Thesis Award Recipients
2025
Victoria Blake
Fairy Folklore and Classical Mythology in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream
Major: English
Thesis Director: Ann Christiansen
Alissa Boxleitner
"You Can't See Her, But You Can": Myriam Gurba, the Institutional Rape Narrative,
and the Politics of Survivorship
Major: English
Thesis Director: Haylee Harrell
Tico Hannan
Monitoring Lithium-ion Battery State of Charge, State of Health via Piezoceramic-Induced
Low Frequency Stress Waves
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Thesis Director: Gangbing Song
Kalena Holeman
Reading the Descent Otherwise: Notes Toward a Black Feminist Analysis of Dante and
the Journey in Twentieth-Century Literature of the Black Diaspora
Major: English
Thesis Director: Haylee Harrell
Sage Mitchell
"Everything Rises": Creative Playwriting and Queer Theatre History
Major: Theater
Thesis Director: Elizabeth Coen
Yugbhai Patel
Prospects for Gluon Imaging at the EIC Using ePIC
Major: Physics
Thesis Director: Rene Bellwied
Douglass Pipkin
The Role of Shame and Guilt in Negative Outcomes of Alcohol Use
Major: Psychology
Thesis Director: Clayton Neighbors
Cyrus Sadegi
Submerged: Project Nemo/Narrative Based Architecture
Major: Architecture
Thesis Director: Dietmar Froehlich
Ian Simon
Beyond Fear: Architectural Solutions for Nuclear Infrastructure
Major: Architecture
Thesis Director: José Roldán Cabellero
Ramya Valipe
From Passive Consumption to Aiding and Abetting Terrorism: An Examination of AI-driven
Recommendation Algorithms in Relation to the Intent-Consequence Gap
Major: Management Information Systems
Thesis Director: Michelle Belco
Previous Recipients
Raul Caballero Montes
Major: Biology
Mentor: Frank McKeon
Melanie Adhikary
Major: English
Mentor: Amanda Ellis
Sarah Belew
Major: Psychology
Mentor: Olivia E. Atherton
Megan Dagnall
Major: History
Mentor: Debbie Harwell
Alivia Mayfield
Major: History
Mentor: José Hernández
Andrew Chase
Major: Architecture
Mentor: Deepa Ramaswamy
James Valentine
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Mentor: Gangbing Song
Ashlíta Acuña-Mena
Major: Liberal Studies
Mentor: Zelma Oyarvide Tuthill
Triciajane Asuncion
Major: Architecture
Mentor: Sheryl Tucker de Vazquez
Tatiana Haddad
Major: Anthropology
Mentor: Susan Rasmussen
Andrew Medina
Major: Architecture
Mentor: Dalia Munenzon Titelboim
Alfonso Reyes
Major: English, Creative Writing
Mentor: Margot Backus
Ritu Sampige
Major: Honors Biomedical Sciences
Mentor: Leslie Frankel
Veera Venkata Ramprajwal Vempatti
Major: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Mentor: Lars Grabow
Karina Bhattacharya
Major: Industrial Design
Mentor: Michael Kubo
Thomas Carroll
Major: Computer Science
Mentor: Albert M. K. Cheng
Giovanna De Vita Sifontes
Major: Biochemistry and Biophysics
Mentor: Eva Harth
Jose Emiliano Esparza Pinelo
Major: Biology
Mentor: Mehmet Sen
Tara Georgeson
Pathways to Vassalage in Tierra Firme: Conflict, Negotiation, and Rebellion in Early
Colonial Panama
Major: History
Mentor: Norah Gharala
Audrey Gale Hall
Major: Religious Studies
Mentor: Caryn Tamber-Rosenau
Ambarina Hasta
Major: World Cultures and Literatures
Mentor: Cyrus Contractor
Cassidy Lee
Major: Political Science
Mentor: Michelle Belco
Fuko Nara
Major: Architecture
Mentor: Ross Wienert
Jack O'Connell
Major: History
Mentor: Kristina Neuman
David Rincon
Major: Architecture
Mentor: Robert Burrow
Andreina Ruiz
Major: Sociology
Mentor: Amanda Baumle
Dua Abidi
Major: History
Mentor: Irene Guenther
Benjamin Diaz Villa
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Mentor: Ralph Metcalfe
Cristobella Durrette
Major: Creative Work
Mentor: Max Rayneard
Matthew Flores
Major: Poetry
Mentor: Roberto Tejada
Kat Newman
Major: Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies
Mentor: Guillermo De Los Reyes
Verónica Ordóñez Ferrer
Major: English
Mentor: Ann Christensen
Sangeetha Ranadeeve
Major: Business
Mentor: Elizabeth Anderson Fletcher
Laura Taylor
Major: Geology
Mentor: Emily Beverly
Elena Torre
Major: Computer Science
Mentor: Albert M. K. Cheng
Jaelynn Walls
Major: Art History
Mentor: Nataliee Harren
Naomi Zidon
Major: English
Mentor: Paul Butler
Laila Abbasi
Major: History
Mentor: Sally Vaughn
Amanda Beck
Major: English
Mentor: Marina Trninic
Florencia Caceres Ferreira
