RUSP Scholars 2007–2008

Aurbach

Elyse Aurbach (elyse)

What makes a shape a letter?  A comparison of visual, phonological, and semantic training strategies

Advisor: Darcy Burgund (Psychology)

Bathia

Pareen Bathia (pbathia)

Understanding the growing disparities between Indian states

Advisor: Peter Mieszkowski
(Economics)

Cooper

Elizabeth Cooper (eacooper)

Omissions to the mythological background of Theseus:  How these exclusions color the Knight’s character

Advisor: Jane Chance (English)

Frankel

Nicholas Frankel (nwf)

Modular enzyme microarrays for metabolic engineering

Advisor: Michael Diehl (Bioengineering and Chemistry)

Goggin

Stephen Goggin (goggin)

Usability of voting technologies: Effects of instruction and motivation

Advisor: Michael Byrne (Psychology and Computer Science)

Hammel

Stephan Hammel (stephanh)

Allende, Leng and Cotapos: Defining musical modernism in Chile

Advisor: Marcia Citron (Music)

Erica Han

Erica Han (jeh4610)

Insulin signaling pathway in Drosophila and its effect on body size

Advisor: Michael Stern (Biochemistry & Cell Biology)

Hicks

Katherine Hicks (kmhicks)

The evolution of the right to counsel in the British American colonies

Advisor: Rebecca Goetz (History)

Morneau

Claire Morneau (clairem)

The use of first names as a basis for discrimination

Advisor: Mikki Hebl (Psychology)

Onak

Carl Onak (conak)

Understanding Triterpene biosynthesis

Advisor: Seiichi Matsuda (Biochemistry & Cell Biology)

Ortman

Robert Ortman (rlortman)

Reconstruction of compressively sensed images via neurally plausible local competitive algorithms

Advisor: Don Johnson (Electrical & Computer Engineering)

Rojo

Carlos Rojo (crrojo)

Roadway turbines as a viable energy source: Feasibility, scalability, cost

Advisor: Daniel Cohan (Civil & Environmental Engineering)

Sundermann

Jane Sundermann (janems)

“Can we be ‘Facebook friends’?”: How racial stereotypicality influences the social networks of black individuals

Advisor: Mikki Hebl (Psychology)

Wang

Ann Wang (annwang)

The 2006 Immigration Reform student protests: Implications for community-school connections and civic education

Advisor: Eileen Coppola (Education)