MAUREEN MURPHY WILKENS SCHOOL OF NURSING AND CLINICAL SCIENCES
Brooke Thompson, Nursing
Impact of Parental Substance Use on Children's Health and Nursing Interventions for Mitigating Risks
Advisors Carol Femia, DNP, RNC; Deanna Faretra, BSN, RN-BC
SCHOOL OF BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT
Theresa Hennessey, Marketing
Marketing In the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Advisors: Kelly Basile, Ph.D.; Eric Siebert, M.B.A.
Cameron R. Howard, Economics
The Economics of Appellate Litigation
Advisor: Xirong Lin, Ph.D.
Gage Libby, Sports Management
The Unintended Impacts of the Updated NCAA Transfer Portal on Student Athletes.
Advisor: Daniel Holbrook, M.B.A.
Sarah R. McLane, Finance
AI and its effect on finance
Advisor: Leonard Guida, M.B.A.
Adom A. Oshagan, Economics
Assessing the Impact of AI on the Job Market: A Comprehensive Analysis and Policy Recommendations
Advisor: Xirong Lin, Ph.D.
Jake Penny, Economics
The Impact of US Tariff Policy on Domestic Manufacturing Employment 2018-2024
Advisor: Xirong Lin, Ph.D.
Divanni S. Polanco, Economics
An analysis of the effects of information communications technology or ICT on the labor market
Advisor: Xirong Lin, Ph.D.
Emmaline I. Riendeau, Economics
The effects of climate change on food insecurity and agricultural trade in Tanzania
Advisor: Xirong Lin, Ph.D.
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
Mia Puglia, Secondary Education
Non-traditional Grading in Secondary School Settings
Advisors: Miriam Gates, Ph.D.
Joshua Rainone, Secondary Education
Scholarly Saints: A Training Program for Educators to Master their Skills in the Classroom
Advisors: Deirdre Bradley-Turner, M.S.
Thomas Sullivan, Secondary Education
Examining Declining Male Enrollment in American Undergraduate Institutions
Advisors: Sr. Karen Hokanson, SNDdeN
SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES
Emily Anderson, History
Nationalism as a Form of Oppression: The Case of Portugal
Advisor: Violette Ravagnoli, Ph.D.
Meghan Arpin, Communication & Media Studies
Social Media Political Discourse: Comparing Political Parties, Issue Scales, and Platforms
Advisor: Caitlin Lawson, Ph.D.
Conor Bellone, History
Hit the Road: Industrial America Rambling Around
Advisor: Violette Ravagnoli, Ph.D.
Emmalee Clark, Philosophy
Democracy in the Balance: The Ethical Implications of Concentrated Media Ownership
Advisor: Michelle Maiese, Ph.D.
Anne Costello, History
You Are Feeling Good: Sots Art and a Reflection on Soviet Culture
Advisor: Violette Ravagnoli, Ph.D.
Elizabeth Derderian, History
The Medici family : Detriments or Benefactors to Florence, Italy
Advisor: Violette Ravagnoli, Ph.D.
Jennifer Dias, Writing, Editing, & Publishing
Ethics and Narrative in Documentary Film
Advisors: Kelly McGuire, Ph.D., Erich Doubek, Ph.D.
Trish Dinh, History
India's National Icon: Mother Goddess, Bharat Mata
Advisor: Violette Ravagnoli, Ph.D.
Connor Donnelly, Philosophy
Multiculturalism and Internet Spaces
Advisor: Michelle Maiese, Ph.D.
David Gydus, Modern Languages: Spanish
Living Contrasts: Spain vs. United States Lifestyle
Advisor: Jose Alvarez-Fernandez, Ph.D.; Lauren Mitchell, Ph.D.
Caralynn E. Hampson, Theology & Religious Studies
Born in Relation: Queer Kinship as an Essential Aspect of Baptism
Advisor: Brianne Jacobs, Ph.D.
Jaylee E. Hiersche, English
Nathan For or Against You: The Ethics of Postmodern Satire
Advisor: David Palumbo, Ph.D.
Alyssa A. Hogan, Modern Languages: Spanish
Franco's Dictatorship on Spain Political memory
Advisor: Jose Alvarez-Fernandez, Ph.D.; Anupamu Seshan, Ph.D.
Madeline Hollett, Philosophy
Moving Away from Pop Feminism: Using Existentialist Thinking to Return to Radical Feminist Theory
Advisor: Michelle Maiese, Ph.D.
Kenneth Laurent, History
From Santo Domingo to Lawrence: History of a Dominican Migration
Advisor: Violette Ravagnoli, Ph.D.
Brigid Moriarty, Modern Languages: Spanish
The Hispanic Experience in the U.S. Healthcare System
Advisor: Jose Alvarez-Fernandez, Ph.D.; Anupamu Seshan, Ph.D.
