Howard Student Research Fellows Award Recipients

Samuel Rogers, English
Why We Like Death: A Study of Gothicism in Appalachian Folk Music
Mentor: Dr. Sherry Truffin

Kylie Rose, Biology
Optimization of Aspirin Synthesis
Mentor: Dr. Elizabeth Blue

Anthony Rubano, Clinical Research
Assessing Fibromyalgia Diagnosis Trends and Association with Common Comorbidities using the NAMCS from 2010-2019
Mentor: Dr. Susan Misciagno

Rachel Van Winkle, Biochemistry
Enzymatic Cross-Coupling of Carbonyl Compounds and Alkyl Halides: Crossing Into New Territory with Thiamine-Dependent Enzymes
Mentor: Dr. Evan Reynolds

Hannah Vogel, Psychology
Assessing the Relationship Between Indicators of ADHD and Depression/Anxiety
Mentor: Dr. Jutta Street

Jaden Zanek, Kinesiology
Health Education Disparities in Patients with T2DM using data from the NAMCS: A retrospective analysis
Mentor: Dr. Michael Jiroutek

Christianna Felix, Criminal Justice
Meta-Analysis on Music Therapy in Corrections
Mentor: Dr. Catherine Cowling

Sarah Hall, Psychology
Facing Poverty in Rural North Carolina: The Correlation between Poverty and Lack of Effective Mental Health Resources
Mentor: Dr. Jutta Street

Halle Kahlenberg, Clinical Research
An Assessment of the Association between Diabetes Mellitus and the Diagnosis of Dementia
Mentor: Dr. Susan Misciagno

Halle was featured in a Campbell News article! Read it !

Rebecca Roope, Psychology
Teacher Preparedness in Times of Crisis
Mentor: Dr. Laura Lunsford

Elaine Smith, Fitness Wellness Management
Impact of Nutrition on College Women’s Menstrual Health
Mentor: Dr. Sarah Christie

Rachel Van Winkle, Biochemistry
Use of Thiamine-Dependent Enzymes for Radical Reactions
Mentor: Dr. Evan Reynolds

 

Anna Braaten, Biology
Using Transposon Mutagenesis to Identify Genes in Lactococcus lactis Required for Biofilm Formation
Mentor: Dr. Stephanie Mathews

Abigail Cooley, Biomedical Humanities
Psychological Hardiness in Division I Womens Lacrosse
Mentor: Dr. Paula Parker

Colton Danks, Pharmaceutical Sciences
Characterization and Identification of a Bacteriophage Using Restriction Enzyme and DNA Fingerprinting Techniques
Mentor: Dr. Tim Marks

Chloe Davis, Psychology
Examining the Role of Family Support and Family Dynamics on College Students’ Life Satisfaction During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Mentor: Dr. Justin Nelson

Dean Locklear, Political Science
Historic Native American Presence on the 橙子影院 Campus and Land Acknowledgement
Mentor: Dr. Nicole Rushing

Callen Toscano, English
Symphony of Destruction: Gothic Romanticism and Nuclear Culture in 1980s Thrash Metal
Mentors: Dr. Sherry Truffin and Dr. Jaclyn Stanke

Jenna Carter, Kinesiology
Salivary Cortisol Response During the Competitive Season in Collegiate Lacrosse Players
Mentor: Dr. Stephanie Mathews

Amy Edwards, Psychology
Training Student Doctors: The Influence of Self, Patient, and Faculty Feedback on Performance
Mentor: Dr. Laura Lunsford

Skylar Raynor, Psychology
College students during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Anxiety, Depression, Loneliness, and Academic Performance
Mentor: Dr. Jutta Street

Callen Toscano, English
Fascist Flirtations: Discrepancies Between High Modernist and Contemporary Literary Reactions to Right-Wing Authoritarianism
Mentor: Dr. Sherry Truffin

Hannah Walsh, Biochemistry
Effects of Destruxins Isolated from Entomopathogenic Fungus Metarhizium anisopliae on cancer cells
Mentor: Dr. Michelle Thomas

Wyatt Welton, Biology聽
Enzymatic synthesis of unnatural amino acids for the generation of metal-binding enzymes
Mentor: Dr. Evan Reynolds (deferral from 2020)

 

Jeanette Haynes, Communication Studies
50 years after Loving: an examination of prosocial media portrayals in biracial characters
Mentor: Mr. Brian Bowman

Ethan Hedrick, Pharmaceutical Sciences
Optimizing conjugation of Geobacillus聽 thermoleovorans in minimal media
Mentor: Mr. Tim Marks

Danielle Holquist, Communication Studies
The role of pets in the lives of college students
Mentor: Dr. Dean Farmer

Nicholas Loscalzo, Mathematics and Christian Studies
Particle accelerator beamline development at the Legnaro National Laboratories
Mentor: Dr. Anthony Mendez

Caitlyn Vester, Biology
Microbial diversity of 橙子影院 ants
Mentor: Dr. Stephanie Mathews

Wyatt Welton, Biology
Enzymatic synthesis of unnatural amino acids for the generation of metal-binding enzymes
Mentor: Dr. Evan Reynolds

Chloe Baumgardner, Biology
Optimization and Characterization of Marine Bacterial Surfactants
Mentor: Dr. Michelle Thomas

Keitland Carter, Music
The Impacts of Therapeutic Hand Drumming on College Student Perceived Stress Levels and Selected Immune Markers
Mentor: Dr. Dwayne Wilson

Marina Maddaloni, Chemistry
Developing Pedagogical Laboratory Experiments Illustrating Ceramic Glaze Chemistry
Mentors: Dr. Sarah Goforth and Ms. Cindy Morefield

Amber Merklinger, Communication Studies
Avoiding Urban Flight: Positive Deviants who Stay Home in a Rural County and Thrive
Mentor: Dr. Dean Farmer

Peter Robbins, Biochemistry
Synthesis of Non-natural Products by Thiamine Diphosphate-dependent Enzymes
Mentor: Dr. Evan Reynolds

Charlotte Wilmouth, Pharmaceutical Sciences
Characterization of GBK1 and GBK2 Bacteriophage Promoter Sequences for use in Geobacillus Thermoglucosidasius
Mentor: Mr. Tim Marks

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Shane Galvin, Biochemistry
Engineering Artificial Metalloproteins for Non-Natural Catalysis
Faculty mentor: Dr. Evan Reynolds

Dylan Gooch, Engineering
Developing a Small-Scale Heat Transfer Radiative Experiment and Model for Classroom Implementation
Faculty mentor: Dr. Jacqueline Burgher

Logan Gray, Mathematics
The Study of Knot Theory and its Applications
Faculty mentor: Dr. Brittany Hansen

Philip Oji, Pharmaceutical Sciences
Development of an In-Vitro Method using Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer to Study Protein-Protein Interactions
Faculty mentor: Dr. Stephen Sharkady

Nikala St. John, Pharmaceutical Sciences
G. kaustophilus Conjugation Optimization
Faculty mentor: Mr. Tim Marks

Caroline Wilson, Communication Studies
Integrating Assets: Positive Deviance Potential in the Campus Kitchens Project
Faculty mentor: Dr. Dean Farmer