Adams, Clara
Dept. of Chemistry, doctoral student
Graduate Student Travel Grant
“Surface Functionalization of Gold Nanoparticles for Dual Optical and Electrochemical Detection of Pathogens”

*Ahmed, Mohamed
Dept. of Geosciences, doctoral student
Graduate Student Research Grant
“Integration of GRACE Data, With Inferences From Traditional Datasets for a Better Understanding of the Time-Dependent Water Storage Variability in African Watersheds”

Ahmed, Mohamed
Dept. of Geosciences, doctoral student
Graduate Student Travel Grant
“Integration of GRACE Data, With Inferences From Traditional Datasets for a Better Understanding of the Time-Dependent Water Storage Variability in African Watersheds”

*Alessi, Sarah
Dept. of Biological Sciences, master’s student
Graduate Student Research Grant
“Exploration of the Rise and Fall of Family Dynasties in the Buff-breasted Wren (Cantorchilus leucotis) in Gamboa, Panama”

Al-Momani, Hassan
Dept. of English, doctoral student
Graduate Student Travel Grant
“Cultural Identity Crisis in Laila Halaby's West of the Jordan”

Alsaid, Dania
Dept. of Paper Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and Imaging; doctoral student
Graduate Student Travel Grant
“Gravure Printing of ITO-based Transparent Electrodes for Applications in Flexible Electronics”

Austin, Amanda
Dept. of Psychology, doctoral student
Graduate Student Research Grant
“Effects of Moderate Exercise on Spatial Memory in Rats Senesced With D-Galactose”

Avuthu, Sai Guruva Reddy
Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, master’s student
Graduate Student Research Grant
“Development of Flexible Substrate Biosensors”

Avuthu, Sai Guruva Reddy
Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, master’s student
Graduate Student Travel Grant
“Flexible Electrochemical Biosensor Using Rotogravure Printing” and “Printed Wireless Humidity Sensors on Flexible Substrates”

*Ayyad, Asma
Dept. of Physics, doctoral student
Graduate Student Travel Grant
“Transmission of Fast Highly Charged Ions Through a Single Glass Macrocapillary and Polycarbonate Nanocapillary Foils”

Ayyad, Fatma
Dept. of Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology; doctoral student
Graduate Student Travel Grant
“Invariance in the Factor Structure of Translated Instruments: Multiple Group Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Mimic Models”

Barger, Michelle
Dept. of Geosciences, doctoral student
Graduate Student Travel Grant
“Influence of Organic Acids on U(VI) Sorption Onto Kaolinite”

Beaver, Carol
Dept. of Biological Sciences, doctoral student
Graduate Student Research Grant
“Microbial Monitoring of Compost Tea Application as a Sustainable Landscaping Method at WMU”

*Bench, Joshua
Dept. of Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology, master’s student
Graduate Student Travel Grant
“Worldview and Spirituality in a Youth Social Action Program: Asking the Bigger Questions”

Bennett, James (Adam)
Dept. of Psychology, doctoral student
Graduate Student Research Grant
“Behavioral Mechanisms of Drug Action: Elucidation Via Survivor Functions in Rats”

Berry, Christine
Dept. of Speech Pathology and Audiology, doctoral student
Graduate Student Research Grant
“Effects of Alcohol Exposure on Connexin 43 and Newborn Cells in the Developing Frog Hindbrain”

Bilgic, Yusuf
Dept. of Statistics, doctoral student
Graduate Student Travel Grant
“Rank-Based Approach for Mixed Effects Hierarchical Models in k-Level Nested Designs”

Birkholz, Patrick
Dept. of Biological Sciences, master’s student
Graduate Student Research Grant
“The Loss of Retinal Ganglion Cells can be Prevented With the ACh Agonist, Nicotine, Using an in Vivo Glaucoma Model”

Birkholz, Patrick
Dept. of Biological Sciences, master’s student
Graduate Student Travel Grant
“Glaucoma Induced Cell Loss in the Retinal Ganglion Cell Layer Can Be Prevented Using Nicotine”

Bohra, Hemant
Dept. of Paper Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and Imaging; doctoral student
Graduate Student Travel Grant
“Dependence of Color Reproduction on Graphics Software and Digital Printing Processes”

Bonita, Anthony
Dept. of Psychology, doctoral student
Graduate Student Travel Grant
“Online Sexual Activity, Gender, and Sexual Orientation”

Brimhall, Traci
Dept. of English, doctoral student
Graduate Student Travel Grant
“Rookery, A Book of Poems”

Chaffin, LaTasha
Dept. of Political Science, doctoral student
Graduate Student Travel Grant
“U.S. Policy Intervention in State Labor Markets as a Response to the Economic Crisis”

