Office of Admission
900 SE Baker St
McMinnville, Oregon
97128-6894
PHONE: 800.640.2287
admission@linfield.edu
900 SE Baker St
McMinnville, Oregon
97128-6894
PHONE: 800.640.2287
admission@linfield.edu
Student Research
From accounting to zoology, Linfield students are actively engaged in
research in collaberation with faculty. Here is a list of some of the
latest projects with links to the department overseeing the project.
| Accounting | Collaborated with Dr. Malcolm Greenlees on casino accounting research | Accounting Web Site |
| Anthropology | "Mind the Gap," a study on sex education in McMinnville High School | Anthropology Web Site |
| Applied Physics | Project with sonoluminescence | Applied Physics Web Site |
| Applied Physics | Thesis on Hydrogen Fuel Cells | Applied Physics Web Site |
| Athletic Training | Biomechanical analysis of upper body plyometric exercises | Athletic Training Web Site |
| Biochemistry | Research on Protein Trafficking at OHSU | Biochemistry Web Site |
| Biology | Research on "Regulation of the Immune Response in Synan Hamsters" | Biology Web Site |
| Biology | "Restoring a Native Wetland" at Deer Creek County Park, studying the use of fire as a management tools helps increase size of a threatened species | Biology Web Site |
| Biology | Study of how alpha-receptors affect Thermoregulation | Biology Web Site |
| Biology | Research in excited states of the hydrogen atom (with Dr. James Diamond) and synthetic models for heme proteins (with Dr. Thomas Reinert) | Biology Web Site |
| Biology | Research with Dr. Kareen Sturgeon on soil and microbiological mechanisms underlying the health of trees | Biology Web Site |
| Biology | Research with Dr. Michael Roberts for work on receptors that cause vasoconstriction in mammalian blood vessels. | Biology Web Site |
| Biology | Research with Dr. John Hare for research into effects of bacterial toxins on the immune system | Biology Web Site |
| Biology | Research with Dr. Kareen Sturgeon on restoration of an upland area containing two endangered species | Biology Web Site |
| Biology | Research with Dr. Michael Roberts for work on how temperature change alters the number and function of adrenoceptors in blood vessels. | Biology Web Site |
| Business/Accounting | Worked with the Coquille Indian Tribe and researched archeological site | Business/Accounting Web Site |
| Chemistry | Presented "What We Did and How We Did It - Fabrication and Characterization of Nickel Secondary Electrodes," at the Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, at Ann Arbor, MI, sponsored by the Division of Chemistry Education of the American Chemistry Society, July 2000. | Chemistry Web Site |
| Chemistry | Presented," Synthesis and Characterization of Octa-Substituted Copper Phthalocyanines," at the 219th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Francisco, CA, March 26, 2000. | Chemistry Web Site |
| Chemistry | Presented "Effects of Single Bubble Sonoluminescence on Fluorescent Dyes," at the 219th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Francisco, CA, March 26, 2000. | Chemistry Web Site |
| Chemistry | Presented ?Liquid Crystalline Octa- substituted Phthalocyanines: Synthesis and Characterization," at the Oregon Academy of Science, Newberg, OR, February 2000. | Chemistry Web Site |
| Chemistry | Presented ?Excitation of Fluorescent Dyes using Single Bubble Sonoluminescence," at the Oregon Academy of Science, Newberg, OR, February 2000. | Chemistry Web Site |
| English | Assisted Dr.Kathy Kernberger with the translation of the diaries of Marie Bashkirtseff | English Web Site |
| Exercise Science | Compared differences in energy expenditure during circuit weight training and aerobic exercise | Exercise Science Web Site |
| Exercise Science | Assisted Dr. Garry Killgore in collecting research on metabolic effects on underwater running for his PhD | Exercise Science Web Site |
| Finance | Research on post-graduation alumni giving | Finance Web Site |
| Health Education | Research for Health Department regarding depression among college students | Health Education Web Site |
| Mathematics, Physics | Worked on Linfield Research Institute (LRI) projects involving field emission | Mathematics, Physics Web Site |
| Music | Study of Erhu, a Chinese string instrument | Music Web Site |
| Music (Performance) | Constructed the new organ in Jonasson Hall | Music (Performance) Web Site |
| Psychology | Research on "Traumatic Disclosure: A Methodological Exploration" | Psychology Web Site |
| Psychology | Testing predictions of the source monitoring theory: Dissociative Tendencies and Recall of Autobiographical Memories | Psychology Web Site |
| Psychology | Study on "Testing the Retrieval Failure Theory" | Psychology Web Site |
| Psychology | Researched "Ethanol Place Continuing Sprague-Dawley Rats Using a Drinking Procedure" which tested the hypothesis that rats would show a conditioned place preference in a context in which they drank ethanol ad libitum. | Psychology Web Site |
| Psychology | Research on "False Memory and Cognition" | Psychology Web Site |
| Psychology | Study on the "Effects of Exercise, Medication, and Diet on Self-Esteem and Depression" | Psychology Web Site |
| Psychology | Testing the Retrieval Failure Theory of Latent Inhibition: Do Contextual Cues Effect Post conditioning Recovery of a Latently Inhibited Conditioned Taste Aversion? | Psychology Web Site |
| Psychology | Case study evaluation of elementary school discipline programs | Psychology Web Site |
| Psychology | Research study on "Does Selective Postoperative Administration of Nimodipine (Ca++ Channel Antagonist) Effect Recovery of Function After Neocortical Injury?" | Psychology Web Site |
| Psychology | Research for the Center for Research on Occupational and Environmental Toxicology (CROET) at OHSU | Psychology Web Site |
| Religious Studies | Study on "The Divine in Disguise" | Religious Studies Web Site |
| Religious Studies | "Radical Love: Jesus Crosses the Line" a social, historical, and religious study into thesis dealing with Jesus' true message | Religious Studies Web Site |
| Sociology | Created, initiated, transcribed interviews on the Yamhill Co. Hispanic Population | Sociology Web Site |
| Sociology | "Kick It Hard: Cultural Embodiment in Youth Soccer" | Sociology Web Site |
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