Previous Funded Undergraduate Research Topics

Addison Green - Social Science Track, Advisor, Dr. Lowry (Political Science).
"Exploring bicycle culture as it relates to European cities".

Joseph Stromberg - Social Science Track, Advisor, Dr. Evans (Philosophy).
"A Study of Land Tenure and Livelihoods on the Lakota on the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota"

Ted Erker – Biology/Ecology Track, Advisor, Dr. Knight (Biology).
“Is the relationship between phylogenetic novelty and invasiveness dependent on spatial scale”

Patrick Hanly – Biology/Ecology Track, Advisor, Dr. Chase (Biology).
“Measuring the direct and indirect effects of anthropogenic contaminants on natural pond community assemblages”

Joseph Mihaljevic – Biology/Ecology Track, Advisor, Dr. Chase (Biology).
“Cross-Generational Effects of Amphibian Decline: Positive or Negative Feedbacks for Future Tadpole Recruitment?”

Katherine Seidler – Social Science Track, Advisor, Dr. Knight (Biology).
“Understanding Invasiveness: How does habitat heterogeneity influence dispersal kernels of wind-dispersed species”

Kristyna Solawetz – Social Science Track, Advisor, Dr. Giammer (Environmental Engineering).
“Arsenic Mitigation and the Role of Traditional Knowledge in Bangladesh”

Arthur J. Singletary and Kelley E. Greenman – Advisor Dr. Stone (Anthropology)
“Pesticides in Indian Groundwater”

Brittany Teller – Biology/Ecology Track, Advisor Dr. Knight (Biology)
”Do Invasive Species Change the Biomass of Dependent Trophic Levels in Communities?”

Aaron David – Biology/Ecology Track, Advisor, Dr. Knight (Biology).
”Environmental Conditions and Inbreeding Depression in Mimulus ringens”

Anna Truszczynski – Social Science Track, Advisor Dr. Knight (Biology)
”Which mechanisms promote success in phylogenetically novel invasive species?”

Julian Beattie – Social Science Track, Advisor Dr. Knight (Biology)
Proposal on plant research in California with Dr. Tiffany Knight

Ruth Poland – Biology/Ecology Track, Advisor Dr. Chase (Biology).
Proposal on invasive purple loosestrife with Dr. Jon Chase