Student Grant Program for Research and Creative Activity
*denotes graduate students
FALL 2012 Grant Recipients
Student(s) (Faculty Sponsor(s), Department): Project
Anthony Baum (Melissa Godek, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences): Linking Synoptic Scale Weather Over North America to the Formation of Windstorms Over the North Atlantic
Anthony Beyers (John Relethford, Anthropology):
Paleoenvironmental Changes in East Africa and the Transition to the Genus Homo
Eric Coe (David Wong & Paul Lord, Biology / Biological Field Station):
Candarago Lake Steward, Otsego County, New York
Danielle Denny, Brittany Ciardiello & Jennifer Funes (Charlene Christie, Psychology):
Media's Impact on Hostile and Benevolent Sexist Attitudes
Anna Downey & Chelsea Krieg (Martha Growdon, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences): Would You Drink the Well Water? The Petrographic and Geochemical Evidence for Arsenic in the Bedrock on Matinicus Island, Maine
Melissa Erickson (Elizabeth Seale, Sociology): Examining "Slut-Bashing" Among College Students
Nicole Goben (Kirsten Hilpert, Human Ecology):
The Effect of Mobile Phone Use on Stress, Sleep and Eating Awareness in College Students
Emily Harrington (Kirsten Hilpert, Human Ecology): Effects of Dairy Foods on Insulin Resistance
Stephanie Mullen (Ho Hon Leung, Sociology):
The Identity of SUNY Oneonta: Exploration Through the Lens of Architecture
Shannon O'Neill* (Willard Harman & David Wong, Biology / Biological Field Station):
Finding the Optimal Concentrations of Potassium Permanganate and EarthTec to Control Zebra Mussels
(Dreissena polymorpha) for the Cooperstown Water Treatment Plant
Colleen Parker, Myles Moore & Stephen Dechon (Shasta Marrero, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences):
Sources of Mercury in Central New York
Christine Picucci* (Jeffrey Heilveil, Biology):
The Recolonization of New York State by Acroneuria carolinensis (Banks) After the Wisconsin Glaciation
Shelby Zemken (Gina Keel, Environmental Sciences):
Waste Reduction Demonstration at SUNY Oneonta
SPRING 2012 Grant Recipients
Student(s) (Faculty Sponsor(s), Department): Project
Carolyn Bunn (Damayanthie Eluwawalage, Human Ecology):
Researching Irish Wedding Customs and Dress in the Traditional and Practical Context
Cassaundra Conant (Dawn Sohns, Communication Arts): Public Relations for the Oneonta Theatre
Erin Hammele (Jeffrey Heilveil, Biology):
Inheritance of an Allele in the UGT1A1 Gene Contributing to Development of Gilbert's Syndrome
Scott Keefer (Keith Brunstad, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences): Speleogenesis of the Secret-Bensons Cave System: Structural or Sedimentological Control on Cave Development
Sophiaq Kolankowski (Leigh Fall, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences):
Trampling of Bones: How Bones are Modified Based on Size, Shape, and Environmental Condition
Emily Lang (Gretchen Sorin, Cooperstown Graduate Program): The Othering of Sharon Springs
Diane Mancini (Sallie Han, Anthropology & Maria Montoya, Foreign Languages and Literatures):
The Raizal: A Modern-Day Struggle Against Cultural Imperialism
Jessica Mayercin (Cynthia Falk, Cooperstown Graduate Program): William Murray's Paintings and American Family Identity in the Post-Revolutionary War Period
Randouth Palmer (Cynthia Klink, Anthropology): Utilizing Experimental Use-Wear Analysis as an Aid for Identifying Artifact Functions at the Pine Lake Archaeological Site
Joanna Salvino (Jeffrey Heilveil, Biology): The Effect of Man-Made Dams on Peripheral Stream-Dwelling Populations of Nigronia serricornis (Say) (Megaloptera: Corydalidae)
Andrew Tjada & Megan Harrington (Andrew Kahl, Theatre): Identity Play Reading Series
Christopher Teter (Thomas Horvath, Biology):
Survey for the Hemlock Wooly Adelgid (Adelges tsugae) in Oneonta, New York
