The provost’s office is pleased to announce recipients of the Spring 2015 Provost’s Initiative on Undergraduate Research awards. These faculty members have been selected to collaborate with and mentor an undergraduate on a co-designed research experience during the 2015 spring semester:
- Hannah Callender, mathematics, will be working with Claire Seibold, Todd Graham, and Rebecca Driessen on “The Role of Network Structure in the Spread of Infectious Disease”
- Ted Eckmann, environmental studies, will be working with Brooke Holmes on “UP Microclimates”
- Kyle Flann, biology, will be working with Clare Akers on “Exploring effective teaching pedagogies in undergraduate human physiology courses”
- Alexandra Hill, German studies, will be working with Michelle Wilcox on “Curatorial Theory and Museum Practice”
- Lorretta Krautscheid, nursing, will be working with Carissa Luebbering on “Prevalence of conflict management strategies demonstrated by baccalaureate nursing students during ethical dilemma simulations”
- Tara Maginnis, biology, will be working with Taylor Rudow on “Rates of Autotomy and Regeneration in the Rockweed Isopod (Pentidotea wosnesenskii) and the Smooth Bay Shrimp (Lissocrangon stylirostris)”
- Steve Mayer, chemistry, will be working with Anna Wetterer and Rea Cochran on “Investigating Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering of block co-polymers adsorbed to metal surfaces”
- Elinor Sullivan, biology, will be working with Tram Bui on “The Impact of Maternal and Post-natal diet on the Temperament of Adolescent Non Human Primates”
- Sarah Weiger, English, will be working with Rebecca Parks on “Writing Time: Romantic Natural History and Environmental Change”
- Christine Weilhoefer, biology, will be working with Cody Fischer and Deanna Williams on “The effects of nitrogen and phosphorus additions on microalgae biomass and macroinvertebrate densities in wetland mesocosms.”
Faculty members with experience researching with undergraduates were also invited to apply to serve as mentors for other faculty members who are beginning to explore undergraduate research. The following have been selected to serve as mentors:
- Barbara Braband, nursing
- Heather Dillon, mechanical engineering
- Alexandra Hill, German studies
- Tara Maginnis, biology
- Steve Mayer, chemistry.
Please contact the provost’s office for more information at 7105 or staten@up.edu.