2026 Candidates—L
FATIMAH Q. LAHER — Public Policy, Public Health Sciences
Advanced Scholarship - Multidisciplinary Honors
Medical Apartheid: A Data-Backed Analysis on Apartheid South Africa & the State of Palestine
Airin Martinez, Health Promotion & Policy
SHOHINI LALA — Psychology
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Acoustic and Linguistic Neural Tracking of Naturalistic Speech in Five-Year-Old Children
Lisa Sanders, Psychological & Brain Sciences
MATTHEW LAMBORNE — Computer Science, Mathematics
General Studies & Departmental Honors
Reinforcement Learning-Based SAT Solver Heuristics for Secure Hash Algorithm-1 Preimage Attacks
Marius Minea, Information & Computer Science
FARRAH Y. LAMONTAGNE — Communication
Advanced Scholarship - Multidisciplinary Honors
Empowering Young People to Create Change in Their Community: A Project to Prevent Domestic Violence and Relationship Abuse
Ellen Correa, Civic Engagement & Service Learning
VIVIENNE LANCE — Pre-Veterinary Science
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
A Vet Student’s Guide to Lambing: Volume I
Mark Roblee, Commonwealth Honors College
MEGAN S. LANGSAM — Education
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Libraries Are for Everyone: Creating and Curating Resources to Connect Young Readers with Disabilities to Accessible Book Formats
Ellen Correa, Civic Engagement & Service Learning
STEPHEN C. LANICH — Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
JAKOB A. LANNE — Legal Studies
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
The Judicial Treatment of Modern Digital Surveillance
Marissa L. Carrere, Political Science
BAILEY G. LAPOLLA — Biology
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Who Pays the Price? Pharmaceutical Lobbying and Drug Price Negotiation Outcomes
Kevin Young, Economics
LUCIA LAPROCIDO — Biology
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Root Thermomorphogenesis in Arabidopsis thaliana
Tobias Baskin, Biology
LILEE W. LARGEN — Pre-Veterinary Science
Advanced Scholarship - Multidisciplinary Honors
Borrowed Time
Connie Griffin, Commonwealth Honors College
ISABELLE R. LARIMORE — Mechanical Engineering
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
ROSARIO M. LARIOS — Operations & Information Management
Advanced Scholarship - Multidisciplinary Honors
Air Pollution and Mental Health Disorders in Youth Ages, 10-24: A PRISMA‑Guided Systematic Review of Associations and Symptom Profiles
Ann-Marie Sylvia, Public Health & Health Sciences
LUKA V. LASIC — Computer Science
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Revisiting Quantifying the Performance of Garbage Collection Versus Explicit Memory Management in the Modern Day
Emery D. Berger, Information & Computer Science
THANH UYEN HAO LE — Chemical Engineering
General Studies & Departmental Honors
Additive Manufacturing of Crosslinkable Amine-Epoxy Coatings
Jessica Schiffman, Chemical Engineering
YUNA LEE — Biology
Advanced Scholarship - Multidisciplinary Honors
The Effects of Japanese Annexation on the Daily Lives of Korean Citizens
Maxine Oland, Commonwealth Honors College
SUJIN LEE — Computational Linguistics
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Interpretable Semantic Axes for ‘Break' in Contextualized Embeddings
Katrin Erk, Linguistics
YEEUN LEE — Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Advanced Scholarship - Multidisciplinary Honors
Quantitative Evaluation of Secondary Medication Delivery Accuracy in Intravenous Smart Pumps: Effects of Bag Volume, Hanger Configuration, and Pump Mechanism
Juan Jiménez, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
HSIN LEE — Pre-Veterinary Science
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Functional Analysis of SUGT1 During Mouse Oocyte Development
Wei Cui, Veterinary & Animal Sciences
ELIANA S. LEHMANN — Individual Concentration: Creative Systems, Informatics
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Sense of Place
Paul Wolff, Bachelor's Degree with Individual Concentration
GRACE H. LEI — Public Health Sciences, Economics
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Envisioning Student Safety Through a Public Health and Abolitionist Lens via Storytelling
Deborah M. Keisch, Civic Engagement & Service Learning
MICHELLE A. LETOWSKA — Biology
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Improving Undergraduate Student Genetics Literacy Through a Case Study Addressing Central Dogma Misconceptions
Rosa Moscarella, Biology
JOYCE LEVINE — Computer Science
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
RYAN M. LEVITAN — Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Advanced Scholarship - Multidisciplinary Honors
Polymer-Directed Enzyme Prodrug Therapy in Triple Negative Breast Cancer
Vincent M. Rotello, Chemistry
ABIGAIL M. LEWIS — Sociology, Comparative Literature
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Making a Monster: How Stories Shape Societies
Hayley Cotter, English
ANDY LI — Sociology, Biology
Advanced Scholarship - Departmental Honors
Nuclear Stiffness Is Differentially Regulated by Lamin Isoforms
Andrew D. Stephens, Biology
EDWARD LI — Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
