Twelve undergraduate students in the College of Education and Human Sciences are among the 114 Huskers awarded stipends to participate in research with a faculty mentor this summer.
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 $2,640 to engage in intensive research or creative activity for 20 hours per week.
Participating students will present posters on their research and creative activities at a campus research symposium Aug. 5 in the Nebraska Union. For more information on undergraduate research at Nebraska, click here.
The list of CEHS students by hometown who received summer UCARE awards is below, with their year in school, academic major(s) and project title.
Nebraska
Bellevue:
- Sydnee Wenninghoff, junior, secondary education: English language arts, “Bridging Cultures: Analyzing Educational Practices in Morioka, Japan, and Their Implications for American Schools.”
Blair:
- Grace Fowler, senior, communication sciences and disorders, “Examining the Relation Between Caregiver Self-Efficacy and Early Intervention, Child Factors and Parent Stress.”
Lincoln:
- Asraa Allami, sophomore, elementary education, “The Relevance of Comparative Education-Oriented Travel-Study for the Preparation of a Future Teacher of Color.”
- Luke Kortus, junior, nutrition science, “Identifying the Age-Related Changes in White Matter Microstructure in Children and Adults: A Diffusion-Weighted Imaging Study.”
- Diana Lopez-Sagarminaga, sophomore, secondary education: biology, “The Role(s) of Comparative Education in Preservice Teacher Preparation.”
- Abby Lutjeharms, junior, communication sciences and disorders, “Exploring the Scoring Practices of Standardized, Norm-Referenced Assessments for Children with Down Syndrome and Other Intellectual Disabilities.”
- Ali Waly, freshman, secondary education: Arabic, “Arabic Dual Language Education: Opportunities and Challenges in Lincoln, Nebraska.”
Omaha:
- Hannah Dalton, senior, communication sciences and disorders, “Persistence in Context: Examining Children's Motivation Across Tasks and Parent-Child Interactions.”
- Kathryn Krebbs, junior, secondary education: English language arts, “Reimagining Pedagogical Practices to Prevent Student Recidivism.”
Schuyler:
- Jaci Grado, sophomore, elementary education, “Comparing K-12 Rural Education Challenges and Successes Across Japanese and American Contexts.”
Waverly:
- Emma Smith, junior, communication sciences and disorders, “Relations Between Executive Function, Language, Autism and Congenital Heart Defects in Youth with Down Syndrome.”
Elsewhere
Gilberts, Illinois:
- Lily Farnam, junior, elementary education, “Becoming a Better Elementary School Educator Through a Comparative Study of Japanese Education.”
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