ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ Research Fellowship
Fellow: Finn Bergquist '22
Research Project: Computer Music Algorithms and Applied Audio Synthesis
Faculty Mentor: Frank Mauceri
Breckinridge Summer Research Fellowship
Fellow: Evan Brown '22
Research Project: Computing Stable Outcomes in Congress and Beyond: A New Approach
Faculty Mentor: Mohammad Irfan
Fellow: Sumer Vaidya '22
Research Project: An analysis of the political thought and belief system in Maine's 2nd Congressional District
Faculty Mentor: Michael Franz
Christenfeld Summer Research Fellowship
Fellow: Max Freeman '22
Research Project: Metaphor as a Mechanism of Technology's Influence on Cognition
Faculty Mentor: Eric Chown
Fellow: Gabby Unipan '21
Research Project: Lesbian, Bisexual, and Queer Women Placemaking in Portland, Maine
Faculty Mentor: Theo Greene
James Stacy Coles Summer Research Fellowship
Fellow: Nora Jackson '21
Research Project: The Impact of Glacial Retreat on River Sediment Yields: A Case Study of Post-Glacial Terrace Formation in the Scottish Highlands
Faculty Mentor: Michelle Fame
Martha Reed Coles Summer Fellowship
Fellow: Jack Nelson '22
Research Project: 1930s and 40s Cinematic Depictions of Juvenile Delinquency
Faculty Mentor: Tricia Welsch
Fellow: Rachel Yang '22
Research Project: Political Violence and Morality in Roman and American Republic
Faculty Mentor: Patrick Rael
Henry L. and Grace Doherty Charitable Foundation Coastal Studies Research Fellowship
Fellow: Patrick Bloniasz '22
Research Project: Physiological and mathematical investigations of the modulation of cell types in the lobster cardiac ganglion using calcitonin-like diuretic hormone
Faculty Mentor: Patsy Dickinson
Fellow: Eva Dowd '22
Research Project: Neuromodulation in the crabs Pugettia producta and Libinia
Faculty Mentor: Elizabeth Stemmler
Fellow: Audrey Jordan '21
Research Project: Determining the sites at which neuromodulators exert peripheral effects
Faculty Mentor: Patsy Dickinson
Fellow: Grace Lee '22
Research Project: Determining the sites at which neuromodulators exert peripheral effects
Faculty Mentor: Patsy Dickinson
Fellow: Emily Pan '22
Research Project: Analysis of hemocyte cell types and antimicrobial peptide (AMP) concentrations throughout the molt cycle of the American lobster, Homarus americanus
Faculty Mentor: Elizabeth Stemmler
Fellow: Jeff Price '22
Research Project: Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Neuropeptides in Pugettia
Faculty Mentor: Elizabeth Stemmler
Fellow: Ean Small '23
Research Project: Effects of multiple isoforms of neuropeptide C-type allatostatin (AST-C) on contraction output of the American Lobster, Homarus americanus
Faculty Mentor: Patsy Dickinson
Fellow: Madi Thies '21
Research Project: Cellular mechanisms and regulation of stretch feedback in the heart of the American lobster, Homarus americanus
Faculty Mentor: Patsy Dickinson
Fellow: Sophie Walton '21
Research Project: An Analysis of Energy Tradeoffs in Mytilus edulis
Faculty Mentor: Amy Johnson
Fellow: Anthony Yanez '22
Research Project: Do Amines Modulate the Phase of Bursts in the Lobster Cardiac Ganglion?
Faculty Mentor: Patsy Dickinson
Freedman Summer Research Fellowship in Coastal/Environmental Studies
Fellow: Beckett Slayton
Research Project: Assessing methodologies in carbon accounting and environmental impact framework assessments for Maine agricultural practices
Faculty Mentor: Shana Starobin
Robert Freedman ’87, P’17 and Anne Cirillo P’17 Student Fellowship Program
Fellow: Emma Moonrinta '21
Research Project: Exploring the Cellular Location of a Potential Messenger RNA Transport Protein in the Pathogenic Fungus Candida Albicans.
Faculty Mentor: Anne McBride
Peter J. Grua and Mary G. O’Connell Faculty/Student Research AwarD
Fellow: Alex Banbury '20
Research Project: Creating a New Public Sphere: Environmental Discourse and Censorship in the GDR
Faculty Mentor: Jens Klenner
Fellow: Jacob Baskes '20
Research Project: Lost in Transculturation: Identity Compromises among Jewish Immigrants to Latin America
Faculty Mentor: Carolyn Wolfenzon
Fellow: Luke Basler '20
Research Project: Exploring the recent exhumation history of the northern Appalachian Mountains using apatite (U-Th)/He thermochronology
Faculty Mentor: Jacky Baughman
Fellow: Emily Cohen '20
Research Project: East Germany and the Memory of the Holocaust
Faculty Mentor: Page Herrlinger
Fellow: Sophie Friedman '20
Research Project: Bringing Chaucer to Life: Rereading the Wife of Bath
Faculty Mentor: Maggie Solberg
Fellow: John Galusha '20
Research Project: Doug E Fresh to Pitch Perfect: Beatboxing and Accapella Music on the World Stage
Faculty Mentor: Tracy McMullen
Fellow: Jackson Harrower '20
Research Project: Media Trades
Faculty Mentor: Daniel Stone
Fellow: Marina Henke '20
Research Project: Alongside Despair: A Cultural History of the River des Peres in St. Louis, Missouri
Faculty Mentor: Connie Chiang
Fellow: Sasa Jovanovic '20
Research Project: Governing the Internet: Extraterritorial Effects of EU Data Protection
Faculty Mentor: Laura Henry
Fellow: Rohini Kurup '20
Research Project: Enemy Combatants and Presidential Powers in the Post-9/11 Era
Faculty Mentor: Andrew Rudalevige
Fellow: Eliana Miller '20
Research Project: Life is but a Game: Simulacra and Deceit in Argentine Literature and Games
Faculty Mentor: Carolyn Wolfenzon
Fellow: Faria Nasruddin '20
Research Project: The Development of Indo-Guyanese Political Consciousness, 1916-1950
Faculty Mentor: Rachel Sturman
Fellow: Annie Rose '20
Research Project: Investigating the Acceptability, Feasibility, and Efficacy of a Mindfulness Based Intervention (MBI) among People Experiencing Homelessness
Faculty Mentor: Hannah Reese
Fellow: Ariana Smith '21
Research Project: The Sovereignty of Sport: Examining the Arctic Winter Games on an International Stage
Faculty Mentor: William Lempert
Fellow: Maddie Squibb '20
Research Project: This Impact of Armed Conflict in Colombia on Women's Access to Health Services
Faculty Mentor: Deborah DeGraff
Fellow: Radu Stochita '22
Research Project: Romania's New Wave: Linking the new cinematography age to its historical roots
Faculty Mentor: Salar Mohandesi
Fellow: Ray Tarango '20
Research Project: "Bosques Si, Tala No:" The Uprising of Cherán K'eri
Faculty Mentor: Javier Cikota
Fellow: Nico Valette '20
Research Project: A Future for Green Business in China: A Case Study of Ant Forest
Faculty Mentor: Shu-Chin Tsui
Fellow: Anneka Williams '21
Research Project: Wildfire Increases Plant-Mediated Methane Flux in Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Wetlands
Faculty Mentor: Barry Logan
Hughes Family Summer Research Fellowship
Fellow: Archer Thomas '21
Research Project: Lawn Road Flats and the Metahistory of Modern Architecture
Faculty Mentor: Jill Pealman
Kaufman Family Fellowship
Fellow: Mitchel Jurasek '21
Research Project: Nature's Influence and Depiction in Contemporary Anglophone Literature about Conversion Therapy Camps
Faculty Mentor: Hilary Thompson
Kibbe Science Fellowship
Fellow: Clara Benadon '23
Research Project: Pollution's Impact on Disease and Fitness in Daphnia ambigua
Faculty Mentor: Mary Rogalski
Fellow: Jack Olcott '22
Research Project: A Statistical, Historical, and Political Approach to Analyzing Maine's Election Data
Faculty Mentor: Jack O'Brien
Kufe Family Research Fellowship
Fellow: Gillian King '22
Research Project: Digitizing Maine's voting history with a statistical analysis of error rate
Faculty Mentor: Jack O'Brien
Fellow: Molly Moore '21
Research Project: Regulatory elements involved in eye development in D. melanogaster
Faculty Mentor: Jack Batemen
Fellow: Onyedika Onuorah '22
Research Project: Tick-borne Invasion of Lyme Disease in Maine
Faculty Mentor: Vladimir Douhovnikoff
Fellow: Rose Saga '22
Research Project: Using Zircon (U-Th)/He Thermochronology to Constrain the Thermal History of the Northern Appalachian Mountains
Faculty Mentor: Jacky Baughman
Fellow: Esther Wang '22
Research Project: Finding the Location of Ips2, a Potential Messenger RNA Protein Transport Protein, in a Pathogenic Fungus
Faculty Mentor: Anne McBride
Lifson Family Summer Research Fellowship
Fellow: George Walker '21
Research Project: External Limitations in Maine Agricultural Systems
Faculty Mentor: Shana Starobin
Maine Space Grant Consortium Fellowship
Fellow: Thea Bell '22
