AASU Honors Program | Academic Activities

Graduates of the Honors Program

1998 - Present

Name	Graduation Date	Major	Title of Project/Mentor	What are they doing now?
Jack Benton	May 2007	Chemistry	The Green Chemistry Whole Cell Biocatalytic Synthesis of a Chiral Lactone via an Enantiomerially Pure Precursor - Professor Feske	M.D. student, Medical College of Georgia
Tatsiana Shakmuts	May 2007	Economics	State Level Economic Indicators of Obesity - Professor Cebula	Ph.D. Student, International Relations, Columbia University
Stephanie Roberts	May 2007	English	Laughing 'Til It Hurts: Body Humor and the Female Imagination in Julia O'Faolain and Clare Boylan's Short Fiction - Teresa Winterhalter and Howells	M.S. student, Social Work, University of South Carolina
Brittany Holman	May 2007	History	Tied Up and Weighed Down: Freedom versus Fashion, 1840-1879 - Fertig	M.L.S. student, Simmons School of Library Science, Boston
Chris McCormick	May 2007	English	'In charge of our own chaos': The Authority Crisis in Don DeLillo's White Noise - Howells
Keely Collette	May 2007	Political Science	The Jordanian River Basin: A Source of Power, Security, and Conflict in the Middle East - Daugherty
Julies Skutch	May 2007	Psychology	The Effects of Mood Awareness on Mood Regulation, Emotion Regulation, and Subjective Well Being - V. Scott	Trainer in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy for Behavioral Technology, Seattle
Traci Knuth	May 2007	Health Science
Beth Hartenbower	May 2007	Early Childhood Education	Literacy Through Photography - Hobe
Sandra Demetrius	May 2007	Theatre	The Necklace: A Film - Mellen and Habersham
Katya Isayev	May 2007	Liberal Studies	L'ecriture feminine and la pienture feminine: Envisioning New Discourse
Jessica Martinez	May 2007	English	It's in the Blood: Cultural Displacement in the Poetry of Alejandra Pizarnik and Sylvia Plath - J. Smith	MFA Student, Poetry, University of Notre Dame
Rob Oldham	December 2006	Liberal Studies	Gone But Not Forgotten: A Film on Museum of Mourning Photography - Finlay, Nordquist, Hollinger	Writer for The South magazine; film producer
Lauren Ludwig	December 2006	Physical Therapy	The Effectiveness of Positive Expiratory Pressure Devices in Helping Airway Clearance - Lake	Doctoral of Physical Therapy student, AASU/MCG program
Jeremy Windus	December 2006	History	The Artist and Autocrat: How Spiritual Art can Stabilize Tyrants and Establish Cults of Personality - Finlay and Daugherty	M.A. student, Diplomacy, University of Kentucky
Sarah Beth Link	May 2006	Economics	Determinants of the Abortion Rate in 2000 - Cebula	M.A. Student, Georgia State
Linda Reno	May 2006	History	Just Coffee: An Examination of the Fair Trade Market Model and the Coffee Economy of Guatemala - Finlay, Hall, Hammers
Dana Robinson	May 2006	Psychology	The Big Five and the Three Letter Word - Kraft	Recruiter, AASU
Karla Rodriguez	May 2006	Psychology	Broadening Intellectual Resources: The Effects of the Positive Emotion of Gratitude on Creativity - Scott	MALPS Student, AASU
Ditrie Sanchez	May 2006	Music	A Recital of Composers Who Happen to be Women - Hampton	Music Teacher, Savannah Arts Academy
Chris Shirley	May 2006	English	Identity Construction of Salman Rushdie - Cannon	Teacher for disabled adults, Oakland, California
Amanda Svendsen	May 2006	Biology and Chemistry	Ants and Termites: Two Enemies Share a Nest AND The Effects of Nanoparticles and Visible Light on Bacteria - Zettler, Nivens	Forensic Chemist, Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Eva Whitehead	May 2006	Biology	Broth Assay: A More Sensitive Test for Detecting Antimicrobial Properties of Viscous Substances - Awong-Taylor	M.A. Student, Ecology, University of Georgia
Tatyana Zelenskaya	May 2006	Economics	Determinants of Youth Suicide: A Cross-Sectional Analysis - Cebula	Ph.D. Student, Economics, Georgia State
Timothy Nicholson	December 2005	Music	A Survey of Nontraditional Piano Techniques: From Henry Cowell to Emma Lou Diemer - Hampton
Hayley Thompson	December 2005	Political Science	Water Scarcity & Its Political Implications in the Middle East - J. da Cruz	Ph.D. Student, International Relations, Florida International University
Kristen VonWaldner	December 2005	Psychology	Effects of Self-Awareness and Self-Consciousness on Stereotyped Behavior - V. Scott	Ph.D. Student, Social Psychology, University of Mississippi
Joel Worth	December 2005	English	Johnny Mercer and the Dark Side of Desire - Hollinger	Med Student, AASU
Juan Aragon	May 2005	Chemistry	Purified Argonaute2 and an siRNA Form Recombinant Human RISC - Lynch	Ph.D. Student, Biochemistry, Georgia Tech
