Poster Presentations (Noon-1 p.m., Memorial Ballroom)
Entry # 1
Morgan West
Faculty: Cheryl Jorgensen-Earp
Project: The Effects of Stereotyping on Behavior and Self-Perception
Entry # 2
Stefan Zedlacher
Faculty: Cheryl Jorgensen-Earp
Project: Image Restoration Strategies for Athletes of the 21st Century
Entry # 3
Stephanie Harms
Faculty: Mike Robinson
Project: Happily Ever After: The "New" Disney Princesses of the
1980s and 1990s
Entry # 4
Madeleine Coultrip
Faculty: Ursula Bryant
Project: "Study Abroad in ... " Posters and Advertisements for LC
Programs
Entry # 5
Brandon Hunter
Faculty: Ursula Bryant
Project: Developing Obelisque
Entry # 6
Tiffany Nious
Faculty: F. Johnson Scott III
Project: The Effects of the Space Race on Music Education
Entry # 7
Matthew Anthony Rodriguez
Faculty: F. Johnson Scott III
Project: Photocopy, Record, and Download: United States
Copyright Law and Music Education
Entry # 8
Heather Kaitlin Sumner
Faculty: F. Johnson Scott III
Project: Tanglewood Symposium
Entry # 9
Kenneth Thomas Brand
Faculty: Cynthia B. Ramsey
Project: Drum Circles: Rhythms All Around
Entry # 10
Jacquelyn Fox
Faculty: Nancy Schneider
Project: The Switch from U.S. GAAP to IFRS and its Effect on
the Auditing Profession
Entry # 11
Lauren C. Huggins
Faculty: Susan Thompson
Project: Gender Achievement in the Elementary Classroom
Entry # 12
Kathryn Logan Pippin
Faculty: Jeri H. Watts
Project: Photojournalism Service Learning in St. Lucia
Entry # 13
Kimberly Anderson Della Penna
Faculty: Woody McKenzie
Project: Benefits of Inquiry-Based Instruction in a Non-majors'
Chemistry Laboratory
Entry # 14
Marissa Karuks
Faculty: Debbie Bradney
Project: Comparison of Trunk Muscle Endurance between Varsity
Athletes and Club Athletes
Entry # 15
Whitney Markey
Faculty: DuAnn Kremer
Project: Effect of Cold and Heat on Leg Strength
Entry # 16
Regina Callaghan
Faculty: Marleen Delauder
Project: Diabetes Mellitus and Balanced Nutrition
Entry # 17
Christina Nagahiro
Faculty: DuAnn Kremer
Project: Accuracy of Senior EXPH Majors Measuring Heart Rate
at Various Exercise Intensities
Entry # 18
Michelle Garneau
Faculty: Marleen Delauder
Project: Equine Therapy and Cerebral Palsy
Entry # 19
Signey Cameron Milks
Faculty: Marleen DeLauder
Project: The Study of Education and Physical Activity on
Overweight Children
Entry # 20
Kate Dorman
Faculty: Marleen DeLauder
Project: The Prevention of Pressure Ulcers
Entry # 21
Pamela Rogers
Faculty: Marleen DeLauder
Project: Effects of Various Sweeteners on Obesity and Obesity-
Related Diseases
Entry # 22
Natalie Dean Rose
Faculty: Marleen Delauder
Project: Are Elder Adults on Hospice Care at a Higher Risk for
Abuse by Family?
Entry # 23
Joan K. Evans
Faculty: Marleen DeLauder
Project: In Patients with Wounds, What is the Effect of Medicated
Honey on Woundcare?
Entry # 24
Heather Mae Turpin
Faculty: Marleen DeLauder
Project: Effects of Exercise and Physical Activity on Multiple
Sclerosis Patients
Entry # 25
Katelyn LeRiche
Faculty: Marleen DeLauder
Project: Improvement of Urinary Incontinence Using Kegel Exercises
Entry # 26
Samantha Marano
Faculty: Marleen Delauder
Project: Effects of Mercaptopurine and Certolizumab on Remission
in Crohn's Disease
Entry # 27
Megan Powell
Faculty: Marleen Delauder
Project: In Women, What is the Effect of Alternative Methods to
Reduce Migraines?
