2007 Winners

Name	Class Year	Project Title	Mentor	Named Fellow
Jeffrey Aston	2009	The Role of Nitric Oxide in Ischemic Brain Injury	Joseph Erlichman
Kristin-Lee Berretta	2010	Chemical Models of Anti-Cancer Pharmaceuticals based on Ruthenium Compounds with Organic Side Chains	Samantha Glazier	Phelps Family University Fellow
Douglas Brown	2009	Effect of Protective Cages on Localized Restoration and Predation of a Keystone Harbivore on Caribbean Reefs	Brad Baldwin
Mark Burnham	2009	Describing Habitat Requirements and Competitive Relationships Among Woodland Grasses (Poacbae)	Karl McKnight
Nicole Butler	2009	Crazy:  My Life on the Other Side of the Looking Glass	Robert Cowser	Kohlberg Student Fellowship
Eric Clark	2009	Total Cadmium, Copper, and Zinc in Dreissena Polymorpha and Dreissena Rostriformis Bugensis in the St. Lawrence River AOC	Carrie Johns	Thompson-Weatherup Family Charitable Foundation University Fellow
Liam Delahanty	2009	The Effects of Free Radical Inhibition on Caspase-Independent Apoptosis in the Post Ischemic Mouse Brain	Ana Estevez	Dennis Richey '74, Eric S. Smith '30 University Fellow
Leah Farrar	2011	A Poisoned Apple:  Examining the Integration of Horrific Motifs into Postmodern Fairy Tales	Caroline Breashears	Kohlberg Student Fellowship
Alida Gerritsen	2009	Characterizing Habitat Preferences Among Carex Species in a Local Deciduous Forest	Karl McKnight	Eric S Smith '30 University Fellow
Holly Irion	2009	The Role of Social Networking Websites in the Presentation of Female Adolescent Sexuality	Danielle Egan	Nicole and David Areson '71, Walter Baumhoff, Kathryn Fraser Mackay University Fellow
James Keller	2009	An Exploration of the Worth of Mathematics in Light of Three Philosophical Propositions	Dean Lauer
Erkinalp Kesikli	2009	The Muslim Nationalist vs. The Secular State:  Usage of Religion and Nationalism in the Politics of Modern Turkey	John Collins
Wendy Matthews	2009	"Is That a Fact?":  Tall Tales and their Socio-cultural Function in Today's Adirondack Region	Randy Hill	Jennie Scott Rose University Fellow
Geoffrey Millard	2010	Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Mettallacrowns with the New Ligand N, N-bis (2-pyridylmethyl) glycine hydroxamic acid, H2bpgha	Neil Law
Justin Newcom	2009	Techniques of Artificial Intelligence	Ed Harcourt	Ferguson Family University Fellow
Michael O'Connor	2009	Well Water Quality in St. Lawrence Country	Jeff Chiarenzelli	Donald K. Rose University Fellow
Osei-Kusi, Kwasi	2009	Why Free Markets Fail in Ghana	Robert Blewett	Lorna A. Ness, Piskor Family University Fellow
Alissa Rafferty	2009	Population Ecology and Home Range Analyses of Obligate Army Ant-Following Birds in a Terra Firme Amazonian Forest	Susan Willson	Susan '66 and John Johnson University Fellow
Nina Rhim	2010	The Effect of Pressure Stimulation of Acupunctural Points on Olfactory Function	David Hornung	Donald K. Rose University Fellow
Richard Torres	2009	The Causes and Effects of Math Anxiety from the Third through Fifth Grades Via A Participatory Action Research Method	Makiko Deguchi	Donald K. Rose University Fellow
Michael Trembley	2009	What Role Do 14-3-3 Proteins Play in the Binding of Rpd3 to Promoters of yeast DNA?	Emily Dixon	Donald K. Rose University Fellow
Marcus Tuttle	2010	Design, Synthesis and Characterization of Novel 12-Metallacrown-4 Compounds	Neil Law	Susan '66 and John Johnson University Fellow

