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| C I S A B R E U A L U M N I |
| Since 1991,
the Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior has provided training for 74
undergraduate summer interns (made possible through the support of the National Science Foundation).
Many of our former interns stay in touch with each other and with us -- below are the names of CISAB's REU alumni (listed both alphabetically and by year)
with the last news we heard from them. Click on |PROJECT ABSTRACT| to read individual REU intern abstracts. Visit our other pages to find out more about CISAB's REU Program and current research opportunities. |
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| James Ryan Allen University of Colorado - Boulder Last update: REU Project: A Potential Mechanism for Individual Recognition in (Uta stansburiana) |PROJECT ABSTRACT| |
| Jason N. Bruck Southampton College of Long Island University Last update: (circa 2001) Jason is Chapter Treasurer of U.S. Northeast Student Chapter of the Society of Marine Mammalogy (NESCSMM) and President of the Coastal Research and Education Society of Long Island/Student Association REU Project: If a Fish Bites and There's No Hydrophone in the Water, Does it Make a Sound?: Profiling the Contact Noises of Male Biting in Threespine Stickleback, (Gasterosteus aculeatus) |PROJECT ABSTRACT| |
| Sanchia A. Callender State University of New York - Cobleskill Last update: REU Project: Male-to-Male Mating Competition in the Broad-Horned Flour Beetle, (Gnathocerus cornutus) |PROJECT ABSTRACT| |
| Kristin M. Collins Xavier University of Louisiana Last update: REU Project: Behavioral Evaluation of Ascorbate-Treated Transgenic Mice Carrying the Human Huntington's Disease Mutation |PROJECT ABSTRACT| |
| Michael L. Faurot Washburn University Last update: Michael has been accepted to Kansas State Univeristy Vet School, beginning Fall 2002 REU Project: Embryonic Effects of Testosterone Treatment on Japanese Quail Eggs |PROJECT ABSTRACT| |
| Katy E. Gonzales University of Arizona-Tuscon Last update: REU Project: Variation in the Push-up Displays of the Sagebrush Lizard, (Sceloporus graciosus) |PROJECT ABSTRACT| |
| Liliana Martinez University of Texas - El Paso Last update: REU Project: Influence of Testosterone in ovo Treatment on Sprint Speed of Japanese Quail (Coturnix japonica) Chicks |PROJECT ABSTRACT| |
| Nicole L. Morgan New College of Florida Last update: Graduated in 2002 with a double major in Marine Biology and Psychology, Thesis: "An Assessment of Manatee Behaviors and Biology, with Implications for Conservation". Taking a year off before graduate school to work for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, implementing and coordinating an environmental education program (Adopt-a-Stream) with elementary kids, while collecting data and tracking stream health in Alaska. REU Project: Female Choice in the Sailfin Molly (Poecillia latpinnia) |PROJECT ABSTRACT| |
| Christopher J. Rollo Ohio Wesleyan University Last update: REU Project: Development of Preference in a Foraging Situation |PROJECT ABSTRACT| |
| Pamela L. Wennmacher Arizona State University Last update: REU Project: Effects of Age, Memory Type, and Alcohol on Learning and Persistence in Rats |PROJECT ABSTRACT| |
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| Amanda Cole Earlham College Last update: Graduating in May 2001 REU Project: Origins of Social Organization in Cowbirds (Molothrus ater) |PROJECT ABSTRACT| |
| Idelle Cooper Grinnell College Last update: Planning on taking a year off before attending grad school... was in Costa Rica last semester on a study abroad program in Tropical Biology & Spanish. REU Project: Copulatory Courtship of Wild and Mass-Reared Caribbean Fruit Flies (Anastrepha suspensa) |PROJECT ABSTRACT| |
| Tracye Davis Trinity University - San Antonio Last update: REU Project: Maternal Stimuli Mediates Activity in the Newborn Rat |PROJECT ABSTRACT| |
