UROC Publications and Presentations

2025

Fernanda, M. “Unveiling the Connection between Parents’ Education and First-Generation Psychology Alumni Choice of Higher Education or Workforce”. The National McNair Scholars and Undergraduate Research Conference, March 2025, College Park, MD. (Oral Presentation)

2024

Mahler, l. “Gods and Bases: U.S. Military Presence and Its Impacts on Japanese Spiritual Customs”. American Historical Association Annual Conference, January 2024, San Francisco, CA. (Oral Presentation)

Regis, S. “Trend Identification in x-ray Diffraction Peaks of Historic Cartridge Cases from Fort Ord, CA”. American Academy of Forensic Sciences, February 2024, Denver, CO. (Poster Presentation)

Huie, K. “In Trend identification of historical bullet casing chemical compositions on Fort Ord, CA”. American Academy of Forensic Sciences, February 2024, Denver, CO. (Poster Presentation)

Loewen, M. “Trend identification of Historical Bullet Casing Chemical Compositions on Fort Ord, CA”. American Academy of Forensic Sciences Annual Conference, February 2024, Denver, CO. (Poster Presentation)

Quinowski, G. “Exploring the Potential for Bias against Individuals with Thought Dysfunction in the Assessment of Symptom Overreporting”. American Psychology-Law Society Annual Conference, March 2024, Los Angeles, CA. (Poster Presentation)

Mendoza, D. “Exploring the Potential for Bias against Individuals with Thought Dysfunction in the Assessment of Symptom Overreporting”. American Psychology-Law Society Annual Conference, March 2024, Los Angeles, CA. (Poster Presentation)

Victoria, Y. “Exploring the Potential for Bias against Individuals with Thought Dysfunction in the Assessment of Symptom Overreporting”. American Psychology-Law Society Annual Conference, March 2024, Los Angeles, CA. (Poster Presentation)

Ramirez, E. “Examining the Overreporting Scales of the MMPI-2-RF at Detecting Feigning in a Simulation Study”. Society for Personality Assessment, March 2024, San Diego, CA. (Poster Presentation)

Frankie, M. “Asphaltene-Inhibitor Non-covalent Interactions Database”. American Chemical Society, March 2024, New Orleans, LA. (Poster Presentation)

Frankie, S. “Computational Investigation of the Impact of Orientations on Ionic Contact Pairs”. American Chemical Society, March 2024, New Orleans, LA. (Poster Presentation)

Saxton, J. “Interaction of Iron nanoclusters with sulfur oxides”. American Chemical Society, March 2024, New Orleans, LA. (Poster Presentation)

Mallon, A. “Lichen Density Effects on the Abundance and Diversity of Native Plants in the Understory of Oak Woodlands “. The National Conference on Undergraduate Research, April 2024, Long Beach, CA. (Poster Presentation)

Mahler, S. “Gods and Bases: U.S. Military Presence and its Impacts on Japanese Spiritual Customs”.  The National Conference on Undergraduate Research, April 2024, Long Beach, CA. (Poster Presentation)

Flores, D. “16 Month Effects Of Rock Steady Boxing Exercise In Parkinson’s Disease”. American College of Sports Medicine Annual National Conference, May 2024, Boston, Ma. (Poster Presentation)

Jauregui, C. “Impacts of Creatine Supplementation on Body Weight and Running Anaerobic Sprint Performance Test (RAST) Time Performance in Youth Soccer Players”. American College of Sports Medicine Annual National Conference, May 2024, Boston, Ma. (Poster Presentation)

Campos, S. “Exploring the Chance Events that Influence the Career Paths of First Generation and Continuing-Generation Psychology”. Western Psychological Association Convention, April 2024, San Francisco, CA. (Poster Presentation)

Appleby, K. “Nature vs. Screen Time: Course-based Research on Students’ use of Classroom Breaks”. Western Psychological Association Convention, April 2024, San Francisco, CA. (Poster Presentation)

Fernanda, M. “Exploring the Chance Events that Influence the Career Paths of First-Generation and Continuing-Generation Psychology Alumni”. Western Psychological Association Convention, April 2024, San Francisco, CA. (Poster Presentation)

Salow, N. “The Relationship between Extraversion and Face Recognition”. Western Psychological Association Convention, April 2024, San Francisco, CA. (Poster Presentation)

Morales, J. “Exploring the Chance Events that Influence the Career Paths of First Generation and Continuing-Generation Psychology”. Western Psychological Association Convention, April 2024, San Francisco, CA. (Poster Presentation)

Minard, S. “Climate Migration in the United States: The Impact of Natural Disasters, Resource Scarcity, and Perceived Climate Inhospitality”. Social Science Student Symposium, May 2024, Sacramento, CA. (Oral Presentation)

Morales, J. “Deliberately Unplanned! Exploring the Chance Events that Influence the Career Paths of First Generation and Continuing-Generation Psychology”. UCLA National McNair Conference, July 2024, Los Angeles, CA. (Poster Presentation)

Victoria, Y. ‘’Bilinguals and their tip-of-the-tongue (TOT) rates as it relates to their language proficiency in comparison to English monolinguals”.  UCLA National McNair Conference, July 2024, Los Angeles, CA. (Poster Presentation)

Fernanda, M. “Deliberately Unplanned! Exploring the Chance Events that Influence the Career Paths of First Generation and Continuing-Generation Psychology”. UCLA National McNair Conference, July 2024, Los Angeles, CA. (Oral Presentation)

Porras-Vargas, A. “Creeping, Charging, and Cessant Hillslopes: Correlation of Environmental and Morphological Variables and Earthflow Activity in Hollister, CA”. The Geological Society of America Connects Annual Conference, September 2024, Anaheim, CA. (Poster Presentation)

Ispache, D. “ Paper Circular Chromatography: A Qualitative Tool for Soil Health Assessment”. Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) National Diversity in STEM Conference, October 2024, Phoenix, AZ. (Poster Presentation)

Alcazar, A. “The Effects of Fertilizer within Treatments”. Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) National Diversity in STEM Conference, October 2024, Phoenix, AZ. (Poster Presentation)

Ispache, D. “ Paper Circular Chromatography: A Qualitative Tool for Soil Health Assessment”. The American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Crop Science Society of America (CSSA), and Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) Annual Conference, October 2024, San Antonio, TX. (Poster Presentation)

Buitrago-Yepes, K. “Pycnopodia Helianthoides, Solaster Stimpsoni, and Solaster Dawsoni Presence and Habitat Correlation at Various Life Stages Along the Southern Oregon Coast”. Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) National Diversity in STEM Conference, October 2024, Phoenix, AZ. (Poster Presentation)

Ortega, M. “Harmful Algal Blooms and Runoff in Coastal Harbors”. Western Society of Naturalists Annual Conference, November 2024, Portland, OR. (Poster Presentation)

Ortega, M. “Quantifying post-fire estuarine marsh platform sediment dynamics in response to post-fire runoff and flooding events using particle distributions”. American Geophysical Union Conference, December 2024, Washington D.C., MD. (Poster Presentation)

2023

Chavez-Diaz, J. “(Re)Creating Latinx Indigenous Identity: Transnational Saraguro Youth Living in Rural Wisconsin”. International Conference on Arts & Humanities in Hawaii, January 2023, Honolulu, HI. (Poster Presentation)

Leporini, C. “Automation of Reports: Bridging the Statistical Gap”. Alliance of Hispanic Serving Institution Educators Conference, January 2023, Boston, MA. (Oral Presentation)

Iden, V. “Surveying Student Selection: A Guidebook for Representation”. Joint Mathematics Meetings, January 2023, Boston, MA. (Oral Presentation)

Kendall, M. “The Elusive Random Sample: The Search For Representative”. Joint Mathematics Meetings, January 2023, Boston, MA. (Poster Presentation)

Leporini, C. “Automation of Personalized Reports: Effective Through Data Visualization”. Conference on Statistical Practice, February 2023, San Francisco, CA. (Poster Presentation)

Winter, S. “Context-Specific Conceptualizations of Death in Early Childhood”. Western Psychological Association 103rd Annual Convention, April 2023, Riverside, CA. (Poster Presentation)

Smith, K. “Comparing Adolescent Mental Health Between 2020 and 2022: A Youth Participatory Action Research Project”. Western Psychological Association 103rd Annual Convention, April 2023, Riverside, CA. (Poster Presentation)

Bell, N. “Perceptions of Digital Wellness as a Result of the COVID-19 Pandemic”. Western Psychological Association 103rd Annual Convention, April 2023, Riverside, CA. (Poster Presentation)

Christofi, S. “Are Students Ready for the Workplace? Employers and Student Perspectives Differ”. Western Psychological Association 103rd Annual Convention, April 2023, Riverside, CA. (Poster Presentation)

Mazariegos, C. “Do They Get the Job?: Undergraduates’ Perceptions of skills and Qualifications on Resumes”.  Western Psychological Association 103rd Annual Convention, April 2023, Riverside, CA. (Poster Presentation)

Parker, K. “How Have Students’ Perceptions of their Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Changed During the COVID-19 Pandemic?”  Western Psychological Association 103rd Annual Convention, April 2023, Riverside, CA. (Poster Presentation)

Duran, R. “Youth Participatory Action Research: Impacts of COVID-19 on Youth”. Western Psychological Association 103rd Annual Convention, April 2023, Riverside, CA. (Poster Presentation)

Breen, M. “Wrist Wrap Type and Sex Impacts On Bench Press Muscular Endurance and Associated Perceptual Indices”. American College of Sports Medicine, April 2023, Marina, CA. (Poster Presentation)

