Frequently Asked Questions

February 21, 2019

I asked some fellow students frequently asked questions about research and all it entails. Here are their responses. Why would someone want to do research? It allows you to further explore areas that you are interested in and connect with professors. It also gives you opportunities to present your research and know more about the […]

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Research Highlight: Cody Dillon-Owens

December 10, 2018

Cody Dillon-Owens is a senior at Roanoke College majoring in Psychology. His research investigates how group biases in empathy can affect our judgements in moral decisions. Essentially, people can make moral decisions based off of emotions or gut reactions rather than logical reasoning. These emotional processes can be influenced by empathy, or putting oneself in […]

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Research Highlight: Megan Blackwell

December 4, 2018

Megan Blackwell is a senior at Roanoke College. She is a psychology and biology major with a concentration in neuroscience.  She has had the opportunity to work with the Salem Veterans Affairs Medical Center to conduct research. How did your collaboration with the Salem VAMC come to be?      “I was at my induction […]

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Research Spotlight: Josef Simme

October 30, 2018

Josef Simme is a recent graduate of Roanoke College. He had the opportunity to present his research project at the 28thColloquium on the Conservation of Mammals. His dream to become a wildlife biologist and his love of the outdoors led him to pursue his research topic. His project is about evaluating the effects coyotes have […]

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Research Spotlight: Emily Whitaker

July 19, 2018

Emily Whitaker is a recent graduate of Roanoke College. She worked with Mr. Buriak in Health and Human Performance for her research project. Her research examined the effect of sleep time on strength gains in collegiate baseball players. Specifically, it looked at how sleep affects pitching accuracy in collegiate baseball pitchers. This study was a […]

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Beth Janes – Work Study Research Assistant spotlight

April 30, 2018

Southwest Virginia LGBTQ+ History Project Beth Janes       My work study position for this past academic year was working with Dr. Rosenthal as a Work Study Research Assistant. Through the semester I worked in collections management in an archive, I presented historical information to the general public, developed projects in the digital humanities, and attended […]

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Research Spotlight: Jack Hill

March 27, 2018

Jack Hill is a senior who is working with Dr. Parsons in the Public Affairs department for his research project. Jack’s research topic, “The Imprisoned Welfare State”, deals with the relationship between a mass incarceration state and the welfare state. Furthermore, it poses the question if mass incarceration has replaced the welfare state in how […]

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Research Fellows Spotlight: Riker Lawrence

March 5, 2018

The Research Fellows program allows incoming students to get involved in research from the beginning of their career at Roanoke. Students work with a faculty mentor in a subject that they are interested in and create a research project. After they finish or complete a substantial part of their research, students present their projects at […]

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Research Fellows Spotlight: Katie Edwards

February 15, 2018

The Research Fellows program allows incoming students to get involved in research from the beginning of their career at Roanoke. Students work with a faculty mentor in a subject that they are interested in and create a research project. After they finish or complete a substantial part of their research, students present their projects at […]

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RC Student Presents at the Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood Biennial Conference

January 31, 2018

Kiah Coflin, a senior majoring in psychology, presented her research project at the Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood Biennial Conference in November 2017. Her research project, titled “Associations between emerging adults’ personality and their perceptions of children with clinical and developmental diagnoses”, focused on individuals between the ages 18 to 25 and their […]

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