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Celebration of Scholars

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

2021

  Title Lead Presenter
1 A Case Study of the Modernization Theory and World Systems Theory in Action: Analyzing Nigeria's Economic, Political, and Social Development from Pre-Colonial to Present Times Larson, Megan
2 A Change of Worlds: Teaching Early American Avarice and the Oppression of the Indigenous Identity Rossi, Daniel
3 A Comparative Analysis of Ulnar Collateral Ligament Repair to Reconstruction Ilstrup, Brody
4 A Comparative Analysis of Ulnar Collateral Ligament Repair to Reconstruction Ilstrup, Brody
5 A Study of Coincidence Reflections in the Plane Raymond, Calvin
6 Alternative Motives of Athene in The Odyssey June, Emily
7 Anne’s and the Elliot Family’s Ideals of Marriage in Persuasion Gorman, Ashley
8 Archetypes and Allegory: Jungian Archetypes in The Faerie Queene Cargille, Thomas
9 Are athletes who use unprescribed Adderall at a higher risk of mental or physical injuries than those with prescribed Adderall? Mccarthy, Mary
10 Assembling Whole Population Genomes from Pooled DNA Sequences Brickl, Ashley
11 Assessment on Carthage Students' Spiritual Self-Care Practices Hyde, Sophie
12 Automating Video Analysis of Zebrafish Regeneration Tajnai, Sophia
13 Balancing Truth and Transition: Politics, Justice, and Peace in Tokyo Kundert, Braden
14 Business Analytics: More Important than Ever Smith, Samuel
15 Complexity and Competition in The Odyssey Baumeister, Megan
16 Concussion Exposure and Increased Depression Risk Midlock, Hannah
17 COVID-19 Impact on Small Businesses in Kenosha Al Sarori, Wesam
18 Cultural Construction of the Mind: Schema Theory and William James in Gertrude Stein’s Tender Buttons Milschewski, Kathryn
19 Days More Barbarous Than Ours: The Fight for Female Enfranchisement & Equality in Canada and the Women Who Led the Charge Rossi, Daniel
20 Determining Appropriate Levels of Transdermal Stimulation for Use in an Escape/Avoidance Task Dunn, Kevin
21 Development of Human Escape/Avoidance Task Using Transdermal Stimulation As An Unconditioned Stimulus Dunn, Kevin
22 Does Proper Sports Nutrition Influence Perceived Athletic Performance? Radley, Alana
23 Does squatting parallel compared to below parallel help prevent patellar tendonitis in male athletes? Kotsonas, Samual
24 Does wearing ankle braces reduce injuries compared to those who don’t wear ankle braces in male football athletes? Quintero, John
25 Effects of a Musical Intervention on Undergraduate Nursing Students’ Level of State Anxiety Villa, August Andrew
26 Effects of Ankle Bracing on Ankle Sprains Menconi, Delanie
27 Effects of Mindfulness on Social Interactions in Adolescents with History of Trauma Nikolaeva, Victoria
28 Effects of Plyometric Training versus Traditional Weight Training on Increase in Vertical Jump Height McCurley, Benjamin
29 For Division 3 college football athletes, does having a max squat that is over 150% their body weight increase the likelihood of an ACL injury in the knee? Boucher, Jacob
30 Forming Carbon-Carbon Bonds With Triphenylphosphonium Salts Under Photoredox Catalysis Boldt, Andrew
31 GNAQ Transgenic Zebrafish Display Hyperactive Melanophore Migration During Pattern Reformation Gucwa, Melanie
32 High-leverage Practices (HLPs) Implemented in Urban Classrooms McCaw, Maryellen
33 How A Plague Can Save Humanity Fischer, Heidi
34 How Fascists Changed Fashion: An Analysis of Fashion in the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich Cardamone, Caroline
35 Humanity and Divinity: Co-Creators of the Universe in the Mahabharata Lall, Natalie
36 Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy pre-screening in college athletes Welch, Kelsey
37 Impact of deposition conditions on the quality of silica nanoparticle crystalline structures Astter, Yana
