Amya Bradley-Woods '24
Major: Sociology | Psychology
Mentor: Dr. Raoul Liévanos, Sociology
Project: Coping with Racialized Realities: Mental Wellbeing of Black Portland Residents
Accolades: 1st place Poster Award for the Black Culture and Identity Award | Honorable Mention for the Indigenous, Race and Ethnic Studies Award
Cass Byrne '24
Major: Psychology
Mentor: Dr. Mariah Kornbluh, Psychology
Project: Determining Identity Specific Needs In Lane County LGBTQ Youth Regarding Gender Diversity and Sexual Orientation
Juan Garcia '24
Major: Biochemistry
Mentor: Dr. Mariah Kornbluh, Psychology
Project: Delivery of Granulocyte Macrophage Colony Stimulating Factor Though Affibody Conjugated Hydrogel
Leah Gano '24
Major: Psychology
Mentor: Dr. Jennifer Ablow, Psychology
Project: Does Prenatal Maternal Stress Predict Executive Functions in 5-year-old Children?
Austin Mohler '24
Major: Human Physiology
Mentor: Dr. Mike Hahn, Human Physiology & Dr. Michael McGeehan, Knight Campus
Project: Initial Evaluation of an In-Show Multi-Axial Shear Sensor
Nina-Grace Montes'24
Major: Journalism
Mentor: Lori Shontz, Journalism
Project: Breaking the Mold: A Content Analysis of ESPN's Written and Broadcast Coverage of the 2023 Women's College World Series
Myrihe Rohbock '24
Major: Neuroscience
Mentor: Dr. Elliot Berkman, Psychology
Project: Pain, Discrimination, and Child Mental Health Among Black Families
Accolades: Honorable Mention in the Black Culture and Identity Award
Jessica Birrutte '23
Major: Spanish | Linguistics
Mentor: Dr. Sergio Loza, Romance Languages
Project: Lenguaje Inclusivo in the Pacific Northwest: Latine versus Latinx
Aaron Casserly '23
Major: Mathematics | Computer Science
Mentor: Dr. Benjamin McMorran, Physics
Project: Multidisciplinary Design Optimization: Portland State
Aerospace Society (PSAS) Launch Vehicle 4
Tom Farrenkopf '23
Major: Cinema Studies
Mentor: Dr. Ari Purnama, Cinema Studies
Project: How as Native American Representation in the US Film Industry changed over the last thirty years?
Kevin Gable '23
Major: Sociology
Mentor: Dr. Matthew Norton, Sociology
Project: Symbolism as a Mechanism of Transfer: Understanding information flow in modern society
Julian Gamez '23
Major: Psychology
Mentor: Dr. Brice Kuhl, Psychology & James Murry, Biology
Project: Representational Similarity in Memories of Visual Scene Images
Rowan Glass '23
Major: Anthropology
Mentor: Dr. Maria Fernanda Escallón, Anthropology
Project: Reweaving the Wáman Lware: An Ethnography of Kamëntsá Autonomy in the Sibundoy Valley of Colombia
Accolades: Department of Global Studies Award
Maya Gonzalez '23
Major: Neuroscience
Mentor: Dr. Jennifer Ablow, Psychology
Project: The influence of maternal perspective taking towards her partner: Mind-mindedness and infant empathy
Azusena Rosales Suares '23
Major: Mathematics | Spanish | Clark Honors College
Mentor: Dr. Devin Grammon, Romance Languages
Project: An Analysis of the Impact of English-to-Spanish Signage Translations in Downtown Eugene, Oregon
Austyn Tavernier '23
Major: Environmental Science
Mentor: Dr. Jeff Diez, Biology
Project: The Effects of Mycorrhizae on Plant-Plant Interactions During Droughts
Ally Tonsberg '23
Major: Chemistry
Mentor: Dr. Shannon Boettcher, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Project: Oxygen Evolution Catalysis by a Perovskite Nickel Oxide
Madison Young '23
Major: Psychology
Mentor: Dr. Robert Chavez, Psychology
Project: Self-Esteem and Perceived Neuroticism
Serena Agterberg '22
Major: Psychology
Mentor: Dr. Sanjay Srivastava, Psychology
Project: Using Personality to Predict Risky Sex Behavior
Accolades: Best Psychology Poster Award
Elijah Alexander '22
