Sheraton New Orleans Hotel (Napoleon B3-C3)
Tara Serio, Angelo State University
Much of the Devil's River in West Texas is being converted from private to public land, and the literature proposes the existence of two threatened species of Eurycea salamanders in the river. This study analyzed the validity of that claim and suggests a management plan for the park system's consideration.
Daniel Rivera, LaGuardia Community College
My poster presentation will describe the adverse implications imposed by outdated gray infrastructure like "Combined Sewage Overflow" pipes on an urban waterway. I will examine the correlation of oscillating peaks in Enterococcus bacteria and plankton that directly follow rainfall above 0.5 inches at Dutch Kills Basin in Newtown Creek, NY.
Caitlin Birmingham, California University of Pennsylvania
This project is a wetland restoration design and implementation plan. I will be creating/restoring two wetland sites on a property owned by my university. Over several months I will assess the land in its current condition, develop a restoration plan, then implement this plan and assess its effectiveness.
Eric Anderson, Emporia State University
Sericea has been deemed a "noxious weed" in Kansas and can outcompete much of the native vegetation. Research on sericea lespedeza shows that it has adverse effects on the germination and growth of tomato plants, and continuing research is aimed at identifying the specific compound(s) that cause this effect.
Ashley Vedvig, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a large circulation pattern that affects weather everywhere. This research focuses on severe weather (tornadoes, hail, and damaging winds) and how ENSO affects it. The expected results entail that certain phases of ENSO will cause severe weather to occur in specific areas.
Amanda Biederman, Salisbury University
With rising global temperatures, researchers are attempting to predict how life will adapt to a warmer environment. Our team is assessing whether local and Arctic fish populations will adjust enzyme activity in response to warmer temperatures, and what impact this change might have on their overall physiology.
Jordan King, Lamar University;
Hoa "David" Tsan, Lamar University
This poster will describe the physics behind fuel cells and electric motors. Also, it will give some background and possible ideas and applications of the subject.
Ethan Brown, Northern State University
Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS), the author maps conservation efforts for endangered species and then uses geo-analysis tools in ArcGIS to overlay conservation projects, socio-economic factors, and critical habitat layers mapped by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to determine whether the most significant areas are truly being protected.
Kimberly Ledger, University of Montana
Biogeographical investigation of the competitive effects of Canada goldenrod (Solidago canadensis), a North American invasive in Europe, on native North American species that co-occur naturally in its home range and on native European species that co-occur naturally in its invasive range.
Philip Kyles, Eastern Kentucky University
Ionic liquids have been known for some time to assist the separation of biomass into its basic components. In this presentation, the investigation of thermophilic enzymes in the presence of these biofuel solvents at high temperatures will be discussed with future implications to industry.
Estefania Perez, Joliet Junior College
This poster addresses the ways in which the American food industry negatively affects the environment and economy, as well as the health of American consumers. Additionally, the poster provides an overview of how policy changes as well as changes in consumer behavior may help to mitigate these harms.
Edith Plants-Paris, University of Texas at Tyler
This project is focused on creating a molecular identification key of freshwater mussels in the East Texas area. This key will be used to identify glochidia (mussel larva) on fish hosts to determine fish hosts for local mussel species.
Michelle Sheffield, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College
Dairy farms around the U.S. have a unique treasure found in a place some people may not think to look. In fact, some may refer to this as trash; however, on dairy farms there is a natural gas, methane, found in the waste from dairy cows, and even though this concept may seem odd and perhaps distasteful, research shows that some positive outcomes and benefits can be derived from re-using the gas from dairy cow waste. This poster will review the process, the benefits, and the costs of converting methane into a productive natural gas, one man's waste becoming another man's treasure.
Joseph Spearot, Arcadia University
During an internship at Lowe Wines in Mudgee, NSW, Australia viticultural, vinification, and cultural differences within the winemaking industry were analyzed. Organic standards employ a reduction of human interference balanced with careful monitoring of natural fermentation. Health benefits and chemical composition of organic wine were also evaluated.
