A Look into Charles Olson and the Concept of SPACE

• Kaitlyn Baptista (Mentor: Dr. Teresa King) A Cross-Generational Examination of Body Image and Media in Jordanian Women

• Christopher Beckvold (Mentor: Dr. Sarah Wiggins) Empire to Commonwealth: How Winston S. Churchill's Experiences with South Africa Contributed to Great Britain's Transition to the Commonwealth

• Alyssa Belyea (Mentor: Dr. Richard Wright) Internet Sex Crimes

• Sherry Blackmon (Mentor: Dr. Jonathan Roling) Do Consumer Care Products Decrease Sterilization Effectiveness of Drinking Water?

• Scott Campbell (Mentor: William Devlin) The God Problem: Sartre's Ontology and Genetic Engineering

• Melissa Ellard (Mentor: Dr. Bjorn Ingvoldstad) What Would you Do if you Woke Up and Couldn't Hear?

• Adriann Flint (Mentor: Dr. Jennifer Manak) School Culture: Important or Irrelevant?

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

• Sarah Fuller (Mentor: Dr. Margaret Lowe) 'A Slip of Paper in a Black Walnut Box:' An Examination of the Suffrage Debate in Beverly, Massachusetts 1913-1915

• Michael Galvez (Mentor: Dr. Bjorn Ingvoldstad) Taking Lars on the Road

• Megan Goodrich (Mentor: Dr. Lucille Fortunato) Cities of God: Sacred Space in Medieval English Towns c. 1000-1500

• Kelly Harrington (Mentors: Drs. Jeffery Bowen and Merideth Krevosky) Investigation of Smac/DIABLO and Cytochrome-c in Clone-9 Cells

• Frances Harrison (Mentor: Dr. Diana Fox) Reviving Heritage in Post-Soviet Eastern Europe: A Visual Approach to National Identity

• Ian Jesse (Mentor: Dr. Joshua Greenberg) Perspectives on Boston's Civil War "Draft Riot"

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

• Margaret Koch (Mentors: Drs. Jeffery Bowen and Merideth Krevosky) Investigating Chemoresistance: Examination of Survivin in Retinoblastoma

• Paraskevi Liousas (Mentor: Dr. Uma Shama) Impact of Pathways to College Level Mathematics on Success in Mathematics and Retention

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

• Zachary Miller (Mentor: Dr. Bjorn Ingvoldstad) Press Start: The Rise of Casual Gaming

• Monica Monteiro (Mentor: Dr. Jodi Cohen) Images of Prejudice: Racial Stereotyping in the Commercial Advertisements of Contemporary Women's Talk Shows

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

• Dennis Murphy (Mentor: Dr. Robert Hellstrom) Advanced Measurement System for 3-Dimensional Fluid Dynamics

• Linda Myllmaki (Mentor: Dr. Kathleen Bailey) Exploring Recovery Experiences of Women in Alcoholics Anonymous

• Katherine Paton (Mentor: Dr. Jordon Barkalow) Machiavelli At Wits End: Virtue, Fortune and the Purpose of Comedy

• Ashley Rober (Mentor: Dr. Sandra Neargarder) Parkinson's Disease and the Clock Drawing Test: Frontal Versus Parietal Lobe Deficits

• Shannon Rosenblat (Mentor: Dr. Anne Doyle) Art Under Repression: A Soviet Jewish Woman's Struggle for Artistic Freedom

• Michael Waterman (Mentor: Dr. William Devlin) Futile Attempts to Eradicate Humean Difficulties Concerning Necessary Connection in Causality

• Sarah Welch (Mentor: Dr. Jennifer Manak) Positive Culture Equals Positive Results

• Heidi Woofenden (Mentor: Dr. Teresa King) A Call to Prayer: A Comparison of the Relationships among Religious Faith, Modesty, and Body Image in Jordanian and American College Students

National Conferences:

• Christine Aloia, Association for Psychological Science Conference, May 2011 (Mentor: Dr. Tina Jameson) Masculinized and Feminized 2D:4D Ratios: The Relation to Personality and Decision Making

• Corey Anderson, Association for Psychological Science Conference, May 2011 (Mentor: Dr. Elizabeth Spievak) Take a Step Back: Cognitive Schemes and Directional Clue Predict Stress Reactivity

• Joshua Horton, Association for Psychological Science Conference, May 2011 (Mentor: Dr. Elizabeth Spievak) I Want to be Thinner, Shouldn't You: Trait Self-Focus and Implicit Bias

• Brianne Molloy, Association for Psychological Science Conference, May 2011 (Mentor: Dr. Elizabeth Spievak) Medical Decisions and Mindset: Goal Focused Patients Pick Surgery Over Routine Monitoring

• Stefanie Morgan, Association for Psychological Science Conference, May 2011 (Mentor: Dr. Elizabeth Spievak) Take a Step Back: Cognitive Schemes and Directional Clue Predict Stress Reactivity

• Katherine Saucier, Association for Psychological Science Conference, May 2011 (Mentor: Dr. Elizabeth Spievak) "I Want to be Thinner, Shouldn't You: Trait Self-Focus and Implicit Bias" and "Pictures and Possibilities: The Effects of Mood on Perception and Future Selves"

• Kim Kirkwood, Association of American Geographers  Annual Meeting, April 2011 (Mentor: Dr. Vernon Domingo) Patterns and Impacts of Foreign Students in the United States

• Natalie Regan, Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, April 2011 (Mentor: Dr. Robert Hellstrom) Student-Based Approach for Improving Campus Maps: Bridgewater State University

• Warren Satcliffe, Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, April 2011 (Mentor: Dr. James Hayes-Bohanan) Encroachment into a Nation: History of the Federal Government's movement of the tribal boundaries shown through the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe of Massachusetts

• Zaine Venter, Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, April 2011 (Mentor: Dr. Vernon Domingo) Patterns and Impacts of Foreign Students in the United States

• Zaine Venter, Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, April 2011 (Mentor: Dr. Darcy Boellstorff) Geographic Information Accessibility for Improving Horticultural-Based Income Generation in the Mzimba District of Malawi

• Sarah Fuller, Posters on the Hill - Council on Undergraduate Research, April 2011 (Mentor: Dr. Margaret Lowe) 'A Slip of Paper in a Black Walnut Box:' An Examination of the Suffrage Debate in Beverly, Massachusetts 1913-1915

• Joe Moloney, Posters on the Hill - Council on Undergraduate Research, April 2011 (Mentor: Dr. Christa Polczynski Olson) Analyses Between Drug and Robbery Offenses Based on Social Disorganization Theory

• Lauren Rocha, Popular Culture/ American Culture Association Conference, April 2011 (Mentor: Dr. John Kucich) Bite Me: Twilight Stakes Feminism

• Katherine Paton, Midwest Political Science Association, March/ April 2011 (Mentor: Dr. Jordon Barkalow) Machiavelli's Conspiracy of Laughter: Virtue, Fortune and the Purpose of Comedy

• Sarah McElroy, Sigma Tau Delta Conference, March 2011 (Mentor: Dr. Michael McClintock) America?

• Sara Mulcahy, Sigma Tau Delta Conference, March 2011 (Mentor: Dr. Michael McClintock) Laughing at Death

• Loni-Anne Sanford, Sigma Tau Delta Conference, March 2011 (Mentor: Dr. Michael McClintock) Beauty and the Beast

• Sherry Blackmon, Society of Toxicology, March 2011 (Mentor: Dr. Jonathan Roling) Triclosan Increases Resistance to Chlorination in Urban Environmental Water Samples

• Michel Darazi, ACS Meeting, March 2011 (Mentor: Dr. Edward Brush) Designing Cycteine Protease Inhibitors as Potential Therapeutic Agents

• Joann DeLouchrey, ACS Meeting, March 2011 (Mentor: Dr. Samer Lone) Understanding the Role of  Y-family DNA Polymerase in Lesion Bypass of the Chemotherapeutic Drug Cisplatin

