Undergraduate Research Award Recipients 2021-present

2021 Spring Award Winners

First place
Hate Jumps Like Fleas: Is there a Trump-Flea Effect to Hate Crimes?
Caitlyn Ashelman
Research adviser: Dan Gutierrez

Second place
Addressing Issues of Latinx Identity in Latinx Art in Social Media”
Abigail Martinez
Research adviser: Beatrice García Glick

Third place
Love and How it Contributes to Identity in Polygamous Society
Rebecca Foose
Research adviser: Eileen Morgan

University Libraries Undergraduate Research Award: Excellence in Information Literacy

First place
Addressing Issues of Latinx Identity in Latinx Art in Social Media”
Abigail Martinez
Research adviser: Beatrice García Glick

Second place
Amanyara Villas Solar Array: Solar Array Design
Colin Knoll and Christopher Digon
Research adviser: Joseph Ranalli

Third place
Sports in Africa
Christian Smith
Research adviser: Eileen Morgan

2022 Spring Award Winners

Arts, humanities and social sciences

First place
Devaluation of Future Rewards as an Underlying Mechanism of Media Multitasking in the Classroom
Savannah Cothron
Research adviser: Yusuke Hayashi

Second place
The Pink Tax: The Cost of Being a Woman
Ashanty Vargas
Research adviser: Eileen Morgan

Third place
When the Grim Reaper Comes Calling, Tell Him I’m Not Home: Sentenced to Die, But Eventually Exonerated
Zakary Johnson
Research adviser: Dan Gutierrez

Science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) 

First place
Foxdale On-Site Energy Generation Using Solar Carports
Mark Brady, Clayton Kimsal, and Nathan Pauselli
Research adviser: Joseph Ranalli

Second place
Halogen Bonding in Photochromic Napthoquinone Based Diarylethenes
Kevin Lowen and Brett Wilson
Research adviser: Dan Patel 

Third place
Factors Affecting Bird-Window Collisions on the Penn State Hazleton Campus
Rochelle Rodriguez
Research adviser: Christopher Goguen

University Libraries Undergraduate Research Award: Excellence in Information Literacy

First place
Devaluation of Future Rewards as an Underlying Mechanism of Media Multitasking in the Classroom
Savannah Cothron
Research adviser: Yusuke Hayashi

Second place
Foxdale On-Site Energy Generation Using Solar Carports
Mark Brady, Clayton Kimsal, and Nathan Pauselli
Research adviser: Joseph Ranalli

Third place
When the Grim Reaper Comes Calling, Tell Him I’m Not Home: Sentenced to Die, But Eventually Exonerated
Zakary Johnson
Research adviser: Dan Gutierrez