Summer 2021 OSCAR Celebration Archive

Summer 2021 Virtual OSCAR Celebration of Student Scholarship and Impact

Welcome to the Summer 2021 Celebration of Student Scholarship and Impact! Please view the student video presentations by using the search bar at the bottom of the page or following the categories to a college or program of interest.


Summer 2021 Student Presentations

  • A Concise Guide to Underrepresented Clarinet Literature: Chamber Edition

    Author(s): Teresa Jenkins Mentor(s): Dr. Kathleen Mulcahy, Reva and Sid Dewberry School of Music, Applied Professor, Director of Woodwinds

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  • A Leader’s Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes for Cultivating Intercultural Competence

    Author(s): Aliscia Warren Mentor(s): Afra Ahmed, Psychology

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  • A Leader’s Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes for Cultivating Intercultural Competence

    Author(s): Aliscia Warren Mentor(s): Afra Ahmed, Psychology

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  • A Study on Cross-Lingual Dependency Parsing

    Author(s): Miriam Wanner Mentor(s): Antonis Anastasopoulos, Computer Science

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  • AI Supremacy (2016-2021): A Comparative Study of the State of Ethical National AI Strategies and Human Capital Challenges and Opportunities

    Author(s): Pearl Matibe Mentor(s): Dr. Aditya Johri, Volgenau School of Engineering, Information Sciences & Technology

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  • Analyzing Changes in US Mobility Trends During 2020

    Author(s): Justin Elarde, Radhika Laddha, Minh Tre Le, Nicole Liang. Mentor(s): Hamdi Kavak, Computational and Data Sciences; Taylor Anderson, Geography and Geoinformation Science; Andreas Zufle,…

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  • Analyzing the Microbiome of Avian Schistosomiasis Vector Gyraulus Parvus

    Author(s): Louise Singer Mentor(s): Brett Froelich, Biology

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  • Approaching Abolition Through Writing Pedagogies

    Author(s): Mariam Qureshi Mentor(s): Maoria Kirker, University Libraries

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  • Assessing the Feasibility of a Food-Energy-Water Nexus Development Project in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Author(s): Elizabeth Fortson Mentor(s): Jennifer Sklarew, Environmental Science and Policy

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  • Black Lives Next Door

    Author(s): Ky Buckner Mentor(s): George Oberle, University Libraries; LaNitra Berger, Office of Fellowships and African and African American Studies; Benedict Carton, History and Art History;…

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  • Black Lives Next Door – Eleven Oaks Elementary School

    Author(s): Rachel Amon, Kyle Buckner, Sydney Hardy, Alexis Massenburg, Sira Thiam Mentor(s): George Oberle, University Libraries; LaNitra Berger, Office of Fellowships and African and African…

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  • Black Lives Next Door: Student Voices Meets School Silence

    Author(s): Rachel Amon Mentor(s): George Oberle, University Libraries; LaNitra Berger, Office of Fellowships and African and African American Studies; Benedict Carton, History and Art History;…

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  • Black Resistance in Fairfax County

    Author(s): Sira Anissa Thiam Mentor(s): George Oberle, University Libraries; LaNitra Berger, Office of Fellowships and African and African American Studies; Benedict Carton, History and Art…

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  • BLND Project: “Back to School”: An Examination of the Forgotten Historic Location

    Author(s): Sydney Hardy Mentor(s): George Oberle, University Libraries; LaNitra Berger, Office of Fellowships and African and African American Studies; Benedict Carton, History and Art History;…

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  • BURT: A Bug Reporting Chatbot

    Author(s): Kristen Goebel, Jasmine Obas Mentor(s): Kevin Moran, Computer Science

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  • Can Endoparasites Affect the Feeding Habit of Their Crab Hosts?

