Spring Thesis Symposium with flowers and butterflies

Join us for the Honors Thesis Symposium

For the last year, our Honors College students have been developing their thesis projects, working one-on-one with a faculty mentor in their major department.   Come learn about these amazing projects from our students.   

All presentations will take place over zoom.  

Friday, June 5, 2026 from 9am - 4pm

Morning Session #1   Zoom Link
9:20 AM    Itzel Abascal Guerrero, International/Global Studies    Analysis of Community Assistance by Mexican Drug Cartels in rural Mexico.    
Advisor: Shawn Smallman, International & Global Studies
9:40 AM    Henry Danford,  Political Science    Strategic Anti-Transgender Policy and Interest Group Influence in Politics 
Advisor: Kim Williams, Political Science
10:00 AM    Lucas  Metz, Political Science    The Roots of Struggle in Rose City    
Advisor:  Kim Williams, PGA
10:20 AM    Farah  Mahmoud,  International Studies    Citizenship Denied, Accountability Deferred: A Neorealist Analysis of International law and the Rohingya Crisis    
Advisor: Maureen Hickey, Politics and Global Affairs
10:40 AM    Alexander Freund, International & Global Studies    Sino-African Development Partnerships: China's Belt Road Initiative and What it Means for Africa
Advisor:  Maureen Hickey, Urban & Public Affairs

Morning Session #2   Zoom Link 
9:00 AM    Sophia Janzen, Architecture    The U.S. Shopping Mall: Opportunities for Preservation and Transformation Through Adaptive Reuse    
Advisor: Aaron Whelton, Architecture
9:20 AM    Morgan Williams and Emily Williams,  Architecture    Foundations’ Deep    
Advisor:  Juan Heredia, Architecture
9:40 AM    Elijah Stegner-Herbest,  Film    Flipper    
Advisor: Kristin Hole, Film
10:00 AM    Jordan Thompson, Film    Good Will Dunking    
Advisor:  Shelley Davis, Film
10:20 AM    Joseph Traver, Film    Chiaroscuro    
Advisor: JJ Vazquez, Film
10:40 AM    Perry Rachmuth, Film and Sociology    Running! No Breaks!    
Advisor: JJ Vazquez, Film

Morning Session #3  Zoom Link
9:00 AM    Gavin Balderas, Mechanical Engineering    Plastic Shredder Capstone: Management and Methodology    
Advisor:  Robert Paxton, Mech & Materials Engineering
9:20 AM    Leana Girton, Mechanical Engineering    Capstone Review: WARN Winch Proximity Sensor    
Advisor:  Robert Paxton, Mech & Materials Engineering
9:40 AM    Sabeel Saleem Mohammed, Mechanical Engineering    PSU Microfabrication Foundry Capstone    
Advisor:  Robert Paxton, Mech & Materials Engineering
10:00 AM    Stephen Feng, Computer Science    Agile in the Age of AI: Considerations and Improvements for Streamlining Developer Workflows    
Advisor:   Bruce Irvin, Computer Science
10:20 AM    Pouya Nouri, Computer Science    Flowmind Capstone Review    
Advisor:   Bruce Irvin, Computer Science
10:40 AM    Levi Hauck, Computer Science    Capstone Review of Conello Vendor Marketplace 
Advisor:     Bruce Irvin, Computer Science

Morning Session #4   Zoom Link 
9:00 AM    Emma Mady, English    Irish Identity: Nationalism and Symbols in W.B. Yeats’s Cathleen Plays
Advisor: Sara Atwood, English
9:20 AM    Z Maloney-Dunn, English    "Address It or Suppress It": What We Can Learn About RPF From Celebrity Responses       
Advisor: Kate Comer, English
9:40 AM    Tristan Madron, History    Stewardship & Sovereignty: Improving the Columbia River Through Indigenous Connection        
Advisor: Katrine Barber, History
10:00 AM    Alexis McLean, History    The Dolor: Coercive Mid-Century Adoption Practices        
Advisor: Kenneth Ruoff, History
10:20 AM    Killian McMahon, Philosophy    Exploitation and the Moral Permissibility of Humane Animal Farming        
Advisor: Brad Berman, Philosophy
10:40 AM    Noah Carandanis, Philosophy    Vulnerability, Care and Newsrooms: How Care Ethics Can Better Inform Journalistic Practice        
Advisor: Maurice Hamginton, Philosophy

