
Student Accomplishments
Under construction: More to come
Awards
Student |
Mentor |
Department/School |
| Janay Knight | Dr. Spoma Jovanovic | Department of Communication Studies |
Award |
At the Carolinas Communication Association annual convention, the Mary E. Jarrard Award for undergraduates was presented to Janay Knight for her paper, "Generation Y and the Communication of Love Styles." Read the full story on http://www.uncg.edu/cst/inc_unit/news/Cca2006.html. |
Student |
Mentor |
Department/School |
| Christian Sykes | Jan Rychtar | Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics |
Award |
Fall 2007 |
Off-Campus Presentations
Student |
Mentor |
Department/School |
| Benjamin Anderson | Charles Prysby | Department of Political Science |
Presentation |
The rise and fall of competition in Southern Congressional elections, North Carolina Political Science Association, High Point, NC. |
Student |
Mentor |
Department/School |
| Melanie Andes | Mona Shattell | School of Nursing |
Presentation |
Andes , M., & Shattell, M. (February 21-23, 2008). How Patients and Nurses Experience the Acute Care Psychiatric Environment, Southern Nursing Research Society, Birmingham, AL. [Data-based presentation] |
Student |
Mentor |
Department/School |
| Linda Batiz | Ron Morrison | Department of Nutrition |
Presentation |
Mechanisms linking the ubiquitin proteasome system to adipocycte gene expression, Experimental Biology, San Francisco, CA. |
Student |
Mentor |
Department/School |
| Felicia Bowens | Dept. of Recreation, Tourism, and Hospitality Management | |
Presentation |
Wunderlost or Wunderlost: barriers to leisure travel, North Carolina Recreation and Park Association, Atlantic Beach, NC. |
Student |
Mentor |
Department/School |
| David Bryant | E.D. Edwards | Dept. of Broadcasting and Cinema |
Presentation |
film Sp 07 the film should be distributed. |
Student |
Mentor |
Department/School |
| Pamela Dover | Susan Calkins | Department of Psychology |
Presentation |
Effortful control and behavioral problems as they predict academic achievement in childhood, State of North Carolina Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium, Raleigh, NC. |
Student |
Mentor |
Department/School |
| Ashley Dunston | Sharon Morrison | Dept. of Public Health Education |
Presentation |
Manuscript submitted to The Health Educator. |
Student |
Mentor |
Department/School |
| Elena Fernandez | Art Murphy | Department of Anthropology |
Presentation |
Post disaster mental health and the structure of personal networks, Society of Anthropological Sciences, Savannah, GA. |
Student |
Mentor |
Department/School |
| Robert Gove | Jan Rychtar | Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics |
Presentation |
A slice of Pi, State of North Carolina Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium, Raleigh, NC. , November, 2006. NCUR 2007, Dominican University of California, San Francisco, California. |
Student |
Mentor |
Department/School |
| Kerri Goughnour | Barbara Dyer | Dept. of Consumer, Apparel, and Retail Studies |
Presentation |
Goughnour, K. and Dyer, B. Hedonic Shopping Experiences of the Older Consumer, ITAA, Washington, DC 2005. |
Students |
Mentor |
Department/School |
| Paula Hach and Erin Slate | Celia Hooper | Dept. of Communication Sciences and Disorders |
Presentation |
Standarization of a motor speech profile in normal adults, 52nd annual convention of the North Carolina Speech, Hearing and Language Association, Durham, NC. |
Student |
Mentor |
Department/School |
| Jared Hill | Mark Schultz | Dept. of Public Health Education |
Presentation |
Hill, J., Mason, D., & Schulz, M. R., "Epidemiology of bicycle motor vehicle collisions in North Carolina," Society of Public Health, Boston, MA, April 2005. |
Student |
Mentor |
Department/School |
| Kristen Hill | Paul Davis | Dept. of Exercise and Sport Science |
Presentation |
Presentation, S.D. Kirk, K.R. Hill, D.I. Melton, B.L. Swearingin, J.D. Wagganer, P.G. Davis. Self-reported and measured weight discrepancy in overweight/obese young women, FACSM. |
Student |
Mentor |
Department/School |