    Author(s): Mounia Hammadi Mentor(s): Amy E. Fowler, Environmental Science and Policy Department

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  • COVID-19 Food Security Project

    Author(s): Allie Phillips, Zachary Wolfson Mentor(s): Lawrence Cheskin, Nutrition and Food Studies; Matthew Rossheim, Global and Community Health; Alison Evans Cuellar, Health Administration and Policy;…

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  • COVID-19’s Impact on Under-Resourced/Underrepresented College Students and their Peers

    Author(s): Clarissa Montes Mentor(s): Lawrence Cheskin, Nutrition and Food Studies; Matthew Rossheim, Global and Community Health; Alison Evans Cuellar, Health Administration and Policy; Zimako Chuks…

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  • COVID-19’s Impact on LGBT+ College Students’ Healthcare Access and Social Relationships

    Author(s): Rachel Zelizer, Cibely Leon, Julia Malloy Mentor(s): Lawrence Cheskin, Nutrition and Food Studies; Matthew Rossheim, Global and Community Health; Alison Evans Cuellar, Health Administration…

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  • Cyber Pandemic: The Global Crisis and the Effects of Increased Cyber Attacks during the COVID-19 Pandemic

    Author(s): Areej Ali Mentor(s): Joshua Icore, Cyber Security Engineering

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  • Data Usage in Bailey’s Crossroads

    Author(s): Freddy Lopez, Reagan Wills, Selassie Fulgar Mentor(s): Lisa Gring-Pemble, School of Business; Rebecca Sutter, School of Nursing; Anne Magro, School For more on this…

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  • Design and Development of 3D Printed PEEK

    Author(s): Aditya Pulipaka Mentor(s): Shaghayegh Bagheri, Bioengineering and Ali Beheshti, Bioengineering

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  • Determining the NQR Signal and Spin-Echo Train of Potassium Chlorate

    Author(s): Kyle Nixon Mentor(s): Karen Sauer, Physics

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  • Development and Demographic Change: A study of policy initiatives in rural Japan

    Author(s): Lauren Prather Mentor(s): Dr. Manjusha Nair, Sociology and Anthropology

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  • Economic Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic on GMU Students

    Author(s): Brittany Justice, Eve Smith, Huy Tran Mentor(s): Lawrence Cheskin, Nutrition and Food Studies; Matthew Rossheim, Global and Community Health; Alison Evans Cuellar, Health Administration…

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  • Effects of Signaling Pathways on Intercellular Communication During Yp Infections

    Author(s): Emily Synoski Mentor(s): Ramin M. Hakami, School of Systems Biology

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  • Evaluation of young mouse plasma transfusions efficacy in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s Disease through Western Blot analysis

    Author(s): Alison Perlberg Mentor(s): Dr. Jane Flinn, Psychology

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  • Examining Different Disease Transmission Approaches in Data-Driven Agent-Based Models

    Author(s): Justin Elarde Mentor(s): Hamdi Kavak, Computational and Data Sciences; Taylor Anderson, Geography and Geoinformation Science; Andreas Zufle, Geography and Geoinformation Science; Amira Roess, Global…

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  • Food Insecurity

    Author(s): Ashanti Martin, Selassie Fugar Mentor(s): Lisa Gring-Pemble, School of Business; Rebecca Sutter, School of Nursing; Anne Magro, School of Business; Charish Bishop, Kaulin Jennison,…

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  • Historical Framework of Bailey’s Crossroad

    Author(s): , Ashanti Martin, Alejandra Rivera, Merisa Mattix, Maddie Anderson, Mentor(s): Lisa Gring-Pemble, School of Business; Rebecca Sutter, School of Nursing; Anne Magro, School of…

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  • Influx of Women in Research at George Mason University

    Author(s): Reagan Emmerling Mentor(s): Julia Burns, Undergraduate Education; Jesse Guessford, Undergraduate Education, Karen Lee, OSCAR

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  • Intersex Representation in Media

    Author(s): Margaret Stewart Mentor(s): David Corwin, Women and Gender Studies

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  • Manufacturing Methods of PLA/HA Composite for 3D Printing Bone Scaffolds

    Author(s): Zachary Turner Mentor(s): Shayhayegh Bagheri, Mechanical Engineering

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  • Measuring the Changes in Sentiment and Emotion Towards COVID-19 Over Time in Tweets Posted from Within United States Counties