Cheng, Chi-Jung
Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, doctoral student
Graduate Student Research Grant
“Design of Thin Film Bulk Acoustic Wave Resonator (FBAR) Biosensor”

Clark, Ryan
Dept. of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, master’s student
Graduate Student Travel Grant
“An Assessment of the Total Base Number of an Internal Combustion Engine Lubricant Using Response Surface Methodology”

Conklin, Dustin
Dept. of Anthropology, master’s student
Graduate Student Travel Grant
“A Slow and Painful Process: The Archaeology of Farm Abandonment”

Daniel, Justin
Dept. of Biological Sciences, doctoral student
Graduate Student Research Grant
“The Influence of Cardenolides on the Dynamics of the Interaction Among Three Trophic Levels: Milkweeks, Aphids, and Ladybird Beetles”

DeSousa, Justin
Dept. of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation; master’s student
Graduate Student Research Grant
“The Effects of a Moisture-Wicking Fabric Shirt on the Physiological Responses During Acute Exercise in the Heat”

*Devadas, Mary Sajini
Dept. of Chemistry, doctoral student
Graduate Student Travel Grant
“Fluorophore Functionalized Monolayer Protected Au Clusters”

*DiVivo, Michael
Dept. of Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology; doctoral student
Graduate Student Travel Grant
“A Tale of Two Departments: Success and Failure in Higher Education Leadership in American Geography at Mid-Century”

Douglass, Kevin
Dept. of Chemistry, doctoral student
Graduate Student Travel Grant
“Investigating the Role of Analyte Partitioning in Protein Supercharging”

Edel, Jessica
Dept. of Sociology, doctoral student
Graduate Student Research Grant
“Social Psychological Examination of Battered Women's Narratives”

El Asaleh, Reem
Dept. of Paper Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and Imaging; doctoral student
Graduate Student Travel Grant
“Customized ICC Scanner Profile Constructions and Concerns”

Ellison, Katherine
Dept. of History, doctoral student
Graduate Student Research Grant
“The Structure of Power: The Origins of the Imperial Presidency and the Framework for Executive Power, 1933-1960”

*Elwakil, Mohamed
Dept. of Computer Science, doctoral student
Graduate Student Travel Grant (2 awards for 2 conferences)
“Debugging Support for Message-Passing Software via SMT-Based Predictive Analysis”

Eshkeiti, Ali
Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, master’s student
Graduate Student Research Grant
“Development of Rotogravure Printed Wireless Humidity Sensors”

Fernando, Isurika
Dept. of Chemistry, doctoral student
Graduate Student Travel Grant
“Aromatic Crown Ether/4,4'-bipyridinium Pseudorotaxanes as Building Blocks for Metal Organic Rotaxane Frameworks”

Friedensen, Rachel
Dept. of History, master’s student
Graduate Student Travel Grant
“Sex, Violence, and Social Control in the Anglo-Saxon Penitentials”

Garrison, Angela
Dept. of Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology, doctoral student
Graduate Student Travel Grant
“Disentangling the Effects of Depressive Symptoms and Adult Attachment on Daily Emotional Disclosure”

Gayman, Catherine
Dept. of Psychology, master’s student
Graduate Student Research Grant
“Decision Making in Methadone Patients”

Green, Theresa
Dept. of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, doctoral student
Graduate Student Travel Grant
“Building the Evidence for Quality Improvement Initiatives: One Local Public Health Department's Experience - Small Changes Yield Significant Results”

Gourley, Michelle
Dept. of Biological Sciences, master’s student
Graduate Student Travel Grant
“A Role for Collagenase in the Wolbachia-filariid Mutualism”

*Harris, Patrick
Dept. of History, doctoral student
Graduate Student Research Grant
“A Social History of the Medieval Mozarab Community of Toledo”

Hayden, Travis
Dept. of Geosciences, doctoral student
Graduate Student Travel Grant
“LGM Ice Thickness Using Porosity and Depth Relationships: Examples From AND-1B”

*Highhouse, Heather
Dept. of Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology, doctoral student
Graduate Student Travel Grant
“Self-determination Theory Perspective in Understanding the Choice to Teach”

Hysell, Jesse
Dept. of History, master’s student
Graduate Student Travel Grant
“Gens, Populus, and the People of the Liber de Regno Sicilie”

Iwamoto, Kazuhiro
Dept. of Biological Sciences, doctoral student
Graduate Student Research Grant
“Neuroprotective Effects of a Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Agonist and Modulator in the Mammalian Retina”

Jackson, Carissa
Dept. of Geography, master’s student
Graduate Student Travel Grant
“Modeling Habitat Suitability for the Mitchell's Satyr Butterfly Using a GIS”