Major: Psychology
Mentor: Dr. Sara Weston, Psychology
Project: Pandemic Investigation of Newly Burgeoning Acquired LGBTQAI+ Labels
Ernie Brannon '22
Major: Psychology
Mentor: Dr. Paul Dassonville, Psychology
Project: Dissociating the Time Courses of Two Neural Mechanisms Underlying the Rod-and-Frame Illusion
Alyssa Bui '22
Major: Psychology
Mentor: Dr. Elliot Berkman, Psychology
Project: Cognitive Motivations for Women Faking Orgasms in Heterosexual and Queer Identities
Colleen Colley '22
Major: Family & Human Services
Mentor: Dr. Elizabeth Budd, Prevention Science
Project: Activity Prescriptions: Results of a Narrative Review
Noelia Duncan '22
Major: Psychology
Mentor: Dr. Elliot Berkman, Psychology
Project: Exploring individual differences in the relationship between diabetes related illness perceptions and diabetes self-management behaviors
Zoey Johnson '22
Major: Psychology & Sociology
Mentor: Dr. Amanda Cote, Journalism & Communication
Project: Mental Health Discourse on Animal Crossing: New Horizons During The COVID-19 Pandemic
Semeredin Kundin '22
Major: Political Science & PPPM
Mentor: Dr. Dan Tichenor, Political Science
Project: The Progression of Juvenile Justice Policy in Oregon
Ellis Mimms '22
Major: Physics
Mentor: Dr. Scott Fisher, Physics
Project: The Pine Mountain Observatory Deep Field
Autumn Mosley '22
Major: Communication Disorders & Sciences
Mentor: Dr. Samantha Shune, Communication Disorders & Sciences
Project: Breathing based meditation to decrease stress and improve symptoms in persons with COPD
Sabrina Reis '22
Major: Mathematics and Computer Science
Mentor: Dr. Michal Young, Computer Science
Project: Burn Notice: Using Changepoint Detection Algorithms to Improve Wildfire Tracking
Ciera Sanders '22
Major: Psychology
Mentor: Dr. Phil Fisher, Psychology
Project: The Relationship Among Parental Stress, Child Well-Being, and Routines During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Sarada Thomas '22
Major: Architecture, Planning, Public Policy, & Management
Mentor: Dr. Richard Margerum, Planning, Public Policy, & Management
Project: Freedom Towns, Freedom Colonies: A Primer for Prosperity
Jennifer Vuong '22
Major: Family and Human Services & Psychology
Mentor: Dr. Elizabeth Budd, Prevention Science
Project: Food Security Among University of Oregon Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Bailey Adams '21
Major: Planning, Public Policy & Management / Entrepreneurship
Mentor: Dr. Nikki Chery, University Counseling Center
Project: Black Americans and the American Police Force
Emily Boyce '21
Major: Biochemistry
Mentor: Alice Barkan, PhD, Biology
Project: Assembly and function of the photosynthetic pathway
Desiree Casanova '21
Major: Psychology | Disability Studies
Mentor: Ruth Ellignsen, PhD, Psychology & Dr. Sarah DuBrow, Psychology
Project: Does Memory Heal? Finding a Correlation Between Adolescent Drug Abuse and Deficits in Adult Memory Recall
Emily Duru '21
Major: English | Creative Writing
Mentor: Dr. Courtney Thorsson, English
Project: Black Womanhood in Contemporary American Literature
Alyssa Fuentez '21
Major: Human Physiology
Mentor: Denise Piscopo, PhD, Institute of Neuroscience
Project: Environment Enrichment Effects Neural Activity in Primary Visual Cortex
Jyhreh Johnson '21
Major: Biological Anthropology | Linguistics | African Studies | Clark Honors College
Mentor: Dr. Stephen Frost, Anthropology
Project: Quantifying Cranial Shape Change Due to Aging: Expanding Forensic Age Estimation Techniques and Understanding Adult Human Ontogeny Through a Geometric Morphometric Approach
Cat Luna '21
Major: Psychology | Planning, Public Policy and Management & Nonprofit Administration
Mentors: Christabelle Dragoo, McNair Scholars Program & Prevention Science | Bob Choquette, Planning, Public Policy and Management
Project: Pick Me Up: A Study on Daily Stress and Time Management in Nontraditional Students with Children during COVID-19
Lukas MacMillen '21
Major: Biology
Mentor: Dr. Nadia Singh, Biology
Project: Condition and Environment Dependent Recombination
Alexie Malone '21
Major: Political Science | Ethics, Legal Studies & Business Administration
Mentor: Mikhail Myagkov, Political Science
Project: Politics and the Two-Party System
Nicole Wales '21
Major: Physics & Chemistry | Mathematics
Mentor: Dr. Eric Corwin, Physics
Project: Correlations Between Neighboring Minima in the Energy Landscapes of Athermal Glass Systems
Nitan Avivi-Stuhl '20
Major: Mathematics | Computer Science
Mentor: Dr. Mauricio Gomez Lopez, Mathematics
Project: Matroid Theory
Desirae Brown '20
Major: Sociology | French
Mentor: Dr. Debra Thompson, Political Science
Project: The Effects of University Student Demands and Protests on Administrative Responses, Diversity Numbers, and Retention Rates
Ally Carlile '20
Major: Biology | Mathematics & Chemistry
Mentor: Dr. David McCormick, Institute of Neuroscience
Project: Behavioral Correlates in Sleeping Laboratory Mice
Matthew Dawson '20
Major: Biology & Psychology
Mentor: Dr. Philip Washbourne, Institute of Neuroscience | Dr. Christina Karns, Psychology | Dr. Laurie Ehlhardt Powell | Dr. Melissa McCart, Center on Brain Injury Research and Training
Project: Cell Specific Ablation in Zebrafish: an Examination of Social Behavior
Ashley Easter '20
Major: Family & Human Services | Sociology
Mentor: Dr. Elizabeth Budd, Family & Human Services | Prevention Science
Project: Exploring Factors Associated with Obesity in Rural Oregon
Lisa Guerricabeitia '20
Major: Psychology | Theater Arts
Mentor: Dr. Nichole Kelly, Counseling Psychology
Project: Parsing Influences of Dysregulation on Eating Habits in Rural School-Aged Children
Joan Hicks '20
Major: Psychology / Global Health
Mentor: Dr. Josh Snodgrass, Anthropology | Alicia DeLouize, M.A., Anthropology
Project: Age-related and culturally specific causes of depression underdiagnosis among older adults
Neila (Nina) Kerkebane '20
Major: Economics | Mathematics
Mentor: Dr. Jonathan Davis, Economics
Project: Impact of Tuition Increases on the Enrollment Rates of Low-Income Students
Ash Martins '20
Major: Sociology | Psychology
Mentor: Dr. Jocelyn Hollander, Sociology
Tristan McKibben '20
Major: Biochemistry | Ethics
Joe Moore '20
Major: Sociology
Mentor: Dr. Clare Evans, Sociology
Project: Gentrification and Eviction Crisis: Tacoma
Antonio Munoz '20
Major: Biology | Psychology
Mentor: Avinash Singh, Biology
Project: Odor Concentration Change Sensing in Mice
Allysia Rainey '20
Major: Psychology
Mentor: Dr. Jennifer Pfeifer, Psychology
Project: The Association Between Socioeconomic Status and Depression in Adolescent Females
Meghan Ramirez '20
Major: Psychology | Sociology & Anthropology
Mentor: Dr. Christina Karns, Psychology | Dr. Melissa McCart, Center on Brain Injury Research & Training
Project: The Effects of Natural Sounds on the Autonomic Nervous System
Morgan Bunch '19
Major: Psychology
Mentor: Dr. Robert Mauro, Psychology
Project: The Effect of Simulations on Perceptions of the Validity of Expert Testimony
Faith Collins '19
Major: Psychology
Mentor: Teresa Hawkes, Neuroinformatics Lab | Dr. Don Tucker, Psychology
Project: The Effect of Delta-Frequency Music on Insomniac Sleep Onset Latency
Kylie Davis '19
Major: Psychology
Project: Heard it Through the Grapevine: Does Physical Attractiveness Affect Impressions Formed via Gossip?
