Honors Research Conference
April 14, 2018
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8:30-9:00 am Opening Reception and Welcome Auditorium Lounge
2nd Floor Lang Hall
9:00-9:25 am *Marissa Heinzerling–Effective Leadership: Prior Research vs. the MillennialsLang 208
Russell Guay - Management
*Paige Licht–Comparison of Two Levels of Inpatient Dysphagia Treatment Dosages on Lang 211
Swallowing Outcomes
Laura Pitts - Communication Sciences & Disorders
Kate Bergin–Structured Dance Routines as an Effective form of Supplementary Lang 222
Treatment for the Symptoms of Parkinson's Disease
Mandy Masmar - Kinesiology, Allied Health & Human Services
Gabrielle Woods–A Song to Remember: The Effects of Music Therapy on Individuals Lang 223
with Alzheimer's Disease
Elaine Eshbaugh - Gerontology
9:35-10:00 amDestiny Leitz–Money Matters: An Analysis of Campaign Finance in United States Lang 208
House of Representatives Elections, 2010-2016
Mark Ecker - Mathematics
MaddyMiller–NMDA: Review and Clinical Implications for Potential Cognitive DeficitsLang 211
Angela Burda - Communication Sciences & Disorders
Lauren Janning–"Perks and Produce of the Panther Plot": A Multi-Component Program Lang 222
to Engage UNI First-Year Cornerstone Students in Local Foods, Gardening, and Food
System Sustainability
Disa Cornish - Kinesiology, Allied Health & Human Services
Matthew Miller–"A Special Program for Highly Gifted Students:” The Evolution and Lang 223
Growth of UNI's Honors Program, 1959 - 2009
Leisl Carr Childers - History
10:10-10:35 amLauren Anderson–A Narrative Study: Utilizing Personal Strengths to Manage ForeignLang 208
Language Anxiety
Tammy Gregerson - Languages & Literatures
*Nichole Mlodzik– Resale Value of Individual Sets of Magic the GatheringLang 211
Mark Ecker - Mathematics
Meghan Hirsch–The Effect of Asthma on Transitions to College: An Exploratory StudyLang 222
Disa Cornish - Kinesiology, Allied Health & Human Services
*Emma Shipley–Prebiotic Potential of AerosolsLang 223
Joshua Sebree - Chemistry & Biochemistry
* Denotes Presidential Scholar
10:45-11:10 amAmanda Koenig–Does Folic Acid (FA) Compete with Glutamic Acid (GA) at the Lang 208
Postsynaptic MembraneNMDA Receptor?
Darrell Wiens - Biology
Karla Peterson– Motivation during Occupational Therapy: Looking at Effects ofLang 211
Demographics and the Implementation of the Canadian Occupational Performance Model
Kim MacLin - Psychology
Megann Schmidt–Rates and Patterns of Evolution in a Duplicated Genome in theLang 222
Family Catostomidae
Peter Berendzen - Biology
Sarah Hofmeyer–Attitudes on Education Policy in IowaLang 223
Chris Larimer - Political Science
11:20-11:45 amCassie Sells–Occupational Therapy in Cancer RehabilitationLang 208
Jennifer Waldron -Kinesiology, Allied Health & Human Services
*Courtney Massey–Phylogeography of the Desert Pocket GopherLang 211
James Demastes - Biology
*Gabrielle Ruggiero–Beyond Refuge: Testimonial Injustice and Female RefugeesLang 222
Reza Lahroodi - Philosophy & World Religions
*Rachael Johnson–Variations in State Higher Education Grant Programs: Potential Lang 223
Reforms from a Case Study
Donna Hoffman - Political Science
11:55-12:20 pm Lauren Swan–La Discriminación Contra Latin@sLang 208 Elise DuBord - Languages & Literatures
*Clare Laubenthal–Eating Space Mud: New Insights into the "Manna from Heaven" Lang 211
Hypothesis
Joshua Sebree - Chemistry & Biochemistry
*Anna Baughman–Determining Arts Consumers' Motivations: Marketing to Patrons at Lang 222
the Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center
Oksana Grybovych -Kinesiology, Allied Health & Human Services
Kaitlyn Parrott –Synthesis and Coupling Schemes of Naphthalimide Compounds with Lang 223
Target Drugs
Jeffrey Elbert - Chemistry & Biochemistry
* Denotes Presidential Scholar
12:30-12:55 pm *Anna Kelly –The Intercultural Nature of the Business World: A Review of the Lang 208
Literature and an Application to Colombian Professionals
Elise DuBord - Languages & Literatures
Madison Flesch– Analysis of Vibrational Modes of Chemically Modified Tone WoodLang 211
Curtiss Hanson - Chemistry & Biochemistry
*Liz Bair– Imágenes de Identidad: Student Expressions of Identity and Culture in theLang 222
College Spanish Classroom
Heather Jerónimo - Languages & Literatures
Dianna Huisman –Effect of Extracellular ATP on Cellular Actin Fibrils' Location and Lang 223
Characteristics
David McClenahan - Biology
1:05 – 1:30pm Jake Weber –Exploration of Counter Examples of Balanced SetsLang 208
Adrienne Stanley - Mathematics
*Jacob Bergman –Can God knowTomorrow?Lang 211
Reza Lahroodi - Philosophy
Johnathan Galbreath–An Application of Theories of Identity in a Long Form Young Lang 222
Adult Novel
Jeremy Schraffenberger - Languages & Literatures
Joanna Eyanson– The Use of Mod in Old English: Tracking Semantic Drift in the Lang 223
Anglo-Saxon Period
Wendy Hoofnagle- Languages & Literatures
1:40 – 2:05pm Alyssa Hanken – A Study in Positive Psychology: An Analysis of Pictured Victims and Lang 208
Empathetic Reactions
Tammy Gregerson - Languages & Literatures
*Byron Fritch –Van Der Waals Interactions in Ultrafine Nanocellulose AerogelsLang 211
Tim Kidd - Physics
Mark Cochran –Organized Gaming and its Effect on Collegiate AcademicsLang 222
Marty Hansen & Matthew Bunker - Marketing
Anna Lee Larson–Much Ado aboutGender: How Artists Express Feelings about Lang 223
Gender Discrimination through their Art
Matthew Weedman - Theatre
* Denotes Presidential Scholar
2:15 – 2:40pm Katherine Plotzke–Detection and Determination of Food Residues in Native American Lang 208
Pottery
Joshua Sebree - Chemistry & Biochemistry
*Cole Malcolm –Marital Wage Premium among Homosexual Men in the U.S.Lang 211
Shahina Amin - Economics
* Denotes Presidential Scholar