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Instructions

Student presentations must have a faculty sponsor.

Abstracts must include a title and a description of the research, scholarship, or creative work. The description should be 150-225 words in length and constructed in a format or style appropriate for the presenter’s discipline.

The following points should be addressed within the selected format or style for the abstract:

  • A clear statement of the problem or question you pursued, or the scholarly goal or creative theme achieved in your work.
  • A brief comment about the significance or uniqueness of the work.
  • A clear description of the methods used to achieve the purpose or goals for the work.
  • A statement of the conclusions, results, outcomes, or recommendations, or if the work is still in progress, the results you expect to report at the event.

Presenter photographs should be head and shoulder shots comparable to passport photos.

Additional Information

More information is available at carthage.edu/celebration-scholars/. The following are members of the Research, Scholarship, and Creativity Committee who are eager to listen to ideas and answer questions:

  • Jun Wang
  • Kim Instenes
  • John Kirk
  • Nora Nickels
  • Andrew Pustina
  • James Ripley

2018

  Title Lead Presenter
1 'Some lines of feeling': the Affective, Reflective, and Emotional Properties of Text in Jane Austen's Persuasion Treadway, Racheal
2 "Come On, You Red Men": An Application of Online Journalism through Carthage Men's Soccer Hawkins, Elyssa
3 "Every thing was a friend": The Sentimental, Contemplative, and Reminiscent Role of Objects in Jane Austen's Mansfield Park Martinez, Alexandra
4 "I Got the Heebie Jeebies!": A Look At the 1920's and 30's Daniels, Demarias
5 “Hold me, Gerty, hold me, or I shall think of things”: Lily’s Queerness, Resistance, and Intimacy in The House of Mirth Rutherford, Skye
6 “The thing”: An exploration into America’s 20th-century consumer culture, black shame, and Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye White, Margaret
7 “Under the River”: An Examination of Language and the Problem of Literalism and Communication in Flannery O’Connor’s “The River” Banistean, Nicole
8 A Continuous Extension For The Ising Model Fiege, Nathan
9 A Look into the Missing Square Puzzle Wheeler, Alexandria
10 A Novel 3A Cloning Strategy for In-Vivo Characterization of Putative Bacteriophage G-Quadruplex Forming Sequences Lewer, Owen
11 A study of foraging behavior in Western Lesser Bamboo Lemur (Hapalemur occidentalis) Steffen, Alexandra
12 Acoustic Features of German Language Learning Elliott, Lauren
13 Activist Investors Role in the Market Ruetz, Nickolas
14 Activity budgets of lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) at the Memphis Zoo Van Dame, Katherine
15 Ajax to Afghanistan: Using Classical Texts to Combat Veterans Issues Today Gums, Lawrence
16 An Examination of Great Call Production Between Wild and Captive White-Handed Gibbons (Hylobates lar) Deroach, Olivia
17 An exploration of the effect of meditation on dominant leg balance Sliwa, Taylor
18 An Information-Theoretical Approach to Choosing the Resolution of Audio Spectrograms Taft, Benjamin
19 Analysis of catechin and methylxanthine composition in tea (Camellia sinensis) by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography Hughes, Sean
20 Ancient Brewing with a Modern Twist Miller, Justin
21 Apoptosis: A Target for Anticancer Therapy Pfeffer, Claire
22 Assessing the ability of a microgravity environment to promote the transfer of antibiotic resistance genes between bacteria Grams, Tristan
23 Behaviorally Inhibited Individual Exhibit More Frequent Arousals During Sleep Compared to Non-Behaviorally Inhibited Individuals Buchholz, Kirstyn
24 Building and experimenting with Flashlapse, a 3D-printed device, to test the biological response of Arabidopsis thaliana to changes in gravitational direction. Henle, Andrea
25 Building with Bauhaus Isely, Maria
26 Burnout in Female Basketball Players Arnold, Myeisha
27 CaNOP 3U CubeSat Attitude Determination and Control Testing System: Helmholtz Cage Design Ananda, Celestine
28 Canopy Near-Infrared Observing Project Munson, Jeremiah
29 Cell-cycle Checkpoints and Aneuploidy on the Path to Cancer Borchart, Danielle
30 CFA Research Challenge Hilt, Charles
31 Changing Consumer Perceptions and Behaviors Toward Climate Change in the United States Jenner, Melanie
32 Characterization of cell surface markers on cancer cells cultured in atmospheric vs normoxic oxygen Huttelmaier, Stefanie