Quinowski, G. “Examining the Initial Elevation Phenomenon with MMPI-2 and MMPI-2-RF items  Administered in a Forensic Inpatient Setting”. Society for Personality Assessment Convention, March 2023, Austin, TX. (Poster Presentation)

Jauregui, C. “Wrist Wrap Type and Sex Impacts On Grip Strength, Pushup Power, and Associated Subjective Stability”. American College of Sports Medicine, May 2023, Denver, OR. (Poster Presentation)

Howard, N. ““Wrist Wrap Type and Sex Impacts On Bench Press Muscular Endurance and Associated Perceptual Indices”. American College of Sports Medicine, May 2023, Denver, CO. (Poster Presentation)

Chappel, A. “One Year Effects of Rock Steady Boxing Exercise in People with Parkinson’s Disease”. American College of Sports Medicine, May 2023, Denver, CO. (Poster Presentation)

Chavez-Diaz, J. “(Re)Creating Latinx Indigenous Identity: Transnational Saraguro Youth Living in Rural Wisconsin”. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, April 2023, Chicago, IL. (Poster Presentation)

Apostolova, S. “Rhetorical Analysis of White Supremacist Moves to Innocence”. Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues Convention, June 2023, Denver, CO. (Poster Presentation) 

Ashman, L.  “Rhetorical Analysis of White Supremacist Moves to Innocence”. Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues Convention, June 2023, Denver, CO. (Poster Presentation) 

Smith, K. “Youth Mental Health: Successes and Challenges of a Youth”. Society for Community Research and Action Biennial Conference, June 2023, Virtual. (Oral Presentation) 

Acevedo Duran, R. “Youth Mental Health: Successes and Challenges of a Youth”. Society for Community Research and Action Biennial Conference, June 2023, Virtual. (Oral Presentation) 

Victoria, Y. “The Impact of Invalid Responding on Item Endorsement Rates in a Forensic Inpatient Setting”.  University of Minnesota Press MMPI Conference, June 2023, Minneapolis, MN. (Poster Presentation)

Ramirez, E. “The Impact of Invalid Responding on Item Endorsement Rates in a Forensic Inpatient Setting”.  University of Minnesota Press MMPI Conference, June 2023, Minneapolis, MN. (Poster Presentation)

Celest, M. “Mapping Major Depression Symptoms on the MMPI-2-RF and MMPI-3 Measures”. University of Minnesota Press MMPI Conference, June 2023, Minneapolis, MN. (Poster Presentation)

McGinnis, M. “Mapping Major Depression Symptoms on the MMPI-2-RF and MMPI-3 Measures”. University of Minnesota Press MMPI Conference, June 2023, Minneapolis, MN. (Poster Presentation)

Romero, I. “The Impact of Invalid Responding on Item Endorsement Rates in a Forensic Inpatient Setting”.  University of Minnesota Press MMPI Conference, June 2023, Minneapolis, MN. (Poster Presentation)

Lemus, B. “Robotic Process Automation Effectiveness”. Accounting Information Systems Educators Annual Conference, July 2023, Colorado Springs, CO. (Oral Presentation)

 Huie, K. “Trend Identification of Historical Bullet Casing Chemical Compositions on Fort Ord, CA”. Proceedings of the American Chemical Society Conference, August 2023, San Francisco, CA. (Poster Presentation)

Regis, S. “Trend Identification of Historical Bullet Casing Chemical Compositions on Fort Ord, CA”. Proceedings of the American Chemical Society Conference, August 2023, San Francisco, CA. (Poster Presentation)

Morales, J. “What’s Their Reason?: Exploring the Relationship Between Parents’ Educational Expectations and Psychology Alumni’s Post-Bachelor Paths”. Cal State Monterey Summer Research Symposium, September 2023, Monterey, CA. (Poster Presentation)

Fernanda, M. “Unveiling the Connection between Parents’ Education and First Generation Psychology Alumni Choice of Higher Education or Workforce”. Cal State Monterey Summer Research Symposium, September 2023, Monterey, CA. (Poster Presentation)

Villafrilla, N. “Optimizing Inoculum Production Methods for Infesting Soil and Investigate Pythium Wilt of Lettuce”. Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) Conference, October 2023, Portland, OR. (Poster Presentation)

Tao, J. “Exploring Plant-Growth Promotion and Disease Suppression Capacities of Soilborne Streptomyces From the Salinas Valley”. Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) Conference, October 2023, Portland, OR. (Poster Presentation)

Victoria, Y. “False Memory and Source Monitoring  in Bilinguals”. 

