{"id":1967,"date":"2025-05-28T20:07:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T20:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/?p=1967"},"modified":"2026-03-06T16:37:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T16:37:42","slug":"2025-sure-grant-recipients-and-faculty-mentors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/2025\/05\/28\/2025-sure-grant-recipients-and-faculty-mentors\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 SURE Grant Recipients and Faculty Mentors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>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\u2019s continued commitment to experiential learning, faculty mentorship, and academic excellence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below is the full list of this year\u2019s awardees and their faculty mentors:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Leonardo Giogioni Figueroa<\/strong> \u2014 <em>An Educational Intervention to Improve Hurricane Risk Perception<br> Mentor: <\/em>Dr. Michael Eskenazi<em><br><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2526.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2014\" style=\"width:311px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2526.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2526-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2526-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Reagan Swayze<\/strong> \u2014 <em>Art and Identity in Floridian Synagogues<br><\/em> Mentor: Dr. Ekaterina Kudryavtseva<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reagan research is concerned with the intersection between memory, immigration, and visual expression in Jewish architecture in Florida.  have been tracing commonalities of visual expression within Judaism to apply them to three historical synagogues within the state. My research culminates in a photography exhibition at the Hand Art Center on campus in the fall semester.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"924\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Elena-Edwards-SURE-Grant-Recipient-924x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2018\" style=\"width:277px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Elena-Edwards-SURE-Grant-Recipient-924x1024.jpg 924w, https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Elena-Edwards-SURE-Grant-Recipient-271x300.jpg 271w, https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Elena-Edwards-SURE-Grant-Recipient-768x852.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Elena-Edwards-SURE-Grant-Recipient-1385x1536.jpg 1385w, https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Elena-Edwards-SURE-Grant-Recipient-1847x2048.jpg 1847w, https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Elena-Edwards-SURE-Grant-Recipient-1200x1331.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Elena-Edwards-SURE-Grant-Recipient-1980x2195.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 924px) 100vw, 924px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Elena Edwards<\/strong> \u2014 <em>The Effects of tDCS on Pitch Perception in Music and Non-Music Students<br><\/em>Mentor: Dr. Sarah Garcia-Beaumier<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Picture-2-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2023\" style=\"width:225px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Picture-2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Picture-2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Picture-2-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Picture-2-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Picture-2-1200x1600.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Picture-2-1980x2640.jpg 1980w, https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Picture-2-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pilar Astigarraga Harper<\/strong> \u2014 <em>Rapamycin-Induced Inhibition of TOR Signaling Pathway and Vanessa cardui Butterflies<br><\/em>Mentor: Dr. Lynn Kee<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Haley Eck<\/strong> \u2014 <em>Relative Impacts of Size of Ambystoma mexicanum Explants on Spreading Rate<br> <\/em>Mentor: Dr. Holley Lynch<em><br><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Serena Dowling<\/strong> \u2014 <em>Legacies of Soviet and American Women in Air War in WWII<br><\/em> Mentor: Dr. Mayhill Fowler<em><br><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Naya Adla<\/strong> \u2014 <em>Automating Oyster Toadfish Call Detection Using Python-Based Tools<br> <\/em>Mentor: Dr. Nathan Wolek<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_5521-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2019\" style=\"width:370px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_5521-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_5521-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_5521-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_5521-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_5521-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_5521-1200x800.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_5521-1980x1320.jpeg 1980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Isabelle Condor da Silva<\/strong> \u2014 <em>Investigating the Presence of FAST Proteins in Saccharomyces cerevisiae<br><\/em> Mentor: Dr. Jean Smith<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/3192966c-8118-4ca3-9e62-901438750576-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2017\" style=\"width:321px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/3192966c-8118-4ca3-9e62-901438750576-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/3192966c-8118-4ca3-9e62-901438750576-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/3192966c-8118-4ca3-9e62-901438750576-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/3192966c-8118-4ca3-9e62-901438750576-1536x1023.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/3192966c-8118-4ca3-9e62-901438750576-1200x800.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/3192966c-8118-4ca3-9e62-901438750576.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>Raissa Borges de Oliveira Leal<\/strong> \u2014 <em>Nuclear Translocation of Merkel Cell Polyomavirus Small Tumor Antigen<br><\/em> Mentor: Dr. Kristine Dye<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Eduarda Machado de Souza<\/strong> \u2014 <em>From the Children\u2019s March to Title IX: Connecting the Civil Rights and Women\u2019s Movements<br><\/em> Mentor: Dr. Patrick Coggins<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><br><strong>Genevia Gayden<\/strong> \u2014 <em>Re-Examining Interstate War Patterns in Post-Communist Eastern Europe and Eurasia<br><\/em> Mentor: Dr. Elizabeth Plantan<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Reagan Shivers<\/strong> \u2014 <em>Historic Preservation of Mount Vernon, 1850\u20131865<\/em><em><br><\/em> Mentor: Dr. Emily Mieras<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-682x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2022\" style=\"width:225px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-682x1024.png 682w, https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-768x1152.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image.png 979w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>J\u00fallya Lopes Machado<\/strong> \u2014 <em>How Biblical Narratives Aid Coping in Brazilian Pentecostalism<br><\/em> Mentor: Dr. Carmen Palmer<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Khushi Patel<\/strong> \u2014 <em>Role of the Merkel Cell Polyomavirus Small Tumor Antigen in the Development of Merkel Cell Carcinoma<\/em><em><br><\/em> Mentor: Dr. Kristine Dye<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Rayah Yehnert<\/strong> \u2014 <em>The Third Reich and the Historiography of Music<br><\/em> Mentor: Dr. Daniil Zavlunov<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_7215-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2015\" style=\"width:234px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_7215-768x1024.jpg 768w, 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