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 

ATIYOLIL, PRIYA — BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING 
Advanced Scholarship—Departmental Honors 
Formulae for the Number of Twin Primes 
Elena T. Carbone, Nutrition 

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

2025 Candidates—B

BABCOCK, JOHN W. — MARKETING 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Heidi E. Bailey, Isenberg School of Management 

BACKMAN, GRAHAM — POLITICAL SCIENCE 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
Is There a Race Card in the Deck? Implicit and Explicit Racial Appeals in Modern Presidential Campaigns 
Tatishe M. Nteta, Political Science 

BADRI, SAMYUKTHA — POLITICAL SCIENCE 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
U.S. State Cannabis Social Equity Programs and Legal Cannabis Markets 
Lucy Xiaolu Wang, Resource Economics 

BAHLOUS-BOLDI, RYAN — COMPUTER SCIENCE 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
Survival of the Most General? Diversity and Symbolic Structure in Evolutionary Artificial Intelligence (AI) 
Scott Niekum, Information & Computer Science 

BAJAJ, LEYNA — ASTRONOMY; PHYSICS 
Advanced Scholarship—Departmental Honors 

BALANI, SAANIYA D. — PSYCHOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Examining Recruitment Barriers for Minority Inclusion in Clinical Trials 
Razvan Sibii, Journalism 

BALDACCI, SAMANTHA — BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Mindfulness as an Intervention for Stereotype Threat for Undergraduate Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Fields: An Electroencephalogram (EEG) Study 
Jennifer M. McDermott, Psychological & Brain Sciences 

BALDASSARRI, VINCENT M. — POLITICAL SCIENCE 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Parasitic Policy: How the Mining Industry Continues Systems of Colonial Extraction in the Democratic Republic of Congo 
Maxine Oland, Commonwealth Honors College 

BALL, CAROLINE R. — SOCIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Carmen 
Thomas L. Vacanti, Music & Dance 

BARAT, ABHINABHA — BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
DeepTHOMAS: 3-D Segmentation of Subcortical Structures in the Brain 
Manojkumar Saranthan, UMass Chan Medical School 

BARON, ASHA J. — COMMUNICATION; JOURNALISM 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Life on the Canal: A Workplace Sitcom 
Kevin Anderson, Communication 

BARONE, LUCIE M. — MATHEMATICS 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
Investigating Differences in Collegiate Health Care Across Massachusetts Institutions 
Hossein Pishro-Nik, Electrical & Computer Engineering 

BARROWS, HAILEY — PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Health Literacy in Action: Developing a Sexual Health Curriculum for Underserved Adults 
Ellen Correa, Civic Engagement & Service Learning 

BASSOM, LOUISE C. — BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
Investigating Sexually Dimorphic Gene Expression in Mouse Embryos Prior to Gonadogenesis 
Jesse Mager, Veterinary & Animal Sciences 

BATEMAN, SHANEN L. — OPERATIONS & INFORMATION MANAGEMENT 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Examining the Correlation Between High Screen Time, Social Media Use, and Mental Health: Are Phones to Blame? 
Erica Scharrer, Communication 

BAUER, ELENA C. — BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Letting Science Run the Show: The Appropriation and Discrediting of Indigenous Knowledge Through Drug Development and Integrated Medical Practices 
Mark Roblee, History 

BECK, MARA — BIOLOGY; PRE-VETERINARY SCIENCE 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
Serological Surveillance of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV- 2) in Free-Ranging New England White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) 
Barbara Anne Osborne, Veterinary & Animal Sciences 

BECKERT, ADELINE D. — NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Assessing Undergraduate Perceptions of the Social Cost of Carbon (SCC): Attitudes Across Academic Disciplines 
Christine L. Crago, Resource Economics 

BECKMAN, HANNAH ROSE O. — PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Evaluation of a Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Curriculum in Liberia: An Assessment of Knowledge, Comfort, and Confidence 
Karl Cyr, Health Promotion & Policy 

BEDARD, JAKE C. — BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 

BELINETTE, AURELIE S. — BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Beyond State Lines: Mapping Maternal Mortality Differences Between Massachusetts and Oklahoma Through Policy and Biomarker Lenses 
Dean E. Robinson, Political Science 

BELK, EIRENE — HOSPITALITY & TOURISM MANAGEMENT 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
Beauty, Belonging, and American Identity: A Commentary on Elements Necessary for Beauty and an Artistic Study of the Lost American Identity 
Elena T. Carbone, Nutrition 

BELLERIVE, DYLAN B. — ECONOMICS 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
The Application of Delinking 
Deepika Marya, Commonwealth Honors College 

BELMORE, KATELYN B. — BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
Unraveling the Function of ATAD3 in Arabidopsis thaliana 
Elizabeth Vierling, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology 

BERGANROSS, RUTH E. — PSYCHOLOGY 
Advanced Scholarship—Departmental Honors 
Partnering and Patterns: Auditory and Social Behavior Processing in the Lateral Ventromedial Nucleus of the Hypothalamus 
Luke R. Remage-Healey, Psychological & Brain Sciences 

BERGERON, ALICIA M. — BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Exploring Tau Conformations: Structural Insights via Covalent Labeling Mass Spectrometry 
Richard W. Vachet, Chemistry 

BERGERON, LINDSEY A. — ACCOUNTING 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Coerced Sterilization: The Lasting Effects of Eugenics on Indigenous Peoples 
Kathleen Brown-Pérez, Commonwealth Honors College 

BERGERON, MEGAN E. — PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
A Literature Review on the Impact of Social Support in the Self-Management of Type 2 Diabetes Among Mexican Immigrants 
Gloria T. DiFulvio, Health Promotion & Policy 

BERNHARD, EMILY — ENGLISH 
Advanced Scholarship—Departmental Honors 

BERNHEART, GRACE E. — HISTORY; POLITICAL SCIENCE 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
Charli Carpenter, Political Science 

BETTS, CHANDLER G. — FINANCE 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Crisis or Opportunity? Navigating Legal, Policy, and Financial Shifts in College Athletics 
Charles D. T. Macaulay, Sport Management 

BHATTACHARJEE, MAHIMA — SPEECH, LANGUAGE, AND HEARING SCIENCES 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Enhancing Indian Representation in SLHS Through a Multicultural, Bilingual Aphasia Case Study 
Jennifer Mack, Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences 

BHIRUD, RITESH GUNVANT — COMPUTER SCIENCE 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 

BIGELOW, LILY — BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
Modeling Leptomeningeal Metastasis: Aligned and Random Electrospun Polycaprolactone Scaffolds Under Static and Dynamic Flow Conditions 
X. Frank Zhang, Biomedical Engineering 

BIRNBACH, JACOB — MATHEMATICS 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
MoneyGANs: Generating Synthetic Moneyline Data for Sports Betting Markets 
Jonathan Larson, Mathematics & Statistics 

BISHAY, JOYCE A. — PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
A Legacy of Inequity: Understanding the Long-Standing Divide in Reproductive Health Care for Women of Color 
Kathleen Brown-Pérez, Commonwealth Honors College 

BORGES, JACQUELINE — MICROBIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Distribution and Abundance of Piroplasms in White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) and Ticks in Massachusetts 
Stephen M. Rich, Microbiology 

BOROWSKI, NICKOLAS J. — BIOLOGY 
Advanced Scholarship—Departmental Honors 

BOTROS, CARLA — BIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Neurodegeneration, Neurological Disease Risk, and the Social Determinants of Health 
Dean E. Robinson, Political Science 

BOTROS, MONICA — BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Exploring the Impact of Siblings, Age, and Biological Sex on Dog-Facilitated Youth Physical Activity 
Katie M. Potter, Kinesiology 

BOUCHER, SOPHIE J. — JOURNALISM 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
Public Relations: Intergenerational Relationships Working Together 
Thomas G. Brashear-Alejandro, Isenberg School of Management 

BOU-HARB, CYRIL — COMPUTER SCIENCE; MATHEMATICS 
Advanced Scholarship—Departmental Honors 
Cultivating Computational Thinking: A Game-Based Approach 
Neena Jawaharlal Thota, Information & Computer Science 

BOWE, MOLLY R. — FINANCE 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
The Development of Long Island, New York 
Ray Kinoshita Mann, Architecture 

BOWEN, RILEY E. — ENGLISH 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 

BOWLER, BRENNA M. — PSYCHOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Australia's Environment: Shaped by European Colonization 
Maxine Oland, Commonwealth Honors College 

BRADLEY, OLIVIER R. — ECONOMICS 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Environmental Justice and Carbon Pricing: A Way Forward 
Deborah M. Keisch, Civic Engagement & Service Learning 

BRANDT, ALEXIA M. — MARKETING 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
Ties Between News Exposure via Social Media and Levels of Civic and Political Engagement in Young Adults 
Erica Scharrer, Communication 

BRATTER, LINDSEY A. — PSYCHOLOGY 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
Understanding the Link Between Children's Prosocial Behaviors and Attitudes Toward Disability 
Ashley Woodman, Psychological & Brain Sciences 

BRENNAN, ZACHARY — MUSIC 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Timbral Spectacle: Multi-Soloist Concertante Works of the 1960s and 1970s 
Evan A. MacCarthy, Music & Dance 

BRICKMAN, ISAAC M. — POLITICAL SCIENCE 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
A Taxonomy of Middleware and Its Implications 
Ethan Zuckerman, Public Policy & Administration 

BROMBERG, NOAH V. — CLASSICS 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 

BROOKS, ABIGAIL J. — SOCIAL THOUGHT & POLITICAL ECONOMY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 

BROOKS, SIMON — MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
Evaluating Optimal Tuning Parameters in Tuned Rolling Cylinder Dampers for Wind Turbines 
Matthew A. Lackner, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering 

BROWN, JAYDIN — LEGAL STUDIES; SPANISH 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Campus Crossroads: The Black Student Experience in Motion 
Connie Griffin, Commonwealth Honors College 

BRYANT, TAMYRE L. — BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Dismantling the Hierarchy of Medical Practices: An Analysis of the Evolution of Beliefs and Values Surrounding the Divisions of Medical Practices with an Emphasis on Traditional Herbal Medicine in Comparison to Modern Western Medicine 
Mark Roblee, History 

BUTLER, MARY C. — MANAGEMENT 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Dong Wang, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

2025 Candidates—C

CACCIOLA, SERENA M. — SPEECH, LANGUAGE & HEARING SCIENCE 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
Exploring 24-Hour Movement Behaviors in Preschool Children With and Without Developmental Delays, Disabilities, or Disorders: A Scoping Review 
Christine St. Laurent, Kinesiology 

CAIRO, LAURENZCIA A. — BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Localization and Identification of Insulin-Like Peptides in the Brain of a Nudibranch 
Paul S. Katz, Biology 

CALAMIS, ANNA B. — SOCIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 

CALLAN, MAX O. — FINANCE 
Advanced Scholarship—Departmental Honors 
Analyzing the Shift Towards Covenant-Lite Lending in the Corporate Debt Market and Researching the Implications for Both Lenders and Borrowers 
Anurag Sharma, Isenberg School of Management 

CAMPAGNA, AYVA L. — CHEMISTRY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Understaffed and Overworked: The Hidden Crisis in Nursing 
Kathleen Brown-Pérez, Commonwealth Honors College 

CANDIDO, REBECCA — SPEECH, LANGUAGE, AND HEARING SCIENCES; PORTUGUESE 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
An Analysis of Speech Production and Its Effect on Speech Intelligibility in Down Syndrome and Fragile X Syndrome 
Jill R. Hoover, Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences 

CANNON-ECKERLE, LONDON P. — MICROBIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Branches of Paisley 
Connie Griffin, Commonwealth Honors College 

CAPOBIANCO, SARA M. — OPERATIONS & INFORMATION MANAGEMENT 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Market Opportunities for STAINMASTER and MOXIE Eco-Friendly Cleaning Products 
Heidi E. Bailey, Isenberg School of Management 

CARROLL, PAYTON N. — BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Artificial Intelligence to Combat COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitance 
Hossein Pishro-Nik, Electrical & Computer Engineering 

CARSON, CLEMENT T. — PSYCHOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Impact of Stigma on Emergency Department Care for Patients with Opioid Use Disorder 
Linda Isbell, Psychological & Brain Sciences 

CARVALHO, ARDEN C. — BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
The Impact of Smallpox on West Africa During Colonization 
Maxine Oland, Commonwealth Honors College 

CAVALHEIRO, SAMUEL V. — POLITICAL SCIENCE; PORTUGUESE 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Medicaid Expansion Under the Affordable Care Act: What Accounts for the Differences Between States? 
Dean E. Robinson, Political Science 

CERNJUL, JULIA A. — PRE-VETERINARY SCIENCE 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Overexpression of Transcription Factors' Influence on the Frequency of Dapl1-Positive Cells 
Leonid A. Pobezinsky, Veterinary & Animal Sciences 

