Commencement Program - Class of 2024 (2024)

Alexander Peter Abramenko

Biology: Effects of Early-Life Stress on Simple and Spatial-Associative Recognition Memory: Contribution of Cyclin D1 Signaling

with Minors in Neuroscience and Psychology

Adi Advani

Physics: Acoustics of Failure: Geohazard Forecasting Using the Density of Modes

Pure Mathematics: Alcuin Numbers: River Crossing Problems

with a Concentration in Scientific Computing

Alvaro Sebastian Aguilar

Sociology at Bryn Mawr College

Education Studies

Inteemum Ahsan

Sociology: The Jordanian Arab Spring: Protests, Solidarity, and Fragmentation in 2011

Political Science: The Jordanian Arab Spring: Opportunities, Frames, and Fragmentation in 2011

Erin Elizabeth Albright

Chemistry: Investigating the Chemical Defense Compounds of Neotropical Vespids

with a Minor in Environmental Studies

Benjamin Hodder Alexander

Physics: Synthetic Mucus Mediates Friction via Tribofilm Formation

with Minors in Astronomy and Mathematics and a Concentration in Scientific Computing

George Christopher Thomas Allan

Latin

Emily Hélène Almgren

Mathematics: Knot-Theoretic Approaches to Open Curves With Applications to Entangled Proteins

with a Minor in Chemistry and a Concentration in Scientific Computing

Lorelei Kirsten Alverson

Political Science: Violent Feminist Splinter Organizations: A Case Study of Red Zora, Valkyria, and the Weather Underground

with a Minor in Sociology at Bryn Mawr College

Nada Ashraf Salama Aly

Neuroscience: ELS and Corticosterone: The Effects of Early Life Stress and Corticosterone Levels on Spatial Memory Learning in Juvenile Rodents

with a Minor in Anthropology

Hannah Grace Amendola

Spanish: La educación de la mujer bajo el franquismo

with a Minor in Psychology

Anagha Aneesh

Physics: Quantum Density Functional Theory Reveals the Effect of Charge Transfer on the Vibrational Spectra of Terminal Alkynes in Triethylamine

Chemistry

with Concentrations in Biophysics and Scientific Computing

Maya Antonio

Linguistics: From Language Ideology to Practice: Teachers’ Navigation of Language Ideologies in a Bilingual Community Education Center

Education Studies

Adelma Isleydis Alejandra Argueta-Roman

Environmental Studies: Forest Restoration: How History and Culture Shape Restoration in the Wissahickon Area

Biology at Bryn Mawr College: Exploring the Relationship Between Physiology and Reproductive Output Under Global Change Factors on Wetland Ecosystems

Pritha Aryal

Economics: The Impact of California Paid Family-Leave (CA-PFL) Policy on Mothers’ Shares of Household Incomes

with a Minor in Sociology and a Concentration in Mathematical Economics

Tomás Ascoli

Physics: Effects of Thermal Annealing on the Photoconductivity of TPPS4 Porphyrin Nanowires

Mathematics: Mathematical Models of Algae-Daphnia Systems

Isabel Rose Ashford Arya

Anthropology: The Gardens and Protests of Alcatraz Island: Cultivating Historical Memory

with a Minor in Spanish

Lillian R. K. M. Austin

History

with a Minor in East Asian Languages and Cultures

Silina Awad

Biology: Characterizing the Role of the RNA-Binding Protein YBX3 in Post-Transcriptional Regulation of Skeletal Muscle-Cell Proliferation and Differentiation

with a Minor in Psychology

Jennifer Badillo

Psychology: Moderators of Music Use in Cognitive Performance

with a Minor in French and Francophone Studies

Ethan Michael Baker

Physics: Particle Self-Energies in the BSBM Model of a Varying Fine-Structure Constant

Mathematics: Order of Selmer Groups of Congruent Number Curves Over Real Quadratic Fields

Jordany Baltazar

Economics: Fouls or Foul Play? Investigating the Influence of Referee Bias in the WNBA

Brandon Mikai Banadda

Neuroscience: The Examination of Novel Object Recognition in Zebrafish

Aidan Bannon

Physics: Watch Your Step! Investigating the Effects of Substrate on Robot Locomotion Performance

Annie Catherine Barrett

Neuroscience: The Role of Mesolimbic Estrogen Receptors in Modulating Peripartum Estradiol Effects on Neuroplasticity

with a Minor in Health Studies

Juno Elentiya Bartsch

Computer Science at Bryn Mawr College: Breaking Down Barriers: Supporting Minoritized Learners in Undergraduate Computer-Science Courses

Education Studies: Breaking Down Barriers: Supporting Minoritized Learners in Undergraduate Computer-Science Courses

with a Minor in Data Science at Bryn Mawr College

Benjamin Baumgarte

Physics: Simulating Defect Formation and Behavior in Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Textures Doped With Light-Driven Molecular Motors

with a Minor in Statistics

Kyle James Beach

Computer Science: Depreciating Assets, Projected Value, and Risk Management in Major League Baseball

with a Minor in Mathematics at Bryn Mawr College

Alexandria Catherine Behm

English: Heart Compass: Stories

with a Minor in Classical Culture and Society and a Concentration in Creative Writing

Benjamin Alan Bergerson

Physics: Classification of Flocculent and Grand Design Spiral Galaxies Using Supervised Machine Learning

Ari Bernstein

Sociology: The Role of Collective Value Judgment in Mediating the Doll-Collector Community

David Jeremy Betz

Environmental Studies

with a Minor in Music

Zachariah Amin Bhuiyan

Mathematics: From Stability to Snap-Back Repellers: Chaos in the Logistic Map

with a Minor in Economics

Elena Madeline Bien

Neuroscience: Efficacy of Neurorehabilitation Using tDCS Paired With Speech and Language Therapy on Improvements in Baseline Language Performance in Patients with Logopenic Primary Progressive Aphasia

Jared Bishop

English: "I Darena Lat You In": The Child Ballads, Academic Canons, and the Folk Tradition

Briana E. Boachie

Biology: Investigating the Role of Extracellular DNA in M. xanthus Fruiting Body Stability

with a Minor in Japanese Language

Zaida Nia Boissiere

Political Science: Imperial Footprints: Unraveling British Colonial Legacies in the Criminal Justice Systems of Nigeria and the U.S.

with a Minor in French and Francophone Studies

Xander Boldt

Economics: Target Tracking With Game Theory

Artem Borodin

Economics: Equilibria Strategies in a Model of Constructive Feedback

Ruby Sophie Bouhassira

Mathematics: Topological Data Analysis With Applications to Birdcall Identification

with a Minor in Psychology

Anna Marie Bradley

Chemistry: Assessing Learning Domains Used by Chemistry Education Games: A Review

with a Minor in Health Studies

Andric Brena

Computer Science: Understanding the Concept of a Notional Machine

Henry Britton

Computer Science: Interpreting Convolutional Neural Networks for Computational Genetics

