Ithaca College

Congratulations to all the finalists for the 2019 Whalen Symposium. These finalists will be presenting for an award at the Symposium on Tuesday, April 2, 2019. 

Raul Dominguez: Building a Conduit: Connecting Mexican Choral Music to Our Choral Community– Faculty Sponsor: Janet Galvan           

Tim Clerico: Exploring Local Music Recommendation in the Long Tail– Faculty Sponsor: Doug Turnbull

Katie Browe: this is the sickness of becoming great– Faculty Sponsor: Cathy Crane     

Faith Personale: Past and Present Influencers on the Television Industry– Faculty Sponsor: Christine Guest             

Rachael Weinberg: Sex and the Slasher: The Horror within the Genre– Faculty Sponsor: Sueyoung Park-Primiano       

Danielle Schear, Meghan Mazzella, McKinleigh Lair, Josh Jacobius: One Nation Under Guns– Faculty Sponsor: Ben Crane

Sophia Tulp, Elena Piech, Parita Desai, McKinleigh Lair: Report from the Border: Media and Political Representation vs. Reality– Faculty Sponsor: Nicole Koschmann

Benjamin Laufer: Addictive by Design: How Digital Media Companies are Deploying the Big Tobacco Playbook– Faculty Sponsor: Devan Rosen

Louise DeVivo: Resilience from Self-Efficacy for Positive Living– Faculty Sponsor: Karen Williams          

Victoria Cummings, Ascari Chotoosingh: The Influence on Content on Emotional Recall Memory– Faculty Sponsor: Brandy Bessette-Symons                     

Zoe Howland, Avery Santiago: Unruly Bodies and Sexual Pleasure: An Exploration of the Relationship Between Body Image and Physical Intimacy in Fat Women– Faculty Sponsor: Rebecca Plante             

Bill Willett: Descartes' Dream– Faculty Sponsor: Jonathan Peeters    

Sarah Horbacewicz: The Kids are Not Alright: Mental Health Resources as a bi-partisan step towards ending gun violence in schools– Faculty Sponsor: Nicole Koschmann        

Claire Levitt: Antibiotic Resistance: The Silent Crisis– Faculty Sponsor: Peyi Soyinka-Airewele

Naomi Hanson: Dauntless She Stood: Redefining Piracy through the success of Female Pirates– Faculty Sponsor: Vivian Bruce Conger              

Aryanna Myles: The Effectiveness of Chaplaincy in the American prison system in regards to race– Faculty Sponsor: Eric Steinschneider

Miranda Hoover, Anne Qu: Reimagining Recess! – Faculty Sponsor: Kimberly Wilkinson           

Dani Gross, Candace Cross, Jasmine Williams: Student's Attitudes and Perceptions Regarding Campus Tobacco Policy– Faculty Sponsor: Srijana Bajracharya

Maura Benner: Environmental Monitoring Within an Undergraduate Athletic Training Facility– Faculty Sponsor: Kari Brossard Stoos                

Anthony Cosby Jr.: Native Language May Affect Performance on the King-Devick Test, but not the ImPACT– Faculty Sponsor: Jennifer McKeon  

Breanne Tuohy: Behavioral management during inpatient rehabilitation for an adult down syndrome: A Case Report– Faculty Sponsor: Sarah Fishel           

Zach Doig: Running Into Middle-Age: A Comparative Study– Faculty Sponsor: Rumit Singh Kakar          

Mariel Rutkowski: Limb Asymmetries During Functional Hop Tests in Post-ACL Reconstruction Patients– Faculty Sponsor:  Rumit Singh Kakar               

Eric Finkelstein, Phil Giordano, Josue Escobar, Ross Obertean: Knee Kinematics and Kinetics in Single Leg Drop Jumps Between a Healthy Athlete and an Athlete 3 years Post-ACL Reconstruction– Faculty Sponsor: Rumit Singh Kakar            

Grace Trepasso: Enough is Enough: Looking at Federal and State Laws Through #MeToo and #TimesUp– Faculty Sponsor: Marlene Barken    

Brendan Smith: Arbitration in the Era of #MeToo– Faculty Sponsor: Marlene Barken                 

John Rossler: United Stated Use of Eminent Domain– Faculty Sponsor: Marlene Barken                           

Emma A Hyland: Fatherhood in Transition: The Impact of Involved Fathering on Women's Careers– Faculty Sponsor: Christine Bataille                  

Dal Orengo, Michele Siu, Joe Bakos: Drivers & Barriers to Sustainability in SMEs– Faculty Sponsor: Narges Kasiri

Adam Rabayda: Orbital Launch and Rocket Propulsion Systems– Faculty Sponsor: Luke Keller

Valerie Gugliada: Microplastics: Fluorescence Photobleaching and Adsorption and Emission of Toxins– Faculty Sponsor: Kelley D. Sullivan                   

Annie Cooney: Determining the Minimum Frame for Calculating the Coefficient of Restitution– Faculty Sponsor: Kelley D. Sullivan     

Walt Martzen: Experiences of LGBTQ+ Protestant Christians in Ithaca, New York– Faculty Sponsor: Sue-Je Gage       

Mady Chlebowski: The role of tppp2 in the development and function of somatosensory neurons in zebrafish– Faculty Sponsor: Ian Woods                

Annie Batterman: The Ideal Young Woman in 19th Century America– Faculty Sponsor: Katharine Kittredge    

Sophia Hebert: An Exploration of Bierasure in Literature– Faculty Sponsor: Katharine Kittredge            

Francesca Tangreti: In Fire or Flood: A Study Into the Deterioration of the Environment and the Power of the Youth To Reverse It– Faculty Sponsor: Elizabeth Bleicher     

Devon Morris: The Prevalence of Type 2 Diabetes in Vietnam compared to, and in association with, the United States: A Comparative Case Study– Faculty Sponsor: Gustavo Licon  

Christine King: A Midwife's Resistance: Sparking the Revolution for Well-Women Care– Faculty Sponsor: Gustavo Licon             

Tiffany Sanabia: Model Reentry Programs and Initiatives for Reducing Recidivism in Tompkins County– Faculty Sponsor: Paula Ioanide         

Michele Paniagua: Perceptions of Colorism in Different Geographic Regions– Faculty Sponsor: Gustavo Licon 

Joe Anthony Cruz: Downfalls of Historic and Contemporary College Student Uprisings– Faculty Sponsor: Gustavo Licon             

Kasey Charron, Paige Whitmore, Alex Gray: The Influence of Perceived Social Support on Depression in LGBTQ Students– Faculty Sponsor: Hugh Stephenson            

Soumya Sah , Maria del Carmen Marin Gonzalez: LEARNING TO THINK BY LEARNING TO MOVE: Effects of Self-Produced Locomotion on Executive Functioning During Infancy– Faculty Sponsor: Nancy Rader            

Emma Meneses, Kasey Charron: Romantic Beliefs: The Impact on Relationship Satisfaction and Well-Being– Faculty Sponsor: Hugh Stephenson

Fardin Ahmed: Classification of Novel Components of the Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor– Faculty Sponsor: Te-Wen Lo        

Abigail Wine: Understanding the Genetic Diversity of Scaevola taccada and Scaevola plumieri on Vieques, Puerto Rico– Faculty Sponsor: Susan Swensen Witherup

Abigail MacKenzie: Zooplankton (Daphnia magna) as an Energy Efficient Fish Food in Aquaponic Food Production– Faculty Sponsor: Paula Turkon

Jane Alkhazov: Voices of the Gulags– Faculty Sponsor: Thomas Girshin            

Justin Madore, Sam Lisker, Kiernan Murray, Kathryn Shaffer: Power Dynamics and Sexual Misconduct– Faculty Sponsor: Gordon Rowland  

Mia Reingold: Think crisis, think female: A study of women leaders perched on glass cliffs– Faculty Sponsor: John G. Vongas        

McKenna Pols, Sarah O'Hagen: Acquisition of Infant Driving Skills Using a Robotic Mobility Device– Faculty Sponsor: Carole Dennis        

Rachel Bush: Physical Manifestations of Selective Mutism in School-Aged Children: A Case Series– Faculty Sponsor: Dana Tischler

Nina Manzella: Limitations of current diagnostic processes of triangular fibrocartilage complex tears and protocols for conservative vs surgical care– Faculty Sponsor: Mike Costello       

Tsering Yangki Gyakhang: Engaging communities through schools and housing to reduce teen smokers in NYC– Faculty Sponsor: Christina Moylan

Natalie Tejada, Kristin Torre, Zachary Burruano, Katherine Perdomo: Microbial Variability in Relation to Student Traffic– Faculty Sponsor: Kari Brossard Stoos

Brady Hoyt, Darragh Nash, Warren Shaw: To investigate the Effects Post-Activation Potentiation has on Collegiate Level Basketball Athletes: A Review of the Literature– Faculty Sponsor: Dave Diggin                   

Lyndsey Gatzemeyer: Not Just an Ankle Sprain: The rare case of a Talar Osteochondral Lesion in a Collegiate Football Player– Faculty Sponsor: Patrick McKeon

MacKenzie DuBois, Emilie Mertz, Christina Rafanelli, Carter Bushway, Jesse Hoffman, Aly Aylward, Nick Velez, Marc Lenhart: Examination of EMG Activity of the Tibialis Anterior and the Gastroc-soleus Complex during OG and NMT Running Conditions– Faculty Sponsor: Deb King              

Katherine McCall, Vanessa Brown: Early Sport Specialization is Associated with Increased Chance of Injury– Faculty Sponsor: Jennifer Mckeon