2013 Honors Scholars

• John Hyun-Sik Ahn (Gordon Atkins, Biology), Light intensity and time of day influence female Acheta Domesticus phonotaxis.

• Christian Bacchiocchi (L. Monique Pittman, English), Mercutio and Romeo: an analysis of male friendship in the Renaissance.

• Lacey Barroso (Øystein LaBianca, Behavioral Sciences), Narrative and the maintenance of Great Lakes Native American cultural identity.

• Laurel Beedle (Beverly Matiko & Bruce Closser, English), Revisiting the Oregon Trail in young adult fiction: researching, drafting, and revising Grandpa Jesse's peculiar request: an Oregon Trail adventure.

• Camden Bowman (Sonia Badenas, International Language Studies), Immigration stories and the construction of a bilingual American identity.

• Jacob Andrew Brassington (H. Thomas Goodwin, Biology), Spatial and seasonal signals in stable isotopes of incisor enamel from free-ranging, thirteen-lined ground squirrels.

• Ranita Campbell (Robert Zdor, Biology), Cyanide production by Pseudomonas putida ATH2-1RI/9 under biofilm conditions.

• Esther Cha (Biology), Protein kinase C inhibor blocks the effect of Juvenile Hormone III on the phonotactic selectivity of female crickets.

• Allie Chacko (H. Thomas Goodwin, Biology), Spatial and Seasonal Variation in the Stable Isotopic Composition of Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel Fecal Pellets as an Estimate of Variation in Diet.

• Matthew Chacko (Shandelle Henson, Mathematics), A Mathematical Model Describing the Dynamics of HIV Virions and CD4+T Cells in the Human Immune System.

• Amanda Corea (Herbert Helm, Jr., Behavioral Sciences), Comparisons of cultural identities in relation to poverty.

• Cristy Creighton (Biology), Determination of the biosynthetic pathway used by Juvenile Hormone III in the phonotactic response of the female cricket Acheta domesticus.

• Ariana Cunningham (H. Thomas Goodwin & Stephen Dunbar, Biology), Hawksbill turtle Eretmochelys imbricata nesting environment and population etudy in Cuero y Salado Wildlife Refuge on the coast of Northern Honduras.

• Ioana Danci (Gordon Atkins, Biology), Variation in the calling song of the cricket Gryllus pennsylvanicus across geographic longitudinal change.

• Lindsay Dever (Karl Bailey & Harvey Burnett, Behavioral Science), Understanding expressive writing.

• Donnel Dockery (Peter Lyons, Biology), Localization of carboxypeptidase O in Madin-Darby canine kidney cells.

• Navina Dueck-Stefansson (Trina Thompson, Music), Analysis of the Icelandic oral hymn tradition as seen in the twentieth-century enthnographic recordings of "Stridsmenn Krist" ("Christ bears his cross").

• Samantha Estrella-Boyland (Visual Art & Design), A thousand paper cranes: constructing art into a platform for social consciousness.

• Erica Evans (Chemistry & Biochemistry), Fluorescent copper sensing using dimethylaminocyanostilbene.

• Laury Fouche (Annetta Gibson & Beverly Matiko, School of Business), A pilot study on gender disparities in the accounting profession: Overcoming the disproportionate workplace.

• Sarah Gane (Behavioral Sciences), National identity in Jordan: The effects of displacement on identity.

• Luis Garibay (David Randall, Chemistry & Biochemistry), Photocatalysis using CdSe quantum dots.

• Isaiah Horton (Chemistry & Biochemistry), Synthesis of Imino Azachalcones as fluorescent chemosensors.

• Evan Knott (Delyse Steyn, Communication), The "hero" motif within the Adventist narrative.

• Taylor LaFave (History and Political Science), The challenges facing critical access hospitals in Vermont with the implementation of universal healthcare.

• Christine Lairson (English), Female agency and the critique of social conduct through letters in Sense and Sensibility.

• Steven Lee (Biology), The effect of male exposure and juvenile hormone III on cricket phonotaxis (Gryllus bimaculatus).

• Jerome Martin (Gordon Atkins, Biology), Effect of latrunculin B on phonotaxis in induced selective crickets teated with JHIII (Acheta domesticus).

• Shelley McLarty (James L. Hayward & H. Thomas Goodwin, Biology), Taphonomic effects of fire on Ostrich and Emu eggshell.

• Ashley Meyer (Ivan Davis, English), What women want: masculine images and gender construction in the Old Spice and Dos Equis ad campaigns.

• Sarah Moi (Agriculture), The correlation between equine personalities and the position of facial hair whorls.

• Tyler Pender (Chemistry and Biochemistry), Synthesis, isolation, and identification of carcinogenic heterocyclic amines using arginine.

• Sharmila Price (Biology), The role of monoamines on the phonotaxis of female crickets Acheta domestica.

• Kristy Quezada (Katherine Koudele, Agriculture), An evaluation of a probiotic supplement on dairy calf growth : birth - 60 days old.

• Nicholas Reichert (English), Villainous: the tragedy of Bosola in The duchess of Malfi.

• Joshua Sanabria (Architecture, Art and Design), Kinect architecture: the Microsoft Kinect camera and its use for architectural 3D modeling.

• Samantha Snively (L. Monique Pittman, English), "I account this world a tedious theatre": Foucauldian theatricality and female subversion in Webster's The Duchess of Malfi.

• David N. Thomas (Robert Zdor, Biology), The role of natural products in Acidovorax delafieldii ATH2-2RS/1 survival in a dry formulation.

• Jessica R. Wahlen (Annetta Gibson, School of Business), Bringing Back Jobs: the Factors That Influence Decisions to Offshore and Reshore Jobs Back to the U.S.

• Lindsey Weigley (Visual Communication), Meditations: a visual exploration of Christological pacifism.

• Lydia Weiso (English), Chaos, fragility, and change: revisiting Laura Wingfield.

• Tyler Nabel Yasa (Randall Younker, School of Business), Analysis and Application of the Vector Marketing Corporation Business Model.