Sharon Bowling	May 2005	Visual Arts	Making Memories with a Wish - R. Green
Shannon Brinkley	May 2005	Early Childhood Education	I'm Not Afraid Anymore!: The Psychological Benefits of the Grotesque in Children's Literature from the Brother Grimm to Dahl - Baker	Postbac Student in Nursing, AASU
Rena Dixon	May 2005	Health Sciences	Health Promotion Among at Risk Youth - Streater	Public health worker, Augusta; online MHSC Student, AASU
Andres Escolar	May 2005	Economics	Recent Economic and Foreign Policy of Colombia - J. da Cruz	MALPS Student, AASU
Alledria Hurt	May 2005	English	Here There Be Dragons: How the Dragon Has Come into Modern Fiction - Jamison	MALPS Student, AASU
Megan Iorio	May 2005	Political Science	A Study of the 1854 Bombardment of Greytown, Ncaragua - Daugherty	Law Student, Georgia State
Cheyenne Nevada	May 2005	Biology	Embryology and Egg Failure in the Loggerhead Turtle on the Georgia Coast - Craven
Becky Penick	May 2005	History	Social and Moral Reform in Savannah: Did Prohibition Helpt? - Price	M.A. Student, History, AASU
Daniela Salas	May 2005	Psychology	The Effects of Expressive Writing Therapy in EMotional Non-expressiveness - Scott	MPH, Georgia State; Emory School of Medicine-Latino Diabetes Program
Gretchen Stewart	May 2005	English and Spanish	Neruda's "La United Fruit Co.": Political Protest and the Power of Translation - Baker and Torres	M.A. Student, Education, Columbus State University
Miriam Wing	May 2005	Information Technology	Analysis, Design, and Implementation of a Client Database for HIQ Networking - Lau
Alejandra Garcia	December 2004	Political Science	Bolivia's Poverty Reduction Strategy: Another Attempt at Poverty Reduction - J. da Cruz	MALPS Graduate, AASU
Sara Holcombe	December 2004	Psychology	Toy Preference, Art, and Spatial Vizualization - J. Roberts
Kelly Young	December 2004	Theatre	Some Place in Paris - Mellen
Emily Adams	May 2004	Economics	Nationalized Health Care Systems: An Attractive Alternative to Our Current Privatized Health Care System - McGrath
Matthew Benton	May 2004	History	Divided Memories: History and Memory in the Former German Democratic Republic - Finlay	M.A. Student, Applied Linguistics, Georgia State University
Matthew Butler	May 2004	History	Dixie Progressivism: Southern Urban Reform in Savannah, July - September 1908 - Price	J.D. Mercer University; Public Defender, Pike Col., Kentucky
Annie Cardell	May 2004	Psychology	Heart Rate Variability and Cognitive Workload During a Mental Rotation Task - J. Roberts	Ph.D. Student, Psychology, Virginia Tech
Lisa Metz	May 2004	Early Childhood Education	ABCs of Savannah History - M. Moore
Rachel Spitler	May 2004	History	Courting the Offal: The Call fro Immigration in Savannah, Summer 1906	M.A. Student, Anthropology, University of Hawai'i
Jessica Tuten	May 2004	Nursing	A Nursing Student's Experiences in Guyana - Powell	Nurse in Charleston
Angelina Long (Garske)	December 2003	History	Boomer Mechanists in Savannah's Cold War Shops - Finlay	Ph.D. Student, History of Technology, Georgia Tech.
Stephen Mosca	December 2003	Political Science	Litigation in America: Runaway Greed or Fundamental Component of Our Constitutional Tradition? - Skidmore-Hess	J.D., Public Defender, Jacksonville, Florida
Nancy Probst (Collins)	December 2003	Middle Grades Education	Improving Education for Hispanic American Students in the Middle Grades - Moore	Middle school teacher, MA Student in MGE, AASU
Jennifer White	December 2003	Health Science	The Development of Fun and Fitness for Homeschoolers - Streater	Chatham Co. Aquatic Center
Emily Downey	May 2003	Early Childhood Education	I Wish: A Work Children's Literature for Below-Grade-Level-Readers - Walworth
Katherine Harris	May 2003	Psychology	Demographic Variables Predict Standardized Test Performance: What Does This Mean for Educators, Policy Makers, and School Integration in Chatham County? - Taylor
Patrick LaPollo	May 2003	Art	The Ethics of Photomanipulation - Cato	School Teacher, Chatham County
Jonathan Long	May 2003	Chemistry	Development of a Method for the Purification and Detection of 2-Nitropropane Dioxygenase from Aspergillus Flavus - Nivens	Chemist, Arizona Chemicals
Lauren Mason	May 2003	English	Mending the Mule Bones of Contention: Displacement of the Female Voice Within the Textual and Literary Community - Hollinger	Ph.D. Student, African American Literature, Michigan State University
Megan Schlicht	May 2003	English	The Unfeminine Feminist: Female Roles in Eudora Welty's Petrified Man - Howells	Nursing Student, Georgia Highlands Nursing School
