Student & FACULTY Research Highlights
Moravian College becomes part of the Millennial Fellowship, drawing on InFocus to organize the "1742 Model" Education Project
August 15, 2018: 15 phenomenal Moravian students have been selected for the Millennial Fellowship/Campus Cohort. This is an incredible honor and opportunity.
United Nations Academic Impact and MCN teamed up this year to re-imagine a program that has run for 10 years, but focused on a small group of elite schools. This is the first year for the new global pilot. Students applied from 285 campuses across 57 nations for this leadership development program, but only 30 campuses worldwide (just 11%) were selected to host the 530 Millennium Fellows for 2018.
Millennium Fellows' Projects are projected to positively impact the lives of over 310,000 people worldwide this year. "The model will build upon our college’s InFocus themes of Sustainability, Peace & Justice, and Poverty & Inequality with three areas of particular focus (food reclamation & food insecurity, LGBTQ+ outreach & partnership, and housing insecurity) that have been identified as areas of need in the Lehigh Valley and have potential for tangible improvement through an initiative like the Millennium Fellowship." Congratulations, Moravian Millennial Campus Cohort!
Ongoing collaborations, experiences, and research related to healthcare
On this page you will find examples of the way that research, scholarship, and activism from diverse disciplines at Moravian College are enhancing this year's InFocus center of investigation. Is there something that you would like to see added to this collection of examples? Are you conducting research related to this year's InFocus center of investigation? Do you have a class-related project or SOAR experience you want to highlight? We'd love to know! Click here to email the InFocus team.
MICHAEL GALLO '19
Project Title: Exploring the Intersection of Justice and Health
Major/Minor: Biochemistry, public health
Project Advisor: Dr. James Teufel
NATHANIEL RHOADS '19
Project Title: Socio-Economic Analysis of Satellite Observations to Predict Cholera
Major/Minor: Economics, Theory and Policy track; minor in mathematics
Project Advisor: Dr. Sonia Aziz
HANNAH HOOK ' 20
Project Title: The Implications of An Early Warning System on Cholera Prevention in Bangladesh
Major/Minor: Public Health/Economics
Project Advisor: Dr. Sonia Aziz
MAURA SILVA ' 20
Project Title: A Digital Story of Translating Research into Action: How NASA Earth Observations Reach Slums in Urban Bangladesh
Major/Minor: Business
Project Advisor: Dr. Sonia Aziz
Honors Projects
Learn more about the Honors Program.
PJ Mindo '16
Project Advisor: Dr. Sabrina Terrizzi
Honors thesis in Undergraduate Economic Review: "Obamacare and the Fight Against Income Inequality"
SOAR Projects
Learn more about SOAR.
Christopher Shosted '20
Project Advisor: Dr. Crystal Fodrey
Title: The Rhetorics of Healthcare on Reddit: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Conservative Discourse Communities
Erin Anagnost
Project Advisor: Dr. Tristan Gleason
Title: Towards Project-Based Citizen Science: Environmental Education and Community Action at Lehigh Valley Summerbridge
Crystal Yautz '20 & Mary Sampson '20
Project Advisor: Dr. Sarah Johnson
Title: Change Blindness & Attention to Sexual Orientation
William Pelletiers '20
Project Advisor: Dr. James Teufel
Title: Analyzing Health Determinants on Local and International Scales
Crystal Collins '17
Project Advisor: Dr. Kara Mosovsky
Paige Hart '17
Project Advisor: Dr. Kara Mosovsky
“Recapitulating Immuno-Antimicrobial Synergy against Escherichia coli infections”
Student Scholarship and Creative Endeavors Day
Seven students presented research connected to one of the four InFocus themes at the 13th Annual Student Scholarship and Creative Endeavors Day on April 17, 2018:
- Rachelle Antoine: Depression in Impoverished Mothers and Families
- Beth Davies: Benefits of Occuptional Therapy in Alzheimer's and Dementia Patients
- Beth Davies, Aaron Hudson: Sociolegal Needs in the Lehigh Valley
- Katelyn Morrison: Impacts of Signage on First Year Residence Hall Recycling
- Brandon Percey: Traumatic Brain Injuries: Understanding the Mechanism of Injury, Psychological Impact and Rehabilitation/Preventative Interventions for Adult Athletes
- Monica Richardson: The Medicinal Biochemistry of Bile and The Formation of Gallstones
For more information on the presentations above and to see all other presentations, please see the full 2018 Scholars Day program available on the Scholars Day page.