Muhlenberg College Summer Research Grant Recipients Announced
Muhlenberg College is pleased to announce that six students have been awarded research grants for the summer of 2003.Wednesday, March 5, 2003 03:21 PM
Muhlenberg College is pleased to announce that six students have been awarded research grants for the summer of 2003. Each recipient will receive credit for independent study or research, as well as a $2500 research grant. Each recipient will work with a faculty sponsor. The recipients are as follows:
Greta Bergstresser ’04
Major: Art
Proposal title: “Pictorial Directory for the Upper Susquehanna Synod”
Faculty sponsor: Joe Elliott, professor of art
Robert Saenz de Viteri ’04
Majors: Theatre and English
Proposal title: “The Development of Journalistic Theatre: Research and Analysis of Performance Technique, Writing, Content and Style”
Faculty sponsor: Jim Peck, assistant professor of theatre & dance
Emily Kluger ’04
Major: Biology
Proposal title: “Light’s Effect on Plant-Insect Defenses and Adaptations in Spicebush During Herbivore Attacks by Tulip Tree Beauty”
Faculty sponsor: Rich Niesenbaum, associate professor of biology
Karen Seapker ’04
Major: Art
Proposal title: Artistic Studies of the Stage: Visually Recreating the Experience of Theatrical Performance in Consideration of the Art of Edgar Degas and the Realism Movement”
Faculty sponsor: Tim Averill, associate professor of theatre & dance
Stephanie Zettel ’05
Proposal title: “Phytoremediation of Chemical Pollutants from Soil”
Faculty sponsor: Jason Kelsey, assistant professor of environmental science
Shawn Havey '05
Majors: History & chemistry
Proposal title: "Historical Contributions of Chemists, Molecular Scientists:
Faculty sponsor: Marsha Baar
