Nebraska Wesleyan University

Past Projects

Fall 2009
Student(s)	Faculty Mentor/Collaborator	Department	Award	Project Title
Danelle Bemis	Melissa Connor	UC/Forensic Science	$1,804	The Persistence of Individual Characteristics on Footwear
Meghan Freeze	Jeri Brandt	UC/Master of Nursing Admin	$1,184	An Examination of Nurses' and Physicians' Perceptions of Collaboration in the Acute Care Setting

Summer 2009
Student(s)	Faculty Mentor/Collaborator	Department	Award	Project Title
Douglas Bauer	Jerry Bricker	Biology	$3,000	THC Concentration of Hemp
Lexie Zoucha and Kayce Rupp	Cathy Nelson	Modern Languages	$3,950	Attractiveness in the U.S. and in Costa Rica
Kristin Krejci	Mary Beth Ahlum	Psychology	$2,111	Attractiveness in the U.S. and in Costa Rica
Alyssa Irions	Mary Beth Ahlum	Psychology	$3,582	Let’s Pretend: The Correlation Between Pretend Play and Creativity in Costa Rica

Spring 2009
Student(s)	Faculty Mentor/Collaborator	Department	Award	Project Title
Erica Wright	Gary Plank	Forensic Science	$1,750	Paraphilic Depictions in Best-Selling Pornographic Magazines
Bruce Johnson	Justin Skirry	Philosophy	$750	Nietzsche's Man of the Future
Nate Patee	Jan Vermeer	Political Science	$929	Home-Court Advantage: Do Candidates in State-Wide Elections Fare Better in Their Home Counties?
Pamela Shelbourn	Abigail Mitchell	Psychology	$861	Infidelity: The Relationship Between Gender and Opinions of Unfaithful Acts
Julie Shallenberger	Abigail Mitchell	Psychology	$487	Self-Disclosure on College Students' Facebook Pages: Influences of Social Desirability and Gender

Fall 2008
Student(s)	Faculty Mentor/Collaborator	Department	Award	Project Title
Eric Noel	Jerry Bricker	Biology	$2,505	Maintenance of Seed Dispersal, Small Mammal Foraging Behavior, and Predation Risk within a Tropical Rain Forest Environment
Megan Larsen	Jerry Bricker	Biology	$1,522	Molecular evaluation of mcyB and PC-IGS genes in wintering cyanobacterial populations in Pawnee and Branched Oak Lakes of Nebraska
Steavie Hergenrader	Dave Whitt	Communication Studies	$3,400	The Utilization of Film in the Classroom: Understanding American Sports Culture
Raychelle Burks	Daniel Strydom	Forensic Science	$600	DETECHIP ™: A lab and field ready sensor for drugs of abuse
K. Meera Bhardwaj	Gerise Herndon	Gender Studies/English	$7,000	Rwanda's Governmental Transformation: Why the Gods Still Sleep in Rwanda
Owen Schmidt	Patrick Hayden-Roy	History	$2,185	Washington Irving: The Moors and the Shaping of Spaish Identity
Pamela Shelbourn	Jeri Brandt	Nursing	$806	Nurses' Preferences for Policies and Work Environment Factors

Summer 2008
Student(s)	Faculty Mentor/Collaborator	Department	Award	Project Title
Jeff Rathman	Melissa Connor	Forensic Science	$1,750	Establishing types of cut–marks on faunal remains from the ancient site of Abila in northern Jordan
Jodi Nicolai & Ashley Grygor	Dan Strydom	Forensic Science	$3,250	Viability of Mitochondrial and STR Typing of Human DNA from Maggot Crop Contents
Jaclyn Smith	Megan Winchell	History	$1,470	Eleanor Roosevelt: Business, Progressivism, and the New Deal
Evan Knight	Patrick Hayden–Roy Catherine Nelson Sara Jane Dietzman	History/Modern Language	$2,877	Resistance in Roussillon: World War II and the Shaping of Catalan Identity
Michelle Johnson	Jeri Brandt	Nursing	$657	Satisfaction with Life and Adherence to a Prescribed Medical Regimen in the End Stage Renal Disease

Spring 2008
Student(s)	Faculty Mentor/Collaborator	Department	Award	Project Title
Vanessa Martinez	Cathy Nelson	Modern Language	$2,412	Introducing the New Narrators of Costa Rica: A Project in Literary Translation
Kate Williams	Frank Ferraro	Psychology	$1,755	An Investigation of the Relationship of the Endogenous Opioid System and Ethanol Using Opioid Receptor Antagonist, Naloxonazine
Vicki Koke	Marilyn Petro	Psychology	$701	Complex environmental enrichment on spatial reference memory of aged mice
Kiley Cordes	Marilyn Petro	Psychology	$294	The Attraction, Selection and Attrition Model as it Appears in the Sorting of Psychology and Business Students at Nebraska Wesleyan University
Nicole Francavilla	Rita Lester	Religion	$1,502	Fieldwork as Pedagogy

Fall 2007
Student(s)	Faculty Mentor/Collaborator	Department	Award	Project Title
Alyssa Ranney	Marilyn Petro	Psychology	$804	Resveratrol and cognitive declines in healthy C57BL mice

Summer 2007
Student(s)	Faculty Mentor/Collaborator	Department	Award	Project Title
Brenda Rohren & Lori Scott	Melissa Conner	Forensic Science	$1,027	Correlation of Substance Abuse, Domestic Abuse and Criminal History: Implications in Forensic Science
Justin T. Lana	Elaine Kruse	History	$2,640	Who Owns the Land? The Transmission of Land and Adjudication of Land in Rural Ghana
Deseree Johnston	Robert Oberst	Political Science	$400	Electoral Support of Communist/Marxist Parties Within India
Kathrynn Taylor	Frank Ferraro	Psychology	$2,145	Ethanol Conditioned Place Preference in Neuropeptide Y (NPY) Knockout Mice

Spring 2007
Student(s)	Faculty Mentor/Collaborator	Department	Award	Project Title
Morgan Beach	Lisa Lockman	Art	$1,000	A Budding Enameling Work Space at Wesleyan
Megan Larsen	Jodi Ryter	Biology	$1,155	Biosynthesis of Anatoxin–a(s): preparation of a standard for LC/MS algal toxin analysis
Tyson Corbin, Casey Holmes, Amanda Holmgreen, Tiffany Murray	Frank Ferraro	Psychology	$1,280	Ethanol Sensitization in Adult C57BL/6J Mice Following Ethanol Treatment During Adolescence
Krystle Jacobsen	Mary Beth Ahlum	Psychology	$651	The Pro–Anorexia Movement: A Qualitative Analysis of Pro–Ana Websites
Joan Zeleski	Jeri Brandt	University College – Nursing	$1,670	Effects of Proactive Nurse Rounds on Patient and Nurse Staff Outcomes
Lyndie Christensen	Gerise Herndon	Women’s Studies	$1,000	Social Services, Safety Nets and Governmental Indifference: Non–governmental Organizations and Support for the Poor in Mexico

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