Beginning in 2018, this collection will include recipients and exemplars of the Coates Library's "Research Thing" Prizes. These awards maintain the focus of the Undergraduate Student Research Awards, but encourage a wider range of submissions that reflect the many different types of student creations that involve research.
For more information:
Undergraduate Student Research Awards information
Expanding Horizons: Using Information in the 21st Century
Submissions from 2023
Where Did All This STEM From?: Investigating the Support of STEM Fields for High School Girls in the 2010s, Audrey Davis
Interprofessional Practice and Voice: An Undergraduate Perspective, Bailey Judis
Cars and the Illusion of Control, Adam Mann
Exploring Perspectives on Gender and the Gender Spectrum: A Comparative Study of Non-STEM and STEM Majors at Trinity University, Penelope Slentz, Gabriella Stein, and Hailey Lynd
The Curious Case of Sherman M. Stanage: The Rise of Free Speech and Activism on College Campuses in 1960s America, Ever Whitlock
Submissions from 2022
Arden Grove Arts and Education Center, Olivia Bowness
Transgender and Non-Binary Experiences During the Pandemic, Samuel Cutter Canada
The Controversy of Nature, Nurture, and Control, Alyssa LaGrone
Mi Teleférico: Public Transportation, Social Change, and the Making of Modern La Paz, Adam Mann
Propaganda, Lineage, and the Divine: An Exploration of the Meaning of Two Vases from Monte Albán, Sofia Muñoz
Abuelos y Abuelas: The Role of Grandparents in the Lives of Latino LGBTQ+ Youth, Abigail Ottaway
Nations Roof Environmental and Social Governance Analysis, Olivia Walshak
Submissions from 2021
"The Law of Love": Penal Reform as the Bridge to Social Gospel, Lindsey Bonin
An Ethical Analysis of Performing Brain Studies on Transgender People, Amanda C. Bratton
Trinity University Women's Intercollegiate Athletics (TUWIA) History Project, Samantha Henry, Zoe E. Grout, Hope Walker-Tamboli, and Ardi Saunders
Does Mortality Salience Priming Influence an Individual's Perceptions of Healthy Behaviors as Important?, Catherine Grace Hoffman
Should Children 9-12 Have Access to Social Media?, Gabriela Jodas Salgado
Ways of Seeing in Anthropology, Yukiko Yamazaki
Strategic Gatekeeping: Geopolitical Objectives and Turkey's Syrian Refugee Policy, Maria Zaharatos
Submissions from 2020
Evolution of Senescence in Humans - The Rift Between Lifespan and Healthspan, Mitch Beito
Analyzing the Relation Between Academic Competition and Altruism, Caroline Crain
Pawns at Play: Refugees and the Game of Foreign Policy, Benjamin J. Falcon
The Woman of a Lifetime: How Frieda Lawrence Influenced Sons and Lovers and Revived D.H. Lawrence, Madeline Freeman
“Backyard Archaeology”: An Archaeological Survey of 19714 Encino Knoll Street, San Antonio, Texas, 78259, Kayla Griscom
Pandemic-Induced Mortality Salience and Jury Decision-Making, Autumn K. Lucas-Marinelli
A Reflection on BLM in the Era of the Coronavirus and the Role of Social Media, Despina Matzakos
The City in the Mist: Imagining Shanghai in Yang Yongliang’s Phantom Landscapes, Avani Leela Sastry
A Virgin Made Less, Merriam Scafide
“The Sphinx’s Story”: An Intertwining Melody of Emotions and Complexity, Kendal Southwell
Submissions from 2019
Ethos of the Underground: Precarious Communities in San Antonio DIY Music, Noelle C. Barrera
Royal Tombs at Ur Research Project, Raquel Belden
Red Card: The European Refugee Crisis, Isabel Chiriboga
Exploring the Female Perspective: Culturally Sensitive Models for the Effective Use of Traditional Birth Attendants in Rural Tanzania, Caroline Crain
The Heliand's Massacre of the Innocents: Was the Heliand Written by a Woman?, Isaak Loewen
Democracy Revoked: How Foreign Relations and Domestic Opinion Led to the Internment of Japanese Americans During World War II, Clarisse Nakayama
Humanity Betrayed: The Clinton Administration's Failure to Intervene in the Rwandan Genocide, Julianna Rak
KDM1A Inhibition Enhances Chemotherapy Response in Glioblastoma, Moraima Rodriguez Guerrero
Richard Rolle: Revisions Made to Reflect the Spiritual Growth of a Specific Reader, Claire Siewert
Religious Addiction, Adam Chiang Toler
Ancient Shipsheds, Peyton Tvrdy
Red-Lavender Colorblindness: Institutionalized Oppression and Gay Life in America, Brooke Yung
Submissions from 2018
Is Being Narcissistic an Academic Advantage for College Students?, Kelsi Ballard
Jaina Figures and the Figuration of Maya Social Roles: A Study of SAMA Object 64.289.94, Natalie Carrier
