Nearly 70 Emmanuel seniors from more than 20 disciplines presented their research on April 23rd to showcase their in-depth understanding on a topic of interest within their field of study.
Distinction in the Field Presentations are an annual Emmanuel College tradition, giving seniors who have over a 3.5 GPA in their major to present a specified, long-term project, demonstrating their commitment to academic excellence.
Distinction in the Field Candidates
SCHOOL OF BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT
Arianna Coppola — Management
How small business owners design their own work systems to balance work demands with family life.
Gabriel Eduarte — Economics & Finance
Health Insurance for Low-Income Adults: The Urgent Case for Medicaid Expansion
Molly Fay — Economics and International Studies
Art of the No-Deal: Trade Policy, Consumer Welfare, and Price Changes in the U.S.-China Trade War
Ryan Elizabeth Harrington — Economics and Political Science
Not so Natural Disasters: Lessons in Urban Economic Resilience from Hurricane Katrina
Mia Krone — Finance
AI and Computer Learning Integration into Portfolio Management
Kaitlyn LeBlanc — Management
Impact of AI boosting productivity and efficiency in the business and financial world
Martin Mont — Economics
The Printer vs The Paystub: The Equation of Exchange beyond the COVID-19 pandemic
Paola Pedraza — Marketing
AI-Powered Digital Marketing Strategies and Their Impact on Minority-Owned Small Businesses
Olivia Wallace — Sport Management
Equitable Practices of Title IX Reporting in Intercollegiate Athletics
Nicholas Ryan White — Economics and Finance
Affordability or Illusion? Evaluating the expansion of Buy-Now Pay-Later in the U.S.
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
Maeve Gaffny — Elementary Education and Liberal Studies
Sports in Schools: A Systematic Literature Review
Sydney Gonzalez — Elementary Education and Liberal Studies
Making phonics work: Adaptations to a scripted curriculum
Ella Milewski — Elementary Education and Liberal Studies
From Compliance to Independence: The Role of Self-Regulation in Elementary Classroom Management
SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
Lillian Bittman — Art & Political Science
Transatlantic Futurism: The Intersection of Art and Politics
Mia Decamillis — History
The Myth of Boston Latin and the Role of Education in the Revolutionary Era
Rebecca DiPalma — Communication & Media Studies
Pretty Propaganda: Femininity and Far-Right Messaging in Evie Magazine
Avery Fama — Sociology
Structural Disadvantages, Not Protective Interventions: Outcomes for Youth in Out-of-Home Care
Molly Fay — Political Science
Hidden in Plain Sight: Student Perceptions of Chikan and Public Gender Norms
Ava Foley — Criminology & Criminal Justice
Who Gets Rehabilitated? Structural Inequality and Juvenile Intervention Outcomes in the United States
Emma Gambo — Sociology
Public Libraries: an essential third space for communities during divisive times
Sydnie Germain — Criminology & Criminal Justice
From Screens to Cells: Terrorist Recruitment in the Digital Age
Ryan Elizabeth Harrington — Economics and Political Science
Not so Natural Disasters: Lessons in Urban Economic Resilience from Hurricane Katrina
Andrew Kubaska — Global & Public Health
The Tooth-Brain Connection: Can Proper Oral Hygiene and Nationwide Access to Extensive Dental Care Help Prevent the Onset of Alzheimer’s Disease?
Mikel Lacroix — Spanish
La importancia de la comunicación en el sistema médico: un análisis de la competencia cultural y la equidad
Joshua Luedke — Political Science
The Green Amendment Ripple Effect: How the greening of state constitutions and environmental rights can create positive Environmental outcomes for all
Annika Lynch — Spanish
Las disparidades en la cobertura de Medicaid para latinos en los EE. UU. y cómo afectan al acceso a la atención médica y los resultados del cáncer
Sharon Mathew — Political Science
Medicaid Expansion and Black Maternal Mortality: A Comparative Analysis of Massachusetts and Mississippi
Karen Mayen — History
Wôpanâak: The History, its Reclamation, and the Role of Social Change in Resisting Total Suppression
Juliana Mazuera — Criminology & Criminal Justice
Detained Childhood: Human Rights Violation in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Detention Centers
Jadelyn McMillan — Political Science
Anti-Intellectualism and Its Implications in Contemporary American Politics
Martin Mont — Political Science
Globalization and Global Peace: Evaluating Interdependence and Trade Elasticity in 21st Century Geopolitics
Loliana Morales — Sociology
Faith-Based Activism in Brazil and the DRC: The Enduring Mission of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur
Emilly Rezende — History
Tithes and Votes: Prosperity Theology as Political Mobilization in Brazilian Pentecostalism
Emma Smola — Art
Fragmentation as a Visual Language: A Transcultural Exploration of the Paintings of Gaganendranath Tagore
Sameeha Syed — Political Science
Partisan Polarization and Legislative productivity in Congress (1990-2024)
Vivian Tsitso — Criminology & Criminal Justice
The Never-Ending Cycle: Why Foster Care Youth are More Likely to Reoffend
Taryn Vuk — Communication & Media Studies
Fur His Glory: Conservative Christian Extremism in the Online Furry Fandom
Emily Wallace — Criminology & Criminal Justice
Rehabilitation or Retribution: A Cross-National Analysis of the United States and Norwegian Prison Systems and Their Impact on Recidivism
Emily Wallace — Political Science
Political Mobilization in the Digital Age: Modern Political leaders use of Social Media
SCHOOL OF NURSING
Olivia Davis — Nursing
Influence of Social Media on Vaccination Rates
Victoria Peters — Nursing
The effect of prenatal education on an individual’s pregnancy, delivery, and postpartum experience
SCHOOL OF SCIENCE & HEALTH
Annebel Balogh de Galantha — Psychology
Mental Health in Division III NCAA Collegiate Student-Athletes: The Correlation Between Trait Mindfulness and Sports-Focused Rumination
Victoria Bradbury — Psychology
Academic Outcomes Following Intervention of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Across Educational Stages: A Meta-Analysis
Colette Brochu — Biology
Exploring Somatosensory Circuits in Mouse Models of Autism Spectrum Disorder
Madison Brooks — Biology
Equality for Mono patients?: Assessing Success of Pediatric Blunt Trauma Splenic Injuries with Dual Diagnosis of Infectious Mononucleosis following Standard Non-Operative Management
Lane Couturier — Biology
Caught in the Act: Exposing Hrp1-RNA Interactions During Yeast Transcription Attenuation
Estella Del Moro — Neuroscience
Two-hit model of developmental stress and its effects on glucocorticoid receptor expression in adult CD-1 mice
Fleur Doornbos — Neuroscience
Investigation of Extraocular Muscle in Aged Albino Mice: A Mouse Model for Albinism Associated Infantile Nystagmus Syndrome (INS)
Gulce Esikara — Biology
Lighting Up Interactions: Development of a GFP-Based Protein-Protein Interaction Assay to Expand the CURE Program at Emmanuel College
Nour Farhat — Biology
Gut Feeling: The Role of Colon-Innervating Sensory Neurons in Gut Dysfunction in Autism Spectrum Disorder
Gwyneth A. Gagnon — Chemistry
Investigating the Size Dependency on Optical Properties for Citric Acid Polymeric Carbon Dots
Ava Heimgartner — Psychology
The Interplay Between First-Generation Status, Intersectional Identity, and Belonging in College Students
Evie Holt — Biology
Mitosis Madness: From Cells to Code - Quantifying Lte1 Localization and Polarity
Julia Letourneau — Mathematics
The Axiom of Choice and Mathematical Existence
Catalina Lujan-Rodriguez — Biology
Why did the RNA “music” stop? Exploring the Hrp1 role in premature transcription termination
Aaliyah Martinez-Ulloa — Biology
To Bind or Not to Bind: RSF1 and Histone Recognition in Polycomb Silencing
Aiden McCarty — Biology
Battle of the TFs: How SKN-1 and KLFs Regulate Fat Metabolism in C. elegans
Astrid Noriega — Biotechnology
Beyond the Fold: Identifying and Characterizing Amyloid Aggregation in E. coli
Lauren Camarao Novo — Biology
From Stuck to Synthesized: Overcoming Hurdles in Supramolecular Receptor Preparation
Grace Petrarca — Biology
Hijacking Immunity: Platelet-Mediated Suppression of T Cells in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
Melanie Phares — Biology
The Skin: Not just an External Wrapping; Understanding the Kinetics of Macrophages and Tattoo Ink.
Max Popoloski — Biology
The RNA Roadmap of Premature Transcription Termination (Attenuation)
Jacob Proulx — Mathematics
Modeling the transmission of Chlamydia trachomatis among men who have sex with men
Autumn Ruggles — Psychology
“Sometimes I’m Like, It’s Not My Body. It’s Not You”: Physical Changes in Established Adulthood
Isabella Saunders — Neuroscience
Functional and Molecular Characterization of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Patient-Derived Rare Variants in Candidate Neurodevelopmental Disorder (NDD) Risk Genes
Alyssa St. Laurent — Biology
Beyond Neurons: Uncovering Skeletal Muscle’s Role in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Arine Sulahian — Biology
Predicting seizures using cardiac arrythmias in the peri-ictal and inter-ictal phases
Soultana Tsaparlis — Biotechnology
Say Cheese!: Investigating if Kmt2d+/βgeo Mouse is a Good Animal Model to Study Dental Anomalies for Kabuki Syndromeis