Introducing the 2018 McNair Summer Researchers

submitted by crombie@augsburg.edu

Joel Enriquez Blas
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Ben Denkinger, Psychology
Library Mentor: Stacy Cutinella
“Age-Related Changes in Emotion Facial Recognition”

Nasro Omar
Faculty Mentor: Dr. James Vela-McConnell, Sociology
Library Mentor: Stewart Van Cleve
“The Somali American Immigration and Assimilation Experience:
Diaspora and Global Migration”

Sam Rosario
Faculty Mentor Ana Ribeiro, Exercise Science
Library Mentor: Stacy Cutinella
“Effect of Hip Tightness on Running Mechanics in DIII Cross Country and Track and Field Runners”

Breanne Sande-Martin
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Ben Denkinger, Psychology
Library Mentor: Stacy Cutinella
“The Impact of Smartphone Salience and Vibration and Its Effect on Cognitive Performance”

Gisel Suarez Bonilla
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Stacy Freiheit, Psychology
Library Mentor: Stacy Cutinella
“The utilization of evidence-based treatments for anxiety disorders: Has it changed over the last 15 years?”

Andy Thao
Faculty Mentor: Dr. David Crowe, Biology
Faculty Mentor: Micheal Bloomberg
“A Comparison of Neural Activity in Wild-type and Dgcr8 Mice in Relation to Schizophrenia”

Sunny Thao
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Maheen Zaman
Library Mentor: Rebecca Ganzel
“Following the patterns: Exploring the myths of stitching patterns in Hmong textile”

Cody Thompson
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Ankita Deka, Social Work
Library Mentor: Stacy Cutinella
Research Title: “Exploring community supports for South-Asian women experiencing domestic violence: Narratives from survivors”

Anna Vang
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Nidanie Henderson-Stull, Biology
Library Mentor: Micheal Bloomberg
Research Title: “Evaluating the drug-sensitivity of Bcr-Abl-induced leukemias in a fission yeast cell-based assay”

Salena Yang
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Vivian Feng, Chemistry
Library Mentor: Micheal Bloomberg
Research Title: “Investigation of toxicity mechanism of cationic diamond nanoparticle (DNP) on Ralstonia sp.”

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