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Graduated in 2025
Raquel Germani, Biology (BIOL) 2025, Exploring Multiple Paternity and Female Choice: A Strategy to Enhance Genetic Diversity and Population Viability
Raquel Germani, Studio Art (ARTS) 2025, Raising Awareness of Coral Bleaching
Abigail Goff, Religion (RELG) 2025, Relics of Homeland: “Ce que la Palestine apporte au monde” at L’Institut du monde arabe
Cassidy Goldman, American Studies (AMST) 2025, More Than A Milestone: Understanding Religious-Cultural Coming-of-Age Ceremonies in Contemporary America
Graham Gordon, Mika Shiffman, and Jonathan Merchant, Computer Science (CS) 2025, Optimizing Public Transportation Networks with Community Detection Algorithms
Alex Gran, Physics (PHYS) 2025, Physics of Superconducting Qubits
Rachel Gregg, Geology (GEOL) 2025, Measuring CO2 flux in enhanced weathering trials in southeastern Minnesota: an evaluation of existing technologies and a proposed optimized model
Markus Gunadi, Cathy Duan, Zoey La, Willow Gu, Charlie Ney, and Kai Weiner, Computer Science (CS) 2025, Serendipitous Exploration of the Carleton Curriculum
Malachy Guzman, Elias Tannira, and Anna Center, Mathematics (MATH) 2025, Modeling the Precision of Gene Regulation in Drosophila with the Linear Framework
Youssef Haddad, Physics (PHYS) 2025, Introduction to Photonic Integrated Circuits
Luke Harris, Economics (ECON) 2025, Evaluating Mark-to-Market Taxation of Capital Gains
Robert Healy, Political Science (POSC); Political Science/International Relations (POSI) 2025, The American Prosperity Fund: How Sovereign Wealth Funds Impact Inequality
Vanessa Heynes, Colin James, Wesley Yang, Arisha Khan, Luha Yang, and Hanane Akeel, Computer Science (CS) 2025, Let's Agree to Agree: Consensus in a Faulty System
Kaori Hirano, Cognitive Science (CGSC) 2025, Not So Mindblind Online: Exploring Neurodivergent Empathy through Digital Text-Based Interactions
Claire Holmes, Psychology (PSYC) 2025, Operational Definitions and Validity in Expert versus Novice Differences in Athlete Decision-Making
Claire Holmes, Cognitive Science (CGSC) 2025, U & I in the classroom: Leveraging interdisciplinary research in educational technology interface design
Olivia Ho, American Studies (AMST) 2025, 'Good Houses Make Contented Workers': Undermining Ownership, Capital, and Privacy in America
Gerrit Hoving, Geology (GEOL) 2025, Novel Measures of Feedlot Ammonia Emissions: Indirectly through Random Forest Regression on Spectral Data and Directly through Spectral Matched Filter
Mattias Hoz, Philosophy (PHIL) 2025, Is the King of Atlantis Heavier than Tom Brady? Truth-Value Intuitions for Sentences with Existential Presupposition Failure
Graci Huff, Political Science/International Relations (POSI) 2025, From Red Handprints to Revitalization: Culturally Significant Approaches to Advocacy for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
Linnea Hultman, Cognitive Science (CGSC) 2025, Can Neural Network Language Models Demonstrate Linguistic Systematicity?
Etta Humes, Economics (ECON) 2025, An Analysis and Proposal for Wealth Taxes in the United States
Etta Humes, Political Science/International Relations (POSI) 2025, Foreign Lobbying in US politics by Middle Eastern States 2015-2015
Mia Iram, Political Science/International Relations (POSI) 2025, "My Feminism Can't be Divided": Advocating for Feminist Peace in Kosovo and Palestine-Israel
Echols Iyengunmwena, Psychology (PSYC) 2025, Revolutionizing Opioid Addiction Treatment: Longitudinal Study Exploring the Promise of Ibogaine
Maya Jable, Cognitive Science (CGSC) 2025, From Object to Agent: How Does Objectification Become Embodied and What Can We Do About It?
