Fall 2022

Humanities and Fine Arts

• Celestial Bodies: Exploring the Connection Between the Cosmos and Humanity Through Dance
  • Student: Morgan Holder
  • Majors: Dance and English
  • Award Amount: $1,000.00
  • Mentor: Sarah M. Barry
  • Department: Theatre & Dance

Mathematics and Natural Sciences

• Atomically Ordered Complex Materials via Control Entropic Mixing
  • Student: Michael Zengel
  • Majors: Physics and Mathematics
  • Award Amount: $1,000.00
  • Mentor: Dr. Adam Hauser
  • Department: Physics & Astronomy
• First Principles Calculations and Thin-Film Characterization of Complex Nitride Systems
  • Student: Riley Nold
  • Majors: Physics and Mathematics
  • Award Amount: $975.00
  • Mentor: Dr. Adam Hauser
  • Department: Physics & Astronomy
• Ex utero synthetic mouse embryoids demonstrate a new procedure for artificial organogenesis
  • Student: Cooper Tinsley
  • Major: Interdisciplinary Sciences
  • Award Amount: $1,000.00
  • Mentor: Dr. Brandon Kim
  • Department: Biological Sciences
• Adsorption studies of perfluoroalkyl substances in metal-organic frameworks
  • Student: Elizabeth Ramirez
  • Majors: Chemistry and Physics
  • Award Amount: $1,000.00
  • Mentor: Dr. Gregory Szulczewski
  • Department: Chemistry & Biochemistry
• Synthesis of metal-organic framework thin films by vapor-assisted conversion
  • Student: Evan Jurkovic
  • Major: Chemistry
  • Award Amount: $830.00
  • Mentor: Dr. Gregory Szulczewski
  • Department: Chemistry & Biochemistry
• Bifidobacterium longum infantis Glycan Degradation in Infants
  • Student: Dylan McClain
  • Major: Biology
  • Award Amount: $1,000.00
  • Mentor: Dr. Melanie Higgins
  • Department: Biological Sciences
• Detecting Human Impacts on Streamflow Using Intra-Annual Density Fluctuations in Bald Cypress
  • Student: Zachary Foley
  • Major: Biology
  • Award Amount: $1,000.00
  • Mentor: Dr. Nate Jones
  • Department: Biological Sciences
• Effects of vaping chemicals on neurodegeneration and inflammatory gene expression in Drosophila melanogaster
  • Student: Megan Hawks
  • Major: Biology
  • Award Amount: $1,000.00
  • Mentor: Dr. Stanislava Chtarbanova
  • Department: Biological Sciences

Social and Behavioral Sciences

• Bodily Autonomy and the Practice of Body Modification as A Stress Management Technique for Genderqueer People in the Southeastern United States
  • Student: E. Jean Ryu
  • Majors: Biology and Anthropology
  • Award Amount: $1,000.00
  • Mentor: Dr. Holly Horan
  • Department: Anthropology
• Forensic Evaluators’ Considerations of Contextual Information in Adjudicative Competence Cases
  • Student: Christian Stephens
  • Major: Psychology
  • Award Amount: $1,000.00
  • Mentor: Dr. Jennifer Cox
  • Department: Psychology
• Investigating the executive functioning advantage in bilingual children
  • Students: Sophia Molinari and Mary Matter
  • Major: Communicative Disorders
  • Award Amount: $1,000.00
  • Mentor: Dr. Luca Campanelli
  • Department: Communicative Disorders
• Investigating the role of an open personality style on the CSI effect and jurors’ response to expert witnesses
  • Student: Josie Leonhardt
  • Majors: Criminal Justice
  • Award Amount: $1,000.00
  • Mentor: Dr. Matthew Dolliver
  • Department: Criminology & Criminal Justice
• Independent Component Analysis of Resting State Functional Connectivity in Autism Spectrum Disorder
  • Student: Josie Zachman
  • Major: Psychology
  • Award Amount: $990.00
  • Mentor: Dr. Rajesh Kana
  • Department: Psychology
• The Role of Knowledge of ADHD, Stress, and Mindfulness Skills in Predicting Pre-Service Teachers’ Responses to Students with ADHD
  • Student: Anna Catherine Henley
  • Major: Psychology
  • Award Amount: $1,000.00
  • Mentor: Dr. Summer Braun
  • Department: Psychology

Spring 2023

Humanities and Fine Arts

• Study on Concept Art
  • Student: Brylane Hay
  • Major: Studio Art
  • Award Amount: $560.00
  • Mentor: Melissa Yes
  • Department: Art & Art History
• Sculptural representation for identities outside of the gender binary
  • Student: Madison Grooters
  • Major: Marketing
  • Award Amount: $995.10
  • Mentor: Craig Wedderspoon
  • Department: Art & Art History

