Student Scholar Showcase

The annual Student Scholar Showcase, held during the spring semester, provides students with an opportunity to present their scholarly, research, creative, and/or service-learning projects to the campus community.

Student Scholar Showcase

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

9 a.m. - 5 p.m. - Undergraduate Students
6 p.m. - 8:15 p.m. - Graduate Students
4 - 6 p.m. - Reception, Flint Family Lobby, Schewel Hall

Abstracts

Poster presentations

Oral presentations

Undergraduate Oral Presentations Schedule

  Sydnor Performance Hall
Schewel Hall
Faculty Resource Room 231
Schewel Hall
Room 232
Schewel Hall
Hopwood Auditorium
Hopwood Hall
8:30-8:45 a.m.   Entry # 118: Linda Renee Anderson
Faculty: Sabita Manian
Project: MICROCREDIT: A Comparative Study of Poverty Alleviation in Islamist States
   
8:45-9 a.m.   Entry # 119: Jillian Ryan Gates
Faculty: Lorna Dawson
Project: Analyzing Minorities at Risk
   
9-9:15 a.m. Entry # 93: Daniel Cho
Faculty: Lee Schimmoeller
Project: Pre and Post WTO Accession: Should Countries Join WTO for More Benefits?
Entry # 120: Sarah Lavinder
Faculty: Kate Gray
Project: The Rise of Apocalyptic Fiction in the 20th and 21st Centuries
Entry # 146: Sharyn Marie Button
Faculty: alisha Marciano
Project: “Facebook Me!”: How Do Social Context/ Sexual Orientation Affect Perceptions?
 
9:15-9:30 a.m. Entry # 94: Maggie Elizabeth Pearce
Faculty: Jeremy Langett
Project: Impact of Social Media Use on Athlete/Fan Communication during the Olympics
Entry # 121: Ciara Nicole Gore
Faculty: Elza Tiner
Project: The Twelve Tables v. The Code of Virginia
Entry # 147: Shelby Kienzle-Pappalardo
Faculty: Bianca Sumutka
Project: The Effect of SML Good Neighbors Summer Enrichment Camp on Reading Levels
 
9:30-9:45 a.m. Entry # 95: Robert S. Arold
Faculty: Jimmy Roux
Project: Media Distortion of Violent Crime in the US and Its Effect on the Public
Entry # 122: Tim Ryan Barzditis
Faculty: Robin Bates
Project: King James I’s Dissuasion of Smoking through Taxation
Entry # 148: Michael Gregory and Nicholas Hagen
Faculty: Bianca Sumutka
Project: The Effects of Multitasking on Memory
 
9:45-10 a.m. Entry # 96: William Paul Spaulding
Faculty: Cheryl Jorgensen-Earp
Project: Electronic Communication in the Life of the Modern Military Family
Entry # 123: Sarah Lavinder
Faculty: Elza Tiner
Project: The Friar and the Summoner: Religious Hypocrisy in the Canterbury Tales
Entry # 149: Kenneth Rose
Faculty: Keith Corodimas
Project: Neurogenesis: The Effects of Serotonin on P. clarkii
 
10-10:15 a.m. Entry # 97: Kenneth A. Bosley, III
Faculty: Cynthia Ramsey
Project: Mozart’s Abendempfindung: German, or Italian?
Entry # 124: Ashley N. Rynard
Faculty: Robin Bates
Project: Anything for a Quiet Life: Translation of a Seventeenth Century Ballad
   
10:15-10:30 a.m. Entry # 98: Allison Marie Thomas
Faculty: Cynthia Ramsey
Project: Rafael Méndez and the Rise of Latin Music in the United States
Withdrawn
Entry # 125: Ciara Nicole Gore
Faculty: Kim McCabe
Project: Underground College Trading and Bartering
Entry # 150: Chelsie Woods
Faculty: Priscilla Gannicott
Project: Intracellular Localization of ECE-2 and its role in Amyloid Deposition
 
