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Graduate Oral Sessions
Graduate Oral Sessions
Behavioral and Social Sciences
First Place: Denise Y. Aguiluz and Belen V. Guillen
"Effects of Intimate Partner Violence and Discrimination During Pregnancy on Black Women's Mental Health"
Research Mentor: Irene Tung (Psychology)Behavioral & Social Sciences, and Business
First Place: Aina Ali, Paula Basto, Seth Almberg, and Iram Aziz
“A Powerful Form of Resistance": Mindfulness and Personal Relationships in the LGBTQ+ Population"
Research Mentor: Sheryl Ryan (Occupational Therapy)
Second Place: Gautham Alampalli Amarnath
"First-generation college students and IT career: From the Career Anchor Perspective"
Research Mentor: Nancy Deng (Information Systems)
Research Mentor: Nancy Deng (Information Systems)
Education and Humanities
First Place: Diane Dizon
"Exploring Student Veteran Intersectionality and its role in Belonging at 2- and 4-year Institutions"
Research Mentor: Alfredo Gonzalez (Chicana and Chicano Studies)
Research Mentor: Alfredo Gonzalez (Chicana and Chicano Studies)
Health, Nutrition, and Clinical Science I
First Place: Rebekah Boning, Nicole Stephanie Pantaleon, Julie E. Schustack, and Amber Schwartz
"Behind the Mask: Impression Management in Women With ADHD"
Research Mentor: Sheryl Ryan (Occupational Therapy)
Health, Nutrition, and Clinical Science II
First Place: Carly Wong, Erica Ni, Alice Sinclair, and Daphne Wang
"The Long Haul: Stories of Persons with Long COVID and Their Loved Ones"
Research Mentor: Sheryl Ryan (Occupational Therapy)Health, Nutrition, & Clinical Sciences III
First Place: Krystal Lopez, Jocelyn Macias, and Ashley Hansack
"Experiences of 1st Generation Latinx Individuals and Their Occupation of Health Management"
Research Mentor: Sheryl Ryan (Occupational Therapy)Health Sciences, Business, and Education (Online)
First Place: Cindy Knapp
"Reducing Unplanned Extubation Occurrences in the NICU: An Integrative Review"
Research Mentor: Terri Ares (Nursing)Physical and Mathematical Sciences
First Place: Elizabeth Hernandez, Michael Wood, Christopher Rojas, and Joanna Campos
"CSUDH's Zero Waste Efforts and Capabilities" "Identification of Fungal Secondary Metabolites that Exhibit Antibiotic Activity Towards the Pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa" Second Place: Kekoa Nelson
Research Mentor: Parveen Chhetri (Earth Science)
Physical, Mathematical, and Biological Sciences
First Place: Michelle Mohr
"Changes in recent summer temperatures are influencing the radial growth of Pinus ponderosa in Prescott National Forest, Arizona"
Research Mentor: Parveen Chhetri (Earth Science)
Research Mentor: Parveen Chhetri (Earth Science)
Graduate Poster
Behavioral & Social Sciences, and Education
First Place: Jennifer Baker
"Supporting Positive Mother-Infant Interactions among Adolescent and Young Adult Mothers"
Research Mentor: Irene Tung (Psychology)
Second Place: Lauren Jensen, Zoe Allyson, Will Kellett, and Sara Merlock
"Perception of Mobility Assistive Devices"Research Mentors: Julie Werner (Occupational Therapy), and Jennifer Lučarević and Mojtaba Kamyab (Orthotics and Prosthetics)
Health, Nutrition, and Clinical Science
First Place: Tiffany Salazar
"Administration of Minimal Enteral Nutrition During Therapeutic Hypothermia"
Research Mentor: Terri Ares (Nursing)
Second Place (Tie): Lauren Jensen, Zoe Allyson, Will Kellett, & Sara Merlock
"Silicone Gloves Designed to Limit Vibration While Using a Cast Saw"
Research Mentors: Julie Werner (Occupational Therapy) and Jennifer Lučarević and Mojtaba Kamyab (Orthotics and Prosthetics)
Second Place (Tie): Christa Berry, Riley Greer, Shelby Rose Shelman, and Ellyson Martens
"Gross Motor Development in Children with Lower Limb Differences"
Research Mentors: Julie Werner (Occupational Therapy) and Jennifer Lučarević (Orth.otics and Prosthetics)Physical and Biological Sciences
First Place: Paul Dinh
"The Effects of Fragment Size and Temperature on Coral Calcification Rates"
Research Mentor: Charlene McCord (Biology)
Research Mentor: Charlene McCord (Biology)
Undergraduate Oral
Arts and Humanities
First Place: Ricardo Lopez Jr.
