Undergraduate research is a vital aspect of academic exploration, allowing students to deepen their understanding of various disciplines. Whether engaging in faculty-led projects, independent studies, or collaborative initiatives, students gain hands-on experience in the research process. This involvement hones analytical and critical-thinking skills while fostering a passion for discovery. Through literature reviews, experiments, or fieldwork, undergraduates actively contribute to the ongoing discourse within their fields, promoting intellectual growth and curiosity. Explore the available opportunities Ohio State has to participate in undergraduate research below.
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Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP)
The Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP) at Ohio State is designed to help historically underrepresented students explore opportunities for graduate study and academic careers. SROP participants work with a faculty mentor on a project of mutual interest, with the intention of developing the kind of student-professor relationship that is crucial to success in graduate school. SROP activities include workshops on research skills and seminars on topics related to graduate education and career development. At the end of the summer program, participants present their research at both a campus summary conference and a regional conference.
Undergraduate Thesis Leading to Graduation with Research Distinction - Spanish Majors
2023
Laura De Oliveira. Sleep, Lexicon, and Morphosyntax in L2 Spanish Acquisition.
2022
Kathleen Fink. Immigration in Modern Spain: An Analysis of Economics, Gender, and Cultural Representation in Spanish Film.
Jordan Mori. Inhibition and Adult L2 Morphosyntax.
2021
Nina Sorine. Child Spanish Lexicon and Morphosyntax as a Predictor of Inhibition.
Sabrina Sowa. Some Existential Interpretations: The Role of Pitch and Duration in the English Quantity Implicature.
2020
Micaella Bruton. An Analysis of English and Spanish Stop Production in Heritage Spanish Speech: The Columbus, Ohio Speech Community.
Benjamin Chiappone. Comparative Political Reactions in Spain from the 1930s to the Present.
Maiah Fogel. Dialect Variation, Multiple Measures of Inhibition, and Collective-Distributive Quantifier Interpretation.
Matthew Galla. Phonetic Factors in Existential Quantifier Interpretation.
Amy Gutmann Fuentes. Food as a Political Weapon in Chile.
Ryane Sergent. Comparison of Fundamental Frequency Between Spanish and English in Heritage Speakers of Spanish.
Emily Shapiro. Pedro Almodóvar and Icíar Bollaín on Gender Violence in Spanish Cinema.
Sydney Warinner. Systemic Violence and Disability Protections for Central American Migrants in Detention.
2019
Allison Goldman. Acquisition of Dialectal Features in a Second Language: The Case of the Castilian Spanish Voiceless Interdental Fricative.