ACRE

ALBRIGHT CREATIVE RESEARCH EXPERIENCE (ACRE)

The Albright Creative Research Experience (ACRE) is an interdisciplinary program that enables students to conduct research or creative activity in partnership with nurturing faculty mentors. All students are invited to submit an ACRE application. A committee reviews the proposals and recommends awards. Participants receive a stipend and free room and board during the summer or January interim. Students and faculty from all disciplines meet each week to share their experiences and learn from each other. Many collaborative teams of students and faculty present their research at academic conferences and publish their results in professional journals.

"Participants gain insight into their discipline that transcends the typical college experience. The intense exploration of a topic and acquisition of new skills increases their competitiveness for professional positions and graduate school."

- David T. Osgood, Ph.D., Albright Creative Research Experience Director

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ACRE Recipients 2006-07

Interim
2006 Hall LaKeisha Campbell BIO Diet Analysis of the Little Brown Bat (Myotis lucifugus)
2006 Staub Lisa Seidenstricker EDU Problems in Urban Education: Perceived or Real?
2006 Brandon Shamell Chapdelaine PSY Evolution, Mere Exposure and Their Influence on Liking
2006 Steger Mark Buerke PHY Study of Speed Enforcement Technology and Analysis of Errors in RADAR and LIDAR
2006 Wilkerson Sheritta Gilliams ENG English 390: The Harlem Renaissance
2006 Brown Ashley Gilliams ENG Black Women Writers
2006 Halm Jessica Vettleson THR Lighting Design for ANTIGONE
2006 Pfennig Kristin Forte REL The Possible Effects of Popular Religious Films on the Promotion of Pluralism
Summer
2006 Carfagno Gina Heberle PSY Evaluation Overload: Influences of the Imaginary Audience
2006 DeBlasio James Hamann CHE Analysis of Structure-Function Relationships in Activated Methylene Compounds
2006 Dietz Megan Woodward ART Studio Work: Papermaking & Found Objects
2006 Gilyeat Janeil Mech BIO Using Microsatellite Analysis to Determine Allele Frequencies in White-Footed Mice
2006 Howells Jennifer Brown SOC The Evangelical Environmental Movement: Constructing "The Christian Call" for an Environmental Crusade
2006 Leo Elizabeth Kalouche PHI Aesthetics and Communication: Intention and Meaning in Creative Productivity
2006 Myers Kristen Osgood BIO Importance of Stream Microhabitat at Different Spatial Scales: Testing a Restoration Plan
2006 Nawrocki Marci Mech BIO Los Tuxtlas Corridor Project
2006 Polinski Joseph Rhile CHE Synthesis of a Stable Hydrogen-Bonded Phenoxyl Radical
2006 Ritchey Cassandra Hamann CHE Synthesis of Ambrox from Abietic Acid
2006 Siers Christopher Kalouche PHI Revitalizing Life: A Philosophy of Immanence, Multiplicity, Becoming, and Joy
2006 Staub Lisa Seidenstricker EDU Problems in Urban Education: Perceived or Real?
2006 Thompson Michael Wilder ECON Smart Growth in Reading PA: Economic Development in the North Riverside Community_
2006 Winski Jessica Brogan POLSCI Why Become a Politician? A Study of Personality and Political Motivation
Interim
2007 Buckius Catherine Brogan POLSCI Religious Content of Family Guy
2007 Leo Elizabeth Cacicedo ENG Baruch Spinoza's "Ethics" in John Milton's Paradise Lost: A Feminist Reading
2007 Kohut Jessica Campbell BIO Preliminary Biochemical Studies to support research with broader Physiological and Evolutionary applications
2007 Gjurich Breanne Campbell BIO Applying biochemical techniques to the extraction, isolation, and purification of an enzyme, lactase dehydrogenase, from Streptocaccus
2007 Carfagno Gina Heberle PSY Evaluation Overload: Influences of the Imaginary Audience
2007 Veety Carrie Mech BIO GIS Mapping of Albright College
2007 Priedel Aaron Rhile CHE Revision of the a-Gluocopyranose Pentaacetate Laboratory to Include Unknown Compounds
2007 Polenski Joseph Rhile CHE Completion of Synthesis and Crystallization of a Hydrogen-Bonded Phenoxyl Radical
2007 Tyler Natassia Sam SOC Mate Selection among Africans in the Diaspora: The Case of Nigerians in the US
2007 Scherler David White ECON Reviewing and Revising the Curriculum in Principles of Economics
Summer
2007 Baughman Kyle Adelstein ART THE EYE: An Instillation Art Piece
2007 Carfagno Gina Lee PSY Situational Expression of Attachment and Imaginary Audience
2007 Dahn Jessica Thurston DIGMED Improving the education of African students through the study of technology
2007 Danowsky Mark Cacicedo ENG A Study in the American Short-Story: Research, Analysis, Criticism of Modernism
2007 Kile David Osgood BIO Assessment of wetland restorations at the watershed scale using GIS
2007 Hamilton Melissa Gilliams ENG Breaking Silences: The Exploration of Black Lesbianism
2007 Lehman Brett Xiao SOC Socialization Online: A Case Study of Albright Students
2007 Nicholson Shevon Hughes PSY Self-Recognition in the Visual and Auditory Domains
2007 McGrath Melissa Morris ENG 1916: Literature, Politics, and Peasants
2007 Oppong Andrea Obezee ACC Improving the advancement in education of African students through technology
2007 Pfaff Andrea Ozment MFL A Feminist Approach to Analyzing Gender Roles in Latin American Literature
2007 Schell Tiffany Osgood BIO Assessment of a natural stream restoration
2007 Starks Jon Buerke PHY Laser Range Finding with Amplitude Modulated Beam and Phase shift measurement
2007 Tyler Natassia Sam SOC Mate Selection Amongst Africans in the Diaspora: The Case of Nigerians in the US
2007 Young Hope White ECON The Economic Implications of Economic Espionage
Up to and including summer 2007:
147 Total Awards
116 Summer Awards
31 Interim Awards (2004-present)
68 = Natural Sciences (including Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Environmental Science)
41 = Social Sciences (including Sociology, Psychology, Economics, Political Science)
38= Humanities (including History, Religion, Philosophy, Art, Latin American Studies, Digital Media, Education)