Loren Skelly, English
Seasons of Love: Lady Mary Wroth's Depiction of Constancy as Protofeminism
Advisor: Kelly McGuire, Ph.D.
Caroline Tempesta, History
Ensuring Humanity: The Geneva Convention and Refugees Of Genocide
Advisor: Violette Ravagnoli, Ph.D.
Emma E. Willard, English
The Implications of Gendered Language in an Ecocritical Reading of David Jones In Parenthesis
Advisor: David Palumbo, Ph.D.; Kelly McGuire, Ph.D.
Leah Batarseh, Political Science
The Progress of Women Rights in the Middle East: Empowering Women and Developing Society
Advisors: Lenore Martin. Ph.D.; Laurie Johnston, Ph.D.
Thalia Capraro, Criminology & Criminal Justice
Nonconsensual Pornography: Investigating Risk Factors and Policy Implications
Advisors: Sultan Altikriti, Ph.D.; Janese Free, Ph.D.
Gabriella E. Dipietro, International Studies
Economic Costs of Intimate Partner Violence in Colombia, Bangladesh, and Romania: The Impact of Female Subordination
Advisors: Lenore Martin, Ph.D.; Florencia Gabriele, Ph.D.
Isabella Drago, Political Science
From Camila Cabello to Charli DAmelio: Popular Gen-Z Celebrities and Influencers as Agents of Political Socialization
Advisors: Marie Natoli, Ph.D., J.D.; Adam Silver, Ph.D.
Jared Riley Iseler, History
Deliver Us from the Tyrant Chain: Resistance, Protest, and Change by the Female Operatives of Lowell
Advisor: William Leonard, Ph.D.
Catherine Kelleher, International Studies
A Comparative Analysis of Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon Response to the Syrian Refugee Crisis
Advisors: Lenore Martin. Ph.D.; Laurie Johnston, Ph.D.
Nicole Kendall, Criminology & Criminal Justice
Police Officers Responses and Perceptions of Intimate Partner Violence Calls
Advisors: Janese Free, Ph.D.; Jeffrey Lopes, DLP
Mariana Kordorsky, Political Science
The Intersection of Sports and Geopolitics: The Olympics as a Tool of Political Soft Power
Advisors: Lenore Martin, Ph.D.; Adam Silver, Ph.D.
Kathryn Grace Leland, Sociology
Alternative Recovery Support Services for Students: Spreading Awareness & Changing Perceptions of Recovery High Schools
Advisor: Ivy Krull, Ph.D.
Ayden MacLeod, History
Living Intentionally, Living Elsewhere: The Story of Communal Living in American History
Advisor: William Leonard, Ph.D.
Alyson Grace Maye, International Studies
Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting in Kenya and Egypt: Overview, Justifications, and the Path to Elimination
Advisors: Lenore Martin, Ph.D.; Violetta Ravagnoli, Ph.D.
Ingrid ODell, Philosophy
Humiliation as Fodder for Societal Oppression
Advisor: Michelle Maiese, Ph.D.
Sarah Revis, Communication & Media Studies
Classrooms, Rhetoric, and Twitter: The Impact of Anti-Critical Race Theory Discourse and Disinformation
Advisor: Caitlin Lawson, Ph.D.
Erin Rosa, Criminology & Criminal Justice
The Relationships among Educational Attainment, Incarceration, and Recidivism
Advisors: Jeffrey Lopes, DLP; Sultan Altikriti, Ph.D.
Jonathan Torres-Lopez, History
Rhymes and Crimes: Hip-Hop Delegitimization and Rise to Social Power in Contemporary Urban America
Advisor: William Leonard, Ph.D.
Brooke Van Ackooy, International Studies
Brazil Destructive Environmental Policy and its Effects on Indigenous Peoples: Can Indigenous Knowledge Help?
Advisors: Lenore Martin, Ph.D.; Petros Vamvakas, Ph.D.
SCHOOL OF SCIENCE & HEALTH
Christina Akut, Biology
Lets get CERTIfied
Advisor: Padraig Deighan, Ph.D.
Arlette Cabral, Biology
Beneath the SKN: The Dual Regulation of Aging via SKN-1 and KLF-1 in C. elegans
Advisor: Natalie Karagodsky, Ph.D.
Cosette Chesley, Chemistry
Synthesis of tris-urea supramolecular hosts to capture reactive sulfur species
Advisor: Michelle Watt, Ph.D.
Samira Fawel, Biology
Fostering Belonging: A Research Journey into Undergraduate Student Experiences in STEM at 51
Advisor: Anupama Seshan, Ph.D.
Grace Gaultier, Biostatistics
Lifestyle Choices of College Students
Advisor: David Earls, Ph.D.
