2021 Summer Research Cohort
Gabriel Alvarado
![Gabriel Alvarado](/cms4/asset/05B929CE-9EC0-6756-41A3D81947214A11/alvarado_summer21_adobespark_1[1624467826].jpg)
How did Radio Broadcasts Prior to the Rwandan Genocide Influence Hutu Perpetrators to Engage in the Systematic Killings of the Tutsi People?
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jennifer Marson, Criminal Justice
Amber Anderson
![Amber Anderson](/cms4/asset/05B929CE-9EC0-6756-41A3D81947214A11/anderson_summer21_adobespark[1624467889].jpg)
Social Capital, Networks, and the Effects on Higher Education
Faculty Mentor: Dr. David Bair, Education
Rosanna Barrera
![Rosie Barrera](/cms4/asset/05B929CE-9EC0-6756-41A3D81947214A11/barrera_summer21_adobespark[1624554914].jpg)
Title: TBD
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Mirta Paola Leon, Social Work
Keylaiha Brown
![Keylaiha Brown](/cms4/asset/05B929CE-9EC0-6756-41A3D81947214A11/brown_summer21_adobespark[1624555141].jpg)
The Impact of Community Engagement on Marginalized Youth
Faculty Mentor: Mihaela Friedlmeier, Psychology
Joie Carter
![Joie Carter](/cms4/asset/05B929CE-9EC0-6756-41A3D81947214A11/carter_summer21_adobespark[1624555176].jpg)
Undergraduate Students' Public Opinion of Human Trafficking in West Michigan
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Tonisha Jones, Criminal Justice
Ashten Duncan
![Ashten Duncan](/cms4/asset/05B929CE-9EC0-6756-41A3D81947214A11/duncan_summer21_adobespark_1[1624555250].jpg)
Title: TBD
Faculty Mentors: Dr. Kevin Lehnert, Marketing Business & Associate State Director Hollie Blagg, Business
Marissa Gonzales
![Marissa Gonzales](/cms4/asset/05B929CE-9EC0-6756-41A3D81947214A11/gonzales_summer21_adobespark[1624555404].jpg)
Blocking Behavior in Brass Players: Connections Between Fluency in Speech and Music
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Beth Macauley, Communication Sciences and Disorders
Alivia Johanek
![Alivia Johanek](/cms4/asset/05B929CE-9EC0-6756-41A3D81947214A11/johanek_summer21_adobespark[1624558881].jpg)
Reading Into Sleepovers: A Historical Queer Analysis of the Sleepover Environment Through Family Magazines
Faculty Mentor: (Dr. Jae Basiliere, Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies) & (Dr. Krista Benson, Integrative, Religious and Intercultural Studies)
Maia Jones
![Maia Jones](/cms4/asset/05B929CE-9EC0-6756-41A3D81947214A11/jones_summer21_adobespark[1624558924].jpg)
The Effectivity of Mental Health Courts
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Tonisha Jones, Criminal Justice
Nicholas Layman
![Nicholas Layman](/cms4/asset/05B929CE-9EC0-6756-41A3D81947214A11/layman_summer21_adobespark[1624558975].jpg)
Abstract Algebra and Measure Theory
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Lauren Keough, Mathematics
Collin Louis
![Collin Louis](/cms4/asset/05B929CE-9EC0-6756-41A3D81947214A11/collin_summer21_adobespark[1624559009].jpg)
Examination of the Effects of Upstream Deletion Mutants in the Upstream Region of the Hdc Gene on the Spatial Presence of Histamine in the CNS of Drosophila melanogaster
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Martin G. Burg, Biomedical Sciences
Stephanie Mendoza
![Stephanie Mendoza](/cms4/asset/05B929CE-9EC0-6756-41A3D81947214A11/mendoza_summer21_adobespark[1624559050].jpg)
Title: TBA
Faculty Mentor: Ellen Shupe, Psychology
Grace Miller
![Grace Miller](/cms4/asset/05B929CE-9EC0-6756-41A3D81947214A11/miller_summer21_adobespark[1624559090].jpg)
Using Colored Light to Illuminate Plant Gravity Sensing
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Mark Staves, Cell and Molecular Biology
Payton Miloser
![Payton Miloser](/cms4/asset/05B929CE-9EC0-6756-41A3D81947214A11/miloser_summer21_adobespark[1624559122].jpg)
Bio-Surveillance of COVID-19 Data using Statistical Process Control
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Paul Stephenson, Statistics
Noemy Parra-Cano
![Noemy Parra](/cms4/asset/05B929CE-9EC0-6756-41A3D81947214A11/parra_summer21_adobespark[1624559165].jpg)
Therapy Experience: Immigrant Latinos and Hispanics Experience in Grand Rapids
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Rachel Campbell, Sociology
Dionne Pinto-Guerra
![Dionne](/cms4/asset/05B929CE-9EC0-6756-41A3D81947214A11/pinto_summer21_adobespark[1624559200].jpg)
Parent History of Trauma, Mental Health Diagnosis, and Children's Risk for Experiencing Maltreatment
Faculty Mentor: Mary Bower-Russa, Psychology
Tumaini Sango
![Tumaini](/cms4/asset/05B929CE-9EC0-6756-41A3D81947214A11/sango_summer21_adobespark[1624559251].jpg)
Protest Music of the 2010s
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Helen Marlais, Music
Elizabeth Sielaff
![Elizabeth Sielaff](/cms4/asset/05B929CE-9EC0-6756-41A3D81947214A11/sielaff_summer21_adobespark[1624559953].jpg)
Synthesis of Modified Carbazole-Containing Compounds for use as Luminescent Probes for Cancer
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Shannon Biros, Chemistry
Isabel Soberal
![Isabel](/cms4/asset/05B929CE-9EC0-6756-41A3D81947214A11/soberal_summer21_adobespark[1624559448].jpg)
Analysing and Understanding Machismo and the Role of Women in the Latin American Boom
Faculty Mentor: Lourdes (Huei Lan) Yen, Modern Languages and Literatures
Claire Stone
![Claire Stone](/cms4/asset/05B929CE-9EC0-6756-41A3D81947214A11/stone_summer21_adobespark[1624559477].jpg)
The Effects of Anticipated and Experienced Regret on Eating Behaviors
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Amanda Dillard, Psychology
Lindsey Summers
![Lindsey Summers](/cms4/asset/05B929CE-9EC0-6756-41A3D81947214A11/summers_summer21_adobespark[1624559524].jpg)
An Analysis of West Michigan Residents Perception of Intergenerational Rights Pertaining to Environmental Policy and Regulation
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Laura Schneider, Political Science