The University of Puget Sound summer research programs are designed to encourage and support research projects conducted by University of Puget Sound students and their faculty mentors. The program seeks to foster imagination, creativity, and accomplishment.
For additional information, visit Summer Research Grants in Science and Mathematics, and Summer Research Grants in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.
Submissions from 2015
Cultural Authenticity and the Impacts of Cultural Tourism in Malaysian Borneo, Elena Becker
Landscape Painting: A comprehensive study of en plein air and studio painting, Carly Brock
Developing Catalysts for Improving Direct Amide Formation, Courtney Carley
Regulation of the Wnt/β-catenin pathway by steroid hormones in Danio rerio ovarian tissue, Macaulie Casey
Altruism Online: An Ethnographic Exploration into League of Legends, Rodger Caudill
Integral Generalized Binomial Coefficients of Multiplicative Functions, Imanuel Chen
Towards a Truer Representation: Transphobic Casting Politics and the Cis-Gaze in Film, Aryeh Conrad
Oncogene Characterization and Mapping, John Evans
The role of MMP-2, 9, and 13, in the regulation of skeltal muscle hypertrophy following functional overload, Reilly Fitzpatrick
Building an Algebraic Representation of the AES in Sage, Thomas Gagne
Pruning the Garden of the Nervous System: Neurodegeneration in Drosophila, Brianna L. Greenwood
Synthesis of Pyridone Ligands and Iron Precursors for the Development of Iron-based Hydrogenation Catalysts, Becky Hanscam
Mormon Feminism: Not an Oxymormon, Alexa Himonas
Entraining Brain Oscillations to Influence Facial Perception, Rosie Irwin
Assata Shakur: The Battle for Memory in the Imagined Borderlands, Joe Kaplan
And the (Fourth) Wall Came Tumbling Down: The Impact of Renegotiating Fan-Creator Relationships on Supernatural, Alena Karkanias
Penitence and Prowess, Maggie Langford
Mussels as Samplers of Regional Microplastic Contamination Trends, Nick Lyon
Predicting Attitude Toward Organizational Change, Antonio Manibusan and Sarah Moore
How Museums Colonize the World's Art, Sarah McDonald
Effect of high water temperature on apoptosis in Zebrafish (Danio rerio) ovarian tissue, Sarah Mueller
Environmental Degradation in Urban and Rural China: A Local Perspective, Taili Ni
The Role of MMP9 in Satellite Cell Activation After Increased Activity, Mike H.M.H. Pang, Jung A. Kim, Gary E. McCall, Ryan S. Mehan, and J-P Hyatt
Landscape Painting and Ideas of Wilderness, Maia Raeder
EEG Investigation of Mirror-Neuron Activity Before and After Conscious Perception of Emotion in Faces, Katie Singsank
The Prophets and Profits of Neoliberal Feminism in America, Molly Stambaugh
Stimulus Dependence in Mirror Neuron Systems, Rachel Traut
Effect of Altered Cellular Redox Environment on Oncogenic Activity of the Drosophila PRL Protein, Frances Welsh
Submissions from 2014
I Know I Shouldn’t Eat That But I’m Going to Anyway: The Role of Mood and Cognitive Depletion in Food Consumption, Stephen Baum
Using paleomagnetism to unravel the mysteries of the Summit Creek Basalts, Glynis Bawden
VP-SEM Investigation of 3-D Surface Morphology in Cirrus-like Ice Crystals, Nick Butterfield
5α-dihydrotestosterone and the Wnt/β-catenin pathway in Danio rerio ovarian tissue following 2 and 4 hour incubations, Macaulie Casey
Rome, Women and Religion: Asserting Agency through Decoration, Chloe Ginnegar
Exploring Distortion and Clarity in the Modern Printed Portrait, Karina M. Harper
Copperplate Etching, Traditional and Modern Techniques and Exploring Philosophical Concepts, Bianca Jarvis
The Intra- and Inter-Sub-Community Dynamics of Fandom, Alena Karkanias
Portraits of Queen Elizabeth I of England: Representations of Gender, Influence, and Power, Nichole Lindquist-Kleissler
The Potential and Limitations of Alternative Trade Practices on Improving Coffee Producer Livelihoods in Matagalpa, Nicaragua, Melanie Mazza
People, Plants, and Fungi: Examining the Ecological and Social Landscapes of the Swan Creek Park Food Forest, Renee Meschi
Molecular Dynamics Determination of Edge-Sticking Parameters of Vicinal Ice Crystals, Sam Naatz
EEG study of perceptual bias in facial expressions, mood, and the mirror-neuron system, Laurel Olfson
Location and Classification of the Olympia Structure, Olympic Peninsula, WA, Jackie Perkins
The Western Façade of Santiago de Compostela: Christian Dominion and Ecclesiastical Rivalry from the Medieval to the Baroque Period, Louisa M. Raitt
Assessing Empathy in Rats: The Role of Shared Experience, Dylan Richmond
