Current Students

Faith Simmons

Faith is a 2024 McNair Scholar and the President of ETSU's SPS chapter. Her project examines linear polarization signatures in the circumstellar environments of Luminous Blue Variable (LBV) stars.

Larra Fouch

Larra is a 2024 McNair Scholar and an officer in ETSU's SPS chapter. She is working to extract circular polarization signatures from optical spectropolarimetry of the magnetic B-type star xi1 CMa.

Past Students

Sophie Pruitt

Sophie is an undergraduate student at ETSU, double-majoring in Physics and Geology. She presented a poster on the variable star Mira at the Winter 2023 AAS conference!

Grace Anderson

Grace is a 2022 McNair Scholar and a graduate of ETSU Physics. She is currently a graduate student in Physics at Auburn University. During Grace's Advanced Research Internship, she worked with Trevor Cox to develop a brand new planetarium show for ETSU's Planetarium called "Astronomy in Appalachian Culture." Check out her article in the September 2024 issue of the Planetarian, the journal of the International Planetarium Society!

Trevor Cox

Trevor is a 2022 McNair Scholar and a graduate of ETSU Physics (with Honors). They are currently a graduate student in Physics at Washington State University. Trevor also holds a BBA in Management from ETSU. During Trevor's Advanced Research Internship, they worked with Grace Anderson to develop a brand new planetarium show for ETSU's Planetarium called "Astronomy in Appalachian Culture." Check out their article in the September 2024 issue of the Planetarian, the journal of the International Planetarium Society!