Morning Session #5   Zoom Link 
9:00 AM    Amanda Lunsford, Biology    Neuroplasticity after TBI: Meta-analysis Reveals Structural and Cognitive Recovery Beyond Six Months Is Enhanced by Targeted Learning    
Advisor:  Radhika Reddy, Biology
9:20 AM    Anna Bui, Biology    The Study of Enteroendocrine Cells in Gastrointestinal Autopsies of Parkinson’s Disease Patients.    
Advisor:  Jan Just, Biology and Honors;  Gregory Scott, OHSU - Department of Pathology
9:40 AM    Ayah Asal, Biology    Moderately High-Fat Diet Exacerbates Some but not All Phenotypes in a Murine LCHADD Model    
Advisor:  Melanie Gillingham, OHSU Molecular & Medical Genetics
10:00 AM    Simon Colby, Biology    Viruses Causing Panleukopenia in Domestic Cats: A Review of Feline and Canine Parvoviruses    
Advisor:  Ken Stedman. Biology
10:20 AM    Lucy Cook, Physics    Developing a High-Resolution Off-Axis Digital Holographic Microscope    
Advisor:   Jay Nadeau, Physics
10:40 AM    Muna Daher, Biochemistry    The effect of changing metal ionic radius on LnDOBTA Complexes    
Advisor:  Mark Woods, Chemistry

Morning Session #6   Zoom Link 
9:00 AM    Cece Austin, Psychology    Disability Experiences of University Students    
Advisor:   Dara Shifrer, Sociology
9:20 AM    Diego Antonio Bañuelos, Sociology    Internal Migration and the Family Unit: Comparative Internal and External Family Socialization and Identity in the Context of Migration    
Advisor:  Shirley Jackson, Sociology
9:40 AM    Annika Cale, Psychology    Recurrence and reflection: psychological insights from repetitive dreams    
Advisor:   Gerri Wanieski, Private Practice
10:00 AM    Betty    Canoso, Psychology    Fundamentalist Disorientations for Queer Subjects: Narrative and Theory    
Advisor:  Tyler Cornelius, Honors College
10:20 AM    Matisse Geselle, Social Justice and the Arts    Singing as Liberation: Spiritual Imagination and an Embodied Practice of Hope through Spirituals and Songs of the uHadi    
Advisor:   Pedro Ferbel-Azcarate, Black Studies
10:40 AM    PJ Golden, Conflict Resolution    Transforming Equity: A Systemic Analysis of the Equity Model of Social Justice Education Through the Lens of Conflict Transformation Theory    
Advisor:  Tom Hastings, Conflict Resolution

Morning Session #7    Zoom Link 
9:00 AM    Natalie Jobe, Political Science    Risk Perception: Media, Fear-Mongering and Activism    
Advisor:  Tina Burdsall, Sociology and Honors
9:20 AM    Rhi Soto, Social Work    TGD experiences with healthcare professionals    
Advisor:   Tina Burdsall, Sociology and Honors
9:40 AM    Rakhi Grey, Psychology    Grief, Silence, and Surveillance in Academic Settings    
Advisor:   Tina Burdsall, Sociology and Honors
10:00 AM    Sequoia Alexander, Psychology    Exploring Culturally Competent Responses to Suicidality In Transgender and Gender Diverse Populations    
Advisor:   Tina Burdsall, Sociology and Honors
10:20 AM    Jasmine Shaheen, Psychology and Social Science    The Experiences of College Students Facing Housing and Financial Insecurity   
Advisor:   Tina Burdsall, Sociology and Honors
10:40 AM    Margaret King, Psychology    “I Still Care About Her”: Ambiguous Loss and Social Death in Substance-Affected Relationships    
Advisor:    Tina Burdsall, Sociology and Honors