Job, Jacob
Dept. of Biological Sciences, doctoral student
Graduate Student Research Grant
“The Highs and Lows of Urban Noise: 3D Noise Maps to Determine Threshold of Vocal and Spatial Adjustments in Populations of Chipping Sparrows (Spizella passerina)”

Jones, Ryan
Dept. of Mathematics, doctoral student
Graduate Student Travel Grant
“On Neighbor-Distinguishing Edge Colorings”

*Keerthisinghe, Darshika
Dept. of Physics, doctoral student
Graduate Student Travel Grant
“Electron Transmission Through Polycarbonate Nanocapillaries”

Klutz, Nicole
Dept. of Speech Pathology and Audiology, doctoral student
Graduate Student Research Grant
“Speech-evoked Auditory Brainstem and Cortical Responses in Children With Fetal Alcohol Syndrome”

Kohler, Petra
Dept. of Biological Sciences, doctoral student
Graduate Student Travel Grant
“Regulation of Inositol Catabolism in Sinorhizobium meliloti”

Kolasinski, Kyle
Dept. of Mathematics, doctoral student
Graduate Student Travel Grant
“On Hamiltonian Distance-Colored Graphs”

Krasinski, Daniel and Thrasher, Ashley
Dept. of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation; master’s students
Graduate Student Research Grant
“The Effects of Pressure on Intramuscular Temperature During Continuous Ultrasound”

Lecea, Marisha
Dept. of Political Science, doctoral student
Graduate Student Travel Grant
“Immigration Policy in Germany and Japan”

Lee, Tiffany
Dept. of Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology, doctoral student
Graduate Student Travel Grant
“The Current State of Substance Abuse Training: A Survey of CACREP-accredited Programs”

Luchies, Meghan
Dept. of Geography, master’s student
Graduate Student Research Grant
“Modeling the July 2010 Kalamazoo River Oil Spill”

McCullough, Monica
Dept. of Biological Sciences, doctoral student
Graduate Student Research Grant
“Exercise Restores GDNF Protein in the Spinal Cord of ALS Mice”

McKinney, Ashley
Dept. of Biological Sciences, master’s student
Graduate Student Research Grant
“The Relationship of Apoptotic Purkinje Cells With Purkinje Cell Axon and Dendrite Loss Associated With Scavenging Microglia Cells”

*McPherson, Kalan
Dept. of Chemistry, master’s student
Graduate Student Research Grant
“Insulin Mimetic Properties of Sodium Orthovanadate in Glucosamine Induced Insulin-Resistant State in Primary Rat Hepatocytes”

Needham, Timothy
Dept. of Speech Pathology and Audiology, doctoral student
Graduate Student Research Grant
“Sound Exposure Surveillance for College-Level Marching Bands”

Nienhuis, Michael
Dept. of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, master’s student
Graduate Student Research Grant
“Development of a Gasoline Direct-Injection Engine for Implementation in Western Michigan University's Formula SAE Vehicle”

Park, Daewoon
Dept. of Civil and Construction Engineering, master’s student
Graduate Student Travel Grant
“Analysis of Departure Time Shifts Responding to Highway Work Zone Delays”

*Pasen, Adam
Dept. of English, doctoral student
Graduate Student Travel Grant
“Good Death” [original play]

Paskin, Taylor
Dept. of Biological Sciences, master’s student
Graduate Student Research Grant
“Physical and Chemical Deafferentation of the Olfactory Bulb of Adult Zebrafish”

*Patel, Bipinchandra
Dept. of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, doctoral student
Graduate Student Travel Grant
“Stiffness of Locking and Conventional Plates in Fixation of Distal Fibula Fractures: A Finite Element Study”

Peet, Mary
Dept. of Psychology, doctoral student
Graduate Student Research Grant
“Effects of Alvinorin A and a Novel Salvinorin A Analogue, RB-64, on Locomotor Activity in Male Sprague-Dawley Rats”

Potts, Kristi
Dept. of Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology; doctoral student
Graduate Student Research Grant
“Voices of Parolees Who Have Chosen a Community College Element Within a Reentry Program”

*Pustelnyk, Lyudmyla
Dept. of Communication, master’s student
Graduate Student Travel Grant
“Religion, Politics, and the Crisis of Multiculturalism in the Internet Era: The Case Study of Russian Online Papers”

*Rowbotham, Katherine
Dept. of Biological Sciences, master’s student
Graduate Student Travel Grant
“Student Conceptions of Eutrophication and Biogeochemical Cycles in a Field-Based Undergraduate Course”

Samuels, Tova
Dept. of Chemistry, doctoral student
Graduate Student Travel Grant
“Gold Nanoparticles Functionalized With Ampicillin Overcomes the Antibiotic Resistance of Pseudomas aeruginosa and Enterobacter aerogenes to Ampicillin”

