2022 Participants
Heather Doyle ’25, Alaina McKeen ’24, Ethan McKellop ’25
Historic Clinton Archaeological Project, Barnabas Pond
Advisor: Lacey Carpenter, visiting assistant professor of anthropology
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Charlotte Ives ’23
Archaeology Field Course
Advisor: Colin Quinn, assistant professor of anthropology
Dylan Koproski ’23
Curation Project (Animal Economies in Southwest Asia)
Advisor: Hannah Lau, visiting assistant professor of anthropology
Yanki Kung ’23
Chinese Cosmopolitan Food Culture in Flushing, NY
Advisor: Julie Starr, assistant professor of anthropology
Daisy Sulavik ’23
Brothertown Project
Advisor: Lacey Carpenter, visiting assistant professor of anthropology
Xavier Vilaubí ’24
Archaeological Curation Project
Advisor: Lacey Carpenter, visiting assistant professor of anthropology
Jiayue Wang ’23
Between Diet and Workout, an Effort to Cultivate Tizhi
Advisor: Julie Starr, assistant professor of anthropology
Huarui Zhang ’23
Living a Moral Life Amidst Uncertainty and Danger: A Discourse Analysis of Self-love in American Society
Advisor: Chenyu Wang, visiting assistant professor of anthropology
Helen Ziobrowski ’24
Identifying Shortcomings of Disability Law Regarding Structural Accessibility in Postsecondary Education
Advisor: Chenyu Wang, visiting assistant professor of anthropology
Yunlu Zou ’24
Impact of Forbidding Shanghai Local Elementary Schools in Holding Final Exams on the English Language on Students' Ability to Access and Apply Information Outside of China
Advisor: Chenyu Wang, visiting assistant professor of anthropology
Olivia Holbrook ’23
Changing Alpine Environments
Advisor: Katharine Kuharic, professor of art
Fiona Murphy ’23
PsychoComics: An Art Historical Approach to Graphic Narrative and Illustration
Advisor: William Salzillo, Kevin W. Kennedy Professor of Art
James Winner ’23
Non-Abrahamic Religious Minorities in Iraq and their Place in Society
Advisor: Usman Hamid, Assistant Professor of Asian Studies
Julia Brown ’23, Sara Schneidman ’22, Clara Zhou de Magalhaes ’24
Crow Urban Ecology
Advisor: Andrea Townsend, associate professor of biology
Megan Case ’25, Drake Gorecki ’24, Gabriela Munoz Rojas ’25, Cole Rivell ’24, Michelle Wu ’25
Mitochondrial Dynamics in Migrating Neurons
Advisor: Abigail Myers, visiting assistant professor of biology
Sophie Crehan ’24
Small-mammal Responses to Seed Rain (Plant Ecology Research)
Advisor: Peter Guiden, assistant professor of biology
Katerina Dunleavy ’24
Scaffolding Contigs of Ichthyophthirius Multifiliis (Analyze Scaffolds of Ichthyophthirius Multifiliis Genome)
Advisor: Wei-Jen Chang, chair and professor of biology
Owen Dzierzgowski ’25, Beatrice Lefranc ’25, Megan Rai ’25, Michael Ngaw ’25, Sean Zhang ’25
Abnormal Chromosome Segregation (Abnormal Chromosome 10 in Maize)
Advisor: Natalie Nannas, assistant professor of biology
Maeve Eskandari ’24
Advisor: Natalie Nannas, assistant professor of biology
Juan Guerra ’23
FishTrack Project
Advisor: Wei-Jen Chang, chair and professor of biology
Sampson Lamberth ’23
pH Change in Phagolysosome in Tetrahymena Thermophila (Investigating Lysosomes in T. Thermophilia)
Advisor: Wei-Jen Chang, chair and professor of biology
Crystal Lin ’23
Screening Mutants of Tetrahymena Thermophila Resistant to Nucleotide Analogs
Advisor: Wei-Jen Chang, chair and professor of biology
John Myles ’24
Predator–prey Relationships and the Influence of Humans on Shorebird Nest Survival
Advisor: Andrea Townsend, associate professor of biology
Matthew Prus ’24
RNAi in Tetrahymena (RNAi With Lambda Phage Lysis Cassette in T. Thermophila)
Advisor: Wei-Jen Chang, chair and professor of biology
Elizabeth Siminitus ’23
Reforestation
Advisor: Peter Guiden, assistant professor of biology
Sammy Smock ’23