Entry # 28
Amy Catherine Brown
Faculty: Marleen DeLauder
Project: How Does Early Prenatal Care Influence the Birth and
Delivery of Infants?
Entry # 29
Tiffany Denise Overton
Faculty: Marleen Delauder
Project: Exercise and Diabetes Prevention
Entry # 30
Tyler DeHaven
Faculty: Max Guggenheimer
Project: The Warrior's Path Detailed Idea Map
Entry # 31
Janice Blanchard
Faculty: Max Guggenheimer
Project: The Warrior's Path
Entry # 32
Brian Wilcox
Faculty: Max Guggenheimer
Project: Insight into the Use of Water in Casey Clabough's The
Warrior's Path
Entry # 33
Kelsey Reed
Faculty: Max Guggenheimer
Project: "Here vs. Heir," a Contrast of Clabough's Journey
Entry # 34
English 112, Sections C and P
Faculty: Nina Salmon
Project: Service Learning Projects Springing from Poetry by Anne
Spencer
Entry # 35
Nita Abdshah
Faculty: George Schuppin
Project: The Effectiveness of Physical Therapy in Treating Vertigo
Entry # 36
Shadrack Mbithi Nthusi
Faculty: Greg Eaton
Project: Utilization of Vernal Pools at Claytor Nature Study
Center
Entry # 37
Christine Elizabeth Walker and Samantha Atzingen
Faculty: Allison Jablonski
Project: Silencing HER2
Entry # 38
Jessica Marie McNinch
Faculty: John Styrsky
Project: Does Fruit Availability Affect Winter Territories of
Northern Mockingbirds?
Entry # 39
Ashley D. Meyer
Faculty: David O. Freier
Project: Identification of Possible Neisseria spp. from Feline
Oral Biofilms
Entry # 40
Meredith Poley, Justine Buckle, Anna Altieri, Jennifer Jewell,
Elizabeth Jennings, and Brandon Edwards
Faculty: Virginia Cylke
Project: Marriage: An Elitist Institution?
Entry # 41
Stephen Legg and Krysten Bishop
Faculty: Judith K. Muir
Project: What is in College Lake? A Preliminary Microbiological
Study Using Winogradsky Columns
Entry # 42
Kim Mui
Faculty: Kari Benson
Project: Aquarium Intern at the Virginia Living Museum
Entry # 43
Helen Wolfe
Faculty: John Styrsky
Project: Effects of Age and Time of Day on the Distribution of an
Orb-Weaving Spider
Entry # 44
Ashley Rose Longstreet
Faculty: David Freier
Project: Determining Cichoric Acid Concentration in Echinacea
purpurea Glycerin Extract using HPLC
Entry # 45
Caitlin Heflin
Faculty: Jamey Pavey
Project: Trayless Survey Results
Entry # 46
Erica Tiffany Wilborne
Faculty: George Schuppin
Project: Evaluation of the Female Pelvic Health
Presentations
SCHEWEL 231 FACULTY RESOURCE ROOM
Entry # 47
Melissa Richards, Kathleen McLaughlin
Schewel 231- 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Faculty: Susan Olah
Project: The Effect of Subliminal Messaging on Individual's Product Preference
Entry # 50
Elizabeth C. Ptak
Schewel 231- 9:15 AM - 9:30 AM
Faculty: Virginia Cylke
Project: The Impact of Gender Roles on Judicial Sentencing
Entry # 53
Meredith Shelton Smith
Schewel 231- 9:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Faculty: David Freier
Project: Biochemical and 16s rRNA Identification of a Possible Streptococcus from a Feline Oral Cavity
Entry # 56
Tim Willis
Schewel 231- 9:45 AM - 10:00 AM
Faculty: Will Briggs
Project: Nexus State Planning
Entry # 59
Ashley Stern
Schewel 231- 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Faculty: Debbie Bradney
Project: Identifying Possible Risk Factors for Low Back Pain in an Athletic Population
