10 黑料吃瓜 Students Advance to CSU Student Research Competition
Hundreds of students presented original research and creative projects at the 11th Student Research Symposium.
More than 520 undergraduate and graduate students showcased their original research, scholarship projects and creative abilities across a variety of disciplines at 黑料吃瓜鈥檚 11th annual .
The event took place March 2-3 in Montezuma Hall at the Conrad Prebys Aztec Student Union. Panels of 黑料吃瓜 faculty and staff judges evaluated entries and awarded participants more than 50 cash prizes in recognition of outstanding presentations or performances. Categories included the Undergraduate Research Excellence Awards, Library Awards, Dean鈥檚 and Provost鈥檚 Awards, as well as the President鈥檚 Awards.
The following 10 students were recognized with $500 President鈥檚 Awards for outstanding achievement in original scholarship. They will represent 黑料吃瓜 at the California State University (CSU) Student Research Competition on May 4-5, 2018 at CSU Sacramento:
David Watson, Musical Theatre
Mentor: Robert Meffe
Research: 鈥淭here Goes War Like a Dream of Love: Directing 鈥淭rojan Incident鈥� in 2018 America鈥�
Mason Hearn, Physical Therapy
Mentor: Harsimran Baweja
Research: 鈥淎crophobic? Let鈥檚 Walk the Plank鈥�
Jamie Renna, Psychology
Mentor: Phillip Holcomb
Research: 鈥淪panish/English Bilingual Processing of Cognates, False Cognates, and Noncognates: An EEG Study鈥�
Amanda Schumaker, History
Mentor: Pierre Asselin
Research: 鈥淭he Committee of Correspondence: Women in American Politics and International Relations, 1952-1969鈥�
David White, Psychology
Mentor: Ksenija Marinkovic
Research: 鈥淓EG Resting State Analysis of Fibromyalgia Patients鈥�
Katherine Nager, Political Science
Mentor: Cheryl O鈥橞rien
Research: 鈥淭he Importance of Social Capital in Microfinance, A Case Study from Rural Uganda鈥�
Marwa Abdalla, Communication
Mentor: Charles Goehring
Research: 鈥淩hetorical Insights into Islamic Feminism鈥�
Sophia Do, Bioengineering - Biomaterials
Mentor: George Youssef
Research: 鈥淪ynthesis and Characterization of Polyurea Microspheres鈥�
Yessenia Zepeda, Social Work and Public Health 鈥� Health Management and Policy
Mentor: Melody Schiaffino
Research: 鈥淔actors Associated with Adaptive and Maladaptive Coping in Female Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Survivors鈥�
Madison Kennedy, Biochemistry
Mentor: Christal Sohl
Research: 鈥淐haracterization of the Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Tie2鈥�
View a full list of all of the symposium awardees.
