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Sy Bogutski Texas Tech University Project Title: Immunosuppressive Roles of Intronic RNAs from Cancers Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Ethan Chen
Saffron Buscemi Drexel University Project Title: Developing Biomaterial and Bioinspired Textiles for the Fashion Industry Faculty Sponsor: Caroline
Schauer
Tayler Fearn Utah Valley University Project Title: Microbial Community Modeling with Neural Networks Faculty Sponsor: Geoffery Zahn
$1,500 Award Recipients
Vincent Calvagno Adelphi University Project Title: From Rebellion to Reverence: Shifting Religiopolitical Duties in America During the New Nation Period Faculty Sponsor: Professor Benjamin Serby
Carina Collard St. Edward's University Project Title: Dear Ecologists, Don't be so Hard on Soft Sciences: The Ability of Stories to Shift Societal Perceptions of Climate
Change, Inspire Action, and be Integrated into Ecological Research Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Emma Woelk
Gladis Sunny, Annabelle Barnes, and Reese Billingsley Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Project Title: The Honors Design-Wellness Study (HDWS): Ring Splints: A Doorway to Explore Art, Design, & Medicine Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Lingguo Bu
Hind Al-khashali and Ravel Ray Eastern Michigan University Project Title: Effects of Nicotine on the Levels of Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) and
Amyloid Beta (Aβ) in Cell Lines Used as Models for Alzheimer’s Disease and Lung Cancer Faculty Sponsors: Hedeel Guy-Evans, Dr. Ann R. Eisenberg (Dean)
Iansle Echavarria Florida Gulf Coast University Project Title: Jouissance, Authenticity, and the Specter of the Real in Twentieth- Century American Road
Narratives and Artwork: A Comparative Analysis of On the Road, Desert Solitaire, Fear and Loathing in
Las Vegas, and Road to Pedernal Faculty Sponsors: Dr. Michael Von Cannon, Minh Nguyen, Interim Dean
Madison Gremillion University of Northern Colorado Project Title: End of Life Patient Communication about Death and Dying: Exploring Comfort,
Communication and Education of Healthcare Professionals with End-of-Life Care Faculty Sponsors: Rosann M. Ross, Loree Crow
$1,500 Award Recipients
Kaitlin Murphy Texas Tech University Project Title: Chemotypes of 10 Curcuma longa (Turmeric) Species and Potential to Improve Obesity-
Associated Inflammation Faculty Sponsors: Kembra Albracht-Schulte, Dr. Jill Hernandez
Anna Singley University of Portland Project Title: A Qualitative and Quantitative Examination of Vincent Van Gogh Faculty Sponsors: Jessica Logue,
Dr. Cara Hersh (Director of Honors Program, Becca Henley (Honors Program Manager)
Cleo Zagurski Creighton University Project Title: Transitioning Toward Transgender Inclusive Language: An Analysis of the Change, or
Lack Thereof, Within Medical Education Faculty Sponsors: Dr. Kevin Estep, Dr. Tricia Ross, Dr. Jeffrey Hause (Director of the Creighton Honors Program)
Collin Galimore University of Central Arkansas Project Title: Familia de Jesus: A Film of Religious and Cultural Influence in Rural
Peru Faculty Sponsor: John Gale
Kendall Kelley Bellarmine University Project Title: The “Hurt” and the “Healing”: An Artistic Investigation into the Impacts of
Stigma Surrounding Substance Use Disorder Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Laura Hartford
Srikar Satish Texas A&M University Project Title: Deriving a Consistent Index for Hegemony of States Using an Advanced
Machine Learning and AI Approach” Faculty Sponsor: Quan Li
$1,500 Award Recipients
Amy Enberg Florida Gulf Coast University Project Title: From “Plusgood” to “Peacekeepers”: Manipulation of Language in
Dystopian Literature Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Myra Mendible
Emmanuel Epau St. Edward’s University Project Title: Understanding Social Media Use in Rural Uganda: An Exploratory
Study of Barriers to Digital Communication in Three Communities Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Debra Zahay-Blatz
Anthony Lisi Drexel University Project Title: Understanding the Cellular and Molecular Basis of Vascular
Complications in the Context of Chronic Kidney Disease: A New Collaboration
Between Drexel University Department of Pharmacology and Physiology and The
University of Bologna Department of Experimental, Diagnostic, and Specialty
Medicine (DUniBo) Faculty Sponsors: Dr. Olimpia Meucci, Dr. Gianandrea Pasquinelli, Dr. Renato Brandimarti
Noam Gal Baruch College, City University of New York Project Title: Transportation Equity in East Flatbush, Flatlands, and Canarsie Faculty Sponsor:
Prof. Hilary Botein
Mikayla Harrison and Luke Little Missouri Baptist University Project Title: Mitigating Chronic Stress in University Students: A Mixed-Methods Comparative Analysis of Cognitive Behavioral
therapy on Psychological and Physiological Response to Chronic Stress Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Carrie Wahlman
Elizabeth Peller Creighton University Project Title: Razor Women: Female Criminals and Detectives of Sydney in the 1930s” Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Heather
Fryer
$1,500 Award Recipients
Christian Ciattei Salisbury University Project Title: Human-Capuchin Coexistence in Touristic and Non-Touristic Mangrove Islands, Maranhão State, Brazil Faculty Sponsor: Andrea Presotto
Chryssabella Jones-Craig Suffolk University Project Title: Contracts in the Constitution: Effects of the United States Constitution's Protection of Contracts on the Black Working
Class Faculty Sponsor: Mary Flaherty
Jesselyn Nadolny University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Project Title: An Examination of the COVID-19 Crisis on Creativity within the World Language Classroom Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Anne Cummings Hlas
Ariadna Guevara St. Edward’s University Project Title: Depictions of 1989 in Germany and China: An Analysis on Portrayal of History, Collective Memory, and
their implications on Political Orientation. Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Emma Woelk
Gabriela Masztalerz University of Northern Colorado Project Title: Accent Modification and Identity: A Phenomenological Study Exploring the Experiences of International
Students and Immigrants/Refugees Faculty Sponsor: Christina Farrell
Mia Nguyen Dominican University of California Project Title: Furthering Cultural Competency in Psychological Research: Case Study with Vietnamese Seniors in Marin
County Faculty Sponsor: Jennifer Lucko
$1,500 Award Recipients
Kamyar Kamyar Drexel University Project Title: Do Employers Screen Applicants Based on Work History? A Text Analysis of Help‐Wanted Ads Faculty
Sponsor: Dr. Tristan Potter
Waheed Khalili University of North Florida Project Title: The Long‐Term Effects of Health Disparities on Refugee Communities Faculty Sponsor: Dr.
Leslie G. Kaplan
Nastasiya Zborovitskaya Siberian Federal University Project Title: Art in Honors: The Pedagogical Potential of the Work of Art in Honors Education Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Maria Tarasova
Alexis Hepburn Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Project Title: Exploring Improvements of Miniaturized Hall Thrusters for Long Duration Satellite Missions Faculty Sponsors: Dr. Daniel White, Dr. Ronald Madler
Anisha Mittal Fisk University Project Title: Structural and Functional Characterization of Acinetobacter baumannii Superoxide Dismutase B Faculty
Sponsor: Steven Damo
Louisa Sholar Elon University Project Title: Gender Justice and the Global Population Debate: A Case Study in Guyana Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Rebecca
Todd Peters
$1,500 Award Recipients
Alejandra May Purdue University Project Title: The Effect of Climate Change on the Niche Space of North American Proboscideans. Faculty Sponsor:
Dr. Erik Otárola-Castillo
Nancy J. Morrissey South Florida State College Project Title: Cancer Research. Understanding the roles of transforming growth factor beta (TGFB), signal transducers and
transcription modulators of multiple signaling pathways (SMADS), bone morphogenetic protein (BMP-9), the type 1
TGFB receptor Activin-Like Kinase 1 (ALK-1), endoglin, and activin A on cancer cells in blood vessel formation in
endothelial tumor cell growth, and how these components could be manipulated to arrest metastatic pathways from
developing. Faculty Sponsor: James R. Hawker, Jr., PhD
Susan Naseri University of Connecticut Project Title: From War to Civilian Life: Evaluation of Integration Policies for Urban Refugees in Amman, Jordan Faculty Sponsor: Kathryn Libal
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