1.
Writing About Life Changes
Alexandra Holmes, Kathleen McCormick,
Taylor McGuire and Patricia Gonzalez
Faculty: Jane Mendle
College of Human Ecology
Field-Based Mentor: Tim Davis
CCE Ontario and Schuyler Counties

2.
“Dear Diary”: Writing About Life Changes
 For 5 weeks, we recruited girls (ages 10-13) to participate in the
expressive writing study at Bristol Hills and Hidden Valley 4-H Camps.
 A total of 102 girls completed the experiment: 50 girls in the experimental
group and 52 girls in the control group
 We learned that expressive writing may allow girls’ transition into
adolescence to be a smoother and more positive experience.
 Many of the girls really enjoyed the writing exercise and told us that they
intended to continue writing on their own

3.
Climate Change and Agriculture:
Helping Farmers Adapt to Climate
Change in New York
Rachel Erlebacher
Faculty: Allison Chatrchyan and David Wolfe
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Field-Based Mentors: Zywia Wojnar, Stephanie Radin,
and Jennifer Fimbel
CCE Dutchess County

4.
Rachel Erlebacher
Helping Farmers Adapt to Climate
Change in New York
• Farm Interviews
• Workshops
• Team Meetings
• Bioenergy and Bioproducts Program
• Grant Writing
• Literature Review

5.
Climate Change and Agriculture:
Helping Farmers Adapt to Climate
Change in New York
Jacob Sackett
Faculty: Allison Chatrchyan and David Wolfe
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Field-Based Mentors: TBA
CCE Tompkins County

6.
Climate Smart Farm
Stories
As part of my internship
this summer, I created
short, 5-10 minute long
video interviews with
farmers from the Finger
Lakes Region. The
farmers shed light upon
how climate change and
variability is affecting their
farms and what steps they
are taking in terms of
mitigation and adaptation.
CCE Climate Change and Agriculture:
Helping Farmers Adapt to Climate Change in New York
• Projects:
• Climate Smart Farm Stories
• Dairy Cattle Heat Stress Literature Review
• Climate Institute Development (web page, content)
• Empire Farm Days

7.
Parent Education in New York City:
The Parenting a Second Time
Around Project
Paisley Terenzi
Faculty: Rachel Dunifon
College of Human Ecology
Field-Based Mentor: Jackie Davis-Manigaulte
CCE New York City

8.
Parenting the Second Time Around (PASTA)
• Community-based
education in a large urban
setting
• Implementation,
evaluation, and
maintenance
• Writing the proposal
• Observed and assisted
with weekly workshops

9.
Invasive Species Statewide
Outreach Program
Kaitlyn Anderson and Christina Hall
Faculty: Antonio DiTommaso and Deb Grantham
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Field-Based Mentor: Laurel Gailor
CCE Tompkins County

10.
Invasive Species Statewide
Outreach Program
Kaitlyn Anderson and Christina Hall
Saratoga and Tompkins County

11.
Health and the Brain
Neuroscience Outreach
Lindsay Dower
Faculty: Valerie Reyna
College of Human Ecology
Field-Based Mentor: Tim Davis
CCE Ontario County

12.
Health and the Brain Neuroscience Outreach
• Updated theory-based & activity-based curricula geared towards middle school
students involving aspects of neuroscience, nutrition, & genetics
• Recruited campers to participate in a randomized control trial via the hands-on
lesson plans based on Dr. Reyna’s work on fuzzy-trace theory
• Traveled to 4-H Camp Bristol Hills in Canandaigua, NY to teach the curricula to small
groups of campers
• Lived at the camp for 3 weeks, personally getting to know the campers and directly
engaging them in the research of Dr. Reyna’s Laboratory for Rational Decision
Making
• Gained amazing field experience in teaching adolescents about health, learned
much about the research process, & strengthened my leadership skills; all while
helping to improve the broader New York State community

13.
Building a Community Legacy Together
Program Evaluation
Masrai Williams
Faculty: Karl Pilemer
College of Human Ecology
Field-Based Mentors: Denyse Variano and Beverly Mancuso
CCE Orange and Genesee Counties

14.
Building a Community Legacy
Together (BCLT)
• During my summer internship I gained valuable experience
in evidence-based program development and evaluation in
a community agency setting.
• I was trained in the art of interviewing, conducted
interviews, assisted in coding the main themes of the
interviews, and collaborated in analyzing the process
evaluation data.
• I learned, through first-hand experience, how to interview
and to interpret interview data.
• I gained a comprehensive knowledge-base about the
development of evidence-based programs.
• I genuinely enjoyed being able to grow both professionally
and personally through this amazing internship. Dr. Karl Pillemer
Leslie Schultz