• Christopher Gancalo, ACS Meeting, March 2011 (Mentor: Dr. Steven Haefner) Synthesis of Bimetallic Rh(III) Cyclen Complexes Using "Double Click" Chemistry

• Paula Ortet, ACS Meeting, March 2011 (Mentor: Dr. Stephen Waratuke) Arylsulfide and Oxazolidin-2-one Ligands for Titanium Catalyzed Hydroaminations

• Everton Pacheco, ACS Meeting, March 2011 (Mentor: Dr. Samer Lone) Function of Dpo4 Augmented with Pol Kappa's N-clasp

• Dawn Rosenbaum, ACS Meeting, March 2011 (Mentor: Steven Haefner) Synthesis and Characterization of Cyclen Based Ditopic Metallointercalators for DNA Binding

• Kristina Sigman, ACS Meeting, March 2011 (Mentor: Dr. Samer Lone) Understanding the Role of  Y-family DNA Polymerase in Lesion Bypass of the Chemotherapeutic Drug Cisplatin

• Joshua Weaver, ACS Meeting, March 2011 (Mentor: Dr. Edward Brush) Competitive Binding Studies of Indole- and Oxindole- Based Ligands to Papain Using Kinetic Analysis and AutoDock Vina

• Kelly Coffey, Midwest Sociological Society Conference, March 2011 (Mentor: Dr. Jodi Cohen) What's Your Attitude?: Gender and Attitudes on Recycling on Campus

• Amanda Domenici, Midwest Sociological Society Conference, March 2011 (Mentor: Dr. Jodi Cohen) Just Put it in the Bin: Is Going Green as Easy as it is Portrayed?

• Elizabeth Graney, Midwest Sociological Society Conference, March 2011 (Mentor: Dr. Jodi Cohen) Learning at Home, Recycling at School: Attitudes of commuters and Residents Toward on Campus Recycling

• Jessica Hood, Midwest Sociological Society Conference, March 2011 (Mentor: Dr. Jodi Cohen) Recycling on Campus: A Gendered Activity

• Christina Jones, Midwest Sociological Society Conference, March 2011 (Mentor: Dr. Jodi Cohen) Not on my College Campus: Differences in Commuter and Resident Students' Recycling Habits

• Casey Minor, Midwest Sociological Society Conference, March 2011 (Mentor: Dr. Jodi Cohen) Is it Worth it?: The Effectiveness of On-campus Recycling Education

• Morgan Slater, Midwest Sociological Society Conference, March 2011 (Mentor: Dr. Jodi Cohen) Hooray Lets Recycle: Becoming a Member of Campus Community

• Rachael Woodcock, Midwest Sociological Society Conference, March 2011 (Mentor: Dr. Jodi Cohen) How Convenient? The Gap Between the Current and Potential Success of Campus Recycling

• Amanda Young, Midwest Sociological Society Conference, March 2011 (Mentor: Dr. Jodi Cohen) Get Involved: Examining Student Participation in Extracurricular Activities and Recycling

• Katelyn Caldwell, American College Dance Festival, March 2011 (Mentor: Dr. Jody Weber) The Choreography of War: Heart Mountain and The Veteran's Project

• Amy Constantino, American College Dance Festival, March 2011 (Mentor: Dr. Jody Weber) The Choreography of War: Heart Mountain and The Veteran's Project

• Emma Donegan, American College Dance Festival, March 2011 (Mentor: Dr. Jody Weber) The Choreography of War: Heart Mountain and The Veteran's Project

• Patrice Hogan, American College Dance Festival, March 2011 (Mentor: Dr. Jody Weber) The Choreography of War: Heart Mountain and The Veteran's Project

• Sara Kolbeck, American College Dance Festival, March 2011 (Mentor: Dr. Jody Weber) The Choreography of War: Heart Mountain and The Veteran's Project

• Caitlin Labadihi, American College Dance Festival, March 2011 (Mentor: Dr. Jody Weber) The Choreography of War: Heart Mountain and The Veteran's Project

