Whether you’re interested in conducting forensic research or your own musical composition, you can make your mark at Linfield by turning untraditional ideas into unique insights that will impact our world. Collaborative research projects pair you with a faculty mentor to work on an original intellectual or creative work. Present your results to the Linfield community or at regional and national conferences. We’ll even help you pay for it.
Summer 2020
Investigation of skin cancer-associated Melanocortin-1 Receptor Gene Variants
Assistant Professor Shanna Bowman
Student: Isabella Kloha
Assistant Professor Sreerupa Ray
Students: Francesca Sheld and Aerial Miyama
Molecular and Evolutionary Approaches to Understanding Gene Regulation
Associate Professor Catherine Reinke
Students: Bronwyn Boyd, Hannah Shields, and Lottie Steward-Blanke
Macro- and Micro-scale subtidal community changes following sea star wasting disease outbreaks on the Oregon coast
Associate Professor Jeremy Weisz
Students: Alexandra Walter and McKenna Musser
Characterization of xero-gel and reverse opal materials formed from sol-gel chemistry using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy and atomic force microscopy
Professor Liz Atkinson
Student: Sean Webster
Development and Optimization of Copper Catalyzed Alkylboron Homocoupling
Assistant Professor Andrew Baggett
Students: Poppi Arrasmith, Ronan Krutzikowsky, Abigail Northrop, and Leah Thompson
The role of yeast mitochondrial copper in reactive oxygen species production
Associate Professor Megan Bestwick
Students: Lottie Steward-Blanke and Natalie Wade
The Relationship between Fungi and Tree Recruitment in Urban Forests
Professor Nancy Broshot
Students: Jordan Leis and Trinity Ronk-Degraffenreid
Profiling the Current Youth Athlete: The Measurement and Evaluation of Athleticism in Today's Youth
Associate Professor Cisco Reyes
Contact barriers and doping in 2D field effect transistors
Professor Jennifer Heath
Students: Joseph Murphy and Becky Smith
Fly Swarms and Complexity
Associate Professor Joelle Murray
Students: Joseph Overstreet and Joseph Simpson
Freedom on their Minds: Martin Luther King Jr., Barry Goldwater, and the Battle for the Soul of America
Professor Nick Buccola
Students: Aaliyah Young and Jordan Tate
Peer-led Bystander Intervention Training: Best practices and application
Associate Professor Yanna Weisberg
Students: Madison Reimer and Angela McKelvey
"God is in the Gluten”: Communication as a Test of Faith for Catholics with Celiac Disease
Associate Professor Hillary Crane
Students: Elliot Curry and Elena Kroll
New Conventions for a New Generation: High School Musicals and Broadway in the 2010s
Assistant Professor Lindsey Mantoan
Student: Kat McCann
Peer-led Bystander Intervention Training: Best practices and application
Professor Jackson Miller
Students: Madison Reimer and Angela McKelvey
