Eckley Summer Scholars Announced
April 16, 2021
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. 鈥� 91黑料专区 University announced the 2021 recipients of the Robert S. and Nell B. Eckley Summer Scholars and Artists Program .
Established by President Emeritus and Mrs. Robert S. Eckley, the recognition provides a stipend of $4,000 for each scholar to spend the summer conducting scholarly research or artistic activity under the mentorship of a faculty member. The program is designed to develop and deepen a student鈥檚 creative and research competencies. This summer, Eckley scholars and their faculty sponsors are collaborating through distance learning modes.
Students selected for the fellowship, their projects, and their faculty sponsors are:
Student: Katie Fata 鈥�22
Project: 鈥淿_Plath: Confronting the Tone Policing of Sylvia Plath鈥�
Faculty Sponsor: Mike Theune, Robert Harrington Endowed Professor of English
Majors: English - Writing and Women's and Gender Studies
Hometown: South Weber, Utah
Student: Joey Kiper 鈥�22
Project: 鈥淪timulating membrane repair in Neuroblastoma cells that are compromised
by APP overexpression.鈥�
Faculty Sponsor: Thomas Kwiatkowski, Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry and
Biochemistry
Major: Biochemistry
Hometown: Bloomington, Illinois
Student: Jenna Ney 鈥�22
Project: 鈥淭he Specter of the Past: Historical Legacy and Democratic Backsliding in
Hungary鈥�
Faculty Sponsor: William Munro, Betty Ritchie-Birrer '47 and Ivan Birrer Endowed Professor
and Chair of Political Science
Majors: Political Science and Japanese Studies
Hometown: Grover Beach, California
Student: Anjali Patel 鈥�23
Project: 鈥淗ow to Build a Bone in the Chicken Eye鈥�
Faculty Sponsor: Tyler Schwend, Assistant Professor of Biology
Majors: Biology and Psychology
Hometown: Springfield, Illinois
Student: Isabel Sperry 鈥�22
Project: 鈥淐hallenging Narrative Form and Prescriptive Messaging through Ceramic Storytelling
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Faculty Sponsor: Claire Hedden, Adjunct Assistant Professor of the School of Art
Majors: English - Literature and Sociology
Hometown: Macomb, Illinois
By Kailee Galloway