2026 Candidates—V
EDEN S. VACHTEL — Biomedical Engineering
Advanced Scholarship - Multidisciplinary Honors
Machine Learning for Predicting Food and Nutrition Insecurity in the United States
Chaitra Gopalappa, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
LUCAS B. VALENTINE — Sustainable Food & Farming
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
The Hands and Faces That Feed Us
Amanda D. Brown, Stockbridge School of Agriculture
VICTORIA VALLEE — Art and Design
Advanced Scholarship - Multidisciplinary Honors
OWEN G. VAN BEVER — English
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Characterization Through Epiphany: Two Stories
John J. Hennessy, English
MILO M. VAN MOOY — Physics
General Studies & Departmental Honors
Buoyancy Compensation Using Magnetic Levitation of Inertial Particles in Fluid Flows
Varghese Mathai, Physics
ADHITHI VARADARAJAN — Chemical Engineering
General Studies & Departmental Honors
Chymotrypsin Activity in Peptide-Based Coacervates
Sarah L. Perry, Chemical Engineering
MARY ELIZABETH A. VAUGHAN — Linguistics
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
What's in a Nickname? Phonological Patterns of Hockey Hypocoristics Across Gender and Level of Play
Lisa Green, Linguistics
EMMA J. VAUGHN — Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Exploring Consciousness in Realms of Spirituality and Science
Mark Roblee, Commonwealth Honors College
ALYSSA L. VELEZ — Neuroscience
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Improving Healthcare for Patients with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Through Undergraduate Education
Ellen Correa, Civic Engagement & Service Learning
ANDREW J. VENUTI — Neuroscience
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Effects of Environmental Circadian Disruption on Conditioned Fear Extinction
Ilia N. Karatsoreos, Psychological & Brain Sciences
REBECCA L. VILLARREAL — Sociology
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Exploring the Educational and Social Experiences of Immigrant Students at UMass Amherst
C.N. Le, Sociology
KIRSTEN G. VINCENT — Individual Concentration: Political Neuroscience
Advanced Scholarship - Multidisciplinary Honors
Public Health in the Shadow of Stigma: AIDS, Activism, and Institutional Response in the US and the UK
Jacqueline Castledine, Bachelor's Degree with Individual Concentration
MITSOU H. VINCENT — Economics, Public Policy
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Reproductive Justice on Campus: An Abortion Doula Support Initiative
Deborah M. Keisch, Civic Engagement & Service Learning
ANNA VINCZE — Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Advanced Scholarship - Departmental Honors
Understanding the Mechanisms of Tau Endolysosomal Processing and Microglia-Mediated Tau Clearance
Jennifer N. Rauch, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
NITYA A. VOBUGARI — Informatics
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
AMIRA G. VONTOURE — Managerial Economics
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Do Corporations Practice What They Preach? Philanthropy and Strategic Behavior in Elite Firms
Kevin Young, Economics