2009 National Conference on Undergraduate Research Awardees

  • 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"

2008 National Conference on Undergraduate Research Awardees

  • 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"

 

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