Research Achievements
Summer 2007 Research Internships
Angelica Rodriguez
Mentor: Dr. Carla Guthridge
"Isolation & Charactrization of Caenorhabditis elegans Neuroblastoma Amplified Gene Regulatory Sequences"
Dawn Bona
Mentor: Dr. Vivian Thomlinson
"Bending the Traditional Gender Roles: Ambiguous Sexuality and Domesticity in Willa Cather's My Antonia"
Sylvia Chavana
Mentor: Dr. Danny McGuire
"Novel Zirconocene Catalysts"
Jessica Hackett
Mentor: Dr. Mary Dzindolet
"Assessing Social Knowledge"
Matthew Nies
Mentor: Dr. Anton Wohlers
"The Politics of Religion and Race: An Examination of Evangelical African Americans at the Local Level"
Elizabeth Smith
Mentor: Dr. Sherry Reynolds
"Does Size Matter? The Impact of Class Size on Formal Testing Outcomes in Elementary Grades"
Sylvia Thompson
Mentor: Dr. Thomas Labe
"Hildegard of Bingen: Musical Visionary or Victim of Historical Identity Theft?"
Summer 2006 Research Internships
Karisa Beacham
Mentor: Dr. Danny McGuire
"Spin Crossover Complexes and Novel Zirconocene Catalysts" Patricia Dileo-Sanders
Mentor: Dr. Vivian Thomlinson
"The Sublime in Art, Literature, and Music"
Saundra Mitrovich
Mentor: Dr. Sara Eppler Janda
"A History of the Reassertion of Tribal Sovereignty in the Tyme Maidu Tribe of Berry Creek"
Kristina Ryland
Mentor: Dr. Aubree Helvey
"What Oklahoma is doing since Kelo V. City of New London"
Elizabeth Smith
Mentor: Dr. Sherry Reynolds
"Students at Risk for Child Maltreatment"
Nate Todd
Mentor: Dr. Anton Wohlers
"Winning Elections: The Role of Political Consulting"
Hong Yoon
Mentor: Dr. Dragan Jankovic
"Some Properties of Conic Sections"
Summer 2005 Research Internships
Rosalinda Andersen
Mentor: Mr. Harrison Watts
"An Analysis of Patrol Practices within the Vernon, Texas Police Department Relating to Racial Profiling"
Anna Bueno
Mentor: Dr. Mary Dzindolet
"Using the LIWC to Detect Deception about Physical Health"
Michelle Churchwell
Mentor: Dr. Margery Kingsley
""His Wfy is Swyved": The Female-as-Pawn-Archetype in Chaucer's The Reeve's Tale"
Lionel Dabbs
Mentor: Dr. Margery Kingsley "ESL in Oklahoma: Are We Prepared?"
Jenny Jackson
Mentor: Dr. Suzanne Clinton
"Person-Organization Fit: A Look at Cameron University Student Fit, Recruitment, and Retention"
Luis Rivera-Rodriguez
Mentor: Dr. Suzanne Clinton
"Is There a Relationship Between Emotional Intelligence and Individual Demographic Variables?"
