Winners Announced for 2024 Mathias Student Research Conference
This year, the College of Arts and Sciences expanded the 34th Mathias Student Research Conference to include the arts, making it the largest, brightest conference to date, with more than 145 student presenters.
The event was funded in part by a generous grant from the late Robyn Rafferty Mathias, AU trustee and alumna. Highlights included a lunch and remarks by Dean Linda Aldoory and Katherine Grill, CAS alumna and CEO and co-founder of Neolth, a company that provides digital mental health support for young people.聽
"Congratulations to all of our students who participated!鈥 says Aldoory. 鈥淵our dedication to intellectual engagement, the arts, and the pursuit of knowledge is commendable. Special recognition goes to our winners; your outstanding achievement is a testament to your hard work and scholarly excellence."
With so many participants, panels, and poster competitions, competition was fierce. Read on to learn more about the well-deserving winners:聽
Graduate Student Winners
Arts
Harry Pham
Analysis of Temporal Structure in Digital Music
Humanities
Emily Messner
Christ is King: Tim LaHaye's Understanding of Jesus and Its Impact on White 猫咪社区app Evangelicals
Natural Sciences
Joseph Dust
Different cortical networks are modulated by lateral vs. midline cerebellar tDCS
Natural Sciences Poster
Rebecca Tegiacchi
Posterolateral tumors impact cognitive outcomes in pediatric cerebellar patients
Physical Sciences Poster
Nina Ardabili
Eutylone pre-exposure has no impact on the aversive effects of cocaine and MDMA: Implications of its hybrid neurochemical mechanisms of action.
Social Sciences
Elise Ferrer
The Past is Present: A Case for Expanded Epistemologies and Methodologies of History in Health Research
Social Sciences Poster
Kelly M. McAleer
Minority Stressors and Substance Use Severity Among Gay Emerging Adult Men: A Person-Centered Analysis
Undergraduate Winners
Arts
Hannah Sjovold
Lage Identitet: Making Identity through Nordic Handicrafts
Arts & Humanities Poster
Andrew Wagner, Alexandra Kallaher, Henry Mondschein, Ayantu Gelan
Pharmakon: An Undergraduate Journal in Philosophy & Religious Studies
Humanities
Tiffany Sharpy
The Middle East: Sketches Brought to Life Through Animation
Natural Sciences
TreVaughn Ellis
Evolutionary Invention of a thermocouple-like sensor by adaptation of cytochrome c oxidase in a subterrestrial metazoan
Physical Sciences Poster
Jason Mema
Simulation and control of Inverted Pendulum
Social Sciences
Olivia Carleu
The Perception and Use of Unprescribed HRT in the Transgender Community
Natural Sciences Poster
Abigail McDonald
Anacostia River pollutants impact biological systems in adult Zebrafish model
Physical Sciences
Collin Coil
Infection Clustering: A Bio-inspired Algorithm for Data Analysis
Social Sciences Poster
Adela Camposano, Isabella Diaz, Kacie Jimenez
"Mindful Motherhood: Exploring the Impact of Calma, Conversa y Cria (CCC) on Latina Mothers' Stress Reduction and Adolescent Health"