Faculty/Student Summer Research presentations
July 31, 2008
Faculty/Student Summer Research presentations
Since 1989, the Faculty/Student Summer
Research Program has brought students and faculty together on
collaborative projects not only in the sciences, but also in the
arts, humanities and social sciences. These high-level projects
often lead to co-authored articles in professional journals and
presentations at conferences.
Following are the presentations made by 49 student participants
in this year's program..
Thursday, July 31, 2008
| Phoebe Conklin '09 | Jennifer Bonner, Assistant Professor, Biology
Project: "Location and Influence of Robo2 and Robo3 Genes" |
| Joshua Brahen '09 | Jennifer Bonner, Assistant Professor, Biology
Project: "An Alternative Role for Robo2, a Known Guidance Molecule" |
| Oliver Layton '09 | Flip Phillips, Associate Professor, Psychology
Project: "The Ecological Traveling Salesman Problem" |
| Tiana Olewnick '09 | Catherine Berheide, Professor, Sociology
Project: "Growth, Opportunities, Aspirations, and Learning of Skidmore College Athletes" |
| Jariel Arvin '11 | Catherine Berheide, Professor, Sociology
Project: "Growth, Opportunities, Aspirations, and Learning of Skidmore College Students" |
| Zachary Schoenholtz '08 | Michael Ennis-McMillan, Dean of Studies and
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Project: "Investigating Sophomore Engagement and Self-Authorship at Four Liberal Arts Institutions" |
| Margaret Ashur '11 | John Anzalone, Professor, Foreign Languages
& Literatures
Project: "Mentored Study: French Existential Literature and the Problem of Engagement Social" |
| Chris Dragotakes '10 | Jordana Dym, Associate Professor, History
Project: "Mapping Latin America" |
| Nicholas Cinquino '10 | Thomas H. Reynolds, Assistant Professor,
Exercise Science
Project: "Dietary Induced Insulin Resistance is Independent of Skeletal Muscle mTOR Activity" |
| Maria DiSanto-Rose '11 | Thomas H. Reynolds, Assistant Professor,
Exercise Science
Project: "The Effects of High Protein Diet on Insulin Action and Skeletal Muscle Proteolysis" |
| Dawn Harfmann '10 | Sue Van Hook, Senior Teaching Associate,
Biology
Project: "Determination of Optimum Growth Conditions for Seven Basidiomycete Fungal Species on Various Combinations of Agricultural Waste Products for Green Insulation" |
| Herbert Stitson '09 | Michael Eckmann, Assistant Professor, Math
& Computer Science
Project: "Feature Tracking in Low-Contrast Areas" |
| Amy F. Snyder '09 | David Domozych, Professor, Biology
Project: "A Study of the Bionvasive Diatom, Didymosphenia Geminate: Biology, Ecology and Biochemistry of its Propagation Mechanisms" |
| Jonathan Betz ?09 | Christina Grassi, Visiting Assistant
Professor, Sociology, Anthropology & Social Work
Project: "The Saratoga Lake Watershed: Connecting Biodiversity and Community" |
| Lyndsay Strange '09 | Alex Chaucer, GIS Instructional Technologist
Project: "Capturing and Preserving History in the Upper Hudson River Valley: Development of a Historic Map Database Using Geographic Information Systems" |
| Bryan Nielsen '09 | Anthony G. Holland, Associate Professor,
Music
Project: "Development of Interactive Tutorial Digital Audio Synthesis Modules for the World-Wide-Web" |
| Catherine Baranowski '09 | Sylvia Franke, Assistant Professor, Biology
Project: "Copper ? Silver Cross Resistance in Escherichia Coli" |
| Vincent Newell '10
Ronald Sanchez '09 |
Andrew Skinner, Visiting Assistant
Professor, Physics
Project: "Quantum Mechanics of 6-, 2- and N-Level Systems" |
| Kubra Komek '10 | Josh Lesperance, Visiting Assistant
Professor, Math & Computer Science
