Class of 2024 Scholars
NAME | MAJOR | PROJECT | MENTOR |
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Amya Bradley-Woods | Sociology & Psychology | Coping with Racialized Realities: Mental Wellbeing of Black Portland Residents
| Dr. Raoul Liévanos, Sociology |
Cass Byrne | Psychology | Determining Identity Specific Needs In Lane County LGBTQ Youth Regarding Gender Diversity and Sexual Orientation | Dr. Mariah Kornbluh, Psychology |
Juan Garcia | Biochemistry | Delivery of Granulocyte Macrophage Colony Stimulating Factor Though Affibody Conjugated Hydrogel | Dr. Marian Hettiaratchi, Knight Campus |
Leah Gano | Psychology | Does Prenatal Maternal Stress Predict Executive Functions in 5-year-old Children? | Dr. Jennifer Ablow, Psychology |
Austin Mohler | Human Physiology | Initial Evaluation of an In-Show Multi-Axial Shear Sensor | Dr. Mike Hahn, Human Physiology & Dr. Michael McGeehan, Knight Campus |
Nina-Grace Montes | Journalism | Breaking the Mold: A Content Analysis of ESPN's Written and Broadcast Coverage of the 2023 Women's College World Series | Lori Shontz, Journalism |
Myrihe Rohbock | Neuroscience | Pain, Discrimination, and Child Mental Health Among Black Families
| Dr. Elliot Berkman, Psychology |
Class of 2023 Scholars
NAME | MAJOR | PROJECT | MENTOR |
|---|---|---|---|
Jessica Birrutte | Spanish & Linguistics | Lenguaje Inclusivo in the Pacific Northwest: Latine versus Latinx | Dr. Sergio Loza, Romance Languages |
Aaron Casserly | Mathematics and Computer Science | Multidisciplinary Design Optimization: Portland State | Dr. Benjamin McMorran, Physics |
Tom Farrenkopf | Cinema Studies | How as Native American Representation in the US Film Industry changed over the last thirty years? | Dr. Ari Purnama, Cinema Studies |
Kevin Gable | Sociology | Symbolism as a Mechanism of Transfer: Understanding information flow in modern society | Dr. Matthew Norton, Sociology |
Julian Gamez | Psychology | Representational Similarity in Memories of Visual Scene Images | Dr. Brice Kuhl, Psychology & James Murry, Biology |
Rowan Glass | Anthropology | Reweaving the Wáman Lware: An Ethnography of Kamëntsá Autonomy in the Sibundoy Valley of Colombia
| Dr. Maria Fernanda Escallón, Anthropology |
Maya Gonzalez | Neuroscience | The influence of maternal perspective taking towards her partner: Mind-mindedness and infant empathy | Dr. Jennifer Ablow, Psychology |
Azusena Rosales Suares | Mathematics and Spanish Clark Honors College | An Analysis of the Impact of English-to-Spanish Signage Translations in Downtown Eugene, Oregon | Dr. Devin Grammon, Romance Languages |
Austyn Tavernier | Environmental Science | The Effects of Mycorrhizae on Plant-Plant Interactions During Droughts | Dr. Jeff Diez, Biology |
Ally Tonsberg | Chemistry | Oxygen Evolution Catalysis by a Perovskite Nickel Oxide | Dr. Shannon Boettcher, Chemistry and Biochemistry |
Madison Young | Psychology | Self-Esteem and Perceived Neuroticism | Dr. Robert Chavez, Psychology |
Class of 2022 Scholars
NAME | MAJOR | PROJECT | MENTOR |
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Serena Agterberg | Psychology | Using Personality to Predict Risky Sex Behavior
| Dr. Sanjay Srivastava, Psychology |
Elijah Alexander | Psychology | Pandemic Investigation of Newly Burgeoning Acquired LGBTQAI+ Labels | Dr. Sara Weston, Psychology |
Ernie Brannon | Psychology | Dissociating the Time Courses of Two Neural Mechanisms Underlying the Rod-and-Frame Illusion | Dr. Paul Dassonville, Psychology |
