2026 Candidates—M
MIA E. MAALOUF — Biology
Advanced Scholarship - Multidisciplinary Honors
LUKE MACANNUCO — Journalism
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
GREGORY C. MACDONALD — Psychology
Advanced Scholarship - Multidisciplinary Honors
Reactive Tokens as an Underlying Mechanism of Exploration in Conversation
Erik W. Cheries, Psychological & Brain Sciences
SOPHIE MACHERNIS — Psychology
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
An Investigation into the Cognitive Effects of Artificial Intelligence Use
Hossein Pishro-Nik, Electrical & Computer Engineering
DHRITI KONDA REDDY MADIREDDY — Economics, Computer Science
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Role of Institutions in the Adoption and Diffusion of Artificial Intelligence
Valerie A. Voorheis, Economics
EMILY F. MAGNANT — Biology
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Ecological Influences on Inhibitory Visual Circuit Development in Diurnal Rodents and Mammalian Relatives
Sarah Pallas, Biology
JAMES A. MAGYAR — Political Science
Advanced Scholarship - Multidisciplinary Honors
The Future of Western Financial Hegemony: Delinking, Development, and the Rise of BRICS and the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative
Deepika Marya, Commonwealth Honors College
ANIKA MAHARAJ — Psychology, Public Health Sciences
Advanced Scholarship - Multidisciplinary Honors
Examining Land as a Determinant of Health for Indigenous Communities
Deborah M. Keisch, Civic Engagement & Service Learning
ADELAIDE D. MALONEY — Linguistics, Spanish
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
AVANTIKA MANIKANDAN — Chemistry
Advanced Scholarship - Multidisciplinary Honors
Investigating Protein Higher-Order Structure Using Covalent Labeling and Ion Mobility Mass Spectrometry
Richard W. Vachet, Chemistry
JUSTIN MANOJ — Computer Science, Mathematics
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
DANA MANOR — Chemistry
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
The Cleavage of Different DJ‑1 Constructs by Caspase‑6
Jeanne Hardy, Chemistry
FATIMA Z. MARASHI — Political Science, Legal Studies
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Lines That Cage: The Racial Blueprint for America’s Immigration War
Kathleen A. Brown-Pérez, Commonwealth Honors College
HANNAH M. MARKELZ — Environmental Science
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Effects of Soil Physicochemical Properties on Lead and Cadmium Uptake by Ocimum basilicum
Hannah Naughton, Stockbridge School of Agriculture
JUSTIN V. MARRO — Managerial Economics
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
The New Economics of Reproductive Control: Labor, Education, and Mobility After Dobbs
Martha L. Yoder, Commonwealth Honors College
HAILEY W. MARTIN — Legal Studies, Public Policy
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Siting Data Centers in the Public Eye: Predictors of Public Support and Opposition
Brenda Bushouse, School of Public Policy
ADELINE L. MARTIN — Film Studies, Theater
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
ELLA K. MASCIARELLI — Legal Studies, Economics
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Protective or Punitive?: The Dual Nature of Domestic Violence Law
Kathleen A. Brown-Pérez, Commonwealth Honors College
ASHLYN L. MCADAMS — Individual Concentration: Digital Marketing, Communication
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
The Creation of a Clothing Brand: "from Ash."
Jenny M. Vogel, Art
MEGHAN T. MCBRIDE — Astronomy, Physics
Advanced Scholarship - Departmental Honors
Hunting for Milky Ways with Massive Satellite Companions
Mia de los Reyes, Astronomy
MARIELSA W. MCBRIDE — Anthropology
Advanced Scholarship - Multidisciplinary Honors
Homecoming: The Landback Movement’s Effect on Indigenous People in the United States
Deborah M. Keisch, Civic Engagement & Service Learning
SARAH A. MCCARTHY — Psychology, Mathematics
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
JACK W. MCGARAGHAN — Philosophy, Linguistics and Philosophy
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
KATHRYN A. MCGILLIVRAY — Biology
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Stem Node Architecture and Secondary Cell Wall Regulation in the Model Grass Brachypodium distachyon
Samuel Hazen, Biology
LANEY M. MCGOFF — Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences
General Studies & Departmental Honors
The Relationship Between Language and Parents’ Ratings of Cognitive and Behavioral Skills in Intellectual Disabilities
Jill R. Hoover, Communication Disorders
JOANNE R. MCGUINNESS — Operations & Information Management
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
CALEB B. MCKEARNEY — Finance
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
What Do Large Language Models Think a Bitcoin Is Worth?