FALL 2011 Grant Recipients
Melanie Boehmer (Kirsten Hilpert, Human Ecology):
Effect of Weight Status and Exercise Habits on Resting Heart Rate in College-Aged Adults
Elizabeth Castle (Sean Robinson, Biology):
The Effects of Elevation on Levels of Asexual Reproduction in Sphagnum fuscum
Sing Chung Z. Chiu (Sen Zhang, Mathematics, Computer Science & Statistics):
Building a Mobile Three-Dimensional Scanner System Using Kinect and Roomba
Andrew Daigler (Florian Reyda, Biology / Biological Field Station):
Description of a New Tapeworm Species from the Dwarf Whipray of Borneo
Mollie Goodwin (Jeffrey Heilveil, Biology):
Gene Flow and Population Sustainability of a Native Bee Species in Otsego County, NY
Shawn Grove (Nancy Bachman, Biology):
Red and Green Make Yellow - A Colorful Approach to Analyzing Protein-Protein Interactions
Blair Hanson & Lauren Shore (Allan Green, Chemistry & Biochemistry):
Curcumin: Glucose Uptake and Lactacte Release in Adipocytes
Molly Hassett (Jennifer Withington, Biology): Grazing on the Native Orange Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis) and Effects on the Exotic Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata)
Marcello Iaboni, Shelby Zemken & Erin Potter (Gina Keel, Environmental Science & Political Science): Composting and Waste Classification at SUNY Oneonta
Carrie Jackson (Toke Knudsen, Mathematics, Computer Science & Statistics):
Examination of Alden Room Math Textbooks
Chelsea Krieg (Martha Growdon, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences): Interpreting the Geologic History of Undifferentiated Metasediments on Matinicus Island, Maine
Michael Lindquist (Christopher Keegan, Philosophy & Michael Brown, Psychology):
An Examination of the Knobe Effect Across Different Demographics
Duncan MacCrea (Keith Brunstad, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences & Frederick Zalatan, Biology):
Biomineralization of Gold
Christiana Marron & Christina Craft (Keith Schillo, Biology):
Effects of Wheat Grass Juice on Blood Oxygenation During Exercise
Nicole Mihou & Megan Record (Jacqueline Bennett, Chemistry & Biochemistry): Synthesis of Photochromic Salicylidene Anilines and the Development of a Green Purification Process for Liquid Products
Mary Nardella & Elizabeth Frawley (Charlene Christie, Psychology):
Gender Stereotypes, Sexism, and Homophobia
Colleen Parker, Myles Moore & Stephen Dechon (Devin Castendyk, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences):
Mercury Testing in Central New York
Sean Perez (Nancy Bachman, Biology): Interaction of Heat Shock Factor 1 with p53 Under Genotoxic Conditions
Julianne Pettine (Elizabeth Seale, Sociology): Birth Control Pressures from Service Providers on Low-Income Clients
Mary Margaret Pipher (Keith Brunstad, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences & Frederick Zalatan, Biology): Biomineralization of Mine Waste
Erin Potter (Melissa Godek, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences): Assessing the Impact of Air Mass Frequency on Major Flood Events in the Susquehanna River Basin
Susan Robinson (Devin Castendyk, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences): Franklin Base-Line Water Project
William Rothwell (Jennifer Schlosser, Sociology): Examining the Correlation Between
Self-Perceived Social Class and Bullying
Joanna Salvino (Jeffrey Heilveil, Biology): Post-Hurricane Irene Effects on Gene Flow Patterns in an Aquatic Insect
Alexander Soroka (Thomas Horvath, Biology): Efficacy of the New York Native Arrow Arum, Peltandra virginica, in Removing Zinc and Copper from Water
Bruce Wemple & Tara Weber (Nathaniel Bouman, Communication Arts): The Archer - A Short Comedy
Danielle Willsey (Florian Reyda, Biology / Biological Field Station): Description of a New Tapeworm Species from the Honeycomb Stingray of Borneo