| Michelle Ennis Rollins College Last update: will graduate in May 2001, has applied to graduate programs in Experimental Psychology. Fall 2000 she took a study abroad course in Clinical Psychology in London. REU Project: Developmental Assessment of the Transgenic Mouse Model of Human Huntingtons Disease: An Evaluation of Behavioral Phenotype |PROJECT ABSTRACT| |
| Carolyn Fernandez Clemson University Last update: will graduate June 2002 REU Project: Biospecimen Testing for Subsystem Design of the Advanced Animal Habitat-Cetrifuge (AAH-C) |PROJECT ABSTRACT| |
| Alan Her Beloit College Last update: selected as one of 10 biology students to participate in a Beloit study abroad class in Ecuador Fall 2000 REU Project: Maintenance of Crystallized Adult Song in Northern Cardinals Requires Auditory Feedback |PROJECT ABSTRACT| |
| Gerald Lopez University of California - Fullerton Last update: REU Project: Honest Signals: Does Fatigue Affect Aggressive Displays in Siamese Fighting Fish? |PROJECT ABSTRACT| |
| Tara Lounsbury Indiana University Last update: will graduate in May 2001 and has applied to graduate programs in Psychology REU Project: Are There Sex Differences in Dietary Composition and Activity Budget of Mantled Howler Monkeys (Alouatta palliata)? |PROJECT ABSTRACT| |
| Shannon Meyer Westminster College Last update: working for a year before applying to graduate school, interested in in microbiology or celularmolecular biology REU Project: The Effects of Testosterone and Food Coloration on Response to Novelty in the Male Domestic Chick (Gallus gallus domesticus) |PROJECT ABSTRACT| |
| Bojana Zupan Barnard College Last update: Doing a second summer internship after CISAB REU, working with Monk Seals off Croatian coast REU Project: Direct, but Not Indirect, D1 Activation Facilitates Efficient Search of an Unbaited Radial Arm Maze |PROJECT ABSTRACT| |
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| Lori Burke Pikeville College Last update: REU Project: The Effects of the Developmental Environmenet on Antipredator Mechanisms of Larval Southern Two-Lined Salamanders, Eurycea cirrigera |PROJECT ABSTRACT| |
| Frances M. Contreras University of Notre Dame Last update: REU Project: Glucocorticoids Impair Memory for New Food Locations During Later Stages of Food Stress |PROJECT ABSTRACT| |
| Nathan Grindle University of Maine-Farmington Last update: REU Project: Subtle Features of Female Body Posture as a Cue for Male Courtship in the Threespine Stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus |PROJECT ABSTRACT| |
| Roina Hardiway North Carolina State University Last update: E-mail: rshardiw@unity.ncsu.edu REU Project: Combining Positional Behavior with Labanotation in Bonobos and Gorillas |PROJECT ABSTRACT| |
| Dionna Jeter Bowie State College Last update: (circa 2000) I am working in the Bio-physical genetics laboratory at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland, studying genetic mutations and transformation in the fruit fly. I am a graduating senior and am in the process of applying to medical school. REU Project: The Effect of Chemosensory Predator Cue on Morphological Characters and Escape Behavior in Hyla chrysocelis Tadpoles |PROJECT ABSTRACT| |
| Clara Kebabian Wellesley College Last update: Clara's photos from summer at IU | Clara's web page | Clara's Chaos Clara presented her REU research at the Ruhlman Conference at Wellesley on 2 May 2000 (Science & Technology / Brain & Behavior section). Clara has joined the Peace Corps and will be serving as a rural health volunteer in Nepal for the next 2 years. E-mail: ckebabian@wellesley.edu REU Project: Laugh Away Your Cravings: The Effects of Nitrous Oxide on the Drinking Behavior of High Alcohol Drinking and Alcohol Preferring Rats |PROJECT ABSTRACT| |
| Cassandra Kifer Siena College Last update: REU Project: Reproductive Character Displacement in the Calling Songs of Two Cricket Species, Gryllus fultoni and G. vernalis (Orthoptera; Gryllidae) |PROJECT ABSTRACT| |
