2015 URSCI Summer Scholars

Margarita Angel. Margarita has been awarded a Summer Scholar Fellowship for her project on the role of women in the making of American foreign policy. Angel will be focusing on Susan Rice, Hillary Clinton, and Samantha Power, reading their careers through feminist theory and applying a method called "operational code" to examine their speeches and other documents. Her mentor is Dr. Patrick Homan, political science.

Jency Patel. Jency is the winner of the 2015 Jared-Beach Fellowship. Patel will be working with Aplysia Californica (Sea Slugs) to study the "transcriptional changes" that occur in the brain after learning. Patel will be working with Dr. Robert Calin-Jageman and Dr. Irina Calin-Jageman, neuroscience.

Paulina Wojtach. Paulina has been awarded a Summer Scholar Fellowship for her project on the graduation rate of first-generation college students at Dominican University. Wojtach will investigate the factors that motivate such students to succeed, looking particularly at what motivates first-generation students of different ethnicities to do well in school. Her mentor is Dr. Tracy Caldwell, psychology.