• Elyse Schiavi, American College Dance Festival, March 2011 (Mentor: Dr. Jody Weber) The Choreography of War: Heart Mountain and The Veteran's Project

• Jennifer Sylvia, American College Dance Festival, March 2011 (Mentor: Dr. Jody Weber) The Choreography of War: Heart Mountain and The Veteran's Project

• Natalie Uribe, American College Dance Festival, March 2011 (Mentor: Dr. Jody Weber) The Choreography of War: Heart Mountain and The Veteran's Project

• Lauren Vieira, American College Dance Festival, March 2011 (Mentor: Dr. Jody Weber) The Choreography of War: Heart Mountain and The Veteran's Project

• Lauren Gray, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, February/ March 2011 (Mentor: Dr. Aviva Twersky Glasner) Binge Drinking and its Effects on Promiscuity Among College Females

• Priscilla Guerrero, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, February/ March 2011 (Mentor: Dr. Jo-Ann Della Guistina) Studying Alongside Incarcerated Men- What I Learned Inside Prison

• Jennifer Jackson, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, February/ March 2011 (Mentor: Dr. Aviva Twersky Glasner) Gangs: Is it Learned Behavior?

• James Ludwig, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, February/ March 2011 (Mentor: Dr. Carolyn Petrosino) The Utility of Theory in the World of Crime

• Eivar Montes, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, February/ March 2011 (Mentor: Dr. Jo-Ann Della Guistina) Building a Non-Violent Community Inside a Medium Security Prison

• Christopher Packard, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, February/ March 2011 (Mentor: Dr. Aviva Twersky Glasner) Subjective Perceptions and Opinions of Police Officers Regarding Their Experiences Responding to Domestic Violence Calls

• Nicholas Rainho, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, February/ March 2011 (Mentor: Dr. Carolyn Petrosino) The Utility of Theory in the World of Crime Can Agnew's General Strain Theory Shed Light on the Motives of American Born Terrorists?

• Ryan Engley, NC State Association of English Students Conference, February 2011 (Mentor: Dr. James Crowley) Aristotle, Performativity, and Perfect Friendship in Shakespeare

• Adam Schaen, American Geophysical Union Conference, December 2010 (Mentor: Dr. Peter Saccocia) Experimental Constraints on Hot Spring Fluid Chemistry in Back Arc Basins

• Allen Schaen, American Geophysical Union Conference, December 2010 (Mentor: Dr. Robert Cicerone) Stable Isotopic Constraints of the Turpan Basin Northwestern China

• Scott Campbell, Phi Sigma Tau Student Philosophy Conference, December 2010 (Mentor: Dr. William Devlin) A Sartrean Analysis of Genetic Engineering

• Taylor Collins, American Society of Criminology, November 2010 (Mentor: Dr. Kyung-shick Choi) Gunshot Detection Systems: Analytical Examination Between Shotspotter™ and Police Effectiveness

• Justin Cooke, American Society of Criminology, November 2010 (Mentor: Dr. Kyung-shick Choi) Risk Factors of Sexual Crime Victimization: Assessment of Physical and Oneline Lifestyles

• Chelsea Horrocks, American Society of Criminology, November 2010 (Mentor: Dr. Richard Wright) Prevalence and the Role of Support Systems in Addressing Campus Sexual Aggression and Assault

• Joseph Moloney, American Society of Criminology, November 2010 (Mentor: Dr. Christa Polczynski Olson) Analyses Between Drug and Robbery Offenses Based on Social Disorganization Theory

• Kerriann Speranza, American Society of Criminology, November 2010 (Mentor: Dr. Dina Perrone) The Effects of Massachusetts' Decriminalization of Marijuana Law on Marijuana Use

• Veronica Semer, Society for Judgment and Decision Make Conference, November 2010 (Mentor: Dr. Elizabeth Spievak) Determined to Doubt: Evidence for a Juror Mind Set

• Stephanie Martin, Geological Society of America Conference, October/November 2010 (Mentor: Dr. Robert Cicerone) Pleistocene-Age Climate Variation Derived from Oxygen-Isotope Measurements from Marine Organisms