University of New Mexico McNair Scholars Research Conference, September 2023, Albuquerque, NM. (Poster Presentation)

Imperial, A. “Developing an Inoculation Bioassay to Investigate the Biology of Pythium wilt of Lettuce”. Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) Conference, October 2023, Portland, OR. (Poster Presentation)

Regalado, C. “Greater than the Sum of its Parts: Characterization of the Coinfection of Lettuce with Pythium Wilt and INSV in the Salinas Valley”.  Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) Conference, October 2023, Portland, OR. (Poster Presentation)

Vayder, Z. “Uncovering the Evolution and Speciation of the Congo River Cyprinid Fish in the Genus Chelaethiops”. Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) Conference, October 2023, Portland, OR. (Poster Presentation)

Wrinkle, J. “Comparing the Phylogenetic Relationship of Trematodes on the Line Islands and French Polynesia to the Eastern and Western Pacific”. Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) Conference, October 2023, Portland, OR. (Oral Presentation)

Porras-Vargas, A. “Creepy Hillslopes: Multimethod Analysis of Earthflows in Hollister, CA”. The Geological Society of America Conference, October 2023, Pittsburgh, PA. (Poster Presentation)

Espinoza, O. “Arithmetical Structures on Canoe Paddle Graphs” Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) Conference, October 2023, Portland, OR. (Poster Presentation)

Hernandez, C. “Investigating Mutual Interactions in Coral-Seaweed Cocultures”.  Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) Conference, October 2023, Portland, OR. (Poster Presentation)

Yokomizo, L, “Revealing how Wildfires can Affect River Sediments and Chemistry During Droughts and After Precipitation”. Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) Conference, October 2023, Portland, OR. (Poster Presentation)

Bernhardt, A. “Testing the Impact of Plant-Based Carbon Nanoparticles on Arugula Yields, Nitrogen Recovery, and Root Morphology”.  The American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Crop Science Society of America (CSSA), and Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) Annual Conference, October 2023, St. Luis, MO. (Poster Presentation)

Liske, B. “Cover Crop Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling in Community Garden Raised Beds Containing Large Organic Matter Fractions”. The American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Crop Science Society of America (CSSA), and Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) Annual Conference, October 2023, St. Luis, MO. (Poster Presentation)

Jauregui, C. “Impacts of Creatine Supplementation on Running Anaerobic Sprint”.  American College of Sports Medicine Conference, October 2023, Costa Mesa, CA. (Poster Presentation)

Breen, M. “Impacts of Creatine Supplementation on Running Anaerobic Sprint”.  American College of Sports Medicine Conference, October 2023, Costa Mesa, CA. (Poster Presentation)

Walter, A. “A Fin-tastic Comprehensive Assessment and Classification of Mating Scars on Female Great White Sharks in the Northeastern Pacific”. Western Society of Naturalists, November 2023, Monterey, CA. (Oral Presentation)

Milton, M. “Tissue-specific HIF-1a Expression in Adult Gopher Rockfish (Sebastes Carnatus) Under Upwelling stress in Central California”. Western Society of Naturalists, November 2023, Monterey, CA. (Poster Presentation)

Hernandez, C. “Investigating Mutual Interactions in Coral-Seaweed Cocultures”. Western Society of Naturalists, November 2023, Monterey, CA. (Poster Presentation)

Leon, N. “Influence of Acute Turkesterone Dosing on Resting Metabolic Rate and Substrate Utilization in Recreationally-active Males”.  American College of Sports Medicine Conference, October 2023, Costa Mesa, CA. (Poster Presentation)

Ritchey, M. “Neuromuscular Fatigue From a Single PickleBall Match”. American College of Sports Medicine Conference, October 2023, Costa Mesa, CA. (Poster Presentation)

Rawlins, A. “Comparison of Shell Length for C. Battelariae Infected and Non-Infected B. Attramentaria within Elkhorn Slough and Japan”. Western Society of Naturalists, November 2023, Monterey, CA. (Poster Presentation)

Yokomizo, L. “Analysis of Fire Retardant in Runoff”. Western Society of Naturalists, November 2023, Monterey, CA. (Poster Presentation)

Staton, M. “Sea Star Wasting Disease in the Intertidal Pisaster Ochraceus in the Monterey Peninsula”. Western Society of Naturalists, November 2023, Monterey, CA. (Poster Presentation)

Rad, C. “Species Composition of Phytoplankton Varies in Marine Heat Waves”. Western Society of Naturalists, November 2023, Monterey, CA. (Poster Presentation)

Donahue, E. “Fish Choruses in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary”. Western Society of Naturalists, November 2023, Monterey, CA. (Poster Presentation)

Skustad, A. “Surf’s Up: The Integration of Surfing and Science”. Western Society of Naturalists, November 2023, Monterey, CA. (Poster Presentation)

Charleton, E. “Pajaro River Water Presence and Absence and Temperature Variation with Depth”. Western Society of Naturalists, November 2023, Monterey, CA. (Poster Presentation)

Emeterio, D. “Investigating Essential Genes: Electroporation Optimization for TNSeq-Based Analysis in Malathion Degrading Bacteria”. 

