2024 Scholars

Michael Angelo De La Cruz Ortiz

Discipline Faculty Mentor: Dr. Eric Schearer (Mechanical Engineering)
Non-Discipline Faculty Mentor: 
Summer Research Project (2024): Thought Quantification with a Single-Channel EEG BCI
Pursuing a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, Graduating in Spring 2027

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Dalton Hundt

Discipline Faculty Mentor: Dr. Elizabeth Goncy (Psychology)
Non-Discipline Faculty Mentor: Dr. Linda M. Quinn (Mathematics and Statistics)
Summer Research Project (2024): Examining the Relationship Between Intimate Partner Violence, Trauma, Attachment, and Help-seeking Self-Efficacy 
Pursuing a B.A. in Psychology, Graduating in Spring 2026  

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Kadaia Williams

Discipline Faculty Mentor: Dr. Roman Kondratov (Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences)
Non-Discipline Faculty Mentor:
Summer Research Project (2024): Kinetic Liver Metabolic Adaptations to Fasting
Pursuing a B.S. in Health Sciences, Graduating in Spring 2025

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Elisha (Kat) Sledge

Discipline Faculty Mentor: Dr. Shereen C. Naser (Psychology)
Non-Discipline Faculty Mentor:
Summer Research Project (2024): Assessment of the Intersectionality of Muslim and Queer Identities
Pursuing a B.A. in Psychology

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Tyler Johnson

Discipline Faculty Mentor: Dr. Myrita Wilhite (Communication Sciences & Disorders)
Non-Discipline Faculty Mentor: Dr. Janterria Matthews (Nursing)
Summer Research Project (2024): The Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Child Development and Communication: A Systematic Review of the Literature
Pursuing a B.S. in Communication Sciences & Disorders 

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Nadia Cruz

Discipline Faculty Mentor: Dr. Stephen Cory (History)
Non-Discipline Faculty Mentor: Dr. Laura Wertheimer (History)
Summer Research Project (2024): The Origin of ISIS and its Founding Father
Pursuing a B.A. in History, Graduating in Spring 2025

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David Stack

Discipline Faculty Mentor: Dr. Mehdi Rahmati (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science)
Non-Discipline Faculty Mentor: Dr. Sara Froelich (Mathematics and Statistics)
Pursuing a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering

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Kaleb Harris

Pursuing a B.A. in Sociology, Graduating in Spring 2028

 

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Michael Fazio

Discipline Faculty Mentor: Dr. Ilya Yaroslavsky (Psychology)
Non-Discipline Faculty Mentor: Dr. Michael Horvath (Psychology)
Summer Research Project (2024): Focusing on Fury: The Interplay of Attention Bias, Anger Rumination, and Social Emotion Regulation
Pursuing a B.A. in Psychology, Graduating in Fall 2024

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Lewis Davis

Discipline Faculty Mentor: Dr. Sathish Kumar (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science)
Non-Discipline Faculty Mentor:
Summer Research Project (2024): Generating a Dataset for Deep Reinforcement Learning
Pursuing a B.S. in Computer Science

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Dominique Ryder

Discipline Faculty Mentor: Dr. Linda Goodall-Martin (Theological and Pastoral Studies, Ursuline College)
Non-Discipline Faculty Mentor:
Summer Research Project (2024): The Examination of the Forbidden Fruit
Pursuing a B.A. in Anthropology

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Evelyn Buchanan

Pursuing a B.A. in Criminology and a B.A. in Psychology

 

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Nyana Campbell

Pursuing a B.A. in Criminology and a B.A. in Psychology 

 

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Justin Gliha

Discipline Faculty Mentor: Dr. Hanz Richter (Mechanical Engineering)
Non-Discipline Faculty Mentor:
Summer Research Project (2024): Hybrid Electric Aircraft Propulsion Motor Design
Pursing a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering

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Hazel Williams

Pursuing a B.A. in Africana Studies and a B.A. in Urban Studies

 

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Layla Seder

Pursuing a B.S. in Biology

 

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Jackie Moss

Pursuing a B.A. in Psychology

 

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Shantell Gurley

Pursuing a B.A. in Psychology and a B.A. in Africana Studies

 

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Nathan Anton

Pursuing a Bachelor in Health Sciences