Mathematics and Natural Sciences

• Effects of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury on Aggressive and Risky Behavior
  • Student: Grace Bollinger
  • Major: Biology
  • Award Amount: $1,000.00
  • Mentor: Dr. Ryan Earley
  • Department: Biological Sciences
• Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Impacts Blood-Brain Barrier Integrity During Group B Streptococcus Infection
  • Student: Alexandra Meyer
  • Major: Microbiology
  • Award Amount: $1,000.00
  • Mentor: Dr. Brandon Kim
  • Department: Biological Sciences
• Effects of Nutrient Addition and Snail Grazers on Biofilms in Alabama’s Coastal Wetlands
  • Student: Amanda Pasierbowicz
  • Major: Biology
  • Award Amount: $1,000.00
  • Mentor: Dr. Julia A. Cherry
  • Department: Biological Sciences
• Characterization of SAP in Group B Streptococcus as a Novel Virulence Factor Contributing to Bacterial Meningitis
  • Student: Jacob Wood
  • Major: Microbiology
  • Award Amount: $1,000.00
  • Mentor: Dr. Brandon Kim
  • Department: Biological Sciences
• Dynamic Covalent Bonding of p-Methoxynitrosobenzene
  • Student: Jeremiah Herron
  • Major: Chemistry & Biochemistry
  • Award Amount: $1,000.00
  • Mentor: Dr. Silas Blackstock
  • Department: Chemistry & Biochemistry
• Characterizing Unknown Microborings in Late Cretaceous Ammonites
  • Student: Anna-Cae Fuller
  • Major: Environmental Science
  • Award Amount: $850.00
  • Mentor: Dr. Thomas Tobin
  • Department: Geological Sciences
• Investigating the Role of Conserved Proline Residues in Human DNA Primase and Their Influence on the Redox Behavior of the Regulatory [4Fe4S] Cluster
  • Student: Megan Juba
  • Major: Chemical Engineering
  • Award Amount: $1,000.00
  • Mentor: Dr. Matthew Thompson
  • Department: Chemistry & Biochemistry
• Tau Protein Density and mTBIs in Mangrove Rivulus
  • Student: Claire Tumlin
  • Majors: English and Biology
  • Award Amount: $946.00
  • Mentor: Dr. Ryan Earley
  • Department: Biological Sciences
• Core N-Glycan Degredation by Actinobacteria
  • Student: Grace Zea
  • Major: Biology
  • Award Amount: $1,000.00
  • Mentor: Dr. Melanie Higgins
  • Department: Biological Sciences
• Discovery of the Mechanisms of P-glycoprotein Failure from Bacterial Meningitis
  • Student: Sarah Hathcock
  • Major: Microbiology
  • Award Amount: $1,000.00
  • Mentor: Dr. Brandon Kim
  • Department: Biological Sciences
• Radon-222 emanation from Manganese nodules: offshore exploration of Mn/Fe nodules for critical minerals
  • Student: Haleigh Hopkins
  • Major: Environmental Engineering
  • Award Amount: $983.56
  • Mentor: Dr. Natasha T. Dimova
  • Department: Geological Sciences
• Greenhouse-Contained Compost and Effects on Plant Growth
  • Students: Sydney Turpin and Kaitlyn Via
  • Majors: Geography; Marine Science/Biology
  • Award Amount: $900.00
  • Mentor: Rashmi Grace
  • Department: New College
• Investigation of Molecular Structure & Medium Effects on the Degree of Aggregation of 2,6-Difluoronitrosobenzene in Solution
  • Student: Ava Smyth
  • Major: Chemistry
  • Award Amount: $1,000.00
  • Mentor: Dr. Silas Blackstock
  • Department: Chemistry & Biochemistry
• AMS Special Session: Mutation Classes with Finite Forkless Parts
  • Student: Vishak Vikranth
  • Major: Mathematics
  • Award Amount: $446.00
  • Mentor: Dr. Kyungyong Lee
  • Department: Mathematics

Social and Behavioral Sciences

• The Sausage of Science Podcast Increases Views of Articles in American Journal of Human Biology
  • Student: Flynn Lewellyn
  • Majors: Anthropology and Creative Media
  • Award Amount: $1,000.00
  • Mentor: Dr. Christopher Lynn
  • Department: Anthropology
• The Bilingual Advantage in Children Across a Continuum of Proficiency
  • Student: Julia Ray
  • Majors: Communicative Disorders and French
  • Award Amount: $1,000.00
  • Mentor: Dr. Luca Campanelli
  • Department: Communicative Disorders
• Connections between parental role strain and vocal turn-taking development in autistic infants
  • Student: Lauren Rymer
  • Major: Psychology
  • Award Amount: $1,000.00
  • Mentor: Dr. Kelsey L. West
  • Department: Psychology
• Resting State Functional Connectivity in Young Adults with ADHD
  • Student: Molly C. Hart
  • Majors: Interdisciplinary Studies (Cognitive Science)
  • Award Amount: $990.00
  • Mentor: Dr. Rajesh Kana
  • Department: Psychology
• Establishment of Norm Referenced Standards for the Test of Masticating and Swallowing Solids in Children (TOMASS-C): A Pilot Project
  • Students: Morgan Rollins and Emma Zang
  • Major: Communicative Disorders
  • Award Amount: $1,000.00
  • Mentor: Dr. Memorie M. Gosa
  • Department: Communicative Disorders
• Childhood creativity: Exploring developmentally appropriate creativity measurement in preschoolers
  • Student: Taryn Crone
  • Majors: Psychology and Human Development and Family Studies
  • Award Amount: $1,000.00
  • Mentor: Dr. Ansley Gilpin
  • Department: Psychology
• Perceptions of IQ and Rational Behavior
  • Student: Timothy Alexander
  • Majors: Mathematics and Chemistry
  • Award Amount: $1,000.00
  • Mentor: Dr. Tigran Melkonyan
  • Department: Economics, Finance, and Legal Studies