West Virginia State Social Studies Fair
OFFICIAL RESULTS
May 2, 2008
Division I, Anthropology, Individual
HM
Jennalea Wallace
Marion County
Snake Charming: Magic or Myth?
HM
Katie Mossburg
Harrison County
American Girl - Inspiring Girls
Everyday
HM
Rachel Roque
Mason County
Traditional Pilipino Wedding
HM
Katie Robinson
Mingo County
Stonehenge
HM
Jordan Beer
Berkeley County
Native Americans: HOW They
Lived
3rd
Breahna Blankenship
Mcdowell County
Life in Castles during the reign of
Mary Queen of Scots
2nd
Robert Judy
Hampshire County The History of Shawnee Indians
1st
Mac McCormick
Wood County
Why Did the Egyptians Mummify
Their Dead Before Burial?
Division I, Anthropology, Pair
HM
Bailea Underwood
Makayla Melott
Wetzel County
The Shawnee Indians
HM
Katie Corbin
Jacey Beaver
Mason County
Colonial Life as a 10 year old
HM
Kaleigh Neely
Hayley Wingerd
Fayette County
Nimiipuu Indians
3rd
Renee Paugh
Morgan Wilkins
Hampshire County East Meets West
2nd
Austin Strickland
Justin Curfman
Ritchie County
How Has Trapping Changed?
Pioneer Times Vs. Modern Times
1st
Matthew Montgomery
Kathern Keith
Gilmer County
Religion and Amish Lifestyle
West Virginia State Social Studies Fair
OFFICIAL RESULTS
May 2, 2008
Division I, Class, 3rd
Perry McGhee
Lauren Shelton
Kanawha County
Does Getting Rid of the Penny
Make Cents?
2nd
Nikolas Brewer
Nancy Kincaid
Fayette County
The Longer-Lasting Light bulb
1st
Amanda Padrutt
Paige Grubb
Berkeley County
We Made Do - Life as a Child
During the Great Depression
Division I, Economics, Individual
HM
Joseph Ellis
Harrison County
Stranded at the Drive-In
HM
Joseph Minor
Ohio County
Baseball - A Reflection of the
American Experience
HM
Tyler Brown
Marion County
Artificial Insemination
Bull....No Problem!
HM
Hannah Kinder-Schuyler
Raleigh County
How Taxes Affect Retirement
Savings
3rd
Alexia Haislop
Wood County
Chocolate: Savory or Slavery
2nd
Ankur Makani
Grant County
Micro Financing-Macro Benefits
1st
Noah Morgan
Mason County
Locks and Dams
No
West Virginia State Social Studies Fair
OFFICIAL RESULTS
May 2, 2008
Division I, Economics, Pair
Perdue
HM
Emily Ours
Brittany Hall
Grant County
HM
Amanda Marshall
Erica Gordon
Hampshire County Coca Cola Through thru Years
HM
Marah Dudgeon
Erin Brown
Wetzel County
Homer Laughlin China Company
HM
Laken Miller
Shaina Pratt
Tyler County
Don't Burst My Bubble!
3rd
Lilly Fleming
Sarah Cole
Mercer County
What Happens When 4th Graders
Turn Green?
2nd
Kinsey Reed
Haleigh Fields
Morgan County
Toys Made in China: Are They
Safe?
1st
Beth Porter
Macy Adkins
Mason County
Pampered Pooch or Basic Bow
wow
Division I, Geography, Individual
HM
Makenah Harrington
Morgan County
The Consequences of Rainforest
Destruction
HM
Asa Ricketts
Harrison County
Supervolcano Yellowstone's
Deadly Secret
HM
Dylan Judy
Grant County
The Extinction of Ice Age Animals
HM
Laura Boggs
Roane County
What A Kid Can Do To Stop
Global Warming
3rd
Katelin Strader
Nicholas County
KIBERA- Is the Grass Really
Greener on the Other Side?
2nd
Abby Kinzer
Mercer County
What Are Some Causes of Global
Warming?
1st
Tim Isner
Randolph County
How Many Steps to Figure Out
Geocaching
West Virginia State Social Studies Fair
OFFICIAL RESULTS
May 2, 2008
Division I, Geography, Pair
HM
Trent Borror
Tyler Rhodes
Grant County
Mt. St. Helens
HM
Michelle Mullins
Lindsey Barker
Mcdowell County
Global Warming
3rd
Nikki Richerds
Gwynn Smith
Wirt County
Jamaica
2nd
Wesley Mendoza
Josh Poe
Wood County
On our Way to Riches on the
Yukon Trail
1st
Caroline Wylie
Ellie Attaway
Hampshire County Radon: Can Your House Pass the
Test?
Division I, Political Science, Individual
HM
Micah Chrismore
Hampshire County Ness Nabs Capone, or Did He?
3rd
Tyler Tucker
Marion County
Campus Security What Will It
Be Like In 2015?
2nd
Amber Barie
Mercer County
Can You Pass the Citizenship
Test?
1st
Collin Clemons
Greenbrier County
The Election of 1912
Division I, Political Science, Pair
HM
Brittany Hagerman
Lakin Hagerman
Mcdowell County
Immigration Laws - Becoming a
U S Citizen
3rd
Austin Smith
Matt Shoda
Mercer County
India: Has the Caste System
Changed?
2nd
Aiden Davis
Riley Allen
Ritchie County
The Pyramid of Ancient Egyptian
Government
1st
Maddy Smith
Alex Doss
Wood County
The Differences Between the
Republican and Democratic
Parties
West Virginia State Social Studies Fair
OFFICIAL RESULTS
May 2, 2008
Division I, Psychology, Individual
HM
Savannah Blauvelt
Marion County
Halloween: Past and Present
HM
Samantha Patrick
Fayette County
Musical Effects
HM
Sarah Harvey
Raleigh County
Hooray for Wii-hab
HM
Morgan Roach
Hampshire County Would They Have Flown?
HM
Breanna Manes
Mcdowell County
Autism
3rd
Kayla Stewart
Gilmer County
Hate Crimes
2nd
Madison Martin
Grant County
Helen Keller
1st
Ryan Kirschner
Wood County
The Devils made me Do It... or
Did They?
Division I, Psychology, Pair
HM
Kelsi Browning
Taylor Hamm
Mercer County
Pet or Predator: How Can You
Tell the Difference?
HM
Kim Boito
Kaylee Hartfield
Tyler County
What Effect Does Smoking Have
On People
3rd
Paige Rice
Morgan Signorelli
Harrison County
Alzheimer's: It's A Family Disease
2nd
James Pheasant
Christian Steinbrecher
Marion County
Optical Illusions: What Do You
Really See?
1st
Madison Draper
Katelyn Keckley
Hampshire County How to get Through Life
West Virginia State Social Studies Fair
OFFICIAL RESULTS
May 2, 2008
Division I, Sociology, Individual
HM
Ulman, Hana
Berkeley County
What's the Right Dog for You?
HM
Daryl Stewart
Mercer County
Don't Be Afraid of the Big Bad
Bully
HM
Michael Pavelites
Marion County
What are the Similarities and
Differences of Schools Around the
World?
HM
Robert Rosseler
Randolph County
Are 5th Grade Students Safe on
ATV's
HM
Emily Mullens
Nicholas County
Harry Potter - Fact or Fiction
3rd
Demichelle Krupinski
Wood County
It's Not All Black and White
2nd
Lauren McKee
Morgan County
Life at War
1st
Maggie Lohmann
Harrison County
Journey to a Cure: How
Technology and Research Affects
Diabetics
Division I, Sociology, Pair
HM
Kami Shultis
Kurt Shultis
Roane County
An Immigrants Experience
HM
Hannah Jones
Kaitlyn Nethken
Randolph County
What Society Thinks About
Natural Herbal Remedies
HM
Chae Whiteman
Kaylan McDonald
Hampshire County Mardi Gras- French Carnivals
HM
Bailey Brown
Townsend Midcap
Wetzel County
A Life Different from Ours: The
Amish
3rd
Emilie Jedamski
Rebecca McCord
Gilmer County
Helen Keller
2nd
Trevor Mullins
Brian Perdue
Mercer County
Hall of Fame or Hall of Shame:
Steroids in Baseball
1st
Daniel Fox
Rhett Hopkins
Wood County
Snow Days
West Virginia State Social Studies Fair
OFFICIAL RESULTS
May 2, 2008
Division I, State & Local Studies, Individual
HM
Anna Bock
Berkeley County
The Evolution of Mr. Vance's
Meeting House
HM
Brianna Hayes
Wood County
Golden Delicious West Virginia
HM
Evan Staley
Hampshire County Caudy's Castle- A Natural Fort
HM
Katherine Deem
Mason County
West Virginia: My state is great
HM
Alexis Loudin
Gilmer County
Flatwoods Monster
HM
Isaiah Meloy
Tucker County
Tucker County Special Olympics
3rd
Elizabeth Wayman
Wetzel County
Wooden Oil Derricks--How Did
They Work?
2nd
Lindsey Keplinger
Ritchie County
How Well Do We Know Our Cass?
1st
Spencer Tarley
Marion County
No. 9 Mine Disaster
Division I, State & Local Studies, Pair
HM
Martha Shepherd
Brianna Kurfis
Tyler County
Why Were Horses Essential in
Tyler County History?
HM
Alex Florio
Chad Morrison
Harrison County
Impact of the Marshall Plane
Crash
HM
Dalton Okel
Chase Copley
Marion County
Discovering Our Roots, the
History of Fairmont
HM
Taylor Fama
Nicole Fama
Raleigh County
John Brown at Harper's Ferry
HM
Kassy Hickman
Desirae Hickman
Gilmer County
The Sago Mine Disaster
3rd
Emilie Embrey
Caitlee Timbrook
Hampshire County Raging Waters of '85
2nd
Caci Trent
Kiersten Dority
Mcdowell County
Thunder in the Mountain
1st
Estella Lambert
Kendra Bobo
Grant County
West Virginia Capitol Building
West Virginia State Social Studies Fair
OFFICIAL RESULTS
May 2, 2008
Division I, U.S. History, Individual
Apollo: Who and What?
HM
Cody Goins
Mercer County
HM
Trevor Hott
Hampshire County Where are They The Lost
Colonists of Roanoke
HM
Sophie Silnicki
Marion County
The History of the Tutu
HM
Seth Cottrill
Ritchie County
Who was Milton Hershey?
HM
David Coram
Ohio County
Walt Disney and his Effect on
American Society
3rd
ZekeSmith
Mingo County
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
(Dime) - 10 Cents to Change
Lives Forever
2nd
Madison Barker
Mason County
Second American Past Time
1st
Jackie Higgins
Raleigh County
Pearl Harbor, Was It Really a
Surprise Attack?
West Virginia State Social Studies Fair
OFFICIAL RESULTS
May 2, 2008
Division I, U.S. History, Pair
HM
Taylor Hammond
Caitlyn Kirk
Ritchie County
What was Walt Disney's Dream?
HM
Jessica Davis
Chloe Evans
Harrison County
Cheerleaders Rule - The History
of Cheerleading
HM
Adrianna McCoy
Shiloh Wamsley
Mason County
Five Decades of American History
HM
Jasmine Kyle
Cierra Stillwagner
Tyler County
Who is Ruby Bridges?
HM
Madison Reall
Alexa Greenlief
Tucker County
Typhoid Mary
3rd
Brandon Armstrong
Courtland Armstrong
Wetzel County
Theodore Roosevelt
2nd
Emily Cogar
Emma Ervin
Wood County
Helen Keller: The Little Girl Who
Could
1st
Noah O'Brien
Nick Corrick
Randolph County
Are You Prepared
Division I, World History, Individual
HM
Caleb Riggleman
Randolph County
Jim D. Carroll
HM
Matthew Joseph
Harrison County
Codes Thru History
HM
Peyton Humphreys
Mason County
Military Flight & Warfare
HM
Dylan Harper
Roane County
Where In The World Did Gum
Come From?
HM
Elizabeth K. Adams
Wirt County
Origami: Now and Then
3rd
Kaitlyn Tredinnick
Berkeley County
Marie Antoinette: Fact vs. Fiction
2nd
Paul Green
Mercer County
Computers: Humble to High Tech
1st
Jessica Kimble
Hampshire County Titanic- Understanding a Tragedy
West Virginia State Social Studies Fair
OFFICIAL RESULTS
May 2, 2008
Division I, World History, Pair
HM
Dalton Stump
Chance Hughart
Ritchie County
What Caused World War II?
HM
DaNite Belay
Aleena Kimberlin
Mercer County
Where Is The Ark of the Covenant
Today?
HM
Mark Morris
Jesse Gillespie
Gilmer County
Art of the Renaissance
HM
J.D. Morris
Tyler WIlliams
Wetzel County
All About JAG
3rd
Cassia Collins
Matt Tye
Randolph County
The Titanic
2nd
Sarah Koh
Elizabeth Koh
Raleigh County
St. Andrew Kim Taegon and the
Korean Catholic Church
1st
Garrett O'Connell
Jillian O'Connell
Berkeley County
Leg Godt! The Lego Story
Division II, Anthropology, Individual
HM
Paul Fernandes
Wood County
Viking Children
HM
Taylor Yokum
Pendleton County
Mummification
HM
Mac Roberts
Wetzel County
Chinese Traditions
3rd
Fernando Porras
Mercer County
Are Warao Children Different
from U.S. Children?
2nd
Jake Barrett
Greenbrier County
The Audio-Archeological Mystery
of the Great Ball Court of
Chichen Ftza, Mexico
1st
Drew Edwards
Marion County
How Did The Belief In The
Afterlife Affect Ancient Egypt?
