Fall 2021 Newsletter

PBS mentors promising students during summer programs

Each summer, PBS department members mentor students, helping them perform specialized research projects. The William Lee Science Impact Program (Lee SIP) is a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program designed to expand and broaden participation in undergraduate research. Lee SIP scholars are mentored directly by research faculty, work within a research team, and participate in professional development workshops.

The Summer Pre-College Research Intensives place high-achieving high school students in professional working labs alongside distinguished faculty, graduate and undergraduate students. Participants gain valuable UMass experience and complete a research project of their own. Check out these posters from some of our talented student researchers, summing up their awesome projects!

Lee SIP

Sari Saint-Hilaire and Alexis Edozie posing with their posters
L-r: Alexis Edozie (Mathematics and Statistics) and Sari Saint-Hilaire (PBS)

Sari Saint-Hilaire

Evaluating Correlations Between Riskiness, Risk-Assessment, and Risk-Taking Measures Across Different Pubertal Ages

Individual Differences in Development Lab directed by Kirby Deater-Deckard

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Sherley de la Rosa Mejia posing with poster

Sherley de la Rosa Mejia

Effects of Verbal & Non-Verbal Communication on Emotion Regulation in Early Childhood

Self-Regulation, Emotions, & Early Development (SEED) Lab directed by Adam Grabell

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Rebecca Williams posing with poster

Rebecca Williams

Examining the Links between Acculturative Stress and School Belongingness

Family Relationships, Affective Science, & Minority Health (FAM) Lab directed by Evelyn Mercado

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Research Intensives

Amulya Jonnalagadda posing outdoors

Amulya Jonnalagadda

Examining Structural Reasoning and Political Ideology as Predictors for Modern Racism and Sexism

Cognition Across Development Lab directed by Tara Mandalaywala

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Katherine Wang

Katherine Wang

Assessing the Correlation Between Parent-Child Relationships and Brain Development and Cognitive Functioning in Early Adolescents

Individual Differences in Development Lab directed by Kirby Deater-Deckard

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