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Funded Undergraduate Research Proposals 2002-2003

Principal Investigators

Department

Title

1. Michael Quick

Biological Sciences

Psychostimulant regulation of serotonin transporter expression in the developing brain

2.

Laura A. Baker
Dora Isabel Lozano

Psychology

Genetic and Environmental Bases of Antisocial Behavior

3.

Martin Gundersen
Cheryl M. Craft
Tom Katsouleas

Engineering

Ultrashort Pulse Systems Electroperturbation Technology for Mammalian Cells

4.

Jo Ann M. Farver

Psychology

Home Environments and Children's Early Literacy Skill Development

5.

Nouri Neamati
Tim Ting Chen

Pharmaceutical Sciences

Multidisciplinary Studies in Drug Discovery, Proteomics, and Bioinformatics

6.

Albert A. Herrera

Biological Sciences

Formation and Elimination of Synapses at Neuromuscular Junctions

7.

Radu Popa
Kenneth Nealson

Marine Biology
Earth Sciences

The Interdisciplinary Study of Magnetic Microorganisms

8.

James Smith

School of Music

The Music of William Grant Still

9.

William O McClure
Melvin Lyon

Biological Sciences

Prenatal Stress, Diet and Schizophrenia

10.

Peter C. Mancall

History

Estimation of Gross Domestic Product for Colonial North America: The Middle Colonies

11.

William E. Loges
Sandra J. Ball-Rokeach

Communication

A Case Study of Community-Oriented Radio in Los Angeles

12.

Ann Crigler
Andrew Edward Manning

Political Sciences

The Influence of Emotion on Presidential Decision Making

13.

Thomas H. Jordan

Earth Sciences

LA3D: A Team-Based Undergraduate Research Project

14.

George J. Sanchez

History / American Studies & Ethnicity

Where is Home?: A Mexican Repatriation from Los Angeles in the 1930's

15.

Bryan Burns

Classics

Despotiko Excavation Artifact Analysis

16.

Suzanne Edmands

Biological Sciences

Population and Evolutionary Genetics of Marine Organisms

17.

Bruce Zuckerman
Lynn Swartz Dodd

School of Religion

Ancient Innovation: Tracing Communication and Craft Networks Through Material Analysis of Painted, Metal, and Ceramic Artifacts

18.

Elaine Andersen
Amit Almor

Linguistics / Neuroscience

Semantics and Phonology in Morphological Processes and Impairments

19.

Shrikanth Narayanan
Dani Byrd
Elaine Andersen

Electrical Engineering

Developing Child-Machine Spoken Interfaces:  A Cross-Disciplinary Approach Bridging Technological Linguistic and Social Challenges