2021-2022 Academic Year Provost’s Student-Faculty Undergraduate Research and Creative Inquiry Awardees
Maria A. Andrukhiv
School and Major: Dyson, Economics | Political Science
Faculty Mentor: Anna Shostya
Project Title: Marine Protected Areas and Their Role in Fishing Exports in OECD Countries
Emilija Blozyte
School and Major: Dyson, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Weihua Niu
Project Title: Effects of Emotion Regulation Skills on Disordered Eating in College Students
Tyler Burenbadrakh
School and Major: Dyson, Chemistry
Faculty Mentor: JaimeLee I. Rizzo
Project Title: Sustainable Development and Water Security: How Can Nations Across the World Prevent National Security Emergencies and International Conflicts Caused by Decreasing Water Resources
Shirly Chen
School and Major: College of Health Professions, Health Science
Faculty Mentor: Erica L. Gollub
Project Title: Law Enforcement – Understanding its Role in Firearm Legislation to Reduce Firearm use in Female Intimate Partner Homicide Using the National Violent Death Reporting System
Maria E. Escobar Acosta
School and Major: Dyson, Women’s and Gender Studies
Faculty Mentor: Emily C. Bent
Project Title: Youth Voices are Essential to the Anti-Trafficking Movement’s Fight Against Commercial Sexual Exploitation
Grace J. Henderson
School and Major: College of Health Professions, Health Science
Faculty Mentor: Joshua B. Mendelsohn
Project Title: Diagnostic Errors in Healthcare and Possible Prevention Strategies
Simone M. Hougham
School and Major: Dyson, Environmental Studies
Faculty Mentor: Todd R. Yarbrough
Project Title: The United States and Mexico’s Energy Trade and Economic Relationship: The Current Policies’ Effect on Ecosystem Services in the Borderlands
Aisha Jawara
School and Major: College of Health Professions, Health Science
Faculty Mentor: Ana B. Amaya
Project Title: Access to COVID-19 vaccines in The Gambia
Dorina Krasniqi
School and Major: Dyson, Biology
Faculty Mentor: Nancy A. Krucher
Project Title: The Use of ACLY Inhibition to Reverse the Development of Vemurafenib Resistance in Melanoma Cells
Kailey G. Liddell
School and Major: Dyson, English Language and Literature
Faculty Mentor: Sid E. Ray
Project Title: He is Our Bard as Well as Yours
Nicole C. Maewsky
School and Major: Dyson, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Courtney L. Gosnell
Project Title: Capitalization in an Organizational Context
Tinuade F. McClish
School and Major: Dyson, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Courtney L. Gosnell
Project Title: Examining the Effects of Political Media in Perceptions of Cross-Party Political Relationships
Sofia M. Perez
School and Major: Dyson, Biology
Faculty Mentor: Eric D. Brenner
Project Title: The Developmental Plan of Inflorescence Circumnutation in Arabidopsis Thaliana
Joseph Peterson
School and Major: Lubin, Arts & Entertainment Management
Faculty Mentor: Marcella Szablewicz
Project Title: Examining Perceived Decision-Making Power Among Pace University Students and Faculty to Influence University Policy
Fernando M. Roger
School and Major: Seidenberg, Computer Science
Faculty Mentor: Miguel A. Mosteiro
Project Title: Algebraic Computations in Anonymous Dynamic Networks, with Applications to Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks
Shayan Saniei
School and Major: Dyson, Biology
Faculty Mentor: Erika Crispo
Project Title: Exploring Societal Determinants of COVID Death Rate Over Time
Saloni Shah
School and Major: Dyson, Economics
Faculty Mentor: Jessica A. Magaldi
Project Title: An Analysis of Privacy Incursions and Proposed Limitations to Protect Users
Lindsay M. Varzarevsky
School and Major: Dyson, Economics
Faculty Mentor: Mark L. Weinstock
Project Title: The Economic Impact of Films on Military Enlistment in the US
Brookelynne A. Verrette
School and Major: Dyson, Biology
Faculty Mentor: William D. Eaton
Project Title: Effects of Different Restoration Practices on the Soil Acidobacterial Genera and Carbon Cycle Metrics in a Tropical Forest in Costa Rica
Hanbo Wang
School and Major: Dyson, Chemistry
Faculty Mentor: Rita K. Upmacis
Project Title: Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Female and Male Metabolites
Alexs O. Wijoyo
School and Major: Seidenberg, Computer Science
Faculty Mentor: Jun Yuan
Project Title: A Better Debug – Rust
Jiajia (Man-Chia) Wu
School and Major: Dyson, Fine Arts
Faculty Mentor: Thomas T. Nguyen
Project Title: Environmental Art Project – Living Sculpture in Nature