Morning Session #8   Zoom Link
9:00 AM    Sajjan Dhasi, Public Health    Developing Zwitter-ionic Ketone-rhodamines for Biological Imaging Applications    
Advisor:   Lei Wang, OHSU Biomedical Engineering
9:20 AM    Arwen Hansell, Child and Family Studies    Who Keeps us Safe? We do: Resisting Security Regimes with Youth Labor Organizing at Portland State University    
Advisor:     Federico Pérez, University Honors
9:40 AM    Preeya Kannan, Public Health Community Promotion    Homeplace: Radical Assemblage of Bodyscapes    
Advisor:    Ryan J Petteway, Public Health
10:00 AM    Miguel Lopez Paz, Social Work    Meeting the needs: Examining the response to homelessness in Portland, OR    
Advisor:   Jessica Ramirez , Social Work and Chicanx and Latinx Studies
10:20 AM    Anastasia (Anna) Miller, Social Work    Radical Social Work in the United States: an Integrative Literature Review    
Advisor:   Jessica Ramirez , Social Work and Chicanx and Latinx Studies
10:40 AM    Emmanuella Mbuyu, Public Health: Health Services Administration    Aid as Leverage: How Humanitarian Assistance shapes the health power dynamics in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo    
Advisor:   Richard Dozal Lockwood, OHSU-PSU School of Public Health

 

Mid-Day Session #1   Zoom Link 
11:40 AM    Jasmin Lamb, Political Science    Chaos, Dysfunction, and Distrust: The 2016 US Election Interference    
Advisor:  Jack Miller, Urban & Public Affairs
12:00 PM    Camille Moore, Political Science    What About Me: Explaining Voting Patterns Among Young Men in the 2024 Election    
Advisor:   Joshua Eastin, Political Science
12:20 PM    Eliot Warner, Political Science    The Commons of the Mind: Repeat Behavior in Intellectual Property Law    
Advisor:  Melina Martinez, Urban & Public Affairs
12:40 PM    Quin Armstrong, Criminology & Criminal Justice    An in Depth Analysis of the Pros and Cons of School Resource Officers in Public Schools    
Advisor:  Brian Renauer, Criminology & Criminal Justice
1:00 PM    Nina Gallo, Criminology & Criminal Justice    Latino Threat and Immigration Reform    
Advisor:   Arynn Infante, Criminology & Criminal Justice
1:20 PM    Christopher Hayes, Urban Studies and Planning    The Scars of Renewal: How the legacy of urban renewal informs community action against displacement in San Francisco's Fillmore District    
Advisor:  Moriah McSharry McGrath, Urban & Public Affairs

Mid-Day Session #2   Zoom Link
11:40 AM    Shelby Morgan, Cultural History of the Arts    Staging Reception / Perception: A Bi-Directional Dialogue between Etruscan Artistic Objects and Giuseppe Penone’s Contemporary Sculptures    
Advisor:   Jesse Locker, Art History
12:00 PM    Mary Timbrook, Art History    A Northwest Perspective: A Comprehensive Survey of Sally Haley’s Career    
Advisor:  Carmen Ripolles, Art History
12:20 PM    Janelle De Leon, Graphic Design    Navigating Filipino-American Identity through Philippine Foodways    
Advisor:  Briar Levit, Art + Design
12:40 PM    Gretchen Mahlberg, Graphic Design    Why Choose Green Burial?    
Advisor:  Briar Levit, Art + Design
1:00 PM    Kristina Rosgen, Graphic Design    Junk Journaling for Graphic Designers    
Advisor:  Briar Levit, Art + Design

