UROP Past Student Winners

Summer Grant and Stipend Winners 2006

Recipient
Department
Faculty Advisor
Project Title
Bitterly, Brad
 Psych/Bio Darcia Narvaez  Assessing Moral Chronicity with the Implicit Association Test
Boomer, Monica
 Political Science Asma Afsaruddin Politics Unveiled: the Hijab and Female Political Participation
Brown, Danice
 Anthro/Music Carolyn Nordstrom  Dancing the Darkness Away: A Study of Identity and Healing Through the Arts Among the Children of Rwanda
Chapman, Lance W.
 Spanish & Mathematics Daniel Lende Rural and Urban Variation in the Mexican Health Care System
Conroy, Meeghan
 ALPP/Psychology John G. Borkowski The Heartbeat of Humanity: A Visual Ethnography
DeLamos, Destinee
 ALPP/Anthro Cynthia Mahmood Narratives of Trauma and Healing Among the Sihks
Donovan, Christine
 Spanish/Peace Studies George Lopez Exploring the R's of Social Peace: Rights, Resolution, and Reconciliation in Contemporary Chile
Dude, Nicholas 
 Political Science Miscamble, Wilson Aboriginal Land Rights: The Struggle for Native Title in Australia 
Farmer, Jenna
 Psychology/Spanish Laura Griner Hill Coping and Goal-Setting in Children
Henebery, Dan
 History/ Philosophy Wilson D. Miscamble United States Complicity in the Indonesian Invasion of East Timor
Laidman, Andrea
 Political Science Walshe, Peter  Multiculturalism in Southern Africa: A Feminist Perspective
Lederach, Angela
 Anthropology/Peace Studies Martha Merritt Women and the Reintegration of Child Soldiers in West Africa
Mattan, Brad
 Psychology/Philosophy Darcia Narvaez  Assessing Moral Chonicity with the Implicit Association Test
McClain, Megan
 Political Science/Russian Alyssa Gillespie  Romance, Disillusionment and Captivity in the Caucasus throughout Russian Literature
McGill, Andrew
 Political Science/IPS John Paul Lederach A Re-conceptualization of the Truth Commission
Meeks, Rachel
 History/Peace Studies Ramnarayan Rawat History and Memory: The Making of a Tibetan Identity in Exile
Monczunski, Laura
 Economics/Anthropology Sean Kelly Overcoming the Volatility in School-level Gain Scores:  A new approach to identifying value-added with cross-sectional data
Myers, Grace
 English Romana Huk Bloomsbury Views on Art and Life
Overmann, Kevin
 Anthropology/ALPP Daniel Lende Cultural Complications:  A study of cultural effects on maternal healthcare in rural Ghana
Plis, Laura
 Anthro/Hist Kuijt, Ian  Archaeology and Irish Heritage Project
Reabe, Shannon
 Accounting & Peace Studies Peter Walshe South African Economic Justice: Opportunities and Limits of Globalization
Rogers, Jenna
 Political Science Eileen Hunt Botting  Challenging the IMF Paradigm:  Human and Economic Development
Rossmann, Michael
 Theology/Economics Paul Kollman, CSC The Role of Expatriate Christian Missionaries in Contemporary East Africa
Runge, Jordan
 Pol. Science/IIPS Griffin, John D.  A Legacy of Colonization: Alcohol & Drug Abuse in Australia's Aboriginal Population 
Shorrock, Kaitlin
 Anthro/ALPP Cynthia Mahmood Persecution on Grounds of Religion: Problems in Documentation
Simendinger, Lauren
 Theology J. Matthew Ashley The Response of Christian Base Communities to Health Care Injustice in El Salvador
Subramaniam, Hamsa
 Political Science Luc Reydams  Women's Rights are Human Rights: UN Reform & the formation of a UN Agency for women
Towle, Megan Suzanne
 Honors Anthropology Daniel Lende  Applying Community Health Models to Pediatric HIV/AIDS Interventions in Lestho
Vanderhurst, Stacey
 Anthropology/Peace Studies Susan D. Blum Identity in Refuge:  Ethnic and social divisions among asylum seekers in Ireland
Walsh, Colleen
 Anthropology/Biology Agustin Fuentes  Assessing the Preconception of HIV Infection and its impact on the perceived risks of pregnancy among women in Njeru, Uganda
Weisbecker, Emily
 English/Anthro Carolyn Nordstrom( Loyal Daughters: performance
Westrum, Megan
 Political Science Alexandra Guisinger  Democratization and Trade Policy in Developing Countries:  The Cases of India and Bangladesh