By: Emily Huegler This year has not given many a reason to smile. One Fordham student’s research, however, has required each of its 153 participants to focus on something positive. In the summer of 2020, Julianna Scofield, a junior at Fordham College Rose Hill, conducted an experiment on altruistic memories and well-being, hoping to find … More Recalling Memories of Altruism: A Fordham Student’s Research to Increase Personal Well-being

By: Andrea Estrella  The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically changed nearly every facet of university life, and undergraduate research is no exception. Fordham student Lucy Hart serves as proof of the fact that the restrictions caused by the public health crisis we currently face need not stand in the way of continued research pursuits and student-to-student … More Cancer Research, Molecular Modeling, and Collaboration in a Virtual Setting

By: Sophie Epstein Proteins are, of course, so much more than what we think of when we drink a shake in the morning. These complicated polymers are not just limited to nutrition but carry out countless essential functions in the natural world. Yet, beyond their natural functions, chemists are even still finding new ways to … More Protein Interactions: Fordham’s Own Shaping Molecules of the Future

By: Amanda Dial We are approaching a challenging, yet critical period in our fight against COVID-19— vaccination. It is a long-awaited glimmer of hope after a prolonged darkness, but the return to normalcy it promises is not unconditional. Achieving herd immunity through vaccinating a sufficient percentage of the population poses not only logistical and political … More Economics and Epidemics: A New Methodology Toward Understanding Discrepancies in Regional Vaccination Rates

By: Isabella DiStefano, FCLC ’21 In the United States, women’s health care is significantly lacking. Women are at a greater risk of developing psychological disorders, autoimmune disorders, chronic conditions, and certain types of cancer (Gunja et al., 2018). Additionally, the United States sees the highest rate of maternal mortality (Gunja et al., 2018). This could … More Women and U.S. Health Care

By: Isabella DiStefano, FCLC ’21 Dissociative identity disorder (DID) is a complex psychological phenomenon whose existence has been heavily debated over the years. The disorder presents itself as a distinct shift between two or more unique personality states, according to DSM-V criteria (Brand et al., 2015, p. 257). This disorder is so striking, perhaps because … More Identification and Acceptance of Dissociative Identity Disorder

By: Eliana Nowlis, FCRH ’23 Abstract The framing of a public health recommendation can dramatically impact how many people comply with it, which in turn affects public health overall. Framing is a psychological effect that causes people to have different reactions to the same information depending on how it is presented to them. This research … More Public Health Framing: A Survey Experiment

By: Anna Moneymaker, FCLC ’21 Abstract The goal of this research was to illuminate the friction that occurs throughout the process of globalization. Cultural differences and identity themselves become trade barriers as deep integration occurs between nations. The Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (EZLN), or Zapatistas, found enormous support across the globe and political motivation … More The Culture of Corn: Effects of Globalization and Free Trade on Indigenous Culture in Mexico

By: Stevie Paige Martin, FCLC ’23 Throughout the history of television and film, the disabled community has been continuously portrayed in accordance with a selection of stereotypes. These stereotypes demonstrate both to the general non-disabled public and to the disabled community that only certain types of disabilities and certain types of people who have disabilities … More Disabled Representation in the How To Train Your Dragon Film Trilogy

By: Arbi Kumi, FCLC ‘21 Abstract The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has had tremendous impacts on mental health. This study examined the relationships between the Big Five personality traits, various anxiety constructs, and concerns toward the pandemic in a sample of undergraduates from a private, 4-year university in the Northeast. Participants completed an online survey in … More COVID-19 Fears and Personality: Worry and Neuroticism Predict Coronaphobia