Twenty-eight students from Fredonia were invited to participate in the First Annual SUNY Undergraduate Research Conference (SURC) held recently at the College at Brockport.
The keynote address was delivered by George Kuh, founder of Indiana University’s Center for Postsecondary Research and the National Survey of Student Engagement. Dr. Kuh has led a national push to enrich the undergraduate and graduate student experiences, and has received many awards for educational leadership and innovation.
Students from a variety of academic disciplines were represented in the form of poster, and oral presentations. The following students who presented their original work as well as their mentors are listed below:
• Kelsey Radomski (Mentor: Dr. Jeanette McVicker, Department of English)
• Sarah Lawler (Mentor: Dr. Fred Harrington, Department of Biology)
• Daniel Sturniolo (Mentor: Dr. Gurmukh Singh, Department of Computer and Information Sciences)
• Grace Bonasera and Alexandra Shanahan (Mentor: Katrina Fulcher, Department of Communication Disorders and Sciences)
• Christopher Shartrand, (Mentor: Dr. Nancy Boynton, Department of Mathematical Sciences)
• Felicia Schiefer, Gabriella Pietropaolo and Curtis Wojcik (Mentor: Dr. Jack Croxton, Department of Psychology)
• Nichole Whiteford (Mentor: Dr. Andrea Zevenbergen, Department of Psychology)
• Eunna Huh (Mentor: Dr. Carolyn Smith, Baylor College of Medicine)
• Mohamed Sadek (Mentor: Dr. Bond Benton, Department of Communication)
• Minju Kim (Mentor: Dr. Ted Schwalbe, Department of Communication)
• Kelly Forstbauer, Kathryn Oakes, Daniel Galusha, and Antonio Regulier (Mentor: Dr. Rolanda Ward, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, Social Work and Criminal Justice)
• Cecelia Price (Mentor: Alberto Rey, Department of Visual Arts and New Media)
• Alison Martin and Phillip Frankino (Mentor: Dr. Scott Ferguson, Department of Biology)
• Russell Wallace, Paul Somerfeldt and John Nesbitt (Mentor: Dr. Ellen Litwicki, Department of History)
• Jessica Carson (Mentor: Dr. Scott Johnston, Department of English)
• Caeli Faisst (Mentor: Edward Sharon, Department of Theatre and Dance)
• Ronan Cichelli, Dean L. Bavisotto, and Graham Caulfield (Mentor: Dr. Jeffry Iovannone, Department of Women’s and Gender Studies)
The SURC brought together undergraduate researchers and visual and performing artists as well as their faculty mentors throughout the SUNY system for a full day of activities, including sessions devoted to student presentations, luncheon with a keynote speaker, a SUNY Graduate School Fair, and professional development workshops for students and faculty.
