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2013 Winners
We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2013 UGA Libraries Undergraduate Research Awards! Award were presented at the CURO Symposium on April 1, 2013. Photo of the award winners.
Senior Division
First Place
Rachel Perez
The Fever Progress: Yellow Fever in 19th and 20th Century Savannah and Havana
Faculty mentor: Dr. Reinaldo Roman
Librarian mentors: Diane Trap and Nan McMurry
Runners up
Terese Gagnon
Surveying the Landscape of Research: Academic Inquiry and the Value of Following the Connections
Faculty mentor: Dr. Virginia Nazarea
Librarian mentor: Caroline Barratt
Richard D. Weimar, III
Using Raman Spectroscopy to Analyze Ancient Pigments in Pompeii
Faculty mentor: Dr. Tina Salguero & Dr. Mark Abbe
Librarian mentor: Ian Thomas
1st-3rd Year
First Place
Kaitlyn Downs
Indian-American Identity: Merging Cultures in University Spaces
Faculty mentor: Dr. Christina Joseph
Librarian mentor: Caroline Barratt
Runner up
Joanna Caffrey
The Excommunication of Early Jewish Christians and Its Interpretive Value for the So-called Temple Cleansing in the Gospel of John
Faculty mentor: Dr. Wayne Coppins
Librarian mentor: Sandra Riggs
First Place
Rachel Perez
The Fever Progress: Yellow Fever in 19th and 20th Century Savannah and Havana
Faculty mentor: Dr. Reinaldo Roman
Librarian mentors: Diane Trap and Nan McMurry
Runners up
Terese Gagnon
Surveying the Landscape of Research: Academic Inquiry and the Value of Following the Connections
Faculty mentor: Dr. Virginia Nazarea
Librarian mentor: Caroline Barratt
Richard D. Weimar, III
Using Raman Spectroscopy to Analyze Ancient Pigments in Pompeii
Faculty mentor: Dr. Tina Salguero & Dr. Mark Abbe
Librarian mentor: Ian Thomas
1st-3rd Year
First Place
Kaitlyn Downs
Indian-American Identity: Merging Cultures in University Spaces
Faculty mentor: Dr. Christina Joseph
Librarian mentor: Caroline Barratt
Runner up
Joanna Caffrey
The Excommunication of Early Jewish Christians and Its Interpretive Value for the So-called Temple Cleansing in the Gospel of John
Faculty mentor: Dr. Wayne Coppins
Librarian mentor: Sandra Riggs
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