• Kaitlyn Baptista, Muslim Women's Institute for Research & Development, October 2010 (Mentor: Dr. Teresa King) The Impact of Western Advertising and Religiosity on Body Image in Jordanian Women

• Heidi Woofenden, Muslim Women's Institute for Research & Development, October 2010 (Mentor: Dr. Teresa King) The Impact of Western Advertising and Religiosity on Body Image in Jordanian Women

• Melissa Brulotte, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society Conference, August 2010 (Mentor: Dr. Edward Brush) Greening up the Introductory Chemistry Lab: An Undergraduate Assessment and Development Project

Academic Year 2009 - 2010 Professional Conference Awardees. Click here for a list of NCUR 2010 Awardees.

• Joseph Spencer, Pacific University Undergraduate Philosophy Conference, April 2010 (Mentor: Dr. Catherine Womack) Naturalism and Its Opponents

• Marlyn Colon, Cognitive Aging Conference, April 2010 (Mentor: Dr. Sandra Neargarder) The Effects of Luminance and Contrast on Object Location in Normal Aging and Alzheimer's Disease

• Rachel Mullins, Cognitive Aging Conference, April 2010 (Mentor: Dr. Sandra Neargarder) Clock Drawing Strategies in Healthy Adults and Patients with Parkinson's Disease

• Stephanie Reynolds, Cognitive Aging Conference, April 2010 (Mentor: Dr. Sandra Neargarder) Visual Enhancements Improve Performance on Activities of Daily Living in both Parkinson's Disease and Healthy Aging

• Bruce Hunt, The Midwest Political Science Association Annual National Conference, April 2010 (Mentor: Dr. Jordon Barkalow) What Happened to God? An Empirical Assessment of the Continuity Thesis in American Political Thought

• Lauren Barbadoro, Midwest Sociological Society/North Central Sociological Association Joint Meeting, March-April 2010 (Mentor: Dr. Jody Cohen) Student Involvement Makes for a Better College Experience

• Amanda Colligan, Midwest Sociological Society/North Central Sociological Association Joint Meeting, March-April 2010 (Mentor: Dr. Jody Cohen) First-Generation College Students: The Effects of Student Status on Alienation and Self-Perceptions

• Emily Dalton, Midwest Sociological Society/North Central Sociological Association Joint Meeting, March-April 2010 (Mentor: Dr. Jody Cohen) Attitudes of Sexism, Self-Esteem, and Safety on Campus

• Elizabeth Guardia, Midwest Sociological Society/North Central Sociological Association Joint Meeting, March-April 2010 (Mentor: Dr. Jody Cohen) Never Got A Chance to Join that Club?

• Katherine MacLachlan, Midwest Sociological Society/North Central Sociological Association Joint Meeting, March-April 2010 (Mentor: Dr. Jody Cohen) My Job is Killing My Self-Esteem: Perceptions of College Students on Work and School

• Breanna Pungitore, Midwest Sociological Society/North Central Sociological Association Joint Meeting, March-April 2010 (Mentor: Dr. Jody Cohen) Safety on College Campuses: Residents and Commuters Give Their Feedback on How Safe They Feel

• Kerri Shea, Midwest Sociological Society/North Central Sociological Association Joint Meeting, March-April 2010 (Mentor: Dr. Jody Cohen) Reversing Direction: The Changing College Gender Gap and the Experiences of Male and Female Students

• Stephanie Alves, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, February 2010 (Mentor: Dr.Aviva Twersky Glasner) Cape Verdean Migration and Trust of Police

• Jessica Barbeiro, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, February 2010 (Mentor: Dr.Aviva Twersky Glasner) Terminally Ill and Dying Inmates: An Analytical Look at the Role of Hospice in the Prison System

• Michelle Cubellis, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, February 2010 (Mentor: Richard Wright) The Evolution of Female Criminality and Incarceration in New England

• Melissa Delgado, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, February 2010 (Mentor: Jo-Ann Della Giustina) Stories of Exonerees

