Research & Experiential Learning Student Scholar Showcase Summer 2023: Senior Student Scholars Aja Samuel The Vagina Monologues: Finding the Shortcomings of the Original Piece Advisor: Jennifer Thomas Fousani Hamidou Legislative Internship - Representative Paul D. Tonko Sophia Brigante Benefits and Inequalities in Study Abroad Kassandra (Kasey) Wood Visualizing and Modeling Course Registration Data Advisor: Matt Higham Erika Looman Lakes Region Conservation Corps - Squam Lakes Conservation Society John Reece Intern - United States Marshals Service Anna Wilkerson Abroad Experiences Effects on Education Inequality for Pre-Health Students Advisor: Raychon Gillis Kam Omari Summer Program Intern - Arvestaran Creative Development Center Keely Snode PT Observant Internship - Ortho Neuro Vladimir Iglesias Political Analyst Intern - Embassy of El Salvador William Heston Synthesis and Analysis of new Sustainable Glyoxylate Imine Polymers Indie Talbot Application of olivine-melt thermometry and hygrometry to olivine-rich basanites from Tenerife, Canary Islands Spain: Evaluation of… Eva Grover Corruption Campaigning in Central and Eastern Europe Advisor: Mert Kartal Maya Mackey Intern - North Country Public Radio Leah C. Biwot Synthesis and Study of Acridine Derivatives as Potential Chemotherapeutic agents Annabella Kennedy Research Assistant - Paleontological Research Institution (PRI) Rayna Bidwell Education Intern - Riverside Reptiles Education Center James Lubkowitz Bioinformatics Intern - Vermont Biomedical Research Network (VBRN) Zoie Lehman Statistical Epidemiologist Public Health Intern Allee Mack Summer Intern - American Continental Group (ACG) Victoria Cubina Lopez Lab Intern - Institute of Biomedical Research Barcelona Billie McClosky Editorial Assistant - Weave News Maria Isabel Diaz (Isa) Data Science Intern - The World Bank Kelley Daphness Intern - North Country Public Radio Adarra Smith Clinical Research Intern - Canton-Potsdam Hospital Glendalys Medina Intern - KOS Design (Freeman Foundation) Eliza Brown Algebraic Starscapes Using Complex Eigenvalues of Bohemian Matrices Thomas Van Tassel Preliminary look at bivalve ranges through the Kellwasser events of the Upper Devonian in the Appalachian Basin. Advisor: Judith Nagel-Myers Liya Yussubaliyeva Making Sustainable Fashion Affordable and Accessible for the General Public Jane Krausman Marine Mammal Education & Research Intern - Boston Harbor Cruises & New England Aquariam Indie Talbot Geology Intern - Geo Tenerife Ltd Sajida Bibi Student Intern - Psychiatric Clinic, Drug Addiction Treatment, and Rehabilitation Centre Bryana Thieret Reversing the Effects of The Limited Bedding and Nesting Paradigm Through Environmental Enrichment Advisor: Adam Fox Grace Hodges Poly(glyoxylate imines): Designing a New Class of Degradable Polymer Lily Kasperek Visualizing Student Course Evaluation Data Advisor: Matt Higham John Mahoney Intern - Mahanakorn Partners Group (Freeman Foundation) Evelyn Bibbins Can SLU EMS Response Times Be Reduced? Network Analysis of St. Lawrence University Campus Abigail Lateer Campus Community Garden Coordinator - St. Lawrence University Andrew Miller Manager - NGO Sustainability Rae Dunbar Internship with ICLEI's Urban Research, Innovation, and Development Team Billie McClosky Cultural Identities: How does stateless identity create unstable cultural identity and what is its effect on psychological well-being? Advisor: Gisele El Khoury Marika Stauring Analysis and Digitization of Ancient Mesopotamian Skeletal Material from Tell Leilan, Syria Advisor: Mindy Pitre Sarah Weaver Developing a Network of Sports Content for Education in Statistics and Data Science Advisor: Ivan Ramler Caitlin Erb Archeological Curation Intern - Carnegie Museum of Natural History Previous Next Summer 2023: Junior Student Scholars Carmiña Goya School of Art and Heritage Intern - National University of San Martín Ellie Stannard Research Assistant - Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center Bryn Pearson Summer Legislative Intern - Office of U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen Hadley Reinke Research Intern - New York Presbyterian/Columbia Irving Medical Center Nach Insaurralde Becoming the Dub Advisor: Adam Harr Molly Doyle Estimating Basal Conditions of the Laurentide Ice Sheet Through Striation Analyses: Talcville, NY, Western Adirondacks Advisor: Alexander K. Stewart, USA (ret) Sisco Tellez Intern - Galaxy Kids (Freeman Foundation) Marlia Richer Intern - Henry's Fork Foundation Aidan Atwell The Digital World and The Modern Undergraduate Advisor: Dr. Donna Alvah Nina Spinney Investigator Internship - New Hampshire Public Defender Samartha Basnyat Summer Analyst - Vrock & Company Nadine Manase Poly(Glyoxylates) and Poly(Glyoxylamides) as Selfimmolative Polymers for Plastic Synthesis Kanonkela Kazembe Chibwe Optimizing thin film Metal-Organic frameworks to sequester and degrade azo dyes Advisor: Amanda Oldacre Bridget Hastings Health Care/ Head Teen Mentor - Healing H'Arts Equestrian Center, Inc Annalise Panici Psychological Portraits of Women: A Short Story Collection Advisor: Paul Graham Haley Sundstrom Exploring Vietnam War Poetry - Creating a Collection Catherine O'Neill Community Agriculture Research Intern - Environmental Studies, St. Lawrence University Mackenzie Marcus Reshaping Social-Emotional Learning for 3rd-4th Graders: The Life Block Tye Royal Making an Enigma Machine Tenzin Yarphel Expert Network Summer Intern - Ridgetop Research Meghan Weldon Remembering and Restoring World War II Registrar Helen Whalen’s Legacy at St. Lawrence Seth Bailey Summer Intern - McSweeney Orthodontics/Michael Davey Detnal Office John Capizzi Software Development Intern - Intellegam Elizabeth Camp Rehab Aide, PT Shadow, Data Collection & Analysis Assistant - Cioffredi & Associates - Physical Therapy & Wellness Colby Lauria Revenue Intern - Interscope Geffen A&M Records Yuchang (Alice) Zhang Philosophical Approach to Mental Health Advisor: Jeffrey Maynes Al Logan Estimating the concentration and characterizing microplastics in freshwater clams’ tissue in St. Lawrence rivers Advisor: Amanda Oldacre Drew Horne Intern - Senator Patrick O'Connor (MA State House) George Charalambous Data Science Intern - The World Bank Charlotte Brown Farming Intern - littleGrasse FoodWorks Farm Previous Next Summer 2023: Sophomore Student Scholars Brandon Reyes Legal Intern - Recycle Track Systems (RTS) Navya Aggarwal Beyond Boundaries: Impacting Lives through Social Work & Education Sponsorship at Neema International Muhammed Mahdi Alkhaqani Training Production Line Engineer - Abr Al-Sharq For Petroleum Services LLC William (Will) de Chabert Conservation Intern at Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo Mirko Dibra Data Analyst - T'Petritit Matthew Shelton Intern - Mahanakorn Partners Group (Freeman Foundation) Alejandra Ruiz-Gómez Correro Sales Associate - Ayling International Property Services Alja Imam Chaudhry Head Coordinator - Kita Ghar Lahore Public Library Maryam (Sofia) Zareizadeh Service Research Intern - UNICEF Maryam (Sofia) Zareizadeh Do glucocorticoid stress hormone act synergistically with the T3 thyroid hormone in Xenopus laevis metamorphosis? Advisor: Alexander M Schreiber Previous Next Summer 2023 - Research Fellowships Summer 2023 - Internships/Fellowships 2022 Summer 2022: Senior Student Scholars Yuchen Liang A Glance of China's "Involuted Generation" Advisor: Wendi Haugh Haylei Coolican Business Support Conor Temple Financial Advisor Intern with Baystate Financial Aaron Levy Inspiring the uninspired Advisor: Jeffrey Maynes Isaiah Albright Ethnic Politicization and Government Development Efforts in Southeast Asia: Measuring the Relationship Advisor: Kristin McKie Jack Saltus Internship with Bespoke Investment Group Lizzie O'Keeffe Editorial Internship Fato (Jona) Kerma Financial Representative Intern Alexandra Hill Psychological Repression in Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway and Zadie Smith’s NW Advisor: Dr. Sookyoung Lee Cai Lemieux Mack Sensor Data Transplantation for Resilient Drone Operation Advisor: Kevin Angstadt Drew Racioppa Team Leader at Kupu's 2022 HYCC Summer Program Mariam Waqar Khattak Research Intern Barrett Smith PR/Marketing Intern with Magrino Morgan Cleary Research Internship Maria Isabel Diaz (Isa) International Relations Internship Angeles Zuniga Medina Legal & Policy Intern with Human Rights Foundation Bryan Placide Education Internship Toky Rakotoarisoa Internship at Network 20/20 Paige Meshcon The Values of a Prospective Teacher Advisor: Jeff Frank Timur Martinez Smirnov Exchange Generalist Intern Skylar Bergeron Editorial Coordinator Internship at Weave News Colleen McKernan Rural Feminisms in the North Country: Expanding the Archives Advisor: Judith DeGroat Badi Kawambwa Marketing Communications Internship Iman Maani NCPR Internship Kelley Daphness Editorial Internship Frank Wotton Meta-dialectics: The Promise of Francisco Varela’s Biological Phenomenology Talya Scott Testing the Neuroprotective Effects of Mannitol in a C. elegans model of Parkinson’s Disease Melissa Perez Sancho Gender Equality & Land Inheritance in Rural Kenya Advisor: Mert Kartal Alexandra Hill The Interaction Between Mental Health & Positionality in Literature Advisor: Dr. Daniel M Look May Buckingham Conservation and Land Management Internship Abigail Yosef Finance Intern with ZEP-RE Daniil Kim Executive Intern Tess Maxam Research Associate Mirabel Pond Philosophical and Chemical Implications of Ontological Reduction Advisor: Laura Rediehs Amanda Barreto Salgueiro Environmental Conservation & Educommunication Internship Jie He Independent Researcher Hannah Rutkowski Editorial Internship with The Adirondack Review Caroline Starace Detailed Documentation of Compositional, Structural, and Petrologic Heterogeneity Within the Marcy Anorthosite Massif: A Window into the… Daniel Calbo Financial Advisor Internship Grace Cicchinelli Denoising Protein Images with Deep Learning Advisor: Lisa Torrey Charlotte Powell Teaching Fellow at Breakthrough Collaborative, Manchester, NH Tyler Grochot Project Manager Haille Perkins Summer Internship Abby Bienfang Member of Biological archaeology excavation team Previous Next Summer 2022: Junior Student Scholars Grace Bridge "You're a [Data] Wizard, Harry!" Advisor: Ivan Ramler Billie McClosky Independent Study Hope Donoghue What Characterizes a Winning Combination? Network Analysis using Sports Data Advisor: Ivan Ramler Martina Velásquez Lemaitre Student Research Assistant with St. Lawrence University Valeria Obregon Diaz Summer Internship at the Tijuana River Estuarine Research Reserve Jessica Tom Intern with North Country Public Radio Kam Omari Social Media and Digital Content Internship Billie McClosky An Interactive Map of Cultural Jordan Advisor: Gisele El Khoury Leah C. Biwot Synthesis of proflavine derivatives and study of how they bind to DNA as potential chemotherapeutic agents Advisor: Samuel Tartakoff Audrey Bowman GROUND-TRUTHING A REMOTE SENSING LANDSLIDE MODEL USING REACTION WOOD PRESENCE IN TREE RINGS NEAR GLENNALLEN, ALASKA Advisor: Alexander K. Stewart, USA (ret) Sajida Bibi The impact of early life adversity using limited bedding model on social-anxiety-related behavior in Long Evan rats. Advisor: Adam Fox John (Jack) Roemischer Legal and Development Team Intern with Recycle Track Systems (RTS) Annabella Kennedy Using Tree-Ring Science to Evaluate a Remote-Sensing Landslide Model: Glennallen Region, Alaska Advisor: Alexander K. Stewart, USA (ret) Emma Frances Doherty Internship Ian Clark Internship Emma Rothe Examining the Wagner-Jauregg Reaction: Providing an Alternative to Morphine Advisor: Samuel Tartakoff Melinda Barath Investigation into Use of Different Techniques in Copepod Pigment Extraction Advisor: Samuel Tartakoff Camila Gonzalez Herrera Outreach Coordinator Internship Chris Urban