Valerie Toodle
Mentor: Dr. Danny McGuire
"Synthesis of Novel Compounds with Fe(II)-S Bonds"
Summer 2004 Research Internships
Jenny Jackson
Mentor: Dr. Suzanne Clinton
"Person-Organization Fit: An Investigation of the Use of the Technique Within the Human Resource Management Function" Luis Rivera Rodriguez
Mentor: Dr. Suzanne Clinton
"Guidlines for Ethical Stewardship of theTraining Dollar"
Brenda Kelley
Mentor: Dr. Ralph Alexander
"The Effects of Neurofeedback in Autism"
Angela Carbajal
Mentor: Dr. John Geiger
"Written Versus Visual Stimuli in the Process of Impression Formation"
Adrian Chavez
Mentor: Dr. Mike Dunn
"A Putative Arborescent Lyginopterid from the Fayetteville Formation (Upper Mississippian) of Arkansas"
Enock Faustin
Mentor: Dr. Danny McGuire
"Hydrogen-Bonding Studies Using the Electron Rick CpFe(CO)2S(C6H4-p-NO2) Compound Reacting with Various Bronsted Acids" Jeanne Vann
Mentor: Dr. Margery Kingsley
"Repression to Liberation in The Talented Mr. Ripley"
Summer 2003 Research Internships
Cassandra Brenner
Mentor: Dr. Mary Dzindolet
"The Effects of Communication Medium of the Performance of a Mixed-Motive Task"
Sofia Diaz
Mentor: Dr. Gil Hernandez
"A Study of Commonalities in Philosophies and Religions"
Lance Doherty
Mentor: Mr. Harrison Watts
"Alternatives to Lethal Force in the Criminal Justice System" Danielle Elam
Mentor: Dr. Suzanne Crawford
"Gender, Sexuality, Sexual Identity and Feminist Theory: Feminist Sex Radicals Respond to the Prescriptions of Cultural Feminism at Barnard College's "The Scholar and the Feminist IX: Towards a Politics of Sexuality," 1982
Nichole Hawkins
Mentor: Dr. Vivian Thomlinson
"Living by Darwin: The Parallels Between Darwinian
Theory and Victorian Thought"
Sharon Rivera
Mentor: Dr. Thomas C. Davis
"International Financial Institutions in Today's World Economy"
Melissa Williams
Mentor: Dr. Thomas C. Davis
"The Impact of Voting Procedures in International Organizations on Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean" Victor Wong
Mentor: Dr. Mary Dzindolet
"The Effect of Group Size and Communication Style on Performance"
Summer 2002 Research Internships
Wendy Barker
Mentor: Dr. Mary Dzindolet
"The Relationship Among Language Use, Personality, and Problem-Solving Performance"
Sofia Diaz
Mentor: Dr. Gil Hernandez
"Researching the Effects of Technological Innovations in Higher Education"
William S. Harris
Mentor: Dr. David Cameron "Childhood Activity Among Obese Persons"
Amanda Jones
Mentor: Dr. John Batka
"Long-term Effects of Parental Divorce on Adult Children"
Kristen Jefferson
Mentor: Dr. Vivian Thomlinson "Do Girls Really Want to Wear Pink?: Gender Identity Explored"
Victor Wong
Mentor: Dr. Stanley Bursten
"Flight Anxiety as a Functon of Demographics and Settings"
Summer 2001 Research Internships
Tamara Young
Mentor: Dr. Mary Dzindolet
"The Effect of Feedback on Automation Reliance"
Jerry Wood
Mentor: Dr. Lance Janda
"The African-American Experience in the Vietnam Conflict (War)"
Maurice Wilson
Mentor: Dr. Tom Davis and Dr. Stew Meyers
"Factors Effecting African-American Voting Behavior; and the Remnants of Black Political Efficacy" Nakia Troutman
Mentor: Mr. John Moots
"Performance Anxiety: The Physiological and Psychological Effects"
Melinda Nill
Mentor: Dr. Clinton Bryan
"Crystallography: Finding the Pattern"
Fostina Paolino
Mentor: Dr. Jane Morse
"An Investigation of the Changing Demographics of the Elementary School Minority Population in the Lawton Public School District from 1981 through 2000"
Amanda Jones
Mentor: Dr. John Batka
"Long-Term Effects on Divorce on Adult Children"
Summer 2000 Research Internships
Jose Olivero
Mentor: Dr. Isolete De Almeida
"The Oklahoma Art Education Association: A Historical Perspective"
Lori (Purcell) Sawyer
Mentor: Dr. Mary Dzindolet"Examining Informational Influence in Group Polarization"
Kenneth Drake
Mentor: Dr. Theodore Snider and Dr. David O'Keeffe "Computer Assisted Modeling Studies of Photodynamic Therapy Agents"
Leta Gardner
Mentor: Dr. John Morris
"Bipolar Disorder Among American Twentieth Century Poets"
Kiemba Knowlin
Mentor: Dr. Keith Vitense
"Ion Exchange Resin"
Gerry Rawlings
Mentor: Dr. Scott Peterson and Dr. Lloyd Dawe
"The Role of Proximity in Perception of Ascending and Descending Stimuli in Eschar's Impossible Staircase"
John Mark Rhea
Mentor: Dr. Suzanne Crawford
"The Diary of Fannie Curb: Daily Patterns in the Life of a Rural Oklahoma Woman, December 1900-January 1901"
