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Student Senior Projects

Class of 2008

Dan Kelly

Thesis: Pembroke Pigskin: A Practical Application of Convergence

Major: Mass Communication

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Anthony Curtis

Amy Averitt

Thesis: Solid-Phase Extraction and HPLC Determination of Dextromethorphan in Hair After Exposure to Cosmetic Treatment

Major: Chemistry

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Meredith Storms

Colleen Griffiths

Thesis: Recapturing the Past: Digitally Archiving UNCP's Student Newspaper

Major: Mass Communication

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Robert Brown

Rachel Oke

Thesis: UNCP Train Kiln Construction 2007-2008

Major: Art

Faculty Mentor: Mr. Stephen Robison

Amanda Perrin

Thesis: Perceptions of Art: Man and Nature - A Study Through Collaboration

Major: Art

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Richard Gay

Katie Smith

Thesis: Forming and Protecting the Middle Class Victorian Ideal: Holmes and Watson

Major: English

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Susan Cannata 

Wesley Gibbs

Thesis: Philo: An Introduction to the Man and His Methods

Major: Philosophy

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jeffery Geller

 

Class of 2007

Megan Grimsley

Thesis: A War on the Home Front:  Would a National Health Plan Benefit Americans’ Health?

Major: Biology

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Bob Poage

Jessica Ortiz

Thesis: Transesterification of Waste Oil to Produce Biodiesel and Cost Efficient Removal of Residues

Major: Chemistry & Physics

Faculty Mentor:  Dr. Siva Mandjiny

Kelly Griffith

Thesis: Media and the Public: The New York Times Coverage of Weapons of Mass Destruction from 2002 to 2005 and Its Correlation with Public  Opinion

Major: Mass Communications

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Anthony R. Curtis

Danielle Chavis

Thesis: High-Performance Liquid Chromatographic Determination of Metformin in Human Serum Using Solid-Phase Extraction

Major: Chemistry and Physics

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Meredith Storms

Beth Butler

Thesis: Career Decision-Making

Major: Psychology

Faculty Mentor:  Dr. John Raacke

Rachel Loflin

Thesis: UNCP Tobacco Use

Major: Health, PE & Recreation

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Sonia Tinsley

Christelle Lebeau

Thesis: Concretely: Working With Concrete Manipulatives in the Classroom

Major: Education

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Carol Higy

Mary Gyves

Thesis: Ireland's Path to Freedom with Eamon de Valera and Michael Collins 1916-1923

Major: History

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Robert Brown

 

Class of 2006

Lidsay Barthoff

Thesis: Obesity's Claim on America

Major: Health Promotion

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Sandra Cross

Rachel Harbert

Thesis: Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall: Does Capital Punishment Protect Us Or is Revenge to Fault?: Exposing the Real Debate Behind the Death Penalty

Major: Criminal Justice w/ minor in Social Welfare

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Mario Paparozzi

Thomas Martin

Thesis:  Antietam a Failure to Achieve Victory

Majors:  History; Philosophy and Religion

Faculty Mentors:  Dr. Jeff Frederick, History;  Dr. Merril Miller, Religion 

Hong Tran

Thesis: Sorption Studies of Cu2+ Ion on Various Solid Matrices Such as Gel and Membranes

Major: Chemistry with a Biomedical concentration

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Siva Mandjiny

Michael Zimmermann

Thesis: Academic Achievement: The Interaction between Personality and Mental Health

Major: Psychology w/ minor in Philosophy and Religion

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Shilpa Pai

Justin Hall

Thesis: CCD Astronomy

Major: Physics

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jose D’Arruda

Jamie McCall

Thesis: The Changing Two-Part Political System: The Evolution of the Libertarian Party in the Context of Philosophy, History, & Politics

Major: Political Science

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Carolyn Thompson

Blake Tyner (Graduated December 2005)

Thesis: Bridging the Generations: A Pictorial History of UNCP

Major: History w/ minor in Public Relations

Faculty Mentor:

Updated: Tuesday, July 15, 2008

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