Fall Undergraduate Research Symposium
The Fall Undergraduate Research Symposium is one of the Charles Center's annual undergraduate research events. The whole community is welcome to
The 2019 Fall Undergraduate Research Symposium was held on Friday, Oct. 25 in Swem Library from 12-5 p.m. 140 students shared their research projects with W&M faculty, staff, parents and peers.
Below are a list of students who shared their research at the Symposium. Thanks to all of our student presenters and guests who came out in support of undergraduate research at William & Mary! Don't miss our Spring Undergraduate Research Symposium on April 3!
| Student Name | Project Title | Project Department | Project Advisor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claire Hogan | Success Rate of Individuals in Multi-level Marketing Companies | Accounting | Foster, Elizabeth |
| Adithi Ramakrishnan | Culture and Conflict: An analysis of post-colonial heritage structures in Mumbai, India | Africana Studies | Mei Mei Sanford |
| Jefferson Unitarian Universalist Society | Black Rainbow | American Studies | Elizabeth Losh |
| Erin Turbeville | Presence of a Past Empire: A Spatial Analysis of Amsterdam | Anthropology | Adela Amaral |
| Mary Lawrence Young | Native Harvesting Practices and the Sustainability of the Chesapeake Oyster Fishery: A York River Study | Anthropology | Martin Gallivan |
| Francis Edemobi | APIA Capstone | APIA | Francis Tanglao-Aguas |
| Martha Rose | Painting a Melting Pot:Painting a Melting Pot: Church Architectural Similarities and Differences Here and Abroad | Art | Susan Demeo |
| Evan Broennimann | Skin and Bones: A Sculptural Exploration of Change Through Form and Structure | Art & Art History | Elizabeth, Mead |
| Madeline Salino | Fashion & Sustainability | Art History | Alan Braddock |
| Lizzy Davies | Reaction-Diffusion Dynamics of Complex Petal Pigmentation Patterning in Hybrid Mimulus | Biology | Puzey, Joshua |
| Margaret Donnan | Effects of Longhorned Milkweed Beetle Root Feeding on Re-sprouting in Common Milkweed | Biology | Harmony Dalgleish |
| Jerry O'Dwyer | Resistance to Thyroid Hormone Syndrome Mutant and the role of Hypercalcemia | Biology | Lizabeth Allison |
| Joyner Miller | Investigating Spatio-Temporal Variation in Abundance of Black-legged Ticks in the Williamsburg Area | Biology | Matthias Leu |
| Jacob Warner | Corticosterone hormone as an indicator for environmental mercury stress in migratory versus resident bird species | Biology | Daniel Cristol |
| Carolina Lopez Silva | Thyroid Hormone Receptor: Localization & Pathogenesis | Biology | Lizabeth, Allison |
| Emily Xu | X chromosome segregation in an A. rhodensis mutant | Biology | Diane Shakes |
| Ansley Levine | Sustainability in Chesapeake Shorescapes: Comparison between grass shrimp (Palaemonetes pugio) populations in created and natural fringe marshes | Biology | Randolph Chambers |
| Jason Dean Robinson | The Study of Pollinator Effectiveness on the Common Milkweed | Biology | Harmony Dalgleish |
| Lana Jagannathan | Ethanol Resistance in V. fischeri | Biology | William, Soto |
| Angie Pak | Fluid Exit Ratio Analysis in Filter Feeding Fish Models | Biology | Sarah L. Sanderson |
| Stephanie Do | Construction of a Bioprinter and Examining Mycobacteria Smegmatis Biofilm and Phage Interactions | Biology | Saha, Margaret |
| Jennifer Sprow | Immunocontraception as an Alternative to Surgical Spay and Neuter | Biology | Paul Heideman |
| Christina Sabochick | Swimming into your heart: Using zebrafish to study vascular defects resulting from embryonic alcohol exposure | Biology | Jennifer, Rahn |
| Sally Mullis | Testing Sound as a Deterrent for Bird Collisions | Biology | John Swaddle |
| Grace Kier | Big Nuke Energy: Providing a Voice for Women in Nonproliferation | Biology | Daniel Cristol |
| Rithvik Nalamalapu | Role of Calcium Signaling in Neural Development | Biology | Margaret Saha |
| Pedro Massa | Expression of Parvin in Drosophila Gonads | Biology | Matthew Wawersik |
| Hannah Hrncir | Elucidating function of the novel gene, childless gambino (chigno), in testis cyst stem cells | Biology | Matthew, Wawersik |