Deer Exclosures (Effect on Small Mammals)
Advisor: Peter Guiden, assistant professor of biology
Maddie Vavra ’23
Small-mammal Habitat Selection (Small Mammal Surveys)
Advisor: Peter Guiden, assistant professor of biology
Yinjia Hou ’24
The Rising Awareness of Feminism Represented in Chinese Contemporary Music
Advisor: Zhuoyi Wang, associate professor of East Asian languages and literatures
Emlyn Harris ’23
Surrealism in Altered Mental States: Migraine Auras, Vertigo, and Disassociation
Advisor: Anna Huff, assistant professor of digital arts
Dylan Badillo ’23
Rare Earth Inorganic Materials (Zirconium Based Metal Organic Frameworks)
Advisor: Karen Brewer, Silas D. Childs Professor of Chemistry
Natalie Beebe ’24, Lorin Lainey Groll ’25, Nyaari Kothiya ’23, Blake Levy ’23, Isis Riviere ’25
Metalloenzymes in Natural Product Biosynthesis
Advisor: Ryan Martinie, assistant professor of chemistry
Kimberly Chase ’24, Ryan Rahman ’25
CD47-Targeted Nano-Immunotherapy for Treatment of Atherosclerosis
Advisor: Max Majireck, associate professor of chemistry
Maria Christina "Chrissy" Crespo ’25, John Frank ’24, Christie Lam ’25, William Strutton ’25
Development of Bench-stable Pyridinium Ketene Hemiaminals Into Multifunctional Reagents in Organic Synthesis
Advisor: Max Majireck, associate professor of chemistry
Favour George-Ikechi ’25, Katherine Profy ’24, Mica Wishengrad ’25
Photoredox-Catalyzed Allylation Reactions
Advisor: Ian Rosenstein, Associate Professor of Chemistry
Tam Ha ’24, Amy Shanahan ’25, Lindsay Son ’25
Development of Metallopolymer Materials (Metalopolymer Synthesis)
Advisor: Wesley Kramer, visiting assistant professor of chemistry
Kristen Holness ’25
Development of Metallopolymer Materials (Photodynamic Therapy)
Advisor: Wesley Kramer, visiting assistant professor of chemistry
Min Yu Huang ’24, Rafael Osella ’23
Rare Earth Inorganic Materials (Lanthanide Metals)
Advisor: Karen Brewer, Silas D. Childs Professor of Chemistry
Ann Kennedy ’24, James Thomas ’24
Rare Earth Inorganic Materials (Synthesis and Fluorescence Properties of Rare Earth-Doped Materials)
Advisor: Karen Brewer, Silas D. Childs Professor of Chemistry
Nestor Martinez ’25
Development of Metallopolymer Materials (Synthesis of Pyridinium Salts OR Photoredox catalysis for the modification of novel pyridinium salts)
Advisor: Wesley Kramer, visiting assistant professor of chemistry
Alex Szyperek ’24
Total Synthesis of Bioactive Indole Alkaloids (Total Synthesis of Melokhanine A)
Advisor: Max Majireck, associate professor of chemistry
Julia Sinatra ’24
Representations of Medea’s Status as a Foreigner in Ancient Greek Literature and Modern Reception
Advisor: Anne Feltovich, associate professor of classics
Mohamed Yassine Dhouib ’24, Logan Tonra ’24, Yifan Wu ’24
Semantic Network Processing System (Neural Networks)
Advisor: Alistair Campbell, associate professor of computer science
Ahmed Abdelrehim ’24, James Frazier ’24, Yuhan Shi ’24
Genetic Programming (Human-Interactive Genetic Programming for Program Synthesis)
Advisor: Tom Helmuth, assistant professor of computer science
Yinjia Hou ’24
The Rising Awareness of Feminism Represented in Chinese Contemporary Music
Advisor: Zhuoyi Wang, associate professor of East Asian languages and literatures
Zhou Hu ’24
What are the Effects of Financial Incentives on Electric Vehicle Adoption?: Evidence from New York State
Advisor: Jeffrey Cross, assistant professor of economics
Wanheng Zhao ’23
Analyzing Rental Protection Policy and Its Effectiveness: A Case Study of Tenants in New York City During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Advisor: Stephen Wu, Irma M. and Robert D. Morris Professor of Economics
Emily Benson ’23, Fatima Oliva ’23
Ecohydrological Implications of Invasive Species Management in an Ash Forest
