VOLUME 22
The Future of Research is Now
Message from the Associate Dean, Undergraduate Studies
2022 marks 22 years of undergraduate research publications with the Office of Undergraduate Research Undergraduate Research Journal. In volume 22, readers will find 115 contributions that are now part of the archive of contemporary undergraduate research at the University of Utah.
The diverse research titles are reflective of the labor and research activities that culminated in a minimum of two semesters for all contributors, and for some years. Undergraduate research was fostered through a will to find an answer to a research question, presenting findings to receive feedback, mentoring relationships, and the application of research. The undergraduate research projects reflected in this journal represent the high impact practice of mentoring the future of research. The topics, methodologies, identities, communities, and commitments, of each undergraduate researcher contribution found in this issue represent 14 different colleges. 97 faculty mentors fostered the research-intensive projects.
Open-access public journals matter for public dissemination of new knowledge. Therefore, the Office of Undergraduate Research extends a deep gratitude to the undergraduate researchers for submitting their projects for publication with the journal, the mentors who supported these projects, the staff who make research possible, and the community that are part of and a vital part of the research process. Cindy Greaves edited this journal and the team of OUR were also a part of many of these students journeys in advising (Sandra Luo), program creation (Cindy Greaves and Megan Shannahan) and educational content (Shiver).
The future of research found in the 2022 Undergraduate Research Journal issue highlights hope, curiosity, and endeavors to resolve to find solutions to contemporary and historical pressing questions.
On behalf of the Office of Undergraduate Research, I applaud the work of undergraduate researchers, mentors, and communities surrounding them for fostering a supportive undergraduate research environment. The student contributions reflect tomorrow’s thought leaders and innovators, who are part of the U of U cutting-edge of research.
Annie Isabel Fukushima, Ph.D.,
Associate Dean, Undergraduate Studies
Director, Office of Undergraduate Research
Associate Professor, Ethnic Studies, School for Cultural & Social Transformation
College of Architecture & Planning
- RESOURCEFULNESS IN SCARCITY: THE ARCHITECTURE OF KABULI PASTORAL NOMADS - Naren Anandh (Faculty Mentor: Shundana Yusaf)
- IMPACT OF "LANDSCAPE LAB" GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE ON RED BUTTE CREEK HYDROLOGIC PATTERNS - Isabel Fuller (Faculty Mentor: Sarah Hinners)
- POST SONICA - Andrew Green (Faculty Mentor: Milad Mozari)
- BIOVARIABLE FONTS: NOVEL HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION METHODOLOGY FOR FONT INTERACTION USING EYE MOVEMENT DATA, WITH COMPUTER VISION - Tobechukwu David Onwukeme (Faculty Mentor: Milad Mozari)
Mentors
- Milad Mozari
- Sarah Hiners
- Shundana Ysaf
Cultural & Social Transformation
- MORE THAN A STATUS: IMMIGRANT "ILLEGALITY" AND DISCOURSE DURING THE TRUMP ERA - Thaiss Del Rio Sanchez (Faculty Mentor: Annie I. Fukushima)
- UTAH DOMESTIC WORKERS AND THE POTENTIAL OF A DOMESTIC WORKERS BILL OF RIGHTS - Erin Hernandez (Faculty Mentor: Annie I. Fukushima)
- DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WITHIN THE LATINX COMMUNITY - Frances Lucas (Faculty Mentor: Annie I. Fukushima)
- THE HYPERVISIBILITY/INVISIBILITY PARADOX OF THE SOUTH ASIAN COMMUNITY AND THE IMPACT OF COLORISM ON A POST-COLONIAL SOUTH ASIAN COMMUNITY - Sanila Math (Faculty Mentor: Edmund Fong)
- IMPACT OF SEXUAL ASSAULT RESPONSE ON VICTIM'S WILLINGNESS TO COOPERATE - Mariah Montoya (Faculty Mentor: Annie I. Fukushima)
- MARKETING FOR GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE CONSORTIUM - Sohyun Park (Faculty Mentor: Annie I. Fukushima)
Mentors
- Annie Isabel Fukushima
- Edmund Fong
Dentistry
- HARACTERIZATION OF THE MICROBIOTA IN SALIVARY GLANDS IN RELATION TO SJOGREN'S SYNDROME - Sophia Boehler (Faculty Mentor: Melodie Weller) Swetha Shankar, Jordan Cutshall
Mentor
- Melodie Weller
Engineering
- ESCHERICHIA COLI COLIFORM ANALYSIS USING MICROBIAL SOURCE TRACKING IN EMIGRATION CREEK - Drew Becker (Faculty Mentor: Jennifer Weidhaas)
- USING THE MOLECULAR CLUTCH MODEL TO UNDERSTAND THE REGULATORY ROLE OF THE EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX'S MECHANICAL AND MICROSTRUCTURAL PROPERTIES ON CELL MIGRATION - Samuel Campbell (Faculty Mentor: Tamara Bidone)
- FIELD FOCUSING FOR IMPLANTABLE TELEMETRY ANTENNAS - Carter Christensen (Faculty Mentor: Cynthia Furse)
- SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF CLICKABLE POLY-PROLINE BASED MATERIALS - Clara Coffey (Faculty Mentor: Jessica Kramer)
- INVERSE-KINEMATICS BASED OPTIMIZATION OF TENDON-DRIVEN CONTINUUM ROBOTS - Aidan Copinga (Faculty Mentor: Alan Kuntz)
- SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF MATERIALS PROPERTIES OF A BIOLOGICAL SUPERABSORBENT POLYMER FOR SINGLE-USE CONSUMER PRODUCT APPLICATIONS - Kaylon Draney (Faculty Mentor: Jeffrey Bates)
- STUDY OF MAGNESIUM REDOX FLOW BATTERIES - Dillon Fehlau (Faculty Mentor: Tao Gao)
- IN VITRO CHONDROGENIC CAPACITY CLASSIFICATION OF JUVENILE CHONDROCYTE DONORS FROM CULTURED PELLET SIZE - Adam Ford (Faculty Mentor: David Grainger) Makoto Kondo, Nicolas Metzler, Terri Okano
- ASSESSING THE EFFECT OF AMPUTATION AND BATTLEFIELD-RELEVANT FACTORS ON HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION IN AN OVINE MODEL - Rose Godfrey (Faculty Mentor: Dustin Williams) Richard Epperson, Davie Rothberg, Raymond Olsen, Brooke Kawaguchi, Winston Rudisin, Paul Pasquina, Aaron Olsen, John Shero, Brad Isaacson
- DEVELOPING CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY INTERPRETATION SOFTWARE FOR TUBERCULOSIS PATIENTS- Cleo Hancock (Faculty Mentor: Swomitra Mohanty)
- DEVELOPMENT OF ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC MEASURES FOR COGNITIVE LOAD DURING PROSTHESIS USE - Sonny Jones (Faculty Mentor: Gregory Clark) Michael D. Paskett
- IMPROVEMENT AND FUNCTIONAL VALIDATION OF A LOW-COST CONTROL SYSTEM FOR ASSISTIVE ROBOTIC DEVICES - Aidan Lethaby (Faculty Mentor: Jacob George) Jared M. Zollinger, Sridharan Radhakrishnan, Taylor C. Hansen, Alan Kuntz
- HYDROGEL-BASED DEHYDRATION SENSOR BIOADHESIVE - Angelica Madsen (Faculty Mentor: Jeffrey Bates)
- A SLIDING WINDOW REGULARIZATION APPROACH IN ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC IMAGING - Benjamin Orkild (Faculty Mentor: Rob MacLeod)
- CONVENTIONAL CT VERSUS WEIGHTBEARING CT IMAGING TECHNIQUES: A CADAVERIC EVALUATION - Katee Perez (Faculty Mentor: Amy Lenz)