CHAPPELLE, SARAH E. — ASTRONOMY; PHYSICS 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
Structure at the Peak: Measuring Galaxy Morphologies at Cosmic Noon Using 5.6 μm MIRI Imaging 
Alexandra Pope, Astronomy 

CHEBLY, GEORGES — MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Donghyun Kim, Information & Computer Science 

CHEDID, GABRIELLE — ARCHITECTURE 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 

CHEN, ELINA — FINANCE 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
Reformative and Reinforcement Minimization of Gender Bias in Business 
Hossein Pishro-Nik, Electrical & Computer Engineering 

CHEN, HOWARD H. — POLITICAL SCIENCE 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
On the Urban-Rural Divide 
Ray Kinoshita Mann, Architecture 

CHEN, JOHN Q. — MANAGEMENT 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
How Do Corporate CEOs Differ in the U.S. Compared to Elsewhere Around the World? 
Kevin Young, Economics 

CHEN, KATHLIN A. — BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 

CHEREPOV, AARON V. — FINANCE 
Advanced Scholarship—Departmental Honors 

CHEW, KATHRYN — PSYCHOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Beyond Access: How Policy Restrictions Shape Reproductive Health-Care Outcomes Across America's Diverse Communities 
Dean E. Robinson, Political Science 

CHIASSON, JENNA M. — KINESIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Effects of Asymmetric Stiffness Walking on Weight-Bearing Symmetry 
Wouter Hoogkamer, Kinesiology 

CHITTIBABU, SHRIYAA K. — FINANCE 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Revolutionary Frames: A Beginner’s Guide to Modern Imperialism via Graphic Storytelling 
Paul Wolff, Environmental Conservation 

CHIVUKULA, AMRITHA — OPERATIONS & INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHY 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
An Organic Geochemical Investigation of Vegetation History: Anthropogenic and Climatic Impacts in Central Massachusetts Since 1165 B.C.E. 
Isla S. Castañeda, Earth, Geographic, and Climate Sciences 

CHU, CATHERINE G. — BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
Synergistic Activity of Nisin and Ethylenediaminetetraacetic Acid (EDTA) Against Vibrio Strains 
Margaret Ann Riley, Biology 

CIANO, SYDNEY E. — ENGLISH; JOURNALISM 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
John J. Hennessy, English 

CICCARELLI, EVAN W. — COMPUTER SCIENCE; MATHEMATICS 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
Utilizing Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) Programming to Increase Speed of Classical Simulations of Quantum Clifford Circuits 
Stefan Krastanov, Information & Computer Science 

CIPOLLONE, GRACE D. — BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
The Effect of Key Tumor Suppressor Knockdowns on the Expression of Methylation Machinery in Immortalized Breast Epithelial Cells 
Sallie W. Smith-Schneider, Veterinary & Animal Sciences 

CLARK, JACKSON M. — PHYSICS 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 

CLIFFORD, KATIE L. — PSYCHOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Unraveling Artificial Intelligence (AI) Attitudes Through the College Lens: The Role of Digital Habits, Personality, and AI Literacy 
Erica Scharrer, Communication 

CLOUTIER, OLIVIA H. — MICROBIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
The Production of Interferon Beta by Alveolar Macrophages and Relevance to the Tuberculosis Pandemic 
Alissa C. Rothchild, Veterinary & Animal Sciences 

COGHLAN, BRIGID B. — PRE-VETERINARY SCIENCE 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
An Investigation into Resilience Variation as Evaluated by Guide Dog Behavioral Response Assessment Tests (GDBARTs) Among Service Dog Prospects: Exploring Dam Temperament 
Elena T. Carbone, Nutrition 

COHEN, DINAH R. — BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
Migration and Immune Function in Thrushes: Is There Any Relationship? 
Alexander R. Gerson, Biology 

CONLEY, CHRISTOPH — CHEMISTRY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 

COPES-FINKE, EZRA D. — LEGAL STUDIES 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 

CORDER, ISABELLA M. — POLITICAL SCIENCE; PSYCHOLOGY 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
Seeing in Black and White? Expressions of Racial Color Blindness in African Americans 
Tatishe M. Nteta, Political Science 

COTE-LHEUREUX, AUDEN E. — MATHEMATICS 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
Political Boundaries, Health-Care Gaps: The Link Between Gerrymandering and Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) Availability 
David Chin, Health Promotion & Policy 

COTTMAN, RACHEL L. — PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGY 
Advanced Scholarship—Departmental Honors 
On Anti-Foundationalism: Ontological, Epistemic, and Semantic 
Hilary Kornblith, Philosophy 

COULSEY, EMILY P. — NURSING 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
Characterizing At-Home Management of Human Milk 
Carrie-Ellen Briere, Nursing 

COURNOYER, NICOLE E. — KINESIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Effect of Ambivalent Sexism on Physical Activity in Young Adults 
John R. Sirard, Kinesiology 

COUTO, MAYA L. — PUBLIC POLICY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
The Relationship Between Commuter Subjective Well-Being and Mode of Transportation: UMass Amherst 
Kelsey Shoub, School of Public Policy 

COYLE, CAROLINE — PSYCHOLOGY 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
Investigating Explore–Exploit Decision-Making in Athletes 
Youngbin Kwak, Psychological & Brain Sciences 

CROTEAU, ELISE R. — POLITICAL SCIENCE 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Reproductive Rights and Disability: The Aftermath of Dobbs Versus Jackson for Disabled Women 
Kathleen Brown-Pérez, Commonwealth Honors College 

CROTTY, CAMRYN H. — BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Development of Novel Platforms for Measuring Tau-LRP1 Interactions 
Jennifer N. Rauch, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology 

CRUZ, JOSE M. — MATHEMATICS 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
An Introduction to Generalized Pitman–Stanley Flow Polytopes 
Annie Raymond, Mathematics & Statistics 

CRUZ, KIMBERLY M. — ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE; PSYCHOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Post-Migration Adjustment of Guatemalan Migrants to the U.S.: Systematic Review 
Maria M. Galano, Psychological & Brain Sciences 

CUNNINGHAM, CATHERINE V. — PSYCHOLOGY; ECONOMICS 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Patient Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Relative Valuing of Using Therapist Problem- Specific Effectiveness Data for Provider Selection 
Michael J. Constantino, Psychological & Brain Sciences 

CURRIER, OLIVIA C. — MARKETING 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Designing a Personalized Digital Platform to Support Patient Success Through Bariatric Endoscopy 
Heidi E. Bailey, Isenberg School of Management 

CURRO, SIERRA K. — PSYCHOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Pool on a Rooftop 
Connie Griffin, Commonwealth Honors College

2025 Candidates—D

DAGENAIS, DAVID C. — BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Investigating the Molecular Basis of Cytochrome P450 Regiospecificity in Medicago truncatula 
Sibongile Mafu, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology 

DALY, ANABELLE M. — LEGAL STUDIES 
Advanced Scholarship—Departmental Honors 
State of Removal: How States Use the Guise of Immigration Federalism to Practice Interstate Removal of Migrants 
Rebecca Hamlin, Political Science 

DANIEL, JOSH T. — COMPUTER SCIENCE; MATHEMATICS 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Nature: Conflicting or Possible 
Mark Roblee, History 

DARISI, AAROHI — PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
The Decay of Dentistry: Oral Health Disparities in America 
Kathleen Brown-Pérez, Commonwealth Honors College 

DA SILVA, SOPHIA M. — PSYCHOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
The Association Between Media and Mental Health Stigmatization and Its Influence on Help-Seeking Behavior 
Erica Scharrer, Communication 

DAUD, ANOUSHAY S. — PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
The Role of Mind–Body Medicine in Holistic Health Care 
Sasha Adkins, Environmental Health Sciences 

DAVE, NEHA G. — BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
The Influence of Athletics and Schedules on Sleep Health and 24-Hour Movement Behaviors in Adolescents 
Christine St. Laurent, Kinesiology 

DAVIDSON, CARLEY P. — MARKETING 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Market Opportunities for Lowe's Private-Label Brands 
Heidi E. Bailey, Isenberg School of Management 

DAVIS, GRACE P. — ECONOMICS; MATHEMATICS 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
May I Have Your Attention, Please? Mindfulness Programs in Tech and Information Overload 
Noé Martin Wiener, Economics 

DAVIS, JOSHUA H. — BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Caenorhabditis elegans as an In Vivo Model for Obesity Research 
Yeonhwa Park, Food Sciences 

DAWICZYK, ABIGAIL L. — LEGAL STUDIES 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
The International Duty of Care: Regulation, Risk, and the Vulnerability of Filipina and Indonesian Migrant Domestic Workers in Singapore to Human Trafficking 
Tania DoCarmo, Political Science 

DAYAL, PRISHA — POLITICAL SCIENCE; SOCIAL THOUGHT & POLITICAL ECONOMY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Birth of a New Repression: Unveiling India’s Reproductive Rights Dilemma 
Jennifer L. Nye, History 

DEB, ASMITA — BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Synthesizing a Redox-Triggerable Hydrogel for Protein Therapeutics 
S. Thai Thayumanavan, Biomedical Engineering 

DECIMUS, FORTUNA C. — BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Building a TBCK Overexpression System for Functional Analysis in Zebrafish 
Gerald Downes, Biology 

DEFINA, GAVIN L. — SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; GEOGRAPHY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
The Connection of Mental Mapping Strategies to Student-First Campus Planning with Senior Students at the University of Massachusetts Amherst 
Piper R. Gaubatz, Earth, Geographic, and Climate Sciences 

DEGOWIN, EMILY C. — POLITICAL SCIENCE 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
Hostile Sexism: How Can the Predictor Be Predicted 
Tatishe M. Nteta, Political Science 

DE LEEUW, CONOR A. — MUSIC; PUBLIC POLICY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Impact of Career Advising and Soft-Skill Development on Postgraduation Success for Music Performance Majors 
Kelsey Shoub, School of Public Policy 

DE MELO, NICHOLAS E. — ENGLISH; JOURNALISM 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 

DEMITA, MIRANDA I. — MARKETING 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Sustainable Fashion Practices: Consumer Willingness to Embrace Innovative Materials 
Matthew Thomson, Isenberg School of Management 

DEROSE, CAROL L. — POLITICAL SCIENCE 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Environmental, Health, and Economic Impacts of PFAS-Contaminated Biosolids on Agricultural Systems 
Dean E. Robinson, Political Science 

DESAI, ARAV — BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 

DETOMA, MICHAELA M. — COMPUTER SCIENCE 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
From Standing in Line to Ordering Online: Creating a Mobile Ordering App for UMass Dining 
Gordon Anderson, Information & Computer Science 

DEUTSCH, ELIZABETH C. — LINGUISTICS 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 

DEVIAN, VICTORIA A. — PSYCHOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Uncovering the Neural Basis of Color Coherence on Numerosity Perception with Electroencephalogram (EEG) 
Joonkoo Park, Psychological & Brain Sciences 

DEVINE, LINDSAY M. — COMPUTER SCIENCE; MATHEMATICS 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Moving in Harmony: How Line Dancing Builds Community and Promotes Holistic Health 
Mark Roblee, History 

DEWAL, ABHA — MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Modern Portfolio Management Methods 
Hossein Pishro-Nik, Electrical & Computer Engineering 

DHIMAN, KRITI — BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Transitioning to the Critical Service-Learning Model: Integrating Meaningful Advocacy into a Student-Run, Service-Learning Organization 
Ellen Correa, Civic Engagement & Service Learning 

DIAMOND, CHARLOTTE W. — BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Genetic Engineering: An Indigenous Recontextualization 
Mark Roblee, History 

DJOTOVA, YANA G. — COMPUTER SCIENCE 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors
An Investigation of Students’ Academic Use of ChatGPT at UMass Amherst 
Hossein Pishro-Nik, Electrical & Computer Engineering 

DONNELLY, RUBY A. — ENGLISH; EDUCATION
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Youth-Led Organizing: Community Care in Public Schools 
Deborah M. Keisch, Civic Engagement & Service Learning 

DONOGHUE, RACHEL — BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Design and Fabrication of a Bioinspired Variable Stiffness Shoe Sole for Knee Osteoarthritis Pain Mitigation 
Seth W. Donahue, Biomedical Engineering 

DOS REIS, JADINE S. — POLITICAL SCIENCE; PORTUGUESE 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
MundiTropicalism: Postcolonial Intellectual Generations and the Evolution of the Cape Verdean Identity 
Connolly Ryan, Commonwealth Honors College 

DOUGHERTY, RYAN R. — ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 

DOWNS, CONNOR C. — OPERATIONS & INFORMATION MANAGEMENT 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Brand Marketing Strategy for Lowe's to Launch Private-Label Automotive Cleaning and Performance Chemical Products 
Heidi E. Bailey, Isenberg School of Management 

