2026 Candidates—R
OWEN A. RAFTERY — Computer Engineering
Advanced Scholarship - Departmental Honors
Machine Learning for a Covert Communications Adversary
Dennis L. Goeckel, Electrical & Computer Engineering
ELIOT H. RAGOSA — Neuroscience
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
The Glioblastoma Travel Project
Matt Davidson, Psychological & Brain Sciences
DEEKSHITA RAJENDRAN — Neuroscience, Psychology
Advanced Scholarship - Multidisciplinary Honors
How Do Individual Differences in the Big Five Personality Traits Relate to Explore/Exploit Behavior in Decision-Making and Motor Control?
Youngbin Kwak, Psychological & Brain Sciences
MOHAN D. RAM — Neuroscience, Statistics and Data Science
Advanced Scholarship - Multidisciplinary Honors
Quantitative Analysis of Cortical Maturation Delays in Patients with Focal Epilepsy
John W. Staudenmayer, Mathematics & Statistics
KYA A. RANSOM — Psychology
Advanced Scholarship - Multidisciplinary Honors
How Parenting Environments Shape Adolescent Self-Control and Risky Decision-Making Across Development
Kirby D. Deater-Deckard, Psychological & Brain Sciences
ZIHAN RAO — Physics
Advanced Scholarship - Departmental Honors
Long-Term Cryogenic Characterization of Vacuum-Ultraviolet-Sensitive Silicon Photomultipliers
Andrea Pocar, Physics
MUSKAN RATHI — Biology
Advanced Scholarship - Multidisciplinary Honors
Supporting a Person with Dementia: A Caregiver Resource Guide
Ellen Correa, Civic Engagement & Service Learning
LUKE K. RATTANAVIJAI — Computer Engineering
Advanced Scholarship - Departmental Honors
An Agentic System for Datacenter Network Migration Specification
Lixin Gao, Electrical & Computer Engineering
VALENTINA F. RAVAIOLI — Political Science, Sustainable Community Development
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
From Courtroom to Canvas: A Critique of Entertainment Law and Legal Literacy Through Visual Storytelling
John Francis Simpson, Commonwealth Honors College
SHLOK DHARMENDRA RAVAL — Computer Science
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Asymmetric Slip Model-Based Locomotion Controller for a Humanoid Robot with an Actuated Toe
Donghyun Kim, Information & Computer Science
SARISHA RAY — Biology
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Mutual Aid Supports Food Insecurity Prevention at the University of Massachusetts Amherst
Deborah M. Keisch, Civic Engagement & Service Learning
CHARLES D. RAYMER — Economics
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
The Rise of a Revolutionary Culture in Cuba
Maxine Oland, Commonwealth Honors College
ABIGAIL C. REDDIVARI — Legal Studies, Operations & Information Management
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Entertaining the Student Body: An Analysis of University Programming
Anurag Sharma, Isenberg School of Management
SAI S. REDDY — Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Neuroscience
General Studies & Departmental Honors
Optimization of Blood-Brain Barrier-Crossing Lipid Nanoparticles for Brain Delivery and Modulation of NLRP3 Inflammasome Signaling
Ashish A. Kulkarni, Chemical Engineering
MARGARET O. REDINGER — Public Policy
General Studies & Departmental Honors
A Perfect Storm: Loneliness Epidemic, AI Explosion, and Absent Federal Government Regulation
Brenda Bushouse, School of Public Policy
RAEGAN M. REDMOND — Microbiology
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Parenting, Platforms, and Public Trust: How Online Communities Shape Vaccine Hesitancy Among Young Parents
Dean Robinson, Political Science
BROOKLYN R. REGAN — Physics
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Pliocene Glacial History of the Ross Sea, Antarctica: Microfossil Record from IODP Site U1522
R. Mark Leckie, Geosciences
JAKE B. REID — Computer Science, Mathematics
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Harnessing Large Language Models for Autonomous Mission Planning in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Hossein Pishro-Nik, Electrical & Computer Engineering
CARALYN G. REXROAD — Environmental Science
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Using Isotopic Analysis to Assess Estuarine Sediment Dynamics and Composition in the Northeastern United States
Brian Yellen, Earth, Geographic, and Climate Sciences
SUSAN M. REYNOLDS — Legal Studies, Biology
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Information Is Power: The US Government's Unregulated Data-Sharing Partnerships with Technology Corporations During an Era of Innovation and Democratic Destruction
Kathleen A. Brown-Pérez, Commonwealth Honors College
CHARLOTTE C. RIBE — Journalism, English
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
ERIK A. RICHARDSON — Geology
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Garnet as an Archive of Appalachian Metamorphism: Microstructural and Geochronological Evidence from Rowe-Moretown Schists in Chester, MA
Mike Williams, Geosciences
VASILY ROGAEV — Operations & Information Management
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
BRIANNA L. ROHMANN — Pre-Veterinary Science
General Studies & Departmental Honors
Investigating Changes in Human Neural Evolution
Courtney Babbitt, Biology
KALYANI ROJAN — Microbiology
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Enhancing Disinfection Using Synergistic Interactions Between Carvacrol and Charged Surfactants: A Comparative Analysis of Emulsion Formulations Against Tulane Virus, a Human Norovirus Surrogate
Matthew D. Moore, Food Sciences
LILY ROONEY — Psychology, Communication
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Minjok: Japan’s Occupation of Korea and the Impacts on the Development of a Korean National Identity
Maxine Oland, Commonwealth Honors College
ANABELLA G. ROSE — Mechanical Engineering
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
A Review of Hand Arthritis Types, Challenges, and Solutions
Douglas C. Eddy, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
SOPHIA A. ROSELLI — Marketing
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
The Data Privacy Dilemma: Creating a Roadmap for Ethical Digital Marketing
Jennifer F. Merton, Isenberg School of Management
JONATHAN ROSSIGNOL — Mathematics
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Analysis of Large Language Model Watermarks
Lulu Kang, Mathematics & Statistics
JAMES P. RUST — Computer Science, Economics
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Assessing the Predictive Accuracy of Machine Learning Models in NBA Draft Player Evaluation
Hossein Pishro-Nik, Electrical & Computer Engineering
AOIFE K. RUTH — Biomedical Engineering
Advanced Scholarship - Departmental Honors
SARAH E. RYAN — Legal Studies, Political Science
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
From Buck to Dobbs: The Constitutional Logic of Reproductive Policing
Martha L. Yoder, Commonwealth Honors College
MARY M. RYAN — Physics
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Biomechanical Model of the Kip to Straddle Cast Handstand on the Uneven Bar Apparatus
Narayanan Menon, Physics
MARY K. RYAN — History
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors