CNU Honors Program gives $11,000 to Students for Summer Research
News Release - April 22, 2008
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(NEWPORT NEWS, Va.) - On April 13, 2008, Christopher Newport University’s Honors Program proudly announced the winners of this year’s Summer Research Stipends during the Ninth Annual Honors Celebration. As part of its effort to encourage academic initiative and facilitate undergraduate research, the Honors Program offers $1000.00 stipends to help students from all disciplines defray expenses connected with conducting research during the summer.
Listed below are the eleven students who won research stipends, their hometowns, the locations of their work, as well as the course and professor who inspired the project:
Joanna Andrusko from Woodbridge, Virginia: (Washington, DC; Brussels, Belgium; Istanbul, Turkey), “Muslim-European Relations: Turkey's Struggle for Membership into the European Union” (RSTD 270, Vision of Islam - Dr. Hussam Timani)
Juan Camacho from Hampton, Virginia: (Washington, DC), “The Effect of Consumer Credit Debt on Democratic Participative Ability” (GOVT 358, Modern Political Thought - Dr. Joseph Prud'homme)
Nathan Evans from Springfield, Virginia: (CNU), “Influence of Believability on Encoding Specificity of Headlines” (PSYC 201, Introduction to Psychology - Dr. Jeffrey Gibbons)
Stuart Farrand from Springfield, Virginia: (CNU, Princeton), “Proudhon and the American Experience” (GOVT 358/359, Modern Political Thought, American Political Thought - Dr. Joseph Prud'homme)
Meredith Forbes from Williamsburg, Virginia: (Williamsburg and Istanbul, Turkey), “Women in Islam: Changing Roles As Participation in the Workforce Increases” (RSTD 315, Women in Islam - Dr. Hussam Timani)
Nicole Justice-Kleemann from Virginia Beach, Virginia: (Belgium and Ireland), “Solidifying the Construction of the Feminine in Folklore from the Lost Celtic Regions in Flanders and Wallonia” (ANTH 377, Women, Gender, and Culture - Dr. Mai Lan Gustafsson)
Anne Maurer from Newport News, Virginia: (CNU), “Examining the Effects of Estradiol Exposure on Behavioral Endpoints in Siamese Fighting Fish” (PSYC 305/415, Learning and Cognition, Comparative Psychology - Dr. Andrew Velkey)
Christopher Ojeda from Fairfax, Virginia: (Newport News), “A Study of the Effects of Canvassing Among Black Voters in Newport News in the 2008 Presidential Elections” (GOVT 352, Research Methods and Quantitative Analysis - Dr. Quentin Kidd)
Erin Plisco from Newport News, Virginia: (Rome), “The Cultural Influence of Italian Opera in Modern-Day Roman Society” (MUSC 107/303, Opera CNU, Music History - Drs. Rachel Holland and James Hines)
Brittany Sheppard from Montclair, Virginia: (Prague, Czech Republic), “The Impact of American Music, Especially Jazz and Rock & Roll, on Czech Culture in the Pre- and Post-Velvet Revolution Eras” (HIST 374, Americans Meet the World - Dr. Andrew Falk)
Stephen David Short from Luray, Virginia: (Hampton Roads), “Examining Compassion Fatigue in Animal Care Workers” (PSYC 314, Personality - Dr. Sherman Lee)
Christopher Newport University is a four-year public university in Newport News, Virginia. CNU enrolls 5,000 students in rigorous academic programs through the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the Joseph W. Luter III College of Business and Leadership and offers great teaching, small classes and an emphasis on leadership, civic engagement and honor. Visit us at www.cnu.edu.