2018-2019
Student | Project Title | Faculty Mentor |
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Marlene Andrade | Phonetic Repair Strategies for Siri Versus a Human Voice: An Investigation of Non-Native English Speakers | Dr. Georgia Eve Zellou, Linguistics |
David Correa | Effects of Financial Stress on Latinx Students | Dr. Paco Martorell, School of Education |
Jocelyn Crowell | Fecal Transplants on B6 Mice | Dr. Brian Bennett, Nutrition |
Michael Diabali | Understanding how Deepfake Videos Deceive People: An Exploratory Study | Dr. Cuihua Shen, Communication |
Scott Hogan | Under, Over, but Never Spot On: Rules of Thumb for a Population Proportion Interval Estimate Miss the Mark | Dr. Shelley Blozis, Psychology |
Berenice Padilla-Vilchis | Reconstructing a Lost Manuscript: The Quest for Felipe de Pamanes’ Notables del Perú | Dr. John D. Slater, Spanish and Portuguese |
Nicole Payton | TEMPO-Cellulose Nanofibrils Dye on Cotton Fabric | Dr. You-Lo Hsieh, Textiles and Clothing |
Jasmine Ramirez-Barba | Defining Culturally Competent School Counselors and Needs of Low-Income Students Through Surveys | Dr. Natalia Deeb-Sossa, Chicana/o Studies |
Elizabeth Tune | Online Text Processing by Poor Comprehenders: An Interdisciplinary Approach | Dr. Tamara Swaab, Psychology |
2017-2018
Student | Project Title | Faculty Mentor |
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Kimia Kamal | A New Rodent Model for Intraventricular Hemorrhage | Dr. Gene G Gurkoff, Neurological Surgery |
Kimberly Galindo | The Mental Health Of Undocumented Students | Dr. Malaquias Montoya, Chicana and Chicano Studies |
Oriel Gomez | Observing Latinx Student Satisfaction: Experiences at Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs), Emerging HSIs, and Non-Hispanic Serving Institutions (Non-HSIs) | Dr. Marcella Cuellar, School of Education |
Madison Garcia | Navigating the “Hidden Curriculum”: College Student Academic Engagement Strategies with Authority Figures | Dr. Caitlin C. Patler, Sociology |
Manpreet Singh | Exploring Punjabi Women’s Identity at UC Davis | Dr. Sunaina Maira, Asian American Studies |
Niloofar Radgoudarzi | Investigating Debri Removal Process In Frog Optic Nerve | Dr. Nicholas Marsh-Armstrong, Ophthalmology |
Kyle Kelly | The Decline of Religion in the U.S. and the Rise of Social Issues | Dr. Lindsay Reid, Political Science |
Stacy Ruiz | Chinantec Diaspora and Second Generation Identity in the United States: 1980-2018 | Dr. Susy J. Zepeda, Chicana and Chicano Studies |
Grace Serrato | Empowering Desert Rats: Social and Environmental Well Being of Youth in Victorville, CA | Dr. Jonathan London, Human Ecology |
Jocelin Reyes Valenzuela | The Experiences of Undocumented Students in Higher Education | Dr. Robert Irwin, Spanish and Portuguese |
Oralia Chavez Rodriguez | The Visible Paradox in the Bracero Workers | Dr. Robert Irwin, Spanish and Portuguese |
Endy Ixcoy | The Latinx Homeless Situation in Orange and Los Angeles County | Dr. Monica Torreiro-Casal, Chicana and Chicano Studies |
Rocky Salazar | University of California: Creating Opportunities for Formerly-Incarcerated Students | Dr. Ofelia O. Cuevas, Chicana and Chicano Studies |
Ivan Diaz | Sacramento’s Tiny Town: A Crossroads of Homeless Discourse | Dr. Jonathan London, Human Ecology |
Elizabeth Diaz | Sulfide Intrusion In Artificially Grazed Seagrass Zostera Marina Assessed With Sulfur Stable Isotopes | Dr. John Stachowicz, Evolution and Ecology |