Editorial Assistant with Today Media Laura Bolduc Using Deep Learning to Identify Animal Species in Game Camera Images Advisor: Lisa Torrey Leana Dickhens Developing Chemical Reactions: Intercepting the Wagner-Jauregg Intermediate Advisor: Samuel Tartakoff Sage Lalor Local Campaign Organizer Alessandro Marangelli Proyecto Fronterizo de Educación Ambiental Marika Stauring Visiting Bioarchaeology Fieldwork Student with University of New Brunswick Sydney Peterson Summer Undergraduate Researcher Previous Next Summer 2022: Sophomore Student Scholars Karni Keushgerian School Management and Student Life Intern YEYUXI YI Pricing Intern with Recycle Track Systems (RTS) Titilayo Aluko Student Internship Amanda Thrasher Farm Intern with English Acre Farms Brandon Dickson Software engineering (and Data Analytics) Internship Nach Insaurralde International Internship - Trans Memory Archive Argentina Previous Next 2021 Summer Research 2021 Karina Bellavia Ethology of Lasiopogon currani (Diptera: Asilidae) in St. Lawrence County, New York Advisor: Karl McKnight Craig Wilkes The Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the American Funeral Industry Advisor: Mindy Pitre Haille Perkins Selecting Galaxies Hosting Supernovae for Observations with the Green Bank Telescope Advisor: Aileen O'Donoghue Alyssa Bigness Using R Studio to Explore 40 Years of Winning Results: The Statistics Behind the New York Lottery Advisor: Dr. Daniel M Look Anuva Anannya Detection of Fe/Mg Phyllosilicate-rich Landslides Situated in Impact Craters on Mars Advisor: Alexander K. Stewart, USA (ret) Brenda Rubio Estrada Seeds for Her Advisor: Dr. Sara Ashpole, Ph. D. Diamond McAllister Black Student Social Justice Activism at St. Lawrence University Advisor: Kimberly Flint-Hamilton Michael Yirenkyi An Architectural Phenomenology Reflection: A Case Study on Japanese Spatiality Advisor: Mark Denaci Dakota Lazore The Influence of Thyroid and Glucocorticoid Hormones in Immune System Development during Metamorphosis of the African Clawed Frog (Xenopus… Advisor: Alexander M Schreiber Kayla Edmunds Daily and Seasonal Phenology of the Robber Fly Lasiopogon Currani (Diptera:Asilidae) in St. Lawrence County, New York Advisor: Karl McKnight Caroline Bell Can we detect signals from RT-LAMP Bioassays with Multispectral Sensors? Advisor: Munir Pirbhai Alexandra Hill Sentimental Analysis Advisor: Dr. Daniel M Look Rae Dunbar Exploring the Fundamentals of Plastic Degradation Advisor: Amanda Oldacre Frank Wotton The Phenomenology of Interpersonal Disagreement Advisor: Dr. Jennifer L Hansen Nishal Basnet The Urban Refugee Resettlement Experience in the United States Advisor: Erica Morrell Previous Next 2020 Summer Research 2020: Senior Student Scholars Lauren Donohue The Role of the Hippocampus in Processing Vertical Space Advisor: Bill DeCoteau Eloise Bellingham Revealing Trends in Natural and Anthropogenic Processes Using River Discharge Fluctuation Advisor: Jeffrey Chiarenzelli Caroline Krall Music and Emotion in Shiny Advisor: Jessica Chapman Ramon Veras The Inner Workings of a Science Fiction Revolutionary Novel Advisor: Prof. J. Michael Martinez Arman Tavana GreenCafe Website Advisor: Lisa Torrey Yanfei Mao Associations Between Character Strengths and Positive Outcomes in the Academic Context Advisor: Cheryl Stuntz Jayden Ladison Role of the Hippocampus in Temporal Processing Advisor: Bill DeCoteau Morgan Cappa Statistical Analysis of the Representation of Women in the US Television Show, the Office Advisor: Jessica Chapman Yu Song Creating a “Musician” by Deep Learning Advisor: Dr. Ed Harcourt Niamh Creedon-Carey A History of Local Reaction and Activism to the Olympic Prison Advisor: Liz Regosin Chloe McConnell Gender and Fiction Advisor: Paul Graham Allison Krauss Bringing Technology Into the Organic Chemistry Lab Advisor: Stacy Vassar Grace Harkins Rising Up Against the Norms Advisor: Jeff Frank Andy Hims Alzheimer's and the Aging Brain Advisor: Ana Y. Estevez Bridger Royce Fluorescent Gray Advisor: Paul Graham Yidi Zhang Bottle Flowers Advisor: Kasarian Dane Logan Hagerty The Colonial Legacy of Conservation on Pastoralists Advisor: Matthew Carotenuto Min Wang British Colonial Influence in Hong Kong and Its Aftermath Advisor: Anne Csete Annan Yue A Qualitative Exploration of Reachout of St. Lawrence County Advisor: Cathy Crosby Makenna Burr Herpetofauna Species Survey in the Forestport Quad in Accordance to the NYS Herp Atlas Advisor: Kristine Hoffmann Sky Ratcliffe Mathematical Art and Artistic Mathematics Advisor: Dr. Daniel M Look Asha Johnson A Legacy of Revolution: Examining the Impact of Slave Revolts Across the Black Diaspora (1730-1841) Advisor: Melissane Schrems Leo Romanetz Kinetic Characterization of Intercalating Chemotherapy Drugs Using Temperature Jump Techniques Advisor: Samantha Glazier Claire Bartlett Analysis of Coarse-Woody Debris in Four Adirondack Mountain Catchments Advisor: Alexander K. Stewart, USA (ret) Gretchen Wambach Evaluation of Length and Azimuth Measurement Data Using Eight GIS Basemaps Advisor: Alexander K. Stewart, USA (ret) Noah Neverette Discovering R’s FOXP2 Advisor: Lorraine Olendzenski Jenesha Robert COVID19: Can States Stop the Spread? Advisor: Sun Ki Choi Edward Hallahan The Ethics of Commercializing Public Land Advisor: Richard Lauer Zican Zhou A Literature Review on the Effects of Thyroid Hormone and Cortisol on the Amphibian Immune System Advisor: Alexander M Schreiber Cole Weigartz Occupancy Modeling for Porcupines (Erethizon dorsatum) using Camera Traps Advisor: Erika Barthelmess Carla Martinez-Perez Exposure to Immediate Rewards Increases Impulsive Choice in Humans Advisor: Adam Fox Grace Vensel Resistance to the 'FrançAfrique' Advisor: Eloise Brezault Camden Fort A Classroom Under the Mushroom Cloud: The Educational Setting During the Height of Cold War Tensions Advisor: Dr. Donna Alvah Krista Walrath How water pH affects shell shape in fresh water bivalves Advisor: Judith Nagel-Myers Peiyu Wang Low-Cost Touchscreen Operant Chamber Based on Raspberry Pi Advisor: Adam Fox Yanru Chen Using Deep Learning to Detect Fake Images Advisor: Dr. Ed Harcourt Victoria Oakes Modeling Relationship between Wild Bees and Neonics Advisor: Aswini Pai Shiqi Xie Degradation of Azo-dye with Electrochemical Methods Advisor: Amanda Oldacre Previous Next Summer 2020: Junior Student Scholars Frank Wotton Models and Modality Advisor: Richard Lauer Derek Sherrange A Decolonial Analysis in the Socio-Legal Dimensions of Food Sovereignty Advisor: John Collins, Ph. D. Iman Maani Navigating Twitter as a Grassroots Organization Advisor: John Collins, Ph. D. Brenden Bready Injuries and Playing Surface in the NFL Advisor: Jessica Chapman Siyuan Zhang Investigate the Most Effective Card-Upgrade Strategy in Clash Royale Advisor: Ivan Ramler Eduardo Puerta Data Visualization for the Admissions Office Advisor: Choong-Soo Lee Mabelin Garcia De La Rosa An Examination of Disparities in Healthcare Advisor: Sun Ki Choi Aseman Bagheri Sheshdeh Novel Coronavirus Advisor: Samantha Glazier Anuva Anannya Clay Minerals in Landslides on Earth and Mars Advisor: Alexander K. Stewart, USA (ret) Haille Perkins Data Reduction for the Arecibo Pisces-Perseus Supercluster Survey Advisor: Aileen O'Donoghue Michael Yirenkyi Industrial Design, the Best and Worst of Humanity Advisor: Lucia Pawlowski Jonathan Morrison Discourse Surrounding Public and Private High Schools in the United States Advisor: Jeff Frank Tina Luchetta Gender and a Beat: Women and Hip Hop in Senegal Advisor: Howard Eissenstat Yu Wang Detecting Real Disasters through Twitter Advisor: Jessica Chapman Wanjiru (Shiru) Kimani Food Insecurity: How Severe is it? Advisor: Guanyi Yang Previous Next Summer 2020: Sophomores Student Scholars Autumn Sherman Special Cases of Crossing Numbers Advisor: Natasha Komarov Chyanne Turner Approaching the Grant Writing Process for Scientific Research Advisor: Amanda Oldacre Previous Next