33 Chemberry: a Raspberry Pi microcontroller for microscale laboratory experiments Krause, Kevin
34 Chlorella vulgaris Growth for Phosphate Removal and Biomass Productivity Utilizing Kenosha Wastewater Eness, Amanda
35 Cross-modal Attentional Entrainment: Insights from Magicians Ehlert, Amanda
36 Democracy, Thai Style: 1850-2014 Ruangpinyophun, Maethee
37 Design of the 2019 Celebration of Scholars Logo Doulas, Stephen
38 Determining Differences in Heart Rate and Blood Pressure Between Behaviorally Inhibited and Non-Behaviorally Inhibited Individuals Grant, Conor
39 Development of Discovery Based Labs Through Microwave Assisted Synthesis Engberg, Logan
40 Does Being Single Get You Singles? A Look Into The Relationship Between Marital Status and Income for Millennials. Denton, Claire
41 edTPA PE Resources Website for Teacher Candidates Johnson, Rebekah
42 Education Policies in the United States and Australia: Are They Helping Indigenous Peoples? Hairston, Kristen
43 Examining Changes in Cortisol and Amylase Levels Between Behaviorally Inhibited and Non-Behaviorally Inhibited Individuals When Exposed to A Stressful Stimulus Mueller, Kyle
44 Exploring the Relationship Between the Millennial Generation and the Housing Market Switzer, Katelyn
45 Fake News and Religion: The Making of Operation Blue Star Castellanos, Flynn
46 From Dirt to Database: An In Depth Analysis of Mycobacterium Phage GreaseLightnin Dunn, Kevin
47 From Soil to Sequence: the Story of SpikeBT Cruz, Wendy
48 From the Lake to the Plate: Identifying Antimicrobial Production in Bacterial Species Isolated from Lake Michigan Wenta, Meredyth
49 Housing Affordability since 1990 Hegland, Peter
50 How the Craft Brewing has Shifted the Global Beer Marketplace Titus, Joshua
51 How U.S. Operations in Post-War West Germany Affected the Representation of Women in Advertising and Media Kambol, Annaliese
52 Hull-House Women: Preventing the Breakdown of Working-Class Families Morgan, Hailey
53 Ideal Human Taylor, Morgan
54 Immunohistochemistry Analyses Indicate Differentially Activated Circuits in Avoidance Learning Between Rat Strains Krenzke, Lucinda
55 Impact of Shareholder Activism on Target Companies Muita, Linda
56 IMPACT OF SPRING BREAK ON A STRENGTH ENDURANCE PHASE OF RESISTANCE TRAINING AMONG DIVISION III WOMEN’S SOCCER PLAYERS West, Austin
57 Implementing the Token Economy System to Decrease Distracted Behavior for a Child with Autism Spectrum Disorder Sehgal, Kiran
58 Incorporating long-term research projects into the Carthage environmental science curriculum: lessons from the EREN-DATIS project Gartner, Tracy
59 Indigenous Women and Tourism in Peru: Re-envisioning Gender Morales, Maribel
60 Intercultural Comedy: Funny Here and There Keller, Matthew
61 Intercultural Dialogues Explored Through Web-Documentary Miske, Stephanie
62 Israel: A J-term Experience Perrino, Lea
63 Little Bird Gilkes, Alexis
64 Manipulation of Danio rerio Melanosome Dispersion By Targeting Second Messenger Systems Wenta, Meredyth
65 Maria Guadalupe and Liberation Theology: A Study of Two Influential Religious Movements in Mexico. Posadas, Damariz
66 Marketing to the Future of Multiracial and Other Minority Segments: A Look into Changing American Demographics Slowek, Elanta
67 Mathematics of Magnetism: The Ising Model for Ferromagnetic Materials Weathersby, Jordan
68 Measures of Olfaction During Pregnancy Wenzel, Elizabeth
69 Meditation and Domestically Violent Males Marr, Caitlyn
70 Micelle-catalyzed metathesis reactions in-flow Jones, Michael
71 Minute Ventilation and Breathing Frequency of Behaviorally Inhibited Individuals and Non-Inhibited Individuals when Breathing Enhanced CO2 Jaramillo, Talia
72 Modal Propellant Gauging in Reduced Gravity Environments Janiak, Megan
73 Modeling Differences in Housing Prices Between the North and South Lake Suburbs of Milwaukee, Wisconsin Pournik, Nasreen
74 Money Ball, Money Pit, or Money Misallocation? Kelsh, Elena
75 More than You Bargained For:The Ego Formation of Doctor Faustus and its Afterlife in Popular Culture Kirby, Abigail
76 Mundo Foods Varnell, Janix
77 Not Your Grandma’s Chili: An Examination of the Bacteriophage KidneyBean Ardery, Samantha
78 Ocean Acidification And The Long-Term Effects on Lytechinus Variegatus Developmental Properties Miner, Robert
79 OPEC & Alternative Energy Reinhard, Emily
80 Organic Synthesis of O-acylated Amino Acid Surfactants to Examine Antimicrobial Properties Szczepanski, Aileen
81 Penelope: Ideal Woman or Strategic Monarch Stroh, Elizabeth
