Keystone Symposium Archive
The goal of the Keystone Project is to provide students with a sustained experience of intellectual discovery and an opportunity to share their work with a broader audience.
Each spring, Kilachand Honors College students present their Keystone Projects at the annual Kilachand Honors College Keystone Symposium. Below are remarks and presentations from the Kilachand classes of 2018-2024.
College of Arts & Sciences: Humanities
Evan Judge Armacost (Classical Studies ’18): Food and Fictionalization in Juvenal’s Eleventh Satire
Janki Bhatt (English ’23): Grief Lost and Found: Diversifying Sources on the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War
Anna Botrell (Philosophy ’20): Expressivism’s Rules of Entailment and Thick Ethical Terms
Guiliana Carder (Linguistics ’21): Exploring Constructed Languages
Katherine Cardinale (Philosophy & Political Science ’24): Voting Patterns Among Boston University Students
Claire Chiodini (Philosophy and Ancient Greek & Latin ’18): To Create a Creation Myth
Hanna Dworkin (Philosophy & Political Science / Economics ’24): The Philosophy of Grief
Christy Eichlin (English ’18): It Ain’t No Lie, Baby Bi Bi Bi: The Challenges of Bisexual Representation
Danielle Everett (Philosophy & Neuroscience ’24): Defining a Barrier in Neuroscience: Spatial Navigation
Carter Fahey (Classical Civilization ’23): Per Oculi Antiquitatum: Reframing Modern Politics Through Ancient Art
Jiangnan (Michael) Fang (Linguistics and Mathematics and Computer Science ’21): E Sharp is not F: Writing music in the 19edo microtonal tuning system
Madeleine Freeman (Philosophy ’18): In Dialogue: An Adaption of Plato’s Laches
Lara Gardiner (Philosophy & Neuroscience ’23): What Fruit Flies Reveal to Us About the Relationship Between Serotonin and Circadian Rhythms
Jamieson Greene (Philosophy and Political Science ’23): The Ethics of Synthetic Meat Production: A Utilitarian Analysis
Sydney Jessup (Classical Civilization ’24): The “Remarkably Important” Extinction of Silphium: Antiquity, Botany, and Conservation
Aidan Kaminer (English ’22): To Hear What’s Been Told: Responding to migrant fiction focused outside the anglosphere
Elisabeth Kotsalidis (Classical Civilization and Ancient Greek & Latin ’20): The Hero’s Dilemma: An Investigation of Homer’s Iliad
Kady Matsuzaki (English ’19): The Language of the Law: Supreme Court Opinions, the Constitution, & US Common Law
Briana Morgan (English ’22): Digging into Feminism and Queer Theory with “The Scoop”
Rona Moriah (English ’22): “Like It Was a Game”: An Artistic Exploration of Documentary Theatre About Syrian Refugees
Aash Mukerji (Philosophy ’22): The Phenomenology of Addiction
Elisabeth Palczynski (Linguistics ’20): Listen with Lis: Exploring How the COVID-19 Pandemic is Affecting our Relationship with Food, Mental Health, and Local Business
Elizabeth Paliga (Architectural Studies and Archaeology ’19): Genius Loci & Preservation: Boston’s Architectural Preservation in Neighborhoods
Catherine Peerson (English and Classical Civilization ’21): Affective Possibilities in Narratives of Climate Disaster
Maria Penas (Comparative Literature ’18): Reading Between the Lines: How Students Learn through Literature
Ruby Price (Linguistics & Computer Science): Quantifying Bias Across Digital Media Platforms
Anna Rafferty (American Studies and English / GRS English ’23): In the Belly of the Whale: Applications of Critical Race Theory and Decolonization Theory to Moby-Dick Performances
Andrew Reilly (Italian & Linguistics / Pardee International Relations ’22): Babel in the Neapolitan Metropolis: An Analysis of Linguistic Representation and Purpose in Ferrante’s “L’amica geniale” Series
Nicole Rizzo (English ’18): To Stop Treading Water: Monologues that Challenge the Undertow of Trauma
Thyra Root (Japanese Language and Literature ’18): From Harry Potter to Hari Potta
Natalie Swiacki (Linguistics ’21): Does morphology compensate for variable phonology?: A case study of Spanish subject pronoun use in the context of /s/ lenition
Emily Yoder (Comparative Literature ’24): Natural Loss: Henry David Thoreau’s Poetic Reception of Virgilian Pastoral
College of Arts & Sciences: Social Sciences
Anthony Aguirre (Political Science ’21): Party in the Pandemic: The Effects of Partisan Biases on Evaluations of President Trump’s Response to COVID-19
Faisal Ahmed (Economics / GRS Economics ’24): Understanding Sector Differences in International Trade
Jessica Bajada-Silva (Environmental Analysis & Policy ’19): Climate Equity in Cities? Let’s Talk About That: Climate Networks’ Impact
Sydney Ballard (Psychology ’24): Facilitated Communication as an Intervention for Non-Speaking Autism Spectrum Disorder
Katie Barnes (Sociology ’22): Positivity for Which Bodies: Exploring Body Positivity and Fat Acceptance on TikTok
Claire-Solene Becka (American Studies ’21): Ideas of Place on Cranberry Isles, Maine
Josef Benzaoui (Economics ’18): Understanding the Economic Impact of Climate Change on the Economies of Small Island Developing States
Jahnavi Bhatia (Economics ’19): A Data-Driven Investigation into Circumvention of Disclosing Conflicts of Interest
Alex Blumenfeld (Economics & Mathematics ’22): Industry Concentration and Regional Business Cycles
Kelsey Brown (Sociology ’22): Boundary Work in Boston Party Subcultures
Liam Burke (Economics ’18): Carbon Taxes and the US Economy
Elliott Carlisle (Psychology ’24): An Investigation into the Importance of Familial Autoimmune Disease in Children with Neuropsychiatric Symptoms
Marissa Carty (Psychology ’22): Somewhere Among the Wildflowers: Poetry on the Psychology of Well-being
Kadie Cathcart (Political Science ’23): Pressure to Post?: How Political Science Majors Conceptualize Their Political Obligation on Social Media
Shivansh Chaturvedi (Economics ’19): Factors Influencing the Economic Performance of Public Transport in Kenya
Jamie Clark (History ’20): “To Move the World, On a Child’s Heart”: How Nineteenth-Century Depictions of Street Children Impacted New York City’s Social Reform
Bayley Connors (Political Science ’20): Some Kids Are Worth Less: The Neoliberal Politics of Indirect Social Spending
Alex DeRosa (Psychology ’24): Decoding Dialect: Ōsaka-ben and The Art of Translation
Catherine Devlin (History ’22): Fighting for Peace: The Rose
Dragon Ding (Psychology ’21): More than Just a Game: Understanding the Effects of Gaming on Mental Health
Leah Dobres (Sociology ’23): Fandom and Fashion: Ethnographic Analysis of College Football Fan Culture
Daniel Erickson (Economics ’19): A New Model for Youth Empowerment in Education Policy
Jared Flippen (Political Science and Urban Studies ’21): Race and Neighborhood Effects on Housing Choice Voucher Discrimination
Alex Floru (Economics ’22): Analyzing legislation efficacy on mental health resource access
Cora Funke (Political Science and Environmental Analysis & Policy ’23): Mapping Mutual Aid Resources in Boston
Sydney Gerbel (Economics and Political Science ’22): “Need Money for Birkin”: Ethical Investment and the Exclusive World of Luxury Fashion
Gabby Glass (Psychology ’23): Highlighting Indigenous Strength Among Assumptions of Disparity: The Success of COVID-19 Vaccination in Navajo Nation
Juliahna Green (Economics ’18): The Raising Esperanza Project
Michael Grinshpun (Economics ’20): Measuring and Addressing Affordability of Water and Sewer in the United States
Frances Gould (Environmental Analysis & Policy ’20): Saline Agriculture or: How I Learned to Stop Seeking Answers and Love the Questions
Sydney Hartman (Philosophy & Political Science ’21): Death by a Thousand Paper Cuts: An Exploration of 21st Century U.S. Women’s Political Organizations
Cameron Helman (Political Science / Pardee International Relations ’22): Europe’s Democratic Illness: The Effect of COVID-19 on Democratic Erosion in Poland and Hungary
Wiley Hundertmark (Earth & Environmental Science ’20): Analyzing Forest Edge Characteristics Using NEON’s Airborne Observation Platform
Tatiana Jose-Santos (Psychology ’23): Todo en Buena Comida (All in Good Food): Taking the First Steps in Providing Culturally Sensitive Health and Wellness Content
Julia Kapusta (Psychology ’24): Beyond Borders: Navigating Migrant Criminalization in the US Immigration System
Antranig Kechejian (Economics ’20): An Analysis of Macroeconomic Factors that may be Associated with Spear Phishing Cyber-attacks from Russia
Tori Keefauver (Psychology and Philosophy & Neuroscience ’24): Using prairie voles to model the effects of social deprivation on microglia
Ilana Keusch (Political Science / GRS Political Science ’24): Symbiosis: Republican Presidents and the Federalist Society
Maneesha Khalae (Economics / Pardee International Relations ’21): The Case for Promoting Active Mobility in Times of Crisis
Malvika Khandelwal (Psychology ’23): The Role of Gender Identity on Individual’s Definition of Science and Identification with Science
Tatiana Kovalsky (Psychology ’20): Do Title IX and Sexual Misconduct Policies Vary across College Campuses?
