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Fall 2008 Grant Recipients - (A-F)
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Student Name
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Major(s) |
Faculty Mentor(s) |
Project Title |
| Chicano/Latino Studies/ Sociology |
Conchero/ Aztec Dancers and their Projection of Continuity and Binationalism |
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| Political Science/ International Studies |
France, an International Architect of Human Rights? |
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| Biological Sciences |
Brief Nicotine Pretreatment Affects Development of Male Adolescent Rat Dopamine System |
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| Political Science |
An Analysis and Comparison of the Muslim Brotherhood and the AKP in Democratization |
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| Criminology, Law & Society/ Public Health Sciences |
DNA Methylation of Significantly Downregulated Genes in Prostate Cancer Cell Lines: An Epigenetic Study |
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| Literary Journalism |
The Fall of Orange County |
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| Anthropology |
The Irvine Farmers Market: A Study of an Agribusiness Alternative |
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| Biomedical Engineering |
The Role of Durotomy and Duraplasty Following Cervical Spinal Cord Injury in an Animal Model |
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| Sociology/ Psychology |
Academic Dishonesty: A Temporary Attitude or a Lifetime Perspective |
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| International Studies |
The Judiciary and its Effect on Foreign Direct Investment in Argentina, Chile and Peru |
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| Sociology/ Chicano/Latino Studies |
Walk Out! A Retrospective Study on the Reasons for Walking-Out Among Latina/o High School Students in Orange County in the Midst of HR4437 in Spring 2006 |
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| Psychology |
Parent Educational Aspirations and Expectations for Their Child Affect the Continuation of Optimal Language Play and Shared Reading after Completing the HABLA Program |
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| Sociology |
Effects of Autism Severity on the Quality of Sibling Relationships |
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| Psychology & Social Behavior/ Criminology, Law & Society |
The Effects of the Valence of Emotional Elaboration on False Memory |
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| Sociology |
A Comparative Look at the Markers Used by Koreans and Japanese to Identify Those within Their Community |
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| Psychology Psychology |
Priming Affects of Emotional Intensity on Memory |
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| Political Science |
Transatlantic Security and Ballistic Missile Defense |
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| Dance/ Biology and English Minors |
Arts Advocacy: Inside the Process & Beyond the Individual |
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| Chemical Engineering |
Synthesis of High-Resolution, Magnetic Responsive, Polymer Microparticles for Self and Guided Assembly of Functional Microstructures |
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| Political Science |
The Function of "Socialism" in the 2008 Presidential Campaign |
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| Biological Sciences |
Obesity as a Risk Factor for Pancreatic Cancer |
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| Biological Sciences/ N/A |
Role of Glutamate and Reciprocal Neuronal Projections between the ARC and vlPAG during Long-lasting EA Inhibition of Reflex Blood Pressure Increase |
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| History/ Philosophy |
Soldier's In Crisis: The Effect of Military Training and Technology on Individual Moral Culpability |
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| Psychology & Social Behavior |
Motivated False Memories |
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| Dance |
An Investigation of Movement |
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| Psychology/ Sociology |
The Crisis Without Crisis Management in Nonprofit Organizations |
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| Psychology |
Is Mentoring Effective in Reducing Juvenile Delinquency Rates? |
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| Sociology |
The Representation of Mental Illnesses: Variation by Gender and Ethnicity |
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| Psychology/ Management Minor |
Competition as a Motivating Factor of Sports Participation |
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| Biological Sciences |
A Pan HIV-1 Proteomic Chip for Subtype Specific Diagnosis of Viral Infection |
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| Political Science |
Too Big to Fail: A Study of Federal Government Bailouts |
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| English |
Implications of the Poetic Word: Deconstructing T.S. Eliot |
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| Psychology & Social Behavior/ Political Science |
Perceptions of Social Support Among Bicultural Individuals |
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| Film & Media Studies/ International Studies |
Spoken: A Narrative Cinematic Exploration of Korean-American Communication |
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| Social Ecology/ Public Health |
Analysis of Existing Computer Alcohol Screening and Intervention Data for Spanish Speaking Patients and Development of Alcohol Treatment Spanish Resource Card for the University of California, Irvine Medical Center Emergency Department |
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| Anthropology |
The Use of the Canine Animal Model in Biomedical Research |
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| Biological Sciences |
Role of Thombospondin 4 in Neuropathic Pain |
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| Biological Sciences/ Microbiology & Immunology: Virology |
The Role Tetraspanins in HIV Assembly |
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| Criminology, Law & Society |
Women's Fear of Crime in America's Safest City |
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| Political Science/ International Studies, Japanese minor |
Transferable Effects of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict: Sierra Leone and Uganda to Myanmar |
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| Sociology/ Economics |
Student Activism |
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| Studio Art |
The Social and Political Art of Oaxaca 1994-Today |
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| Psychology & Social Behavior/ Criminology Law and Society |
Does Parental Smoking Increase Anger Reports in Adolescents? |
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| Sociology |
Increased Membership of Evangelical Mega-Churches |
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| Biological Sciences |
The Use of Spectroscopy for Early Diagnosis of Oral Cancer |
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| Biological Sciences |
PCR Detection of Vibrio Parahaemolyticus and Toxin Genes in California Recreational Beach Waters |
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| Chemistry |
Synthesis of Iron Pyrite (FeS2) Nanowire Arrays by Chemical Vapor Deposition |
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| Chemical Engineering |
Comparison of Protein Endoglucanase (Eg1) Expression from Saccharomyces Cerevisiae and Pichia Pastoris |
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| Biomedical Engineering |
Characterization of the Mechanics of Fibroblasts Using an Integrated Microfluidic Platform with Piezoelectric Transducer |
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| Economics |
Slowing the Downward Spiral: Are Government policies Effective at Stabilizing the Economy |
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| Biological Sciences |
The Effect of Rhodiola rosea on SIRT Activity |
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| Political Science |
Limited State Capacity and its role in undermining economic growth in Vietnam |
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| Unassigned/ Public Health Sciences |
Professor Claudia . Buss |
The Effects of Community Characteristics and Individual Socio-economic Levels on Birth Outcomes |
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| Mechanical Engineering/ Aerospace Engineering |
Impacts of Excited NO2 on Ozone Production |
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| Biological Sciences |
The Role of PAX6 and EFEMP-1 in the Suppression of Tumor Angiogenesis in Glioma |
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| Biological Sciences |
Mechanisms of Age-Associated Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Dysfunction |
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| Sociology/ Chicano Latino Studies |
Key Factors that Limit Latino University Eligibility in Urban and Suburban Areas |
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| Biomedical Engineering |
Glycocalyx Cell Signaling |
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| Biomedical Engineering |
Nitric Oxide Mechanotransduction in Response to an Impaired Glycocalyx |
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| Biological Sciences |
Neprilysin Secreting Neural Stem Cell Transplantation to Reduce AD Pathology in Transgenic Mice |
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| Neurobiology |
Quantitative Spatiotemporal Analysis of Hippocampal Corticotropin Releasing Hormone following Early-Life Stress |
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| Social Ecology |
Sustainable Water Management in Orange County: Past Accomplishments, Future Challenges, and Opportunities for Interdepartmental Cooperation |
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| International Studies/ Economics, Minor in French |
The Political, Social, and Economic Status of the Harkis |