- COMPARISON OF LEFT ATRIAL SHAPE BETWEEN THE SEXES WITH ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - Andie Sieja (Faculty Mentor: Rob MacLeod)
- INTEGRATION OF A PNEUMATICALLY ACTUATED MICROVALVE PUMP WITH IN VITRO CELL CULTURE TO STUDY THE MECHANOBIOLOGICAL RESPONSE OF THE TRABECULAR MESHWORK - Sabrina Su (Faculty Mentor: Jay Kim)
- LENGTH AND DENSITY OF HEMAGGLUTININ SPIKES ON MATURE AND BUDDING VIRUS-LIKE PARTICLES - Kelsee Todd (Faculty Mentor: Susan Bock)
Mentors
- Alan Kuntz
- Amy Lenz
- Cynthia Furse
- David Grainger
- Dustin Williams
- Gregory Clark
- Jacob George
- Jay Kim
- Jeffrey Bates
- Jennifer Weidhaas
- Jessica Kramer
- Rob MacLeod
- Susan Bock
- Swomitra Mohanty
- Tamar Bidone
- Tao Gao
Fine Arts
- A BALMY ELSEWHERE: MANIFESTO FOR RESTORATIVE MATERIALISMS - E.C. Comstock (Faculty Mentor: Brian Snapp)
- INTERGENERATIONAL CULTURAL DISSONANCE IN FILM - Yein Ji (Faculty Mentor: Sonia Albert-Sobrino)
- THE UNSUNG HEROINE: MARNI NIXON AND THE HISTORY OF VOICE-OVER ACTING IN THEATRE AND CINEMA - Brynn Staker (Faculty Mentor: Elizabeth Craft)
Mentors
- Brian Snapp
- Elizabeth Craft
- Sonia Albert-Sobrino
Health
- CHOICE OF REFERENCE FRAME AFFECTS THE VALUES OF STEP LENGTH, STEP WIDTH AND MARGIN OF STABILITY DURING TURNING GAIT - Tyler Ho (Faculty Mentor: Peter Fino) Nick Kreter, Claire Rogers
- DEFINING THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN A VOLUNTARY USE OF FITBITS AND SELF-REPORTED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY VOLUMES - Linnea Horvath (Faculty Mentor: Jessica King) Yai Bai
- STRUCTURED VERSUS UNSTRUCTURED DAYS: PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AMONG ADOLESCENTS DURING COVID-19 - Cindie Lee (Faculty Mentor: Yang Bai)
- DETERMINATION OF BEST RECRUITMENT PRACTICES FOR ADULTS WITH PREDIABETES: A LITERATURE REVIEW - Michael Maio (Faculty Mentor: Tanya Halliday)
- TEST-RETEST RELIABILITY AND THE EFFECT OF TASK INSTRUCTIONS ON LISTENING EFFORT WHEN USING A VRT PARADIGM - Crystal Ortiz (Faculty Mentor: Samantha Gustafson)
- TIME RESTRICTED FEEDING AND ITS IMPACT ON NUTRITION AND METABOLIC PATHWAYS - Raquel Perry (Faculty Mentor: Amandine Chaix)
- IMPACT OF SHIFTWORK ON RIKS OF DIABETES AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE - Justinas Sapiega (Faculty Mentor: Christopher Depner)
Mentors
- Amandine Chaix
- Christopher Depner
- Jessica King
- Peter Fino
- Samantha Gustafson
- Tanya Halliday
- Yang Bai
Honors
- IF I SHOULD DIE BEFORE I WAKE - Hailey Danielson (Faculty Mentor: Michael Gills)
Mentors
- Michael Gills
Humanities
- INCONSISTENT VALUES BETWEEN THE UTAH WILDLIFE ACTION PLAN AND THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT - William Shadley (Faculty Mentor: Carlos Santana)
Mentor
- Carlos Santana
Medicine
- METAL-DOPED FLUROAPATIE IN THE PREVENTION OF BIOFILM FORMATION - Derek Anderson (Faculty Mentor: Sujee Jeyapalina)
- INTER-USER VARIABILITY ON COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS IN HUMAN ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULAS - Shelly Baltazar (Faculty Mentor: Yan-Ting Shiu)
- HEMODYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF THE USE OF NITRIC OXIDE RELEASING GEL TO IMPROVE RAT ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA MATURATION - Britney Chen (Faculty Mentor: Yan-Ting Shiu)
- THE EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT ON SOCIAL BEHAVIORS IN ISOLATED MICE - Ashley Covington (Faculty Mentor: Moriel Zelikowsky) Ryan Hanson
