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2020 CSUSB Student Research Competition Winners
Dear Campus Community,
Thank you for your support and attendance at the 34th Annual CSUSB Student Research Competition. This year’s competition featured 31 student presenters from a variety of disciplines. All of this year’s presenters demonstrated considerable skill and knowledge of their research, and we are grateful to all of the student participants, faculty mentors, and faculty and staff who volunteered to serve as jurors.
The Office of Student Research (OSR) would like to extend our warmest congratulations to the ten teams of students that have been selected to represent CSUSB at this year’s CSU state-wide Student Research Competition on April 24-25th, 2020 at CSU, East Bay. With the support and guidance of their faculty mentors, our campus delegates will go on to represent our university in an outstanding manner at the statewide competition.
We are honored and proudly congratulate the following students and their faculty mentors:
College of Arts and Letters
Presenter: Shane Burrell
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Mihaela Popescu and Dr. Ahlam Muhtaseb
Department: Communication Studies
Title: Identification in Virtual Environments; Identifying in Virtual Reality
Competition Category: Humanities and Letters
College of Education
Presenter: Matthew Atherton
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Eun-Ok Baek
Department: Instructional Technology
Title: The Efficiency of Using 3d Models to Teach Lifting and Rigging Concepts to Learners of Varying Spatial Ability
Competition Category: Education
College of Natural Sciences
Presenter: Joanna Moreno
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Christopher Hill
Department: Kinesiology
Title: The Power of Observations and its Effects on Imagery Capabilities
Competition Category: Health, Nutrition, and Clinical Science
Presenter: Melissa Taha
Faculty Mentor: Drs. Ira Leifer & Don Blake
Department: Biochemistry
Title: Shaking the Ground with NASA
Competition Category: Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Presenters: Nikolay Maslov & Aaron Keniston
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jeremy Mallari
Department: Biochemistry
Title: Understanding the Binding Mode of Falcilysin, an Essential Metalloprotease
Competition Category: Biological and Agricultural Sciences
Presenter: Sona Perez-Gamboa
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Qingquan Sun
Major: Computer Science
Title: Human Recognition Using a Convolational Long Short-term Memory (C-LSTM) Neural Network
Competition Category: Computer Science and Engineering
College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Presenter: Natassja Martin
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Ryan Keating
Department: History
Title: The Memory of the War: A Glance into Public Support for WWII and Vietnam
Competition Category: Humanities and Letters
Presenter: Fernando Sanchez
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Isabel Alonso Huacuja
Department: History
Title: Umm Kulthum and Arual Celebrity
Competition Category: Humanities and Letters
Presenter: Edward Zakher
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Rishabh Kumar
Department: Economics
Title: A Reason to Move, a State-Wide Story
Competition Category: Business, Economics, and Public Administration
Presenters: Elizabeth Rahmani & Holly Timblin
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jacob Jones
Major: Clinical Counseling
Title: The Mediating Role of Leisure Activities on the Relationship Between Depressive Symptoms and Cognitive Functioning in Individuals with Parkinson’s Disease
Competition Category: Behavioral and Social Sciences
Please SAVE THE DATE for the Student Researcher Recognition Luncheon on May 15th from 12-2 pm in the Santos Manuel Student Union Fourplex, where these students, along with other outstanding student researchers, will be recognized for their accomplishments.
The OSR Awards $78,371 during Fall Quarter to Faculty and Students
January 13th, 2020
During the first funding term of this year, a total of 64 awards have been awarded to faculty and students across campus and from various disciplines. The OSR provides funding to students and faculty who are actively engaged in research or creative activities on campus. Congratulations to all awardees!
Faculty/Student Grants
Dr. Jeremy Mallari and Nimrat Brar, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Identifying new anti-malarial chemotypes through a combination of in silico and biochemical screening against falcilysin, an essential malarial protease
Dr. Jeremy Mallari and Emmett Pompa, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Identifying new anti-malarial chemotypes through a combination of in silico and biochemical screening against falcilysin, an essential malarial protease
Dr. Paul Orwin, Esther Gomez, Ciara Sanders, Julissa Perez-Marron, Biology
Identifying Antibiotic Producing organisms in the Gut Microbiome of Alligator mississippiensis
Dr. Paul Orwin and Christopher NeVille, Biology
An Investigation into the Evolution Of Chromids in Genus Variovorax
Dr. Neal Malik and Wagner Prado, Health Science and Human Ecology
The Effects of High-Intensity Exercise on Energy Intake in Those with Obesity
Dr. Monideepa Becerra, Health Science and Human Ecology
Experiences of Healthcare Discrimination and Psychological Distress among College Students: A Mixed-Methods Analysis.
Dr. Robert Nelson, Lakhvir Kaur, and Ricardo Hernandez, School Counseling
Relationship of Technology Usage to Psychological Well-Being in Young Adults
Dr. Winifred Scott and Abhilasha Chavaly, Accounting and Finance
Connecting the Dots: A Meta-Analysis on Employee Motivation Theory and Agency Theory
Dr. Benjamin Becerra and John Gomez, Information and Decision Sciences
Factors Associated with Students who Regret Coming to CSUSB: Exploring The Role of Overall Well-being Support.
