Past Scholars - 1993

Mr. Michael Appleby
Latin
"Craft Analogy in Plato's 'Gorgias and Protagoras'"
Professor William Fortenbaugh

Mr. Scott H. Arentstein
Finance
"New Jersey Municipal Tax Liens as an Investment Vehicle"
Professor Michael Fabrikant

Mr. Stephen Edward Arnold
Anthropology
"Digesting the Exposed Body: Constructiont of Masculinity in Consuming Culture"
Professor Uli Linke

Mr. Ronald W. Backes
History
"From Watergate to Iran-Contra: The CIA and Public Accountability"
Professor David Foglesong

Ms. Jennifer Burton Bannister
History
"Modernity of Vision in the Latter Half of the Nineteenth Century: Changing Ways of Seeing in Science and Visual Communications"
Professor Reese Jenkins

Mr. Jason Christopher Barrett
Economics
"Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Smoking Intervention Programs Aimed at Elementary School Children"
Professor Louise Russell

Mr. Dudley Benoit
Political Science
"Race, Class, and Economic Development: A Case Study of Three New Jersey Cities"
Professor Roland Anglin

Ms. Ilona Berkovits
Psychology
"Teacher Expectations and Student Achievement: The Role of Gender"
Professor Lee Jussim

Ms. Marni B. Blivice
English
"Deixis of the Glass Window"
Professor Billie Pichard-Pritchard

Ms. Eden Jennifer Blum
French
"Euro Disney: France's Latest Cultural Challenge"
Professor Jacques Fontanet

Ms. Elisabeth Eileen Boyan
Finance
"Financial Analysis and Planning for Biotechnology"
Professor Cheng-few Lee

Ms. Alexis M. Butrym
Computer Science
"An Application for Reconfigurable Optical Interconnects to Dataflow Computing"
Professor Miles Murdocca

Mr. Kevin Eugene Cahill
Economics
"A Comparison of Air Pollution in Planned and Market Economies Relative to Production and Development"
Professor Robert Stuart

Mr. Donald Albert Carlson, Jr.
Psychology
"Validation of the Valsalva Maneuver as a Measure of Parasympathetic Tone: Effect on Mental Stress Response"
Professor Richard Contrada

Mr. Aney K. Chandy
Political Science
"Asian Indian Political Leadership in New Jersey"
Professor Roland Anglin

Ms. Frieda R. Cheslow
Hebraic Studies
"Divorce in Jewsih Law: A Contemporary Analysis"
Professor Michael Sherman

Ms. Jane M. Cowley
Anthropology
"Rituals of the Great Apes"
Professor Lionel Tiger

Mr. Matthew Aaron Cronin
Psychology
"Self-Descrption: An Emprical Analysis"
Professor Robert Woolfolk

Mr. Clive Stephonson Davis
History
"Blacks in Asbury Park, New Jersey: A Brief Social History"
Professor David Oshinsky

Mr. Michael Dempsey
Psychology
"Differences among Personality Disorders in Therapy Processes"
Professor Russell Leaf

Ms. Carmen Michelle Dickerson
Psychology
"Substance Abuse Prevention through Social Problem Solving for Special Education Students"
Professor Maurice Elias

Mr. Geoffrey Christen DiMasi
History
"The Founding and Early Years of Gamme Sigma, the Georgian Society: A Study in Post-World War II Collegiate Years"
Professor James Reed

Ms. Tova Aliza Felder
Psychology
"Teacher Expectations: Self-Fulfilling Prophecies or Accurate Predictions?"
Professor Lee Jussim

Ms. Aimee Rebecca Feldman
Political Science
"The Imagining of Identity: A Study of the Creation of Chinese-American Culture"
Professor Michael Shafer

Mr. Christopher T. Fisher
History
"The Influence of Robert McNamara, McGeorge Bundy, and Walt Whitman Rostow on Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson"
Professor Lloyd Gardner