| Grace Solini | A Comparative Analysis of the Compensatory Response to Notch Signaling Perturbation in Xenopus laevis and Xenopus borealis | Biology | Margaret Saha |
| Jessica Fleury | RNAi based Screen for Regulators of testis Stem Cell niche Development | Biology | Matthew Wawersik |
| Krishna Tejo | Locations in India that are Medically Underserved | Biology/CAMS | Michael, LaMar |
| Allen Allen | Implementation of Advanced Analytics in Collegiate Sports | Business | Joe, Wilck |
| Thanh Pham | Nicotine as a potential therapeutic treatment for Parkinson’s Disease | Chemistry | Thanh Pham |
| John Li | Investigating Dye-Sensitized and Plasmon-Enhanced Photocatalysis using Single-Molecule Spectroscopy | Chemistry | John Z Li |
| Kelly Kopera | Investigating the Electron Transfer Kinetics of Eosin Y Photosensitizers using Single Molecule Spectroscopy | Chemistry | Kristin Wustholz |
| Michael Guzzano | Synthesis of proflorophores | Chemistry | Douglas young |
| Isabel Agostino | The Role of Drug-Receptor Bonding and Thermodynamics in Addiction | Chemistry | Lisa, Landino |
| Meghan Acheson | Low MMR Vaccination Rates in the United States and the Outbreaks they Cause | Chemistry | Sher, Beverly |
| Benjamin Travis | Synthesizing Iron Complexes for the Production of Hydrogen Gas | Chemistry | William McNamara |
| Titouan Duston de Villereglan | Investigation of Structural and Photophysical Properties of Organometallic Copper Iodide complexes | Chemistry | Titouan Duston |
| Leonie Qin | Synthesis of Quinone-based Natural Products | Chemistry | Dana Lashley |
| Angela Leersnyder | The synthesis of a pyrrolodiketopiperazine and its derivatives | Chemistry | Johnathan Scheerer |
| Susanna Maisto | Synthesis of Pyrrolodiketopiperazines and Related Derivatives | Chemistry | Jonathan Scheerer |
| Rory Edgar | The Influence of Christianity on Early Irish Mythology | Classical Studies | Zackary Wainer |
| Michael Foster | App Development | Computer Science | Jim Deverick |
| Alex Fantine | Countering Bias in Natural Language Machine Learning Algorithms | Computer Science | Jim Deverick |
| Ian Wolff | Information Architecture Redesign of Banner Website | Computer Science | James, Deverick |
| Andrew Lyubovsky | Magneto | Computer Science | Andrew Lyubovsky |
| Eli Gnesin | Spinning the Coaching Carousel: How Trends in Scoring Inform Coaching Hires in NCAA Men’s Basketball | Data Science | Stephen, Shellman |
| Gus Espinosa | Media in Venezuela | Data Science | Liz Losh |
| Ethan Brown | Accession or Erosion: Examining the Relationship between Domestic Conditions and Voter Support for E.U. Membership in Referenda, 1990-present | Economics | Katie Lopresti |
| William Anderson | The Economics of Abortion Demand | Economics | McHenry, Peter |
| Katie Wang | Comovement of exchange rate | Economics | Matthew Kelpacz |
| Maxime Legros | Economics of Religion: Faith, Race and Community | Economics | John Parman |
| Kate Kowalski | “Such a Dreadful Silence”: Slavery in Mansfield Park | English | R. Benedito Ferrão |
| Samantha Boateng | Postcolonial African Women’s Voices in Migration | English | Melanie Dawson |
| Riley Cohen | Female World War II Pilots in Historical Fiction | English | Susan Donaldson |
| Hunter Hall | Two Languages: How Authors Portray Dialect in Victorian Literature | English | Raitt, Suzanne |
| Suhas Suddala | Art Therapy: | Environmental Science and Policy | Dorothy Ibes |
| Sam de Vignier-Awad | Writing Horror | Film and Media Studies | Kevin Smith |
| Chase Jones | The LGBTQ Social Media Problem: Facebook Case Studies | Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies | Elizabeth, Losh |
| Sam Laveson | Rift Propagation in the Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica | Geology | Nick Balascio |
| Ryan Walter | The Smith River Allochthon: Investigations of the Blue Ridge-Piedmont Boundary in Central Virginia | Geology | Christopher Bailey |
| Eric Nubbe | The Origin of Listwaenite in the Wadi Mansah Area, Northern Oman | Geology | Christopher Bailey |
| Rachel Parthasarthy | Increasing Zinc Levels in Lake Matoaka | Geology | Jim Kaste |
| Cayla Harrison | Women and their Health in United States Prison Systems | Global Health | Dr. Iyabo Obasanjo |
