Unless otherwise stated, students listed are WINNERS of the category.
2025 IU South Bend Undergraduate Research Conference
Best Presentation
- Natasha Collins | “The Queer Life of Hildegard von Bingen”
Best Poster
- David Saleh | “Connectedness of Siblings Through Grief and Coping”
Best Presentation
- Lillian Magers-Pershing | “Ancestry of Selves”
Honorable Mention
- Drake Debew | “Love and the Lottery”
Best Presentation
- Alexandra Herr | “What Pain Intervention Methods Help Reduce Opioid Use and Increase Patient Satisfaction?”
Best Poster
- Carsyn Ryan, Delayna Hockenhull, and Kelsey Morales Aviles | “Prevalence of Dental Caries in Children Aged 6-12: Key Contributing Factors in a Local Community?”
- Rylee Foltz | “How can Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) improve language and communication skills in justice-involved youths with cognitive communication disorders (CCD), and how does this impact the school-to-confinement pipeline?”
Best Presentation
- Amanda Jenkins | “Elements of Melodrama within Alfred Hitchcock’s Film Noir: Shadow of A Doubt”
Honorable Mention
- Rhett Greer | “The Male Melodrama: A Discussion of Masculinity in Melodramatic Film”
Best Presentation
- Alissa Sonnenberg | “Engineering a biosensor for lactate, a marker for inflammation and bacterial fermentation”
Best Poster
- Dhruval Mukeshkumar Chaudhari | “Assessment of Metal Contamination in Soil: A Correlation Study of Metal Ion Levels with Source, Home Location and Age”
Honorable Mention Poster
- Kennedy Wolf | “Effects of Agricultural Chemicals on Soybean Symbiotic Bacterium Bradyrhizobium japonicum”
Best Presentation
- Nika Anderson | “Seven Thousand Souls: The Massacres of Koriukivka”
Best Poster
- Jasmine Perry | “I Never Thought it Could Be Me: Social Construction of Cults Through the Media”
Honorable Mention Poster
- Deniz Arikan | “Treatment at mixed LGBTQ+ Nightlife in Large Cities"