Anurag Sharma, Isenberg School of Management
ARDEN M. MCKENNA — Industrial Engineering
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Identifying Patterns of Multimorbidity Using Association Rule Mining in US Health Data
Hari Balasubramanian, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
ALEXA MCKIM — Public Health Sciences, Psychology
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Making Sense of Food Media: College Women’s Lived Experiences of Eating and Their Relationships with Food
Leda Cooks, Communication
RIA V. MEHROTRA — Chemical Engineering
General Studies & Departmental Honors
Electrocatalytic Reduction of Nitrate to Ammonia: Investigating the Role of Cationic Contaminants
Zhu Chen, Chemical Engineering
DEV V. MEHTA — Computer Science
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Using Technology to Address Imposter Syndrome in Computer Science Students
Ellen Correa, Civic Engagement & Service Learning
OM MEHTA — Computer Science, Mathematics
General Studies & Departmental Honors
Prophet Inequalities in the Non-IID and Free-Order Setting
Hedyeh Beyhaghi, Information & Computer Science
ANGIE MEJIA — Nursing
General Studies & Departmental Honors
Barriers and facilitators to self-advocacy during the birthing process: An analysis from focus groups
Lucinda Canty, Nursing
MARK S. MENDOZA — Microbiology
Advanced Scholarship - Multidisciplinary Honors
Identification and Biochemical Characterization of Compounds Causing Mortality in Tick-Borne Disease Control
Stephen M. Rich, Microbiology
JAERON V. MERCADO — Finance
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Sustainability as Strategy: Evaluating the Financial and Consumer Impacts of Sustainable Practices in the Fashion Industry
Muzzo Uysal, Isenberg School of Management
PRISCILLIA K. META — Public Health Sciences
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Bridging the Gap Through Evaluating Maternal Health Policies and Racial Disparities in Postpartum Hemorrhage
Carrie Johnson Nobles, Environmental Health Sciences
ANNALIEKA J. METS — Civil Engineering
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Societal Impacts of Earthquake Risk in San Francisco Using Geographic Information System Analysis of Building Characteristics
Jessica Boakye, Civil & Environmental Engineering
PRESTON D. MILLER — Spanish, Social Thought & Political Economy
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Magic & Mania
Hoang G. Phan, English
ZOE MILLER — Psychology
Advanced Scholarship - Multidisciplinary Honors
The Effects of Hormonal Contraceptives on the Mental Health of Physically Healthy Adult Females: A Systematic Literature Review
Katherine L. Dixon-Gordon, Psychological & Brain Sciences
MAIA F. MINTS — Psychology
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
JACQUELINE R. MIRABELLA — English
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Naked and Afraid: The Epidemic of Sexual Assault Within United States Prisons and the Failure to Address It
Razvan Sibii, Journalism
AARON K. MISTRY — Finance
General Studies & Departmental Honors
Entertaining the Student Body: An Analysis of University Programming
Anurag Sharma, Isenberg School of Management
MANASH C. MISTRY — Biology
Advanced Scholarship - Departmental Honors
ANDREW MITCHELL — Computer Engineering
Advanced Scholarship - Departmental Honors
Studying Differential Power Analysis on Field Programmable Gate Array Implementation of Machine Learning Model
Wayne Peter Burleson, Electrical & Computer Engineering
MADELEINE MOSTEIRO — Pre-Veterinary Science
General Studies & Departmental Honors
Using Breastmilk from BRCA Mutation Carriers as an Assessment Tool for Breast Cancer Risk
Kathleen Arcaro, Veterinary & Animal Sciences
FIRDAUS MUHAMMAD — Microbiology, Public Health Sciences
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Assessing NRF2 Activation for Pancreatic Recovery Following Critical-Window Perfluorooctane Sulfonic Acid Exposure in ptf1a:GFP Zebrafish (Danio rerio)
Alicia Timme-Laragy, Environmental Health Sciences
WILLIAM K. MULHOLLAND — Neuroscience, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Does Platelet Factor 4 Cross the Blood Brain Barrier?
Cana Park, Biology
OWEN B. MULLINS — History
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Russian Propaganda and State Capture in Francophone Africa
Robert LaRussa, School of Public Policy
JULIE K. MULLOY — Kinesiology
General Studies & Departmental Honors
Predicting Low Back Pain in Collegiate Dancers Through Functional Movement Screening and Lower Crossed Syndrome Assessment
Judi Labranche, Kinesiology
NICOLE W. MUMBI — Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Weathering, Structural Racism, and the Intergenerational Transmission of Low Birthweight Among Black Women in the United States
Dean Robinson, Political Science
ABDAN MUMTAZ — Biology
Advanced Scholarship - Multidisciplinary Honors
THOMAS C. MURPHY — Computer Engineering
Advanced Scholarship - Departmental Honors
Peak: Software for Prepaid Energy Awareness Kit
Maitreyee Marathe, Electrical & Computer Engineering
JACQUELINE M. MURPHY — Biology
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
The Scientific Guide to Sourdough Fermentation: A Comparative Analysis of Microbial and Substrate Differences in Whole Wheat and White Flour Starters
Xian Wu, Food Sciences
BRIGID E. MURRAY — Marketing
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Unifying the Boston Scientific Digital Experience
Heidi E. Bailey, Isenberg School of Management
JESSICA E. MURRAY — Psychology
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Getting Used to Accented Speech: Does Exposure Reduce Listening Effort?
Alexandra Jesse, Psychological & Brain Sciences