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Colleen Jenkins
  • Athletic Training
  • Class of 2015
  • West Newbury, MA

Colleen Jenkins Awarded Castleton College Institutional Research Grant

2015 Feb 26

Castleton student Colleen Jenkins of West Newbury, MA was recently awarded an institutional research grant for the 2014-2015 academic year. Twenty-four different faculty-student groups earned a grant.

Awarded by Academic Dean Tony Peffer and reviewed by Dr. Ingrid Johnston-Robledo, Dean of Arts, Sciences, and Community Engagement, and a faculty committee, the grants range from $500-$2,000 each.

Several disciplines are represented by the various projects, which utilize many different methods for answering research questions and generating knowledge. In addition to presenting their work at the Castleton Scholarship Celebration in May, many groups will present their work at national conferences this spring and summer.

Below is a list of students and their respective projects.

Fall 2014

Ryan Stanek: Children's Games of the Grant Household- 1850-1880 (Faculty advisors: Lisa Pleban-Physical Education and Andre Fleche-History)

Winter Maxwell Thayer & Lucas McGovern: The Videogame Classroom (Faculty advisor: Terry Bergen-Psychology)

John Snee, Bryce Kaler, Mikaela Delia & Emily Tabor: Social Media Employee Recruiting in a Rural Community (Faculty advisors: Bill W. Godair & Ed Dansereau-Business)

Molly Ramsden: Give Me Some Sugar: The Effects of Glucose on the Acceptability of Utilitarian Outcomes in the Footbridge Scenario (Faculty advisor: Terry Bergen-Psychology)

Hillary Hogle, Amanda Chambers, Cassie Pinaire, & Molly Ramsden: Knowing is half the battle: Expert testimony about Rape Myth Acceptance reduces victim blame and increases credibility in a simulated rape case (Faculty advisor: Kathryn Sperry-Psychology)

Caleb Watkins & Rachel Orr: A Study of the Presence of GMO Corn in Organic Fields in VT (Faculty advisor: Livia Vastag-Chemistry)

Stephanie Sylvester: Motivational factors and exercise beliefs among college freshman: A look into educational factors associated with healthy lifestyle choices (Faculty advisor: Kristin Murray-Physical Education)

Lauren Tulikangas: The Relationship between Body Image and Exercise Habits among Female College Students (Faculty advisor: Kristin Murray-Physical Education)

Colleen Jenkins: Examining the Perception of Relationships between Student-Athletes and Athletic Trainers at Castleton State College (Faculty advisor: Kristin Murray- Physical Education)

Joshua Budzinski: The Relationship between Level of Knowledge and Level Acceptance of Complementary and Alternative Medical Practices (Faculty advisor: Kristin Murray- Physical Education)

Sarah Bergstrom: Is it worth it? Examining the role of mobile health technology in exercise motivation and health behaviors (Faculty advisor: Kristin Murray- Physical Education)

Emily Raber: Examining the role personalities, athletic identity and anxiety play in the use of superstitious rituals among Division III student-athletes. (Faculty advisor: Kristin Murray- Physical Education)

Spring 2015

Jack DelPriore & Matthieu Fortier: Gamification and Game-Based Learning in the Literature Classroom (Faculty advisor: Chris Boettcher, English)

Amanda Chambers: Knowing is half the battle: Expert testimony about Rape Myth Acceptance reduces victim blame and increases credibility in a simulated rape case (Faculty advisor: Kathryn Sperry, Psychology)

Jennifer Morelli & Thomas Stockwell: Elucidation of shade avoidance genes in Arabidopsis (Faculty advisor: Christine Palmer, Biology)

Kimberlee French & Tim Marshall: Tectonic Evolution of the Eastern Adirondack Mountains (Faculty advisor: Tim Grover, Geology)

William (Billy) Visokay: Vermont Technology Job Trends: 2014 & Beyond (Faculty advisor: Scott Hanselman, Computer Information Systems)

Ashley Breen: Nutrient dynamics and photochemical transformation in tributaries of Lake Champlain, Vermont (Faculty advisor: Andy Vermilyea, Chemistry)

Chloe Jennings: Healthy Lifestyle as a College Student (Faculty advisor: Kristin Murray, Physical Education)

Julia McIntyre: Parents' perceptions on the effects of hippotherpay (Faculty advisor: Kristin Murray, Physical Education)

BriAnna Narodowy: Examining the psychological factors that go into forming a successful relationship between student athletes and their coaches at the collegiate level. (Faculty advisor: Kristin Murray, Physical Education)

Joe DeSantis & Meghan O'Sullivan: Student athlete transition out of sport (Faculty advisor: Kristin Murray, Physical Education)

Chris Villa, Kelsey McKay, & Katelynn Leavey: Medicago Infection and Nodulation Effectiveness Based Upon Competition Between Two component Signal Transduction Mutants of Sinorhizobium meliloti. (Faculty advisor: Preston Garcia, Biology)

Nicholas Rosso: Mate attraction by female sidewinder rattlesnakes: an individual-based spatially-explicit computer simulation (Faculty advisor: Brad Coupe, Biology)