Student Grant Program for Research and Creative Activity
SPRING 2013 Grant Recipients
Student(s) (Faculty Sponsor(s), Department): Project
Adetunji Idris Adesina, Brianna McEvoy (Trudy Thomas-Smith, Chemistry & Biochemistry): Investigation of the Photochemical Reactions of an Organic UV Filter
Jaewon Bang (Hyejune Park, Human Ecology): The Second Generation of E-Commerce: Online-Only Fashion Retailers' E-Tailing Strategies
Angelina Burley, Christopher Mark, Serena Sackett (Michael Worrall, Psychology):
Evaluation and Comparison of Two Methods of Teaching Observational Coding to Undergraduate Psychology Majors
Anita Burns, Caroline Curtis, Kayleigh Melite, Jamie Pitter (Andrew Kahl, Theatre):
Identity Play Reading Series
Deanna Caracciolo (Donna Vogler, Biology):
Assessing the Invasion Front of European Marsh Thistle (Cirsium palustre) in Central New York
Benjamin Coyle (David Wong & Paul Lord, Biology/BFS):
Biofouling of Invasive Zebra Mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) on Cooperstown Water Treatment Plant’s Water Intake and Pipe
Ben Dalecki (Michael Brown, Psychology):
Creativity, Sexuality, and the 2D:4D ratio
Brittany Decker, Dominick DeNofio, Rebecca Zopf (Charlene Christie, Psychology):
What is Hidden Can Still Hurt: Concealable Stigma, Social Anxiety, and Stereotype Endorsement
Michael Elliot, Zach Rose (James Zians, Psychology):
Establishing Reliability and Validity on Five State Pivot Measures: Anger, Sadness, Anxiety, Excitement and Blaming (e.g. External Attributions)
Mathew Frankel (Keith Brunstad, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences & Fred Zalatan, Biology):
Berkley Pit Water Bacterial Growth and Biomineralization
Lynn Golan (Rhea Nowak, Art)
ArtShare: An Art Project Initiative for the Community
Kaylee Herzog, Rebecca Russell (Florian Reyda, Biology/BFS):
Description of a New Tapeworm Species from the Whitenose Whip Ray of Borneo
Felicia Magnan (Irene McManus, English):
The Womb: A Look on the Effects of Homelessness on the Mental Health and Self-Esteem of Minority Single Mothers
Heather Matthews (Kjersti VanSlyke-Briggs, Secondary Education):
Flight: a Longitudinal Case Study to Prove Effectiveness of Novel Instruction for Student Participators During and After Methods
Marvin Rodriguez, Susanne Salce, Robert Muth (Sen Zhang, Mathematics, Computer Science & Statistics):
Assembling and Using a Parallel Computing Cluster System
Lauren Shore, Emily Moore (Allan Green, Chemistry & Biochemistry):
The Effects of Curcumin on Glucose Uptake and Lactate Release in Sodium Vanadate and Hydrogen Peroxide-Treated Adipocytes
Greg Talamini, Deanna Caracciolo (Tom Horvath, Biology & Tyra Olstad, Geography):
Compost Project Extension and Product Analysis
Spring 2013 Graduate Student Projects
Amanda Cochran (Keith Schillo, Biology):
Does Addiction to High-Calorie Sweeteners Promote Alcohol Addiction in Mice?
Matthew Dami (Sean Robinson, Biology):
Animal-Facilitated Dispersal of Mosses in Northeastern U.S. Forests
Elli Edelstein (Sean Robinson, Biology):
Bryophyte Flora of Delaware County
Mollie Goodwin (Jeffrey Heilveil, Biology):
Genetic Diversity of Carpenter Bees (Xylocopa virginica [L.]) in New York State
Kate Schultz (Fred Zalatan, Biology):
Fatty Acid Uptake in Bacteria: Genes, Proteins, and Inhibitors
FALL 2012 Grant Recipients
Student(s) (Faculty Sponsor(s), Department): Project
*denotes graduate students
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