Nichole Kyprianou (Anthropology ’21): The Relationship Between Gut Dysbiosis and Maladaptive Behavior Suggests Evolutionary Mismatch
Caitlin Laber (Economics ’19): Analyzing Effectiveness of Renewable Portfolio Standards as Energy Policy in the US
Julianne Leber (Psychology ’18): Cognition and the Social Brain: Political Beliefs and Religion within the Autism Spectrum
Piper LePree (Psychology ’23): Understanding Imposter Syndrome: The Associations Between Imposter Phenomenon, Overgeneral Autobiographical Memory, Shame, and Depression
Polina Lissin (Philosophy & Political Science ’21): Relative Advantages and Compatibility of a Biometric Patient Identification Tool in Zambia: a Qualitative Analysis
Lincoln Alex MacVeagh (History and French Studies ’22): Islam and Christian America: How 9/11 and the George Bush Years Altered the Evangelical Perception of the American State and Islam
Sara Mack (Environmental Analysis & Policy / COM Public Relations ’20): Where Farms Once Stood: The Changing Landscape of the Indian Valley
Sam Macriss (Political Science and Philosophy & Psychology ’22): An Analysis of Pandemics on Carceral Spaces in the United State
Miku Makino (Economics / GRS Economics ’24): The Glass Wall: Quantifying Challenges in Balancing New Motherhood and Employment in Japan
Ligia Mardari (Economics ’24): The Power of Sound: Creating Meaning at the Intersection of Film, Psychology, and Music
Emily Martyny (Sociology ’21): Bridging the Gap: Proposal for Peer Support as a Mental Health Aid Among College Students
Julia Masterman (Earth & Environmental Sciences ’19): The Role of Avian Grazers in Altering Silica Availability for an Urban River
Valeria Menendez (Anthropology ’19): Serve Yourself/Servez-Vous: Exploration of Identity Through the Narrative of Food
Alexander Mojarrab (Economics ’19): Projecting Revenues for Network Based Companies
Macella Molenari (Political Science ’20): Snowed In: The Effects of Inclement Weather Closures on AP Exam Performance
Jackson Moore-Otto (Economics ’22): Why (and how) to study green industrial policy
Laurel Murphy (Political Science and Economics ’24): Foot Voting in a Post-Dobbs World: How Young Americans are Fighting Beyond the Ballot Box to Maintain Reproductive Autonomy
Macken Murphy (History and Biological Anthropology ’20): A Boston Bestiary
Bianca Nicolosi (Psychology ’18): Evaluating the Use of Self-Efficacy Messaging
Aislinn O’Brien (Political Science / Pardee International Relations ’21): How Who is in What Housing Dictates Who is in the House: Understanding Class and Housing in Relation to Campaigns and Political Access
Christian Paredes (Psychology / SPH Epidemiology & Biostatistics ’22): Is what you see what you get? Exploring the relationship between viewing condomless anal sex in pornography, condom attitudes, and condomless anal sex among adolescent sexual minority males
Jansi Patel (Psychology ’24): Endometriosis: Identifying Associated Psychological Symptoms and Assessing Treatment Options
Julia Pavón (Cinema & Media Studies ’21): Breaking into the Writers’ Room
Sebastian Porreca (History ’22): The Vanguard of Reconquista: Exploring the Extreme Right in Ukraine and its Influence on the Global Extreme Right
Cosette Potter (Political Science ’24): Premigration Education Level as a Determinant of Socioeconomic Mobility of Immigrants to Texas
Adelaine Reynolds (Political Science ’19): The Impact of Campaign Donation Sources on Election Outcomes
Cristina Rivera Morrison (Political Science / Pardee International Relations ’22): Atomic Adaptations: Analyzing the Past and Present of U.S. Nonproliferation Policy in the Middle East
Chance Rogala (Political Science and Economics ’20): Discrimination in Wartime: The Effects of World War I on German Americans
Madeline Rogers (Anthropology ’21): The Writing’s on the (Bathroom) Wall: A Study of Latrinalia on a College Campus
Keara Russell (Psychology ’19): Art Therapy as a Catalyst for Emotion Language Skills
Zachary Saltzman (Economics and Spanish ’19): A Mexican Sueno
Kyle Schultz (Earth & Environmental Sciences ’19): Modern Ecology: Increasing Urbanization & Changes in Air Quality on Nitrogen Cycling
Emily Schwartz (Anthropology: Sociocultural Anthropology ’24): Who Sees Whom? Visibility across socio-economic classes in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Nikita Sethi (Economics ’21): The Lived Experiences of Low-Income Students Attending Boston University
Adam Shamsi (Political Science / GRS Political Science ’24): Unshackling Justice: Exploring the Transformative Impact of Bail Reform in the Carceral State
Charles Shattuck (Political Science ’21): Bringing International Policy Home: Michigan’s Emergency Management as Subnational Indefinite Temporary Occupation
Katie Shepardson (Psychology ’24): Curiosity, Learning, and Familiar Characters
Madison Sofield (Psychology ’23): The Madison Method: Creating Accessibility & Customizability in Dance
Nicholas Speranza (History ’24): Leasing the “Oldest Civilization”: The Transformation of German Colonial Policy in China, 1898-1914
Lucy Stowe (Psychology ’20): An analysis of distributive and procedural justice: Children’s interpretations of inequality produced by a fair procedure
Jessica Thai (Psychology ’20): The Role of Acculturation: A Review on Somali Refugee Women’s Mental Health Outcomes
Erin Tichenor (Sociology ’19): (De)criminalization: Agency, Intersectionality & Social Control: Auckland Sex Industry
Yarden Tsfoni (Archaeology ’21): A Paleoethnobotanical Analysis of Hellenistic Tel Shimron
Uni Valdivieso Wooldridge (Anthropology: Sociocultural Anthropology ’24): La Cocina Latina: An oral history of Latinx migration and diaspora recipes
Anderson Warshaw (Political Science ’24): Symphonies in Swing: Composing Jazz Inspired By Classical Music
Jonathan Wurzburger (Economics ’21): Offshore Turbines, Green Bonds, and Public Opinion in Cape Cod
Young Ye (Psychology and Biology: Behavioral Biology ’22): Development and Assessment of a Manual Tracking Algorithm for Dense Reconstruction of Neurons Labeled Using Transgenic Zebra Finches
Victoria Zdanowicz (Anthropology ’22): Assessing Orangutan Habitat Quality and Conservation Value of a Secondary Forest within Gunung Palung National Park, Borneo, Indonesia
College of Arts & Sciences: STEM
Stephanie Anakwe (Neuroscience ’22): Quickening: A Comic Book Depicting the Clash of Worldviews Underlying the Abortion Debate
Serene Bahi (Biology: Neurobiology ’20): Agricultural antibiotic use and the spread of antibiotic resistance: a review
Alexandria Barnes (Biology: Neurobiology’24): Analyzing E-Cigarette Prevention Curriculums in Boston Area Middle and High Schools
Rutva Bhatt (Biology and Psychology ’23): No Walk in The Park: Associations between Psychopathy and Physiology during Social Stress
Lydia Bischoff (Biology: Cell, Molecular, & Genetics ’23): Studying Muscle Development in Tadpoles Expressing Mutations for a Rare Neurodevelopmental Disorder
