Prior Sessions
2020: Computational Social Science
The Center for Research Computing hosted thirteen undergraduate students as part of the Computational Social Science Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU) summer program. Due to COVID-19 restrictions this summers program was held virtually. The participants spent 8 weeks working collaboratively with expert mentors on computational social science projects through the University of Notre Dame. Each student was paired with a research project in their area of interest. This REU training environment aids in developing multidisciplinary social scientists with the appropriate expertise to answer the computational social science data growth challenges and opportunities.
Thank you to the National Science Foundation for funding the Computational Social Science REU Site at the University of Notre Dame
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Alumni Projects

Rebecca Ward
Dehumanization of Black Victims of Police Violence in News Media by Gender & Bias
Saint Mary's College Junior Psychology & Spanish

Allison Wan
Determining Psychological Predictors for Attrition in a Longitudinal Study of STEM Persistence
Vassar College Junior Cognitive Science

Abigail Sticha
SVMs for Social Science Event Classification: A Case Study on the Triggers of Mass Atrocities
University of Notre Dame Sophomore Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics (Minor in Catholic Social Tradition)

Charles Sleeper - Summer REU 2020 Peer Mentor
Big Data Acquisition and Preprocessing for Machine Coding
Southwestern Oklahoma State University Senior Computer Science (Minor in Finance)

Eliana Sanchez
Attitudes Towards Computer Programming: An Analysis on Background Experiences
Saint Mary's College Sophomore Psychology & Environmental Studies

Jordyn Rand
Self-reported positive attitude is associated with greater self-awareness of emotions; while negative attitude has a “numbing” effect
Wheaton College, IL Junior Psychology

Maya Mosley
How language and parental educational achievement impacts computer science self-perceptions in 4th - 12th grade students
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Junior Psychology (Minor in Informational Sciences)

Sophia Henn
Visualizing Text Data for Event Classification in the Social Sciences: Applications of NLP to Understand Triggers of Mass Killings
University of Notre Dame Junior Economics & Peace Studies

Susana Guerrero
The Humanizing Effect of White Protesters on Newspapers articles related to BLM Protests
Saint Mary's College Junior Sociology & Spanish

Elizabeth Forton
Introduction to Word Findings in Political Protest Articles
Saint Mary's College Junior Psychology (Minor in Sociology)

Audrey Filonczuk
Multiverse Analysis Reveals Stronger Correlations When Removing All Careless Responders
University of Notre Dame Sophomore Statistics & Psychology

Carver Coleman
The 1918-19 Flu Pandemic and Nonpharmaceutical Interventions in Ohio Cities
Brigham Young University Sophomore Economics & Data Science (Minor in Math)

Meghan Coggins
Increase in Computer Science Attitudes is Not Moderated by Gender or Underrepresented Race/Ethnicity in STEM+C
University of Notre Dame Junior Neuroscience and Behavior