2020 Summer Research Cohort
Gabriel Alvarado

Child Exposure to Intimate Partner Violence
Faculty Mentor: Jina Lee, Criminal Justice
Amber Anderson

Title: TBD
Faculty Mentor: Jennifer Stewart, Sociology
Gabrielle Angel

The Monstrous Queer
Faculty Mentor: Jae Basiliere, Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Jessica Avalos

The effects of hemlock woolly adelgid and imidacloprid on the abundance and diversity of ectomycorrhizal fungi of eastern hemlock
Faculty Mentor: Alexandra Locher, Biology
Helen Bahlbi

Computational Modeling of Diphenylureas
Faculty Mentor: Matthew Hart, Chemistry
Taylor Bowie

Sexual violence prevention through sex education in the K-12 settings
Faculty Mentor: Emily Nichols, Social Work
Gabriella Davis

Ecuador is Black: Afro-Ecuadorian Literary Resistance in Drums Under My Skin
Faculty Mentor: Regis Fox, English
Kristie Winslow

Fairy Tale as a Genre
Faculty Mentor: Corinna McLeod, Writing
Antonia Gordon

The True Cost of Education & Why Money Matters
Faculty Mentor: Davia Downey, Public, Nonprofit, & Health Administration
Deonquanic Hayes

Effects of anticipated versus retrospective regret on eating behavior in real time
Faculty Mentor: Amanda Dillard, Psychology
Sisi Hon

Identification of histaminergic neurons in Drosophila embryos and the effects of increased excitability on histaminergic neurons in the early larval brain
Faculty Mentor: Martin Burg, Biomedical Sciences
Alyssa Langlois

Title: Perceptions of Manhood: Exploring the Relationship between Cisgender, Heterosexual Men and the Norms of Masculinity
Faculty Mentors: Rachel Campbell and Laurel Westbrook, Sociology
Nicholas Layman

Guessing Two Numbers With One Lie
David Clark, Mathematics
Noemy Parra-Cano

Mental Health and Familial Orientations
Faculty Mentor: Jennifer Stewart, Sociology
Hannah Pierson

The Link Between Nativity and Racial Infant Mortality Disparities
Faculty Mentor: Anna Hammersmith, Sociology
Lizzy Sielaff

The Role of Heme Homeostasis in the Pathogenesis of S. aureus
Faculty Mentor: Kathryn Haley, Biomedical Sciences
Isabel Soberal

Does Grand Rapids Take Sustainability Seriously? Connecting Municipal Policy Outcomes to a Conceptual Framework
Faculty Mentor: Chad Frederick, Geography and Sustainable Planning