Caprino, M. “Determining Symbiont Communities in Galapagos Pavona Clavus”. Western Society of Naturalists, November 2023, Monterey, CA. (Poster Presentation)

Charlatan, E. “Quantifying Post-fire Estuarine Marsh Platform Sediment Dynamics in Response to Post-fire Runoff and Flooding Events”. Advancing Earth and Space Sciences, December 2023, San Francisco, CA. (Poster Presentation)

Barajas, S. “La Niña Vs. El Niño: How Hypoxic Events Affect the Reproductive Output of Gopher Rockfish (Sebastes carnatus)”. Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) National Diversity in STEM Conference, October 2024, Phoenix, AZ. (Poster Presentation)

Wrinkle, J. “Long Term Monitoring on the Recovery of Pisaster Ochraceus Post Sea Star Wasting Disease”. Western Society of Naturalists Annual Conference, November 2024, Portland, OR. (Poster Presentation)

Flores, D. “Associations Between Serum and Skeletal Muscle Androgen-Responsive Biomarkers, Lean Body Mass, and Strength Assessments” American College of Sports Medicine Conference, October 2023, Costa Mesa, CA. (Poster Presentation)

Wise, L. “Hostile Takeover: Sea Urchin Recruitment in Monterey Bay”. Western Society of Naturalists Annual Conference, November 2024, Portland, OR. (Poster Presentation)

Mallicoat, L. “ Investigating the Current Population Status of the Pismo clam (Tivela Stultorum) Around the Monterey Bay”. Western Society of Naturalists Annual Conference, November 2024, Portland, OR. (Poster Presentation)

Buitrago-Yepes, K. “Kelp forest Invertebrates Depth Distributions in Comparison to Survey Efforts Along the Southern Oregon Coast” Western Society of Naturalists Annual Conference, November 2024, Portland, OR. (Poster Presentation)

Brady, R. “Investigating the current population status of the Pismo clam (Tivela Stultorum) within Monterey Bay”.  Western Society of Naturalists Annual Conference, November 2024, Portland, OR. (Poster Presentation)

Takahashi, T. “Sandy Beach Habitat Variability of Pismo clam (Tivela Stultorum) populations in Monterey Bay”. Western Society of Naturalists Annual Conference, November 2024, Portland, OR. (Poster Presentation)

Wickware, A. “Validating wind data from the Ocean Observatories Initiative in high latitude environments”. Western Society of Naturalists Annual Conference, November 2024, Portland, OR. (Poster Presentation)

Barajas, S. “La Niña Vs. El Niño: How Hypoxic Events Affect the Reproductive Output of Gopher Rockfish (Sebastes carnatus)”. Western Society of Naturalists Annual Conference, November 2024, Portland, OR. (Poster Presentation)

Elias, N. “Maternal Effects and Enso Impacts on Multi-Brooding in Rosy Rockfish (Sebastes Rosaceus)”. Western Society of Naturalists Annual Conference, November 2024, Portland, OR. (Poster Presentation)

Minard, S. “The Interaction of Political Views and Extreme Weather in Shaping Climate Change Concern”. Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research, November 2024, San Bernardino, CA. (Poster Presentation)

2022

Karis. N. “A Theory of Safety Spectrum: How LGBTQ+ Young Adults Navigate Personal Risk in App Based Hookups.” Society for Research on Adolescence, March 2022, New Orleans, LA. (Poster Presentation)

Scrivener, C. “Discriminating Benthic Macroalgae From Using Novel”. Ocean Sciences Meeting, February 2022, Virtual. (Oral Presentation) 

Dearie, M. “Students’ Perception of How Much They Have Learned is Associated with Professors’ Explanation of Learning Outcomes”. Research, Scholarship, & Creative Activity Spring Showcase, April 2022, Seaside, CA. (Poster Presentation)

Karis, N. “Identity-based Discipline Disparities: Examining the Intersection of Youth’s Gender, Sexual Orientation, and Race/Ethnicity”. Construction of ‘Other’: Development, Consequences, and Applied Implications of Racism, Prejudice, and Discrimination Conference, May 2022, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico. (Oral Presentation)

Frese, R. “Rock Steady Boxing Exercise Both Maintains and Improves Physical Function in People with Parkinson's Disease”. American College Of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting, June 2022, San Diego, CA. (Poster Presentation)

McNair, K. “Toward Diversifying Computer Science With Novel Interest-Based Models of Students”. American Society For Engineering Education Conference, June 2022, Minneapolis, MN. (Oral Presentation)

Chavez-Diaz, J. “The Translanguaging of Latino Kindergarteners”. Krieger School of Arts & Sciences Symposium, April 2022, Virtual. (Oral Presentation)

Yokomizo, A. “Revealing How Wildfires Can Affect River Sediments and Chemistry”. Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting, May 2022, Grand Rapids, MI. (Poster Presentation)

Urias, M. “Monitoring Habitat Preferences of Local Amphibians in the Monterey Bay area of California”. The SACNAS National Diversity in STEM Conference, October 2022, San Juan, Puerto Rico. (Poster Presentation)

