2023-24 URSA Research Awards
Global Research
Student: Sebastian Allman
Mentor: David Jortner
Department: Theatre Arts
Title: The popularization of Shingeki and Osanai Kaoru
Tokyo, Japan
Student: Samuel Rivera
Mentor: Sarah Kienle
Department: Biology
Title: Anatomy and morphology of leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) hindflippers and crenellations
Christchurch, New Zealand and Kaikoura, New Zealand
Research in the Humanities
Student: Kara Nelson
Mentor: Stephen Sloan
Department: History and Religion
Title: Vital Voices of Baylor: The Experienced History of the First African American Students at Baylor University
Research in the Professional Schools
Student: Marla Ginn
Mentor: Jason Aimone
Department: Economics
Title: Is teamwork or mentorship effective in combatting deficiencies in reasoning? Addressing willingness to pay for advice among different shift workers
Student: Destiny Kramer
Mentor: Alison Prahl
Department: Communication Sciences and Disorders
Title: Strategies for Teaching Verbs for Bilingual and Monolingual Children
Student: Kate Pogue
Mentor: Samuel Urlacher
Department: Public Health and Anthropology
Title: Machine learning applied to diet trends and adiposity in an Indigenous Amazonian population experiencing market integration
Research in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math
Student: Sam Anliker
Mentor: Kevin Pinney
Department: Chemistry and Biochemistry/Science Research Fellow
Title: Synthesis of Novel Galactose Analogues of the Anti-cancer Vascular Disrupting Agent, OXi8006
Student: Blake Kidder
Mentor: Panagiotis Koutakis
Department: Biology and Science Research Fellows
Title: Mitochondrial function is altered after treatment with miR-210 in Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) patients
Student: Alec Mockros
Mentor: Ramon Lavado
Department: Environmental Science
Title: Evaluation of genotoxicity and proinflammatory cytokine responses to short-chain PFAS exposure using the kidney cell line HEK293-hTLR2
Student: Ignacio Rodriguez
Mentor: Jung-Hyun Min
Department: Chemistry and Biochemistry and Science Research Fellows
Title: Construction of closed circular DNA containing a photoconvertible DNA lesion for studying the mechanism of DNA recognition and repair
Student: Cadance Swearington
Mentor: Cole Matson
Department: Environmental Science
Title: Phenotypic and molecular characterization of a newly discovered pollution-adapted population of Gulf Killifish (Fundulus grandis) from Corpus Christi, Texas
Student: Jenna Tobin
Mentor: Joseph Taube
Department: Biology
Title: Ophiobolin-A Induces Cell Death in TNBC and ER+ Breast Cancer Cell Lines Via Autophagy
Student: David Tran
Mentor: Michael Scullin
Department: Psychology & Neuroscience and Science Research Fellows
Title: Comparing Levels of Sleep Restriction Versus Cramming on Science Learning and Test Performance
Authentic Large-scale Undergraduate Research Experiences (ALURE) Faculty Grants
Faculty: Marty Harvill and Tracey Sulak
Departments: Biology and Educational Psychology
Title: The Effect of Undergraduates Teaching Elementary Science to Yucatan Students
Faculty: David Jortner
Department: Theatre Arts
Title: Designing Japan: Field research and its application to the theatrical design of Abe Kōbō’s Friends