Meredith Salmon, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
To alleviate the potential of possible flooding, a popular solution has been to "clean" stream channels. "Stream cleaning" involves straightening streams by demolishing and realigning channels, creating dikes made out of bed materials, and removing large organic debris. This experiment investigates the devastating consequences this process has on stream ecosystems.
Dylan Bogard, Eastern Kentucky University
In today's world, people often focus on large environmental issues, such as gas guzzling SUVs and burning dirty coal. However, people often neglect the small activities that may have detrimental impacts on the environment. In researching these problems, one can see these issues and create a way to fix them.
Zane Barger, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) has wreaked havoc on honeybee populations around the world. This presentation will focus on the problems CCD has created in Pennsylvania. The data collected from the region's apiaries will be used to analyze several of the most relevant CCD theories.
Samantha Weate, Arcadia University
A glimpse into the world of treating the homeless and refugee population seeking medical attention in Athens, specifically looking at the preliminary doctor-patient relationship in terms of patient pain expression.
Kelsey Luckhurst, Northern State University
Through a content analysis of a sample of the approximately 1,000 letters Private Harlan Luckhurst wrote to his new wife during World War II, the researcher looks for similarities and differences between the tone, word choice, and descriptions of training and combat experiences of one soldier.
Ruth Ashley, University of West Florida
This poster will show how we created a computer simulation model to analyze the effects of cyclists on traffic flow. We applied the model to Pensacola, FL and determined the conditions necessary for a bike lane to be effective.
Zachary Farrington, University of West Florida
American politics began to reflect significant levels of female participation by the 1970s. However, these levels are now stagnant. Questions arise as to why women are not as involved in political office as men, and debates have formed concerning the causes of and the solutions to this state of affairs.
Ashley Morris, Morehead State University
In the Appalachian region there is a definite stereotype that Appalachians may be less intelligent than other Americans. The study explores the effects of this stereotype threat on participants, also investigating if Appalachian identity and motivation to overcome the Appalachian stereotype play a role.
Elizabeth Shultz, Lock Haven University
The post-World War II period in American social history is dominated by anxiety. The rise of the Atomic Age, coupled with heightened levels of materialism and nationalistic sentiment, created a domestic environment fraught with a fear that significantly impacted the development of the American home from 1945 to 1962.
Amy Studer, Joliet Junior College
This poster illustrates both the positive and negative attributes of BDSM lifestyles and relationships as reflected in the current literature. Additionally, the poster illuminates the challenges in researching these populations and the problems the lack of quality research has created for mental health professionals. Recommendations for future research are discussed.
Heather Flaherty, Curry College
This study investigated differences in accuracy and response time on student performance of a battery of tests. These tests were designed to show differences in frontal lobe functioning based on age. The hypothesis was that undergraduate freshmen would be likely to take longer completing the tasks as compared to upperclassmen whose brains are further developed.
Hoa Nguyen, Wesleyan College
The research focuses on explanation and analyses of Chinese government special economics policy: One eye shuts, one eye opens. This policy is a flexible economic policy that encourages private enterprises by cultural education, ignorance of the law, and private banking sections.
Pui Tan, Southern Arkansas University
Are honors students more academically motivated than their non-honors peers? This study sought to determine motivational differences between honors and non-honors university students. This study also attempted to measure the correlation between academic motivation and academic performance.
Elizabeth Wiemers, Elmhurst College
Rapid task switching (multi-tasking) is increasingly important in daily life. The present study focuses on the capability to search for two things simultaneously and the effects of distracters similar to the targets versus distracters distinct from the targets. We found that associative learning training modulates set-specific capture effects.
Jessica Ulrich, Northern Michigan University
This project involves a comparison between the Atlantic slave trade and modern sex trafficking: involving dehumanization, entrapment in a vicious cycle, and physical and social isolation. I then deliberate current actions to combat modern sex trafficking throughout the world, which consists of education and the elimination of demand.
Tyler Dube, Suffolk University
An investigation of the corporate ties between the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) exploring how the relationship between the two groups has eroded 'justice' in the United States while profiting large privatized prison corporations.
Amy Friesenhahn, University of Texas at Tyler
The revolution in feminist jurisprudence today is founded in the rejection of patriarchy. Law is a patriarchal institution and philosophically excludes women. Critical examination of the philosophy in law oppressing women reveals the effect patriarchy has on perpetuating a divided society and sheds light on the continued exclusion of women.
