Summary of Research Day 2002
The Second Annual Graduate Student Research Day, held on March 20, 2002, expanded on the success of the first Research Day with an increase in participation and a move from a half-day event to a whole day, featuring both a lunch with a panel discussion and an awards dinner.
The theme of the luncheon panel discussion was "Hybrid Spaces: Scholarship within a Global Community", which addressed the challenge universities face in trying to keep up with the changing landscape of the global community. The discussion centered around the degree to which research in the panel participants' disciplines has become interdisciplinary, and the ways in which seemingly disparate research interests can be united. The panel was composed of the following graduate students and faculty members: Robyn Wiegman, Director, Women's Studies (panel moderator); Diane Nelson, Professor, Cultural Anthropology; Walter Mignolo, Professor, Romance Studies; Kevin Eubanks, Ph.D. candidate in German Studies; David Woodard, Ph.D. candidate in Literature; LaNitra Walker, Ph.D. candidate in Art History.
Both faculty reviewers and student presenters were impressed with GSRD as a venue for sharing research in a more friendly and familiar atmosphere than that of a professional conference, and expressed the hope that more students would both participate as presenters and audience members in coming years.
Watch your email at the beginning of spring semester for news of the Third Annual Graduate Student Research Day, and keep it in mind as you do research and prepare papers this year.
PARTICIPANTS IN THE SECOND ANNUAL GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH DAY
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BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Cell Biology
Ryan M Anderson and John Klingensmith
The organizer factors Chordin and Noggin promote anterior development in mouse.
Biological Sciences
Julia Bowsher, Greg Wray and Ehab Abouheif
Growth, patterning and specification of wing imaginal discs in the red imported fire ant solenopsis invicta.
Genetics
Steven Bray and Hubert Amrein
Expression and behavioral analysis of Drosophila taste receptors.
Genetics
Candice M. Brown, Carol A. Colton, and Michael P. Vitek
Gender Differences in Apolipoprotein E Isoform Mediated Regulation of Nitric Oxide Release in Targeted Replacement Mice.
Pharmacology
Charlotte Hubbert, Amaris Guardiola, Rong Shao, Akihiro Ito, Andrew Nixon, Minoru Yoshida, Xiao-Fan Wang, and Tso-Pang Yao
Identification of HDAC6 as a microtubule-associated deacetylase that controls microtubule acetylation and function.
Biological Sciences
Dianne Kindel and Hubert Amrein
Mislocalization of the RNA helicase MLE and male-specific lethality induced by expression of double stranded roX2 RNA.
Biology
Jeffrey M. Marcus
Mapping mutations on the X-chromosome in Drosophila: Can it be done FaSSTIR?
Pharmacology
Tonya L. Martin, Kiefer W. Daniel, Stephen R. Farmer, and Sheila Collins
C/EBPa is required for transciption of the b3AR gene during adipogenesis.
Pathology
Julie A. Roy, Tammy L. Moser, Dennis J. Cheek, Timothy A. Ashley, Michael D. Goodman, Daniel J. Kenan, and Salvatore V. Pizzo
Colocalization of ATP-synthase, the angiostatin receptor, and nucleoside diphosphate kinase within discrete plasmalemmal microdomains.
Microbiology
Maria Smith and Kenneth Kreuzer.
Regulation of R-loop formation at bacteriophage T4 replication origin.
HUMANITIES
German Studies
Janelle Blankenship
"Imperial Expansion, Imaginary Travel and the Wilhelminian 'World Theater.'"
Liberal Studies
Barbara S. Darden
A study of the life of Edward Woodliff: First black alderman in Macon, Georgia.
Religion
Wilda Gafney
Constructions of Prophecy - Women Prophets and the[ir] Word.
Romance Studies
Mariana Past
Re-productions of history: Twentieth-century representations of Haitian revolutionary heroes.
History
Philip F. Rubio
A History of Affirmative Action, 1619-2000 (Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2001).
Art History
Marissa Vincenti
It's nine o'clock, do you know where your African art is?: African art on prime time television.
Art History
LaNitra Walker
Haiti on my mind: Rethinking the concept of leadership in Jacob Lawrence's The Life of Toussaint L'Ouverture.
PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Mathematics
David Ambrose
Well-posedness of vortex sheets with surface tension.
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Anshuman Chandra and Krishnendu Chakrabarty
Test resource partitioning and test data compression for system-on-a-chip designs.
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Vikram Iyengar, Krishnendu Chakrabarty and Erik Jan Marinissen (Philips Research Laboratories)
Using rectangle packing for system-chip test architecture optimization.
Physics
Sung Ha Park and Gleb Finkelstein
Iron nanoparticle single electron transistor.
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Ross M. Tabachow
Nitric oxide emissions from toluene-contaminated soil: Chemiluminescent monitoring with comparison to microbial community analysis.
SOCIAL SCIENCES
Psychology: Social and Health Sciences
Jenille D. Adams, Stacie Craft, Suzanne M. Bouffard, & Nancy E. Hill, Ph.D.
Impact of maternal support on family risk and pre-adolescent mental health.
Psychological and Brain Sciences
Michele T. Diaz and Tamara Y. Swaab
Electrophysiological differentiation of semantic and phonological processing during spoken word comprehension.
Environment
Heather Fisher
Benefit-cost analysis of natural drainage in residential developments: A case study of Lenoir County, NC.
Sociology
Alexis Franzese
Leading an academic life: The experiences of women.
Sociology
R. Corey Remle
The future sociology of genetics.
Environment
Preston Schultz
Evaluating supply chain environmental management (SCEM) systems in the electronics industry.
Psychology
Adrienne A. Williams, Elwood Robinson, Ph.D., Sherrye Fowler, MSW, Christopher L. Edwards, Ph.D.,
Forced sexual behavior and alcohol use.
Please note that in each of the preceding author citations, the student presenter's name is listed first. This ordering is intended to aid in student name recognition and does not necessarily reflect the order of authorship.
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