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Winners Announced for 2024 Mathias Student Research Conference

Excellence in scholarship and creative works awarded at largest-ever conference

Students present posters to audience at Mathias Student Research Conference

This year, the College of Arts and Sciences expanded the 34th Mathias Student Research Conference to include the arts, making it the largest, brightest conference to date, with more than 145 student presenters.

The event was funded in part by a generous grant from the late Robyn Rafferty Mathias, AU trustee and alumna. Highlights included a lunch and remarks by Dean Linda Aldoory and Katherine Grill, CAS alumna and CEO and co-founder of Neolth, a company that provides digital mental health support for young people. 

"Congratulations to all of our students who participated!” says Aldoory. “Your dedication to intellectual engagement, the arts, and the pursuit of knowledge is commendable. Special recognition goes to our winners; your outstanding achievement is a testament to your hard work and scholarly excellence."

Student presents poster to audience at Mathias Conference

With so many participants, panels, and poster competitions, competition was fierce. Read on to learn more about the well-deserving winners: 

Graduate Student Winners

Arts

American University

Harry Pham
Analysis of Temporal Structure in Digital Music

Humanities

Emily Messner

Emily Messner
Christ is King: Tim LaHaye's Understanding of Jesus and Its Impact on White American Evangelicals

Natural Sciences

Joseph Dust

Joseph Dust
Different cortical networks are modulated by lateral vs. midline cerebellar tDCS

Natural Sciences Poster

American University

Rebecca Tegiacchi
Posterolateral tumors impact cognitive outcomes in pediatric cerebellar patients

Physical Sciences Poster

American University

Nina Ardabili
Eutylone pre-exposure has no impact on the aversive effects of cocaine and MDMA: Implications of its hybrid neurochemical mechanisms of action.

Social Sciences

American University

Elise Ferrer
The Past is Present: A Case for Expanded Epistemologies and Methodologies of History in Health Research

Social Sciences Poster

Kelly McAleer

Kelly M. McAleer
Minority Stressors and Substance Use Severity Among Gay Emerging Adult Men: A Person-Centered Analysis

Undergraduate Winners

Arts

Hannah Sjovold

Hannah Sjovold
Lage Identitet: Making Identity through Nordic Handicrafts

Arts & Humanities Poster

Andrew Wagner, Alexander Kallaher, Henry Mondschein, Ayantu Gelan

Andrew Wagner, Alexandra Kallaher, Henry Mondschein, Ayantu Gelan
Pharmakon: An Undergraduate Journal in Philosophy & Religious Studies

Humanities

Tiffany Sharpy

Tiffany Sharpy
The Middle East: Sketches Brought to Life Through Animation

Natural Sciences

Trevaughn Ellis

TreVaughn Ellis
Evolutionary Invention of a thermocouple-like sensor by adaptation of cytochrome c oxidase in a subterrestrial metazoan

Physical Sciences Poster

Jason Mema

Jason Mema
Simulation and control of Inverted Pendulum

Social Sciences

Olivia Carleu

Olivia Carleu
The Perception and Use of Unprescribed HRT in the Transgender Community

Natural Sciences Poster

Abigail McDonald

Abigail McDonald
Anacostia River pollutants impact biological systems in adult Zebrafish model

Physical Sciences

Collin Coil

Collin Coil
Infection Clustering: A Bio-inspired Algorithm for Data Analysis

Social Sciences Poster

American University

Adela Camposano, Isabella Diaz, Kacie Jimenez
"Mindful Motherhood: Exploring the Impact of Calma, Conversa y Cria (CCC) on Latina Mothers' Stress Reduction and Adolescent Health"