Alyssa Bui | Psychology | Cognitive Motivations for Women Faking Orgasms in Heterosexual and Queer Identities | Dr. Elliot Berkman, Psychology |
Colleen Colley | Family & Human Services | Activity Prescriptions: Results of a Narrative Review | Dr. Elizabeth Budd, Prevention Science |
Noelia Duncan | Psychology | Exploring individual differences in the relationship between diabetes related illness perceptions and diabetes self-management behaviors | Dr. Elliot Berkman, Psychology |
Zoey Johnson | Psychology & Sociology | Mental Health Discourse on Animal Crossing: New Horizons During The COVID-19 Pandemic | Dr. Amanda Cote, Journalism & Communication |
Semeredin Kundin | Political Science & PPPM | The Progression of Juvenile Justice Policy in Oregon | Dr. Dan Tichenor, Political Science |
Ellis Mimms | Physics | The Pine Mountain Observatory Deep Field | Dr. Scott Fisher, Physics |
Autumn Mosley | Communication Disorders & Sciences | Breathing based meditation to decrease stress and improve symptoms in persons with COPD | Dr. Samantha Shune, Communication Disorders & Sciences |
Sabrina Reis | Mathematics and Computer Science | Burn Notice: Using Changepoint Detection Algorithms to Improve Wildfire Tracking | Dr. Michal Young, Computer Science |
Ciera Sanders | Psychology | The Relationship Among Parental Stress, Child Well-Being, and Routines During the COVID-19 Pandemic | Dr. Phil Fisher, Psychology |
Sarada Thomas | Architecture, Planning, Public Policy, & Management | Freedom Towns, Freedom Colonies: A Primer for Prosperity | Dr. Richard Margerum, Planning, Public Policy, & Management |
Jennifer Vuong | Family and Human Services & Psychology | Food Security Among University of Oregon Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic | Dr. Elizabeth Budd, Prevention Science |
Class of 2021 Scholars
Name | major | Project | Mentor |
|---|---|---|---|
Bailey Adams | Planning, Public Policy & Management / Entrepreneurship | Black Americans and the American Police Force | Dr. Nikki Chery, University Counseling Center |
Emily Boyce | Biochemistry | Assembly and function of the photosynthetic pathway | Alice Barkan, PhD, Biology |
Desiree Casanova | Psychology / Disability Studies | Does Memory Heal? Finding a Correlation Between Adolescent Drug Abuse and Deficits in Adult Memory Recall | Ruth Ellignsen, PhD, Psychology Dr. Sarah DuBrow, Psychology |
Emily Duru | English / Creative Writing | Black Womanhod in Contemporary American Literature | Dr. Courtney Thorsson, English |
Alyssa Fuentez | Human Physiology | Environment Enrichment Effects Neural Activity in Primary Visual Cortex | Denise Piscopo, PhD, Institute of Neuroscience |
Jyhreh Johnson | Biological Anthropology & Linguistics / African Studies Clark Honors College | Quantifying Cranial Shape Change Due to Aging: Expanding Forensic Age Estimation Techniques and Understanding Adult Human Ontogeny Through a Geometric Morphometric Approach | Dr. Stephen Frost, Anthropology |
Cat Luna | Psychology / Planning, Public Policy and Management & Nonprofit Administration | Pick Me Up: A Study on Daily Stress and Time Management in Nontraditional Students with Children during COVID-19 | Christabelle Dragoo, McNair Scholars Program & Prevention Science Bob Choquette, Planning, Public Policy and Management |
Lukas MacMillen | Biology | Condition and Environment Dependent Recombination | Dr. Nadia Singh, Biology |
Alexie Malone | Political Science / Ethics, Legal Studies & Business Administration | Politics and the Two-Party System | Mikhail Myagkov, Political Science |
Nicole Wales | Physics & Chemistry / Mathematics | Correlations Between Neighboring Minima in the Energy Landscapes of Athermal Glass Systems | Dr. Eric Corwin, Physics |
Class of 2020 Scholars
NAME | major | PROJECT | MENTOR |
|---|---|---|---|
Nitan Avivi-Stuhl | Mathematics / Computer Science | Matroid Theory | Dr. Mauricio Gomez Lopez, Mathematics |
Desirae Brown | Sociology / French | The Effects of University Student Demands and Protests on Administrative Responses, Diversity Numbers, and Retention Rates | Dr. Debra Thompson, Political Science |
Ally Carlile | Biology / Mathematics & Chemistry | Behavioral Correlates in Sleeping Laboratory Mice | Dr. David McCormick, Institute of Neuroscience |
Matthew Dawson | Biology & Psychology | Cell Specific Ablation in Zebrafish: an Examination of Social Behavior | Dr. Philip Washbourne, Institute of Neuroscience Dr. Christina Karns, Psychology Dr. Laurie Ehlhardt Powell and Dr. Melissa McCart, Center on Brain Injury Research and Training |
Ashley Easter | Family and Human Services / Sociology | Exploring Factors Associated with Obesity in Rural Oregon | Dr. Elizabeth Budd, Family and Human Services & Prevention Science |
Lisa Guerricabeitia | Psychology & Theater Arts | Parsing Influences of Dysregulation on Eating Habits in Rural School-Aged Children | Dr. Nichole Kelly, Counseling Psychology |
Joan Hicks | Psychology / Global Health | Age-related and culturally specific causes of depression underdiagnosis among older adults | Dr. Josh Snodgrass, Anthropology Alicia DeLouize, M.A., Anthropology |
Neila (Nina) Kerkebane | Economics / Mathematics | Impact of Tuition Increases on the Enrollment Rates of Low-Income Students | Dr. Jonathan Davis, Economics |
Ash Martins | Sociology / Psychology |
| Dr. Jocelyn Hollander, Sociology |
Tristan McKibben | Biochemistry / Ethics |
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Joe Moore | Sociology | Gentrification and Eviction Crisis: Tacoma | Dr. Clare Evans, Sociology |
Antonio Munoz | Biology / Psychology | Odor Concentration Change Sensing in Mice | Avinash Singh, Biology |
Allysia Rainey | Psychology | The Association Between Socioeconomic Status and Depression in Adolescent Females | Dr. Jennifer Pfeifer, Psychology |
Meghan Ramirez | Psychology / Sociology & Anthropology | The Effects of Natural Sounds on the Autonomic Nervous System | Dr. Christina Karns, Psychology Dr. Melissa McCart, Center on Brain Injury Research and Training |
Class of 2019 Scholars
NAME | major | PROJECT | MENTOR |
|---|---|---|---|
Morgan Bunch | Psychology | The Effect of Simulations on Perceptions of the Validity of Expert Testimony | Dr. Robert Mauro, Psychology |
Faith Collins | Psychology | The Effect of Delta-Frequency Music on Insomniac Sleep Onset Latency | Teresa Hawkes, Neuroinformatics Lab Dr. Don Tucker, Psychology |
Kylie Davis | Psychology | Heard it Through the Grapevine: Does Physical Attractiveness Affect Impressions Formed via Gossip? |
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Ana Garibay-Mares | International Studies, Chinese & Planning, Public Policy & Management / Business Administration | Belt and Road Initiative: the Sino-Samoa Pact | Dr. Yvonne Brown, International Studies |
Elmira Louie | Comparative Literature and English | A Woman's Voice: Strategies of Feminist Translation Practices in Spanish, Persian, and Turkish Poetry | Dr. Leah Middlebrook, Romance Languages and Comparative Literature |
Aaron Macarthur | Psychology | The Closeness Communication Bias: A Replication | Dr. Dare Baldwin, Psychology Netanel Weinstein, Psychology |
Alvy Macias-Gonzalez | Sociology | Feeding The Identity: What Goes Into Your Mouth Affects What Goes Into Your Mind | Dr. Elliot Berkman, Psychology |
Shawn Melendy | Biochemistry | Effects of Adipocyte-Specific p85α Overexpression on Insulin Signaling Mice | Dr. Carrie McCurdy, Human Physiology Dr. Byron Hetrick, Institute of Molecular Biology |
Sky Ramirez-Doble | Environmental Science | Local scale variation in microbial composition and function across tropical land use gradients | Dr. Krista McGuire, Biology Stephanie Ostresh, Biology |
Zora Rose | Psychology and Philosophy | The Impact of Auditory Theta Stimulation on General Affect, Working Memory Capacity and Attention | Dr. Dasa Zeithamova, Psychology Dr. Michael Posner, Psychology Taylor Guthrie, Psychology |
Anais Niko Verhoeven | Psychology | Regulatory success and eating disorder symptomatology: does cognitive reappraisal sores predict specific eating disorder risk? | Dr. Jennifer Pfeifer, Psychology Dani Cosme, Psychology |
Mat Wilson | Anthropology | Impact of a High Male Skew on the Sexual Behaviors of Japanese Macaques (Macaca fuscata) | Dr. Frances White, Anthropology Kylen Gartland, Anthropology |
Scott Ziegler | English | Antagonistic River: The Agency of Nature in Northwest Literature | Dr. Gordon Sayre, English Dr. Stephanie LeMenager, English |
Class of 2018 Scholars
NAME | major | PROJECT | MENTOR |
|---|---|---|---|
Jared F. Acosta-King | Psychology | Odor Sampling Behavior in Autism Model Mice | Dr. Matthew Smear, Psychology, Institute of Neuroscience |
Cheyenne D. Collins | Anthropology, Honors College | Preliminary Decomposition Student within the Willamette Valley of Oregon: Multi-Regional Comparison and Sharp Force Trauma Effects | Dr. Jeanne McLaughlin, Anthropology |
Carina Garcia | International Studies & Sociology | The Role of the State in Human Rights and Migration: Conflicting Discourses in Mexican Migration Policy | Dr. Kristin Yarris, International Studies Dr. Ellen Scott, Sociology |
Bianca Flynn | History | Environmental Racism in Native American Communities Near the Hanford Nuclear Reservation | Dr. Ryan Jones, History Dr. Steven Beda, History |
Lana Huizar | Psychology | Examining Depression and Social Support among Caregivers of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder | Dr. Laura Lee McIntyre, School of Psychology |
Taylor Contreras | Physics | The Search for New Particles Decaying to W+ Final States NSF Duke/TUNL Research Experience for Undergraduates | Dr. Alfred T. Goshaw, Physics, Duke University Dr. Stephanie Majewski, Physics |
Jack C. Wiegand | Anthropology & Medieval Studies | Sugar Refinement Techniques from Medieval Documentary and Material Records: A Text-aided Experimental Archaeology Case Study | Dr. Daphne Gallagher, Anthropology Dr. Gantt Gurley, German and Scandinavian Dr. Regina Psaki, Romance Languages Dr. Scott Stull, Anthropology, Ithaca College |
Elizabeth Witcher | Psychology & Sociology | The Role of Social Media in the Emotional Lives of People with Vitiligo | Dr. C J Pascoe |
Class of 2017 Scholars
NAME | major | PROJECT | MENTOR |
|---|---|---|---|
Bradley M. Boyce | Psychology | Passive Carryover and Conflict Triggered Regulation: Differences in Early Visual Components | Dr. Ulrich Mayr, Psychology Dr. Don Tucker, Psychology |
Megan Carson | Psychology | Age Differences in a “Short Long-term Memory” System for Visual Information | Dr. Ulrich Mayr, Psychology Dr. Atsushi Kikumoto, Psychology |
Lindan Comrada | Biochemistry | Markers of Cardiovascular Health in Chronic Marijuana Smokers | Dr. Christopher Minson, Human Physiology |
Stefani Paige Evans | Psychology | Mother-Preschooler Interactions Measured Using the Structural Analysis of Social Behavior | Dr. Maureen Zalewski, Psychology Dr. Elizabeth Skowron, Counseling Psychology |
Tonya C. Hansberry | Psychology | Sequelae of Maternal Trauma: Attachment Relationships and the Development of Empathy in the Next Generation | Dr. Jennifer Ablow, Psychology Dr. Jeffrey Measelle, Psychology Dr. Xiaoning Sun, Psychology |
Benjamin Hinde | Sociology | Fluid Borders, Neo-Liberal Displacements: Current Push and Pull Factors Driving Latin American Migration | Dr. Jessica Vasquez-Tokos, Sociology Dr. Aaron Gullickson, Sociology |
David M. Lee | Biochemistry & Biology | Leafcutter Ants Inside the Nest Have Sharper Mandibles than Ants Outside the Nest | Dr. Robert Schofield, Physics |
Kristina Lowney | Psychology | Feelings of Belonging and Future Persistence in STEM | Dr. Sara Hodges, Psychology, Associate Dean of the Graduate School |
Aaron Nelson | Biology | Transfer of Fungal Endophytes from Leaves to Woody Substrates | Dr. Bitty Roy, Biology and Institute of Ecology and Evolution |
Thalia Padilla | Biology | Molecular Genetic Studies in C. elegans | Dr. Bruce Bowerman, Biology, Institute of Molecular Biology Dr. Molly Jud, Institute of Molecular Biology |
Trenton M. Peters-Clarke | Biochemistry & Biology | Increasing the Efficiency of a Biotin-Streptavidin Pull Down for An Investigation of Pt(II)-Protein Interactions | Dr. Victoria DeRose, Chemistry, Institute of Molecular Biology Dr. Rachael Cunningham, Institute of Molecular Biology |
Demiliza Saramosing | Ethnic Studies & Journalism | Indigenizing Kalihi: Imagining Native Solidarities between Native Hawaiians and Working-Class Filipinos in the U.S. Colony of Hawai’i | Dr. Stephanie “Lani” Teves, Ethnic Studies |
Class of 2016 Scholars
NAME | major | PROJECT | MENTOR |
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David Adams | Psychology, Biology, Honors College | Contextual Modulation: Components of the Rod-and-Frame Illusion and the Systemizing Trait of Autism | Dr. Paul Dassonville, Psychology |
Dagger Anderson | Psychology | A Diverse Look at Switch Rate and Task Switching | Dr. Ulrich Mayr, Psychology Dr. Jason Hubbard, Psychology |
Joshua Coon | Biology | Pheromones and Path Selection of Atta cephalotes | Dr. Robert Schofield, Physics |
Zachary Cunningham | Psychology | Maternal Betrayal Trauma and Response to Adolescent Negative Emotion: Does Maternal Emotion Regulation Matter? | Dr. Jennifer Freyd, Psychology Dr. Christina Gamache Martin, Psychology |
Matthew T. Dodier | Economics | Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire: PM2.5, Forest Fires, and Hospital Admissions in Oregon | Dr. Benjamin Hansen, Economics |
Caitlyn Fields | Biochemistry | Investigating Fundamental Cluster Chemistry: VT-NMR Studies of the Flat Ga13 Cluster at Multiple Concentrations | Dr. Darren W. Johnson, Chemistry and Biochemistry Dr. Anna F. Oliveri, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Chemistry, UC Davis Dr. William H. Casey, Chemistry, UC Davis |
Robel Haile | General Science | The Neurotoxic effects of Amyloid-Beta Oligomers in C. elegans | Dr. Janis Weeks, Biology, Institute of Neuroscience Dr. Kristin Robinson, Institute of Neuroscience |
Diamanté Jamison | Ethnic Studies & History | Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.: The Vanishing Point of Two Black Streams of Consciousness |
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Nicole Kingsley | Biology, Honors College | The Genetic Architecture Underlying Biting in the Pitcher-Plant Mosquito, Wyeomyia smithii | Dr. William Bradshaw, Biology, Institute of Ecology and Evolution Dr. Christina Holzapfel, Biology, Institute of Ecology and Evolution Dr. Rudy Borowczak, Biology, Institute of Ecology and Evolution |
Erica Alexia Ledesma | Ethnic Studies, Anthropology & Spanish | Shifting Racial and Ethnic Identities Among Guatemalan Immigrants | Dr. Lynn Stephen, Anthropology, Center for Latino/a and Latin American Studies (CLLAS) |
Tamara LeRoy | Anthropology | Food and Gardening: Benefits and Challenges for Latino/a Communities in Public Spaces | Dr. Lynn Stephen, Anthropology, Center for Latino/a and Latin American Studies (CLLAS) |
Kristina Lowney | Psychology | Self-Doubt and Empathic Accuracy | Dr. Sara Hodges, Psychology, Associate Dean of the Graduate School |
Christine Nguyen | Psychology | Sociability Gap between Chinese American Mothers and their Children: Consequences of the Gap for Young, School-Age Children’s Adjustment | Dr. Jennifer Ablow, Psychology Dr. Jeffrey Measelle, Psychology Dr. Xiaoning Sun, Psychology |
Brandon Riemer | Physics | Integrated Photonic Circuits | Dr. Benjamín Alemán, Physics |
Paulla Santos | History | The Continuation of US Imperialism through Transnational Marriages between Pilipinas and US Men | Dr. Julie Weise, History |
Class of 2015 Scholars
NAME | major | PROJECT | MENTOR |
|---|---|---|---|
Geo Bitgood | Psychology | Thank you, Sweetie! Gratitude and Relationship Satisfaction in Close Relationships | Dr. Christina Karns, Psychology |
Erik Burlingame | Biochemistry | The Role of CASK in Synaptogenesis | Dr. Philip Washbourne, Biology, Institute of Neuroscience |
Jackie Cowell | Psychology | More Than Just Words: EMOTAIX-Tropes Examines Linguistic Correlates of Mental Health | Dr. Jennifer Ablow, Psychology Dr. Jeffrey Measelle, Psychology |
Mallory Nicole Davis | English & Women's and Gender Studies | Of Cost and Consequence: Examining the Price of White Liberalism in James Baldwin’s Another Country | Dr. Courtney Thorsson, English Dr. Ernesto Martinez, Women’s and Gender Studies |
Monquize Dusseau | Economics | Gangs in America: Dispelling Detrimental Stigmas and Cultivating Alternatives | Dr. Gerardo Sandoval, Planning, Public Policy and Management |
David Grady | Psychology | The State Effects of Subtle Physiological Arousal on Visual Working Memory Capacity: Sitting, Standing and Cognition | Dr. Edward K. Vogel, Psychology Dr. Irida Mance, Psychology |
Marina P. Gross | Psychology | The Role of Pupil Dilation in the Von Restorff Effect | Dr. Nash Unsworth, Psychology |
Robel Haile | Human Physiology | Screening the Neurotoxic Effects of Amyloid-β1-42 Peptides in C. elegans using a Micro-fluidic Electropharyngeogram Platform | Dr. Janis Weeks, Biology, Institute of Neuroscience Dr. Kristin Robinson, Institute of Neuroscience |
Christopher Harrington | Anthropology | Facial Symmetry and Health in the Indigenous Amazonian Shuar of Ecuador | Dr. Stephen Frost, Anthropology Dr. Lawrence Sugiyama, Anthropology |
Caitlyn Hazlett | Chemistry | Facile Synthesis of a Large Gallium Keggin Cluster | Dr. William H. Casey, Chemistry, University of California, Davis Dr. Darren Johnson, Chemistry, Materials Science Institute Dr. Anna Oliveri, Chemistry Dr. Jung-Ho Son, NEAT ORU, University of California, Davis |
Jared Richardson | Biology & Biochemistry | Alternative Splicing in the Cardiac Tissue of Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 Patients | Dr. Andy Berglund, Chemistry, Institute of Molecular Biology, Interim Assoc. Dean, Graduate School Dr. Adam Struck, Chemistry, Institute of Molecular Biology |
Benedicta Wanjeri | Biochemistry | Determining the Protein Concentration of Malaria VaccineCandidate Antigen Apical Membrane Antigen-1 (AMA1) | Dr. Andrea Berry, Pediatrics (Infectious and Tropical Diseases), University of Maryland, Baltimore |
Class of 2014 Scholars
NAME | MAJOR | PROJECT | MENTOR |
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Geo Bitgood | Psychology | Body Connectivity and Mobile Technology Use: The Role of the Body in a Digital Age | Dr. Jennifer Craig, Dance |
Amber P. Bryan | Women's and Gender Studies | Exotic Sexuality: Examining the Effect of Exotic Dancing on Women’s Sexuality | Dr. Lamia Karim, Anthropology |
Tad Falk | Psychology | Personality Impressions on Twitter | Dr. Sanjay Srivastava, Psychology Nicole Lawless, Psychology |
Marina Gross | Psychology | Accessing Long-Term Memory—What Pupil Dilation Can Tell Us About Search Processes: An Exploratory Study | Dr. Nash Unsworth, Psychology |
Lindsay Guzman | Chemistry | New Pt(II) Complexes for the Investigation of Copper-Mediated Degradation in Pt-Bound RNA Click Reactions | Dr. Victoria DeRose, Chemistry, Institute of Molecular Biology Dr. Jonathan White, Chemistry |
Sunny Rae Harrison | Anthropology | Maintaining Compassion and Harmony: An Analysis of Three Interreligious Communities in Bali | Dr. Lamia Karim, Anthropology |
Lan Marberry | Family and Human Services | The Perception of Parents’ Participation in Therapy for Children with Communication Disorders | Dr. Karrie Walters, Family and Human Services Dr. Daniel Close, Family an Human Services Dr. Eileen McNutt, Speech Language Pathologist |
Hassatou Jallow | Journalism, International Studies, Honors College | A Modern Migration: The Consequences of Senegalese Migration to the West | Peter Laufer, Journalism Dr. Vera Keller, Honors College |
Heidi Martinez | Journalism, International Studies, Honors College | Beyond Depression: Maternal Neural Response Differs with Comorbid Anxiety Disorder | Dr. Heidemarie Laurent, Psychology Dr. Rosemary Bernstein, Psychology |
Lyle McPherson | Biochemistry | aPKC Induces Polarization of Numb by Disrupting Cortical Targeting Mechanisms | Dr. Kenneth Prehoda, Chemistry and the Institute of Molecular Biology Dr. Matthew Bailey, Chemistry |
Eric Goytia Nummedal | Biochemistry | Using Mice as Models to Investigate Neuronal Response in the Thalamic Lateral Geniculate Nucleus | Dr. Cris Niell Biology, Institute of Neuroscience Dr. Wayne Tschetter, Institute of Neuroscience |
Gabriel Sanchez | Anthropology | Cetacean Hunting at the Par-Tee Site (35CLT20): Ethnographic, Artifact, and Blood Residue Analysis Investigation | Dr. Jon Erlandson, Anthropology and the Museum of Natural and Cultural History Dr. Eirik Thorsgard, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer Cultural Protection Program of The Confederated Tribes of Grand Rond |
Quang Truong | Biology | Exploring the Basis for Sequence-specific RNA Binding by Pentatricopeptide Repeat Proteins | Dr. Alice Barkan, Biology, Institute of Molecular Biology |
Benedicta Wanjeri | Biochemistry | Characterizing the Neuromuscular Effects of Tribendimidinein the Nematode Worm Caenorhabditis elegans | Dr. Janis Weeks, Biology, Institute of Neuroscience Dr. Kristin Robinson, Institute of Neuroscience |
Naduah Wheeler | English | Post-Traumatic Sexuality: Reclamation of Sexuality and Eroticism After Colonization | Dr. Quinn Miller, English Dr. Gordon Sayre, English |