2019-20 Cohort Profiles

Emerging Scholar: Alex Arellano
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Katie Furniss, Biology (Fall Semester), Dr. Troy Knight, Environmental Studies (Spring Semester)
Project: Genetic Variation of the Pinus strobus in the St. John's Abbey Arboretum

Emerging Scholar: Karen Benitez
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Annette Raigoza, Chemistry
Project: Development of Biological Sensors: Attachment of Adamantanethiol Molecules

Emerging Scholar: Gilbert Perez
Faculty Mentor: Ted Gordon, First Year Seminar
Project: Transforming CSBSJU for Native and Indigenous Inclusion

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Emerging Scholar: Perrin Thompson
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Deborah Pembleton, Global Business Leadership
Project: Balancing the Professional and Personal Lives of Hmong Women in Leadership - A Phenomenological Culture Case Study

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Emerging Scholar: Maya Green
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jeff DuBois, Languages and Culturres
Project: Learning Japanese Kanji through Lightboard Videos

Determined to increase access and accessibility to Undergraduate Research, the Emerging Scholars Program is the brainchild of Undergraduate Research Co-Directors, Dr. Kate Bohn-Gettler and Dr. Mary Stenson, and Assistant Director, Lindsey Gunnerson Gutsch. Special thanks to our partners in Becoming Community, Admissions, Academic Affairs, and Student Employment for your collaboration on this important initiative.

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2019-20 Cohort Profiles

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