Entry # 62
Amanda Pillow
Schewel 231- 10:15 AM - 10:30 AM
Faculty: Tom Shahady
Project: The Magic of BMPs
Entry # 65
Justin Michael Alexander Bassett
Schewel 231- 10:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Faculty: Bill Lokar
Project: The Effects of Covalent Binding of Counter-ions to Ionic Surfactants
Entry # 68
Alessandra Bluff, Molly Galloway and Elizabeth Ricard Pritchett
Schewel 231- 10:45 AM - 11:00 AM
Faculty: Jamey Pavey
Project: Analysis of the Montreal Protocol
Entry # 71
Tiffany Michele Borchick
Schewel 231- 11:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Faculty: Bianca Sumutka
Project: Are Smell and Sex Related? The Answer May Be Right Under Our Noses
Entry # 74
Rad Choi Dobson
Schewel 231- 11:15 AM - 11:30 AM
Faculty: Nancy Cowden
Project: Keeping it in the Aster family
Entry # 75
Shaina Miranda and Meggin Stinnette
Schewel 231- 1:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Faculty: Alisha Marciano
Project: The "New Millennium" of Bullying: Is Cyber Bullying Related to Jealousy?
Entry # 78
Brad Williams
Schewel 231- 1:15 PM - 1:30 PM
Faculty: Will Briggs
Project: OpenGL Programming with Zombies
Entry # 81
Robert Mills
Schewel 231- 1:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Faculty: Randy Ribler
Project: Effective Computer-Aided Resource Allocation
Entry # 83
Jacqueline Malay
Schewel 231- 1:45 PM - 2:00 PM
Faculty: Priscilla Gannicott
Project: Analysis of Phytoremediation Technologies on Lead Contaminated Soil
Entry # 86
Lindsey Cooke
Schewel 231- 2:00 PM - 2:15 PM
Faculty: Judith Muir
Project: Modeling Brain Injury: Expression of GFAP in Stretch-Injured Astrocytes
Entry # 88
Jennifer Amy Jewell
Schewel 231- 2:15 PM - 2:30 PM
Faculty: Virginia Cylke
Project: With Privilege Comes Power, with Power Comes Responsibility...
Entry # 90
Brandy Marie Allen
Schewel 231- 2:30 PM - 2:45 PM
Faculty: Kari Benson
Project: Male Gambusia holbrooki preference to female chemical signaling during mating
Entry # 92
Anthony Weinkopff
Schewel 231- 2:45 PM - 3:00 PM
Faculty: David Freier
Project: Effects of Echinacea purpurea on Murine Peritoneal Exudate Cells
Entry # 94
Martin Roskoski; Emily Yates
Schewel 231- 3:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Faculty: Bianca Sumutka
Project: Recognition Memory: The Effects of Warnings on False Memories
Entry # 96
Allie Sypher and Robyn Sharkey
Schewel 231- 3:15 PM - 3:30 PM
Faculty: Alisha Marciano
Project: The Relationship between Cyber Bullying and Friendship Quality
Entry # 98
Meghan France-Hall
Schewel 231- 3:30 PM - 3:45 PM
Faculty: Marleen DeLauder
Project: Obesity in Adolescents and Their Cardiovascular Risk Factors
Entry # 100
Rachel Sargeant
Schewel 231- 3:45 PM - 4:00 PM
Faculty: Glenn Buck
Project: Increasing the Thoroughness of Hand Washing Through the Use of a Prompt
Entry # 102
Jennifer Thurman
Schewel 231- 4:00 PM - 4:15 PM
Faculty: Priscilla Gannicott and Nancy Cowden
Project: Floral Fragrance Investigations in Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens Populations
Entry # 104
Kyle Edwards and Kyle Marshall
Schewel 231- 4:15 PM - 4:30 PM
Faculty: Jamie Pavey
Project: Hydrologic Modeling of Claytor Nature Study Center
