VPA Students, Faculty Receive Fall 2022 SOURCE Awards for Research and Creative Work

Eighteen students in the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) were among the 60 Syracuse University undergraduates who received funding this fall from the University’s Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Engagement (the SOURCE) in the form of SOURCE Fellowships and Renée Crown University Honors Program Awards of up to $7,500. In addition, four VPA faculty members received SOURCE Research Assistant Awards.

The SOURCE provides expanded funding opportunities and serves as a hub to foster and support diverse undergraduate engagement in faculty-guided scholarly research and creative inquiry across all disciplines and programs at the University. Student research and creative projects may be produced by students at all levels in classes, labs, recitals, as part of a distinction or thesis program, or independently. The SOURCE Research Assistant Awards support faculty mentors to hire undergraduate students to assist with their research and learn skills and methods of the discipline.

The following VPA students received SOURCE Fellowships or University Honors Program Awards for their projects:

  • Ryan Ally, a senior art photography major in the Department of Film and Media Arts, for “The Guyanese American Dream” (Laura Heyman, faculty mentor)
  • Chelsea Clark, a senior design studies major in the School of Design, and Kaili Johnson, a senior communications design major in the School of Design, for “Evermore: Research Study and App Development” (Jody Nyboer, faculty mentor)
  • Coral Coad, a senior film major in the Department of Film and Media Arts, for “Goldy: an unbearably tragic tale” (Alex Méndez Giner, faculty mentor)
  • Bryan Crowe Jr., a senior film major in the Department of Film and Media Arts, for “The Winter Spring” (Kara Herold, faculty mentor)
  • Domenic Gallo, a senior industrial and interaction design major in the School of Design, and Bella Young, a junior design studies major in the School of Design,for “Reimagining AAC” (Don Carr, faculty mentor)
  • Diag Govender, a sophomore film major in the Department of Film and Media Arts, for “The Will Beneath” (Soudabeh Moradian, faculty mentor)
  • Charlie Hane, a senior film major in the Department of Film and Media Arts, and Olivia Thompson, a senior television, radio and film major in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications,for “Divorced Dad’s Hotel” (Ryan Jeffery, faculty mentor)
  • Tracey Jean-Claude, a senior fashion design major in the School of Design, for “Sustainable Fashion Collection” (ChaCha Hudson, faculty mentor)
  • Anna Johnston, a senior film major in the Department of Film and Media Arts, for “PODLASIE ‘Under The Forest’” (Kelly Gallagher, faculty mentor)
  • Daniel Mohseni, a sophomore film major in the Department of Film and Media Arts, for “Covenant” (Alex Méndez Giner, faculty mentor)
  • Margo Moran, a senior dual communication and rhetorical studies major in the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies and political science major in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, for “The Impact of Transphobic Stand-up Comedy on the Opinions of Politically Moderate Young Adults Regarding the Validity of Transgender Identities” (Steven White, faculty mentor)
  • Lucas Morse, a senior dual film major in the Department of Film and Media Arts and German language, literature and culture major in the College of Arts and Sciences, for “Bark of the Dog” (Kara Herold, faculty mentor)
  • Ruchatneet Printup, a senior film major in the Department of Film and Media Arts, for “Smoke” (Kara Herold, faculty mentor)
  • Alyeska Reimer, a senior dual drama (theater management) major in the Department of Drama and Spanish language, literature and culture major in the College of Arts and Sciences, for “Santiago a Mil: The Impact of an International Theatre Festival in South America” (Gail Bulman, faculty mentor)
  • Asa Rogers, a senior film major in the Department of Film and Media Arts, for “What She Inherited” (Kara Herold, faculty mentor)
  • Sophia Walter, a senior art photography major in the Department of Film and Media Arts, for “My Ties to Us and You” (Doug DuBois, faculty mentor)

The following VPA faculty members received SOURCE Research Assistant Awards for their projects:

  • Seyeon Lee, an associate professor of environmental and interior design in the School of Design, for “Lender Center Fellowship”
  • Jody Nyboer, an assistant professor of design in the School of Design, for “Project Design Reach”
  • Ricky Pak, an assistant professor of acting in the Department of Drama, for “S.A.L.T.Land Festival Assistant Producers”
  • Isabel Prochner, an assistant professor of industrial and interaction design in the School of Design, for “Research on Design for Sex and Gender Equity”

SOURCE will host a Fall Awards Celebration and Poster Session for the campus community on Friday, Dec. 2, from 12:30-2 p.m. in Schine Student Center 304ABC.