2006 Winners

Name/Fellow	Class Year	Project Title	Mentor
Paula Bogart - William E. Weiss Foundation University Fellow	2007	Constant Warfare: The Effects on Families in Afghanistan, 1973 to 2006	Donna Alvah
Kim Bradshaw	2008	Food and Shelter Competition between Round Goby and Fantail Darter in the Tributaries of the Saint Lawrence River	Brad Baldwin
Salvatore Cania	2007	War of Words: The Post-9/11 Rhetorical Struggle Between Israel and Palestine	John Collins
Charlotta Chung - Jennie Scott Rose University Fellow	2008	In God We Trust Examining the Role of Faith-Based Organizations in Community	Ron Flores
Stephen Ciesla - MacKay University Fellow	2007	Graphics Processing Unit Memory Management Analysis	Brian Ladd
Ellen Doble - Lorna A. Ness University Fellow	2007	Quantifying the Difference in Language and Conversation Markers of Students Over Time	Jenna Torres
Christy Fessler - Phelps Family University Fellow	2007	Basal Ganglia and High-Order Cognition: Effects of Striatal Lesions on Behavioral Flexibility	Bill DeCoteau
Kelly Garcia	2007	Studying and Composing Various Cultural Musics in Vietnam: Comparing traditional music bought online against traditional music collected in Vietnam	Michael Farley
Brittany Goss - William E. Weiss Foundation University Fellow	2008	Exploring Cultural Identity in Historical Perspective: Fictional Narratives of Colonial and Post-Colonial Experience	Paul Graham
William Hackett - Eric S. Smith '30 University Fellow	2007	The Tully Valley Brine Field/Mudboil Hydrogeologic Connections Project	Diane Burns
Victor Kai-Rogers - John G. Murray Entrepreneurial University Fellow	2008	The Export Subsidy Debate: A Look at the Agreement on Export Subsidy Definition in the WTO	Peter FitzRandolph
Jamie Lomax - Donald K. Rose University Fellow	2007	AFALFA: The Arecibo Legacy Fast ALFA Survey, An extragalactic survey for HI	Aileen O'Donoghue
Dipesh Mainali - John G. Murray Entrepreneurial University Fellow	2008	Macroeconomic Aggregates and the Determinants of Growth: A Comparative Study of Nepal and Thailand	Michael Jenkins
Alejandra Marrero - Donald K. Rose University Fellow	2008	Determining the Biological Role of the TRP-1 calcium channels in C. elegans	Ana Estevez
Neema Mawiyoo	2006	Thots not Spake: A book of poems	Duriel Harris
Robert Menard - William E. Weiss Foundation University Fellow	2007	Postglacial Drainage Development in the Grass, Raquette and St. Regis Rivers	J. Mark Erickson
Dennis Morreale - Alumni Council University Fellow	2007	Russia and Ukraine: Security Concerns in the 21st Century	Karl Schonberg
John Munsey	2008	Creation of a Worm Strain with Fluorescently Labelled Ca2+ Channels	Ana Estevez
Julia Palmateer - Susan'66 and John Johnson University Fellow	2007	Dynamic Assessment of Rodent Configural Learning	Bill DeCoteau
Elizabeth Podhaizer - Lorna A. Ness, Ferguson Family, Donald K. Rose University Fellow	2007	Generation of more stable mesophilic enzymes from their thermophilic homologues	Matthew Skeels
Lisa Romas - Linus R. Gilbert University Fellow	2008	An Investigation of Contaminants in the Norton Sound Region of Arctic Alaska	Jon Rosales & Cathy Shrady
April Spearance - Susan '66 and John Johnson University Fellow	2008	Relationships in Sport: How Do Holistic Relationships Make a Difference?	Cheryl Stuntz
Christine Tobia - Donald K. Rose University Fellow	2008	Effect of Color Luminescence on Exercise Performance: do different wavelengths have different & significant impacts on physical activity?	David Hornung
Melissa Wells - Nicole and David Areson '71, Walter Baumhoff, Kathryn Fraser Mackay, Dennis Richey '74 University Fellow	2007	The Purification of the Ligand Binding Domain of the Human Androgen Receptor and the Analysis of Binding of Xeno Androgens	Matthew Skeels
John Winkowski	2007	Can Coral Reefs Surrounding San Salvador, Bahamas be Restored by Transplanting the Sea Urchin Diadema antillarum?	Brad Baldwin