Gavyn Jensen-Schneider, Economics (ECON) 2025, National Problem, Localized Solutions: Local Policy Changes to Increase Housing Affordability
Ellen Johnson, Biology (BIOL) 2025, From Sensory Organelle to Evolutionary Catalyst: The Impact of Primary Cilia and Sonic Hedgehog Signaling on Phenotypic Plasticity
Ellen Johnson, Chemistry (CHEM) 2025, Various Uses of Polymeric Nanoparticles in Treating, Detecting and Preventing Bovine Mastitis
Marshall D. Johnson, Chemistry (CHEM) 2025, Sub-angstrom Analysis of 2D Materials Utilizing Electron Ptychography
Lily Johnston, Psychology (PSYC) 2025, Cultural Foundations of Harmony: A Psychological Exploration of Authority, Conformity and Cooperation in China’s Collectivist Society
Lily Johnston, Chinese (CHIN) 2025, The Family Plan or Lack Thereof: A Cultural Study of Post-One-Child Policy China
Nzingha Joseph, Elena Parkerson, and David Thurston, Mathematics (MATH) 2025, Diamonds in the Rough: Counting Diamonds in Tournaments
Gabriel Kaplan, Geology (GEOL) 2025, Precipitation and groundwater: Increasing sensitivity of deep aquifers in Minnesota
Maya Keeney, Studio Art (ARTS) 2025, Senior Art Comps
Maya Keeney, Studio Art (ARTS) 2025, True Colors: Exploring Performance and the Authentic Self
Max Keller, Reed Schubert, and Tanner Carlson, Computer Science (CS) 2025, Ants in the Brain: Mapping Neural Connectivity using Colony Optimization Algorithms
Zaria Kelly, Classics (CLST) 2025, The Hunter or The Hunted?: The Ambiguity of Power in Vase Paintings of Pederastic Relationships
Collin Kelso, Geology (GEOL) 2025, Figuring out What Works: Reviewing the Advantages, Disadvantages, and Effectiveness of Passive Enhanced Weathering Settings and Feedstocks
Ethan Kinsella, Philosophy (PHIL) 2025, Urban Affordances: A Comparative Study of Venturi/Scott Brown's Strip and Jacobs's "Sidewalk Ballet"
Lazuli Kleinhans, Aadi Akyianu, and Essy Ingram, Computer Science (CS) 2025, Linux Privilege Escalation and Vulnerability Exploit Script (linPEVES)
Hannah Knapp, Psychology (PSYC) 2025, Demystifying PMS and Mood: A Systematic Review of Measurement Practices
Elizabeth Kniser, Biology (BIOL) 2025, S. aureus Biofilm Infections: Regulation of Dispersal Through Agr Quorum-Sensing and Therapeutic Challenges
Arthur Koenig, English (ENGL) 2025, When “Cairo Was Like Europe”: The Politics of Egypt’s Cosmopolitan Memory in Waguih Ghali’s Beer in the Snooker Club and Alaa Al Aswany’s The Yacoubian Building
Padmini Konidena, Biology (BIOL) 2025, Exploring the Role of Ghost Introgression in Species Adaptations
Amberly Kroha, Geology (GEOL) 2025, Microstructural analysis and kinematic determinations of deformation bands from Parkfield, California: Implications for stress along the San Andreas fault
Ezra Kucur, Biology (BIOL) 2025, Climate Challenges in the Intertidal Zone: Pisaster ochraceus’ Response to Sea Star Wasting Disease
Holly Lake, English (ENGL) 2025, Both Sides of Closure
Natalie Lang, Geology (GEOL) 2025, Construction of a Landfill in a Sand Tank Physical Model
Jeremiah Lanzillo, Geology (GEOL) 2025, Groundwater Interaction and Surface Water Impacts on the Ground- Coupled Geothermal Heat Exchanger at Carleton College
Joshua Kaden Lecuyer, Chemistry (CHEM) 2025, Hypergolic Ionic Liquids
David Lee, Economics (ECON) 2025, Optimizing Recreational Marijuana Tax Policy In Minnesota
Stephanie Lee, Mathematics (MATH) 2025, An Introduction to Integral Equations and their Solution Methods
Stephanie Lee, Economics (ECON) 2025, No Panacea in Monetary Policy: A Policy Brief for the 2025 FOMC Monetary Framework Review
Breanna A. Lefevers-Scott, Psychology (PSYC) 2025, Mass Hysteria: A New Case?