El Duende's Struggle with Words: Embodied and Intellectual Investigation of Spiritual Experience within Flamenco Dance, Chloe Rockas
The Myth of the Immigrant Entrepreneur, Daniel Thorson
Scattering of a Point-Like Anapole, Kyle Whitcomb
Joseph Haydn (?): Attribution and Reception, Robert B. Wrigley
Submissions from 2013
The relationship between ocean-climate indices and diet of Rhinoceros Auklets (Cerorhinca monocerata) , Christine Anderson
The crossroads at midnight: Hegemony in the music and culture of Delta blues, Taylor Applegate
Printmaking and Textiles, Abbie Baldwin
The Publicity of Monticello: A Private Home as Emblem and Means, Benjamin Block
Experimental and Numerical Analysis of Coupling Between Musical Drumheads, Ben Boe
College Students’ Perceptions of the Rates of Various Types of Sexual Violence and the Barriers to Reporting, Sadie Boyers
The Construction of a Viscinal Ice Slab for Molecular Dynamics Simulations, Alicia Burns
Media Interpretations of Wounded Knee II: Narratives of Violence versus Sympathetic Coverage, Jana Cary-Alvarez
Development of New Arsenic Based Amidation Catalysts, Cameron Chrisman
Forty Years Later: Remembering the Pinochet Years in 2013, Miriam Cook
Observations of Quantized Conductance over Nanowires, Nick Davenport
Stochastic Optimal Harvesting Applied to Fisheries, Spencer Dechenne
Synthesis of Bipyridine-Derived Iron Catalysts for Hydrogenation, Jack Elder
Manifesting Stories: The Progression of Comics from Print to Web to Print, Hannah Fattor
A Structural and Paleomagnetic Analysis of the Basalts of Summit Creek, Anne Fetrow
The Politics of Transgenic Food: An Ethnographically Informed Analysis of the Ban on Genetically Modified Crops in Bolivia, Kristin Gjelsteen
Effect of Oxytocin Administration on Mirror Neuron Activation, Mackenzie Hepker
Not Just Sex That Sells: Religious Rhetoric and References in Contemporary Beer Branding, Julie Kappelman
The Effect of Physical Attractiveness on Mirror Neuron Activity, Jason Kelley
The Propagation of Light through Dark Matter, Audrey Kvam
Using Fruit Flies to Investigate a Cancer Metastasis Biomarker: A Study of Mammalian PRL-3 Function, Chris Large
Ordered Chaos: the Negotiation of Space in Deconstructivist Museum Buildings, Sam Mandry
Optimal Control for a Class of Age Structured Dynamic Models, Ameneh McCullough
Who's Behind the Lens? Exploring Artistic Voice and Identity in Portrait Photography, Emily Menk
United States' Military Interventions into Civil Wars, Sean Moffitt
Mapping of the Spinal Circuitry Associated with Paw Withdrawal Learning in Spinal Mice, Sophia Raefsky
A Novel Framework for Model Checking UDP Network Interactions, Billy Rathje
A petrologic study of the Teanaway Basalt: Eocene slab window volcanism in Central WA, Liz Roepke
Passing on democracy: A look at discourse in post-911 animated film, Anna Sable
Faithful Non-Believers: Examining Ritual and Belief in a Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Clara M. Sciortino
Psychologically Effective Art, Kris Shuford
Finitely Presented Groups for the Undergraduate Algebra Student, Davis Shurbert
Examining the functional role of dPRL-1 in Drosophila Melanogaster, John Valenzuela
Citizenship Education in Egypt, Madeline Waddell
Striped plateau lizards (Sceloporus virgatus) do not exhibit behavioral syndromes in exploratory and anti-predator contexts, Alisa Wallace
Synthesis of Ligands for Studies on Iron-Based Hydrogenation Catalysts, Shelby Willis
Indexing and Researching National Event Coverage in The Puget Sound Trail, 1963-1965, Jillian Zeidner
Submissions from 2012
Questions of Authorship in Josquin, Monteverdi, and Mozart: Documentary versus Stylistic Evidence, Jillian Andersen
Anisotropic diffusivity of the prismatic surface of ice is model independent, Natalie D. Bowens
Electric Horizons: Advancing the Wind Band in Art Music, Joe Bozich
In-Use Measurement of Locomotive Emissions, Matt Breuer
Rain Inside the Elevator: Dualities in the Plays of Sarah Ruhl As Seen Through the Lens of Ancient Greek Theatre, Hannah Fattor
Northern Fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis) as bio-indicators of endocrine disrupting plasticizers in the marine surface environment., Olivia Feinstein
Corporations are not People: An Analysis of Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, Melissa Gaughan
Behavioral and Chemical Analysis of Deposited Chemical Cues in Striped Plateau Lizards, Jay Goldberg
Selfhood and the Unity of Consciousness, Kate Hanniball
Effect of Out-Group Exposure on the Mirror Neuron System, Mackenzie Hepker