| Seth Gnesin | Understanding the Lack of Revolutionary Movements in Strong and Weak States | Government | Clayton Clemens |
| Sidney Miralao | American Populism as used by 20th Century Politicians versus the Authoritarian Populism of Donald Trump: A Literature Review | Government | Clayton Clemens |
| Coyote Farrell | The Contours of Constitution: Geography, Interests, and the Early Political Institutions of Vermont and New Hampshire | Government | Daniel Maliniak |
| Aleyah Gowell | The Consequences of an Imperfect Amendment | Government | Jackson Sasser |
| Alexandra Harris | Capacity of State Education Agencies | Government | Paul Manna |
| Tristan Andrews | Fighting Poverty, Helping Prisoners | Government | Christopher, Howard |
| Elizabeth Sutterlin | Mobile Microinsurance | Government | Phil Roessler |
| Emma Heinze | Community Health Partners: Immunization Coverage in Narok County | Health Sciences | Camilla Buchanan |
| Lydia Vlasto | Lessons from Third Cinema | Hispanic Studies | Silvia Tandeciarz |
| Ben Heath | Life All Around Me Here in the Village: A Collection of Poetry about Greene County, Ohio | History | Adrienne Petty |
| Annemarie Wolf | Name Erasure of the 25th Ruling Dynasty of Egypt | History | Jeremy Pope |
| Jenna Galberg | The “Rabbits” of Ravensbrück: Medical Experiments Performed at the Nazi Women’s Concentration Camp | History | Nadine Zimmerli |
| Elsa Chinburg | Geological and Anthropological History of Sutton, NH | History | James Whittenburg |
| Caroline Azdell | The Path of Progress: An Examination of Race and Racism in Student Culture at The College of William and Mary | History | Tuska Benes |
| Zhengyuan Ling | The Lesser-known Modernization: a Study of late-Qing China’s Draft Constitutions | History | Eric Han |
| Maggie Herndon | The Artistic Portrayal of the Mexican Revolution and its Effect on the Common Understanding of its Values and Success | History | Betsy Konefal |
| Liz Rosen | Feelings about Footballers: Sentiment Predictors for German Soccer Players | International Relations | S.P. Harish |
| Nathan Liu | Risky Food: Understanding Potentially Disadvantageous Taiwanese Food Trade Restrictions. | International Relations | Tun-jen Cheng |
| Meg Hogan | Fridges for Economic Development | International Relations/Economics | Daniel Maliniak |
| Hayley Scheir | Exploring Variations among Social Classes on Environmental Issues | Italian Studies | Monica, Seger |
| Sarah Grace Frary | Resilience and Resistance: Models of Palestinian Community Development and International Volunteerism | Judaic Studies | Dr. Maggie Kirsh |
| Holly Waters | Our Microbial Minds | Kinesiology | Queen, Ashleigh |
| Makeda Warner | Patient Satisfaction at Olde Towne Medical Center | Kinesiology | Iyabo Obasanjo |
| Matthew Tucker | Analyzing Six Prevalent Diseases among Homeless Subpopulations – A Literature Review | Kinesiology and Health Sciences | Alison Scott |
| Geneva Galioto | Race and Pedophilia | Latin American Studies | John, Riofrio |
| Tristan Ramage | Steganography, Conversion, and Defunct Media | Linguistics | Talbot, Taylor |
| Ellie Renshaw | Words Women Use to Describe themselves | Linguistics and English | Leslie Cochran |
| Alyssa Copeland | Marketing in Big Pharma: An Analysis of Strategies, Implications, and Disaster | Marketing | Bob Williams |
| Saloni Kapila | Modeling Neuronal Activity using systems of ordinary differential Equations and the Hodgkin Huxley Equations | Math | Mainak Patel |
| Abby Van Essendelft | Mathematics of Symmetry and Art | Mathematics | Eric, Swartz |
| Kexin Feng | Track and Predict the Development of Rising Esports Industry | Mathematics | Junping, Shi |
| Kerry Wang | Using graph theoretical methods to search for new generalized quadrangles | Mathematics | Eric Swartz |
| Eric Chai | Neighborhood Coloring and Graph Isomorphism | Mathematics | Gexin Yu |
| Christopher Ahrens | Muslim Futurism: Impacts of a Nascent Genre | Middle Eastern Studies (Global Studies) | Andrea Wright |
| Irene Williams | Can I aprender this way: Evaluating the Efficacy of Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition through a Mixed-Language Novel | Modern Languages & Literatures | Rachel Varra |