• Chelsea Horrocks, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, February 2010 (Mentor: Richard Wright) Sexual Permissiveness or Hypocritical Morality? The Future of Legalized Prostitution in the United States

• Jason Miller, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, February 2010 (Mentor: Jo-Ann Della Giustina) Human Trafficking - Current Research

• Nicholas Zinni, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, February 2010 (Mentor: Jo-Ann Della Giustina) Engaging Students and Prison Inmates in Debates

• John Campbell, 2010 Northeastern Anthropological Association Conference, March 2010 (Mentor: Dr. Cielito King) Soil Sample Analysis of the Middleborough Little Leage Site from the 2009 Season

• Michelle Mercure, 2010 Sigma Tau Delta Convention, March 2010 (Mentor: Dr. Stuart Allen) Be Feminine, Masculine, or Both! Performative Perceptions of Byron's Don Juan

• Loni-Anne Sanford, 2010 Sigma Tau Delta Convention, March 2010 (Mentor: Dr. Molly Robey) Un-Democracy in America: A Unification of the Nation in Lydia Maria Child's Hobomok

• Stephanie Santos, 2010 Sigma Tau Delta Covention, March 2010 (Mentor: Dr. Molly Robey) A Misreading of Religion: Apess's and Child's Critique of Christian Racism

• Angel Cooper, Midsouth Philosophy Conference, March 2010 (Mentor: William Devlin) Domination, Individuality, and Moral Chaos: Nietzsche's Will to Power

• Kira Archibald, Eastern Psychological Association, March 2010 (Mentor: Dr. Teresa King) The Role of Body Image and Social Anxiety in Problematic Drinking Behavior

• Bonnie Fletcher, Eastern Psychological Association, March 2010 (Mentor: Dr. Teresa King) A Bridge Between the Mind and Body: The Effect of Massage on Body Image State

• Danielle Williams, Eastern Psychological Association, March 2010 (Mentor: Dr. Elizabeth Spievak) Escaping the Past: Past-Negative Time Perspective and Escape-Style Coping

• Kenneth Berthelette, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 2010 (Mentor: Dr. Stephen Waratuke) Investigation of Arylsulfides as Titanium Catalyst Ligands for the Hydroamination of Alkynes and Enynes

• Megan Higgins, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 2010 (Mentor: Dr. Stephen Waratuke) GC/MS Detection of OWCs in WWTF Effluent from Bridgewater, Massachusetts

• Daniel Lopes, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 2010 (Mentor: Dr. Stephen Waratuke) Investigation of Carbamates as Titanium Ligands for Catalyzing the Hydroaminations of Alkynes and Enynes

• Samantha Morse, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 2010 (Mentor: Dr. Samer Lone) Structural Determination of Dpo4 Thymine Glycol Complex

• Marguerite Vantangoli, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 2010 (Mentor: Dr. Jonathan Roling) Evaluating the Health of the Aquatic Ecosystem: Quantifying the Effects of Endocrine Disrupting Compounds on Pimephales promelas

• Bethany Verrilli, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 2010 (Mentor: Dr. Samer Lone) Insights to Translesional DNA Synthesis by Yeast Rev1 Across DNA Damaged with the Chemotherapeutic Cisplatin

• Amanda Walthall, The National Service Learning Conference, March 2010 (Mentor: Dr. Joel Litvin)  Studying the Holocaust, a Unique Opportunity For Service Learning: Conservations With the Team

• Amy Constantino, American College Dance Festival, February 2010 (Mentor: Dr. Jody Weber) Performing in Core Impasse

• Whitney DiGeronimo, American College Dance Festival, February 2010 (Mentor: Dr. Jody Weber) Performing in I Think of Saying

• Emma Donegan, American College Dance Festival, February 2010 (Mentor: Dr. Jody Weber) Performing in Core Impasse

• Angela Dowell, American College Dance Festival, February 2010 (Mentor: Dr. Jody Weber) Performing in Core Impasse

• Lorelei Hudson, American College Dance Festival, February 2010 (Mentor: Dr. Jody Weber) Performing in I Think of Saying