Benjamin Apolinary Bronstein

Economics: Workforce Diversity in the Commercial Banking Industry

Vic Brown

Literatures in English at Bryn Mawr College

Petra Budavári

Physics: 3D-Printed Feet Modelled After Zebra-Tailed Lizards (C. draconoides) Can Help Explore Locomotion in Granular Media

with a Concentration in Biophysics

Sarah Cohen Campbell

Physics: Available Configuration Space of Super-Ellipse Sector Particles

Mathematics: Available Configuration Space of Super-Ellipse Sector Particles

Theodore England Carlin

Chemistry: Establishing the Role of Charge Density Matching and Hydrogen-Bonding in Templated Vanadium Selenite Oxalate Formation

Anthony Carrillo

Chemistry

Daniel Carvalho

Political Science: Forming Democracy’s Backbone: How Cues Influence American Public Opinion

with a Minor in Data Science at Bryn Mawr College

Jacob Chan

Spanish: ¡Usa la llengua! La evolución de las campañas lingüísticas en la Cataluña posfranquista

Linguistics: Monolingual Spain? The Impact of the Co-Official Designation on Catalan and Asturian Language Policy and Education

Education Studies

Aidan Chang-Lee

Growth and Structure of Cities at Bryn Mawr College: Similar Circ*mstances, Different Solutions: Seattle and San Francisco’s Opposite Remedies to Elevated Waterfront Freeways

with a Minor in Data Science at Bryn Mawr College

Aidan Chapin

Sociology: “What Ish my Nation?”: Modernity, Diaspora, and Nationalism in the United States

with a Minor in Philosophy

Ila Charendoff

Biology: Establishing Predictive Traits Associated With Operational Performance in Bio-Detection Canines and Obtaining Laboratory Performance Data on Dogs Trained to Detect Chronic Wasting Disease

Woodkensia Charles

Physics: Time Invariance Violation of Neutrino Oscillations

with a Minor in Astronomy

XingZhi Chen

Chemistry: Examining the Presence of Phthalates in Environmental Plastic Debris

Environmental Studies: Understanding Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine in the 21st Century: A Case Study of Longdan Xiegan Tang

Katy Anne Cheng

Psychology: “Shame on You”: Collectivistic Cultural Values Influence the Relationship Between Shame Experiences and Psychosocial Well-Being

with a Minor in Neuroscience

Louis M. Cheng

Psychology: Examining the Moderating Effects of the Parent-Child Relationship and Culture Between the Associations of Parental Strictness Behavior and Youth Adjustment Among College Students

with Minors in Statistics and Data Science at Bryn Mawr College

Berlensie Chery

Chemistry: Synthesis and Characterization of DIPI-PA, a Bidentate Guanidine-Pyridine Hybrid Ligand

Samuel Sunghwan Choi

Philosophy: Uncovering Han: Tracing Our Roots, Forging Identities, Crafting Community

with a Minor in Religion

Adam Connor Chow

Economics: Melting Pot or Mosaic: The Impact of Social Sentiment on Immigrant-Native Wage Differentials

with a Minor in East Asian Languages and Cultures

Willow Clayton

Psychology: Effects of Ventral Tegmental Area Estrogen Receptor Alpha Knockdown Following a Hormone-Simulated Pregnancy on ∆FosB Production in the Nucleus Accumbens

with a Minor in Neuroscience

Cecilia Tucker Cohen

Political Science: Inside the Far Right: An Analysis of Accelerationist Terrorism in the United States

with a Minor in Visual Studies

Shana Anam Cohen-Mungan

English: The Future of Next Wednesday Night: Douglas Crimp’s Queer Planning in an Early Year of AIDS

Thomas Coleman

Chemistry: A Meta-Analysis on the Use of Games as an Alternative Learning Tool in Chemistry Classrooms

with a Minor in Health Studies and a Concentration in Biochemistry

Katherine Winstead Conn

Chemistry: Investigating the Citric-Acid Coating of Silver Nanoparticles

Joshua Cameron Dylan Corbett

Physics: Toward Advancing Atmospheric Water Capture Using Nanoscale Physical Structures

with a Minor in Classical Culture and Society

May Courtney

Neuroscience: The Impact of Peripartum Estrogen Withdrawal on Dopamine Dynamics in the Nucleus Accumbens Core and Shell in Mice

with a Minor in Psychology

Lilah Elizabeth Craig

Fine Arts

Neuroscience: The Effects of Peripartum Estradiol Fluctuations on Nucleus Accumbens Dopamine Dynamics in Mice

Charlie Crawford

Computer Science: Scene and Unseen: GPT Bias in Script Writing

with a Minor in Environmental Studies

Alice Rebecca Creed

History: “The Present Frenzy of Our Womenkind”: The Impact of the Calico Acts of 1700 and 1721 on Economic and Social Power in Early Modern England

with a Minor in Anthropology

Scout Crooke

Biology: Investigating Changes in Microbial Communities and Soil Chemistry During Plant Succession at a Heavy Metal-Contaminated Field Site

with a Minor in Environmental Studies

Celeste Catherine Cubbage

Physics: Demonstrating Fusion in an Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Device

with a Minor in Economics

Allison Faye Cubell

Psychology: Subjective Social Status and Well-Being: The Role of Class-Based Identity Uncertainty in Early Adolescence

with a Minor in Economics

Matthew James Curran

Biology: Developing a Jab Infiltration Protocol to Silence YUP Expression in Monkeyflowers

with a Minor in Religion

Zora Catherine Dallmann

Anthropology: The Portal of Serendipity: Public Libraries, Children’s Rooms, and the Importance of Public Space for Caregivers

Guilherme Zeus Dantas e Moura

Mathematics: Combinatorial Models for Key Polynomials and Atom Polynomials

Linguistics: Requirement of Variable-Introducing Elements on Event Quantification in Chinese: A Case Study of 每 měi–VP Sentences

Paola Delgado Umpierre

Chemistry: Unnatural Amino Acids as Vibrational Probes for Observing Dynamic Protein Structure

with a Concentration in Biochemistry

Jordan Denaver

Psychology: The Relationship Between Parental Strictness, Parental Warmth, and Youth Adjustment Outcomes Among European American and Asian American College Students

with a Minor in Neuroscience

Matthew Finbar Denton

English: “How Much Should Not Have Happened”: Optimism, Trauma, and Authorship in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Half of a Yellow Sun

Simon Gregory Dickinson

Physics: The Effect of Hydrogen on the Photoconductivity of Tetrakis(4-Sulfonatophenyl)Porphine J-Aggregate (TPPS4) Nanowires

with a Minor in Economics

Jillian Grace DiTommaso

Political Science: Is Motherhood Bad for Business? An Investigation Into the Benefits and Drawbacks of Family Leave Policies on Women and Businesses

with a Minor in Economics

John A. Donovan IV

Political Science: Between the Bars: Explaining Provisional IRA Responses to Incarceration, 1971–2000

with a Minor in Religion

Ravi Surya Eaton

Neuroscience: The “Default Mode Network” as a Physiological Marker for Neuroplastic Changes From Mindfulness and Meditation

