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Winners
2008 Undergraduate Symposium Prize Winners
$1000 First Prizes and $500 Second Prizes were awarded in each
category
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Arts |
| First
Place |
Roger Zare, “Green Flash”
Faculty Sponsor: Morten Lauridsen, Music Composition
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| Second
Place |
Eugenia Sangiovanni, “Complicating Oversimplification”
Faculty Sponsor: Ann Page, Fine Arts |
| Honorable Mention |
Mariana Evans, “Sunrise” (short film)
Faculty Sponsor: Robert Ballo, School Of Cinematic Arts; Kenny Hall, School of Cinematic Arts Sound; Duke Underwood, School of Cinematic Arts |
| Honarable Mention |
Ari Levinson, “The Red Earth: Living With
Nature in East Africa”
Faculty Sponsors: Joanna Demers, Arts and Letters; Amanda Pope, Cinema |
| Honarable Mention |
Ari Levinson, “The Red Earth: Living With
Nature in East Africa”
Faculty Sponsors: Joanna Demers, Arts and Letters; Amanda Pope, Cinema |
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Humanities |
Honorable Mention |
Melissa Shimizu, “American Fertility Decline in the 19th Century”,
Faculty Sponsor: Carole Shammas, History |
Honorable Mention |
Sadaf Nejat, “The Literary-Scientific Culture of the Late Nineteenth Century and its Relationship with Natural Theology: Representations of Science and Scientists in the Victorian Era”,
Faculty Sponsors: Jim Kincaid, English; Margaret Russett, English |
2nd Prize |
Jacob Bongers, Sarah Hawley, “Revolutionizing Research: Online Publication of Figurines from Tell al-Judaidah” (http://www-scf.usc.edu/~shawley/index.html),
Faculty Sponsor: Lynn Swartz Dodd, Religion |
1st Prize |
Divinity Barkley, “Kaya Hip-Hop in Coastal Kenya: The Urban Poetry of Ukoo Flani”,
Faculty Sponsor: Francille Rusan Wilson, History, American Studies & Ethnicity |
Interdisciplinary Award |
Jacob Bongers, Sarah Hawley, “Revolutionizing Research: Online Publication of Figurines from Tell al-Judaidah” (http://www-scf.usc.edu/~shawley/index.html),
Faculty Sponsor: Lynn Swartz Dodd, Religion |
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Life Sciences |
Honorable Mention |
Matthew Getz, “The Role of the SPN/FACT Complex in DNA Replication in the Fission Yeast, Schizosaccharomyces pombe”,
Faculty Sponsor: Susan Forsburg, Biological Sciences |
Honorable Mention |
Shen Soh, “Large T Helicase Mutagenesis”,
Faculty Sponsor: Xiaojiang Chen, Molecular Biology |
2nd Prize |
Robert Saddawi-Konefka, “Identification and Characterization of a Novel Repellent Role of Motor Neurons in Axon Guidance”,
Faculty Sponsor: Samantha Butler, Neurobiology |
1st Prize |
Gerald Sun, “Expression of melanopsin-containing ganglion cells in degenerative retina”,
Faculty Sponsor: Eun Jin (Grace) Lee, Biomedical Engineering |
Interdisciplinary Award |
Sonya Hanson, “A docking study of the autoantibody-nAChR interaction in myasthenia gravis”,
Faculty Sponsor: Lin Chen, Chemistry |
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Physical Sciences,
Mathematics & Engineering |
Honorable Mention |
Marie Anne Cuevas, “Very Low-Temperature Synthesis of Perovskite Nanocrystals”,
Faculty Sponsor: Richard Brutchey, Jr., Chemistry |
2nd Prize |
Bradford Foley, “Generation of Plate Tectonics from a 3-D Spherical Convection Model”,
Faculty Sponsor: Thorsten Becker, Earth Sciences |
1st Prize |
Megan Thorson, “Towards a General Hydride Abstraction Catalyst: Mechanistic Studies of C-H Oxidation with Cyclopentadienone-Ligated Metal Carbonyls (M= Ru, Fe)”,
Faculty Sponsors: Kortney L. Klinkel, Postdoctoral Fellow; Jianmei Wang, Postdoctoral Fellow; Travis J. Williams, Chemistry |
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Social Sciences I |
Honorable Mention |
Diana Bennett, “Youth Reports of Parents” Marital Conflict: What is Upsetting?”,
Faculty Sponsor: Gayla Margolin, Psychology |
Honorable Mention |
Maynard Hughes, “Turning Cold Water into Salsa: Effects of Pain as a Time One Provocation”,
Faculty Sponsor: Norman Miller, Psychology |
2nd Prize |
Michael Kane, “Birds of a Feather, Psychopathic Together?”,
Faculty Sponsor: Laura Baker, Psychology |
2nd Prize |
Dawn Powell, Becky Turner, “The Effectiveness of a Development Project in a Small Community in Rural Ecuador”,
Faculty Sponsor: Carol Wise, International Relations |
1st Prize |
Maya Babla, Sarah Erickson, Kirstin Heinle, “Scene, Not Heard: The Presence & Influence of Movie-Making Women (or lack thereof) in G-rated films”,
Faculty Sponsor: Stacy Smith, Communication |
Interdisciplinary Award |
Debi Ogbonna, “Children”s Explanations of Delaying Disclosure of Sexual Abuse”,
Faculty Sponsors: Jo Ann Farver, Psychology; Thomas Lyon, USC Law School |
Social Sciences II
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Honorable Mention |
Charlina Gozali, “Reluctance and Response in Child Sexual Abuse Victims”,
Faculty Sponsors: Jo Ann Farver, Psychology; Thomas Lyon, Law |
Honorable Mention |
Hilary Feybush, “Do Attorneys Follow Good Practice in Preparatory Examination of Child Sexual Abuse Victims?”,
Faculty Sponsor: Thomas Lyon, Law |
2nd Prize |
Karoline Brandt, “Trauma Disclosure and Pronoun Use: How Our Words Reflect Our Health”,
Faculty Sponsor: Stan Huey, Psychology |
1st Prize |
Candise Chen, “The Critical Period Hypothesis: Differential Influences on Aspects of Second Language Acquisition”,
Faculty Sponsor: Franklin Manis, Psychology |
Interdisciplinary Award |
Benjamin Paul, “Physiology of music-related mystical experiences” (http://mystical.selflessdog.com),
Faculty Sponsor: Antonio Damasio, Psychology, Neuroscience |
Most Innovative (from USC Stevens Institute for Innovation) |
Honorable Mention |
Jeannette Chang, “Multimodal Analysis of User Uncertainty in Child-Machine Problem Solving Interactions”,
Faculty Sponsor: Shrikanth Narayanan, Electrical Engineering |
2nd Prize |
Noelle Stiles, “Intraocular Camera for Retinal Prostheses”,
Faculty Sponsor: Armand R. Tanguay, Jr., Electrical Engineering |
1st Prize |
Sarah Childers, Chanel Fischetti, Ekaterina Gee, Megan Miller, Tanya Nguyen, Carlos Tagabuel, “Prenatal Valproic Acid Animal Model of Autism: Potential Benefits of Choline”,
Faculty Sponsors: Melvin Lyon, Biological Sciences; William McClure, Neuroscience, Biological Sciences |
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