Winners of the 2023 Abington Undergraduate Research Fair (ACURA)
Arts and Humanities:
First place: AH1 Attitudes toward Covid-19 among U.S. practitioners if Asian medicine
Students: Priya Mathiy, Alyssa Dass, Sareena Gurung and Joshua M. Kuntz
Faculty mentor: Pierce Salguero
Second place: AH2 Enslavement to Sharecropping: Finding and marketing an independent identity for Stagville State Historic Site
Students: Al-Abyad Hussein and Samuel Carper
Faculty Mentor: Sharon Holt
Science and Engineering
First place: SE6 Ascorbate has antiproliferative effects on gastrointestinal stromal tumor cells
Students: Andrew Harnishfeger and Michael Krawitz
Mentor: Thomas Mcguire
Second place: SE12 Using Consumer-Grade Electronics to Measure Vibration of Rocket During Engine Test
Students: Akinade Peter-Koyl and Ryland Wulff
Faculty Mentor: Masataka Okutsu
Honorable mentions:
- SE14 Extraordinary Stability of MoSe2 Under High Dose Gamma-Ray Irradiation for Nuclear and Space Applications Students: Javari Cherry, Teresa Aditya, and Zhuhang Yu; Faculty Mentor: Burcu Ozden
- SE11 Using Augmented Reality to Design and Analyze Warehouses Students: Eric J. Estadt, Hoang Nguyen, Sethu Senthil, Parth Shah, Kevin Skinner; Faculty Mentor: Sabahattin Ozden
- SE13 Chemistry of Wine Students: Saranya Ananth, Margarita Badalyan, Alysse Tucker, Aidan Gonzalez, and Nour Alatki; Faculty Mentor: Kevin Cannon
Social Sciences and Business:
First place: SS1 Quality of Life and Coping in Individuals with Chronic Illness
Student: Lexie Williams
Faculty Mentors: Diane Rosenbaum
Second place: SS6 Social Influences on Video Gaming Behaviors in College Aged Populations
Student: Jaden Jones
Faculty Mentor: Glenn Sterner
Second place: SS10 Black Men's Romantic Partner Preferences: Exploring How Race and Color Matter
Student: Dante Thomas
Faculty Mentor: Elizabeth Hughes
Honorable mentions:
- SS8 Reproductive Justice Narratives of People with Disabilities: Overturned and Overlooked Student: Cameron Manser; Faculty Mentor: Abigal Akande
- SS3 "Cooking, Cleaning, and Contributions: Exploring Gendered Division of Labor in Thanksgiving Family Celebrations" Students: Kyleigh Byers, Emma Jamison, and Fi Montany; Faculty Mentor: Beth Montemurro
- SS5 Long-term Impacts of Clergy Perpetuated Child Sexual Abuse on Victims Student: Kayla Hernandez; Faculty Mentor: Glenn Sterner
- SS7 Examining Public Stigma Toward Substance Use Student: Maria Badalyan; Faculty Mentor: Glenn Sterner
Library Award Winners
First place: Lexie Williams, “Quality of Life and Coping in Individuals with Chronic Illness” (Faculty Advisor: Diane Rosenbaum)
Second place: Kayla Hernandez, “Long-term Impacts of Clergy Perpetuated Child Sexual Abuse on Victims” (Faculty Advisor: Glenn Sterner)
Third place: Dante Thomas, “Black Men's Romantic Partner Preferences: Exploring How Race and Color Matter” (Faculty Advisor: Elizabeth Hughes)