17 CEHS undergrads receive stipends for summer research projects

23 May 2022    

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln has awarded stipends to 17 undergraduate students from the College of Education and Human Sciences to participate in research with a faculty mentor this summer. In total 174 Huskers were awarded stipends. 

Nebraska’s Undergraduate Creative Activities and Research Experience (UCARE) Program supports undergraduates to work with faculty mentors in research or creative activities. Students receive stipends of $2,400 to engage in intensive research or creative activity for 20 hours per week. Students from the Nebraska Summer Research Program and UCARE will present posters on their research and creative activities at a campus research symposium on Aug. 5. For more information on undergraduate research at Nebraska, click here.

Following is a list of CEHS students by hometown who received summer UCARE awards, with their year in school, academic major(s) and project title.

Davey:

• Kelbie Schnieder, senior, nutritional science and dietetics, “Instructional Improvement of CHEM 109A.”

Firth:

• Riley Hestermann, junior, nutritional science and dietetics, “Microglial Cells and Two-Dimensional Brain Tissue Mimics.”

Gretna

• Cole Murphy, junior, nutritional science and dietetics, “On the Health and Wellbeing of Zambian Communities in the Eastern and Southern Provinces.”

Hickman:

• Sydney Hobza, junior, speech-language pathology, “Exploring the Roles of Syntax and Working Memory in Reading Comprehension in Down Syndrome.”

Lincoln:

• Habiba Aden, junior, elementary education and early childhood education, “The Role of Race in Student-Teacher Interactions.”
• Amy Hruby, junior, speech-language pathology, “The Effects of Parental Responsivity on Semantic Development in Preschoolers.”
• Skylar Jilg-Brown, senior, elementary education, “Anti-Racist Communities Within Classrooms.”
• Britney Meints, sophomore, secondary education, “Exploring Relations between Trauma, Schooling and the Classroom: A Pathway to Trauma-Reducing Curricula.”
• La’Rae Pickens-Bonebright, senior, elementary education and early childhood education, “Project VIEW (Visual Impairments Education in Writing).”
• Kenzie Steiner, junior, elementary education, “On the Health and Wellbeing of Zambian Communities in the Eastern and Southern Provinces.”

Omaha: 

• Abbey Dyer, senior, speech-language pathology, “Project VIEW (Visual Impairments Education in Writing).”
• Amy Mattern, junior, speech-language pathology, “Project VIEW (Visual Impairments Education in Writing).”
• Clare Schinzel, junior, child, youth and family studies, “On the Health and Wellbeing of Zambian Communities in the Eastern and Southern Provinces.”
• Katie Tran, sophomore, nutritional science and dietetics, “Developing Vectors for Editing RNA Dependent RNA Polymerases 3 and 4 in Arabidopsis thaliana Using CRISPR/Cas9.”

Fort Collins, Colorado:

• Sally Johnson, sophomore, elementary education, “Cather Archive Collection.”

Woodridge, Illinois:

• Sarah Rogoz, senior, speech-language pathology, “The Relationships between Race/Ethnicity, Mental Health, Socioeconomic Status, Gender and Substance Use.”

Salvador, Brazil:

• Filipe Guimaraes Goulart, junior, nutritional science and dietetics, “Generating a New Muscle-Specific Mouse Model for Studying MicroRNAs.”