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2025 SURE Grant Recipients and Faculty Mentors

Stetson University is proud to announce the 2025 recipients of the prestigious Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) Grant. These grants support student-faculty research collaborations across a range of disciplines, highlighting Stetson’s continued commitment to experiential learning, faculty mentorship, and academic excellence.

This summer, students will pursue original research projects under the close guidance of faculty mentors. Their topics span the sciences, humanities, arts, and social sciences, demonstrating the breadth and depth of scholarly inquiry at Stetson.

Below is the full list of this year’s awardees and their faculty mentors:

  • Leonardo Giogioni FigueroaAn Educational Intervention to Improve Hurricane Risk Perception
    Mentor:
    Dr. Michael Eskenazi
  • Reagan SwayzeArt and Identity in Floridian Synagogues
    Mentor: Dr. Ekaterina Kudryavtseva
  • Elena EdwardsThe Effects of tDCS on Pitch Perception in Music and Non-Music Students
    Mentor: Dr. Sarah Garcia-Beaumier
  • Pilar Astigarraga HarperRapamycin-Induced Inhibition of TOR Signaling Pathway and Vanessa cardui Butterflies
    Mentor: Dr. Lynn Kee
  • Haley EckRelative Impacts of Size of Ambystoma mexicanum Explants on Spreading Rate
    Mentor: Dr. Holley Lynch
  • Serena DowlingLegacies of Soviet and American Women in Air War in WWII
    Mentor: Dr. Mayhill Fowler
  • Naya AdlaAutomating Oyster Toadfish Call Detection Using Python-Based Tools
    Mentor: Dr. Nathan Wolek
  • Isabelle Condor da SilvaInvestigating the Presence of FAST Proteins in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
    Mentor: Dr. Jean Smith
  • Raissa Borges de Oliveira LealNuclear Translocation of Merkel Cell Polyomavirus Small Tumor Antigen
    Mentor: Dr. Kristine Dye

  • Genevia GaydenRe-Examining Interstate War Patterns in Post-Communist Eastern Europe and Eurasia
    Mentor: Dr. Elizabeth Plantan
  • Eduarda Machado de SouzaFrom the Children’s March to Title IX: Connecting the Civil Rights and Women’s Movements
    Mentor: Dr. Patrick Coggins
  • Reagan ShiversHistoric Preservation of Mount Vernon, 1850–1865
    Mentor: Dr. Emily Mieras
  • Júllya Lopes MachadoHow Biblical Narratives Aid Coping in Brazilian Pentecostalism
    Mentor: Dr. Carmen Palmer
  • Khushi PatelRole of the Merkel Cell Polyomavirus Small Tumor Antigen in the Development of Merkel Cell Carcinoma
    Mentor: Dr. Kristine Dye
  • Rayah YehnertThe Third Reich and the Historiography of Music
    Mentor: Dr. Daniil Zavlunov
  • Kevin CartagenaDetermining the Function of the Fus1 Transmembrane Domain for Cell Fusion
    Mentor: Dr. Jean Smith
  • Raven HufstetlerNuclear Localization’s Role in Merkel Cell Polyomavirus ST Transformative Properties
    Mentor: Dr. Kristine Dye