Paul Robeson Library Undergraduate Research Award

The Paul Robeson Library Undergraduate Research Award was launched in 2021 to recognize excellence in undergraduate research at Rutgers University-Camden. The Undergraduate Research Award is open to undergraduate students from any school at Rutgers-Camden. Individual or team applicants submit an original research project in any form as well as a reflective essay that describes their search strategy and evaluation of sources. This digital collection houses the winning projects, which were selected because they make use of a range of library resources, collections, and services and show evidence of critical thinking, originality, and creativity. 

• First Place

  • Shaan Mody, “Theta/Beta-Ratio Neurofeedback Training: A Better Long-Term Solution for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder”
• Second Place
  • Cindy Do, “Chronic Stress Elevates the Risk of Parkinson’s Disease”
  • Jordyn Smith, “The Natural Antimicrobial Effects of Honey, Yogurt, and Pickle Juice on Escherichia coli B, Escherichia coli K-12, Staphylococcus epidermidis, and Pseudomonas fluorescens”

• New Researcher

  • Kruthy Takkala, “Islamophobia and Why it is Harmful”

• First Place

  • Lauren Owens, “Chronic Stress Increases the Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease”

• Second Place

  • Matthew Brodsky, “Youth Civic and Political Participation: How Camden City Can Build a Culture of Civic Engagement”
  • Allison Night, “Visual Taboo Distractors in a Modified Short-Term Memory Task”

• First Place

  • Melanie Veliz, “Complexities of U.S. Occupations.”

• Second Place

  • Jacquelyn Tran, “ Pharmaceutical Violence Within the Juvenile Justice System and Its Long Lasting Effects”
  • Syeda Aiman Nadeem, “Identifying and validating recurrent structural variants affecting tumor genomes using GROM and VN”

• New Researcher

  • Gretchen Purvis, “The history of PATCO, as viewed from the train”
• Honorable Mention 
  • Shaan Mody, Joseph Lescht, and Emma Bogdan, “Quality Improvement (QI) Study: Campus Conditions and Physical Health of Rutgers-Camden”
  • Dolly Marshall, “ Black Representation and Equity at the American Negro Exposition of 1940: A Virtual Exhibit”

• First Place

  • Adam Soliman, "What Drives Some American Muslims to Support Republicans?"

• Second Place

  • Sumana Gadiraju, "Redefining Microbial Forensics: A Broader Scope of Applications"
  • Kinjal Mody, "Modifying the Rat Grimace Scale for the Sub-second Assessment of Acute Pain"

• First Place

  • Sujay Ratna, "Ultrasensitive Molecular Profiling of EGFR Mutations in Glioblastoma Multiforme Using a Rapid & High-Resolution Digital PCR Approach"

• Second Place

  • Omri Bar & Anthony Monte Carlo, "Effects of SARS-CoV-2 Proteins on Host Gene Expression and Fitness"
  • Julia DeFeo, "Evaluating the effects of wild and prescribed fire on the taxonomic and functional diversity of soil-dwelling arthropods in the New Jersey Pinelands, a high-disturbance system"

• Honorable Mentions

  • Annika Liu, "Blue Wall of Silence: Degradation of Accountability"
  • Benjamin Nixon, "Blood and Soil: Right-Wing Terrorism Poses an Existential Threat to the United States"

Samantha Kannegiser
Student Success Librarian, Paul Robeson Library
samantha.kannegiser@rutgers.edu
856-225-2832

Zara T. Wilkinson
Reference and Instruction Librarian, Paul Robeson Library 
zara.wilkinson@rutgers.edu 
856-225-2831

• Paul Robeson Library Undergraduate Research Award