2021-2022 Undergraduate Research Scholars
• Pamela Alarcon (Benjamin Navia, Biology), Exploring the effect of Phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate on phonotactic behavior in young female cricket Acheta domesticus. Fall 2021
• Alec Bofetiado (Melissa Poua, Medical Lab Science), Synthesis and Antibacterial Properties of APT-6K and Analogs. Spring 2021, Summer 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022
• Elizabeth Borton (Kari Friestad, Art), A Journey of Faith: Iconography as an expression of personal spirituality. Spring 2022
• Tyler Braithwaite (Joon Kang, Mathematics), Proper growth conditions for survivals of cooperating species of animals. Spring 2022
• Hannah Castillo (Ryan Hayes, Chemistry), Copper (II) Sequestration by PAMAM Dendrimers in Tap Water. Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022
• Caralynn Chan (Karl Bailey, Behavioral Sciences), Spatial Distraction and Speech Thresholds. Spring 2022
• Katherine Clayton (Oystein LaBianca, Behavioral Sciences), Was Esbus a Part of the Decapolis World? Evidence from Comparison of Burial Practices. Summer 2021, Fall 2021
• Crystal Collins (Karl Bailey, Behavioral Sciences), Cultural Indicators and Global Adventist Church Member Beliefs and Behaviors. Summer 2021
• Gabriela Francisco (Desmond Murray, Chemistry), Synthesis of Novel Hybrid Valproate Quaternary Ammonium Acylals for Bipolar Disorder. Fall 2021
• Irina Gagiu (Kristen Witzel, Behavioral Sciences), Racial Equity in the Berrien County Criminal Legal System: An Examination of Justice. Summer 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022
• Hawi Gude (Melissa Ponce-Rodas, Behavioral Sciences), Kids in Court. Summer 2021
• Benjamin High (Rahel Wells, Religion), Covenant Curses in the Prophets: A Survey of Scholarly Views. Summer 2021
• Colton Hodges (Oystein LaBianca, Behavioral Sciences), Temple to Church Transition in the Cities of the Decapolis. Summer 2021, Fall 2021
• Steven Injety (Glynis Bradfield, Education), Types of Faith Integration: A Case Study of One University’s Journey. Summer 2021, Fall 2021
• Caleb Jacobs (Ryan Hayes, Chemistry), Temperature and Feed Optimization in the Synthesis of PAMAM Dendrimers. Summer 2021
• Duduetsang Kakhu (Glynis Bradfield, Education), Types of Faith Integration: A Case Study of One University’s Journey. Summer 2021
• Anthony Kang (Tom Goodwin, Biology), Simulating the acid corrosion of tooth enamel caused by different animal predators, using different acidic solutions and observing the effects using scanning electron microscopy. Spring 2022
• Cecily Kaufmann (Desmond Murray, Chemistry), Full Spectrum Hybrid Bipolar Drugs Development. Spring 2022
• Ashley Kim (Marlene Murray, Biology), Determine the Effect of Valproyl Caffeine Acylals on Myo-Inositol and its biosynthetic genes in bipolar disorder cells lines. Spring 2022
• Natalie Kim (Kristen Witzel, Behavioral Sciences), Gender and Migration. Summer 2021
• Rael Kim (Desmond Murray, Chemistry), Synthesis of Hybrid Temozolomide (TMZ) as Potential Anti-glioblastoma Agent: Synthesis of TMZ Imides via T3P Reagent. Spring 2022
• Noelle Koliadko (Lynelle Weldon, Mathematics), Identifying Common and Persistent Student Misconceptions by Analyzing Student Work on Remedial Mathematics Examinations. Summer 2021
• Noelle Koliadko (Shandelle Henson, Mathematics), The fate of the second egg in a seabird clutch given that the first egg was cannibalized by a neighbor. Spring 2022
• Liane Kwong (Harvey Burnett, Behavioral Sciences), Exploring the relationship between baking, resilience, and psychological wellbeing. Fall 2021, Spring 2022
• Jazmyne Lavalas (Marianne Kordas, Music), Optical Character Recognition (OCR) Approaches to Cursive Handwriting Transcription: Lessons from the Blythe Owen Project. Fall 2021
• Taehyun Lee (Shandelle Henson, Mathematics), The fate of the second egg in a seabird clutch given that the first egg was cannibalized by a neighbor. Fall 2021, Spring 2022
• Cameron Maciel (Peter Lyons, Biology), Expression and characterization of an atypical metallocarboxypeptidase from Agaricus bisporus. Fall 2021
• Moriah McDonald (Vanessa Corredera, English), Examining Katniss Everdeen’s Gender Ambiguity in The Hunger Games: How Suzanne Collins Repurposes the YA Genre to Resist Feminine Stereotypes. Summer 2021, Fall 2021
• Jewel Murray (Benjamin Navia, Biology), Evaluation of phonotaxis in treated versus untreated female cricket Acheta domesticus. Fall 2021
• Alexander Navarro (Yun Myung Oh, Mathematics), Natural Mates of Frenet Curves in the 4-dimensional Minkowski space. Fall 2021, Spring 2022
• Gloria Oh (Daniel Gonzalez, Biology), Utilizing Citizen Science to improve our knowledge of marine mammals in the Bay Islands, Honduras. Spring 2022
• Heeyun Oh (Rob Zdor, Biology), The effect of clay on mustard seed meal efficacy in suppressing velvetleaf seed germination and growth. Spring 2021, Spring 2022
• Jenae Rogers (Lynelle Weldon, Mathematics), Measuring the Effect of Targeted Class Activities on Common and Persistent Student Misconceptions by Analyzing Student Work on Remedial Mathematics Examinations After Online Learning. Summer 2021
• Emma Suvacarov (Ryan Hayes, Chemistry), Hair Analysis to Detect Minerals Excreted Through Hair Using ICP. Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022
• Mymaliza Tan (Duane McBride, Behavioral Sciences), Family and Social Relationships and Risk Behaviors Among Adventist College Students and Church Members. Summer 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022
• Isabella Tessalee (Lisa Ahlberg, Chemistry), Use of Isoxazoline Heterocycle in the Synthesis of Novel Anticancer Molecule. Fall 2021
• Taylor Uphus (Monique Pittman, English), A Man not a Monster: Reimagining Disability in Hollow Crown’s Richard III. Fall 2021
• Enlai Wang (Marlene Murray, Biology), Determine the Effects of Valproyl Purine Amides on Bipolar Disorder Cell Lines. Spring 2022
• Seth Williams (Ryan Hayes, Chemistry), PAMAM Dendrimer Stability Analysis using Size-Exclusion Chromatography. Summer 2021