Advisor: Heather Kropp, assistant professor of environmental studies
Kaitlyn Bieber ’23
The Subarctic Ethic: Understanding the Impact of Dramatic Landscapes on Climate Visions and Values in Southeast Alaska
Advisor: Aaron Strong, assistant professor of environmental studies
Rachel Brimmer ’23
Groundwater-stream Interaction (Monitoring Clinton, NY Groundwater Flow)
Advisor: Todd Rayne, J. W. Johnson Family Professor of Environmental Science
Olivia Chandler ’23
Realizing Radical Hope in Rural Places: How Tidelines Institute in Alaska Connects Place, Advocacy, and Alternative Environmental Education
Advisor: Aaron Strong, assistant professor of environmental studies
Maya Kannan ’25
Groundwater-stream Interaction (Studying the Interaction Between Surface Water and Groundwater in Clinton, NY)
Advisor: Todd Rayne, J. W. Johnson Family Professor of Environmental Science
Brandon Navarro ’24
Tracking Landcover and Vegetation Change in the Siberian Arctic
Advisor: Heather Kropp, assistant professor of environmental studies
Ellie Sangree ’24
Floating Treatment Wetland (Bell-Siphon-Aerated Floating Treatment Wetland Mesocosm Experiment)
Advisor: Aaron Strong, assistant professor of environmental studies
Katherine Solowey ’25
Characterizing the Impacts of Reforestation on Pollinator Habitat Using Drone Imagery
Advisor: Heather Kropp, assistant professor of environmental studies
Grace Goldberg ’24
Une Sexualité À Soi: Representations of Sexuality in French Women's Writing
Advisor: Cheryl Morgan, professor of French
Joshua Zeledon ’24
Liberté, Égalité Et Fraternité: Était-ce La Vérité? - Liberty, Equality and Fraternity: Was That the Truth?
Advisor: Martine Guyot-Bender, professor of French
Andrew Fredericks ’25, Claire Williams ’25
Conservation Paleobiology in Florida Freshwater Rivers
Advisor: Kristopher Kusnerik, visiting assistant professor of geosciences
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Nicholas Garvey ’23
Silurian Volcanism on the Maine Coast
Advisor: David Bailey, Winslow Chair of Modern Science and Professor of Geosciences
Sara Shedroff ’23, Marcella Winget ’24
Miocene Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction, Turkana Basin, Kenya
Advisor: Cat Beck, associate professor of geosciences
Philip Chivily ’23
The Invisible Catholics, Made Visible: Unveiling Black Catholics in Antebellum America
Advisor: Douglas Ambrose, professor of history
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Liam Garcia-Quish ’23
Remains: A Decolonized Exhibition of American Fossils
Advisor: Mackenzie Cooley, assistant professor of history
Jacob Piazza ’24
Frantz Fanon: So Much More than a Footnote
Advisor: Celeste Day Moore, assistant professor of history
Madeline Schink ’23
Medical Women and Reproductive Medicine in Colonial India
Advisor: Lisa Trivedi, chair and professor of history
Brian Seiter ’24
Intersecting the Foucauldian Frame: Analyzing Foucault’s Histories and Genealogies through Postcolonial and Decolonial Approaches to History
Advisor: Lisa Trivedi, chair and professor of history
Emma Tomlins ’23
Systematization in a Cumulative Discipline: Andrea Cesalpino's Botany, 1583-1593
Advisor: Mackenzie Cooley, assistant professor of history
Jessica Frantze ’24
Investigating Turn-Taking Behavior in the Dialogue of Manga
Advisor: Masaaki Kamiya, associate professor of Japanese
Jason Le ’23
The Asian American Experience Through Documentary Cinema
Advisor: Kyoko Omori, associate professor of Japanese
Sabina Feder ’25
The Intertwined History of Cake Mix and Women Post WWII
Advisor: Naomi Guttman, Jane D. and Ellis E. Bradford ’45 Distinguished Writing Chair
Katharine Jenkinson ’23, Abigail Moone ’23
Homegrown: A Narrative Exploration of Community and Environment