• Sara Kolbeck, American College Dance Festival, February 2010 (Mentor: Dr. Jody Weber) Performing in I Think of Saying

• Brianna Martin, American College Dance Festival, February 2010 (Mentor: Dr. Jody Weber) Performing in Core Impasse

• Elyse Schiavi, American College Dance Festival, February 2010 (Mentor: Dr. Jody Weber) Performing in I Think of Saying

• Carolyn Sueltenfuss, American College Dance Festival, February 2010 (Mentor: Dr. Jody Weber) Performing in Core Impasse

• Margaret Tyszkiewicz, American College Dance Festival, February 2010 (Mentor: Dr. Jody Weber) Performing in Core Impasse

• Lauren Vieira, American College Dance Festival, February 2010 (Mentor: Dr. Jody Weber) Performing in Core Impasse

• Jean Galluccio, American Geophysical Union, December 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Peter Saccocia) The Mobility of Fluoride in Back-Arc Hydrothermal Systems

• Christie Bowles, American Society of Criminology Conference, November 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Dina Perrone) Salvia Divinorum: Patterns of Use

• Michaela Clark, American Society of Criminology Conference, November 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Richard Wright) The Torture of Alleged Terrorists: Necessary for Public Safety or a Criminal Act?

• Michelle Cubellis, American Society of Criminology Conference, November 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Richard Wright) Guantanamo Bay: Just Preventive Detention of Terrorists or a Fundamental Violation of Due Process?

• Chelsea Horrocks, American Society of Criminology Conference, November 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Richard Wright) The Myth of the Female Sex Offender?

• Donna Molloy, American Society of Criminology Conference, November 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Carolyn Petrosino) Exiting from Darkness: What Causes Dedicated Racist Skinheads to Stop Hating

• Alexandra Oates, American Society of Criminology Conference, November 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Carolyn Petrosino) Punishment and Racial Attitudes of Hate Crime Perpetrators - Measuring the Perceptions of Judicial Officers and Correctional Administrators?

• Cliff Oliveira, American Society of Criminology Conference, November 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Kyung-shick Choi), A Test of Self-Control Through the Use of the G.R.E.A.T Program

• Britta Gingras, Second Annual Graduate and Undergraduate Student Conference on Literature, Rhetoric, and Composition, October 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Benjamin Carson) "Double Consciousness" and the Racial Self in Zitkala-Ša's American Indian Stories, John Okada's No-No Boy, Danzy Senna's Caucasia, and Eric Liu's The Accidental Asian

• Michelle Mercure, Second Annual Graduate and Undergraduate Student Conference on Literature, Rhetoric, and Composition, October 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Matt Bell) The "Bad Girl" Turned Feminist: The Femme Fatale and the Performance of Theory

• Lauren Rocha, Second Annual Graduate and Undergraduate Student Conference on Literature, Rhetoric, and Composition, October 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Benjamin Carson) "Ahh! Real Monsters: An Examination of Self Through Monstrosity in Shelley Jackson's Patchwork Girl"

• Loni-Anne Sanford, Second Annual Graduate and Undergraduate Student Conference on Literature, Rhetoric, and Composition, October 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Kimberly Chabot Davis) "Seeing Through the Flames: The Use of Fire in Sherman Alexie's The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven and Smoke Signals"

• Stephanie Santos, Second Annual Graduate and Undergraduate Student Conference on Literature, Rhetoric, and Composition, October 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Benjamin Carson) Tyrannical Mothers in John Okada's No-No Boy and Junot Diaz's The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

• Renee Holt, Geological Society of America Annual Conference,  October 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Michael Krol) Sedimentary Petrology of the Teddy Creek Group (TCG), Blacktail Mountains, MT: Implications for Provenance and Landscape Evolution

• Brianne McDonough, Geological Society of America Annual Conference,  October 2009 (Mentor: Dr. Robert Cicerone) A Two-Dimensional, Linear-Elastic Model to Explain Radial Extensional Fractures, Pantheon Fossae, Caloris Basin, Mercury

