Student Recipients
Meet our Spring 2024 STAMPS Impact Prize Recipients.
"The University of Mississippi will be the first in the nation to launch this program for undergraduate students, which will inspire them to pursue academic passions outside of the classroom and help them advance areas of interest while building the leadership skills needed to be successful."
Dr. Glenn Boyce
Chancellor, University of Mississippi
Meet the Spring 2024 Recipients
Ross Cohen, a Junior Accounting and Public Policy Leadership double major with Professor Michael Barnett serving as Faculty Mentor to his project titled Connecting the Dots; Exploring the Interdisciplinary Nature of the Arts Through Community Events.
Athan Gregory, a Junior Biochemistry major with Associate Professor Jason Ritchie serving as Faculty Mentor to his project titled Organic Synthesis and Conductivity Behavior of mPEG-Based Electrolytes.
Eron Hendrix, a Sophomore Public Health and Public Policy Leadership double major with Professor Ashley Jones serving as Faculty Mentor to her project titled University of Mississippi Periods in Prison Project.
Abigail Hogue, a Junior Mechanical Engineering major with Associate Professor Samrat Choudhury serving as Faculty Mentor to her project titled Exploration of Graph Neural Networks for Enhanced Materials Design.
Abigail Johnson, a Junior Forensic Chemistry major with Associate Professor Carolyn Freiwald serving as Faculty Mentor to her project titled Estimating Age Using X-Ray in Forensic and Archaeological Populations.
Audrey Koltz, a Junior Biological Science major with Assistant Professor Michel Ohmer serving as Faculty Mentor to her project titled Using Artificial Reproductive Technologies to Improve Amphibian Conservation.
Cadan Noonan, a Senior Biological Science major with Associate Professor Ryan Garrick serving as Faculty Mentor to his project titled Is Plant Biodiversity a Predictor of Below-Ground Soil Arthropod Biodiversity at the UM Field Station.
Anna Nowell, a Junior Biochemistry major with Assistant Professor Peter Zee serving as Faculty Mentor to her project titled The Intersection of the Biological and Chemical: Genomic Resource Use Efficiency in Bacteria.
Gwendolyn Pfrenger, a Junior Art History and English double major with Assistant Professor Jeannie Speck-Thompson serving as Faculty Mentor to her project titled One Student’s Classroom; Mayfield’s Time at Ole Miss.
Isabella Scalia, a Junior Mechanical Engineering and Chinese double major with Assistant Professor Damian Stoddard serving as Faculty Mentor to her project titled Ballistic Characterization of Armor Configurations Utilizing Carbon-Neutral Steel Variants.
Past Recipients
Isabella Arthurs, a Junior English major with Professor Bruce Levingston serving as Faculty Mentor to her project titled From Poem to Performance: The Professional Production of an Original Studio Album.
Lindsay Ashton, a Junior Biology major with Professor Yongjian Qiu serving as Faculty Mentor to her project titled Investigating the Role of microRNAs in Shoot Negative Gravitropism in Plants.
William Baggett, a Senior International Studies and Spanish major with Professor Marcos Mendoza serving as Faculty Mentor to his project titled Comparing Drag Performance in the Americas: Rio de Janeiro, Guadalajara, and Oxford.
Dylan Barker, a Senior Political Science, Public Health, and Anthropology major with Professor Allyson Ford-Wade serving as Faculty Mentor to his project titled Clean Air Project; UM CAP.
Emma Cochran, a Junior Exercise Science major with Professor Chip Wade serving as Faculty Mentor to her project titled The Impact of the Menstrual Cycle Phases on Upper Extremity Injury Risk in Female Athletes.
Rod`Kendrick Harrison, a Junior Public Health major with Professor Hannah Allen serving as Faculty Mentor to his project titled Empowering Minority College Students for Mental Health Well-being: A Mental Health First Aid Initiative.
Phoebe Johnson, a Sophomore Mechanical Engineering major with Professor Damian Stoddard serving as Faculty Mentor to her project titled Ballistics Characterization of Graphene-Infused Lunar-Inspired Concrete.
Ella Jordan, a Junior Political Science major with Professor Miles Armaly serving as Faculty Mentor to her project titled Breaking Barriers or Building Resistance? Female Undergraduates' Response to Body Politicization and Its Impact on Legal Attitudes.
Angeline Morgan, a Senior Art major with Professor Brooke White serving as Faculty Mentor to her project titled Skin to Skin: A Photographic Investigation into Identity and Collaboration.
Christina Nguyen, a Junior Biomedical Engineering major with Professor Yi Hua serving as Faculty Mentor to her project titled Modeling Whole-Eye Deformations in Response to Intraocular Pressure.
Anna Owens, a Junior Biomedical Engineering and General Business major with Professor Thomas Werfel serving as Faculty Mentor to her project titled Drug Delivery Device for In-Vitro Fertilization.
Autumn Payne, a Junior Film Production major with Professor Sarah Hennigan serving as Faculty Mentor to her project titled Autistic Women: On Overlooked Community.
Joey Pham, a Junior Computer Science major with Professor Brenton Laing serving as Faculty Mentor to his project titled GLIDE Proposal.