University Research Committee

2008/2009 Abstracts

Michael Alexander

The Status of Orchestra Programs in the Public Schools

(Music Education / Music)

Benjamin S. Arbuckle

The rise of pastoralism in the ancient Near East: archaeological research at K"sk H"yük, Turkey

(Anthropology, Forensic Science and Archaeology / Arts and Sciences)

Lucy Barnard

Attitudes Toward Seeking Accommodations

(Educational Psychology / Education)

Helen E. Benedict

Assessment of Attachment and Trauma Issues with Young Adopted Children using the MacArthur Story Stem Battery

(Psychology and Neuroscience / Arts and Sciences)

Rodney Bowden

The Effects of Lowering Uric Acid Levels using Allopurinol on Markers of Metabolic Syndrome in End Stage Renal Disease Patients

(Health, Human Performance and Recreation / Education)

Gerald B. Cleaver

Research in the Free Fermionic and Randall-Sundrum Regions of the String/M-Theory Landscape

(Physics / Arts and Sciences)

Matthew Cooke

Effects of Four Weeks of Daily Silk' Soymilk Versus Dairy Milk Ingestion on the Exercise-Induced Inflammatory and Proteolytic Responses in Serum and Skeletal Muscle in a Post-Menopausal Female Population

(Health, Human Performance and Recreation / Education)

Sara Dolan

The Relationship between Specific Memory and Executive Functions and Treatment Outcome in Substance Abusers

(Psychology and Neuroscience / Arts and Sciences)

Steven Eisenbarth

Wireless Sensor Network Simulation and Characterization

(Electrical and Computer Engineering / Engineering and Computer Science)

Crista M. Force

Overcoming the Obstacles: Life Stories of Scientists with Learning Disabilities

(Curriculum and Instruction / Education)

Karen Fredenburg, Glenn Miller and Rafer Lutz

Premier High School Coaches: Philosophies, Views and Practices

(Health, Human Performance and Recreation / Education)

Stephen L. Gipson

Reductively Induced Reactivity of Rhodium Acyl Complexes

(Chemistry and Biochemistry / Arts and Sciences)

Perry L. Glanzer

Comparing Secular and Christian Traditions of Moral Education in Higher Education

(Curriculum and Instruction / Education)

Christopher Hansen

ENDINGS, a feature film

(Communication Studies / Arts and Sciences)

Amy Jacober

The Role of Ethnicity and Faith Within the Development of Adolescent Identity

(Truett Seminary / Seminary)

Paul La Bounty

The Effects of a Either a Unique High Molecular Weight Glucose Polymer Combined With or Without Whey Protein Following Resistance Training on Serum Glucose, Insulin, Glycogen Resynthesis, and Exercise Performance

(Health, Human Performance, and Recreation / Education)

Paul Martens

Religion and Environmental Ethics in North America: A Report

(Religion / Arts and Sciences)

Mikeal C. Parsons

The Baptists' Bible: Acts

(Religion / Arts and Sciences)

Rady Roldan-Figueroa and Doug Weaver

The Collected Works of Hanserd Knollys, Early English Baptist Texts (Mercer University Press).

(Religion / Arts and Sciences)

Qin Sheng

Splitting-in-Action: An International Research Collaboration

(Mathematics / Arts and Sciences)

Jaeho Shim

Relationship between Force and Force Variability at Different Muscle Length

(Health, Human Performance and Recreation / Education)

Todd D. Still

After The First Urban Christians: The Social-Scientific Study of Pauline Christianty Twenty-Five Years Later

(Truett Seminary / Seminary)

Julie Anne Sweet

William Stephens: Georgia's Foremost Founder

(History / Arts and Sciences)

Mary Lynn Trawick

Evaluation of Compounds as Inhibitors of Cathepsins

(Chemistry and Biochemistry / Arts and Sciences)

Karl Umlauf

My View of the Landscape, Over & Under

(Art / Arts and Sciences)

Kenneth W. Van Treuren

Development of a Cascade Research Facility to Study Gas Turbine Flow Separation and Heat Transfer

(Mechanical Engineering / Engineering and Computer Science)

Xin Wang

Examining the Emerging Art Districts in Urban China

(Baylor Interdisciplinary Core / Honors College)

Trena L. Wilkerson

Geometric Thinking in Australia 08-09

(Curriculum and Instruction / Education)