2012 Research Cohort
Beth Bjorkman
![Beth Bjorkman](/cms4/asset/05B929CE-9EC0-6756-41A3D81947214A11/bjorkman-beth[1573154385].jpg)
The Fixed Points of the Columnar Transposition Cipher
Faculty Mentor: Robert Talbert, Mathematics
Adam Burl
![Adam Burl](/cms4/asset/05B929CE-9EC0-6756-41A3D81947214A11/burl-adam[1573154430].jpg)
The Touchiest Topic in High School: A Textual Analysis of Public High School Policies Regarding Student-to-student Touch
Faculty Mentor: Danielle Wiese Leek, Communications
Thomas Ewing
![Thomas Ewing](/cms4/asset/05B929CE-9EC0-6756-41A3D81947214A11/ewing-thomas[1573154487].jpg)
Individual Contexts Versus Group Contexts
Faculty Mentor: Ernest Park, Psychology
Natalie Gallagher
![Natalie Gallagher](/cms4/asset/05B929CE-9EC0-6756-41A3D81947214A11/gallagher-natalie[1573154541].jpg)
Exercise Science
Karel Lill
![Karel Lill](/cms4/asset/05B929CE-9EC0-6756-41A3D81947214A11/lill-karel[1573154582].jpg)
Comparative Theories of Visual Art and Music: May I Play You a Picture?
Faculty Mentor: Lee Copenhaver, Music
Mayra Sanchez
![Mayra Sanchez](/cms4/asset/05B929CE-9EC0-6756-41A3D81947214A11/sanchez-mayra[1573154660].jpg)
History of Emotional and Physical Abuse and Parenting
Faculty Mentor: Mary Bower Russa, Psychology
Stephanie Sicard
![Stephanie Sicard](/cms4/asset/05B929CE-9EC0-6756-41A3D81947214A11/sicard-stephanie[1573154719].jpg)
Female Truck Drivers: Negotiating Identity in a Male Dominated Environment
Faculty Mentor: Janet Brashler, Anthropology
Shawnkeisha Stoudamire
![Shawnkeisha Stoudamire](/cms4/asset/05B929CE-9EC0-6756-41A3D81947214A11/stoudamire-shawnkeisha[1573154777].jpg)
From the African American Oral Tradition to Slam Poetry: Rhetoric and Stylistic
Faculty Mentor: Veta Tucker, English
Malachi Sullivan
![Malachi Sullivan](/cms4/asset/05B929CE-9EC0-6756-41A3D81947214A11/sullivan-malachi[1573154825].jpg)
Philosophy
Bridgett Vanderhoof
![Bridgett Vanderhoof](/cms4/asset/05B929CE-9EC0-6756-41A3D81947214A11/vanderhoof-bridgett[1573154870].jpg)
From Politics to "Popular": Commercialization of Broadway Musicals and How It Affects the Public Sphere
Faculty Mentor: James Bell, Communications
Kelsey Winiarski
![Kelsey Winiarski](/cms4/asset/05B929CE-9EC0-6756-41A3D81947214A11/winiarski-kelsey[1573154939].jpg)
Inventing a Mexican Cubism: Diego Rivera in Paris
Faculty Mentor: Kirsten Strom, Art & Design
Shawn Wooster
![Shawn Wooster](/cms4/asset/05B929CE-9EC0-6756-41A3D81947214A11/wooster-shawn[1573154989].jpg)
From the Enlightenment to Genocide: The Evolution and Devolution of Romanian Nationalism
Faculty Mentor: Jason Crouthamel, History