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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

2019

  Title Lead Presenter
1 3D Map of Diffuse Interstellar Band Strengths Katzer, Emmet
2 A Cross-Cultural Study of Ikigai ‘life purpose’ of College Students in Japan and the United States Igl, Andrew
3 A Spatio-Temporal Visualization and Clustering Analysis of Leukemia and Lymphoma in the United States Wonsil, Joseph
4 Activity Budgets of White-Handed Gibbons (Hylobates lar) at the Racine Zoological Society McKinnon, Kathryn
5 Advanced Student Research in Secondary Schools: Three Exemplars Rogg, Steven
6 Ajax: Bridging the Gap Between 500 BCE and 2019 Swain, Emma
7 An Analysis of the Effectiveness of Environmental Organizations’ Facebook Posts That Promote Environment-Friendly Behavior Changes Shamrock, Luke
8 An Evaluation of Particulate Matter Concentrations within the Ceramics Studio at Carthage College Snider, Jordan
9 An Integrated Literature Review to Educate the United States Population on the Benefits of Safe Injections Spaces as a Risk Reduction Strategy for the Opioid Epidemic Nichols, Samantha
10 Analysis of Great Call Vocalizations in Captive and Wild Adult White-handed Gibbons (Hylobates lar) Hull, Cara
11 Analysis of Male White-handed Gibbon (Hylobates lar) Songs in Response to Predator Models DeRoach, Olivia
12 Are College Degrees Distributed Evenly Across The United States? Hinkle, Ashley
13 Armenian and Syrian Christian Perspectives on the Crusades in the 12th Century Shamrock, Peter
14 Aroma Chemistry of Tea Zaker, Patrick
15 Assessing the Demographic Differences in Health Benefits Resulting from Alcohol Tax Increases Maddock, John
16 Blasting Off with Phages: Bacteriophage Study in a Novel Environment Lewer, Owen
17 Celebrating & Embracing Diversity in Carthage History Johnson, Jawaune
18 Characterization of Bacteriophage Found Outside of Denhart Vanoverbeke, Krysti
19 China in Africa: Partner in Development or Neocolonial Threat? Quick, Aubrey
20 CO2 Sensitivity of Behaviorally Inhibited Individuals Counard, Mackenzie
21 Combating Stress: Building Up Student Identity Through Japanese Animation Koide, Izumi
22 Conducting Micelle-Assisted Peptide Coupling in Flow Goetz, Gunnar
23 Controversy: A Benefit or Detriment to Advertising Korb, Casey
24 Correlation between body types and event/performance for track Ahmed, Suneed
25 Crafting a New Brand Hurley, Alanna
26 Crisis Management in Small Businesses Maurer, Megan
27 Curriculum Diversity within Higher Education Stage, Cheyanne
28 Determining Calorie Content Using a Bomb Calorimeter Biddle, Analise
29 Developing a Vision Test for Fish: a Homebrew Device to Measure Optokinetic Response Franklin, Ashley
30 Development of Elevated CO2 Stress Response: Effects on Psychological Processing Relative to the US Navy Alt, Benjamin
31 Direction of Your Dreams Isely, Maria
32 Disruption Within the Fashion Industry: How the Online Rental Clothing Rental Industry Came to Be and Its Role Today Anastopoulos, Anastasia
33 Dopaminergic Fibers from the Locus Coeruleus Indirectly Modulate Cerebellar Purkinje Cells through Bergmann Glia Activation McCarthy, Nicole
34 Drop, Cover, and Hold On! Earthquake Disaster Management in LA Trotter, Ashlee
35 DUC-Web: A Discussion-Based Teaching Strategy Rieman, Patricia
36 Dutch Disease: What Is It, Why Is It Harmful, and How Can It Be Mitigated? Durdan, James
37 Ecological Interactions: an Application of Differential Equations Williams, Marquell
38 Education and the Educated in The Tempest and The Republic Taylor, Morgan
39 Effects of a Short Term High Intensity Interval Training on Pre and Post Body Fat Percentage and Lean Mass Sliwa, Taylor
40 Effects of an Educational Intervention on Middle School Students’ Level of Knowledge Regarding Health and Nutrition Allen, Anthony
41 Elevated cortisol and alpha-amylase levels in behaviorally inhibited individuals exposed to physiologic stress: Implications for enhanced associative plasticity with anxiety vulnerability Walz, Erin