Ana Garibay-Mares '19
Major: International Studies | Chinese | Planning, Public Policy & Management | Business Administration
Mentor: Dr. Yvonne Brown, International Studies
Project: Belt and Road Initiative: the Sino-Samoa Pact
Elmira Louie '19
Major: Comparative Literature & English
Mentor: Dr. Leah Middlebrook, Romance Languages and Comparative Literature
Project: A Woman's Voice: Strategies of Feminist Translation Practices in Spanish, Persian, and Turkish Poetry
Aaron Macarthur '19
Major: Psychology
Mentor: Dr. Dare Baldwin, Psychology | Netanel Weinstein, Psychology
Project: The Closeness Communication Bias: A Replication
Alvy Macias-Gonzalez '19
Major: Sociology
Mentor: Dr. Elliot Berkman, Psychology
Project: Feeding The Identity: What Goes Into Your Mouth Affects What Goes Into Your Mind
Shawn Melendy '19
Major: Biochemistry
Mentor: Dr. Carrie McCurdy, Human Physiology | Dr. Byron Hetrick, Institute of Molecular Biology
Project: Effects of Adipocyte-Specific p85α Overexpression on Insulin Signaling Mice
Sky Ramirez-Doble '19
Major: Environmental Science
Mentor: Dr. Krista McGuire, Biology | Stephanie Ostresh, Biology
Project: Local scale variation in microbial composition and function across tropical land use gradients
Zora Rose '19
Major: Psychology and Philosophy
Mentor: Dr. Dasa Zeithamova, Psychology | Dr. Michael Posner, Psychology | Taylor Guthrie, Psychology
Project: The Impact of Auditory Theta Stimulation on General Affect, Working Memory Capacity and Attention
Anais Niko Verhoeven '19
Major: Psychology
Mentor: Dr. Jennifer Pfeifer, Psychology | Dani Cosme, Psychology
Regulatory success and eating disorder symptomatology: does cognitive reappraisal sores predict specific eating disorder risk?
Mat Wilson '19
Major: Anthropology
Mentor: Dr. Frances White, Anthropology | Kylen Gartland, Anthropology
Project: Impact of a High Male Skew on the Sexual Behaviors of Japanese Macaques (Macaca fuscata)
Scott Ziegler '19
Major: English
Mentor: Dr. Gordon Sayre, English | Dr. Stephanie LeMenager, English
Project: Antagonistic River: The Agency of Nature in Northwest Literature
Jared F. Acosta-King '18
Major: Psychology
Mentor: Dr. Matthew Smear, Psychology, Institute of Neuroscience
Project: Odor Sampling Behavior in Autism Model Mice
Cheyenne D. Collins '18
Major: Anthropology | Clark Honors College
Mentor: Dr. Jeanne McLaughlin, Anthropology
Project: Preliminary Decomposition Student within the Willamette Valley of Oregon: Multi-Regional Comparison and Sharp Force Trauma Effects
Carina Garcia '18
Major: International Studies & Sociology
Mentor: Dr. Kristin Yarris, International Studies | Dr. Ellen Scott, Sociology
Project: The Role of the State in Human Rights and Migration: Conflicting Discourses in Mexican Migration Policy
Bianca Flynn '18
Major: History
Mentor: Dr. Ryan Jones, History | Dr. Steven Beda, History
Project: Environmental Racism in Native American Communities Near the Hanford Nuclear Reservation
Lana Huizar '18
Major: Psychology
Mentor: Dr. Laura Lee McIntyre, School of Psychology
Project: Examining Depression and Social Support among Caregivers of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Taylor Contreras '18
Major: Physics
Mentor: Dr. Alfred T. Goshaw, Physics, Duke University | Dr. Stephanie Majewski, Physics
Project: The Search for New Particles Decaying to W+ Final States NSF Duke/TUNL Research Experience for Undergraduates
Jack C. Wiegand '18
Major: Anthropology | Medieval Studies
Mentor: Dr. Daphne Gallagher, Anthropology | Dr. Gantt Gurley, German and Scandinavian | Dr. Regina Psaki, Romance Languages | Dr. Scott Stull, Anthropology, Ithaca College
