The 37th Annual CSUSB Student Research Competition will be held on Friday, February 10th, 2023, in the College of Education (Atrium) from 9:30 am - 2:00 pm.
The CSUSB Student Research Competition allows students to develop their presentation and communication skills while showcasing their scholarly and creative achievements. Students present their research before a panel of judges, and winners advance to the statewide CSU Research Competition, where they will compete against other outstanding scholars in the California State University system.
37th Annual CSUSB Student Research Competition Program
Awards 2023 CSUSB Delegates
Congratulations to the winners of the 37th Annual CSUSB Student Research Competition! These students represent CSUSB at San Diego State University in April!
College of Arts & Letters
Serenity Chavez
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Kaitlyn Creasy
Department: Philosophy
Title: That Which Calls Out to You
Dia Poole
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Thomas Corrigan
Department: Communications
Title: Connecting Students with Community-Based Organizations for Informal, Short-Term Experiential Learning Opportunities: A Portal Proposal For CSUSB
James R. Watson & Judy Rodriguez Watson College of Education
Rangel Zarate
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Karen Escalante
Department: Educational Leadership
Title: From the Lens of (In)visibility: A Photovoice Inquiry into How Community Colleges can Advance Filipino/a/x American Student Resilience
College of Natural Sciences
Auguste Torres
Faculty mentor: Dr. Zhaojing Chen
Department: Kinesiology
Title: Bone Turnover Markers Responses to Acute Resistance Exercise in Postmenopausal Women
Delilah Gbur
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Nicole Bournias-Vardiabasis
Department: Biology
Title: Effect of Heat Shock Treatment on the Lifespan and Healthspan of Transgenic Aβ42 Drosophila melanogaster
College of Social & Behavioral Sciences
Joshua Mondragon and Ana Bautista
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Arianna Huhn
Department: Anthropology
Title: Afrolatine California
Jonathan Solomon
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Michael Karp
Department: Global Studies and Environmental Sciences
Title: Policy Impact Analysis of Water Legislation in the Salton Sea
Viviana Alvarez Rodriguez
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Pedro Santoni
Department: History
Title: Back to Photo Albums: Afro-descendant Student Activist’s Employment of Local and Familial Histories as Alternate Afro-descendant Historical Narration
Angelique Melendrez
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Donna Garcia
Department: Psychology
Title: Virtue Signaling: Do You Really Care?
David Lopez-Sanchez and Jordan Taylor
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Cynthia Crawford
Department: Psychology
Title: Single-trial fentanyl sensitization and conditioned activity in juvenile rats