2005 Winners

Name	Project Title	Mentor	Named Fellow
Daniel Allen	The Development of a Functional Model to Assess the Role of Connexin 43	Ms. Jill Pflugheber, Biology	Kathryn Fraser Mackay Memorial Fellowship
Adam Britt	Modeling Cross-Episodic Migration of Memory	Professor Ed Harcourt, Mathematics, Computer Science & Statistics	Donald K. Rose University Fellowship
Benjamin Case	Modeling Episodic Memory Migration with Cellular Automata	Professor Ed Harcourt, Mathematics, Computer Science & Statistics
Karoline Chrzanowski	Remember that time when….? The Interplay between Schematic and Episodic Memory:  A Proposal	Professor Sharon Hannigan, Psychology	Alumni Council University Fellowship
Stephen Cotton	Civil Societies Across Borders: The United States and Canada Compared	Professor Alan Draper, Government	Nicole and David Areson '71 University Fellowship
Alison DeSieno	Statistical Games as a Teaching Tool	Professor Robin Lock Mathematics, Computer Science & Statistics	Donald K. Rose University Fellowship
Crystal Ellis	Reading Illustrations	Professor Ron Sigmundi, Psychology
Kevin Emblidge	Determining Triggering Conditions for an Adirondack Landslide (Mt. Colden, Avalanche Pass)	Professor Diane Burns, Geology	Linus R. Gilbert University Fellowship
Paige Evans	A Study of the Medicinal Herb Coptis Trifolia in Old Growth and Second Growth Forests in the Adirondacks of Northern New York	Professor Aswini Pai, Biology	Baker University Fellowship
Leah Frankel	The History of Jews at SLU	Professor Marta Albert, Education
Evelyn Gatawa	SADC Free Trade Agreement: A Move Towards Improved Intra-Regional Trade and Economic Development in Southern Africa?	Professor Bob Blewett, Economics	Ferguson Family University Fellowship
Shawn Golley	Developing a Web-based, Multi-Format Calculus Educational Application	Professor Dan Gagliardi, Mathematics, Computer Science & Statistics	Donald K. Rose University Fellowship
Robin Hanson	The Relationship Between Nasal Anatomy and Olfactory Ability	Professor David Hornung, Biology	Eric S. Smith '30 University Fellowship
Michael Hart	Astrocytic pH Regulation in Central Respiratory Control Nuclei	Professor Joe Erlichman, Neuroscience	Phelps Family University Fellowship
Thomas Hathaway	Language Diversity in the Vitiaz Strait Trade System	Professor Ali Pomponio, Anthropology	Walter Baumhoff University Fellowship
Kira Krumhansl	Conservation of Juvenile Nassau Grouper in a Tidal Mangrove Lagoon on the Island of San Salvador, Bahamas	Professor Brad Baldwin, Biology
Oumou Leye	Financial Assistance and Economic Development in Developing Countries: A Case Study of Cote d'Ivoire	Professor Bob Blewett, Economics	John G. Murray Entrepreneurial University Fellowship
Stephanie Lusk	A Dream of Glorious Return: Culture and Identity in Contemporary Art of the Tibetan Diaspora	Professor Chandreyi Basu, Fine Arts	Alumni Council University Fellowship
Trish McMahon	On the Cutting Board: The Lack of Ethnic Minorities in Print Journalism	Professor Bob Cowser, English	MacKay University Fellowship
Garrett Morgan	Custom Memory Allocation in Graphics-Intensive Computer Applications	Professor Brian Ladd, Mathematics, Computer Science & Statistics	Donald K. Rose University Fellowship
Katherine Morrison	Effects of Harvesting on Abundance and Distribution of Sanguinaria canadensis in the Adirondack Park, NY	Professor Aswini Pai, Biology
Noelle O'Brien	HIV/AIDS on Global, Regional, and Country Specific Levels: The Role of NGOs to Contain the Pandemic	Professor David Lloyd, History	Lorna Ness University Fellowship
Tuoc Phan	The Impact of Traditional Values and Modernization on Gender in Japan	Professor Valerie Lehr, Government and Gender Studies	Dennis Richey '74 University Fellowship
Heather Ross	Life in the Mountains: A History of Women in the Adirondacks	Professor Judith DeGroat, History
Elizabeth Salomon	The Ventilatory Effects of Impaired Lactate Shuttle in the Retrotrapazoid Nucleus	Professor Joe Erlichman, Neuroscience	Jennie Scott Rose University Fellowship
Mary Seward	The Accuracy of the Domestic Dog's Olfactory Recognition of a Target Scent in the Presence of Distracter Odors	Professor David Hornung, Biology
Kanti Shrestha	Gender in the Making of Modern India	Professor Abye Assefa, Sociology
Sarah Skinner	How Can K-12 Mathematics Teachers be More Effective and Efficient?	Professor Jim DeFranza, Mathematics, Computer Science & Statistics
Jenna Stearns	Peripheral Visions: Exploring the Images and Voices of Immigrant Women in Lavapies, Madrid, Spain	Professor John Collins, Global Studies	Jennie Scott Rose University Fellowship
Nathan Twichell	Genetic Relationships among Elliptio complanata Populations of the Eastern and Western sides of the Adirondacks	Professor Mike Temkin, Biology

