Pacific Lutheran University

April 25, 2008

The Division of Social Sciences honored the 2007-2008 S. Erving Severtson/Forest Foundation Undergraduate Research Fellowship recipients on Friday, April 18.

The fellowships support student-faculty research projects in the social sciences. Last year’s six recipients included Alex Lyle, Christi Berner, Kerri Feider, Paula Nguyen, Bonnie Nelson and Lindsay Zager. The topics examined ranged from organizational leadership and structure to the relationship between experience and perception to how the knowledge of illness can affect attitudes.

The recipients of 2008-2009 fellowships were also announced at the gathering. They include:

• Elizabeth Campbell and assistant history professor Adam Cathcart, “East German Support of North Korea in War and Reconstruction, 1950-1960”
• Sierra Cortes and psychology professor Christine Moon, “The Meaning of Silence: Sound Perception of Film”
• Amanda Crawford and associate psychology professor Jon Grahe, “Do Visual Cues Impact the Rapport Experience”
• Kristen McCabe and history professor Beth Kraig, “Gender, Youth and Imperialism: Raising the Empire’s Boys and Girls”
• Amy Spieker and associate economics professor Karen Travis, “Changing Productivity in Prenatal Care Over Time: The Impact on Infant Birth Weight”
• Hannah Tofte and visiting assistant anthropology professor Bradford Andrews, “Prehistoric Technology, Subsistence, and Settlement in the Grand Park Area”

For more information about the award, contact Carol Reed, assistant to the dean of social sciences, at reedca@plu.edu.