Flip Phillips, Associate Professor, Psychology Project: "Metrics for Comparing 3D Shape" |
| Michael Letko '11 | Jennifer Bonner, Assistant Professor,
Biology
Project: "Location and Influence of Robo2 and Robo3 Genes" |
| Benjamin Chadwick '10
Chelise Cushman '09 |
Hassan H. Lopez, Assistant Professor,
Psychology
Project: "Cannabinoid Effects on Female Sexual Motivation" |
| Jane Raftopoulos '09 | Denise McQuade, Senior Teaching Associate,
Biology
Project: "Sex Differences in Finger Length and Daily Wrist Activity" |
| Claire Stawski '08 | Rachel Roe-Dale, Assistant Professor, Math
& Computer Science
Project: "Mathematically Modeling Granulopoiesis Using Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations" |
| Lauren Friedman '09 | Bernard Possidente, Professor, Biology
Project: "A Behavioral-Genetic Study of Lead Toxicity in a Fruit Fly Model for Alzheimer?s Disease" |
| Matthew Shrensel '09 | Kyle Nichols, Associate Professor,
Geosciences
Project: "Logging, Dams, and Jams: What was the Geomorphic Impact of Adirondack Logging on Hudson River Headwater Streams?" |
| Emily Rollinson '09 | Josh Ness, Assistant Professor, Biology
Project: "Knotweed in My Backyard! Consequences for Plant Communities and Plant-Herbivore Interactions" |
| Dan von Allmen '09 | Josh Ness, Assistant Professor, Biology
Project: "Knotweed Distribution in the Upper Hudson Watershed; Invasions at Hierarchical Scales" |
| Flannery Shanklin ?10 | Molly Sherlock, Lecturer, Economics
Project: "Assessing the Effects of Financial Resources on Student Achievement: Evidence from Vermont" |
| Katarra Peterson '09
Mary Rynasko '11 |
Rik Scarce, Associate Professor, Sociology,
Anthropology & Social Work
Project: "Environmental Justice in the Hudson Region" |
| Jenna Carino '09 | Garrett Wilson, Lecturer, Theatre
Project: "Exhibition of Theatrical Scenic Design in a Gallery Setting" |
Friday, August 1, 2008
| Diana Hoxter '09
Morgan Levey '08 Jessamyn Hertell-Hopkins '08 Lucy Crouppen '08 Heather Gilchrist '09 |
Rob Linrothe, Associate Professor, Art History
Margo Mensing, Associate Professor, Art Project: "Fieldwork in Ladakh, India: Previous Research Explored in Situ" |
| Beth DeBold '09
Kappes Emmons '09 |
Kate Greenspan, Associate Professor, English
Project: "Conducting Medieval Research" |
| Gail Gershenov '09 | Marla Segol, Assistant Professor, Philosophy &
Religion
Project: "Visual Kabbalah on the Web" |
| Hannah Harris '10 | Cathy Gibson, Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies
Project: "Bugged by Snot: Impacts of an Invasive Diatom on Macroinvertebrate Community Structure in Batten Kill" |
| Emily Stulik '10 | Cathy Gibson, Assistant Professor,
Environmental Studies
Project: "Waiter, There?s Snot In My Bugs!: The Importance Of Didymosphenia Geminata in the Diets of Three Aquatic Insect Genera" |
| Melissa Ausanka-Crues '10 | Cathy Gibson, Assistant Professor,
Environmental Studies
Project: "Phosphorus Cycling in Two Reaches with Different Substrates of Coxing Kill" |
| Amanda Izenson '09 | Joanne Devine, Professor, English
Project: "A/S/L: Performing Cyber Gender" |
| Jessie Mia Hull '09 | Kelly Mills-Dick, Lecturer, Sociology,
Anthropology & Social Work
Project: "Homeless in Saratoga County: Assessing the Problem and Available Services" |
| Weston Jossey '08 | Thomas O'Connell, Associate Professor, Math
& Computer Science
Project: "Extended Algorithms Research and Software Development" |
| Paul Russell '11
Jake Turner '11 |
Mary Crone Odekon, Associate Professor,
Physics
Project: "The Loss of Heavy Elements in Galaxies: Clues from the Arecibo Legacy Fast Alfa Survey" |