Research Spotlight: Emily Whitaker

July 19, 2018

Emily Whitaker is a recent graduate of Roanoke College. She worked with Mr. Buriak in Health and Human Performance for her research project. Her research examined the effect of sleep time on strength gains in collegiate baseball players. Specifically, it looked at how sleep affects pitching accuracy in collegiate baseball pitchers. This study was a […]

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Beth Janes – Work Study Research Assistant spotlight

April 30, 2018

Southwest Virginia LGBTQ+ History Project Beth Janes       My work study position for this past academic year was working with Dr. Rosenthal as a Work Study Research Assistant. Through the semester I worked in collections management in an archive, I presented historical information to the general public, developed projects in the digital humanities, and attended […]

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Research Spotlight: Jack Hill

March 27, 2018

Jack Hill is a senior who is working with Dr. Parsons in the Public Affairs department for his research project. Jack’s research topic, “The Imprisoned Welfare State”, deals with the relationship between a mass incarceration state and the welfare state. Furthermore, it poses the question if mass incarceration has replaced the welfare state in how […]

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Research Fellows Spotlight: Riker Lawrence

March 5, 2018

The Research Fellows program allows incoming students to get involved in research from the beginning of their career at Roanoke. Students work with a faculty mentor in a subject that they are interested in and create a research project. After they finish or complete a substantial part of their research, students present their projects at […]

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Research Fellows Spotlight: Katie Edwards

February 15, 2018

The Research Fellows program allows incoming students to get involved in research from the beginning of their career at Roanoke. Students work with a faculty mentor in a subject that they are interested in and create a research project. After they finish or complete a substantial part of their research, students present their projects at […]

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RC Student Presents at the Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood Biennial Conference

January 31, 2018

Kiah Coflin, a senior majoring in psychology, presented her research project at the Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood Biennial Conference in November 2017. Her research project, titled “Associations between emerging adults’ personality and their perceptions of children with clinical and developmental diagnoses”, focused on individuals between the ages 18 to 25 and their […]

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Research Fellows Spotlight: Hallie Manchester

December 1, 2017

The Research Fellow program is one of the many opportunities presented to incoming students who are interested in getting involved in research. Students work with a faculty mentor in any subject that they are interested in and create a research project. After they finish or complete a substantial part of their research, students present their […]

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2017 Summer Scholars: Abdul-Fatah Soroush

November 2, 2017

Fatah is one of the 2017 Summer Scholars, a group of students selected to carry out their own research project with a faculty mentor over the summer. A senior majoring in International Relations, Fatah’s research project is titled: “United Nations and Global Governance”. He worked with Dr. Andreea Mihalache-O’Keef to complete his project. “The focus […]

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Damian Ream: Summer Intern Experience at Dominion Energy

October 12, 2017

Over the summer, Damian Ream, ’18, had the opportunity to work with Dominion Energy in Surry, Virginia. Damian was an intern at the Physics department in Dominion Energy’s Surry Nuclear Power Station. “The purpose of the health physics department is to analyze nuclear samples taken from the plant to ensure nothing harmful is leaving the […]

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2017 Summer Scholars: Megan Miller

September 29, 2017

Megan Miller, a senior majoring in Psychology, was one of the thirteen students selected into the 2017 Summer Scholars program. Over the summer, she was able to work with her faculty advisor, Dr. Chris Buchholz, to complete her research project titled: “Self-driving cars as a test of the potentially harmful effects of empathy on moral […]

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