Past Participant Reflections

Participants, mentors, and graduate student mentors all offered positive, enthusiastic feedback about taking part in SPUR. The professional relationships, learning and collaboration opportunities, and advancement of research provided by the program make it a truly unique experience. Additional information is available for prospective participants and mentors.

“An unforgettable learning experience”
“A summer of firsts”
“Full of growth and enrichment”

Read more about the experiences of our SPUR participants:


Ahmed Alattas University of Washington Mentor: Dr. Larisa Heiphetz, Columbia University


Alana Bertin McGill University Mentor: Dr. Ashley Votruba, University of Nebraska – Lincoln


Daphne Castro Lingl Indiana University Bloomington Mentor: Dr. Jackie Chen, University of Utah


Krystal Duarte California State University, Fresno Mentor: Dr. Shelly Gable and Dr. Dan Conroy-Beam, UC Santa Barbara


Khanh-Linh Duong Knox College Mentor: Dr. Sarah Gaither, Duke University


Ben Huynh Wabash Collee Mentor: Dr. Juliana Schroeder, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley


Jose Martinez Florida State University Mentor: Dr. Virgil Zeigler-Hill, Oakland University


Yazmin Meza Lazaro Pomona College Mentor: Dr. Jessica Remedios, Tufts University


Christina Tahtouh The University of Texas at Austin Mentor: Dr. Jay Van Bavel, New York University


Ana Vielma St. Edward’s University Mentor: Dr. Nicole Stephens, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University


Sonia Baron Florida Atlantic University Mentor: Dr. Greg Walton Stanford University


Ronnie Clements Harding University (AR) Mentor: Dr. Sapna Cheryan University of Washington


Ashlee Joseph St. Thomas Aquinas College (NY) Mentor: Dr. Maureen Craig New York University


Yvette Lugo California State University – Northridge Mentor: Dr. Jamil Zaki Stanford University


Vy Ngo Lawrence University (WI) Mentor: Dr. Hal Hershfield UCLA Anderson


Thao Pham Augustana College (IL) Mentor: Dr. Shelly Gable UC Santa Barbara


Jesus Saavedra Weber State University (UT) Mentor: Dr. Bettina Casad University of Missouri – STL


Crystal Solano California State University – San Bernardino Mentor: Dr. Keith Maddox Tufts University


Felix Wu Rice University Mentor: Dr. Sarah Gaither Duke University

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Franklin & Marshall College
Mentor: Dr. Hal Hershfield
UCLA

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Fasika Hailu
University of South Florida
Mentor: Dr. Sapna Cheryan
Stereotypes, Identity, and Belonging Lab at the University of Washington

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Ngan Hoang
Gustavus Adolphus College
Mentor: Dr. Jamil Zaki, Leor Hackel
Stanford University

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William Jettinghoff
Indiana University
Mentor: Dr. Jesse Graham
USC

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Ecem Kunter
TOBB University
Mentor: Dr. Juliana Schroeder
UC, Berkeley

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Miriam Morales Suárez
University of Puerto Rico
Mentor: Dr. Sarah Gaither
Duke University

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Shayan Shokrgozar
College of Idaho
Mentor: Dr. Janina Steinmetz
Utrecht University

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Dhairyya Singh
Ashoka University
Mentor: Dr. Kristen Lindquist
UNC Chapel Hill

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Shantal Taveras
Haverford College
Mentor: Dr. Rachael Jack
University of Glasgow

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Jake Yang
Texas Christian University
Mentor: Dr. Wendi Gardner
Northwestern University

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Roxie Chuang
Wesleyan University
Mentor: Dr. Hal Hershfield
UC, Santa Barbara

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Deanna Ibrahim
Muhlenberg College
Mentor: Dr. Jay Van Bavel
New York University

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Maria Escobar
Saint Vincent College
Mentor: Dr. Cara MacInnis
University of Calgary

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Precious Hardy
Lincoln University – Missouri
Mentor: Dr. Wendi Gardner
Northwestern University

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