| W. Hugh Nesbit Guilford College Last update: REU Project: Diet Does Not Effect Mate Choice in Japanese Quail |PROJECT ABSTRACT| |
| Jantra Ngosuwan Southampton College Last update: REU Project: The Effects an NMDA Antagonist, MK-801, During Development on Motor Neurons in the Spinal Nucleus of the Bulbocavernosus |PROJECT ABSTRACT| |
| Brooke Wells Knox College Last update: REU Project: Learning to Time |PROJECT ABSTRACT| |
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| Sara A. Breese Lycoming College Last update: REU Project: Pavlovian Cues Predicting Food Suppress Corticosterone Following Food Reduction |PROJECT ABSTRACT| |
| Jacqueline V. Brown DePauw University Last update: REU Project: Growth and Development as an Indirect Genetic Trait in Dendrobates auratus Frogs |PROJECT ABSTRACT| |
| Brian T. Fobbs University of Maryland-Eastern Shore Last update: REU Project: Multi-unit Hippocampal Recording During Eye Blink Conditioning in Rat |PROJECT ABSTRACT| |
| Cynthia Lang Cornell University Last update: Finishing her Biology degree, with a concentration in Neurobiology and Behavior E-mail: cl98@cornell.edu REU Project: Coordination of Vocal and Visual Display in Brown-Headed Cowbirds |PROJECT ABSTRACT| |
| Linda E. Hays B.A. Hanover College 1999 Last update: 1999 Summer Intership at NASA's Life Sciences Division, Ames Research Center, collaborating on a project entitled, "Effects of Micro- and Macrogravity on Gestation and Birth in Rats". Linda was accepted at a number of Ph.D. programs before deciding on the Biology doctoral program at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. REU Project: The Role of Dopamine in the Organization of Movement Patterns in Perinatal Rats |PROJECT ABSTRACT| Poster presentation based on REU project: L. Hays, A. Ronca & R. Abel. July 1998. Catecholine Mediated Movement Following Simulated Labor Contractions in Newborn Rats. NASA In-House Research Day, Ames Research Center, CA. |
| Kamau A. McAbee University of Maryland-Eastern Shore Last update: Employed at Global Information Service at UMES and planning to attend graduate school in the next year or two. REU Project: Glucocorticoids Modulate Memories for New Food Locations Particularly During Periods of Food Stress |PROJECT ABSTRACT| |
| Kimberly S. Myers B.S. Middle Tennessee State University 1999 Last update: Kim was accepted to Ph.D. programs at Harvard University and Vanderbuilt University before deciding on the Microbiology Program doctoral program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She'll be conducting research in the field of virology. UPDATE: Kim's entire lab is moving to... Harvard University. REU Project: Posture as a Signal in Aggression of Male Three-Spined Sticklebacks |PROJECT ABSTRACT| |
| Priya M. Shimpi Indiana University Last update: Priya will finish her Psychology degree at Indiana University in 2000. She's been awarded an NSF Graduate Fellowship for postgraduate work in Psychology at Chicago University. REU Project: Bridging the Baby Gap: New Methods in Assessing Infant Responses to Adult Speech |PROJECT ABSTRACT| |
| Emma V. Westermann-Clark University of Florida Last update: In Medical School, pursuing M.D./Ph.D. REU Project: Huddling by Rat Pups: Groups vs. Individuals on a Shallow Thermocline |PROJECT ABSTRACT| |
| Erika L. Yates University of North Carolina - Pembroke Last update: 1999 Summer Internship at Shanon Point Marine in Anacordes, WA now in graduate school (Biology) at Western Carolina University E-mail: belladonnaz@hotmail.com REU Project: Background color matching over development in Hyla versicolor tadpoles |PROJECT ABSTRACT| |1999 Shanon Point Marine Project| |
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| Betty K. Ackerson B.S. Slippery Rock University 1998 M.S. Sul Ross State University 2001 Last update: Betty participated in two Summer Internships (2000, 2001) for the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department in Fort Davis, Texas, and worked as a Teaching Assistant (1999-2001) while pursuing a graduate degree. She obtainted a M.S. degree in Range and Wildlife Management at Sul Ross State University in 2001. REU Project: The Costs and Benefits of Elevated Testosterone on Activity, Locomotor Performance, and Coloration in Sceloporus jarrovi |PROJECT ABSTRACT| |