Kirin Berkley Eicher

Economics: Collective Safety: The Impact of Right-to-Work Legislation on Workplace Injury Rates

with a Minor in Statistics

Seun Olabode Eisape

Computer Science: An Examination of the Sensitivity of Transformer-Based Machine Translation Models to Linguistically Motivated Perturbations

Mia Ellis-Einhorn

Computer Science: Influence and Equity in Faculty Co-Authorship Networks

with a Minor in Visual Studies

Taliyah A. Evans

Biology: Tissue Specific Extracts from Pinus densiflora Attenuate Toxicity by Different Mechanisms in Caenorhabditis elegans

with a Concentration in Biochemistry

George Delellis Evans

Physics: Evolutionary Neuromorphic Networks for Drone Simulation

Ophelia Evans

Environmental Studies: Reimagining Manufacturing Through the Artistic Process

with a Minor in French and Francophone Studies

Syeda Fatima Faheem

Biology: Exploring the Effects of Acer rubrum and Acer saccharum Extracts on Amyloid-β-Induced Toxicity in a Drosophila melanogaster Alzheimer’s Disease Model

Nikki Farrell

Neuroscience: Investigating the Therapeutic Effects of Sugar Maple Extract on a C. elegans Model of Huntington’s Disease

with a Minor in Health Studies

Charles Mitchell Ferguson

Chemistry: Site-Specific Incorporation of Two Non-Canonical Amino Acids as Raman Vibrational Probes of Acyl Carrier Protein Dynamics

with a Minor in Philosophy and a Concentration in Biochemistry

Alexa Marie Finkele

Mathematics at Bryn Mawr College

Giavanna Rose Flamini

Chemistry: Exploratory Synthesis of Nickel Halide Perovskitoids

William Kim Flanders

Astrophysics: Using HI Observations to Test Ultra-Light Axion Dark Matter

with a Concentration in Scientific Computing

Clare Alice Fleming

Chemistry: Discovery of Lead-Free Perovskites Using High Throughput Experimentation

with a Minor in Classical Culture and Society

Arden Miko Sakyo Fleming

Fine Arts: Exhibition of Pop-Up Pages Printed Using Lithography and Monotype Techniques Exploring the Theme of Memory

with a Minor in Japanese Language

Annabel Junko Flint

Biology: Symbiont-Host Relationships: Protocol Development to Visualize Wolbachia in Drosophila Embryos, and Preliminary Investigation Into Observed Patterns

Fine Arts: My Ukiyo-e / 私の 浮世絵

Gabrielle Espiritu Fontanilla

Psychology: Quantitative and Computational Narrative Approaches to Relations of Age, Generational Status, and Family Influences on Bicultural Identity

with a Minor in Data Science at Bryn Mawr College

Jacob Seiji Foster

Sociology: East to West: International Educational Migration of East Asian Undergraduates to the United States

International Studies at Bryn Mawr College: Beyond Borders: Growth and Transformations in International Tertiary Students’ Choice of Destinations

with a Minor in East Asian Languages and Cultures

Gabriel Franklin

English: “Will You Not Hear Me?” Trauma, Voice, and the Uncanny in Wieland and the Construction of American Literary Tradition

with a Minor in Economics

Sasha Rain Freedman

Environmental Studies

Max Friedmann

Psychology: The Pursuit of Certainty: Exploring Status-Based Identity Uncertainty’s Influence on the Relationship Between Social Mobility Belief and Adolescent Well-Being

Nora Ruth Gaby-Biegel

Neuroscience

with a Minor in Psychology

Oliver Luke Galea

Pure Mathematics: Using Alternating-Sign Matrices to Discuss Recurring Applications in Representative Structures

with Minors in Psychology and Statistics and a Concentration in Mathematical Economics

Reesha Gandhi

Psychology: The Influence of Advertising: A Cross-Cultural Study

with a Minor in Visual Studies

Annais Margot Gangolf

Economics: Refinancing and Consumption: Evidence from BLS Microdata

Mathematics at Bryn Mawr College

Gabriella Estephania Garza

Biology: Investigating the Effect of Juvenile Hormone on the Growth and Adhesion of Crithidia fasciculata in a Mosquito Hindgut Model

Owen Zachary Genco-Kamin

Psychology: No Laughing Matter: Gender’s Relationship to Comedy and the Psychology of Humor

with a Minor in Child and Family Studies at Bryn Mawr College

Angelina O’Hara Geralis

Computer Science: Predicting Stock Prices Using Machine Learning

with a Minor in Economics

Atira Glenn-Keough

Mathematics: Outer Space and Entropy

with a Minor in Anthropology

Natalie Sonia Goeler-Slough

Biology: Unraveling the Molecular Underpinnings of How a Bacterial Signal Protects Oceanic Phytoplankton from Viral Death

with a Minor in Environmental Studies

Kylan Sydney Gould

Sociology: “He Wasn’t Supposed to Die”: How College Students Coping With Peer Loss Differ From Other Groups of Grievers

with a Minor in Educational Studies

Fiona Gowin

Anthropology

with a Minor in Psychology

Devansh Goyal

Economics: Intracoalition Dynamics in India: Analyzing Strategic Transfers and Stability

Mathematics at Bryn Mawr College

Benjamin Graham

Economics: Prime Opportunity: Amazon’s Expansion and Teen Education Attainment

Mathematics

with a Minor in Philosophy

William Thomas Graves

Political Science: Democratizing Transit Planning: The Role of Democratic Planning in Overcoming Obstacles to Equitable Transit Policy

Meghan Renee Guberman

Psychology: Lost in Transition: Exploring How Social Status and Gender Moderate the Relationship Between Adolescent Loneliness and Class-Based Identity Uncertainty

with a Minor in Child and Family Studies at Bryn Mawr College

Lydia Rose Guertin

Physics: Structures of the Interstellar Medium: Connecting Scintillation Phenomena in Multiwavelength Millisecond Pulsar Data

Astronomy

with a Minor in Religion and a Concentration in Peace, Justice, and Human Rights

John Lachlan Gunsbury

Economics: Holy Crop! The Effects of the 2014 Farm Bill on U.S. Cropland Value

Matthew Gusdorff

Computer Science: Evaluating Bias in a GAN’s Latent Space

with Minors in German and German Studies and Mathematics at Bryn Mawr College

Lucca Marcello Guzmán-Gieseken

Political Science: Language in the Court: The Supreme Court’s Effect on Public Consciousness Regarding Queer Rights

witha Minor in Visual Studies and a Concentration in Peace, Justice, and Human Rights

