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Summer 2012 Project List

• "Components of Maximization and the Prediction of Decisional Search Behavior" Emma Weizenbaum. Sponsor: Dr. Andrea Patalano

• "Child Poverty in the United States." Adam Jaskol. Sponsor: Wendy Rayack

• "An Analysis of Accountability: Impact on Student Achievement." Clara Peretz. Sponsor: Daniel Long

• "Monetary Shocks and Real Exchange Rates in the Long Run." Ethan Spector. Sponsor: William Craighead and Pao-Lin Tien

• "Impact of Exposure to Party Mentions in Political Ads and Local News on Ability to Identify Candidates' Political Party." David Shor. Sponsor: Erika Franklin Fowler

• "Implementing and Comparing Models of Estimation Bias in 'R.'" Adam Watson. Sponsor: Hilary Barth

• "The Power of a Democratic Education: How Education Cultivates Democratic Values and Behaviors." Gaeun Yoo. Sponsor: Mary Alice Haddad

• "Does Press Matter? How Media Evaluations Affect a Political Ad's Survival." Leonid Liu and Rachel Warren. Sponsor: Erika Fowler

• "Gender and Firm Performance." Juliana McLain. Sponsor: Melanie Khamis

• "Time to Learn: How Instructional Time Affects Student Achievement." Rebecca Coven. Sponsor: Daniel Long

• "The Relationship Between Body Weight Perceptin and Age in Women." Luciana Pennant.

• "The Changing Effects of Positive and Negative Affect in Explaining Adolescent Smoking Behavior." Nicole Updegrove and Arielle Selya. Sponsor: Lisa Dierker

• "Are Wealthier States More Successful Than Poorer States?: The Impact of Income Packaging on States' Child Poverty Rates." Raymond K. Wong. Sponsor: Wendy Rayack

• "Analyzing the Effect of School Choice on Achievement." Shivani Kochhar. Sponsor: Daniel Long

• "Home Country Tolerance for Ambiguity and Pledged vs. Actual FDI Flows in China." Rain Tianyu Xie. Sponsor: Abigail Hornstein

• "Indicators of a Structural Model of Borderline Personality Disorder." Yumengxi Fu. Sponsor: Charles Sanislow