Bob Swarthout

MRRI Auditorium - SC Department of Natural Resources, Ft. Johnson Road

11:00 am

Thesis: "Organohalogen Contaminants in Blood of Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtles (Lepidochelys kempii) from the Gulf of Mexico"

Committee Members: Dr. John Kucklick (primary research advisor); Dr. Patricia Fair; Dr. Jennifer Keller; Dr. Margie Peden-Adams

Gabriella Kirby

Riley Institute Conference Room, 284 King Street (College of Charleston Campus, between Society and Wentworth) - 3rd Floor

Thesis: "Ecological Restoration of South Carolina Piedmont Plant Communities: A Soil Seed Bank Assessment"

Committee Members: Dr. Jean Everett (primary research advisor); Dr. Timothy Callahan; Professor Lindeke Mills; Dr. Courtney Murren

Jeremy Conkle

Riley Institute Conference Room, 284 King Street (College of Charleston Campus, between Society and Wentworth) - 3rd Floor

Internship: "Remediation of Hog Island Inlet: Site Overview and Assessment of Factors Influencing Site Cleanup"

Committee Members: Ann-Alyssa King (project supervisor); Professor Lindeke Mills (primary advisor); Dr. Stacy Brown; Dr. Steven Jaume

Brooke Pehr

Science Center, Room 334

Internship: "Evaluation of a Field and Lab-Based Research Experience for Undergraduates: The Transects Program"

Committee Members: Dr. Lundie Spence (project supervisor); Dr. Leslie Sautter (primary advisor); Dr. Gorka Sancho; Dr. Meta Van Sickle

Jenny Wiedower

Political Science Conference Room (114 Wentworth Street, 2nd Floor)

Internship: "Cultivating a Statewide Network of Land Use Planning Leaders: Coordination of a South Carolina District Council of the Urban Land Institute"

Committee Members: John Knott, Jr. (project supervisor); Professor Lindeke Mills (primary advisor); Dr. Angela Halfacre-Hitchcock; Dr. Patrick Hurley

Lana Pinera-Pasquino

South Carolina Aquarium, 3rd Floor Conference Room

Internship: "Patterns of Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria Isolated from Marine Turtles"

Committee Members: Dr. Thomas Sheridan (project supervisor); Dr. David Owens (primary advisor); Dr. A. Kem Fronabarger; Dr. Susan Morrison

Adam Sine

Science Center, Room 334

Internship: "Effect of an Independent Grassroots Non-Profit Organization on Urban Development through the Attainment of Private Lands to be Used as Public Greenspace in Mt. Pleasant, SC"

Committee Members: Tracey Stapleton (project supervisor); Professor Lindeke Mills (primary advisor); Dr. A. Kem Fronabarger; Dr. Norman Levine

Laura Seraydarian

Riley Institute Conference Room, 284 King Street (College of Charleston Campus, between Society and Wentworth) - 3rd Floor

Internship: "Bridging the Gap between Formal and Informal Education: An Earth System Science Curriculum Prepared for Ecotourism"

Committee Members: Shane Ziegler (project supervisor); Professor Lindeke Mills (primary advisor); Dr. Robert Nusbaum; Dr. Meta Van Sickle

Athan Barkouis

MRRI Auditorium - SC Department of Natural Resources, Ft. Johnson Road

Thesis: "A Temporal and Spatial Analysis of Fish Trap Catches at Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary, 1993-2005"

Committee Members: Dr. George Sedberry (primary research advisor); Dr. Marcel Reichert; Ms. Jessica Stephen; Mr. Phil Weinbach

Aaron Voelker

Political Science Conference Room (114 Wentworth Street, 2nd Floor)

Thesis: "Applicability of Convergence Hypothesis at the Organizational Level"

Committee Members: Dr. Angela Halfacre Hitchcock (primary research advisor); Dr. Gretchen Barbatsis; Dr. Bethany Goodier; Dr. Ned Hettinger