Jason Daniel Haas

Chemistry: Synthesis and Characterization of Short-Chain Conjugated Alkynyl-2H-Azirines

with a Concentration in Biochemistry

Famo Haji

Neuroscience

Cole Hannah

History of Art at Bryn Mawr College: Afrosurreal: Behold the Invisible Worlds of Ringgold and Kentridge

with a Minor in Africana Studies at Bryn Mawr College

William Blackburn Haresch

Physics: Investigating Experimental Methods for Enhancing the Flow Rate of Liquid Suspensions

with Minors in Astronomy and Music

Emily Keeley Harrington

Political Science: Building More-Inclusive Schools: Exploring Boston’s METCO Program

with Minors in Economics and Health Studies

William Stuart Harris

History: Dare to Look: Manuel Godoy’s Secret Cabinet and Enlightenment in 18th-Century Spain

with Minors in Spanish and History of Art at Bryn Mawr College

Hannah Lynn Harrison

Chemistry: Developing a Modular Synthetic Route to Access a Library of 2H-Azirine Derivatives

with a Minor in Classical Culture and Society

William Jay Hatfield

Physics: Using HR5 to Explore the Gravitational Wave Background

with a Minor in Economics

Theresa Ann Haupt

Chemistry: A Molecular Dynamics Investigation of the Solvent Structure Around Terminal Alkyne Probes to Explain Solvatochromism

with a Concentration in Biochemistry

Keqing He

Mathematics: Categorical Data Analysis of Perovskite Synthesis Data: The Relationship Between Synthesis Input and Output

with a Minor in Chemistry and a Concentration in Scientific Computing

Elizabeth Margaret Healy

Economics: Behind the Box Office: Directorial Influence on Film Revenue in the U.S. Entertainment Industry

with a Minor in Applied Mathematics

Jonathan Hill Jr.

Computer Science: Reducing Barriers to CS Through the Use of N-Dolphin/Orc2a

Daniel Ralph Hoehler

Physics: Trainable Solar Cell Activity of TPPS4 Nanowires

with a Minor in Economics

Abigail Grace Holland

Neuroscience: Exploring the Effects of Social Isolation on Novel Object Recognition (NOR) in Danio rerio

Katherine Yujung Hong

History: China to China: Consolidating a National Identity Through Porcelain in 18th-Century Britain

with a Minor in Fine Arts

Yiping Hou

Growth and Structure of Cities at Bryn Mawr College

Ahlam Mohamed Houssein

Biology: Investigating Synthetic Ecdysone and the Life Cycle of Crithidia fasciculata: Effects on Parasite Growth, Adhesion, and Morphology in a Mosquito Hindgut Model

with a Minor in Health Studies

Nam Trần Huỳnh

Neuroscience: Tripping to Treatment: Psychedelic-Induced Neuroplasticity for Treatment-Resistant Depression?

Dylan Lee Ioffreda

Growth and Structure of Cities at Bryn Mawr College

Aby Isakov

Independent: Visual Studies: Queer Filmmaking and the Pleasures of Experimentation

with a Minor in Sociology

Arushi Ishwar

Psychology: Exploring the Effects of Social Isolation on Novel Object Recognition (NOR) in Danio rerio

with a Minor in Health Studies

Kaj Jensen

Political Science: Orientalism and American Knowledge About China in Foreign Affairs Magazine

with a Minor in Chinese

Tanvi Jha

Political Science: From the Ganges to the Great Barrier Reef: Unraveling India’s Indo-Pacific Engagement

with a Minor in History at Bryn Mawr College

Daren Jin

Economics: The Effect of Housing Costs on Fertility in the U.S.

Taylor Aiyanna Johnson

Sociology: Understanding Black Culture Through the Eyes of Non-Black POC Communities

with Minors in Anthropology and Africana Studies at Bryn Mawr College

Gabriel Rocco Johnson Sotero

Chemistry

with a Concentration in Biochemistry

Maya Greene Johnson-Fraidin

History of Art at Bryn Mawr College: The Witch as a Mirror: Dürer and Grien’s Demonization of the Female Body

Pendo Lucy Wanjiru Kamau

Anthropology: Making the Home, Planning the Town: Exploring Spatial Imagination in Residential Nairobi

with a Minor in French and Francophone Studies

Julia Rose Katowitz

Psychology: Parent-Child Relationship Quality Moderates the Association Between Strict Parenting Behaviors and Child Help-Seeking and Mental Health for Asian American and European American College Students

Jean Rose Katz

Chemistry: Investigating the Role of Nitration in the Phase Separation Behavior and Aggregation Properties of Alpha Synuclein Using Vibrational Spectroscopy

with a Minor in French and Francophone Studies and a Concentration in Biochemistry

Mitali King Kessinger

Computer Science: Comparing Simplex and Interior-Point Linear Optimization Methods for a Multi-City Transportation Problem

Bela Khanna

Philosophy: “What Is More Wonderful?”: Existential Violence, Gender, Freedom, and Erotic Love Beyond Levinasian Ethics

English: Playing House

with a Concentration in Creative Writing

Henry Clay Killoren

Political Science: Addressing the Housing Crisis: A Blueprint for Building More Affordable Housing in San Francisco

Sadie Chaehi Kim

Chemistry: Investigation of N-Terminally Acetylated Alpha Synuclein and Its Membrane-Binding Behavior Through the Incorporation of an Alkyne Probe via L-hom*opropargylglycine

with a Minor in Health Studies and a Concentration in Biochemistry

Trinity Rae Kleckner

Computer Science: Video Games for Dyslexia: Using Game Design for Prevention and Coping Strategies

Religion: Intersectional Covering: The Management and Power of “Impure” Identities

Curtis Kline

Growth and Structure of Cities at Bryn Mawr College: The Limits of Cooperation: Inclusion and Exclusion in the Interactions of Food Co-Ops and Their Evolving Neighborhoods

Daniel Aizik Kogan

Environmental Studies: Foie Gras in the Modern World: A Culture Staple or an Unsustainable Relic?

with a Minor in Creative Writing at Bryn Mawr College

Stevie Harmon Kollin

Sociology at Bryn Mawr College

with a Minor in Gender and Sexuality Studies

Naomi Bleier Komatsu

Anthropology: Navigating Health Care Worlds: Community, Belonging, and Care at Haverford College During the COVID-19 Pandemic

with a Minor in Health Studies

Jessica Korgen

Environmental Studies: Live Fast, Die Young: Examining Hydraulic Conductivity of the Extinct Lepidophloios and Extant Wollemia nobilis

with a Minor in Psychology

Eli Harry Kravinsky

Political Science: Purging the Regime’s Protectors: Why Do Authoritarian Leaders Purge Their External Security Organizations?

