Franklin & Marshall College

Sixty-four summer research scholars will be working on challenging, high-level research projects this summer in coordination with 38 members of the faculty.

Anthropology

Spectral Production: Ghost Hunting in Pennsylvania
Misty L. Bastian, professor of anthropology
Jessica Garber '11

Art and Art History

The Photography of John Houston Mifflin (1807-1881) and Lloyd Mifflin (1846-1921), Painters and Photographers
Rick Kent, professor of art history
Yitong Wang '11

Georg von Peschke: American Archaeology and the European Avant-Garde in 1930s Greece
Kostis Kourelis, assistant professor of art history
Bonnie Halloran '11

Biology

Life History Evolution in Birds
Daniel R. Ardia, assistant professor of biology
Maya Wilson '11
Edward Stene '11

Surveying Oomycete Diversity in Lititz Run, Millport Conservancy
Jaime E. Blair, assistant professor of biology
Amy Chabitnoy '11
Deanna Yamasaki '11

Primer Design and Optimization for the Amplification of Nuclear Loci Across the Diversity of Oomycetes
Jaime E. Blair, assistant professor of biology
Molly Mahoney '11

Effect of Cold Exposure on Protein Expression in the Ribbed Marsh Mussel Geukensia Demissa
Peter A. Fields, associate professor of biology
Dierdre Kelly '11

Historical Patterns of Invasion and Population Structure in the Noxious Invasive Weed Solanum Carolinense
Jorge I. Mena-Ali, visiting assistant professor of biology
Brant Forry '12

Comparative Genomic Analysis of Zooplankton Communities
Jorge I. Mena-Ali, visiting assistant professor of biology
Megan Weitner '12

Business, Organizations, & Society

Retail Interpersonal Sensitivity
Susan Andrzejewski, assistant professor of marketing in the department of business, organizations & society
Carolyn Wittenbraker '11
Xiaoyu Yu '12

Chemistry

Probing Protein Folding Using Site-Specifically Encoded Unnatural Amino Acids
Scott Brewer, assistant professor of chemistry
Emily Smith '11
Barton Linderman '12

Azides as Multi-Spectroscopic DNA Probes
Edward Fenlon, associate professor of chemistry
Rui Song '12

New Molecular Knots
Edward Fenlon, associate professor of chemistry
Elizabeth Margolis '12

Genetic Selections for Protein-Polymer Initiators
Ryan Mehl, associate professor of chemistry
Bradley Woodman '11
Melanie Liskov '13

Synthesis and Characterization of Semiconductor Nanoparticles for Solar Energy Conversion Applications
Kate Plass, assistant professor of chemistry
Daniel Rossi '12
Tony Machani '12
Mona Lotfipour '11

Photochemical Aromatic Substitution Reactions
Marcus Thomsen, professor of chemistryz
Brittney Graff '11
Mallory Gordon '11

Synthesis of New Polyamines for Fluorescent Chemosensor Development
Scott Van Arman, associate professor of chemistry
Jeffrey Hindes '11

The Structure of Carbonated Apatites
Claude Yoder '62, Charles A. Dana Professor of Chemistry
Victoria Weidner '12
Prescott McWilliams '11

Classics

Weaving Tools at the Etruscan Site of Poggio Colla (Vicchio)
Gretchen Meyers, assistant professor of classics
Cassandra Holtmann '12

Etruscan Roof Tiles (Podere Funghi) and Ceramics (Poggio Colla): Formal and Contextual Studies
Ann Steiner, provost and dean of the faculty
Matthew Naiman '12

Earth and Environment

Reconstructing Holocene Wetland Landscapes and Biogeomorphology of Pennsylvania and Maryland
Dorothy Merritts, professor of geosciences
Laura Kratz '11
Ali Neugebauer '11
Katherine Datin '11

Water Quality Assessment of Lititz Run in and around the Millport Conservancy
Dorothy Merritts, professor of geosciences
Peter Rippenberger '12

Compilation of Israeli and DuBois Archaeomagnetic Data
Robert Sternberg, professor of geosciences
Ian Hagmann '11

Patterns in the Evolution of Vertebrate Teeth as Metrics of Biological Complexity
Roger Thomas, John Williamson Nevin Professor of Geosciences
Tyler Kerr '11

The Science and Policy of Stream Restoration
Robert Walter '75, associate professor of geosciences
Erik Olsen '11

The Contribution of Nitrate-Nitrogen from Stream Bank Erosion to Surface Waters in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Robert Walter '75, associate professor of geosciences
Elvis Andino '12

Environmental Monitoring at the Millport Conservancy
Christopher Williams, assistant professor of environmental science
Nora Theodore '13

Government

Thinking About Participatory Communities: Contributions to Political Thought
Dean Hammer, The John W. Wetzel Professor of Classics and Professor of Government
Sara Lupolt '11

Evaluating Participatory Decentralization Reforms in the Developing World
Stephanie McNulty, assistant professor of government
Kenneth Holmboe '11

Math and Computer Science

The Transport Trojan: Making New Transports Work
Janardhan Iyengar, assistant professor of computer science
Jeffrey Wise '12
Nabin Tiwari '11

Protein Subnuclear Localization Using Machine Learning Algorithms
Jing Hu, assistant professor of computer science
Marc Schilder '11
Tahia Warda '11

Evaluating a New Function for Fitness of Computational Neuron Models
Christina Weaver, assistant professor of mathematics
Daniel Hass '13

Image Analysis to Quantify Brain Matter Loss During Metabolic Disorders
Christina Weaver, assistant professor of mathematics
Gregory Schwartz '11

Philosophy

The Hypatia-Heloise Project
Mary Beth Willard, visiting assistant professor of philosophy
Reed Bratches '13
Amy Blakemore '13

Physics and Astronomy

Photon Correlations in Positronium Decay
Gregory Adkins, William G. and Elizabeth R. Simeral Professor of Physics
Theodore Yoder '12
Frank Abel '12

Triple Star Systems and Their Role in Star Formation
Peter Allen, visiting assistant professor of astronomy
Stephanie Douglas '12

Production, Characterization and Studies of PLZT films
John Krebs, associate professor of physics
Christopher Brown '12
James Dormer '12

Synthesis and Characterization of Rare Earth Doped Semiconductor Quantum Dots
Christie Larochelle, associate professor of physics
Kelly McCutcheon '11

Psychology and Biological Foundations of Behavior

Techniques for Assessment of Endocrine Function
Meredith Bashaw, assistant professor of psychology
Tanya Tavassolie '11

Person-Environment Fit
John Campbell, professor of psychology
Kara Michelin '12

Spontaneous Belonging-Enhancement
Megan Knowles, assistant professor of psychology
Chelsea Schein '11

Invisibility as a Metaphor for Social Exclusion
Megan Knowles, assistant professor of psychology
Alison Weitzer '11

Visual Perception and Driving Performance
D. Owens Psychology '72, Charles A. Dana Professor of Psychology
Alexander Nalbandian '11
Johnny Lawrence '11
Xiaoyu Zhang '11

Same/Different Learning in Capuchin Monkeys
Roger Thompson, Dr. E. Paul and Frances H. Reiff Professor of Biological Sciences
Caitlin Knierim '11
Ellen Fonte '12

Sociology

Race Relations at F&M: 1990-2008
Katherine McClelland, professor of sociology
Jordann Markowitz '11

The Hackman Scholars Program was established through an endowment by the late William M. and Lucille M. Hackman. Support for summer scholarship also comes from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Undergraduate Science Education Program and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.