Zaharoula Blanas (Biology: Cell, Molecular, & Genetics ’18): May I Help You: A Study in Altruism and Optimism
Emily Blaum (Biology: Cell, Molecular, & Genetics ’20): The Role of Interleukin-2 in Autoreactive T Cell Responses
Zach Bodi (Computer Science ’22): Automated classification of sidewalk accessibility using machine learning
John Bolognino (Computer Science ’23): Surveying Machine Learning Techniques for Brain-to-text Handwriting Communication
Elsa Brenner (Marine Science and Earth & Environmental Science ’21): The Adaptive Capacity of the Turneffe Atoll, Belize Queen Conch Fishery
Max Brown (Biochemistry & Molecular Biology / GRS Biotechnology ’23): Investigating the Target Protein – DNA2 – in the Cytosolic Iron Sulfur Cluster Assembly (CIA) Pathway
Daniel Burke (Biochemistry & Molecular Biology ’20): Prolonged Conflict and Munitions Pollution in the Co-Selection of Heavy Metal and Antibiotic Resistance
Shanshan (Susan) Cao (Mathematics and Philosophy ’22): The Aesthetic Experience of Mathematical Understanding
Samantha Casey (Neuroscience and Sociology ’21): Neuroscientific, Sociological, and Practical Analyses of Boston’s Opioid Use Patterns
Lexia Cicone (Chemistry and Earth & Environmental Science ’22): Spectroscopic Analysis of the Phycocyanin 645 Light-Harvesting System in Algae
Zora Che (Computer Science and Mathematics ’22): Predicting Emotional Incitement for Misinformation Detection
Maelee Chen (Ecology & Conservation Biology ’22): A Rhetorical Analysis of the Rights of Nature in Christian and American Legal Texts
Christine Cincotta (Neuroscience ’19): Memory Manipulation in an Animal Model of Addiction
Aiden Cliff (Economics / Questrom Business Administration & Management: Business Analytics, Finance ’23): Aloha Optimal Tourism: Economic Tradeoffs of the Travel and Tourism Industry in Hawaii
Noah Conley (Astronomy ’20): Preferred Mediums of Scientific Communication
Tyler Critz (Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Psychology / GRS Biotechnology ’24): Protect the Plants! Evaluating the Environmental Regulation of the Defensive Response Mechanisms in Arabidopsis thaliana for Further Agricultural Applications
Ciara Cullen (Biology ’21): How Unique We can Be!: Celebrating Differences Through Children’s Literature
Vikram Daesety (Biology: Cell, Molecular, & Genetics ’21): The Association of Speech/Language Deficits with Duarte Galactosemia
Francesca Davy-Falconi (Philosophy & Neuroscience ’21): The Intersection of Neuroscience & Storytelling
Rithvik Doshi (Computer Science / GRS Computer Science ’24): SafeSteps: Empowering Campus Commuters through Community Reporting
Kimberly Eberenz (Biology: Cell, Molecular, & Genetics ’20): Discovering New Transcription Factors that Affect HIV-1 Expression
Nicholas Eleuteri (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology ’18): Small Molecules with a Big Impact: Synthesizing Allyated 1, 3-Cyclohexanediones
Normandie Essig (Computer Science ’20): Connect21: An App to Connect the Down Syndrome Community
Eva Fandozzi (Neuroscience ’19): Social Complexity & Brain Evolution: Ant Brain Structure, Metabolism & Division of Labor
Alexandra Gagliardi (Neuroscience and Biology ’21): The Analysis of BU Premedical Students and Their Mental Health
Michael Gajda (Computer Science ’18): Towards a Privacy Preserving Neural Network
Ethan Gelting (Biochemistry & Molecular Biology ’19): Assessing Factors for Success in Freshman General Chemistry
Gianna Gioscia (Science Education: Physics ’24): Creating a Space for Secondary Students to See Themselves in Physics: A Gendered Intervention
Tiffany Guan (Biology: Cell, Molecular, & Genetics ’18): Mapping Out Food Insecurity in Boston.
Taylor Hazlett (Computer Science and Economics ’20): Game Plan, the use of classification algorithms in a goal-setting application for young adults with developmental and intellectual disabilities (DID)
Brent Heineman & Megan Rodgers (Biology: Cell, Molecular & Genetics ’18): Sugar High: The Effects of Fructose Exposure
Joel Herbert (Neuroscience and Philosophy ’22): The Creation of an Experimental Paradigm Involving Fiber Optic Imaging and fMRI in an Awake Mouse to Link Acetylcholine and Hemodynamic Activity
Sean Hines (Biology: Neurobiology ’18): “Murder, I think”: A Short Story
Eleanor Horvath (Earth & Environmental Sciences / GRS Remote Sensing & Geospatial Sciences ’23): The Arctic on Fire: Mapping Change in High-Latitude North America
Yongyuan (Steve) Huang (Mathematics ’22): Solving Equations? Not so Easy
Sophia Huynh (Astronomy ’24): The WIMP Miracle & Dark Matter Model
Elizabeth James (Computer Science ’20): The Writer’s Website
Grace Johnson (Biology: Cell, Molecular, & Genetics ’22): COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation: Mitigating Mistrust in the Science Community and Public Health Initiatives
Adam Joyal (Neuroscience ’19): Neural Circuitry of Memory in Transgenic Rat Model (TgF344-AD) for Alzheimer’s Disease
Elias Kastritis (Mathematics and Philosophy ’20): Syntactic and Semantic Features of Mathematical Objects
Amanda Katchmar (Biology: Cell, Molecular & Genetics / SPH Health Policy & Law and Epidemiology & Biostatistics ’22): Analysis of State Portrayals of the Risks of E-Cigarette Use and EVALI
Alexander Keiter (Philosophy & Neuroscience ’21): Creating A Transgender Rights Revolution
Anu Khanna (Biochemistry & Molecular Biology ’20): Perceptions of Student’s Own and Other Health Professions: A Study of Students Enrolled in Interprofessional Education at Sargent College
Grace Kirkpatrick (Biochemistry & Molecular Biology ’19): Understanding Alzheimer’s: Correlating Deficits in Learning & Memory
Evdokiya Knyazhanskaya (Biology: Neurobiology and Psychology ’19): Seeing Addiction Through Compulsivity: Relationship of Substance Use & OCD
Susritha Kopparapu (Biology: Cell, Molecular & Genetics and Computer Science ’22): An Evaluation of “Together We Feel Better”: A Mental Health Workbook for Children and Parents
Emma Kraus (Biology: Cell, Molecular, & Genetics / SPH Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Mental Health and Substance Use ’23): Exposing the Care Gap: How Socioeconomic Status interacts with Pediatric Mental Health Care
Pablo Kurzan (Biochemistry & Molecular Biology ’21): Venezuelan Sex Workers in Bogota, Columbia: Forced Displacement and Health Delivery
Russell Laman (Marine Science and Ecology & Conservation Biology ’22): Using Photomosaics to Analyze Structural Complexity and Conservation Success of Restored Belizean Coral Reefs
Timothy Liu (Biology: Neurobiology ’24): The Effects of Anti-Prion Drugs on the Degradation of Neurotoxic PrPSc Protein
Gabriel Lubbock (Neuroscience ’20): Exploring Interactions with Social Media Using Eye Tracking
Rhonda Mak (Computer Science ’19): MySpiel: Developing a Tool for Practicing Storytelling Skills
Emma Martin (Ecology & Conservation Biology ’19): Studying Global Change in a Natural Climate Laboratory:Larval Fishes Response to ENSO?
