{"id":7773,"date":"2025-01-10T15:09:12","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T21:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/undergraduate-research\/?page_id=7773"},"modified":"2026-03-11T13:31:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T18:31:30","slug":"spring-2025","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/undergraduate-research\/programs\/support-for-undergraduate-research-fellows\/recipients\/spring-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In January 2025 the Office of Undergraduate Research announced 201 SURF Awards for the spring semester. Congratulations to all those who received awards!\u202f<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-architecture-amp-urban-planning-school-of\">Architecture &amp; Urban Planning (School of)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dominic Cuomo working with Gabriela Bustos Lopez, \u201cImmersive Technologies Methodologies for Interactive XR Environments\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Spencer Smolen working with Carolyn Esswein, \u201cGreen and Healthy Schools\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sigurds Kakulis working with Stefania Palmyra Geraki, \u201cHousing Milwaukee: Graft as Densification\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tyler Lonadier working with Stefania Palmyra Geraki, \u201cEvaluating the Effects of Architectural Interventions on Student Mental Health\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Benjamin Padilla, Tan Doruk Saral and Norah Vogt working with Iris Xiaoxue Ma, \u201cMultispecies Playground: 3D-Printed Wild Clay in Non-Human-Centric Design\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Morgan Greene working with Adam Thibodeaux, \u201cDocumenting Queer Histories: 1100 E Kane\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Erik Grey and Cody Kremer working with Alexander Timmer, \u201cColor, Pattern, Texture: Exploring the Possibilities of Tooling Castable Resin\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-arts-peck-school-of-the\">Arts (Peck School of the)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Megan Holzhauer working with Daniel Burkholder, \u201cImprovisation Perspectives Through the act\/re\/act podcast\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sabrina Conchi, Rebecca Kimbro, Brooke Allison Parkinson, Lia Smith and Katherine Speltz working with Maria Gillespie, \u201cChoreographing Translation: The Radical Play of Moving Between Tongues\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jason McCullum working with Maria Gillespie, \u201cCARE: Illuminating Milwaukee\u2019s Queer and Trans Communities\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nora Imhoff working with Adam Hawk, \u201cDigital Technologies in Traditional Craft: Blacksmithing\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Elizabeth Lappano working with Ralph Janes, \u201cNeurodivergent Artists in the Performing Artists &#8211; Pathways to Success\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Elise Leonard working with Tiffany Kadani, \u201cBuilding Ballet Technique: A Database for Safer Training Methods\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Amina Slimane and Antone Washington working with Sean Kafer, \u201cMother-Young Child Separation\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kimberly Reese working with Sean Kafer, \u201cMother-Young Child Separation\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jacob Solis working with Sean Kafer, \u201cGreen Homes Wisconsin\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Islam Awad, Darien Carbine, Dakota Galkowski, Madyson Hollister and Stephen Merrills working with Oksana Kryzhanivska, \u201cUnveiling Posthuman Presence: Investigating Identity Shifts in XR Realms\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Abigail McBee and Sophia Roth working with Sheri Pannell, \u201cDAMES AT SEA, a Student and Faculty Musical Theatre Collaboration\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lilly Carrillo working with Nathaniel Stern, \u201cThe Autism Brilliance Lab for Entrepreneurship\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Greta Craemer-Meihsner, Ava Schultz, Sydney Seebach and Cody Witt working with Nathaniel Stern, \u201cGeneration to Generation: Conversing With Kindred Technologies\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Blaise Beesch working with Matthew Vivirito, \u201cWatreous Gallery Art Project\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sarah Johnson working with Michael Ware, \u201c3D Printing in Colored Porcelain\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rhea Raje working with Lilly Warren, \u201cUncoiled Production\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Devin Grabowski working with Alex Wier, \u201cPuerto Rican Bomba Music: Analyzing and Transcribing Drum and Vocal Elements\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Biomedical Sciences &amp; Health Care