Emi Krishnamurthy

Neuroscience: Medial Prefrontal-Cortex Calcium Dynamics During Innate-Threat Virtual Reality Simulations in Mice

Halley J. Kucirka

Mathematics: The Group Action of the Free Group on the Culler-Vogtmann Space

with a Minor in History of Art at Bryn Mawr College and a Concentration in Scientific Computing

Peter Kulowiec

Mathematics: Metrics on the Outer Space of Graphs

with a Minor in Music

Samanyu Kurra

Economics: Reaching for the Sky: Signaling Through Building Height in Real Estate Development

Mathematics at Bryn Mawr College

Boahen Nimako Kwakye

Biology: Leveraging Electroporation for Gene Modification with CRISPR-Cas9 Complex in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Allyson Rachel Landau

Psychology: Gender Race Intermodal Perception (GRIP)

with a Minor in Environmental Studies

Allison Flory Landweber

Philosophy: Philosophy in the Economy of Death: On Jamie Berrout, Trans Philosophy, and Difference Without Separability

with a Minor in French and Francophone Studies

Marlena Langdon

Biology: The Role of Phase Variation in the Production of Starvation-Induced Cell Fates in Myxococcus xanthus Biofilms

with a Minor in Fine Arts

Maya Elena Langer

Biology: Bumblebees Rely on Olfactory Signals to Choose Between Mimulus Flowers: How Multimodal Signal Interpretation Shapes Floral Preference

with Minors in Latin and English Literature at Swarthmore College

Matthias Langer

Biology: Investigations Into the Effect of Acer rubrum Extract and Experimental Design of an Amyloid Beta Oligomer Quantification Assay in a Caenorhabditis elegans Model of Alzheimer’s Disease

Mimi Lavin

Chemistry: Quantifying Oxidative Stress Through Machine Learning and Raman Spectroscopy

with a Concentration in Scientific Computing

Naomi Lawrence

Fine Arts: An Installation of Hand-Dyed Fabric Printed With Hand-Carved Woodcuts

Ilana Page Lehrman

English: The Tremendousness of Ordinary Moments: Psychological Chaos and Experiential Wholeness in Virginia Woolf's The Waves

Peter Lehv

Applied Mathematics

with a Minor in Economics

Lillian Bess Leibovich

Linguistics: The Deletion of the Causative Prefix o- in Valley Zapotec as a Morphophonological Phenomenon

with a Minor in Theater Studies at Bryn Mawr College

Nathaniel O. Leighninger

History: The Assignat in the Rhineland-Palatinate, 1789–1796

Economics at Bryn Mawr College: Mine Closures and Demographic Decline in West Virginia

Harrison Tyler Lennertz

Biology: Genetic Rescue of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Strain CC-5090 to Preserve Phenotype of High-Efficiency Oligonucleotide-Directed Mutagenesis

with a Minor in Music

Nicole Jiahan Li

Psychology: Feeling With the Body: Cultural Variations in the Use and Efficacy of Body-Oriented Emotion Regulation

Jiaxin Li

Philosophy : How to Fit a Tree Through a Tight Window: Unveiling the Poetic Power to Articulate the Ineffable

Kevin Kaiwen Li

Chemistry: Developing an In Vitro Biosynthetic Platform to Increase Type II Polyketide Structural Diversity

with a Concentration in Biochemistry

Neville Clark Linden

Economics : Crises of Confidence: Description and Comparative Analysis of Mid-Size Bank Failures, 2008–09 and 2023

with Minors in Mathematics and Computer Science at Bryn Mawr College

Becca Lindenbaum

Physics: Magnetic Obstacles in a Plasma Wind Tunnel

with a Minor in Astronomy

AJ Lockner

Environmental Studies: Reenvisioning Bryn Mawr’s Green Space

Brian Lorenz

Economics: Analyzing Loss-Aversion Through NBA Free Throw Performance

Alex Lu

Neuroscience: Aging Gracefully: Exploring Successful Cognitive Aging in Recognition Memory

Tasneem Mabrouk

Growth and Structure of Cities at Bryn Mawr College: Creating Community: Italian and Southeast Asian Placemaking in South Philadelphia

with a Concentration in Peace, Justice, and Human Rights

Kelsey Nicole Mabry

Chemistry: Beta-Hydroxybutyrate Mitigates Polyglutamine Toxicity Phenotypes in a Caenorhabditis elegans Model of Huntington’s Disease

with a Minor in Neuroscience and a Concentration in Biochemistry

Yanna Grace Madison

Linguistics

Luke Blume Mandel

Political Science: Repeated Coercive Migration: Why Do Target States Keep Losing?

Katelyn Mann

Neuroscience: Individual Differences in Emotion Regulation: A Neurophysiological Investigation Evaluating the Late Positive Potential

Emma Sophia Hartry Martignoni

Astrophysics: Investigating the Impact of Galactic Environment and Mass on Radial Trends in Star Formation Rate

Margaret Martin

Chemistry: Examining the Persistence of Oil from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

with a Minor in Anthropology

Sunny Martinez

Education Studies

with a Concentration in Peace, Justice, and Human Rights

Ben Mawn-Mahlau

Anthropology: Being Medicated: Social and Diagnostic Marking in ADHD and Anxiety

with a Minor in Health Studies

Eleanor Marie McMahon

Computer Science : An Analytical Approach to Higman’s Lemma

with a Minor in Mathematics

Olivia Marie McMillan

English: The Palliation of Poetry: Expressing the Pain-Language Relationship in Theory and in Dickinson

with Minors in Health Studies and Psychology

Sarah Michelle McNamara

Chemistry: Progress Toward the Synthesis of Natural Product (R)-Dysidazirine

with a Minor in Health Studies

Monica I. Mena Cordero

Economics: Financial Access and Foreign Direct Investment Impact on the Relation Between Economic Growth and Inequality

with a Minor in Spanish and a Concentration in Latin American, Iberian, and Latinx Studies

Petra Tenna Mengistu

Astronomy: The Role of Galactic Bars on Regulating Star Formation

Physics: The Role of Galactic Bars on Regulating Star Formation

with a Concentration in Scientific Computing

Ben Menko

Computer Science: Natural Language Explanations for Image-Classification Decisions

Laura Mercedes

Political Science: Beyond Statues, “Amusing Metaphors,” and “Noble Savages”: Examining the Modern Environmental Movement’s Relationship With Symbols of Indigeneity

Anthropology: Homesick for Another World: Analyzing the Methods and Efficacy of Neo-Shamanism

Ruth Pilar Mercedes

Spanish: “Regina entre las flores”: Las diversas construcciones de Regina Teuscher y la formación del ícono del 1968

History: “Between Civilization and Sundown”: The Daughters of the American Revolution and Westward Expansion

Jackie Merino

Psychology at Bryn Mawr College

Lucas Linden Miller

Psychology: Choice and Efficacy of Emotion-Regulation Strategies in Relation to Stigma and Implicit Bias: Impact of Reappraisal, Disengagement, and Donation on the Late Positive Potential

with Minors in Neuroscience and Data Science at Bryn Mawr College

Caleb T. Miller

Philosophy

Samuel David Millie

Economics: An Examination of AI-Powered Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) Returns and Their Exposure to ESG