Anya Gemos, Neuroscience
Investigating the Role of the Gut Microbiome on Neuroinflammation in an E46K Synucleinopathy Kindred
Advisor: Melanie Leussis, Ph.D.
Kira Glasmacher, Biostatistics
Deciphering Mutation Dynamics: A Computational Analysis of Selective Pressures in Barrett's Esophagus and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma
Advisors: Yulia Dementieva, Ph.D.; Vincent Cannataro, Ph.D.
Ida Gnanou, Biology
Does Eliminating B-cells cause A Vaginal Complaint?
Advisor: Caroline Mitchell, M.D., M.P.H. Mass General Hospital
Sophia Jones, Psychology
Body Image in Experienced and Novice Recreational Dancers
Advisor: Linda Lin, Ph.D.
Patience Kassini, Biology
Decoding the "FUN" of bacterial transcription factors
Advisor: Padraig Deighan, Ph.D.
Ugne Kurdeikaite, Biology
The Red Puzzle: Exploring the Power of Proteasomal Activity
Advisor: Natalie Karagodsky, Ph.D.
Amanda Lorusso, Biology
Characterizing diagnoses, treatment, and encephalopathic outcomes of the neonatal seizure population
Advisor: Janet Soul, M.D.C.M., Harvard Medical School
Jennifer Madu, Biology
Becoming BUDdies with the Mitotic Exit Network by investigating GEF and GTPase function in mutated yeast cells
Advisor: Anupama Seshan, Ph.D.
Ava Mark, Biology
Going With the Flow: Flow Cytometry Bead Array Assay for the Identification of miRNA and Cancer Detection
Advisor: John Tigges, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Flow Cytometry Science Center
Lauren Menzel, Chemistry
The Effect of Roadblocks on the DNA Target Search of NdeI
Advisor: Allen Price, Ph.D.
Nathalie Merisca, Biology
A MENace to society: Interaction Between LTE1 and TEM1 of Mitotic Exit Network Within S. cerevisiae
Advisor: Anupama Seshan, Ph.D.
Sophia Mirrione, Biology
Imaging the Cerebrovascular Structure and Function in Transgenic Mouse Models of Alzheimer Disease
Advisor: Yi-Fen Yen, Ph.D., Mass General Hospital
Camila Moreno-Bo, Biology
Unraveling the BCOR and Variant PRC1.1 Puzzle: Exploring Its Impact on Developmental in Drosophila
Advisor: Janel Cabrera, Ph.D.
Gavin Nolan, Neuroscience
Investigating the neural correlates of complex patterned auditory stimulus exposure in mice
Advisor: Elizabeth Crofton, Ph.D.
Katerina Pantaleo, Biology
Transcriptional profiling of dorsal root ganglia sensory neurons following sciatic nerve injury
Advisor: William Renthal, M.D., Ph.D. Harvard Medical School
Emily Pike, Biology
Amyloid aggregation in bacteria
Advisor: Padraig Deighan, Ph.D.
Angela Pillarella, Biology
Waste Not, Want Not: Food Waste and Its Environmental Impact in the COF
Advisor: Adam Silver, Ph.D.
Sabrina Pires, Neuroscience
The Effect of Noninvasive Transcranial Random Noise Stimulation and Visual Training on Cortical Blindness
Advisor: Elizabeth Crofton, Ph.D.
Jessica Richa, Biology
Taking the Bait: Capturing the interplay of a transcription termination protein with multiple RNA targets
Advisor: Jason Kuehner, Ph.D.
Teagan Santoro, Biology
Examining LGBTQ+ Inclusivity in 51 Biology Courses
Advisor: Janel Cabrera, Ph.D.
Enya Selders, Biology
Tag, Turbo Is It: Using Proximity Labeling with TurboID to Study Polycomb Repressive Complexes in Drosophila
Advisor: Janel Cabrera, Ph.D.
Giovanna Stefanini, Biology
Determining how NRP2 expression is altered by mechanical stretch
Advisor: Rosalyn Adam, Ph.D., 51 Children's Hospital
Mary Summers, Biology
Synthesis of N-Furyl Bisaryl-Amidine for Sequence Specific Binding to Nucleic Acids
Advisor: Michelle Watt, Ph.D.
Justin Talluto, Biology
To bind or not to bind? Characterizing RNA-Protein interactions in transcription termination.
Advisor: Jason Kuehner, Ph.D.
Jack Tata, Mathematics
Using Statistics to Understand Currency Exchange Market
Advisors: Yulia Dementieva, Ph.D.; Shuyi Jiang, Ph.D.
Hailey Young, Chemistry
DNA origami nanostructures as biomimetic templates for calcium phosphate mineralization
Advisor: Aren Gerdon, Ph.D.