Linnea Lentfer, Sociology and Anthropology (SOAN) 2025, Hunting for Home: Placemaking Through the Deer Harvest in Non-Indigenous Northern Southeast Alaskan Communities
Sophia Lenzer, Psychology (PSYC) 2025, Adolescent Stress Influences Organization of Sex-Specific Neuroendocrine Mechanisms and Female Sexual Functioning in Adulthood
Alberto Leon, Philosophy (PHIL) 2025, Ghosts in the Runway: Hauntology through the works of Demna Gvasalia
Aiden Lesneski, Alice Mongane, Ananth Iyer, Annika Stewart, Audrey Parrott, Ben Schneider, Lizzet Solache Salgado, Quan Nguyen, and Waadaa Daka, Chemistry (CHEM) 2025, Bobby Arora (NYU) Comps Group: Designing Synthetic Peptidomimetics to Inhibit Protein-Protein Interactions
Oliver J. Licht, Physics (PHYS) 2025, Unraveling the Physics Behind Digital Photography
Jason Lin, Philosophy (PHIL) 2025, No Exit, No Excuses: Sartre, Authenticity, and the Weight of Existence
Caroline Loescher, Biology (BIOL) 2025, The Role of Climate Change in Shaping Range Shifts and Disease Transmission Dynamics Between Plants and Insects
Eliza Lox, American Studies (AMST) 2025, From the Pioneers to #VanLife: Domesticity and Manifest Destiny in American Nomadism
Josephine MacDonald, Biology (BIOL) 2025, Landscapes of Peril: How Fear of Predators and Parasites Shapes Disease Risk
Kyle Machalec, Biology (BIOL) 2025, Neurodegeneration and Lipid Droplets: From Metabolic Buffer to Cellular Burden
Elizabeth Madigan, Biology (BIOL) 2025, The Plastic Predicament: Bisphenol A’s Contribution to Sex Differences Observed in Autism Spectrum Disorder
Anja Madsen, History (HIST) 2025, Space: The Final Frontier?: An Exploration of Frontier Themes in Space Science Fiction Films of the Late 20th and Early 21st Centuries
Kaija Maier, Studio Art (ARTS) 2025, Kaija Maier Comps
Malvika Malhotra and Sofia Santamaria Germani, Psychology (PSYC) 2025, Sex Differences in Brain Activation Patterns and Strategies during Cognitive Tasks of Verbal Fluency and Spatial Rotation
Grace Malooly, Studio Art (ARTS) 2025, Lake Affects
Grace Malooly, Psychology (PSYC) 2025, The Head and the HRT: The Psychological Effects of Hormone Replacement Therapy for Menopausal Women
Talia R. Marash, Political Science/International Relations (POSI) 2025, Moving Beyond Compliance: A Three-Pronged Approach to Strengthening the Clery Act and Its Implementation
Christopher Maring, Physics (PHYS) 2025, The Physics of Cooling: Techniques, Purposes, and Phenomena Near Absolute Zero
Abby Marks, Biology (BIOL) 2025, Copper Resistance and Its Role in Antibiotic Resistance Spillover from Manure
Zoe Marquis, Cognitive Science (CGSC) 2025, Linguistic Reform as Activism: Performative or Pragmatic
Ben Mazor, Biology (BIOL) 2025, You Are What Eats You: Understanding the Gut Microbiome’s Relationship with Alzheimer’s Disease
Eva Mazzola, History (HIST) 2025, Sex and the City: Female Building Patronage in the Forum of Pompeii
