Winners Announced! Mathias Student Research Conference
This year, the 32nd annual 69传媒 University Mathias Student Research Conference came back to campus as an in-person event, as College of Arts and Sciences undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students presented their original scholarly and creative works.
The research conference is听funded in part by a generous grant from the late Robyn Rafferty Mathias, AU trustee and alumna.听听
鈥淭he Mathias conference is where our students showcase their original research and scholarly and creative work before colleagues, faculty, and friends,鈥 says College of Arts and Sciences Interim Dean Max Paul Friedman. 鈥淭he late AU trustee and alumna Robyn Rafferty Mathias was committed to giving young people the tools and resources to become educated, contributing, and compassionate citizens. We are pleased that her legacy continues through this memorable annual event. Congratulations to the winners!鈥澨
Awards List
Undergraduate Humanities Workshop
Ames Jewart
Senior, Literature: Transcultural Studies听听听
I Have to Tell My Story Properly: Narrative and Comedic Form in Hannah Gadsby鈥檚 Nanette听
Advisors: Lindsey Green-Simms and Jeffrey Middents听听听
Graduate Humanities Workshop
Hannah Nanette Karkari
MA Candidate, Art History听听听
A Charming Fabrication: Gender Ambivalence and Shojo Aesthetics in the Portraits of Ashihara Kuniko
Advisor: Ying-chen Peng听听听听
Undergraduate Social Sciences Workshop
Nitya听Aggarwal, Liana听Garcia, Hannah听Nisonson, and Kayah听Ryerson
Nitya: Junior, International Studies and Environmental Science
Hannah: MS Candidate, Environmental Science
Liana: Junior, International Relations and Environmental Science
Kayah: Sophomore, Political Science and Environmental Science听听听
Transforming our Food System Starts With Understanding Wasted Food: Compilation and Interpretation of Existing Wasted Food Data Sources听
Advisor: Sauleh Siddiqui听听听
Graduate Social Sciences Workshop
Lindsey Sparrock听听
Doctoral Candidate, Behavior, Cognition, and Neuroscience
Development of a Decisional Balance Scale for Young Adult E-Cigarette Use
Advisor: Laura Juliano
Undergraduate Natural Sciences Workshop
Kruttika Gopal
Senior, Environmental Studies and Political Science听听听
Disparities in Particulate Matter Monitoring and Pollution Across Washington, DC.
Advisor: Valentina Aquila听听
Graduate Natural Sciences Workshop
Marissa Marko
Doctoral Candidate, Behavior, Cognition and Neuroscience
Cerebellar modulation of reading accuracy and speed
Advisor: Catherine Stoodley听听听
Undergraduate Physical Sciences Workshop
Caleb Dando-Haenisch听听
Sophomore, Physics
Unsupervised Machine Learning Method to Identify Solar Coronal Holes on Satellite Images
Advisors: Silvina Guidoni and Jessica Uscinski
Graduate Physical Sciences Workshop
David Dunleavy
MS Candidate, Computer Science
MCTSLib: Reproducible Real-time Statistical Decision Making
Advisor: Mark Nelson
Tate Altman
MS Candidate, Mathematics of Information and Security听听听
Shannon Sampling via Poisson, Cauchy, Jacobi and Levin听听
Advisor: Stephen Casey听听
Undergraduate Humanities Final Work
Rebekah Potter听听
Senior, Communication, Legal Institutions, Economics, and Government (CLEG) and Art History
The Power in the Madonna鈥檚 Breasts and Milk: Leonardo da Vinci鈥檚 Litta Madonna Through a Proto-Feminist Lens
Advisor: Kim Butler
Graduate Humanities Final Work
Brookes Pennell
MA Candidate, Arts Management
The Palestinian Musician: How an artist makes a living in the West Bank
Advisor: Ximena Varela听
Undergraduate Social Sciences Final Work
Sophie C. Hathaway
Senior, Public Health and Health Promotion听听听
Substance Use, Depression, and Health Quality of Life Disparities among Rural and Urban Sexual Minority Adults: A National Probability Sample听听
Advisor: Ethan Mereish听听听
Graduate Social Sciences Final Work
Eric Turnquist
MA Candidate, Psychology听听听
Episodic future thinking as an intervention for dependent e-cigarette users
Advisor: Laura Juliano听听听
Undergraduate Physical Sciences Final Work
Ashley Bastin
Senior, Biology听听听
Investigating the Interactions Between TPL and AP1 in Arabidopsis thaliana Stem Cell Function
Advisor: Naden Krogan
Graduate Physical Sciences Final Work
Elisa Davey
MS Candidate, Environmental Science
Microplastics and PAHs in Sediment Samples of Nash Run, Urban Tributary to the Anacostia River
Advisor: Barbara Balestra
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