Three lab RAs selected for Judge’s Choice awards at 2025 UCF Student Scholar Symposium!

Three individuals stand in front of research posters at an academic event, each wearing a name badge and dressed in semi-formal or business attire.

Congratulations to three of our undergraduate AD&D research assistants for winning Judges’ Choice Awards for their posters, presented at the 2025 UCF Student Scholar Symposium.

Awardees and poster info (left to right):

  • Kazi Salsabil (undergrad RA), Shayna Soares, Nichole Lighthall: Fake or Real? Unmasking the Role of Personality, Cognitive Reflection, and Modulating Factors in News Perception.
  • Kat Montogomery (undergrad RA), Jordan Schotz, Nichole Lighthall: Life SIMitates Art: Exploring Self-Reflection Through Avatar Creation.”
  • Samantha Tyler (undergrad RA), Lindsay Conner, Jordan Schotz and Maggie Doheny, Mustapha Mouloua, Nichole Lighthall, Jordan Schotz: Investigating Gender Differences in Social Vulnerability and Scam Susceptibility in Older Adults.”

2025 Student Scholar Symposium Winners – Student Research Week