Jamie Bingaman ’12
Project: Time-Resolved Vibrational Spectroscopy of [FeFe]-Hydrogenase Model Compounds
Adviser: Chris Stromberg, Ph.D., associate professor of chemistry
Committee Members: Ted Heilweil, Ph.D., senior scientist, National Institute of Standards and Technology; Debjani Roy, Ph.D., visiting assistant professor of chemistry
Ashley Birdsell ’13
Project: Monumental: Marketing Community Engagement Through Reification of Physical Artifacts in a Social Media Environment
Adviser: David Gurzick, Ph.D., assistant professor of management
Committee Members: John George, Ph.D., associate professor of education; Jerrold Van Winter, Ph.D., assistant professor of management
Dubravka Bodiroga ’12
Project: Computational methods of solving equations over fields of zero and non-zero characteristic
Adviser: James Parson, Ph.D., assistant professor of mathematics
Committee Members: Susan Ensel, Ph.D., Whitaker Professor of Chemistry; Gwyneth Whieldon, Ph.D., assistant professor of mathematics
Katrina Castner ’12
Project: From Candid Camera to Jersey Shore: An Examination of Stereotypes on Reality Television
Adviser: Donna Bertazzoni, professor of journalism
Committee Members: Katherine Orloff, assistant professor of communication arts; Roger Reitman, Ph.D., professor of sociology
Lindsay Cogdill ’12
Project: Choice Versus Contract: Sexual Autonomy of Female Indentured Servants in Pre-Revolutionary America, 1642-1775
Adviser: Jay Driskell, Ph.D., assistant professor of history
Committee Members: Emilie Amt, Ph.D., Hildegarde Pilgrim Professor of History; Laura Moore, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology
Meghan Coulbourne ’12
Project: Habitat Selection and Saturation in Newly Settled Lobsters (Homarus Americanus)
Adviser: Eric Annis, Ph.D., assistant professor of biology
Committee Members: Susan Ensel, Ph.D., Whitaker Professor of Chemistry; Alison Roark, Ph.D., assistant professor of biology
Nabela Enam ’12
Project: Development of a Quantitative PCR Assay to Measure HTLV-1 to Study Infection Kinetics in Vitro
Adviser: Rachel Bagni, Ph.D., assistant professor of biology
Committee Members: Kevin Bennett, Ph.D., associate professor of chemistry; Oney Smith, Ph.D., associate professor of biology
Kristopher Fair ’13
Project: “We Thousands Do Not Trust You”: The Kengir Gulag Revolt
Adviser: Len Latkovski, Ph.D., professor of history and international studies
Committee Members: Janis Judson, Ph.D., associate professor of political science; Michael Powell, Ph.D., instructor in history
Kathleen Ford ’12
Project: The Cognitive Ability of Ants to Use Sequential Patterns While Foraging
Adviser: Shannon Kundey, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychology
Committee Members: Michael Powell, Ph.D., instructor in history; Wanda Ruffin, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology; Charity Smith ’10, M.A. ’12
Julia Friedrich ’12
Project: The Body Triptych: Poems
Adviser: Elizabeth Knapp, Ph.D., assistant professor of English
Committee Members: Amy Gottfried, Ph.D., associate professor of English; Karen Hoffman, Ph.D., associate professor of philosophy
Claire Gogan ’12
Project: Message Music and the African-American Prophetic Tradition: Nina Simone, Sweet Honey in the Rock and Black Theology
Adviser: Stephen Wilson, Ph.D., associate professor of religion and philosophy
Committee Members: Tamelyn Tucker-Worgs, Ph.D., associate professor of political science; Wayne L. Wold, D.M.E., associate professor of music
William Gregory ’12
Project: Under New Management: Part of the African Development Story
Adviser: Sang Kim, Ph.D., associate professor of economics and management
Committee Members: Joe Dahms, Ph.D., Beneficial Associate Professor of Economics; Len Latkovski, Ph.D., professor of history and international studies
Joshua Haines ’12
Project: Analysis of Production Conditions of Mithraycin Using Streptomyces Plicatus
Adviser: Susan Ensel, Ph.D., Whitaker Professor of Chemistry
Committee Members: Suzanne Shipley, National Cancer Institute; Karina Zuck, Ph.D., National Cancer Institute
Jennifer Rose Hill ’12
Project: A Linguistic Comparison Between Human-to-Human Online Communication and Human-to-Chatterbot Conversation
Adviser: Randy Ford, Ph.D., associate professor of computer science
Committee Members: Aijuan Dong, Ph.D., assistant professor of computer science; Ingrid Farreras, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology
Troy Hubbard ’12
Project: Purification of Myxoma Virus Leukemia-Associated Protein (MV-LAP) via Immobilized Metal Ion Affinity Chromatography
Adviser: Dana Lawrence, Ph.D., associate professor of chemistry
Committee Members: Susan Ensel, Ph.D., Whitaker Professor of Chemistry; Craig Laufer, Ph.D., professor of biology
Makeda Jones ’12
Project: A Revolution in the Making: Syria From Past to Future
Adviser: Donald Wright, Ph.D., assistant professor of French and Arabic
Committee Members: Paige Eager, Ph.D., associate professor of political science; Leonard Latkovski, Ph.D., professor of history
Jamie Zeppa Kreager ’12
Project: The Responsibility to Protect: The Missed Opportunity in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Adviser: Page Eager, Ph.D., associate professor of political science
Committee Members: Donna Bertozzoni, professor of journalism; Carin Robison, Ph.D., assistant professor of political science
Bern G. Lee ’12
Project: Language Learning and Retention: A Comparative Assessment of the Effects of Cognitive Effort and Context Learning Theories
Adviser: Shannon M.A. Kundey, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychology
Committee Members: Robert Boyle, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology; Mark Sandona, Ph.D., professor of English.
Jennifer Marlatt ’12
Project: Television Food Advertising to Children: An Assessment of Food Industry Self Regulation in the United States
Adviser: Laura Moore, Ph.D., associate professor of sociology
Committee Members: Elizabeth Atwood, Ph.D., assistant professor of journalism; Roger Reitman, Ph.D., professor of sociology
Scott Mauer ’12
Project: The Order of Preachers and the Electoral Process in the High Middle Ages
Adviser: Emilie Amt, Ph.D., Hildegarde Pilgrim Professor of History
Committee Members: Leonard Latkovski, Ph.D., professor of history and international studies; Mark Sandona, Ph.D., professor of English
Sarah E. Morris ’12
Project: Shining Light on the Invisible Phenomenon of Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking (DMST): The Importance and Role of Local Organizations in Maryland
Adviser: Janis Judson, Ph.D., associate professor of political science
Committee Members: Paige Eager, Ph.D., associate professor of political science; Jolene Sanders, Ph.D., assistant professor of sociology
Kizza M. Nandyose ’12
Project: Lyapunov Exponents and Entropies: Quantifying Chaotic Behavior in Addictive Cellular Automata
Adviser: Jill Dunham, assistant professor of mathematics
Committee Members: Allen Flora, Ph.D., professor of physics; Ann Stewart, assistant professor of mathematics
Aida Odobasic ’12
Project: How Do Individual and National Economic Characteristics Impact Happiness? The Case of the European Union
Adviser: Sang Kim, Ph.D., associate professor of economics and management
Committee Members: Joe Dahms, Ph.D., Beneficial Associate Professor of Economics; Jelena Kecmanovic, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology
Victoria Peterson ’12
Project: “You Know What I Am”: Male Roles and Conduct in Austen’s Emma and Mansfield Park
Adviser: Trevor Dodman, Ph.D., assistant professor of English
Committee Members: Martha Bari, Ph.D., assistant professor of art; Mark Sandona, Ph.D., professor of English
Corinne Ransom ’12
Project: Development of Total Phosphatase Activity Assay Protocol for Use in Aquatic Environments
Adviser: Drew Ferrier, Ph.D., professor of biology
Committee Members: Eric Annis, Ph.D., assistant professor of biology; Dana Lawrence, Ph.D., associate professor of chemistry
Carter Reitman ’12
Project: Stranger of Here and Everywhere: Literary and Cultural Conflict in Season of Migration to the North
Adviser: Mark Sandona, Ph.D., professor of English
Committee Members: Trevor Dodman, Ph.D., assistant professor of English; Donald Wright, Ph.D., assistant professor of French and Arabic
Bridgette Ringley ’12
Project: Using Both Size Exclusion and Anion Exchange Chromatography to Isolate Vitellogenin From Female Orconectes obscurus, Coupled to Tandem Mass Spectroscopy for Partial Sequence Determination
Adviser: Alison Roark, Ph.D., assistant professor of biology
Committee Members: Kevin Bennett, Ph.D., associate professor of chemistry; Christopher Stromberg, Ph.D., associate professor of chemistry
Krystal Rowley ’12
Project: DeploymentStressors and Supporting Military Resourses and Programs: Focus on Military Spouses and Significant Others
Adviser: Lynda Sowbel, Ph.D., associate professor of social work
Committee Members: Joy Ernst, Ph.D., associate professor of social work; Mary Malanado, instructor in social work
Shannon, Aubrey ’12
Project: Portraits Fragmentés: Étude sur l’état feminin dans la Nouvelle Vague
Adviser: Didier Course, Ph.D., professor of French
Committee Members: Lisa Marcus, Ph.D., professor of French; Rebecca Prime, Ph.D., NEH Libman Professor
Senad Sinanovich ’12
Project: How Much Did the Central and Eastern European Countries Benefit from Accession to the EU? An Imperical Investigation
Adviser: Sang Kim, Ph.D., associate professor of economics and management
Committee Members: Joe Dahms, Ph.D., Beneficial Associate Professor of Economics; Paige Eager, Ph.D., associate professor of political science
Chris Shaver ’12
Project: Capitalism, Slavery and the Whale in Moby Dick
Adviser: Amy Gottfried, Ph.D., associate professor of English
Committee Members: Jay Driscell, Ph.D., assistant professor of history; Carol Kolmerten, Ph.D., Professor of English
Sara R. Winand ’12
Project: Rebels from the Waist Downward: Sexuality in 1984 and The Handmaid’s Tale
Adviser: Amy Gottfried, Ph.D., associate professor of English
Committee Members: Carol Kolmerten, Ph.D., professor of English; Laura Moore, Ph.D., associate professor of sociology