Undergraduate Research & Creativity (UGRC)
WHY Undergraduate Research and Creativity? (UGRC)
"Undergraduate research has given me the opportunity to connect classic literature to a relevant issue today. Presenting at conferences has given me additional confidence."
Noel Fedeli, Secondary Education German![Maria Smoyer presents at 2019 meeting, smiling next to her presentation poster](/Departments-Offices/M-R/Research/Images/UGR%26C/Mari%20Smoyer.jpg)
2019 Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting
Marie Smoyer presents at the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting in 2019.
![students standing and looking at posters at KU Inspires event 2024](/Departments-Offices/M-R/Research/Images/UGR%26C/IMG_1270%5B1%5D.jpg)
KU INSPIRES 2024
Students taking in the posters and artwork presented at the KU Inspires event in April 2024.
![Students looking at posters in the Rohrbach Library](/Departments-Offices/M-R/Research/Images/UGR%26C/IMG_1271%5B1%5D.jpg)
KU Inspires 2024
Students and faculty enjoyed the posters and artwork presented at the KU Inspires event 2024.
![Two female students smiling in front of a piece in the eckhaus gallery](/Departments-Offices/M-R/Research/Images/UGR%26C/eckhaus%20gallery.jpg)
Students Exhibit Original Work at the Eckhaus
Eckhaus is a student-run art gallery. Students work with the Kutztown community to present, local, regional, international, faculty, alumni, and student work in all mediums.
![Male student wearing gloves and working with genetic analysis equipment](/Departments-Offices/M-R/Research/Images/UGR%26C/junker_students2.jpg)
Analyzing DNA by gel electrophoresis
A student loads DNA samples on an agarose gel as part of a project to create modified apoptosis (programmed cell death) proteins.
![female student standing in front of pink poster](/Departments-Offices/M-R/Research/Images/UGR%26C/IMG_1275%5B1%5D.jpg)
"Period Poverty: Its Notable Implications on Menstruating College Students"
Sage Dunkleberger presenting at the KU Inspires event, April 2024.
![Two female students taking notes on samples in outdoor class](/Departments-Offices/M-R/Research/Images/UGR%26C/newlander_students3.jpg)
Kutztown University Archaeology Field School
Tabitha Martinez (l) and Dani Cannon (r) identify an artifact discovered while excavating in the Stoddart Mansion at Stoddartsville, a 19th-century milling village in northeast Pennsylvania that is the current site of the Kutztown University Archaeology Field School.
![KU undergraduate students Sebastien Treciak, Alexandra Racosky, and Emily Snyder setting up imaging equipment on the bank of West Creek](/Departments-Offices/M-R/Research/Images/UGR%26C/sherros_students1.jpg)
Resistivity Survey of West Creek in Schuylkill Watershed
KU undergraduate students Sebastien Treciak, Alexandra Racosky, and Emily Snyder set up a resistivity survey line in West Creek of the Schuylkill Watershed to pinpoint zones of seepage that will be targeted by local watershed groups for remediation efforts against the large scale abandoned mine drainage problems that exist in that area.
![Dr. Tony Wong lecturing to three students on mathematics, with mathematic symbols written on glass board in the foreground](/Departments-Offices/M-R/Research/tony.jpg)
Dr. Wong Champions Undergraduate Research
Dr. Tony Wong, associate professor of mathematics, consistently works with students on developing research ideas that students go on to present at regional or national conferences.
![Dr. Wolfmeyer and KU student Anna Nissley, standing on either side of a powerpoint slide that reads "improving our ability to communicate affectively"](/Departments-Offices/M-R/Research/mark%20anna.jpg)
Student/Faculty Research Team
Dr. Mark Wolfmeyer mentored Anna Nissley, Secondary Education Spanish, on her presentation at the American Educational Studies Association.
![Female staff member and female student sitting on a desk while a male student stands to the side, all of them smiling at each other](/Departments-Offices/M-R/Research/carol%20james%20jenna.jpg)
Researching Gender Bias in the Middle School Classroom
James Durham and Jenna Plump, Middle-Level Education, discuss their research with their faculty mentor, Carol Watson. The team is investigating gender bias in the middle school classroom with an emphasis on student voices.