Project: Sugar Refinement Techniques from Medieval Documentary and Material Records: A Text-aided Experimental Archaeology Case Study
Elizabeth Witcher '18
Major: Psychology | Sociology
Mentor: Dr. C J Pascoe
Project: The Role of Social Media in the Emotional Lives of People with Vitiligo
Bradley M. Boyce '17
Major: Psychology
Mentor: Dr. Ulrich Mayr, Psychology | Dr. Don Tucker, Psychology
Project: Passive Carryover and Conflict Triggered Regulation: Differences in Early Visual Components
Megan Carson '17
Major: Psychology
Mentor: Dr. Ulrich Mayr, Psychology | Dr. Atsushi Kikumoto, Psychology
Project: Age Differences in a “Short Long-term Memory” System for Visual Information
Lindan Comrada '17
Major: Biochemistry
Mentor: Dr. Christopher Minson, Human Physiology
Project: Markers of Cardiovascular Health in Chronic Marijuana Smokers
Stefani Paige Evans '17
Major: Psychology
Mentor: Dr. Maureen Zalewski, Psychology | Dr. Elizabeth Skowron, Counseling Psychology
Project: Mother-Preschooler Interactions Measured Using the Structural Analysis of Social Behavior
Tonya C. Hansberry '17
Major: Psychology
Mentor: Dr. Jennifer Ablow, Psychology | Dr. Jeffrey Measelle, Psychology | Dr. Xiaoning Sun, Psychology
Project: Sequelae of Maternal Trauma: Attachment Relationships and the Development of Empathy in the Next Generation
Benjamin Hinde '17
Major: Sociology
Mentor: Dr. Jessica Vasquez-Tokos, Sociology | Dr. Aaron Gullickson, Sociology
Project: Fluid Borders, Neo-Liberal Displacements: Current Push and Pull Factors Driving Latin American Migration
David M. Lee '17
Major: Biochemistry | Biology
Mentor: Dr. Robert Schofield, Physics
Project: Leafcutter Ants Inside the Nest Have Sharper Mandibles than Ants Outside the Nest
Kristina Lowney '17
Major: Psychology
Mentor: Dr. Sara Hodges, Psychology, Associate Dean of the Graduate School
Project: Feelings of Belonging and Future Persistence in STEM
Aaron Nelson '17
Major: Biology
Mentor: Dr. Bitty Roy, Biology and Institute of Ecology and Evolution
Project: Transfer of Fungal Endophytes from Leaves to Woody Substrates
Thalia Padilla '17
Major: Biology
Mentor: Dr. Bruce Bowerman, Biology, Institute of Molecular Biology | Dr. Molly Jud, Institute of Molecular Biology
Project: Molecular Genetic Studies in C. elegans
Trenton M. Peters-Clarke '17
Major: Biochemistry | Biology
Mentor: Dr. Victoria DeRose, Chemistry, Institute of Molecular Biology | Dr. Rachael Cunningham, Institute of Molecular Biology
Project: Increasing the Efficiency of a Biotin-Streptavidin Pull Down for An Investigation of Pt(II)-Protein Interactions
Demiliza Saramosing '17
Major: Ethnic Studies | Journalism
Mentor: Dr. Stephanie “Lani” Teves, Ethnic Studies
Project: Indigenizing Kalihi: Imagining Native Solidarities between Native Hawaiians and Working-Class Filipinos in the U.S. Colony of Hawai’i
David Adams '16
Major: Psychology, Biology, Honors College
Mentor: Dr. Paul Dassonville, Psychology
Project: Contextual Modulation: Components of the Rod-and-Frame Illusion and the Systemizing Trait of Autism
Dagger Anderson '16
Major: Psychology
Mentor: Dr. Ulrich Mayr, Psychology | Dr. Jason Hubbard, Psychology
Project: A Diverse Look at Switch Rate and Task Switching
Joshua Coon '16
Major: Biology
Mentor: Dr. Robert Schofield, Physics
Project: Pheromones and Path Selection of Atta cephalotes
Zachary Cunningham '16
Major: Psychology
Mentor: Dr. Jennifer Freyd, Psychology | Dr. Christina Gamache Martin, Psychology
Project: Maternal Betrayal Trauma and Response to Adolescent Negative Emotion: Does Maternal Emotion Regulation Matter?
Matthew T. Dodier '16
Major: Economics
Mentor: Dr. Benjamin Hansen, Economics
Project: Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire: PM2.5, Forest Fires, and Hospital Admissions in Oregon
Caitlyn Fields '16
Major: Biochemistry
Mentor: Dr. Darren W. Johnson, Chemistry and Biochemistry | Dr. Anna F. Oliveri, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Chemistry, UC Davis | Dr. William H. Casey, Chemistry, UC Davis
Project: Investigating Fundamental Cluster Chemistry: VT-NMR Studies of the Flat Ga13 Cluster at Multiple Concentrations
Robel Haile '16
Major: General Science
Mentor: Dr. Janis Weeks, Biology, Institute of Neuroscience | Dr. Kristin Robinson, Institute of Neuroscience
Project: The Neurotoxic effects of Amyloid-Beta Oligomers in C. elegans
Diamanté Jamison '16
Major: Ethnic Studies | History
Project: Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.: The Vanishing Point of Two Black Streams of Consciousness
Nicole Kingsley '16
Major: Biology | Clark Honors College
Mentor: Dr. William Bradshaw | Dr. Christina Holzapfel | Dr. Rudy Borowczak, Biology, Institute of Ecology and Evolution
Project: The Genetic Architecture Underlying Biting in the Pitcher-Plant Mosquito, Wyeomyia smithii
Erica Alexia Ledesma '16
Major: Ethnic Studies | Anthropology | Spanish
Mentor: Dr. Lynn Stephen, Anthropology, Center for Latino/a and Latin American Studies (CLLAS)
Project: Shifting Racial and Ethnic Identities Among Guatemalan Immigrants
Tamara LeRoy '16
Major: Anthropology
Mentor: Dr. Lynn Stephen, Anthropology, Center for Latino/a and Latin American Studies (CLLAS)
Project: Food and Gardening: Benefits and Challenges for Latino/a Communities in Public Spaces
Kristina Lowney '16
Major: Psychology
Mentor: Dr. Sara Hodges, Psychology, Associate Dean of the Graduate School
Project: Self-Doubt and Empathic Accuracy
Christine Nguyen '16
Major: Psychology
Mentor: Dr. Jennifer Ablow | Dr. Jeffrey Measelle | Dr. Xiaoning Sun, Psychology
Project: Sociability Gap between Chinese American Mothers and their Children: Consequences of the Gap for Young, School-Age Children’s Adjustment
Brandon Riemer '16
Major: Physics
Mentor: Dr. Benjamín Alemán, Physics
Project: Integrated Photonic Circuits
Paulla Santos '16
Major: History
Mentor: Dr. Julie Weise, History
Project: The Continuation of US Imperialism through Transnational Marriages between Pilipinas and US Men
Geo Bitgood '15
Major: Psychology
Mentor: Dr. Christina Karns, Psychology
Project: Thank you, Sweetie! Gratitude and Relationship Satisfaction in Close Relationships
Erik Burlingame '15
Major: Biochemistry
Mentor: Dr. Philip Washbourne, Biology, Institute of Neuroscience
Project: The Role of CASK in Synaptogenesis
Jackie Cowell '15
Major: Psychology
Mentor: Dr. Jennifer Ablow | Dr. Jeffrey Measelle, Psychology
Project: More Than Just Words: EMOTAIX-Tropes Examines Linguistic Correlates of Mental Health
Mallory Nicole Davis '15
Major: English | Women's & Gender Studies
Mentor: Dr. Courtney Thorsson, English | Dr. Ernesto Martinez, Women’s and Gender Studies
Project: Of Cost and Consequence: Examining the Price of White Liberalism in James Baldwin’s Another Country
Monquize Dusseau '15
Major: Economics
Mentor: Dr. Gerardo Sandoval, Planning, Public Policy and Management
Project: Gangs in America: Dispelling Detrimental Stigmas and Cultivating Alternatives
David Grady '15
Major: Psychology
Mentor: Dr. Gerardo Sandoval, Planning, Public Policy and Management
Project: The State Effects of Subtle Physiological Arousal on Visual Working Memory Capacity: Sitting, Standing and Cognition
Marina P. Gross '15
Major: Psychology
Mentor: Dr. Edward K. Vogel | Dr. Irida Mance, Psychology
Project: The State Effects of Subtle Physiological Arousal on Visual Working Memory Capacity: Sitting, Standing and Cognition
Robel Haile '15
Major: Human Physiology
Mentor: Dr. Janis Weeks, Biology, Institute of Neuroscience | Dr. Kristin Robinson, Institute of Neuroscience
Project: Screening the Neurotoxic Effects of Amyloid-β1-42 Peptides in C. elegans using a Micro-fluidic Electropharyngeogram Platform
Christopher Harrington '15
Major: Anthropology