Administration (School of)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Alex Chamberlin working with Elizabeth Liedhegner, \u201cDiabetic Retinopathy in a Dish: Muller Cells, High Glucose, and 670nm light\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-business-sheldon-b-lubar-school-of\">Business (Sheldon B. Lubar School of)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dylan Raikes working with Laura Swenson, \u201cNon-GAAP Financial Reporting by Master Limited Partnerships\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-education-school-of\">Education (School of)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Hannah Somers and Erynn Spanbauer working with Chris Lawson, \u201cTerrible, Vile Creatures: How Children Adopt an Ethic of Care toward Animals They Do Not Like\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rivka Comrov working with Dante Salto, \u201cCrossing Borders to Connect Routes: Higher Education, Immigration, and the Pandemic in the Midwest\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-engineering-amp-applied-science-college-of\">Engineering &amp; Applied Science (College of)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Pao Chang working with Woo Jin Chang, \u201cFabrication and Testing of the Water Quality Monitoring Sensor\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Peyton O\u2019Kelly working with Benjamin Church, \u201cStrain Hardening in Metal Forming &#8211; Mapping Mechanical Properties and Microstructure\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Setayesh Abiazi Shalmani working with Mahsa Dabagh, \u201cUsing Machine Learning to Predict Hemodynamics in Aneurysm\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hannah Vincent working with Mahsa Dabagh, \u201cCancer Malignancy Quantification\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Priyansh Jigneshkumar Patel working with Feng Guo, \u201cControl Design and Validation of Series-Connected Multilevel Power Electronics Circuits for High-Power Medium-Voltage Applications\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adam Kovacs working with Chiu Law, \u201cControl of Micro-Actuators Based on Smart Metamaterials\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Matthew Sember working with Chiu Law, \u201cOptimization of Cellulose Nanocrystal\/Iron Elastomer\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Elijah Cephus working with William Musinski, \u201cCharacterization of High Temperature Oxidation of Nickel Superalloys\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jiovanni Ortiz working with William Musinski, \u201cMechanical Testing of Pre-Oxidized Nickel Superalloys at High Temperatures\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>David Jablonski working with William Musinski, \u201cFabrication of High-Strength, High-Conductivity Copper Alloys\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mona Said working with Ashwin Narasimhan, \u201cGold Nanostructure Synthesis in Microfluidics for Biosensing Applications\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mikayla McWilliams working with Priyatha Premnath, \u201cImmunofluorescence for Bone Tissues\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alec Kaufmann working with Priyatha Premnath, \u201cContouring MicroCT Images\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Samantha Kono working with Priyatha Premnath, \u201cBiomaterials in Osteosarcoma\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Divine Aniamaka working with Priyatha Premnath, \u201cDevelopment of Polyacrylamide Gels\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kenzie Friedrich working with Priyatha Premnath, \u201cComputational Modelling to Study Mechanobiology of Cell\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Laila Ghareeb and Owen Schneider working with Deyang Qu, \u201cEngineering and Developing of Advanced Batteries\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Janelle Schulz working with Jacob Rammer, \u201cMotion Capture-Based Biomechanical Assessment of Racket Sports\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kiearra Hawkins working with Jacob Rammer, \u201cAssessment of Injury Risk Biomechanics in Racket Sports\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Spencer Frey working with Jacob Rammer, \u201cEarly Detection and Prevention of Elbow Injury in Baseball Pitching\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Flavio Toma working with Pradeep Rohatgi, \u201cIn-situ Precipitation of Graphene in Melts to Synthesize High Performance Metal Matrix Nanocomposites\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alec Buhler working with Pradeep Rohatgi, \u201cStudy on the Effect of Solidification Rate on the Properties of Aluminum Cerium Alloys Through Different Casting Techniques\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Justin Wolfe working with Pradeep Rohatgi, \u201cMagnesium Based Foams for Bone Regrowth\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Carol