Mid-Day Session #3    Zoom Link
11:40 AM    Jewel Jones, Mathematics    Comparative between social categories to see which is the highest predictor for mortality concerning heart disease -- an Oregon regional study.    
Advisor:  Naghmeh Daneshi, Statistics
12:00 PM    Don Li, Mathematics    Uniform Stability of Katyusha in Strongly-Convex Settings    
Advisor:  Dacian Daescu, Mathematics & Statistics
12:20 PM    Tue Tran, Mathematics    Investigating an Energy-Preserving Spectral Finite Difference Numerical Method for a Wave Equation on the Metric Graph    
Advisor:  Hannah Kravitz, Mathematics
12:40 PM    Julia Rezvani, Computer Science and Mathematics    A novel, embedding-based approach to longitudinal survey data imputation    
Advisor:  Ameeta Agrawal, Computer Science
1:00 PM    Harshiv Mistry, Computer Science    Prompting for Cognitive Behaviors: Domain-Specific Gains in Hindi CoT Reasoning    
Advisor:  Ameeta Agrawal, Computer Science
1:20 PM    Wyatt Bilodeaux, Electrical engineering    Capstone    
Advisor:   Robert Bass, Electrical and computer engineering

Mid-Day Session #4   Zoom Link
11:40 AM    Simrah Saleem, Computer Science    GPS Tracking Smart Dash Cam    
Advisor:   D. Kevin McGrath, Computer Science
12:00 PM    Joshua Davis, Computer Science    Custom SBC GPS Tracking and Geocaching Carputer Software Design and Implementation    
Advisor:   D. Kevin McGrath, Computer Science
12:20 PM    Ambika Vyas, Computer Science    Applications of Prior and Novel Computational Tools in Mental Health Treatment, and Their Potential to Uncover the Explanatory Gap    
Advisor:   Suresh Singh, Computer Science
12:40 PM    McKenzie West, Arts & Letters    Brutalism, Bad Manners, and Tech Baddies: Strengthening Women’s Sense of Belonging in Undergraduate Computer Science Spaces    
Advisor:  Stephanie Allen, Computer Science
1:00 PM    Colette Wolf, Data Science    Mycelial Modelling: Teaching Biology Students Statistical Learning with Mushrooms and Lichen    
Advisor:   Kate Freier, Mathematics
1:20 PM    Anne-Caroline Rupp, Mathematics    Comparing the Sensitivity and Degree of Boolean Functions via the Hypercube    
Advisor:   John Caughman, Mathematics

Mid-Day Session #5    Zoom Link 
11:40 AM    Phyo Theingi, Science and Biology    Healthcare access challenges among Asian Americans    
Advisor:   Betty Izumi, OHSU-PSU School of Public Health    
12:00 PM    Bahar Madani, Public Health    What disparities exist between rural and urban patients in Oregon regarding the time from seizure onset to genetic testing and surgical treatment options for epilepsy at OHSU?    
Advisor:   Marissa Kellogg, OHSU - Neurology    
12:20 PM    Lucy Evans, English    You’ll Burn With Us: The Use of Fire as a Symbol of Resistance in Suzanne Collin’s The Hunger Games trilogy    
Advisor:   Alexander Steele, University Honors College    
12:40 PM    Elektra Koozer, English    The Good Knight: A Creative Comic Thesis    
Advisor:  Susan Kirtley, English    
1:00 PM    Mirielle LeMay, English    A Twilight World of Unspeakable Horror: Lesbian Camp and The Vampire Lovers (1970)    
Advisor:   Hildy Miller, English     
1:20 PM    Esteban Salgado, English    "Repair[ing] the ruines of our first Parents:" Education in John Milton's Paradise Lost    
Advisor: Alexis M. Butzner, Arts, Humanities and Communication, Chemeketa Community College  