82 Portraits of a Prince: The Evolving Perceptions of Prince Albert Kin, Cristin
83 Pouring Fuel on the Fire: The United States’ Counterterrorism Efforts in Yemen Roberts, Abby
84 Public Health in the United States of America: Should the Country Utilize Social Determinants of Health and Implement Health in All Policies, the Holistic Policy Approach to Human Health? Rutter, Bradley
85 Quantitation of Metal Ions in Surface Waters Hall, Leah
86 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MAXIMAL STRENGTH TESTS AND JUMP PERFORMANCE AMONG DIVISION III COLLEGE MEN’S VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS Robinson , Kyle
87 Retention in Public Accounting: Matter of Intrinsic Motivation not Tangible Rewards Yarka, Kaitlyn
88 Risking Life and Limb: Why Syrian Refugees Continue to Flee to Europe Leazott, Jenna
89 Role of Ruminal Prokaryotes in Phenotypic Variability of Methane Emission in Dairy Cows Huttelmaier, Stefanie
90 Saints' Bones: Devising THE LIVES OF THE SAINTS, Guided by Mary Zimmerman's ARCHAEOLOGY OF PERFORMANCE Scharnick, Neil
91 SEASONAL TRAINING LOAD DIFFERENCES AMONG FEMALE DIVISION III SOCCER PLAYERS Pustina, Andrew
92 Shining a Light on the "Dark Continent" Bell, Khari
93 Si Monumentum Requiris, Circumspice - Ascending Dante's Inferno Morelli, Bradley
94 Softening Budget Constraints in the US Economy Durie, Troy
95 Strengthening and Sintering of Silica Nanoparticles Koviekis, Matthew
96 Surprising Sound Symbolism Effects Are (Likely) Experimental Artifacts Constantine, Tessa
97 Survival of the Fittest: Israel and the Realist Perspective Alfakhori, Joseph
98 Synthesis of alkene-terminating steroidal surfactants designed for micelle-catalyzed organic synthesis Reiter, Alexander
99 Synthesis of Gold and Silica Nanoparticles for development of Nanosensors Sanford, Leah
100 Synthesis of NU-1000 Nanoparticles Bingham, Spencer
101 The Assessment of Modal Propellant Gauging Viability for Settled Propellant States in Microgravity via Blue Origin New Shepard Lee, Nathaniel
102 The Capability of GLOBE Data to Correct for Atmospheric Differences in Land Surface Temperature Fagerstrom, Lindsey
103 The Divine Nine: Black Greek-Lettered Organizations and their focus on the celebration of Black Culture and uplift within the Black community Parris, Jordan
104 The Dragon’s Ascent: China’s Economic Rise and its Potential Threats to the United States National Security Interests Myers, Owen
105 The Effect of Yoga and Breath Meditation on Stress Characteristics in College Students Magennis, Erin
106 The Emotive Function of Katakana in Internet Discourse Morelli, Thomas
107 The Everything Store: An Analysis of Amazon’s Business Strategy and its Impact on Free Market Competition Felton, Rachael
108 The Evolution, Functions and Applications of the Breast Cancer Genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 Pfeffer, Claire
109 The External Feature Advantage in Handwritten Word Perception Giammarino, Micala
110 The Impact of Divorce and Year on Household Income: A Data Analysis Bacon, Kendall
111 The Impact of Rest Periods on Repeated Sprint Performance Tilmon, Dezerene
112 The Interaction of Businesses, Fast Food Restaurants, and Fast Food Employees in Kenosha and Racine, Wisconsin Ali, Maham
113 The Optimal Path Through a Crowd Hobbs, Ethan
114 The Retailing Reality of Holiday Shopping Niemuth, Chelsea
115 The Role of Plexin B2 in Phenotypic Switching in Mesenchymal Cells Murzello, Maya
116 The Stayman Convention in Bridge Weiss, Noah
117 The Tigress of Forlì: Caterina Sforza and the Manipulation of Renaissance Italian Gender Roles Booras, Constantine
118 The Winds of Change: My 5 South African Poems Durdan, James
119 Through the Eyes of Danny Lyon: The Importance of Photography in Understanding the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Ptacek, Anna
120 Undergraduate Research, Assessment, and Applied Business Statistics Groleau, Thomas
121 Update on Nanotechnology-based Drug Delivery Systems in Cancer Treatment Ho, Benjamin
122 Uses of Japanese First-Person Pronouns by Transgender Characters in Contemporary Literature: The Case of the Manga Wandering Son Swangstue, Gabrielle
123 Vocal features used to determine individuality among wild gray wolves (Canis lupus) Hull, Cara
124 Welcome to Hell: The Effects of Counter-Terrorism Policy in Chechnya and Afghanistan Jensen, Daniel
125 WhoseManz is this? : The Story of a Lonely Phage Allanach, Vanessa
126 WhoseManz is This?: The Story of a Lonely Phage Kirchhoff, Brandyn