Ralph Hale, assistant professor of psychological science, along with students Courtney Nutt & Tanner Lumpkin, An investigation of visual false memories in a virtual reality environment
Alison Kanak, assistant professor of biology, along with student McKenna Coile, Functional and Genetic Characterization of Novel Bacteriophage KSKraber
James Leaphart, assistant professor of biology, and Nancy Dalman, professor & department head of biology, along with students Taryn Tu & Sydney Griffith, Cracking the Shell on Heavy Metal Exposure and Metallothionein Expression in a Marine Delicacy: The Eastern Oyster
Robin O’Day, associate professor of history, anthropology, and philosophy, along with student Lauren Bowman, Oral Histories of Enslaved Lifeways in the South Carolina Lowcountry
Jessy Patterson, lecturer of biology, along with students Lillian Hayes & Atticus Tomcho, An Assessment of Human Impacts on Mammal Behavior in Sub-Saharan Africa
Melissa Schindler, assistant professor of English, along with students Asa Conroy, Rebecca Egan, and Grey Nebel, An Entrepreneur’s Tale: The Life of Miss Fanny Harrell, a North Georgia Businesswoman
Johnny Yoon, assistant professor of physics and astronomy, along with student Chandler Davis, Visualization Approach to Study the Shape Effects on the Dehydrogenation of LOHC
Dobrusia Bialonska, associate professor of environmental biology, and Paul Johnson, associate professor of biology, along with students Jessica Howard and Katherine Earl – Quest for Probiotics in Milk Produced by Georgia Dairy Goat Breeders Association
Kelly Cate, assistant professor of psychological science along with students Victoria Hart and Taylor Higgins – Online Dating: Mate Potential and Decision Speed
John Dewey, associate professor of psychological science along with student Tyler Goodwyn – Agency and Spatial Attention
Margi Flood, associate professor of biology along with students Amy Rodriguez and Hannah Fontenot – Biomonitoring of Dreissena polymorpha in Lake Lanier via environmental DNA (eDNA)
Alison Kanak, assistant professor of biology along with student Jared Oenick – Novel Technique for the Isolation of Bacteriophage
Robin O’Day, associate professor of anthropology along with students Kirstie Carson and Jordan Aethelric – Voices from Tohoku: Oral Narrative Translation Project
Ryan Thompson, associate professor of mathematics along with students Madison Waldrep and Georgia Burkhalter – Classical Solutions in the Fornberg-Whitham Equation
William Balco, associate professor of history, anthropology, and philosophy along with student Lucy Kendrick – Exploring Ancient Middle Woodland Structures at Rice Farm
Dobrusia Bialonska, associate professor of biology and Paul Johnson, associate professor of biology along with student Madison Bunch – Do KT Tapes Increase Skin Exposure to Disease Causing Bacteria?
Ami Everett, lecturer of biology and Jessy Patterson, lecturer of biology along with student Anna Cronan – Determining Safe Concentrations for the Chronic Exposure of Amphibians to Neonicotinoid Insecticides in Southern Appalachia
Ralph Hale, assistant professor of psychological science along with students Patsy Folds and Kyle Kroeger – Influence of Various Gestalt Cues on Perceptual Organization of Ambiguous Figure/Ground Images & Watercolor Illusions vs. Priming: An Assessment of the Strongest Figure-Ground Cues.
Danielle Hartsfield, associate professor of elementary and special education along with student Sebastian Cherres – A Collective Case Study on K-12 Book Challenges.
Amanda Moffett, assistant professor of physics and astronomy along with student Destin Encardes – Mapping the Cosmic Web: Capturing Extragalactic Structures with Zooniverse
Abby Neyer, assistant professor of biology along with student Kaili Boyes – The Effects of Warmer Winter Temperatures on Blood Metabolite Levels and Reproductive Health in Ornate Box Turtles
Robin O’Day, associate professor of history, anthropology, and philosophy along with students Cursten Howard and Maryann Seaman – Voices from Tohoku: Oral Narrative Translate Project, Tokumizu Rie & Ise Kumiko
Jessy Patterson, lecturer of biology along with student Nicolas Szabo – The Effects of Anthropogenic Activities on Scavenging Communities in Southern Appalachia.