DUDLEY, TYLER A. — BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Paving the Way for Professional Success: Departmental Considerations to Prepare Biology Undergraduates for the Workforce 
Rosa Moscarella, Biology 

DZIEWIETIN, LUNA — SOCIAL THOUGHT & POLITICAL ECONOMY; INFORMATICS 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors

2025 Candidates—E

EBIAN, SHAKIRA K. — BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Exploring the Infectivity of the Growth Dynamics and Optimal Temperature and Time Conditions of Crithidia bombi on Host Bumblebees (Bombus impatiens) 
Lynn S. Adler, Biology 

EDA, ASISH — FINANCE 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
From Innovation to Exploitation: Unveiling the Revolutionary Impact and Hidden Costs of Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Technologies in Modern Medicine 
Kathleen Brown-Pérez, Commonwealth Honors College 

EDLUND, SYDNEY J. — OPERATIONS & INFORMATION MANAGEMENT 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Marketing Consulting Tools for Professional Success 
Heidi E. Bailey, Isenberg School of Management 

EFFENSON, REED S. — PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
Enhancing Oncology Care Through Advanced-Practice Providers: Developing a Model to Bridge Care Gaps in Underserved Communities 
Laura N. Vandenberg, Environmental Health Sciences 

EITEL, SYDNEY C. — NURSING 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
Investigating the Relationship Between Perceived Stress and Biological Stress Among College Students 
Karen A. Kalmakis, Nursing 

EL-RIFAI, MARWAN — FINANCE; ECONOMICS 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Money and Politics: The Role of Outside Spending in Shaping U.S. Election Outcomes 
Kevin Young, Economics 

ELVIN, ELIZABETH A. — OPERATIONS & INFORMATION MANAGEMENT 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Cracking the Recruiting Case: Exploring Undergraduate Applicant Success Factors in Elite Professional Services 
Hossein Pishro-Nik, Electrical & Computer Engineering 

EPSTEIN, JACOB C. — COMPUTER SCIENCE; MATHEMATICS 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
A 2-Wasserstein Distance-Based Training Objective for Learning Bird Migration Models 
Daniel R. Sheldon, Information & Computer Science 

ESENTHER, MARY E. — COMPUTER ENGINEERING 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
Development of a Circuit Allowing for Android Compatibility with a Graphene Field-Effect Transistor (GFET) Biosensor 
Dmitry Kireev, Biomedical Engineering 

EVRON, MOR — PHYSICS; ASTRONOMY; MATHEMATICS 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
Characterization of Transient Magnetic Fields of Interest to the Muon g-2 Experiment 
David M. Kawall, Physics

2025 Candidates—F

FAJKOWSKI, WYATT J. — CHEMISTRY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 

FARMER, MADISON E. — DANCE 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Remembering: A Choreographic Exploration of Sexual Violence and Trauma 
Thomas L. Vacanti, Music & Dance 

FERRIERA, JOHN J. — BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Generation of Cryptochrome-Targeting Nanobodies to Study Protein–Protein Interactions Between Core Circadian Proteins 
Michelle Farkas, Chemistry 

FIGUEREDO PICON, DAVID — BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; GERMAN 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
A Critical Civic Engagement Project with Amherst Youth Soccer Association 
Ellen Correa, Civic Engagement & Service Learning 

FIORE, KENDALL — ECONOMICS; POLITICAL SCIENCE 
Advanced Scholarship —Multidisciplinary Honors 
Immigrant-Inclusive Welfare Policies: Burden to the States or Promise of America? A Comparative Analysis of Massachusetts and Arizona Immigration Policies 
Razvan Sibii, Journalism 

FITZGERALD, LILY D. — MARKETING 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Tales of the Quabbin 
John J. Hennessy, English 

FOLAN, SARA N. — BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
A System in Crisis: Addressing Inequalities in Mental Health Access in the U.S. 
Dean E. Robinson, Political Science 

FOLEY, MARY A. — COMPUTER SCIENCE; ENGLISH 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
Family Tales 
Connie Griffin, Commonwealth Honors College 

FORD, AVA L. — MANAGEMENT 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 

FORD, SAMANTHA M. — PSYCHOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Intergenerational Emotion Dysregulation: Examining Trauma History and the Caregiver– Child Relationship 
Maria M. Galano, Psychological & Brain Sciences 

FORESYTH, EMERSYN K. — MARKETING 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Influence and Impact: Student Athletes and Social Media in the NIL Era 
Alicia M. Johnson, Isenberg School of Management 

FORTNAM, KATIE M. — NURSING 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
Evaluating Interruptions During Real-World IV Smart Pump Use: An Observational Quality Improvement Approach 
Karen K. Giuliano, Nursing 

FRANKS, JESSICA A. — SPEECH, LANGUAGE & HEARING SCIENCE 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 

FREEDMAN, MAX E. — ECONOMICS 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
COVID-19 and Democracy: Evaluating the Disparities in the Pandemic Response 
Kevin Young, Economics 

FULLER, GRACE I. — BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 

FURILLA, HAILEY A. — ENGLISH 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Drift 
John J. Hennessy, English

2025 Candidates—G

GANDHI, MAITRI — BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Utilizing Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) to Assess the Impact of Somatosensory Impairment on Balance and Multiple Sclerosis (MS)-Related Fatigue 
Richard E. A. van Emmerik, Kinesiology 

GANDIKOTE, NIVEDITHA NAGARAJ — PSYCHOLOGY 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
The Influence of Core Body Temperature on Sleep Architecture During Menstrual Phases in Young Women 
Rebecca M. C. Spencer, Psychological & Brain Sciences 

GANTI, SUPRAJA — BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
The Combination of a Lateral Wedge and a Medial Arch for Knee Osteoarthritis Pain Management 
Seth W. Donahue, Biomedical Engineering 

GARDNER, SADIE H. — PSYCHOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Navigating Bisexuality: A Multimethod Exploration of Bisexual Identity Experiences Within the LGBTQ+ Community 
Aida Villanueva Montalvo, Office of Global Affairs 

GARLOCK, ABIGAIL — PSYCHOLOGY 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
The Correlation Between Social Media Use and Mental Health Treatment-Seeking Behaviors 
Erica Scharrer, Communication 

GATTEPALLI, SRIMAN — COMPUTER SCIENCE 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
Fuzzing Multithreaded Rust Programs 
Meng-Chieh Chiu, Information & Computer Science 

GAUTHIER, DREW M. — ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
The Hydrogeochemical Evolution of Inflows Through the Freshwater–Brine Transition Zone of the Salar de Pozuelos 
David F. Boutt, Geosciences 

GAUTHIER, JOSHUA J. — FINANCE 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
What Happens When We Dance? A Memoir 
Connolly Ryan, Commonwealth Honors College 

GAY, LAURA M. — SPEECH, LANGUAGE, AND HEARING SCIENCES 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Measuring the Aphasia Awareness of 18–29-Year-Olds in the United States 
Jennifer Mack, Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences 

GEAGEA, ALEX J. — POLITICAL SCIENCE 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
America Divided: How Digitization Has Exacerbated Political Polarization 
Angela Maione, Commonwealth Honors College 

GEARY, SEAMUS E. — HISTORY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Forgotten Framers: The Ideology and Impact of the Massachusetts Delegates in the Constitutional Convention of 1787 
Daniel L. Gordon, History 

GEMEINHARDT, MAX — LINGUISTICS 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Transfeminine Speech Characteristics Vary by Social Context 
Benjamin H. Bailey, Communication 

GERETZ, SOFIA E. — MARKETING; PSYCHOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Social Media Marketing in the Age of Influencers 
Anurag Sharma, Isenberg School of Management 

GHURA, ARYAMAN — COMPUTER ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SCIENCE 
Advanced Scholarship—Departmental Honors 
Analyzing Security Vulnerabilities in Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) Bitstreams 
Sandip Kundu, Electrical & Computer Engineering 

GILSON, CHARLOTTE F. — SOCIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Barriers and Facilitators to Offering Medication Abortion in University Health Centers 
Deborah M. Keisch, Civic Engagement & Service Learning 

GOBEIL, GRACE S. — SPEECH, LANGUAGE, AND HEARING SCIENCES 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Acoustic-Perceptual and Prosodic Speech Characteristics in Adolescents with Autism 
Mary Andrianopoulos, Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences 

GOLAND, RACHEL F. — OPERATIONS & INFORMATION MANAGEMENT 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
Brand Marketing Strategy: Launching Private Labels from the Automotive Sector as a Home Improvement Retailer 
Heidi E. Bailey, Isenberg School of Management 

GOLDBACH, JAMES H. — BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
The Impact of Time Constraints on Attentional Guidance and Dual-Target Search Efficiency 
Kyle R. Cave, Psychological & Brain Sciences 

GOLDSTONE, ALEXANDER R. — COMPUTER SCIENCE; BIOLOGY 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
Alzheimer's Classification Through Electroencephalography 
Ravi Karkar, Information & Computer Science 

GORDON, CASSANDRA E. — BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Skeletal Study: The Necessity for the Use of Genuine, Ethically Obtained Skeletal Material in Higher Education and Research 
Kathleen Brown-Pérez, Commonwealth Honors College 

GOURDE, ROBERT — ARCHITECTURE 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
Prolific Production Turned Profound Pride 
Jordan A. Kanter, Architecture 

GRAHAM, ELIZA M. — FINANCE 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 

GUARINO, JULIANA G. — MARKETING 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Perception of UMass Amherst Students on University Health Services and Marketing Materials 
Linda Griffin, Education 

GUERRA, CHRISTIAN T. — LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE; SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Memorial Design for the Opioid Epidemic Thus Far and to Come in Greenfield, Massachusetts 
Jane Thurber, Landscape Architecture & Regional Planning

2025 Candidates—H

HABIB, YUSRA — BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Restoration of Mechanotransduction in Blood Vessels Using Microsphere 
X. Frank Zhang, Biomedical Engineering 

HAGEN, NICOLE — INDIVIDUAL CONCENTRATION: ENTREPRENEURSHIP, MARKETING, AND DESIGN 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
The Girl and the Oak Tree: Encouraging Nature Connection Through a Creative Picture Book Manuscript 
Britt Crow-Miller, Environmental Conservation 

HAIRSTON, JAMES D. — PSYCHOLOGY 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
Auditory Brainstem Responses to Sounds from Real and Virtual Locations 
Lisa Sanders, Psychological & Brain Sciences 

HALET, DEREK J. — FINANCE 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
An Analysis of the Prefabricated Housing Industry in the U.S. 
Anurag Sharma, Isenberg School of Management 

HAUCK, SOPHIE B. — POLITICAL SCIENCE; JOURNALISM 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 

HILFINGER, ELLA — BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Unions, Inequality, and Birth Outcomes in the United States: An Exploration 
Dean E. Robinson, Political Science 

HILL, KJ — COMPUTER SCIENCE 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
Causal Reasoning in Large Language Models (LLMs): Reevaluating the Performance of CLadder 
David Jensen, Information & Computer Science 

HINGAR, SUHANI MANISH — BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Humans Experience Local Changes During Sleep After Learning 
Rebecca M. C. Spencer, Psychological & Brain Sciences 

HINKLER, OLIVIA M. — SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; INDIVIDUAL CONCENTRATION: ENTREPRENEURSHIP, MARKETING, AND DESIGN 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
Sustainable Fashion Meets Anime and Cosplay Culture: Creating a New Entrepreneurial Business in the U.S. 
Thomas G. Brashear-Alejandro, Isenberg School of Management 

HO, MINH KHUE — FOOD SCIENCES; BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Protection of Natural Colorants in Water-in-Oil-in-Water Emulsion from Heating 
David J. McClements, Food Sciences 

HOFFMAN, EMMA J. — POLITICAL SCIENCE 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Artistic Preferences and Political Views: A Study of the American Public 
Jesse H. Rhodes, Political Science 

HOLM, POUL E. — COMPUTER ENGINEERING 
Advanced Scholarship—Departmental Honors 
Methods of Measuring and Testing Jitter on Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) 
Russell Tessier, Engineering 

HONIG, HARRY M. — ECONOMICS; PHILOSOPHY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 

HORAN, KATELYN M. — BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Assessing the Attitudes, Perceptions, and Knowledge of Premedical Students About Disability: Implications for Medical Education and Practice 
Ashley Woodman, Psychological & Brain Sciences 

HORGAN, LILLY K. — BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
Detecting Antibiotic Resistance in Endospore-Forming Probiotic Bacteria Using Raman Spectroscopy 
Lili He, Food Sciences 

HORRIGAN, RYAN J. — BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Variation in Shell Strength and Morphology in Urosalpinx cinerea in Populations of Different Latitudes 
Brian S. Cheng, Environmental Conservation 