Martinez and Luke Wilson working with Pradeep Rohatgi, \u201cSynthesis and Characterization of Aluminum-Cerium-Graphite Composites\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jake Siong working with Alyssa Schnorenberg, \u201cInvestigation of Musculoskeletal Joint Health\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Henry Young working with Konstantin Sobolev, \u201cGreen Concrete\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jivan Singh and Cole Tauscher working with Jerald Thomas Jr, \u201cExploring User Preference for Redirected Walking Manipulations in Virtual Reality\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Landon Faris working with Jerald Thomas Jr, \u201cEvaluation of Vertical Force on the Foot While Experiencing Curvature Gain in Virtual Reality\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jack Harmer and Jagger Vicente working with Zhen Zeng, \u201cDeveloping a Roboitic-enabled Testbed for Advanced Manufacturing\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-freshwater-sciences-school-of\">Freshwater Sciences (School of)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Kayla Peirick working with Carmen Aguilar-Diaz, \u201cLight and Temperature Adaptation by Phytoplankton in the Milwaukee Harbor\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>John DeTuncq working with Russell Cuhel, \u201cUse of Physical Structure in Milwaukee Harbor Waters to Optimize Understanding of Harbor Revitalization Projects\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Owen Brandt working with Dong Fang Deng, \u201cApplication of Bile Acids to Improve Larval Fish Production\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Willow Williams working with Dong Fang Deng, \u201cGender Differences in Growth and Resilience to Environmental Stress in Yellow Perch\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nyla Connell working with George Duffy, \u201cThe Influence of Snow Storms on Lake Michigan Thermodynamics\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kaitlyn Suchomel working with Laodong Guo, \u201cImpact of Polymeric Structure on the Yield, Molecular Composition and Chemical Properties of Dissolved Organic Matter Released by Microplastics\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Miles Carlson working with Laodong Guo, \u201cInfluence of Natural Organic Matter on the Molecular Weight Distribution of PFAS\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kade Barkas working with Sergey Kravtsov, \u201cAre the Hurricane and Severe Weather Seasons in the Southeast United States Increasingly Overlapping?\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Grant Probst working with Benjamin Peterson, \u201cMetabolic Context for Mercury-Methylating Pathways in Anaerobic Microorganisms\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-information-studies-school-of\">Information Studies (School of)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sean Davis working with Maria Haigh, \u201cNarratives in Flux: Applying Disinfolklore to MAGA and Russian Propaganda Themes\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nadia Oniskevich working with Maria Haigh, \u201cTrolling the Divide: Decoding Troll Strategies in MAGA and Russian Disinformation\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Simon Rabinovich Potapov working with Maria Haigh, \u201cDisinfolklore and Trolling Narratives: Decoding the Interplay of Russian and MAGA Strategies in Wisconsin\u2019s Digital Media Landscape\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hemamrutha Gangaraju working with Maria Haigh, \u201cEchoes of Influence: Exploring Online and Offline MAGA Messaging Tactics in Wisconsin\u2019s Indian Community\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Isaiah Edwards working with Maria Haigh, \u201cCrossing the Divide: Decoding Wisconsin&#8217;s African American Shift Toward MAGA in 2024 Through Disinfolklore\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-letters-amp-science-college-of\">Letters &amp; Science (College of)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Jack Williams working with Susana Antunes, \u201cFrames of Resistance: The Role of Cinema in Brazilian Social Movements\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shaun Harrington working with Alexander Arnold, \u201cSynthesis of Novel Diazepine Derivatives Using a Palladium Catalyzed Amination Reaction\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ryan Burmesch working with Alexander Arnold, \u201cSynthesis of Novel Orally Available PEGylated Imidazodiazepines\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alec Veliz working with Alexander Arnold, \u201cDetermination of Permeability and Solubility of New Drug Drug Candidates\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Joshua Matthews and Inaara McCray working with Sara Benesh, \u201cU.S. Supreme Court Justice Appearances\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Samuel Pruhs working with John Berges, \u201cInvasive Mysids in Lake Michigan Harbors: A New Pathway for \u201cForever Chemicals\u201d Into Aquatic Foodwebs?