Moms Project
Scholarship Recipients
2026
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Kaitlyn Ballenberger |
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Jacob Blankenhorn |
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Freya OReilly Brookes |
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Jean Carmona |
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Wadline Cherry |
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Erica Chong |
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Julia De Paula Silva Colombo |
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Jo’Hanna Fonseca |
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Aydah Grabowski |
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Lovísa Gunnlaugsdóttir |
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Gabriella Lynch |
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Ryenne McDonald |
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Zoe Meyers |
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Megan Mitchell |
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Meagan Monks |
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Lila Morgan |
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Coral Morley |
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Karen Morocho |
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Nhu Nguyen |
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Joeci Orth |
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Gianna Rodriguez |
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Lizet Sanchez |
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Christian Tapia |
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Gabriella Vargas |
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Angela Wolfe |
2025
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Matthew Bernucca Social Work Voice Past, Future Text: Exploring Student and Faculty Perspectives on Communication Media Choices and their Influence on Interpersonal and Academic Settings |
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Kallie Doyle Language, Speech, and Hearing Sciences Violence Prevention through Children's Literature |
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Thistle Gorme Behavioral Healthcare Understanding Gender-Affirming Care Experiences among Transgender and Nonbinary Older Adults |
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Grant Hartmann Criminology Aiding in Reentry |
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Reagan Huynh Language, Speech, and Hearing Sciences How does hearing affect listening? |
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Alys Jimenez Language, Speech, and Hearing Sciences Evaluating the Effects of a Narrative Language Intervention on Dual Language Learners' Spanish-English Language Skills |
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Caroline Kelley Language, Speech, and Hearing Sciences Language Beyond the Spectrum |
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Isabella Rios Language, Speech, and Hearing Sciences Evaluating the Effects of a Narrative Language Intervention on Dual Language Learners' Spanish English Language Skills |
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Clarissa Salas Communication Sciences & Disorders Patterns of Language Mixing in a Bilingual Person with Aphasia and Pathological Language Mixing |
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Mia Sinclair Language, Speech, and Hearing Sciences Low-intensity Summer Implementation of Story Champs-Bilingual Edition with Dual Language Learners |
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Amy Suarez Children's Behavioral Healthcare Up to Me: Reducing the Stigma of Mental Illness on College Campuses |
2024
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Sarah Alvarez Language, Speech, and Hearing Sciences Investigating linguistic markers in writing for detecting cognitive decline |
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Katelyn Baldwin Social Work Factors Impacting Participation in Food Assistance Programs: A Systematic Review |
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Gabriella Brown Language, Speech, and Hearing Sciences Learning Effect Impacts Quick Speech-in-Noise Test Reliability |
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Evelyn Harris Criminology A Biopsychosocial Explanation of Criminal Offending: Toward a Tool for Reform |
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Nicole Kawa Language, Speech, and Hearing Sciences Exploring Inferencing, Theory of Mind, and Affect Recognition as Predictors of Language Development and Reading Achievement in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders |
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Caroline Kelley Language, Speech, and Hearing Sciences Language Beyond the Spectrum |
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Sabrina Sengdao Social Work Examining How Caregivers Navigate Grief Following a Person(s) Death by Substance Use and the Effects of Support Received on Wellbeing |
2023
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Stephanee Aggor Criminology The research will examine cybercrime victimization and its impact on well-being; it will introduce the negative health effects of trauma from victimization and propose interventions to reduce victimization and promote resilience. |
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Nicole Brborich Language, Speech, and Hearing Sciences The study implemented a bilingual intervention to enhance the narrative production and comprehension skills of Spanish-English bilingual children. By improving these skills, the intervention aimed to improve the children's ability to understand and analyze narrative stories and comprehend academic content, in both Spanish and English. |
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Emely Hernandez Language, Speech, and Hearing Sciences We are working towards creating Spanish NLM (narrative language measures) assessments that are equal to its English counterparts for bilingual children. Our goal is to enhance both of their languages during some of their most crucial developmental years. |
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Danielle Lagana Language, Speech, and Hearing Sciences My research project is conducted in the USF Neurophysiology of Aging Lab and this study longitudinally explores potential early indicators of cognitive change in a diverse population of older adults. This study hypothesizes that auditory processing, mood, sleep health, linguistic features, hearing loss, and loneliness can help us predict cognitive change. |
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Isabella Rios Language, Speech, and Hearing Sciences My research focuses on developing Spanish Narrative Language Measure assessments in the form of stories. Our purpose is to create these stories for children, kindergarten through 2nd grade, to ensure they are parallel to their English versions concerning story grammar and language complexity. |
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Sally Selevan Aging Sciences & Language, Speech, and Hearing Sciences My research will focus on three research projects focused on aging and cognitive health evaluation in elders with hearing loss. My work has the potential to impact clinical practice and improve the quality of life for older adults with hearing loss. |
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Alexandria Smith ASL Interpreting My research is producing a biopsychosocial medical model for dDeaf individuals to preserve and respect dDeaf culture and the community. |