Ms. Roselyn B. Gaddi
History
"Protest in African-American Art"
Professor James Smalls

Ms. Michelle Lynee Harnick
Economics
"The Superfund: A Framework for a Cost-Benefit Analysis"
Professor Michael Taussig

Ms. Danielle Jean Heimann
History
"The Crisis of Consensus: Myths, Symbolsm and Legitimacy in Israel and Iraq"
Professor Michael Aronoff

Mr. Williamjames Hull Hoffer
History
Political Science
"Bureaucrats at Bay: The United States Commerce Department and Industrial policy, 1903-1992"
Professor James Reed
Professor Kenneth Finegold

Mr. Matthew Joseph Holz
Chemistry
"Scanning Tunneling Microscope Studies of Film Growth of Metals on Metals"
Professor Eric Garfunkel

Ms. Susan Lynn Howard
Mathematics
"Analysis of the High-Latitude Hydrologic Cycle with a Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Model"
Professor James Miller

Ms. Christina Sharon Jarvis
English
"Eden Revisited: Feminist Revision of the Myth of Eve"
Professor Judith Lee

Ms. Kathleen Linda Jennings
Political Science
"AIDS Discrimination in the Workplace"
Professor Milton Heumann

Ms. Swati S. Kadakia
Psychology and Human Ecology
"Lyme Disease: A Survey Study on Why People May or May Not Take Precautions in High Risk Areas"
Professor Neil Weinstein

Mr. Henry Mark Karwowski
Political Science
"The Influence and Impact of Vietnam War Films on Viewers' Attitudes, Beliefs, and Values"
Professor Richard Law

Ms. Sandra J. Kateeshock
Biological Sciences
"An Analysis of Laminin Binding Mechanisms of Murine Decidua (alti)InVitro(alts)"
Professor Bruce Babiarz

Mr. Daniel H. Katz
Biological Sciences
"Molecular Genetic Analysis of Pathological Cell Death"
Professor Monica Driscoll

Mr. Jay L. Kauffman
Economics
"Emprical Investigation of the Expected Utility Hypothesis"
Professor Gary Gigliotti

Mr. Justin A. Kennedy
Africana Studies
"Is the Structure of the Historical Condition of Slavery int he Unietd States a Useful Model for Analyzing and Interpreting Contemporary African-American Social Politics?"
Professor Gerald Davis

Mr. Jo H. Kim
Sociology
"The Images of Beauty among Korean-American Women"
Professor Judith Gerson

Ms. Pamela Jeanne Klein
Psychology
"Memory of Detail at Nine Months of Age"
Professor Carolyn Rovee-Collier

Mr. John Thomas Lang
"Social Support as a Mediating Factor in Examination Stress"

Ms. Tramanh C. Le
Political Science
"Beyond the Political Brouhaha of RU 486/PG: The Fight For and Against the Legalization of the French Abortion Pill in the United States"
Professor Michael Shafer

Mr. Jeffrey K. Lehrer
Political Science
"Changes in Drinking Practices in College and University Students: Impact of Changes in Related Public Laws. Case Study: Rutgers University"
Professor Robert Pandina

Ms. Deanna Lynne Lewis
Psychology
"Discrimination of Facial and Vocal expression by Five-Month Old Infants: Visual Fixation amd Emotional Responsiveness"
Professor Arlene Walker-Andrews

Mr. Chuan Li
Computer Science
"Optimal Locating Strategies in a Mobile Environment"
Professor Tomaza Imielinski

Mr. Andres Liivak
Economics
"The Creation of an Econometric Tool and its Application to Research: A Case Study Examining the Relationship Between Exports and Population Size"
Professor Charles Romeo

Mr. Gabriel R. Longhi
Psychology
"The Psychology of Manic-Depression: A Subjective Approach"
Professor George Atwood

Ms. Stella E. Maceri
Geological Sciences
"Inverse Modeling of Alkaline Lavas from La Providencia Island, Colombia"
Professor Michael Carr

