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Poster Sessions

Poster Session

Primary Student Presenter

Additional Student Presenters

Poster Title

Faculty Mentors

Department

A

1:00 - 2:30

Lincoln O. Bisbee

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Post 9/11 Nuclear Discourse and Its Influence on Public Sphere Deliberation

Ben Voth

Communication

A

1:00 - 2:30

Lauren M. Bratslavsky

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Over-the-Rhine and Providing a Safe Place in the Community: A Look at the Peaslee Center

Terry M. Perlin

Interdisciplinary Studies

A

1:00 - 2:30

Jessica S. Brown

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Wildfire Risk Perceptions As an Influence on Private Land Management Practices in Northeastern California

Kimberly E. Medley

Mary C. Henry

Geography

A

1:00 - 2:30

Michelle L. Calkins

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The Impact of Business Cooperation on the Integration of the European Union

Warren L. Mason

Susan A. Kay

Political Science

A

1:00 - 2:30

Kira A. Cooper

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The Solomon Amendment and Unconstitutional Conditions

Lynda G. Dodd

Political Science

A

1:00 - 2:30

Kristin J. Custer

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Small Business Consulting: A Contemporary Ceramics Studio

Michael S. Broida

Decision Sciences and Management Information Systems

Poster Session

Primary Student Presenter

Additional Student Presenters

Poster Title

Faculty Mentors

Department

A

1:00 - 2:30

Beth L. Deger

Sarah L. Schillig

Jason E. Ondrejka

TrkA, TrkC, and p75 Expression in Young and Aged Sensory Neurons

Lori G. Isaacson

Zoology

A

1:00 - 2:30

Krishna Desai

Rachel E. Hall

Meatal D. Patel

Genes Regulating Flight Muscle Development in Drosophila

Joyce J. Fernandes

Zoology

A

1:00 - 2:30

Victoria L. DeSensi

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Exploring Motivational and Contextual Factors Related to Granting the Benefit of the Doubt

Allen R. McConnell

Psychology

A

1:00 - 2:30

Bennett O. Dowling

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Where Does the Pedestrian Fit? An Analysis of the Pedestrian Environment Along Main Street in Hamilton, Ohio

James M. Rubenstein

Kimberly E. Medley

Geography

A

1:00 - 2:30

Justin T. Drummond

Dustin E. Blevins

Grant W. Reed

Joshua M. Berkowitz

The Effects of Nitric Oxide at the Rat Neuromuscular Junction

David F. Wilson

Zoology

A

1:00 - 2:30

Bradley W. Epstein

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To Find This Place Home: The Moral Economy of Cincinnati's Hazelwood Community, 1955-2000

Mary E. Frederickson

History

A

1:00 - 2:30

Michael J. Flagler

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Identification of a Regulatory Cascade That Controls Biofilm Formation in Acinetobacter baumannii

Luis A. Actis

Andrew P. Tomaras

Microbiology

Poster Session

Primary Student Presenter

Additional Student Presenters

Poster Title

Faculty Mentors

Department

A

1:00 - 2:30

Hillary C. Folz

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Vertical Effects of Different Predator Cues on Prey Behavior

Jill DeVito

Shawn M. Wilder

Zoology

A

1:00 - 2:30

David R. Friedmann

David R. Friedmann

Ribosome Binding and Translation from 5' Terminal AUG Triplets of Escherichia coli mRNAs

Gary R. Janssen

Microbiology

A

1:00 - 2:30

Joanne R. Gamber

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The Alignment of French and American Markets

Marc A. Rubin

Accountancy

A

1:00 - 2:30

Grace W. Gordon

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A Phosphorus Budget for Acton Lake

William H. Renwick

Michael J. Vanni

Geography

A

1:00 - 2:30

Priya R. Gursahaney

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Identification of Zn (II) Metallochaperone Proteins in E.coli using Dynamic Time Course Analysis

Michael W. Crowder

James A. Easton

Chemistry and Biochemistry

A

1:00 - 2:30

Philip T. Hale

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Indoleamine Dioxygenase Transcriptional Synergy in Response to Interferon-gamma and Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

Joseph M. Carlin

Cory A. Robinson

Microbiology

Poster Session

Primary Student Presenter

Additional Student Presenters

Poster Title

Faculty Mentors

Department

A

1:00 - 2:30

Kristen A. Harfmann

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Borrowing Earth: A Curriculum for Developing Environmental Literacy in the Middle School

Thomas S. Poetter

Educational Leadership

A

1:00 - 2:30

Kathryn L. Hewitt

-

"What's that Say?: Reading with a Word Recognition Problem"

Brenda L. Dales

Jeffrey J. Wanko

Teacher Education

A

1:00 - 2:30

Rikki L. Hrenko

-

Effect of Leaf Litter on the Emergence and Growth of Two Invasive Plant Seedlings Lonicera maackii and Alliaria petiolata

David L. Gorchov

Botany

A

1:00 - 2:30

Barbara L. Jack

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Measuring Internal Multiplicity through Sounds of Clientsi Speech: Characteristics of Good Raters

Katerine Osatuke

William B. Stiles

Psychology

A

1:00 - 2:30

Michele C. Jacobs

-

Behavior Phenotypes of Drosophila Fragile X Mutants

Thomas C. Dockendorff

Shweta Nayar

Zoology

A

1:00 - 2:30

Jessica L. Janus

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Use of Allozyme Variation in a Hierarchical Analysis of Population Genetic Structure of Freshwater Mussels (Lasmigona costata)

David J. Berg

Zoology

A

1:00 - 2:30

Kristen M. Jones

-

A Retrospective and Prospective Look at Civic Education in America

Patrick J. Haney

Political Science

Poster Session

Primary Student Presenter

Additional Student Presenters

Poster Title

Faculty Mentors

Department

A

1:00 - 2:30

Colleen C. Keaney

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The Transition Experience from High School to College: A Look at Single-Sex Versus Co-educational High School Female Graduates at the Collegiate Level

Amanda B. Diekman

Psychology

A

1:00 - 2:30

Elizabeth P. Kenny

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Caseworkers' Attitudes Regarding Client Success and Effectiveness of Treatment Plans to Reunify Drug-Abusing Parents with Their Children

Glenn Stone

Family Studies and Social Work

A

1:00 - 2:30

Jacob E. Knight

-

Geochemical and Petrographic Characterization of Ash Flow Volcanism: the Cold Springs Tuff and its Significance to the Evolution of the Santa Rosa-Calico Volcanic Field, Nevada

William K. Har

Matthew E. Brueseke

Geology

A

1:00 - 2:30

Nicole A. Kozdron

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From Natural Lands to Scientific Breakthroughs: The Ecology Research Center Yesterday and Today

Hugh Morgan

English

[A & B]

1:00 - 4:00

Erin M. Lenger

Katherine R. Janko

Michelle M. Maloney

Ashley D. Walter

Compass Magazine: The Work of ENG 421

Judi L. Hetrick

English

A

1:00 - 2:30

Annalisa B. Liberman

-

Understanding Spanish Speaking Citizensi Experiences with Media and Advertising in a Non-Spanish-Speaking Geographic Area

Sabrina M. Neeley

Marketing

A

1:00 - 2:30

Meredith C. Magsig

-

The Construction of a Community Literacy Program that Connects Adult Learners to Their Literacy Goals

Melissa S. Toomey

English

Poster Session

Primary Student Presenter

Additional Student Presenters

Poster Title

Faculty Mentors

Department

A

1:00 - 2:30

Corrine R. Marr

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Women and Men's Perceptions of Managers in an Organizational Setting

Rose Marie Ward

Psychology

A

1:00 - 2:30

Michelle L. Mitchell

-

An Intertextual Analysis of the Representations of Women in Homer's Odyssey and Joyce's Ulysses

Judith DeLuce

Classics

A

1:00 - 2:30

Sara E. Muckerman

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Is a Traditional Calendar the Best Option for Educating Our Youth? A Comparative Analysis of Traditional and Year-Round Schools

Edward E. Jones

Teacher Education

A

1:00 - 2:30

Eric N. O'Bryant

-

Benefits of Nipple Attachment in Prairie Voles: Experimental Tests of Multiple Hypotheses

Nancy G. Solomon

Loren D. Hayes

Zoology

A

1:00 - 2:30

Erin M. Padalino

-

Effects of Belief in a Just World and Rape Myth Acceptance on the Attribution of Responsibility and Blame

Timothy G. Dowd

Psychology

A

1:00 - 2:30

L. Eric Pennington

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Identification of the Sequences Required for the Excision of the nifD Element in Nostoc sp. PCC 7120

Brian J. Henson

Susan R. Barnum

Botany

A

1:00 - 2:30

Hahdi H. Perfect

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Encapsulating Conducting Polymers in Sol-Gel Matrices

Richard T. Taylor

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Poster Session

Primary Student Presenter

Additional Student Presenters

Poster Title

Faculty Mentors

Department

A

1:00 - 2:30

James W. Peters II

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The Relationship Between Fruit Consumption and Weight Control

Rose Marie Ward

Psychology

A

1:00 - 2:30

Michael R. Polin

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Experimental Manipulation of Erythrocyte Membrane Cholesterol

Jon P. Costanzo

Zoology

A

1:00 - 2:30

Abigail M. Popplewell

-

Effects of Categorization Training in Older Adults

Fofi Constantinidou

Speech Pathology and Audiology

A

1:00 - 2:30

Daniel T. Radoff

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A Quantum Chemical Investigation into the Dinuclear Active Site of Human Glyoxalase II

Christopher A. Makaroff

Chemistry and Biochemistry

A

1:00 - 2:30

Jacklyn K. Ramsey

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Object Play in Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla) and Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) Compared

William C. McGrew

Anthropology

A

1:00 - 2:30

Caitlin S. Reese

Lesley S. Black

Erin L. Hoffman

Aaron D. Mille

Miranda S. Sheeks

Social Anxiety, Performance Expectations, Personality Traits, and Alcohol Consumption in College Students

Mia W. Biran

Psychology

A

1:00 - 2:30

Matthew W. Rogers

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Examining Group Differences on the Religious Orientation Scale and the Spiritual Well-Being Scale

Rose Marie Ward

Psychology

Poster Session

Primary Student Presenter

Additional Student Presenters

Poster Title

Faculty Mentors

Department

A

1:00 - 2:30

Peter B. Sanders

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Understanding Contemporary American and Luxembourgish Political Refugee Treatment

Augustus J. Jones

Political Science

A

1:00 - 2:30

Kimberly R. Saunders

-

Female Mate Choice of Inbred vs. Outbred Males in Prairie Voles

Brian H. Keane

Zoology

A

1:00 - 2:30

Katie M. Schumm

-

The Creation of a Neighborhood Garden Mural as Participatory Process and Outcome

Kimberly E. Medley

Geography

A

1:00 - 2:30

William F. Scully

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A Critical Analysis of the Ebola Virus

David F. Wilson

Zoology

A

1:00 - 2:30

Travis H. Smith

-

The Role of Pax-6 in Lens Regeneration

Katia Del Rio-Tsonis

Zoology

A

1:00 - 2:30

Celinda R. Stevic

-

Differences Between Gender and How Often Problems Occur as a Result of Drinking Alcoholic Beverages

Rose Marie Ward

Psychology

A

1:00 - 2:30

Allison L. Truax

-

The Influence of Dynamic Stereotypes on Interest in Powerful Careers

Amanda B. Diekman

Psychology

Poster Session

Primary Student Presenter

Additional Student Presenters

Poster Title

Faculty Mentors

Department

A

1:00 - 2:30

Katrina L. Waisanen

-

Sex Pheromones and Mutual Mate Choice in the Wolf Spider, Hogna helluo

Ann L. Rypstra, Jill DeVito

Zoology

A

1:00 - 2:30

Adam C. Welch

Rasheedia M. Aigor

Kaushik Ghosal

Brain Regions Controlling Specific Behaviors in the Cricket

Kathleen A. Killian

Zoology

A

1:00 - 2:30

Melissa M. Woehr

-

Middle Ground: Exploring the Relationship Between the Field of Architecture and the Suburban Middle Class in America

Thomas A. Dutton

Architecture and Interior Design

B

2:30 - 4:00

David A. Arens

Scott P. Naples

Effects of Serotonin and Prozac on Cricket Fighting Behavior

Kathleen A. Killian, Janelle R. Allen

Zoology

B

2:30 - 4:00

Renee M. Banakis

-

Media Influences on Perspectives of Deafness as Culture

Laura J. Kelly

Speech Pathology and Audiology

B

2:30 - 4:00

Amy E. Benham

Rachel E. Hall

Effects of Ras Overexpresion on Myoblast Proliferation in Drosophila

Joyce J. Fernandes

Zoology

B

2:30 - 4:00

Elizabeth M. Bornhorst

Brian D. Henry

Identification of Specific Regions of Na, K-ATPase Alpha Isoform That Confer Unique Functional Roles Using Chimeric DNAs

Paul F. James

Zoology

Poster Session

Primary Student Presenter

Additional Student Presenters

Poster Title

Faculty Mentors

Department

B

2:30 - 4:00

Amanda E. Brunson

-

Landscape Change in Elkhart County Indiana, 1960-2002

John K. Maingi

Geography

B

2:30 - 4:00

Justin A. Bunn

-

Enviromental and Personal Factors in Perceptions of Communication Media Appropriateness

Garold L. Stasser

Zachary P. Birchmeier

Psychology

B

2:30 - 4:00

Renee Cilliers

-

Searching for Zn(II) Metallochaperones

Michael W. Crowder

Tara K. Sigdel

Chemistry and Biochemistry

B

2:30 - 4:00

Sean C. Clark

-

The Globalized Shaman: Coping with Modernity

Ronald H. Spielbauer

Anthropology

B

2:30 - 4:00

James M. Cottrill

Jessica L. Miller

Queer Space: Geography of Body and Place

Diane Fellows

Architecture and Interior Design

B

2:30 - 4:00

Charety R. Crowe

-

The Effects of Social Group Size on Mating Behavior in Prarie Voles

Brian Keane

Zoology

B

2:30 - 4:00

Sarah E. Dillard

-

State of the Art

Sheila L. Croucher

Political Science

Poster Session

Primary Student Presenter

Additional Student Presenters

Poster Title

Faculty Mentors

Department

B

2:30 - 4:00

Fujiko F. Duke

-

Residents or Visitors: Parentage of Juvenile Prairie Voles (Microtus ochrogaster) in the Kansas Population

Nancy G. Solomon

Zoology

B

2:30 - 4:00

Elizabeth E. Dumford

Elizabeth E. Dumford

Jennifer C. Kelley

Prolactin Secretory Response to Orphanin FQ: Steroid Modulation

Phyllis A. Callahan,

James M. Janik

Zoology

B

2:30 - 4:00

Sarah R. Emerman

-

Biases Against Women in Positions of Authority: Consequences for Female College Professors

Allen R. McConnell

Amy L. Brown

Psychology

B

2:30 - 4:00

Ryan Gifford

-

Dear Enemy in Hogna helluo

Jill DiVito

Zoology

B

2:30 - 4:00

Jennifer M. Govostis

-

Children's Interpretation of Polite Requests and Perspective Taking Ability

Cecilia M. Shore

Psychology

B

2:30 - 4:00

Michael L. Gripshover

-

Devonian Stratigraphy of the Appalachian Basin

Brian S. Currie

Geology

Poster Session

Primary Student Presenter

Additional Student Presenters

Poster Title

Faculty Mentors

Department

B

2:30 - 4:00

Molly A. Haban

-

Examining the Effects of a Sibling with a Disability on Non-disabled College Students

Rose Marie Ward

Psychology

B

2:30 - 4:00

Rachel R. Helbing

-

Women in Steel Band

Christopher G. Tanner

Music

B

2:30 - 4:00

Brian D. Henry

Elizabeth M. Bornhorst

 

Identification of Specific Regions of Na, K-ATPase Alpha Isoform that Confer Unique Functional Roles Using Chimeric DNAs

Paul F. James

Zoology

B

2:30 - 4:00

Courtney E. Hergenrother

-

Success through Adults Mentoring Youth (SAMY): A Learning Service Project Focused on Helping Skills, Attachment Theory, and Mentoring

Carl E. Paternite

Carol L. Humphreys

Psychology

B

2:30 - 4:00

Jessica L. Hoisington

-

Genetic Differences among Populations of the Fluted-shell Mussel from the Lake Erie and Ohio River Basins

David J. Berg

Emy M. Monroe

Zoology

B

2:30 - 4:00

Erin K. Holmes

-

Emotional Health of Military Families

Susan C. Lipnickey

Elizabeth A. Thompson

Physical Education, Health, and Sport Studies

B

2:30 - 4:00

Carrie F. Johnson

-

The Differential Impact of Rape, Attempted Rape, and Sexual Coercion

Terri L. Messman-Moore

Psychology

Poster Session

Primary Student Presenter

Additional Student Presenters

Poster Title

Faculty Mentors

Department

B

2:30-4:00

Nathan A. Lamkin

Larissa A Grace

Ryan M. Foote

Are Names a Factor in Perceived Similiarity between Male Faces?

Robin D. Thomas

Melissa A. Lea

Psychology

B

2:30 - 4:00

Jessica D. Larson

-

Writing the Body: South African Women Writers

Narayanan E. Pavithra

English

[A & B]

1:00 - 4:00

Erin M. Lenger

Katherine R. Janko

Michelle M. Maloney

Ashley D. Walter

Compass Magazine: The Work of ENG 421

Judi L. Hetrick

English

B

2:30 - 4:00

Courtney R. Lucas

Leah R. Chapman

Isolation and Characterization of Alkalitolerant and Halophilic Microorganisms from High Altitude, Saline Lakes in Northwest China

Matthew W. Fields

Microbiology

B

2:30 - 4:00

Matthew S. McNeil

-

A Study in Developing Neuromuscular Junctions in the Flight Muscles of the Fruit Fly (Drosophila melanogaster)r

Joyce Fernandes

Zoology

B

2:30 - 4:00

Meredith A. Main

-

Character Development in Children's Fantasy Literature: The Chronicles of Narnia and Harry Potter

Anita C. Wilson

English

B

2:30 - 4:00

Angela N. Markham

-

American and European Education: A Comparative View

Donald A. Pribble

Teacher Education

B

2:30 - 4:00

David M. Mefford

-

The Effects of Habitat Complexity, Prey Density, and Conspecifics on the Fitness of Tetragnatha elongata (Araneae: Araneidae)

Ann L. Rypstra

Zoology

Poster Session

Primary Student Presenter

Additional Student Presenters

Poster Title

Faculty Mentors

Department

B

2:30 - 4:00

Bindi S. Mehta

-

Lack of Feminism in Mira Nair's Films

David Sholle

Communication

B

2:30 - 4:00

David B. Merrick

-

Think Big: The Glenn Beck Program

Avram G. Primack

Medley E. Kimberly

Geography

B

2:30 - 4:00

Justin M. Mock

-

Classic Case Studies in Fraud

Philip G. Cottell

Accountancy

B

2:30 - 4:00

Andrew R. Mott

-

File Sharing and Music Piracy: How the Internet is Changing the Tune

Gillian Oakenfull

Glenn J. Platt

Marketing

B

2:30 - 4:00

Melissa G. Naylor

-

Characterization of Human Glyoxalase 2-2

Chris A. Makaroff

Chemistry and Biochemistry

B

2:30 - 4:00

Anne E. Newbold

Alison C. Huff

Koren E. Feinstein

Effects of Orphanin FQ on Hypothalamic Dopaminergic Activity

James M. Janik

Phyllis A. Callahan

Zoology

B

2:30 - 4:00

Matthew R. Newton

-

Peptidoglycan and Lipoteichoic Acid Enhancement of IFN-Induced IDO Activity in Epithelial Cells

Joseph M. Carlin

Microbiology

Poster Session

Primary Student Presenter

Additional Student Presenters

Poster Title

Faculty Mentors

Department

B

2:30 - 4:00

Adam G. Olland

-

Flow Lobe Morphology of the Deccan Volcanic Province, India

William K. Hart

Ninad R. Bondre

Geology

B

2:30 - 4:00

Jasmine M. Pagan

-

Investigations into the Mechanisms of Infection of the Haemophilus influenzae Biogroup Aegyptius Brazilian Purpuric Fever Clone F3031

Glen McGillivary

Luis A. Actis

Microbiology

B

2:30 - 4:00

Daniel W. Pesek

Brittany L. Thornton

Breakdown and Reformation of Pair Bonds in the Monogamous Pine Vole

Nancy G. Solomon

Zoology

B

2:30 - 4:00

Aaron P. Provenzano

-

Heparin-Binding Epidermal Growth Factor-like Growth Factor (HB-EGF) Misexpression in Transgenic Mice

Paul A. Harding

Paul F. James

Zoology

B

2:30 - 4:00

Erica C. Raber

-

Manipulating the Flow of Light: Modeling Light Propagation through Photonic Structures

Jan M. Yarrison-Rice

Physics

B

2:30 - 4:00

Shanti P. Reddy

Alyssa A. Knisley

Scott J. Rapp

Physically Mapping the CYP2 Gene Cluster in the Domestic Cat

Susan M. Hoffman

Zoology

B

2:30 - 4:00

Patricia G. Reynaud

-

Collective Novel FRE 415- Senior Seminar

Patricia G. Reynaud

French and Italian

Poster Session

Primary Student Presenter

Additional Student Presenters

Poster Title

Faculty Mentors

Department

B

2:30 - 4:00

Lauren A. Sarringhaus

-

Bilateral Asymmetry in the Upper Arm Bones of the Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes)

Linda F. Marchant

Anthropology

B

2:30 - 4:00

Sarah M. Scherrer

-

Analysis of College Images

Michael S. Broida

Decision Sciences and Management Information Systems

B

2:30 - 4:00

Jonathan R. Schroer

-

Transsexuality in the Workplace: Personal Experiences

Gwendolyn Etter-Lewi

Yvonne Keller

English

B

2:30 - 4:00

Eric D. Shullenberger

-

Late Miocene Carbonates from the Calama Basin in the Atacama Desert, Chile: Evidence of Climate Change?

Jason A. Rech

Brian S. Currie

Geology

B

2:30 - 4:00

Brian M. Sipotz

Peter D. Lewton

Kevan R. Jacobs

A Closer Look at Skill Expertise

Sian L. Beilock

Psychology

B

2:30 - 4:00

Amy N. Smethurst

-

Frozen Face

Alice Kahn

Speech Pathology and Audiology

B

2:30 - 4:00

Leslie A. Smutz

-

The Consequences of Argumentation, Defendant Attractiveness and Affective Language on Mock Jury Decision Making

Christopher R. Wolfe

Interdisciplinary Studies

B

2:30 - 4:00

Amanda F. Spector

-

The Effect of Childhood Psychological Maltreatment and Family Functioning on College Women's Self-Functioning and Later Rates of Sexual Victimization in Adulthood

Terri L. Messman-Moore

Psychology

Poster Session

Primary Student Presenter

Additional Student Presenters

Poster Title

Faculty Mentors

Department

B

2:30 - 4:00

Alison G. Steitz

-

Effects of Mating on Cricket Aggression

Kathleen A. Killian

Zoology

B

2:30 - 4:00

Jennifer A. Taylor

-

Medieval England: A Thematic Unit for Third Grade

Karen Montgomery

Teacher Education

B

2:30 - 4:00

Erika N. Walton

-

Attitudes of Foreign Language in America

Frances C. Fowler

Educational Leadership

B

2:30 - 4:00

Lori L. White

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Microwave Assisted Solid State Reduction of Aldehydes & Ketones

Kevin W. Kittedge

Chemistry and Biochemistry

B

2:30 - 4:00

Jennifer L. Wyckoff

-

The Effect Genotypic Diversity Has on Biodiversity

Martin H. Stevens

Botany

B

2:30 - 4:00

Mark A. Zimmerman

-

Spin Wave Structures in Thin Film Nano-Scale Permalloy Dots

Michael J. Pechan

Physics