Congratulations to all the finalists for the 2016 Whalen Symposium. These finalists will be presenting for an award at the Symposium on Thursday, April 14, 2016:
Eli Adler– Dr. Matthew Sullivan, faculty mentor
Determining the effect of NdBa2Cu3O7 Seed Crystals on the Growth of YBa2Cu3O7 Bulk Superconducting Crystals
Jocelyn Armes- Dr. Keith Kaiser, faculty mentor
Music Education as Social Action: A Systematic Review of Literature and Research Surrounding Incarcerated Students and the Impact of Music Programs
Heather Barnes- Dr. Ivy Walz, faculty mentor
The Effects of Cardiovascular Exercise on Singers in Training
Zul Batnasan– Dr. Joseph Cheng, faculty mentor
Socially Responsible Investing and Optimal Asset Allocation
Cynthia Becker–Dr. Te-Wen Lo, faculty mentor
Identification of Suppressors of LIN-35 in C. elegans using RNAi
Joseph Bello, Theresa Ferrante, Matthew Koval, Benjamin Kraus, Nicole O’Brien, Nicholas LeClair–
Drs. Jill Mayer & Chris McNamara, faculty mentors
The Benefits of a 6 Week Intensive Dual-Intervention Land and Aquatic Based Physical Therapy Treatment Plan for a Patient with the Miller Fisher Variant of Acute Demyelinating Polyneuropathy: A Case Report
Danielle Bucior, Colette Piasecki-Masters– Dr. Susan Witherup, faculty mentor
Plant Uptake of Heavy Metals from Bombing Sites on the Island of Vieques, Puerto Rico
Melinda Carlison– Dr. Christine Bataille, faculty mentor
The Transition to Fatherhood: Men's Narrative Identity Work on the Path to Working Father
Alexa Chandler, Katherine Crowe, Sara Klusky–
Drs. Laura Gras & Deborah King, faculty mentors
The Effect of Wearing a Harness while Treadmill Training on Balance and Gait in Older Adults
Valerie Cohen– Dr. Deborah King, faculty mentor
Handheld Tablets Are a Valid Measure for Analyzing Vertical Drop Jump Landing Tasks
Kevin Coldren– Dr. Michael ‘Bodhi’ Rogers, faculty mentor
Using 3D Laser Scanning to Facilitate Space Syntax Analysis to Understand How People Interacted with Historic Buildings
Tara Condon, Ayana Phillips, Tyler Keith– Dr. Deborah King, faculty mentor
Performance Asymmetries in the Star Excursion Balance Test and Weight Bearing Lunge Test
Emily Conklin- Dr. Ian Woods, faculty mentor
Evolution and Characterization of Vertebrate Neuropeptides
Sarah Corry, Venus Figueroa, Kelsey Mazellan, Max Rankin–
Dr. Hugh Stephenson, faculty mentor
Mindfulness: A Defense Against 21st Century Stress
Jordan Cowell– Dr. Robert Sullivan, faculty mentor
Kairos and Crisis: Failure to Meet the Rhetorical Situation of a Racial Crisis at Ithaca College
Samantha Cripe– Dr. Marlene Barken, faculty mentor
Teacher Speech Rights
Katherine Crowe– Drs. Laura Gras & Sarah Fishel, faculty mentors
The Effect of Fitbits® and Adherence of the Elderly Population to Exercise
Grainne Daly, Rose Veltri, Matt Dankanich, Kayla VandeSande–
Dr. Hugh Stephenson, faculty mentor
Physical and Emotional Neglect, Self Harm, and Hostility
Elizabeth Dellea, Kelly Sadwin– Dr. John Barr, faculty mentor
Linguistic Self-Expression on Dating Websites
Tyler Denn-Thiele– Dr. Rumit Singh Kakar, faculty mentor
Lower Extremity Running Kinematics in Individuals with Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: A Pilot Study
Erin Doran, Julia Williamson, Madeline Feiner, Daniel Considine-
Dr. Blake Hendrickson, faculty mentor
Analyzing Media's Effects on College Students' Intimate Relationships
Eric Finkelstein, Danielle Kawryga, Ravid Goldman-Henley, Taylor Dileone–
Dr. Kari Brossard Stoos, faculty mentor
The STEROLizer
Taylor Ford– Dr. Stephen Sweet, faculty mentor
Non-Medical Use of Prescription ADHD Medication at Ithaca College
Liann Gelber, Peter Kilian, Lior Yaari, Morgan Alteio–
Dr. Judith Pena-Shaff, faculty mentor
Come on Baby, Do the Locomotion
Rafael-Lev Gilbert– Dr. Naeem Inayatullah, faculty mentor
Recovering the Sacred
Kimberly Golden- Dr. Kati Lustyik, faculty mentor
You Do You Nessie: Political Satire and the Scottish Referendum
Ilana Goldstein– Dr. Katharine Kittredge, faculty mentor
From Animation to Active Imagination: The Multi-Media Evolution of Spongebob
Imani Hall- Dr. Jake Brenner, faculty mentor
Traversing Built Environments: A Case Study of Ithaca College
Luke Heisinger- Dr. Belisa Gonzalez, faculty mentor
The Commodification of Salvation: Looking at the Spread of the Christian Prosperity Gospel in Ghana and Vietnam
Sawyer Hitchcock– Dr. Dan Breen, faculty mentor