Mckay, J. “Flat and Fearsome: A Newly Discovered Carnivorous “Palm Frond Sponge” From the Deep Northeast Pacific Ocean”. Graduate Programs in Bioscience Symposium, August 2022, Los Angeles, CA. (Poster Presentation)   

Alvarado, M. “Flat and Fearsome: a Newly Discovered Carnivorous “Palm Frond Sponge” from the Deep Northeast Pacific Ocean”. Graduate Programs in Bioscience Symposium, August 2022, Los Angeles, CA. (Poster Presentation)   

Christofi, S. “Employer and Student Discrepancies on Workplace Skills”.  The SACNAS National Diversity in STEM Conference, October 2022, San Juan, Puerto Rico. (Poster Presentation)

Mazariegos, C. “Do they get the job?: Undergraduates’ Perceptions of Job Applicants’ Qualifications on Resumes”.  The SACNAS National Diversity in STEM Conference, October 2022, San Juan, Puerto Rico. (Poster Presentation)

Charleton, E. “Insect Comparisons in the Dry Salinas River at Sites with High and Low Densities of Arundo”. The SACNAS National Diversity in STEM Conference, October 2022, San Juan, Puerto Rico. (Poster Presentation)

Hunter, N. “Impacts of Giant Reed Removal on Aerial Invertebrates in Non-Perennial Rivers”. The SACNAS National Diversity in STEM Conference, October 2022, San Juan, Puerto Rico. (Poster Presentation)

Frontella, N. “After Effects of Reproduction on Energy Intake in the Olympia Oyster, Ostrea Lurida”. The SACNAS National Diversity in STEM Conference, October 2022, San Juan, Puerto Rico. (Poster Presentation)

Winter, S. “DNA Circuit Strand Cascades: Leak Reduction in the Seesaw Gate Motif”. The SACNAS National Diversity in STEM Conference, October 2022, San Juan, Puerto Rico. (Poster Presentation)

Smith, K. “Food Insecurity and Gynecologic Cancers: A Scoping Review”. Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minoritized Scientists, November 2022, Anaheim, CA. (Poster Presentation)

2021

Lagunas, M. “Gender Identity and Well-being Among College Students, Faculty, and Staff.” Western Psychological Association Convention, April 2021, Virtual. (Poster Presentation)

Crouse, C. “Gender Identity and Well-being Among College Students, Faculty, and Staff.” Western Psychological Association Convention, April 2021, Virtual. (Poster Presentation)

Bernal Campos, E. “Sexual Identity Development As a Motive for Hooking Up.” National LGBTQ Health Conference, May 2021, Virtual. (Poster Presentation)

Saldana, X.  “Sexual Identity Development As a Motive for Hooking Up.” National LGBTQ Health Conference, May 2021, Virtual. (Poster Presentation)

Dunham, M. “The Relationship Between Working Memory and Eyewitness Recall.” Association for Psychological Science Conference, May 2021, Virtual. (Oral Presentation)

Choongh, G. “Be Good or Do Good? A Constructual Level Theory on Corporate Ambivalent Behaviors.” Academy of Marketing Science Annual Conference, June 2021, Virtual. (Oral Presentation)

Rooney, K. “Planet of the Urchins: Changes in Density of Purple Sea Urchins, Strongylocentrotus Purpuratus, Over Time in Monterey Bay Intertidal.” Western Society of Naturalists Conference, November 2021, Virtual. (Poster Presentation)

2020

Ricks, S. “Swimming Against the Tides: Mitigating the Negative Role of Subjective Morns and Locus of Control on Recycling Behavior.” American Marketing Association Winter Academic Conference, February 2020, San Diego, CA. (Poster Presentation)

Macias, Y. “The purpose of this roundtable is to examine the ways in which issues of spectrality and haunting are reflected in stories of migration and immigration within Chicanx communities.”  National Association For Chicana And Chicano Studies Conference, April 2020, Seattle, WA. (Oral Presentation)

Jasmine, L. “Data interpolation using non-linear island boundary features for estimating sea urchin density across a continuous landscape.” José E. Serrano Educational Partnership Program with Minority Serving Institutions Education and Science Forum Conference, March 2020, Tallahassee, FL. (Poster Presentation)

Amador, L. “Engaging the New Majority: Inclusivity in Undergraduate Research.” The American Association of Colleges and Universities Diversity Equity and Student Success Conference, March 2020, New Orleans, LA. (Poster Presentation)

Velasquez, S. “Fostering Inclusive STEM Education through Undergraduate Research." The American Association of Colleges and Universities Diversity Equity and Student Success Conference, March 2020, New Orleans, LA. (Facilitated Discussion)

Kei Loke, W. "The Power of Knowledge: Driving Sustainable Hotel Choices Through Decision Trade-Offs.” Academy of Marketing Science Conference, July 2020, Coral Gables, FL. (Poster Presentation)

