Undergraduate Research Grant Winners Announced
Grants will support students as they research a wide range of topics
Each year, Northwestern University awards a host of research and travel grants to undergraduate students pursuing a wide range of studies.
The awards — which range up to $1,000 for research during the academic year and $500 for travel to conferences — are administered by the Office of Undergraduate Research and the Undergraduate Research Grants Committee.
The following Weinberg College students have been awarded academic year undergraduate research grants or travel grants during the winter quarter of 2014:
Martin Amesquita (Weinberg, German): “Iranian Jewish Immigrants in Hamburg: Jewish Perceptions of Germany After 1945”
Rachel Bergman (Weinberg): “Matrix Effects in the Analysis of Lignin Using TMAH Thermochemolysis”
Stephanie Brock-Wilson (Weinberg, Economics): “Methods for Preserving Indigenous Languages Outside of Government Schooling: A Case Study with Literacy in the Lepcha Tribe, Kalimpong, West Bengal, India”
Rhaina Cohen (Weinberg, American Studies): “Establishing Child Care for the Camouflaged: Political Strategy Behind the U.S. Military’s Child Care System”
Caroline Coccoli (Weinberg, Environmental Science): “Longterm Patterns in Organic Matter Burial off the Oregon Coast Over the Holocene” presentation at the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography, the Oceanography Society, and American Geophysical Union conference.
Rebecca Dale (Weinberg, Psychology): “Fat Talk Predicts Drive for Thinness and Bulimia Symptoms in College Women” poster to be presented at the Association for Psychological Science Conference.
Christine Daly (Weinberg, Psychology): “Ideal Partner Preferences and Construal-Level Theory”
Samir Datta (Weinberg, Cognitive Science): “Cochlear Response to Amplitude Modulation Training”
Jamese Dunlap (Weinberg, Sociology): “Saving Accounts Among Low-income African Americans”
Leah Grodinsky (Weinberg, Psychology): “Imaginary Companions and Adult Identity: How Imaginary Companions Shape Our Adult Lives”
Iseli Hernandez (Weinberg, Psychology): “Cultural Influence on Endorsement of Causal and Recovery Explanations for Illness” poster to be presented at the Association for Psychological Science Conference.
Jin Kim (Weinberg, Psychology): “Using Virally Transfected Receptors on Recent and Remote Fear Memories”
Kyra Jones (Weinberg, Gender Studies; School of Communication, Theatre): “Gathering Honey” staged reading based on the book, HONEYPOT: Black Southern Women Who Love Women, by E. Patrick Johnson at the University of North Carolina.
Cosima Lenz (Weinberg, German): “Case Study on the Progress of the Disease Surveillance and Public Health Response in Hamburg after the 2011 E-coli Outbreak”
Meimei Li (Weinberg, Biological Sciences): “Acid-triggered Release and Gene K-knockdown Activities of asDNA-loaded usPGL”
Paulina Mateja (Weinberg, Comparative Literary Studies; Bienen, Classical Guitar Performance): “A Transfiguration of Polish Romantic Nationalism”
Matthew Multach (Weinberg, Psychology, Statistics): “A New Measure of Hostile and Non-Hostile Criticism”
Alison Murray (Weinberg, Psychology, Biological Sciences): “Is Grasping at Objects in Photographs Related to Inhibitory Control?” poster to be presented at the Association for Psychological Science Conference.
Zoe Palmer (Weinberg, Cognitive Science, Creative Writing): “Backwards on Wheels: Tests of Objectification Theory in Roller Derby” poster to be presented at the Association for Psychological Science Conference.
Aarohi Shah (Weinberg, Integrated Science Program; McCormick, Materials Science): “Chitin-degrading Fungi as a Potential Source of Biodiesel”
Margaret Shavlik (Weinberg, Psychology, Cognitive Science): “Waistful Thinking: College Women’s Fear of the Freshman Fifteen” poster to be presented at the Association for Psychological Science Conference.
Jennifer Siedjak (Weinberg, Psychology): “Historical Knowledge and Learning From Text”
Jasmine Stephens (Weinberg, Psychology): “The Pitfalls of Positive Thinking: The Effects of Body-Affirming Statements on College Women” poster to be presented at the Association for Psychological Science Conference.
Lauren Tindall (Weinberg, Psychology): “Elevating the Role of Design & Usability Testing in Behavioral Intervention Technologies”
Afsara Zaheed (Weinberg, Biological Sciences, Psychology): “Using Melodies as Cues to Boost Memory During Sleep”
Elina Zaonegina (Weinberg, Psychology; Environmental Sciences): “Moral Licensing Effects on Environmental Decision Making”
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