The following students have received awards for research and travel through the Fall 2017 Funding Cycle in the Office of Student Research. Of the 20 applications received, 17 were funded.

 

Victoria Acosta and Meghan Hall, A Survey of Lepidopterans in Lancer Park

BIOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Sujan M. Henkanaththegedara

 

Paula Amburgey, Investigating the Effects of Cancer Mutations on BRD3 Bromodomain Binding

BIOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Erin Shanle

 

Lindsey Brown, Effect of Body Composition Changes throughout the Annual Training Cycle on Anaerobic Power Outputs in Division I Female Soccer Athletes

HEALTH, ATHLETICS, RECREATION AND KINESIOLOGY

Faculty Mentors: Dr. Kyle Levers and Dr. Troy Purdom

 

Kaitlyn Dobyns, Identification of Mosquitoes Found in Rainwater Harvesting Systems Using PCR

BIOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Faculty Mentors: Dr. Kathy Gee and Dr. Dale Beach

 

Allison Eagle, Does Nature Benefit Everyone? Salivary Cortisol Responses of Wilderness Therapy Clients

BIOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Catherine Franssen

 

Kyrsten Gage, Identifying Mosquito Specimens Using Polymerase Chain Reaction

BIOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Faculty Mentors: Dr. Kathy Gee and Dr. Dale Beach

 

Jake Giles, Using Lower Body Mobility testing to Evaluate Detraining Effect on Muscle Balance and Joint Symmetry in Division I Female Soccer Players

HEALTH, ATHLETICS, RECREATION AND KINESIOLOGY

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Troy Purdom

 

Juan Guevara, Printing on Handmade Paper Substrates with Laser Cut Blocks

THEATRE, ART, AND GRAPHIC DESIGN

Faculty Mentor: Ms. Kerri Cushman

 

Hailey Kintz, Do Paraben Derivatives Alter T cell Immunity?

BIOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Amorette Barber

 

William Kish and Matthew Bowman, Assessing the diversity of Spiders and Beetles in the Lancer Park Floodplain

BIOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Sujan M. Henkanaththegedara

 

Michaela Malboeuf, Voices from Detention: An Exploration of Undocumented Immigrants' Journeys

SOCIOLOGY, ANTHROPOLOGY, AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE STUDIES

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Connie Koski

 

Michaela Malboeuf and Rebecca Ciminelli, The Effects of Subjects' Status of Deception Detection

PSYCHOLOGY

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Sarai Blincoe

 

Chase McPherson, Aerobic Capacity and the Effect of Body Composition Throughout the Annual Training Cycle

HEALTH, ATHLETICS, RECREATION AND KINESIOLOGY

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Troy Purdom

 

Olivia Mehalko and Cameron Reuss, Corncobs in the Campfire: Evidence for Cultivation of Zea mays at 44CH62- The Randy K.  Wade Site

SOCIOLOGY, ANTHROPOLOGY, AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE STUDIES

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Brian Bates

 

Katlyn Meyers, Determining the Effects of Mutations in p300 on Gene Expression in Cancer Cells

BIOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Erin Shanle

 

Katherine Plucinski, The Connection Between Dead Zones in the Chesapeake Bay and Dissolved Organic Matter (DOM) Exports from Hull Springs Farm, Westmoreland County, VA

BIOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Dina Leech

 

McCoy Williams, Field 3D Kinematics of Unsteady Flight in Wild Blue Jays

BIOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Brandon Jackson