 

2004 Winners

Name	Class Year	Project Title	Mentor
Wendy Berner - Sesquicentennial University Fellow	2006	History of Vocal Music at SLU	David Henderson, Music
Colleen Callahan	2006	Imperial versus Indigenous: Post-Colonial Language Development and the Search for Cultural Identity in Two Contemporary African Nations	Judith DeGroat, History
Aryendra Chakravartty	2005	Postcolonialism in India: World-System Analysis and Critique of Subaltern Studies	Abye Assefa, Sociology
Mallory Craig - Kuhn Alumni Council University Fellow	2007	Junturas: Hispanic Migrant Workers in the North Country	Steven White, Modern Languages
Tracey Damon - Katy MacKay University Fellow	2005	Ventilatory Effects of Sodium Bicarbonate Cotransport (NBC) Inhibition in the Medulla	Joseph Erlichman, Neuroscience
Jordan Davis - Rose University Fellow	2005	Subsurface Investigation of The Internal Architecture of Subglacial Eskers; Northern New York	Stephen Robinson, Geology
Ashish Dixit - Phelps Family University Fellow	2006	Language Based Hardware Design Using SystemC	Ed Harcourt, Mathematics, Computer Science & Statistics
Ryan Edmonds - Murray University Fellow	2006	Long Term Care Insurance: Why is it so Underused?	Brian Chezum, Economics
Marina Funtik - Alumni Council University Fellow	2005	The Effect of Brushing Before and/or After Meals on the Numbers of Cariogenic Streptococcus mutans and Streptococcus gordonii Bacteria in Sprague-Dawley rats	Christopher Easton, Biology
Katherine Gay - Baumhoff University Fellow	2006	An African-American Triptych: The Construction of the Female Identity	Andrea Nouryeh, Speech and Theatre
Jessica Henty - Katy MacKay University Fellow	2006	The Effects of the Eastern Forest Tent Caterpillar (Malacosoma disstria) and the Herbivory of Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum) Trees	William Rivers, Biology
Nicky Hinkley	2005	Being a Professional in a World of Mommies	Kirk Fuoss, Speech and Theatre
Madeline Kenney	2005	Transition into Citizenship: the Pension Application Process and the Validation of Slave Marriages	Elizabeth Regosin, History
Kaia Klockeman	2006	Understanding the Process and Results of Comparing the Countries of the World on the Basis of Economic Development	Michael Jenkins, Economics
Petya Madzharova - Ferguson Family University Fellow	2005	The Conversion to the Euro on the Member States of the European Union and the Effect on the Price Levels	Michael Jenkins, Economics
Patrick McLaughlin	2005	Conservation Efforts for the Declining Populations of Nassau Grouper in the San Salvador Region of the Bahamas	Brad Baldwin, Biology
Audrey Merriam - Ness University Fellow	2006	Expression of Anion Exchanges and Monocarboxylate Transporter Genes During Postnatal Development of the Rat Brainstem	Michael Temkin, Biology
Yordan Minev - Phelps Family University Fellow	2007	Will the Penguin Break the Windows? A Study of the GNU/LINUX Operating System	Robert Torres, Sociology
Mallory Mumford	2006	The Constitutionality of Same Sex Marriage	Cathy Crosby-Currie, Psychology
Terran Palmer-Angell	2005	Tennis Meditation: A Model Based Upon Traditional Buddhist Object Visualization	Artur Poczwardowski, Psychology
Steve Peraza - Sesquicentennial University Fellow	2006	Biography of Jeffrey Campbell	Margaret Bass, English
Rachel Putman - Rose University Fellow	2005	Determination of GFAP Concentrations in Brainstem Using Micropunch Technique	Michael Temkin, Biology
Kristen Ross - Baker University Fellow	2005	Olfactory Recognition in Dogs	David Hornung, Biology
John Rupp	2005	Investigation of Sub-Surface Marginal Meltwater Channels from the Retreat of the Laurentide Ice Sheet in Northern New York	Stephen Robinson, Geology
Gabriel Sataloff - Rose University Fellow	2005	Feeding Behavior of the Sea Urchin Diadema antillarum: An Assessment of Re-Introduction Feasibility and Comparison to Other Sea Urchin Species	Brad Baldwin, Biology
David Schryver Areson University Fellow	2005	Development of a System for the In Vitro Culture of Rat Primordial Follicles	Karin Bodensteiner, Biology
Trisha Smrecak - Smith University Fellow	2006	Field Research in Paleobotany in the Hell Creek Formation, North Dakota	J. Mark Erickson, Geology
Nathan Vogan - Baker University Fellow	2005	Palynological Study of Pollen in Massawepie Mire: St. Lawrence County, NY	Stephen Robinson & Wil Rivers, Geology & Biology
Erin Woodward - Kathryn Fraser Mackay Memorial University Fellow	2005	Merging Science Education and Community Research on the St. Lawrence River	Brad Baldwin, Biology
Kyle Zander - Rose University Fellow	2006	The Ventilatory Effects of Lactate Inhibition in Medullary Glia	Joseph Erlichman, Neuroscience