![poster displayed titled "Selective Competition in Host-Parasitoid Population Dynamic Models](/Departments-Offices/M-R/Research/Images/UGR%26C/IMG_1280.jpg)
"Modeling Host-Parasitoid Population Dynamics"
Poster presented at KU Inspires 2024 by student Jared Guhl.
![Two professors stand on either side of a student, all of them analyzing a browned page](/Departments-Offices/M-R/Research/Images/UGR%26C/Erica.jpg)
Student Researches PA German Cartoon
Erica Cohen Hamilton, Anthropology, is conducting original research on a Pennsylvania German cartoon, Pumpernickel Bill, that ran in the Morning Call newspaper.
![Male standing in front of poster holding coffee](/Departments-Offices/M-R/Research/Images/UGR%26C/IMG_1281%5B1%5D.jpg)
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AND CREATIVITY
KU Inspires April 2024.
![maroon flag displayed indoors reading "undergraduate research and creativity"](/Departments-Offices/M-R/Research/Images/UGR%26C/IMG_1283.jpg)
Undergraduate Research and Creativity
KU Inspires event 2024.
![Emily Cantor in front of her research presentation.](/Departments-Offices/M-R/Research/Images/UGR%26C/Emily%20Cantor.jpg)
2018 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF GEOGRAPHERS MIDDLE STATES DIVISION
Emily Cantor presents at the American Association of Geographers Middle States Division Annual Meeting in 2018.
![Maria Smoyer presents at 2019 meeting, smiling next to her presentation poster](/Departments-Offices/M-R/Research/Images/UGR%26C/Mari%20Smoyer.jpg)
![students standing and looking at posters at KU Inspires event 2024](/Departments-Offices/M-R/Research/Images/UGR%26C/IMG_1270%5B1%5D.jpg)
![Students looking at posters in the Rohrbach Library](/Departments-Offices/M-R/Research/Images/UGR%26C/IMG_1271%5B1%5D.jpg)
![Two female students smiling in front of a piece in the eckhaus gallery](/Departments-Offices/M-R/Research/Images/UGR%26C/eckhaus%20gallery.jpg)
![Male student wearing gloves and working with genetic analysis equipment](/Departments-Offices/M-R/Research/Images/UGR%26C/junker_students2.jpg)
![female student standing in front of pink poster](/Departments-Offices/M-R/Research/Images/UGR%26C/IMG_1275%5B1%5D.jpg)
![Two female students taking notes on samples in outdoor class](/Departments-Offices/M-R/Research/Images/UGR%26C/newlander_students3.jpg)
![KU undergraduate students Sebastien Treciak, Alexandra Racosky, and Emily Snyder setting up imaging equipment on the bank of West Creek](/Departments-Offices/M-R/Research/Images/UGR%26C/sherros_students1.jpg)
![Dr. Tony Wong lecturing to three students on mathematics, with mathematic symbols written on glass board in the foreground](/Departments-Offices/M-R/Research/tony.jpg)
![Dr. Wolfmeyer and KU student Anna Nissley, standing on either side of a powerpoint slide that reads "improving our ability to communicate affectively"](/Departments-Offices/M-R/Research/mark%20anna.jpg)
![Female staff member and female student sitting on a desk while a male student stands to the side, all of them smiling at each other](/Departments-Offices/M-R/Research/carol%20james%20jenna.jpg)
![poster displayed titled "Selective Competition in Host-Parasitoid Population Dynamic Models](/Departments-Offices/M-R/Research/Images/UGR%26C/IMG_1280.jpg)
![Two professors stand on either side of a student, all of them analyzing a browned page](/Departments-Offices/M-R/Research/Images/UGR%26C/Erica.jpg)
![Male standing in front of poster holding coffee](/Departments-Offices/M-R/Research/Images/UGR%26C/IMG_1281%5B1%5D.jpg)
![maroon flag displayed indoors reading "undergraduate research and creativity"](/Departments-Offices/M-R/Research/Images/UGR%26C/IMG_1283.jpg)
![Emily Cantor in front of her research presentation.](/Departments-Offices/M-R/Research/Images/UGR%26C/Emily%20Cantor.jpg)