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Sociology and anthropology students at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ develop research skills and gain hands-on experience conducting original studies with real-world impact. The products of their research were on display at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s Spring Undergraduate Research Forum (SURF) on April 28, 2026.

Examples of sociology and anthropology student research presented at SURF included:

• Lily Andresen-Simmons’s “College Student Narrations of Moral Formation” (mentored by Devin Proctor)
• Emma Hash’s “Parental Perspectives: A Sociological Analysis of Adoptive Parents During the One-Child Policy” (mentored by Tom Arcaro)
• Morgan Murphy’s “Constructing Serial Homicide: Media Framing of Serial Killers, their Victims, and their Crimes” (mentored by Rena Zito)
• Mallory Otten’s “Beauty and Blame: How Gender and Attractiveness Shape Perceptions of Heterosexual Intimate Partner Violence” (mentored by Rena Zito)
• Dani Rudd’s “Toward Values-Aligned AI Use: An Authenticity-Based Framework” (mentored by Alexis Franzese)
• Avery Shipp’s “Understanding the Everyday: Investigating Ancient Maya Society in the City of Dos Hombres Through Household Archaeology” (mentored by Rissa Trachman)
• Kate Burns’s “Ancient Maya Ceramics at Dos Hombres: Chronology, Use, and Meaning at the Courtyard A-4 Household” (mentored by Rissa Trachman)