38 Impact of Racial Power Inequality on Environmental Quality Fox, Georgia
39 Implementing an ACL Prevention Program: A Review of the Literature on ACL Injury Prevention in Female Athletes Jerry, Madeline
40 Informational and Interactional Alignment/disalignment: A comparative study of the Japanese sentence-final particle yone with English tag-questions Rogers, Alexander
41 Instructor Presence in Instructional Video: Student Recall, Perception, and Anxiety Carter, Kevin
42 Instructor Presence in Instructional Video: Student Recall, Perception, and Anxiety Carter, Kevin
43 Integrating Remote Sensing into Higher Level Geoscience Education using Unmanned Aerial Systems Cochran, Kathleen
44 Interactive Narrative Technology and Production Halvorsen, Brooke
45 Knowledge as a Downfall: An Analysis of The Tempest Skoda, Molly
46 Location Analytics and Intelligence to Empower Business Cortez, Noah
47 Magneto-active Slosh Control Experiment Bossong, Cassandra
48 Math anxiety and trait anxiety as moderators of subjective and physiological responses to psychosocial stress Nelson, Devan
49 Measuring Functional Recovery in Larval Zebrafish Fales, Rebecca
50 Modal Propellant Gauging - Propellant Refueling and on Orbit Transfer Operations Digirolamo, Alec
51 Modal Propellant Gauging on the International Space Station Peterson, Taylor
52 Motivational Interviewing with Emphasized Goal Setting in Adults with Alcohol Use Disorder McConnell, Lindsey
53 Multi-Point Mapping of Thunderstorm Electrical Structure Meyer, Henry
54 Music of the Meru People Taylor, Morgan
55 Optimizing Performance Through the Breath Harmon, Emily
56 Parsons Etude Reimagined (2020) Pottinger, Stacy
57 Perceived Police Legitimacy White, Tyrani
58 Public Accommodations, Interstate Commerce, and Racial Discrimination Croak, Samuel
59 Radical Bromination Using Photoredox Catalysis Redlin, Sydney
60 Radical Chlorination using Visible Light Photocatalysis Wilson, David
61 Romeo and Juliet by the Numbers Reimer, Theodore
62 Short but Sweet: My Study Abroad in Japan Jenkins, Mallory
63 Suggestions on How to Integrate Social Emotional Learning into the Classroom Zank, Emily
64 Suggestions on How to Integrate Social-Emotional Learning into the Classroom Schoeneman, Aubrey
65 Teaching Students with Trauma Lystig, Taylor
66 The Effect of a Vocation/Calling Education Program on Undergraduate Nursing Students Dalton, Daniel
67 The Effect on Teaching K-8th Grade During the Covid-19 Pandemic Pulford, Nikki
68 The Effects of Sleep on Injury in Athletes Lacrosse, Alexandre
69 The Impact of Climate Change in Nigeria: Social, Economic, and Political Devastation Pope, Leah
70 The menstrual cycle has an influence on ACL injuries in pubescent female athletes compared to prepubescent female athletes Acosta, Vanesa
71 The Nature of Violence: Four Families in the Dakota War of 1862 Steinke, Mitchel
72 The role of Arabidopsis thaliana genes in the gravitropic and phototropic response during spaceflight Gucwa, Melanie
73 The Role of Wrist Supports in Prevention of Injury Mahlkuch, Megan
74 The Trickster Penelope Doro, Emmersyn
75 The Vitality of Interdisciplinary Arts Collaboration thru E-Residencies During COVID-19 Van Winkle, Jojin
76 Transcriptomic Analysis of Constitutively Active YAP Data Boucher, Asher
77 Triphenylphosphonium salts as radical precursors using photoredox catalysis Dickinson, Sidney
78 Understanding the Feelings of Being a Burden: A Qualitative Study of Young Adults With Chronic Illness. Lundell, Ashley
79 Untitled Virella-Torres, Geovanni
80 Using carbon dioxide to examine physiological differences in behaviorally inhibited males Dunn, Kevin
81 Using CRISPR to Understand the Role of YAP/TAZ in Retinal Development Ardery, Samantha
82 Vegan Diets and Endurance Athlete Performance Self, Emma