Fall 2021 Virtual OSCAR Celebration of Student Scholarship and Impact
Welcome to the Fall 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.
Fall 2021 Student Presentations
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Acting Your Age: Marriage and Adulthood in Pride and Prejudice
Author(s): Elise Mertz Mentor(s): Anthony Hoefer, Honors College
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Addressing Trauma and Minority Stress: Towards an Intersectional Approach to EMDR with LGBT-POC Clients
Author(s): James Condo Mentor(s): Anthony Hoefer, Honors College
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America’s Horror Pastime: How Late 1970s-Early 1980s Horror Movies Reflected the State of America
Author(s): Ege Gunes Mentor(s): Laura Jane Moore, History
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AZE conservation opportunities: Assessing the potential for unprotected AZE sites to qualify as OECMs
Author(s): Margaretta Walker Mentor(s): David Luther, Biology
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Bee Hotels in GMU’s Innovation Food Forest
Author(s): Jackie Luu Mentor(s): Sarah D’Alexander, Office of Sustainability
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BigBelly Solar-Powered Trash Bins: Funded by the Patriot Green Fund.
Author(s): Connor Cuevo Mentor(s): Amber Saxton, Office of Sustainability
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Building Trust using Algorithmic Transparency in Automation
Author(s): Kayla Herrera Mentor(s): Tyler Shaw, Psychology
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Cataloging and Analysis of Microbial Communities in the Zebrafish Colony at the Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study
Author(s): Thomas Lopez Mentor(s): Dr. Valerie Olmo, Biology
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Clinical Biomarkers Associated with Depressive Symptoms in Chronic Liver Disease Patients
Author(s): Natalie VanderNoot Mentor(s): Ali Weinstein, Global and Community Health
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Computational Musicology and Video Game Music
Author(s): Casey Yates Mentor(s): Jesse Guessford, Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY8D53E_anA
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Cover Songs in Music
Author(s): Megan Robinson Mentor(s): Jesse Guessford, Music
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Creative Project for Music Technology Capstone
Author(s): Kevin Slappey Mentor(s): Jesse Guessford, Music
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Crystal Growth and Magnetic Measurement of TmMn6Sn6-xGax
Author(s): Mohamed El Gazzah Mentor(s): Nirmal Ghimire, Physics and Astronomy
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Design and Development of 3D Printed PEEK
Author(s): Aditya Pulipaka Mentor(s): Shaghayegh Bagher, Volgenau School of Engineeringi and Ali Beheshti, Volgenau School of Engineering
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Developing an in vitro model of the blood-brain barrier
Author(s): Medhini Sosale Mentor(s): Parag Chitnis, Bioengineering
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Duty Among the Detained: Exploring Prisoners’ Duties to Others Inside and Outside of Prison During Incarceration
Author(s): Levi Weaver Mentor(s): Taylor Hartwell, Criminology
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Effect of Foraging Crumbles on Aggression in Mice
Author(s): Marie Bennett Mentor(s): Jane Flinn, Psychology
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Effects of Color Variation on the Ecology of the Invasive Female Green Crab
Author(s): Jackie Luu Mentor(s): Karen Lee, Office of Student Scholarship, Creative Activities, and Research
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Electronic Trombone Music
Author(s): Hansam Jang Mentor(s): Jesse Guessford, Music
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Evaluating the utility of toenail samples in elephant endocrinology
Author(s): Garrett Rich Mentor(s): Kathleen Hunt, Biology & Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation
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Evolution of Video Game Music Performance
Author(s): Tia Maxfield Mentor(s): Jesse Guessford, Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rDcIGsuQbw
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HIV on George Mason’s Campus and the University’s response
Author(s): Vincent Cervone Mentor(s): Laura Jane Moore, History
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How Copyright Changed Hip Hop
Author(s): Rohan Chary Mentor(s): Jesse Guessford, Music
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Induction of TIMP1 in Human Monocytes
Author(s): Mahadin Ahmed Mentor(s): Caroline Hoemann, Bioengineering
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Machine Learning-Based Analysis of Anti-U.S. Perception on Mass Media