Dr. SoYoung Choe, Institute of Child Development and Family Relations
A Pilot Study for Controlling Parenting to Build an Intervention for Hispanic Populations
Dr. Paloma Villegas and Keyla Torres, Sociology
Undocumented Students and their Families’ Perceptions and Contributions to Campus Climate
Dr. Sang Ouk Wee, Kinesiology
Second Phase: Ethnic Differences in Arterial Stiffness and Hemodynamic Regulation Following High Intensity Exercise in Young and Old Population: Hispanic vs. Non-Hispanic White
Dr. Meredith Conroy, Political Science
Electability? Media Discourse and the 2020 Democratic Presidential Primary
Dr. Zhaojing Chen, Kinesiology
Acute Bone Marker and Circulating MicroRNA Responses to Resistance Exercise in Postmenopausal Women
Dr. Becky Talyn, College of Natural Sciences
Mechanism of Glyphosate-Induced Disruption of Oogenesis in Drosophila melanogaster, a non-target organism
Dr. Richard Addante and Constance Greenwood, Psychology
Exploration of Mobile EEG Technologies and behavioral Measures to Test Astronaut Cognition
Dr. Jacob Jones and Joseph Bunch, Psychology
Microbiome Composition and Brain Health Among Elderly Adults
Dr. Kelly Campbell, Kaela Bonafede, Kendall Grant, Psychology
Online Romantic Deception (Catfishing): Scale Development and Validation
Dr. Tomasz Owerkowicz and Alison Conner, Biology
Gator Fight Club: Does calcium carbonate in bone mineral affects activity physiology of the American alligator?
Dr. Leslie Amodeo and Jessica Bezenah, Psychology
Impact of Maternal Escitalopram on Compulsive and Social Behaviors in Offspring
Undergraduate Student Grants
Justin Perkins, Criminal Justice
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Christina Famega
Community-Organized Policing Theory: As the Solution to Major Criminological Theories and for the Reduction of the Incarceration Rate in the United States of America
Anabell Ramos, Psychology and Human Development
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Stacy Forcino
Perception of Sibling Conflict: Effects of Sibling Gender and Maternal Values
John Gomez, Kinesiology
Faculty Mentor: Benjamin Becerra
Factors associated with students who regret coming to CSUSB: Exploring the role of overall well-being support.
SSI Graduate Student Culminating Project Fund
Caitlin Shaw, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Donna Garcia
Title: The consequences of social exclusion on women's self-regulation of unhealthy eating behaviors
Kaela Bonafede, Clinical Counseling
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Kelly Campbell
Title: Online Dating Deception: Development and Validation of a Catfish Measure
Danahly Reyes, Social Work
Faculty Mentor: Deirdre Lanesskog
Title: The Role of Social Workers within the Education of Foster Youth
Miranda Rubio, Social Work
Faculty Mentor: Deirdre Lanesskog
Title: Extended Foster Care
Zuleima Carillo, Social Work
Faculty Mentor: Deirdre Lanesskog
Title: Professional Perspective on Barriers and Facilitators of Success with Teenage Parents in the Child Welfare System
Rebecca Waring-Crane, Studio Arts
Faculty Mentor: Alison Petty Ragguette
Title: Solo Thesis Exhibition: "The Stories I'm Telling Myself"
Lakhvir Kaur, School Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Roderick O’Handley
Title: School Psychologists’ Delivery of Evidence and Non-Evidence-Based Practices for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Jessica Razo, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Cynthia Crawford
Title: The Effects of Neonatal Alcohol Exposure in Normal and Dopamine Deficient Rats
Andy Acosta, Communication Studies
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Julie Taylor
Title: Breaking the Stigma of Suicide: A Thematic Discourse Analysis on Discourses Regarding Suicide in 2010s Hip-Hop Songs
Jessica Martinez, Social Work
Faculty Mentor: Deirdre Lanesskog
Title: La Mera Verdad: Exploring Immigrant Latino Fatherhood
Eman Alzoghbieh, Public Health
Faculty Mentor: Salome Mshigeni
Title: The prevalence of Food Insecurity Among CSUSB Students
Melody Robinson, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Christina Hassija
Title: Post-Traumatic Growth and Social Support for Bisexual Sexual Assault Survivors
Adriana Verduzco, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Amy Van Schagen
Title: Personal Development Program to Support Teacher Efficacy for Early Childhood Preservice Teachers
Stephen Burwell, Social Work
Faculty Mentor: Herbert Shon
Title: The Factors Leading to Foster Youth Obtaining Higher Education
Acacia Lovett, Social Work
Faculty Mentor: Deirdre Lanesskog
Title: Disproportionality of African American children in the child welfare system