Mid-Day Session #6    Zoom Link
11:40 AM    Erik Ellefson, Science    Wildfire Derived PM2.5, Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration: Mechanistic Links to Parkinson's and Alzheimer's Disease    
Advisor:  Jon Fink, Geology    
12:00 PM    Blue Hansen, Geology    Hillslope aspect and other potential controlling factors on the spacing of periglacial stone stripes in SE Oregon    
Advisor:  Jill Marshall, Geology    
12:20 PM    Annika Hendrickson, Environmental Science    Climate Change Impacts on Soil Greenhouse Gas Emissions from a Restored Freshwater Marsh    
Advisor:  Jen Morse, Environmental Science    
12:40 PM    Annabel Jensen, Biology and Psychology    Nucleus accumbens circuits engaged in early-stage drinking to intoxication in High Drinking in the Dark mice    
Advisor:   Angela Ozburn, OHSU Department of Behavioral Neuroscience    
1:00 PM    Emily LaBarge, Environmental Science   Effects of Changing Wildfire Regimes on Black Huckleberry Habitat Suitability    
Advisor:   Cody Evers, Environmental Science    
1:20 PM    Alannah Maher, Biology    Methodology Optimization for Fluorescence Imaging of Nervous Tissue Across in vivo and ex vivo Applications    
Advisor:   Summer Gibbs, OHSU Biomedical Engineering    

Mid-Day Session #7   Zoom Link
11:40 AM    Donovan Greene, Psychology    Preparing School Counselors to Work with Indigenous Students: An Emphasis on Rural America    
Advisor:   Harry York, University Honors College
12:00 PM    Tony Hernandez, Communication Studies    Estamos Aqui: The barriers preventing Latino athletes from competing at the elite level    
Advisor:  Tanner Cooke, Communication
12:20 PM    Mia Hohmann, Psychology and Communication Studies    Interrupted by Design: The Impact of Push Notifications on Stress and Task Performance    
Advisor:   Jason Randall, Psychology
12:40 PM    Kirby Kahl, Psychology    Noggin Bonks and Neurogenesis: Alterations in Neurogenesis and Gliogenesis Following a Rodent Model of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)    
Advisor:   Elizabeth Moss, OHSU, Anesthesia & Perioperative Medicine
1:00 PM    Kaylee Kirkwood, Psychology    Adverse Childhood Experiences & Social-Emotional Development: Protecting Children    
Advisor:  Susana Beltran-Grimm, Psychology
1:20 PM    Ava Lee, Psychology    The Psychological Architecture of Inclusive LGBTQ+ Communities    
Advisor:   Lindsey Wilkinson, Psychology and Sociology

Mid-Day Session #8   Zoom Link
12:00 PM    Katherine Hlad, Psychology    Ecological and Political Grief: Finding Meaning in Uncertain Times    
Advisor:  Tina Burdsall, Sociology and Honors
12:20 PM    Nadia Grey, Indigenous Nations    The Cost of your Dead: Greif Under Capitalism    
Advisor:   Tina Burdsall, Sociology and Honors
12:40 PM    Julianna Falcon, Psychology and Social Science    Familial Roles in Grief With a Focus on Eldest Daughters in Latinx Communities    
Advisor:   Tina Burdsall, Sociology and Honors
1:00 PM    Cecelia Petrik, Public Health    Geographic and Systemic Disparities in Maternal Health: A Systems Analysis of Prenatal Care Access Across Rural Oregon    
Advisor:   Deborah Karasek, Public Health
1:20 PM    Manoj Rajesh, Public Health    To what extent will the 2025 expiration of enhanced ACA premium tax credits impact health insurance access, affordability, and healthcare utilization for Oregon's Marketplace enrollees?    
Advisor:     Anais Tuepker    

 

