Faculty Student Summer Research Program
2011 Research Projects
Project Summary:
For summer 2011, there are 55 students and 33 faculty members working on 35 different projects. Two faculty members are involved with multiple projects.
| Arts Administration | 1 | Geosciences | 1 | |
| Art | 1 | Government | 1 | |
| Biology | 10 | Management and Business | 4 | |
| Chemistry | 12 | Mathematics | 1 | |
| Classics | 1 | Neuroscience | 2 | |
| Education | 1 | Psychology | 6 | |
| Environmental Studies | 2 | Physics | 3 | |
| Exercise Science | 3 | Sociology | 5 | |
| Foreign Language and Literature | 2 |
* some projects receive funding from more than one source, and may be listed in multiple
areas
Summer Faculty/Student Research
Faculty Student Summer Research Support for these teams provided by:
Arthur Vining Davis Foundation
Marlene Oberkotter Fowler ‘61
W.M. Keck Foundation
Linda Friedman Lippman '82
Richard A. Mellon '87
Margaret Williams Page ‘43
Rathmann Family Foundation
Charles Slaughter Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Woodcock, Parents 1996
Maya Mortman ‘13
Anna Tracht ‘13
John Anzalone, Professor, Foreign Languages and Literature
Transcription and Translation of Marechal
Alex Jarvis
Kate Berheide, Professor, Sociology
Supporting Women Faculty in STEM at LACS
Matt Rothenberg '13
Beau Breslin, Professor, Government
The Generational Constitution
Willa Jones '12
John Brueggemann, Professor, Sociology
Measures of Success and What Works
Alexandra Steinhaur '13
Hope Casto, Visiting Assistant Professor, Education
Dwindling Rural School Enrollments
Leland Martin '14
Kim Frederick, Associate Professor, Chemistry
Development of Coatings for Plastic Microfluidic Chips
Sondra Lipshutz '13
Cathy Gibson, Assistant Professor,
Environmental Studies
Linking nitrogen and phosophorus uptake
Katherine Imboden '13
David Howson, Assistant Professor, Arts Administration
Inside the Adirondack Arts Organization
Tyler Reny '11
David Karp, Professor, Sociology
STARR Project
Dan Pforte '13
Jim Kennelly, Professor, Management and Business
Democratizing Capitalism
Katherine Humphreys '12
Sang Wook Lee, Assistant Professor of Studio Art
Transforming music to the weave
Mikhail Reutski '13
Elzbieta Lepkowska-White,
Associate Professor Management and Business
Branding Costa Rica as an ecotourist destination
Cheng Ng '14
Sylvia McDevitt, Associate Professor, Chemistry
Deletion of cop determinant
Julianne Power '12
Denise McQuade, Teaching Associate, Biology
Measurement of digit ratio
Lyle Reed '12
Chris McGowan '12
Adina Micula '14
Mary Odekon, Professor, Physics
Starburst versus Stripping
Penhleak Chan '12
Pushkala Prasad, Professor,
Management and Business
Legitimacy challenges to gun industry
Sean Healton '12
Matt Walsh '12
Kelly Sheppard, Assistant Professor, Chemistry
Expanding the genetic code
Alexander Zanetti '13
Brandy Sreenilayam, Visiting Assistant Professor, Chemistry
Purification of the protein, LGN
William Powell '12
Mark Staton, Assistant Professor,
Management and Business
Implicit Theories of Morality
Michael Gallant '12
Sarah Stelmack, Teaching Associate, Geoscience
Ground Penetrating Radar
Joelle Sklaar '11
Deborah Warnock, Visiting Assistant Professor,
Sociology
Learning the Unwritten rules
Axelrod-Porges Scholars
Established in 2006 by Felicia Axelrod '62 and Robert Porges to support faculty-student
teams in the area of the sciences.