West Virginia State Social Studies Fair
OFFICIAL RESULTS
May 2, 2008
Division II, Anthropology, Pair
HM
Logan Kish
Wyatt Crawley
Marion County
What Were Ancient Egyptian
Traditions and Cultures
HM
Chelsey Curry
Kennedy Curry
Mingo County
Ancient Egypt
HM
Codi Evick
Kayla Judy
Pendleton County
Roma Discrimination: Justified
or Prejudice?
HM
Michaela Beron
Kortney Frame
Gilmer County
Zeus vs Jupiter
HM
Katlyn Simmons
Ciara Hall
Jefferson County
Chinese Calligraphy
3rd
Kasey Combs
Lauren Dillon
Hampshire County Traditional Weddings: How do
We Celebrate?
2nd
Krista Emch
Kennedy Slampak
Wetzel County
What Happened to the Ancient
Wonders?
1st
Aarthy Shah
Amy Reeder
Wood County
Across Two Cultures: India and
America
Morgan County
Can Literature About the
Holocaust Affect Our Future?
Greenbrier County
Aztecs, Myans, & Incas
Division II, Class, 2nd
1st
Dorothy Gebert
Becky Leach
West Virginia State Social Studies Fair
OFFICIAL RESULTS
May 2, 2008
Division II, Economics, Individual
HM
Marcus Warren
Pleasants County
It's Raining Cats and Dogs: The
Crisis of Pet Overpopulation
HM
Sara Wells
Wetzel County
Inspired by (Product) Red
HM
Chelsea Lilly
Mercer County
Where Have All the Honey Bees
Gone?
HM
Benjamin McCloy
Wirt County
The Economics of Salt Mining
3rd
Maggie Jones
Randolph County
What are the Effects of Over
Fishing in Antarctica
2nd
Loguen McKee
Morgan County
Dictator or Economic Genius
1st
Adam Rison
Hampshire County How Many Legislators Does it
Take to Change a Light bulb?
Division II, Economics, Pair
HM
Cody White
Zachary Wingerd
Fayette County
Honey Bee Crisis and It's Effects
on the Economy
HM
Charlee Thomas
Heidi Dennison
Nicholas County
Earth on Fire
HM
Becky Smith
Bethany Richards
Randolph County
John Deere What Did He Do to
Revolutionize the Steel Plow
HM
Dylan Coe
Logan Lawrentz
Wood County
Do Professional Baseball Players
Make Too Much Money?
HM
Hannah Hiett
Kelsey Wolfe
Hampshire County Swish, Squish, and See what
Happens
3rd
Margaret Bock
Lauren Phillips
Berkeley County
Rethink the Pink
2nd
Kristyn Johnson
Julius Hatcher
Mingo County
The Evolution of Money: From
Barter to Paper to Plastic
1st
Kelson Thorne
Trevor Harman
Grant County
Are You Paying or Playing?
West Virginia State Social Studies Fair
OFFICIAL RESULTS
May 2, 2008
Division II, Geography, Individual
HM
Austin Evans
Marshall County
What is the Bermuda Triangle?
HM
Tyler Brooks
Mercer County
Global Warming - Is It Too Late?
HM
Amber Evans
Tucker County
Letter Boxing: An Outdoor
Adventure
HM
Ben Hill
Pendleton County
Fort Sumter
HM
Emily Jones
Marshall County
The Nile River: How It Affected
Ancient Egyptian Civilization
3rd
Sarah Thomas
Mineral County
What Causes Global Warming
2nd
Sam Boso
Wood County
Destination ...Bermuda Triangle
1st
Jillian Amos
Randolph County
Class of 2014 Do Our Hopes for
the Future Differ Geographically
Division II, Geography, Pair
HM
Kiley Moore
Savannah Ambrose
Tucker County
Operation Christmas Child Follow that Box
HM
Wesley Wimmer
Matthew Wyley
Mercer County
Tsunami 2004
HM
Brad Boggess
Dustin Short
Roane County
What Is The Purpose Of A
Drilling Rig?
3rd
Kelly Humphreys
Amy Slone
Marion County
Can You Live On The Water?
2nd
Nathan Coyle
Josh Slocum
Hampshire County What has 74 Locks but no Keys?
1st
Caleb McCune
Grant Cain
Wetzel County
Beautifying Rural USA
West Virginia State Social Studies Fair
OFFICIAL RESULTS
May 2, 2008
Division II, Political Science, Individual
WV Hunter's Safety
HM
Nathan Allison
Gilmer County
HM
Hannah Funk
Hampshire County Battle Hymn of the Republic
HM
Kara Swann
Marion County
Why Is It Important To Overcome
Voter Apathy?
