2026 Candidates—Z
MAXINE ZALEWSKI — Public Policy
General Studies & Departmental Honors
College Choice and State-Level Policy Study at UMass Amherst
Brenda Bushouse, School of Public Policy
ISABELLA MARIETT ZAMBRANO VILLARROEL — Operations & Information Management
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
JOUD OMAR H ZAMZAMI — Computer Science, Mathematics
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Optimal Best-of-Both-Worlds Multi-Agent Multi-Armed Bandit Algorithm
Mohammadhassan Hajiesmaili, Information & Computer Science
SHAWN ZHAI — Communication, Individual Concentration: Consumer Behavior
Advanced Scholarship - Multidisciplinary Honors
ELLA Y. ZHANG — Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Bacteriocins as a Novel Antimicrobial Treatment for Acne Vulgaris
Margaret Ann Riley, Biology
JUSTIN L. ZHAO — Electrical Engineering
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Synthetic SAR as a Data Catalyst for Marine Oil Spill Prediction Models
Sandip Kundu, Electrical & Computer Engineering
XI ZHENG — Mathematics
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
YUE ZHU — Math, Physics
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Study of Entropic Surface Anchoring for Lyotropic Liquid Crystals
Shuang Zhou, Physics
CARLA A. ZOQUIER-URBAEZ — Music, Psychology
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
(meta)morphosis: How Can Emotional Pain Be Turned Into Art?
Catrina Kim, Music & Dance
CAROLIN ZORRILLA FRIAS — Political Science, Operations & Information Management
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Performative Justice: The Cries of Empty Promises in Land Acknowledgments
Deborah M. Keisch, Civic Engagement & Service Learning
YASMEEN D. ZUREIQI — Psychology
Advanced Scholarship - Departmental Honors
How Does Exposure to Intimate Partner Violence in Early Childhood (Ages 0–5) Influence the Development of Insecure and Specifically Disorganized Attachment?
Maria M. Galano, Psychological & Brain Sciences
GUY R. ZWIEBEL — Philosophy, Communication
Advanced Scholarship - Multidisciplinary Honors
Spinning the Magic Circle: The Ritual of Creating Art in Tabletop Role-Playing Games
Mari Castañeda, Commonwealth Honors College
NELLIE T. ZYGIEL — Education, Psychology
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Empowering Patients to Find Living Kidney Donors Through Digital Outreach
Ellen Correa, Civic Engagement & Service Learning