Lyle Reed '12
Chris McGowan '12
Adina Micula '14
Mary Odekon, Professor, Physics
Starburst versus Stripping
Bender Scholars
The Bender Scientific Fund of the Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region, to encourage young people to pursue the natural sciences
Kate Littrell '13
Corey Freeman-Gallant, Professor, Biology
Male plumage and oxidative stress
Jack Fisher '14
Sylvia McDevitt, Associate Professor, Biology
New approach to gene deletion
Madeline Pelz '14
Kaitlin Garofano '13
Denise McQuade, Teaching Associate, Biology
Digit Ratio
Sarah Bashaw '11
Kim Frederick, Associate Professor, Chemistry
Development of Coatings for Plastic Microfluidic Chips
Carolyn O'Connor
Robert Hallock, Visiting Associate Professor, Neuroscience
Mushroom poisonings
Michael Hyde '13
Brandy Sreenilayam, Visiting Associate Professor, Chemistry
Purification of the protein LGN
Megan Merritt '11
Kara Cetto Bales, Teaching Associate, Chemistry
Development of discovery-based labs
Madeline Frank '13
Kelly Sheppard, Assistant Professor, Chemistry
Expanding the Genetic Code w/ Pyroglut
Schow Family Funds
Roger and Susan Schow, Sam Schow '10
Becky Bui '12
Lindsay Schmitt '11
Rebecca Johnson, Assistant Professor, Psychology
Are two spaces better than one?
Dan Pinnolis '13
Katrina Eckman '13
Flip Phillips, Professor, Psychology and Neuroscience
Haptic and visual shape perception
Wesly Lefferts '11
Erik Hultquist '11
Pat Fehling, Professor, Exercise Science
Effect of Base-layer Clothing
Sam Brook '12
Alicia Saylor, Post-Doctoral Teaching Fellow; Neuroscience
Adolescent cannabinoid exposure
Schupf Scholar Program
Established in 2008 by Sara Lubin Schupf '62 to support summer faculty-student research
with a preference given to students pursuing projects in the STEM disciplines. Schupf
Scholars are selected beginning the summer after their freshman or sophomore year.
Schupf Scholars may access additional funding for travel to meetings and conferences
as well as for research supplies and expenses during their continuing research with
faculty during their academic career at Skidmore.
Kathryn Stein '13
Kelly Sheppard, Assistant Professor, Chemistry
Asp t-RNA formation in bacteria
Tim Brodsky '13
TH Reynolds, Associate Professor, Exercise Science
Carbon Monoz, Diabetes, Obesity
Andrea Conine '13
Cathy Gibson, Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies
Linking nitrogen and phosphorus uptake
Brenda Olivo '14
Kim Frederick, Associate Professor, Chemistry
Development of Coatings for Plastic Microfluidic Chips
Weg Scholars
Established in 2010 by Carol Little Weg '64 and Ken Weg and awarded with a preference
for students pursuing projects in the sciences and social sciences.
Rena Linden ‘13
Kate Berheide, Professor, Sociology
Supporting Women Faculty in STEM at LACs
Andrew Ross ‘12
Aaron Beck ‘14
Jennifer Bonner, Assistant Professor, Biology
Characterization of nervous system defects that arise in zebrafish
Adam Steinberger ‘13
Michael Eckmann, Assistant Professor,
Mathematics and Computer Science
Sensor identification for digital image forensics
Cara McCabe ‘13
SaraJane Rosenfeld ‘13
Denise Evert, Associate Professor, Psychology
Influence of unattended information on the process of attended information
Aaron Osher ‘13
Kim Frederick, Associate Professor, Chemistry
Investigating Thermoresponsive Guanosine Gels
Sarah Minney ‘13
Sylvia McDevitt, Associate Professor, Biology
New approach of gene deletion
Ajibu Timbo ‘13
Sylvia McDevitt, Associate Professor, Biology
Indentification of mold inhibiting bacterial isolates
Brittany Ulrich ‘12
Kelly Sheppard, Assistant Professor, Chemistry
Asp-tRNA formation in bacteria