Advisor: Tina Hall, the Christian A. Johnson Excellence in Teaching Professor of Literature and Creative Writing
Madison Lazenby ’23
Afterthoughts: Poems on a Love & Lack of Memory
Advisor: Jane Springer, professor of literature and creative writing
Lena Schneck ’23
Studying Barriers to Rehabilitation in Prisons: Healthcare in Incarceration Facilities
Advisor: Doran Larson, Edward North Chair of Greek and Greek Literature and Professor of Literature and Creative Writing
Andy Jian ’23
Gaining Insight into the Feasibility and Operation of Aero-Aquaponic Systems through a Mathematical Lens
Advisor: Andrew Dykstra, associate professor of mathematics
Brendan Magill ’23
Advisor: Jose Ceniceros, assistant professor of mathematics
Sean McAvoy ’23
Advisor: Sally Cockburn, William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Mathematics
Maroun Mezher ’23
Advisor: Courtney Gibbons, associate professor of mathematics
Gabriana Rosario Guerrero ’23
Advisor: Jose Ceniceros, assistant professor of mathematics
Lucas Jonathan Wang Zheng ’23
Mothers and Sisters: Musical Women in Their Musical Families
Advisor: Lydia Hamessley, Eugene M. Tobin Distinguished Professor of Music
Jesse Wexler ’24
A Philosophical Investigation into Syntax, Semantics, and Pragmatics of Hate Speech
Advisor: Russell Marcus, associate professor of philosophy
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Lance Barton ’23, Charles Graffin ’24, Asa Szegvari ’23
Neutron Lifetime (Beam Lifetime 3 (BL3) Neutron Lifetime Measurement: Determining Chopper System Details for a Time-of-flight Measurement of the Neutron Velocity Spectrum on the NG-C Beamline at NIST)
Advisor: Gordon Jones, Stone Professor of Natural History and Professor of Physics
Kai Haesslein ’24, Lauren Kuster ’23, Yongwoo Park ’24
Experimental Condensed Matter
Advisor: Viva Horowitz, assistant professor of physics
Ryan Hunt ’23, Alvaro Marín Miralles ’23
Exoplanet Research
Advisor: Adam Lark, assistant professor of instruction in physics
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Amanda Clifford ’24, Elizabeth Gaillard ’23
Learning in Children and Adults: Differences Between Children and Adults Regarding Task Complexity
Advisor: Vikranth Bejjanki, assistant professor of psychology
Olivia James ’23
Understanding Language Inequality in Financial Literacy
Advisor: Rebecca Dyer, visiting assistant professor of psychology
Qiran Fan ’23, Ashley Krawshuk ’24, Julien Swoap ’24
Blame and Moral Character
Advisor: Rebecca Dyer, visiting assistant professor of psychology
Anthony Thompson ’23, Yunhai Zhao ’24
ADHD Symptomatology and Adjustment to College
Advisor: Tara McKee, associate professor of psychology
Katherine Bruno ’23, Andrew Harrell ’23, Paige McKenzie ’25
Developing Self Control
Advisor: Rachel White, assistant professor of psychology
Emily Ly ’24
Choosing Canon: The Creation of the Christian Narrative
Advisor: Sarah Griffis, visiting assistant professor of religious studies
Lucy Naughton ’24
Tracing the Legacy of Ancient and Medieval Feminine Sexual Shame in Christianity
Advisor: Sarah Griffis, visiting assistant professor of religious studies
Violet Newhouse ’23
Youth Political Action in Upstate New York: Why Traditional Institutions are No Longer Enough
Advisor: Stephen Ellingson, professor of sociology
Sadie Wallis ’24
Food Insecurity and Farming: Possibilities and Limitations of Local Food
Advisor: Stephen Ellingson, professor of sociology
Lillian Norton-Brainerd ’23
Mapping the Construct of “Foreign” Food in Grocery Stores
Advisor: Stina Soderling, the Elihu Root Peace Fund Postdoctoral Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor of Women's and Gender Studies
Anna O'Shea ’24
Women Behind Bars: The Potential of Educational Liberation in the Carceral State
Advisor: Vivyan Adair, professor of women's and gender studies
