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 2021
Linguicide in the Digital Age: Problems and Possible Solutions, Michael Adelson
The Revitalization of the Marsteller Observatory, Brian Barker
Urban Forests and Their Potential to Combat Food Insecurity: Analyzing Street Trees in Baltimore, MD for Their Edibility, Victoria Bearden
Amplification of Hidden Periodic Motions in 3D Videos, Thomas Boccuto, Seraiah Kutai, Kristen Mosley, and Samuel Kirk
Using “Click Chemistry” to Assemble DNA-Conjugated Dendrimersomes, Paige Bristow
Mystery & Magic: Playwriting in Theory and Practice, Sarah Buck
Classical Conditioning of Cognitive States, Arthur Burns
The Selfless Voter: Altruism and Irrationality in Economic Voting, John Byrne
Mitigating Climate Change With Microbial Community Soil Carbon Mineralization, Julie Cherneskie
Urban Forests and Their Potential to Combat Food Insecurity: Analyzing Foods From Street Trees in New York City, NY, Kristen Cooney
Genetic Interactions Between PAM-1 and MPF, Quaran Davis
Direct Amination of Hydroxyfluorophores via One-Pot Smiles Rearrangement Hydrolysis, Paige D'Elia
Investigating Protein Interactions Important for Synapse Formation in the Developing Nervous System, Melanie DeRosa and Simba Kanjanda
Axon Growth in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Kevyn Dewees
Towards the Homotopy Type of the Morse Complex, Connor Donovan
Hysteria: A Collection of Feminist Horror, Anastasia Dziekan
The Effects of Alcohol on Anxiety and Motor Capabilities, Bethlehem Endeshaw
Human Orthologs of the Ribosome-Associated Complex (RAC) can Functionally Replace the Yeast RAC in S. cerevisiae, Nikole Fandino Pachon
Spirituality, Statistics, and Stereotypes: The African American Woman's Use of Spirituality as a Form of Resistance, Serena Rose Gaskin
Freedom of Speech at Ursinus College, Benjamin Henwood
Establishing a Model System to Study Human Chaperone Function in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Erica Kitterman
The Behavioral Alterations That a High Fat Diet has in Female Rodents, Mya A. Knappenberger and Ken Sprankle
Investigating the Interaction Between PAM-1 and WEE-1.3 During Meiosis in C. elegans, Sophie Lear
Delivering Ciprofloxacin Into Resistant E. coli Using PEG-modified Carbon Nanotubes, Elizabeth McKenna and Cassandra Burke
Probing for Antibiotic Resistance Mechanisms in Ciprofloxacin Resistant Coliforms (CRCs) and Clarithromycin Resistant Enterococci (CREs), Kyle Merlo and Benjamin Antill
Increased Nitrogen Mineralization Rate in Legume Forage Crop Treatments, Austin Mickles
I Am a Revolutionary?: The Problem of the Black Panther Party’s Intra- and Interorganizational Solidarity, Camille R. Mills
Advancement in Infrared Optics Through the Exploration of Solution Derived Arsenic Selenide (As2Se3) Thin Films, Annabella Orsini
US Bilateral Relations With China and Their Effects on US-Japan and US-India Relations, Mackenzie Owens
Social Movements and Candidate Emergence Among Women, Abigail Peabody
Skeletal Muscle Force Analysis in Male and Female Mus musculus With Aging, Julia Pierson and Jonathan Klee
The Spatial Relationship Between Tycho Secondary Craters and Distal Impact Melt Deposits, Liam Powers
54Fe(d,p)55Fe Single Neutron Transfer, Matthew Quirin and Raymond Saunders
Watch Your Language! A Foundational Course Exploring Language of Gender and Sexuality, Raeann Risko
Rome's Missing Legion, David Rocha
Conducting a Time Course Assay to Assess the Neuro-inflammatory Induced Changes to Microglia Phagocytic Activity and Cytoskeleton Structure, Carly Rodriguez and Tatiana Swindell
What Role Do Women in Politics Play for Democratic Erosion?, Emelyn Rodriguez
Podcast Episode 1a: History of Ursinus and Women's Sports, Jacob Ross
Podcast Episode 1: Ursinus Field Hockey, Eleanor Snell's Legacy and Community, Jacob Ross
Podcast Episode 2a: Sports Diplomacy, Apartheid, and the Cold War, Jacob Ross
Podcast Episode 2: Ursinus and Sports Diplomacy in South Africa, Jacob Ross
Exploring the Effect of Neuroinflammatory Mediator S1 Glycoprotein on Microglia Activation and Functioning, Kayla Ruiz
The Art of the Story: An Introduction to Playwriting and Dramatic Adaptation, Jacob F. Ryan
The Effect of pH on Sodium Ion Mobility Through Carbon Nanotubes, Gueladouan Setenet, Matthew Seeburger, and Aaliyah Russell
Exploring Sex Differences in Mice Fed the Ketogenic Diet, Ken Sprankle and Mya A. Knappenberger
Whom Does Black Liberation Theology Seek to Liberate?: Gender and Sexuality in Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church’s Christian Doctrine, Nasya Stinson
Synthesis and Testing of an Aldehyde-Based Fluorogenic Probe for Chlorite Detection, Alyssa St. Jean
Bi the Way: An Interview-Based Study of the Coming Out Experiences of College-Aged Bisexuals, Annie Stockmal
