Thirteen students have been selected as McNair Scholars at St. Lawrence for the summer of 2008, enabling each to conduct research with a faculty mentor.

The Scholars, their faculty mentors, and descriptions of their projects as possible, are:

Angela Christie '10 English major from White River Junction, VT Tolkien's concept of history as decline and loss (but with triumphs in the midst of failure) as presented in  /The Lord of the Rings Faculty sponsor: Bruce Danner, English.	Jonathan Edwards '09 psychology major from Pembroke Pines, FL Why Do Athletes Take Steroids and other Performance Enhancing Drugs? Faculty Sponsor: Cheryl Stuntz, psychology.	Crystal Fuerte '08 economics major from Bronx, NY Using AJAX to create interactive web applications Faculty Sponsor: Ed Harcourt, math, computer science and statistics.
Tiye Gordon '09 religious studies major from Knoxville, TN Bells of the South: Exploring Black and White Female Sexuality on an Antebellum Plantation Faculty Sponsor: Elizabeth Regosin, history.	Nertila Koni '09 sociology and Spanish major from Ridgewood, NY The Underground World of Human Trafficking Faculty Sponsor: Florence Molk, sociology	Chloe LaFrance '09 psychology and English major from Lewis, NY Composition of Non-Fiction Manuscript: Personal Memoir Examining Mother-Daughter Relationship and Familial History Faculty Sponsor: Natalia Singer, English.
Devaun McFarland '09 math and computer science major from Binghamton, NY TSP Algorithms Faculty Sponsor: Richard Sharp, math, computer science and statistics.	Darrlyn Moorer '10 sociology major from Bronx, NY Looking at the color caste in the Black community - tensions between light and dark skinned Blacks Faculty Sponsor: Traci Fordham-Hernandez, performance and communication arts.	Andy Rampersaud '10 neuroscience major from Bronx, NY Anoxia in C. elegans Faculty Sponsor: Ana Estevez, biology.
Samantha Rivera '09 psychology major from Brooklyn, NY Self Harm and its Effects on Men Faculty Sponsor: Pamela Thacher, psychology.	Jimeyri Santiago '09 sociology and Spanish major from Bronx, NY the history and mystery surrounding Santaria Faculty Sponsor: Karen O'Neil, sociology.	Daniel Trombley '09 history and performance and communication arts major from Kernersville, NC More definitive recognition of the re-structuring of the Prussian military at deliberate expense to the political mechanism of Bismark during the German Wars of Unification Faculty Sponsor: Elun Gabriel, history.
Matthew Wilson '10 psychology major from Waddington, NY Olfactory Research in Canines Faculty Sponsor: David Hornung, biology.