Building Connections With ASR Models and How we Can do Better

Faculty Sponsor: Pavel Oleinikov Jeramiah Trout I am from Houston, Texas and a rising Junior in the class of 2026. My degree field is Computer Science with a focus on programming and optimization. Outside of work this summer, I watched every episode of every series of Star Trek at double speed and played . Working … Read more

War Narrative and Public Opinion

Faculty Sponsor: Kolby Hanson Angelina Kunitskaia Angelina is a rising sophomore from Russia. She is a prospective Government and Economics double major. She is interested in political research, specifically the intersection of media and politics. In the future, Angelina would like to conduct quantitative geopolitical research and make political knowledge available to the public. In … Read more

Towards Building a Civilian Lethality Index

Faculty Sponsor: Maryam Gooyabadi Live Poster Session: Zoom Link Cheyenne McLaskey Cheyenne McLaskey(’26) is a rising sophomore from Waterboro, Maine. They’re a US Army Veteran and a member of Wesleyan Posse 9. Cheyenne has been taking advantage of attending a liberal arts university, studying everything from philosophy to quantitative analysis. Outside of the classroom they’re … Read more

An Examination of Guns in Media — Draft

Faculty Sponsor: Professor Gooyabadi Live Poster Session: Zoom Link Jake Gale Jake Gale is a rising junior from New Jersey. He is an English major obtaining a certificate in Applied Data Analysis. Abstract: This research aims to further understanding in the roles which guns play in prominent media. Two web pages were scraped to make … Read more

Permutation-based Text Clustering

Faculty Sponsor: Pavel Oleinikov Live Poster Session: Zoom Link Yifei Zhao Yifei Zhao is a rising junior (Class of ’25) originally from China. During the summer of 2023, he had the opportunity to collaborate with Professor Pavel on a project involving permutation-based text clustering. Beyond his academic pursuits, Yifei finds joy in sports, capturing candid … Read more

Evaluating Sex Differences in Vulnerability to Binge Drinking

Faculty Sponsor: Laverne Melón Jonah Yas Jonah Yas is a rising junior (’25) from Brooklyn, NY, who is majoring in Biology with a minor in Environmental Science and IDEAS. Taking from his experiences at Beacon High School and growing up in New York City, his academic interests include cognitive neuroscience, environmental anthropology, and biological design. … Read more

Demographic and Geographic Factors Influencing Gun Violence

Faculty Sponsor: Maryam Gooyabadi Veronica Goss Veronica is a rising senior (’24). She grew up in the US, Chile, Panama, and Germany. At Wesleyan, is majoring in anthropology and Spanish. Outside of class, she a member of the International Student Advisory Board and the Wesleyan Democratic Socialists. Abstract: Gun violence, or the threat of it, … Read more

Virtual Physics: Modelling Anisotropic Particles in Fluids using Unity Game Engine

Faculty Sponsor: Greg Voth Cristina Gonzalez Cristina Gonzalez is a rising junior (’25) from Venezuela pursuing a Computer Science and Music double major and a former student at Venezuela’s national conservatory Simon Bolivar. Apart from her major classes, she is interested in learning about Physics, Math, Data Analysis, and Digital Art. Beyond academics, she is … Read more

Automatic Speech Recognition, Word Error Rate, and Candidate Characteristics

Faculty Sponsors: Erika Franklin Fowler and Markus Neumann Samuel Feuer Sam is a senior at Wesleyan studying Mathematics and Computer Science. His academic interests include network science, text analysis, and applications of computational techniques to social science, and he has done research as a part of the Wesleyan Media Project’s Delta Lab for over three … Read more

Exploring Boundary Terminology in Psychology and Popular Culture

Faculty Sponsor: Jill Morawski Acknowledgements: Special thanks to Professor Pavel Oleinikov Erin Byrne Erin Byrne is from Colorado and is double majoring in Psychology and Science in Society at Wesleyan University. She is also pursuing the Data Analysis Minor. She is in the class of 2024 and has previous research experience with the College of … Read more