APPLICATIONS OPEN UNTIL NOVEMBER 16, 2026
Schubert Center Research Fellows gain valuable research experience and mentorship by working with one of the Schubert Center's Faculty and Schubert Associates on child or adolescent research. Experiences may include data collection, coding, literature reviews, and preparation of research materials.
This opportunity is designed to provide mentored research experience for students who have not previously participated in an undergraduate lab experience. Research Fellows will work an average of 10 hours/week from January to April, and will receive a $1,650 stipend, distributed in five equal payments throughout the fellowship period.
Priority consideration will be given to applicants from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, including:
- First-generation college students
- Students eligible for Federal Pell grants
- Students who are currently or formerly homeless or who have been in the foster care system
- Students who previously lived in a rural area of the United States.
The goals of the Schubert Research Fellows program are:
- To provide economically disadvantaged undergraduate students with limited research experience with meaningful, mentored research that builds their professional research skills, strengthens their engagement with university scholars, and expands their network of academic mentors.
- To assist the Schubert Center Associates by underwriting the cost of student research assistants.
- To intentionally strengthen the graduate school/professional pipeline by giving students opportunities for career exploration and networking, and to support them financially through paid research experience.
- To create a model for other centers/offices on campuses to develop their own "laboratory" working experiences for students.
The Schubert Research Fellows program, launched in Spring 2021, began as a collaboration between the Schubert Center and the Emerging Scholars Program (ESP).
For more information on the Schubert Research Fellows, contact schubertcenter@case.edu.
Spring 2026
| Research Fellows | Schubert Associate | Research Topic/Area |
| Amaya Dennis | Stephanie Pike-Moore | Contribute evidence to evaluating the public health implications of emergent psychoactive substances available in local retailers. |
| Ava Lipinski | Lisa Koops | Follow-up to a collaborative exploratory study with Leslie Swaim-Fox, which documented a pilot project called “The Storytime Music Project” (SMP). The SMP2 study aims to document parental perceptions of the impact of incorporating music activities at the library and at home. |
| Alexandra Puerto | Lauren Calandruccio | Understanding children’s ability to understand different and novel accented speech in noise. |
| Ashley Perez | Kristina Bowdrie | Understanding the mechanisms through which child temperament can influence developmental outcomes in deaf or hard-of-hearingAmaya children by investigating contributions from caregivers and the child. |
Spring 2025
| Research Fellows | Schubert Associate | Research Topic/Area |
| Mariangel Arrieta | Angela Ciccia | Mixed-methods project of long-term academic, health and social outcomes for K-12 students with traumatic brain injury (including concussion)comparing those that participate in a formal return to school program to those that do not. |
| Rafaela Oliveira | Katerina Ntourou | The role of parent temperament and parenting in stuttering. |
| Michelle Orioha | Laura Voith | The leading developmental risk factors (i.e., those that happen in childhood/adolescence) that increase a person's risk of intimate partner violence in adulthood are the following: child abuse and neglect, poor parent-child relationships, poor peer relationships, social and behavioral issues (like heavy substance use), and teen dating violence. |
| Valery Romero | Rita Obeid | This research project aims to explore and understand the unique experiences of caregivers from underrepresented backgrounds who care for autistic individuals, building upon previous work with a Schubert Fellow. |
| Roman Valine | Cara Byrne | This research project is designed to give a sense of how children's picture books function in Cleveland and/or dive deeper into analyzing health communication for children. |
Spring 2024
| Research Fellows | Schubert Associate | Research Topic/Area |
| Berenice Grijalva Arvizu | Angela Ciccia | School Transition after Traumatic Brain Injury in youth in grades K-12. Evaluating academic, health, and social outcomes based on school-based supports. Mixed-methods research (quantitative and qualitative). |
| Marc-Joelitza Montgomery | Rita Obeid | The project aims to use a mixed-methods design to assess the experiences and mental health of underrepresented caregivers of individuals with disabilities in Cuyahoga County. |
| Tamyra Otkins | Debbie Wilber | Exploring Youth Engagement for Community Leadership and Participation in Cleveland's Woodhill Homes Redevelopment. |
Spring 2023
| Research Fellows | Schubert Associate | Research Topic/Area |
| Aja Leatherwood | Lauren Calandruccio | Acoustical analysis of the speech stimuli spoken by Spanish/English speakers while wearing a face covering |
| Noah Habtemariam | Angela Ciccia | Return-to-school research project for students k-12 that have had a brain injury |
| Brahaan Singh | Faye Gary | Mental health Stigma among minority people is a barrier to seeking help. |
Spring 2022
| Research Fellows | Schubert Associate | Research Topic/Area |
| Oumnia Baqucen | Amy Przeworski | Diversity, anxiety, and stress |
| Haneen Abdel-Nabi | Cara Byrne | Children's Picture Books for the Pandemic |
| MacKenzie Norris | Faye Gary | Health Expansion and Community-Based Research in the Provost Scholars Program |
| Tameyah Scott | Angela Ciccia | CDC-Funded project looking at academic, social and health outcomes for children K-12 as they return to school after brain surgery |
Spring 2021
| Research Fellows | Schubert Associate | Research Topic/Area |
| Zhara Edwards | Faye Gary | Health Expansion and Community-Based Research in the Provost Scholars Program |
| Aniya Martinez | Lauren Calandruccio | Susceptibility to Auditory Masking for Children |
| Eduardo Williams-Medina | Cara Byrne | Children's Picture Books for the Pandemic |