Please join us in congratulating HESP graduating seniors Tiara Booth and Ashley Thomas, who were recognized by the Maryland Center for Undergraduate Research as nominees for Undergraduate Researchers of the Year. A full list of the student researchers and their mentors is below. 

2016-2017 Undergraduate Researchers of the Year Winners from BSOS

Christina Hagan Bijou, Sociology

Nominator: Professor Kris Marsh

Department of Sociology

Laura Saldana, Psychology and Spanish Language and Literature

Nominator: Professor Andrea Chronis-Tuscano

Department of Psychology

Michelle Truong, Public Health Science

Nominator: Professors Sarah Racz and Andres De Los Reyes, and Bridget Makol

Department of Psychology

Undergraduate Researcher of the Year Nominees from BSOS

Tiara Booth, Hearing and Speech Sciences

Nominator: Professor Rochelle Newman, Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences

Sarah Dean, Psychology

Nominator: Professor Tracy Riggins, Department of Psychology

Sydney Gideon, Psychology

Nominator: Professor Dylan Selterman, Department of Psychology

Andrew Gradone, Psychology

Nominator: Professor Edward Bernat, Department of Psychology

Samiha Islam, Psychology

Nominator: Professor Derek Iwamoto, Department of Psychology

Keiona Key, Sociology

Nominator: Professor Kris Marsh, Department of Sociology

Jordan Luber, Government and Politics

Nominator: Professor Vladimir Tismaneanu, Department of Government and Politics

Meredith Pecukonis, Psychology

Nominator: Professor Matthew Roesch, Department of Psychology

Benjamin Pheasant, Criminology and Criminal Justice

Nominator: Professor Justine Madoo, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice

Tivana Stepney, Sociology

Nominator: Professor Kris Marsh, Department of Sociology

Ashley Thomas, Hearing and Speech Sciences

Nominator: Professor Rochelle Newman, Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences

Tyler Weinblatt, Government and Politics

Nominator: Frances Lee, Department of Government and Politics