10:30-10:45 a.m. Entry # 99: Linda Renee Anderson
Faculty: Cynthia Ramsey
Project: Creativity Discrimination? Music by Women Composers of the Twentieth Century
Entry # 126: Julia Katheryne Scales
Faculty: Kim McCabe
Project: Risk Factors Associated with High School Dropouts
Entry # 151: Garrett Corless
Faculty: Bill Lokar
Project: Self-Consistent Field Analysis of Mixed Zwitterionic/Cationic Surfactant Systems on Anionic Surfaces
 
10:45-11 a.m. Entry # 100: Christopher Badgett
Faculty: Cynthia Ramsey
Project: The Twentieth Century Clarinet and Techniques of Igor Stravinsky
Entry # 127: Trevor Jeanson
Faculty: Kim McCabe
Project: Benefiting the Youth Through the Boys and Girls Club 2013
Entry # 152: Brian Alexander Ramsey
Faculty: John Eric Goff
Project: Modeling the Tour de France
 
11-11:15 a.m.     Entry # 153: Chelsie Woods
Faculty: Allison Jablonski
Project: Downstream Effects of siRNA on HER-2 Signaling Pathways
 
11:15-11:30 a.m. Entry # 101: Gillie Wisdom Martin
Faculty: Cynthia Ramsey
Project: An Analysis of the Opera Orfeo ed Euridice
Entry # 128: Kristina Ann Berry
Faculty: Kim McCabe
Project: Emotional Abuse in Children Ages 8-10
(Time change from 4 p.m.)
Entry # 164: Michael Anthony Burks
Faculty: Joe Meehean
Project: LC Augmented Reality
 
11:30-11:45 a.m. Entry # 102: William Joseph Sperrazza
Faculty: Cynthia Ramsey
Project: The Armed Lion: A Modern Adaptation of a Renaissance Cantus Firmus
Entry # 129: James Evan Parry
Faculty: Clifton Potter
Project: Fighting for My Ancestor’s Enemy: Choctaw and Navajo Code Talkers
   
11:45 a.m.-12 p.m. Entry # 103: Brooke Lindsey Niblett
Faculty: Cynthia Ramsey
Project: The Show Must Go On: The Development of Broadway Theatre
Entry # 130: Jessica Wilson
Faculty: Clifton Potter
Project: William Walker: Filibustering from 1853-1860
   
12-1 p.m. Poster Session, Memorial Ballroom
1-1:15 p.m. Entry # 104: Nicole M. Balsamello
Faculty: Cynthia Ramsey
Project: Mikhail Glinka: Defining Russian Nationalism Through Music
Entry # 131: Shinada Phillips
Faculty: Kim McCabe
Project: Child Trafficking: An Exploration of Tier 3 Countries
Entry # 154: Naomi Tice
Faculty: Thomas Shahady
Project: Phosphorus Removal Potential of Three Native Wetland Plants
 
1:15-1:30 p.m. Entry # 105: Alexandra Curinga
Faculty: Cynthia Ramsey
Project: Twentieth Century Influences on the Keyboard Works of Joaquin Turina
Entry # 132: John Griemsman
Faculty: Clifton Potter Project: The Choice: Virginia’s Fugitive Slaves in 1850s
Entry # 155: Kyle Sullivan
Faculty: Brooke Haiar
Project: A Whale Graveyard’s Effects on the Size Distribution of C. megalodon
 
