Following is a list of recent Graduate Student Research Grant Award recipients and their projects:
Fall Semester 2012
| Name |
Dept/Program |
Project Title |
Award |
| Erin Knisely |
Art M.F.A. |
Traditional Jewelry Fabrication Techniques: Non-Traditional Materials |
$993 |
| Travis Ferry |
Biology M.S. |
The Effects of Parasitism by Larval Arrenurus danbyensis Water Mites on Adult Couillettidia perturbans Mosquito parity and Dispersal |
$995 |
| Tomoko Oda |
English Ph.D.
Comp & TESOL |
Imagined Communities, Participation and Identities in Study Abroad Experiences of College Students |
$1000 |
| Sarah Ryan |
Psychology Psy.D. |
Accuracy and Confidence in Competency to Stand Trial Evaluations: A Comparison of Clinical and Legal Decision Making |
$873 |
| Emily Sciulli |
Art M.F.A. |
The One Good Thing Project |
$43 |
| Garick Tai-Lee |
Art M.F.A. |
Crystalline Glazes |
$844 |
| Lisa Weddell |
English M.A.
Literature |
A Sailor's Life is (not) for Me: Literature from the Seas and the Rise of National Identity |
$850 |
Spring Semester 2012
| Name |
Dept/Program |
Project Title |
Award |
| Ethan Cullen |
Biology M.S. |
Nutrient composition of Lepidoptera larvae in relation to host-plant: implications for insectivorous forest songbirds |
$900 |
| Carly Dunn |
English Ph.D.
Literature & Crit |
Deirdre Madden and the Expanding Traditions in Irish Women's Literature |
$1000 |
| Travis Ferry |
Biology M.S. |
The Effects of parasitism by Larval Arrenurus danbyensis Water Mites on Adult Coquillettidia perturbans Mosquito Parity and Dispersal |
$995 |
| Brian Farester |
Sociology Ph.D.
Admin & Leadrshp |
Growing Up Working Class in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania: How Class Impacts Career and Educational Decisions |
$1000 |
| Erin Knisley |
Art M.F.A. |
Traditional Jewelry Fabrication Techniques: Non-Traditional Materials |
$993 |
| Callista Holmes |
Anthropology
Archaeology M.S. |
Modeling Magnetic Signatures of Sunken Ships: 1750-1900 |
$940 |
| Rebecca McDougall |
Biology M.S. |
Assessing the influence of habitat management on forest composition and population demographics of the Allegheny woodrat (neotoma magister) in Pennsylvania |
$815 |
| Amber Nolder |
Biology M.S. |
Effects of Logging Practices on Bats in a Managed Hardwood Forest |
$889 |
| Zachary Rhone |
English Ph.D.
Literature & Crit |
Mythopoeic Worldviews: The Writings of George MacDonald, G.K. Chesterton, and the Inklings |
$1000 |
| Lindsay Sabatino |
English Ph.D.
Comp & TESOL |
Interactions of the Online Writing Center: A Student's Perspective |
$225 |
| Cheryl Sheridan |
English Ph.D.
Comp & TESOL |
The Development of a Local Journal and its Role in a Discourse Community on the Periphery |
$618 |
| Christopher Weiss |
Student Affairs in
Higher Ed M.A. |
Correlation Between Undergraduate College Students' Facebook Use and Co-Curriculum Involvement |
$105 |
Fall Semester 2011
| Name |
Dept/Program |
Project Title |
Award |
| Andrea Boon |
Anthropology
Archaeology M.S. |
A Faunal Analysis of the Eleventh Horizon of the Koster Site |
$640 |
| Laura Kaufman |
Anthropology
Archaeology M.S. |
What Difference Does 50 Years Make? An Examination of Faunal Remains from the Monongahela Johnston Village Site |
$969 |
| Laura King |
Criminology Ph.D. |
The Simplicity and Complexity of Public Attitudes toward Sex Crimes |
$1000 |
| David Kroskie |
Anthropology
Archaeology M.S. |
The Role of Small Habitation Sites in Monongahela Subsistence Settlement Patterns |
$1000 |
| James McNabb |
Art M.F.A. |
Exploring Creative Applications of Digital Manufacturing Technology |
$1000 |
| Dana Poole |
English Ph.D.
Comp & TESOL |
Assessing the Impact of an Increased Knowledge of Student Writing Anxiety on Professors' Pedagogical Practices |
$328 |
| Emily Sciulli |
Art M.F.A. |
The Craft of Handmade Paper in Contemporary Sculpture |
$895 |
Spring Semester 2011
| Name |
Dept/Program |
Project Title |
Award |
| Abdullah Al-Dagamseh |
English Ph.D.
Lit & Crit |
Geopolitical Fractures: Representation and Resistance in the Literary Narratives of World Bank Literature |
$1,000 |
| Laura D'Acunto |
Biology M.S. |
Bat Activity and Species Composition of Pennsylvania Landscapes Infected with White-Nose Syndrome |
$1,000 |
| Mack Frantz |
Biology M.S. |
Breeding Habitat Use of Golden-winged Warblers in Pennsylvania |
$1,000 |
| Rebekah Keating |
Biology M.S. |
Lepidoptera Host Preference in a Temperate Forest Ecosystem |
$1,000 |
| Constance Kramer |
Counseling M.A. |
Cyberbullying: A Pilot Study |
$535 |
| Michael Muder |
Geography M.S. |
Spatial and Temporal Variations of Bacterial Densities in the Receiving Waters of Combined Sewer Overflows: The Allegheny River in Downtown Pittsburgh |
$1000 |
| Michelle Myers-Claypole |
Biology M.S. |
Isolation of Fusobacterium necrophorum: Associate Etiological Agent of Equine Hoof Abscess |
$1000 |
| Kyle Nuske, Hiromi Kobata and Tomoko Oda |
English Ph.D.,
Comp & TESOL |
An Examination of Japanese and English Written Language Proficiency in Japanese Native-Speaking Adolescents in Japan and the U.S. |
$1000 |
| Rebecca Rosemeier |
Biology M.S. |
The Effects of Cyclic AMP on the Regulation of Biological Rhythms in Paramecium tetraurelia |
$887 |
| Kiel Shaley |
Chemistry, M.S. |
Structural Characterization of the SRS2 Protein |
$1000 |
| Phillip Sharrow |
Chemistry, M.S. |
Preparation of Carbocycles by Intramolecular Cyclizations of Acyllithium Equivalents |
$981 |
| Chin Hong Siew |
Biology M.S. |
Strategic Approaches to cDNA Synthesis and Comparative Proteomics of Double-Stranded (ds) RNA infecting Rhizoctonia solani isolates |
$1000 |
| Amy Swingle |
Psychology,
Psy.D. |
Undergraduate Student Parents: Stress, Role Conflict, and Coping |
$250 |
Fall Semester 2010
| Name |
Dept/Program |
Project Title |
Award |
| Ibrahim Ashour |
English Ph.D.
Comp & TESOL |
The EFL Enterprise in Syria: An Examination of Teachers' and Inspectors' Interactive Relationships, Beliefs, and Attitudes |
$1,000 |
| Jennifer Huck |
Criminology Ph.D. |
Blue Ribbon Sentencing: Judicial Decision-Making and Situated Identities |
$1,000 |
| Angela Jalliet |
Anthropology M.A. |
Understanding Panenarium in the Present: Proposal for Research at Site 35ME235 and the Subsequent Presentation to the Public |
$1,000 |
| David Kroskie |
Anthropology M.A. |
The Role of Small Habitation Sites in Monongahela Subsistence-Settlement Patterns |
$1,000 |
| Seth Mitchell |
Anthropology M.A. |
Chronology of the Late Woodland Monongahela Tradition Johnston Village Site |
$1,000 |
| Kristin Swanton |
Anthropology M.A. |
Sacred Landscapes of the Pequot War: How Social Memory ahs Influenced Archaeological Research at the Battle of Mystic Fort |
$1,000 |
| Shannon Tanghe |
English Ph.D.
Comp & TESOL |
Transnational Teaching Development Collaboration |
$1,000 |
| Benjamin Tost |
Biology M.S. |
Kin recognition at the spiderling level in the common house spider Achaeraranea tepidariorum |
$334 |
Spring Semester 2010
| Name |
Dept/Program |
Project Title |
Award |
| Faith Bellinger and Stephanie Marczuk |
Food and Nutrition M.S. |
The Relationship between Regular Breakfast Consumption and Academic Performance, Attendance and Alertness among College Students |
$425 |
| Bifei Cao |
Art M.F.A. |
Experimental Painting Methods in the Enamel Field |
$951 |
Rebecca Chamberlin, Kathryn Jenney
and Leah Zeman |
Food and Nutrition M.S. |
The Power of Nutrition Information |
$215 |
| Joseph Grata |
Biology M.S. |
A Comparison of Golden-Winged Warbler Breeding Habitats in Northcentral Pennsylvania |
$210 |
| Melissa Jakubcak |
Biology M.S. |
The Feeding Habits of Red-Eyed Vireos as Discerned through CNB Barcoding |
$400 |
| Jonathan Libbon |
Anthropology M.A. |
Roosevelt's Forest Army: A Study of Consumer Behavior at a Civilian Conservation Corp |
$1,000 |
| Melissa Lingle-Martin |
English Ph.D.
Lit & Crit |
Disfiguring Lady Justice: 19th Century American Women Writers' Visions of Justice |
$1,000 |
| Julie Mibroda |
Biology M.S. |
Understanding Factors that Influence the Distribution of the Endemic Shorthead Garter Snake in Northwestern Pennsylvania |
$1,000 |
| Tina Madison Peschock |
English Ph.D.
Lit & Crit |
A Well-Hidden Secret: Harper Lee's Contribution to Truman Capote's In Cold Blood |
$976 |
| Katy Ringbloom |
Biology M.S. |
The Physical and Chemical Effects of Wolf Spiders on Pest Insects |
$342 |
| Heather Rininger |
Biology M.S. |
The Effects of Guanylate Cyclase (GC) on the Biological Rhythms of Paramecium tetrurelia |
$923 |
| Michael Romagano |
Art M.F.A. |
Emergence |
$498 |
| Tina Rose |
Psychology Psy.D. |
Clinical Utility of Dialectical Behavior Therapy: A Practitioner's Perspective |
$163 |
Fall Semester 2009
| Name |
Dept/Program |
Project Title |
Award |
| Elizabeth Campbell |
English Ph.D.
Comp. & TESOL |
Being and Writing with Others: On the Possibilities of an Ethnographic Composition Pedagogy |
$500 |
| Carly Dunn |
English Ph.D.
Lit & Crit |
The Irish Language: An Intensive Study |
$1,000 |
| Rachel Hagar |
Music M.A.
History/Lit |
An Overview of Sergei Rachmaninoff's Operatic Works, with Emphasis on Monna Vanna |
$500 |
| Yuan Hu |
Chemistry M.S. |
Na2(Zn,Co)Si04, A Promising Dilute Magnetic Semiconductor |
$1,000 |
| Jennifer James |
Criminology Ph.D. |
Attitudes and Reality: The Impact of Perceptions of Police on Students' Victimization Reporting Behaviors |
$248 |
| Erica Kempler |
Art M.F.A. |
Crystalline Glazes |
$881 |
| Emmanuelle Maryse Wambach |
Art M.F.A. |
A Dreamlike Installation |
$500 |
| Erica Meyers |
Biology M.S. |
Identification of the Floal Scent Compounds Emitted bySymplocarpus foetidus |
$373 |
| Mickey Moffe |
Biology M.S. |
Influence of Metal Concentrations, Percent Salinity, and Length of Exposure on the Metabolic Rate of Golden Shiners |
$992 |
| James Nestor |
Art M.F.A. |
Environmental Phenomenology |
$480 |
| Mike Stofiel |
Art M.F.A. |
Sustainability in Furniture Design: Materials and Finishing |
$1,000 |
| Lauren Wheatall |
Biology M.S. |
The Effects of White-Tailed Deer Browing on Insect Diversity in the Allegheny Hardwood Forests |
$1,000 |
| Chad Whitaker |
Art M.F.A. |
The New Pittsburgh Daguerreotypes |
$1,000 |