Melanie Lowrie, California University of Pennsylvania
Historic glassware can tell archaeologists a lot about the social status of the families that owned them. Through examination of California University of Pennsylvania's collection of historic glassware from various local archaeological sites and research into material, design, and decoration, clear links can be made between glassware and social status.
Elizabeth Brukson, Long Island University Brooklyn;
Winnie Lin, Long Island University Brooklyn;
Melanie Tan, Long Island University Brooklyn;
Pak Ho Wu, Long Island University Brooklyn
Our research explores the role physical appearance plays in an individual's willingness to assist a stranger with directions. The initial hypothesis tested reactions to attire. However, the results led to an unexpected correlation between disposition to help and ethnicity. A second experiment was then designed to explore this latter relation.
Carol Barnes, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania;
Michelle Millen, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
The purpose of our study is to determine if students' views of what is moral and immoral in health care changes as a result of education in bioethics. We do this by comparing the ethical beliefs of students with an education in bioethics with students who haven't had such education.
Kyle Harwell, University of West Florida
Prodigious mental abilities may be correlated with high working memory capacity and certain characteristics commonly associated with autism. This research seeks to determine whether exceptional academic performance shares similar relationships with working memory and autism-linked traits, providing insight into the biological explanations for individual differences in learning and academic performance.
Alisha Richardson, Northeast Texas Community College
From Richard Kraus' "Free Yourself (1999)" to John Shore's "Why Women Stay (2012)," ten books have provided advice on how to end abusive relationships. My poster examines the unique response of Lady Bird Johnson to her abusive husband, President Lyndon Johnson. Her response--"Glide"--snatched victory from defeat.
Alan Oda, Azusa Pacific University;
Sarah Wentworth, Azusa Pacific University
What are the risk factors for suicide that may be unique to Latino adolescents? The present study compares different Latino and non-Latino teens to see if there are unique cultural factors. In addition, developmental changes during adolescents are also assessed and reported.
Jarrett Dunning, Emory & Henry College
This research paper plans to apply classical liberal thought in trying to understand the occurrence of factions, while using the history of agricultural subsidies in the United States as a frame of reference. The research will rely upon primary source material and secondary scholarly analysis of the issue.
Michael Newman, Northern State University;
Menno Schukking, Northern State University
By applying Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to 35 years of historic personal property records, the authors map and analyze the spatial distribution of certain "luxury items" to discern whether and how the social stratification of luxury goods in Aberdeen, South Dakota changed between World War I and the Great Depression.
Caryl McDevitt, Southern New Hampshire University
These community profiles of ten New Hampshire towns were created in order to further understand and adapt the current process for resettlement of refugees in New Hampshire. The International Institute should be able to utilize the findings to pin point areas where resettlement is not only feasible but also productive for the community as a whole. The profiles are extensive in their material which was gathered through government data, personal interviews, focus groups, and location observations.
Morgan Kinney, University of Maine
Understanding the emotional bases of homosexual prejudice can help to reduce such attitudes on an individual and a societal level. This study seeks to reveal the influence of religious fundamentalism and right-wing authoritarianism on implicit attitudes toward homosexuals using the physiological measure of startle eye-blink response.
Noah Griffin, Northeast Texas Community College
Prohibition represented perhaps the greatest and most unlikely legal success of moral reform in American history. My poster, based on a State of Texas, Caldwell Prize-winning essay, examines the orator who wrote and inspired the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution, prohibiting alcohol—Morris Sheppard. I depict Sheppard's success as a rhetorical strategist.
Jared Celniker, Chapman University
Can a minute long inspirational video paired with a rubber bracelet cultivate heroic behavior? The results of this experiment, inspired by the research initiatives of Dr. Philip Zimbardo's Heroic Imagination Project (HIP), say that it can. These results can be utilized to better understand and foster heroic behavior.
Christine Bondira, Arcadia University;
Aashika Suseendran, Arcadia University
Through Arcadia University's psychology program, students Christine Bondira and Aashika Suseendran led a semester-long independent research project to test whether priming with physical exercises, through open or closed upper-body movements, have an effect on the amount and/or type of information that an individual discloses.