| B Hovater | Nadia Cech | Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry |
Presentation |
Hovater, B., Smith, D., Spelman, K., Tutor, K, Raner, G., Wenner, C. and Cech, N. LC/ESI-MSn for the determination of bioactive liver metabolites of Echinacea purpurea. 231st American Chemical Society Meeting, March 2006, Atlanta, GA. |
Student |
Mentor |
Department/School |
| Amber King | Paul Steimle | Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry |
Presentation |
M. Russ, O. Ali, A. King, P. Steimle. (2005) Myosin Heavy Chain Kinase A from Dictyostelium Possesses a Novel Actin Binding Domain, 45th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Cell Biology, San Francisco, CA. |
Student |
Mentor |
Department/School |
| Robin Knapp | Stuart Marcovitch | Department of Psychology |
Presentation |
Manuscript submitted to Developmental Science; presentation, Marcovitch, S., Boseovski, J. and Knapp, R. Redundancy leads to goal neglect on the DCCS, Cognitive Development Society, San Diego,CA. |
Student |
Mentor |
Department/School |
| Joseph Krenicky | Jan Rychtar | Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics |
Presentation |
On the Volume-Surface Area Relationship, State of North Carolina Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium, Raleigh, NC, November, 2006. |
Student |
Mentor |
Department/School |
| Joseph Krenicky | Jan Rychtar | Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics |
Presentation |
No Way Out: The Prisoner's Dilemma, An Introduction to Symmetric Normal Form Games, State of North Carolina Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium, November, 2005. |
Student |
Mentor |
Department/School |
| Dan MacMartin | Jan Rychtar | Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics |
Presentation |
Bacterial Wars! A Matlab Simulation, State of North Carolina Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium, November, 2005. |
Student |
Mentor |
Department/School |
| Kristina Martinez | Michael McIntosh | Department of Nutrition |
Presentation |
Peer reviewed manuscript; Chung, S., LaPoint, K., Martinez, K., Kennedy, A., Sandberg, M.B. and McIntosh, M.K. Preadipocytes mediate LPS-inducted inflamamtion and insulin resistance in primary cultures of newly differentiated human adipocyte. |
Student |
Mentor |
Department/School |
| Benjamin Miller | Jeffrey Soles | Department of Classical Studies |
Presentation |
Manuscript submitted to Hesperia. |
Student |
Mentor |
Department/School |
| Victoria Payne | Matina Kalcounis-Rüeppell | Department of Biology |
Presentation |
Payne, V., *Vindigni, M. and M.C. Kalcounis-Rüeppell. 2006, The effect of water quality on a nocturnal food web in the Cape Fear River Basin 103rd Annual North Carolina Academy of Science, Greensboro, NC. |
Student |
Mentor |
Department/School |
| Kathryn Sikes | Jan Rychtar | Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics |
Presentation |
The Art of Math, State of North Carolina Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium, November, 2006 NCUR 2007, Dominican University of California, San Francisco, California. |
Students |
Mentor |
Department/School |
| Erin Slate and Paula Hach | Celia Hooper | Dept. of Communication Sciences and Disorders |
Presentation |
Standarization of a motor speech profile in normal adults, 52nd annual convention of the North Carolina Speech, Hearing and Language Association, Durham, NC. |
Student |
Mentor |
Department/School |
| Ashley Smallwood | Eva Nwokah | Dept. of Communication Sciences and Disorders |
Presentation |
Nwokah, E., Smallwood, A., King, J. and Arenas, K. 2006. Communicative Intervention with and without toys, North Carolina Speech Hearing Language Association, NC. |
Students |
Mentor |
Department/School |
| Sarah Smith | Maura Heyn | Department of Classical Studies |
Presentation |
Southern Section meetings, Classical Association of the Middle West and South, Fall 2006. |
Student |
Mentor |
Department/School |
| Brian Stadler | Jan Rychtar | Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics |
Presentation |
Evolutionary Dynamics on Graphs, State of North Carolina Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium, November, 2005. |