Alex Maytin (Behavioral Biology ’18): How the Clownfish Got its Stripes
Gillian Minarik (Chemistry & Physics ’23): Spin-Correlated Resonance Raman Enhancement in a 2D Antiferromagnet
Mauricio Moel Miranda (Biology: Neurobiology ’21): Growing Pains: A Novel Metric to Orient Ethical Start-Up Growth in the 21st Century
Ioana Moldovan (Biology: Cell, Molecular & Genetics and Spanish ’19): Just Breathe: Mindfulness in Pediatric Literature
Victoria Momyer (Biochemistry & Molecular Biology ’20): Methane Concentrations and Microbial Community Structure in Boston Groundwater Wells
Trey Moore (Neuroscience ’22): Controlling brain waves to treat Alzheimer’s Disease
Sheila Jimenez Morejon (Mathematics & Computer Science ’22): Analyzing the Wage Gap in Boston: A Cryptographic Approach
Jenny Motzer (Neuroscience ’23): Control Networks of Temporal Attention in Visual Processing
Amos Mwaura (Biology ’22): Mapping Diabetes in Boston
Anna Natrakul (Biology: Cell, Molecular, & Genetics ’22): Investigating Associations Between Medication Use and Kidney Health in Nicaraguan Children
Grace Newsom (Biology: Ecology & Conservation Biology ’23): Understanding the Interaction of Symbiosis and Growth in the Temperate Coral Astrangia Poculata
Miyu Niwa (Biology: Cell, Molecular, & Genetics ’20): Examining Extreme Cold Weather-Related Health Incidences among Urban Residents in the Greater Boston Area from 2005-2015
Anulika Nnadi (Computer Science ’24): Evaluating Media Coverage of Underrepresented Groups in Boston: A Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning Approach
Elyse Olesinski (Biology: Cell, Molecular & Genetics ’20): Overcoming Venetoclax Resistance in Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Johah Paasche-Orlow (Physics ’18): Modeling Late Stage Disks
Julia Pan (Applied Mathematics ’18): Algorithms and Social Justice: An Investigation of Recidivism Risk Assessment Models
Harshal Patel (Biochemistry & Molecular Biology ’20): Characterization of Parathyroid Adenomas
Sawan Patel (Neuroscience ’22): A Systems-Level Model of Spatial Navigation and Memory
Christopher Petty (Biochemistry & Molecular Biology ’19): Decoding the Dlk1-Dio3 Locus: How a RNA Mega-Cluster Regulates Muscle Biology
Kaitlyn Piotrowski (Biology: Behavioral Biology and Psychology ’23): College & COVID-19: Perceived Changes in Cognitive Function and Mental Health
Brian Privett (Neuroscience ’21): Exploring Conscious Access of Stimuli in Mouse Brain with Ultrasound
Kaitlin Ragosta (Mathematics and Physics ’20): Structure Groups of Linear Combinations of Canonical Algebraic Curvature Tensors
Shreya Ramesh (Computer Science ’18): Visualization and Analysis for a Home-Based System for Physical Therapy
Madeline Ross (Neuroscience ’18): Astrocytes Determine Pathway of Cell Death Induced by Oxidative Stress
Katie Sena (Neuroscience ’22): BALB/cByJ mice show indiscriminate binge-link eating of both sweetened palatable food and chow compared to BALB/cJ mice
Ryan Senne (Neuroscience ’21): Functional Dynamics of the Social Engram
Kristin Shanabrook (Biology ’23): Health At Every Size Model for Clinical Practice
Leightta Sherrill (Biology ’24): Beyond the Classroom: Exploring Student Perspectives on Sex Education
Akshata Shukla (Biology: Cell, Molecular, & Genetics ’23): Looking Back: The Link Between the Partition of 1947 and the Citizenship Amendment Act of 2019
Nadira Sivabalan (Biology: Neurobiology and Psychology / SPH Healthcare Management ’23): Framing Transition Care for Obesity Management Through Holistic Approaches
Benjamin Spetter-Goldstein (Computer Science ’21): Investigating Adversarial Attacks as a Solution for Privacy from Face Recognition
Sara Strassel (Mathematics ’23): Designing Impactful Aid Programs for Smallholder Coffee Farmers
Reshma Subramonian (Biology: Cell, Molecular, & Genetics ’24): The Path to Moksha: Examining Attitudes Towards Mental Health In Upper Middle Class Families in Chennai, India
Anush Swaminathan (Biology and Philosophy ’18): How Animal Use in Non-Medical Research Saves Lives.
Trevor Tamura (Biology: Cell, Molecular, & Genetics ’22): Telemedicine in Hawaii’s Pediatric Healthcare System: An Analysis of its Impact during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Stanley To (Computer Science ’23): Leveraging Paired Motion Capture Data to Predict Human Movement
Phillip Tran (Computer Science / GRS Computer Science ’24): Marine Databaser: An Open-Source Desktop Application for Managing and Analyzing Field Data
Kirsten Turnbull (Mathematics ’19): Water & Crime in the American Southwest
Ryan VanDoren (Neuroscience ’21): Mental Toughness in Figure Skating: what mice can teach us about the effects of stress on motor memories
Andy Vo (Computer Science ’22): Minute: An Accessible Technology Solution to Public Speaking Confidence
Audrey Wack (Neuroscience ’20): Painting Douglas Adams’s Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Jesse Wang (Biochemistry & Molecular Biology ’24): People, Food & Culture: The Connection through Photography
Johanna Wefes-Potter (Biology: Cell, Molecular, & Genetics ’20): Profiling the Proteomic Landscape of Human Breast Cancer Subtypes
Stefan Wenc (Mathematics ’21): Magic in the Stadium: Soccer Supporter Groups in the United States
Noelle Wojciechowski (Neuroscience ’21): Mental Health at BU: A Qualitative Needs Assessment of Students with Anxiety and Related Disorders
Megan Wong (Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Biotechnology ’22): Spectroscopic Analysis of Truncated Tryptophan Hydroxylase Activity
Samuel Wu (Math & Computer Science ’24): Tales of the College Journey: 101 Stories from BU Students
Catalina Zamorano (Neuroscience ’21): Murine perinatal morphine exposure and sex-dependent neurobiological and reward-related behavioral outcomes
College of Communication
Richard Boylan (Film & TV ’22): “North to Alaska!” An Intergenerational Road Trip Documentary
Anika Brahmbhatt (Media Science / CAS Psychology ’23): Shirley Jackson’s Hangsaman and Fractured Female Identity in the Gothic
Erin Callahan (Film & TV / CAS French Studies ’20): Speak American, A Documentary on Language Discrimination
Aidan Chaffin (Film & TV / CAS Mathematics ’21): “Mirror with a Memory”: Cinema of the Shapeshifter
Kathryn Chiffer (Communication ’19): Chiffer Consulting: A Communications Firm for Mission-Driven Organizations
Taylor Coester (Journalism ’24): Amana: A Community of Inspiration, Steadfast through Generations
Antonia DeBianchi (Journalism ’20): Virginia Woolf’s London: One Century Later
Katie DiClemente (Communication ’19): Counter-Terrorism Strategies in Democracies: National Security & Civil Liberties
Hannah Edelman (Journalism and Film & TV ’21): Harassment, Discrimination and Denial: an Investigation into the Massachusetts Department of Correction’s Mistreatment of Transgender Prisoners
Geoffrey Gaskins (Film & TV ’18): Taking the Bite Out of “Jaws” *Warning: Animal Violence is depicted in this video. Please watch with caution.
Sean Grogg (Film & TV ’18): “Soul Meets”: A Black Mirror Pitch
Solange Hackshaw (Communication and Emerging Media Studies / CAS Political Science ’21): Freshwater: A Memoir of a Trinidadian-American Immigrant Experiences
Hailey Hart-Thompson (Film & TV / CAS Independent Concentration ’21): Narratives From Pockmarked Places: Interwoven Notions of Home and Future Among Palestinian and Lebanese Residents in Beirut Lebanon
Daniel Hernandez Zapata (Film & TV and Deaf Studies ’21): RUSH – A Fast Food Musical
Jie Ting Eleanor Ho (Journalism ’21): Workers’ Rights during the Pandemic: Understanding the impact of COVID-19 on workers in Massachusetts
Guy Jackson (Film & TV ’20): Music and Memories: A Creative Exploration Through Scriptwriting
Adi Jahic (Film & TV ’22): Group Identity and Corruption: How Beliefs, Biases, Criticism, and Information Processing Impact Participants’ Responses to Corruption
Claire Jennings (Film & TV ’18): Specto Ergo Sum: A Podcast about Philosophy and TV
Ina Joseph (Journalism and Public Relations ’20): Mental Health on the Margins: How BU Can Better Support the Mental Health of Black Students
Sofia Koyama (Journalism ’20): The Rise of Superfoods in the Food Industry
Christina Lamagna (Film & TV ’21): The Role of the Cinematographer: Taking a film from script to screen
Selina Li (Media Science ’22): The Body is a Book of Stories: A Visual Exploration of My Asian American Identity
Emily Lyons (Film & TV ’22): Storyboards to Graphic Novel: Addressing the Challenges to Transmedial Adaptation
Julia Maruca (Journalism ’21): Disappearing Boston: A Climate Change Podcast — Find podcast episodes here
Samantha Nelson (Communication ’19): Paper Jam: The Books & Music Pairing Blog
Martin Perez (Public Relations ’23): “There’s No Business Like Show Business”: Analyzing Accessibility & Artistic Quality on Broadway
Viktoria Popovska (Journalism ’24): Where We Went: Migration and the Macedonians
Tia Samaha (Film & Television ’24): Gen Z’s identity crisis amidst social media’s commodification of women’s identities
Charlie Scanlan (Journalism ’19): Celadon: An Original Work of Fiction
Cole Schoneman (Journalism ’19): Minority Representation on Big Brother: Tokenization, Isolation & Stereotypes
Alex Shores (Film & Television / SAR Behavior & Health ’24): Heartbeat by Heartbeat: A Short Film on The Financial, Social, and Emotional Challenges of Pediatric Heart Conditions
Anna Spier (Film & TV ’20): You Voted Red, I Voted Blue: A Romantic Comedy About Cross-Party Relationships
Eliza Sullivan (Journalism ’18): Europe’s Coffee History
Samuel Thomas (Journalism ’24): Way Out: A Queer Horror Podcast
Katherine Weiser (Communication ’19): @BucketListBoston
Macy Wilbur (Public Relations / CAS Spanish ’22): Talking Talk: A Podcast about Rhetorical Complexity in Politics
College of Engineering
Deema Abdel-Meguid (Biomedical ’21): Uterus-on-a-Chip for Interrogation of Trophoblast Behavior in Preeclampsia
Jana Ahmed (Mechanical: Manufacturing Engineering ’23): Autonomous Sorting, Inspecting, Orienting, & Stacking Assembly for Industrial Manufacturing at Senior Metal Bellows: “The Diaphragmatic 9000”
Jae Ahn (Mechanical ’21): Simulating Age-Related Bone Loss and Disc Degeneration in Human Lumbar Spine Segment
Leonard Aquino (Mechanical ’21): eCVT System
Leen Arnaout (Biomedical ’21) & Meghan Griffin (Biomedical and Technology Innovation ’21): A Wearable Solution for Treating Apnea of Prematurity Through Application of Physical Stimuli
Jacqueline Bachrach (Mechanical: Aerospace Engineering ’23): Updraft Tower Power Generation In Existing Industrial Structures
Zachary Bachrach (Computer ’20): Smart Oil
Pallavi Balivada (Biomedical ’21): In-Silico Prototyping for an Intranasally Administered Agent for COVID-19 Prophylaxis and Treatment
Tanapat Bhakyapaibul (Mechanical ’18): Flying Farther: Designing the Next Toy Glider
Ben Braun (Mechanical: Manufacturing Engineering ’22): L.I.I.S: Lift and Installer for Incubator Subassemblies
Benjamin Brown (Electrical ’18): Energy Scavenging Night Light
Charlotte Cathcart (Mechanical ’19): Soft Robotic Manipulator Inside the Beating Heart
Cathy Cheng (Mechanical ’23): AWCUA (Autonomous Water Condition Understanding Apparatus)
Giacomo Coraluppi (Electrical: Energy Technologies and Sustainability ’23), William Krska (Computer ’23), Nicholas Marchuk (Mechanical ’23), & Alexander Zhou Computer ’23): Increasing speed of electric racecar by independently controlling rear wheels
Matthew Cote (Computer ’19): mECG: A Wearable & Continuous Heart Monitoring System
Ethan Dillon (Mechanical ’24): Mechanical Dry-Erase Pencil
Nashr El Auliya (Mechanical ’24): Morphing Sail