| Stephanie Blake Indiana University Last update: REU Project: Suppression of Adrenal Responses to Downshifts in Food Quality by Inducing Postive Expectancies Using CSS Presented in Various Sensory Modalities |PROJECT ABSTRACT| |
| Ayana Fraser Clark University Last update: REU Project: Determining the Specific Effect of Amnoitic Odor on Movement Patterns in Norway Rats (Rattus norvegicus) |PROJECT ABSTRACT| |
| Richard M. Granquist & Erin MacDonald B.S. University of Wisconsin-Whitewater 1998 Last update: Richard Granquist is currently a CISAB graduate student in the Department of Biology's Ecology, Evolution & Behavior doctoral program at IU. Rich has continued to be involved in CISAB's REU program -- as a mentor now. REU Project: Sex and Violence in Stickleback: A Study of Motivational Conflict |PROJECT ABSTRACT| |
| Sarah James B.S. Beloit College 1999 (Biochemistry, with Honors) Last update: Applying to medical school E-mail: knotcute@hotmail.com REU Project: A Dewlap of a Different Color: Analysis of Throat Fan Pigments in Anolis Lizards of the 'Grahami Series' |PROJECT ABSTRACT| Publication based on REU research: Macedonia, J., S. James, L. Wittle and D. Clark. 2000. Skin pigments and coloration of the Jamacian radiation of Anolis lizards. Journal of Herpetology. 34:99-109. |
| Dagmar S. Jungowski B.A. Augustana College 1998 (Biology) Last update: Traveled to Poland in 1998 REU Project: An Experimental Investigation of Whether Female Brown-Headed Cowbirds Avoid Nests Previously Parasitized by Conspecifics |PROJECT ABSTRACT| |
| Michael Medvecz University of Wisconsin-Madison Last update: REU Project: The Effects of Larval Developmental History on Performance in the Terrestrial Environment |PROJECT ABSTRACT| |
| Rijenna J. Murray Indiana University Last update: Finishing her psychology degree at Indiana University REU Project: Responses of Testosterone-Treated and Control Chicks to Novel and Starling Stimuli |PROJECT ABSTRACT| |
| Maria Pena Indiana University-Northwest Last update: Teaching Anatomy and Physiology labs, while working on Nursing and Biology degree at Indiana University-Northwest REU Project: The Ecology of Parent-Infant Communication: Behavioral Consequences of Infant-Directed Speech |PROJECT ABSTRACT| |
| Catherine A. Ragsdale Siena Heights College Last update: REU Project: Differenece in Thermotactic Abilities of Group Compared to Individual Rat Pups (Rattus norvegicus) on a Shallow Thermocline |PROJECT ABSTRACT| |
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| Curtis M. Daly & S.C. Borland Indiana University Last update: Finishing a biology degree at Indiana University REU Project: Effects of Different Wavelengths of Light on Magnetic Compass Orientation by the Beetle Tenibrio molitor |PROJECT ABSTRACT| |
| Afua Dennis B.A. Oberlin College 1998 Last update: Applying to graduate school programs in biology; interested in evolutionary biology REU Project: Higher Order Conditioning in Rats: A Behavior Systems Approach |PROJECT ABSTRACT| |
| Laurie DeWees Indiana University Last update: Teaching high school science in Brown Co., Indiana while finishing her undergraduate degree REU Project: Reinforcement of Novel Behavior in Pigeons |PROJECT ABSTRACT| |
| Sarah Evans Brown University Last update: Pursuing a degree in Veterinary Medicine at Auburn University; Vice-President of her class REU Project: Investigation of a Correlation Between Yolk T Levels and Growth Rate in Red-Winged Blackbirds |PROJECT ABSTRACT| |
| Symico D. Fuller B.A. Alcorn State University 1998 Last update: REU Project: Huddling in Rat Pups |PROJECT ABSTRACT| |