Alex Peter Millones

History: Clotilde Arias: A Champion of Inclusive Pan-American Cultural Exchange in New York City, 1930–1950

with a Concentration in Latin American, Iberian, and Latinx Studies

Olivia Hope Mihee Min

Literatures in English at Bryn Mawr College: Redefining and Reclaiming Horror: Exploring the Capabilities of the Horror Genre for Discussing Latina Experiences of Motherhood in the United States in “The Husband Stitch”

with a Minor in Classical Culture and Society

Alexandra Renee Miranda Castellón

Psychology: “Shame on You”: Collectivistic Cultural Values Influence the Relationship Between Shame Experiences and Psychosocial Well-Being

French and Francophone Studies: Le paradoxe de la mécanisation: L’héritage de Descartes dans la culture française du XVIIe siècle

Calum Lee Mitchell

Applied Mathematics: Adapting Algorithms for 15-Minute Cities

Sophia Gabrielle Loperfido Mohammed

Biology: CheA hom*ologs Regulate Motility and Fruiting Body Formation in the Myxococcus xanthus Stress Response

Helen Emily Moniz

Biology: Understanding the Effects of Estrogen Receptor ɑ and Β Activation in the Ventral Tegmental Area on ΔFosB Production in the Nucleus Accumbens Following a Hormone-Simulated Pregnancy

with Minors in Environmental Studies and Neuroscience

Rafael Montero Caro

Anthropology: Desfallecimiento: Displacement, Racial Capitalism, and Bureaucracy in Puerta de Tierra, Puerto Rico

with a Minor in Health Studies

Mina Moore

Psychology: A “Maturational Crisis”: A Logotherapeutic Proposal for Postpartum Depression in Adolescence

Cecilia V. Morales

Biology: Establishing a Neuronal Requirement for ap2s1 in Modulating Zebrafish Escape Behavior

with a Minor in Health Studies

Gabriel Jose Morillo

Political Science: Black Pride in African Hair

with a Minor in Africana Studies at Bryn Mawr College and a Concentration in Peace, Justice, and Human Rights

Maxwell Chase Mouer

Political Science: Do Circ*mstances Matter? Exploring the Relationship Between Extreme Weather Events and the Future of Climate Change Opinion

Shahla Hamar Mukhtar

Chemistry: Characterizing Activation and Acylation Abilities of Diverse Non-Actinobacterial Acyl Carrier Proteins in Type II Synthases

with a Minor in Visual Studies

Cyrus Quinn Nasseri

Chemistry: Exploratory Chemistry: Amine-Templated Copper Selenite Synthesis

with a Concentration in Biochemistry

Victor Nault

Computer Science: Co-Design for Edge Intelligence: Binary Neural Networks

Victoria Nelson

Philosophy: Letting Go of Referential Meaning: A Move Toward Allowing for Spontaneity and Openness in Art Experience

Erin Nicole Ng

Neuroscience: A Neurophysiological Examination of Individual Differences in Emotion Regulation Through Investigations of the Late Positive Potential

with a Minor in Psychology

Mata Weerin Ngochanthra

Biology

with a Minor in Chinese Language

Camden N. Nguyen

Biology: Pollen Macronutrient Ratios as a Potential Part of Pollinator Syndrome and Speciation Driver in Flower Family Mimulus

Rachel Lauren Pincus Niebler

Mathematics: Computing the Entropy Metric on Culler-Vogtmann Outer Space

with Minors in Educational Studies and Psychology

Aryaman Nirvan

Economics: The Impact of Ground Transport Apportionment on Motor Vehicle Fatalities in the United States

Julia Emily Noppenberger

Biology : The Role of Peptidoglycan Hydrolase Genes in the Developmental Autolysis of Myxococcus xanthus

with a Minor in Psychology

Alikhan Ermekuly Nurkhaidarov

Chemistry : Investigating the Delaware Bay Mystery Oil Spill

with a Minor in Health Studies

Michael O'Connell

History: “Cultivating their Russianness”: Russian-Americans in Philadelphia, 1876–1976

Russian at Bryn Mawr College: The Supreme Privy Council and Empress Anna Ioannovna: A Historiographic Overview from Karamzin to the Great Soviet Encyclopedia

Mina Alexandra Oates

Neuroscience: Emotion Regulation and the Late Positive Potential in the Context of Stigma and Implicit Bias

with Minors in Psychology and Data Science at Bryn Mawr College

Emily Oh

Pure Mathematics: Physiological-Based Pharmaco*kinetic Modeling and Time-Varying Parameters

with a Minor in History of Art at Bryn Mawr College

Rebecca Ann Osbaldeston

Biology: Developing a CaMPARI 2.0 Pipeline to Identify Regulatory Neural Populations Vital to Acoustic Habituation in Zebrafish

with a Minor in Health Studies and a Concentration in Biochemistry

Santiago Ospina Duran

Psychology: A Synthesis of Theories Exploring the Roots of Intergroup Conflict: Colombia-Venezuela as a Case Study

with a Minor in History at Bryn Mawr College and a Concentration in Latin American, Iberian and Latinx Studies

Micah Elijah Painter

Computer Science : Usability and Effectiveness of Technology to Facilitate Self-Regulation in Students With Disabilities

Kimberly Jeanett Palacios

Biology: Studying Unexpected Interactions Between Bacteriophage T4IIA and E. coli in an Experimental Evolution Model

with a Minor in Health Studies

Keon Parsa

Growth and Structure of Cities at Bryn Mawr College: Bicycle Policy and Infrastructure in the United States: Challenges of Governance, Fragmentation, and Culture

with a Minor in Political Science at Bryn Mawr College

Avi Sandeep Patel

Physics

Eleanor Ryan Patton

Psychology: Gender Race Intermodal Perception: Can Children Assume Group Membership Using Audio Cues?

with Minors in Educational Studies and Mathematics

Jorge Arnaldo Paz Reyes

Independent Major in Latin American and Latinx Studies: Shaping the Imaginary: Exploring the Role of Instagram in the Identity Construction of the Central American Diaspora

Andrew Briggs Peebles

Neuroscience

Thomas Francis Pelish III

Political Science: Cops Amidst a Crisis: An Inside Look at Rochester, New York’s New Approach to Responding to Mental Health Crises

with a Minor in Spanish

Thomas Elliott Petrie

Neuroscience

Trisha Phan

Chemistry: Investigating Interactions Between Acyl Carrier Proteins and Ketosynthases in Type II Fatty Acid Synthases

with a Minor in Health Studies

Maya Plimack

Growth and Structure of Cities at Bryn Mawr College: Envisioning a “Better Philadelphia”: The Evolution of Role and Methodology of Philadelphia City Planners