- DEVELOPMENT OF A NOVEL PROTOCOL USING THE INTUITIVE COLORIMETER TO TEST THE EFFECTS OF COLOR ON PHOTOPHOBIA - Elon Darthard (Faculty Mentor: Dr. Melissa Cortez) Alex Billings, Cecilia Martindale
- A NOVEL MOLECULAR MODEL OF INFLAMMATORY ACTIVATION IN GLAUCOMA - Anqi Deng (Faculty Mentor: David Krizaj) Christopher N. Rudzitis, Sarah N. Redmon
- CORRELATION BETWEEN SLEEP AND DEPRESSION AMONG COMMERCIAL DRIVERS AND MANUAL MATERIAL HANDLERS - Jenny Echeverria (Faculty Mentor: Matthew Thiese)
- THE ROLE OF AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN IN A MODEL OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE - Katerina Excell (Faculty Mentor: Andres Maricq)
- INCIDENCE AND RISK FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH TRAVELERS' DIARRHEA IN INTERNATIONAL TRAVELERS - Valerie Fernandez (Faculty Mentor: Daniel Leung) Sharia M. Ahmed, Michael C. Graves, Melissa Pender, Holly Shoemaker, Holly Birich, Jakrapun Pupaibool, L. Scott Benson
- MATERNAL IMMUNE ACTIVATION (MIA) ALTERS NEONATAL LUNG IMMUNITY - Aleah Griffin (Faculty Mentor: Anna Beaudin) Diego A. Lopez
- STRESSORS OF VARYING PROPERTIES INDUCE DIFFERENCES IN THE MODULATION OF BEHAVIOR AND BIOLOGY - Suhyun Hahm (Faculty Mentor: Michael Conoscenti)
- PERM1: A NOVEL REGULATOR OF MITOCHONDRIAL ENERGETICS IN CARDIOMYOCYTES - Amanda Horiuchi (Faculty Mentor: Junco Warren)
- MICROGLIA RESISTANCE TO CSF1R INHIBITION - Emmalyn Irvin (Faculty Mentor: Monica Vetter) Sarah Anderson, Jacke Roberts
- AMNIOTIC FLUID TREATMENT OF VOCAL FOLD INJURY IN AN IN VIVO RABBIT MODEL - Anika Isom (Faculty Mentor: Ben Christensen)
- INTER-ANALYST STUDY OF GEOMETRY AND HEMODYNAMICS IN PORCINE ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA - Simran Karim (Faculty Mentor: Yan-Ting Shiu)
- LIVER FOXN3 INCREASES PANCREATIC α-CELL MASS WITHOUT ALTERING HEPATIC AMINO ACID UTILIZATION - Kasper Koblanski (Faculty Mentor: Amnon Schlegel)
- COMPILING CELL VIABILITY DATA FOR VITRO STUDIES: IMPROVING THE EFFICACY OF TREATMENT FOR MENINGIOMA TUMORS - Azeem Mohammed (Faculty Mentor: Randy Jensen)
- CHECKPOINT MOLECULE CLEAVAGE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CROHN'S DISEASE AND ULCERATIVE COLITIS - Natalie Morgan (Faculty Mentor: Ellen Beswick)
- WIDE-ANGLE VITREOUS IMAGING IN FAMILIAL EXUDATIVE VITREORETINOPATHY - Saul Rivera-Flores (Faculty Mentor: Eileen Hwang)
- A NOVEL APPROACH TO DIFFERENTIATING CARDIAC FIBROBLASTS FROM INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS - Alexander Sperber (Faculty Mentor: Martin Tristani)
- THE HIV-PROTECTIVE BYSTANDER EFFECT IN MACROPHAGES IS VIRAL GLYCOPROTEIN DEPENDENT AND LIKELY CONFERRED VIA UPREGULATION OF ISG IFITM3 - Nathaniel Thomas (Faculty Mentor: Vicente Planelles) Elizabeth Williams
- USE OF COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY IMAGING TO OBSERVE INCREASED DISTAL-END CORTICAL BONE AROUND A PERCUTANEOUS OSSEOINTEGRATED IMPLANT - Zakary Wankier (Faculty Mentor: Sarina Sinclair)
- FACIAL FEEDBACK AND AFFECTIVE DYSFUNCTION: THE IMPACT OF FACIAL EXPRESSION ON MENTAL HEALTH - Katherine Wright (Faculty Mentor: Melissa Cortez)
Mentors
- Amnon Sclegel
- Andres Maricq
- Anna Beaudin
- Ben Christensen
- Daniel Leung
- David Krizaj
- Eileen Hwang
- Ellen Beswick
- Junco Warren
- Martin Tristani
- Matthew Thiese
- Melissa Cortez
- Michael Conoscenti
- Michael Zelikowsky
- Monica Vetter
- Randy Jensen
- Sarina Sinclair
- Sujee Jeyapalina
