Please Join Us for Our Spring 2026 Capstone Presentations!
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Time: 9:10 A.M.
Title: Stories of Return: Understanding the Academic Lives of Young Adults After Cancer Treatment
Degree: INDS B.A.: Biopsychosocial Approaches to Health and Disease
Mentors:
- Dr. Mettassebia B Kanno, MD| Health Provider, Infectious Diseases, Kaiser Permanente
- Dr. Tonya Webb | Professor of Microbiology and Immunology |UMSOM Assistant Dean
- Dr. James DeVita | Assistant Vice President for Academic Partnerships & High Impact Experiences
- Steven McAlpine| Assistant Teaching Professor, UMBC Individualized Study
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Title: Cluster Headache Diagnostic Delay
Degree: INDS B.S.: Decision Neuroscience
Mentors:
- Dr. Raimi Quiton| Clinical Associate Professor, UMBC Department of Psychology
- Dr. Maniraj Jeyaraju,MD| Physician, Chase Brexton Health Care
- Steven McAlpine| Assistant Teaching Professor, Individualized Study
Time: 9:50 A.M.
Title: Understanding Care: Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in Healthcare
Degree: INDS B.A.: Ethics in Patient Centered Medicine
Mentors:
- Blake Francis| Assistant Professor, UMBC Philosophy
- Dr. Michelle Seu, MD, Loyola Medicine
- Eric Brown| Assistant Teaching Professor, Individualized Study
-15 minute break-
Time: 10:25A.M.
Title: Coming Soon
Degree: INDS B.A.: Management, Advertising, and Entrepreneurship
Mentors:
- Dr. Kristen Anchor| Associate Teaching Professor, UMBC Media & Communication Studies
- Kristen Schuler| Marketing, Harkins Builders Inc.
- Steven McAlpine| Assistant Teaching Professor, Individualized Study
Time: 10:45 A.M.
Title: Understanding Arab Patients’ Healthcare Experience in the United States
Degree: INDS B.A.: Psychological and Cultural Foundations of Healthcare (Arab world focus)
Mentors:
- Samir El Omari| Coordinator for Internships & Career Placement, Coordinator of Arabic, and Teaching Professor| UMBC Department of Modern Languages, Linguistics & Intercultural Communication
- Dr. Rachel Amey| Research Psychologist| U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences
- Dr. Jose Arenas Gomez| Assistant Teaching Professor, Individualized Study
-15 minute break-
Time: 11:20 A.M.
Title: Estrogen, Menopause, and the Overlooked Brain: How the History of Estrogenic Therapies Reveal Systematic Gaps in Medicine and Neuroscience
Degree: INDS B.S.: Neurobiology
Mentors:
- Dr. Carmen Munoz-Ballester, Assistant Professor/Principal Investigator| UMBC Munoz-Ballester Lab
- Dr. Louise Murray| The Erickson School of Aging Studies
- Dr. Jose Arenas Gomez| Assistant Teaching Professor, Individualized Study
Time: 11:40 A.M.
Title: Physician Burnout: Through the Emotional State Theory of Happiness
Degree: INDS B.S.: Healthcare Provider Wellness
Mentors:
- Kyle Bates| Clinical Associate Professor and Director of Paramedic Program, UMBC Department of Emergency and Disaster Health Systems
- Blake Francis| Assistant Professor, UMBC Department of Philosophy
- Eric Brown| Assistant Teaching Professor, Individualized Study
-30 min break-
Time: 12:30 P.M.
Title: Evaluation of Myofascial Pain Disorder: Comparing the Integration of Psychological Factors in Dentistry and Acupuncture
Degree: INDS B.S.: Neuroscience
Mentors:
- Dr. Tiffany Gierasch| Teaching Professor and Tutorial Center Director, UMBC Chemistry Department
- Dr. James Hawkins| Chair, Orofacial Pain Center, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
- Dr. Jose Arenas Gomez| Assistant Teaching Professor, UMBC Individualized Study
Time: 12:50 P.M.
Title: Building Resilience: Rethinking Materials for Wildfire-Prone Landscapes
Degree: INDS B.S.: Resilient Design of Structures
Mentors:
- Dr. Jorge Almodovar| Associate Professor| UMBC Department of Chemical, Biochemical, & Environmental Engineering
- Stacy Brian, Facilities Management, Design, and Construction at UMBC
- Steven McAlpine, Individualized Study
-15 minute break-
Time: 1:25 P.M.
Title: Born in Flawed Flesh
Degree: INDS B.A.: Biopsychosocial Approaches to Health and Disease
Mentors:
- Sharon Tran| Assistant Professor| UMBC English and Affiliate Faculty in the Gender, Women’s, + Sexuality Studies department & Asian Studies
- Andrew Devos| Instructor| UMBC American Studies & Media and Communication Studies
- Steven McAlpine, Individualized Study
Time: 1:45 P.M.
Title: User Perspectives on AI-Assisted Dance Training: An Iterative Design and Qualitative Evaluation
Degree: INDS B.A.: Art and Technology
Mentors:
- Ann Sofie Clemmensen| Associate Professor, UMBC Department of Dance
- Sidas Saulynas| Associate Teaching Professor, UMBC Department of Information Systems
- Eric Brown, Individualized Study
Time: 2:05 P.M.
Title: Paradox: An Animated Science Fiction Series
Degree: INDS B.S.: Science Fiction
Mentors:
- Dr. Sharon Tran, UMBC English
- Andre Engco, VP of Cutting Edge Animation
- Eric Brown, Individualized Study
Time: 2:05 P.M.
Title: Paradox: An Animated Science Fiction Series
Degree: INDS B.S.: Science Fiction
Mentors:
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- Dr. Sharon Tran, UMBC English
- Andre Engco, VP of Cutting Edge Animation
- Eric Brown, Individualized Study
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