Propaganda Critic, Mary Margaret Herring
Behavior and Personality in Heat-Shocked Lizard Hatchlings, Shelby Irwin
Argentine music and its role in the configuration of collective memory: An analysis of the songs used in the March 24 marches in Argentina, Natalie McCray
The Odd Tiger Out, Alex Motter
Finding the River: Research Process Narrative, Aubrey G. Parke
The Revanchist Explorer, Osvaldo Veloz
Submissions from 2017
From Madisonian Secularism to a Christian Government: The International Religious Freedom Act of 1998, Margaret Chase
The Anti-Human Condition: Violence, Identity, and Coming-of-Age in The Painted Bird, Malcolm Conner
"Unjust Laws Do Not Bind in Conscience": Archbishop Lucey, Catholic Social Thought, and Civil Rights, Thomas Harvell-DeGolier
The Emergence of United States Human Rights Policy During Argentina’s Dirty War, Beth Legg
Anti-Chinese Sentiment in Contemporary Vietnam: Constructing Nationalism, New Democracy, and the Use of “the Other”, Nhi Hoang Thuc Nguyen
Paradoxes of Gender Equality Policies and Domestic Working Conditions in Madrid, Zabdi Salazar
Submissions from 2016
The Terror Exception: The Impact of the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force on United States Counterterrorism Policy in the Middle East Under the Obama Administration, Benjamin Collinger
The Compatibility of Artworks and Games, Daniel Conrad
Barons and Yeomen, Venison and Vert: A Comparative Analysis of the Magna Carta and A Gest of Robyn Hode in the Context of Forest Law, Kathryn Funderburg
Homeward Bound: Wordsworth, Shelley, and the Nostalgic Search for Home, Samantha Heffner
Culture and Carbon and Cremation, Oh My!, Andrea N. Nebhut
Immigrating With God: Religious Coping Among Central American Asylum Seekers, Aubrey G. Parke
Submissions from 2015
The Art of the Non-Royal Classic Maya: An Analysis of SAMA Object #72.42.109(19), Bridget Bey
The War on Drugs: An Audience Study of the Netflix Original Series Narcos, Maria Alejandra Cano
How Taste and Sight Impact Brand Loyalty in Sensory Marketing, Emmanuella Oduguwa
Constructing the Imaginative Bridge: Third-Generation Holocaust Narratives, Megan Reynolds
Clear-Cut and Clearly Drawn: Analyzing Portrayals of the GDR in Modern German Comics, Elena Souris
The Rhenish Chronicles and Christian Martyr Philosophy: Jewish Origins and Cultural Re-Appropriation, David Warga
Submissions from 2014
Image-Making in Cnut’s Reign: A Discussion on Nationality, Ethnicity, and Identity for the Conquering King, Christine Crowe
Literature and the Reign of Cnut, Kathryn Funderburg
The Meaning of the Term ‘Superstition’ From Late Antiquity through the Carolingian Era, Kensi May
Linguistic Socialization in the Refugee Assimilation Process: Transmitting Cultural Capital for Self-Sufficiency, Stephanie O'Connor
Detroit Industry and the Problem of Proximity, Brooks Cameron Piper
Profile of Runaway Servant Women Based on Fugitive Notices in the Pennsylvania Gazette, 1729 - 1760, Kelsey Toms
Submissions from 2013
The Genealogical Series in the Late Middle Ages: A Survey of the Importance of Lineage for Dynastic Power, Skye Cornelia
Stigmatized Workers & Identity Formation: Spiritual Healers of Botánicas in San Antonio, Erin Drake
Peripheral Envisioning: The Frontier of Indian Policy and Religion, 1880-1934, and Beyond, Isaiah Ellis
The Rackspace Foundation Community Development Project: A Study of the Castle Community and the Magnificent 7 Schools, Holly Josserand and Hsin Ye Yeo
Gender Issues in the Benedictine Rule, Emma Lichtenberg
A Critical Assessment of the Determinants of Presidential Election Outcomes, Ryan Sweezey
Submissions from 2012
Identifying Sexual Attraction in Platonic Cross-Sex Relationships and its Effects on Friendships, Gabriela Armenta
Tree Rings: Post-Holocaust Memory and Representation, Rory Davidson
Opening the Public Space: Hijab and Education in Iran and Turkey, Kaitlin Kelly-Thompson
Punishment and Sociocultural Development in the Later Middle Ages, Shane Manning
Aztec Ceramic Figurines: An Analysis of “Female Holding Child” Hollow-Rattle Figurine, Valerie Martinez
Is Grey’s Anatomy on the Wave? A Feminist Textual Analysis of Meredith Grey and Cristina Yang, Lauren Wilks
Submissions from 2011
Reproductive Rights in Latin America: A Rights-based Approach to Development, Katherine Leonard
La Grande Mortalità: Florence and the Black Death, Rachel Podd
Public Policy and Smoking Prevalence in High Schools, Jerel Xavier San Gabriel