Mentor: Dr. Stephen Frost | Dr. Lawrence Sugiyama, Anthropology
Project: Facial Symmetry and Health in the Indigenous Amazonian Shuar of Ecuador
Caitlyn Hazlett '15
Major: Chemistry
Mentor: 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
Project: Facile Synthesis of a Large Gallium Keggin Cluster
Jared Richardson '15
Major: Biology & Biochemistry
Mentor: Dr. Andy Berglund, Chemistry, Institute of Molecular Biology, Interim Assoc. Dean, Graduate School | Dr. Adam Struck, Chemistry, Institute of Molecular Biology
Project: Alternative Splicing in the Cardiac Tissue of Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 Patients
Benedicta Wanjeri '15
Major: Biochemistry
Mentor: Dr. Andrea Berry, Pediatrics (Infectious and Tropical Diseases), University of Maryland, Baltimore
Project: Determining the Protein Concentration of Malaria VaccineCandidate Antigen Apical Membrane Antigen-1 (AMA1)
Geo Bitgood '14
Major: Psychology
Mentor: Dr. Jennifer Craig, Dance
Project: Body Connectivity and Mobile Technology Use: The Role of the Body in a Digital Age
Amber P. Bryan '14
Major: Women's & Gender Studies
Mentor: Dr. Lamia Karim, Anthropology
Project: Exotic Sexuality: Examining the Effect of Exotic Dancing on Women’s Sexuality
Tad Falk '14
Major: Psychology
Mentor: Dr. Sanjay Srivastava, Psychology | Nicole Lawless, Psychology
Project: Personality Impressions on Twitter
Marina Gross '14
Major: Psychology
Mentor: Dr. Nash Unsworth, Psychology
Project: Accessing Long-Term Memory—What Pupil Dilation Can Tell Us About Search Processes: An Exploratory Study
Lindsay Guzman '14
Major: Chemistry
Mentor: Dr. Victoria DeRose, Chemistry, Institute of Molecular Biology | Dr. Jonathan White, Chemistry
Project: New Pt(II) Complexes for the Investigation of Copper-Mediated Degradation in Pt-Bound RNA Click Reactions
Sunny Rae Harrison '14
Major: Anthropology
Mentor: Dr. Lamia Karim, Anthropology
Project: Maintaining Compassion and Harmony: An Analysis of Three Interreligious Communities in Bali
Lan Marberry '14
Major: Family & Human Services
Mentor: Dr. Karrie Walters, Family and Human Services | Dr. Daniel Close, Family an Human Services | Dr. Eileen McNutt, Speech Language Pathologist
Project: The Perception of Parents’ Participation in Therapy for Children with Communication Disorders
Hassatou Jallow '14
Major: Journalism | International Studies | Clark Honors College
Mentor: Peter Laufer, Journalism | Dr. Vera Keller, Clark Honors College
Project: A Modern Migration: The Consequences of Senegalese Migration to the West
Heidi Martinez '14
Major: Journalism | International Studies | Clark Honors College
Mentor: Dr. Heidemarie Laurent, Psychology | Dr. Rosemary Bernstein, Psychology
Project: Beyond Depression: Maternal Neural Response Differs with Comorbid Anxiety Disorder
Lyle McPherson '14
Major: Biochemistry
Mentor: Dr. Kenneth Prehoda, Chemistry and the Institute of Molecular Biology | Dr. Matthew Bailey, Chemistry
Project: aPKC Induces Polarization of Numb by Disrupting Cortical Targeting Mechanisms
Eric Goytia Nummedal '14
Major: Biochemistry
Mentor: Dr. Cris Niell Biology, Institute of Neuroscience | Dr. Wayne Tschetter, Institute of Neuroscience
Project: Using Mice as Models to Investigate Neuronal Response in the Thalamic Lateral Geniculate Nucleus
Gabriel Sanchez '14
Major: Anthropology
Mentor: 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
Project: Cetacean Hunting at the Par-Tee Site (35CLT20): Ethnographic, Artifact, and Blood Residue Analysis Investigation
Quang Truong '14
Major: Biology
Mentor: Dr. Alice Barkan, Biology, Institute of Molecular Biology
Project: Exploring the Basis for Sequence-specific RNA Binding by Pentatricopeptide Repeat Proteins
Benedicta Wanjeri '14
Major: Biochemistry
Mentor: Dr. Janis Weeks, Biology, Institute of Neuroscience | Dr. Kristin Robinson, Institute of Neuroscience
Project: Characterizing the Neuromuscular Effects of Tribendimidinein the Nematode Worm Caenorhabditis elegans
Naduah Wheeler '14
Major: English
Mentor: Dr. Quinn Miller, English | Dr. Gordon Sayre, English
Project: Post-Traumatic Sexuality: Reclamation of Sexuality and Eroticism After Colonization