Summer Research Grants
Past Proposals - 2013 Summer
Working from life: Investigating best practices for teaching children to construct their own drawing and painting strategies in a summer art camp
Students: Colleen Hait and Caitlyn Heil
Mentor: Dr. Kristin Baxter
Using a Children’s Art Exhibition as a Curriculum Strategy
Student: Kelsey King
Mentor: Dr. Kristin Baxter
Rediscovering and Including the Women of the Civil Rights Movement, 1945-1975
Student: Casey Hilferty
Mentor: Dr. Jane Berger
The Bethlehem Area During the Great Depression
Student: Kimberly Lescowitch
Mentor: Dr. Jane Berger
Anti-herbivore defense against leaf-cutter ants in myrmecophyte and non-myrmecophyte Cecropia trees in tropical premontane forests of Manu Park, Peru
Students: Alex V. Huynh and Vincent R. Reed
Mentor: Dr. John Bevington
Moravian Music: Editions, Performances, and Celebration
Student: Rachel Ruisard
Mentor: Dr. Hilde Binford
Parental Influences on Language Development in Young Children with and without Hearing Loss: A Longitudinal Investigation
Students: Megan Davis and Lindsay Galasso
Mentor: Dr. Jean L. DesJardin
The Development of Intervention Strategies and Instructional Materials for Children With Childhood Apraxia of Speech
Student: Alyssa Miller
Mentor: Dr. John R. Dilendik
The Social Psychology of Disability
Student: Shane Burcaw
Mentor: Dr. Dana S. Dunn
Characterization of Small Molecule Inhibitors of Bacterial Virulence Protein Secretion
Student: Shauna A. Abdouche
Mentor: Dr. Heather B. Felise
Locked and Unlocked Chains in 3-Space
Student: Alicia Altemose
Mentor: Dr. Kevin Hartshorn
Free Recall as a Teaching Exercise: Changes in Memory Organization Over Time
Students: Samuel Ansman and Alexandra Giacoletti
Mentor: Dr. Sarah Johnson
An exploration of social class in the context of historic and contemporary American portraiture
Students: Aisling Housel and Tanner Apple
Mentor: Aron G. Johnston Jr., MFA
Monitoring Long-Term Ecological Restoration Efforts in the Little Lehigh Creek Watershed
Students: Rachel Johnson, Dana Fineman, and David Siepietowski
Mentor: Dr. Frank T. Kuserk
(joint funding with the Wildlands Conservancy, the 91¿´Æ¬ Career Center,
and Wells Fargo Bank)
Preparing a performing edition of the opera La Spartana generosa, ovvero Archidamia
Students: Michael McAndrew and Michael Wisnosky
Mentor: Dr. Larry Lipkis
Faculty and Staff Pay Equity at 91¿´Æ¬
Student: Melissa Walters
Mentor: Dr. Virginia Adams O'Connell
The Political Economy of Austerity: Greece as a Case Study
Student: Michael Giacoumopoulos
Mentor: Dr. Gary Olson
Applying Network Analysis to Graphical Representations of Music
Student: Dylan Ricciardi
Mentor: Dr. Nathan Shank
How Do Teachers Define Their Values & Virtues? An Examination of 91¿´Æ¬ Teacher Action Research Studies 2003-2013 and Teachers' Reflective Responses
Students: Brianne Schoolcraft and Brittany Wilczewski
Mentor: Dr. Joseph M. Shosh
Editing the Orchestral Score of Amy Beach’s Mass in E-flat Major
Student: Sevde Guzel
Mentor: Dr. Paula Zerkle