Past Winners – GSURC

Sponsored by the Honors College Committee for the Advancement of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, this new award recognizes outstanding student projects from all disciplines that engage in research endeavors that advance our understanding of practices that improve diversity, inclusion and equity; enhance our understanding of factors that influence the experiences and outcomes of members of underrepresented groups; or attend to issues of inequity with a focus on raising awareness or intervening to reduce inequity.

• “Media Coverage of Undocumented Latino Immigrants: Effects on Immigration Policy and Attitudes in relation to Undocumented Youth”

Stefany Alvarado

Journalism

Faculty Sponsor: Ann Williams

• “Exploring Collaborative Strategies to Improve Communication Between Undergraduate Students and their Non-Native English-Speaking Instructors”

Kobe Ashley & Sarah Pinard

Applied Linguistics & ESL

Faculty Sponsor: Stephanie Lindemann

• “Get Your Head Out of the Clouds!: Exploring the Legitimacy of Utopia in Black Speculative Fiction”

Daria Dozier

Theater & Spanish

Faculty Sponsor: Héctor Fernández L’Hoeste

• “Wardrobe”

Jay Haden

Textiles

Faculty Sponsor: Jess Jones

• “Respectability Politics Among Black American Girls in Various Contexts”

A’zure Latimer

Psychology

Faculty Sponsor: Ciara Glover

• “Ruanda-Urundi Colonial Perceptions”

Chinkuli Munkombwe, Dylan Henderson, Devyn Hidalgo, Nyah Carlson

Neuroscience

Faculty Sponsor: Jennie Burnet

• “Crown”

Markiesha Thornton

Studio Arts

Faculty Sponsor: Jill Frank

• “Negative Attributional Style and Depression in Black and White Children”

Constance Wilson & Arden Cooper

Psychology

Faculty Sponsor: Erin Tully

Sponsored by the Office of International Initiatives, this award recognizes outstanding student projects from across all disciplines that address global or international issues.

• First Place: Ishiguro’s Metaphor of the Butler and Understanding Brexit
Fletcher Varnson
English Literature
Faculty Sponsor: Randy Malamud

• Second Place: Reimagining Crisis as a Transformation of Contemporary Realities: A Focus on Southern Europe
Sarah Mendes
Global Studies
Faculty Sponsor: Kathryn Kozaitis

• Third Place: Syn-biodinium: genetic modification utilizing codon optimized vector for the symbiotic S. microadriaticum
Kennex Lam, Jimena Castillo, Malik Gitau, Devadutta Balaji, Wanjun Luo, Jessica Dee
Biology
Faculty Sponsor: Matthew Brewer

Sponsored by the Georgia State University Climate Project, this award recognizes an outstanding student project from any discipline that is related to the study of past, present or future climate, related phenomena of the natural world, and all aspects of humanity’s relationship to climate at personal, local or global scales.

• Winner: “Syn-biodinium: Genetic Modification Utilizing Codon Optimized Vector for the Symbiotic S. microadriaticum”

Kennex Lam, Jimena Castillo, Malik Gitau, Devadutta Balaji, Wanjun Luo, Jessica Dee

Biology

Faculty Sponsor: Matthew Brewer

• Honorable Mention: “Refuge”

Jaclynn Lollar

Art Education

Faculty Sponsor: Kevin Hsieh

This new award, sponsored by the Office of Student Success, recognizes outstanding student projects resulting from participation in a Signature Experience course at Georgia State.

Oral Presentations

• “Respectability Politics Among Black American Girls in Various Contexts” 

A’zure Latimer

Psychology

Faculty Sponsor: Ciara Glover

Type of Signature Experience: Honors Thesis

• Inducing Cell Death on Crithidia fasciculata Using Short Wavelength UV Light 

Merna Ibrahim

Biology

Faculty Sponsor: Paul Ulrich

Type of Signature Experience: CURE (Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience)

•“’Off the Pigs’?: The Black Panther Party and Masculinity” 

Chandani Desai

History

Faculty Sponsor: Joe Perry

Type of Signature Experience: Senior Capstone Course

 

Poster Presentations

• “Comparing Dietary Proclivities in Pleistocene Fossil Primates from Swartkrans Cave, South Africa Using Dental Microwear” 

Amanda Pregibon

Anthropology

Faculty Sponsor: Frank Williams

Type of Signature Experience: Honors Thesis

• “Cortisol Coregulation in the Monogamous Convict Cichlid, Amatitlania nigrofasciata” 

Nafisa Nawal, Cassidy Hua, Madison Tritt, Jordan Ellison

Biology

Faculty Sponsor: Edmund Rodgers

Type of Signature Experience: CURE (Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience)

• “Exploring Collaborative Strategies to Improve Communication Between Undergraduate Students and Their Non-Native English-Speaking Instructors” 

Kobe Ashley & Sarah Pinard

Applied Linguistics & ESL

Faculty Sponsor: Stephanie Lindemann

Type of Signature Experience: Internship

Sponsored by Sustainability Initiatives, this award recognizes outstanding student projects from across all disciplines that incorporate environmental protection, sustainability or conservation.

• “Impacts of Beaver Dam Analogs on Total Suspended Solids in a Highly Incised Urban Stream Channel”

Donata Borsos

Geosciences

Faculty Sponsor: Sarah Ledford

• “Rebuilding the Coral Reefs Through Synthetic Biology: A Review of Current Methods and Future Implications”

Chiara Brust, Yilin Lu, Asma Khimani

Biology

Faculty Sponsor: Matthew Brewer

• “Quarantine Quilt”

Kinley Davis

Fine Arts | Textiles

Faculty Sponsor: Jessica Jones

• “Refuge” 

Jaclynn Lollar

Art Education

Faculty Sponsor: Kevin Hsieh

• “Park Mobility Project” 

James Ly & Carden Wycoff

Film & Media

Faculty Sponsor: Niklas Vollmer

• “Comparing Biodiversity of Land snails and Slugs Across Cities in Georgia”

Megan Rich, Susan Smith, Jann Vendetti

Geosciences

Faculty Sponsor: Christy Visaggi

• “The Role of Judeo-Christian Values on Environmental Behaviors in the United States”  

Alice Riviere

Religious Studies

Faculty Sponsor: Molly Bassett