The Thomas Undergraduate Research and Creativity Expo took place online again this year. Participants uploaded video presentations to the URSCO Virtual Expo site for perusal by visitors and judges, as part of a week-long event.
First, second, and third place winners and honorable mentions were selected in six categories:
- Business, Education, Social and Behavioral Sciences
- Humanities
- Mathematics, Life and Physical Sciences (STEM)
- Performing Arts
- Visual Arts
- Emerging Scholars (UNCG Residential College Students)
Congratulations to the winning undergraduate scholars listed below!
Business, Education, Social and Behavioral Sciences
1st Place
Maegan Ferguson (Anthropology, Junior)
Mentor: Charles Egeland (Anthropology)
2nd Place
Kerry Cope (Consumer, Apparel, & Retail Studies, Junior)
Mentor: Jin Su (Consumer, Apparel, & Retail Studies)
3rd Place
Logan Sprinkle (Kinesiology, Senior) and Angelina Xiong (Psychology, Junior)
Mentor: KyoungShin Park (Kinesiology)
Rhythmic Exercise with Music in Adults with Cognitive Decline and Caregivers
Honorable Mention
Dana Whitehead (Psychology, Senior), Cristina Nicole Angell (Psychology, Post-Bac), Amanda Richardson (Psychology, Senior), Malaysia Kenan (Psychology), and Autumn Frandock (Psychology)
Mentor: Michaeline Jensen (Psychology)
Humanities
1st Place
Sophia Rosenberg (Religious Studies, Senior)
Mentors: Gregory P. Grieve (Religious Studies)
Video Games and The Problem of Evil: A “Xeno-Virtual-Ethnography” of the Videogame Valheim
2nd Place
Rene Marzuk (English, Senior)
Mentor: Karen Kilcup (English)
3rd Place
Krista Savage-White (Languages, Literatures and Cultures, Sophomore)
Mentor: Hewan Girma (African American Studies Program)
Honorable Mention
Cynth Torres (Religious Studies, Senior)
Mentor: Dana Logan (Religious Studies)
Feminist Witchcraft: Starhawk’s Reclaiming Collective and the Synthesis of the Political Witch
Mathematics, Life and Physical Sciences
1st Place
Page Turner (Biology, Senior)
Mentor: Sally Koerner (Biology)
Impact of burn frequency on arthropod communities in North Carolina longleaf pine savannas
2nd Place
Philip West (Chemistry, Senior)
Mentor: Mitch Croatt (Chemistry)
3rd Place
Patrick Gallagher (Biology, Senior)
Mentor: Kasie Raymann (Biology)
Honorable Mentions
Jennifer Obike (Biochemistry, Senior)
Mentor: Nicholas Oberlies (Biochemistry)
Optimized Extraction of Alkaloids from Kratom and Semi-Synthetic Derivatives
Zachary Bunch (Biology, Senior)
Mentor: Sally Koerner (Biology)
Impacts of invasion on the insect communities of Montanan rangelands
Performing Arts
2nd Place
Clare Haneberg (Music Education, Junior)
Mentor: Rebecca MacLeod (Music Education)
3rd Place
Andrew Ralston (Music Education, Sophomore); Gracie Zielinski (Music, Sophomore); Kyra Totillo (Music, Junior) and Hanna Fishastion (Music, Sophomore)
Mentors: Rebecca MacLeod (Music Education) and Marjorie Bagley (Music)
String Quartet no. 5 in C Minor Movement 1 “Rosa Parks” by Daniel Bernard Roumain
Honorable Mentions
Raven Sizemore (Music Education, Sophomore)
Mentor: Randy Kohlenberg (Music Education)
Visual Arts Exhibition
1st Place
Mary Nease (Consumer, Apparel, & Retail Studies, Senior)
Mentor: Haeun Bang (Consumer, Apparel, & Retail Studies)
Beverly Hillbilly
2nd Place
Ashley Smith (Art, Junior)
Mentors: Lee Walton (Art) and Nikki Blair (Art)
Menagerie Du Macabre
3rd Place
Kasey Condon (Consumer, Apparel, & Retail Studies)
Mentor: Haeun Bang (Consumer, Apparel, & Retail Studies)
Adaptive Clothing: Making Fashion Forward Clothes More Accessible to the Physically Disabled
Honorable Mentions
Gadisse Lee (Art, Senior)
Mentor: Walton Lee (Art) and Leah Sobsey (Art)
Intra
Emerging Scholars (UNCG Residential College Students)
1st Place
Tiana Howard (Media Studies, Sophomore)
Mentor: Sara Littlejohn (Ashby College)
Disabling Barriers on Screen: The Fight for Representation and the End of Ableism
2nd Place
Katherine Wyrick (English, Sophomore)
Mentor: Sara Littlejohn (Ashby College)
3rd Place
Selene Santiago-Lopez (International & Global Studies; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; Sophomore)
Mentor: John Sopper (Grogan College)
Indigenous Holistic Ways of Learning and Teaching within Educational Spaces
Honorable Mentions
Adeline Sallade (Psychology, Junior)
Mentor: Sara Littlejohn (Ashby College)
The Psychology of Sex Aggression: Inside the Criminal Mind
Alexa Villarreal (Public Health, Sophomore)
Mentor: Sara Littlejohn (Strong College)
What Is Critical Race Theory, Why Is It Banned in Schools, and Should It Be Taught in Schools?