42 Environmental Quality and Income Inequality: An Empirical Examination Williams, Marquell
43 Examining Onset Timing of Great Call Production in White-handed Gibbon (Hylobates lar) Vocalizations Roschi, Rachel
44 Expectancy value theory and gendered interviewing: How collegiate women anticipate and experience an interview setting Armitage, Amanda
45 Exploring Ways to Quantify Heterogeneity of Appearance in Categories Scherer, Kory
46 Federal Reserve College Challenge Presentation Maddock, John
47 Fighting with Fire: Effects of a Token Economy System on Maladaptive Aggression Sundstedt, Kelly
48 Functionalized Electrospun Polymer Mats as Sorbents for Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Aqueous Solution Bresnahan, Brady
49 Guatemala After the Peace: Developments toward realizing the promises of the Peace Accords Bingaman, Jessie
50 How is the World With Social Media Subconsciously Affecting Us? Kebisek, Shannon
51 How Public, Political Art Advances the Messages and Motifs Behind the Black Lives Matter Movement Kwilas, Kassidy
52 How Social Scientists use Statistics, Samples and Probability to Answer Research Questions Sendef, Jessica
53 How to Effectively Manage a Drag Strip Duncan, Kassandra
54 Human Eye Movements: Patterns of Saccadic Eye Movements and Fixation in “Reading” Graphical Data Pelnar, Holly
55 Human Ideal or Achilles Heel? Dombrowski, Catherine
56 Identifying & Analyzing Brand Advocacy in the Coffee Industry Lyman, Sarah
57 Identifying Individual & Organizational Interventions to Reduce Burnout in Medical Residents Burke, Sidney
58 Inferring Thunderstorm Properties from Electric Field Observations Schmitt, Eric
59 Innovative Campaigns and Success: How to Become the Best Bergman, Rachel
60 Interdisciplinary Necessity: Employing GIScience to build more effective business decisions and business curricula. Switzer, Katelyn
61 Investigating the Effects of the GNAQQ209L Mutation on Melanophore Migration using Microscopy and FIJI Gucwa, Melanie
62 Investigation of Tea Chemistry Jalbert, Renee
63 Is data plural? A writing center intervention at the cellular and molecular level Tews, Grace
64 Is rRNA Copy Number Linked to Increased Growth Rates in Bacterial Feeding Nematodes? Boldt, Leah
65 Life, Death, and Resurrection: A Cellular Journey Pfeffer, Claire
66 Low-cost dropsonde development for multi-point measurement of thunderstorm electric fields Becher, Max
67 Marie Antoinette: Versailles to the Runway; The Stylization of the World’s Most Notorious Queen Vickas, Veronica
68 Masked Aristocrats: Anonymity in Graham's Magazine, 1842 Hansen, Joseph
69 Measures of Olfaction During Pregnancy Mwonya, Eunice
70 Media Richness Theory and Social Media Influencers: How the Selection and Role of Influencers Impacts Small Business Marketing Lindquist, Jaclyn
71 Millennials: Changing the Wedding Industry and Industry Relevance Damjanic, Katja
72 Misdirected by gender: The impact of performer gender on perceptions of a magic performance Griser, Noah
73 Modal Propellant Gauging: Blue Origin Payload Ananda, Celestine
74 Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study of AG10 and Tafamidis Binding to the V122I Mutant of Transthyretin Geoghegan, Riley
75 NMR Investigation of Micelle Formation by Phenylalanine-Containing Biosurfactants Pieroni, Elizabeth
76 NMR investigation of the effect of pH on counterion binding to amino acid-based surfactant micelles Mahant, Grant
77 Object Guidance in Visual Search Pham, Jeroen
78 Oppression of Identity and Literature Garza, Rianna
79 Optimization of Tissue Clearing Methods to Image Optic Chiasm Development in Zebrafish Dreyer, Allison
80 Organic Synthesis of O-acylated Amino-Acid Based Surfactants to Examine Antimicrobial Properties Szczepanski, Aileen
81 Overview of the Carthage Noyce Scholarship Program (CNS) Sconzert, Karin
82 Patterns of apoptosis in the limb paddles of developing Correlophus ciliatus and Lepidodactylus lugubris embryos Zietlow, Amelia
83 PECAAN PHAGE PIE: The Sequencing and Annotation of the Bacteriophage Velene’s Genome Boucher, Asher
