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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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