2021 Summer Research Cohort
Gabriel Alvarado

How did Radio Broadcasts Prior to the Rwandan Genocide Influence Hutu Perpetrators to Engage in the Systematic Killings of the Tutsi People?
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jennifer Marson, Criminal Justice
Amber Anderson

Social Capital, Networks, and the Effects on Higher Education
Faculty Mentor: Dr. David Bair, Education
Rosanna Barrera

Title: TBD
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Mirta Paola Leon, Social Work
Keylaiha Brown

The Impact of Community Engagement on Marginalized Youth
Faculty Mentor: Mihaela Friedlmeier, Psychology
Joie Carter

Undergraduate Students' Public Opinion of Human Trafficking in West Michigan
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Tonisha Jones, Criminal Justice
Ashten Duncan

Title: TBD
Faculty Mentors: Dr. Kevin Lehnert, Marketing Business & Associate State Director Hollie Blagg, Business
Marissa Gonzales

Blocking Behavior in Brass Players: Connections Between Fluency in Speech and Music
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Beth Macauley, Communication Sciences and Disorders
Alivia Johanek

Reading Into Sleepovers: A Historical Queer Analysis of the Sleepover Environment Through Family Magazines
Faculty Mentor: (Dr. Jae Basiliere, Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies) & (Dr. Krista Benson, Integrative, Religious and Intercultural Studies)
Maia Jones

The Effectivity of Mental Health Courts
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Tonisha Jones, Criminal Justice
Nicholas Layman

Abstract Algebra and Measure Theory
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Lauren Keough, Mathematics
Collin Louis

Examination of the Effects of Upstream Deletion Mutants in the Upstream Region of the Hdc Gene on the Spatial Presence of Histamine in the CNS of Drosophila melanogaster
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Martin G. Burg, Biomedical Sciences
Stephanie Mendoza

Title: TBA
Faculty Mentor: Ellen Shupe, Psychology
Grace Miller

Using Colored Light to Illuminate Plant Gravity Sensing
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Mark Staves, Cell and Molecular Biology
Payton Miloser

Bio-Surveillance of COVID-19 Data using Statistical Process Control
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Paul Stephenson, Statistics
Noemy Parra-Cano

Therapy Experience: Immigrant Latinos and Hispanics Experience in Grand Rapids
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Rachel Campbell, Sociology
Dionne Pinto-Guerra

Parent History of Trauma, Mental Health Diagnosis, and Children's Risk for Experiencing Maltreatment
Faculty Mentor: Mary Bower-Russa, Psychology
Tumaini Sango

Protest Music of the 2010s
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Helen Marlais, Music
Elizabeth Sielaff

Synthesis of Modified Carbazole-Containing Compounds for use as Luminescent Probes for Cancer
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Shannon Biros, Chemistry
Isabel Soberal

Analysing and Understanding Machismo and the Role of Women in the Latin American Boom
Faculty Mentor: Lourdes (Huei Lan) Yen, Modern Languages and Literatures
Claire Stone

The Effects of Anticipated and Experienced Regret on Eating Behaviors
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Amanda Dillard, Psychology
Lindsey Summers

An Analysis of West Michigan Residents Perception of Intergenerational Rights Pertaining to Environmental Policy and Regulation
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Laura Schneider, Political Science