Student Name |
Undergraduate Institution |
Research Project Title |
SROP Program |
Faculty Mentor |
Bryce Askew |
Arizona State University |
Rheology of Lithium-Ion Battery Slurries: An Exploration of Materials Used in Battery Production |
Chemical and Biological Engineering |
Jeffrey Richards, PhD |
Zakyra Chanelle Ashby |
Northwestern University |
Straight Outta the m.A.A.d City: the Refashioning of Anti-Black Sentiment from Gangsta Rap to Trap Music |
English |
Ivy Wilson, PhD |
Olivia Vanden Assem |
Fordham University |
Using CRISPR activation to Test Upregulation of Candidate Modifier Genes Psd3 and Nav 2 |
Pharmacology |
Jennifer Kearney, PhD |
Daniel Campos |
Northwestern University |
Developing Low-Noise Diamagnetic Levitation of Macroscopic Objects for Enhanced Force Sensing |
Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Mahdi Hosseini, PhD |
Kalaiya Corbin |
Northwestern University |
Louise Thompson Patterson: A Tale of African Americans, Communism and the Soviet Union |
Political Science |
Sally Afia Nuamah, PhD |
Kaya Dierks |
Yale University |
The Myth of the Asian American Wasian Girl (AAWG): How The Summer I Turned Pretty Imagines an Asian America that Caters to White Supremacy |
English |
Michelle Huang, PhD |
Karen Garcia-Ramos |
Pomona College |
Healing Spaces and Cultural Resilience: The Role of Botánicas in Preserving Traditional Medicine in Urban Latine Immigrant Communities |
Anthropology |
Katherine Ryan Amato, PhD |
India Glenn |
Kenyon College |
Mapping Black Life through Friction: How Artifact Distribution Read against Colonial Archives Speaks to the Enslaved Community at Estate Little Princess (ELP) in the Virgin Islands |
Anthropology |
Mark Hauser, PhD |
Sebastian Haney |
University of California – Berkeley |
Impact of Synthesis Conditions on 1H NMR Spectra of Cerium Oxide Nanocubes |
Materials Science and Engineering |
Sossina Haile, PhD |
Javon Key |
University of Pittsburgh – Pittsburgh |
Enhancing Teamwork in Basketball: Student-Athletes’ Perceptions and Technological Integration |
Learning Sciences |
Marcelo Worsley, PhD |
Megan Lin |
Northwestern University |
Not for Money but Not Free from Money. (Community Organizing to Address Community Disadvantage in a Neoliberal State) |
Sociology |
Vilna Bashi, PhD |
Andrea López Ortero |
Albizu University – San Juan |
White Women’s Tears vs. Women of Color’s Voices: Public Reactions to Sexual Assault Narratives |
Psychology |
Sylvia Perry, PhD |
Ché McDowell |
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill |
Decoding Neural Activity Across Brain Regions to Predict Muscle Activity |
Neurology |
Joshua Glaser, PhD |
Ayesha Mohammed |
Northwestern University |
Perceptions of Inclusion and Exclusion in Chicago’s Community Spaces |
Anthropology |
Elizabeth Smith, PhD |
Claire Nesathurai |
Vassar College |
“AITA?”: Do Defense Mechanisms Shift Perceptions of Racism? |
Psychology |
Wendi Gardner, PhD |
Esther Omolola |
Hunter College – CUNY |
Misogynoir in Medicine: a Content Analysis of Black Maternal Patients in Contemporary Medical Dramas |
Communication Studies |
Moya Bailey, PhD |
Jun Park |
Northwestern University |
Improving Chicago’s Public Transportation System Using Singapore as a Model |
Political Science |
Reuel Rogers, PhD |
Stephanie Pedraza Marin |
Northeastern Illinois University |
BI-TODLS Toy Story: Examining Consistency in Language Samples Collected via Tele-practice |
Communication Sciences and Disorders |
Adriana Weisleder, PhD |
Adriana Rodriguez |
Indiana University – Bloomington |
The Loss of Neuronal Nuclear Tdp-43 in Frontotemporal Dementia |
Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology & Alzheimer's Disease |
Changiz Geula, PhD |
Nourdean Shraim |
San Jose State University |
Accelerating Bladder Regeneration through Electrical Stimulation |
Biomedical Engineering |
Guillermo Ameer, D. Sc |
Emelina Laura St. John |
Vanderbilt University |
A DNA Origami Nano-Ruler for Super-Resolution Microscopy |
Ophthalmology |
Steven H. DeVries, MD, PhD |
Natalia Szponder |
Northeastern Illinois University |
Impact of Epigenetic Treatments on Ovarian Cancer Stem Cell Chromatin Structure |
Biomedical Engineering, Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics |
Vadim Backman, PhD |
Alicia Thompson |
Northeastern Illinois University |
Purification and Identification of the ABC Transporter Iron-Sulfur Accessory Domain |
Molecular Biosciences |
Heather Pinkett, PhD |
Andrea Thompson |
Northeastern Illinois University |
Purification and ATPase Activity of the Picornaviridae 2C Superfamily 3 Helicase |
Microbiology-Immunology |
Karla J. F. Satchell, PhD |
Tahmid Ullah |
Hunter College – CUNY |
Synthesis and Derivatization of a Cyclohexane 1, 3-Dione Analog for the Treatment of ALS |
Chemistry |
Richard Silverman, PhD |
Gabriel Urbina |
Northeastern Illinois University |
Analyses of Cancer Gene Ontologies and Relative Gene Expressions |
Pharmacology |
Zhe Ji, PhD |