Mejia, C. “Identifying assets: Community Cultural Wealth with Latinx students.” The Pacific Sociological Association Conference, July 2020, Eugene, OR. (Poster Presentation) 

Murphy, M. “Identifying assets: Community Cultural Wealth with Latinx students.” The Pacific Sociological Association Conference, March 2020, Eugene, OR. (Poster Presentation) 

Garcia, B. “Observing Gender-Type Play Differences in a Children's Museum.” Western Psychological Association Conference, April 2020, San Francisco, CA. (Poster Presentation)

Patch, C. “The Practical Utility of MEC/AES Scales in Predicting Mood Disorders.”  University of Minnesota Press Annual MMPI/MPQ Symposium Conference, June 2020, Minneapolis, MN. (Poster Presentation)

Carter, J. “The Genetic Variation Underlying the Salt Stress Response in Oryza Glaberrima.” UCLA Undergraduate Education Academic Advancement Program National McNair Conference, July 2020, Los Angeles, CA. (Oral Presentation)

Gato-Fuentes, M. “Coral Symbiont Mediation of The Effects of Sedimentation and Water Flow on Coral.” Western Society of Naturalists Conference, November 2020, Virtual. (Oral Presentation)

Nikole Babcock, UROC Scholar Alum, with R. Watson, R. Moody, C. Hong, S. Kalichman, et al. 2025. Sex Positivity, Resilience, Social Support, and PrEP and HIV Stigmas: Associations with Current and Lifetime Use PrEP. International Journal of Sexual Health 

Margaret Falknor, UROC Researcher Alum, with Eric Martin, Kinesiology, and Dr. Steven Kim, Mathematics and Statistics. 2025. Spider Test Modified for Pickleball: Reliable, but Do Not Use It. J 

Madison Moreno, UROC Researcher Alum, with N. Bonello, C. Bessey, J. Ramirez, and Dr. Victoria Derr, Applied Environmental Science. 2025. Listening Closely through Embedded Evaluation: Children’s Ecological Narratives and Co-Learning in Place. Children, Youth and Environment

C. Mazariegos, Koret Scholar, Kyle Parker, Koret Scholar, Renne Penalver, Assistant Professor, Psychology, and Jennifer Dyer-Seymour, Professor, Psychology. 2025. Assessing Student Writing in an Undergraduate Psychology Research Methods Course. Society for the Teaching of Psychology

Levi Mahler, McNair Scholar. 2025. The Activists’ Choice: Ballot Initiatives as a Step Towards Pro-Choice Efforts. Culture, Society, and Praxis.

Jenna Slusser, UROC Researcher. 2025. Accessibility, Artistry, and Mathematics: A Visual Proof of Heron’s Result. Convergence.

Alyssa Walter, UROC Scholar, with K. Roy and L. Gardner, Moss Landing Marine Labs. 2024. Shell Loss Syndrome in Red and White Abalone (Haliotis refescens and Haliotis sorenseni). Journal of Shellfish Research 43(2):213-216.

Derek Lilienthal, UROC Researcher. Multi-Resolution Diffusion for Privacy-Sensitive Recommender Systems. IEEE Access

Nikole Babcock, UROC Scholar. How LGBTQ+ Young Adults Navigate Personal Risk in App-Based Hookups: The Safety Spectrum Theory. Archives of Sexual Behavior. 

Selsela Arsala, UROC Researcher, Madison Franke, UROC Researcher, Shelby Franke, UROC Researcher, Simon-Olivier Gingras, UROC Researcher, Katelyn Huie, UROC Researcher, Samantha Kozlo, UROC Researcher, Levi Molnar, UROC Researcher, Sarina Regis, McNair Scholar, and Dr. Arun Sharma, Assistant Professor of Biology and Chemistry. Machine learning to identify structural motifs in asphaltenes. Results in Chemistry.

Matthew Ritchey, UROC Researcher, Margaret Falknor, UROC Researcher, Steven Kim, Associate Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, George Beckham, Associate Professor of Kinesiology, and Eric Martin, Associate Professor of Kinesiology. Lack of Neuromuscular Fatigue Due to Recreational Doubles Pickleball. J — Multidisciplinary Scientific Journal

Katrina Conen, UROC Scholar. The Effects of Burnout, Team Support, and Perceived Leader Effectiveness on Career Interventions Among JAG Corps Personnel. Military Medicine

Melissa-Ann Lagunas, Koret Scholar, with J. Lin, C. Widman, and P. Rivera. 2025. Internationalization of help-seeking stigma and the moderating role of familism among Latine adults with chronic pain. Journal of Health Psychology.

Sarah Gonzalez-Coffin, UROC Researcher, with P. Buckley, C. Gust, S. Aikawa, C. Steeger, and F. Pampel. 2025. Applying an Equity Lens to Evidence-Based Preventive Interventions: a Systematic Review of Subgroup Findings from Experimental Evaluations. Prevention Science

Hana Moyle, UROC Researcher, and Dr. Steven Kim, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics. ShinyCore: An R/Shiny program for establishing core collection based on single nucleotide polymorphism data. Plant Methods. 

