Social and Behavioral Sciences
Evaluating Mindfulness-Based Songwriting Intervention in Parents of Children with Developmental Disabilities (DSI-SRP)
Aug. 15, 2021—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Zoe Crawley to work in the laboratory of Dr. Miriam Lense in the Department of Otolaryngology (VUMC) during the summer of 2021. Zoe is a senior with major in Cognitive Studies and minors in English: Creative Writing and Quantitative Methods. The project funded by this fellowship aimed to analyze preliminary data...
Social Media, Turnout Rate, and Election (DSI-SRP)
Aug. 15, 2021—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Yuqin (George) Yang to work in the laboratory of John Sides in the Political Science department during the summer of 2021. George is a junior with majors in Economics and Political Science. This project aims to examine how President Trump communicates with his voters and the general public during the 2020 election via twitter,...
The Effects of COVID-19 on Public Opinion and Political Behavior in the Americas (DSI-SRP)
Aug. 15, 2021—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Xinxin (Amy) Zhang to work in the laboratory of Elizabeth Zechmeister in the Political Science department during the summer of 2021. Amy is a junior with majors in Political Science and Economics and a minor in French. The project funded by this fellowship aimed to understand the relationship between COVID outcomes (COVID case...
Beating the Stock Market with Machine Learning: Better Algorithms or Better Data? (DSI-SRP)
Aug. 15, 2021—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Qinlian Yang to work with Dr. Jesse Blocher in the Owen Graduate School of Management during the summer of 2021. Qinlian is a senior with major in Mathematics and minors in Computer Science and Business Administration. The project funded by this fellowship aims to understand how to predict the stock market with enhanced precision using...
Using Data Science to Reveal Host-Microbiota Interactions that Promote Obesity During Early Life (DSI-SRP)
Aug. 15, 2021—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Jessica Mo to work in the laboratory of Professor Mariana Byndloss in the Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center during the summer of 2021. Jessica is a senior with majors in Medicine, Health, and Society and minor in Earth and Environmental Sciences. This project centered around the...
Microdebitage Soil Analysis of Tzikin Tzakan Stoneknappers (DSI-SRP)
Aug. 15, 2021—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Amy Rieth to work in the laboratory of Professor Markus Eberl in the Department of Anthropology during the summer of 2021. Amy is a junior with majors in Anthropology and English. The project funded by this fellowship investigated the effectiveness of two methods of computer-based soil particle sorting methods. This investigation...
Investigating fMRI Preprocessing Variations: Multi-echo ICA vs. Conventional Preprocessing (DSI-SRP)
Aug. 15, 2021—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Hangling Liu to work in the lab of Catie Chang during the summer of 2021. Hangling is a Junior with majors in Computer Science and Economics and a minor in Spanish. Hangling worked in the Neuroimaging & Brain Dynamics Lab during the summer of 2021, and focused on computational analyses and...
Applied Graph Convolutional Networks for Identifying Individuals with ASD Experiencing Mental Health Crises (DSI-SRP)
Aug. 15, 2021—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Benjamin Van Sleen to work in the Network and Data Science (NDS) laboratory led by Assistant Professor Tyler Derr in the Department of Computer Science during the summer of 2021. Benjamin is a junior with majors in Computer Engineering and Economics. The project funded by this fellowship aimed to understand relationships between autism...
Exploring Online Sub-communities for Autism and Social Connections (DSI-SRP)
Aug. 15, 2021—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Chet Weissberg to work in the Network and Data Science (NDS) laboratory led by Assistant Professor Tyler Derr in the Department of Computer Science during the summer of 2021. Chet is a junior with a majors in Mathematics and minors in Computer Science and Cinema and Media Arts. The project funded...
Undoing the Chilean Reform (DSI-SRP)
Aug. 15, 2021—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Janet Stefanov to work with Professor Kathleen McKiernan in the Department of Economics during the summer of 2021. Janet is a senior with majors in Economics and Mathematics and minors in Russian and Data Science. The project funded by this fellowship aimed to understand the macroeconomic and welfare implications of proposed social...