Elizabeth Hoose and Dr. Jeffrey Reber, Department of Psychology Little research has been done on prejudice against people of faith. Several studies indicate that fundamental or evangelical Christians face the effects of prejudice especially in educational settings (Ressler & Hodge, 2006). In particular, two surveys of Christian social workers inquiring about their professional experience in […]
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Short-Distance Cultural Remittances of Shakti among Domestic Workers in Vizag, India
Kirk Hepburn and Dr. Charles Nuckolls, Department of Anthropology The project under question has taken turns dramatic enough to make it nearly unrecognizable and its title almost entirely inapplicable. Problems, faced early in research but insurmountable, make it necessary that the collected data be used for purposes beside my original intent. While I originally planned […]
Attitudes about Educating Girls and Internet Use in Southeast Asia
Hayley Heath and Dr. Renata Forste, Department of Sociology Based on survey data from seven countries in Southeast Asia, I examined the association between internet use and attitudes about the importance of educating girls. The sample is of 6,604 adults. Using logistic regression techniques, I found that the data supported my hypothesis; internet use is […]
The Relationship Between Urban Leaf Area and Summertime Household Energy Usage in Provo
Jacob Adams and Dr. Ryan Jensen, Department of Geography The purpose of our study is to investigate the relationship between urban leaf area, estimated through remote sensing, and household energy usage in the city of Provo, Utah. Anecdotal evidence indicates that trees provide cooling in the summer by shading homes, which reduces the need for […]
Chronicle of a Country: French Oral Histories
Jacob Johnson and Dr. Dean Duncan, Department of Theatre and Media Arts Our project is a creative approach to documenting French culture through the words and experiences of its citizens. We traveled to France and interviewed many people, learning a great deal about what happiness means to people from this country. Our questions were simple: […]
The School Based Family: Coaches and Teachers as Parental Figures for Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Ugandan Schools
Dr. Stacy Taniguchi, Department of Recreation Management and Youth Leadership The purpose of this study was to qualitatively examine the possible formation of surrogate families within Ugandan schools to potentially provide a context for positive development experiences, especially for orphans who lack positive development opportunities provided by parents. The sample for this study consisted of […]
Food Label Literacy and Healthy Food and Exercise Promotion Among Pacific Islander Caregivers
Dr. Jane Lassetter, College of Nursing Evaluation of how well the academic objectives of the proposal were met Originally, I planned to collect the data in Tonga and Utah. The Tongan Ministry of Health never replied to the proposal I submitted for their review. Therefore, spring and summer 2011, I modified the study, and students […]
Transcriptional Activity of the Novel Nuclear Protein nBmp-2
Dr. Laura Bridgewater, Department of Microbiology & Molecular Biology The goal of this project was to follow up on preliminary data suggesting that nBmp2 directly activated transcription. A few months of follow-up experiments, however, showed that the original transcription data was not reproducible. At that point we turned our attention to two different questions about […]
The School Based Family: Coaches and Teachers as Parental Figures for Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Ugandan Schools
Dr. Stacy Taniguchi, Department of Recreation Management and Youth Leadership The purpose of this study was to qualitatively examine the possible formation of surrogate families within Ugandan schools to potentially provide a context for positive development experiences, especially for orphans who lack positive development opportunities provided by parents. The sample for this study consisted of […]
Cytokine Signaling in the Microenvironment May Aid in Tumor Development and Progression
Dr. Kim O’Neill, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology Studies have indicated that in breast tumors a high number of tumor associated macrophages (TAM’s) is indicative of a poor prognosis. TAM’s in the breast tumor microenvironment generally have a compromised immune response and focus their energy toward tissue repair which leads to angiogenesis, tumor growth, […]