\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Patricia Iwok and Sophia Taavao working with Caitlin Bowman, \u201cHuman Neuroscience of Healthy Cognitive Aging\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dina El Kassas, Gwyn Parker, Oli Pierce and Justin West working with Rachel Buff, \u201cThe Gangster Buffs of Charleston: Jewish Safety in a Small Southern City\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Allyson Ruffino working with Alita Burmeister, \u201cInvestigating Genetic Interactions between Phage Resistance and Antibiotic Resistance\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gaurav Sachdeva and Gaurav Saluja working with Avik Chakrabarti, \u201cSourcing In and Out: The Competitive Position of Small and Medium Scale Entrepreneurs from Milwaukee\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kamila Gutierrez working with Esther Chan, \u201cAtheist &amp; Religious Social Media Influencers\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nicholas Nelson working with Philip Chang, \u201cMoving-mesh Simulations of Cataclysmic Variables\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Andrew Truitt working with Dyanna Czeck, \u201cGeometries of Small-Scale Boudin Structures Related to the Southern Iberian Shear Zone\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Camille King working with Dyanna Czeck, \u201cAnisotropy of Magnetic Susceptibility across the Southern Iberian Shear Zone\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Olliver Plank working with Dyanna Czeck, \u201cGeochemistry of the Pulo Do Lobo Metasedimentary Rocks along the Southern Iberian Shear Zone\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Calista Klein working with Dyanna Czeck, \u201cQuartz Grain Shape Orientations in Metasedimentary Rocks along the Southern Iberian Shear Zone\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hannah Pfaff working with Alison Donnelly, \u201cMonitoring Spring Phenology of Trees and Shrubs in Downer Woods\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ava Wolcott working with Richard Edwards, \u201cFinding Identity in Cuisine: A Paleoethnobotanical Analysis of the Koshkonong Creek Village\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nora Fitak, Kaitlyn Lund and Elsie Touchstone working with Shannon Freire, \u201cMilwaukee County Poor Farm Cemetery (MCPFC) Project\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Julia Chrupek working with Karyn Frick, \u201cDetermining the Extent to Which 17beta-Estradiol Regulates Training-Induced Ubiquitin-Proteasome System Activity at Hippocampal Synapses\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Elise Haluska working with Karyn Frick, \u201cRole of Proteasome Activity in 17beta-Estradiol Induced Facilitation of Dendritic Spine Density in the Dorsal Hippocampus of Ovariectomized Female Mice\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Daniel Reddin working with Polymnia Georgiou, \u201cRole Of Epigenetic Modifications On Social Reward Processing\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shannon Mcconahy working with Jennifer Gutzman, \u201cUnderstanding the Role of mhy9 in Development and Cilia Function\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Emerson Neczek working with Jennifer Haas, \u201cCommunity Archaeology: Investigating Milwaukee&#8217;s 19th Century History at the Maryland Avenue Montessori School\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gavin Sayrs working with Pamela Harris, \u201cLucky and Displacement Statistics of Restricted Stirling Permutations\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mary Richards working with Gerlinde Hoebel, \u201cDeterminants of Nocturnal Body Color in Eastern Gray Treefrogs\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Delaney Carlson, Abigail Haider and Sarah Wawrzyniakowski working with Jean Hudson, \u201cDigital Osteological Collections: Wisconsin Fauna\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Olivia Bogie and Katherine O&#8217;Donnell working with Jean Hudson, \u201cPreparation of Vertebrate Skeletons for Osteological Reference Collections\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kelly Otto working with John Isbell, \u201cAtlas of Sedimentary and Deformation Structures Contained in Glacigenic and Sediment Gravity Flow Deposits\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ross Brandolino working with John Isbell, \u201cInvestigation into subglacial deformation for Pleistocene Glaciation in Southeastern Wisconsin\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ellie Voge working with Han Joo Lee, \u201cA Cognitive Bias Modification for Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms on a Mobile-Based Web Platform: Feasibility and Acceptability\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>John Balseiro working with Han Joo Lee, \u201cInvestigating EEG Markers of Proactive