Senior Scholars Participants

This program is administered by the Center for Study Abroad and Interdepartmental Programs.

For more information about how to apply for the program see Senior Scholars Guidelines. Senior Scholars application forms are available in the Center for Study Abroad.

The following is a list of students admitted into the Senior Scholars program from 1992 through 2001.

Name Class year Major Adviser(s) Title
Sabeen Anwar 2001 Biology Dr. Paul Coleman

The Role of Dynein in AD Neurons Bearing Neurofibrillary Tangles

Alexander Lewko 2000

Political Science/ Religious Studies

Th Emil Homerin Political Islam: Globalisation and the Third Wave of Democratization
Sara Nainzadeh 1999 English Professor Sarah Higley The Combined Worlds of Physician - Writers
Sarahmona Przybyla 1999 Health and Society Professor Bruce Jacobs Religious Hospital Mergers:  Implications for Reproductive Health Care Services
Dawn Roy 1999 English Professor Sarah Higley Pride & Passion:  A Variation of Romance Writing
Stacey Weiss 1999 Religious Studies Professor David Hursh Multicultural Curriculum as Implemented in Public Schools:  An Ethnographic Study
Benjamin Zeller 1999 Religious Studies Professor William Scott Green Heaven's Gate:  Cult or Religion?
David Barzilai 1998 Biology Professor Ted Brown The Failure of the Clinton Health Security Plan:  A Critical Review
Margaret Corley 1998 Anthropology Professor Ben Ebenhack Sustainable Communities:  an Evaluation of Their Practicality and Potential
Joel Helfrich 1998 History/ Medieval Studies Professors Tom Hahn and Richard Kaeuper The Knight and the English Gentleman:  A study of Chivalry and the Boy Scouts
John Orfe 1998 Religious Studies Professor Joseph Schwantner Musical Composition
Bobbie Jo Rimel 1998 Biology Dr. Vincente Planelles Understanding the Effect of the HIV-1 Vpr on the G2/M Checkpoint of the Cell Cycle
Lien Tran 1998 Health and Society/ Economics Professor Nancy Perkins An International Comparison of Health Care Policy for the Asian Ethnic Minority
Pratikakshu Basu 1997 Economics Professor J. Wright Whitten Three Rooms: Adventures in Video and Desktop Publishing
Seth Bordenstein 1997 Biology Professor John Werren Wolbachia Infections and Their Effects on Host reproduction in the Genus Nasonia
Mark Drapeau 1997 Biology Professor John Werren Behavior and Genetic Differences Between Sibling species of Nasonia
Shannon Kendal 1996 History Professor Mary Young Case Study in the Life of a 19th Century Reformer: Amy Kirby Post
Mark McCollum 1996 Biology Professor J. Bidlack Understanding the Behavioral & Biochemical Mechanisms of Morphine Tolerance
Rishi Piparaiya 1996 Economics Professor D. Allen A Comprehensive Study of Complex Financial Instruments
Catherine Russ 1996 History Professor Stuart Weaver The Collapse of the Stormont Parliament of Northern Ireland 1968-1972
Tanya Anderson 1995 History Professor William Hauser Perceptions of the Family in Modern Japanese Literature
Brian Connell 1995 Chemistry Professor R. Boeckman Synthesis and Evaluation of a New Camphor Lactam Imide Chiral Auxiliary
Richard Koehler 1995 Biochemistry Professor D. Mattson A clinical correlation study of antinuclear antigen false positives in multiple sclerosis patients
Imran Qureshi 1995 Biology Professor D. Mattson The Pathogenic Role of Nitric Oxide in Autoimmune Diseases
Jason Ravenel 1995 Film Studies Professor David Rodowick Well of the Mind: A Super8 Filmmaking Project
Brian Schneider 1995 Biochemistry Professor Thomas Eickbush Physical Characterization of the R2Bm Retrotransposon
Kenneth Schultz 1995 Political Science Professor S. Nolutshungu Study of the Abayudayah (Jewish Community) in Mbale, Uganda
Gregory Stevens 1995 Cognitive Science Professors H. Kyburg and Thomas Smith Experiments in Computational Bio-sociology
Christopher Adams 1995 History Professor M. Knox Afghanistan: The Cultural Legacy of an Unpopular War
Shari Friedkin 1994 Psychology/ Health and Society Drs. G. Harrison and P. Davidson, Professor Ted Brown Parental Characteristics and Techniques with ADHD Children
Jonathan Rosen 1994 Religious Studies Professor A. Gabriel Gender, Politcs and Religion: a comparative study
Irene Kuzel 1993 English Professor Thomas Hahn The Good Woman: Images of Women in Seventeenth Century England
Jennifer Jankowiak 1993 Nursing Professor C. Pope The Use of the Partograph in Safe Motherhood Interventions
Michael Zaccagnino 1993 Economics Professor Charles Phelps International Comparison of Health Care Systems to Improve the U.S. Health Care Systems