Faculty Student Summer Research Program
2014 Research Projects
For summer 2014, there are 91 students and 46 faculty members working on 76 different projects.

Projects
- THE GREAT WAR IMAGE ARCHIVE, FRANCE, 1914-1918
Luke Conley, 2015
John Anzalone, Professor, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures - POST-CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION: WOMEN AND DEVELOPMENT IN AFGHANISTAN
Nahid Paiman, 2015
Nurcan Atalan-Helicke, Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies Program - SEED EXCHANGE NETWORKS AND FOOD SYSTEM RESILIENCE IN THE UNITED STATES
Lauren Bosche, 2015; Helen Alemayehu Mebrate, 2016; Tsering Choden, 2017
Nurcan Atalan-Helicke, Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies Program - SYNTHETIC INVESTIGATION AND APPLICATION OF A SUBSTITUTED 4,6-DIMETHYL-3-CYCLOHEXNE
COMPOUND
William Miller, 2015
Kara Cetto Bales, Senior Teaching Associate, Department of Chemistry -
SYNTHETIC STRATEGIES AND THEIR APPLICATION IN THE ORGANIC CHEMISTRY LAB
Lauren Soong, 2016
Kara Cetto Bales, Senior Teaching Associate, Department of Chemistry -
THE ECONOMY OF DESIRE
Ryan Crotty, 2015
Erica Bastress-Dukehart, Associate Professor, Department of History -
IMAGINATION INFLATION AND LEI ONLINE ADMINISTRATION
Jennifer Wicks, 2014
Rebecca B. Bays, Professor, Department of Psychology -
THE GENERATIONAL CONSTITUTION: JEFFERSON, MADISON AND THE CALL FOR PERIODIC CONSTITUTIONAL RENEWAL
Ben Polsky, 2015
Beau Breslin, Dean of the Faculty and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Professor, Department of Government -
SELECTIVELY DISTRUPTION OF THE CELL WALL OF CHAROPHYTE ALGA Penium margaritaceum
Berke Tinaz, 2016
David Domozych, Professor, Department of Biology -
MAPPING SARATOGA SPRINGS: AN EXHIBIT AT THE SARATOGA SPRINGS HISTORY MUSEUM
Deirdre Schiff, 2015
Allie Smith, 2015
Zach Mooring, 2015 (Duke University)
Jordana Dym, Professor, Department of History -
TOWARDS FACIAL RECOGNITION FOR SPEAKERS AT SKIDMORE FACULTY MEETINGS
Yang Yu, 2016
Michael Eckmann, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science -
RACE AND UNEMPLOYMENT
Taylor Sczymecki, 2015
Rebecca Datus, 2015
Amon Emeka, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology -
A DISTANT READING OF EMPIRE
Mae Capozzi, 2015
Scott Enderle, Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of English -
CALIBRATING A NEW METHOD FOR MEASURING OCEAN CARBON FLUXES IN THE PRESENCE OF HIGH-SILICATE PHYTOPLANKTON BLOOMS
Melanie Feen, 2016
Meg Estapa, Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Geosciences -
THE EFFECTS OF MUSIC ON AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY IN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE (AD) PATIENTS AND HEALTHY OLDER ADULTS‬‬
Renee Schapiro, 2015
Denise Evert, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience Program -
LAB ON A CD PLAYER
Julie Bryant, 2016
Kimberley Frederick, Professor, Department of Chemistry -
STABLIZING ENZYMES FOR A MALARIA DIAGNOSTIC TEST
Meti Debela, 2016
Kimberly Frederick, Professor, Department of Chemistry -
MICROFLUDIC CHIP FOR PRE-CONCENTRATION AND ANALYSIS OF ORGANIC WATER CONTAMINANTS
Sarah Markiewicz, 2016
Justin O'Sullivan, 2017
Kimberley Frederick, Professor, Department of Chemistry -
DEVELOPMENT OF A MICROFLUIDIC ASSAY FOR ANALYSIS OF D-LACTATE IN URINE: A DIAGNOSTIC TEST FOR MALARIA
Sibin Wang, 2016
Kimberley Frederick, Professor, Department of Chemistry -
SYNTHETIC STUDIES ON NEW TANDEM INTRAMOLECULAR DIELS-ALDER REACTIONS
Hannah DeGraaf, 2015
Raymond J. Giguere, Professor, Department of Chemistry -
DOES GENTLY CLEARING THE NASAL CAVITY IMPACT ODOR IDENTIFICATION?