Mr. Michael Matthew Mackey
Political Science
"Origins and Outcomes: The Role of Intellectual Conceptualization in Formulating Naval Strategy and Force Structures"
Professor Edward Rhodes

Ms. Sue A. Mah
Biological Sciences
"Evaluation of the Effects of Vitamin E Antioxidative Therapy in Methampthetamine-Induced Parkinson's Disease"
Professor George Wagner

Ms. Michelle Andrea McCrea
History
"The Pastons: A Study of a New Gentry Family and Its Status in Fifteenth-Century Norfolk, England"
Professor James Masschaele

Mr. Keith McKenna
Political Science
"The New Congress: Have Reforms Helped or Hurt?"
Professor Bertram Levine

Mr. Andrew M. Mersel
English
"World War I and the Critical Imagination"
Professor William Vesterman

Mr. Duane Anthony Mitchell
Biochemistry
"Molecular Charatcrization of a Novel ras-Response Element in the Mouse Osteopontin Gene"
Professor David Denhardt

Mr. Neil Morganstein
Biological Sciences
"The Tao of Evolution"
Professor James Jones

Mr. Andrew Edward Newberry
History
"A Historical Study of the Early Church from the First to tge Fourth Centuries"
Professor John Lenaghan

Mr. Thomas Louis Nickolas
Biochemistry
"The Characterization of the Immune Response to Biomedical Materials in a Rat Air Pouch Model"
Professor Joachim Kohn

Mr. Frank Anthony Nitschke
Economics
"Investor Rosk Perception of the Thrift Industry"
Professor Joseph Hughes

Ms. Sara Joyce Okrend
Economics
"Resale Price Maintenance: An Empirical Study"
Professor Martin Perry

Ms. Kathryn Mary Panos
Psychology
"Ideological Scripts and the Abortion Debate"
Professor Rae Carlson

Ms. Claudia Andrea Paolini
Psychology
"Poor Impulse Control and Other Risk Factors for Substance Abuse Among Special Education Children"
Professor Maurice Elias

Mr. Jeffrey Dallas Parisi
History
"The Sensationlist Image of Frederick II and Its Reality"
Professor Stephen Reinert

Ms. Shona Sanchita Pendse
Biological Sciences
"Analysis of the Role of the Extra-Cellular Matrix during Trophoblast Invasion"
Professor Bruce Babiarz

Mr. Edison Perdomo
Psychology
"Radial-Arm Maze Complexity and its Effect on the Duration of Negative Contrast"
Professor Charles Flaherty

Ms. Danae Perez
Psychology
"Changes in Hispanic Parents' Sex Communication with their Adolescent Children in Response to an AIDS Prevention Program"
Professor Ann O'Leary

Mr. Reynald Arthur Perry
English
"The Ivory Wall and other Stories: A Portfolio of Short Fiction Including a Novella"
Professor Terrence Holt

Ms. April Ann Pilato
Economics
"Workers' Compensation: An Analysis of the United States and Canadian Experience Rating"
Professor Michael Taussig

Ms. Luz Elena Pinzon
Mathematics
"Reasonable Allocations for Cooperative Games"
Professor Fred Roberts

Mr. Kevin Roman Pirelli
History
"The Evolution of a Movement: The Role of the Media in the 1956 Montgomery Bus Boycott"
Professor David Oshinsky

Mr. Derek James Plakyda
Biological Sciences
"The Role of Mec-17 in Mec-3 Expression"
Professor Jeffrey Way

Mr. William John Roka
English
"Salinger's Genius: An Artistic Biography"
Professor William Vesterman

Mr. Leon Albert Rosen
Economics
"Rare Books as an Investment: An Economic Analysis"
Professor Michael Taussig

Ms. Felicia Susan Rosenzweig
History
"Racial Cleavage: The Role of Civil Rights and the Black Vote in the Presidential Elections of 1964 and 1968"
Professor David Lewis