Carina Franco | Deteriorating but not yet Crumpling: Analyzing the Value of Latina Narratives with Chronic Illness through a Narrative Medicine Lens | Dr. Angie Chabram, Chicana and Chicano Studies |
Erika Pantoja | Food waste and Ethno-Cultural Perceptions | Dr. Luis Eduardo Guarnizo, Human Ecology |
Esteban Zamora III | Chicanx Identity & Philosophy: From the Chicano Movement to the Present | Dr. Lorena Marquez, Chicana and Chicano Studies |
Martin Ceja Mejia | Mexican and "American" Masculinities: Transcenders of History and Literature | Dr. Robert Irwin, Spanish and Portuguese |
Ariella Grozbord | Foster Youth and Cultural Identity - An overlooked piece to social outcomes? | Dr. Luis Eduardo Guarnizo, Human Ecology |
Travis Candieas | Refocusing Student Perspective in Higher Education through Co-curricular Involvement | Dr. Paco Martorell, School of Education |
Montserrat Garcia-Juarez | Deconstructing the Mara Salvatrucha in El Salvador | Dr. Ofelia O. Cuevas, Chicana and Chicano Studies |
Erick Talavera | A War Among Friends: The Complicated origin of Spanish Liberalism during the age of Napoleon | Dr. Adam Derek Zientek, History |
Chiamaka Okorie | Beyond Racialization Theory and Nigerian Immigration Identity in Two Films | Dr. Moradewun Adejunmobi, African American and African Studies |
2016-2017
Student | Project Title | Faculty Mentor |
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Adriana Lopez Torres | Zero Tolerance Policies and School-to-Prison Pipeline: Exploring Alternatives to Exclusionary Policies | Dr. Gloria Rodriguez,
School of Education |
Alejandro Jose Espinoza | Good Intentions or Legal Violence | Dr. Susy Zepeda,
Chicana and Chicano Studies |
Alex Oloo | Prosperous Churches in Kenya: Charismatic or Politics | Dr. Milmon F. Harrison,
African American Studies |
Angelica Carranza | Parent and Child Emotion Conversations | Dr. Paul Hastings,
Center for Mind and Brain |
Aubreanna Zachary | STEM. Women, minorities and the media. A review of children's television shows | Dr. Janette Ruiz,
Communication |
Carolina Ramirez Alanis | Investigation of Vitamin E Catabolism in Horses with Neuroaxonal Dystrophy | Dr. Carrie Finno,
Veterinary Medicine |
Christian Preciado | A Habituative Approach to Diminish Cybersickness | Dr. Arne Ekstrom,
Center for Neuroscience Research |
Deion Santander | Analysis of the Stimuli and Physiological Role of Delta Cells in Physiology | Dr. Mark Huising,
Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior |
Eileen Lu | A Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study on the Efficacy of Allopregnanolone in Improving the Corpus Callosum Microstructure of Carriers of Fragile X Premutation | Dr. Susan Rivera,
Center for Mind and Brain |
Hector Guzman-Arechiga | De La Tierra Vivo, Porque Mi Va Comer (I Live Off The Earth, Because It Will Eat Me) | Dr. Liza Grandia
Native, American Studies |
J. Elizabeth Quino | Healthcare Access in Rural Communities | Drs. Yvette Flores and Lisceth Cruz,
Chicana and Chicano Studies |
Jessica Orozco | Redlining: The Effects on Educational Attainment Within Los Angeles | Dr. Gloria M. Rodriguez,
School of Education |
Karimi Ndwiga | Dangerous African Migrations | Dr. Adewale N Adebanwi,
African American and African Studies |
Leslie Do | Precariously Positioned: Asian American Women Students Negotiating Power in Academic Wonderland | Dr. Caroline Kieu Linh Valverde,
Asian American Studies |