1:30-1:45 p.m. Entry # 106: Elizabeth A. Cantrall
Faculty: Cynthia Ramsey
Project: L’Homme Arme Masses and Star Wars: The Use of Contrafactum Then and Now
Entry # 133: Michael Gregory
Faculty: Stephen Dawson
Project: Classifying Cults and New Religious Movements
Entry # 156: Julia Rose Taylor
Faculty: David Freier
Project: Microbial Sherlock Holmes: Identification of an unknown feline oral biofilm isolate using biochemical and genomic methods
Entry # 168: Caroline Elizabeth Hall
Faculty: Mary Swiggum
Project: AmTrykes and Their Impact on Development in Children with Cerebral Palsy
1:45-2 p.m. Entry # 107: John Pastorius
Faculty: Cynthia Ramsey
Project: Life and Career of Felix Mendelssohn
Entry # 134: Jennifer Ethelle Smith
Faculty: Kim McCabe
Project: The White Act of Suicide and the Black Male
Entry # 157: Tara Lynn Einhorn
Faculty: John Styrsky
Project: An investigation of the direct and indirect effects of a Crematogaster ant species on a honeydew-producing aphid and its host plant
Entry # 169: Johanna Agustin
Faculty: DuAnn Kremer
Project: The Effect of Repeated Sprints on Field Hockey Driving Performance
2-2:15 p.m. Entry # 108: Randolph Todd Critzer Jr.
Faculty: Cynthia Ramsey
Project: American Minimalism - Folk Music in the 21st Century
Entry # 135: Taylar Kathryn Drane
Faculty: Chip Walton
Project: Domestic Violence from the Victimized Males Perspective
Entry # 158: Alexandra Einstman
Faculty: David Freier
Project: The Innate Immune Response and Melatonin: Interaction of Responses of RAW 2
Entry # 170: Ashley Saba
Faculty: Diane Wrisley
Project: The Reliability of Three Tests Used to Determine Return to Play Post-Concussion
2:15-2:30 p.m. Entry # 109: Elizabeth A. Cantrall
Faculty: Cynthia Ramsey
Project: Carmen Fantasies of the Romantic Era
Entry # 136: Toy D. Ayers
Faculty: Kim McCabe
Project: Teen Dating Violence
Entry # 159: Ben Tumolo
Faculty: Thomas Shahady
Project: Fish as a Reflection of Coral Reef Stress
Entry # 171: Brynn Workman
Faculty: DuAnn Kremer
Project: The Effects of Convective Cooling on Aerobic Performance
2:30-2:45 p.m. Entry # 110: Abigail Burnette
Faculty: Alina Klein
Project: Terrorism and Illicit Drug Prices: Does a Drug- Terror Nexus Exist?
Entry # 137: Kendall Rae Whirley
Faculty: Kim Mccabe
Project: Women’s Participation in Dating Violence
Entry # 160: Mallory Lynne Stewart
Faculty: David Freier
Project: In Vitro Effects of Lindane on RAW 264.7 Macrophage Inflammatory Responses
Entry # 172: Logan-Ann Marie Gittman
Faculty: DuAnn Kremer
Project: Effects of Body Heat on BOD POD Estimated Body Composition
2:45-3 p.m.   Entry # 138: Jason Payne
Faculty: Kim McCabe
Project: An Explanation of Jail Turnover Rates Related to Job Satisfaction of the Jail Environment
  Entry # 173: Patrick McCleary
Faculty: Todd Olsen
Project: From the Pitch to Life: Wellness Education through Soccer in East Africa
3-3:15 p.m. Entry # 111: Rebeka Rowan
Faculty: Michael Robinson
Project: 19 Years Later: The Future of the Harry Potter Fandom
  Entry # 161: Avery Eriksson
Faculty: David Freier
Project: Effects of Trypsinization v. Manual Detachment of RAW 264.7 Macrophages
 