Ms. Christine Salimbene
History
"The Development of the Philosophy of Covert Action, 1940-1945: Preserving American Democracy or Violating its Ideals?"
Professor David Foglesong

Ms. Dhara Shah
Economics
"Measuring Bank Risk-Taking through the Endogeneity of Interest Rates"
Professor Joseph Hughes

Mr. Deepak Ramachendra Shenoy
Mathematics
"Technology and Society: Critical Perspectives"
Professor Wilson Carey McWilliams

Ms. Ludmila Shleyfer
Slavic Languages and Literatures
"The Role of St. Petersberg in the Major Works of Nineteenth-Century Russian Writers"
Professor John Fizer

Ms. Einav Shochat
Biological Sciences
"Altering Alaskan Salmon Natural History and Habitat: Potential Impacts on the Ecology of Bald Eagles and Other Vertebrates"
Professor Henry John-Alder

Ms. Elaine R. Shpungin
Psychology
"Effects of Partial Reenactment on an Eighteen-Month-Old's Event Memory"
Professor Judith Hudson

Mr. Drew Alan Stauffer
Economics
"The Economic Consequences of the Civil War on the State of New Jersey"
Professor James Livingston

Ms. Deborah Beth Sumner
Women's Studies
"Sexual Health Knowledge and Behavior among College Women: The Role of a Contraceptive Education Program"
Professor Judith Gerson

Mr. Francis William Sweeney
Biological Sciences
"Studies of the Roleof Glutamine in the Heat Shock Protein Response of (alti)Drosophila(alts) Kc Cells"
Professor Marilyn Sanders

Mr. Kenneth Michael Swisstack
Accounting
"Drunk Driving: Law and Philosophy"
Professor Douglas Husak

Mr. Gregory Zvi Tau
Biochemistry
"Characterization of the Interaction between the (alti)Escherichia coli(alts) Catabolitye Gene Activator Protein (CAP) and RNA Polymerase at Class II CAP-Dependent Promoters"
Professor Richard Ebright

Mr. Bruce David Tikofsky
History
"A Soldier-Poet's War: A Study of British and American world War I Literature"
Professor John Chambers

Mr. Matthew Akim Tomlinson
Anthropology
"Inside an Outside Community: An Ethnogrtaphy of Male Muslims at Rutgers University"
Professor Michael Moffatt

Mr. Gary Allan Ulaner
Biological Sciences
"Characterization of Luteinizing Hormone Receptor Desensitization via Chimeric Protein Engineering and Biochemical Analysis"
Dr. William Moyle

Ms. Danielle E. Warren
Finance
"The Influence of Trade Balance Announcements on Asset Pricing"
Professor Nusret Cakici

Mr. Jason Stuart Wendroff
Psychology
"The Affect of Serotonergic Drugs on Reward Relativity"
Professor Charles Flaherty

Mr. Lee C. West
Political Science
"The State of Mediating Instituions in American Liberal Democracy: A Tocquevillean Perspective"
Professor Dennis Bathory

Mr. Christopher John Wilson
Biological Sciences
"Structural Determination and Analysis of the Catabolite Activator Protein Bound to 2.5A Resolution"
Professor Helen Berman

Mr. Andrew Nicholas Win
Biochemistry
"(alti)In Vitro(alts) Synthesis of tRNA lys3 and Characterization of Its Interaction with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type I Reverse Transcriptase"
Professor Edward Arnold

January Graduates

Ms. Moonlake Love Lee
Journalism
"The Camera's Slanted Eye on the East: How Asian Are Portrayed on American Television"
Professor Roger Cohen

Mr. Joshua Nathaniel Rolnick
History
"Distorting the Image of a Black Leader: Press Coverage of Paul Robeson, 1946-1958"
Professor David Lewis

Mr. Jonah G. Sinowitz
History
"Ottoman Economy and the Roots of Jewsih Millenarianism, 1500-1800"
Professor Traian Stoianovich