- Vicente Planelles
- Yang-ting Shiu
Mines & Earth Sciences
- EVALUATION OF BIOMEDIATED FRACTIONATION OF 13C AND 18O ISOTOPES: AQUATIC GASTROPOD PHYSIOLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY - Sam Bagge (Faculty Mentor: Brenda Bowen) Dr. Jory Lerback
- EXAMING VOLCANIC LITHIC FRAGMENTS ALONG A TRIBUTARY OF THE BEAVER RIVER, UTAH - Mallory Scofield (Faculty Mentor: Cari Johnson) Matt Affolter
Mentors
- Brenda Bowen
- Cari Johnson
- Daniel Mendoza
Nursing
- ANALYSIS OF AYA CANCER PATIENT PRIORITY SYMPTOMS THROUGH TEXT MINING SOFTWARE - Kylie Bethards (Faculty Mentor: Lauri Linder)
- RACIALLY AND ETHNICALLY DIVERSE MIDLIFE WOMEN'S HEALTH NEEDS AND SYMPTOM EXPERIENCE DURING THE MENOPAUSAL TRANSITION - Kari Stoddard (Faculty Mentor: Lisa Taylor-Swanson)
- BREAST CANCER EXPERIENCES IN HISPANIC WOMEN - Alejandra Tellez-Montenegro (Faculty Mentor: Ana Sanchez-Birkhead)
Mentors
- Ana Sanchez Birkhead
- Lauri Linder
- Lisa Taylor-Swanson
Pharmacy
- EFFECTS OF TREM-1 EXPRESSION ON ACUTE PHASE SEIZURES IN A MOUSE MODEL OF VIRAL-INDUCED EPILEPSY - Ireland Kearns (Faculty Mentor: Karen Wilcox)
- SEIZURE ONSET AND OFFSET DYNAMICS IN A TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY MOUSE MODEL OVER 90 DAYS - Michelle Le (Faculty Mentor: Karen Wilcox) Daria Anderson, Gerald W. Saunders, Peter J. West
- BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR EFFECTS ON MESENCHYMAL STEM/STROMAL CELL PHENOTYPE AND SHEET FABRICATION - Tavie Parker (Faculty Mentor: David Grainger) Celia Dunn, Makoto Kondo, Sumako Kameishi, Teruo Okano
- THE PRODUCTION AND PURIFICATION OF SPLIT-BETA-LACTAMASE FUSION CONSTRUCTS - Katelyn Pyper (Faculty Mentor: Shawn Owen)
- IN VITRO ASSAYS FOR GOLD PHOSPHINE, ILLUDALIC ACID, AND PHENYLARSONIC ACID INHIBITION OF SARS-COV-2 PAPAIN-LIKE PROTEASE - Macey Smith (Faculty Mentor: Amy Barrios)
Mentors
- Amy Barrios
- David Grainger
- Karen Wilcox
- Shawn Owen
Science
- AN ANALYSIS ON THE INFLUENCE OF ANXIETY IN POST ERROR SLOWING - Alayna Arnholt (Faculty Mentor: Scott Langenecker)
- SYMMETRY-ADAPTED PERTURBATION THEORY AS A TOOL FOR STUDYING AND DIAGNOSING NON-COVALENT INTERACTIONS - Tyler Ball (Faculty Mentor: Matthew Sigman) Jacquelyne A. Read, Beck Miller
- SOLUBILITY OF BIPYRIMIDINE ELECTROLYTES FOR REDOX FLOW BATTERIES - Shelby Galinat (Faculty Mentor: Matthew Sigman) Adam R. Pancoast
- THE ROLE OF P62 IN THE DEGRADATION OF THE MUTANT HUNTINGTIN PROTEIN - Rachel Jones (Faculty Mentor: Julie Hollien)
- HYPO-OSMOLARITY AND GLUCOSE STARVATION LOCALIZES SLM1 TO MITOCHONDRIA- A NOVEL STRESS RESPONSE - Yung-Chi Lan (Faculty Mentor: Markus Babst)
- NOVEL LOST CITY METHANOGENIC ARCHAEA BELONGING TO THE ORDER METHANOSARCINALES - Briggs Miller (Faculty Mentor: William Brazelton)
- CURRENT AND VOLTAGE BIAS STRESS EFFECTS IN CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION MADE PEROVSKITE PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES - Jenny Ngo (Faculty Mentor: Luisa Whittaker-Brooks)
- SYNTHESIS OF VLC-PUFAS RELATING TO MACULAR DEGENERATIVE DISEASES: A SENIOR HONORS THESIS - Charlotte Randolph (Faculty Mentor: Jon Rainier)
- MOLECULAR AND CHARGE-TRANSFER DYNAMICS AT AN ELECTRICALLY-CHARGED INTERFACE - Noah Shepard (Faculty Mentor: Rodrigo Noriega)
- IDENTIFICATION OF METHYLOTROPH QUORUM SENSING SIGNALS USING AN INVERSE STABLE ISOTOPIC LABELING APPROACH - Alice Snelling (Faculty Mentor: Aaron Puri) Dale A. Cummings, Jr.