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Sienna Tyson Language, Speech, and Hearing Sciences In my research project, we are examining the behavioral and neuroscientific aspects of language performance across the lifespan. We will be researching these features of language performance using discourse-level language tasks and functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS). |
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Jolie Visgaitis Language, Speech, and Hearing Sciences My research is in partnership with the Glazer Children's Museum in downtown Tampa and our research team has collected data from observations of 263 child-caregiver dyads in order to measure museum engagement. By observing children of all ages as well as caregivers of all ages, this research study aims to enhance positive, meaningful relationships across generations. |
2022
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Lena Bayyat Communication Sciences and Disorders Language, Speech, and Hearing Science Tell Me More - The Relationship Between the Perceptual Accessibility of Vocabulary and K-3 Students' Narrative and Expository Language. |
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Cassandra Hendry Communication Sciences and Disorders Language, Speech, and Hearing Science Broadening Spectrum: Insight into the impact that inferencing has on mathematics in children with autism spectrum disorder |
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Julia Hoonhout Behavioral Healthcare Across the Lifespan Perceptions of methadone treatment among people in recovery from opioid addiction. |
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Breanna Zurita Communication Sciences and Disorders Language, Speech, and Hearing Science Inferencing Ability and its Relation to Comprehension in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders which is part of her ongoing work with mentors on a study called Language Beyond the Spectrum |
2021
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Sarah Al Falatah Biomedical Sciences, Minor in Criminology Race, Solitary Confinement and Mental Health: An Analysis of the Influence of Inmate Race and Mental Health on Solitary Confinement Placement |
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Jade Brown Communication Sciences and Disorders Tell Me More |
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Iman El-Kolalli Communication Sciences and Disorders, minor in Psychology Broadening the Spectrum: Exploring the Contributions of Communication, Inferencing and Social Perception Skills on Language Development in Children with ASD |
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Irene Febres Communication Sciences and Disorders (Concentration in Language, Speech & Hearing), Minor in Applied Linguistics Examining how the effects of parent co-implemented vocabulary and storytelling intervention for children with ASD falls in line with positive aging |
2020
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Karley Deason Aging Sciences Personality and Sleep Health: Do Lifestyle Habits Play A Role? |
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Jessica O'Reilly Communication Sciences and Disorders & Applied Behavior Analysis Contributions of Communication, Inferencing, and Social Perception Skills to Reading and Math Performance |
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Adriana Pereira Criminology & Health Sciences A limit to positive aging: Elder abuse of non-English speakers |
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Danielle Stuermer Aging Sciences Advance Care Planning and Disparities Between Hispanic and Non-Hispanic Older Adults |
2019
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Mikaela Hemenway Behavioral Healthcare and Psychology |
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Ashley Minano Communication Science & Disorders |
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Anthony Suda Aging Sciences and Nursing Mind, Mood, and Food: The Mind-Body Connection and Its Implications for Aging |
2018
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Ardhys De Leon Psychology & Behavioral Healthcare The Relationship of Marchman Act Protective Custody Holds During Emerging Adulthood and Baker Act Examinations During Childhood |
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Flandra Ismajli Social Work & Sociology Nutrition Enhancement among Individuals Diagnosed with Psychiatric, Developmental, and Physical Disabilities |
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Sierra Rowland Behavioral Healthcare & Public Health Stakeholder Perceptions of Prenatal Substance Use in Hillsborough County |
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Sarah Serralta Communication Sciences & Disorders Stress and Burnout in Interpreter Training Students |
2017
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Haley Beutler Behavioral Healthcare & Industrial Engineering Alternative and Complementary Treatment Option: Perception of Consumer |
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Cecelia Ferguson Aging Sciences & Nursing |
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Robyn Gerry Behavioral Healthcare |
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Allyson Lindsay Language, Speech and Hearing |
2016
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Katie Colin Language, Speech, & Hearing Impact of dementia on language |
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Cecelia Ferguson Nursing/Gerontology Relationship between physical activity and sedentary behavior on fatigue and depression among breast cancer survivors |
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Crystal Johnson Behavioral Healthcare Effectiveness of Family Dependency Treatment Court |
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Stephanie Raymond Communication Sciences & Disorders Brain activity during clear speech versus conversational speech: Individuals with hearing loss or English as a second language |
2015
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Elizabeth Crowley Gerontology Large-scale implementation of an internet-based program to identify early signs of cognitive decline - the Cogstate Brief Battery (Cog-BB) |
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Megan Porter Language, Speech, Hearing Science Quality of life of individuals who have been diagnosed with Meniere's disease |
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Jacqueline Rivera Behavioral Healthcare Determine life factors that can be targeted to prevent the use of alcohol, marijuana and tobacco among school-age youth in Hillsborough County |
2014
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Lisa Rivera Behavioral Healthcare Prevalence of opioid misuse (prescription drug abuse) among Hispanic populations |
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Karissa Varnum Language, Speech, & Hearing Science Impact of musically-adapted stories on increasing socially appropriate behaviors of children with autism |
2013
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Amanda Armstrong Criminology Pressures affecting mothers' decision to seek treatment for substance use problems |
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Melissa Barongi Behavioral Healthcare Impact of parenting skills training on mothers receiving treatment for substance abuse |
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Victoria Marino Long Term Care Administration Caring for Adults Recovering from the Effects of Stroke (CARES) Project |