Luca Ponticello

Fine Arts: An Exhibition of The Room

Michael Rabayda IV

Computer Science

with a Minor in Mathematics at Bryn Mawr College

Chandini Ragobar

Computer Science: Data-Driven Insights Into Opioid Trends Through Bayesian Analysis

Nicolas S. Ramos-Zapata

Spanish: De Nueva York a la “Capital Mundial de la Salsa”: Processos de Cosmopolitismo, Transnacionalismo, y Globalización de la Salsa a Cali, Colombia en el Siglo 20

Shiza Rana Magar

Sociology at Bryn Mawr College

with a Minor in Computer Science at Bryn Mawr College

Hassaan Farid Rao

Economics: The Impact of Fiscal Decentralization on Voter Turnout: A Case Study of Spain

Levi Yoder Raskin

Anthropology at Bryn Mawr College: Testing the Utility of Dental Microstructure for Middle Pleistocene Hominin Taxonomy

Biology at Bryn Mawr College: Testing the Utility of Dental Microstructure for Middle Pleistocene Hominin Taxonomy

John Adam Ratliff

Mathematics: On the Classification and Representation of Coxeter Groups

with a Minor in Religion

Justin Reed

Computer Science

with Minors in Chinese Language and Economics

Maria Teresa Reyes Pacheco

Sociology: Political Alienation and Engagement of Latinos in North Philadelphia

with a Concentration in Latin American, Iberian, and Latinx Studies

Emmeline Grace Riendeau

Physics: Open-Source FPGA Control for Nitrogen-Vacancy Quantum Sensing: Quantum Instrumentation Control Kit - Defect Arbitrary Waveform Generator (QICK-DAWG)

with a Minor in Literatures in English at Bryn Mawr College

Jonathan Rigberg

Economics at Bryn Mawr College: The Effects of the Spread of Famine Weed on Rural Labor Markets

Pure Mathematics: Bounding the Rank of Elliptic Curves Over Q(I)

with a Minor in Japanese Language

Thea Risher

Psychology: Drawing From Therapeutic Techniques and Cognitive Understanding to Create an Anti-Racist Invention for Adolescents

Education Studies

with a Minor in Religion

Kassandra Victoria Rodriguez

Political Science: The Oppression of Motherhood: Manipulating Motherhood as a Tool of Exploitation in Surrogacy and Nannies

with a Minor in Psychology at Bryn Mawr College

Alex Rodriguez-Gomez

Environmental Studies: “A River Filled With Ghosts”: Geography, Memory, and Citizenship at the Massacre River

with a Concentration in Latin American, Iberian, and Latinx Studies

Camden Parker Robinson Rogers

Psychology

Liliana Rokita

Psychology: The Effects of Early-Life Stress on the Development of Object Recognition and Associative Memory in Juvenile Rats

Fine Arts: Exhibition of Fluidity

Ana Victoria Romero

English: The Impossible “Monster”: The Deconstruction and Reframing of the Human and the Animal in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein

Isabella Victoria Rose

Economics: The Interplay Between the Minimum Wage and the Gig Economy in Metropolitan Areas

Dylan Lloyd Rothbort

Biology: Investigating Transcriptional Processing in Breast Cancer: The Role of the TBXA2R Isoforms

Matthew Henry Ruiz

Chemistry: Synthesis of DPI3tren and DPIdeen: Two Novel Guanidine-Based Ligands

Spanish: El cuerpo social enfermo: Medicina y autoridad en dos películas creadas después de la dictadura en Argentina

Isabel Russak

Psychology: “Trauma Halts Possibility; Movement Activates It”: A Neuroscientific Exploration of Dance Movement Therapy and Its Treatment Potential for PTSD

with a Minor in Neuroscience

Abigail Jane Russano

Biology: Studying the Functionality of ATP6, a Nuclear Encoded Mitochondrial F1F0-ATP Synthase Subunit, in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

with a Minor in Environmental Studies

Mac Sanders

Growth and Structure of Cities at Bryn Mawr College: Black Greenwood: Neighborhood Destruction, Master Planning, and Community Erasure in North Tulsa

Theo Samuel Schefer

History: “All the Singular Phenomena to Which Man Is Subject to”: The Wistar Museum, 1818–1905

with a Minor in Museum Studies at Bryn Mawr College

Benjamin Charles Schiltz

History: Mastering Politics Through Games: Alfonso X’s Libro de Los Juegos

with a Minor in Spanish

Samuel Schindel

Economics: The Effect of Estate Taxation on Elderly Migration

with Minors in Statistics and Mathematics at Bryn Mawr College

Emma Miller Schwartz

Comparative Literature

Anthropology: Between Living the Future Now and the Possibility of Nightmares: Resisting Carceral Time and the Emergence of Abolitionist Temporalities Within Assata, Changó, el gran putas, and Inside/Outside Prison Organizing in Pennsylvania

with a Minor in Spanish

Aissatou Dorothy Seck

Anthropology: Planted by the Water: Reflections on Identity, Activism, and Haverford

Luke Sheppard

Anthropology: Spaces of Moroccan Blues: Aesthetics and Identity-Formation in Gnawa Music

with a Minor in Africana Studies at Bryn Mawr College

Eva Elisabeth Shin

Biology: Whole-Brain Imaging to Identify Active Neural Populations in Decision-Making and Learning Processes of the Larval Zebrafish Acoustic Escape Response

with Minors in Environmental Studies and Neuroscience

Oleh Noah Shostak

Economics at Bryn Mawr College

Ethan C. Sicher

Biology: Modifying the Chloroplast Genome of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii With a Marker-Free Selection at Single Base-Pair Precision

Joseph Alexander Silvestri

Physics

Riley India Sobel

Political Science: Addressing the Plight for Justice: A Comparative Evaluation of Trial Mechanisms and Their Contributions to Transitional Justice Efforts in Post-Conflict Rwanda

with Minors in Journalism and Photojournalism (Independent) and Psychology and a Concentration in Peace, Justice, and Human Rights

Morgan Soutos

Computer Science: Formalizing Number Theory With Coq

with a Minor in Mathematics

Frida Spatscheck

Economics: Does the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act Change the Gender Wage Gap in the Healthcare Sector?

with a Minor in German and German Studies

Matthew Spencer

Economics: An Investigation Into the Existence and Causes of the Recent Divergence Between U.S. Consumer Sentiment and Macroeconomic Conditions

with a Minor in Statistics

Michaela Jayne Spurr

History of Art at Bryn Mawr College: Andy Warhol: Disrupting the Simulacrum

Indy Srijumnong

Astrophysics: Wavelength and Sensitivity Calibration of Slitless Spectrograph on the Strawbridge Observatory 16-Inch Telescope

with a Minor in Philosophy

Melanie Stark

Chemistry

Riley Starling

Physics: Constructing a Model Population of Supermassive Black Hole Binaries from the Horizon Run 5 Simulation Using Holodeck

with Minors in Astronomy and Mathematics

Nathan Stein

Economics: A Political Economy Approach to Optimal Fiscal Policy Under the Imposition of a Debt Ceiling