Afternoon Session #1   Zoom Link
2:00 PM    Cat Terrell, Music Education    The Voice as the Ultimate Microtonal Instrument    
Advisor:   Anwyn Willette, Music
2:20 PM    Trevor Thompson, Music Performance    Jazz V. Law: The conflict of Copyright and Jazz musicians.    
Advisor:  Sherry Alves, Jazz Studies
2:40 PM    Grant D’Amore, Sonic Arts & Music Production    Assisting Film Music Performance: Real-Time Machine Learning Audio Processing for Film Ensemble    
Advisor:  Caroline Miller, School of Music and Theater 
3:00 PM    Oscar Larson Phillips, Sonic Arts & Music Production    Making an EP    
Advisor:   Caroline Miller, School of Music and Theater
3:20 PM    Juls Bowe , Art Practice    Exploring and the subconscious    
Advisor:   Emma Duehr, Fine Arts
3:40 PM   Ember Gulden, Art Practice   Technology as Symbol in Contemporary Art    
Advisor:  Kat Richards, College of the Arts

Afternoon Session #2   Zoom Link
2:00 PM    Isis Santos Villaça, English    The Ladies Home Journal: Dormant Seeds of the Feminine Mystique pre-WW2    
Advisor:   Michael Clark, English
2:20 PM    Adriana Stanzione, Creative Writing    
Advisor:   Justin Hocking, Creative Writing
2:40 PM    Aly Morris, English    Estuary    
Advisor:   Janice Lee, Creative Writing
3:00 PM    Lilli Rudine, Creative Writing    Rebirth is Messy Anyway - A Fiction Novella    
Advisor:   Janice Lee, Creative Writing
3:20 PM    Kooper Wilson, German and Arts & Letters    Ambivalence, Foremourning, and Displacement in the German Translation of Marie Bonaparte's Topsy    
Advisor:   Alastair Hunt, English
3:40 PM    Charlotte Bayer, German    The Magic Wand : The Transformation of Literary Journals and the Middle Class in Early Nineteenth-Century Germany    
Advisor:  Steven Fuller, World Languages and Literatures

Afternoon Session #3   Zoom Link
2:00 PM    Laura  Masters, Biology    Psychoneuroimmunological Influences on Cardiac Excitability: A Focus on Supraventricular Tachydardia    
Advisor:   Claire Wheeler, Public Health
2:20 PM    Idi  Mckay, Biology and Public Health    The Gut Brain Axis and How Student Nutrition and Lifestyle Impacts Academic Performance    
Advisor:   Claire Wheeler, Public Health
2:40 PM    Matthew Moller, Environmental Science    Street Trees, Housing Value, and Environmental Inequality in Portland, Oregon: A Hedonic Analysis    
Advisor:   Andrés Holz, Geography
3:00 PM    Nico  Morrelli, Geology    Chondrites from Northwestern Nevada: The Jungo Dense Collection Area    
Advisor:   Alex Ruzicka, Geology
3:20 PM    Hank Munro, Biology    Elucidating the function of YedK in response to DNA damage    
Advisor:   Justin Courcelle, Biology
3:40 PM    Mary Munt, Environmental Science     Seasonality Modulates Dissolved Organic Carbon Bioavailability in Urban Streams    
Advisor:   Jen Morse, Environmental Science 
 

Afternoon Session #4   Zoom Link
2:00 PM    Veena Davis, Environmental Science 
Advisor:   Patrick Edwards, Environmental Science
2:20 PM    Molly Parker, Science    Birth satisfaction, as measured by the BSS-R, and its role in predicting breastfeeding duration, maternal-infant attachment, and postpartum depression    
Advisor:   Jessica Tipsord, OHSU 
2:40 PM    Jacqueline  Rheingans, Geology    Accessing Spatial Distribution of Plausible Earthquake-Triggered Landslides Relative to Distance From the Gales Creek Fault    
Advisor:   Adam Booth, Geology
3:00 PM    Deepika Saini, Science    A Comparative Effectiveness of Olmesartan Medoxmil in Monotherapy and Combination Therapy With Other ARB Medications.    
Advisor:     Kevin Reynolds, Biochemistry
3:20 PM    Monse  Sandoval, Science    Facilitators and Barriers that Exist For Patients Receiving Dental Care in Rural Communities    
Advisor:  Foster Page, OHSU Public Health
3:40 PM    Sasmitha  Purushothaman, Physics    Modeling Turbulent Accretion Flows around Black Holes: Azimuthal Flux Derivative Density Curves in 3D MHD Simulations    
Advisor:  Matthew Duez, Physics, Washington State University

