The Summer Fellows program at Ursinus College allows sophomores or juniors to pursue an independent scholarly project under the close tutelage of a faculty mentor during an eight week period. Projects can be undertaken as independent research or a creative or artistic endeavor. All Fellows present their research during the last week of the program.
Submissions from 2019
Considering Consent: A Philosophy of One Word's Impact, Kiley Addis
Towards the Rational Design of Photoinduced Electron Transfer (PET)-Based Fluorescent Probes, Matthew Balestriere
Increased Attentional Deficits in Males Post-Concussion, Dominique Ballinger and Shannon Kiss
To Be Dee-Termined, Dee Barlee
The Effects of Neuroinflammation on the Phagocytic Activity of Microglial Cells, Nyrobi Barnes
Differences in Glucose Uptake by [psi-] and [PSI+] Cells of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Samantha Beck
The Connection Between Cytoskeletal Proteins and pam-1 Mutants, AJ Belville
Stabilizing Micelles via Nucleic Acid Conjugation, Emily Bender
Manipulating Atoms, Real and Simulated, With Software, Sean Bennett
Exploring the Effects of Neuroinflammation on Microglial Cytoskeletal Proteins, Kelsey Blake
Becoming a Superpower: China’s Rise and the Belt and Road Initiative in Latin America, Garrett Bullock
Nuclease Activity of Zinc DFsc Proteins, Brendan Cherrey
Effects of Social Media on Self-Image of Emerging Adults, Floyd M. Curry Jr.
Decision-making, Beliefs, and Personality, Nicole Dalasio
Increasing Agricultural Soil Health Through Crop Diversity, Sabrina Doherty
Simulating Interactions of Rydberg Atoms, Evan Dryfoos
Does Using wee-1.3 as a Secondary Suppressor Restore Wildtype Timing of Meiosis and Oocyte Maturation in pam-1 C. elegans Mutants?, Caprice Eisele
Micelle Stabilization for Controlled Drug Release via Modification of Lipid Tail Length and Nucleic Acid Conjugation, Emily Franz
Revisiting Gregg v. Georgia: Racial Bias and the Legality of the Death Penalty, Joseph Heasley
Radial Glia’s Changes in GFAP Expression in Axolotl Spinal Cord Regeneration, Karen Herrera
Identity and Memory, Ryley Hinton
How Pennsylvanians Define Environmental Justice, Kayla Hofmann
The Effects of Short-Term Fasting on Endurance Exercise Capacity in Mice, Lola Holcomb
Merge Trees in Discrete Morse Theory, Benjamin Johnson
Using Cysteine to Reversibly Attach Clarithromycin to Carbon Nanotubes, Broderick Johnson
Getting to the ROOT of Climate Change: The Effects of Crop Diversity on Belowground Productivity, Matthew Kenwood
Improving Simulations of the GRETINA Gamma-Ray Tracking Array, Esther Lawson-John
When Nudge Becomes Shove: The Ethical Issue of Libertarian Paternalism, Sean Lewis
Games: Glass and Materials Science to Engage Students, M. A. Liggett and Kateryna Swan
Effects of the Amide Linker on the Smiles Rearrangement of Coumarin Fluorophores, Daniel Lippe
UC Math Remediation, Joseph Lyons
Morphology of Radial Glial in Ependymal Layer With Ambystoma mexicanum, Justin Martinez
Sex Comparison of Hsp70 Expression Post Skeletal Muscle Injury in Mice Following Thermotherapy, Emily Megill
The Effects of High Fat Western Diet on Cardiac Functioning and Exacerbation of Pregnancy, Jacob Menzer
Single-Neutron States in Titanium Isotopes, Jessica Nebel-Crosson
The Characterization of Zn Hydrolase Using De Novo Due Ferri Single Chain (DFsc) Proteins, Joseph Pantel
Small Lunar Crater Ray Geometry and Target Topography, Janice Partee
Peace, Love, and Politics: How Woodstock of 1969 Epitomized the Relationship Between Social Movements and Music, Jacklynn Ramsey
The Effects of a High Fat Western Diet Along With Pregnancy on the Morphology and Contractile Function of the Heart, Vikki Rueda-Juarez
An In Situ Hybridization Protocol to Determine Effects of Prenatal Alcohol on Corridor Cell Distribution, Avery Sicher
Corridor Cell Count in Medial Ganglionic Eminence Unaltered by Prenatal Alcohol Exposure, Paige Springmann
Density Dependence of Energy Exchanges Between Rydberg Atoms, Briana Strickland
Dynamics and Localization of Cytoskeletal Genes in pam-1 Mutant C. elegans During Cytokinesis, Zoe Tesone
Schizophrenia in Film: The Missing Narrative, Art Thomas
The Effect of Antibiotic-Conjugated Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes on Enterococcus Resistant to Erythromycin and Clarithromycin, Miriam Thomas
Bitter Bitches: Feminism, Theater, and Dark Comedy, Lauren Olivia Toscano
Comparison of Endothelial Permeability at 48 Hours Post Skeletal Muscle Injury in Male and Female Mice at Various Ages, Sabrina Tusavitz
Black Women’s Wellbeing: The Intersections of Race, Immigrant Status, and Mental Health Among African Diasporan Women in Houston, Texas, Sianneh Vesslee
Power Structures Reimagined: Women's Roles in the Iroquois Confederacy in the 17th Century, Briana Voyton
Queering the Bildungsroman in Yukio Mishima's "Confessions of a Mask" and Jean Genet's "The Thief's Journal", Daniel Walker
Confronting Anxiety and Despair in Environmental Studies and Sciences: An Analysis and Guide for Students and Faculty, Richard L. Wallace, Jess Greenburg, and Susan G. Clark
Investigating the Cellular Control and Biological Consequences of Prion Formation in Yeast, Richard Wike
Matriarchs and Martyrs: Women in Early Christian Apocrypha, Robert Wilf
The Shape of You: Music's Impact on Identity, Codi Yhap
Submissions from 2018
Effect of Plant Diversity on Potato Leafhopper and Thrips in a Forage Agroecosystem, Gabriella R. Altmire
High Education: A Film Narrative About the Role of Education Today, Tommy Armstrong
Intersectional India: Caste, Feminism and Development in the 21st Century, Anika Backelin-Harrison
How Exercise and Diet Affect Superoxide Dismutase, Clara Baker
Has Academic Freedom Failed? Can Liberalism Defend Academic Freedom?, Daniel Becker
The Effects of Abuse for African Americans Using Critical Autobiographical Analysis, Shelby Carmichael
The Interaction of Escherichia coli With Tetracycline-Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes, Jordan Carver
Oral Argument Tactics From the Supreme Court Bench: An Analysis of Neil Gorsuch’s First Term, Corinne Cichowicz
Machine Counting of Impact Cratering, Micah Cloward
The Design and Characterization of de novo Coupled Binuclear Copper Model Proteins, Kailyn Cohen
Long Term Effects of Concussions on the Executive Function Network and Brain Waves in the Frontal Lobe, Maria G. Daly and Aliyah J. Clark
Using Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring to Track Alarm Activated Blood Pressure Surges in Control vs Firefighter Populations, Rachel Dickinson
Toward the Rational Design of Photo-induced Electron Transfer (PET)-Based Fluorescent Probes, Julia Dorsheimer
A Brand New Ballgame: An Alternative View to MLB Rookie Exploitation, David P. Drea
Disease Risk Profiles of High Unsaturated and Saturated Fat Diets in Mice, Ian Dysinger
The Journey of an Emotional Black Boy, Alonzo Elias
Belowground Biomass as an Indicator of Soil Carbon Sequestration, Samantha Garritano
Understanding the American Subaltern: An Exploration of Complex Literary Characters Through Socio-Cultural Lenses, Sophie Gioffre
Characterization of De Novo Di-Iron Metalloproteins, Stephanie Hawkins
Identifying Suppressor Mutations of the pam-1 Gene in C. elegans, Angela Hong
Female Comedy: History and Practice, Claire Hughes
The Montessori Method: Redefining the Child, Indira Joell
Rate of Sterility Inducement by lz5 RNAi in Wildtype and pam-1 Mutant C. elegans, Ethan Kabel
Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson: Archives in a Digital World, Megan Koeller
Isolation and Analysis of Mitochondria Function in Mouse Skeletal Muscle, Zachary Larmer
Must it Be Either Or: How Middle-Easterners Navigate Their Dual Identity, Jasmine Lavasani
Urban Farming in Philadelphia, Kaitlyn Lawrence
Inverse-Kinematics Proton Scattering on 44S, Max A. Liggett
Persistence Equivalence of Discrete Morse Functions on Trees, Yuqing Liu
Yeast: The Gateway to Redefining and Improving Biology Labs, Connor Loomis
Seasoned Antisemitism: Cannibalism in The Destruction of Jerusalem, Bailey Ludwig
Investigation of Chemical Sensors for Triazine Detection Operating via Photo-induced Electron Transfer, William Luksic
Complete Bosoms, Incomplete Men: Reading Abstinence in Measure for Measure, Joseph Makuc
Application of Carbon Nanomaterial-Attached Erythromycin to Circumvent Mechanisms of Resistance in Enterococcus faecalis, Noel McCampbell
Effects of Antibiotic-Functionalized Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes on Antibiotic Resistant Enterococcus, Lilly McQueen
The Origins and Manifestations of the Modern Queer Look, Ace Melendez
Effect of Forest Fragment Size on Bird Species Diversity in Southeastern Pennsylvania, Isabella Morris
Assessing the Nitrogen Conundrum at the Ursinus College Organic Farm, Madison Moses
A Novel Survival Analysis Method for an Outcome of Time to Consecutive Events, Faraha Rathod
Patient Safety in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU), Bridget Rauh
Diet and Exercise Intervention: A Comparison of Analysis Methods, Emily Reeve
