Summer Scholars Roster 2019
Summer Scholars 2019
URaCE REU Scholars
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JheDienne Adams
Strange Fruit: A Historical Examination of the Black Female Body as More than Medical Material
Mentor: William Kuby Major: History
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Bennett Bowden
The Effects of Big Data on Healthcare Jobs: A Systematic Literature Review
Mentor: Mina Sartipi Major: Computer Science and Engineering
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Jessica Gregg
Belief or Abuse: An Explorative Examination of Religiosity, Domestic Physical and Verbal Abuse and the Correlates of Attitudes Toward Partner Violence
Mentor: Chris Silver Major: Psychology and Criminal Justice
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Aaren Isabel
1st Historical Database of Introduce Fish Species in Tennessee
Mentor: Fernando Alda Major: Biology
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Kathryn Jackson
Optimizing the Chemical Recipe for Ambiently Dried Transparent Aerogel
Mentor: Sungwoo Yang Major: Chemical Engineering
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Matthew McCarver
Inference For The Normal Youden Index Under Type II Censoring
Mentor: Sumith Gunasekera Major: Mathematics
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Ryenne McDowell
What Effect Does Public Policy Have on Gentrification and the Displacement of African-Americans in Chattanooga, Tennessee?
Mentor: Marcus D. Mauldin Major: Political Science
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Olivia Morrison
The Effects of E-cigarette Alkaloids on Gene Expression and Cell Viability in Lung Cells
Mentor: Margaret Kovach Major: Biology
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Alaura Robinson
Rethinking the Technopoly: Black Mirror’s Warning to Parents and Youth
Mentor: Elizabeth Gailey Major: Communication
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Ashwyn Sam
Evaluation of Discretization Schemes in Biglobal Stability Analysis of Cylindrically-Shaped Solid and Hybrid Rockets
Mentor: Trevor Elliott Major: Mechanical Engineering & General Mathematics
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Steven Sawyer
Nanomaterial Characterization and Treatment in Urban Stormwater Runoff
Mentor: Jejal Reddy-Bathi Major: Civil Engineering
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Lysa Scealf
The Therapeutic Importance of Compassionate Care
Mentor: Sarah Einstein Major: Creative Writing
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Kalie Shaw
An Exploratory Study of How the Convergent News Model Relates to Student Media
Mentor: William Davis Major: Communications
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David Smith
Fatty Acid-Mediated Phenotypic Responses in Vibrio fischeri and Vibrio alginolyticus
Mentor: David Giles Major: Biology
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Adeola Ijiyode
A Retrospective Investigation of Racial-Ethnic Socialization
Mentor: Amye Warren Major: Psychology
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Terele Parker*
Super-Capacitor Solar Charging
Mentor: Mina Sartipi *Tuskegee University