HOSKINS, CAMERON D. — THEATER 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Communal Play: Accessible Tabletop Role-Playing Game Design 
Harley M. Erdman, Theater 

HOWELL, ETHAN F. — BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Investigating TBCK Loss-of-Function Mutations in Human-Induced Neurons 
ChangHui Pak, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology 

HOYT, ELLORA G. — BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
The Role of International Trading Systems in Exacerbating the Climate Crisis 
Deepika Marya, Commonwealth Honors College 

HUANG, BLAIR J. — COMPUTER SCIENCE; HISTORY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
In the Magazzino: Interacting with Poggio Civitate Trench Books 
Cole Reilly, Information & Computer Science 

HUBSCHER, SOPHIA Y. — COMPUTER SCIENCE 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
Efficient and Accurate Triangle Count Estimation in Large Networks Cameron 
Nicholas Musco, Information & Computer Science 

HUNG, EMMA — PSYCHOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
The Role of Symmetry in Visual Discrimination: Exploring the Symmetry Advantage in Color and Category-Based Tasks 
Kyle R. Cave, Psychological & Brain Sciences 

HURLBUT LESK, OWEN A. — BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
Investigating the Interactions of the Gatekeeper of Glycoprotein Folding, UDP- Glucose:Glycoprotein Glucosyltransferase (UGGT), with Its Substrates and Co-Chaperone, SEP15 
Lila M. Gierasch, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

2025 Candidates—I

IRWIN, ALISON M. — PHYSICS 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
The Intersection of Foster Care and Special Education Services: Improving Individualized Education Program (IEP) Advocacy for Students in Foster Care with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDDs) 
Ellen Correa, Civic Engagement & Service Learning 

ISHUTINA, DIANA — GEOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Reconstructing Pleistocene Ocean Currents Near Southern Greenland Based on Foraminiferal Assemblages 
Isla S. Castañeda, Earth, Geographic, and Climate Sciences 

ISIDORE, HENGIE P. — PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Implementation of First-Year Texting Program to Enhance Belonging 
Gloria T. DiFulvio, Health Promotion & Policy 

IYER, ARJUN G. — CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Supercharged Green Fluorescent Protein Encapsulation in Complex Coacervates 
Sarah L. Perry, Chemical Engineering 

IYER, MEENAKSHI — COMPUTER SCIENCE 
Advanced Scholarship—Departmental Honors

2025 Candidates—J

JACOB, MAYA I. — MATHEMATICS; ECONOMICS 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Identifying the Effects of Survey Length and Monetary Incentives on Response Rates and Quality 
Maryclare Griffin, Mathematics & Statistics 

JAMIESON, KRISTIAN A. — PHYSICS; ASTRONOMY; MATHEMATICS 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Characterization of the Thermal Properties of a Cryogenic System for Xenon Liquefaction 
Andrea Pocar, Physics 

JANSEN, LAURA A. — BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Investigating Ca²⁺ /Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase II (CaMKII) Activation and Subunit Exchange 
Margaret Stratton, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology 

JAVID, MAHSA — BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Uncovering the Role of Calmodulin-Like 2-6 in Nitrogen Fixation of Medicago truncatula Using CRISPR/Cas9 
Dong Wang, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology 

JOHNSON, ALEXANDER A. — ANTHROPOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
The Eidolon 
John J. Hennessy, English 

JOHNSON, KASSI M. — COMMUNICATION 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 

JOHNSTON, CONOR — PSYCHOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 

JOSH, ROHINI — BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING 
Advanced Scholarship—Departmental Honors 
Dual Innate Immune Agonist Nanoparticles for Reprogramming Cancer Stem Cell Tumorspheres 
Prabhani U. Atukorale, Biomedical Engineering 

JOSHI, KESHAV — POLITICAL SCIENCE 
Advanced Scholarship—Departmental Honors 
Sanctioned Stranglehold: A Comparative Study of Venezuela's Political Trajectory Pre (2013–2015) and Post (2017–2019) Sanctions 
Frederic C. Schaffer, Political Science 

JOYCE, ABIGAIL C. — ENGLISH 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Rewriting Inmate Futures: Effective Literacy Education for Incarcerated People and Identities 
Haivan Hoang, English 

JUAREZ STUCKER, ANA BEATRIZ — ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
The Convergence Between a Just Energy Transition and Community-Based Participatory Research: A Community’s Input on Demand Response Programs 
Christine L. Crago, Resource Economics 

JURKOWSKI, EMILY — BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Enhancing Intergenerational Connections: A Volunteer Interaction Guide for Engaging with Older Adults 
Ellen Correa, Civic Engagement & Service Learning

2025 Candidates—K

KAKKAR, ISHITA — COMPUTER SCIENCE; MATHEMATICS 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
Persistent Use of Synthetic Data in Postvarsortability Causal Discovery 
David Jensen, Information & Computer Science 

KAM, NICHOLAS — BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Economic Policy to Fund the Transition to Renewable Energy 
Muzzo Uysal, Isenberg School of Management 

KAMKAR, LAKSHMI — PSYCHOLOGY 
Advanced Scholarship—Departmental Honors 
Local Use-Dependent Changes in Slow Oscillation Coupling 
Rebecca M. C. Spencer, Psychological & Brain Sciences 

KANDEPUNENI, TANVI — COMPUTER SCIENCE 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
Evaluating Noise Impact on Electroencephalogram (EEG)-Based Seizure Detection: A Study of Channel Sensitivity and Noise Types 
Phuc VP Nguyen, Information & Computer Science 

KANDINOV, SIVAN — COMPUTER SCIENCE 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 

KANE, ISABELLA R. — MARKETING 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Designing a Personalized Digital Platform to Support Patient Success Through Bariatric Endoscopy 
Heidi E. Bailey, Isenberg School of Management 

KARIM, HAMZA N. — BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Effects of Physical Activity on Overnight Sleep Quality and Sleep Pressure in Early Childhood 
Christine St. Laurent, Kinesiology 

KARIMUNDACKAL, THERESA J. — ENVIRONMENTAL & NATURAL RESOURCE ECONOMICS 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Bridging the Energy Gap: Investigating the Distribution of Community Solar Projects in the United States 
Christine L. Crago, Resource Economics 

KARTHIK, MANASA D. — COMPUTER SCIENCE 
Advanced Scholarship—Departmental Honors 
Breaking the Tracker: A Systematic Review of Browser Fingerprinting Evasion Strategies 
Amir Houmansadr, Information & Computer Science 

KASPER, RILEY Z. — FINANCE 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Private Equity in U.S. Health Care: Consequences on Costs, Care, and Efficiency on Patient and Community Outcomes 
Dean E. Robinson, Political Science 

KEANEY, ANNABELLA R. — BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Food Insecurity in the Greater Amherst Region: Supporting the Work of a Community Kitchen 
Ellen Correa, Civic Engagement & Service Learning 

KEENAN, ELIZA R. — ENGLISH 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Something We Fear to Be Made Of 
Connie Griffin, Commonwealth Honors College 

KEISER, SHANE A. — PHYSICS 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 

KELLY, EMMA H. — FINANCE 
Advanced Scholarship—Departmental Honors 
Brazil as an Emerging Market: Unveiling Its Economic Potential and Global Influence 
Robert Feingold, Isenberg School of Management 

KEPPLER, NATALIE C. — NUTRITION; PSYCHOLOGY 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 

KHALIFA, AWAD — ARCHITECTURE 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
Using Modular Construction for Refugee Housing in Boston 
Jordan A. Kanter, Architecture 

KHAN, JAIYANA E. — PSYCHOLOGY; SPANISH 
Advanced Scholarship—Departmental Honors 
The Biopsychosocial Model of Gender Identity: Reviewing Gender–Sex Incongruence and the Social Aspect of Gender Dysphoria 
Kirby D. Deater-Deckard, Psychological & Brain Sciences 

KHOND, NIKHIL A. — CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
The Engineering of Genetically Encoded Heavy Metal Sensors in Bacteria and the Use of Bacteria for Soil Heavy Metal Adsorption and Bioremediation 
Lauren B. Andrews, Chemical Engineering 

KHURMI, ADITYA — MATHEMATICS; COMPUTER SCIENCE 
Advanced Scholarship—Departmental Honors 
P-Resolutions and Kollár's Conjecture 
Paul Hacking, Mathematics & Statistics 

KIM, EMILY H. — ACCOUNTING 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
AI in Financial Audits: Capabilities, Limitations, and Future Prospects 
Graham F. Gal, Isenberg School of Management 

KIRRANE, MADISON H. — KINESIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Beyond Support: Expanding Access to Grief Resources for Children and Families 
Ellen Correa, Civic Engagement & Service Learning 

KISS, ZSUZSA — BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Investigating a Potential Exosite in Caspase-8 Prodomain 
Jeanne A. Hardy, Chemistry 

KLENNER VALENCIA, MANUELA J. — ARCHITECTURE 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 

KLINGSBERG, AIDAN — MUSIC; ENGLISH 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 

KLOTZ, MIA S. — ENGLISH 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Bridging the Digital Divide: Empowering Education in Nucchu, Bolivia, Through Open Education and Technology 
Theresa Dooley, University Libraries 

KOKKULA, NAMISH V. — CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Molecular Dynamics Investigation of CO₂ and N₂ Diffusion in Amine-Functionalized HSPP Zeolite 
Peng Bai, Chemical Engineering 

KOMAISZKO, ALEXANDER I. — BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
The Effects of Denatured Versus Native Prepared ch-RALF1 on Biological Activity and Cell Wall Integrity in Arabidopsis thaliana 
Alice Y. Cheung, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology 

KOPOLOVIC, LIOR — INDIVIDUAL CONCENTRATION: THE NEUROSCIENCE OF PEDIATRIC BRAIN CANCERS 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 

KOT, PRISCILLA S. — PSYCHOLOGY 
Advanced Scholarship - Departmental Honors 
Exploring the Relations Between Diet, Physical Activity, Sleep, and Language Development in Toddlers 
Rebecca M. C. Spencer, Psychological & Brain Sciences 

KOTTURU, NEHA — COMPUTER SCIENCE 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Enhancing Deep Learning Models for Facial Expression Recognition in Mental Health Care 
Hossein Pishro-Nik, Electrical & Computer Engineering 

KREBS, ILANA — INDIVIDUAL CONCENTRATION: ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Evaluating the Effects of Long-Term Warming on Antimicrobial Resistance Among Alphaproteobacteria, an Abundant Soil Microbe 
Kristen M. DeAngelis, Microbiology 

KRISHANA, RISHI — COMPUTER SCIENCE; MATHEMATICS 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 

KRITAM, NANDINI — BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Copolymer Nanovector for siRNA Treatment of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer 
Vincent M. Rotello, Chemistry 

KUBI, BRIAN A. — BIOLOGY 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
Unveiling Fusarium Wilt Resistance in Solanum neorickii: Insights from Wild Tomato Accessions 
Ana Caicedo, Biology 

KUCHMA, BENJAMIN T. — PHYSICS; COMPUTER SCIENCE 
Advanced Scholarship—Departmental Honors 
Iterative Optimization of Bosonic State Preparation 
Chen Wang, Physics

2025 Candidates—L

LACY, DEREK A. — COMPUTER SCIENCE 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
Qualia Optimization in Reinforcement Learning: Balancing Agent Experience and Performance 
Philip S. Thomas, Information & Computer Science 

LADIA, ANGELIKA M. — COMPUTER SCIENCE 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 

LALCHAND, VIHDYDEVI — MATHEMATICS 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 

LAM, TIFFANY — MICROBIOLOGY 
Advanced Scholarship—Departmental Honors 
Subcellular Localization and Functions of LmeA, a Protein Involved in Cell Envelope Lipomannan Biosynthesis, in Mycobacterium 
Yasu Morita, Microbiology 

LANG, NICK S. — BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
The Effects of Fraxetin on Fat Accumulation in Caenorhabditis elegans 
Yeonhwa Park, Food Sciences 

LAPIERRE, NICOLE K. — INFORMATICS 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
From Population Trends to Personalized Insights: An Analysis of Wearable Data in Predicting Stress and Mood Fluctuations 
Siobhan M. Mei, Information & Computer Science 

LARIOS, TRISHA — BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
Bone Loss in the Limb Across 10,000 Years of European Archaeological Data 
Brigitte M. Holt, Anthropology 

LARKIN, EMILY M. — BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Determining the Effect of Light on Naegleria gruberi, a Relative of the Brain-Eating Amoeba 
Lillian K. Fritz-Laylin, Biology 

LARSEN, JADE C. — POLITICAL SCIENCE 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Urban Greening and Gentrification: An International Comparative Case Study 
Caryn J. Brause, Architecture 

