The 2016 URCA Symposium Schedule has been released. The event will begin at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, April 12 and continue all day until 4:30 p.m. at the John C. Myers Convocation Center with 55 different research and creative activity presentations from the students of the College of Arts & Sciences.
Ashland University
College of Arts and Sciences
Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity
Symposium
April 12, 2016
John C. Myers Convocation Center
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Oral Session
I: 9:00-10:15 A.M., Trustees Room
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Dr. Dawn Weber
Dean, College of Arts and Sciences |
Welcome and Opening
Remarks
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Jaylynn Buchmelter
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Acceptance of Fate in Franz Schubert’s Winterreise (1827-1828)
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Christina Fuhrmann, Music |
Paul Pernici
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A Population Growth Model with
Time-dependent Carrying Capacity
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Christopher Swanson, Mathematics |
Lucas Trott
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Pressure and Time: A Critique of the
American Penal System in The Shawshank
Redemption
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Maura Grady, English |
Emily Shrider
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Tacit Coordination: The Profile of a
Coordinator
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Christopher Chartier, Psychology |
Oral Session II: 10:30-11:30 A.M., Trustees
Room
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Joey Barretta
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Why the War Came: Frederick Douglass and
Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Emily Hess, History/Political Science
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Garrison Stima
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My
Tree House
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Joe Mackall, English
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Victoria Gruber
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Enhanced Techniques for Performing Base N
Arithmetic and Conversion
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Iyad Ajwa, Computer Science
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Jeremy Hanna
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The Effects of Distraction on Exercise
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Christopher Chartier, Psychology
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Oral
Session III: 10:30-11:30 A.M., Faculty Room
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Zachary Lindesmith
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The Broken Branch: How the Media Has
Failed in Its Role in Political Discourse as It Moves Towards a More
Democratic Platform
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. David Foster, History/Political Science
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María Cardona
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Lares: Revolution, Love, and an Awakening
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Joe Mackall, English
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Stephanie Julian
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Exploring Factors Impacting the Decision
to Disclose Sexual Orientation: A Qualitative Study of Older Gays and
Lesbians in Ohio
Faculty
Sponsor: Dr. Michael Vimont, Social Work
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Cortney Kourie and Samantha Carson
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Effects of Dietary Stress on Capture Behavior
in Mice
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Dolly Crawford, Biology
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Poster/Exhibition Session I: 11:45 a.m.-12:45 P.M., Alumni
Room
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Poster #1
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Derek Baker and
Dan Whitacre
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The
Effect of Color on Athletic Performance
Faculty Sponsors: Dr. Christopher Chartier and
Dr. Curtis Ickes, Psychology
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Poster #3
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Cassie Craig
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Manipulating
Amounts of the Lens Protein Alpha A-Crystallin Can Alter the Development of
Lens Cataract
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Mason Posner, Biology
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Poster #5
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Emily Embrescia
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Introverts
and Extraverts on the Clock: Who will Perform Under Pressure?
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Christopher Chartier, Psychology
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Poster #7
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Meghann Fitzpatrick
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Reducing
Cookware Corrosion Can Reduce Metal Exposures in Developing Countries
Faculty Sponsors: Dr. Jeffrey Weidenhamer and Dr.
Rebecca Corbin, Chemistry
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Poster #9
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Alexander Kaple
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Investigation
of the Chemistry of Red Maple Foliage, Acer rubrum L.
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Jeffrey Weidenhamer and Dr.
Robert Bergosh, Chemistry; Dr. Mark Berhow, USDA
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Poster #11
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James Lentine
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The
Presence of Another: Video Game Stress
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Diane Bonfiglio, Psychology
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Poster #13
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Garet Litwiler and Rachel Swartz
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The
Absence of Larval Small-Mouth Salamanders: Is it Food, or Is It Flooding?
Faculty Sponsors: Prof. Merrill Tawse and Dr.
