2025 Candidates—A
ABDULMAJID, NOUR — ARCHITECTURE
Advanced Scholarship—Departmental Honors
From Restriction to Opportunity: Evaluating the Impact of Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) Policies in Holyoke and Northampton Under Massachusetts's Housing Reforms
Robert Williams, Architecture
ABLETT, AMELIA A. — MICROBIOLOGY
General Studies & Departmental Honors
Characterization of Intrinsic Resistance Mechanisms of Mycobacteria to Cationic Detergents: The Role of Porins
Yasu Morita, Microbiology
ABRAHAM, LUKE M. — BIOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Investigating the Role of the Medial Preoptic Area in Maternal Effect
Mariana Pereira, Psychological & Brain Sciences
ADAMS, GEORGE L. — INDIVIDUAL CONCENTRATION: CREATIVE DIRECTION
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Creative Reflection as Data: Navigating Technology, Distraction, and Student Well-Being
Elena T. Carbone, Nutrition
AGARWAL, TARUNIMA — PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES; PSYCHOLOGY
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Physician Emotions and Health-Care Disparities: Investigating the Impact of Patient Race and Language on Clinical Decision-Making
Linda Isbell, Psychological & Brain Sciences
AHN, MINJUN — BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Investigating the Role of TRAPPC4 in Mouse Embryonic Development
Jesse Mager, Veterinary & Animal Sciences
AKANDE, MARVELOUS O. — ARCHITECTURE
General Studies & Departmental Honors
Improving Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) Accessibility Laws: Researching Equitable Housing Design and Adaptable Zoning Laws
Ray Kinoshita Mann, Architecture
AKANEGBU, CHUKWUDERA I. — LEGAL STUDIES
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Freedom with an Asterisk: How the Punishment Clause Keeps Slavery Alive
Kathleen Brown-Pérez, Commonwealth Honors College
ALADMAWY, JUDE — CIVIL ENGINEERING
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Path to Inclusion: A Geographic Information Systems (GIS)-Based Method for Mapping and Communicating Campus Accessibility
Caryn J. Brause, Architecture
ALAM, RIDHA F. — BIOLOGY
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Characterization of TRPV3/TRPM7 Double-Knockout (dKO) Mice and Impact of TRPM7 Inhibition on Oocyte Activation
Rafael A. Fissore, Veterinary & Animal Sciences
ALEXANDER, KEVIN H. — CHEMISTRY; ASTRONOMY; MATHEMATICS
Advanced Scholarship—Departmental Honors
ALLENDORF, CHLOE M. — PSYCHOLOGY
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Our Money-Driven World: Education as Merchandise
Deepika Marya, Commonwealth Honors College
ALMADANI, SUFYAN S. — BIOLOGY
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Transforming Pharmaceutical Supply Chains with Artificial Intelligence Bioinformatics
Muzzo Uysal, Isenberg School of Management
AMATO, JORDAN R. — BIOLOGY
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
3-D Digital Body Condition Models of the Impala, Aepyceros melampus
Duncan J. Irschick, Biology
ANSARI, ALEXANDER K. — COMPUTER SCIENCE
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Rajesh Bhatt, Linguistics
ANTIL, SAMANTHA — PSYCHOLOGY
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors
Hossein Pishro-Nik, Electrical & Computer Engineering
AOUN, PAOLA G. — INFORMATICS; SPANISH
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Globalization and Hegemony: Neoliberal Policies and Inequality in Lebanon
Deepika Marya, Commonwealth Honors College
APARICIO, XAVIER J. — LEGAL STUDIES; POLITICAL SCIENCE
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Exclusion, Exploitation, and Emancipation: A Decolonial Human Rights Legal Framework for and by Farmworkers Sindiso
Mnisi Weeks, Political Science
ARUMUGAM, VARSHINI V. — BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Assessing and Evaluating the Impact of UMass World Librarians: A Program Addressing the Digital Divide in Educational Institutions in Malawi
Ellen Correa, Civic Engagement & Service Learning
ASMUS, MARGARET P. — LINGUISTICS; FRENCH & FRANCOPHONE STUDIES
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
English Listeners’ Use of Stress Shift in Spoken-Word Recognition
Alexandra Jesse, Psychological & Brain Sciences
AZZI, EMMA M. — COMPUTER SCIENCE; MATHEMATICS
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Balancing Ethical and Safety Considerations in Self-Driving Car Algorithms: A Risk Assessment and Moral Decision-Making Framework
Hossein Pishro-Nik, Electrical & Computer Engineering