Meet Our 2025 Summer Research Cohort!

Tara Barnett

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Tara Barnett, Computer Science Major

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Ira Woodring

Research: Accessibility in Video Games: A Framework for Developers

Landon Bartlett

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Landon Bartlett, Psychology Major

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Naomi Aldrich

Research: Examining The Effects of High Social Status and Deservingness Through The Benign and Malicious Envy Inventory, The AIAS-4, and The AILS

Ivan Bishop

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Ivan Bishop, Information Technology Major

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Ira Woodring

Research: Accessibility in Video Games: A Framework for Developers

Amanda Daniels

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Amanda Daniels, Environmental and Sustainability Studies Major

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Daniel Goldberg

Research: Municipal Measures of Great Lakes Communities that Prioritize Biodiversity and Place-Based Uniqueness

Sam Fisher

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Sam Fisher, Psychology, Sociology, and Dance Triple-Major

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Bradford Dykes

Research: Perspectives on Supports and Services that Address the Mental Health Needs of Autistic College Students

Mya Hanna

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Mya Hanna, Psychology Major with a Minor in Applied Statistics & Middle East Studies

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Amanda Dillard

Research: Prospective Associations between Trait Mindfulness, Behavior Intentions, and Health Behaviors in College Students

Brandalyn Morris

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Brandalyn Morris, Behavioral Neuroscience Major

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Teresa Castelao-Lawless

Research: Opening the Black-Box of Mental Disorders: An Actor-Network Theory Analysis of Schizophrenia

Abraham Parsons

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Abraham Parsons, Evolutionary Biology & Ecology and Geology Double-Major

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Figen Mekik

Research: Bio-Mineral Interface of Ocean Microorganisms (foraminifera) and How to Use Their Shells to Study Prehistoric Climate Changes

Lisbett Rios

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Lisbett Rios, Accounting and Finance Double-Major

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jonathan Brignall

Research: What social benefits are foreign taxpayers with ITINs, as assigned by the IRS, excluded from, despite paying taxes, and what are the implications?

Mollie Strunk

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Mollie Strunk, Geology and Chemistry Double-Major

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Tara Kneeshaw

Research: Investigation of Carbon Sequestration Mechanisms in Soils

Isabella Tyler

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Isabella Tyler, Anthropology Major

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Elizabeth Arnold

Research: Between Kings and Commoners: An isotopic study of the animal ecology of the 19th-century Zulu kingdom

Natasha Vaughn

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Natasha Vaughn, Behavioral Neuroscience Major

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Natashia Swalve

Research: Assessing a Relationship between Hormonal Birth Control and Alcohol Consumption Rate

Tapanga Witt

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Tapanga Witt, Computer Science Major

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Kylie Jacobsen

Research: Designing an Interactive Exit Ticket System to Enhance Learning in Engineering Education

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Angel Zoulek

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Angel Zoulek, Biochemistry Major with a Minor in Environmental Science

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Agnieszka Szarecka

Research: Investigating Binding Modes of BIBR-1532 to Human Telomerase (hTERT) and Its Allosteric Inhibition Mechanism



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