84 Performance of Insured Municipal Bonds After the Financial Crisis Lau, Catherine
85 Peruvian Hearts: The Growth of Equality Against Machismo Saccameno, Olivia
86 Powerbalance wristband doesn't support flexibilty` Abban, Herman
87 Predictive Power of Prescription Data as an Indicator for Insurance Risk Hobbs, Zoe
88 Redefining Acoustic Units Found Within the Vocal Repertoire of White-handed Gibbons (Hylobates lar) McCombe, Caitlin
89 Reflections On Society Zerger, Emily_Jean
90 Religion in Africa: Capturing the Vibrant Life of Interfaith Communities Dye, Elise
91 Resilient Entrepreneurship: Insight from South African Entrepreneurs Madden, Jennifer
92 Role Overload and Counterproductive Work Behavior: On the Role of Narcissism and Emotional Intelligence O'Brien, Colleen
93 SEL Learning in a Classroom Gonzales, Marco
94 Self-Monitoring to Reduce Off-Task Behaviors While Reading by a Child with ADHD McComb, Erin
95 Sex Trafficking Along an Urban Midwestern Corridor Shaw, Rachael
96 Shareholder Activism Lau, Catherine
97 Sherlock Holmes and the Age of Fashion Transitions Vickas, Veronica
98 Speed Dating Across the Curriculum: Fostering Critical Thinking Rieman, Patricia
99 Sum Sets of Positive Convergent Geometric Series Phillips, Mary
100 Sustainability at Carthage College Reinhard, Emily
101 Temperate Art in Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene Norton, Elizabeth
102 Thanatophobia in Contemporary America: Consequences, Causes, and Combatants Britton, Jennifer
103 The Beast of Two Gods: Sivatherium as the Seth Animal Goebel, Andrew
104 The Effect of Attachment Strength on Grief Response in College Students Dienst, Kendra
105 The effect of simulated microgravity on melanocyte development in a GNAQQ209L zebrafish model of uveal melanoma Muske, Josey
106 The Effect of Social Media on Ticket Sales in Sports Campbell, Jennifer
107 The Ever-Evolving Industry Around Type 1 Diabetes Hoeft, Greigh
108 The Financial Impact of Corporate Identity Redesign Mallary, Lexie
109 The FinTech Effect: An Analysis of the FinTech Revolution and its Impact on Retail Banking and Financial Services Suazo, Michael
110 The Fulfillment of Homecoming in the Odyssey: An Analysis of a Homeric Simile Boren, Ryan
111 The Gospel According to the Invisible Hand: Adam Smith and the 2008 Wall Street Crash Morelli, Bradley
112 The Hidden Costs of Business: How Effective Motivation can Impact Business Conroy, Ciaran
113 The Impact of Land Use and Land Cover Change on Flooding in the Lower Russian River Watershed, CA from 1992 to 2017 Lang, Aric
114 The Influence of Pinterest Trends on Wedding Planning. Koenig, Emma
115 The Need for Sustainability Accounting Standards in a Time of Rapid Climate Change Reinhard, Emily
116 THE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF MEDIA ON YOUNG WOMEN’S BODY IMAGE IN JAPAN Reitsma, Aliza
117 The Relationship Between Coping Self-Efficacy and Levels of Perceived Stress in Undergraduate Nursing Students Tedesco, Samantha
118 The Relationship Between Sprint Performance and Anthropometrics in Division III Collegiate Track Athletes Proksa, Ashley
119 The Thin Blue Line: An analysis of stress and police work Spagnola, Madelin
120 The Uptake of Consumer Product Chemicals into Plants Grown in Biosolids-Amended Soils Turk, Emily
121 The Writing on the Walls: Street Art in Santiago de Chile // La obra callejera: pintura y paredes en Santiago de Chile Freeman, Aaron
122 Thresholds in Human Olfaction Koeppen, Chloe
123 Transect-Free Transect Sampling of Coral Reefs In Roatan, Honduras Sucher, Nicholas
124 Tumor transplantation assays of fluorescently-labeled uveal melanoma cell lines in zebrafish Dawson, Carlee
125 Up and Away: Animation, Theater, and the Opioid Crisis Meder, Tyler
126 Using MOE to Investigate Potential Ligands for StarD6 Borchart, Danielle
127 Variations on the Intelliscript Bidding Simulation Wheeler, Alexandria
128 We the People: The Role of Public Opinion in Supreme Court Decisions Rankins, Rebecca