Congratulations to the students who have been selected to participate in the 2017 National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) in Memphis, Tennessee April 6-8 2017. Congratulations to the students who have been selected to participate in the 2017 National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) in Memphis, Tennessee April 6-8 2017.
Unlike meetings of academic professional organizations, NCUR is a gathering of young scholars and presenters from all institutions of higher learning and from all corners of the academic curriculum.
Through this annual conference, NCUR creates a unique environment for the celebration and promotion of undergraduate student achievement, provides models of exemplary research and scholarship, and helps to improve the state of undergraduate education.
Students, listed below, will be accompanied by Associate Professor James Pfrehm, Modern Languages and Literatures, Rasoul Rezvanian, Associate Dean/Business, and Jim Johnson, Lecturer, Marketing and Law.
School of Business
Samantha Reilly, Legal Studies
Sexual Violence and Collegiate Athletes
Casey Phillips, Legal Studies
Can Congress Restrict State-Sponsored Displays of Historically Oppressive Symbols? / The Historical Evolution of Laws Involving Sex Trafficking Within the United States
Zachary Luckin, Legal Studies
Barriers to Renewable Energy: The U.S. Government and Fossil Fuels
Nicole Cardascia, Legal Studies
The Legal Aspects of the Technology Providing Captioning for Broadway Productions
Julia Bates, Legal Studies
The Philosophical and Legal implications of The Animal Welfare Act and their Definition of an "Animal"
Theophilus Alexander, Legal Studies
S.B. 1070: A Transgression of Civil Liberties
Joshua Marshall, Legal Studies
Fourth Amendment Implications on the Search of a Smartphone
Nicole Ang, Legal Studies
From Victim to Victimizer: The Case of Dominic Ongwen
Stephanie Lipari, Legal Studies
Should The FAA Require Civilian Commercial Aircraft Manufacturers To Place Real Time Tracking Technology Device On All Aircraft?
Shannon Davis, Legal Studies
Hazardous Chemical Dumping
Madeleine Anthony, Legal Studies
Sexual Assault within the Workplace: Determining Liability among Employers/More than the Guillotine: The Reign of Terror's Approach to Criminal Justice in the French Revolution
Taulant Gashi, Business/Finance/Accounting
Interest Rate Projections
School of H&S
Naomi Hanson Hanson, History
Exploiting a Pirate Legend: The Twentieth Century Manipulation of Granuaile O'Malley
Elizabeth Alexander, International Studies
Sameness and Difference: Is the United States Capable of Having an International Conversation?
Cailin Harro, Biology
Isolation and Characterization of Central Proteins in A. Subfuscus Glue
Colette Piasecki-Masters, Biology
Comparison of Sugars and Amino Acids in Nectar from Scaevola Taccada and Scaevola Plumieri
Janelle Harter, Biology
Behavioral Syndromes and Sex Specificity in the Siberian Dwarf Hamster
Victoria Wright, Biology
Functional Genomics of Somatosensory Neuron Signaling and Morphology
Cassandra Papaleo, Biology
Sequencing Reveals Integral Proteins in Arion Subfuscus Slug Glue
Adriana Morales Gomez, Biology
Population Genetics of Scaevola in the islands of Puerto Rico
Danielle Bucior, Biology
Comparison of Heavy Metal Concentrations in Terrestrial Plants in Vieques, Puerto Rico
Alycia Summers, Biology
Can Your Mom Stress You Out Before You're Born?
Anna Tarren, Cell & Molecular Biology
Effects of Cell Stress and Low Density Lipoprotein Concentration on the Localization of Amyloid Precursor Protein
Ambra Munlyn, Cell & Molecular Biology
Dissecting the Roles of PLA2-Mediated Tubules and STARD4 in Intracellular Cholesterol Transport
Meghann Muldowney, Cellular Neuroscience
Angiotensin 1-7 Increases nNOS Expression in Cardiac Ganglia Cells of Guinea Pigs
Ian Wolf, Microbiology & Immunology
Long-Chain Acyl-Coa Synthetase (ACSL) Blockade in Cell Lines Of Diverse Host Species Has Unique Effects On Chlamydia Trachomatis Growth
Suzanne Zuckerman, Cognitive Neuroscience
Researching the Effects of Passive and Active Movement on Level of Activity in 8-11 Month Old Infants' Prefrontal Lobe
Allan Bowen, Biochemistry
Exploring Conformational Propensities of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins in Auxin Signaling
Michele Hau, Communications
Arguing About Racism: The Problem of Essentially Contested Concepts
Ngan Tran, Economics
Economic Effects of the Trans-Pacific Partnership on Vietnam Manufacturing Sector
Kaitlyn Matrassi, Linguistics
Argentinians' Perceptions of Spanish Dialects
Rachel Barone and Matthew Nanna, Environmental Studies & Sciences
Fish and Pharmaceuticals: The Effect of Venlafaxine on Swimming Behavior of Fathead Minnows
Victoria Chamberlin, Environmental Studies & Sciences
Monitoring the Spread of the American Black Bear (Ursus americanus) Around Ithaca, New York
Matthew Finegan, Environmental Studies & Sciences
Metformin Madness: Effects of an Anti-Diabetic Drug On Epidermal Club Cell Investment in Fathead Minnows
Anna Bornstein, Environmental Studies & Sciences
Solving the Environmental Beef Crisis
Caitlyn Patullo, Environmental Studies & Sciences
Effects of Metformin on Growth and Appetite in Juvenile Fathead Minnows (Pimephales promelas) After 7-Day Chronic Exposures
Tara Perry, Environmental Studies & Sciences
Concentration of Dissolved Inorganic Solids and Fecal Coliform Bacteria in Natural Springs of Central New York
Daniel Tjie, Mathematics
Explorations of Finger Games
Amy Parker, Physics
A Toxicology and Characterization Study of Microplastics
Megan Tracy, Public Health
An Investigation of Implicit Personality Theories and Mechanisms of Coping
Chris Kim, Sociology
Racial-Ethnic Online Dating Preferences
Olivia Sod, Religious Studies
Fitting an Ocean in an 8 oz. Glass: An Analysis of the Rhetorical Limits of Gendering God and the Emancipatory Potential of Degendering God
School of HSHP
Catherine Felicetti, Public Health
Providing Audiological Services Globally
Madeline Haftel, Education
Analysis of Multiple Modes of Contact with an Undergraduate Teaching Assistant
Park School of Communication
Grant Brighter, Film/Photography Studies
Warped Space-Time: Exploiting Schematic Assumptions in “Ritual in Transfigured Time”
Sydney O'Shaughnessy, Journalism
Gen Z's First Election and Use of Social Media
Jennifer Walsh, Film/Photography Studies
“Good God, Lemon:” Examining the Atypical Female in 30 Rock
Tessa Lewis Polsky, Communications
Conflict Management through Social Media in Natural Disaster Crises
Jamie Shum, Communications
The Effects of Personality Types (Introversion-Extraversion) on Promoting Feminism on Social Media Platforms
Ahana Dave, Journalism
A Vicious Cycle: Do Black Lives Matter to the Media?
Mikayla Lydon, Communications
Food System Design Inquiry: Counter-Systeming the Wicked Problem
School of Music
Hannah Blanchette, Music
Redefining Femininity Through Music From A New Hope to The Force Awakens
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