Michael Haidar, UROC Researcher and Koret Scholar, and Dr. Glenn Bruns, Associate Professor, School of Computing and Design. Neural Memory Decoding with EEG Data and Representation Learning. arXiv.

Kimberly Smith, McNair Scholar, Rosa Acevedo-Duran, McNair Scholar, and Dr. Jennifer Lovell, Professor, Psychology Department. Youth Are the Experts! Youth Participatory Action Research to Address the Adolescent Mental Health Crisis. Healthcare.

Selina Espinoza, McNair Scholar, Melissa-Ann Lagunas, Koret Scholar, Claudia Rocha, Koret Scholar, and Dr. Jennifer Lovell, Professor, Psychology Department. Perceived Risks and Therapeutic Benefits of Cannabis Among College Students Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic. Cannabis. 

Red Glines, UROC Researcher, and Dr. Victoria Derr, Associate Professor, Department of Applied Environmental Science. Blurring Boundaries and Realizing Just Potential: How Diverse California Schools Enact Sustainability-in-Place. Children, Youth and Environments.

Melissa-Ann Lagunas, Koret Scholar. Asian Americans’ Intentions to seek help: The mediating influence of self-stigma on the theory of planned behavior. Stigma and Health.

Matthew Mondragon, LSAMP. Charactering arginine, ornithine, and putrescine pathways in entoric phatobionts. Microbiology Open.

Brandon Garcia, UROC Researcher, Natassia Aleman-Teweles, UROC Researcher, and Dr. Jennifer Dyer-Seymour, Professor of Psychology: The Patterns of Children’s and Caregivers’ Gender-Typed Exhibit Choices in a Pop-Up Children’s Museum. Psi Chi Journal of Psychological Research

Nikole Babcock, UROC Scholar, and Dr. Shannon Snapp, Associate Professor of Psychology. “Hookups can be Purposeful, Positive, and Safe for LGBTQ+ Young Adults”. Spark: Elevating Scholarship on Social Issues.

Eva Bernal Campos, UROC Researcher, Xochitl Saldana, Koret Scholar, and Dr. Shannon Snapp, Associate Professor of Psychology. “‘This is Real, This is the Way that Things are’: Hooking up as a Pathway for Sexual Identity Development Among SGM Emerging Adults”. Emerging Adulthood. 2022.

Conor Rickard, UROC Scholar, Julio Hernandez-Vasquez, LSAMP Rising Researcher, Dr. Steven Kim, Associate Professor of Statistics, and Dr. Dan Fernandez, Professor of Applied Environmental Science. “Early Night Fog Prediction Using Liquid Water Content Measurement in the Monterey Bay Area”. Atmosphere. 2022.

Eduardo Aparicio, Koret Scholar, & Dr. Shwadhin Sharma, Associate Professor of Information Systems. Organizational and team culture as antecedents of protection motivation among IT employees. Computers & Security. 2022.

Gagandeep Choongh, UROC Scholar, Erika Hernandez-Gonzalez, Koret Scholar, & Dr. Jenny Lin, Associate Professor of Marketing: Get Acquainted: Learnings from Collecting Data for a Cross-Cultural Research in a Foreign Country. Research Methods Cases: Business and Management, SAGE publications Inc. 2022.

Sarah Ricks, UROC Researcher & Dr. Jenny Lin, Associate Professor of Marketing: Who spends more on children’s education: An autonomous or an empowered mother? A study from India. Consumer Culture Theory in Asia: History and Contemporary Issues, Routledge Frontiers in the Development of International Business, Management and Marketing. 2022.

Emma Lundvall, UROC Researcher, Dr. Angeline Nariswari, Assistant Professor of Marketing and Social Entrepreneurship, & Dr. Jenny Lin, Associate Professor of Marketing: Leveraging Group Diversity to Improve Student Learning. Journal of Financial Education. 2022.

Nikole Babcock, UROC Scholar: Undergraduates and sexual wellness: How do undergrads advocate for their sexual well-being? Culture, Society, and Praxis. 2021. 

Elizabeth Reyes-Gallegos, UROC Researcher & Dr. John Banks, UROC Director: Insect diversity and abundance measured two decades after farmland conversion to forest using different human-assisted restoration strategies in Gede, Kenya. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist. 2021.

Charles Nye, UROC Researcher: Observing Life in the Sea Using Environmental DNA. Oceanography. 2021.

Kiegan Lloyd, UROC Researcher: What do they mean by a potent man?:' Medical Views on Impotence in Early Modern France. Center for Renaissance and Reformation Studies. 2021.

Kiegan Lloyd, UROC Researcher: ‘My love is as a fever:' Medical Discourse on Lovesickness, Imagination and Emotions in Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century France. The Mirror: Undergraduate History Journal. 2021.