HM
Noah Searls
Mason County
The Bill of Rights
HM
Steele Fitzwater
Greenbrier County
Austria's Government
3rd
Taylor Staubs
Berkeley County
The Electoral College - Is it Fair
and Should We Care?
2nd
Jordan Farley
Ritchie County
George Valentine - Prisoner of
the US Civil War
1st
Joshua Ungar
Wood County
What is the Difference Between a
Democrat and Republican?
West Virginia State Social Studies Fair
OFFICIAL RESULTS
May 2, 2008
Division II, Political Science, Pair
HM
Alex Stoops
Janie Rhodes
Wood County
Which Way Should We Choose?
HM
Andrew Davis
Jason Moore
Ritchie County
Bugs Vs. Drugs - Who Will Win?
HM
Mckenzie Kerns
McKenna Grace
Hampshire County First Ladies: Partners in the
Presidency
HM
Robert Brosh
Ben Harrison
Jefferson County
President or Prime Minister:
What's Your Vote?
HM
Chasity Sabo
Chelsea Stone
Mcdowell County
Making History: Are we ready for
change?
3rd
Larissa Vincent
Kelsey Morrone
Marion County
Title Nine Gender Equality
2nd
Karly Ball
Rachel Pitcher
Mercer County
No Child Left Behind
1st
Michael Pracht
Timothy Pracht
Morgan County
Fighting Crime with Insects--Forensic Entomological
Contributions to Legal
Investigations
West Virginia State Social Studies Fair
OFFICIAL RESULTS
May 2, 2008
Division II, Psychology, Individual
HM
Alexandra Moore
Jefferson County
The Evolution of Commercials
HM
Sara Weiford
Randolph County
Does Appearance Influence What
People Think of You
HM
Arissa Wingard
Morgan County
What is Anorexia Nervosa?
HM
Raven Wasserman
Roane County
A Look At Autism
HM
Dahyana Arias
Berkeley County
What About Us? How Kids
Reacted to 9/11?
HM
Chelsey Dobbs
Mcdowell County
Autism the Missing Piece
3rd
Hayley Snoberger
Mineral County
Stack Fast
2nd
Dakota Rawls
Mingo County
Obesity and Depression: What
Are the Effects on Children?
1st
Meghan Burge
Wood County
Gender-Based Education: Are
there Advantages?
Division II, Psychology, Pair
HM
Christa Harshberger
Alyssia Murdock
Wetzel County
Problem Gambling and Its Impact
3rd
Brooke Davis
Emma Ehle
Wood County
What is Bipolar Disorder?
2nd
Katelyn Miller
Julia Fregonara
Randolph County
Pets Make You Happy
1st
Austin Brewer
Olivia Chapman
Mingo County
Bullying
West Virginia State Social Studies Fair
OFFICIAL RESULTS
May 2, 2008
Division II, Sociology, Individual
HM
Elaine Ashman
Roane County
Child Abuse
HM
Nathan Waters
Mingo County
Charles Schultz and the Peanut
Gang
HM
Shelby Anderson
Tucker County
American Red Cross:
Humanitarian Hero
HM
Michaela Gumm
Gilmer County
The Power of Texting
HM
Emilie Myers
Jefferson County
Obesity in West Virginia: Will We
Get Slim?
3rd
Amanda Smith
Berkeley County
Pet Overpopulation: How Do We
Solve a Man-Made Problem?
2nd
Cheyenne Earle
Grant County
Many Faces of Softball
1st
Lauren Lanier
Mason County
American Cancer Society
Division II, Sociology, Pair
HM
Carmen Marshall
Shelby Jones
Ritchie County
What is so Normal about
Paranormal?
HM
Joanna Graham
Jordan Grimm
Wetzel County
The Phenomenon of Webkins
HM
Olivia Seibert
Emily Caplinger
Randolph County
Twiggy Legendary Fashion Icon
HM
Morgan Lanham
Hanna Argabrite
Wood County
The Lives of Sideshow People
3rd
Amanda Weber
Nicholas Tabidze
Berkeley County
One Man's Dream - America's
Hope: The Gesundheit Institute
2nd
Tristan Quinones
Alaina Shreves
Harrison County
Seat Belts
1st
Nick Stinson
Bassel Zein
Mercer County
Cell Phones: How Do They Affect
Children's Lives?
West Virginia State Social Studies Fair
OFFICIAL RESULTS
May 2, 2008
Division II, State & Local Studies, Individual
HM
Karalee Geis
Mineral County
Play Me Some Mountain Music
HM
Justin Dynes
Roane County
West Virginia Baseball Past and
Present: Has It Changed Over
The Years?
HM
Maria Martino
Harrison County
W.V. Penitentiary
HM
Jordan Mounts
Mingo County
Robots in Mines
3rd
Sophia Bennett
Pendleton County
Home Is Where the Heart Is
2nd
Jacob Morse
Jefferson County
Can You Pave A Bike Path?