- EXPLORATION OF THE 2-DIMENSIONAL PI-d CONJUGATED COORDINATE POLYMER Cu-BENZENEHEXATHIOL - Ella Spurlock (Faculty Mentor: Luisa Whittaker-Brooks)
- LIGANDS TARGETING α10 RECEPTORS TO INHIBIT NEOROPATHIC PAIN - Bassel Tekarli (Faculty Mentor: Michael McIntosh) Arik J. Hone
- QUANTUM CHEMISTRY SIMULATIONS OF VIBRATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY TO DETERMINE THE STRUCTURE OF TROPINE - Emily Yang (Faculty Mentor: Ryan Steele)
Mentors
- Aaron Puri
- Jon Rainier
- Julie Hollien
- Luisa Whittaker-Brooks
- Markus Babst
- Matthew Sigman
- Michael McIntosh
- Rodrigo Noriega
- Ryan Steele
- Scott Langenecker
- William Brazelton
Social & Behavioral Science
- STRESS PHYSIOLOGY IN RESPONSE TO PROLONGED PERIODS IN NATURE - Daniel Anderson (Faculty Mentor: Emily Scott)
- LIFESTYLE COACH EXPERIENCES DELIVERING THE NATIONAL DIABETES PREVENTION PROGRAM TO DYADS - Tali Bauman (Faculty Mentor: Katherine Baucom)
- MENTAL HEALTH PREVENTION AND PROMOTION: LEVERAGING POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVENTIONS AND SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP TO BUILD RESILIENCE AND WELL-BEING IN COLLEGE STUDENTS - Alexander Becraft (Faculty Mentor: Marissa Diener) Ed Diener, Carol Diener, Nick Galli, Mitchell Wulfman, Merry Joseph, Ayana Amaechi, Ryan Jackson, Youn Joo Oh
- PLACE ATTACHMENT, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND THREAT PERCEPTIONS OF UTAH WILDERNESS - Kaylara Benfield (Faculty Mentor: Juliet Carlisle)
- AN ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTS OF BACKGROUND NOISE AND SUPPORTIVE CONTEXT ON SPEECH RECOGNITION MEMORY IN OLDER ADULTS - Allesandra Bergmark (Faculty Mentor: Brennan Payne)
- AGING IN PLACE DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: SUPPORTIVE FACTORS AND PERSPECTIVES AMONG SERVICE PROVIDERS AND OLDER ADULTS - Natalie Caylor (Faculty Mentor: Valerie Greer)
- DATING/ INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE AND SOCIAL MEDIA USE AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS - Tania Cervantes-Hernandez (Faculty Mentor: Akiko Kamimura)
- ORANGUTAN GENETIC LOAD AND THE EFFECTS OF POPULATION SIZE - Kendal Chatard (Faculty Mentor: Timothy Webster)
- BILINGUAL BENEFIT IN COGNITIVE FLEXIBILITY - Jaeyeon Choi (Faculty Mentor: Carina Pals) Gayoung Choi, Gajeong Kim
- THE LDS CONTEXT: RELIGIOUS TRAUMA, SOCIAL SAFETY, & LGBTQ+ HEALTH - Joshua Christensen (Faculty Mentor: Lisa Diamond)
- EXPLORING FOOD JUSTICE THROUGH QUALITATIVE RESEARCH - Jessica Cuello (Faculty Mentor: Adrienne Cachelin)
- PHYSICAL HEALTH CONSEQUENCES OF ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES (ACES): A NARRATIVE REVIEW - Jesus Emmanuel Diaz Ocampo (Faculty Mentor: Katherine Baucom)
- EFFECTS OF WORKING MEMORY ON PERCEPTION OF SPACE AND TIME - Jim Faulkner (Faculty Mentor: Kristina Rand) Mirinda Whitaker)