Fish-Alive': Inhuman Knowledge in Lawrence's "Fish" and Bishop's "The Fish" and "At the Fishhouses”
Emily Hsu, Giovanna Muise– Dr. Nancy Rader, faculty mentor
Learning to Think by Learning to Move: Assessing Cognition in Infants With and Without Locomotor Experience
Benjamin Jung– Dr. Maki Inada, faculty mentor
Identifying the Signals Involved in Gene Regulation of Duplicated Genes that Arose from Genome Duplication
Jamie Kronenberg– Dr. Rumit Singh Kakar, faculty mentor
Lower Extremity Biomechanics Displayed by Individuals with Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis During Vertical Jumps
McKinleigh Lair- Carol Jennings, faculty mentor
Seed to Cup
Devin Roy Larsen– Dr. Michael ‘Bodhi’ Rogers, faculty mentor
Using Discourse Analysis to Further Understand Einstein's and Poincare's 1905 Papers on Special Relativity
Prairwa Leerasanthanah– Dr. Jennifer Germann, faculty mentor
Immaterial Madness and Symptoms of the Cyber Age: Approaching Post-Internet Art and Its Principles
Courtney Leo– Dr. Sue-Je Gage, faculty mentor
Walking Tour Ethnography: Drawing Connections Between Ethnographic Methods and Street Art Tourism in London's East End
Samuel Lloyd– Dr. Osman Yurekli, faculty mentor
Approximation with Orthogonal Polynomials
Chase Lurgio– Dr. Paula Turkon, faculty mentor
Developing a Vegetarian Fish Food to Close the Loop in Aquaponic Production Systems
Danielle Martin– Dr. Sue-Je Gage, faculty mentor
An Agenda of Empowerment: The YWCA of York's Mission to Empower Women and Girls in its Community
Kaitlyn Matrassi– Dr. Sergio Pedro, faculty mentor
How Gendered and Non-Gendered Grammar Structures Correlate to Semantic Thought
Stephanie McCulloch– Dr. Paula Turkon, faculty mentor
The Microbial Safety of Aquaponic Produce: A Comparative Analysis of E. coli Presence in Aquaponic and Conventional Systems
Zoë Miller, Maddy Menges- Dr. Jason Hamilton, faculty mentor
Using Traditional Tracking as a Reliable Research Technique
Victoria Mussalli, Sydney Blanchard, Joel Kalow, Daniel Kustin-
Dr. Chrissy Guest, faculty mentor
My Doll Daisy: A Look at Social Justice Through Television
Kristin Olson– Dr. Brooke Hansen, faculty mentor
An Exploration Into Integrative Healthcare
Carrine Putnam– Dr. Courtney Gray, faculty mentor
Diagnosis of an ACL tear with Negative Lachman's
Dominick Recckio, Megan Goldberg, Kaitlin Logsdon, Kaitlyn Tynczuk-
Dr. Gordon Rowland, faculty mentor
The Paradox of Sustainability & The Global Betterment Imperative
Michael Rizk– Dr. Nancy Brcak, faculty mentor
Razing Cities: Syria’s Architectural Crisis
Hannah Robison– Dr. Hongwei Guan, faculty mentor
Promoting Global Citizenship by Engaging the Philosophies and Practices of Western and Chinese Medicine
Sherya Shah- Dr. Andrew Smith, faculty mentor
The Development of Biomimetic Glue: Isolating Glue Proteins for Sequence Analysis
Alison Siegel– Dr. Marlene Barken, faculty mentor
Corporate Manslaughter & Corporate Homicide: A Legal Comparison Between Scotland and the United States
Jonathan Smucker– Dr. Bruce Thompson, faculty mentor
Measuring the Temperature of the Ithaca College Magneto-Optical Trap
Ngan Tran– Dr. Shaianne Osterreich, faculty mentor
Economic Effects of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) on Vietnam’s Manufacturing Sector, With a Focus on the Textile and Footwear Industry
Evan Van de Wall– Dr. Michael ‘Bodhi’ Rogers, faculty mentor
Experimentally Determining Precision and Accuracy of 3D Laser Scanning in Comparison to Traditional Architectural Conservation Methods
Allison Vizgaitis, Meghan Hellwitz–
Drs. Narges Kasiri & Hormoz Movassaghi, faculty mentors
Motivating Factors & Impediments To Sustainability: Case Studies of Small and Medium Size Businesses in Upstate New York
Jennifer Walsh– Dr. Dan Breen, faculty mentor
The Why and the Wherefore: Xander, Shakespeare, and the Artificial Fool
Emily Warfle– Dr. Karen Edwards, faculty mentor
Solution and Implications for Wait Times at the Veterans Affairs
Emily Warfle– Dr. Stewart Auyash, faculty mentor
Analysis and Solutions for Homelessness Among Veterans
Megan Wirth- Dr. Maki Inada, faculty mentor
From Sequence Signals to Splicing: Investigating the Regulation of Gene Expression in Duplicated Yet Divergent Genes of Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Aaron Zufall– Dr. Doug Turnbull, faculty mentor
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