The Summer Fellows program at Ursinus College allows sophomores or juniors to pursue an independent scholarly project under the close tutelage of a faculty mentor during an eight week period. Projects can be undertaken as independent research or a creative or artistic endeavor. All Fellows present their research during the last week of the program.
Submissions from 2016
Literacy and Citizenship: Helping Students Learn the Importance of Being an Informed and Educated Citizen, Luke H. Schlegel
Identification of the lz4 Suppressor of pam-1 and its Role in Polarity Establishment in One-Cell C. elegans Embryos, Dylan Stephens
Improving Simulations of Pencil Beam and GRETINA Experiments Through an Analysis of Dead Layers, Chase Stine
Analysis of Pore-Blocking Events in Carbon Nanotube Devices, Jonathan D. Stoeber
A Review of Phagocytosis and its Relationship With HIV Associated Neurocognitive Disorders, Joshua T. Straka
Self-Expansion Does a Mind Good: Types of Self-Expansion and the Self-Resources Model, Samantha Straughn
Text and Paratext: Analyzing Edith Wharton's Hudson River Bracketed in its Periodical Context, Paige Szmodis
Jury Bias: Myth and Reality, Callie K. Terris
Understanding the Function of the Chaperone Protein Zuo1 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Thomas Tessitore
What is Magic to the LaVeyan-Satanist Ideal Type?: A Content-Analysis of the Satanic Bible’s Descriptions of Magic, Carter E. Timon
Exploring the Alterations of Cytoskeletal Protein Cofilin in Microglia Exposed to HIV-1 Tat in Vitro, Emmantricia Togba
Copper Binding and Reactivity of de novo Designed Due Ferri Single Chain (DFsc) Protein Variants, Brian Van Dyke
The Effects of Multiple Pregnancies on the Murine Heart: Are Changes in Pregnancy-Induced Cardiac Function Exacerbated After Multiple Pregnancies?, Marcus J. Wagner
Statistical Plight of Black Women, Kimberly-Joy M. Walters
Developing an In Situ Hybridization Protocol to Visualize Ebf1 and Robo1 Expression, Samantha White
A Macro Economic Approach to Gender Disparities in Hiring at the CEO Level, Abigail R. Wood
I Do Not Want to Get Hurt: Self-Disclosure and Inclusion of Others in the Self, Un Leng Wu
Submissions from 2015
Investigating the Role of Slitrk Proteins in the Developing Nervous System, Usman M. Baqai
Compositional Analysis of Sourdough Using Gas and High Performance Liquid Chromatography, Zachary Bechtel
Characterization and Creation of Rubrerythrin and Symerythrin Model Proteins, Katherine A. Bell
Toward Analog Quantum Computing: Simulating Designer Atomic Systems, Jacob L. Bigelow and Veronica L. Sanford
Location and Characterization of the lz2 Suppressor of pam-1 in C. elegans, Alyse N. Brewer
Concussion Awareness and Educational Outreach Through a Website and Mobile Application, Daniel J. Brogan
Decriminalizing Mental Illness: The Need for Treatment Over Incarceration Before Prisons Become the New Asylums for the Mentally Ill, Rebecca L. Brown
Effects of Reduced Intracellular Dopamine on Apoptosis in the Dopaminergic Neurons of Caenorhabditis elegans, Bryan P. Carter
Host Plant Resistance and Pest Control: A Test of the Movement Risk Hypothesis, John J. Cherneskie
Exploring the Cytoskeletal Alterations of HIV-1 Tat Exposed Microglia in vitro, Elizabeth K. Cooley
“yes I said yes I will Yes”: Queer Performativity and Realization of the Erotic in James Joyce’s Ulysses, Brian K. Cox
Duplicated Negations: I am Double the Minority, La'Shante P. Cox
Apocalyptic Japan, Melvin L. Ellis
The Effects of Gender on Corruption in Latin America, Ryan T. Ferguson
Antibiotic Delivery in Resistant Escherichia coli Using PEG-modified Nano-graphene Oxide, Katherine A. Fiocca
The Association of Different Types of Bullying With the Mental Health of Children and Teens From the United States, France, and Canada, Christina Fisher
The Use of Tetracycline-Functionalized Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes to Overcome Tetracycline Resistance in Escherichia coli, Madison Force
The Spectacle of Black Violence: Historicizing Worldstarhiphop.com, Caylon Fowlkes
The Plural Self: A Comprehensive Exploration of the Effects of Hierarchy in Jhumpa Lahiri’s Interpreter of Maladies, Aastha Gautam
Effects of a Short-Term Functional Exercise Program on Cardiac and Vascular Health, Allyson K. Getty
Inverse-Kinematics Proton Scattering From 51Ca, Sean D. Gregory
Impaired Executive Function in Concussed Athletes, Marisa Gretz
Host Plant Resistance and Pest Control: A Test of the Movement Risk Hypothesis, Katharina Griesbach-Hobbach
Simulation of the GRETINA Scanning Table at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Ethan B. Haldeman
Anime and Identity: The Reception of Sailor Moon by Adolescent American Fans, Darrah M. Hewlett