2003 Winners

Name	Class Year	Project Title	Mentor
Aimee Baker - Ness University Fellow	2004	Founding Mothers: Colonial New France and the Filles Du Roi	Neil Forkey, Canadian Studies
Aryendra Chakravartty - MacKay University Fellow	2005	Contemporary Nepal in Historical Perspective (1846-1950)	Ganesh Trichur, Global Studies
Cody Eldredge - Areson University Fellow	2005	Being Black and Being Gay: A Biographically Critical Approach to Analyzing the Works of James Baldwin	Margaret Bass, English
Amy Frey - Baker University Fellow	2004	Parks, Water, and People	Tom Greene, Psychology
Saurabh Gupta - Alumni Council University Fellow	2005	The Indian Diaspora's Quest for Identity	Ana de Freitas Boe, Jeffrey Campbell Fellow
Emily Hunt - Baumhoff University Fellow	2004	Towards a More Family-Friendly St. Lawrence	Patrice LeClerc, Sociology
Justin Keller - Smith University Fellow	2005	Iridescence in the Feathers of the Scarlet Macaw	Catherine Jahncke, Physics
Ryan Lawless - Rose University Fellow	2004	Role of Locus Coeruleus in Respiratory Control in the Rat	Joe Erlichman, Neuroscience
Joshua Lynch - Ferguson University Fellow	2005	An Explanation of Economic Sanctions: Do Sanctions Equal War?	Assis Malaquias, Government
Cami Michaud - Rose University Fellow	2004	Developmental Growth and Maturation of Newborn Rat Brain Sodium Bicarbonate Cotransporters	Michael Temkin, Biology
Kwabena Osei-Kusi - Murray University Fellow	2005	The Burakumin Cycle - A Case of Market Failure	Alison Del Rossi, Economics
Abhishek Parajuli - Phelps University Fellow	2004	Generating College Hockey Team Rankings Using a Computer Software	Michael Sheard, Mathematics, Computer Science & Statistics
Elizabeth Saxe - Mackay University Fellow	2005	The Mutiny of a Generation: The Disillusionment of the Serapion Brotherhood's Literature in Revolutionary Russia	Ruth Kreuzer, Modern Languages
Thomas Scott - Rose University Fellow	2004	Analysis of Basement Membrane Components of Preantral Follicles in the Rat	Karin Bodensteiner, Biology
Christopher Stevens - Baker University Fellow	2004	Subsurface Investigation Into the Internal Architecture of Lacustrine and Marine Strandline Deposits; Northern New York	Stephen Robinson, Geology
Krista Stowe	2005	The Female Experience: Women's Twentieth Century Economic Contributions in the North Country as Compared to Mohawk Women of Akwesasne	Donna Alvah, History
Sara Vasko - MacKay University Fellow	2004	Czechoslovakian Art: A Study from Post-World War II to The Prague Spring	Elizabeth Kahn, Fine Arts
Jennifer Whorrall - Alumni Council University Fellow	2004	St. Regis Falls on Fire: The Teachers' Strike of 1984	Alan Draper, Government
Omar Zaidan - Rose University Fellow	2004	Heuristic Graph Coloring Algorithms	Michael Sheard, Mathematics, Computer Science & Statistics

