2024 Falvey Scholars Research Presentation and Awards Ceremony

The Villanova community is cordially invited to join us on Friday, April 26, at 10 a.m. in Falvey Library's Speakers' Corner for the 2024 Falvey Scholars Research Presentation and Awards Ceremony.
This program will provide the opportunity to recognize outstanding undergraduate research by the senior students who were selected as the 2024 Falvey Scholars from across Villanova’s campus. The event also serves as a recognition of the dedication of faculty in supporting undergraduate student-faculty collaborative research and scholarship. During the event, award recipients will provide a brief 10-minute presentation to highlight their overall research process and showcase a summary of their winning project.
This event, co-sponsored by Falvey Library and the Center for Research and Fellowships, is free and open to the public. Join us to recognize some of Villanova’s finest senior scholars!
KATHLEEN JORDAN
Project Title: “The State and the Mine: How the ASGM sector conditions state power and non-state capacity in the Sahel”
Faculty Mentor(s): Lance Kenney, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Maira Reimao, PhD, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; and Laura Meinzen-Dick, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
SYDNEY WALSH
Project Title: “Vulnerability to Inland Flooding from Landfalling Hurricanes in the United States from 2016-2023”
Faculty Mentor(s): Stephen Strader, PhD, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and Jennifer Santoro, PhD, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
ANNE EBY
Project Title: “Brain-Behavior Relationships: Assessing the Impact of Repeated Amphetamine Exposure on Stress Susceptibility and Gene Expression in the Hippocampus and Central Nucleus of the Amygdala”
Faculty Mentor: Benjamin Sachs, PhD, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
CATHERINE MESSIER
Project Title: “The Women Behind the Words: Collaborative Authorship in 20th Century Literature”
Faculty Mentor: Megan Quigley, PhD, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
MATTHEW MCMULLEN
Project Title: “Data Center Environmental Burden Reduction Through On-Site Renewable Power Generation”
Faculty Mentor: Aaron Wemhoff, PhD, College of Engineering
PJ SCARPERI
Project Title: “Caring beyond Cure: Perspectives of Pediatric Oncology Nurses on Palliative and End-of-Life Care”
Faculty Mentor: Meredith MacKenzie Greenle, PhD, M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing