Research and Development
Faculty members in CLAS are active scholars, scientists, and artists. They put on art exhibits, work in high-tech science laboratories, go to field sites to study what remains of past settlements, glean documents from historical archives, interview and survey people, and perform on stage. Frequently one can find undergraduates and graduate students working with faculty and gaining valuable skills and knowledge. For more on our faculty, we invite you to visit Faculty Profiles as well the websites of individual departments.
CLAS Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Fellowships Announcement:
Dean Jeffrey Hecker is pleased to announce the recipients of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Fellowships for 2012-13. The fellowships were developed to enhance and increase undergraduate student involvement in faculty supervised research and creative activity. Each fellowship provides a $1400 award for the student, and up to $1100 in additional funding, if needed, to cover costs associated with the project. This year’s fellowships were supported with funds from the Intensive English Institute. The fellowship recipients are:
- Meagan Bossie (Psychology), The Enhancing and Impairing Effects of Stress on Cognition: Shawn Ell, advisor
- Christopher Bryant (New Media), 3rD Person Perception, Mike Scott, advisor
- Hawk Cambron (Psychology), Protecting Against Chemo Fog: Thane Fremouw, advisor
- Joseph Dumont (Chemistry), Extraction and Isolation of Shikimic Acid from Maine Conifers: Barbara Cole, advisor
- Marcus Dunham (Psychology), Are Teacher Judgments Consistent with Behavioral Data from Preschool’s Free Play Data?: Peter LaFreniere, advisor
- Mary Hunt (Sociology), Alcohol Abuse and Young Women: Steve Barkan, advisor
- Shannon Jacobson (Sociology), Roller Derby: Challenging Gender or Reinforcing Norms?: Amy Blackstone, advisor
- Stuart Lathrop, (Mathematics), Contributions to the Foundation of the Theory of Transcendental Numbers: Andrew Knightly, advisor
- Annie Ledoux, (Psychology), Correlates between Perceived Romantic Partner Communication and Social Adjustment of College Students: Doug Nangle, advisor
- Paige Martin, (Psychology), The Effect of Cataract Surgery on Depression and Vision-Related Quality of Life in an Elderly Population: Lira Yoon, advisor
- Rex McKeon, (Political Sciences), Reset of US Russian Relations: Prospects Based on a Study of all US Presidential State of the Union Addresses References: James Warhola, advisor
- Andrew Robbins, (New Media), Boulder Beacon: Jon Ippolito, advisor
- Duane Shimmel, (New Media), 10 Years of MLTI: What Have We Learned?: Owen Smith, advisor
- Valerie Smith, (Chemistry), Detection of Aqueous Mg(II) Using IR Spectroscopy: Carl Tripp, advisor
- Andrew Tomer, (Psychology), Media, Education, and Intergroup Interaction Impact on Attitudes and Beliefs toward Native Americans: Jordan LaBouff, advisor
- Elizabeth Tull, (Psychology), Income Inequality and Health: the Relationship between Relative Inequality, Income, Weight, and Eating Behavior, Shannon McCoy, advisor
- Christopher Young, (Psychology), Relation between Behavioral Inhibition and Stress Cortisol Response, Lira Yoon, advisor
Some of our faculty are affiliated with these University of Maine research centers.