3:15-3:30 p.m. Withdrawn
Entry # 112: Alexandra Curinga
Faculty: Paula Youra
Project: “I am a Prophet”: An Analysis of the Rhetoric of Jim Jones
Entry # 139: Olivia Catherine Johnston
Faculty: Kim McCabe
Project: The Knowledge about Sexting
Entry # 162: Kristin Marstin
Faculty: Joseph Meehean
Project: Creating the Ultimate Monopoly Strategy
Entry # 174: Lindsay Leonard
Faculty: DuAnn Kremer
Project: The Effect of Field Surface on Field Hockey Performance
3:30-3:45 p.m. Entry # 113: Vanya Grove
Faculty: Bill Noel
Project: Roots Animation Film
Entry # 140: Matt Harmon
Faculty: Chip Walton
Project: Twitter as a Vehicle for the Prosthetic Self
Entry # 163: Brandon Eric Gannicott
Faculty: Will Briggs
Project: Patent Warfare in the Smartphone Industry
Entry # 175: Kelsey Shelton
Faculty: Diane Wrisley
Project: Gender Differences in Lifting Technique
3:45-4 p.m.   Entry # 141: Samantha Chapman
Faculty: Leslie Layne
Project: Language Effects: A Discussion of Linguistic Relativity
  Entry # 176: Shelly Milks
Faculty: DuAnn Kremer
Project: The Relationship between Field Skill Tests and Field Hockey Game Statistics
4-4:15 p.m. Entry # 114: Kelsey Cornell
Faculty: Terri Cornwell
Project: The Demographic Profile of Audiences Attending Cultural Activities
Entry # 142: Brianna Hawkins
Faculty: Robin Bates
Project: Anti-Catholic Confessions in “Westward for Smelts”
(Time change to 11:15 a.m.)
Entry # 164: Michael Anthony Burks
Entry # 182: Laura Michelle Albrecht
Faculty: Kim McCabe
Project: College Students’ Perceptions of Sentences for Environmental Crimes
4:15-4:30 p.m. Entry # 115: Kenley Hoover
Faculty: Mike Robinson
Project: Contemporary Text and Evolving Genre
Entry # 143: Paige Hammock and Melanie Tenney
Faculty: Robin Bates
Project: The Application of Textual Scholarship to an Early Modern English Text
Entry # 165: Kristin Marstin
Faculty: Will Briggs
Project: Online Website Builder: A simple way to create and maintain a website
Entry # 183: Kayla Mohr
Faculty: Kim McCabe
Project: Perceptions of Guilt or Innocence of Child Abusers: An Analysis of Differences among Majors
4:30-4:45 p.m. Entry # 116: Carley Elizabeth Dobson
Faculty: Cheryl Jorgensen-Earp
Project: The Use of Social Media in Museums and Its Impact on Museum Audiences
Entry # 144: Emma Kinsey
Faculty: Allison Wilkins
Project: Adding to the Noise: It’s Not About Sex
Entry # 166: Sarah Lavinder
Faculty: Joe Meehean
Project: Processing Big Data with Distributed File Systems
 
4:45-5 p.m. Entry # 117: Christina Gruber
Faculty: Cynthia Ramsey Project: Gustav Holst, Folk Songs, and Literacy: Curriculum Development for HS Bands
Withdrawn
Entry # 145: Caitlin Ball
Faculty: Sharon Robinson
Project: The Dream Act: Implications for Domestic and Foreign US Policy
Entry # 167: Michael David Sorensen
Faculty: Kevin Peterson
Project: The General Case of the Stick Game
 

Graduate Presentations Schedule

  Memorial Ballroom
Hall Campus Center
6-6:15 p.m. Entry # 177: Ann Elizabeth Key
Faculty: Cynthia Ramsey
Project: Amy Beach: A Study and Analysis of Her Sonata for Violin in A Minor
6:15-6:30 p.m. Entry # 178: Tina Kepel-Young
Faculty: Cynthia Ramsey
Project: A Study of American Wind Ensembles and United States Military Bands
6:30-6:45 p.m. Entry # 179: Tami Strout
Faculty: Dr. Jeanne Booth
Project: Guidelines for Counselor Self-Disclosure
6:45-7 p.m. Entry # 180: Douglas E. Lewis, Jr.
Faculty: Elizabeth Farnsworth
Project: Clinical Interventions for a Grieving African-American Child
7-7:15 p.m. Entry # 181: Jonathan Geldmaker
Faculty: Greg Eaton
Project: Genetically Altered Seagrass
7:15-8:15 p.m. Graduate Poster Session