1st
Tyler Helmick
Webster County
The Battle of Phillipi (The Phillipi
Races)
Division II, State & Local Studies, Pair
W V Coal Mining
HM
Colton Hughart
B. J. Bailey
Fayette County
HM
Jonathan Coleman
Jackson Cookman
Hampshire County How did a WV Boy Become a U.
S. Marine?
HM
Hana Cox
Brittany Shaffer
Ritchie County
Bee Happy! Mister Bee Potato
Chips...How the Chips Fall?
HM
Haleigh Wise
Shaye West
Greenbrier County
The Greenbrier River Watershed
3rd
Jennifer Bartee
Courtney Gravely
Mason County
Lowe Hotel: Is it Haunted?
2nd
Claire Whetsel
Kacy Shafer
Berkeley County
Quilting in West Virginia
1st
Scotty Hessler
Macy M. Houck
Morgan County
Why was the Cherry Run Ferry
Important?
West Virginia State Social Studies Fair
OFFICIAL RESULTS
May 2, 2008
Division II, U.S. History, Individual
HM
Sara Younker
Morgan County
Battle of Gettysburg
HM
Addison Hill
Pendleton County
USS Wisconsin
HM
Emily C. Widmeyer
Berkeley County
Clara Barton: A Woman Before
Her Time
HM
Adrian Speed
Pleasants County
The Legend of Big Foot
3rd
Joshua Stafford
Mingo County
The Invisible Empire of the Ku
Klux Klan
2nd
Luke Saseen
Marshall County
The History of Roller Coasters
1st
Joylyn Rushing
Wood County
Washington County: A Mail Line
of the Underground Railroad
Division II, U.S. History, Pair
HM
Cody Domenico
Ethan Kerns
Berkeley County
We Stand Alone....Together
HM
Courtney Kemp
Alli Caldwell
Wood County
Who Created the First American
Flag?
HM
Summer Whipkey
Marissa Workman
Fayette County
Women's Rights
HM
Cody Runyon
Joel Poole
Mingo County
Fort Clatsop
HM
Hannah Shobe
Arazona Judy
Grant County
High Knob Fire Tower
3rd
Avery Daugherty
Elizabeth Blankenship
Mason County
Just who is Carolyn Keene
2nd
Taylor Norman
Tyler Norman
Roane County
Our Brady Heritage
1st
Rachel Lipps
Brenna Young
Hampshire County Weedpatch School Helped Okie
Children Leave Their Past in the
Dust
West Virginia State Social Studies Fair
OFFICIAL RESULTS
May 2, 2008
Division II, World History, Individual
HM
Leila Feuchtenberger
Mercer County
Who's Who in the Study of the
Universe?
HM
Aaron Lamp
Ritchie County
Tutankhamen Boy or King?
HM
Emily Broughton
Harrison County
Don't Blame Marie Antoinette
HM
Sarah McCloy
Wirt County
Papyrus to Paper: The History of
Writing Books
HM
Alex Hale
Raleigh County
Hannibal of Carthage
3rd
Josie Fisher
Mason County
Remembering Iwo Jima
2nd
Michael Migliore
Wood County
My Family and WW II: They
Joined, Served, and Came Home
1st
Austin Petrucci
Berkeley County
Adolf Hitler, A Powerful Dictator?
Division II, World History, Pair
HM
Michael Sartin
Brandon Sartin
Mingo County
The Great Wall of China
HM
Layla Teter
Celena Mallow
Randolph County
Sunken Dreams
HM
Caroline Miller
Jordan DelSignore
Tucker County
The Panama Canal
HM
Amanda Clark
Rachael Williams
Wirt County
History of the Holocaust
HM
Shandi Long
Bailey Smith
Tyler County
Anne Frank's Life in Hiding
3rd
Alexis Smith
Meredith O'Bara
Wood County
Animals, Clowns, and Aierlists,
too: A History of the Circus
2nd
Katie Ratcliffe
Savannah Ballengee
Mercer County
What Is Manga?
1st
Taylor Hose
Jared Shackelford
Berkeley County
Operation Gothic Serpent
West Virginia State Social Studies Fair
OFFICIAL RESULTS
May 2, 2008
Division III, Anthropology, Individual
HM
Joshua Hamrick
Webster County
Kon-Tiki Man's Theories
3rd
Rachel Hawkins
Marion County
Biblical Prophesy: Are They
Coming True Today?
2nd
Jeffrey Tordiff
Jefferson County
Islam
1st
Becca Irvine
Berkeley County
Invisible Children: Do you See
Them?
