Author: Dylan Stevens | Major: Psychology | Semester: Spring 2023 In the research that is being funded by the Honors College, I am investigating the intricate relationship between emotional regulation, engagement in creative activities, and their influence on...
Can a Single Night of Meditation Fix Your Sleep Problems?
Author: Koushik Thudi | Major: Psychology | Semester: Spring 2023 Hi! My name is Koushik Thudi. I am a part of the Fullbright College of Arts and Sciences. I am a psychology major in Dr. Ivan Vargas’ Sleep and Stress Research Lab. I have been working on my thesis...
Empowering Women One Project at a Time
Author: Kaylee Phimmasene | Major: Psychology | Semester: Spring 2023 My name is Kaylee Phimmasene, and I was a senior majoring in psychology in the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences. I started my honors thesis in fall of 2022 with Dr. Anastasia Makhanova of the...
Older is Better…Or Is It?
Author: Sophia Chier | Major: Psychology | Semester: Spring 2023 This past spring semester, I received my second round of funding from the Honors College for my research that I conducted in Japan in the Fall 2022 semester. I wrote a blog post detailing my research and...
Demystifying Operations Research: A Complicated Name for Applying Math to Life
Author: John Sooter | Major: Industrial Engineering | Semester: Spring 2023 My name is Blake Sooter; I am an honors student in the Department of Industrial Engineering. This Spring marked my third semester of funded research. This summer, I am interning at Procter...
Assessing the Effects of Crude Oil Exposure on Avian Physiology
Author: Jullianna McCauley | Major: Biology | Semester: Spring 2023 Hi, my name is Jullianna McCauley, and I’m currently a biology major working in the DuRant lab of Physiology in the Biological Sciences department as an undergraduate research assistant. Over the...
Undergraduate Research: A Step Toward Understanding Attachment and Family
Author: Hannah Miller | Major: Social Work | Semester: Spring 2023 During the Spring 2023 semester, I continued and completed my social work research study under guidance from my honors thesis chair, Dr. LaShawnda Fields, an assistant professor in the school of social...
Building Single Photon Detection Modules for Photon Correlation Measurements
Author: Kate Wolchok | Major: Physics and Music | Semester: Spring 2023 Hello, my name is Kate Wolchok and I am a Physics major here at the University of Arkansas. After taking modern physics with Dr. Hiro Nakamura in the spring semester of 2022, I decided that I...
Why People Purchase What They Do: A Study on Consumer Impulse Behavior
Author: Sydney Buford | Major: Apparel Merchandising and Product Development | Semester: Spring 2023 My name is Sydney Buford, and I’m an undergraduate Apparel Merchandising and Product Development (AMPD) major within the Dale Bumpers College. My mentor is Dr. Eunjoo...
Autofluorescence Imaging and Macrophage Metabolism
Author: Abby Denison | Major: Biomedical Engineering | Semester: Spring 2023 My name is Abby Denison, and I recently graduated with a B.S. in biomedical engineering from the College of Engineering. My mentor was Timothy Muldoon, M.D., Ph.D., from the biomedical...