Student 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.

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.

John Amburgy, a Junior International Studies and Chinese double major with Professor Bridget Martin serving as Faculty Mentor to his project titled Seoul on Fire: A Critical Geography of Neoliberal Korea.

Joshua Anderson, a Sophomore Biomedical Engineering major with Professor Thomas Werfel serving as Faculty Mentor to his project titled The Role of Polymethacrylamidoglucopyranose (PMAG) Nanoparticles in Inducing Apoptosis in Breast Cancer Cells.

Prithwy Biswas, a Junior Mechanical Engineering major with Professor Wen Wu serving as Faculty Mentor to him project titled High-Fidelity Numerical Simulation of Optical Turbulence.

Matthew Blackwood, a Junior International Studies and French double major with Professor Craig Morris serving as Faculty Mentor to his project titled Piracy, Partnerships, and Power: Analyzing U.S. Maritime Security Efforts in the Gulf of Guinea Amidst PRC Rivalry.

Mary Drane, a Junior Public Policy and Public Health double major with Professor Angela Rutherford serving as Faculty Mentor to her project titled University of Mississippi Rural Literacy.

Marshall Pentes, a Senior Economics and Mathematics double major with Professor Mark Van Boening serving as Faculty Mentor to his project titled An Investigation into Decision-Making in Markets.

Joshua Russell, a Junior Mechanical Engineering major with Professor Damian Stoddard serving as Faculty Mentor to his project titled Flexible Bio-Inspired Additively Manufactured Armors.

Haley Smith, a Junior Biology and Anthropology double major with Professor Peter Zee serving as Faculty Mentor to her project titled Evolution of Nematode Prey Chemotaxis Behavior across Different Environments.

Emma Stokic, a Junior Psychology and Public Policy double major with Professor Laura Drislane serving as Faculty Mentor to her project titled Emotional Childhood Neglect, Narcissism, and Abuse: A Dyadic Analysis of Relationship Dynamics in College Students.

Sophia Toner, a Senior International Studies and Chinese double major with Professor Antonia Eliason serving as Faculty Mentor to her project titled Sámi Perspectives: Uncertainty in the Melting Arctic.

Lindee Wilson, a Senior Engineering major with Professor Yi Hua serving as Faculty Mentor to her project titled Investigating the Impact of Intraocular Pressure on the Structural Deformation of the Lamina Cribrosa Using Computational Modeling.

Jana Abuirshaid, a Junior Public Health and Arabic double major with Professor Charles Joukhadar serving as Faculty Mentor to her project titled Bridging the Healthcare Language Gap: Empowering Mississippi’s Arab Immigrant Communities.

Maria Fernanda Argote de la Torre, a Junior Biomedical Engineering major with Professor Joshua Bloomekatzserving as Faculty Mentor to her project titled Developing and Utilizing a CRISPR/Cas9-Mediated Screen to Identify Genes Necessary for Cardiac Development.

Darryl Bonds, a Junior Psychology major with Professor Grace Rivera serving as Faculty Mentor to her project titled Perceived Authenticity and Identity Reconstruction Among First-Generation Immigrants: The Impact of Exclusion from Heritage and Host Communities.

Emma Broemmer, a Junior Psychology major with Professor Carrie Smith serving as Faculty Mentor to her project titled Examining the Effects of Greek Affiliation on University Women’s Adherence to Traditional Gender Beliefs and Willingness to Intervene in a Rape Victimization Scene.

Benton Donahue, a Junior Music Education major with Professor Nancy Maria Balach Schuesselin serving as Faculty Mentor to his project titled The Role of a Symphonic Conductor: Preparing for a Multifaceted Musical Career.

John Griffith, a Junior Mechanical Engineering major with Professor Wen Wu serving as Faculty Mentor to his project titled Study of Wall Jets over Diverging Surfaces and Application in Wingless UAVs.

Ann Grigsby, a Senior Studio Art major with Professor Kaleena Stasiak serving as Faculty Mentor to her project titled Arts and Crafts: Creating Space for Women's Work in the Fine Arts.

Sydney Guntharp, a Senior English and Political Science double major with Professor Jaime Harker serving as Faculty Mentor to their project titled Art in an Epidemic: AIDS, Activism, and Abolition in NYC and Washington D.C.

Jacob King, a Junior Biochemistry major with Professor Peter Zee serving as Faculty Mentor to his project titled Quantifying Genetic Diversity in Nematode Feeding Rate.

Lindsey McGee, a Junior Mechanical Engineering major with Professor Amitav Tikadar serving as Faculty Mentor to her project titled Thermal Management for Electric Vehicle Batteries.

Camille Newman, a Junior Mechanical Engineering major with Professor Joanna Harrelson serving as Faculty Mentor to her project titled Galactic Manufacturing-Lunar Recycling Initiative.

Compton Ross, a Junior Computer Science and Mathematics double major with Professor David Harrisonserving as Faculty Mentor to his project titled Network Services Without Joining: Secure, Anonymous, and Spatially-Aware.

Jackson Sevin, a Junior Psychology major with Professor Anna Kate Edgemon serving as Faculty Mentor to his project titled An Evaluation of Behavioral Demand, Socioeconomic Status, and Food Addiction for Snack Foods among Adolescents.

Katherine Tibbs, a Junior Exercise Science major with Professor Thomas Andre serving as Faculty Mentor to her project titled The Impact of Palm Cooling on Aerobically Trained Individuals.

Abi Turner, a Junior Elementary Education major with Professor Kristina Livingston serving as Faculty Mentor to her project titled Impacto Interlingual: The Effect of Bilingual Literacy on the General Education Classroom with an Emphasis on Code-Switching Books.