2021 Summer Research Cohort


Gabriel Alvarado

Gabriel Alvarado

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

Social Capital, Networks, and the Effects on Higher Education

Faculty Mentor: Dr. David Bair, Education

Rosanna Barrera

Rosie Barrera

Title: TBD

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Mirta Paola Leon, Social Work

Keylaiha Brown

Keylaiha Brown

The Impact of Community Engagement on Marginalized Youth

Faculty Mentor: Mihaela Friedlmeier, Psychology 

Joie Carter

Joie Carter

Undergraduate Students' Public Opinion of Human Trafficking in West Michigan

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Tonisha Jones, Criminal Justice

Ashten Duncan

Ashten Duncan

Title: TBD

Faculty Mentors: Dr. Kevin Lehnert, Marketing Business & Associate State Director Hollie Blagg, Business

Marissa Gonzales

Marissa Gonzales

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

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

The Effectivity of Mental Health Courts

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Tonisha Jones, Criminal Justice

Nicholas Layman

Nicholas Layman

Abstract Algebra and Measure Theory

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Lauren Keough, Mathematics 

Collin Louis

Collin Louis

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

Title: TBA 

Faculty Mentor: Ellen Shupe, Psychology 

Grace Miller

Grace Miller

Using Colored Light to Illuminate Plant Gravity Sensing

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Mark Staves, Cell and Molecular Biology

Payton Miloser

Payton Miloser

Bio-Surveillance of COVID-19 Data using Statistical Process Control
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Paul Stephenson, Statistics

Noemy Parra-Cano

Noemy Parra

Therapy Experience: Immigrant Latinos and Hispanics Experience in Grand Rapids
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Rachel Campbell, Sociology 

Dionne Pinto-Guerra

Dionne

Parent History of Trauma, Mental Health Diagnosis, and Children's Risk for Experiencing Maltreatment

Faculty Mentor: Mary Bower-Russa, Psychology

Tumaini Sango

Tumaini

Protest Music of the 2010s

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Helen Marlais, Music

Elizabeth Sielaff

Elizabeth Sielaff

Synthesis of Modified Carbazole-Containing Compounds for use as Luminescent Probes for Cancer

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Shannon Biros, Chemistry

Isabel Soberal

Isabel

Analysing and Understanding Machismo and the Role of Women in the Latin American Boom

Faculty Mentor: Lourdes (Huei Lan) YenModern Languages and Literatures

Claire Stone

Claire Stone

The Effects of Anticipated and Experienced Regret on Eating Behaviors

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Amanda Dillard, Psychology

Lindsey Summers

Lindsey Summers

An Analysis of West Michigan Residents Perception of Intergenerational Rights Pertaining to Environmental Policy and Regulation

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Laura Schneider, Political Science



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