Student Academic Grants and Awards

Internal Scholarship Awardees

2024-2026 Presidential Scholarship

Katie Goodell (2026)

Determination and Characterization of Selaginella moellendorfii
S-adenosyl-L-methionine Dependent Halide Thiol Methyltransferase Activities

Sponsor: Alison Fisher, Chemistry

Madeleine Maes (2026)

Holding Space While Holding Grief: Training Faculty to Support Students, Colleagues, and Themselves

Sponsor: Maegan Parker Brooks, Civic Communication & Media

Milo Maltz (2025)

Analyzing Personality Characteristics of Border Patrol Officers and the Contributions of Childhood Abuse and Antisocial Personality Traits to Dispositions for Violence

Sponsor: Erik Noftle, Psychology

Ella Ashford (2024)

Identifying Barriers to Ocean Literacy Education in American Samoa to Inform Future Underwater Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) Curriculum Development

Sponsor: Scott Pike , Environmental Science

2026 Carson Undergraduate Student Research Grants

Braydon Fanthrop

Speaking the Speech, Without Preparation: Improvising Shakespearean Plays

Sponsor: Chuck Williamson, Chemistry

Nick Zimmerman

Speaking the Speech, Without Preparation: Improvising Shakespearean Plays

Sponsor: Chuck Williamson, Chemistry

Justin Greene

The Impending Dementia Crisis: The Case for Violence Prevention and De-Escalation Training

Sponsor: Sammy Basu, Public Health, Ethics, Advocacy, and Leadership

Ernest Jones

Comparative Perspectives on Populism, Environmental Policy, and Polarization

Sponsor: Richard Ellis, Politics, Policy, Law, and Ethics

Molly McCullagh

From Palazzi To Protest Art: Exploring the Processes of ‘Self-Fashioning’ in Rome

Sponsor: Ricardo De Mambro-Santos, Art History

2025 Carson Undergraduate Student Research Grants

Edhel Brual

Mus(I)ck: Fostering Cultural Diversity Through Flute Crafting and Playing

Sponsor: Juwen Zhang, Global Cultural Studies

Alyssa Diggdon

Artistic Expression as Economic Independence Across the American West

Sponsor: Holden Head, Studio Art

Hunter Shinn

Artistic Expression as Economic Independence Across the American West

Sponsor: Holden Head, Studio Art

Eva Floyd

Making Music in Prisons

Sponsor: James Miley, Music

Rose Grimson

Plants, People, and Common Ground: Restoration Ecology at the Nexus of First Foods, the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde, and Soil Science

Sponsor: David Craig, Biology

Maddy Maes

Building a Grief-Informed Willamette

Sponsor: Maegan Parker Brooks , CCM

Tiffany Truong

Exploration of Language Barriers in Application to Salem’s Chinese American Community

Sponsor: Juwen Zhang, Global Cultural Studies

2026 College Colloquium Student Research Grants

Yocelin Aranda-Garcia

Exploring Social Commentary within Film Adaptations of Frankenstein

Sponsor: Maria Blanco-Arnejo, Spanish

Alexander Berry

Mirrors of the Nation: Museums as Identity Narratives

Sponsor: Ricardo De Mambro Santos, Art History

Leslie Anahi Gutierrez Barrera

How are Mexican immigrants’ testimonios shaped by attorneys during US immigration deportation proceedings?

Sponsor: Jennifer Martinez-Medina, Politics, Policy, Law, & Ethics

Mabry Herring

Rain City Revolutionaries: The Individuals Behind Seattle’s Greatest Instance of Collective Action

Sponsor: Bill Smaldone, History

2025 College Colloquium Student Research Grants

Violeta Basenko

Songs of Resistance Documentary

Sponsor: Sarah Clovis Bishop , Global Cultural Studies

Ernest Jones

The Relationship Between Urbanicity and Food Environments in Ohio

Sponsor: Michael Lockard and Nicole Iroz-Elardo, ExHS and PHEAL

Ellie Starr

Beyond the Land Acknowledgement: Paying Back A Debt

Sponsor: Emily Drew, Sociology