Madelena Pabon | Factors Related to Retention in a Longitudinal Study of Infants at Risk of Autism Spectrum Disorder | Dr. Sally Ozonoff,
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences |
Mayra Pelagio | Habitat as a Dictator of California Red-legged Frog and American Bullfrog Coexistence in the Santa Lucia Preserve | Drs. Sharon Lawler and
Rachel Anderson, Entomology and Nematology |
Megan West | Charlotte Bronte and the Politics of Feeling | Dr. Kathleen Frederickson,
English |
Natalie Villalobos Gomez | Impediments to Academic Success and Well Being of UC Davis Graduate Students | Dr. Natalia Deeb Sossa,
Chicana and Chicano Studies |
Rigo Nava | Humanizando la Deportación (Humanizing Deportation) | Dr. Robert Irwin,
Spanish and Portuguese |
Sophie Ellerby | Undoing Abjection: An Ethnography of Ecology House | Dr. Timothy K. Choy,
Science and Technology Studies |
Viviana Aguilar | Hispanic Creators in the World of YouTube | Dr. Martin Kenney,
Human Ecology |
Yijuan (Helen) Qiu | Understanding Academic Advising | Dr. Bo Feng,
Communication |
2015-2016
Student | Project Title | Faculty Mentor |
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Alexis Caligiuri | Snowden/Doctorow: Alternate Realities of the Surveillance State | Dr. Colin Milburn |
Ambar Hernandez | Race Neutral Policy in Higher Education: Graduate Funding For Undocumented Students | Dr. Gloria Rodriguez |
Amy Bosworth | Religious Speech in Presidential Rhetoric | Dr. Wendy Terry |
Amy Hanak | Fitchers Bird: The Civilizing and the Subversion of the Fairy Tale Heroine | Dr. Alessa Johns |
Ana Maciel | The Power of Belonging: Testimonios of Undocumented Xicanx, Chicanas and Latinas at UC Davis | Dr. Susy Zepeda |
Carol Garcia | Storytelling the Bracero Program | Dr. Marisol de la Cadena |
Cassandra Gingerich | Survey of dog and cat food labels for compliance with Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) labeling guidelines | Dr. Andrea Fascetti |
Connie Chen | CCR5-expressing CHO cells for an HIV elimination strategy | Dr. Dennis Hartigan-Oconnor |
Cristian Molina Cornejo | Energy Affordability in the United States | Dr. Bagher Modjtahedi |
Cristina Vazquez | Women's Vulnerability in Central American Circular Migration | Dr. Robert Irwin |
Flor Calderon | Using non-invasive genetic sampling to determine population structure in black-tailed deer populations | Drs. Ben Sacks and Zachary Lounsberry |
Jazmin Garcia | Psychoanalysis and Literary Criticism | Dr. Matthew Stratton |
Jelleny Altamirano | Microfinance institutions: What factors lead to success? | Dr. Janine Wilson |
Jimmy Ojeda | Built in Burnout | Dr. Jacob Hibel |
Johana Mendoza | Addressing Culturally Competent Treatment: Testing the Social Validity of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy | Dr. Nolan Zane |
Maria Salazar-Ureno | Spirit Warriors: Autonomy, Survival, and Resistance of Revolutionary Women through Creativity | Dr. Ines Hernandez-Avila |
Nicholas Sanchez | Effects of Prop 209 and SP-1 and SP-2 in the UC System | Dr. Lorena Marquez |
Paige Balibrera | California Paganism | Dr. Wendy Terry |
Rebecca Mata | Effect of Gender Bias on Language Comprehension | Dr. Matthew Traxler |
Sarah Pollock | Small Cues Make a Big Difference: Strategic Email Communication in Professional Contexts | Dr. Bo Feng |
Sin Mei Ma | Treatment for Atrial Fibrillation | Dr. Nipavan Chiamvimonvat |
Zion Ariana Mengesha | Language Attitudes in California Public Schools: Gendered Language Attitudes toward African American English | Dr. Robert Bayley |