2026 Candidates—A
AKIM A. ABRAMKIN — Public Health Sciences, Legal Studies
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Breathing the Metabolic Rift: A Critical Analysis of Neoliberal Green Growth Policy and the Neurodegenerative Consequences of Associated Air Pollution
Dean Robinson, Political Science
TOMAS ACUNA — Linguistics, Computer Science
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
SIDNEY L. ADAMS — Psychology
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Barriers to Diagnosis and Autistic Identity in Young Adults
Ashley Woodman, Psychological & Brain Sciences
SONALI G. AGARWAL — Biomedical Engineering
General Studies & Departmental Honors
Dual Immune Agonist Lipid Nanoparticles to Reverse Cancer Stemness
Prabhani U. Atukorale, Biomedical Engineering
FELIX D. AGBO — Building & Construction Technology
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Housing Is a Need, Not a Luxury: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Affordable Housing Through Design, Construction, and Evolving Policy
Michael McNally, Environmental Conservation
NICHOLAS J. AGRELLA — Legal Studies
Advanced Scholarship - Multidisciplinary Honors
Punishment in Jumpsuits: The Compliance Model Masquerading as Recovery
Kathleen A. Brown-Pérez, Commonwealth Honors College
HEEYA DEEPAK AJWANI — Psychology
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
When Feelings Don’t Match Physiology: Examining Alexithymia and Emotional Discordance as Predictors of Internalizing Symptoms in a Clinical Sample
Katherine L. Dixon-Gordon, Psychological & Brain Sciences
YOUSUF M. AL ATTAR — Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
External Agendas, Internal Decay: Western Neoliberalism and the Dismantling of Ba'athist Iraq
Deepika Marya, Commonwealth Honors College
INAYAH F. ALAM — Biology
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
The Neoliberal Prescription: Globalization, Patent Monopolies, and the Right to Health in India
Deepika Marya, Commonwealth Honors College
DANIELA M. ALCALA-VARGAS — Psychology
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
My Toolbox Journal: Mental Health Tool for Individuals Who Have Graduated from Temporary Therapeutic Services
Ellen Correa, Civic Engagement & Service Learning
ELISHA ALEXANDRE — Biology
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
The Associations of Physical Activity Structure on Cognition and 24-Hour Movement Behaviors in Preschool Children
Christine St. Laurent, Kinesiology
ZACHARY J. ALFANO — Computer Science
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Diffusion Language Models on Data-Constrained Language Environments
Hossein Pishro-Nik, Electrical & Computer Engineering
INBAL S. ALKALAY — Biology
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
TRE ALLEN-ROBINSON — Electrical Engineering
General Studies & Departmental Honors
Gated High-Speed Laser Intensity Stabilization for Trapped Ion Qubits
Robert Niffenegger, Electrical and Computer Engineering
EMILY C. ALLMAN — Psychology
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Effects of Social Identity Threat and Meritocracy on Self-Group Distancing in the Context of Leadership
Nilanjana Dasgupta, Psychological & Brain Sciences
AMELIA J. AMACK — Kinesiology
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Associations Between Sleep Health, Mental Burnout, and Performance Anxiety in Adolescent Athletes
Christine St. Laurent, Kinesiology
ERIC S. AMES — Psychology
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
The Role of Procedural Justice in Default Energy Programs: Testing Justification Frames for Time-of-Use Pricing
Christine L. Crago, Resource Economics
GWYNETH A. AMONTE — Biology
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Understanding Ecological Influences on Visual Cortical Development in Diurnal Rodents
Sarah Pallas, Biology
UDAY ANAND — Mechanical Engineering
Advanced Scholarship - Departmental Honors
Fluid-Structure Interactions with Kresling-Pattern Origami
Yahya Modarres-Sadeghi, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
PRANAV ANANDAVEL — Public Policy
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Student Housing Policy: Town-Gown Conflict at the University of Massachusetts Amherst
Thomas G. Brashear-Alejandro, Isenberg School of Management
BRENNAN F. ANDERSEN — Psychology
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
"Pop Goes the Weasel": Music Pedagogy in Education—The Capabilities of Music Integration in Schooling
Adam S. Grabell, Psychological & Brain Sciences
CAMILLE M. ANDERSON — Biology
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Integrating Living Mulch into Sweet Corn Production to Improve Soil Health and Farmers' Profitability
Masoud Hashemi, Stockbridge School of Agriculture
PETER J. ANDREWS — Marketing
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Using AI to Understand Itself
Anurag Sharma, Isenberg School of Management
HELENA ANDRUS — Social Thought & Political Economy, Spanish
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
JESSICA M. APPLEBAUM — Biology, Psychology
Advanced Scholarship - Multidisciplinary Honors
Behavioral Sleep Interventions in Preschool Children with Developmental Disabilities: A Systematic Review
Christine St. Laurent, Kinesiology
EMERSON G. APPLEYARD — Electrical Engineering
Advanced Scholarship - Departmental Honors
Re-Design of the ToITEC LNA Bias Board
Grant W. Wilson, Astronomy
NAREK ARAKELYAN — Mathematics, Economics
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Financial Elites and the State: A Comparative Study of Institutional Connectedness in the United States
Kevin Young, Economics
GIORDANO ARCIERI — Computer Science
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
SADIE R. ARUNDALE — Dance
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Soon This Will All Be Picturesque Ruins: A Historical Reimagining and Re-creation of David Wojnarowicz's 1982 Work, Peter Hujar Dreaming-Yukio Mishima-St. Sebastian, Through Dance
Duane Holland, Jr, Music & Dance
SURYA ARUNKUMAR — Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Advanced Scholarship - Departmental Honors
Enhancement of Salmonella-Based Cancer Therapies Through Deletion of Effector Proteins
Neil S. Forbes, Chemical Engineering
ANNA A. ATANASOVA — Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Neuroscience, Psychology
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Globalization and Healthcare: Confronting Systemic Inequities in Global Health Governance
Deepika Marya, Commonwealth Honors College
UMA D. ATTREYA — Individual Concentration: Behavioral Economics, Psychology
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Aligning Student Perceptions and Labor Market Expectations to Supplement Educator Knowledge in the Age of AI
Hossein Pishro-Nik, Electrical & Computer Engineering