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