Profiles of Undergraduate Research Projects

Department/Major: American Studies

Big Ideas, Tiny Spaces, and the Resurgence of Micro Housing in 21st Century America Student Name: Jacqueline Drayer Department/Major: American Studies Mentor(s): Suleiman Osman, Associate Professor of American Studies

Department/Major: Anthropology & German Language and Literature

An Examination of the "Intrinsic Logic of Cities" and LGBT Cultural Identity through a Case Study of Christopher Street Day Festivals in Three German Cities Student Name: Joshua Rivers Department/Major: Anthropology & German Language and Literature Mentor(s): Dr. Margaret Gonglewski, Associate Professor of German

Department/Major: Biological Anthropology

A preliminary radiographic analysis of dental development in Virunga mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) from Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda. Student Name: Alexandra Kralick Department/Major: Biological Anthropology Mentor(s): Dr. Shannon McFarlin, Assistant Professor of Anthropology

Analysis of the growth and development of the Daasanach from Ileret, Kenya Student Name: Kristen Ramirez Department/Major: Biological Anthropology Mentor(s): Brian Richmond, Assoc Prof and Chair, Dept of Anthropology

Department/Major: Business and Honors Program

Social Media: The Professional World Student Name: Colleen Tan Department/Major: Business and Honors Program Mentor(s): Dr. Marilyn Liebrenz-Himes, Professor of Global Marketing

Department/Major: Chemistry

Hollow Carbon Nanosphere/Germanium Composites for use as Li-Ion Battery Anode Student Name: Adeel Khan Department/Major: Chemistry Mentor(s): Dr. Michael Wagner, Associate Professor of Chemistry; and Nathan Banek, Graduate Teaching Assistant

Metabolic Investigation of Volume-limited Specimens by Capillary Electrophoresis Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry Student Name: Sydney Morris Department/Major: Chemistry Mentor(s): Dr. Peter Nemes, Rosemary M. Onjiko

Department/Major: Dance & Political Science

Getting a Leg Up Through Entrepreneurship and Innovation; Will Art Survive in a Capitalist Economy? Student Name: Kristi Cole Department/Major: Dance & Political Science Mentor(s): Maida Withers, Professor of Dance

Department/Major: Economics

Improving Real-Time Employment Estimates: A State-Space Signal Extraction Approach Student Name: Matthew Zahn Department/Major: Economics Mentor(s): Professor Tara Sinclair, Associate Professor of Economics and International Affairs

Department/Major: Economics and Chinese

Investing in Compulsory Education: The Regional Impact of Education Expenditures on Primary School Students in Mainland China Student Name: Caitlin Keliher Department/Major: Economics and Chinese Mentor(s): Professor Tara Sinclair and Professor Bruce Dickson

Department/Major: English

Sick Jokes: Humor as an Alternative Treatment for Mental Illness in Ken Kesey’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Student Name: Jessica Chace Department/Major: English Mentor(s): Kim Moreland, Professor of English

Department/Major: Geography

Factors influencing plant species similarity between tropical forest fragments and coffee agroforests Student Name: Michelle Stuhlmacher Department/Major: Geography Mentor(s): Achim Haeger

Department/Major: Geography and International Affairs

Jerusalem: One city, separate spaces Student Name: Aurora Echavarria Department/Major: Geography and International Affairs Mentor(s): Lisa Benton-Short, Associate Professor of Geography

Department/Major: History

From Public Enemy to History Teacher: Sitting Bull in American Popular Culture, 1876-1976 Student Name: Michael Salgarolo Department/Major: History Mentor(s): David J. Silverman, Prof of History

We Are Making a New World: The Great War Work of Paul Nash Student Name: Taylor Soja Department/Major: History Mentor(s): Professor Jennifer Green-Lewis, Department of English and Professor Dane Kennedy, Department of History