Paleoclimate Variability Recorded in Deep Sea Sediment Recovered From the Eastern Equatorial Pacific Ocean, Joshua Brandon Hoffman
Effects of Age on Microglial Cell Response in Axolotl Salamanders, Christian M. Hoogheem
Effects of Age on the Morphology of Regenerated Spinal Cords in Axolotls, Keven M. Hoogheem
An Examination of Morality in a Naturalistic Universe, Chris Hoops
An Application of Coase Theorem on the Social Cost of Pollution, Chris J. Husson
Investigation of Slitrk1 in Rohon Beard Sensory Neurons in 1 and 5 Day Zebrafish, Amanda C. Kane
Effect of Host-Plant Resistance and Intercropping on the Potato Leafhopper (Empoasca fabae) in Alfalfa, Erich S. Keyser
Characterization of a Phenyl High-Performance Liquid Chromatographic Stationary Phase, Danielle A. Kritz
Picking Bugs Off the Moon: Daily Poetry As Regimen and Reflection, Blaise N. Laramee
Describing Distribution and Morphology of Microglia in Embryonic Ambystoma mexicanum and Larval Xenopus laevis, Meghan L. Later
Prion Dependent Changes in Protein Expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Annie Li
Identification and Characterization of pam-1 Suppressor lz4, Timothy J. Litz
Reparations for Racism: Why the Persistence of Institutional Racism in America Demands More Than Equal Opportunity for Black Citizens, Alexander Lowe
Applying the Concepts Understanding by Design to a World War I History Course, Edward Malandro
Effectiveness of CoQ10 in Attenuating Parkinsonian Symptoms Caused by Overexpression of the LRRK2 Gene Modeled in Caenorhabditis elegans, Brennan W. McFarland
Urban Foraging Social Meetups in Philadelphia, PA, Kristin G. McGillis
Divided Scholarship Over Divided Government: Why do the President and Congress Seem Unable to Work Together?, Nicholas J. McIntyre
Ionic Transport Properties of Carbon Nanotubes, Samuel G. Menges
Structural and Functional Characterization of 3HisG4Dfsc, Katherine O'Shea
Gay Genocide: Contextualizing Midcentury Treatment of LGBT Americans, 1940-1969, Jordan Ostrum
Comparing Centrosome Behavior in Wild-Type and pam-1 Mutant One-Celled Caenorhabditis elegans Embryos, Devayu A. Parikh
My Body, Not My Say: Regulation of Reproductive Freedom in America, Kisha K. Patel
Simulations of the Angular Dependence of the Dipole-Dipole Interaction, Jacob T. Paul and Matan Peleg
Classifying Political Similarity of Twitter Users, William K. Paustian
Simulations of the Angular Dependence of the Dipole-Dipole Interaction, Matan Peleg and Jacob T. Paul
Characterization of 4-Histidine/2-Carboxylate Di-Iron De Novo Proteins, Christine M. Philip
Discrete Morse Functions, Vector Fields, and Homological Sequences on Trees, Ian B. Rand
The Effect of Host-Plant Resistance and Intercropping on the Potato Leafhopper in Alfalfa, Phoenixia A. Rene
Protecting Neurons From Damage Using an Antioxidant Derived From Green Tea, Elana Roadcloud
The Bell in the Forgotten Chapel: An Examination of Rilke’s Dreamcrowned in the Trajectory of his Life and Work, Anne K. Rus
Toward Quantum Analog Computing: Simulating Designer Atomic Systems, Veronica L. Sanford and Jacob L. Bigelow
The Secret to Polarity Lies in the Centrosome: Anterior-Posterior Axis Establishment in One-Celled C. elegans Embryos, Dominique M. Saturno
Distancing Moves, Emphasizing Sameness, and Humor: The Cultivation of a “We” in Classroom Discussions About Racism, Chelsea B. Sayegh
Host Plant Resistance and Pest Control: A Test of the Movement-Risk Hypothesis, Matthew R. Scott
Women in the Workplace, Then and Now: Gender Inversion vs. Gender Equity, Macy Smith
The Ethical Implications of Cognitive Enhancing Drugs, Krista Snyder
Exploring the Functional Role of Microglia in Response to HIV-1 Protein, Joshua T. Straka
Results on Ghost Series and Motivated Proofs of Overpartition Identities, Collin R. Takita
In the Eyes of the Perpetrator: How Sexual Violence is Justified, Michelle L. Thiry
Keeping Pace: The U.S. Supreme Court and Evolving Technology, Brian Thomas
Optimizing and Using a New Quantitative Prion Reporter System to Develop a Prion Formation Assay, Shouli Tung
Effect of Host-Plant Resistance and Intercropping on the Potato Leafhopper (Empoasca fabae) in Alfalfa, Scott W. Vondy
Distribution of Microglia in the Central Nervous System of Embryonic and Larval Amphibians, Sarah Weggeman
Desorption of Fluorescently Labeled Oligomers From Carbon Nanotubes, Casey J. Williams
Effects of 4-Week Lifestyle Intervention on Cardiovascular Health and Fitness Levels of Adults, Tia R. Wisdo
Submissions from 2009
Examining Our Roots: How Over 100 Years of Religion Yielded a Secular Liberal Arts Program at Ursinus College, Karen Boedecker
Submissions from 2001
Linda Grace Hoyer Updike: Woman, Author, and Mother, Leslie Hoffman