George McAdams, Psychology (PSYC) 2025, Anxiety’s Influence on Persuasibility: An Integrative Review
Caitlin McWilliams, Biology (BIOL) 2025, Managing Introgression Before Genetic Swamping: Evolutionary Risk and Opportunity in Invasive-Native Hybridization
Arhan Mehta, Economics (ECON) 2025, US Monetary Policy Shocks and Welfare Dynamics in Emerging Market Economies
Cristopher Melo Mejia and Nelson Hernan Serrano, Psychology (PSYC) 2025, From Misdiagnosis to Meaningful Care: Culture and Acculturation in Latino Mental Health
Griffin Momsen-Hudson, Religion (RELG) 2025, “Tear out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord!” Reading the Imprecatory Psalms through the Canonical Approach
John Moon-Black, Akash Ganguly, Miles Hoene-Langdon, and Sylvie Dirkswager, Mathematics (MATH) 2025, A Trip Through the Zoo of Infinite Abelian Groups
Zoe Moore, Russian (RUSS) 2025, The Dark Side of the Festival “Tolstoy”: National Identity and the Manipulation of Leo Tolstoy’s Legacy in Russia
Leo Moran, Jonathan Vilms, Ugo Anyaegbunam, and Ethan Cline-Cole, Computer Science (CS) 2025, BGA Development
Henry Moshfeghi, History (HIST) 2025, Raja Serfoji II of Tanjore: Agency and Innovation in Colonial India
Han Jing Munson, Biology (BIOL) 2025, Zooming in on the telescoping effect: Mechanisms of female opioid use disorder and the role of estradiol
Navya Murahari, Biology (BIOL) 2025, RBM39 Degradation Catalyzed Aberrant Splicing Confers Cellular “Sight” for Human Cancer Immune Response
Jivana Nagpal, Economics (ECON) 2025, Financial Inclusion and Inequality in Perú: Analyzing the Effectiveness of the National Strategy
Kaia Neal, Physics (PHYS) 2025, Glacier Flow Dynamics
Mariam Nechiporuk, Biology (BIOL) 2025, Power and Precision: Bispecific TCR mimic antibodies simultaneously hunt down tumor specific antigens and engage potent T cell mediated killing
Sara Negasi, Biology (BIOL) 2025, Targeting the cGAS-STING pathway to Improve Outcomes in Solid Tumors
Emma Neham, Biology (BIOL) 2025, Examining The Role of Seipin and The Lipid Droplet Assembly Factor In Lipid Droplet Biogenesis
Mays Neiroukh, Tori Shen, Geoffrey Jing, and Barry Han, Computer Science (CS) 2025, Towards Noise-Resilient Few-Shot Learning: Optimizing Prototypes for Glioblastoma Classification
Jyothi Nellakra, Linguistics (LING) 2025, Malayalam Causatives Have Two Layers of Voice: A Present-Tense Reply to Krishnan & Sarma (2023)
Jyothi Nellakra, Physics (PHYS) 2025, The Physics of Speech Production & the Vocal Tract
Gisele Nelson, Kendra Winhall, Cece Che Tita, Osareme Davis, Eva Cao, and Sameer Sajwani, Computer Science (CS) 2025, Wiki Wiki Refresh: Enhancing User Experience on the Makerspace Wiki
Sophia Newmark, Religion (RELG) 2025, Social Justice and Zionism in Liberal American Judaism
Jonathan Nguyen, Cinema and Media Studies (CAMS) 2025, As We Were
Jonathan Nguyen, Biology (BIOL) 2025, Crabby Waters: Seasonal Dynamics and Climate Change Impacts on Callinectes Sapidus
