Summer Scholarship, Creative Arts and Research Projects Program
The Summer Scholarship, Creative Arts and Research Projects (SCARP) program was created to support independent student research under the sponsorship of a faculty mentor. The program is a non-credit experiential learning program designed to enhance professional skills and provide a competitive advantage to participating students in the pursuit of career opportunities and graduate studies. At the same time, participating faculty scholars and researchers will benefit from student involvement in support of professional scholarship and research agendas.
For participating in the program, students will receive a training stipend, room and board for the duration of their projects (from 3 to 10 weeks), and a professional experience as part of a scholarship/research community. They will also benefit from highly personalized mentoring from active researchers and scholars.
SCARP has been approved as a supervised research option that fulfills one of the two required Signature Learning Experiences (SLE) for Elizabethtown College students. Read more about SCARP and other Signature Learning Experiences here.
SCARP would like to give special congratulations to Dr. David Bowne and Dr. Jodi Yorty on being featured in CUR Quarterly Summer 2016 Edition for Dr. Bowne's TurtlePop project. You can read the article here.
Summer SCARP 2018
| Friday June 8, 2018 | Lyet 153 | 9 to 9:15 a.m. |
| Faculty Mentor(s) |
Student Researcher(s) |
Project Title |
| Conrad Kanagy, Sociology & Anthropology |
Emily Modrak |
Man’s Best Friend? |
| Monday June 25, 2018 | Hoover 212 | 9 to 10 a.m. |
| Faculty Mentor(s) |
Student Researcher(s) |
Project Title |
| Oya Dursun-Ozkanca, Political Science |
Marc Unger |
Cyprus and NATO’s Partnership for Peace Program: Projections on the future |
| Tara Moore, English |
Megan Kane |
Using Popular Media to Support Student Research Learning Outcomes: Podcasting in the Literature Classroom |
| Richard Papez, Chemistry |
Michael Chaffier, Katie Snyder, Carli Monostra |
Further Exploration of Non-isocyanate Polyurethane Oligomers with Particular Interest in Eliminating the Solvent |
| Mahua Bhattacharya, Modern Languages |
Lianne Connolly |
From Hiroshima to Fukushima: Learning from Japan’s experience of nuclear disasters |
| Monday July 9, 2018 | Hoover 212 | 9 to 10:45 a.m. |
| Faculty Mentor(s) |
Student Researcher(s) |
Project Title |
| Diane Bridge, Biology |
Grace Gibson, Claire Weckerly |
DNA sequence analysis of genes involved in stress responses in a stress-sensitive and a stress-resistant species of Hydra |
| Lesley Finney, Development,and James Reeb, Social Enterprise Institute |
Rachel Lee |
Grant Writing for the Social Enterprise |
| Lauren Gibson, Chemistry |
Kaitlyn Jacoby |
Detection of Heavy Metals by Colorimetric Polymer Nanoparticles |
| Jodi Yorty, Biology |
Sara Luckenbill,Emily Sechrist |
Characterization of the effects of corticosterone and anti-CD40 on a murine dendritic cell line (MuTuDC) |
| Vanessa Borilot, Modern Languages, & Brian Newsome, History |
Emily Wieder |
From Apollinaire to Dali: How cultural exchanges influenced the early-20th century Franco-Spanish relationship |
| James Mackay,Chemistry |
Aubrey Maryniak (ZOOM Conference) |
Design and synthesis of Peptide Nucleic Acid capable of triplex formation with Watson-Crick base pairs in double-stranded RNA |
| Friday July 27, 2018 | KAV | 9 to 11:30 a.m. Java & snack provided.
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| Faculty Mentor(s) |
Student Researcher(s) |
Project Title |
| Lauren Gibson, Chemistry |
Miranda Campbell |
Detection of Heavy Metals by Colorimetric Polymer nanoparticles |
| Kyle Kopko, Political Science, and Steven Nolt, Young Center |
Annie Cosgrove, Sean McCubbin |
Amish Voting in the 2016 Election |
| Peter Licona, PK-12 STEM Education |
Ryan Thomas |
Using PK-12 Pre-Service Teacher Pedagogical Content Knowledge and Informal Science Learning of Environments to Construct, Implement, and Evaluate Authentic and Relevant Integrated STEM Learning Opportunities |
| Ian MacFarlane, Psychology |
Megan Piercy |
Impact of Mastery-Based Course Design on Student Anxiety, Persistence and Achievement |
| Jeffrey Rood, Chemistry |
Jessica Kasper, Amanda Worthington, Sarah Moyer |
Luminescent Metal-Organic Frameworks with Polarity-Sensitive Response |
| Diane Bridge, Biology |
Amelia Baker |
Using DNA to trace the dispersal of the invasive rusty crayfish |
| Robert Wheelersburg, Sociology & Anthropology |
Pareesa Zaman |
Analysis of Iceland’s Public Policies on Cultural Integration of Refugees |
| John Rohrkemper,English |
Tyler Rossi |
End of the Line: A Bonnie and Clyde Play |
| Hossein Varamini, Business |
Anastassiya Sayenko |
Addressing Global Social Challenges with Innovative Financial Instruments |
| Friday August 3, 2018 | Hoover 212 | 9 a.m. to noon Drink &snack provided
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| Faculty Mentor(s) |
Student Researcher(s) |
Project Title |
| Kurt DeGoede, Engineering & Physics |
Daniel Buttorff |
Computational tools for engineering students using MATLAB |
| Kurt DeGoede, Engineering & Physics |
Darren Labenberg |
Impact forces while training on typical distance running training surfaces |
| Bryan Greenberg, Marketing |
Kira Kuhar |
Compost Bagging Project |
| Fletcher McClellan, Political Science |
Brendan Bevel |
The cost and benefits of debt-free public college |
| Peter Licona, PK-12 STEM Education |
Kelsi Newman |
Constructing, Implementing, and Evaluating PK-12 STEM Learning Opportunities for Girls in Conjunction with Local Science Museums |
| Sean P. Melvin, Business |
Patrick Oursler |
Backpack to Briefcases Business Development |
| Richard Newton, Religious Studies, & Carol Ouimet, Humanities |
Hannah Ciocco, Amal Ismail |
Digital Curation of the Puffenberger Collection of Religious Artifacts |
| Alexandria Poole, Philosophy |
Rachel Bickelman |
Greening Philosophy: Exploring Environmental Ethics in Theory & Practice |
| Debra Sheesley, Institutional Research |
Sarah Brickman |
Improve Distribution of College Data by Creating Tableau Interactive Data Visualizations for the Administration, Staff and Faculty |
| Jonathan Rudy, Global Peacemaking |
Rachel Craft |
Enterprise for Peace |
| Jean-Paul Benowitz, Assistant Dean of Academic Achievement & Engagement |
Benjamin Errickson |
National Historic Preservation Act (NHPC) Historic Story Boards for the Campus of Elizabethtown College Connecting the ArcGIS Campus History Story Maps |