LASKO, NOELANI C. — CHEMISTRY; SPANISH 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
To Place Identity 
Connie Griffin, Commonwealth Honors College 

LATHROP, ELIZABETH M. — SPORT MANAGEMENT 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
The Impact of Sport on Well-Being in Communities with Tension and Violence 
Muzzo Uysal, Isenberg School of Management 

LAUGHLIN, ELIZABETH M. — LINGUISTICS 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 

LAVIER, LILIANE L. — POLITICAL SCIENCE 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
Potential Health Impacts of Anti-Transgender Legislation and Transgender and Nonbinary Youth in America: An Exploration 
Dean E. Robinson, Political Science 

LAWLOR, LILLIAN I. — PSYCHOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Unlocking Probability: A Within-Group Numberless Intervention to Reduce Cognitive Load 
Andrew Cohen, Psychological & Brain Sciences 

LAYER, ALEXANDRA — PSYCHOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Children's Book on Physical Activity 
Sofiya Alhassan, Kinesiology 

LE, KHIEM D. — LINGUISTICS; INDIVIDUAL CONCENTRATION: INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 

LE, NHI T. — NURSING 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
Robotics in Nursing: Exploring the Perspectives of Nursing Students in the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) and Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Programs 
Joohyun Chung, Nursing 

LE, PHUONG THU — COMPUTER SCIENCE; MATHEMATICS 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 

LEBRUN, NICOLETTE R. — DANCE 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
You've Gone Too Far 
Thomas L. Vacanti, Music & Dance 

LEE, GLADYS S. — PSYCHOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Health Behind Bars: Understanding Prison Health Care and Gaps That Exist in the United States 
Kathleen Brown-Pérez, Commonwealth Honors College 

LEE, HANNAH — BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Investigating the Molecular Composition and Applications of Demineralized Bone Paper as a Novel Biomaterial 
Jungwoo Lee, Chemical Engineering 

LEE, LAURIE H. — COMPUTER SCIENCE 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Ellen Correa, Civic Engagement & Service Learning 

LEE, SHA M. — EDUCATION 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
Cultivation of Belonging and Community in the Leadership Environment 
Ruth-Ellen Verock-O'Loughlin, Education 

LEEB, MIRO A. — NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 

LEFTRIDGE, SHANNON Q. — FINANCE 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
The Cyber Era: Students' Knowledge/Awareness of Cybersecurity Measures and Threats 
Muzzo Uysal, Isenberg School of Management 

LEGARDA, MARK JUSTIN V. — KINESIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Beyond the Game: Club Sports Participation and First-Year Retention 
Caryn J. Brause, Architecture 

LEIGHTHEISER, CHARLES E. — INDIVIDUAL CONCENTRATION: MULTIMEDIA STORYTELLING; COMMUNICATION 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
Aftermath: Examining a Violent Police Response to a Peaceful Protest 
Connie Griffin, Commonwealth Honors College 

LEONARD, HANNA P. — MANAGEMENT; DANCE 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Beyond the Veil: An Artistic Exploration of Afterlife Beliefs 
Thomas L. Vacanti, Music & Dance 

LEPERE, JOLIE M. — LINGUISTICS 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
Early Evidence of Incremental Planning as Agreement Attraction Modulator 
Shota Negishi, Linguistics 

LERTSAROJ, PICHSINEE — COMPUTER SCIENCE 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 

LEVITT, SAM K. — MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
Wind Trawler Project: Drag Coefficients, Aerodynamic Scaling, and Economic Feasibility of a Mobile Floating Offshore Wind Turbine 
Matthew A. Lackner, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering 

LI, ELENA — COMPUTER SCIENCE 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Understanding Links Between Contact Quality and Prejudice Reduction Through an In- Group Constructiveness Lens 
Linda R. Tropp, Psychological & Brain Sciences 

LICATA, ANGELA R. — PSYCHOLOGY 
Advanced Scholarship—Departmental Honors 
Uncovering Underlying Processes: Tracking and Understanding Errors in Numerical Reasoning 
Andrew Cohen, Psychological & Brain Sciences 

LIEBMAN, JEREMY S. — FINANCE 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Operational Risk in Private Equity 
Matthew P. Linn, Isenberg School of Management 

LINSKEY, ABIGAIL A. — SPEECH, LANGUAGE, AND HEARING SCIENCES 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
Effects of Probe Type on Hearing Protector Assessment and Measurement Uncertainty with the SonoPod 
Nathaniel A. Whitmal III, Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences 

LITTLE, JOSHUA T. — ENGLISH; PHILOSOPHY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 

LIU, JACQUELINE Y. — OPERATIONS & INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; ECONOMICS 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
How Renewable Energy Interest Groups Can Leverage Traditional Sources of Business Power to Achieve Policy Objectives 
Kevin Young, Economics 

LIVERSEDGE, JESSICA — PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Addressing Loneliness in College Students Through Primary Care Tools and Interventions 
Gloria T. DiFulvio, Health Promotion & Policy 

LOTUN, NISHTHA — BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Emergence of a Novel Virophage Following Long-Term Soil Warming 
Jeffrey Blanchard, Biology 

LUCA, NIKKI C. — ENGLISH 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
The Chinese Exclusion Act as Groundwork for Anti-Immigration Animosity 
Kathleen Brown-Pérez, Commonwealth Honors College 

LUCKNER, BENJAMIN C. — SPORT MANAGEMENT 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
Land of the Blind: An Analysis of the Investment Landscape for International Women's Professional Soccer 
Brett Houston Albert, Sport Management

2025 Candidates—M

MACIOCE, SYDNEY — FINANCE 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
Social Media Marketing in the Age of Influencers 
Anurag Sharma, Isenberg School of Management 

MAGEE, KATIE C. — FINANCE 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
ESG Subset Scores' Impact on Firm Financial Performance Across Sectors 
Muzzo Uysal, Isenberg School of Management 

MAGYAR, JAMES — POLITICAL SCIENCE 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 

MANNING, GIANNA E. — BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Investigating the Effects of the Downregulation of Constitutive Heterochromatin on Nuclear Stability and Function 
Andrew D. Stephens, Biology 

MAQTEDAR, AKSHITHA — BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
A Tale of Tails: Influence of the E. coli Nucleotide Exchange Factor, GrpE, on the Substrate Binding Domain of Its Hsp70, DnaK 
Lila M. Gierasch, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology 

MARIETTA, AALIANNA T. — JOURNALISM 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
Body Language 
Connie Griffin, Commonwealth Honors College 

MARSHALL, TAYLOR A. — EDUCATION 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
The Case for Social–Emotional Learning 
Ysaaca D. Axelrod, Education 

MARTINELLI, GABRIELE — PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Belonging Beyond Family: Adoptees' Search for Community in Higher Education 
Daniel López-Cevallos, Health Promotion & Policy 

MARTINEZ, HECTOR — ARCHITECTURE 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
Design Manifesto: Principles for the Future of Architectural Design 
Ray Kinoshita Mann, Architecture 

MASUD, NOOR OMAR — BIOLOGY 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
Gaps in Perception of On-Campus Research Opportunities Between Undergraduates and Faculty Mentors 
Jeffrey Blanchard, Biology 

MAYO, ELIZA C. — BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
Assessing C-Reactive Protein in Response to Diet Intervention in Human Milk 
Kathleen F. Arcaro, Veterinary & Animal Sciences 

MAYO, QUINLAN — COMPUTER SCIENCE; MATHEMATICS 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 

MCAULIFFE, KEARA I. — ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
An Examination of Disaster Warning Strategies for Their Potential Impact on Climate Change Communication 
Hossein Pishro-Nik, Electrical & Computer Engineering 

MCCARTHY, ABIGAIL M. — MARKETING 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Synergistic Solutions to Societal and Industry Disconnects in the Management of Plastic Waste 
Ray Kinoshita Mann, Architecture 

MCCARTHY, HAYLEY H. — SPORT MANAGEMENT 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
Social Perceptions of Sports Betting and Its Community Impact 
Thomas G. Brashear-Alejandro, Isenberg School of Management 

MCDERMOTT, ANNA C. — BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Rehoboth Beach Patrol Training Guide 
Lena Fletcher, Environmental Conservation 

MCDONAUGH, SAXON P. — MARKETING 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Brand Marketing Strategy for Lowe's to Launch Private-Label Automotive Cleaning and Performance Chemical Products 
Heidi E. Bailey, Isenberg School of Management 

MCDONOUGH, BRYAN — FINANCE 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Bloody Business: Criminal Enterprises and Why They Work 
Anya Mkrtchyan, Isenberg School of Management 

MCGARAGHAN, JACK W. — PHILOSOPHY; LINGUISTICS AND PHILOSOPHY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 

MCGIBBON-BLOOM, EMALINE — BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 

MCGRATH, CONNOR P. — FINANCE 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
An Analysis of the Prefabricated Housing Industry in the U.S. 
Anurag Sharma, Isenberg School of Management 

MCKEEN, SHAYE M. — PSYCHOLOGY 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
The Role of Local Stimulus Orientation in Symmetry Comparison Tasks 
Kyle R. Cave, Psychological & Brain Sciences 

MCKENNA, JAMES O. — MATHEMATICS 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
A Mathematical Introduction to Understanding Variable Annuity Hedging Mechanisms 
Hossein Pishro-Nik, Electrical & Computer Engineering 

MCKNIGHT, RONAN — BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
The Role of Conserved Noncoding Sequences for Evolutionary Branching Traits Among Agricultural Grass Species 
Madelaine Bartlett, Biology 

MCLAUGHLIN, ARTHUR J. — BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING 
Advanced Scholarship—Departmental Honors 
Detecting Neck Pain with EMG 
Dmitry Kireev, Biomedical Engineering 

MCMAHON, KIERA N. — MUSIC 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 

MCMAKIN, COLLEEN M. — MICROBIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
An Investigation of Environmental Chlamydiales's Role in the Fish Disease Epitheliocystis 
Wilmore Webley, Biology 

MCNEIL, PAIGE — PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
The “Techidemic”: How the Rise in Digital Communication Technology Has Impacted Youths' Social Cognition 
Angela Maione, Commonwealth Honors College 

MEADOWS, ASHLEY C. — KINESIOLOGY 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
What the War on Drugs Really Won: Mass Incarceration, Disenfranchisement, and an Opioid Crisis Through Stigma 
Kathleen Brown-Pérez, Commonwealth Honors College 

MEDEIROS, EMMA R. — OPERATIONS & INFORMATION MANAGEMENT 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Women in Tech: Secrets of Success in the C-Suite 
Anurag Sharma, Isenberg School of Management 

MEHTA, ANHA — OPERATIONS & INFORMATION MANAGEMENT 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Designing a Personalized Digital Platform to Support Patient Success Through Bariatric Endoscopy 
Heidi E. Bailey, Isenberg School of Management 

MEI, SANTINO A. — ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
The Sustainability of Future Computing Energetics: A Reversible Computing Case Study 
Neal G. Anderson, Electrical & Computer Engineering 

MEJAIL, MATTHEW — PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES; EDUCATION 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Too High a Price: An Examination into the Root Causes and Impacts of U.S. Medical Debt 
Deborah M. Keisch, Civic Engagement & Service Learning 

MELLO, MASON H. — BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
The Effect of Osteoporosis on Breast Cancer Bone Metastasis 
Stacyann Bailey, Biomedical Engineering 

METSKER, LEAH C. — BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
The Effect of Asymmetric Surface Stiffness Walking on Gait Kinematics and Kinetics 
Wouter Hoogkamer, Kinesiology 

MILDWOFF, MADELAINE E. — MATHEMATICS 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Is the New Digital Newsroom a Threat to Ethical Journalism? 
Angela Maione, Commonwealth Honors College 

MILLER, EMILY G. — INDIVIDUAL CONCENTRATION: THE SYNTAX OF GENES 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 

MILLER, YAGO A. — BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Work to Live or Live to Work? A Comparative Analysis of American and European Lifestyle Differences, Health Outcomes, and the Role of Government Policy 
Dean E. Robinson, Political Science 

MILLETTE, EDWARD J. — MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
Effects of Viscoelasticity on the Vortex-Induced Vibration of a Cylinder 
Jonathan P. Rothstein, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering 

MINICHIELLO, ANGELA V. — PSYCHOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Investigating the Effects of Targeted Memory Reactivation on Emotional Memory Consolidation 
Rebecca M. C. Spencer, Psychological & Brain Sciences 

MOCK, GABRIEL O. — ECONOMICS 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Coming Home to Andean Blood: A Spiritual Autoethnography 
Mark Roblee, History 

MOKDAD, DANIEL A. — BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Globalization as a Tool of Pharmaceutical Hegemony 
Deepika Marya, Commonwealth Honors College 