| Reginald Graves II University of Maryland-Eastern Shore Last update: Teaching 7th grade biology in Baltimore; applying to graduate school programs; interested in urban marine environments REU Project: Female Mate Preference and Male Aggression in the Swordtail |PROJECT ABSTRACT| |
| Felesia Jones Indiana University Last update: Pursuing a Master's degree in Biology/Anatomy at Howard University REU Project: The Effects of the Introduction of Relevant and Irrelvant Stimuli on Runway Performance of Testosterone-Treated Chicks |PROJECT ABSTRACT| |
| Melissa Larson Indiana University Last update: Working as a Research Technician on a salamander project in Shenandoah National Park and applying to graduate school programs in biology REU Project: Developmental Influences on Behavioral Plasticity |PROJECT ABSTRACT| |
| Bernard Richard Indiana University-Northwest Last update: In Medical School at Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis REU Project: Heart Rate Conditioning of Alcohol-Preferring vs. Nonpreferring Rats |PROJECT ABSTRACT| |
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| Tishaun C. Cook B.A. Herbert Lehman College 1998 Last update: REU Project 1: Comparing Song Development in the Dark-eyed Junco REU Project 2: Search Tactics and Spatial Memory of Female Crickets |PROJECT ABSTRACTS| |
| Katrina Esch Michigan State University Last update: Project 1: Sensory Control of Cricket Predation in the Dessert Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys deserti) Project 2: The Effect of Pheromones on Weaning and Puberty in Female Norway Rats (Rattus norvegicus) |PROJECT ABSTRACTS| |
| Mabel Lopez Barry University Last update: REU Project: The Effects of Carbamazepine on Discrimination Reversal Conditioning and Memory in Rabbits |PROJECT ABSTRACT| |
| Corey M. Williams Lincoln Univeristy Last update: In the United States Army REU Project: The Detection and Analysis of Chemical Compounds in Male Norway Rat (Rattus norvegicus) Urine |PROJECT ABSTRACT| |
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| Chakeba L. Joiner Jackson State University Last update: In Psychology doctoral program at Northern Illinois University REU Project: The Effects of Phenytoin in the Rabbitt |PROJECT ABSTRACT| |
| Sharese Solomon Jackson State University Last update: REU Project: Spiny Mice: Foraging and Social Transmission of Information About Food Availability |PROJECT ABSTRACT| |
| Sylvia Puente University of Texas-San Antonio Last update: In Psychology doctoral program at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champain REU Project: The Effects of Experience on Response to Female Posture in Male Sticklebacks: Simultaneous vs. Sequential Presentation |NO ABSTRACT AVAILABLE| |
| Glafira Gonzalez University of Texas-Pan American Last update: Teaching Life Sciences at Brown Middle School, Alamo, TX REU Project: Title and abstract not available. Field project conducted at Mt. Lake Biological Field Station, VA |
| Jennifer Kelly Purdue University Last update: REU Project: Title and abstract not available. |
| Susie Stephens Univeristy of Texas-Pan Amercian Last update: REU Project: Title and abstract not available. |
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| Sharese Solomon Jackson State University Last update: REU Project: Title and abstract not available. |
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| Cathy Byrd Earlham College Last update: REU Project: Title and abstract not available. |
| Okun B. Jeyifous Macalester College Last update: Research at Macalester on the pharmacological characterization of nerve growth factor in the spinal cord REU Project: Title and abstract not available. |
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| Cathy Byrd Earlham College Last update: REU Project: Title and abstract not available. |
| Rebecca J. Dyer Earlham College Last update: REU Project: Molecular Analysis of Learning in Hermissenda |ABSTRACT NOT AVAILABLE| |
| REU Alumni: 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 (Past Projects) |
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