CURCI Fellows & Research Assistants

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.

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.