2002 Winners

Name	Year	Mentor	Title of Project
Vivek Bachhawat	2003	Peter FitzRandolph, Economics	The Greenspan Effect: Does the Fed Move the World's Markets?
Aimee Baker - Ness University Fellow	2004	Caroline Breashears, English	Sublime Visions: The Female Gothic Between 1777-1820
Tim Bouchard	2003	Mark Erickson, Geology	Determine of Corbicula Species From the Fax Hills Formation, Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of North Dakota Using Statistical Analysis of Morphology and Isotopic Analysis of Habitat Separation
Kathryn DePuy - Rose University Fellow	2003	David Hornung, Biology	The Contribution Each Nostril Makes to Olfactory Perception
Janine Dixson - Areson University Fellow	2003	Judith DeGroat, History	Good Housekeeping: The Domestic Labor of North Country Women
Jeff Dorman - Rose University Fellow	2003	Brad Baldwin, Biology	Potential for Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis Reintroduction and Brown Trout Salmo trutta Stocking in the St. Regis River
Katherine Dunn - Phelps University Fellow	2003	Jim DeFranza, Mathematics	Products of Power Series
Amy Frey - MacKay University Fellow	2004	Ron Flores, Sociology	A Tale of Two Villages
Amy Hewitt - Phelps University Fellow	2003	Joe Erlichman, Neuroscience	Gap Junctions Occurrence in the Nucleus Tractus Solitarius
Emily Jacque - Baumhoff University Fellow	2004	Steve Papson, Sociology	Signifying Childhood: Corporate Legitimation Advertising
Matthew Kokoszka - Baker University Fellow	2003	Erika Barthelmess, Biology	Assessing Home Range Size of the North American Porcupine
Amanda Morrison	2003	Bruce Weiner, English	Walt Whitman's Poetic Program: National and International Dimensions
Jeremy Ouellette - Rose University Fellow	2004	Daniel Koon, Physics	Mu-Mesons as Relativistic Clocks
Daniel Peppe - Baker University Fellow	2003	Mark Erickson, Geology	Late Cretaceous Fox Hills and Hell Creek Floral Biostratigraphy and Biostratinomy of a Key Outcrop in the Missouri Valley Region of North Dakota
Emily Putney - Rose University Fellow	2004	David Hornung, Biology	The Influence of Ordorant Exposure and Age on Odor Memory
Kristin Putz - MacKay University Fellow	2003	Judith DeGroat, History	A Comparison of Nationalism in Denmark and Italy as a Result of Post-WWII Social Policies
Melissa Rury - Ferguson University Fellow	2003	Ning Gao, Chemistry	Developing a Mass Balance Model for the Little River Watershed
Heather Swanson - Ness University Fellow	2004	Susan Ward, English	Jack London and His Women
Andrew Swiesz - Alumni Council Fellow	2003	Karl Schonberg, Government	Moral Rehabilitation of Empire: The End of the Empire and the Birth of Modern Imperialism
Joshua Taylor - Baker University Fellow	2003	John Bursnall, Geology	The Migmatites of the Northwestern Adirondack Mountains; a Geochemical and Petrographic Study into the Conditions that Caused Partial Melting