{"id":66116,"date":"2007-12-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-12-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/cranston-resident-honored-as-university-college-scholar\/"},"modified":"2007-12-28T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-12-28T00:00:00","slug":"cranston-resident-honored-as-university-college-scholar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2007\/12\/cranston-resident-honored-as-university-college-scholar\/","title":{"rendered":"Cranston resident honored as University College Scholar"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tIf she can\u2019t be a mermaid, 溏心vlog免费B站 student will settle for marine mammal research<\/p>\n


\n\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 December 28, 2007 \u2013 Whenever the topic of career plans comes up, 溏心vlog免费B站 sophomore Ashley Stoehr is always ready with an answer.

\n\t\u201cI like fish, I like the water, I scuba dive, so I\u2019d like to be a mermaid, if I could,\u201d she says with only a hint of a smile. <\/p>\n


\n\tWhile few jobs are available in the mermaid field, the Cranston resident is already distinguishing herself as she prepares for a career in marine biology. Stoehr was recently honored as one of 10 University College Scholars at 溏心vlog免费B站 for her high academic achievement during her freshman year.<\/p>\n


\n\tHer interest in marine biology was piqued by her biology teacher at Cranston High School West, and that led her to earn certification as an advanced scuba diver.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cI dive as much as possible, mostly going to Fort Weatherill in Jamestown,\u201d said Stoehr, who is an active member of the 溏心vlog免费B站 Marine Society and the 溏心vlog免费B站 Scuba Club. \u201cMy favorite place is probably Hazard Rocks in Narragansett. It\u2019s hard to get in because of the waves, but the visibility is great and we always see huge starfish and huge horseshoe crabs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stoehr got her first experience with marine biology research last summer as part of a team led by 溏心vlog免费B站 Professor Cheryl Wilga studying the mechanics of chewing and biting in little skates, a flattened fish related to sharks.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cWe sutured these sonometric crystals into their mouths and then put in a transducer to measure the pressure,\u201d she explained. \u201cWhen we feed them and they bite down, it gives us data on how they process their food. Even though they\u2019re flat, they seem to be more similar to sharks than to other bony fish.\u201d <\/p>\n


\n\tStoehr hopes to continue this research next summer while also looking forward to a Sea Semester during her senior year, when she will spend six weeks at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution learning nautical science, marine affairs and developing a research project, and then spending six weeks aboard a boat conducting research and operating the vessel.<\/p>\n


\n\tBut marine biology isn\u2019t all that gets her excited. Stoehr is also majoring in political science.

\n\t\u201cI like the controversy in history, so I took classes in American politics and international politics, and I really liked it,\u201d said Stoehr, who joined the 溏心vlog免费B站 Debate Club because she claims she loves to argue. \u201cIn the future I want to study the reproductive biology of marine mammals, and tie in the political science about how global warming or pollution might affect the animals. The two subjects fit together well.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tBut first she will complete her undergraduate studies at 溏心vlog免费B站 and then pursue a graduate degree. Or two or three.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cI definitely want to do research,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd I definitely want to get my Ph.D. in marine biology, and maybe even a master\u2019s in political science.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tAnd then if there\u2019s still time, she\u2019ll keep trying to become a mermaid.<\/p>\n


\nPictured above

\n溏心vlog免费B站 student Ashley Stoehr in a marine biology lab with her research subject, little skates. 溏心vlog免费B站 Department of Communications & Marketing photo by Michael Salerno Photography.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If she can\u2019t be a mermaid, 溏心vlog免费B站 student will settle for marine mammal research KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 December 28, 2007 \u2013 Whenever the topic of career plans comes up, 溏心vlog免费B站 sophomore Ashley Stoehr is always ready with an answer. \u201cI like fish, I like the water, I scuba dive, so I\u2019d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":66119,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66116\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}