Jarrett Walsh	May 2003	Chemistry and Mathematics	New Techniques for the Purification of Quercetinase from Aspergillus Flavus - Lynch and Checking for Substructures in Graphs of Bounded Pathwidth and Treewidth - Brawner	Joint MD/Ph.D. Student, Medical College of South Carolina
Andrea Corcoran	December 2002	Psychology	The Use of Varied Forms of Practice on Mental Rotation Tasks - Roberts
Emily Fox	December 2002	General Studies	Academic, Emotional, and Financial Indicators of Retention at Armstrong Atlantic State University - Nordquist
Gloria Henderson	December 2002	English	The Greek in the Picture of Dorian Gray: A Rereading - Winterhalter
Adam Lee	December 2002	Criminal Justice	A Comparison of Police Cynicism Among Various Demographic Subgroups - Bennett
Marion Thomas	December 2002	General Studies	Society Won't Wait...A Social Reflection - Nordquist
Mary Thornton	December 2002	Computer Science	Data Mining by Fractal Analysis - Burge	Software Engineer, San Antonio
Rebekah Bennetch	May 2002	English	Composition in the Age of the Dot-Com: How one Virtual Community Served as a Place of Collaborative Learning in Response to the Events of September 11 - P. Fox	Instructor and Ph.D. Student, Communication, University of Saskatchewan
Jeff Cook	May 2002	Biology (Physical Therapy Track)	Effects of Continuous Passive Motion on Rehabilitation after Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Criteria-Based Meta-Analysis - Lake	Doctor of Divinity Student, Emory University
Tosha Fowler	May 2002	Theatre	Diary of an Actress Alone - Mellen	MFA Student, Acting, DePaul University
Lisa Lichniak	May 2002	Spanish/Teacher Certification	Xochicalco: A Classic Mesoamerican University - Deaver
Sharon McCusker	May 2002	Art	Surviving My Gender: An Exploration of Feminism and Art History - J Miller	MFA Student, Art, Georgia State University
Jessica McKeown	May 2002	Biology	Single Cell Gel Electrophoresis in Rainbow Trout and Fundulus Heterocitis Hepatopancres - Relyea
Crystal McMichael	May 2002	Biology	Non-Environmental and Cnemical Stressors to DNA in Fundulus Red-Blood Cells in the Comet Assay - Relyea
Jessica Sabiston Mudd	May 2002	Radiologic Sciences	Effectiveness of Permanent Prostate Seed Implants - Strickland	Sales Representative, Medical Software Company, Atlanta
Rebeka Chance-Revels	December 2001	Nursing	Massey
Stephanie Craig	May 2001	Biology	Degradation of Chromosomal and Plasmid DNA and the Potential for Transformation of Competent Cells - Awong-Taylor	Ph.D. Student, Microbiology, University of Texas
Christina Serrano Grass	May 2001	Health Science	Public Health Summer Fellowship for Minorities - Streater	Ph.D. Student, Managment Information Systems, University of Georgia
Patrick Walsh	May 2001	Radiologic Sciences	The Effectiveness of a Sure Meditated Device (per dose) Versus Manual Compression in Maintaining Hemastasis of the Femoral Artery - Strickland
Sandra Cutchin	December 2000	Early Childhood Education	A Description of the Effects of Tutoring Training and Support and Lack of Training and Support Upon the Success of Reading Tutorial Programs - Cosgrove	School Teacher in Florida
Rob Simpson	December 2000	Elementary Education	The Tidyville Troopers; An Ecological Story for Children - Cosgrove
Cindy Achat	May 2000	Biology	Fate of Extracellular DNA of Vibrio Fischeri in a Mercury Contaminated Superfund Site - Awong-Taylor	Ph.D., Neuroscience, University of Miami; Postdoctoral, Harvard University
Stephen Coward	May 2000	History	Selected Georgia Clergy Views of Slavery, 1840-1866 - Stone	Minister in Florida
Julie Johnson	May 2000	Middle Grade Education	The ABC's of the TI-73 - Barnard and Coberly
Radha Narayanan	May 2000	Chemistry	Gaussian vs. Nonparametric Algorithms for Calculating Peak Area - R. Williams	Ph.D., Chemistry, Georgia Tech; Postdoctorate, Iowa State University
Laura Pell	May 2000	Speech Language Pathology	Acquisition of English as a Second Language in Native Chinese Speakers - Wambold	M.Ed., Speech Pathology, University of Georgia; Pathologist for Children's Hospital, Atlanta
Ravinash Ramcharan	May 2000	Chemistry	Synthesis of Novel Subtrates for Dipeptidylpeptidase I - Weiner
Natalie von Loewenfeldt	May 2000	Art	Coast Rica, Un pias de un mil colores (Costa Rica, A Country of Many Colors) - L. Jensen	Artist, Savannah
Gregory Zapf	May 2000	Computer Science	First Annual Yamacraw Conference website - Greenlaw
Preetha Vijayakumar	May 1999	Computer Sicence	Mp3 Emporium website - L. White
Marion Gotz	December 1998	Chemistry	Relative Reactivity Studies of Various Dipolarophiles in Nitrile Oxide Cycloadditions - R. Wallace	Ph.D. Chemistry, Georgia Tech; Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Whitman College

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