2026 Candidates—W
MEGHAN K. WALLACE — Psychology
Advanced Scholarship - Multidisciplinary Honors
From Stimulation to Saturation: The Cognitive and Social Consequences of Digital Brain Rot
Paul Wolff, Environmental Conservation
JULIA B. WALTON — Political Science
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Social Media Exposure and College Students’ Perceptions of the Military at UMass Amherst
Brenda Bushouse, School of Public Policy
JESSIE WANG — Computer Engineering
Advanced Scholarship - Departmental Honors
Convolutional Neural Network Design and Analysis on a Field-Programmable Gate Array
Russell Tessier, Engineering
SYDNEY R. WARREN — Communication, Journalism
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Rachel's Table: How Community Food Advocacy Organizations Help Fight Food Insecurity
Leda Cooks, Communication
OLIVIA A. WATERMAN — Kinesiology
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
The Relationship Between Preschool Children’s Physical Activity Levels and the Effects of Early Literacy and Numeracy Skills
Sofiya Alhassan, Kinesiology
MICHAEL WEAGLE — Mathematics
Advanced Scholarship - Departmental Honors
Boosting in Local Polynomial Regression
Ted Westling, Mathematics & Statistics
ANDREW B. WEINER — Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Oxidative Labeling Mass Spectrometry Applications in Intrinsically Disordered Proteins Such as Tau
Richard W. Vachet, Chemistry
GABRIEL D. WEINER — Psychology
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
NATALIE A. WESSELL — Psychology
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Music Therapy in Alzheimer's Disease
Becky E. Ready, Psychological & Brain Sciences
JACKSON WETHERBEE — Astronomy, Physics
Advanced Scholarship - Departmental Honors
What Powers the ‘Little Red Dots’ Discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope?
Min S. Yun, Astronomy
AUTUMN E. WHELAN — Biology
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Investigating the Mechanisms Driving Stunted Pancreata in PFOS-Exposed Larval Zebrafish (Danio rerio)
Alicia Timme-Laragy, Environmental Health Sciences
ADAM C. WHITMORE — Linguistics
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
MICHAEL WIESEN — Political Science
Advanced Scholarship - Multidisciplinary Honors
A Broken Machine: Hyperpartisanship and the Transformation of American Political Institutions
Martha L. Yoder, Commonwealth Honors College
JONAH I. WILLERS — Physics, Computer Science
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
JULIA M. WILLETTE — Psychology, Political Science
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Still Forward I Must Go
Connie Griffin, Commonwealth Honors College
MARC WILLI — Finance
Advanced Scholarship - Multidisciplinary Honors
Next Level Baseball Performance Center
Anne Dietrich, Sport Management
MARGARET WILLIAMS — Civil Engineering
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Hurricane Impacts on Parked and Idling Blades of an Offshore Wind Turbine
Sanjay Raja Arwade, Civil & Environmental Engineering
ZACHARY WILLIAMS — Physics
General Studies & Departmental Honors
Modeling Shockwaves with Modified Front Tracking Software
Robin Young, Mathematics
ANDREW J. WILSON — Finance
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Which Social Security Reform Proposal Is the Most Likely to Ensure Long-Term Program Solvency, and What Political and Institutional Barriers Prevent Its Adoption?
Kevin Young, Economics
ETHAN J. WLODYKA — Mechanical Engineering
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
NATHAN WOLF — Computational Linguistics, Computer Science
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
CHRYSTINA E. WOSNY — Public Health Sciences, Public Policy
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
The Unmaking of Order: A Digital Archive of Constitutional Deviation and Civic Toolkit
Robert LaRussa, School of Public Policy