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!
Research Open HouseNovember 18-19, 2025 | Andreas 111
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
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
Mathematics & Computer Science
Students: Lola Umarova, Sean Chin Loy
Computer Security and Mobile Computing
12:30 pm
Mathematics & Computer Science
Students: Melody Williams, Brittany Reynolds, Kerri Richardson, Tracey Presume
Different Approaches to Solving the Basel Problem
12:50 pm
Biology
Student: Kemalie Turnbull
Effect of Adrenergic Stimulation on Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase (ERK) Turnover
1:10 pm
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
English & Foreign Languages
Student: Mckayla Theleus
Producing a Haitian-Scottish Musical: The Last Songs of My Mother and Tonton
12:30 pm (40 mins.)
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