Afternoon Session #5    Zoom Link
2:20 PM    Jasjot Singh, Chemistry    Design of Near-Infrared Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) Targeted Fluorescent Probe for Lung Cancer Tumor Imaging    
Advisor:   Lei Wang, OHSU Biomedical Engineering
2:40 PM    Erik  Swanson, Biology    Exploring the durability of marine picocyanobacterial microcolonies    
Advisor:   Anne Thompson, Biology
2:00 PM    Amelia Kolstad, Geology    A comparative analysis of success in deep-marine and shallow-marine crinoid genera across the Capitanian and Permian-Triassic extinction events    
Advisor:   John Bershaw, Geology
3:00 PM    Adam Murphy, Business Economics    Assessing the Impact of Task Biased Change Theory on U.S. Wage Polarization    
Advisor:  Grace Arnold, Economics
3:20 PM    Naomi Nguyen, Business Technology & Analytics    Applied Strategic Analysis and Reflective Practice in a Client-Based Capstone    
Advisor:  Brenda Glascott, Honors College
3:40 PM    Asa Nor-Ashkarian, Business Management    Homelessness and Business: Impact, Perception, and Opportunity    
Advisor:  June Ryu, Business
                          
Afternoon Session #6  Zoom Link
2:00 PM    Rose Lightspeed, Psychology    Moral Injury in the Emergency Department: Organizational Predictors and Psychological Outcomes Among Healthcare Workers    
Advisor:  Tori Crain, Psychology
2:20 PM    Jennifer Logan, Psychology & Indiginous Nation Studies    From Drama to Trauma: The Theater to Therapy Pipeline    
Advisor:  Bill Greisar, Psychology and Neuroscience
2:40 PM    Cody Walker, Psychology    Pharmacology and Experience: A Literature Review and Qualitative Analysis of 2C-E    
Advisor:  Bill Griesar, Psychology and Neuroscience
3:00 PM    Csikos Marcell, Psychology and Social Science    The Educational Gender Gap Explored Through The Lens of Hegemonic Masculinity    
Advisor:  Marcus Sharpe, Psychology
3:20 PM    Mason McKinney-Best, Psychology    The universe in the palm of the buddha: comparing Buddhist and humanist frameworks for enlightenment    
Advisor:  Tony Obradovich, Psychology, PCC
3:40 PM    Allen Myers, Social Justice in the Arts    Feather River, a short film: A rivers work of healing    
Advisor:   Ev Duran, UTB Studios
                    

Afternoon Session #7   Zoom Link
2:00 PM    Morgan Motsinger, Psychology    Gaps in mental health support for caregivers of children with medically complex or terminal diagnoses    
Advisor:  Amanda Chiapa, OHSU
2:20 PM    Nhat Ha Nguyen, Psychology    Comparison deficit in fear conditioning extinction between different APOE genotypes and APP NL-G-F mice model    
Advisor:  Jacob Raber, OHSU Behavioral Neuroscience
2:40 PM    Winter O'hara, Sociology    More Than “Programs for Women”: Centering Incarcerated Women’s Voices in the Evaluation of Prison Programming    
Advisor:  Deb Arthur, University Studies
3:00 PM    Mason Pittenger, Social Science    Protest Aesthetics: Identity, Surveillance, and Representation in Media    
Advisor:  Emily Fitzgerald, Art
3:20 PM    Kragen Anderson, Economics    Correlations between childhood lead exposure and authoritarian voting    
Advisor:  Grace Arnold, Economics
3:40 PM    Niccolo Cellini, Quantitative Economics    Restoring Peatlands, Reframing Value: Comparative Economic Approaches to Peat as a Social Object  
Advisor: Alberto Ganis, Honors