| Keely Wiese | Are Our Kids Tough Enough, Lessons from China and the US | Modern Languages and Literatures | Calvin Hui |
| Mary Shannon | “The Humble Czech Man”: Czech National Identity in Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen | Music | James Armstrong |
| Ishan Deb | Composing and Recording an EP | Music | David, Dominique |
| Owen Peck | Composing a Fugue in the Style of Bach | Music | Thomas Payne |
| Rachel Akers | The effect of observing a thin vs. a somewhat overweight model on women’s implicit responses to food | Neuroscience | Catherine, Forestell |
| Easha Qasba | The Impact of Dietary Iron Restriction on Hepatic Hepcidin Expression in Transgenic Sickle Cell Mice | Neuroscience | not decided |
| Elmira Adili | No Morality: No Problem | Philosophy | Paul Davies |
| Luke Erdahl | ‘Poverty of Particularity:’ Reconciling Divine Transcendence and Imminence Using Gregory Palamas’ Essence-Energies Distinction | Philosophy | Aaron, Griffith |
| Emily Bacal | Embodied Perspectives on the Body: Female Artistic Contributions to Understanding the Embodied Experience | Philosophy | Timothy Costelloe |
| Carrington Metts | Lead Radius Experiment II (PREx II) at Jefferson Lab | Physics | David Armstrong |
| Sofia Brown | Generating Laguerre-Gaussian Laser Modes and their Superpositions Using a Spatial Light Modulator | Physics | Irina Novikova |
| Lauren Carver | Numerical Study of a Passive Wedge Absorber System for Momentum Selection of Muon Beams | Physics | Patricia, Vahle |
| Quinn Campagna | Beam Modulation for PREx-II | Physics | David Armstrong |
| Aiden Harbick | Computational Simulations of the Cooling of Type II Superconductors | Physics | George Vahala |
| Stuart Thomas | Calculation of Current in Biased SNS Junction with Multiple Andreev Reflections (MAR) | Physics | Enrico Rossi |
| Jonathan Palumbo | Bioprinter/Syringe Based 3D Printer | Professor Jonathan Frey (Applied Science) | Jonathan Palumbo |
| Emma Preston | An exploration of the unique relationship between incarcerated parents, risky adult behaviors, and natural mentors. | Psychological Sciences | Adrian, Bravo |
| Elizabeth Flatt | Family Narratives | Psychological Sciences | Xiaowen Xu |
| Caroline Kirk | Associations Between Use of Green Spaces, Worry, and Personality | Psychological Sciences | Harvey, Langholtz |
| Asia Prentiss | The Effects of Interruption on Motivation | Psychological Sciences | Harvey, Langholtz |
| Makenna McGill | ERP Correlates of Reduced Spatial Working Memory Encoding Capacity in High-Functioning Older Adults | Psychology | Paul Kieffaber |
| Virginia Wyatt | The Mystery of Personality: Evaluating the Psychometric Properties of Personality Tests | Psychology | Xiaowen Xu |
| Grace Gilbert | Zebrafish Learning and Memory | Psychology | Pamela Hunt |
| Kaitlyn Maniscalco | Benefits of Undergraduate Study Abroad and The Ideal Program | Psychology | Catherine, Forestell |
| Nick Kaufman | The Influence of Exposure to Dark Humor on Perceptions of Tragedy and Social Issues | Psychology | Cheryl, Dickter |
| Rita McInerny | Picture This: Using Children's Family Drawings to Assess Attachment Security Representations | Psychology | Danielle Dallaire |
| Ryan Farmer | Long-Term Effects of Nicotine on Social and Non-Social Anxiety | Psychology | Robert, Barnet |
| Maddie Moore | The Effect of Emotion Regulation on Friendship Quality | Psychology/Dean of Students | Janice Zeman |
| Del Manson | Academic Self-Determination: Perceptions of Black Male and Female Secondary Students | School Of Education | Janise Parker |
| Madison Sasman | Today's Immigration Narratives: A Comparison of the Stories Told by Three Countries | Sociolo+E141:F141gy | Deenesh Sohoni |
| Sammy Murphy | Out with the Old in with the Old: Folklore, Propaganda and Soviet Russia | Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies | Alexander Prokhorov |
| Annecy Daggett | Dying to Breathe | Theatre, Speech, and Dance | Denise Wade |
| Alena Crespo | "Comparing the Abilities of Bilingual and Monolingual Speakers to Differentiate Non Native Minimal Pairs” | ||
