Haas Scholars Program

Applying Current Scholars Workshop Schedule Download Documents News & Events Scholars' Archive Robert & Colleen Haas Undergraduate Research Homepage Search the site		The 2005-2006 Haas Scholars Carrie Ann Bodley (Middle Eastern Studies major) “Israeli Water Policies and their Effects on West Bank Palestinians” Sponsor: Hatem Bazian, Lecturer, Near Eastern Studies Alex Omar Bratkievich Krainuk (Linguistics major) “The Existential/Canonical Alternation in Brazilian Portuguese: A Perspective from Optimality Theory” Sponsor: Professor Line Mikkelsen, Linguistics Monica Deza (Economics/Mathematics major) “Effect of First Generation Immigrants’ Time Horizons on the Human Capital Acquisitions of Second Generation Immigrants” Sponsor: Professor David Card, Economics Mary Gardner (Geography major) “The Commodification of Place: Tourism in Montego Bay, Jamaica” Sponsor: Professor Richard Walker, Geography Cherie Hill (Dance and Performance Studies major /African American Studies minor) “Re-Identifying Big Butts and Hypersexuality: An Analysis of Choreographer Jawoloe Willa Jo Zollar's Batty Moves" Sponsor: Professor Brandi Catanese, Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies Chau Thuy Huynh (Art Practice/Social Welfare Major) “The Crane and Dragon: The Fusion of Vietnamese Mythologies and Culture in Art Forms” Sponsor: Professor Katherine Sherwood, Art Practice Kirstin Anne Jackson (Anthropology major) “An American Funeral: Christianity, Capitalism and 'Passing Away'” Sponsor: Professor Stanley H. Brandes, Anthropology David Jiménez (Sociology major) “Framing Proposition 71: Understanding The Debate Over Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research” Sponsor: Professor Kristin Luker, Sociology Ilmo Konstantin Kotaja (Psychology/Interdisciplinary Field Studies major) “The Biology of Compassion: Locating Goodness in the Heart” Sponsor: Professor Dacher Keltner, Psychology Amanda Liu (Molecular and Cell Biology/Public Health major) “Chemical Design, Synthesis, and Clinical Exploitation of Promising Ligands Having High Affinity for the TRP-M8 Receptor of Prostate Cancer Cells” Sponsor: Ahamindra Jain, Lecturer, College of Chemistry Christine Ma (Psychology/Spanish major) “Unpacking the Paradox of In-group Derogation Via Dialecticism, Power, and Affect” Sponsor: Professor Kai Ping Peng, Psychology Joen Madonna (Geography major) “Hidden in Plain View: Cannabis Clubs, Visibility, and Power in the Urban Landscapes of the Bay Area and Amsterdam" Sponsor: Professor Paul Groth, Geography Christopher David McCoy (Mechanical Engineering Major) “Carburetors for the 21st Century: Flow and Temperature Sensor Integration with Enhanced Mixing" Sponsor: Professor Albert Pisano, Mechanical Engineering Susana Evelyn Moreno (Chicano Studies/Ethnic Studies major, Education minor) “Latina Caregivers' Perceptions of the Impact They Have on Their Employers' Families, and Changes in Their Perspectives on the 'American Family'" Sponsor: Professor Alex Saragoza, Chicano Studies Joseph Paul Scalice (Interdisciplinary Studies Field major) “Modes of Production and Tactics of Resistance: a Study of the Philippine Left in the 1990s" Sponsor: Professor Jeff Hadler, South and Southeast Asian Studies Tyler Shores (Rhetoric/English major) “Fictional Nonfiction: Examining Postmodernist Parody and Subjectivity in Mass Culture" Sponsor: Professor Kent Puckett, English Mona Urbina (Conservation and Resource Studies major) “Gardening for Native Bees in the San Francisco Bay Area and Beyond" Sponsor: Professor Gordon Frankie, Environmental Science, Policy, and Management Christopher Jay van Belle (Molecular and Cell Biology major) “Mapping the World's Genome: Global Protein Demographics" Sponsor: Professor Steven Brenner, Plant and Microbial Biology Saul Wainwright (Political Economy of Industrial Societies major) “South African Foreign Direct Investment in Mozambique" Sponsor: Professor Maximilian Auffhammer, Agricultural and Resource Economics and International and Area Studies Program Daniel Elias Zoughbie (Urban Studies major/Middle Eastern Studies minor) “The Diabetes Micro-Clinic Project: Community Awareness and Ownership in the Developing World" Sponsor: Professor Ananya Roy, City and Regional Planning
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