15.
Immigrant Integration in New Destinations:
How to Engage Latino Children and
Youth with 4-H
Susana Jimenez
Faculty: Pilar Parra
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
CCE Wayne County

16.
Immigrant Integration
Dr. Pilar Parra
Susana Teresa Jimenez

17.
Infant Poverty and the
Achievement Gap
Jane Conway
Faculty: Gary Evans
College of Human Ecology

18.
The Link Between Maternal Object Movement and
Infant Word Learning
• Recruited for
participants from
Tompkins and
surrounding counties
•Performed cognitive
development tests on
infants
•Analyzed data using
SPSS analytical
software
• Interacted with
families of varying
socioeconomic
backgrounds
•Sought to pinpoint
the start of the
achievement gap

19.
Integrated Management of Weeds:
Insect and Mites in Hops
Anna Long
Faculty: Dr. Greg Loeb
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
CCE Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Erie and Niagara Counties

20.
The Effect of Predatory Mites on Two Spotted
Spider Mites: Biological Control in the
Hopyard
Anna Long
Cornell Lake Erie Research and Extension Lab
Site Supervisor: Tim Weigle
Faculty Supervisor: Greg Loeb

21.
Measuring and Improving Rural Food
and Physical Activity Environments to
Improve Health
Christine Loui
Faculty: Rebecca Seguin
Field-Based Mentor: Kelly White and Paddy Redihan
CCE Tioga and Schuyler Counties

22.
Assessing Physical Activity and Food Environments in
Rural Areas to Improve Health
The food and physical activity environments influence people’s
choices concerning their health. Tools that help identify these barriers
and assets to healthy eating and physical activity may help bring
awareness to residents so they can take action to address these
issues to improve community health. I analyzed results from an
electronic tool that was used to capture barriers and assets to
healthy eating and active living in two rural communities.

23.
Market Testing for Alternative
Tree Sap Products
Zech Hintz
Faculty: Miguel Gomez
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Field-Based Mentors: Anita Deming and Michelle Ledoux
CCE Essex County

24.
Alternative Syrup and Sap Testing
Essex County CCE, Westport, NY
Intern Zech Hintz, Cornell ‘17

25.
Risk Communication for
Public Audiences
John Zakour
Faculty: Katherine McComas

26.
Risk Communication for Public Audiences
My experience: I worked with professors and graduate students
on the cutting edge of communication research by
My work: I created write-ups for the Risk Communication
Research Group website based on primary research, aimed at
public audiences without a science background.

27.
Sustainability, Style and Technology
Brittany Owens
Faculty: Tasha L. Lewis
College of Human Ecology
Field Based Mentor: Jacqueline Davis-Manigaulte
Cornell University

28.
Sustainability, Style & Technology- Brittany Owens
• 10-11 weeks
• 2 parts
• 1st- Fashion Chop Shop: 4H program
– month worth of prep going into workshop
-deconstruction & reconstruction, fashion show, team work
-visit to recycling center
• 2nd- Research: with Professor Tasha Lewis
-Researched what’s currently available on the market for apps in fashion
-wrote a literary review on the articles I read
-meetings on app development and layout

29.
Satiating Effects and Human
Eating Behavior
Shamail Shahid
Faculty: David Levitsky
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
CCE New York City

30.
My responsibilities and
accomplishments
 Complete required trainings
and meetings
 Read and edit research
proposals
 Edit/ improve current forms
and documents
 Make amendments to the IRB
proposal
 Provide input/ suggestions
 Data entry
 Subject recruitment/advertising
 Assist in running subjects
 Statistical analysis
 Minor computer repairs
 Daily reports and logs
 Weekly meetings
Conducting an eating study
– What was it about?
 Measuring intake before and
after giving a preload
 Measuring extended effects
and possible caloric
compensation of intake.
 Measuring eating behavior as
well as accounting for other
factors of intake via
questionnaires.

31.
The Influence of Past Food Insecurity
on Parents’ Use of Child Feeding
Practices Recommended to Prevent
Child Obesity
Tracey Rosa
Faculty: Katherine Dickin
College of Human Ecology
Field-Based Mentors: Zahrine Bajwa and Jennifer Colletti
CCE Suffolk County

32.
“…hungry is a kind
of suffer, hungry is
not funny…”
THE INFLUENCE OF PAST FOOD INSECURITY ON
PARENTS’ USE OF CHILD FEEDING PRACTICES
RECOMMENDED TO PREVENT CHILD OBESITY
Tracey Rosa
“why is that a
memory that you
think would stick
with you?”
“were there any
…guidelines…that
your family had
about how much
you ate?”
“…my parents went
through World War II
and there were always
starving children in
China. So, we were told
to eat everything...the
clean plate club.”