MONAHAN, MIRANDA L. — APPLIED PLANT & SOIL SCIENCE 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
Growing Wild: Lessons from Nature 
Mark Roblee, History 

MONROE, ALLISON E. — BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Noncontraceptive Benefits of Combined Oral Contraceptives (COCs): Reducing Anemia Risk and Preserving Brown Adipose Tissue Activation 
Achsah Dorsey, Anthropology 

MOORE, SHANNON P. — ENGLISH 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Becoming a Butterfly 
Connie Griffin, Commonwealth Honors College 

MOREHOUSE, AIDAN R. — PHYSICS; MATHEMATICS 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Relating Operators and Boundary Conditions 
Ben Heidenreich, Physics 

MOYES, RACHELE A. — BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Does the Presence of Haemosporidian Parasites in Swainson’s and Hermit Thrush Affect Their Stopover Performance? 
Alexander R. Gerson, Biology 

MUKIIBI, ANTONIA N. — MICROBIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Creating an Online Space to Support, Hear, and Celebrate Pregnant Black Women: A Social Justice Civic Engagement Project 
Ellen Correa, Civic Engagement & Service Learning 

MULLEN, ETHAN P. — ECONOMICS; SPANISH 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
Academics and Athletics: Aiding Access to Higher Education in Holyoke, Massachusetts 
Ellen Correa, Civic Engagement & Service Learning 

MUNUGOTI, SRIYA — BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Exploring Dual-Receptor Targeting of Triple-Negative Breast Cancers Using Nanoparticle Delivery Mechanisms 
Thai Thayumanavan, Biomedical Engineering 

MURPHY, JACK P. — EDUCATION 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Picture Book Features That Impact Children’s Engagement 
Michael Gentile, Education 

MWAJUMA, NIYOKUSENGA — NURSING 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
Implicit Racial and Religious Biases in Nursing Students 
Favorite Iradukunda, Nursing

2025 Candidates—N

NAIR, AARAV — COMPUTER SCIENCE; MATHEMATICS 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
Balancing Ethical and Safety Considerations in Self-Driving Car Algorithms 
Hossein Pishro-Nik, Electrical & Computer Engineering 

NANDURBARKAR, RISHI S. — COMPUTER SCIENCE; MATHEMATICS 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
A Reward a Day Keeps the Stress Away: Designing a Canvas-Integrated, Task-Oriented Reward System to Improve Student Outcomes 
Hossein Pishro-Nik, Electrical & Computer Engineering 

NASSAR, ANTHONY S. — BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
A Neuroscientific and Personal Exploration of the Brain–Art Relationship 
Elena T. Carbone, Nutrition 

NAUGHTON, EMILY — BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Investigating the Effects of Alcohol Binge Drinking During Adolescence on Oligodendrocyte Formation and Maturation in Mice 
Heather Richardson, Psychological & Brain Sciences 

NE, JOZELYN — EDUCATION 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
Cambodian Culture in the Classroom: Digital Storytelling as a Tool for Supporting Immigrant and Refugee Students in Elementary Education 
Ellen Correa, Civic Engagement & Service Learning 

NEELY, AVA R. — JOURNALISM 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
Beliefs About Celebrity, Social Media Influencers, Social Media Use, and Individuals’ Desire for Fame 
Erica Scharrer, Communication 

NE'EMAN, YASMIN — HISTORY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Relegation by Ritual: How Classical Athenian Festivals Became Weapons Against Women 
Mark Roblee, History 

NEGRON, RHEA E. — ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Rootstock Resilience: Influence of Agricultural Management on the Native Roots and Rhizosphere Microbiome of North American Grapes 
Elsa Laure Petit, Stockbridge School of Agriculture 

NGUYEN, BAO NGOC — COMPUTER SCIENCE 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
Effect of Weekly-Basis Learning Mode on Student Success in a Flexible Learning Course 
Meng-Chieh Chiu, Information & Computer Science 

NGUYEN, TIFFANY U. — BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
The Applications of Phage Polymer Nanoassemblies for Treatment of Biofilm Infections 
Vincent M. Rotello, Chemistry 

NICKERSON, SKY M. — BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
A Critical Civic Engagement Project: Working with WIC Providers to Serve Families Facing Food Insecurity 
Ellen Correa, Civic Engagement & Service Learning 

NORDHAUSEN, ANNA NORDHAUSEN E. — PSYCHOLOGY; BIOLOGY 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
Effects of the Nrf2a-Mediated Antioxidant Responses with Exposures to Phthalate Alternatives on the Morphology and Development of the Pancreas in Larval Zebrafish (Danio rerio) 
Alicia Timme-Laragy, Environmental Health Sciences 

NORDMAN, JOHNATHON P. — MECHANICAL AND INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING 
Advanced Scholarship—Departmental Honors 
Design of CO₂ Cylinder Weighing System 
David Schmidt, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering 

NORTON, MARGARET A. — JOURNALISM; ANTHROPOLOGY 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
Literacy Programs in Prisons in Relation to Lowering Recidivism Rates in the State of Massachusetts 
Razvan Sibii, Journalism 

NOUDURI, PRATUSHA K. — ECONOMICS 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Access to Court Services for Neurodiverse People 
Deborah M. Keisch, Civic Engagement & Service Learning 

NUTTING, JUDAH — PSYCHOLOGY 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
First Things First: Facilitating Probabilistic Reasoning with a Preliminary Reminder of Between-Groups Exclusivity 
Andrew Cohen, Psychological & Brain Sciences

2025 Candidates—O

OBERMANN, MAXWELL — BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
Collagen-α1 mRNA Stabilization in Hepatic Stellate Cells 
Yubing Sun, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering 

O'CONNOR, MAEVE E. — MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
Exploring the Use of an Assistive Hip Exoskeleton to Reduce Metabolic Expenditure During Elite Distance Running 
Meghan E. Huber, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering 

OKOLI, ZARA M. — FINANCE; ECONOMICS 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Social Media Advertising in the Age of Influencers 
Anurag Sharma, Isenberg School of Management 

OLIVEIRA, FELICITY B. — MARKETING 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
The Impact of Liquor Licensing Regulations on the Growth and Sustainability of Nightlife and Activity-Based Businesses in Boston, Massachusetts 
Kelsey Shoub, School of Public Policy 

OMRAN, SIREEN — BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Investigating the Diurnal Expression of p-Coumaroyl-CoA Monolignol Transferase in the Model Grass Brachypodium distachyon 
Samuel Hazen, Biology 

ONONYE, ANITA — PSYCHOLOGY; BIOLOGY 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
Association Between College Students’ Use of Social Media and Their Body Image 
Erica Scharrer, Communication 

ORGINOS, NIKOLAOS P. — LINGUISTICS 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 

ORROTH, SAMANTHA M. — NURSING 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
Nursing Workload Management in Inpatient Units 
Joohyun Chung, Nursing 

O'SHEA, CASSANDRA E. — MICROBIOLOGY 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
When We Wilt 
Suzanne M. Daly, English

2025 Candidates—P

PANAHI, LALEH L. — OPERATIONS & INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; JOURNALISM 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Systemic Origins of Adult Incarceration: A Youth Trajectory Analysis 
Razvan Sibii, Journalism 

PANDIT, MANAS — ECONOMICS; MATHEMATICS; POLITICAL SCIENCE 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Social Media Usage and Mental Health Among University of Massachusetts Undergraduates 
Dean E. Robinson, Political Science 

PAOLUCCI, MIRABELLA M. — PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Allostatic Load, Health Outcomes, and State Policy Context: How Do Massachusetts and Texas Compare? 
Dean E. Robinson, Political Science 

PARE, CAROLINE C. — SPEECH, LANGUAGE & HEARING SCIENCE 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
The Influence of Family Structures on the Caregiving Experiences of Parents Raising Children with Disabilities: A Systematic Literature Review 
Ashley Woodman, Psychological & Brain Sciences 

PARIKH, KIERAN N. — CIVIL ENGINEERING 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
Investigation of Building-Integrated Photovoltaic Systems 
Thomas G. Brashear-Alejandro, Isenberg School of Management 

PARIKH, MEGHA — MARKETING; ECONOMICS 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Brand Marketing Strategy for Lowe's to Launch Private-Label Automotive Cleaning and Performance Chemical Products 
Heidi E. Bailey, Isenberg School of Management 

PARMAR, ANTARA — COMPUTER SCIENCE 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
Exploring the Gap Between Geriatric Clinicians and Technology 
Deepak K. Ganesan, Information & Computer Science 

PARSEGHIAN, NARE G. — BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Chest Tube Holder 
Karen K. Giuliano, Nursing 

PASSOV, DAN — POLITICAL SCIENCE 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Beyond Borders: How Advanced Democracies Have Responded to Opioid Addiction Crises 
Dean E. Robinson, Political Science 

PASTORELLO, MICHAEL C. — FINANCE 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
A Trial of Memory: Torn Between Guilt and Innocence 
Diane L. Curtis, Political Science 

PATEL, KUNJ J. — MANAGEMENT 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Streaming Ahead: Comcast and Charter's Battle for Relevance in the Digital Age 
Anurag Sharma, Isenberg School of Management 

PATTI, AMANDA K. — BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Investigating the Biological Mechanisms Behind Plant-Based Nutrition and Its Effect on Cardiovascular Disease 
Lorraine Cordeiro, Nutrition 

PEARCE, NATHAN — COMPUTER SCIENCE; MATHEMATICS 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
The Annexation of Hawaii: Economic Promise, Military Ambition, and Cultural Conflict in the Overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom 
Maxine Oland, Commonwealth Honors College 

PEREZ, JASON Y. — LEGAL STUDIES 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
The Silent Witness: Nonverbal Communication in the Legal Arena—A Study on Its Relevance and Future Research Directions 
Paul M. Collins Jr., Political Science 

PEREZ, JULIETTE M. — PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES; SOCIAL THOUGHT & POLITICAL ECONOMY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Fractured Identities: Black Masculinity, Trauma, and the Carceral Experience 
Razvan Sibii, Journalism 

PESTANA, JILLIAN M. — PSYCHOLOGY 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
The Impact of Values Rationale on Perceptions of Exposure Therapy 
Carolyn D. Davies, Psychological & Brain Sciences 

PETLIN, ALGIS — COMPUTER SCIENCE 
Advanced Scholarship—Departmental Honors 
Harnessing Artificial Intelligence for Large-Scale Argument Analysis of Vaccine Discussions on Social Platforms 
Brendan T. O'Connor, Information & Computer Science 

PETTINE, BARRETT B. — ECONOMICS; MATHEMATICS 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
The Economics of Community Notes and Truth in the Age of Digital Labor 
Vamsicharan Vakulabharanam, Economics 

PHAM, MICHELLE — MARKETING 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Designing a Personalized Digital Platform to Support Patient Success Through Bariatric Endoscopy 
Heidi E. Bailey, Isenberg School of Management 

PIETRINI, CHRIS — PSYCHOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
The Mechanics of Influence: What Drives Lobbying Success for Large Industry Groups in the United States? 
Kevin Young, Economics 

PIKE-STEIN, EMMA R. — PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
Breaking Silence: The Intersection of Disability and Interpersonal Trauma 
Ashley Woodman, Psychological & Brain Sciences 

PLODZIK, JON T. — ENGLISH; LINGUISTICS 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 

POBEZINSKAYA, ELIZAVETA L. — BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 
Advanced Scholarship—Departmental Honors 
A Study of Mannosidases and Their Effect on Protein Exit from the Lectin Chaperone Cycle 
Jennifer N. Rauch, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology 

POLIN, SAMANTHA M. — OPERATIONS & INFORMATION MANAGEMENT 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Women in Tech: Secrets of Success in the C-Suite 
Anurag Sharma, Isenberg School of Management 

PORTALSKI, LARISSA A. — PSYCHOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 

PRATHI, ANISHA — COMPUTER SCIENCE; MATHEMATICS 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 

PRENOSIL, NINA M. — PSYCHOLOGY; JOURNALISM 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Virtual Support Group for Dementia Caregivers in the Springfield Area 
Deborah M. Keisch, Civic Engagement & Service Learning

2025 Candidates—Q

QUIGLEY, NICHOLAS C. — ACCOUNTING 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
The Impact of PCAOB Regulations on Audit Quality and Independence 
Graham F. Gal, Isenberg School of Management

2025 Candidates—R

RACHID, HOPE — SPEECH, LANGUAGE & HEARING SCIENCE 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
Through Bars and Barriers: The Mental Health Struggles of Deaf and Disabled Inmates 
Razvan Sibii, Journalism 

RAGHUNATHAN, DIVYA M. — MICROBIOLOGY 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
A Mosaic of Memory 
Connie Griffin, Commonwealth Honors College 

