2008-2009 Funded Projects
The following projects have been partially funded by the Office of Sponsored Awards and Research Support (SARS) during the 2008-2009 academic year. Student names are boldfaced and listed first, followed by their faculty advisor.
Research Assistantships
1,4-Conjugate Addition Reactions of Funcationalized Organocuprate Reagents with Nitrofuran
Valerie King and Rhett Watson
Personal Relations
Cody Brooks and Andrew Beer
Bullying Prevention Strategies for Young Children
Jessica Babb and Greta Freeman
A Culturally Appropriate Intervention to Reduce Barriers to Breast Cancer Screening in African American Women
Hadassa Legrand and Lynette Gibson
The Effects of Exposure to Domestic Violence on Child and Adolescent Development
Vernette Porter and Jennifer Parker
Andy Warhol Research Project
Alyssa Ashdown and Rachel Snow
A Data Mining Based Model for Studying Healthcare Quality of Residents in Southside of Spartanburg
Daniel Hagerman and Wei Zhong
Environmental Activism in Jordon
Joni Hammond and Lizabeth Zack
Frontloading Primaries and Voter Turnout
Donna Randolph and Allison Clark
Presence and Persistence of Amphibian Populations: The North American amphibian Monitoring Program
Nada Hyatt, Chelsea Kross and Melissa Pilgrim
Action Rule Summaries
Anna Novo, Coung Hoang and Angelina Tzacheva
Dialect Awareness for the South Carolina Middle School Social Studies Classroom
George Reed and David Marlow
A Comparitive Study on Healthcare Effectiveness for Spartanburg, SC
Stephen St. Peter and Rick Chow
Community Interpreting: Habitat for Humanity-USC Upstate Bilingual Partnership
Melissa Trejo and Douglas Jackson
The Pro-Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy: Examining the Evidence
Chris Weidensee and Trevor Rubenzer
Finite Sample Performance of Rank-Based Tests for Linearity in Multiple Linear Regression
Daniel Hagerman and Bernard Omolo
Investigation of the Mechanism of DRA Down-Regulation
Derek Griffith and Jeannie Chapman
Travel Grants
Popular Culture Association / American Culture Association
Ryan Crawford and Carol Loar
39th Annual Popular Culture Conference
Alyssa Ashdown and Rachel Snow
Assessing the Use of an Artificial Structure in a Fragmented Landscape
Jared Ballenger, Lauren Horton, Will Reid, and Melissa Pilgrim
Tuning in or Tuning Out? Masculinity in Popular American Television
Stacey Haney and Lisa Johnson
12th International Congress of Translation and Interpretation: San Geronimo 2008
William Davis and Douglas Jackson
Mini Grants
Regional Collegiate Art History Symposium for 2009
Alyssa Ashdown and Rachel Snow
Research Trip to the Library of Congress, DC
Jennifer Jones and Andrew Myers
20 in 09 - Graphics Design Senior Exhibition Catalogue
Whitney Williams and Richard Mack
20 in 09 - Graphics Design Senior Exhibition Catalogue
Vanessa Martinez and Lisa Anderson
Magellan Scholars Program:
(offered by USC Columbia)
Faculty Adivsors who won funds for their students are: Sebastian van Delden, David Marlow, Wei Zhong, and Rachel Snow.
Orthopaedic Research Internship
The student intern for the 2008-2009 year was Share'e McCray.
Honors Research Assistant Program
The Honors Research Assistant awards went to the following students: Christina Easter, Jon Faulkenberry, and Randi Hunton.