Summer 2020 Provost’s Student-Faculty Undergraduate Research and Creative Inquiry Awardees

Maria C. Amaya

School and Major: Dyson, Philosophy and Religious Studies

Faculty Mentors: Meghana V. Nayak and Pamela J. Fuentes-Peralta

Project Title: COVID 19 and Immigrant Communities: Effects and Solutions

Maria I. Andreoli

School and Major: Dyson, Musical Theatre

Faculty Mentors: Eric J. Price and William C. Reynolds

Project Title: The Waiting

Justin A. Brandon

School and Major: Seidenberg School of CSIS, Professional Computer Studies

Faculty Mentors: John J. Cronin and Andreea Cotoranu

Project Title: Choate Pond Instrumentation and Remote Learning using Technology and Design

Tatum A. Cordy

School and Major: Dyson, English Language and Literature

Faculty Mentor: Daniel Bender

Project Title: Shakespeare: A Blueprint for Activism

Lara C. Ellentuck

School and Major: Dyson, Biology

Faculty Mentor: R. Antonio Herrera

Project Title: Geomapping Invasive Bamboo Species Using Machine Learning

Ralph Gamba

School and Major: Dyson, Digital Cinema and Filmmaking

Faculty Mentor: Melanie La Rosa

Project Title: View: The Effects That Auteurs Have Had on Filmmaking From the 1970’s to the Present

Magnolia M. Garcia-Garcia

School and Major: Dyson, History; Political Science

Faculty Mentors: Meghana V. Nayak; Pamela J. Fuentes-Peralta

Project Title: COVID 19 and Immigrant Communities: Effects and Solutions

Brody J. Gaura

School and Major: Dyson, Psychology

Faculty Mentor: Sheila H. Chiffriller

Project Title: Perception: Different Forms of Aggression and Appropriate Intervention for the Survivor

Laurianne B. Gutierrez

School and Major: Dyson, Political Science

Faculty Mentor: Pamela J. Fuentes-Peralta

Project Title: Stigma and Marginalization: Homeless Individuals Living with HIV/AIDS in Atlanta

EmmaLee C. Kidwell

School and Major: Dyson, Musical Theatre

Faculty Mentors: Eric J. Price; William C. Reynolds

Project Title: The Waiting

Matthew Killeen

School and Major: Dyson, Biology

Faculty Mentor: JaimeLee Iolani Rizzo

Project Title: Characterization of a Series of Antiviral and Antimicrobial Creams

Isabelle A. LaBianco

School and Major: Dyson, Economics; Film & Screen Studies

Faculty Mentor: Joseph C. Morreale

Project Title: Creating Hysteria: The Influence News Media over Consumption Behavior during COVID-19

Winter R. Lesnick

School and Major: Dyson, Biology

Faculty Mentor: JaimeLee Iolani Rizzo

Project Title: Roots, Stems, and Leaves as Antibacterials

Annabella C. Mead-Vancort

School and Major: Dyson, Political Science

Faculty Mentors: Meghana V. Nayak; Pamela J. Fuentes-Peralta

Project Title: COVID 19 and Immigrant Communities: Effects and Solutions

Sarah G. Pereira-Bisono

School and Major: Lubin, International Management

Faculty Mentors: Meghana V. Nayak; Pamela J. Fuentes-Peralta

Project Title: COVID 19 and Immigrant Communities: Effects and Solutions

Joseph Peterson

School and Major: Lubin, Arts & Entertainment Management

Faculty Mentor: Jessica A. Magaldi

Project Title: Who Has Your Health Data, What Are They Doing with it, and What Can You Do About it?” Legal and Technological Issues Related to Contact Tracing of COVID-19 Infections

Carmela Piccolo

School and Major: Dyson, Applied Psychology & Human Relations

Faculty Mentor: Courtney L. Gosnell

Project Title: The Effects of Positive Emotion Overexpression Based On Underlying Motives

Giavanna R. Plaza

School and Major: Dyson, Women’s and Gender Studies

Faculty Mentors: Meghana V. Nayak; Pamela J. Fuentes-Peralta

Project Title: COVID 19 and Immigrant Communities: Effects and Solutions

Naya J. Rivera

School and Major: School of Education, Biology & Adolescent Education

Faculty Mentor: Joan T. Walker

Project Title: What does expertise look and sound like? Examining how master teachers approach simulated parent-teacher conferences about student academic progress

Shayan Saniei

School and Major: Dyson, Biology

Faculty Mentor: Erika Crispo

Project Title: The Effect of Hurricanes on the Evolution of Puerto Rico Fish Species

Daniel I. Sinensky

School and Major: Dyson, Biology

Faculty Mentor: Eric D. Brenner

Project Title: Analysis of Circumnutation in Gravitropic Mutants of Arabidopsis Thaliana Using Recorded Footage

Anjolee M. Spence

School and Major: Dyson, Biological Psychology

Faculty Mentor: Courtney L. Gosnell

Project Title: Can Gratitude Buffer Cross-Political Party Close Relationships from Dissolution?

Christine J. Suddeth

School and Major: Dyson, Musical Theatre

Faculty Mentor: Amanda G. Flynn

Project Title: Students Experience with Vocal Injury in Undergraduate Performing Arts Training Programs

Jamellah D. Sweeting

School and Major: Dyson, Philosophy & Religious Studies | English Language & Literature

Faculty Mentor: Daniel Barber

Project Title: The Abject of Body Affirmation

Emma L. Wolkenstein

School and Major: Dyson, Sociology/Anthropology

Faculty Mentor: Claire D. Panetta

Project Title: Nationalism in the Age of Brexit: The Identities and Attitudes of Younger Voters

Jiajia (Man-Chia) Wu

School and Major: Dyson, Art

Faculty Mentor: Daniel J. Hill

Project Title: Covid-19 Artistic Project – “The packages wash up on the isolated islands”