Students |
Mentor |
Department/School |
| Brian Stadler | Jan Rychtar | Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics |
Presentation |
Evolutionary Dynamics on Small-World Networks, State of North Carolina Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium, November, 2006. |
Student |
Mentor |
Department/School |
| Christian Sykes | Jan Rychtar | Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics |
Presentation |
Stealing's for the Birds: A model of kleptoparasitism, State of North Carolina Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium, November, 2005. |
Students |
Mentor |
Department/School |
| Christian Sykes | Jan Rychtar | Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics |
Presentation |
2005 Southeastern regional undergraduate mathematics conference. |
Student |
Mentor |
Department/School |
| Angela Wohner | George Michel | Department of Psychology |
Presentation |
The Effect of Manual Experience on the Expression of Hand Use Preferences by Three-month-old Infants, Carolina's Psychology Conference, Raleigh, NC; NCPA Spring Institutes and Conference Poster Session, Charlotte, NC. |
Students |
Mentor |
Department/School |
| Graeme Wright | Mary Sandford | Department of Anthropology |
Presentation |
Wright, G. and Sandford, M. Evaluating the value of high resolution digital photographs for assessing dental attrition rates in prehistoric human skeletal remains, National Conference of Undergraduate Research, Asheville, NC. |
Peer-Reviewed Manuscripts
Student |
Mentor |
Department/School |
| David W. Allgood | Matina C. Kalcounis-Rueppell | Department of Biology |
Citation |
Allgood, David W., Miller, Darren A., & Matina C. Kalcounis-Rueppell (2009). Influence of Intensive Pine Management on Dipteran Community Structure in Coastal North Carolina. Environment Entomological, 38(3): 657-666. |
Student |
Mentor |
Department/School |
| Melanie Andes | Mona Shattell | School of Nursing |
Citation |
Andes, M., & Shattell, M. (2006). An Exploration of Space and Place in Acute Psychiatric Care. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 27, 699-707. |
Student |
Mentor |
Department/School |
| Melanie Andes | Mona Shattell | School of Nursing |
Citation |
Shattell, M., & Andes, M. (2008). Smoking Bans in Acute Care Psychiatric Settings: A Machiavellian Smoke Screen? Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 29 (2), 201-203. |
Student |
Mentor |
Department/School |
| Melanie Andes | Mona Shattell | School of Nursing |
Citation |
Shattell, M., Andes, M., & Thomas, S. (in press). How Patients and Nurses Experience the Acute Care Psychiatric Environment. Nursing Inquiry. [Data-based publication] |
Student |
Mentor |
Department/School |
| Charles A. Barnes | N.H.L. Chiu | Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry |
Citation |
C.A. Barnes, N.H.L. Chiu, Int. J. Mass Spectrom. (2008), doi:10.1016/j.ijms.2008.10.006, Accurate characterization of carcinogenic DNA adducts using MALDI tandem time-of-flight mass spectrometry. |
Student |
Mentor |
Department/School |
| Robert Gove | Jan Rychtar | Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics |
Citation |
Gove R. (2007). A slice of Pi, Explorations. The Journal of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities for the State of North Carolina. |
Student |
Mentor |
Department/School |
| Robert Gove | Jan Rychtar | Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics |
Citation |
Gove. R., & Rychtar, J. (2008). On the exponential function. International Journal of Mathematics Teaching and Learning. |
Student |
Mentor |
Department/School |
| Samuel Grundman | Jan Rychtar | Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics |
Citation |
Grundman, S., Koblizkova, L., & Rychtar J. (2008). A Hawk-Dove game in finite kleptoparasitic populations. Journal of Interdisciplinary Mathematics. |
Student |
Mentor |
Department/School |
| Courtney Jenkins | Mona Shattell | School of Nursing |
Citation |
