Woodbridge's Jessica Ahern Presents at NCUR Conference

Eastern Student Jessica Ahern of Woodbridge Presents at NCUR Conference in Georgia

WILLIMANTIC, CT -- Forty-three students from Eastern Connecticut State University traveled to Georgia on April 11-13 to present original research at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR). The 2019 conference occurred at Kennesaw State University and featured hundreds of undergraduate students from across the country.

Among the presenters was Jessica Ahern '19 of Woodbridge, who majors in Psychology. Ahern presented an oral presentation titled "Physical Attractiveness And Mate Selection With Spontaneous Evaluations."

Eastern students from a range of majors presented artwork, music performances and oral/poster presentations. Research questions probed topics such as the microbiome of scorpions, the link between casual sex and online dating, pop-culture glamorization of eating disorders, and much more.