Nourhan El Sherif (Biomedical ’24): Sex-Dependent Differences in Tensional Homeostasis
Sofiya Filippova (Mechanical: Energy Technologies & Sustainability ’24): Bicycle Mounted Air Pollution Monitors
Dylan Hale (Mechanical and Aerospace ’21): Wing Construction for Model Aircraft
Mackenzie Hall (Biomedical ’20): Ciprometer: Device for detecting environmental antibiotic residues in low resource settings
Emma Hartman & Yuke Li (Biomedical: Machine Learning ’23): Software for Closed Loop Neurofeedback
Meghan Howard & Emily Oros (Biomedical ’22): Using Elastic Scattering Spectroscopy (ESS) for Diagnosis: A minimally invasive method for assessing the health and viability of donated kidneys
Chance Jackson (Biomedical ’19): Designing a High-Throughput Cell Immobilizer for Microscopy Imaging in a Monolayer
Jonathan Jordanides & Felix Maher (Biomedical ’21): Mechanical Loading Bioreactor for Real-Time Imaging of Mouse Flexor Tendon Explants
Brian Jung (Biomedical ’22): Developing an ECG Sensor and Smartphone Application to Monitor the Cardiac Health of Remote Patients
Perry Katsarakes (Biomedical: Nanotechnology ’23): Boosting the Chemotherapeutic Effect of Cancer Drugs using Focused Ultrasound (FUS)
Madelyn Keller (Biomedical ’24): Identifying the ‘Druggability’ Potential of Human Transmembrane Proteins
Waleed Khan (Mechanical ’22): Electric Skis
Sam Krasnoff (Computer ’22): A Misbehavior Detection System for Cellular Vehicle to Everything Technologies
Vindhya Kuchibhotla (Computer ’20): Low-Power Embedded Fisheye Camera for Deep Computer Vision
Nicole Kwon (Computer ’22): deeper: A mental Health Mobile Application
Victoria Lara-Aguilar (Biomedical ’21): Developing a Midbrain Organoid-on-a-Chip for Live Cell Imaging & Parkinson’s Disease Modeling
Matthew Leal (Biomedical ’23): Filtering Speckleplethysmographic (SPG) waveforms to determine brain activation-induced blood flow
Helen Lindsay (Mechanical ’18): Water Quality Testing in Lebanon
Sarah Maggipinto (Biomedical ’20): An Optical Device for the Detection of Counterfeit and Substandard Antimalarial Drugs
Austin Magsig (Mechanical ’18): Rocket Nozzle Extension Design
Benjamin Maher (Mechanical ’21): Improved Electrosurgical Device
Jessica Man (Mechanical ’22): Development of a Dynamic Cushioning System with Continuous Piezoresistive Sensor Feedback for Pressure Injury Prevention and Treatment
Nicholas Mangold (Mechanical ’23): Rocket Engine Fuel Pump
Trevor Melsheimer & Gayatri Sundar Rajan (Mechanical ’22): Water Harvesting: Producing Drinkable Water from Moisture in Air
Artemis Margaronis (Biomedical ’23): High-throughput In Vitro Assessment of Paracrine Factors in Cardiac Fibrosis
Addison Ogonoski (Electrical ’19): Smart EpiPen
Christian Ortiz (Biomedical ’19): Various Quantum Dot Compositions Determine Optimal Temperature Sensing Sensitivity
Jared Pratt (Mechanical: Manufacturing Engineering ’23): Terrier Motorsport Aerodynamic Package Manufacturing Strategy
Mark Ruta (Biomedical ’24): Translation of a Novel Microstructured Tissue Fastener into a Coronary Stent
Peter Siegel (Mechanical ’22): Robosaw: The Collaborative Wood Stock Cutting Robot
Ryan Smith (Computer ’23): Augmented Reality Climbing Wall
Peyton Tierney (Biomedical ’21): Nanoparticle-Based Biomonitoring of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance (PFAS): Why We Care About PFAS and How to Measure Them
Khoa Tran (Computer ’22): BOXi
Luisa Mesa Uruena (Mechanical: Manufacturing Engineering ’22): Improved Design and Manufacture of Filtering Media for Water Treatment Systems
Rei Vardi (Biomedical ’18): Rapid Early Alzherimer’s Diagnosis Using Serial Reaction Trials
Scott Wade (Mechanical ’23): Saving Energy in Vertical Farms with Autonomous Harvesting
Liam Ward (Mechanical: Manufacturing Engineering ’22): Thrust Vector Control of an Aerospike Rocket Nozzle via Aerodynamic Flow Manipulation
Zachary Weiss (Mechanical ’21): Improved Electrosurgical Device
Sally Wu (Mechanical ’18): 3D Printing with Metals
College of Fine Arts
Kabita Das (Graphic Design ’20): Home, Reconstructed
Dante Gonzalez (Theatre Arts: Design & Production ’24): The Language of Intimacy: Desexualized Language in Consent-Based Performance
Kennedy Harwood (Painting ’24): What We Write: How Artists Use Handwriting in Process
Hannah Hooven (Music Education and Viola ’21): Reconstructing Our Curriculum: Protest Song as Democratic Praxis in an After-School Program
Ryan Huemmer (Acting ’19): Flailing Into Happiness: A One-Man Documentary Theatre Show
Qian Mei (Graphic Design ’18): Equitable Planning for Climate Change
Spencer Morgan (Theatre Arts: Design & Production ’23): Gathering Space: A Model for the Museum of the Future
Madeline Riddick-Seals (Theatre Arts: Design & Production ’24): The Blackberry Quilt | Stories of Friendship Street: A Cultural Preservation Project
Jenna Riedl (Painting ’23): The Edges of Freedom: Understanding Young Adult Conservative Beliefs about Queer Legislation
Zachary Sager (Lighting Design ’20): Anyone Can Whistle: Investigate the use of theatrical artifice as satire
Amanda Satterfield (Music ’23): Selective Ensembles: Product or People
Christina Smith (Voice ’18): The Anatomy of a Mosh Pit: Movement and Community in the Boston Underground Music Scene
Rebeca Strong Garcia (Music Performance ’19): Music at the Museum of Fine Arts
Edward Sturm (Theatre Arts: Performance ’24): Staging Catastrophe: Theatre Historiography and the Hartford Circus Fire
Leyla Tonak (Painting ’18): Bodies of Work
Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies
Sophia Alvarado (International Relations ’22): Prosecuting White Power: How White Identity Influences the United States Judicial System
Chloe Chibeau (International Relations ’20): Sanctions as a Foreign policy Tool: Case Studies on the Former Yugoslavia and Present Day Russia
Morgan Haas Donohue (International Relations ’22): A Proposal For A BU Summer Environmental Science Outreach Program
Gabrielle Gewirtz (International Relations ’24): Analyzing the Partitions of 1947 and 1971 Through a Gendered Lens
Daniel Gonzalez (International Relations ’19): What’s Blocking the Sun & Wind in Latin America?: Renewable Energy Barriers
Nathanial Graham (International Relations ’21): How do Diplomats Communicate? Strategy and Argumentation in International Negotiations
Mugdha Gurram (International Relations / CAS Philosophy ’21): Secular Justice: Human Rights at the Nexus of Indian Criminal Justice and National Security
Lauren K. Hagy (International Relations ’22): Female White Supremacist Influencers and the Mainstreaming of Replacement Theory
Marla Hiller (International Relations ’22): A Wicked Problem: A Podcast About School Segregation in Boston
Marie Kimball (International Relations / CAS Spanish ’23): A New Theory: Rape Myth Acceptance in Everyday Language & Unacknowledged Rape
Stefanie Kopp (International Relations / CAS Political Science ’19): Makeup’s True Colors: The Implications of Foundation Shade Ranges
Glenn Korman (International Relations ’20): Civilian Nuclear Power & Negotiating the Convention on Nuclear Safety
Bridgette Lang (International Relations ’23): Countering the Far-Right and Promoting Integration in Germany Through Public Messaging During the Syrian and Ukrainian Refugee Crises
Jonathon Lazeroff (International Relations / CAS Spanish ’21): The Fame Monster: A Gaga Musical
Yasmin Lountchenko (International Relations ’24): Labor Rights in Digital Platforms: A cost-benefit analysis of labor reform in the European Union
Erica MacDonald (International Relations ’23): No Oblivion: Our Lost Years?
