URSCI Student Research Assistant Grant
Undergraduate research assistant stipends fund students in assisting and collaborating on research or creative projects. Students will learn while supporting faculty in their research, scholarship and creative activity. Faculty will mentor research assistants, teaching them relevant disciplinary skills and responsible conduct of research. Students may work up to 69 hours (mini award) or 138 hours (full award) per semester and projects may last for more than one semester. This program is intended to provide students a substantive intellectual experience. Mentoring is an important part of what makes successful application. Assistants can help in areas such as:
- Library research
- Data collection
- Data analysis
- Laboratory experimentation
- Manuscript preparation
- Creative project
More information and application portal can be found on Canvas. .
Fall 2022 Undergraduate Research Assistants
Corinne Roemer (Mentor: Amartya Chakrabarti, Chemistry)
Synthetic investigation on the effect of capping agents in synthesis of zinc sulfide quantum dots
Luis Garcia (Mentor: Persis Driver, Psychology)
Teaching to Learn: Exploring Undergraduate Teaching Assistants’ Personal and Professional Growth
Jadis Mirza (Mentor: Sophia Duffy, Psychology)
Towards Understanding the Impact of Black Radical Healing: A Meta-Analysis
Shalom Borrallo (Mentor: Noelle Wright, Studio Art)
Slowfire Arts Foundation: Developing Articles & Workshops
Spring 2023 Undergraduate Research Assistants
Cesia Villatoro (Mentor: Tracy Caldwell, Psychology)
The Value of Undergraduate Teaching Assistants for Students, TAs, and Faculty
Corinne E. Roemer and Emily Alessandri (Mentor: Amartya Chakrabarti, Chemistry)
Characterization of zinc sulfide quantum dots
Robert Baker, Kevin Moore and Jadis Mirza (Mentor: Sophia Duffy, Psychology)
Radical healing: A meta-analysis of radical healing practices for Black people responding to racial trauma
Summer 2023 URSCI Student Research Assistants
Ellie Heider (Mentor: CarrieLynn D. Reinhard, Communication Arts and Sciences)
Overlapping Fandom, Political, and Religious Attitudes: Indoctrination Pathways into Extremist Ideologies and Communities via Fandoms
Alexandro Soto (Mentor: Hassan Zamir, Informatics)
Exploring the Use of AI Tools in Education: Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities
Mo Malinowski (Mentor: Marina Bell, Sociology and Criminology)
Abolition, the Climate Crisis, and the Role of Othered Knowledge Traditions
Zayra Juarez (Mentor: Robert Calin-Jageman, Neuroscience/Psychology)
Transcriptional Mechanisms of a Very Long-Lasting Memory in Aplysia californica
Avanti Ravanam (Mentor: Maureen Emlund, Post-Baccalaureate Medical Studies Program)
Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation Self-Efficacy: Assessing Gaps in Nursing Student Confidence and Competency Using Integrated Technology of an Electronic Simulation Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation Training Program
Fall 2021 Undergraduate Research Assistants
Malanie Sobenes (Mentor: Sophia Duffy, Psychology)
Trauma and Well-being in College
Spring 2022 Undergraduate Research Assistants
Jaquelin Gutierrez (Mentor: Persis Driver, Psychology)
Exploring Undergraduate Teaching Assistantship as a High Impact Practice That Benefits Students’ Learning and UTA’s Professional Growth
Mahnoor Saghir (Mentor: Yamunadevi Puraikala, Nutrition Science)
Dietary habits and lifestyle changes of adults during the COVID pandemic
Summer 2022 Undergraduate Research Assistants
Steven Proustos (Mentor: Irina Calin-Jageman, Biology)
Analysis of methylation patterns in Aplysia californica genes associated with long term memory and forgetting
Shalom Borrallo (Mentor: Noelle Wright, Studio Art)
Slowfire Arts Foundation: Developing Articles & Workshops
Cassandra Hansen (Mentor: Yamunadevi Puraikala, Nutrition Science)
Nutrition education and awareness of nutrition labels across cultures
Fall 2020 Undergraduate Research Assistants
Lance Grunert (Mentor: Persis Driver, Psychology)
Evaluating the Efficacy of Embedding Undergraduate Teaching Assistants in Behavioral Research and Statistics Courses
Lesley Arroyo (Mentor: Persis Driver, Psychology)
Speech-Language Pathologist’s Efficacy and Beliefs in Assessing Bilingual Children
Kiara Raña (Mentor: Scott Kreher, Biological Sciences)
Development of novel methods for analysis of olfactory behavior and repellent odors in Drosophila melanogaster
Spring 2021 Undergraduate Research Assistants
Margaret McClure (Mentor: Christopher Allison, McGreal Center for ÖØ¿ÚζSM Historical Studies) Preparation of a museum-quality exhibition on ÖØ¿ÚζSM's history
Jacqueline Ramirez and Prayer Childress (Mentor: Tracy Caldwell, Psychology)
Synthesizing the Literature on Undergraduate Teaching Assistants
Daniel Sharrah and Stephanie Viruet (Mentor: Sophia Duffy, Psychology)
Trauma and Well-being in College
Geneva Capp (Mentor: Yamunadevi Puraikalan, Nutrition Science)
Development and objective evaluation of functional muffin using broccoli stalk flour
Summer 2021 Undergraduate Research Assistants
Carlie Merola (Mentor: Javier Carmona, Art & Design)
Burden of the Orb
Hilda Alvarez Rodriguez and Jaqueline Candela (Mentor: Patrick Homan, Political Science)
Young Adults’ Perception of Political Participation in American Democracy
Fall 2019 and Spring 2020 Undergraduate Research Assistants
Hannah Gordon (Mentor: Irina Calin-Jageman, Biological Sciences)
Epigenetic regulation of the savings memory genes
Abigail Johnson and Melanie Myszka (Mentor: Michelle Allen, Nursing)
Psychological capital in undergraduate nursing students participating in a renal simulation
Pablo Vargas (Mentor: Zomary Flores-Cruz)
Complementation of host-induced hydrogen peroxide-scavenger mutants in “Vibrio fischeriâ€
Nicholas Lombardo (Mentor: Jeffery Cote de Luna)
Cookbook Image Editing
Summer 2020 Undergraduate Research Assistants
Lance Grunert (Mentor: Persis Driver, Psychology)
Evaluating the Efficacy of Embedding Undergraduate Teaching Assistants in Behavioral Research and Statistics Courses
Melissa Lopez (Mentor: Sophia Duffy, Psychology)
Trauma and Well-being in College
Laura Shaw (Mentor: Patrick Homan, Political Science)
US Foreign Policy in Action: An Innovative Teaching Text, 2nd edition