Centennial Honors College
2017 Abstracts
African American Studies
- Brandon Smith | Lost Files: Untold Truth Of Vertner Woodson Tandy
- Daniel Ingram Jr. | Chickens Coming Home to Roost
- Jaylene Brooks | Injustice 51 years Later: Emmett Till and Laquan Mcdonald
- Jazzlen Tompkins | Perpetuation of African-American family stereotypes in the media with an emphasis on film
- Jillyan Randle | Billy Hawkins and The New Plantation: Black Athletes, College Sports, and Predominantly White NCAA Institutions
- Kevin Moore | What Factors Cause Entry Level Social Workers to Have High Burnout Rates
- Kyra Fair | Michael Eric Dyson: Tears We Cannot Stop
- Micayla Simmons | August Wilson's America of the Twentieth Century
- Mya Blue | Shirley Chisholm: An African American Female Presidential Run
- Nicholas Wallace | Police Misconduct
- Nikiya Roberts | Mentality of a Slave
- Taylor Waters | Hidden Figures: Life of Bayard Rustin
- Trinity Gordon | Is Hating Neccessary?
Agricultural Sciences:
- Ashlan Edwards | Efficacy of a Mixed Pathogen Biological Insecticide
- Damon Stayton | Ovugel Analusis
- Derek Moon | Establishing A Cost of Production Model in the Showpig Industry
- Erin Peterson | Water use efficiency of economically important row crop weeds
- Ethan Tock | Injury Rate of Herbicide Modes of Action on Resistant Waterhemp
- Gabriella Dempsey | Do Biofuels Enhance the Working Curve for Corn and Soybeans?
- Kagney Nudd | Use of Pain Control in Swine During Early Age Procedures
- Keely Egelhoff | Poster
- Nichole Miller | Effects of Seed Embryo Orientation on Moisture Uptake and Zea mays Germination and Emergence
- Tyler Wilson | Herbicide Uptake and Effectiveness Relative to Drought Stress
- Venessa Scott | Relative Competitiveness of Common Waterhemp (Amaranthus tuberculatus) and Palmer Amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri) Grown in Mixtures
- Wvan Weyant | Summary of Challenges and Strategies of Emerging Wineries in Illinois, Missouri, Michigan, New York and Vermont
Anthropology
- Gregory Bates | Viking Longboats
- Kiattipong Aunmueng | English Communication Problems among WIU Students
- Lyndisty Littell | Community Response to Disaster
Art:
- Kyla Culbertson | “Accumulation”
Athletic Training:
- Demetrius Bankhead | Effects of Music Tempo on Athletic Training Students' Ankle Taping Times
- Jon Allen | Effects of Beta Binaural Beats on Cognitive and Psychomotor Performance
- Kaitlyn Carleton | Online Training Program to Enhance Athletic Training Students' PEDro Scores
- Kodjo Amegan | Effects of Thermal Ultrasound on Pain Associated with DOMS
- Ryan Bracher | Effects pf Alpha Binaural Beats on Cognitive and Psychomotor Performance
Biology:
- Alexis Tompkins | Does Fire Affect Parasitism in Midwestern Mice?
- Allison Hebert | Enhanced Gene Transfer in Leuconostoc
- Cristina Mangum, Katheryn Whittenhall, Joshua Luebke | The effects of Beauveria bassiana on on H. zea caterpillar performance
- Elizabeth Vick, Emily Henderson, Catherine Andreadis | Does Adding Essential Oils to Paraffin Wax Affect Candle Burn Rate?
- Emily A. Szott | Quantification of daily otolith increments in young of year Asian carp
- Emily Banigan | The expression of genes in the jasmonic acid pathway in toc132toc120 heterozygote mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana
- Gabriela Garcia, Lindsey Weintraub | Determination of Transcriptional Changes Induced by a Novel Ovarian Cancer Targeting Peptide
- Haley Hannant | Mycoviruses: Fungal Friend or Foe?
- Ian Schielein, Larissa Baize, Jacob Hopper | The Antibacterial Effectiveness of Homemade Soaps Compared to a Store-Bought Soap
- Jamie Greathouse | Culturing SKOV-3 Ovarian Cancer Cells
- Janie Miller | Does Time or Space Affect Bot Fly Infection in Midwestern Mice?
- Jessica Jirik | The expression of fatty acid desaturase genes in toc132toc120 heterozygote mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana that has been exposed to ozone
- Jorge Salazar | Do host characteristics or interspecific interactions determine parasite load in Australian cockroaches?
- Kayla Burnett | Effect of Curvularia, An Endophytic Dark Septate Fungus, on Plant Growth
- Kayla Metcalf , Emily Roller/Cristina Mangum, John-David | Testing HearNPV Baculovirus on Two Different Species of Caterpillars
- Kennen Hutchison | Mosquito Mayhem: Are Illinois Mosquitoes Ready for Chikungunya Virus?
- Leanne Horvath , Kayla Metcalf | THE EFFECT OF RHIZOBACTERIA ON SOYBEAN SEED GROWTH
- Mary Street | Does parasite load affect the health of white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus)?
- Matthew Gooch | Exploring the relationships between grass seeds and the microbial community within.
Broadcasting:
- Ebonique Hensley | Do Lyrics from Female Artists Contain Sexist Messages?
Chemistry:
- Allison Anderson | Determination of Total Antioxidant Concentration in Tea
- Bethany A. Esterlen | A GC-FID Method for the Forensic Discrimination of Lipstick Residues
- Dalton J Moss | Determination of Total Flavonoid Concentration in Tea
- Emily N. Thomas | Synthesis and Computational Model of a Relevant Solid State Material
- Emma Goldman | Analysis of Histamine Levels in Cocoa Products
- Hannah E. Short | Determination of Nitrates in Water of the Drowning Fork Creek
- Jacob Seiver | Construction of a Plasmid Based CRISPR-Cas9 System to Silence a Secondary Alcohol Dehydrogenase from Nocardia cholestrerolicum NRRL 5767
- Jasmine Gentry | Quantitation of Histamine in Meat Products
- Jordan Bregenzer | Quantitative Analysis of Limonene Content in Citrus Oil by Gas Chromatography Using P-xylene as the Internal Standard
- Julia D. Hill | Determination of Nitrate in Soil Due to CAFO Use in Meat Production in Rural Illinois
- Kadidia Samassekou | Construction of a CRISPR/Cas9 chimeric plasmid bearing a sgRNA to the central region of a secondary alcohol dehydrogenase gene
- Kelsey Radomski | Histamine Concentrations in Wine Samples
- Killian Tracey | Development of a High Temperature Solids State Synthesis Educational Lab
- Livia M. Way | The Prieto Method for the Determination of Total Antioxidant Activity of Tea
- Mallika Asar, Kimberly Oldenburg | Kill Curve Assay for Cytotoxicity of NMD Inhibition
- Mariah Wilkins | Salicylates in the blood
- Mattea Scanlan | Development of Solid State Undergraduate Laboratory
- Matthew Ward | Forensic Comparison of Ballpoint Pen Inks by Thin Layer Chromatography
- Natasha Frig Terrence Petry | Quantification of Phenylbutazone in Equine Plasma for Doping Control in Horse Racing by Liquid Chromatography with Ultraviolet Detection
- Nicole L. Walker | Synthesis of Group 6 Carbonyls for CO2 Remediation
- Nicole G. Hamilton-Cross | TPC Analysis of Tea
- Paige M. Noecker | Determination of Phosphate Concentration in Water Near a CAFO
- Quinn J. Kruel | Comparison of Hot Brew and Cold Brew Tea
- Taylo Gunby, Rebecca Bocian | Purification of a Nonsense Mediated mRNA-Decay (NMD) Receptor Plasmid for Transfection of Human Ovarian Cancer Cells
- Rebecca L. Haughey | Determination of Phosphate Concentration in Soil Near a CAFO
- Sarah A. Donnelly | Solid State Synthesis of Copper Sulfide using a NaCl-KCl Flux
- Shawn W. McClenahan | Determination of Sulfur Concentration in Crude Oil
- Taelar Chatman | Synthesis and chemiluminescence study of luminol derivatives
- Taylor N. Windbiel | Caffeine Analysis of Cold Brew Tea
- Terrence D. Petry | Quantification of Phenylbutazone in Equine Plasma for Doping Control in Horse Racing Using Molecularly Imprinted Polymer Solid Phase Extraction Followed by Liquid Chromatography with Ultraviolet Deetection
- Yvette M. Ortiz | Crude Oil Fraction Separation and Isolation of Sulfur Impurities Using Ilmenite as a Filter Media
Communication :
- Brenna Smith | Mediated Conflict in Long-Distance Relationships
- Crystal Wilson | Arguments over Cellphone Encryption and American Rights
- Natalyn Rood | "The Effects of Phonetics Training on Students' Phonemic Perception"
Curriculum and Instruction:
- Elizabeth Parker | Young Children and Digital Technology: How much is too much?
Dietetics:
- Crystal Rodarte | Breast milk versus Formula
- Kara Downing | The Effects of Avocado as Fat Replacement in Pie Crust
- Stellera English | The Influence of Education on Geriatric Consumption of Fruits and Vegetables
Elementary Education:
- Laura Avelar | T he Importance of STEM Lessons and How They Affect Student Attitudes
- Nicole Fulco | LGBT Safety In Schools
- Trisha Cramer , Amy Dawson, Miriah Murphy | Best Practices for the Use of Technology in the Elementary School Classrooms of English Language Learners.
Emergency Management:
- Lucas M Urbane | Special Needs in Emergency Management
English and Journalism:
- Emily Bryce Swain | Jane Eyre and the Quest for Christianity
- Nicholas Max Keil | Language and Monsterism in Frankenstein
- Rachel Troyer | Smoke Signals: A Deeper Meaning: The Subversion of Native American Stereotypes in American Cinema
- Kayla Collins | Gender Wage Gap in Journalism
Finance:
- Brittney Connelly , Kayla Riffey, Dylan Hawkins | Determining Factors That Impact Students’ Housing Decisions
- Craig Slowik, Rodrigo Estrada, Stephen Funes | Bringing New Franchises to Macomb
- Cylis West, Mitchell Roth | Self-Storage Market Analysis
- Wesley Shipe, Faith Rucker | "Beauty & The Broker"
Fine Arts:
- Katie VerKuilen | The Nature of Clay
Foreign Languages and Cultures:
- Nancy Davila | More than Words, a Matter of Social Justice
Foreign Languages and Literarure(French):
- Tata Diawara, Yoro Diakit'e | Castigat Ridendo Mores –Humor in Guillaume Oyono Mbia’s Three suitors, one husband
Geography:
- Allison Burns | The Impacts of Weather on the Number of Check-ins to the Fitness
- Zachary Riel | Analysis of sound coverage produced by tornado sirens in DeKalb County, Illinois
Geology:
- Adam VanMatre | Preservation of Inarticulate Brachiopods from the Cambrian Weeks Formation, West-Central Utah
- Allison Hartman | Examination of Pool Fingers from the Blauhohle Cave System, Germany
- Andrew Kerin | Climate Effects of Cave Pearl Fabrics
- Benjamin Grober | Modeling Surface Runoff of Spring Lake Watershed
- Daniel Hillenburg | Thoracic limb differentiation in Cyzicus sp. (Crustacea, Spinicaudata)
- Drew Laviada-Garmon | The Mineral Lake Intrusion, Northern Wisconsin: A Deeper Examination of a Magmatic Reversal
- Kevin VanMatre | The 3D morphology of the enigmatic Carboniferous arthropod, Schramixerxes gerem (Montceau-les-Mines) via micro-computed tomography (microCT)
Health Services Management:
- De Jionette Norton | Prevalence and Impact of PTSD in Soliders Overseas
- De Jionette Norton | The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
History:
- David Heusel | A Cup of Contradiction: How Monastic Brewing Changed Life in the Norwich Cathedral Priory
- Kaitlyn Bossolono | More Than Meets the Eye: Mary A. Bennett
- Kyle Sealey | The Power of Nazi Wartime Propaganda
- Rachel Eaton | Forever Responsible: The Individuals Who Assisted in the Spread of Anti-Semitism
Information Systems:
- Rosetta Rubino | Analysis of Tools Used for Standard Data Mining Techniques Using Dataset Regarding Mental Health in Tech
Law Enforcement & Justice Administration:
- Lenisha Bolton | Mixed Dreams
Management and Marketing:
- Adam Novak | The Importance of Employee Motivation
Meteorology:
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Devin Biggs | How do WIU Students Get Their Mobile Weather Information?
Music:
- Ashlyn Carnes | Duo for Flute and Piano: Aaron Copland and the American Art
- Caitlin Pennington | Motivation to Electively Participate in Music Ensembles
- Cassady Rosenbrock | A Comparison of Songwriting and Relaxation Techniques on Stress Levels of College Students
- Heidi Maier | Johann Joachim Quantz: Applying Baroque Concepts to the Modern Day Classroom
- Michelle Bingheim | A Survey of Parents of Music Therapy Students and Their Knowledge of the Music Therapy Profession
- Nathalie Hernandez, Luciana Hontila, Giorgi Khataliov | The American Quartet
Nursing:
- Beatrice Abandy, Katlyn Camenisch, Michalla Rode/ Mya Harper | Bacterial Growth on Student Nurses' Uniforms
- Hannah Knox, Janelle Hohenbery, Briana Michaels | Prevalence of Microorganism Growth on Name Badges of Emergency Department and Intensive Care Unit Healthcare Workers
Physics:
- Angelica Strack | Variability Characterization of a Hydroxyl Maser in a Pre-Planetary Nebula
- Benjamin Grober, Jacob Shaw | Measuring Birefringence of Optically Anisotropic Minerals
- Justin Rossmiller, Jonah Coggeshall, Jacob Shaw | Oil-Contaminants Filtration System
- Owen Huff | Optical Absorption and Fluorescence of Boro-tellurite Glasses Containing CdSe Nanoparticles
- Richard Lambert | Assessing the Detectability of Planet Nine with ALMA and the VLA.
- Zachary Foreman | Analysis of the optical band-gap of Calcium Borate glasses doped with Dy3+.
Political Science:
- Tabitha Jozwick | Influences of the Media in Judicial Outcomes
Psychology:
- Ariel Kinmon | Self-Control and Serious Psychopathology
- Brianna Hooker | Comparing Herbal and Pharmaceutical Treatments for PTSD-Like Symptoms in Mice
- Brianna Taylor | Oxytocin Antagonist (Atosiban) Enhances Freezing Behavior and Facilitates Fear Conditioning in Rats
- Cameron Kubler, Caitlin Loughary, Emily Claros | White Ratical Identity and White Privilage Attitudes
- Emily Claros | Affect Regulation: Extraversion and Cognitive Reappraisal Usage
- Heather Hoffman, Jonathan Hammersley | Factors Associated with Misuse of Prescription Stimulant Among College Students
- Keith A. Ritter | Individual Differences Related to Caffeine and Cigarette Use Among College Students
- Maria Kurth | Racial Differences in Attitudes and Knowledge of Aging in Undergraduate Students
- Michael Waters, Heather Hoffman | Perceived Versus Actual Substance Misuse in College Students
- Morgan Ochoa | Is a Dominance/Submission Relationship the Key to Romantic Success?
- Nikki Principato | Affect Regulation Forecasting: The Relationship between Neuroticism and Suppression
Sociology and Anthropology:
- Desirae Reading | Working-Class Families in Television
- Lindsay Gleason| Rape Victim's Perceptions of Police and Medical Personnel
Supply Chain Management
- Dustin Sutton | How to Market Truck Driver Jobs
- Dustin Sutton | The Driver Shortage An Inside Report
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