2025 Library Award for Undergraduate Research Winners

Humanities & Fine Arts

1st Place – Cece Chao

Senior | Major: History
I Look in People’s Windows: Exploring Women’s Experiences in Victorian Consumer Culture

2nd Place – Blake Allen

Junior | Major: Art
Beauty from Within: Mickalene Thomas’ Self-Love of Black Femininity

Social Sciences

1st Place – Isabel Chang

Senior | Major: Environmental Studies
"And Then I Got Angry": Why Black Feminist Thought is Critical to Movements for Environmental Justice

1st Place – Joseph Ekpo

Senior | Major: Psychological and Brain Sciences and Political Science
Evaluating Racial Match and Concordance in ASD Interventions: Preliminary Findings from a Multidisciplinary Scoping Review

Science & Engineering

1st Place – Schuyler Capita

Senior | Major: Environmental Studies
Charting The Winds of Fate - Exploring the Role of Wind Stress as a Driver of Coastal Sage Scrub Plant Community Assemblage

2nd Place – Jasmine Ispasoiu

Sophomore | Major: Biopsychology
The Effects of Discussing Race on Racial Bias and Health Attitudes