    Author(s): Zachary Richardson Mentor(s): Hamdi Kavak, Computational and Data Sciences; Taylor Anderson, Geography and Geoinformation Science; Andreas Zufle, Geography and Geoinformation Science; Amira Roess, Global…

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  • Metamorphic Protein Structure Prediction

    Author(s): Alex Felleson, Melanie Gipson Mentor(s): Amarda Shehu, Computer Science

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  • Mining Machine Learning Best Practices

    Author(s): Jacinta Das, Nadia Domnina Mentor(s): Huzefa Rangwala, Computer Science

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  • Multiplexed Antigen Attachment Using DNA Nanoparticles for Platform Vaccine Development

    Author(s): Amanda Graf Mentor(s): Remi Veneziano, Bioengineering

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  • NNA Corpus Video 1: Intro to Linguistic Corpus

    Author(s): Hannah Brennan, Domi Hannon, Bren Yaghmour, Jaxon Myers, Mentor(s): Vincent Chanethom, Linguistics; Harim Kwon, English; Giulia Masella Soldati, Haley A. todd, Graduate Assistants For…

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  • NNA Corpus Video 2: Lab and Procedures

    Author(s): Hannah Brennan, Bren Yaghmour, Domi Hannon, Jaxon Myers Mentor(s): Vincent Chanethom, Linguistics; Harim Kwon, English; Giulia Masella Soldati, Haley A. todd, Graduate Assistants For…

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  • NNA Corpus Video 3: Ultrasound Analysis

    Author(s): Hannah Brennan, Bren Yaghmour, Domi Hannon, Jaxon Myers Mentor(s): Vincent Chanethom, Linguistics; Harim Kwon, English; Giulia Masella Soldati, Haley A. todd, Graduate Assistants For…

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  • Optimization of the Synthesis Procedure and Characterization of Small Indocyanine Green (ICG) J-aggregates

    Author(s): Leandro Soto Cordova Mentor(s): Remi Veneziano, Bioengineering

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  • Painting Morning Star-A Graphic Novel

    Author(s): Natalie Ledesma Mentor(s): Heather Green, School of Art

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  • Period Piece Screenplay

    Author(s): Erin Ziccarelli Mentor(s): Thomas Britt, Film and Video Studies

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  • Photography & Text: Adolescent Mentorship in Detention Facilities and Alternative Learning Spaces

    Author(s): Sisc Johnson Mentor(s): Sue Wrbican, School of Art

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  • Proof of Concept for Creating a Mixed Reality Application for AAC Users

    Author(s): Adrienne Hembrick, Swati Rampalli Mentor(s): Craig Yu, Computer Science

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  • Significance of Different Cultures in the Bailey’s Culmore Area

    Author(s): Indigo Kellum, Anagha Sreevals, Morgan Swindall Mentor(s): Lisa Gring-Pemble, School of Business; Rebecca Sutter, School of Nursing; Anne Magro, School of Business; Charish Bishop,…

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  • Sociodemographic Factors that Impact Vaccine Uptake

    Author(s): Leela Hymavathi Yaddanapudi, Shivani Gurrapu, Jack Blumstein Mentor(s): Hamdi Kavak, Computational and Data Sciences; Taylor Anderson, Geography and Geoinformation Science; Andreas Zufle, Geography and…

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  • Spatio Temporal Prediction of Human Mobility

    Author(s): Dhruv Gandhi Mentor(s): Hamdi Kavak, Computational and Data Sciences; Taylor Anderson, Geography and Geoinformation Science; Andreas Zufle, Geography and Geoinformation Science; Amira Roess, Global…

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  • Stability Studies of Lipid Nanoparticles Using Analytical Chemistry

    Author(s): Lina Alkarmi Mentor(s): Michael Buschmann, Bioengineering

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  • Supporting STEM Education in K-12 Schools Through Physical Education

    Author(s): Lainey Borresen, Chelsea Flores, Abigail Kokkinakis, Mia Wilborne, Kara Wright, Safa Yosufzai Mentor(s): Dominique Banville, School of Education; Nancy Holincheck, School of Education; Risto…

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