Gettysburg College students' research and collaboration with faculty members frequenly result in presentations at professional conferences, including the following from the 2008-2009 academic year. Faculty members and funding sources are at the end of each item.
Colleen Weldon and Lindsay Souza, Northeastern Political Science Association, "No Win: Hillary, Gender, and the Press," political science Prof. Kathy Iannello
Madeline Shepherd, Northeastern Political Science Association, "The Supreme Court: Decisions and Interpretation," political science Prof. Ken Mott, Mellon
Kristin Wyatt, Society of Southeastern Social Psychologists, "Need for Cognition and the Need to Evaluate as Moderators of the Within-Person Attitude Importance-Extremity Relationship," English Prof. Len Goldberg
Megan Graham, Human Development Conference: Innovation in Service to Human Dignity at the University of Notre Dame, "Sexual and Gender-based Violence in Post-Conflict Communities: A Case Study of Kyanguali (Uganda) Refugee Settlement," in conjunction with the School for International Training and as the basis of her Fulbright proposal, environmental studies and globalization studies Prof. Monica Ogra
Jackie Powell, Human Development Conference: Innovation in Service to Human Dignity, paper and film "Hope Among the Dead," environmental Studies Prof. Monica Ogra
Courtney Sheets and Lauren DeBrouse, Society of Neuroscience Conference, "Effects of Benzodiazepines on Predator Odor-Induced Reductions of Playfulness in Juvenile Rats," psychology Prof. Steve Siviy
Julie Markus, Geological Society of America Norteastern Section, "Sedimentology and Humification index of Peat Deposits in NY and Maine," environmental studies Prof. Sarah Principato, Goldwater
Robert Kowtoniuk, Society for Neuroscience: Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience, "Distribution of Catecholaminergic Neurons in the Brain of a Vocal Teleost Fish," biology Prof. J. Matthew Kittelberger; American Chemical Society National Meeting, "Synthesis of substituted 2,6-dioxabicyclo [3.2.1] octane ring systems using a Payne rearrangement/cascade epoxide opening approach," chemistry Prof. Tim Funk
Four students in acting, directing, and dramaturgy, American College Theatre Festival conference, theatre arts Prof. Susan Russell
Former Mellon recipient Megan Knauss, Mathematical Association of America, "Finding the Conductor," math Prof. Bela Bajnok
David Yager-Elorriaga and David Zigler, Mathematical Association of America, "Finding the Weakly Sum-Free Sets in Finite Abelian Groups," math Prof. Bela Bajnok
David Yager-Elorriaga, American Chemical Society National Meeting, "Selective iridium-catalyzed cyclopropanol ring opening: Synthesis of alpha-methyl ketones," chemisry Prof. Tim Funk
Christine Urbanowicz, Benthic Ecology meetings, "Does wind-generated wave exposure predict soft-bottom mussel bed (Mytilus edulis) occurrence in Maine?" environmental studies Prof. John Commito
Natasha Gownaris, Benthic Ecology meetings, "Positive recruitment feedback and self-organization in soft-bottom mussel beds," environmental studies Prof. John Commito, Goldwater
Seven students, Eastern Sociological Conference, sociology Prof. Voon Chin Phua
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