The Undergraduate Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity Program is open to all EIU students with a GPA of 3.0 or higher. The program is designed to involve any interested student in the world of research while being supervised and mentored by faculty with extensive research experience. Students will be held to professional standards within their chosen area of investigation and come away with a heightened awareness of the kind of work required in graduate study and in the professional world. Scholarly or creative projects are excellent preparation for graduate school, teaching, or careers.

Participation

Students who meet the qualifications must consult with a faculty sponsor and submit a proposal to The Honors College at Booth House. Undergraduate Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity Proposal Forms will be available at the Honors College or may be downloaded from this website in the spring semester. Students must turn in a Faculty Sponsor form along with the Student Proposal Form.

Undergraduate Research/Creative Activity Student Proposal Form
Undergraduate Research/Creative Activity Student Proposal Form
Undergraduate Research/Creative Activity Faculty Sponsor Form
Undergraduate Research/Creative Activity Summary Report Form

 

Congratulations Grant Winners!

Fall 2008

Student: Ms. Suzanne Krahn, Faculty: Dr. Craig Chesner
"Crystallization History of Quartz Crystals from the 74,000 b.p. Toba Eruption"

Student: Mr. Scott Murray, Faculty: Dr. Suzanne Enck-Wanzer
"Sexual Syndicalism: An Anarchist Critique of Prostitution Advocacy Rhetoric"

Student: Ms. Ashley Nolan, Faculty: Dr. Timothy Shonk
"Seynt Mergrete: A Transcription and Translation from the Middle English Auchinleck Manuscript"

Student: Mr. Ryan Pezold, Faculty: Dr. William Addison
"The Relationship Between Academic Maturity and Academic Success"

Student: Ms. Amanda Veale, Faculty: Dr. Ruth Hoberman
"May Sinclair's Disease"

Summer 2008

Student: Ms. Rebecca Grove, Faculty: Dr. Kraig Wheeler
"Redefining Molecular Recognition Through Quasiracemates"

Student: Ms. Mallory Holle, Faculty: Dr. Marko Grunhagen
"Content Analysis of Environmental Claims: An Exploratory Study in Germany"

Student: Mr. Timothy Hopper, Faculty: Dr. Vince Gutowski
"A GPS/GIS Analysis of Urban Streetlight Efficiency and Spatial Distribution"

Student: Ms. Asuka Nakano, Faculty: Dr. Svetlana Mitrovski
"Pharmaceutical Factory on a Chip: Electrochemical Synthesis of Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs"

Student: Ms. BreAnne Stillwell, Faculty: Dr. Julie Dietz
"Access to Universal Health Care: Examining Perceived Health Disparities Among Developed Nations"

Spring 2008

Student: Ms. Brandi Butler, Faculty: Dr. Ronan Bernas (Psychology)
“The Role of Self-Compassion in College Students' Academic Doubts and Anxieties”

Student: Mr. Charles Coleman, Faculty: Dr. Ronan Bernas (Psychology)
“Cognitive Traits and Adherence to Religious Beliefs and Commitments”

Student: Mr. Dan Cotter, Faculty: Dr. Angela Aguayo (Communication Studies)
“In Whose Honor? Protesting Native American Mascots”

Students: Ms. Michele Deiss and Ms. Zofia Przybysz, Faculty: Dr. Anu Sharma (Psychology)
“Attitudes About Mental Illness and Help-Seeking in American and Spanish College Students”

Student: Ms. Megan France, Faculty: Dr. Marina Marjanovic (Biology)
“Phosphodiesters as Cryoprotectants in Wood frog (Rana sylvatica)”

Student: Mr. Christopher Houchens, Faculty: Dr. C.C. Wharram (English)
“Translator Prefaces in the Eighteenth Century”

Student: Ms. Kimberly Melvin, Faculty: Dr. Ronan Bernas (Psychology)
“How Type of Relationship with God, Type of Prayer, and Religious Orientation Predict Subjective Well-Being”

Student: Ms. Amanda Padgitt, Faculty: Dr. Caridad Brito (Psychology)
“The Effects of Outcome Expectations and Background Music on Time Perception”

Student: Mr. Daniel Rolando, Faculty: Dr. Jie Zou (Physics)
“A Microscopic Study and Computer Visualization of the Random Walk of
Gas Molecules: An Application of Molecular Dynamics”

Student: Ms. Maggie Sullivan, Faculty: Dr. Anu Sharma (Psychology)
“Television Viewing and Suggestibility: Impact on Attitudes Toward the Legal System”

Student: Ms. Shelley Wayman, Faculty: Dr. Eric Bollinger (Biology)
“Genetic Structure of Chickadees in an Illinois Contact Zone”

Student: Ms. Tara Whippo, Faculty: Dr. Vince Gutowski (Geology)
“An Investigation into the Relationship of Shelterbelts to Farm Size: East Central Illinois , 1940-2005”

Fall 2007

Student: Jodi Dyke, Faculty: Dr. Tina Veale (Communication Disorders & Sciences)
"The Use of Phonological Awareness Intervention with Language Impaired Children"

Student: Amanda Hance, Faculty: Dr. Kip McGilliard (Biology)
"Respiratory Effects of Propylxanthine on Newborn Rats"

Student: Laura Lienhop, Faculty: Dr. Scott Tremain (Chemistry)
"Structural Stabilities of Heme Proteins Determined by Thermal Unfolding"

Student: Jamie Pence, Faculty: Dr. Daneen Deptula and Dr. Linda Leal (Psychology)
"Relational Agression and Popularity: Implication of Type of Agreesion on Self-Esteem"

Student: Timothy Russel, Faculty: Dr. Gopal Periyannan (Chemistry)
"Cloning, Overexpression of a Membrane Metalloprotein from the Yeast Schizosacchromyces pombe"

Student: Dana Wyant, Faculty: Dr. Angela Aguayo (Communication Studies)
"Choose or Lose Campaign Gay Rights Commercials"

Student: Ashleigh Zumwalt, Faculty: Dr. Brenda Wilson (Communication Disorders and Sciences)
"Written Discourse Performance of Normal Adolescents with Increased Cognitive Demands"

 

Summer 2007

Student: Meghan Breen, Faculty: Dr. Kraig Wheeler (Chemistry)
"Exploring the Influence of Molecular Shape to Crystal Packing"

Student: Ryan M. D'Arcy, Faculty: Dr. Debra Reid (History)
"Westfield College: The Effects of the Rise Functioning and Decline of a Local College on a Small Town"

Student: Amanda Steber, Faculty: Dr. Robert Fischer (Biology)
"The Effects of Habitat Fragmentation on Darter Species"