Entry # 106
Loriann Coulter Garcia
Schewel 231- 4:30 PM - 4:45 PM
Faculty: John Styrsky
Project: Hiding in Plain Sight: Anti-predator Behavior of a Spider Inhabiting an Ant-Defended Acacia
Entry # 108
Timothy Wolff
Schewel 231- 4:45 PM - 5:00 PM
Faculty: George Schuppin
Project: Frozen in Time: Human Cadavers and the Search for Prolonged Preservation
SCHEWEL 107 FOCUS ROOM
Entry # 48
Andrew James Rohr
Schewel 107- 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Faculty: Sabita Manian
Project: Understanding China on Two Different Levels
Entry # 51
Patricia Clay
Schewel 107- 9:15 AM - 9:30 AM
Faculty: Cheryl Jorgensen-Earp
Project: We are Virginia Tech: A Critical Analysis of Crisis Communication Rhetoric
Entry # 54
Cassie Gregory
Schewel 107- 9:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Faculty: Cheryl Jorgensen-Earp
Project: The Effect of Early and Later Walt Disney Movies on Women's Beliefs on Love
Entry # 57
Bradley Danker
Schewel 107- 9:45 AM - 10:00 AM
Faculty: Cheryl Jorgensen-Earp
Project: How the Media Functions Hegemonic Masculinity
Entry # 60
Derrick Paul VanLeer
Schewel 107- 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Faculty: Delane Karalow
Project: "A Way of Flying": Originality of Expression in the Etchings of Goya
Entry # 63
Catherine Lee
Schewel 107- 10:15 AM - 10:30 AM
Faculty: Nichole Sanders
Project: Social Constructs of Gender and Sexuality in a Patriarchal Slave Society: The Sexual Abuse of Female Slaves in the Antebellum South
Entry #66
Scott Crawford Lemen
Schewel 107- 10:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Faculty: Dr. James Owens
Project: Vicksburg: The True Downfall of Confederate Morale
Entry # 69
Holly Beck
Schewel 107- 10:45 AM - 11:00 AM
Faculty: Kate Gray
Project: Politics, Published: Five News Magazines' Treatment of the 2008 Presidential Election
Entry # 72
Brittany Ann Montoro
Schewel 107- 11:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Faculty: Cynthia B. Ramsey
Project: The Composition and Development of Gregorian Chant and Polyphony
Entry # 76
Conor Pearson McFarland
Schewel 107- 1:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Faculty: Lisa Whitaker
Project: Policy Options: Creating an Informed Community
Entry # 79
April B. Savage
Schewel 107- 1:15 PM - 1:30 PM
Faculty: Sabita Manian
Project: The United State's Involvement in Afghanistan's Terrorism Phenomenon
Entry # 84
Amanda D'Arcy
Schewel 107- 1:45 PM - 2:00 PM
Faculty: Sabita Manian
Project: The New Wave of Colonialism in Costa Rica
Entry # 87
Vincent Milone
Schewel 107- 2:00 PM - 2:15 PM
Faculty: Tim Meinke
Project: The Effectiveness of the Motor Voter Act in terms of Voter Turnout
Entry # 89
Jessica L. Quinlan
Schewel 107- 2:15 PM - 2:30 PM
Faculty: Laura Long
Project: New World
Entry # 91
Emily Christine Turner
Schewel 107- 2:30 PM - 2:45 PM
Faculty: Allison Wilkins
Project: The Process of Editing Prose, Even Without A Title
Entry # 93
Anne Catherine Stokes
Schewel 107- 2:45 PM - 3:00 PM
Faculty: Kirt von Daacke
Project: A Peacefule Battle: Quakers and Confederates in Civil War Virginia
Entry # 95
Victoria Rosenberg
Schewel 107- 3:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Faculty: Jeanne Booth
Project: Group Counseling with Students that Have Experienced Hazing
Entry # 97
Mary Adams
Schewel 107- 3:15 PM - 3:30 PM
Faculty: Marleen Delauder
Project: Evidence Based Practice in Nursing
Entry # 99
Samantha M. Bryant
Schewel 107- 3:30 PM - 3:45 PM
Faculty: Kirt von Daacke
Project: American Philosopher-Kings: Wilson's Refashioning of Jeffersonian Language
Entry # 101
Spencer F. H. Porr
Schewel 107- 3:45 PM - 4:00 PM
Faculty: Dan Lang
Project: The Prerogative of Thomas Jefferson
Entry # 103
Matthew Dotten
Schewel 107- 4:00 PM - 4:15 PM
Faculty: Sabita Manian
Project: The Weapon That Continues to Turn on its Master
Entry # 105
Ellen Chandler Watts
Schewel 107- 4:15 PM - 4:30 PM
Faculty: Sabitha Manian
Project: The Effect of Colonial Control on the Development in Emerging Democracies
Entry # 107
Dustin James Sanders
Schewel 107- 4:30 PM - 4:45 PM
Faculty: Kirt von Daacke
Project: Bickering on the Western Front
SYDNOR PERFORMANCE HALL
Entry # 49
Matthew Davidson Booth
Sydnor 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Faculty: Cynthia Ramsey
Project: Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel and Clara Wieck Schumann
Entry # 52
Travis Blount-Elliott
Sydnor 9:15 AM - 9:30 AM
Faculty: Will Briggs
Project: Technological Advances in the Music Industry: The Feasibility of Free Distribution
Entry # 55
Teresa Crist
Sydnor 9:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Faculty: Cynthia Ramsey
Project: Bach to Bach: The Generational Shift from the Baroque to Classical Era
Entry # 58
Matthew R. Vickers
Sydnor 9:45 AM - 10:00 AM
Faculty: Cynthia Ramsey
Project: Deutsche Liederzyklus: The German Song Cycles of Franz Schubert and Robert Schumann
Entry # 61
Francis Anthony Longaker
Sydnor 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Faculty: Cynthia B. Ramsey
Project: The Moods, Impressions, and Reminiscences of Zdenĕk Fibich
Entry # 64
Michaela McKinstry
Sydnor 10:15 AM - 10:30 AM
Faculty: Cynthia Ramsey
Project: The Preschool Children of Today - The Musicians of Tomorrow
Entry # 67
Peter Joseph DeVall
Sydnor- 10:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Faculty: Cynthia Ramsey
Project: Bravissimo! The Dramatic Presentation of the Cadenza
Entry # 70
Spencer F. H. Porr
Sydnor- 10:45 AM - 11:00 AM
Faculty: Cynthia B. Ramsey
Project: Norwegian Nationalism as Portrayed in Edvard Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite, Opus 70
Entry # 73
Sara Elizabeth Veazey
Sydnor- 11:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Faculty: Cynthia Ramsey
Project: The Virtuoso Singer: A Progression in Style
Entry # 77
Joseph Orenstein
Sydnor 1:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Faculty: Sally Selden
Project: Assessing the Effectiveness of E-recruitment Efforts in State Government
Entry # 80
Sarah Anne Peters
Sydnor 1:15 PM - 1:30 PM
Faculty: Joe Turek
Project: The Impact of Health Care Expenditures on Life Expectancy
Entry # 82
Reese M. Thompson III
Sydnor 1:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Faculty: Sally Selden
Project: Crayons to Computers Teacher Warehouse
Entry # 85
Lydia Ann Nilsen
Sydnor 1:45 PM - 2:00 PM
Faculty: Nancy Schneider
Project: Fair Value Accounting and Its Role in the Subprime Mortgage Collapse