Author: Melih Karabacak | Major: Biology | Semester: Fall 2023 My name is Melih Karabacak and I am in the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences. I am a Biology major with a Chemistry minor and I am conducting research under my mentor Dr. Jeannine Durdik in the...
Passion and a Well-Rounded Team will Help your Research Project Succeed
Author: Katelyn Helberg | Major: Biology & Art History | Semester: Fall 2023 My research topic investigates the effect of Progesterone, a sex hormone, on cognitive thinking in college aged women. To study this topic, I collected saliva samples from participants to...
“Geosocial Networking Application Usage, Adverse Mental Health Outcomes, and Sexual Risk Behavior in Sexual Minority Men”
Author: Matthew Hayhurst | Major: Sociology | Semester: Fall 2023 Over the past semester, I have worked with Mindy Sue Bradley, Ph.D., Chair of the Department of Sociology and Criminology, on a project investigating health and psychosocial outcomes in a population of...
Breaking Barriers: Navigating Leadership Pathways Towards Gender Equality
Author: Alana Skogen | Major: Agricultural Communications & AgriBusiness | Semester: Fall 2023 My name is Alana Skogen, and I’m a recent graduate of Dale Bumper's College of Agriculture, Food & Life Sciences. I double-majored in Agricultural Communications and...
Researching tobacco and nicotine policies
Author: Mufazzela Tabassum | Major: Public Health | Semester: Fall 2023 This research investigates social media discussions on emerging tobacco access laws, with a specific focus on the proposed California date-of-birth bill. The bill aims to ban sales of tobacco...
Promoting Civic Engagement: Empowering Voters with Information
Author: Joseph Dumond | Major: Computer Science | Semester: Fall 2023 My name is Joseph Dumond. I am a sophomore computer science major in the College of Engineering. This past fall semester, I had the pleasure to participate with Dr. Louise Hancox and Dr. Jennie Popp...
Political Memes in Modern Elections
Author: Annabel Brooks | Major: Political Science & Psychology | Semester: Fall 2023 I’m a senior in the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences majoring in political science and psychology. I am conducting research in the department of political science under Dr....
Methanogens on Mars
Author: Allyson Edwards | Major: Biochemistry | Semester: Fall 2023 Life on other planetary bodies is a topic that’s been of interest to the scientific community and public for years now. The potential of life on Mars is something I’ve been researching under my...
Stressed Out: My Current Thoughts on My Project and Its Connection to My Future Work
Author: Wesley Vaught | Major: Biochemistry and Biology | Semester: Fall 2023 Arkansas continues to have a higher prevalence of citizens with frequent mental distress than any state in the U.S., likely due to a disproportionate number of stressors such as financial...
Nanocellulose Synthesis and Creation of Biodegradable Nanocomposites
Author: Zane Mebruer | Major: Mechanical Engineering | Semester: Fall 2023 Beginning in the Fall 2023 semester, I worked with Dr. Wan Shou of the Mechanical Engineering department on a materials science project that concerned the creation of biodegradable composites...