Division III, Anthropology, Pair
HM
Kelsie Sauro
Rebecca Perkins
Marion County
Mardi Gras Unmasked
3rd
Vicki Yurisko
Chris Loy
Wetzel County
The Mysterious Monuments of
Easter Island
2nd
Erin Hartley
Sara Wheeler
Harrison County
Anime and Manga - A History
1st
Lizzy Parr
Jessica Summers
Wood County
Mothman Through the Ages
Greenbrier County
The Importance of the Greenbrier
River Watershed
Mingo County
Race for the Double Helix
Division III, Class, 2nd
1st
Isaac Picklesimer
Erica Hatfield
Division III, Economics, Individual
HM
Tiffany Hulse
Gilmer County
It's Time to Make the Donuts
HM
Katie Stanton
Harrison County
Under Armor: Born on the Field.
HM
Robbie Netz
Marion County
Retirement Anyone?
3rd
Alex Hunt
Mingo County
Coins: What Sets Their Value
2nd
Edward A. Piatek
Berkeley County
Aeneus Eneus
1st
Tyler Miller
Mason County
Coal -- How does it affect WV's
economy
West Virginia State Social Studies Fair
OFFICIAL RESULTS
May 2, 2008
Division III, Economics, Pair
3rd
Colin Frosch
Kaley Sinsel
Harrison County
Past vs Present
2nd
Aryssa Hudson
Deirdre Tobin
Marion County
The Celtic Tiger
1st
Laura Leach
Becky Leach
Morgan County
Could Wind Someday Power Our
Nation?
Division III, Geography, Individual
2nd
Kasey VanMeter
Mason County
Liberia
1st
Brittany Hawk
Grant County
Gazing North
Division III, Geography, Pair
2nd
Ashley Mills
Devin Shroyer
Marion County
Timber
1st
Preston Rairden
Rusty Maness
Mason County
Great Barrier Reef
Division III, Political Science, Individual
HM
Elizabeth Conant
Jefferson County
Election of 2000
HM
Shaina Wichael
Grant County
The Clocks Were Striking Thirteen
HM
T.J. Lucas
Mingo County
Rose Louise McCauley Parks:
Pioneer of Civil Rights
HM
Brooke Dean
Mason County
Battle of the Petticoats
HM
Meleena Gump
Marion County
Foundation of a Nation: What
Will Become Of It?
3rd
Shawn Cheeks
Mcdowell County
great Wall of America: The US Mexico Border Fence
2nd
Chiray Scott
Berkeley County
Jussoli and the 14th Amendment:
Past, Present, Future
1st
Angel Ninan
Wood County
John Locke's Political Philosophy
West Virginia State Social Studies Fair
OFFICIAL RESULTS
May 2, 2008
Division III, Political Science, Pair
HM
Ashlee Filkins
Dylan Stone
Mason County
Capital Punishment
3rd
Michelle Click
Caity Grizzel
Mcdowell County
Who was Thurgood Marshall?
2nd
Caroline Cummins
Zachary Morse
Jefferson County
Hamilton vs. Burr
1st
Michelle Hogmire
Henry Culvyhouse
Berkeley County
Also Sprach the Party: Nietzsche
and Fascism
Division III, Psychology, Individual
HM
Cherie Peacock
Pocahontas County Dolphin Assisted Therapy
3rd
Kaley Sinsel
Harrison County
Depression
2nd
Denise Sudlow
Hampshire County
Helen Keller: Conquering a
World She Could Not See
1st
Erica Jenkins
Berkeley County
Meeting in the Middle: Managing
the Mid-Life Crisis
Division III, Psychology, Pair
HM
Alex Gray
Joseph Dotts
Marion County
How Do Cults Work?
HM
Chasity Friend
Chelsea Gragg
Gilmer County
The Hidden Secrets Behind
Domestic Violence
3rd
Kaitlyn Coleman
Breanna Perkins
Mercer County
Music Over Mind: How Does
Music Affect Human Behavior?
2nd
Kaitlyn Canterbury
Shawn Kiser
Mingo County
Phobias: What Are We Afraid Of?
1st
Emma Martin
Amanda Leslie
Grant County
If You Ask for an Unbiased
Opinion---You'll Only Deceive
Yourself
West Virginia State Social Studies Fair
OFFICIAL RESULTS
May 2, 2008
Division III, Sociology, Individual
HM
Zachery Underwood
Logan County
Coal Mining--A Black Death or
Black Gold?