"Conventional Transgressors: A Contemporary Contradiction in the Gothic Heroines of Fledgling and Mexican Gothic"
Research Mentor: Helen Oesterheld (English)
Second Place: Edmund Arevalo
"Family Ties"
Research Mentor: Devon Tsuno (Art and Design)Behavioral & Computer Science, & Business (Online)
First Place: Alexis Main
"Employment Lockup After Penal Lockup: The Opportunities Within Fair Chance Hiring in California"
Research Mentor: Thomas Norman (Management and Marketing)Behavioral and Social Sciences
First Place: Josahandi Cisneros
"Higher Education and the Automation of Inequality" Research Mentor: Katy Pinto (Sociology)
Behavioral Sciences, Arts, and Business
First Place: Michelle Avila
"Cerro Sechán: The Iconographic Mystery"
Research Mentor: Jerry Moore (Anthropology)
Second Place: Monique Mangum
"Gaddang: Grammaticalization & Rule Ordering"
Research Mentor: Iara Mantenuto (English)Biological and Health Sciences
First Place: Aysa Monae Collins
"The Impact of Maternal Pregnancy Complications and Prenatal Care on Infant Mortality"
Research Mentor: Enrique Ortega (Health Science)
Research Mentor: Enrique Ortega (Health Science)
Physical & Mathematical Sciences
First Place: Michael Pinkerton
"A Case for Feasibility of Short-Lived Beams for Nuclear Physics Research"
Research Mentor: John Price (Physics)Undergraduate Poster
Behavioral & Social Sciences, Humanities, & Education
First Place: Yoana Esparza and Justin Sears
"Journey Through Time in the South Bay: Analyzing the CSUDH Dominguez Rancho Archaeological Artifact Collection"
Research Mentor: Ken Seligson (Anthropology)
Second Place: Nazareo GonzalezResearch Mentor: Erin McCauley (Chemistry and Biochemistry)
Behavioral, Social, & Health Sciences
First Place: Aysa-Monae Collins
"The Impact of Prenatal Care on Fetal Mortality in Black Mothers"
Research Mentor: Enrique Ortega (Health Science)
Second Place: Anthony Makielski and Madison Reyna
"Retrospective Self-Reports of Parental Monitoring"
Research Mentor: Carl Sneed (Sociology)Biological Sciences I
First Place: Marco Castañeda Martinez, Carlos Zuniga, and David Saldana
"Investigating climate-growth relationships with Pinus jeffreyi in the San Jacinto mountains"
Research Mentors: Justin Valliere (Biology) and Parveen Chhetri (Earth Science)
"The Negative Effects of Thermal Heat Stress on Plant’s Chlorophyll Production"
Research Mentor: Justin Valliere (Biology)
Research Mentor: Justin Valliere (Biology)
Biological Sciences II
First Place: Jessica Sklar
"Using Zebrafish as a Model System to Study the Effects of Microplastic Ingestion on Fecal Microbiomes"
Research Mentors: Fang Wang and Samantha Leigh (Biology)
Second Place: Victoria Espeso
"Investigating the regulator mechanism of purine metabolism in the Intracellular Pathogen response"
Research Mentor: Eillen Tecle (Biology)Health, Nutrition, & Clinical Science
First Place: Aysa-Monae Collins
"Analysis of Prenatal and Maternal Risk of Fetal Mortality"
Research Mentor: Enrique Ortega (Health Science)Physical, Mathematical, and Computer Sciences
First Place: Angel Perez, Rogelio Valdez, Nataly Mendoza, and Aileen Gandarilla
"Sum-Free Sets in the Bubbling Cauldrons Problem"
Research Mentors: Carolyn Yarnall, Jessalyn Bolkema, and Sharon Lanaghan (Mathematics)
Second Place: Yolanda McDow
"Does a non-phthalate plasticizer contain phthalate?"
Research Mentor: Barbara Belmont (Chemistry and Biochemistry)Undergraduate Symposia
Legacies of the Japanese Empire
First Place: Sylvia Duvenary
"Mobile Suit Gundam 0079 and Trauma"
Research Mentor: Kerry Shannon (History)
Marine Natural Products: Medicines from the Sea
First Place: Edwin Chavez Santana
"Probing of the microbiome of the marine sponge Jaspis splendens for the biosynthetic origin of Jasplakinolide"
Research Mentor: Erin McCauley (Chemistry and Biochemistry)Second Place: Sabrina Barata
"Identifying Novel Chemical Scaffolds from Marine Derived Fungi using Tandem Mass Spectrometry based Molecular Networking"
Research Mentor: Erin McCauley (Chemistry and Biochemistry)Sustainability Awards (Sponsored by the CSUDH Sustainability Office)
Sustainability Engagement Award
Winner: Azure Fisher
"The Environmental and Geospatial Injustice of Freight Truck-Related Pollutants in South Los Angeles County"
Research Mentor: Tianjun Lu (Earth Science)
Environmental Sustainability Award
Winner: Kimberly Campos
Assessing Air Pollution Exposure of Historically Marginalized Communities in South Los Angeles Through a Bicycle Mobile Monitoring Campaign
Research Mentor: Tianjun Lu (Earth Science)
CALL (Campus as a Living Lab) Sustainability Award
Berenice Rojas
"Indoor Ventilation quality monitoring using a self-built monitor"
Research Mentor: Barbara Belmont (Chem & Biochem)
Cap and Gown Award (Sponsored by the University Bookstore)
Winner: Aliza Potter
"Sooo, like? Are you pregnant? You know the statistics, right?: An Analysis of Listening to Black Mothers in California"
Research Mentor: Ashley Membere (Psychology)