Eight Stanislaus State students have qualified to participate in the 32nd annual California State University Statewide Student Research Competition, which will be held at Sacramento State on May 4-5.
To be selected for the state event, students presented their research and creative projects to a panel of faculty jurors, student peers, faculty mentors, friends and family in six separate sessions based on discipline and topic.
In all, 37 students participated in the March 9 competition at Stan State. First-place finishers in each of the eight categories received $300, while second- and third-place finishers received $200 and $100, respectively.
The first-place winners:
Arts & Humanities Session - Undergraduate: Monica Gudino, English B.A. “Like a Virginal: The Intersection of Music and Gender in Renaissance Drama.” Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Anthony Perrello; Graduate: Heather Simmons, English M.A. “New Thoughts on Old Maids: The Spinster Trope in Uncle Tom’s Cabin and Who Would Have Thought It?” Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Andrew Dorsey
Biological & Natural Sciences Session - Undergraduate: Taiga Yamaguchi, Biology B.S. “Effects of Acanthocephalan Parasitism on the Fecundity of the Pacific Mole Crab, Emerita Analoga.” Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Ritin Bhaduri; Graduate: Christine Parisek, Ecology and Sustainability M.S. “Who’s that on my rock?: The ecological and evolutionary dynamics of aquatic insects crossing lotic-lentic boundaries in the Sierra Nevada, California.” Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Ritin Bhaduri
Social Sciences Session - Undergraduate: Megan Rossoni, Music B.A. “Music Teacher and Classroom Teacher Burnout: A Comparative Survey.” Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Karen Koner; Master's: Mara Hernandez, Genetic Counseling M.S. “Genetic Counselors’ Experiences with Non-Paternity in the Clinic.” Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Janey Youngblom; Doctoral: Luangchee Xiong, Educational Leadership Ed.D. “Negotiating Two Cultural Worlds: The Development of Career Aspirations.” Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Virginia Montero Hernandez
Physical Sciences Session - Undergraduate: Rene Padilla, Physics B.S. “Muon Veto for Direct Dark Matter Experiments.” Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Wing To