Author(s): Ekrem Kaya, Luke Palmieri Mentor(s): Hamdi Kavak, Computational and Data Sciences
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Machine Learning-Based Analysis of Anti-U.S. Perception on Social Media
Author(s): Gowri Prathap Mentor(s): Hamdi Kavak, Computational and Data Sciences
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Noisy Parallel Data Alignment
Author(s): Ruoyu Xie Mentor(s): Antonios Anastasopoulos, Computer Science
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Organic matter, carbon content, and color variables of soils of 17 green spaces on the Fairfax campus at George Mason University
Author(s): Aysan Yazdanpanah Mentor(s): Dr. Changwoo Ahn, Environmental Science and Policy
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Populist Rhetoric: A Research Proposal
Author(s): Vanessa Soares da Silva Mentor(s): Mariely Lopez – Santana, Schar School of Policy and Government
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Religious Extremism and Military Force: Charting a New Strategy for Washington’s ‘Endless Wars’
Author(s): Jad Makdissi Mentor(s): Sharon Doetsch-Kidder, English https://youtu.be/RwqEBd5Jeo4
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Research Proposal: Labor Market Participation: Undocumented Latinas and COVID-19
Author(s): Remmy Salinas Calderon Mentor(s): Mariely Lopez-Santana, Schar School of Policy and Government
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Research Proposal: Why is the United States such a dramatic outlier in private sector engagement in space
Author(s): Nicholas Robichaud Mentor(s): Jim Olds, Neuroscience Program
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ReSound: An Audio Tool Increasing the Resonant Dimension of Recorded Sounds
Author(s): Nicolette Cash Mentor(s): Jesse Guessford, Music
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Study of mechanical and tribological properties of 3D printed HA-PLA composite manufactured through different methodologies
Author(s): Violetta Rostobaya Mentor(s): Ali Beheshti, Mechanical Engineering https://youtu.be/l2UYn-6W4mY
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Teakeyland
Author(s): Aishah-Nyeta Brown Mentor(s): Jenn Sklarew, Environmental Science and Policy
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The End of an Era: Why Albums Are Unnecessary
Author(s): Ryan Strong Mentor(s): Jesse Guessford, Music
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The Gun Gridlock
Author(s): Molly Reed Mentor(s): Jennifer N. Victor, Schar School of Policy and Government
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The History of United States Drag
Author(s): Elijah Nichols Mentor(s): David Corwin, Women and Gender Studies
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The Impact of COVID-19 on College Students’Anxiety and Health
Author(s): Erika McMillan Mentor(s): Jerome Short, Psychology
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The Influence of Djent on Newly Emerging Styles of Music
Author(s): Cole Krasznay Mentor(s): Jesse Guessford, Music
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The Legacy of British Indirect Rule on State Capacity: The Cases of Nigeria and Ghana
Author(s): Natalia Kanos Mentor(s): Phillip Martin, Schar School of Policy and Government
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The Market for Intelligent Mixing Systems
Author(s): Eric Neff Mentor(s): Jesse Guessford, Music
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The Relationship Between Celebrity Partisanship and Celebrity Advocacy Work
Author(s): Lina Tate Mentor(s): Trevor Thrall, Schar School of Policy and Government
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The Soccer Pitch as a Societal Identity Workspace: The Case of the Athletic Club de Bilbao
Author(s): Eric Guardado-Avalos Mentor(s): Sarah Wittman, School of Business
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Under-Fire and Underground: U.S Servicemember Activism during the Vietnam Conflict (1965-1973)
Author(s): Samuel Aceret Mentor(s): Laura Moore, College of Humanities and Social Sciences
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Understanding Resident Empathy within Restricted Housing Units
Author(s): Sophia DelGaudio Mentor(s): Danielle Rudes, Criminology; Jennifer Brielmaier, Psychology; and Justin Ramsdell, Forensic Psychology
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United States Involvement in Syria and Egypt during the Arab Spring
Author(s): Omnia Hassan Mentor(s): Bassam Haddad, Schar School of Policy and Government
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When do children start to use syllogistic reasoning?
Author(s): Sydney Foss Mentor(s): Sabine Doebel, Psychology
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Why Do Children Write Letters and Numbers Backwards?
Author(s): Jordan Hassani Mentor(s): Sabine Doebel, Psychology