2019-2020 Undergraduate Research Scholars
• Elizabeth Bates (Sonia Badenas, International Languages), Tales of Minden, Louisiana: Collecting and Compiling Elkins Family Oral Tradition. Fall 2019
• Rebecca Bates (Randall Younker, Archaeology), Comparing and Contrasting Artifacts from the Tall Julal Project. Fall 2019, Spring 2020
• Gabrielle Bianco (Herb Helm, Behavioral Sciences), Relationship between Dark Triad Traits and Moral Judgement. Spring 2020
• Jonathan Borton (Vanessa Corredera, English), The Boricua Dialogues: Puerto Rican Identity in Conversation & Photography. Spring 2020
• Alma Cortez (Constance Gane, Old Testament), Analysis, Image Rendering, and Publication of Tall Jalul’s Field D Material Remains Including Ceramic Vessels, Cultic and Non-Cultic Figurines, Cultic Shrines, Seals, Sealings, and Inscriptions. Summer 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020
• Masy Domecillo (Peter Lyons, Biology), The role of Prodomain in Folding of Carboxypeptidases. Fall 2019, Spring 2020
• Ben Dronen (Anthony Bosman, Mathematics), Effects of Strong Fusion on Links. Summer 2019
• Joyce Figueroa (Darah Regal, Communication Sciences & Disorders), Development in the Areas of Language, Literacy, Phonological Awareness and Auditory Processing for School-Aged Children over the Course of a Three-Week Intervention Program. Fall 2019, Spring 2020
• David Forner (Monique Pittman, English), Constructing and Rhetorizing National Identity in Shakespeare's Henry V and Aphra Behn's Oroonoko; or, The Royal Slave. Summer 2019
• Trevor Furst (Daniel McBride, Behavioral Sciences), Sexual Orientation and Mental Health. Summer 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020
• Hannah Gallant (Vanessa Corredera, English), The Blame Game: Approaching Complicity Through Rape Culture in Margaret Atwood’s Novel and Hulu Adapted Series The Handmaid’s Tale. Summer 2019, Fall 2019
• Devin Garcia (Yun Myung Oh, Mathematics), A Curve Satisfying τ /κ = 1/ s with Constant Curvature κ. Fall 2019
• Tsion Getahun (Desmond Murray, Chemistry), Rapid Synthesis and Characterization of Naked Silver Nanoparticles and Their Applications in Antibacterial Activities. Spring 2020
• Juliane Johnson (Daniel Gonzalez, Biology), Modeling Morphometrics of West Indian Manatees to Estimate Body Mass. Spring 2020
• Lisa Johnston (Lynelle Weldon, Mathematics), Identifying Common and Persistent Student Misconceptions by Analyzing Student Work on Remedial Mathematics Examinations. Summer 2019, Spring 2020
• Gillian Jurek (Darah Regal, Speech Language Pathology & Audiology), Tinnitus: Initial Evaluation Results and Their Relationship to Treatment Required to Habituate Tinnitus in Head Injury and Noise-Induced Hearing Loss Patients. Fall 2018
• Aubrey Kibble (Kristen Witzel, Behavioral Sciences), Crowdfunding for Victims of School Shootings. Fall 2019, Spring 2020
• Jasmine Kim (Herb Helm, Behavioral Sciences), Psychology Students' Perspective of Classroom Trigger Warnings. Spring 2020
• Joshua Lim (Boon-Chai Ng, Engineering), Recycling Corrugated Cardboard. Summer 2019
• Abigail Lopez (Kristen Witzel, Behavioral Sciences), Prevalence and Success of Crowdfunding Campaigns for Victims of School Shootings. Summer 2019
• Abigail Lopez (Harvey Burnett, Behavioral Sciences), The Impacts of Social Biases on Crowd Funding for the Victims of School Shootings. Spring 2020
• Anthony Miller (Ryan Hayes, Chemistry), Understanding the Mechanism of the Intrinsic Fluorescence of PAMAM Dendrimers. Spring 2020
• Alma Navarrete Vargas (Lynelle Weldon, Mathematics), Identifying Common and Persistent Student Misconceptions by Analyzing Student Work on Remedial Mathematics Examinations. Summer 2019
• Nicholas Navarro (Hyun Kwon, Engineering), Modeling of ECL Reaction with Hybrid of Mechanistic and AI Approaches. Spring 2020
• Yosia Nurhan (Desmond Murray, Chemistry), Development of Novel Hybrid Metallolipotransfectors. Summer 2019
• Gabrielle Palacios (Anthony Bosman, Mathematics), Effects of Strong Fusion on Links. Summer 2019
• Malachi Regis (Kristen Witzel, Behavioral Sciences), Crowdfunding for Victims of School Shootings. Fall 2019, Spring 2020
• Skyler Schell (David Nowack, Chemistry), Enzymatic Breakdown Resistance in PAMAM Dendrimers. Fall 2019, Spring 2020
• David Sherman (Karl Bailey, Behavioral Sciences), Network and Cluster Analysis of Country-Level Cultural Indicators. Summer 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020
• Adoniah Simon (Shannon Trecartin, Social Work), Depression, Suicide, and Religious Protective Factors among Christian LGBT+ Millennials. Spring 2020
• Colleen Staniszewski (Ryan Hayes, Chemistry), Synthesis and Analysis of Red Perylenediimide Core PAMAM Dendrimers. Summer 2019
• Kieran Taylor (Daniel Gonzalez, Biology), Analysis of the Peruvian Mammals Collected by AU Faculty and Students during Expeditions in 1960-70: Creation of a Catalog and Taxonomic Evaluation. Spring 2020
• Paul Thompson (Ryan Hayes, Chemistry), Development of ICP-Based Heavy Metal Analysis of Hair. Summer 2019
• Paul Thompson (Mickey Kutzner, Physics), Development of a DNA X-ray Diffraction Lab for Undergraduate Life-Science Students. Spring 2020
• Jocean Vieria (Boon-Chai Ng, Engineering), Recycling Corrugated Cardboard. Fall 2019
• Adam Weir (Daniel Gonzalez, Biology), Effects of Body Size, Food Type, and Ontogeny on Chewing Cycle Duration in West Indian Manatees (Trichechus manatus) & Modeling Morphometrics of West Indian Manatees (Trichechus manatus) to Estimate Body Mass. Fall 2019
• Kristin Zeismer (Melissa Ponce-Rodas, Behavioral Sciences), Domestic Violence, Stress and Gender Role Beliefs of First Responders. Spring 2020