Caroline Greene, Georgia Southern University
Does a one-week alternative break trip positively affect college students' attitudes toward adults with developmental disabilities? In this mixed-methods study (based on a 2012 pilot study), participants will complete several instruments to measure personal attitudes both before and after their experience as camp counselors for adults with developmental disabilities.
Andrea Morris, University of Tampa
This research considers whether gender inequity is a factor of poverty. In countries where women have fewer rights, less socioeconomic opportunities, and are inherently unequal to men, there is greater poverty. Gender inequity limits economic growth and adversely affects poverty reduction. Therefore, gender equity can be used as a target to reduce poverty.
Michelle Beavers, Southern Arkansas University;
Hali Pinson, Southern Arkansas University;
Zachary Pinson, Southern Arkansas University
NASA supported research inspired by studies showing that women engineers leave the profession at a higher rate led to development of a questionnaire from interviews of NASA engineers and previous research. Preliminary data shows that female undergraduates have lower mathematical self-confidence and lower expectations of success in their engineering subfields.
Taylor Duke, Southern Arkansas University;
Taryn Sorsby, Southern Arkansas University;
Deborah Wilson, Southern Arkansas University
The study replicates research by Truman and Mustaine (2009) who examined webpages of higher learning institutes to determine if information was provided about stalking, and ease with which the information was located. Institutes' websites were reviewed to ascertain the extent to which campuses provide information and resources to victims.
Sheva Serota, University of Cincinnati
This study investigates the effects of interpersonal movement coordination on implicit motor learning and social connectedness. Understanding the processes by which social coordination occurs and what implications is has for interpersonal connectedness is important to how we share time with others and has implications across a wide range of disciplines.
Nathan Smith, University of West Florida
Through a combination of centuries old Eastern practices and Western psychology, students in this Conjunctive Psychology Honors seminar were able to learn practices for less stressful and more fulfilled living. Inadvertently, the seminar also served as a model for more integrative learning.
Jana Simmons, Georgia Southern University
In order to test the theory that transfers in gubernatorial power to another party after an election cycle do not significantly alter health care policy on the state level, I will compare voting records of states' legislators on bills relating to State Children's Health Care Policy with the governor's agenda.
Jacob Blair, Eastern Kentucky University
While some denominational churches are closing their doors, the number of non-denominational churches seems to be increasing. Our research involves looking at the style of these churches, common themes, beliefs, and campus locations.
Amaan Kazerouni, University of West Georgia;
Ayaan Kazerouni, University of West Georgia;
Sarah Saltiel, University of West Georgia
Description of the Marketing Carnival Approach to gathering statistical data, followed by results of Chi-Square tests, Correlations, Hypothesis tests and Regression Analysis, followed by recommendations for the client.
Rami Blair, Morehouse College
This session serves to critically analyze E. L. James's Fifty Shades of Grey using aspects of Freudian and Lacanian psychoanalysis and Foucauldian discourse analysis. It attempts to connect Ana's coming of age with the maturation of feminine Eros, and it considers Christian's psychosexual underdevelopment within the context of his behavior.
Elizabeth Kribbs, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
There have been recent advances toward equality for individuals with disabilities in the workplace. Despite this, employers do not seem to be embracing the change. The objective of this project was to determine adults' conceptions about individuals with disabilities in the workplace and whether or not these conceptions are accurate.
Rajshekhar Basak, CUNY City College;
Patryk Perkowski, CUNY Queens College
Using data from five major highways, we create an econometric model that quantifies, describes and predicts urban traffic congestion in New York City. Our model uses both traditional variables like the speed limit and nontraditional parameters like the curvature of the road and the number of exits per mile.
Jini Curry, University of West Florida;
Jasmine Jordan, University of West Florida;
Ruth Ashley, University of West Florida;
Jacob Herbert, University of West Florida
This presentation will provide students and faculty with tools necessary for working and communicating with a large group of leaders. Maintaining diversity within the leadership of a program is essential to keeping things balanced and we will highlight ways this can be done.
