Student Research Projects
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2005-2006 Projects
Biology
Nitrogen Runoff from Green Roof
Student(s): Braeden Miller
Samantha Porter
Michelle Rowe
Research on species collected in Trinidad
Student(s): Jessica Tibbetts
Research on tropical and temperate species of harvestmen
Student(s): Rebecca Hunter
Various Studies on the Biology, Ecology, and Natural History of Harvestmen
Student(s): Daniel N. Proud
Virginia Wesleyan College Green Roof Project: Phosphorous Analysis
Student(s): MariCarmen Korngiebel-Rosique
Josephine Thurmond
Wildlife Crossing at the Bear Bridge
Student(s): Braeden Miller
Michelle Rowe
Computer Science
Virginia Wesleyan College Green Roof Project: Statistical Analysis
Student(s): Victoria Brynildsen
Krystian Dodds
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Adsorption of reactive gaseous mercury onto sea-salt aerosols
Student(s): Tara Redding
Geologic Mapping of the Briggs Ranch Quadrangle, Beaverhead County, Montana
Student(s): Timothy S. Turk
Mark Messina
Reducing Mercury Contamination with Green Roofs
Student(s): Ivy M. Ozmon
Education
The Reasons for the Reduction of Recess Time in Primary Education and the Subsequent Effects on Students
Student(s): Christina Irby
Health and Human Services
Do You Wear Your Safety Belt?
Student(s): TyRon D. Northam
The Spending Habits of the College Student
Student(s): Jacob Abrams
History
A Reflection of Society: London Guilds During the Fourteenth, Fifteenth, and Sixteenth Centuries
Student(s): Jessica Schoenheider
Confederate Diplomacy with Europe
Student(s): Jennifer Gillis
Continuities in United States-Haitian Relations
Student(s): Nathaniel Barnhill
Cultural Effects of U.S.-Iranian Foreign Relations on Upper-Middle Class Women from 1953-1979
Student(s): Laura Nogrady
No Mercy: World War Two Pacific island combat shaped by environment, violence, and racism
Student(s): Robert John Thompson III
Preventing Communism In Occupied Japan
Student(s): Victoria Pendleton
The Free German Youth: Constructed Identity
Student(s): Benjamin Duff
The Monitor: Invention of War
Student(s): Chris Stine
The Women Air Force Service Pilots (WASPs): Changing Gender Roles in the World War II Workforce
Student(s): Laura A. Straley
Management, Business and Economics
Leadership Theory and Capacity Analysis
Student(s): J. Kristine Matthews
Steps for Recruiting in the Information Technology Industry.
Student(s): Patricia Lindsay
The Link Between Training and Performance
Student(s): J. Kristine Matthews
Political Science
An Analysis of the Literacy and Fertility Rate Correlation
Student(s): Carter B. Youmans
Antinatalist Policies of China and India.
Student(s): Christina M. Long
Comparable Women's Literacy Differences in India and Iran
Student(s): Roxie Atkins
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and the Effects of Legislation on the Number of Cases in Ghana and Sudan
Student(s): Milicent Lynch
Gender and the Effects of Structural Adjustment Policies
Student(s): Dominique M. Lewis
Japan's Sex Industry: Past and Present
Student(s): April Gallagher
LGBT Equal Rights Advocacy at the International Level: Successes, Obstacles, and Proposal for Improved Advancement.
Student(s): Jessie Dawe
LGBT Rights in the Middle East: An In-Depth Look at (in)Tolerance in Egypt
Student(s): Virginia "Ginny" Oates
Personal Status Laws in Iran and Saudi Arabia
Student(s): Maria Merlo
Rights in the Middle East: An In-Depth Look at (in) Tolerance in Egypt.
Student(s): Virginia Oates
Structural Adjustment Policy and Its Effects on Third World Women
Student(s): Elisabeth Glad
The Status of Women in Jordan and Saudi Arabia the Differences and Their Causes
Student(s): Sarah McDermott
USAID, CIDA, and SIDA: Gender integration into development assistance.
Student(s): Elizabeth Allison Owens
Who is Using Up the Earth's Resources?
Student(s): Daniell Savage
Women as Symbols in Iran: Comparing Women's Rights under the Shah and the Islamic Republic
Student(s): Sara C. Edmonds
Psychology
A Dollar for your Thoughts: The Effects of Gratitude on Prosocial Behavior
Student(s): Stephanie Vernell Compton
Effects of Human Animal and Justice Orientation on Perception of Inmates
Student(s): Patrice Sonell Brown
Task ambiguity, task performance, and efficacy: Relationships in a scholastic setting during independent tasks.
Student(s): Candice McCracken
The Development of the College Academic Scale: A Measure of College Student Motivation.
Student(s): Jessica S. Ellington, Chelsea J. Fry and Kristie L. Groves
The Effects of Physical Activity and Personality Style on Academic Performance
Student(s): Wendy Nicole Foy
The Effects of Test Anxiety and Course Importance on the Need for Course Structure
Student(s): Kara Waters
Sociology
Correlation of Video Examination Results with Longevity of Employment at Chesapeake Sheriff's Office
Student(s): Lorraine Evelyn Bozard
Students and Academic Dishonesty
Student(s): Derek King
Theatre
Understanding and Utilizing Grieving Processes
Student(s): Amanda Wolk
