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2014 Student Summer Scholars
Fatouma Abdoulaye
Do Microbial Communities Determine Herbicide Sensitivity Versus Resistance in the Invasive Aquatic Plant, Eurasian Watermilfoil?
Faculty Mentor: Ryan Thum, Annis Water Resource Institute
Kennedy Aldrich
Characterizing the Symbiotic Relationships between Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and the Roots of Fruit Trees
Faculty Mentor: Jennifer Winther, Biology
Lindsay Babcock
Isotopic analysis of archaeological teeth at the Early Bronze Age city of Tell es-Safi, Israel
Faculty Mentor: Elizabeth Arnold, Anthropology
Tina Daniels
Fly on the Wall: An Observational Study of Courtship Behavior in Histamine-deficient Mutants of Drosophila melanogaster
Faculty Mentor: Martin Burg, Biomedical Science
Alicia Flores
Determination of Palatal Bone Density to Aid in Oral Mini-Implant Success
Faculty Mentor: James Reed, Biomedical Science
John Hessler
Belief Change and Memory for Previous Beliefs after Comprehension of Contentious Scientific Information
Faculty Mentor: Michael Wolfe, Psychology
Veena Janardan, MS3
Identifying the c-MET phosphorylation site regulated by CD82 in prostate tumor cells
Faculty Mentor: Suganthi Sridhar, Biomedical Science
Jessica Janecke
Effects of Weight Support on the Metabolic Demands of Running
Faculty Mentor: Kyle Barnes, Movement Science
Ray Jeroso
A Fight So Impassioned: The Struggle Over School Consolidation in Michigan, 1950-1970
Faculty Mentor: Matthew Daley, History
Kevin Joffre
Identifying the Characteristics of the Ideal Reading Intervention Program for Teen Mothers
Faculty Mentor: Amy Masko, English Language & Literature
April Kaneshiro (Schroeder Fellow)
Relatedness of male hoary bats at a migratory stopover site in northwestern California
Faculty Mentor: Amy Russell, Biology
Chelsea Kendziorski
Reconsidering Revolutions: The Democratizing Impact of Breakthrough Elections in Croatia, Serbia, Moldova, and Georgia
Faculty Mentor: Heather Tafel, Political Science
Edwin Klein
An Investigation of the Intrinsic and Extrinsic Influences on the Aggressive Behavior of Crayfish
Faculty Mentor: Daniel Bergman, Biomedical Science
Talon Kosak, MS3 (Ott-Stiner Scholar)
How Does BBr3 Cyclize o-alkynylanisoles to Form Benzofurans
Faculty Mentor: Richard Lord, Chemistry
Angela Kujawa
Habitat Specific Diet of Kit-rearing Female Martens in Northern Michigan
Faculty Mentors: Paul Keenlance, Natural Resources Mgmt and Joseph Jacquot, Biology
Barrett Kyle, MS3
Quantification of light and gravity effects on the giant intermodal cells of Chara
Faculty Mentor: Mark Staves, Cell and Molecular Biology
Kirk Luca, MS3
Growth and movement patterns of neonatal box turtles following egress
Faculty Mentor: Jennifer Moore, Biology
Lindsey Lusardi (Koeze Fellow)
Can A Drug for Alzheimer’s Disease Be of Benefit in Glaucoma?
Faculty Mentor: David Linn, Biomedical Science
Kathryn McGuire
Barx2 and the Regulation of Potential Downstream Genes in the Developing Chick Embryo
Faculty Mentor: Merritt Taylor, Biomedical Science
Samantha Morsches
Spatial patterns of fish assemblages in Lake Michigan tributaries
Faculty Mentor: Carl Ruetz III, Annis Water Resources Institute
Benjamin Nicholson (Ott-Stiner Scholar)
Structural and functional studies of GDP-6-deoxy-talose and GDP-rhamnose biosynthetic enzymes
Faculty Mentor: Paul Cook, Chemistry
Chelsea Reiber
Effects of chronic low-dose anti-telomerase and chemotherapeutic drugs on breast cancer cells
Faculty Mentor: Osman Patel, Cell and Molecular Biology
Meagan Roche
A Guide to Conquest: What Crusades Tourism Reveals about the Construction of French National Identity
Faculty Mentor: Deana Weibel, Anthropology
Dallas Rohraff
The Evaluation of Essential Oils as Antibiotics
Faculty Mentor: Roderick Morgan, Biology
Christina Sarkissian
Prevalence and Population Dynamics of Raccoon Roundworm in West Michigan: Assessing the Potential of an Emerging Zoonosis
Faculty Mentor: Douglas Graham, Biomedical Science
Isaac Simon
I can’t remember: The effects of lying and Machiavellianism on people’s ability to recall past events
Faculty Mentor: Todd Williams, Psychology
Scott St. Louis
In Search of Balanced Insight: Macroscopic and Microscopic Reading of Citation Strategies in Diderot’s Encyclopédie, 1751-1772
Faculty Mentor: David Eick, French
Alison VanDine, MS3
Characterizing an inhibitory compound to combat antibiotic resistance in Acinetobacter
Faculty Mentor: Brad Wallar, Chemistry
Megan Wertheimer
Reducing the Impact Bias in Colorectal Cancer Screening
Faculty Mentor: Amanda Dillard, Psychology
Alayna Zielinski
Who Needs Goals; An Analog Experiment Comparing Goal-Free Evaluation & Goal-Based Evaluation Utility
Faculty Mentor: Brandon Youker, Social Work
If you'd like to see more about these scholars' projects, then check out the GVSU Summer Scholars Showcase Abstract Book.