Student Research Projects
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2006-2007 Projects
Art
Research on the Production of Morbid Art
Student(s): Melissa Kepley
Biology
Harvestmen of Trinidad
Student(s): Lauren Heltsley, Daniel N. Proud, Danielle Dardis and Suzie Lazarowitz, Jessica Tibbetts
Parental Care and Multiple Paternity in the Cranaid Harvestmen of Trinidad, W.I.
Student(s): Dan Proud
Use of a Designed Highway Undercrossing by Large Mammals
Student(s): Samantha Porter, Braeden Miller '06, Michelle Rowe '06, Tara Redding
Chemistry
Antioxidant Activity in Citrus Fruits and Berries
Student(s): Caitlin Ward
Isolation, Purification, and Analysis of the Protein Toxin Found in the Barb of Urobatis jamaicensi
Student(s): Ashley Zimmerman and Caitlin Ward
Communications
Got Nitro? (documentary film)
Student(s): Reischa Curran
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Effect of Green Roofs on Runoff Water Quality
Student(s): Ivy Ozmon
Experimental Investigation of the Scavenging of Gaseous Mercury by Sea-Salt Aerosols
Student(s): Tara Redding, Bree Strain
Education
Inquiry-Based Learning: Is it feasible in our current Standards Movement?
Student(s): Cheryl E. Powell
Teaching Through Music
Student(s): Molly Deaton
English
The Wild Horses of Corolla and Southeastern Virginia
Student(s): Leslie Clements
Environmental Studies
Impact of Nest Box Design and Placement on Brood Parasitism and Usage by the Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)
Student(s): Wanda Morris, '05
Foreign Languages and Literature
France's Political System
Student(s): Chantal Morley
Health and Human Services
Safety on Campus at VWC
Student(s): L. England, M. Jones, T. Kenworthy, A. Stover, L. Weidema, J. Johnson, H. Johnson, & C. Henderson
Student Perceptions of Health Services at Virginia Wesleyan College
Student(s): Lauren England
Who Supports HIV/AIDS in Hampton Roads?
Student(s): Michelle Jones
History
Female spies and changing gender roles during the Civil War.
Student(s): Jennifer Gillis
Out of God's Sight: Prostitution in 19th Century London
Student(s): Victoria Pendleton
Racial Relations and Free Persons of Color in New Orleans: 1803-1861
Student(s): Laura Nogrady
The political and religious consciousness of Quaker women in Philadelphia during the American Revolution.
Student(s): Kimberly Steindurf
Thomas More: Heretic Hunter or Heretic Himself?
Student(s): Evin Stovall
United at the Rock: The 1969 Native American Occupation of Alcatraz
Student(s): Victoria Pendleton
Management, Business and Economics
Safety and Health in the Mining Industry in North America
Student(s): Megan Reilly
Philosophy
The environment, health, and sustainable development in Vieques
Student(s): Matthew Ryan
Political Science
Argentina, Structural Adjustment and Democratization
Student(s): Stefanie Nijssen
Colonization and Democratization
Student(s): Gabrielle Guy
Does Chinese Gradualism Obstruct or Promote Long-Term Democratization?
Student(s): James Kerr
Eastern Europe v. Asian Tigers: Does Freedom of Speech Promote or Threaten Political Stability?
Student(s): Evan Rodway
International Organizations and Haiti: Did the UN Fail?
Student(s): Stephanie Kimec
Iraq: Does External Intervention Promote or Obstruct Democracy?
Student(s): Aaron R. Novy
LGBT Equal Rights at the United Nations: The Struggle for NGO Consultative Status
Student(s): Jessie Dawe
Nepal, USAID and Democratization
Student(s): Erica Boyce
Tanzania, Structural Adjustment and Democratization
Student(s): Alisan Moser
Toxic combination: Post-communist Russia and Shock Therapy
Student(s): Nicole Thurston
Vietnam: Democracy, Development and Environmental Protection
Student(s): Sarah Tytler
Psychology
Discrimination Based Upon First Impressions
Student(s): Terry Kenworthy
The Effects of Situational and Dispositional Gratitude on Prosocial Attitudes
Student(s): Stephanie Compton
Recreation
The Relationship Between Freshman Retention and Selected Factors at Virginia Wesleyan College
Student(s): Ashley J. Halicki
Sociology
An On-Campus Homeless Shelter: Applied Sociology and Community-Service in Action
Student(s): Felecia Kiser
Theatre
The Light Within
Student(s): Amanda Wolk
