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The 2006-2007 Haas Scholars

Joshua Belton and Agata Surma (Geography Majors)
“Development, Livestock, and Society: Cultural Practices and Agricultural Intervention in Upper East Ghana”
Sponsor: Professor Nathan Sayre, Geography

Edina Bohanec (Sociology Major)
“Life Makers: A Nonviolent Approach to Transnational Islamic Activism”
Sponsor: Professor Peter Evans, Sociology

Nika Cyrus (Chemistry Major)
“Uptake of 4-Methyltetrahydrofolate and Folic Acid by Mature Red Blood Cells”
Sponsor: Professor Fernando Viteri, Nutritional Science and Toxicology

Mai-Ling Garcia (Sociology Major)
“The Managed Family: An Examination of the Role of the Military Family in the Institution”
Sponsor: Professor Martin Sanchez-Jankowski, Sociology

Matthew Gracia (Near Eastern Studies Major)
"Palatial Architecture and the Mitanni Mode of Governance: a Cross-Comparative Analysis of Administrative Centers from Tell Brak, Alalakh, and Nuzi"
Sponsor: Professor Marian Feldman, Near Eastern Studies

Yoon Han (Computer Science Major)
“Influences of Early Acoustic Experience on Sensory Perception”
Sponsor: Professor Shaowen Bao, Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute

Dang Lam (Molecular and Cell Biology Major)
“Positional Cloning of the Grinch Mutation in Xenopus Tropicalis”
Sponsor: Professor Richard Harland, Molecular and Cell Biology

Sun Lee (Interdisciplinary Studies Field Major)
“Transitional Justice, Cultural Memory, and Post Colonial Consciousness in Post Khmer Rouge Cambodia”
Sponsor: Professor David Cohen, Rhetoric and Classics

Jihoon Lim (Molecular and Cell Biology Major)
“Role of the dsb system in the antimicrobial resistance of Salmonella”
Sponsor: Professor Sangwei Lu, Public Health

Dashal Moore (Ethnic Studies Major)
“Richmond's "State of Emergency"
Sponsor: Professor Victoria Robinson, Ethnic Studies

Darci Pauser (Anthropology Major)
“Houseless”
Sponsor: Professor Lawrence Cohen, Anthropology

Andrew Peterson (Film Major)
“Ad Infinitum: Co-branded advertising for children's films, from Star Wars to The Incredibles”
Sponsor: Professor Linda Williams, Film Studies

Joel Portillo (Psychology Major)
“When Being Bilingual Hurts: Reminding Latino Students that Spanish is the Primary Language at Home May Hurt Subsequent Performance on a Verbal Test”
Sponsor: Professor Kaiping Peng, Psychology

Nicholas Riggle (Philosophy Major)
“The Development and Significance of Frege's Theory of Concepts”
Sponsor: Professor John MacFarlane, Philosophy

Miriam Solis (Geography Major)
“Women Sem Terra: Participation and Socio-Spatial Transformations”
Sponsor: Professor Richard Walker, Geography

Abby Stein (Dance and Performance Studies Major and Near Eastern Studies Major)
“Shimmy, Shake, and Undulate: A History of Belly Dance in the United States and the Development of Its Many Fusion Forms”
Sponsor: Professor Elizabeth Wymore, Dance and Performance Studies

Sarah Stone (Rhetoric Major)
“The Poetics of Gender in Elizabeth Bishop's Work”
Sponsor: Professor Michael Mascuch, Rhetoric

Sharon Tang-Quan (English Major)
“Jane Austen Meets Hollywood: Narrative Authority in the Adaptation of Novel to Film”
Sponsor: Professor Kent Puckett, English

Michael Uy (Music Major)
“The Baroque Viola and Improvisational Style”
Sponsor: Professor Davitt Moroney, Music

Hector Vivero (Development Studies Major)
“The SNTE and the Democratic Transition in Mexico”
Sponsor: Professor Mark Healey, History



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