Eckley Scholars Announced
June 12, 2020
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. 摀 糖心动漫vlog announced the 2020 recipients of the Robert S. and Nell B. Eckley Scholars and Artists Program.
Established by President Emeritus and Mrs. Robert S. Eckley, the recognition provides a stipend of $4,000 for each scholar to spend the summer conducting scholarly research or artistic activity under the mentorship of a faculty member. The program is designed to develop and deepen a student檚 creative and research competencies. This summer, Eckley scholars and their faculty sponsors are collaborating through distance learning modes.
Students selected for the fellowship, their projects, and their faculty sponsors are:
Student: Megan Baker �21 (Chicago Ridge, Illinois)
Project: 淨ueering Jo March: Investigating Gender Identity and Sexuality in Alcott檚
and Gerwig檚 Little Women�
Sponsor: Molly Robey, Associate Professor of English
Student: Bhavin 淏obby� Koirala �22 (Normal, Illinois)
Project: 淐onstructing Carmichael Numbers of Order 2�
Sponsor: Andrew Shallue, Associate Professor of Computer Science
Student: Yovana Milosevic �21 (Lakewood, Colorado)
Project: 淓xotic Tonguing: Immigration Narratives Told Through Gurlesque Poems�
Sponsor: Michael Theune, Robert Harrington Endowed Professor of English and Writing Program Director
Student: Hannah Ogunnubi �22 (Grayslake, Illinois)
Project: 淢y Road to Creating a Complete Visual World for a Play�
Sponsor: Curtis Trout, Professor of Theatre Arts
Student: Xiaohan 淓rin� Yuan �22 (Qingdao, China)
Project: 淨ualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Antioxidants in Tea�
Sponsor: Manori Perera, Associate Professor of Chemistry