Research Project: Characterization of the Protein Yellow Gene Family in the Cricket
Faculty Mentor: Hadley Horch
Fellow: Alicia Edwards '21
Research Project: Semaphorin-Induced Plasticity in the Nervous System of the Cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus
Faculty Mentor: Hadley Horch
Fellow: Hannah Scotch '22
Research Project: Physiology of the Plastic Cricket Auditory System
Faculty Mentor: Hadley Horch
Fellow: Kate Walsh, 22
Research Project: Computational Analysis of Deafened Cricket Behavior
Faculty Mentor: Hadley Horch
Fellow: Kaya Wurtzel '21
Research Project: The Impact of Wind on Bumblebee Flight Dynamics In the Field
Faculty Mentor: Patricia Jones
Fellow: Justin Yang '22
Research Project: Comparing Putative Enhancer Usage within Different Strains of Drosophilia Melanogaster
Faculty Mentor: Michael Palopoli
Craig A. McEwen Student Research Fellowship in the Social Sciences
Fellow: Gillian Raley '21
Research Project: Research on the Teaching and Learning of Sexuality and Bodily Autonomy for Young Women Living in Rural Mississippi
Faculty Mentor: Theo Greene
Fellow: Radu Stochita '22
Research Project: Identity in Southern Romanian working-class communities
Faculty Mentor: Salar Mohandesi
Micoleau Family Fellowship in the Creative and Performing Arts
Fellow: Lily Fullam '21
Research Project: Throughout Life: An Exploration of Contemporary Love
Faculty Mentor: Brock Clarke
Fellow: Nicole Nigro '22
Research Project: Theater Audience Research App
Faculty Mentor: Fernando Nascimento
Ellen M. P'78 and Herbert M. Patterson '42, P'78 Research Fellowship
Fellow: Shandiin Largo '23
Research Project: Exploring Russian Colonial Identities Through a Native American Lens
Faculty Mentor: Alyssa Gillespie
Patterson/Baird Family Research Fellowship
Fellow: Brianna Cedrone '21
Research Project: Muriel Spark, Iris Murdoch, and the Development of Literary Voice
Faculty Mentor: Brock Clarke
Rusack Coastal Studies Fellowship
Fellow: Sylvia Bosco '21
Research Project: Coastal Living: a creative writing portfolio
Faculty Mentor: Alex Marzano-Lesnevich
Fellow: Chris Ritter '21
Research Project: Waves of Vacationland: Territorialism and Anxiety in the Unexpected Scene of Maine Surfing
Faculty Mentor: Alex Marzano-Lesnevich
Surdna Foundation Undergraduate Research Fellowship
Fellow: Vanessa Apira '21
Research Project: Sexual Agency of Afro-Descendant Women Across the Diaspora
Faculty Mentor: Jennifer Scanlon
Fellow: Nathan Ashany '21
Research Project: Justifying Socialism: Investigating G.A. Cohen's Critiques from the Left
Faculty Mentor: Kristi Olson
Fellow: Mollie Eisner '21
Research Project: Education in Modern Political Philosophy: A Contextualized Study of Rousseau, Wollstonecraft, and Nietzsche
Faculty Mentor: Paul Franco
Fellow: Daniel Fitzgerald '21
Research Project: A Pragmatic Approach to Defining Race in Medicine
Faculty Mentor: Alberto Urquidez
Fellow: Fredericka Hibbs '21
Research Project: Study of Religion-Based Ethics in Eliot and Hardy
Faculty Mentor: Aviva Briefel
Fellow: Max Hukill '21
Research Project: A Computational Bayesian Statistical Analysis of Cricket Behavior in Response to Auditory Stimulus
Faculty Mentor: Jack O'Brien
Fellow: Aneka Kazlyna '20
Research Project: Exploring the Cosmology of Astrology in 10th Century Islamic Societies
Faculty Mentor: Robert Morrison
Fellow: Mishal Kazmi '21
Research Project: Technology in Asian Migrant Narratives
Faculty Mentor: Hilary Thompson
Fellow: Will Larson '21
Research Project: Homer's Gardens in Corfu: exploring the archaeological connection
Faculty Mentor: Robert Sobak
Fellow: Brittney McKinley '21
Research Project: The Myth of Hades and Persephone Through Time
Faculty Mentor: Barbara Boyd
Fellow: Lorenzo Meigs '21
Research Project: Freedom Without Individualism
Faculty Mentor: Paul Franco
Fellow: Rout Nhial '20
Research Project: Re-reading The Trojan Women through modern Refugee Studies
Faculty Mentor: Robert Sobak
Fellow: Lowell Ruck '21
Research Project:Language, Music, and "Franco-américanité": Investigating the Identity of Maine's Franco-Americans
Faculty Mentor: Krista Van Vleet
Fellow: Kayla Snyder '21
Research Project: Computational Study of Jackson Pollock's Paintings: Colors, Process, and the Physics of Drip
Faculty Mentor: Mohammad Irfan
Fellow: Nikki Tjin A Djie
Research Project: A Historical Understanding of Sophistry for the Modern Era
Faculty Mentor: Robert Sobak
Fellow: Manuela Velasquez
Research Project: Imagining Futures in Youth Climate Activism
Faculty Mentor: Krista Van Vleet
Nellie C. Watterson Summer Fellowship in the Creative and Performing Arts
Fellow: Josiah Oakley
Research Project: From Fringes to Folds: Singing Softness in Black American Protest Music
Faculty Mentor: Judith Casselberry