2026 Spring USCLAP Winners

Standing	Authors	Title	Institution	Instructor Mentor	Project
1^st	Luchi Zhang, Zishu Zhao, and Nicole Choi	Limited English Proficiency and Uninsurance Among U.S. Adults: The Moderating Role of Disability Status	Smith College	Shiya Cao	View
2^nd	Laine Chen	Unequal Siting of Affordable Housing: LIHTC Program and Tenure Segregation	Swarthmore College	Federica Ricci	View
3^rd	Aniket Roy	Which Colleges Equalize Earnings Between Low-Income and High-Income Graduates?	Swarthmore College	Federica Ricci	View
Honorable Mention	Chloe Song, Evelyn, Parada-Marquez, and Yihan Xu	Socioeconomic Factors Associated with Food Insecurity Rates in Virginia	University of Virginia	Krista Varanyak	View

Standing	Authors	Title	Institution	Instructor Mentor	Project
1^st	Wenwan Xu	Regression Analysis of the U.S. Teen Birth Rate in 2023	University of Virginia	Maria Ferrara	View
2^nd	Viet Nguyen, Bao Pham, Duy Anh Nguyen, and Long Kim	Weak Signals, Broad Attention: A CNN Interpretability Study of Stock Candlestick Charts	Denison University	Zhe Wang	View
3^rd	Tram Tran, and Amelia Duenas Saenz	Household Environment and Monitoring on Adolescent Drinking Behaviors	Grinnell College	Jonathan Wells	View
Honorable Mention	Sophia Garganta	Social Media, Age, and Mental Well-Being: Replicating an Age-Moderation Claim Using the General Social Survey	Elon University	Nic Bussberg	View