33.
Western New York Nutrient Management,
Field Crops Applied Research
Anne Mills
Faculty: Quirine Ketterings
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Field-Based Mentor: Bill Verbeten
CCE Genesee, Wyoming, Livingston, Ontario,
Orleans, and Niagara Counties

34.
Research for the Continuous
Improvement of 4-H
Katrina Simon
Faculty: Stephen Hamilton
College of Human Ecology
Field-Based Mentor: Angela Northern
CCE Erie County

35.
Research for Continuous
Improvement of 4-H
During my project I…
-Collaborated with the educators of Western New York counties
-Attended and participated in various conferences and 4-H community
meetings
-Created a brochure for 4-H Afterschool providers

36.
4-H National Youth Science Day
Experiment Curriculum Development
Ciara Rodriguez
Faculty: Susan Hoskins
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Field-Based Mentors: James Hooper, Timothy Davis,
and Charles Malone
CCE Ontario County

37.
4-H National Youth Science Day Experiment
Curriculum Experiment
• Constructed an interactive
five day curriculum to go
along with “Rockets to the
Rescue”
• Activities included giant
gliders, egg drop parachutes,
stomp rockets, etc
• Class consisted of 14 4-H
campers including 3 girls
• Participants accomplished
feats such as launching a
rocket over 134 feet in the
air

38.
Assessing Potential for Scaling Up
Farm to Cafeteria in Saratoga and Washington
Counties in New York State
Jamie Lo
Faculty: Jennifer Wilkins
College of Human Ecology
Field-Based Mentor: Diane Whitten
CCE Saratoga County

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Seasonality of local produce
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Top Concerns of Purchasing Local Foods
Ranked 1st
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• Surveyed food service directors in Saratoga County
utilizing a revised needs assessment survey from 2010.
• Informally interviewed food service director of
Skidmore College and farmers.
• Helped with nutrition and food classes for the
community.
• Learned about Farm to School programs and the many
factors that affect it.
Skidmore College Community Garden
Master food preserver class and CCE-Saratoga

40.
Development of Survey and Monitoring
Procedures for a New Pest in Orchards –
Black Stem Borer
Hannah Rae Warren
Faculty: Art Agnello and Kerik Cox
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Field-Based Mentor: Elizabeth Claypoole
CCE Wayne County

41.
Development of Survey and Monitoring
Procedures for a New Pest in Orchards –
Black Stem Borer
Hannah Rae Warren

42.
Refugee Family Child Care Provider Project
Emily Satinsky
Faculty: John Eckenrode
College of Human Ecology
Field-Based Mentor: Ronald Bunce
CCE Madison and Oneida Counties

43.
Home-Based Child-Care Training Program for
Refugees in Utica, New York
Emily Satinsky
Lisa McCabe, Lorraine
Kinney-Kitchen, John
Eckenrode
October 7, 2014

44.
Employing Biological Control Measures
to Manage Spotted Wing Drosophila in
Commercial and Organic Small Fruit
Production Systems
Pawan Angara
Faculty: Peter Jentsch
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Field-Based Mentors: Laura McDermott, Teresa Rusinek,
Emily Cook, and Jim O’Connell
CCE Ulster County

45.
Employing Biological Control Measures to Manage Spotted Wing Drosophila
in Commercial and Organic Small Fruit Production Systems
(Left) Raspberries are a prime SWD target.
(Middle) A trap-and-kill SWD station using gel product.
(Right) An SWD monitoring trap at Poughkeepsie Farm Project.

46.
Healthy Gardens, Healthy Youth
Krista Galie
Faculty: Nancy Wells
College of Human Ecology
Field-Based Mentors: Gretchen Ferenz, Caroline Tse, Caroline Kiang,
Mary Lee Bourbeau, Amie Cressman, Chris Logue,
Donna Alese Cooke, and Jeanne Darling
CCE Tompkins County

47.
Healthy Gardens, Healthy Youth
School Gardens Research:
data analysis and
literature reviews
Play space environment
and physical activity:
study design and direct
observation
Nancy M. Wells, Beth M. Myers, Krista Galie