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Research Open HouseNovember 18-19, 2025 | Andreas 111

Research Open House

After the opening presentation at 11 am, there will be more talks on both days, according to the following program. Please check out everything that interests you, and talk with our student presenters and their faculty mentors to see how you can get involved! 

Opening - Talks | Tuesday, November 18, 2025 | Andreas 111

11:00 am

Dr. Karen Callaghan

Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences

Opening presentation

11:30 am

Dr. Sabrina Des Rosiers and Dr. Guillermo Wated

Psychology

Students: Bathsheba Auguste, Sophia Perez, Zakiyya Shaw, Janet Franco-Almanza, Elisa Valladares

Family and Adolescent Cultural Transitions Lab (F.A.C.T. Lab): Studying Factors Associated with the Quality of Cultural Transitions in Youth: An Overview of Findings on Emotion Regulation, Grit, Humility, Acculturative Stress in Emerging Adulthood

11:50 am

Dr. Carmen L. McCrink

Education & Leadership

Student: Lori Marie Huertas

Using Improvement Science and Participatory Action Research to Enhance Critical Thinking in First-Generation Hispanic Female STEM Students

12:10 pm

Dr. James Haralambides

Mathematics & Computer Science

Students: Lola Umarova, Sean Chin Loy

Computer Security and Mobile Computing

12:30 pm

Dr. Lubomir Markov

Mathematics & Computer Science

Students: Melody Williams, Brittany Reynolds, Kerri Richardson, Tracey Presume

Different Approaches to Solving the Basel Problem

12:50 pm   

Dr. Pierre-Yves Jean-Charles

Biology

Student: Kemalie Turnbull

Effect of Adrenergic Stimulation on Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase (ERK) Turnover

1:10 pm    

Dr. Bartosz Fornal

Chemistry & Physics

Student: Kemalie Turnbull

Tackling the Mysteries of the Universe with Gravitational Waves

Opening - Talks | Wednesday, November 19, 2025 | Andreas 111

11:00 am

Dr. Karen Callaghan

Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences

Opening presentation

11:30 am (40 mins.)

Dr. Laura Alonso-Gallo

English & Foreign Languages

Students: Arianna Vitale, Nathanaelle Joseph, Monique Samuels, Chelsea St. Rose

Crossroads of Race and Gender: Exploring Identity in Nella Larsen’s Passing

12:10 pm

Dr. Celeste Landeros

English & Foreign Languages

Student: Mckayla Theleus

Producing a Haitian-Scottish Musical: The Last Songs of My Mother and Tonton

12:30 pm (40 mins.)

Dr. Jeanette Lehn & Diana Fernandez

English & Foreign Languages

Students: Luka Bulatovic, Darwinsky Charles, Alexandra Dimas, Naomi Duke, Elisabeth Rutledge, Lloy-Ann Stultz, Rhianna-Ashley Williams

Community Based Research in ENG 112

1:10 pm

Dr. Ruth Ban

Education & Leadership

Students: Alourde Bernard Pierre, Keulyne Darang, Sonia Duran, Cindy Moreira, Asr Roach, Kayla Taylor

The Role of Action Research in Education Internships: A Review of Capstone Projects

1:30 pm

Dr. Laura Finley

Sociology & Criminology

Students: TBD

Data Collection to Support Death Penalty Abolition

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