Shattell, M., Hamilton, D., Starr, S., Jenkins, C., & Hinderliter, N. (in press, April 2008). Mental health service needs of a Latino population: A community-based participatory research project. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 29 (4). |
Student |
Mentor |
Department/School |
| Joseph Krenicky | Jan Rychtar | Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics |
Citation |
Krenicky, J., & Rychtar, J. (2006). Note on Gabriel's horn. Furman Electronic Journal of Undergraduate Mathematics. Vol 11, pages 4-7. |
Student |
Mentor |
Department/School |
| Joseph Krenicky | Jan Rychtar | Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics |
Citation |
Krenicky, J. (2006). On Replicator Dynamics and Evolutionary Games, Explorations. The Journal of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities for the State of North Carolina, 73-79. |
Student |
Mentor |
Department/School |
| Matthew J. Lanctot | Edward H. Hellen | Department of Nutrition |
Citation |
Hellen, E., Lanctot, M., (2007). Nonlinear damping of the LC circuit using antiparallel diodes. American Association of Physics Teachers, 75 (4), 326-330. |
Student |
Mentor |
Department/School |
| Dan MacMartin | Jan Rychtar | Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics |
Citation |
MacMartin, R.D., & Rychtar, J. (2007). On spatial Rock-Paper-Scissors game. Morehead Electronic Journal of Applicable Mathematics, 5. |
Student |
Mentor |
Department/School |
| Kristina Martinez | Michael McIntosh | Department of Nutrition |
Citation |
Chung, S., LaPoint, K., Kennedy, A., Martinez, K., Boysen-Sandberg, M, & McIntosh, M. 2006. Preadipocytes mediated LPS-induced inflammation and insulin resistance in primary cultures of newly differentiated human adipocytes. Endocrinology. |
Students |
Mentor |
Department/School |
| A.B. Moore and B. A. Clark | Michael Kane | Department of Psychology |
Citation |
Moore, A. B., Clark, B. A., & Kane, M. J. (in press). Who shalt not kill? Individual differences in working memory capacity, executive control, and moral judgment. Psychological Science. |
Student |
Mentor |
Department/School |
| Tracie Rowe | Robin Bartlett | School of Nursing |
Citation |
Shattell, M., Bartlett, R. , & Rowe, T. (2008). "I Have Always Felt Different:" The Experience of Childhood AD/HD. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 23 (1), 49-57. |
Students |
Mentor |
Department/School |
| Katherine Smith | Mona Shattell | School of Nursing |
Citation |
Shattell, M. , Smith, K. , Eddins, E. , & McNeill, C. (2008). Dispelling Desperation in Pre-Licensure Nursing Education. Teaching and Learning in Nursing, 3(1), 41-44. |
Student |
Mentor |
Department/School |
| Natalie Stokes | Mona Shattell | School of Nursing |
Citation |
Shattell, M., Villalba, J., Stokes, N ., Hamilton, D., Foster, J., Petrini, H., Johnson, K., Hinderliter, N., Witherspoon, C., Hinshaw, R.K., & Faulkner, C. (in press). Depression in Latinas residing in emerging Latino immigrant communities in the United States. Hispanic Health Care International. [Data-based publication] |
Students |
Mentor |
Department/School |
| Brian Stadler | Jan Rychtar | Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics |
Citation |
Rychtar J., & Stadler, B. (2008). Evolutionary Dynamics on Small-World Networks. International Journal of Mathematics Sciences 2 (1), 1-4. |
Student |
Mentor |
Department/School |
| Christian Sykes | Jan Rychtar | Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics |
Citation |
Rivasplata,O., & Rychtar J., & Sykes, C. (2006). Evolutionary games in finite populations. Pro Mathematica 20, 147-164. |
Students |
Mentor |
Department/School |
| Brian Stadler | Jan Rychtar | Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics |
Citation |
Broom, M., Rychtar J., & Sykes, C. (2008). The evolution of kleptoparasitism under adaptive dynamics without restrictions. Journal of Interdisciplinary Mathematics. |
Student |
Mentor |
Department/School |
| Crystal Washington | Mark Schultz | Dept. of Public Health Education |
Citation |
Schulz, M. R., Dotson-Hargis, G., Smith, S., & Washington, C. (2006). "Who Uses and Does Not Use Greensboro Trails and What Activities Do They Prefer?" Preventive Medicine. |






