2009-2010 Funded Projects
The following projects have been partially funded by the Office of Sponsored Awards and Research Support (SARS) during the 2009-2010 academic year. Student names are boldfaced and listed first, followed by their faculty advisor.
Research Assistantships
Adomian Decomposition Method for Solving Nonlinear Differential Equations in Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics
Brett Michaud and Muhammad Hameed
Hispanic Children's Literature: Don't Think of Teaching Hispanic Culture Without It
Noemi Guerrero and June Carter
Promoting Braille Throughout South Carolina
David Pruitt and Tina Herzberg
The Effects of Childhood Exposure to Domestic Violence
Bobbi Jo Wilson and Stefanie Keen
The Growth of Islam Among U.S. Latinos and Latinas
Seth Guest and David Damrel
Presence and Persistence of Amphibian Populations: The North American amphibian monitoring program
Chelsea Kross and Melissa Pilgrim
Sustainability Projects in Graphic Design as Professional, Academic, and Activist
Angela Dillinger and Richard Mack
Social Security: Its Intent versus Application
Alyssa Mason and Elizabeth Cole
On comparison of two survival functions
Brent McCracken and Steve Hyun
Developing Best Practices for Making Scholarly Digital Archives Accessible to Visually Impaired Endusers
Cory Bohon and George Williams
Student Travel
Alpha Mu Gamma XXXII National Convention
Noemi Guerrero and June Carter
Extraordinary Affects: Cultural Politics of Emotion at the International Film / 2009 PCAS/ACAS Conference
Jason Funderburk and Lisa Johnson
Michael Scott-‐ Motivational speaker: Wake up your Dunderheads and get your organization moving! at the National Association of Campus Activities National Conference
LaDarius Thompson and Khrystal Smith
Street Credibility: The 'Badder', the Better at the Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting.
Randi Hunton and Brigitte Neary
We Won't ‘Suffer and Be Still’: Victorian Feminists and the Fight toward Equality at the Southeastern Women’s Studies Association
Ashley Brown, Bronwyn Cunningham, Mallory Biering and Esther Godfrey
Washington, DC trip to Research Art
Thomas Brock Allen, Lane Christopher Brown, Rachel Marie Crow, Angela Lovejoy Dillinger, Kathryn Louise Garland, Anna Ruth Hall, Allyse Marie Ingraham, Dennis Keith Morrison, Jr., Derek James Ninneman, Kathryn Elisabeth Norsworthy, Kenneth Edward Norsworthy, John Sterling Osburn, Alexis Anne Rogers, Kyle Ernest Rogers and Henry Fagan
National Young Feminist Leadership Conference
Brittany Brown and Lisa Johnson
Un-safe zones and collapsing tunnels of diversity: anti-bias approaches to higher education student affairs practice at Southeastern Women's Studies Association
Adrienne Jones and Laura Jennings
Fashionably Femme: Shifting Paradigms of Presentation from Stone Butch Books to Power Lesbian at Southeastern Women's Studies Association
Candace Lamb and Andrea Davis
Hispanic Children’s Literature: Don’t Think of Teaching Hispanic Culture Without It! at the 2010 SCOLT/FLANC/AATPS-NC/NNELL Conference
Noemi Guerrero and June Carter
Mini Grants
Diversity and Abundance of Small Mammals in Urban Greenways
Nada Hyatt and Johnathon Storm
Benthic Ecology of the Blake Plateau
Eric Alexander and Sarah Campbell
Stunted and Mentally Ill(iterate): The Politics of the Disgust and the Performativity of Spass in Lars Van Trier’s Idioterne
Jason Funderburk and Lisa Johnson
Visually Representing Pitch/Frequency in Real-Time
Eric Cauble and Dana Querim
Breast Cancer Beliefs and Mammography Screening Intention In African American Women
Crystal Humbert and Lynette Gibson
Anti-Bias Approaches to Higher Education Student Activities
Adrienne Jones and Laura Jennings
Independent Filmmaking Project: Untitled Pate-Moulder Film
Aaron Pate, Henry Moulder and Ray Merlock
2010 Senior Thesis Exhibition
Brittany Tuckfield and Lisa Anderson
Internship at Foreign Translations, Inc. – Vendor Manager Intern/ Accounting/Operations Dept
Williams Davis and Douglas Jackson
Magellan Scholars Program:
(offered by USC Columbia)
Faculty Advisors who won funds for their students are: Lynette Gibson, Angelina Tzacheva, Stephanie Keen and Wei Zhong.