Patricia Saunders, Biology
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Poster #15
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Dillon McClain and
Krista Lewis
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Analytical
Tools for Determination of Nematicidal Chemicals Released Into Soil
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Brian Mohney, Chemistry
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Poster #17
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Bryce McClish
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Factors
Influencing the College Choice of First-Year College Students
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Curtis Ickes, Psychology
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Exhibition #1
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Emma Daugherty
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Graphic
Designers are Problem Solvers
Faculty Sponsor: Prof. Michael Bird, Art
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Exhibition #3
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Kaylin Henry
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Design
is Personal
Faculty Sponsor: Prof. Michael Bird, Art
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Exhibition #5
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Alicia Jones
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The
Bruise
Faculty Sponsor: Prof. Keith Dull, Art
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Exhibition #7
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Janice Richards
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Inner
Waking
Faculty Sponsors: Dr. Diane Bonfiglio, Psychology and Prof. Keith Dull, Art
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Poster/Exhibition Session II: 12:45-1:45 P.M., Alumni
Room
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Poster #2
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Ethan Patterson
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Changes
in Microbial Gut Fauna Due to Dietary Stress
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Dolly Crawford, Biology
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Poster #4
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Olivia Perna
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Color
Priming and Concentration
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Curtis Ickes, Psychology
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Poster #6
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Kylie Shober and Allison Vredenburgh
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Play60
as Compared to the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Dariela Rodriguez,
Communication Studies
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Poster #8
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Morgan
Snyder
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Impact
of Visual Representation on the Attitudes Towards Transgender
Transitions
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Christopher Chartier,
Psychology
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Poster #10
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Corey Turpin and
Lacy Hepp
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Calixarene-Core
Star Polymers: Building Blocks for Micelles and Drug Delivery
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Perry Corbin, Chemistry
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Poster #12
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Samantha Ward
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Wide
Host Range Bacteriophages in Fecal Samples from Northern Ohio
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Paul Hyman, Biology
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Poster #14
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Olivia Widenmeyer
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Gaining
an Understanding of the Dynamics of an Ohio Species of Concern the Wetland
Fowl: Sora and Virginia Rails
Faculty Sponsor: Prof. Merrill Tawse, Biology
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Poster #16
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Hannah Wiles and Jonathan Albaugh
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Linking
Health Literacy to Health Communication Behavior: A Pilot Study
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Ted Avtgis, Communication
Studies
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Poster #18
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Dane Zunich
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The Google Effect
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Christopher Chartier,
Psychology
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Exhibition #2
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Abigail Nye
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Leaving
OSU
Faculty Sponsor: Prof. Keith Dull, Art
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Exhibition #4
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Hannah Thome
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Do I
Have to Be Naked to Get Your Attention?
Faculty Sponsors: Prof. Keith Dull and Prof.
Cynthia Petry, Art
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Exhibition #6
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Rachel Yaeger
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Challenges
of Change
Faculty Sponsor: Prof. Keith Dull, Art
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Oral Session IV: 2:00 P.M.-3:00 P.M., Trustees
Room
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James Coyne
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Answering
the Irish Question: Winston Churchill and the Formation of the Irish Free
State
Faculty Sponsor: Dr.
Justin Lyons, History/Political Science
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Alexandra Newhouse
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The
Illustrator's Identity: An Analysis of the Artwork in Willa Cather's My Ántonia
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Linda Joyce Brown, English
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Megan Kracker
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Pumping
Iron and Cadmium? The Cadmium Content of Protein Drinks and Nutritional
Powders
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Jeffrey Weidenhamer,
Chemistry
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Rupesh Maharjan, Raymond Acevedo, Abdullah
Aldhfyan, Abdulmosen Alsalman,
Zachary Brown,
Omar Busheel,
Joseph Hemperly,
Ashley Herman,
and Dylan Moats
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MEDUSA:
Monitoring Environmental Data Using Software Applications
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Iyad Ajwa, Computer Science
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Oral Session V: 2:00 P.M.-3:00 P.M., Faculty
Room
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Joshua Frey
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Abraham
Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and the Compromise of 1850
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Emily Hess, History/Political Science
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Ivan Larson
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How
to Interpret the Constitution: Justice Scalia and the Founders
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Christopher Burkett,
History/Political Science
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Emily Nieberding
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"Falling,
Falling Snow"
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Maura Grady, English
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Olivia Perna
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Estimating
the Reproducibility of Psychological Science
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Christopher Chartier,
Psychology
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Oral Session VI: 3:15 P.M.-4:30 P.M., Trustees
Room
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Alyssa Predota
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Dietary Iron and Fat Levels in
Relation to Metabolism in Mice
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Dolly
Crawford, Biology
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Allison Brosky
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Sacred
and Secular Law: Frederick Douglass’s Religious and Constitutional Defense of
Abolition
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Emily Hess,
History/Political Science
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Kouri Weber
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Emerson
and Whitman: A Difference in Proximity
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Deborah Fleming, English
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Sophia Leddy
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Old,
not Dead: Why the US Should Care about the Russian Threat to Europe
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Rene Paddags, History/Political Science
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Janice Richards
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Inner
Waking
Faculty Sponsors: Dr. Diane Bonfiglio, Psychology and Prof. Keith Dull, Art
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Oral Session VII: 3:15 P.M.-4:30 P.M., Faculty Room
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Grace McCourt
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Cover
Pebbling Numbers
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Christopher Swanson,
Mathematics
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Tara Marasco
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Samuel
Adams, James Madison, and Religious Liberty
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Christopher Burkett,
History/Political Science
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Charlie Michel
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#BlackMindsMatter:
The Psychological Repercussions of Racial Prejudice
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Sharleen Mondal, English
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AJ Thomas
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“The
Extent of Liberty at Stake”: Justice Anthony Kennedy’s Constitutional Rights
Philosophy
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Jeffrey Sikkenga, History/Political
Science
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Maggie Andrews
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My
Return to Route 77
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Joe Mackall, English
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