NCUR 2010: National Conference on Undergraduate Research

• Matthew Ahrens, (Mentor: Dr. Deborah Nemko) Music of the Ottoman Empire: An Exploration of the Makam System

• Melissa Brulotte, (Mentor: Dr. Samer Lone) Archaeal Polymerase DP04 Complexed with 8-OXO-7,8-Dihydroadenosine

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

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

• Kathleen Collishaw, (Mentor: Dr. Bjorn Ingvoldstad) The Cleveland Show: Continuing Stereotypical Representations of African Americans in the Media

• Mabel Colon, (Mentor: Dr. Duilio Ayalamacedo) Puerto Rican Immigration and Literature in the United States

• Angel Cooper, (Mentor: Dr. William Devlin) Nietzsche’s Destruction of the Moral Tradition and the Revaluation of Values

• Ashley DeMello, (Mentor: Dr. Teresa King) A Comparison of Body Image in Jordanian and American College Students

• Adriann Flint, (Mentor: Dr. Bjorn Ingvoldstad) Andrzej Wajda’s Life in His Films

• Gary Forrester, (Mentor: Dr. Martina Arndt) Solar Observations during Solar Minimum using a Small Radio Telescope

• Allison Galanis, (Mentor: Dr. Merideth Krevosky and Dr. Jeffery Bowen) Inhibition of Chemotherapy-Induced Apoptosis by Heat Shock Proteins in Retinoblastoma

• Lizandra Gomes, (Mentor: Dr. Suzanna Ramczyk) The Visions of Women Created by Three Major Female African American Playwrights of the Twentieth Century: Georgia Blanche Douglas, Lorraine Hansberry, and Suzan-Lori Parks

• Lisa-Marie Guzman, (Mentor: Dr. Jodi Cohen) The Effect of the Massachusetts Health Reform and Mandated College Sponsored Plan on Bridgewater State College Students Access to Healthcare

• Taylor Hall, (Mentor: Dr. Jodi Cohen) How Long Is Forever?: An Examination of Self-Esteem, Religiosity and Romantic Relationships of College Students

• Ashley Hurley, (Mentor:  Dr. Michele Wakin) Christine Collins: The True Changeling in the Fight to Find Her Son

• Daniel Keeley, (Mentor: Dr. Bjorn Ingvoldstad) The Czechoslovak New Wave: A Formal Analysis

• Meriem Mahdi, (Mentor: Dr. Jodi Cohen) Power of Sex: College Student’s Attitudes towards Sexuality and Sexual Content in Music Videos

• Jessica Mann, (Mentor: Dr. Jodi Cohen) The Faceless Crowd: An Examination of Media and Conformity

• Rebecca McLaughlin, (Mentor: Alyson Hyland) Battle of the Apocalypse: Science vs. Religion

• Joseph Moloney, (Mentor: Dr. William Devlin) A Moral Investigation of Torture in the Post 9/11 World

• Jeffrey Moore, (Mentor: Dr. Curtiss Hoffman) Analysis of the Whiting Collection

• Stefanie Morgan (Mentor: Dr. Elizabeth Spievak) Living in the Past: Past Time Perspective and Escape-Style Coping

• Christi Nelson, (Mentor: Dr. Jodi Cohen) Forever Young?: An Examination of College Students’ Attitudes Toward Aging

• Katelyn Olsen, (Mentor:  Dr. Michele Wakin) Christine Collins: The True Changeling in the Fight to Find Her Son

• Jaclyn Pugsley, (Mentor: Dr. Margaret Lowe) Vietnam War: A Journey Through an American Soldier

• Kevin Santos, (Mentor: Dr. Margaret Lowe) The Buzz about the Beales: Opposing Perspectives on American Royalty

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

• Shaniece Singleton, (Mentor: Dr. Bjorn Ingvoldstad) Central Asian Films

• Elleni Skarpos, (Mentor: Dr. Margaret Lowe) Domestic Workers:  When the Help Becomes Family

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"

Last Modified: January 20, 2012