RAIMO, JACQUELINE A. — FINANCE 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Analyzing the Shift Towards Covenant-Lite Lending in the Corporate Debt Market and Researching the Implications for Both Lenders and Borrowers 
Anurag Sharma, Isenberg School of Management 

RAJAGOPAL, SANIYA J. — PSYCHOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
In Pursuit of Memory 
Connie Griffin, Commonwealth Honors College 

RALPH, LAUREL L. — PSYCHOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
The Road to Abortion Policy: A Cultural and Historical Overview 
Mohammad Atari, Psychological & Brain Sciences 

RAMOS, CHELSEA N. — NURSING 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
Death and Dying in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU): Exploring Nurses' Perceptions of Stressors, Coping Mechanisms, and Available Support 
Kristy Pereira, Nursing 

RANJAN, ANVI — MANAGEMENT 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
The Fair Trade Movement: How Fair Is It? 
Deepika Marya, Commonwealth Honors College 

RANZ-LIND, NOAH M. — SOCIAL THOUGHT & POLITICAL ECONOMY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Boone Wingate Shear, Anthropology 

RAVIRAJ, SRIKA — PSYCHOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
A Reward a Day Keeps the Stress Away: Designing a Canvas-Integrated, Task-Oriented Reward System to Improve Student Outcomes 
Hossein Pishro-Nik, Electrical & Computer Engineering 

REDDIVARI, ANNIKA T. — BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Assessing Immunomodulation Responses Using Engineered Polymer-Phage Nanoassemblies for the Treatment of Intracellular Infections 
Vincent M. Rotello, Chemistry 

REDUTO, OLIVIA E. — MUSIC; HOSPITALITY & TOURISM MANAGEMENT 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Jazz and Beyond: A Vocal Journey 
Thomas L. Giampietro, Music & Dance 

REGAN, KASEY J. — PSYCHOLOGY; THEATER 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Detailed Analysis of Hand Performance in the Detour-Reaching Task in Aged Common Marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) 
Agnès Lacreuse, Psychological & Brain Sciences 

REHORKA, BENJAMIN — COMPUTER ENGINEERING 
Advanced Scholarship—Departmental Honors 
FRNexus: Deployable Communication and Data Transfer Networks in Disrupted Environments 
Michael Zink, Electrical & Computer Engineering 

RIDDLE, EMILY C. — COMPARATIVE LITERATURE 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Art of the Dutch Caribbean: Themes in Postcolonial Art 
Maxine Oland, Commonwealth Honors College 

RILEY, ANNE K. — ENGLISH 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
Disabling Environments in Literature and Queer, Crip Futurity Beyond Curative Imaginaries 
Malcolm Sen, English 

RING, GABRIELLE C. — NURSING 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
Quality of Life Among Posttreatment Cancer Survivors 
Memnun Seven, Nursing 

ROBERTS, DANIELLE — ENGLISH 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
A Dream out of Reach: How U.S. Education Policies Repress Social Mobility 
Kathleen Brown-Pérez, Commonwealth Honors College 

ROBERTSON, KATIE L. — HISTORY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
CAVE CANEM: Perversion of Gender Systems Through Nontraditional Medieval Penance in Sir Gowther 
Michael Papio, Languages, Literatures, & Cultures 

ROBERTSON, REBECCA A. — SPANISH; DANCE 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
Spanish and Dance: Two Languages That Enhance Expression and Interpretation 
Thomas L. Vacanti, Music & Dance 

ROHATGI, YAV — COMPUTER ENGINEERING 
Advanced Scholarship—Departmental Honors 
Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Approach to Math Tutoring 
Lixin Gao, Electrical & Computer Engineering 

ROOS OLSSON, ISABELLE A. — PSYCHOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 

ROSEN, AVIGAIL — POLITICAL SCIENCE; ECONOMICS 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Axis in Atrophy: The Missteps Behind the Collapse of Iranian Foreign Policy 
David Mednicoff, Middle Eastern Studies and Public Policy 

ROSENBERG, RYAN G. — POLITICAL SCIENCE 
Advanced Scholarship—Departmental Honors 
An Exploration into Immigrants' Experiences with Health Care in the U.S. and Canada 
Dean E. Robinson, Political Science 

ROSENFELD, SHULI — FOOD SCIENCES; BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
Investigating the Structural and Color Properties of High-Moisture, Zein-Based Extrudates at Different pHs for Meat Alternative Applications 
Lutz Grossmann, Food Sciences 

ROTH, DEVIN W. — BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Social Media Use and Emergency Medical Technician Burnout 
Erica Scharrer, Communication 

RUE, LIAM F. — POLITICAL SCIENCE; SPANISH 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 

RUEMENAPP, JOSEPH J. — PSYCHOLOGY; SPANISH 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Prison Arts Programs: Purpose and Direction 
Razvan Sibii, Journalism 

RUSSELL, ASTRID — MATHEMATICS 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Changing the Business: Reducing Technology Companies' Carbon Emissions 
Mark Roblee, History 

RUTKOWSKI, DOMINIC J. — COMPUTER SCIENCE 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
Eigenvector Approximation via Random Sampling Cameron 
Nicholas Musco, Information & Computer Science 

RYMASZEWSKI, MELISSA J. — ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
A Sediment and Blue Carbon Budget for Boston Harbor, Massachusetts 
Brian Yellen, Earth, Geographic, and Climate Sciences

2025 Candidates—S

SABBOUH, GABRIELLE A. — PSYCHOLOGY 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
Investigating the Effects of Letrozole on Cognition and the Therapeutic Potential of 10β,17β-Dihydroxyestra-1,4-dien-3-one (DHED) 
Agnès Lacreuse, Psychological & Brain Sciences 

SADH-GAURI, ANSHUL — COMPUTER SCIENCE 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Deforestation Detection with Satellite Image Segmentation 
Jaime Davila, Information & Computer Science 

SAHAKIAN, GAREN — FINANCE; ECONOMICS 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Analyzing the Shift Towards Covenant-Lite Lending in the Corporate Debt Market and Researching the Implications for Both Lenders and Borrowers 
Anurag Sharma, Isenberg School of Management 

SAID, BILAL — CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
The Effect of Globalization on the Health-Care Sectors in Third World Countries 
Deepika Marya, Commonwealth Honors College 

SAJJADI, OMID — PSYCHOLOGY; BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Neural Networks in Neuroscience: A Tool for Understanding Causal Temporal Relationships Between the Brain and Social Behavior 
Joseph Bergan, Psychological & Brain Sciences 

SALCEDO-MARX, DALILA A. — PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
Generational Currents: The Impact of Art and Media on Miami's Intergenerational Cuban Population 
Razvan Sibii, Journalism 

SALLOUM, ZAHRAA — BIOLOGY 
Advanced Scholarship—Departmental Honors 

SANDIRI, RITHVIK — BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
A Comparative Metabolic Study of Astrocytes and Neurons Between Humans and Chimpanzees 
Courtney C. Babbitt, Biology 

SANGHI, GAYATRI RAJESH — ANTHROPOLOGY; ECONOMICS 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
How Do Culture, Nutrition, and Geography Influence the Dietary Choices of Athletes, and What Role Do Culturally Significant Foods Play in Athletic Performance and Well-Being? 
Achsah Dorsey, Anthropology 

SCHLAUG, AMARA L. — BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 

SCHOLL, JACOB D. — BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
Investigating Functional Implications of CaMKII α/β Heteromers 
Margaret Stratton, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology 

SCHRAMM VON BLUCHER, ISABELLE S. — BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Differential Extent of Vascular Invasion by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. Lycopersici on Infection of Domesticated and Wild Tomatoes (Solanum spp.) 
Ana Caicedo, Biology 

SENABUNYARITHI, VUTJIYA — MATHEMATICS; COMPUTER SCIENCE 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 

SENTHILKUMAR, SHRUTHI — BIOLOGY; ANTHROPOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Effects of Visual Metaphors in Health Public Service Announcements: Fear Versus Humor 
Erica Scharrer, Communication 

SEO, JAMIN — PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Investigating the Role of Caspase-6 in Neurodegeneration and the Therapeutic Potential of KT-57 in a Mouse Model of LPS-Induced Caspase-6 Activation 
Jeanne A. Hardy, Chemistry 

SEQUEIRA, TANIA — POLITICAL SCIENCE; COMMUNICATION 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
The Conflict in Kashmir: An Artistic Analysis 
Jesse H. Rhodes, Political Science 

SHAH, BABAR — BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
In Vivo Oxidative Capacity Following Dynamic and Intermittent Isometric Contractions 
Jane Kent, Kinesiology 

SHANKAVARAM, VED S. — COMPARATIVE LITERATURE 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
From the Idiot Box to Peak TV: A Pedagogical History of Television Studies, Past and Beyond 
Barry A. Spence, Humanities & Fine Arts 

SHARDA, ANISHA — COMPUTER SCIENCE; PSYCHOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Chatbot for Journaling 
Jaime Davila, Information & Computer Science 

SHAY, COLLEEN L. — EDUCATION 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
Enhancing Accessibility in Service-Learning: Implementing Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to Support Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities 
Ellen Correa, Civic Engagement & Service Learning 

SHROFF, NIYA — COMPUTER SCIENCE; ECONOMICS 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
A Study on the Intersection of College Party Culture and Identity 
Leda Cooks, Communication 

SHUBIN, PHOEBE E. — NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
Identifying Armored Scale Insects (Diaspididae) Using Habitus Photos 
Ben B. Normark, Biology 

SICA, DOMENIC — BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
How Do the Largest Pharmaceutical and Tech Companies Demonstrate Lobbying Effectiveness in Shaping U.S. Federal Policy? 
Kevin Young, Economics 

SIEGEL, LAUREN R. — SOCIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
University Student Protest and Supportive Policing 
Kelsey Shoub, School of Public Policy 

SILVER, GABRIEL — BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
Impact of Catalyst and Scaffold Structure on Artificial Polymeric Enzyme Performance 
Vincent M. Rotello, Chemistry 

SIMONSEN, ELLA A. — KINESIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Moving Toward Inclusion: Exploring Physical Therapy as Gender-Affirming Care 
Caryn J. Brause, Architecture 

SINGH, SHANA — MARKETING 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Thomas G. Brashear-Alejandro, Isenberg School of Management 

SLATTERY, EVE A. — MANAGEMENT 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Impact of Multinational Corporations on the Global Environment 
Deepika Marya, Commonwealth Honors College 

SLAVIN-REKER, ELLA X. — OPERATIONS & INFORMATION MANAGEMENT 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Food Pantries in America: The Caucasian Cornucopia 
Deborah M. Keisch, Civic Engagement & Service Learning 

SMITH, DIAMOND — ENGLISH 
Advanced Scholarship—Departmental Honors 
Tools of Self-Care: Teaching a Therapeutic Dance Curriculum to High School Students 
Ellen Correa, Civic Engagement & Service Learning 

SOPER, KAITLYN — POLITICAL SCIENCE 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 

SOPLE, MEGAN D. — KINESIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
The Impact of Diet and Exercise on Stress Reduction Facilitating Enhanced Decision- Making in College Students 
Hossein Pishro-Nik, Electrical & Computer Engineering 

SPENGLER, GABRIELLA C. — BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
The Future of the Application of Artificial Intelligence in Mammogram Readings: A Holistic Analysis 
Hossein Pishro-Nik, Electrical & Computer Engineering 

SROUJI, TAMER S. — MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 

STAMPFL, ALEXANDRA J. — NURSING 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
Stress, Anxiety, and Depression Among Resettled Bhutanese Adults in Western Massachusetts, United States: The Influence of Family Conflict Resolution 
Kalpana Poudel-Tandukar, Nursing 

STEENO, CORINNE A. — OPERATIONS & INFORMATION MANAGEMENT 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
Women in Tech: Secrets of Success in the C-Suite 
Anurag Sharma, Isenberg School of Management 

STEVENS, GRACE M. — PRE-VETERINARY SCIENCE 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Lineage Tracing of Mab21l2-Expressing Cells During Mouse Development 
Kimberly D. Tremblay, Veterinary & Animal Sciences 

STODDARD, NICOLE M. — POLITICAL SCIENCE; PUBLIC POLICY 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 

SURRUSCO, ISABELLA R. — PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
Harmonically Intertwined 
Connie Griffin, Commonwealth Honors College 

SWAN, DANIELLE D. — PSYCHOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 

SYLVIA, MITCHELL T. — COMPUTER ENGINEERING 
Advanced Scholarship—Departmental Honors 

SZALA-KROTKOV, KIRSTEN A. — ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors

2025 Candidates—T

TALLURI, AMELIA — BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Dual-Action-Only Proteolysis Targeting Chimeras (PROTACs) for Precision Targeting in Cancer 
Thai Thayumanavan, Biomedical Engineering 

