
The Undergraduate Research Center welcomes you to the 2020 Summer Research Program Conference, our first ever virtual summer conference.
Even under the current circumstances caused by this pandemic, our remote summer program was still able to go forward due to the perseverance of the faculty mentors and student researchers. Congratulations to you all for making it happen!
Students were encouraged students, mentors and other interested guests to stop by the conference and view the presentations and then interact with the other attendees via Zoom! Special thanks to those students, mentors and guests that participated in our live Zoom events hosted by Prof. Carmel Levitan of Cognitive Science, Prof. Andrew Jalil of Economics and Acting URC Director Ron Buckmire.
Summer research participants are required to complete the SRP 2020 Conference: Virtual Attendance form by August 7th.
Arts & Humanities
Austin Bitterman (Comparative Studies in Literature & Culture): Digital Capitalism
James Burwick (Urban & Environmental Policy): The Unique Power of Used Bookstores: Los Angeles
Liz Frissell (Philosophy, Cognitive Science): Seneca in 2020: Applying Stoicism to the Modern World
Nora Fujita-Yuhas (Politics): Foundations for Solidarity: An Exploration of Art, Race, and Theory
Brenda Jackson (Music, Urban & Environmental Policy): Spanglish Music and Latinx-American Identity
Eric Johnson (Media Arts & Culture): Script: Homelessness in Los Angeles
Amber Lee (English): Tell Me Again (한번 더): a short story collection
Naomi Miyamoto (Media Arts & Culture): Re-imagining Public Television with KCET
Sandy Nguyen (Critical Theory & Social Justice, Theater): No Mud, No Lotus
Yoshi Wainwright (Media Arts & Culture): All Our Ancestors Before Us
Hannah Wakefield (Philosophy): Aesthetics of the Body: Beauty and Value
Patrick Walsh (Philosophy): Evaluating Kant's Duty to Develop One's Talents
Sciences
Bryce Boyle (Computer Science): Exploring Models of Feeling of Knowing in Memory Retrieval
Caleb Deutsch (Psychology): Investigating Workplace Experiences
Peter Elia (Physics, Mathematics): Blue Straggler Stars in the Globular Cluster Omega Centauri
JP Flores (Biology): Straight from the Sequence, Synthetic Peptides from Fish-hunting Cone Snails
Joelle Floyd (Cognitive Science): Individual Differences in Multisensory Illusory Perception
Mia Forsline (Biology): Thermal Variation in Urban Salamander Microhabitats
Caroline Fuller (Physics): Extracting Solar Energy from Regional Metered Power Data
Isabella Funes (Biology): Understanding the Cancer Needs of the LGBTQI+ Latinx Communities
Gabe Gregory (Physics): Minority Carriers; what are they?
Tehreem Hai (Physics): Star Clusters in Interacting Galaxies: a Study of Dwarf Merger 1529
Sohan Kshirsagar (Physics, Computer Science): Finding Blue Stragglers
Alexandra Lang (Cognitive Science): Individual Differences in Multisensory Illusory Perception
Alex Marlott (Biochemistry): Adaptive Immune Response in Equine Pigeon Fever
Amanda Medina Segura (Psychology): Mother-Daughter/Child Conversations on Women’s Wellness Exams
Lara Minassians (Psychology): Safe sex knowledge retained through “the talk”
Janet Orozco (Biology): Wellness Program of Meet Each Need with Dignity (MEND)
Ruth Schlosser (Computer Science, Economics): Modeling Feeling of Knowing
Joseph Shiina (Biology): The leaf heat tolerance of epiphytic bromeliads
David Simpson-Heil (Physics): Star Formation in a Dwarf Galaxy Merger
Annie Souders (Psychology): Chestfeeding during COVID-19
Social Sciences
Kaufman Butler (Politics): The Electoral College: The Founders' Concession to Slave States
Ruby Ferehawk (Mathematics): Do California LIHTC housing residents have access to quality schools?
Charles Finnerty (Diplomacy & World Affairs): Iranian Cultural Identity and State Strength
Lauren Fleming (Politics): Shaping Housing Policy in California: the SCANPH Model
Bella Gallegos (Undeclared): Pacoima Beautiful Community Empowerment
Eva Ma (Economics): Evaluating the Socio-Emotional Effects of Outdoor Learning: Gender Differentials
Peter Merry (Urban & Environmental Policy): Tenant Rights in the COVID-19 Pandemic
Ina Morton (Urban & Environmental Policy): ACCE: Organizing for Housing Justice During a Pandemic
Corrine Schmaedeke (Politics): Social Media and Faith-Based Non-Profits: A Case Study of LA Voice
McKenna Sims (Biochemistry): Understanding the Cancer Needs of the LGBTQI+ Latinx Community
Luca Van der Meer (Economics): Investigating European Regime Shifts in the 1920's
Miya Woo (Urban & Environmental Policy): LACAN - Wellness, Accessibility, and Community Building
Zhichao Yu (Economics): How Covid-19 Affects Supply Chain in the U.S.