and Reactive Inhibitory Control\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Matthew Forman working with Han Joo Lee, \u201cExploring Proactive and Reactive Error-Monitoring in Various Self-Reported Psychopathologies\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kate Fredrick and Rose Lemerande working with Ashley Lemke, \u201cArchaeology at Way Ranch, Texas: Stone Tool, Debitage, and Spatial Analysis\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Erik Collins working with Jeffrey Lopez Rojas, \u201cTagging Engram Neurons to Identify Their Identity and Examine Their Necessity and Sufficiency in Social Recognition Memory\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Robyn Blan working with Jeffrey Lopez Rojas, \u201cProcessing of Social Information by Medial and Lateral Entorhinal Cortices\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Madeline Jereb working with Jeffrey Lopez Rojas, \u201cSocial Memory Processing in a Mouse Model of Schizophrenia\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ireoluwa Adams working with Shama Mirza, \u201cDeveloping New and Efficient Therapy for Glioblastoma Patients\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Marcia Pina working with Gabriela Nagy, \u201cA Qualitative Exploration into Childhood Adversity, Migration Adversity, and Social Support Among Latino\/a Immigrants\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hailey Carver working with Gabriela Nagy, \u201cMental Health Training for Southside Milwaukee Faith Leaders\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Elissa Lonzo working with Jessica Nelson, \u201cCenter for Nursing History Exhibition Research\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ava Luedtke working with Jessica Nelson, \u201cOral Histories of Local Nurses\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Caine Kandler working with Sophia Norenberg, \u201cChloride in Urban Streams: Effect of Surface Water-Groundwater Reconnection on Chloride Loading\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rowan Grider working with David Pacifico, \u201cGround Stone Analysis &#8211; Cerro Sechin\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cameron Pace working with Charles Paradis, \u201cUpward Contaminant Transport From Water Tables to the Vadose Zone\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Joel Mathews working with Charles Paradis, \u201cModeling Single-Well Injection-Drift Tests With MODFLOW and MT3D\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jatin Pandey working with Xiaohua Peng, \u201cIn Vivo Efficacy and Selectivity of h2o2-Activated Prodrugs in Combination with VitC\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Julia Jakusz working with Xiaohua Peng, \u201cCytotoxicity and Selectivity of ROS-Responsive Prodrugs in Combination with a Pro-oxidant\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Megan Gee working with James Peoples, \u201cThe 2024 Alaskan Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines Merger: A Case Study Analysis\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shena Munden and Cassandra Rice working with Anne Pycha, \u201cSparkman&#8217;s Tale: Lingusitics, Murder, and California\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Natasha Brighty, Hossein Khatibi, Jocelyn Muelver, Gabrielle Sweeney and Anna Walker<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mariah Senfleben working with Christopher Quinn, \u201cRoles of RBM-26 in Axon Degeneration\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mackenzie Dasek working with Rafael Rodriguez Sevilla, \u201cRole of Memory in Web Navigation in Frontinella Bowl and Doily Spiders (Araneae: Linyphiidae)\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Leila Goodrum working with Rafael Rodriguez Sevilla, \u201cHybrid Mating Signals and Mate Preferences in Enchenopa Treehoppers (Hemiptera: Membracidae)\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Victoria Gonzales, Kam Rabon and JaQuan Williams working with Ermitte Saint Jacques, \u201cLiving for the City: The Black Middle Class in Milwaukee\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jena Choi working with Gina Seegers Szablewski, \u201cGeological Process Drawings\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mason Novak and Kahler Paulson working with Arijit Sen, \u201cBuildings-Landscapes-Cultures Field School: COI Media Project\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hidayah Osman working with Arijit Sen, \u201cBuildings-Landscapes-Cultures Field School:&nbsp; Archival Indexing Project\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Genevieve Dwyer working with Sooho Song, \u201cAnalysis of Korean as a High-Context Language &amp; Analysis of English Speakers\u2019 Gender Pronoun Use in Korean\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Preston Ruh working with Glenn Starr, \u201cCognitive Control and Context Sensitivity in Scalar Implicature 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