2018 - 2019 Cohort

Autumn Adams

Anthropology

Mentor: Dr. Jessica Amason
Research: Shattering the Veil: A Reclamation of Indigenous Female Identity in Higher Education

Leanna Chard

Anthropology

Mentor: Dr. Lene Pederson
Research: Just Listen: Visual Expression of Inner Suffering

Jadvir Gill

Psychology

Mentor: Dr. James Avey
Research: How does abusive supervision hurt employees? The mediating role of positive psychological capital.

Anna Gomez

Law and Justice

Mentor: Dr. Roger Schafer
Research: Qualitative and Descriptive Analysis of Vocational and Educational Program in Female Penitentiaries

Leni Halaapiapi

Computer Science

Mentor: Dr. Donald Davendra
Research: Implementing Chaotic Systems with the Firefly Algorithm to Solve Optimization Problems

Jesse Lopez

Mathematics

Mentor: Dr. Erin Craig
Research: Simulating Neural Action Potentials at the Molecular Level

Alejandra Lopez

Law and Justice/Spanish

Mentor: Dr. Charles Reasons
Research: Analysis of Structural Violence Faced by Mexican Immigrants

Jennifer Magaña

Biology

Mentor: Dr. April Binder
Research: Role of Claudin Gene Expression in Development of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)

Juan Mendoza

Mathematics

Mentor: Dr. Jean Marie Linhart
Research: Modeling the Historic Global Populations

Morgan Rodriguez

Chemistry/Education

Mentor: Dr. Timothy Beng
Research: Direct Access to Lactam-Fused Lactones by Stereoselective and Regiodivergent Halolactonization of Allylic Lactamoyl Acids

Olivia Vasquez

Mathematics

Mentor: Dr. Dominic Klyve
Research: On Leonhard Euler's Work in Diophantine Equations