Rusack and Phocas Family Awards

Spring 2008

Krista Van Vleet, Sociology and Anthropology, Beautiful but Deadly?: Representing the Island of Vieques in the Aftermath of U.S. Military Presence. $4,000 (Phocas Family Award) 

Pamela Ballinger, Sociology and Anthropology, (Re)Developing the Coast: Ownership, Access, and Sovereignty in Postsocialist Croatia. $4,000 (Phocas Family Award) 

Jonathan Allen, The State of Marine Ecology in Maine, $1,000 (Rusack Award)  

Spring 2007

Jonathan Allen and Lesley Brown Gordon, Biology, Maternal Investment, Invasion Success and Chemical Defenses in Marine Invertebrates. Amount: $7,000 (Phocas Family Award)

Amy Johnson, Biology, Temperature Effects of Growth Rates of Marine Animals During Global Warming. Amount: $4,000 (Phocas Family Award)

John Lichter and Sherri Cooper, Biology, Environmental History of the Kennebec Estuary (continued from Spring 2006). Amount: $7,000 (Rusack Award)

Barry Logan and Jaret Reblin, Biology, Effects of Eastern Dwarf Mistletoe on Host Water Relations in Coastal Red and White Spruce. Amount: $7,000 (Rusack Award)

Spring 2006

John Lichter, Biology, Environmental History of the Kennebec Estuary, Amount $7,000

Jonathan Allen, Biology, Testing rates of plantonic versus benthic predation in the field, Amount $1,800

Pamela Ballinger, Sociology and Anthropology, (Re)Developing the Coast: Ownership, Access, and Sovereignty in Postsocialist Croatia, Amount $4,000

Marney Pratt, Biology, Coping with Climate Change: How Temperature Affects Sea Stars on the Coast of Maine, Amount $3,530

Edward Laine,Geology, Bathymetry of Harpswell Sound Through Swath Mapping, $3,470

Spring 2005

Pamela Ballinger, Sociology and Anthropology, "(Re) Developing the Coast: Ownership, Access, and Sovereignty in Postcocialist Croatia" Amount $3,045.

Anne Hayden and Joe Bandy, Environmental Studies and Sociology and Anthropology, " A Preliminary analysis of changing attitudes towards the environmental and fisheries issues in the Gulf of Maine" Amount $5,500.

Peter Lea, Geology, John Lichter, Biology and Environmental Studies and Dharni Vasudevan, Chemistry and Environmental Studies, "Environmental Geochemistry of Coastal Sediments in the Merrymeeting Bay Watershed" Amount $8,255.

Anna Hepler, Visual Arts, "Drawing Water" Amount $1,030.

Leslie Shaw, Sociology and Anthropology, "Prehistoric Settlements and Resource Use in Northern Casco Bay" Amount $2,170.

Spring 2004

David Vail, Economics, "Models and Prototypes for Ecotourism Certification in Maine," Amount $2,966.

Lindsay Whitlow, Biology and Environmental Studies, "Integrating ecological and economic analyses of native ecosystems affected by invasive species: clam restoration efforts in Coastal Maine," Amount $1,337.

Amy Johnson and Marney Pratt, Biology, "Investigating metabolic scaling and physiological ecology of marine invertabrates," Amount $4,200.

Leslie Shaw, Sociology and Anthropology, "Merrymeeting Bay Archaeology Survey Project, Maine," Amount $760.

Spring 2003

James Mullen, Visual Arts, "The Landscape Synthesized," Amount $2,290.

Ed Laine, Geology, "Submarine Groundwater Discharge Beneath Quahog Bay," Amount $4,920.

Peter Lea, Geology, and John Lichter, Biology and Environmental Studies, "Sedimentary Record of Ecosystem Changes in Merrymeeting Bay," Amount $14,880.

Spring 2002

Lucy Barber, Art, "Observing Coastal Change, Representing Sense of Place," Amount $3,165.

Barry Logan and Jaret Reblin, Biology, "Physiological Effects and Distribution of Eastern Dwarf Mistletoe Parasitizing Coastal Red and White Spruce," Amount $5,135.

Amy Johnson, Biology, "Smart Biomaterials and Accelerating Urchin Growth," Amount $6,700.

Michael Kolster and James Mullen, Visual Arts, "Coastal Concerns/Characteristic Prospects," Amount $5,510.

John Lichter, Biology, "Long-term Studies in Forest Ecology at the Coastal Studies Center," Amount $6,700.

Spring 2001

Michael Kolster and James Mullen, Visual Arts, "Depicting the Maine Coast: Paintings and Photographs," Amount $7,667.

Carey Phillips, Biology, "Creating Accurate Survey Maps of the Coastal Studies Center," Amount $6,000.

Guillermo Herrera, Economics, "A Comparative and Interdisciplinary Study of Coastal Land Valuation and Patterns of Development," Amount $4,895.