值得关注的研究

研究生代表了未来的研究和学术. With the support of their faculty advisers 和 the grants 和 travel awards they receive, 学生们在获得高等学位的同时，也在各自的领域留下了自己的印记. 

“研究生研究人员是我们的下一代创新者. 即使是学生, 他们带来了丰富多样的思想，可以迅速推动思想的发展,科琳·伦斯菲尔德说, 杜克大学负责研究和研究生教育的高级副教务长. “当他们意识到自己发现了新东西时，我喜欢看他们兴奋的样子!" 

Here’s peek into what graduate students are up to at the University 和 which research projects should be on your radar. 

基于网络摄像头的眼动追踪支持神经发散型学习者 

恩维. Jaiyeola 

里奇工程学院 & 计算机科学

这个项目利用了基于网络摄像头的眼睛技术—一种比传统眼球追踪更便宜的替代品—to detect mind w和ering in neurodivergent learners by analyzing gaze fixations 和 gaze movement patterns.

19世纪的同性恋生活 

Michelina Nelson-Olivieri

人文艺术学院 & 社会科学 

Michelina’s “The Sin That Dared Speak Its Name: Queer Life After the Ladies of Llangollen” explores how in the 19th century, 酷儿女性在对待她们的关系方面面临着文化上的转变, from innocuous "romantic friendships" to something that was treated as a threat to heteronormative life. 

玛雅诗歌翻译 

曼努埃尔 Calvillo de la Garza

人文艺术学院 & 社会科学 

曼努埃尔 received a Travel 研究 Award from CAHSS to meet with Mayan poet Briceida Cuevas Cob in Chiapas, 墨西哥, 并把她的作品翻译成英文. 曼努埃尔的最后一个项目是一本双语的Cuevas Cob作品集, 以尤加特玛雅语原文和英文译本的诗歌为特色.

气候对生存策略的影响 

安德鲁•罗杰斯

人文艺术学院 & 社会科学 

Andrew is analyzing a collection of stone artifacts from the Sage Hen Springs site in Nevada 和 investigating how fluctuations in climate in the last 10,千年影响了人们采集食物和在环境中移动的方式. Results indicate people in the Great Basin were able to adapt to harsh climates 和 maintain ties with their l和scape for millennia.

自然史标本的诗学与政治学 

1月 Verberkmoes 

人文艺术学院 & 社会科学 

“if Felsen” is a poetry project that explores the poetics 和 politics of the natural history specimen. It centers around the birds that zoologist Ernst Schäfer 和 American naturalist Brooke Dolan II collected during their second expedition to Tibet 和 China in 1934-35. 

无副作用的癌症治疗

阿尔弗雷德Akinlalu

里奇工程学院 & 计算机科学

阿尔佛雷德 utilizes innovative biomedical engineering techniques to develop side effect-free treatments for cancer. 利用肿瘤来源的细胞外囊泡蛋白质的蛋白质组学分析, he identifies certain amino acids that are selectively cytotoxic to pancreatic tumor cells with no side effects on healthy cells. His ongoing work is to evaluate these amino acids in metastasis 和 research other compounds that can target pancreatic cancer selectively.

音乐理论，数学和数据科学 

凯文·麦克法兰

拉蒙特音乐学院，艺术学院，人文学院 & 社会科学 

凯文作曲作为他研究的一种应用, 音乐理论之间的重叠是什么, 数学与数据科学. Recent topics of interest include musical structures that exhibit fractal-like self-similarity, 使用图论和微音合成的映射调谐系统. 

了解有影响力的作曲家 

马克•温斯顿

拉蒙特音乐学院，艺术学院，人文学院 & 社会科学 

Mark’s research focuses on the development of compositional styles of keyboard music within the historical 和 social contexts of the lives of influential composers including Bach, 海顿, 舒伯特, 肖邦, 法尔和曼努埃尔庞塞.

性别欣快感的体现与体验 

布兰登T. Halloway

社会工作研究生院

Brendon (he/they) uses community-engaged participatory methods to examine the health care needs 和 desires for trans 和 nonbinary communities. Brendon’s scholarship centers the health 和 well-being of trans 和 nonbinary individuals with specific focuses on health care access, 互助, 健康解放和性别欣快. 

护理实践，互助和种族形成 

安妮·兹安·邓巴

社会工作研究生院

安妮 is a researcher 和 artist whose practice centers Black feminist theory traditions to examine interstitial experiences of displaced peoples. Her dissertation project looks at the personal 和 professional lives 和 experiences of Black newcomers who work with other newcomers in the United States. 

不平等学校环境下的学生赋权 

斯蒂芬妮Nisle-Mikos

社会工作研究生院

斯蒂芬妮 has spent the past four years working as a licensed school-based therapist at a Colorado Title 1 elementary school, 她在那里评估心理健康诊断并提供个人, 团体及家庭治疗. 斯蒂芬妮 has presented her work nationally 和 has published research on student empowerment, youth voice 和 critical consciousness; first-generation college students; substance abuse; 和 multiculturalism.

促进卫生公平 

曼努 Orrego Luque

专业心理学研究生院 

This qualitative research project implemented through a community-based research approach is a powerful 和 essential tool in advancing health equity 和 antiracist efforts for marginalized populations within a healthcare system. The study is part of a larger effort to examine how to improve rates of identification 和 treatment adherence of latent tuberculosis for immigrant 和 refugee Denver 健康 patients. 

脑损伤和服药过量 

山姆·马丁，公共卫生硕士

专业心理学研究生院 

创伤性脑损伤是过量用药的危险因素, 和 overdose also commonly results in acquired brain injury—creating a bi-directional increase in risk. 筛查是改善治疗策略和结果的关键第一步, 尤其是在阿片类药物和过量用药的危机中. A wider range of accessible treatment options available after leaving inpatient care, 除了增加访问, 是发展反种族主义方法的基础吗.

退伍军人的脑损伤 

Maddy 本丢，麻萨诸塞州

专业心理学研究生院 

The goal of this study was to determine the prevalence of significant reported traumatic brain injury (TBI) history among veterans involved in a veteran treatment court, as TBI can lead to health 和 behavioral issues that make individuals more vulnerable to criminal legal involvement. 在参与研究的111名退伍军人中, 47例(约42%)报告有明显的TBI病史. Identifying the overrepresentation of TBI in this population quantifies the need for tailored brain injury screenings 和 interventions for veterans in criminal legal settings to improve rehabilitation 和 reduce recidivism.

改进司法中的脑损伤训练 

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斯宾塞·奈，马萨诸塞州

专业心理学研究生院 

这项研究的目的是提高人们对脑损伤的认识和训练, 扩大司法系统中的脑损伤筛查和鉴定, 和 integrate the Colorado brain injury model more broadly throughout the justice system.