The Effect of Cytokinin on Secondary Cell Wall Development in Leaf Nodal Roots and Stems of Brachypodium distachyon
Samuel Hazen, Biology
VIENNA LI — Public Health Sciences
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Body and Earth: Drawing the Parallels of Anatomy and Ecology
Mark Roblee, Commonwealth Honors College
ARCHIMEDES LI — Computer Science, Mathematics
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Vocaloflow
Mohammadhassan Hajiesmaili, Information & Computer Science
HUIQING LIAO — Computer Science
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Comparing Language Models for NER Tasks in Latin
Cole Reilly, Information & Computer Science
AUTUMN J. LIGUORI-BILLS — Public Health Sciences, Spanish
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
A Bilingual, Harm-Reduction Approach to Safer Bedsharing Among Latinx Caregivers in Western Massachusetts
Meghan E. Armstrong-Abrami, Languages, Literatures, & Cultures
HAOFENG LIN — German and Scandinavian Studies, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Advanced Scholarship - Departmental Honors
Establishment of Cytosolic Small Heat Shock Protein Knockout Lines in Arabidopsis thaliana
Elizabeth Vierling, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
MARGARET H. LIN — Food Sciences
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Isolation and Identification of a Resveratrol-Metabolizing Human Gut Bacterium
Hang Xiao, Food Sciences
OLIVIA R. LINDERMAN — Food Sciences
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Sensory Drivers of Consumer Acceptance of Barista-Quality Creamers and Dairy Alternatives in Coffee Beverages
Alissa Nolden, Food Sciences
JULIE M. LINDFELDT — German and Scandinavian Studies, Biomedical Engineering
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
HANNAH G. LINEHAN — History
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Historical Tradition and Constitutional Interpretation: Missing History, Legal Deciphering, and Silenced Discourse in the Dobbs Decision
Martha L. Yoder, Commonwealth Honors College
LOGAN T. LIOU — Kinesiology
General Studies & Departmental Honors
The Effects of Speed and Age on the Biomechanics of Stair Descent
Sarah Roelker, Kinesiology
LARRY K. LIU — Computer Science, Psychology
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Capturing the Number Sense: Computational Models of Number Adaptation
Joonkoo Park, Psychological & Brain Sciences
TSAI-CHEN LO — Computer Science
Advanced Scholarship - Departmental Honors
ADRIANA M. LOPEZ — Biomedical Engineering
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Medicine, Mythology, and Healing in Greco-Roman and Mesoamerican Societies
Mark Roblee, Commonwealth Honors College
KEYSHLA N. LORENZO — Sociology, Psychology
Advanced Scholarship - Multidisciplinary Honors
The Effects of Incarceration on the Family
Razvan Sibii, Journalism
BRIELLE E. LOS — Kinesiology
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Compliance with the World Health Organization 24-Hour Movement Behavior Guidelines in Preschool Children in Western Massachusetts (Sunrise Study)
Christine St. Laurent, Kinesiology
ANTONELA LOSADA — Biology
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Bromodomain-Containing Protein 4 Inhibition Suppresses Nuclear Blebbing and Rupture
Andrew D. Stephens, Biology
ALEX A. LOURENCO — Biology
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Controlling the Gene Pool: Inequitable Access to CRISPR-Based Treatments
Kathleen A. Brown-Pérez, Commonwealth Honors College
DAVID J. LOWDEN — Mechanical Engineering
Advanced Scholarship - Departmental Honors
Fault Modes and Verification Methods in Programmable Logic Controller Systems
Jim E. Lagrant, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
ABIGAIL F. LOWRY — Biology, Public Health Sciences
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Disparities in Bystander Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Performance Depending on Patient Sex
Elizabeth R. Bertone-Johnson, Health Promotion & Policy
JUNYANG LU — Computer Science
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Fine-Tuning Large Language Models with Direct Preference Optimization to Improve Zero-Shot Math Word Problem Generation
Shiting Lan, Information & Computer Science
MAKENZIE E. LUCE — Biology
Advanced Scholarship - Departmental Honors
Differences in Bird Songs Between Carolina Wrens on Martha's Vineyard and Cape Cod
Jeffrey Podos, Biology
ORDELL W. LUETSCHWAGER — Mechanical Engineering
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Simulation of YawAngle Effects on Unsteady Blade Aerodynamics Using OpenFAST for FixedBottom and Floating Wind Turbines in Idling Conditions
Matthew A. Lackner, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
MIA C. LUISI — Public Health Sciences
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Indigenous Food Sovereignty as a Path to Health Equity
Deborah M. Keisch, Civic Engagement & Service Learning
BACH H. LUU — Mathematics, Computer Science
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
BRITNEY R. LYONS — Biology, Psychology
Advanced Scholarship - Departmental Honors
Can Spiders Sense Numbers?
Beth M. Jakob, Biology