Summer Scholars Roster 2019
Summer Scholars 2019
URaCE REU Scholars

JheDienne Adams
Strange Fruit: A Historical Examination of the Black Female Body as More than Medical Material
Mentor: William Kuby Major: History

Bennett Bowden
The Effects of Big Data on Healthcare Jobs: A Systematic Literature Review
Mentor: Mina Sartipi Major: Computer Science and Engineering

Jessica Gregg
Belief or Abuse: An Explorative Examination of Religiosity, Domestic Physical and Verbal Abuse and the Correlates of Attitudes Toward Partner Violence
Mentor: Chris Silver Major: Psychology and Criminal Justice

Aaren Isabel
1st Historical Database of Introduce Fish Species in Tennessee
Mentor: Fernando Alda Major: Biology

Kathryn Jackson
Optimizing the Chemical Recipe for Ambiently Dried Transparent Aerogel
Mentor: Sungwoo Yang Major: Chemical Engineering

Matthew McCarver
Inference For The Normal Youden Index Under Type II Censoring
Mentor: Sumith Gunasekera Major: Mathematics

Ryenne McDowell
What Effect Does Public Policy Have on Gentrification and the Displacement of African-Americans in Chattanooga, Tennessee?
Mentor: Marcus D. Mauldin Major: Political Science

Olivia Morrison
The Effects of E-cigarette Alkaloids on Gene Expression and Cell Viability in Lung Cells
Mentor: Margaret Kovach Major: Biology

Alaura Robinson
Rethinking the Technopoly: Black Mirror’s Warning to Parents and Youth
Mentor: Elizabeth Gailey Major: Communication

Ashwyn Sam
Evaluation of Discretization Schemes in Biglobal Stability Analysis of Cylindrically-Shaped Solid and Hybrid Rockets
Mentor: Trevor Elliott Major: Mechanical Engineering & General Mathematics

Steven Sawyer
Nanomaterial Characterization and Treatment in Urban Stormwater Runoff
Mentor: Jejal Reddy-Bathi Major: Civil Engineering

Lysa Scealf
The Therapeutic Importance of Compassionate Care
Mentor: Sarah Einstein Major: Creative Writing

Kalie Shaw
An Exploratory Study of How the Convergent News Model Relates to Student Media
Mentor: William Davis Major: Communications

David Smith
Fatty Acid-Mediated Phenotypic Responses in Vibrio fischeri and Vibrio alginolyticus
Mentor: David Giles Major: Biology

Adeola Ijiyode
A Retrospective Investigation of Racial-Ethnic Socialization
Mentor: Amye Warren Major: Psychology

Terele Parker*
Super-Capacitor Solar Charging
Mentor: Mina Sartipi *Tuskegee University