Meet our 2023 Research Cohort!
Corey Wright
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Corey Wright, Physics Major
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Brett Bolen
Research Topic: Computational physics: estimating the number of known multimessenger binaries for LISA using numerical simulations with COSMIC.
Louis Cousino
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Louis Cousino, Sociology Major
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Rachel Campbell
Research Topic: understanding incoming, first-generation college students' expectations of college.
Destinee Partain
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Destinee Partain, Psychology Major
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Kristy Dean
Research Topic: Social Exclusion and Reality Construction
Arieal Jackson
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Priscilla Nartey
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Keegan Kalisek
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Keegan Kalisek, Chemistry Major
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Randy Winchester
Research Topic: an investigation of the addition of silicon anions to vinyl silanes and the potential for these compounds to experience resonance delocalization.
Marie Hosep
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Marie Hosep, Psychology Major
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Naomi J. Aldrich
Research Topic: the relationship between body modification behaviors and self-harm.
Adrian Llanes
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Adrian Llanes, Sociology and Political Science Major
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jeffrey Rothstein
Research Topic: TikTok as a tool for the labor movement.
Yasmin Alemayehu
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Yasmin Alemayehu, Elementary Education Major and Applied Linguistics Minor
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Colleen Brice
Research Topic: the impact of bilingual education on the academic achievement and social-emotional development of English learners in the United States, including how the impact varies across program models and instructional approaches.
KaQui Wright
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Kathryn Fries
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Jessica DelGreco
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