Schultze, Steven
Dept. of Geography, master’s student
Graduate Student Travel Grant
“Hydrologic Modeling of Wetland Loss in North-Central Florida”

Searcy, Gabriel
Dept. of Psychology, doctoral student
Graduate Student Research Grant
“Short-term Nicotine Abstinence and Decision Making”

Searcy, Gabriel
Dept. of Psychology, doctoral student
Graduate Student Travel Grant
“An Investigation of Romantic Couples' Relationship Satisfaction in Association With Their Individual Online Sexual Activity”

Sheets, Raymond, Jr.
Dept. of Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology, doctoral student
Graduate Student Travel Grant
“Creating and Maintaining an LGBT Counseling Group on a University or College Campus: The Benefits and the Challenges”

Shehabat, Abdullah
Dept. of English, doctoral student
Graduate Student Travel Grant
“Identity and Alienation: Arab-American Memoirist Leila Ahmad”

Sibert, Ryan
Dept. of Geosciences, master’s student
Graduate Student Research Grant
“The Salinization of an Urban Kettle Lake in Kalamazoo, Michigan”

Simms, Emily
Dept. of Geography, master’s student
Graduate Student Travel Grant
“Local Food: Perceptions and Realities in Kalamazoo, MI”

Sweeney, John Chad
Dept. of English, doctoral student
Graduate Student Travel Grant
“Translation: The Selected Poems of H. E. Sayeh”

*Szell, Andrea Blanca
Dept. of Geography, master’s student
Graduate Student Research Grant
“Attitudes and Perceptions of Local Residents and Tourists Toward the Protected Area of Retezat National Park, Romania”

*Terry, David
Dept. of History, doctoral student
Graduate Student Research Grant
“Catalan Piracy in the Medieval Eastern Mediterranean”

Toma, Shino
Dept. of Chemistry, doctoral student
Graduate Student Travel Grant
“Individual Tree Variation of BVOC From Needles of White Pine in Northern Michigan”

Truba, Natalie
Dept. of Psychology, doctoral student
Graduate Student Travel Grant
“Victim, Family, and Incident Characteristics of Child Maltreatment Deaths in the State of Michigan”

Tsai, Feng-Chiu
Dept. of Mathematics, doctoral student
Graduate Student Travel Grant
“Middle and High School Students' Method for Generalizing Linear Patterning Tasks”

Utkan, Fehime
Dept. of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, doctoral student
Graduate Student Travel Grant
“The Effect of Scoliosis Curvature on Lumbar Support for Task Seating”

Visscher, Cynthia
Dept. of Sociology, doctoral student
Graduate Student Travel Grant
“The Columbian Exposition Midway Plaisance: Inter-religious Co-existence, Conflict, and Cooperation”

Thrasher, Ashley (see Krasinski, Daniel)

Titus, Kathryn
Dept. of Geosciences, master’s student
Graduate Student Research Grant
“Origin of Minor Structures in the Lower Paleozoic Willhite Formation in the Western Blue Ridge Providence, Southern Tennessee”

Urschel, Jessica
Dept. of Psychology, doctoral student
Graduate Student Travel Grant
“The Effects of Graphic Individual and Social Comparison Feedback on Performance When Individuals Earn Monetary Incentives”

Veldman, Thomas
Dept. of Geography, master’s student
Graduate Student Research Grant
“A Perception Analysis of Downtown Residents: The City of Lansing, MI Food Desert in Context”

Vianney, John-Mary
Dept. of Biological Sciences, doctoral student
Graduate Student Travel Grant
“Cholinergic Neurons Regulate and Utilize GDNF Secreted by C2C12 Skeletal Muscle Cells”

*Walker, Lydia
Dept. of Comparative Religion, master’s student
Graduate Student Travel Grant
“The 'Scepter of the Jews' in Riccoldo da Monte Croce's Ad nationes orientales”

Walmsley, Christopher
Dept. of Psychology, master’s student
Graduate Student Research Grant
“An Assessment of a Commercially Available Biofeedback Device on the Treatment of Sleep Bruxism”

*Warnaar, Bethany
Dept. of Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology, master’s student
Graduate Student Travel Grant
“Promoting the Development of Moral Identity, Behavior, and Commitment in a Social Action Program”

*Wickramarachchi, Samanthi
Dept. of Physics, doctoral student
Graduate Student Travel Grant
“Transmission of Electrons Through a Micro Size Tapered Glass Capillary”

Xia, Jiangang
Dept. of Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology; doctoral student
Graduate Student Travel Grant
“Teachers' and Principals' Leadership and Decision-Making Power”

Younker, Elizabeth
Dept. of Speech Pathology and Audiology, doctoral student
Graduate Student Research Grant
“Effects of Smoking on the Auditory Nervous System in Adolescents”

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