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Thirty students have been selected as 2004 University Fellows for this summer, in a program that allows them to receive funding while conducting research with a faculty partner.

This is the sixth year of the program. The students, with their project titles and faculty partners' names, are:

Wendy Berner '06, Sesquicentennial University Fellow, "History of Vocal Music at St. Lawrence," David Henderson, music

Colleen Callahan '06, "Imperial versus Indigenous: Post-Colonial Language Development and the Search for Cultural Identity in Two Contemporary African Nations," Judith DeGroat, history

Aryendra Chakravartty '05, "Postcolonialism in India: World-System Analysis and Critique of Subaltern Studies," Abye Assefa, sociology

Mallory Craig-Kuhn '07, Alumni Council University Fellow, "Junturas: Hispanic Migrant Workers in the North Country," Steven White, modern languages and literatures

Tracey Damon '05, Katy MacKay University Fellow, "Ventilatory Effects of Sodium Bicarbonate Cotransport (NBC) Inhibition in the Medulla," Joseph Erlichman, biology

Jordan Davis '05, Rose University Fellow, "Subsurface Investigation of the Internal Architecture of Subglacial Eskers: Northern New York," Stephen Robinson, geology

Ashish Dixit '06, Phelps Family University Fellow, "Language-Based Hardware Design Using SystemC," Ed Harcourt, mathmatics, computer science and statistics

Ryan Edmonds '06, Murray University Fellow, "Long-Term Care Insurance: Why Is It So Underused?," Brian Chezum, economics

Marina Funtik '05, Alumni Council University Fellow, "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 '06, Baumhoff University Fellow, "An African-American Triptych: The Construction of the Female Identity," Andrea Nouryeh, speech and theatre

Jessica Henty '06, Katy MacKay University Fellow, "The Effects of the Eastern Forest Tent Caterpillar (Malacosoma disstria) and the Herbivory of Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum) Trees, William Rivers, biology

Nicky Hinkley '05, "Being a Professional in a World of Mommies," Kirk Fuoss, speech and theatre

Madeline Kenney '05, "Transition into Citizenship: The Pension Application Process and the Validation of Slave Marriages," Elizabeth Regosin, history

Kaia Klockeman '06, "Understanding the Process and Results of Comparing the Countries of the World on the Basis of Economic Development," Michael Jenkins, economics

Petya Madzharova '05, Ferguson Family University Fellow, "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 '05, "Conservation Efforts for the Declining Populations of Nassau Grouper in the San Salvador Region of the Bahamas," Brad Baldwin, biology

Audrey Merriam '06, Ness University Fellow, "Expression of Anion Exchanges and Monocarboxylae Transporter Genes During Postnatal Development of the Rat Brainstem," Michael Temkin, biology

Yordan Minev '07, Phelps Family University Fellow, "Will the Penguin Break the Windows? A Study of the GNU/LINUX Operating System," Robert Torres, sociology

Mallory Mumford '06, "The Constitutionality of Same-Sex Marriage," Steven Horwitz, economics

Terran Palmer-Angell '05, "Tennis Meditation: A Model Based Upon Traditional Buddhist Object Visualization," Artur Poczwardowski, psychology

Steve Peraza '06, Sesquicentennial University Fellow, "Biography of Jeffrey Campbell," Margaret Kent Bass, English

Rachel Putman '05, Rose University Fellow, "Determination of GFAP Concentrations in Brainstem Using Micropunch Technique," Michael Temkin, biology

Kristen Ross '05, Baker University Fellow, "Olfactory Recognition in Dogs," David Hornung, biology

John Rupp '05, "Investigation of Sub-Surface Marginal Meltwater Channels from the Retreat of the Laurentide Ice Sheet in Northern New York," Stephen Robinson, geology

Gabriel Sataloff '05, Rose University Fellow, "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 '05, Areson University Fellow, "Development of a System for the In Vitro Culture of Rat Primordial Follicles," Karin Bodensteiner, biology

Trisha Smrecak '06, Smith University Fellow, "Field Research in Paleobotany in the Hell Creek Formation, North Dakota," J. Mark Erickson, geology

Nathan Vogan '05, Baker University Fellow, "Palynological Study of Pollen in Massawepie Mire: St. Lawrence County, N.Y.," Stephen Robinson, geology, and William Rivers, biology

Erin Woodward '05, Kathryn Fraser Mackay Memorial University Fellow, "Merging Science Education and Community Research on the St. Lawrence River," Brad Baldwin, biology

Kyle Zander '06, Rose University Fellow, "The Ventilatory Effects of Lactate Inhibition in Medullary Glia," Joseph Erlichman, biology

Posted: May 19, 2004