Mats Najberg (International Relations ’20): Cybersecurity in the UK: Impact of the 2016 National Cyber Security Strategy on Domestic Cyber Resilience
Casey Nakamura (International Relations and Middle East & North African Studies ’18): The Neoliberal Project in Jordan
Gabby Ostoyich (International Relations ’22): Towards a Livable Future: The Implementation and Legislation of the 15-Minute City
Virginia Popov (International Relations ’24): A History of Breast Milk Donation and the Socio-Cultural Factors that Impact the Modern Milk Donor Experience
Jacqueline Rayfield (International Relations ’20): A Lost Generation: How Government Policy Creates Systemic Barriers to Refugee Education in Turkey
Diana Reno (International Relations ’24): Employment Practices in Kenya’s Refugee-Serving Organizations
Noah Riley (International Relations / CAS Economics ’21): Addressing Ambiguity: A Roadmap for U.S.-China Engagement on Strategic Nuclear Issues
Rachel Schlueter (International Relations ’18): Has Devolution Improved Kenya’s Urban Governance?
Laura Stanton (International Relations ’18): Cultural Imports: Examining Societal Norms Related to Feminism and Women’s Happiness
Sydney Steger (International Relations ’23): A Tale of Two Lobbies: Interest Group Influence & the US-Vietnam Rapprochement Process
Riki Stout (International Relations ’22): Small States at Odds: Understanding the Relationship Between the UAE, Qatar, and the Muslim Brotherhood
Sarah Van Velkinburgh (International Relations and Spanish Literature ’18): Giving up the Ghost: When Does A Dictator Step Down?
Masha Vernik (International Relations ’19): Agroecology on Kichwa Terms: Negotiating Cacao’s Role in the Chakras of Ecuador
Joanna Wagner (International Relations ’20): The Massachusetts Sustainability Summit
Catherine Wood (International Relations ’18): As Democracy Falls: The British and French Press in Hitler’s Germany
Baiden Wright (International Relations ’23): Immersive Learning at the Border: Development and Assessment of the Border Studies Program with BU’s Center on Forced Displacement
Questrom School of Business
Rhea Bandaru (Business Administration & Management: Business Analytics ’23): The Ideal Woman Leader: Behaviors & Perceptions of Women in Corporate Leadership
Reva Bardhi (Business Administration & Management: Finance and Law ’22): Felony Disenfranchisement in Virginia: How the Legislative Impact and Legal Precedent of Virginia’s Constitution are Excluding the Formerly Incarcerated
Amit Bhatia (Business Administration & Management: Strategy ’24): Understanding the Power of Soft Skills
Sophie Bush (Business Administration & Management: Business Analytics, Operations & Supply Chain Management ’24): A Holistic Assessment of Food Insecurity in Native American Communities
Victor Cadaoas (Business Administration & Management: Accounting ’22): How Filipino Americans Have Claimed Their Identity Through Literature
Izzie Collier (Business Administration & Management: Business Analytics ’22): Honesty is the Best Policy: Devising a Framework for Assessing the Environmental Transparency of Mass-Produced Fashion Brands
Veronica Escobar-Mesa (Business Administration & Management ’21): A Study of Entrepreneurs in the Greater Boston Area: Understanding the Challenges of Entrepreneurship
Grant Gregory (Business Administration & Management ’19): Apollos: Health Records Reimagined
Jared Klinkowize (Business Administration & Management: Accounting ’23): PED Use for Professional Athletes: Is it Actually Profitable?
John Lei (Business Administration & Management: Information Systems ’22): Are Social Media Recommender Systems to Blame for the Increasing Trajectory of Political Polarization?
Gabrielle Miller (Business Administration ’20): More of the Best Summers of Your Life: How to Improve Summer Camp Staff Retention
Yash Patel (Business Administration & Management: Accounting, Law ’23): The State of North American Carbon Markets
Alexa Quintero (Business Administration & Management: Law ’24): Tubie TO-GO: Improving Enteral Feeding Pumps for Modern User
Jacob Rose (Business Administration & Management: Business Analytics, Finance ’24): Crisis in the Cubicle: Mental Health Resources in Corporate America
Rebecca Sarkisian (Business Administration & Management: Accounting, Finance ’23): Examining the Market Reaction to Mandated Climate-Related Disclosures
Jacquelyn Watson (Finance and Marketing ’18): To Judge an Album by its Cover
Jerica Xu (Business Administration & Management: Information Systems and Strategy ’22): Date-Night Meal Kit Business Plan
Sargent College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences
Zara Ahmed (Health Science ’20): Patient-Provider Relationships in Asian and Hispanic Americans
Precious Amiewalan (Health Science ’24): Examining the Status of Race Corrections in Clinical Algorithms in Medical Decision-Making
Carolina Becerril (Health Science / SPH Community Assessment, Program Design, Implementation, and Evaluation ’22): Social media use and eating disorder risk among college students
Emma Burke (Health Science ’21): A Literary Depiction of Epilepsy
Olivia Ferris (Behavior & Heath ’19): Socio-contextual Risks for Below Average Cognitive Development
Selena Fu (Human Physiology ’19): ScarceCity: Podcast Exploring Food Insecurity in Boston’s Students
Sarah Golden (Human Physiology ’20): Chasing the Summit: 48 Journeys to 4,000 Feet
Cameron Hill (Human Physiology ’20): Bottom-Up Effect of Pedagogy Transfer Between Learning Assistants and Faculty
Abigail Horgan (Human Physiology ’20): Mental Health Service Utilization Among Medical Students in the US
Caroline Jens (Health Science ’20): The Wellness Challenge Subscription Box
Wesley Jones (Health Science ’21): Boston University Students’ Travel Experience during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Mixed-Methods Analysis
Francesca Kishkill (Human Physiology ’20): Assessing changes in mental health, substance abuse, nutrition, and physical health during college students’ first semester
Anne Kim (Human Physiology ’19): Just Breathe: Mindfulness in Pediatric Literature
Caitlyn Leonard (Human Physiology / SPH Health Policy & Law and Epidemiology & Biostatistics ’22): “We Are Just Mentally Drained”: A Qualitative Study of Substance Use Professionals During COVID-19
Divya Makkapati (Health Science ’19): ScarceCity: Podcast Exploring Food Insecurity in Boston’s Students
Charlie McMahon (Human Physiology ’23): Measuring COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine Effectiveness
Isabel Moring (Human Physiology ’22): Transgender Healthcare: Addressing Transphobia in the Medical School Classroom
Jessica Morse (Health Science ’22): An In-Depth Analysis of Feminist Mobilization and Reproductive and Sexual Health Interventions in Bihar, India
Man Viet Nguyen (Health Science / SPH Program Management ’24): Our language, our right to food: Translate & culturally adapt the national household food security survey into Vietnamese for Vietnamese people in the US
Eileen Nolan (Health Science ’19): Picture of health: Assessing the Portrayal of Schizophrenia on Medical Drama TV Series
Collette O’Connor (Human Physiology ’18): Triage Scales for Evaluating Mental Health Presentations
Ellie Olsen (Health Science / SPH Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Health Policy & Law ’23): Improving Post-Assault Treatment for Gender Diverse Survivors
Misty Ouyang (Behavior & Health ’20): Around the World and Back Again: Examining the Potential Impacts of Childhood Transnational Separation
Clarence Perez-Mejia (Health Science ’22): Understanding School Mental Health and Parent Guidance in Public Middle Schools: A Look at Low-Income Neighborhoods in New York City
Zachary Popp (Health Science ’21): Racial and Socioeconomic Inequities in Massachusetts Food Retail Closures
Izabella Rogers (Human Physiology ’23): CAMP: Challenges for Autistic Middle-Schoolers Post-Pandemic
Jason Rundle (Health Science ’21): Biking Boston: Assessing Cycling Infrastructure in Different Boston Neighborhoods
Brianna Spiegel (Human Physiology ’24): Thyroid Therapy: A Systematic Investigation of the Best Treatment for Hyperthyroidism
Jessica Weber (Health Science ’22): Evaluation of Boston’s Community Fridges as a Food Security Effort
Ramya Vemulapalli (Health Science ’20): Let’s Talk About Sex, Baby!
Amy Zheng (Heath Science ’19): HIVietnam: Living with HIV & Achieving Viral Resuppression in Vietnam
School of Hospitality
Isabella Very (Hospitality Administration ’21): Already Home: A New, Original Musical
Wheelock College of Education & Human Development
Michael Busani (English Education ’21): How I Learned to Teach During a Global Pandemic
Brianna Costilow (Early Childhood Education ’23): Judging a Book by its Ink: A Historical Perspective on the Perception of Tattoos within the United States
Emily Farmer (Modern Foreign Language Education / CAS French Studies ’21): Creating a Greater Francophone Identity in Novice Level French World Language Classrooms
Julia Rowley (English Education ’20): Examining Heroes and Villains through 21st Century Children’s Literature: The Hostile Hospital
Poster Sessions & Remarks 2018
Opening Remarks 2018: Director Carrie Preston
- Tara Martin-Chen (CAS, Political Science & Pardee, International Relations ’18)
- Grace Ferri (CAS, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology ’18)
- Paige Pajarillo (Sargent, Human Physiology ’18)
- Jordan Yakowenko (COM, Film & TV ’18)
- Abigail Sasdelli (ENG, Biomedical Engineering ’18)
- Vanessa Hayashi (CAS, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology ’18)
- Alessandra Miceli (CAS, Psychology ’18)
- Brandon Bedell (CAS, Neuroscience ’18)
- Gabrielle Giacona (CAS, Neuroscience ’18)
- Rachel Poppe (CAS, Spanish and Linguistics ’18)
- Ella van Deventer (CAS, Biological Anthropology ’18)
- Alyssa Arnheim (ENG, Biomedical Engineering ’18)
- Samantha Santoro (COM, Public Relations ’18)
- Hannah VanBenschoten & Ryan Lim (ENG, Biomedical Engineering ’18)
- Dylan Herina (ENG, Computer Engineering ’18)
- Alessandra Setaro (CAS, Biology ’18)
- Lauren Gustainis (SAR, Speech, Language & Hearing Science ’18)
- Ravjot Singh (SAR, Human Physiology ’18)
- Adam Dimanshteyn (CAS, Economics & Mathematics ’18)
- Tyrone Hou (CAS, Computer Science)
- Matthew Thacker (CAS, Environmental Analysis & Policy)
Closing Remarks 2018: Director Carrie Preston
Poster Sessions & Remarks 2019
Opening Remarks 2019: Director Carrie Preston
- Laura Capozzi (CFA, Art Education ’19)
- Nicole Enos (ENG, Biomedical Engineering & Computer Engineering ’19)
- Kayla Furbish (CAS, Psychology ’19)
- Kaitlynn Lopes (CAS, Chemistry ’19)
- Emily O’Brien (COM, Communication and Film & Television ’19)
- Joshua Smith-Sreen (CAS, Biology ’19)
- Trishita Tiwari (ENG, Computer Engineering ’19)
- Sonika Vatsa (CAS, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology ’19)
- Chandler Annesi (SAR, Human Physiology ’19)
- Michaela Dwyer (CAS, Neuroscience ’19)
- Shane Ezepik (ENG, Mechanical Engineering ’19)
- Julia Iansiti (CAS, Economics ’19)
- Kathleen McLaughlin (CAS, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, & Genetics ’19)
- Angela Mei (CAS, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology ’19)
- Praveen Menon (CAS, Architectural Studies ’19)
- Sydney Siwinski (CAS, International Relations ’19)
Closing Remarks 2019: Director Carrie Preston
Poster Sessions & Remarks 2022
Opening Remarks 2022: Director Carrie Preston
- Abby Gross (CAS, Neuroscience ’22)
- Audrey Hager (CAS, Economics and Russian Language & Literature ’22)
- Matt Kim (CAS, Philosophy & Physics ’22)
- Katie Lee (CAS, Mathematics ’22)
- Gabriela Morgan Longo (CAS, Anthropology ’22)
- Deep Patel (CAS, Economics and Political Science ’22)
- Leanna Reynolds (CAS, Neuroscience ’22)
- Jackson Wallace (CAS, Physics and Mathematics ’22)
Poster Viewing Session 5th Floor
- F. Vanessa Alvarenga (CAS, Neuroscience ’22)
- Isabella Baker-Villareal (CAS, Psychology ’22)
- Hannah Collins (ENG, Biomedical Engineering ’22)
- Maggie Chou (COM, Advertising ’22)
- Jack Giunta (CAS, Computer Science ’22)
- Sarah Ju (COM, Public Relations ’22)
- Audrey McMillion (CAS, Mathematics ’22) & Sushane Sharma (CAS, Economics and Mathematics ’22)
- Ji Zhang (CAS, Computer Science ’22)
Poster Sessions & Remarks 2023
Opening Remarks 2023: Director Carrie Preston
- Nika Kozlov (SAR, Human Physiology ’23)
- Ria Chawla (QST, Business Administration & Management: Innovation & Entrepreneurship ’23)
- Max Kroll (CAS, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology ’23)
- Alyssa Goins (CAS, Mathematics & Computer Science ’23)
- Juliana Helfer (SAR, Human Physiology ’23)
- Nicole Chiulli (CAS, Neuroscience ’23)
- Olivia Lewallen (ENG, Biomedical Engineering ’23)
- Sofia Marcelli (CAS, Earth & Environmental Sciences ’23)
Poster Viewing Session 5th Floor
- Isabel Mullens (CAS, Economics & Mathematics ’23)
- Maecey Niksch (Pardee, International Relations ’23)
- Michelle Roos (CAS, Chemistry ’23)
- Daryna Shnitser (SAR, Human Physiology ’23)
- Vikram Srinath (SAR, Human Physiology ’23)
- Emily Vu (SAR, Health Science / SPH, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Program Management ’23)
- William Owens (SAR, Human Physiology ’23)
- Sophie Li (CAS, Psychology ’23)
Poster Sessions & Remarks 2024
Opening Remarks 2024: Associate Director Sophie Godley
- Morgan Fleming (CAS, Economics & Mathematics ’24)
- Elizabeth Bakhnov (CAS, Biology ’24)
- Elizabeth Mutka (CAS, Marine Science ’24)
- Matthew Freitas (CAS, Biology ’24)
- Grace Oluwatosin Adebogun (CAS, Political Science ’24)
- Nicolas McMahon (CAS, Astronomy & Physics ’24)
- Clara Garza (SAR, Human Physiology ’24)
- Madison Miranda (QST, Business Administration & Management: Finance, Law ’24)
- Isabella Roman (CAS, Psychology ’24)
- Melissa Taylor (Wheelock, Education & Human Development: Child & Adolescent Mental Health ’24)
Poster Viewing Session 6th Floor
Closing Remarks 2024: Associate Director Linda Doerrer