Investigating the Fundamental Properties and Processing of Novel Chalcogenide Glass Optical Materials, David Vasquez
Robbery Or Remix?: Cultural Appropriation in International Hip Hop Communities, Joshua Walker
A Silent Voice (Koe no Katachi): The Intersection of Gender and Disability in Japanese Society, Amanda Weber
Living Music: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Screen, Liam Worcheck
Improved Substrate Scope and Linker Optimization for Coumarin-Based Smiles Rearrangement, Evan Yanagawa
Synthesis and Assembly of Oligonucleotide-Stabilized Lipid Micelles, Zenya Yanoff and Jesse Wun
A Preliminary Investigation Into the Potential Degradation of Cutin via Thermophilic Microbes, Samantha Zubler
Submissions from 2020
Investigating Interactions Between Proteins PAM-1 and WEE-1.3 in Regulating the Cell Cycle in Caenorhabditis elegans, Nareen Babaian
Transport of Neurotransmitters Through Carbon Nanotubes, David Baird
(Fun)ction: Developing Games From A Narrative Standpoint, Julian Barocas
What Makes a Mad Genius? The Sociopolitical Role of the Mad Genius Label in United States Early Modern Dance, Erica Best
Modulation of Microglial Phagocytic Activity and Cytoskeletal Proteins Through HIV-1 Tat Induced Neuroinflammation, Courtney Burns
Investigating Lunar Cratering in the Tycho Region, Jason Cayetano
The Experiences of Latino Immigrants in the United States, Ashly Chavez
Representation and Gatekeeping in Patient Advocacy Organizations, Kyra Clark
Computational and Literature Analysis of Photoinduced Electron Transfer in Fluorophores Containing Nitrogen Donors, Paige D'Elia
Haitian Cinema: A Stylistic Analysis & Call for Action and Inclusion, Shelsea Deravil
Prenatal Alcohol Exposure and Axon Guidance in the Developing Brain: A Review of the Corpus Callosum, Kevyn Dewees
The Effects of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) on Hippocampal Mossy Fiber Axon Guidance: A Review, Deborah Diaz
Hoop Dreams: An Empirical Analysis of the Gender Wage Gap in Professional Basketball, Hailey DiCicco
Talking About Race in the College Classroom: An Analysis of Facework, Katelyn Doherty
The Verge of Renaissance: A Fantasy Novella, Samuel Ernst
Can a Politician's Platform Understand Systemic Racism in 280 Characters ... or Less?, Maggie Frymoyer
Database of Ursinus Timelines Related to the Crusades, Matthew Furgele
Tools for Change: Theatre for Social Justice in Communities of Marginalized Youth, Myla Haan
Spinal Cord Regeneration: Investigating the Presence of Microglia and their Morphology, James Haasis
Many Body Localization with Rydberg Atoms, Alicia Handian
Electrochemical Properties of de novo Designed Due Ferri Single Chain Proteins Using Cyclic Voltammetry, Alana Huynh
Refugees and Human Rights in French-Speaking Europe, Jacob Kang
Exercise Training Rescues Impaired Exercise Capacity in Mice with Systemic Deletion of Acetyl CoA Carboxylase 2 (ACC2), Katherine Kurzinsky
Investigating Lunar Secondary Cratering in the Tycho and Copernicus Regions, Sarah Marchione
A Review on Altered Axon Guidance in the Cerebellum due to Prenatal Ethanol Exposure, Erin Mathews
"Anthropo-Dreams" – Ecopoems, Adam Mlodzinski
Single-Neutron Transfer to 50Ti, Jessica Nebel-Crosson
How True is Causal Closure?, Paul Ravelli
Fake Views? Whether, When and Why Conservative Students Express Authentic Political Views on Campus, Kathleen Saddler
Rancière’s Equality and James’s Pragmatism: Renewing Our Democratic Republic Through a Revised View of Intelligence, Matthew Schmitz
The Effects of the Ketogenic Diet on Oxidative Stress in Heart, Liver, and Muscle: A Review of Literature, Brooke Segich
Combating Antibiotic Resistance in Escherichia coli with Carbon Nanomaterials, Alix Segil and Regan Newman
Variations in Slow-Wave EEG and Working Memory Deficits During Letter Number Sequencing Task Post-Concussion, Morgan Sotoloff
Computational and Literature Analysis of Photoinduced Electron Transfer in Fluorophores Containing O/S/Se-Based Donors, Alyssa St. Jean
Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Black Americans with Diabetes, Ted Studt
Geometry Aided Sonification, Michael Tecce
Analysis of Genetic Differences Between Yeast Strains S288C and W303 Which May Lead to [PSI+] Dependent Phenotypes, Danielle Terrenzio
The Breath of Life: Japanese Poetry & the Four Essential Questions, Amanda Weber
Health is Wealth: The Correlation of Wellness Programs & Productivity in Canada and the U.S., Madeline Wert
The Black Aesthetic: Re-Directing the Gaze of the Culture to the Screen, Zainab Williams
Oppression or Occupation: An International Analysis of Sex Work and Sex Trafficking, Carver Wolfe
Amphiphilic Oligonucleotide Nanostructures for Drug Delivery and Therapeutic Applications, Jesse Wun and Kailey Martin