- THE IMPACTS OF MARRIAGE AND FERTILITY ON FEMALE LONGEVITY - Isabelle Fernandez (Faculty Mentor: Shane Macfarlan)
- A MORE COMPREHENSIVE TOOL FOR THE DETAILED EVALUATION OF SEX EDUCATION PROGRAMMING IN THE UNITED STATES - Lauren Gleave (Faculty Mentor: Akiko Kamimura)
- DOMESTIC VIOLENCE REFORMATION IN UTAH - Jacob Hall (Faculty Mentor: James Curry)
- IMPACT OF PLANT AND MICROBIAL DIVERSITY IN STORM-WATER GREEN INFRASTRUCTURES - Madeline Jensen (Faculty Mentor: Jennifer Follstad Shah)
- INFLUENCES OF CHAOTIC HOME ENVIRONMENTS AND MATERNAL EMOTION DYSREGULATION ON INFANT RESPIRATORY SINUS ARRHYTHMIA - Joshua Marchant (Faculty Mentor: Sheila Crowell)
- USING WATER PURIFICATION DEVICES IN GROUP INTERNATIONAL STUDY ABROAD TRAVEL - Carrie Marsh (Faculty Mentor: Jennifer Follstad-Shah)
- NARRATIVE AGENCY AND DISTRESS REGULATION IN YOUTH - Sophia Martinez (Faculty Mentor: Monisha Pasupathi)
- MENTAL HEALTH AMONG UNINSURED PRIMARY CARE PATIENTS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC - Emily Nevarez (Faculty Mentor: Akiko Kamimura)
- ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ON THE WASATCH FRONT FROM A COUPLED-HUMAN AND NATURAL SYSTEMS PERSPECTIVE - Zoe Philippides (Faculty Mentor: Tabitha Benney)
- WORKING MEMORY AND THE ERN: A PECULIAR RELATIONSHIP - Shaylie Platten (Faculty Mentor: Sara LoTemplio)
- SCOPING REVIEW ON THE EFFECTS OF TRUST ON THE UPTAKE OF GOVERNMENT RESOURCES TO ADDRESS SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH - Jessica Schmidt (Faculty Mentor: Lori Kowaleski-Jones)
- LIVE HOSPICE DISCHARGE: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS ABOUT THE ETHICS OF ENDING HOSPICE CARE FOR TERMINAL PATIENTS - Madeleine Sorenson (Faculty Mentor: Rebecca Utz)
- INVESTIGATING THE DIFFERENCE IN LISTENING EFFORT BETWEEN AMERICAN AND KOREAN LISTENERS FOR AMERICAN ACCENTED ENGLISH - Kalista Vordos (Faculty Mentor: Carina Pals) Dahyun Kim, Adeline Han
- SPATIAL INVESTIGATION OF TOXIC SITES AND WATER-A FOCUS ON RACIAL EQUITY - Tessa Vu (Faculty Mentor: E-Sok Andy Hong)
- EVALUATING THE EFFICACY OF SIMULATED AUGMENTED REALITY CUEING IN VIRTUAL REALITY - Emilee Wilson (Faculty Mentor: Jeanine Stefanucci)
- GLOBAL GENDER INEQUALITY AND MARRIAGE AGE DYNAMICS - Anahi Yerman (Faculty Mentor: Shane Macfarlan)
Mentors
- Adrienne Cachelin
- Akiko Kamimura
- Brennan Payne
- Carina Pals
- E-Sok Andy Hong
- Emily Scott
- James Curry
- Jeanine Stefanucci
- Jennifer Follstad Shah
- Juliet Carlisle
- Katherine Baucom
- Kristina Rand
- Lisa Diamond
- Lori Kowaleski-Jones
- Marissa Diener
- Monisha Pasupathi
- Rebecca Utz
- Sara LoTemplio
- Shaylie Platten
- Shane MacFarlan
- Sheila Crowell
- Tabitha Benney
- Timothy Webster
- Valerie Greer
Undergraduate Studies
- FOSTERING A SENSE OF BELONGING IN A REMOTE ENVIRONMENT: WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM COVID-19 PRACTICES? - MacKenzie Ridley (Faculty Mentor: Beth Howard) Allie McClaskey, Erica Lampers
Mentor
- Beth Howard