TANCREDO, ISABELLA D. — BIOLOGY; PORTUGUESE 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Investigating Transcriptional Adaptation in TBCK Mutant Zebrafish Using Quantitative Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (qRT-PCR) 
Gerald Downes, Biology 

TANG, HELEN — INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
A Human Factors Investigation of Doors on the UMass Amherst Campus 
Anuj K. Pradhan, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering 

TANIKONDA, FIONA P. — OPERATIONS & INFORMATION MANAGEMENT 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Using Visioning and Storytelling to Challenge the School-to-Prison Pipeline 
Deborah M. Keisch, Civic Engagement & Service Learning 

TAVARES, NESSIARA F. — LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Designing Equitable Green Spaces for Low-Income Communities: A Look into the Community of Brockton, Massachusetts 
Jane Thurber, Landscape Architecture & Regional Planning 

TCHESNOVSKY, ANDREA P. — COMPARATIVE LITERATURE 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
John J. Hennessy, English 

TEFFAHI, ZAKARIAH A. — MATHEMATICS; BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Exploring the Efficacy of ChatGPT as a Self-Guided Learning Companion: An Analysis of Benefits, Limitations, and Pedagogical Potential 
Hossein Pishro-Nik, Electrical & Computer Engineering 

THANE, SAO MYAT EINDRA — PHYSICS 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
How Do Flexible Sheets Attach to Fluid Surfaces? 
Narayanan Menon, Physics 

THOMAS, MERIN E. — PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Cultivating Justice: The Interplay of Conservation, Food, and Indigenous Sovereignty 
Deborah M. Keisch, Civic Engagement & Service Learning 

THOMPSON, LILY P. — KINESIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
The Sedentary Shift: Is Living Off-Campus a Barrier to Physical Activity for Undergraduate Students? 
Caryn J. Brause, Architecture 

THOMPSON, VICTORIA A. — ENGLISH; CLASSICS 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
Essays from a Room 
Katherine Emily O'Callaghan, English 

TIAN, STEPHANIE S. — PSYCHOLOGY; LEGAL STUDIES 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
The Impacts of Gentrification on Boston's Neighborhoods 
Ray Kinoshita Mann, Architecture 

TITTMANN, MIA — SPEECH, LANGUAGE & HEARING SCIENCE 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
A Systematic Literature Review on Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) Parent Outcomes of Autistic Children 
Ashley Woodman, Psychological & Brain Sciences 

TOTH, RACHEL T. — JOURNALISM 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Signing Sports Sounds: Improving Accessibility in Athletics for Deaf Students 
Ellen Correa, Civic Engagement & Service Learning 

TOWNSEND, CHARLES H. — ENGLISH 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
Clementina, A Novel 
John J. Hennessy, English 

TRALONGO, JANEL M. — HOSPITALITY & TOURISM MANAGEMENT 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
The Impact of Volunteerism on Mental Health and Well-Being Among Young Adults and Adolescents 
Muzzo Uysal, Isenberg School of Management 

TREBLE, MARISOL — MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 

TRIGO, KYLE B. — KINESIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Social Media Use and Motivation for Exercise 
Erica Scharrer, Communication 

TROSTEANETCHI, DARIA — MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
Gait Adaptation to Asymmetric Hip Stiffness Applied Overground by a Robotic Exoskeleton 
Meghan E. Huber, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering 

TRUONG, THOMAS T. — LINGUISTICS AND PHILOSOPHY 
Advanced Scholarship—Departmental Honors 

TSANG, RENEE S. — LEGAL STUDIES 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
From the Gold Rush to the Ivy League Rush: Model Minority or Model Enemy? 
Rebecca Hamlin, Political Science 

TSE, ISABELLE G. — ACCOUNTING 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Removing the Mask 
Connie Griffin, Commonwealth Honors College 

TUCKER, MAEVE G. — BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
Mental Health on Campus: A Comparative Analysis of Mental Health Resources for Students at Large Public Universities 
Elena T. Carbone, Nutrition 

TURK, TAMARA A. — BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
Exploring Nisin-Colicin Bacteriocin Synergy to Combat Uropathogenic E. coli 
Margaret Ann Riley, Biology

2025 Candidates—U

ULWICK, JACOB M. — ECONOMICS; PHILOSOPHY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Joint-Experiences: Ontological and Axiological Questions in Emerging Communication Technologies 
Itai Sher, Economics

2025 Candidates—V

VALADE, KYLE J. — PSYCHOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Optimizing Patient Transport: Evaluating and Simplifying Decision-Making in Emergency Medical Services (EMS) 
Steven D. Brewer, Biology 

VALENCIA CORDOVA, CITLI M. — POLITICAL SCIENCE 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Weaving Threads in the Pioneer Valley: Building Collective Power to Organize for Immigrant Justice 
Jennifer Sandler, Anthropology 

VAN ALLEN, GWENDOLEN A. — NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Analysis of Tree Inventories Across College Campuses in the Northeast 
Richard W. Harper, Environmental Conservation 

VANZANDT, SAMANTHA A. — MARKETING 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
Honors Marketing Lowe's Case Study 
Heidi E. Bailey, Isenberg School of Management 

VASISHTHA, ISHA — PSYCHOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Temporal Focus and Emotional Dynamics: Exploring the Role of Temporal Framing in Affective Polarization During the 2024 U.S. Election 
Brian A. Lickel, Psychological & Brain Sciences 

VASQUEZ-CRUZ, MARYANN — PUBLIC POLICY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 

VELAZQUEZ, JOCELYN M. — COMPUTER SCIENCE 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Inexact and Exact Graph Matching Using Quantum Walks 
Donald F. Towsley, Information & Computer Science 

VENGALIL, BENJAMIN M. — BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 

VIEIRA, RODRIGO M. — BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Bulk Ribonucleic Acid (RNA) Sequencing Profiling of Zebrafish TBCK Mutants: Differential Gene Expression Analysis of Stable Lines and G0 Crispants 
Gerald Downes, Biology 

VOLNEY, NOAH J. — BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
Drug Selection for Enhanced Cerebrospinal Fluid Production of the Choroid Plexus 
Rachael Sirianni, UMass Chan Medical School 

VOLPE, NICOLAS L. — COMPUTER ENGINEERING 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
Performance of Covert Communications Against ML-Based Receivers 
Dennis L. Goeckel, Electrical & Computer Engineering 

VU, TRUONG SON — COMPUTER ENGINEERING 
Advanced Scholarship—Departmental Honors 
Evaluation of 5G Carrier Latency Impact on Federated Learning Accuracy 
Taqi Raza, Electrical & Computer Engineering 

VUONG, MINH QUANG — CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Spinel Oxide Catalyst Synthesis for Natural Seawater Electrolysis 
Zhu Chen, Chemical Engineering

2025 Candidates—W

WAGHE, SHREYAS — COMPUTER SCIENCE; MATHEMATICS 
Advanced Scholarship—Departmental Honors 
Polarity-Based Feedback in a Single Cell Model Leads to Collective Cell Migration 
Andreas Buttenschoen, Mathematics & Statistics 

WAGNER, ANNA E. — OPERATIONS & INFORMATION MANAGEMENT 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Addressing Overcrowding in Emergency Departments Through Operations Management 
Senay Solak, Isenberg School of Management 

WALD, ZACHARY L. — BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Breaking Bread: Utilizing Dialogue to Build Community Between Jewish and Muslim Students 
Mari Castañeda, Commonwealth Honors College 

WALKO, CLAIRE Z. — CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Metal Doping of Antimony Molybdate Oxide Photocatalysts for Sustainable Nitrogen Fertilizer Production 
Nianqiang Wu, Chemical Engineering 

WALLACE, MICHAEL G. — PSYCHOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 

WARE, NATHAN A. — ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
Configurations for Energy Storage-Enabled Water Heaters 
Jayant Taneja, Electrical & Computer Engineering 

WEBBER, ELIJAH Q. — ENGLISH 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
The First Word 
London Beck, Writing Program 

WHEELER, MAXWELL J. — MUSIC 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 

WHITSON, HANNAH P. — SPEECH, LANGUAGE, AND HEARING SCIENCES 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
Using Story Retelling as a Marker in Subclinical Aphasia 
Jacquie Kurland, Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences 

WIERZBOWSKI, NICHOLAS E. — COMPUTER SCIENCE; MATHEMATICS 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Strength in Struggle 
Elena T. Carbone, Nutrition 

WING, SAMANTHA A. — COMMUNICATION; LEGAL STUDIES 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Dating Apps in Relation to the Rise of Short-Term Relationships 
Erica Scharrer, Communication 

WINKLER, MEGAN — BIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
Prime Pull Vaccination Against Aggressive Cancer Models 
Prabhani U. Atukorale, Biomedical Engineering 

WITKOWSKI-DESPRES, ELIJAH — POLITICAL SCIENCE 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
Cultural Colonialism: The Effect of Colonialism on Food, Culture, and Religion in Jamaica 
Maxine Oland, Commonwealth Honors College 

WITTMER, JORDAN H. — PSYCHOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Social Media and Romantic Relationships 
Erica Scharrer, Communication 

WITTMIER, SCOUT A. — HISTORY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 

WONG, GWUN Y. — MANAGEMENT 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
A Taste of History: Exploring Japan's Past Through Cuisine 
Reiko Sono, Languages, Literatures, & Cultures 

WONG, HELENA K. — NURSING 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
Caring for Patients from Underserved Asian Communities: A Virtual Toolkit Training Nursing Students in the Use of Culturally Competent Motivational Interviewing (MI) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) 
Jeungok Choi, Nursing 

WOODWARD, OWEN D. — PSYCHOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
The Impact of Extra Practice on Sleep-Dependent Memory Consolidation in Older Adults 
Rebecca M. C. Spencer, Psychological & Brain Sciences 

WYNJA, REID D. — MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
Analyzing the Movement of the Mola mola Fish Through Robotic Modeling 
Yahya Modarres-Sadeghi, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

2025 Candidates—Y

YANGZOM, DIKI — BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
Between Jaws: The Evolutionary Tale of Craniofacial Diversity 
R. Craig Albertson, Biology 

YAZBEK, NICK — PHYSICS; MATHEMATICS 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
Studying the Optical Properties of a SI-Coated Reflector in the UMass nEXO LXe Setup Using Chroma-Based Optical Simulations 
Andrea Pocar, Physics 

YE, KASSIDY — BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Optimization of the Formulation and Mechanical Characterization of Hydrogels 
Alfred Crosby, Polymer Science & Engineering 

YODER, HALLEE L. — PSYCHOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
An Investigation in Error Detection of Idiomatic Expressions 
Adrian B. Staub, Psychological & Brain Sciences 

YOON, SARAH G. — SPEECH, LANGUAGE, AND HEARING SCIENCES 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
Examining the Relationship Between Listening Effort and the Pursuit of Hearing Loss Treatment 
Sara Mamo, Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences 

YOUNG, GRACE — HISTORY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Female Migration to Postwar Britain: National Health Service (NHS) Women Workers and British Historical Memory 
Maxine Oland, Commonwealth Honors College 

YOUNG, JADEN R. — ARCHITECTURE 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 

YUAN, STANLEY S. — BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
Investigating Stability and Subunit Exchange Kinetics of the CheA P3 Dimer Interface 
Lynmarie Thompson, Chemistry

2025 Candidates—Z

ZAITSEV, MARIA A. — HISTORY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Silenced Words, Silenced Worlds: America’s New Era of Censorship 
Kathleen Brown-Pérez, Commonwealth Honors College 

ZAMACHAJ, BENJAMIN A. — MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 

ZAWISA, BRENDAN — FINANCE 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 

ZHANG, ALEX N. — COMPUTER SCIENCE 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
Attention Spans and Data Video Design 
Ali Sarvghad Batn Moghaddam, Information & Computer Science 

ZHANG, ELLA Y. — BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Bacteriocins as a Novel Antimicrobial Treatment for Acne Vulgaris 
Margaret Ann Riley, Biology 

ZHANG, STEVEN G. — COMPUTER SCIENCE; MATHEMATICS 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
Optimization Frameworks for Machine Learning Inference on Heterogeneous Hardware 
Hui Guan, Computer Science 

ZHENG, XI — MATHEMATICS 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Women Behind Bars: Prison History and Policy Effect on the Well-Being of Pregnant Inmates and Their Newborns 
Razvan Sibii, Journalism 

ZHU, NATALIE — BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)-Mediated Assembly of Functional Chemoreceptor Complexes in E. coli 
Lynmarie Thompson, Chemistry 

ZIAZIULIA, ANASTASIYA — OPERATIONS & INFORMATION MANAGEMENT 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
Lack of Luxury Russian Nail Salons: Business Doomed for Failure or Success? 
Thomas G. Brashear-Alejandro, Isenberg School of Management 

ZIEGEL, GRACE — ENGLISH 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors