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