Centennial Honors College

2016 Abstracts

African American Studies

  • London Blocker | A Deeper Look into the Civil Rights Movement: 'The Events You Know & People You Do Not'
  • Erica Haunroth | Social, Political, and Economic Challenges in the Work of Playwright Ed Bullins
  • Mohoganee Owens | African Americans and Death by Police--What About Civil Rights?
  • Kayla Straughter | BOSS: The Impact of African American Entrepreneurs on the Economy

Agricultural Sciences:

  • José Henrique S. De Sanctis | Determining if Fomesafen Application Has Positive Effects on Velvetleaf Germination
  • Melissa Diaz | An Analysis on the Value of Herd Bulls Based on Economic Value Indexes
  • Stephani Mulch | Challenges and Strategies of Emerging Wine Regions in Illinois, Missouri, Michigan, New York, and Vermont
  • Jeffrey J. Padesky | Hydroponic Pennycress
  • Kyle Russell | Do Tank-Mixtures of Clethodim with Dicamba or 2,4-D Adversely Affect Control of Grass Weeds?
  • Rebecca Stone | Factors Affecting Semen Quality in Yearling Beef Bulls

Anthropology

  • Melanie Bolling | Animal Activity and Teeth Markings on Bone
  • Alex Cluster | Forensic Entomology’s Effect on Taphonomy
  • Heather Jensen | Taphonomy and Decompositon in the Western Illinois Spring Climate
  • Julia Rodriguez | Switching Between Spanish and English: Bilingualism among Three Generations of Colombian American Women

Art:

  • Cassandra Loos | “Conscious”: A BFA Exhibition
  • Nikki Rybarczyk | Daydreams

Biology:

  • Emily Banigan | Effect of TOC 132/120 Receptors on Expression of Jasmonate Genes
  • Jody Beckman, Darion Scanlan, Darby Shaw, Bridget Williams, & Kylie Wilson | The Effectiveness of a Homemade Water Filter Compared to a Store Bought Filter
  • Taylor Burgess | Isolation and Identification of Dark Septate Endophytes in the Roots of Arid Grass Species
  • Lauren Coffey | Poster Presentation
  • Brittany Doyle | Host-Symbiont Relationships of Dark Septate Endophytes in Arid Grasslands Roots
  • Georgia Dozard | White Grub: Still a Generalist or Really a Specialist?
  • Tyler Gebel | Habitat Associations of Woodland Gastropods in West-Central Illinois
  • Matthew Gooch | Actinobacteria Shows Potential Antibiotic Capacity by Inhibiting Pseudogymnoacsus destructans
  • Haley Hannant | Mycoviruses: Fungal Friend or Foe
  • Morgan Hare | The Effect of Bacterial Inoculants on the Heat Stress Response of Corn
  • Allison Hebert | Enhanced Gene Transfer in Leuconostoc
  • Ashley Huette | Does Sex or Age Affect Infection Levels in the White-Footed Mouse?
  • Kennan Hutchison | Mosquito Mayhem: Are Illinois Mosquitoes Ready for Chikungunya Virus? 
  • Jessica Jirik | The Expression of Fatty Acid Desaturase Genes in Arabidopsis Plants That Have Been Exposed to Ozone
  • Madison Lefler | Arboviruses Presence in Ticks Found in Western Illinois
  • Jessica Leimbach | Determination of Seasonal Variation in Forensic Chemistry Analyses of Pond Edge Samples
  • Janie Miller | Does Fire Affect Parasitism in Midwestern White-footed Mice?
  • Dung Nguyen | Abiotic Stress: The Effects of High Temperature on Bacteria Inoculated Maize
  • Eliese Potocek | Bacterial Diversity Associated with Novel Mucoromycotina Species
  • Ahmed Rosenje and Jacob J. Vincent | Caterpillar Gene Expression in Relation to Plant Defenses
  • Trent Stevenson | Effectiveness of Orchid Bee Traps and Attractants
  • Emily A. Szott | Quantification of Daily Otolith Increments in Young of Year Asian Carp
  • Tori Worthen | DNA Barcoding Reveals Two Cryptic Species of “White Grub” Infecting Green Sunfish

Chemistry:

  • Matthew Cash and Andrew Kluesner | Combustion of Humic Acid Substances
  • Joshua Diaz | Molecular Cloning and Expression of a Secondary Alcohol Dehydrogenase from Nocardia Cholesterolicum NRRL 5767
  • Shawn Farrar | Synthesis of New Tellurium Containing Fluorescent Compounds for Diagnosis and Treatment of Heavy Metal Poisoning
  • Christopher Frasca and Matthew Cash | Bioinformatics of a Novel Ovarian Cancer Imaging Peptide J18
  • Gabriela Garcia and Randahl C. Nickerson | Cytotoxic Determination of a Potential and Novel Ovarian Cancer Drug
  • Joyce Gerdulo | Analysis of the Difference between Coniferous Forest and Pond Edge Soils Using Forensic Chemistry
  • Amanda Hagen and Deanna Valdebenito | Environmental Sampling and Analysis Techniques
  • Logan Hickey | Solid State Synthesis of Two Copper Thiostannates
  • Megan Long | Environmental Concerns of Estrogen in Streams and Determination Using Standard Analytical Method
  • Mattea Scanlan | Synthesis of Iron-Copper-ChalcogenidoStannates
  • Emily Thomas | Double Perovskites: A Study of Crystals

Communication Sciences and Disorders:

  • Kayla Kammermeyer | Speaking Out From the Disorder: Demonstration of Emotional Prosody in Speakers with Dysarthria
  • Victoria Kappel | Examining the Differences between Conversational Partners When Assessing a Child’s Language Sample
  • Amber Koutnik | Comparison of Preschool Speech & Language Screening Tests

Dietetics, Fashion Merchandising and Hospitality:

  • Madison Yarno | CACFP Nutrition and Wellness Policies in Childcare Centers throughout the Midwest

English and Journalism:

  • Emma Goldman | The Beauty Myth Played Through in Video Games
  • Haley Helgesen | The Carnivalesque and Dialogic: An Analysis of the Feminist Webcomics “Mom Body” and “Hark, A Vagrant”
  • Bailey Jansen | Consequences of Body Shame & Judgement
  • Talis Shelbourne | Journalism Ethics: An Examination of Media Accountability Systems, Precedent Cases and Current Ethical Dilemmas
  • Keona Morris | The Link between Cultural Media and Social Classes: An Analysis of Snowpiercer
  • Jon Naskrent | Modernism and Individual Classification in Poe’s “The Man of the Crowd” and “The Man That Was Used Up”
  • Rachel Papiernik | The Second Amendment Gets a College Rejection Letter
  • Mattea Scanlan | Beauty: A Result of Evolution

Elementary Education:

  • Meghan Hoyle | Technology Use for Supporting Primary Literacy

Exercise Science:

  • Rebecca Young and Nadia Barrera | Music Effects on Gait in Young and Old Adults

Forensic Chemistry:

  • Austina Blecha | Creek Edge Seasonal Soil Comparison
  • Taylor Burgess | Comparison of Forensic Soil Analysis: Creek and Pond Edge Soils
  • Morgan Conrady | Development of an Industrially Relevant Catalytic Reaction for use in an Educational Setting
  • Rachel Crews | Method Development for Detection of Atrazine via GC-FID
  • Anastasia DeLeon | Solid State Synthesis of CuS2
  • Sarah Donnelly | Solid State Synthesis of Copper Iron Selenostannates
  • Hannah Drake | Synthesis of Group Six Metal Carbonyl Complexes Containing a Bidentate Phosphine
  • Hannah Drake | Historical Perspectives and Applications of a Variety of Harps
  • Bethany Esterlen | Forensic Discrimination of Lipstick by GC-FID
  • Shannon Kreps | Seasonal Variation of Soil Sample Composition in a Coniferous Forrest
  • Quinn Kruel | Synthesis of a Cobalt Cluster Containing Polychalcogenidometalate Ligands
  • Paulina Kulesza and Jeffery Quick | Synthesis and Chemiluminescence Study of Luminol Derivatives
  • Alex Medel | Forensic Chemistry Soil Analysis and Comparisons of Creek Bank and Deciduous Forest Soils
  • Crystal Moreno | Differentiating Creek and Pond Water Using Forensic Chemistry Methods
  • Katarina Botelho Saraiva | Differentiating Deciduous Forest and Coniferous Forest Soils Using Forensic Chemistry Methods
  • Killian Tracey | Synthesis of MnVTe2Q8 (Q = S, Se, and Te) Material
  • Nicole Walker | Synthesis of MgCu3Fe4S12

Geology:

  • Kevin Cavett | Outcrop Mapping in Argyle Lake State Park Using Lidar Slope Mapping
  • Grace Iftner | The Relationship of Nutrients and Dissolved Oxygen Concentrations to Streamflow in a Tributary to Spring Lake
  • Drew Laviada-Garmon | Copper and Uranium in Petrified Wood: An SEM-EDS Analysis
  • Nick Liming and Justin Christensen | Recrystallization of Cave Pearls from an Underground Limestone Mine, Quincy, Illinois
  • Jacob Shaw | Clam Shrimp (Spinicaudata) from the Upper Triassic Lake Ciniza Beds, New Mexico
  • Lukas Smith | Investigation of a Marginal Reversal at the Base of the Mineral Lake Intrusion, Northern Wisconsin
  • Rayleno Santana Oliveira | Preliminary Work on the Ontogenies of Trilobites from the Weeks Formation (Cambrian; Utah)

Health Sciences:

  • Kimberley Enzeroth | Online Self Diagnosis and Its Impact
  • Stephanie Gaspar-Hernandez | Outbreak of Zika Virus Disease and its Detrimental Health Impact
  • Briana Hines | A Study of Range of Motion after Physical Therapy: Rotator Cuff Tear

Health Services Management

  • Wenhao Xu | The Role of Cell Phone Involvement in Traffic Crashes

History:

  • Kirsten Belisle | Mary, Queen of Scots: The Constancy of an Absolute Prince
  • Matthew Kirkham | Romance of the Three Kingdoms through the Lens of Chinese Philosophical Tradition

Law Enforcement & Justice Administration:

  • Heather Hoffmann | The Effectiveness and Success Rates of Crisis Nurseries
  • Amanda Manton | New Developments with Officer Worn Body Cameras
  • Haley Smothers | Refrain to Detain
  • Crystal Wilson | The Issues Associated with Eyewitness Identification in the Criminal Justice System

Mathematics

  • Matthew P. Rammelsberg | Logistic Regression

Meteorology (Geography):

  • Alex Adams | An Analysis of Low Level Vertical Wind Shear Climatology in Illinois
  • Nicholas Delfino | Spatial Analysis of Increased Precipitation Co-located with Wind Turbines in North Central Illinois
  • Brendan Wallace | Numerical Analysis of the Sensitivity of Tornado Distribution to Topographic Scale

Music

  • Samantha Flores, Luciana Hontila, Vlad Hontila, and Milagros Gallardo | “Working with the Composer”- David Rappenecker’s String Quartet no. 2
  • Caitlin Pennington and Benjamin Rogers | Classical vs. Contemporary: A Comparative Analysis of Voice Qualities
  • Hannah Porter | “The Things Our Fathers Loved:” Charles Ives and Nostalgia for a Changing America
  • Claire Ryterski | The Importance of a Singer’s Personal Connection to the Music
  • Madison Thielsen | Camille Saint-Saens: A Romantic Composer in the Beginning of the 20th Century

Music Therapy:

  • Charles Evans | Would You Say Yes to Love’s Greeting: Elgar’s Late 19th Century Marriage Proposal

Music Business:

  • Thaddius Goldner | Issues in the Recovery of the Music Products Industry

Nursing:

  • Brittany Castleberry, Courtney Harbison, John Lowe, and Maksymilian Paw | Accuracy of Estimating Blood Loss by Registered Nurses
  • LeeAnna Carey, Taylor Crawford, Kelsey Kirchhoefer, and Marlee Landon | Stethoscope Hygiene Between Patients as a Standard Practice

Philosophy:

  • Noah Blake | Ethics of Immigration and the Effect of Coercion on Establishing Border Policy
  • Haley Cullen | Is Affirmative Action Permissible?
  • Luke Golemon | An Evaluation of Hasker and Plantinga on ‘Foreknowledge and Necessity’
  • Curtis J Howd | On Art Definition and Provoked Pessimism
  • Curtis Howd and Luke Gole | Grandfather Paradox - A Response

Physics:

  • Nicholas J. Breslin | Inductive Tunnel Diode Resonator Circuit for Precision Magnetic Measurements
  • Jacob Correa | Optical Retardation Measurement Using Senarmont Method
  • Tyler J. Czarnecki | Variation of Optical Band Gap in Lead and Bismuth Borate Glasses
  • Owen Huff | The Use of a Capacitor Tunnel Diode Resonating Circuit to Measure Material Properties
  • Megan Long | Preparation and Study of Sm-doped Barium-Bismuth Borate Glasses
  • Angelica Strack | A Search for Hydroxyl Masers in the Westbrook Nebula
  • Raymond Sullivan and Brandon Morse | Polarization Properties of Light Scattered from Japanese Beetles
  • Nicole Szabo | Optical Properties of Bismuth Borate Glasses Doped with Transition Metal Ions, Rare Earth Metals Ions and Metalloid Ions

Political Science:

  • Quincy Jones | The President’s Powers and Check’s That Make Him Less Powerful
  • Thomas Juvinall | FDR
  • Benjamin P. Meyers | Contemporary Causes of State Failure: A Case Study of South Sudan
  • Rasheka Norwood | We the People
  • Erika Ward | Barack Obama’s Relationship with the Media

Psychology:

  • Jana Berryman | Short vs. Long-Term Gratification: The Happy vs. the Meaningful Life
  • Jana Berryman | The Acceptance of Public Intimacy between Heterosexual and Homosexual Couples
  • Jacob Boo | Examining Belongingness Needs through the Lens of the STAR Model of Introversion
  • Holly Buchanan | The Importance of Social Support to Survivors of Sexual Assault: A College Student Sample
  • Rachel Conrad | The Use of Obituaries to Test the Life History Theory
  • Emily Cranston | Feelings towards Different Relationships
  • Emily Cranston, Sarah Elizabeth Nielsen, and Rachel Conrad | Let’s Talk About Sex: A Life History Theory Approach
  • Rebecca Dunterman | Attentional Bias and Handedness
  • Julie Frohn | Parental Disapproval of Children’s “Coming-Out-of-the-Closet”: The Role of Right-Wing Authoritarianism, Social Dominance, Religiosity and Parenting Style
  • Chris Gresham | What Gets Them in the Door? Alcohol Related Consequences, Severity of Alcohol Use, and Willingness to Seek Treatment
  • Mariah Maiman | The Effects of an Adrenal Steroid Hormone on Spatial Learning in Prenatally Stressed Rats
  • Sarah Elizabeth Nielsen | Does Personality Determine Mating Patterns? The Big Five and Life History Theory
  • Sarah Nielsen | Dark Chocolate Increases Noise-Induced Hearing Loss in Mice
  • Danielle Shelton | Can Basic Physiological Needs Determine Preferences for a Mate?

Recreation, Park & Tourism Administration

  • Jillian Ross | Building Assets: Macomb, IL Youth Needs Assessment

Religious Studies:

  • Riley De Jesus | Narrative Reflections by Sexual Minorities in Religious Communities
  • Matthew Whitlock | Is Nothing Sacred? The Divine Comedy Reincarnated

Sociology and Anthropology:

  • Maria L. Lis | The Discrimination of Quality Education in the Chicago Public School System

Supply Chain Management

  • Jane Marshall | A Supply Chain Management Internship Experience 2015

Theatre and Dance:

  • Robert Miles Hill | Advancing Backwards: Directing and Discovering the Evolution of Film and Common Themes in Annie Baker’s “The Flick” and Reality