Mathematics at Bryn Mawr College

Rebecca Priscilla Stern

History: Old Ethnicities, New Nationalisms: Polish Nationalism and Jewish Identity in Anders’s Army

Nicholas John Stewart

Economics: The Effect of Roster Continuity on Winning Percentage in the National Basketball Association and Its Relevance to Understanding Organizational Turnover and Performance

James Vincent Surgenor

Chemistry: Photocatalyzed Flow Synthesis of Methylene Nitrones for Efficient Heterocycle Generation

with Minors in Health Studies and Mathematics

Isabel Thornberry

Chemistry: Understanding the Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of the Eastern Tropical North Pacific Oxygen Minimum Zone Using High-Resolution In-Situ Observations and a Gridded Global Data Product

with a Minor in Environmental Studies and a Concentration in Biochemistry

Neha Thumu

Fine Arts: The Uncanny

Computer Science: Procedural Content Generation for Puzzles and Mobile Augmented-Reality Controllers

Andrew Thomas Tieso

Economics: The Impact of Economic Downturns on Mergers and Acquisitions in the Healthcare Industry

Annika Soranno Shiming Torng

History: Negotiating Womanhood: Female Suicide During the Ming-Qing Transition and the May Fourth Period

with Minors in Chinese Language and Economics

Joel Torres

Computer Science: Facilitating Emotional Wellness Through Virtual Reality

with a Minor in Japanese Language

Fadi Totah

Neuroscience: A Data-Centered Approach for Integrating Physiological, Neuroimaging, and Psychological Mindfulness Measures

Emil Karim Turdukulov

Psychology: “They’re Not Really Angry at You”: The Moderating Influence of Individual Differences on Reappraisal of Negative Faces

with a Minor in East Asian Languages and Cultures

JT Turner

Astrophysics: How Couplings to Other Fields Affect Oscillon Formation

with a Minor in Classical Culture and Society

William Theodore Budach Veatch

Mathematics: Foundations in Cubical Type Theory

with a Minor in Physics

Kevin Villafañe

Biology: Capturing Zebrafish Neural Activity During Habituation Using CaMPARI 2.0

Katelyn Thien Vo

Economics: The Impact of COVID-19 on Vietnamese Bank Performance: The Role of Ownership Structure

with a Minor in Data Science at Bryn Mawr College

Lukas Alaie Voelkner

Political Science: Macroeconomic Framework for Understanding Societal Cycles and Inflection Points in Ideology and Public Policy

Sophia Kathryn Wagner

Environmental Studies: Life in the Carboniferous Coal Swamp Forests: Reconstructing the Paleoecophysiology of the Extinct Horsetail Sphenophyllum; with a capstone project entitled Quilting Ecologies: Pennsylvania Tree Memorial Quilt Project

Biology at Bryn Mawr College: Xylella fastidiosa: An Emergent Plant Bacterium of Consequence

with a Concentration in Peace, Justice, and Human Rights

Thomas James Walker

Biology: Optimizing a Reproducible Myxococcus xanthus Spore Assay for Examination of Programmed Cell Death in a Community

with a Minor in History at Bryn Mawr College

Alec Wallach

Physics: Investigating Granular Materials: A Network Approach

Jian Wei

History

Growth and Structure of Cities at Bryn Mawr College: Between Segregated Enclave and Ethnic Suburbia: New Chinatown and Chinese American Agency in Los Angeles

Margaret Weisblum

Psychology: The Relationship Between ACEs, Health Outcomes and Behaviors, and Protective Factors in First-Year Undergraduate Students

with a Minor in Health Studies

Callia Erin Weisiger-Vallas

History: Imprinting the Celestial: Gender and Astrology in 16th-Century France

with a Minor in History of Art at Bryn Mawr College

Wendy (Ping) Wen

Cognitive Science at Swarthmore College

with a Minor in Mathematics

Anneke S. Wernerfelt

Computer Science: Model Feature Importance Scores Should Reflect Recourse

with Minors in Neuroscience and Mathematics at Bryn Mawr College

Jay Livingston Whitesell

Mathematics: Theory and Application of Principal Component Analysis

Jason Connor Wild

Neuroscience: Enhancing the Role of Mindfulness Interventions in Preventing and Alleviating Symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease

Summer Grace Williams

Political Science: Beyond the Curriculum: Bureaucratic Resistance Toward Anti-LGBTQ+ Education Policy

Lucas Winkler

History: Haverford College Holds the Center: Navigating Issues of Free Speech and Anti-War Activism in the 1960s

Rachael Selena Wong

Philosophy: Iterative Breaches of Trust

Alexandra Wood

French and Francophone Studies: Le rôle des passions dans le bien-être et la santé selon Molière et Descartes

Biology: Optimizing for Visualization of Wolbachia in Drosophila Species

Jean Bonauto Wriggins

Political Science: From the “Pacto del Olvido” to “Nunca Más”: Explaining Variation in State Responses to Forced Disappearance in Argentina, Spain, and Chile

Spanish: “Que no se olvide nunca que esto duele”: Trauma, posmemoria y la generación intermedia en la obra de Nona Fernández

Xingyun Yang

Astrophysics: Forecasting LSST’s Sensitivity on Axion Masses and Fractions

with Minors in Comparative Literature and Mathematics

Eugene Youji Yang

Economics: Work Beliefs and Success: Income and Subjective Well-Being

with Minors in East Asian languages and Cultures and Psychology

Tianbo Yang

Mathematics

Computer Science: Playing Ramsey Games Using a Q-Learning Agent

Isabella Hanul Shin Yin

English: “Bearing Something Ordinary as Light”: Anti-Disciplinary Knowledge and the Cosmology of Black Birthing in Aracelis Girmay’s “The Black Maria”

with a Minor in Psychology

Marcos Gabriel Yoc-Bautista

Chemistry: Synthesis and Characterization of a 2H-Azirine Chemical Probe

with a Concentration in Biochemistry

Aidan James York

Geology at Bryn Mawr College: Creating a Database of Laramide-Era Shortening Directions from Original and Compiled Data for the Testing of Kinematic and Mechanical Models

with a Minor in Classical Culture and Society

Daniel Zabezhinsky

Economics: Public Health Insurance Eligibility and Labor Outcomes

with a Minor in Biology at Bryn Mawr College

Zhongyin Zhang

Psychology: Differential Dopamine Dynamics in the Nucleus Accumbens Core and Shell During Postpartum Estrogen Withdrawal Assessed Using Fast-Scan Cyclic Voltammetry

with a Minor in Neuroscience

Baldwin Zhao

Biology: Investigating Potential Cross-Activation Between Different Streptococcus pneumoniae Competence System Variants

Logan Zurita McKinnon

English: Colonialism and Resistance: From Frank Herbert’s to Denis Villeneuve’s Dune