Abby Donohue

Thoughts and Prayers or Policy and Action?: The Role Interest Groups Play in State Firearm Legislation

Student: Abby Donohue Major: Political Science Minor: History Advisors: Dr. Bas van Doorn, Dr. Angela Bos This project investigates the variance in gun control […]

Remembering the City: An Augmented Reality Deconstruction of Memory, Power, and Identity in Ho Chi Minh City

Student: Thuy Dinh Major: Computer Science, History Advisors: Dr. Margaret Ng, Denise Byrnes CoRE Award for Critical Digital Engagement 1st Place (tie) Cartography and architecture […]

Witch’s Luck

Student: Claire Montgomery Major: English Advisors: Kate Beutner, Claire Eager Witch’s Luck is a young adult fantasy novella that explores intersectionality in feminist movements. […]

Timothy Perales

The Audio-Visual Processing of Horror

Student: Timothy Perales Major: Cognitive Behavioral Neuroscience Advisors: John Neuhoff, Evan Wilhelms The effects of fearful visual stimuli type and linearity or nonlinearity of […]

Margaret McGuire

What a Mouthful! Modeling Geographic Tongue as a Reaction Diffusion System

Student: Margaret McGuire Major: Mathematics Advisors: Dr. R. Drew Pasteur, Dr. Robert Kelvey CoRE Award for Critical Digital Engagement 1st Place (tie) Geographic tongue […]

Scanning and Spending: Examining the Impact of Mobile Payment Penetration on the Saving Rate in Contemporary China

Student: Yuxuan (Katie) Ke Majors: Business Economics, East Asian Studies Advisors: Melanie Long, James Bonk China’s national saving rate has been among the highest […]

On The Long-Term Future Importance of Investments in Economic Growth and Global Catastrophic Risk Reduction

Student: Pedro Adami Oliboni Majors: Mathematics, Philosophy Minor: Economics Advisors: John Ramsay, Garrett Thomson Melissa Schultz I.S. Research Prize in Sustainability and the Environment 3rd Place […]

Kelsey Nolin website

Through the Looking Glass: a Self Portraiture Exploration of Selfhood and Identity

Student: Kelsey Nolin Major: Studio Art Advisors: Bridget Milligan, Walter Zurko, Tracy Cosgriff During the lifetime of every being, we are only guaranteed one […]

Desi LaPoole

Repairing a Nation: A visual exploration into the American debate on reparations for slavery

Student: Desi LaPoole Major: Journalism & Society (self design) Advisors: Denise Bostdorff, Angie Bos The debate on reparations for slavery in the United States […]

M Roski

Building Multilateral Military Coalitions: A Study of Bribery and Coercion in Controversial Military Interventions

Student: Marina Rae Roski Major: Political Science with an International Relations Focus Minor: Economics Advisors: Jeff Lantis, Sid Simpson This study focuses on the […]

K PIke

What’s in the Water?: Examining Contamination by Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substances in Rainwater

Student: Kyndalanne Pike Majors: Chemistry, Mathematics Advisors: Dr. Faust, Dr. Morrison Poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are emerging environmental contaminants of concern detected in […]

The effects of melatonin in the glymphatic system in an Alzheimer’s disease mouse model

Student: Eleni Miliotou Major: Neuroscience Advisors: Dr. Amy Jo Stavnezer, Dr. Ashley Abraham Melatonin is an endogenous antioxidant and free radical scavenger that regulates […]

Kathleen Loftus

How do mothers influence the gut microbiomes of their infants

Student: Kathleen Loftus Major: Biology Advisors: Dr. Sharon Lynn, Dr. Rick Lehtinen The purpose of this literature review was to investigate how mothers influence […]

Bao Chau Nguyen

A Boolean Model of Microglial Phenotype Transitions Under Acute and Chronic Inflammation

Student: Bao Chau Nguyen Major: Neuroscience Minor: Environmental Studies Advisor: Dr. Erzsébet Ravasz Regan Infection or damage to neurons can trigger the activation of […]

Alexis Lanier

Sourcing groundwater contamination from possible mine drainage in Navarre, Ohio using MODFLOW

Student: Alexis Lanier Major: Geology Minor: Ancient Mediterranean Studies Advisor: Dr. Karen Alley This study examines an abandoned underground coal mine in Navarre, Ohio […]

The Same and Other Race Effects: The Minority Classroom Experience

Student: Micaela Watson Major: Psychology Minor: Education Advisors: Ashley Abraham, Grit Herzmann Good quality lessons help students learn the material and succeed. Specifically, for […]

Casey Lohman

The Scars and the Moon: Theatrical Monologues Telling LGBTQIA+ Stories

Student: Casey Lohman Major: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Minors: English, Theater, Communication Studies Advisors: Dr. Natasha Bissonauth, Dr. Ahmet Atay For my IS […]

Samantha Tromba

The Surge of Religious Polychrome Sculptures in the Golden Age of Spain as Vivid Artistic Reponses to the Call of the Counter Reformation

Student: Samantha Tromba Major: Art History Minor: Education Advisors: Dr. Tracy Cosgriff, John Siewert This research investigates the emergence of Spanish polychrome sculptures following […]

Koral Kasnyik

Investigating Changes in Protein Ubiquitylation Following Sleep Deprivation in Drosophila melanogaster

Student: Koral Kasnyik Major: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Advisors: Dr. Seth Kelly, Dr. William Morgan Chronic sleep loss is a public health epidemic and […]

Samantha Green

Greenbean Comics: An Independent Study!!!

Student: Samantha Green Major: English Advisors: Christopher Kang This collection of comics explores my relationship with depression and anxiety, taking on the faces of […]