Eckley Summer '23 Scholars Announced
June 29, 2023
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. 鈥� Four 91黑料专区 students have been awarded fellowships through the 2023 Robert S. and Nell B. Eckley Summer Scholars and Artists Program .
Each scholar will receive a $4,000 stipend to spend the summer conducting academic research or artistic activity under the mentorship of a faculty member. Established by the late IWU President Emeritus Robert Eckley and his wife Nell, the program is designed to develop and deepen a student鈥檚 creative and research competencies.
Students selected for the fellowship, their projects and their faculty sponsors are:
Student: Jadyn Bothe '25
Project: 鈥淐an Thyroid Hormone be Used to Promote Corneal Nerve Regeneration?鈥�
Faculty Sponsor: Associate Professor of Biology Tyler Schwend
Major: Neuroscience
Hometown: Oregon, Illinois
Student: Melinda Burgin '25
Project: 鈥淓xploring Environmental Inequities: Solutions to an Emerging Crisis鈥�
Faculty Sponsor: Ben and Susan Rhodes Endowed Professor in Peace and Social Justice,
Professor of Political Science Jim Simeone
Majors: Art and Political Science
Hometown: Chicago, Illinois
Student: Barbara Kuznetsova '24
Project: 鈥淔orbidden Relationships: Queer Anxiety in Gothic Literature鈥�
Faculty Sponsor: Visiting Assistant Professor of English Allison Serraes
Major: English Writing
Hometown: Moscow, Russia
Student: Anna Sheaffer '24
Project: 鈥淲eb-Based Application for Visualizing Protein-Protein Interaction Network
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Faculty Sponsor: Assistant Professor of Computer Science Brian Law
Major: Computer Science
Hometown: Plainfield, Illinois
By Julia Perez