Major: English
Mentor: Amanda Ellis
Jacob Foreman
The anti-civilizational queer: Reconceiving the subject-subject consciousness of the
radical faeries
Major: Liberal Studies
Mentor: Margot Backus
Logan French
Major: Geology
Mentor: Virginia Sisson
Shu Ning Hiew
Major: Chemical Engineering
Mentor: Lars Grabow
Wafa-e-fatima Kazmi
Major: Communication Sciences and Disorders
Mentor: Hayan Charara
Alyssa Lezcano
Major: Psychology
Mentor: Christiane Spitzmueller
Manuel Martinez Alvarenga
Major: History
Mentor: Mark Goldberg
Débora Mroczek
Major: Physics and Mathematics
Mentor: Claudia Ratti
Emma Tan
Major: Liberal Studies
Mentor: Ann Christensen
Kelli Anderson
Tracing the Origins of Medieval Castle Architecture: Were the Normans Innovators or
Influenced by Others
Major: History
Mentor: Sally Vaughn
Abdulwausay Ansari
Major: Philosophy
Mentor: Justin Coates
Britnee Chuor
Major: Political Science
Mentor: Elizabeth Simas
Tayler Hedtke
Major: Chemical Engineering
Mentor: Debora Frigi Rodrigues
Robert Laroche
Major: Biology
Mentor: Ricardo Azevedo
William Jacob Little
Major: Political Science
Mentor: Jeremy Bailey
Kevin McCaslin
Major: Hotel and Restaurant Management
Mentor: Yooh Koh
Lydia Mousa
Major: English
Mentor: Chatwara Duran
Mandana Naviafar
Virginia Woolf and The Narrative Strategies of a Feminine Tradition; A Room of One's
Own, Mrs. Dalloway, A Sketch of the Past
Major: English
Mentor: David Mikics
Giulia Schirripa
Major: Art History
Mentor: Natilee O. Harren
Tim Seiter
Major: History
Mentor: David Rainbow
Michelle Tran
Major: Economics
Mentor: Natalia A. Zhivan
Emily Watlington
Associations Between Trait and State Levels of Authenticity and Conversation Quality
Major: Psychology
Mentor: Chip Knee
Ahad Azimuddin
Bangladesh 1971: Narratives of a Forgotten Genocide
Major: Honors Biomedical Sciences
Mentor: Irene V. Guenther
Anjay Batra
Understanding Genetic Information as Property: Original Ownership, Transfer, and Innovation
in the Field of Genetics
Major: Honors Biomedical Sciences
Mentor: Jessica Roberts
Saraa Husain
Babylon to Baghdad
Major: Architecture
Mentor: William C. Truitt
Marina Ibraheim
The Specificity of Emotion Dysregulation in Adolescents with Borderline Personality
Disorder: Comparison with Psychiatric and Healthy Controls
Major: Psychology
Mentor: Carla Sharp
Hadiqa Memon
The Role of Acceptance when Implementing Innovation in Hospitals
Major: Supply Chain Management
Mentor: Elizabeth Anderson Fletcher
Micaela Rodriguez
Experiencing Intersectional Marginality: A First-Generation College Student’s Personal
Narrative
Major: Human Development and Family Studies
Mentor: Leslie Ann Frankel
Jacob Rose
Properties of Strongly Interacting Matter
Major: Physics
Mentor: Claudia Ratti
Chathuri Wickramaratne
Confocal Laser Fluorescence Microscopy to Measure Oil Concentration in Treated Produced
Water
Major: Chemical Engineering
Mentor: Hanadi Rifai
Rawan Almallahi
Degradation of Bio-Based Epoxy Resins
Major: Chemical Engineering
Mentor: Megan Robertson
Francisco Blanco
Bryostatin-1 Effects on Mammalian Unc13 Isoforms in Hippocampal Derived HT22 Cells
Major: Biology
Mentor: Joydip Das
Stephen Netzley
Linking Safety Climate to Risk Perceptions: A Moderated Model of Accidents, Safety
Climate, and Risk Perceptions
Major: Psychology
Mentor: Christiane Spitzmuller
Samantha Noel
Intra-Word Variability in Bilingual Children With Hearing Loss Who Use Cochlear Implants
and Their Normal Hearing Peers
Major: Communication Sciences and Disorders
Mentor: Ferenc Bunta
Alex Paul
The First World War Hunger Blockade of Germany
Major: History
Mentor: Irene Guenther
Ariana Peruzzi
Consequentialism and the Challenge of Love
Major: Philosophy
Mentor: Daniel Coates
Minahil Samee
Optimization of Race Track Trajectories to Minimize Lap Completion Time
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Mentor: Ralph Metcalfe
Priyanka Savant
The Impact of Implementing Smart Solutions in the Oil and Gas Industry
Major: Management Information Science
Mentor: Richard Scammel
Ane Slabic
U-Th-Pb Chronology of Fish Bone in Petroleum Source Rocks: An Example from the Eagle
Ford Group, Texas
Major: Earth & Atmospheric Science
Mentor: Thomas Lapen
Chance Smith
College Students' Opinions on Salient Social Issues: Thesis, Theory, & Pilot Study
Major: Sociology
Mentor: Anthony Dworkin