Community Award
FALL 2011
Theresa Cho (Biology) was awarded the Undergraduate Research in the Community Award for her project "The Change in Amount of Recovered Recyclables: Standard Versus Novelty Bins" in partnership with East Anchorage High School. She will be working with Gwen Lupfer-Johnson in Psychology.
SPRING 2011
Krista Howard (Social Work) was awarded the Undergraduate Research in the Community Award for her project "Culteral Experiences of Poverty and Food Insecurity" in partnership with the Food Bank of Alaska. She will be working with Tracy Burke in Social Work.
SPRING 2010
Carey Thissen (undeclared) was awarded the Undergraduate Research in the Community Award for her project "A Cooperative for Matanuska Valley Produce Farmers" in partnership with Alaska Center for the Environment. She will be working with Shannon Donovan in the College of Arts and Sciences.
FALL 2009
Katie Marquette (Sociology) was awarded the Undergraduate Research in the Community Award for her project "Equal Rights/Equal Benefits: An Exploration fo Domestic Partner Benefits and Employment Protections in Alaska's Private Sector" in partnership with the ACLU of Alaska. She will be working with Diane Hirshberg who works with ISER and the College of Business and Public Policy.
SPRING 2009
Shane Lopez (History, KPC) was awarded the Undergraduate Research in the Community Award for his project "Homestead Recreation Project," in partnership with the Kenai Visitors and Cultural Center. He will be working with Mike Hawfield in History at the UAA Kenai Peninsula Campus.
FALL 2008
Heather McIntyre (Education) was awarded the Undergraduate Research in the Community Award for her
project "Global Diversity: Using Four Perspectives to Build Empathetic Citizens" In
partnership with the Anchorage School District, elementary school students will participate
in a curriculum unit created by Heather. It is geared toward building the four perspectives
outlined by the National Council for the Social Studies: personal, academic, pluralist,
and global. The intent of this project is to prove that students benefit from early
training in diversity and multicultural understanding. She will be working with Tim
Jester and Claudia Dybdahl in the College of Education.
Heather McIntyre Proposal
Rachael Lehmkuhl (Natural Sciences and Liberal Studies) was awarded the Undergraduate Research in
the Community Award for her project "Detoxification and Elimination of α-pinene in
North American Porcupines (Erethizon dorsatum) at the Alaska Zoo." She will be working
with Ann Jache, Liberal Studies, and Don Spalinger, Biological Sciences.
Rachael Lehmkuhl Proposal
SPRING 2008
Marcus Welker (Natural Science) and Kelcie Ralph (Economics) were awarded the Undergraduate Research in the Community Award. They
will be studying the policies and political structures that most effectively address
climate change by investigating and comparing current policies in Anchorage, Alaska,
Tromso, Norway, and Tatabanya, Hungary. With greater understanding of these policies,
they will be returning to Anchorage to work with the Mayor's Chief of Staff David
Ramseur to develop a Climate Action Plan for the Municipality of Anchorage.
Marcus Welker Abstract
Marcus Welker Proposal
Liberal Studies major, Kim Beckford, was awarded the Undergraduate Research in the Community Award. She will be working
with The Imaginarium Science Discovery Center in Anchorage to assess the newly-developed
Yup'ik science curriculum. She will be working with Dr. Ann Jache, a faculty member
in Sociology.
Kim Beckford Proposal
Economics major, Donald Ballard, was awarded the Undergraduate Research in the Community Award. Donald will be working
with the Alaska Outdoor Council to study a new system for allocating Alaska sheep
hunting permits. He will be working with Lance Howe, a faculty member in Economics.
Donald Ballard Proposal
Geological Science major, Amanda Chriest, was awarded the Undergraduate Research in the Community Award. She will be researching
water quality on Unga Tribal lands that have abandoned gold mines. She will be working
with Professor LeeAnn Munk, a faculty member in Geological Sciences.
Amanda Chrlest Abstract
Amanda Chrlest Final Report
Art major, Irina Danielsen, was awarded the Undergraduate Research in the Community Award. She will be working with the State of Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities to design and install a mural painting to increase driver and pedestrian safety. She will be working with Professor Kat Tomka, a faculty member in the Art Department.