Alexis Brown
Major: Marketing
McNair Research Proposal: How universities and other interested parties get and retain
African American women in PhD programs?

Alyssa Valentyne
Major: Biology and Spanish
Minor: Chemistry
McNair Research Proposal: Bacterial Degradation of
Low Molecular Weight Polycyclic Aromatic
Hydrocarbons; naphthalene, 1-methylnaphthalene, and
2-methylnaphthalene by Mycobacterium

Eli Martinez
Major: Biology
Minor: Spanish and Chemistry
McNair Research Proposal: Topological analysis of a manganese exporter protein, MntP, in
Escherichia coli and its response to Reactive
Oxygen Species

Franki Mayer
Major: Biology
McNair Reearch Proposal: Interactions and
Metabolic Output of Acetoclastic/Hydrogenotrophic
Archaea Grown in Co-culture with Cellulose
Degrading Bacteria

Glenn Malecki
Major: Nursing
McNair Research Proposal: Investigation of the antimicrobial properties of commonly available skin barrier protection compounds for wrestlers

Jennifer MacDonald
Major: Anthropology
Minor: Linguistics
McNair Research Proposal: Motivations for Language Revitalization

Jonathan Toepfer
Major: Biology
Minor: Chemistry
McNair Research Proposal: Microcystin
Concentrations in Lake Winnebago
System

Aaron Jackson
Major: Criminal Justice/ Sociology
Minor: African AS, Psychology
McNair Research Proposal: The Role of
Skin Tone and Waist-to-Hip Ratio in
Judgments of Attraction

Joshua Hill
Major: Chemistry
McNair Research Proposal: Benzofuran Synthesis via 3+2 Cycloadditions

Katie Proctor
Major: Anthropology
McNair Research Proposal: The Otherness
Illustrated: News- Media Analysis of the
Representation of U.S. Professional
Female Athletes

Chelsea Vosters
Major: Psychology
Minor: Geology
McNair Research Proposal: Photogrammetric
Reconstruction of the Late Jurassic Cleveland
Lloyd dinosaur quarry of central Utah

Patrick Klepp
Major: Microbiology
Minor: Chemistry
McNair Research Proposal: Deinococcus
Succession in Freshwater Biofilms

Laura Sullivan
Major: Biology
McNair Research Proposal:
The effects of crowd noise on river otter behavior

Wilson Lee
Major: Human Services Leadership
Minor: Business
McNair Research Proposal:
Prevalent vs. Exemplified Leadership
Styles in Nonprofit Organizations in
Oshkosh, Wisconsin

Samatha Retzloff
Major: Biology
Minor: Studio Art
McNair Research Proposal:
Biodegradation of Pharmaceuticals and
Personal Care Products by Bacteria from
Freshwater Biofilms