Mitchell Spring, 2015
Robert M. Hallock, Visiting Assistant Professor, Neuroscience Program -
ENGINEERING A COST-EFFECTIVE MICROMANIPULATOR FOR XENOPUS OOCYTE INJECTION
Heather A. Braun, 2015
Rebecca J. Howard, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry -
EXPLORING THE EVOLUTION OF ETHANOL: DEVELOPMENT OF TEACHING TOOLS AND NEW EXPERIMENTS ON ETHYL ALCOHOL
Glenna E. Joyce, 2016
Rebecca J. Howard, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry -
QUANTITATIVE MODELING OF ETHANOL BINDING IN LIGAND-GATED ION CHANNELS
Daniel E. Manson, 2015
Rebecca J. Howard, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry -
ROLE OF LOOP 2 IN ETHANOL MODULATION OF THE GABAAR
Alex Mola, 2016
Rebecca J. Howard, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry -
ROLE OF AN EXTRACELLULAR AMINO ACID RESIDUE IN ALCOHOL MODULATION OF LIGAND-GATED ION CHANNELS
Travers M.D. Ruel, 2016
Rebecca J. Howard, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry -
ROLE OF PORE-LINING RESIDUES IN DRUG MODULATION OF LIGAND-GATED ION CHANNELS
Thomas R. Schneider, 2015
Rebecca J. Howard, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry -
PHARMACOLOGY OF BACTERIAL MODELS OF THE HUMAN GABAA RECEPTOR
Thomas B. Voigt, 2015
Rebecca J. Howard, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry -
EXPLORATION OF ENVELOPES AS FOCAL SETS
Adam Winchell, 2016
Mark Huibregtse, Professor, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science -
EXAMINING STONE TOOL PRODUCTION AT WATER'S EDGE
Elizabeth Hopkins, 2015
Professor Heather Hurst, Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology
Professor Matthew Kroot, Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology -
CHRONOLOGICAL AND SPATIAL DIMENSIONS OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL WORK AT THE WATER'S EDGE SITE
Priscilla Montalto, 2015
Heather Hurst, Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology
Matthew Kroot, Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology -
A CHRONOLOGY OF HABITATION AT WATER'S EDGE
Kim Snow, 2015
John Kolios, 2016
Heather Hurst, Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology -
UNDERSTANDING THE INTEGRATION OF OXYGEN TRANSPORT AND UTILIZATION: A MITOCHONDRIAL PERSPECTIVE
Cheyanne Slocum, 2017
Stephen Ives, Assistant Professor, Department of Health and Exercise Sciences -
SERIAL PROCESSING OF LETTERS OR FIRST LETTER ADVANTAGE?
Haley Cirka, 2016
Rebecca Johnson, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology -
A NEW ECONOMY OF JOKES: HASHTAG SOCIAL MEDIA, HASHTAG COMEDY
Rebecca Baruc, 2015
Beck Krefting, Assistant Professor, Department of American Studies -
MITOCHONDRIA'S ROLE IN SCA1 DISEASE PROGRESSION
Austin Ferro, 2015
Jenny Zhang, 2016
Sarita Lagalwar, Assistant Professor, Neuroscience Program -
PROPAGATION AND DEGRADATION OF ATAXIN-1 PROTEIN IN AN SCA1 CELL CULTURE MODEL
Mayumi Kohiyama, 2015
Nicholas Toker, 2015
Sarita Lagalwar, Assistant Professor, Neuroscience Program -
THE OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM (OP) ALUMNI PROJECT: EXPLORING THE CAREER EXPERIENCES OF FIRST GENERATION STUDENTS AND STUDENTS OF COLOR AT A PREDOMINATELY AND HISTORICALLY WHITE LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE
Amari Boyd, 2014
Aldin Medunjanin 2016
Sue Layden, Ph.D., Research Analyst on Enrollment, Retention, and Student Achievement, Office of Admissions & Financial Aid
Lei Ouyang Bryant, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Music
Michael Ennis-McMillan, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Anthropology
Bernardo Rios, Ph.D., Consortium for Faculty Diversity Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Anthropology -
MEANINGS OF FOOD: CONVERSATIONS OF AMERICAN WOMEN ON FOOD BLOGS
Emily Kortright, 2015
Ela Lepkowska-White, Associate Professor, Department of Management and Business -
COPPER-SILVER CROSS RESISTANCE – TESTING THE POTENTIAL OF HOMOLOG PROTEINS OF COPA FROM ESCHERICHIA COLI
Jody-Ann Facey, 2014
Sylvia Franke McDevitt, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology -
AMOEBA AS A MODEL SYSTEM TO STUDY METAL DEPENDENT BACTERIAL KILLING BY MACROPHAGES
Ketan Yerneni, 2017
Sylvia Franke McDevitt, Associate Professor, Department of Biology -
COPPER-SILVER CROSS RESISTANCE – TESTING THE POTENTIAL OF HOMOLOG PROTEINS OF COPA FROM ESCHERICHIA COLI
Bryan Zepeda-Carranza, 2017
Sylvia Franke McDevitt, Associate Professor, Department of Biology -
DIGIT RATIO: A METHODOLOGICAL REVIEW OF RESEARCH ARTICLES PUBLISHED FROM 2011 TO 2013
Kristina Francoeur, 2015
Anh Vu Nguyen, 2017
Denise Brooks McQuade, Senior Teaching Associate, Department of Biology -
INVESTIGATING THE INFLUENCE OF BEHAVORIAL ATTRIBUTIONS ON BACKLASH AGAINST MALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EDUCATORS
Elizabeth Johnson, 2015
Corinne Moss-Racusin, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology -
INNOVATION, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND MAKERS
Ramzy Kahhale, 2015
Scott Mulligan, Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Management & Business and International Affairs Program -
AROUND THE WORLD: IRON DISSOLUTION FROM GLOBAL FLY ASH AEROSOLS IN ACIDIC MEDIA
Jaya Borgatta, 2016
Amanda Paskavitz, 2017
Juan Navea, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry -
DIFFUSION OF GASES: DEVELOPMENT OF AN UNDERGRADUATE LABORATORY EXPERIMENT
Hannah DeGraaf, 2015
Juan Navea, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry
Judith Halstead, Professor, Department of Chemistry -
NITRATE ADSORPTION ONTO TIO2: A QUANTU