HM
Cassie Crihfield
Wetzel County
Lifestyles of the Gothic Culture
HM
James Rexroad
Wood County
Genealogy: Getting Started
3rd
Eugene Adel
Marion County
Culture Rock
2nd
Allyson Bayer
Berkeley County
Beatlemania: A Lasting
Impression
1st
Caitlin Sharp
Pocahontas County It's All About Balance
Division III, Sociology, Pair
HM
Miranda Wilfong
Cecil Rappold
Pocahontas County The Power of Play
HM
Lauren Sansalone
Chandler Fitzwater
Marion County
Cyberbullying-Are Your Children
Really Safe Online?
HM
Dustin Graham
Stephanie Muncy
Mercer County
Do Cliques Affect Who We
Become?
HM
Erica Staats
Moriah Williams
Wood County
Mardi Gras in New Orleans
3rd
Erica Payne
Dalton Brennan
Grant County
Vegetarianism: An Innovation for
Society
2nd
Sarah Curry
Tyler Vogel
Berkeley County
Elizabeth Bathory: The Beginning
of a Vampire
1st
Michelle Clark
Ashley Curry
Mingo County
What Do You Know About
Autism?
West Virginia State Social Studies Fair
OFFICIAL RESULTS
May 2, 2008
Division III, State & Local Studies, Individual
HM
Sharrell Barnes
Mingo County
Mother Jones
HM
Lee Falls
Tucker County
The Silver Bridge Tragedy
HM
Jared Welch
Fayette County
Sgt. Jeffrey Scott Angel, II : An
Unsung Hero
HM
Dale Kinnison
Pocahontas County Cass Scenic Railroad State Park
3rd
Chris Preuit
Jefferson County
The Quiet Zone
2nd
Johanna Harman
Grant County
Hanks: for the Memories
1st
Abigail Pride
Marion County
Trains vs. Rail Trails
Division III, State & Local Studies, Pair
3rd
Justin Cavender
Gabe Starcher
Mason County
Men who bleed green
2nd
Tyrell Watson
Brady Koontz
Wetzel County
Buffalo Creek Flood
1st
Graham Parks
Christian Cummings
Marion County
Jerry Dove: Fallen...Not
Forgotten
Division III, U.S. History, Individual
HM
Holly Rexrode
Pendleton County
Arlington National Cemetery:
Where the Famous and Unknown
Sleep
HM
Brie Laing
Berkeley County
Al Capone: Gangster of the 20's
3rd
Jessica Claypool
Nicholas County
Lizzie Borden Took an Axe. . . .
But Did She?
2nd
Mary Beth Smith
Tucker County
Bill Bowerman
1st
Isaac Picklesimer
Mingo County
The Manhattan Project
West Virginia State Social Studies Fair
OFFICIAL RESULTS
May 2, 2008
Division III, U.S. History, Pair
HM
Whitney Cook
Kaitlin Brown
Grant County
The Devil's Rope
HM
Rodney Guthrie
Justin Brown
Tucker County
The Cause and Effect of the Alamo
HM
Justin Hardy
John Rickards
Jefferson County
The War of 1812
HM
Joel Galford
Jeff Winemiller
Greenbrier County
3rd
Ryan Carroll
Chris Hughes
Berkeley County
The Unsung Heroes of Baseball
2nd
Jordan Cullen
Cassandra Cook
Mason County
History of the Wiggle
1st
Tre Hines
Andrew Marra
Marion County
How Did Basketball Three-Point
Shot Change Basketball?
Division III, World History, Individual
HM
Josh Adams
Mingo County
Did Nostradamus Predict Our
Future?
HM
Kevin Lambert
Pendleton County
D-Day Invasion
HM
Ryan Barrick
Wetzel County
The History of Skateboards and
Skateboarding
3rd
Olivia Milam
Mercer County
Gorbachev's Internal Policies
Helped End the Cold War
2nd
Chris Nestor
Marion County
The Attack on Pearl Harbor
1st
Ashley Butler
Berkeley County
The Phantom of the Opera:
Behind the Mask
West Virginia State Social Studies Fair
OFFICIAL RESULTS
May 2, 2008
Division III, World History, Pair
Gladiators
HM
David Wright
Brett Lockhart
Jefferson County
HM
William Shafer
Joe Evans
Pocahontas County Battle of the Bulge
HM
Kayla Berry
Jackie Hamrick
Greenbrier County
The Titanic-Doomed from Day
One
HM
Shane Huffman
Jon Hawkins
Mason County
Vietnam: War or Peace
HM
Lindsey Miller
Morgan Fout
Hampshire County Women Pirates of the Caribbean
3rd
Dixon, Eryn
Pugh, Amber
Berkeley County
Musical History: The Ascension
2nd
Michael Miller
Kali Campbell
Marion County
Darfur: World in Crisis
1st
Nicholas Allen
Charles Scott
Mingo County
Rapa Nui: America's Future
Foretold?