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Stephany Churchill
  • Psychology
  • Class of 2014
  • White River Jct, VT

Stephany Churchill Has Been Awarded an Institutional Research Grant

2013 Nov 26

Stephany Churchill has been awarded an institutional research grant for the 2013-14 academic year.

Awarded by Academic Dean Tony Peffer and reviewed by Associate Academic Dean Ingrid Johnston-Robledo, and a faculty committee, the grants total $20,000 and 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.

Jennifer Weisenburger
Validating Methods for Plethodontid Salamander Population Assessments (Faculty advisor: Professor Cynthia Moulton, Natural Sciences)

George Grant
Molecular Cloning of the Clostridium acetobutylicum NAD+ dependent glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (Faculty advisor: Professor Livia Vastag, Natural Sciences)

Jennifer Smela
Construction of rape in media (Faculty advisor: Sanjukta Ghosh, Communications)

Stephany Churchill & Cody Sorrentino
The Effects of Civic Engagement (Faculty advisor: Professor Terry Bergen, Psychology)

Chelsea Sheehan, McKynze Works, Cassie Pinaire, & Molly Ramsden
A double-edged sword: Examining the effect of negative acknowledgment and self-blame on perceptions of a blamed rape victim (Faculty advisor: Professor Kathryn Sperry, Psychology)

McKynze Works, Cassie Pinaire, & Molly Ramsden
Predicting which jurors will blame the victim in a Sexual Assault Case: Going beyond gender and Rape Myth Acceptance (Faculty advisor: Professor Kathryn Sperry, Psychology)

Mitchell Francis
Illustration of the digital book Ooh, Philosophy!: An on-line, open-source, highly-interactive introductory philosophy text" (Faculty advisor: Professor Brendan Lalor, Philosophy)