DeAndre Bluitt

Biology

Mentor: Dr. Ed Dzialowski

Research Topic: Adenosine Receptor(s) Activation is Involved in Epithelial Ciliary Motility

Amber Ellison

Psycology

Mentors: Dr. Tandra Tyler-Wood and Dr. Michael Sayler

Research Topic: Meeting the Goals of Gifted Education in Texas:

A Literature-Guided Analysis of Student Perspectives

Jody Huddleston

Geography

Mentor: Dr. Joseph Oppong

Research Topic: Tuberculosis among the Hispanic Community of Tarrant County, Texas

Andrina Jackson

Sociology

Mentor: Dr. Beverly Davenport

Research Topic: Self Identity and Experiences of Young African

American Women

Wilson Juarez

History

Mentor: Dr. Roberto R. Calderon

Research Topic: Rescuing Memory: An Oral History of the Bracero Program in the Southwest

Afshan Kamrudin

Psychology

Mentor: Dr. Mark Vosvick

Research Topic: HIV Stigma:  Perceptions of Gender and Sexuality

from HIV+ Women 

Rebekah Kopsky

Political Science

Mentor: Dr. Kimi King

Research Topic: The Arbitrary Nature of Capital Punishment:

The Disproportionate Application of the Death Penalty in Harris County, Texas

Chris Lauriello

Philosophy and Religion Studies

Mentor: Dr. Martin D. Yaffe

Research Topic: Aristotle's Political Philosophy

Anna Maria Pulido

Political Science

Mentor: Dr. Mariela Nunez-Janes

Research Topic: Educational Revolution in Venezuela: A Description and Analysis of Currently Proposed Reforms

Anthony Renwick

Psychology

Mentor: Dr. Chwee-Lye Chng

Research Topic: College Student Stress: Relationship Anxiety,

Negative Affect, Self-Esteem, and Morality-Conscience Guilt

John Ridings

Psychology

Mentor: Dr. Mark Vosvick

Research Topic: HIV+ African American Women: Self Esteem, Dispositional, and Attitudinal Forgiveness

Jannell Robles

Anthropology

Mentor: Dr. Mariela Nunez-Janes

Research Topic: Latina Anthropologists: Past and Present

Kaitlyn Schroeder

Biology

Mentor: Dr. Ione Hunt von Herbing

Research Topic: The Effects of Temperature, pH Level and Oxygen Concentration on Sickling of Red Blood Cells in Marine  Fish;

Gadus morhua and Opsanus tau

Mark Shadden

Political Science

Mentor: Dr. David Mason

Research Topic: Violence in All Hands, Embrace it if Need Be

Ryan Shanley

General Studies

Mentor: Dr. Gerard O’Donovan

Research Topic: Exploring Biosynthetic Pathways in Pseudomonas  aeruginosa and Pseudomonas putida

Dusten Snodgrass

Biology and English

Mentor: Dr. Lee Hughes

Research Topic: Pyrimidine metabolism in Micrococcus luteus

Marsha Sowell

Political Science

Mentors: Dr. James Meernik and Ms. Rosa Aloisi

Research Topic: A Threat-based Perspective of States’ Compliance with International Human Rights Legislation

Lloyd Spaine

Computer Science and Chemistry

Mentor: Dr. Thomas Cundari

Research Topic: Catalyzed Copper Nitrene Transfer

Jamie Stine

Biology

Mentor: Dr. Duane Huggett

Research Topic: The Effects of Progesterone and Derivatives on Amphibian Embryos (Xenopus spp.)

Alexander Williams

Sociology

Mentor: Dr. Gabe Ignatow

Research Topic: The Production of Cultural Boundaries: The Influence of New Media on the Immigration Debate in Texas

Katie Wilson

English and Philosophy

Mentor: Dr. Martin Yaffe

Research Topic: Anti-Semitism, Racism, Feminism, and Politics in Shakespeare

Lee Ann Allen

Anthropology

Mentor: Dr. Diane Ballinger

Research Topic: Piros/Mansos/Tiwas: Tribal Archives and their Importance in the Pursuit of Federal Recognition

Tania Alarcon

Psychology

Mentors: Dr. Shelley Riggs and Ms. Angela Cusimano

Research Topic: Mediation of Adult Attachment Mediation between

Parental Psychopathology/Substance Abuse and Offspring Psychopathology