Vol. 22 (2021)

UMBC Review Staff

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Journal of Undergraduate Research 2021 vol.22
Table of Contents

Ashley Copenhaver
Mathematics

Understanding Connectivity of Pancreatic Beta Cells through Artificial Neural Networks

Ryan Mbagna-Nanko
Mechanical Engineering

Structural Characterization of 2D Layered Complex Hetero-Ion Systems

Tahia Shendy
Media & Communication Studies

Virtual Influencers: Identity and Authenticity in the Age of Social Media

Hye Jin Park
Psychology

Contributions of Parental Control and Self-Regulation Skills to Korean American Children’s Behavioral Outcomes

Kelly McVicker
Environmental Studies

Food Web Dynamics: How Urbanization of Riparian Systems Affects Prey Availability for Tetragnatha Spiders in Aquatic and Terrestrial Systems

Ben Hyatt
Mathematics
Stability Analysis of Model Predictive Control-Based Car-Following Control Under Linear Vehicle Dynamics

Caitlyn Hooper
Theatre

Why Intimacy Direction is the Way Forward for Theatre

Sarah Driver
History

The Domestic Pianist: The Impact of the Parlor Piano on Middle Class Domestic Life in Nineteenth Century America

Cassie Davis
American Studies

Implications of Rhetoric: A Newspaper Analysis of Immigration Policy

L. Alexandra Rodriguez
American Studies

“Old Town Road” and the Racial Politics of Country Music

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