Chuck Robertson, professor of psychological science along with student Alyssa McGrail - Are Smart Home Devices Good Study Partners?
Margaret Smith, associate professor of biology and Nancy Dalman, professor and department head of biology along with students Grace Maurer and Kacie Miller – The Effect of Salinity and pH on Development in Lytechinus variegatus
Denise Woodall, senior lecturer of sociology and human services along with students Tameron Smith and Daniel Jackson – The Problems with Needle Exchange Programs & Is there a High Prevalence of Unwanted Sexual Contact in the LGBTQ+ Community?
Swapna Bhat, associate professor of biology, Jeanelle Morgan, associate department head of biology, and Margi Flood, associate professor of biology along with student Tyler Henderson - Enumeration of coliforms and antibiotic-resistant bacteria in Tumbling Creek construction zone.
Ami Everett, lecturer of biology and Jessy Patterson, lecturer of biology along with students Brandon DeBlois and Amanda O’Connell - Elucidating the effects of Eastern Hemlock chemical treatments on amphibian feeding behaviors.
Gregory Feiden, associate professor of physics and astronomy along with student Rebecca Corley - Planet Hunting at UNG: Developing a Data Reduction Pipeline for UNG's Echelle Spectrograph.
Tatiana Maslova, lecturer of modern & classical languages along with students Tucker Coan and Samuel Hicks - Intercultural Competence in Learning Russian.
Connie Ringger, professor of psychological science along with students Allyson Porras and Caitlyn Wlosko - Race and gender identity: Do the combination of defendants' characteristics affect juror decisions?
William Balco, assistant professor of anthropology along with students Ethan House and McKenna Johnson – Archaeological Investigation of the prehistoric enclosure ditch at Rice Farm near Dawsonville, Georgia
Michael Bender, assistant professor of biology along with student Maggie Woodall – Investigating the influence of small-scale light pollution on bat activity
Frank Crittenden, lecturer of biology along with student Elisabeth Bradberry – Using CRISPR genome editing technology to engineer gene deletions in a neuron-derived cancer cell line
Gregory Feiden, assistant professor of physics and astronomy along with student Miles Johnson — Mottled Stars: How Does Starspot Surface Coverage Affect Stellar Brightness Variability
Lauren Johnson, assistant professor of Culture, Language & Leadership along with students Madison Rodriguez and Josue Zavala — RISE Program Research Project
Alison Kanak, assistant professor of biology along with student Samantha Kates — Genomic evaluation of novel Mycobacteriophage
Abby Meyer, assistant professor of psychological science, Jennifer Mook, associate professor of biology and Natalie Hyslop, associate professor of biology along with students Hailey Echols and Ben Wortman — Pesticides and the Harm They Cause
Sonny Mantry, associate professor of physics and astronomy and Mark Spraker, professor of physics along with student Tyler Wilson - Development of computer-generated experiments to analyze the outcome of proton-proton collisions inside a Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Europe.
Abigail Neyer, assistant professor of biology — Interactions between physiology, habitat use, and temperature in a long-lived ectothermic vertebrate
Thomas Vogel, assistant professor of physics and astronomy – Energy audits of UNG buildings
SUPRE Grant Teams & Research Topics
John Dewey, assistant professor of psychological science along with student Siena Dittrich - Applied Lab to exam technology integration factors that enhance statistical learning.
Chuck Robertson, professor of psychological science along with student Hannah Johnson - Cognitive Aging Lan that will design and experimentally test natural naming schemes/commands that match hierarchical industry with designs toward improved usability of IoT smart homes toward developing a single home infrastructure that supports independent living in an aging population.
Tyler Harrison, assistant professor of psychological science along with students Ashley Minor and Alletta Morris - Memory Lab will study cognitive ability constructs such as fluid intelligence and working memory as they relate to self-defining memories to establish the construct validity of self-defining memories and particular features of self-defining memories as an operational definition of intelligence.