/College of Arts and Sciences
Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Undergraduate Research & Creative Activities (URECA)

URECA promotes and supports undergraduate research in all disciplines at Stony Brook. Faculty-mentored research is a high-impact experience that develops problem-solving and presentation skills, contributes to academic success and professional development, and connects students to mentoring communities. Established in 1987, URECA reflects Stony Brook’s historical leadership in integrating research and education; as well as the University’s current priorities as outlined in the “Our Moment” strategic plan of expanding access to transformational educational opportunities.

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WGSS UNDRGRAD URECA PRESENTERS 

Poster Sessions

  • Kristen Beltran: Gendered Media: The MAGA Advertising Influence Over Femininity. Mentor: Nancy Hiemstra WITHDRAWN. 
  • Emiy Diaz: Beauty and Ambition Online: How Social Media Changed Expectations for Young Women After COVID 19. Mentor: Nancy Hiemstra.  
  • Sophia Goodkin: Drawing the Line: Lesbian Boundary-Making, Bisexuality, and the Politics of Sapphic Boundaries. Mentor: Nancy Hiemstra 
  • Nafisa Ishra: Improving Implicit Bias Education for Emergency Healthcare Workers is a Must to Address Gender Disparities in CareMentor: Nancy Hiemstra 
  • Kishwarpreet Kaur: Hormones, weight, and well-being: mental health and polycystic ovary syndrome as a burden. Mentor: Nancy Hiemstra.  
  • Shreyasi Saha: Motherhood in Migration: Identity, Cultural Preservation, and Belonging Among South Asian American Immigrant Women. Mentor: Nancy Hiemstra.  
  • Bhata Seal: Blind Spots in Women’s Eye Health: Gender and Structural Disparities in U.S. Vision Care. Mentor: Nancy Hiemstra.  
  • Michele Yu: Violence in the Vernacular: Language, Gender, and Power in Modern Dating Culture. Mentor: Nancy Hiemstra.  

  • Brianna Chavez: The Vitality of Abortion Access in the United States: Intersectional Effects on Women’s Health, Socioeconomic Status, and Social Justice. Mentor: Jenean McGee. 
  • Bryce Dershem: From Matrimony to Mortality: U.S. Legal Power in Obergefell and Zubaydah
    Mentor: Liz Montegary. WITHDRAWN.
  • Aleandra Enoe: “Denied and Dismissed”: How Bias in Nursing Textbooks Harms Black Women’s Reproductive Health Mentor: Liz Montegary. 
  • Isabella Gagliano: Disaster Disparity: The Impact of FEMA’s Removal on Marginalized Communities in the Wake of Strengthening Hurricanes. Mentor: Liz Montegary. 
  • Gianna Montante: The Illusory Freedoms of Birth Control in America. Mentor: Victoria Hesford. 
  • Ariana Teel: How Drag Divas are Saving the Lives of Our Youth. Mentor: Liz Montegary. 

  • Samantha Aguirre: Learning Gender: The Role of Play in Early Childhood Gender Development. Mentor: Mary Jo Bona. 
  • Gwendolyn Loubier: How Queer Young Adults Cope With Religious Trauma. Mentor: Liz Montegary. 
  • Vanessa Mancebo: Institutionalized Fatphobia and the Sexual Assault of Femme Individuals. Mentor: Liz Montegary. 

  • Anastasiya Biassonava: Re-Addressing the Underrepresentation of Women in Cardiovascular Medical Studies. Mentor: Nancy Hiemstra 
  • Arwen Fluit: Whose Fault? Rehabilitating the Rapist: Visual Analysis of Sexual Violence and Coercion in The New Teen Titans. Mentor: Mary Jo Bona. 
  • Emily Zhu: STEM Gender Diversity Initiatives at Stony Brook University. Mentor: Nancy Hiemstra .