Butler Summer Institute
Michaela Warnsley, Class of 2008,
participated in the 2007 Butler Summer Institute
The Butler Summer Institute has been
developed to provide an opportunity, and privilege, for "the best
and brightest" of Butler's students to engage in learning that is
creative, experiential, and investigation oriented by collaborating
with Butler faculty.
The benefits of being a Butler Scholar:
- Meet, interact and support other students equally interested in
research or other creative endeavor.
- Establish close professional relationships with members of the
faculty.
- Work on a project that may lead to a publication in a
peer-reviewed journal, a presentation at a scholarly conference, or
a public performance.
- Contribute to the Institute's mission and tradition.
- Explore your commitment to original research or creative
activity.
- Engage in learning that makes critical connections between the
classroom, lab, different courses of study and the undergraduate
and educational community.
The following psychology majors are recipients of the Butler
Summer Institute Award:
2011
Dominick Atkinson
Mentor: Dr. Neil Bohannon
The Effect of Emotion on Group Recall
Claire Brownson
Mentor: Dr. Brian Giesler
Self-Regulation: An "Active Ingredient" in the
Spirituality-Health Relationship
Jasmen Rice
Mentor: Dr. Neil Bohannon
Flashbulb Memories of the Resignation of Butler University's
President
2010
Nicole Ehlert
Mentor: Dr. Ali O'Malley
Emotional Intelligence: Examining an Effect on Marriage
Outcomes
Laura Fels
Mentor: Dr. Neil Bohannon
Affect and Consequentiality Effects on Remembering Important
Childhood Events
Alissa Fritz
Mentor: Dr. Neil Bohannon
Context Dependent Memory with Nonsense Words
2009
Sarah Gillot
Mentor: Dr. Neil Bohannon
Sweet Smooches: The Effects of Glucose on Retrieval of
Romantic Kiss Memories
Samantha Meints
Mentor: Dr. Tara Lineweaver
The Effects of Emotions on the Memory of Autistic
Children
Walter Stamp
Mentor: Dr. Tara Lineweaver
An Investigation of Language Impairment in Alzheimer's
Disease, Parkinson's Disease and Huntington's
Disease
2003-2007 Past Recipients