2011 Projects Completed by Civitas Graduates
The Civitas 395 individual project represents the culmination of a student’s work in the Civitas program and at Augustana. It indicates the direction a student wants to follow, professionally and personally, upon departure from the College, just as it indicates the responsibility they assume in answering their calling to life.
Following is a list of 2011 projects completed by graduates of the Civitas 395 program.
2011 Graduates | Project Title | Advisor |
Trent Anderson | Modeling the Spread of Disease on the Augustana Campus | Martha Gregg (mathematics) |
Jon Ask | The Nature of Service: A Community of Good Trees | Laurie Jungling (religion) |
MacKenzie Beukelman | Comparing Health Care Systems: A World Power (the U.S.) and a Struggling Nation (Sierra Leone) | Paul Egland (biology) |
Robyn Clemensen | Medical Missions Abroad with Operation Smile: A Practice in Global Responsibility | Paul Egland (biology) |
Dani Doran | Deconstructing Djuna: Gender, Sexuality and Identity in the Life and Literature of Djuna Barnes | Darcie Rives-East (English) |
Jeremy Erickson | Synthesis and Characterization of Extended Pi-Conjugated, Luminescent 2,3,4,5 Tetraary lsiloles | Barrett Eichler (chemistry) |
Kelsey (Hourscht) Kroger | The Effects of Genetic Polymorphisms on the Severity and Duration of Concussion Symptoms | Brian Gerry (athletic training) |
Anna Isaacson | Disproportionate Minority Contact in the Juvenile Justice System of South Dakota | Steve van Bockern (education) |
Rebecca Jones | The Words That Moved a Nation: How Patriots and Tories Used Words During the Revolutionary War | Michael Mullin (history) |
Nicole (Lauck) Finnestad | The Blogosphere: Connecting Rural Youth | Julie Ashworth (education) |
Hannah (Lincoln) Thompson | "Te-e-ach my Antonia!": Strength Through Ethnicity in Willa Cather's My Antonia | Darcie Rives-East (English) |
Jenny Lockhart | Rural Media: Defining Community in Modern Society | Jeffrey Miller (journalism) |
Maren Peterson | Transportation and Development in Chiang Mai, Thailand | Reynold Nesiba (economics) |
Kim Ruyter | Comparing Water Quality, Periphyon, and Zoobenthos in Developed and Natural Shorelines | Craig Spencer (biology) |
Heidi Senst | Identification of putative regulators for genes encoding enzymes of the starch biosynthesis pathway in wheat | Mike Wanous (biology) |
Kyle Tamminga | Muscular Dystrophy and Skeletal Muscle Regeneration | Mike Wanous (biology) |
Kate Tobin | Inspiration through Internship: Ameriprise Financial | Jaciel Keltgen (business) |
Melanie Twait | Apathy to Empathy: Intercultural Immersion Experience for Nursing Students | Mary Isaacson (nursing) |
Katie Walth | Tossed in Two Worlds: A Critical Exploration of the Sioux Falls School District's English Language Learner Program | Bill Swart (sociology) |
Allison Weflen | Edward Jones Internship | Marcia Entwistle (business) |
Liz Yares | An Exploration of Bilingual Children's Language | Karen Mahan (education) |