CURCI Fellows & Research Assistants

Summer CURCI Research Assistants


CURCI Summer Research Assistants 2024

The Center for Undergraduate Research & Creative Inquiry (CURCI) aims to support the scholarly and creative works of our undergraduates.

Although this program is on hold at this time, evidence of past success is seen in our student profiles below.

Summer - CURCI Research Fellows

  • Natalie Bartosik-Miranda, Class of 2025, Psychology major (faculty mentor: Prof. Morlock): The Sociology of Love: A study of love, trauma, and resilience.

  • Sean Harrington, Class of 2025, Mechanical Engineering major (faculty mentor: Prof. Khare): Characterization of Tribological Polymer Composite Interfaces Using Atomic Force Microscopy.

  • Oliver Juaire, Class of 2025, Psychology major (faculty mentor: Prof. Sarrett): Effects of grammatical expectations on acoustic encoding.

  • Kevin Pinkelman, Class of 2026, Political Science, Sociology, & Criminology majors (faculty mentor: Prof. Brower): Neoliberal Hegemony: Development, Influence, and Outcomes.



 
  • Sydney Baltuck, Class of 2024, Criminology & Sociology majors (faculty mentor: Prof. Bertotti Metoyer): Risk of Pregnancy vs Risk During Pregnancy; The Implications of Framing Maternal Morality as Biological Reality vs Social Construct.

  • Isabelle Burns, Class of 2025, Criminology & Sociology majors (faculty mentor: Prof. DeLand): College Is Supposed to be Fun: Experiences of Joy and their Implications for Undergraduate Mental Health

  • Jocelin Garcia, Class of 2023, Criminology, Sociology major (faculty mentor: Prof. Morlock): A Sociological Study of Mass Trauma: the COVID-19 Pandemic and its Effects on Individuals and their Families

  • Stephanie Garcia Avila, Class of 2025, Communication Studies major (faculty mentor: Prof. Click): Watching Shame: Digital Media, Audiences, and Uncomfortable Emotions

  • Benjamin Gonzales, Class of 2024, Criminology & English majors (faculty mentor: Prof. Roden): Reproductive Agency and Rhetorics of Blackness: Witchcraft on the Early Modern Stage.

  • Jillian Greene, Class of 2024, Human Physiology major (faculty mentor: Prof. Wutzke): The Influence of Eccentric and Concentric Force Production on Gait Function in People with Parkinson’s Disease

  • Jeffrey Henion, Class of 2024, Mechanical Engineering major (faculty mentor: Prof. Khare): Friction and Wear of 3D Printed Polymer Blends

  • Juliana Maucione, Class of 2026, Sociology major (faculty mentor: Prof. Morlock): A Systematic Analysis of Sociology Major Programs in relation to the American Sociological Association’s New Guidelines for the Undergraduate Sociology Curriculum.

  • Jessica Pelayo, Class of 2024, Business Administration major (faculty mentor: Prof. Click): Guilty Pleasures: Digital Media, Audiences, and Uncomfortable Emotions

  • Erin Smith, Class of 2025, Psychology major (faculty mentor: Prof. Morlock): A Sociological Study of Mass Trauma: the COVID-19 Pandemic and its Effects on Individuals and their Families.



 
  • Jacob Battaglia, Class of 2023, Psychology Major, faculty mentor: Prof. Romanowich, “Sharing Different Types of Personal Information”
  • Logan Breidenbach, Class of 2023, Communication Studies Major, faculty mentor: Prof. Callahan, “Cutting In and Trying Out: A Religious History of the 19th Century Whaling Industry”
  • Ilona DeSzily, Class of 2023, Human Physiology Major, faculty mentor: Prof. Wutzke, "Longitudinal Assessment of Gait and Balance Function in People with Parkinson's disease."
  • Grace Dojan, Class of 2023, Civil Engineering & Applied Mathematics Majors, faculty mentor: Prof. Schultz, “Sustainable and Socially Conscious Building Enclosure Design”
  • Benjamin Gonzales, Class of 2024, Criminology & English Majors, faculty mentor: Prof. Maucione, “The Undoing of Roe: The Intertwining of Great Replacement Theory and Racist Stereotypes of Defunct Families of Color in Natalist America”
  • Avalyn Hine, Class of 2023, Philosophy Major, faculty mentor: Prof. Lassiter, “Connecting the Embodied Mind with Debates in Free Will, Ethics, and Technology”
  • Grace Luoma, Class of 2024, Civil Engineering Major, faculty mentor: Prof. Shimabuku, “Evaluating the environmental impact of waste-to-energy plant ash in concrete”
  • Ruth Nelson, Class of 2023, Political Science Major, faculty mentor: Prof. Rude, “Cone 6 Glaze Database”
 

Academic Year - CURCI Research Assistants

  • Josephine Altman, Class of 2024, Criminology Major, Faculty Mentor: Dr. Esther Matthews
  • Carson Coffey, Class of 2024, Political Science Major, Faculty Mentor: Dr. Forrest Rodgers
  • Blake Fry, Class of 2022, Business Administration Major, Faculty Mentor: Dr. Kathleen Jeffs
  • Veronica Hunstable, Class of 2025, Human Physiology Major, Faculty Mentor: Dr. John Sheveland
  • Samuel McLaughlin, Class of 2024, English Major, Faculty Mentor: Prof. Jeffrey Dodd
  • Paisley Saris, Class of 2023, Psychology Major, Faculty Mentor: Dr. Noralis Rodriguez-Coss
  • Maria Scott, Class of 2025, Psychology Major, Faculty Mentor: Dr. Melissa Click
  • Evangeline Wilder, Class of 2023, English Major, Faculty Mentor: Dr. Elizabeth Goldstein
  • Ariana Wilson, Class of 2023, Criminology Major, Faculty Mentor: Dr. Forrest Rodgers
  • Preston Yee, Class of 2023, Psychology Major, Faculty Mentor: Dr. Shyam Sriram
 
  • Meghan Brown, Class of 2024, Psychology Major, (faculty supervisor: Dr. Casey Schmitt)
  • Blake Fry, Class of 2022, Business Administration Major, (faculty supervisor: Dr. Kathleen Jeffs)
  • Christa Langdon, Class of 2023, Criminology Major, (faculty supervisor: Dr. Melissa Click)
  • Kylie Paquette, Class of 2021, Psychology Major, (faculty supervisor: Dr. Melissa Click)
  • Harleen Randhawa, Class of 2024, Biology Major, (faculty supervisor: Dr. Ann Ostendorf)
  • Isabelle Robinson, Class of 2021, Criminology Major, (faculty supervisor: Dr. Kathleen Jeffs)
  • Rhian Thomas, Class of 2021, Biology Major (faculty supervisor: Dr. Raven Maragh-Lloyd)
  • Samuel McLaughlin, Class of 2024, English Major (faculty supervisor: Professor Jeffrey Dodd)
  • SP van Niekerk, Class of 2021, English Major (faculty supervisor: Professor Jeffrey Dodd)
  • Maren Beauchamp, Class of 2021, Communication Studies Major (faculty supervisor: Dr. Rebecca Marquis)
 
  • Joan-Marie Aoanan, Class of 2021, Math & Computer Science Majors & Caroline Sonnen, Class of 2021, Computer Science & Computational Thinking Majors, (faculty mentor: Dr. Raven Maragh-Lloyd): Black Women and Community Care at GU
  • Holly Ebel, Class of 2020, Nursing Major, (faculty mentor: Dr. Jeff Dodd): The Use of Differentiated Service Delivery Models in HIV/AIDS Care for Sex Workers in Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Amy Bruza, Class of 2020, English Major, (faculty mentor: Dr. Chase Bollig): College Health Hacks: A Rhetorical Approach to Student Wellness
  • Nathan Remcho, Class of 2021, Political Science, International Relations & Spanish Majors, (faculty mentor: Prof. Robert Beverlin): The Guatemalan Impact:
    Sociopolitical Impacts of Guatemalan Migration to the United States as a Result of the Guatemalan Civil War (1960-1996)
  • Emily Klein, Class of 2020, English & International Studies Majors, (faculty mentor: Dr. Ann Ciasullo): Retroactive Representation or Revisionist History?
    The Emphasis of Postcolonial and Queer Identities in Films Inspired the Music of the ‘60s and ‘70s
  • Jake Paulin, Class of 2020, Psychology Major, (faculty mentor: Dr. Alexander Bies): Psychedelics Drugs in Medicine: Overcoming the Negative Stereotype Linked to Psychedelics In Order to Gain Social Acceptance and Treat Mental Illnesses
  •  Anna Gade, Class of 2021, Psychology Major, (faculty mentor: Dr. Paul Romanowich): Within-Subject Replication of Social Discounting Magnitude and Culture Effects
  • Christopher Combs, Class of 2021, History Major, (faculty mentor: Dr. Jessica Maucione): The Sexual Revolution: Queer Identity and the Shaping of Modern Cuba
  • Tiana Pereira, Class of 2021, Psychology & Criminal Justice Majors, (faculty mentor: Dr. Noralis Rodriguez-Coss): Documentation and digital archive of inaugural conference on Island Feminisms
 

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