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Sixteen undergraduate students have been accepted to present their research at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research, which will be held this year at the University of Montana at Missoula, April 27 to 29. Funding for the students' attendance (including airfare, lodging, and registration fees) has been provided by the Student Senate, The Honors Program, and the Offices of the Chancellor and the Provost. Last year, thirteen students presented research projects for the first time at the national conference, held at the University of Rochester.
Accompanying the students to Missoula will be Joyce Morrissey of the Honors Program and faculty advisors Tiffany Cunningham of the Psychology Department and John Warner of the Chemistry Department. Following is a list of the students, their projects, and their faculty advisors:
Theodore Boyle, "Pain Inhibition and the Role of Kappa Opioid Receptor," Psychology Professor Tiffany Cunningham, advisor.
Catherine Cerasuolo, "Reclaiming Magdalen: Nursing in Gaskell's Ruth and Collins' The New Magdalen," English Professor Louise Smith, advisor.
Jesse-Lee Costa, "Issues in Modern Translation: The Struggle between Art and Accuracy," Modern Languages Professor Brian Thompson, advisor.
Felix Epie, "Study of the Kinetics of Solid-State Self-Assembly in Hydroquinone and Terephthalamides," Chemistry Professor John Warner, advisor.
Brian Ferla, "Templated Photoreactions of Cinnamic Acid Derivatives," Chemistry Professor John Warner, advisor.
Daryl Frazetti, "Iranian Art and Architecture: An Anthropological Perspective," Anthropology Professor Reza Fazel, advisor.
Robert Mello, "Emily Dickinson and the Poetics of Motion and Anxiety," English Professor Lee Grove, advisor.
Tadzio Mueller, "Globalization and the Welfare State," Political Science Professor Winston Langley, advisor.
Elizabeth J. Mullin, "Dorothy Wordsworth's Concept of the Imagination," English Professor Elizabeth Fay, advisor.
Nichole Neugebauer, "Cognitive and Neuronal Effects of Prenatal Cocaine Exposure," Psychology Professor Tiffany Cunningham, advisor.
Kathleen O'Brien, "Horrid Mysteries: The Gothic Element of Freud's 'Dora,'" English Professor Elizabeth Fay, advisor.
Sarah Outcault, "An Integrative Analysis of Fertility Rates Among Dominicans in the United States and the Dominican Republic," Latino Studies Professor Ramona Hernandez, advisor.
Alexander Penna, "Mary Carnegie: A Political Woman of the Victorian Era," History Professor Jonathan Chu, advisor.
Sheila Sadler, "Morphine Effects on Lactating Rats: Molecular and Behavioral Changes," Psychology Professor Tiffany Cunningham, advisor
Colin Ward, "Cultivating the Barbarian: The Role of the Public Park in Early Victorian Society," Art Professor Nancy Stieber, advisor.
Claretta Webb, "The Internet and China: Will Rubbing Shoulders with Technology Loosen the Grip of the Dragon?"' "Diplomacy and Force in the Enforcement of International Law: A comparative Study of International Action in Rwanda and Kosovo"; and "The XVIIIth Dynasty: Its Origins, Accomplishments, and Legacy."
Jane Winans, "A New Look at Jonson's Volpone through the Eyes of a Commedia Dell'Arte Performer," English Professor Mary Shaner, advisor.