Program-At-A-Glance
Presiding: Dr. Thomas Zoumaras, Professor of History
8:15 am
14 - 1 CHRIS P. PETERSONDr. Thomas Zoumaras, Faculty Mentor Patriarchal Dissidence: An Analysis of the Relationship between the United States and the International Atomic Energy Agency until 1989
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8:30 am
14 - 2 CHRIS P. PETERSONDr. Steven Reschly and Dr. Thomas Zoumaras, Faculty Mentors Continuing Conflict: An Analysis of the Relationship between the United States and the International Atomic Energy Agency since 1985
8:45 am
14 - 3 HEATHER L. ARMSTRONGDr. Jerrold Hirsch, Faculty Mentor FDR’s Disability: How Biographies Have Reflected Changing Cultural Attitudes Toward Disability
9:15 am
14 - 4 TRAVIS D. SEWELLDr. Thomas Zoumaras, Faculty Mentor Spear or Shield?: Public Perceptions of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense, 1966-1971
Presiding: Dr. John Quinn, Associate Professor of Political Science
15 - 1 LINA J. KHANDr. John Ishiyama, Faculty Mentor Degree of Women's Freedom in the Middle East
15 - 2 DAVID M. MOHLDr. John Quinn, Faculty Mentor American Realignment: How Yankee North and Dixie South Switched Teams
15 - 3 BEN D. COATE* and RYAN S. LEWISDr. Paul Parker, Faculty Mentor Eye of the Beholder
Presiding: Dr. Elaine McDuff, Associate Professor of Sociology
16 - 1 ASHLEY A. ADAMSDr. Kerry Ann Rockquemore (University of Illinois at Chicago) and Dr. Elaine McDuff, Faculty Mentors The Politics of Biracial Identity: An Exploration of How Internalized Oppression Manifests in Black/White Mixed-Race People
16 - 2 JILL N. SCOGNAMGILIODr. Amber Johnson, Faculty Mentor Revisiting the National Pastime: A Look at the Socioeconomic Stratification of the Baseball Fan throughout the 20th Century
16 - 3 LAUREN M. FILLADr. Amber Johnson, Faculty Mentor Recent Findings in Human Altriciality: An Environmental and Evolutionary Approach
9:00 am
16 - 4 DOUGLAS M. EUDYDr. Amber Johnson, Faculty Mentor Ceramic Surface Collections from Körösladány 14 and Okány 16: An Inter-site Comparison
Presiding: Dr. David Murphy, Professor of Philosophy
9:45 am
31 - 1 JAMES G. QUIGLEYDr. Chad Mohler, Faculty Mentor On Positive Metaethical Reasons for Theological Voluntarism in Ethics
10:00 am
31 - 2 DENNIS L. TRINKLE, IIDr. David Murphy, Faculty Mentor Perspectivism and Moral Debate
10:15 am
31 - 3 MATTHEW S. DUCKWORTHDr. Ding-hwa Hsieh, Faculty Mentor The Liminality of Value-Transference
10:30 am
31 - 4 KADE A. SCHEMAHORNDr. Natalie Alexander, Faculty Mentor Body Modification and Corporeal Cultural Construction
Presiding: Dr. Lynn Rose, Associate Professor of History
32 - 1 ALEXANDER J. HAYDENProf. Martha L. Rose, Faculty Mentor The Female Voice in Classical Greece
32 - 2 AMANDA M. CARROLL* and JESSE L. LEONGProf. Martha L. Rose, Faculty Mentor Simonides to LaRussa
32 - 3 SAM R. CUMMINS*, MARYELLEN R. HARMAN, and JOE W. HOLLINGSWORTHProf. Martha L. Rose, Faculty Mentor Sex, Lies, a Goddess, and a Shepherd: A Modern Adaptation of “To Aphrodite”
32 - 4 LAURA A. PROVANCEProf. Martha L. Rose, Faculty Mentor Oh Zeus, who art in heaven: Investigating masculinity in Archaic Greece
Presiding: Dr. Terry Olson, Professor of Economics
33 - 1 GREG W. HAMMONDDr. Terry Olson, Faculty Mentor ‘Strategic Exchange: A New Approach to Understanding Individuals’ Behavior with Observations from an Intentional Community.’
33 - 2 STEVEN J. BOSWORTHDr. Xiaofen Chen, Faculty Mentor The Sustainability of Current Account Imbalances
33 - 3 CAMILA M. KHANDr. Xiaofen Chen, Faculty Mentor Welfare Reform Ten Years Later: How Has it Affected American Families Today?
33 - 4 AMY L. ROWDENDr. Xiaofen Chen, Faculty Mentor Empirically Estimating Gross Fixed Capital Formation
The Numbers Behind NUMB3RS: The real mathematical story that inspired the hit television series
Dr. Keith Devlin, Executive Director and Senior Researcher at the Center for the Study of Language and Information, and "the Math Guy" on National Public Radio.
Presiding: Dr. Teresa Heckert, Associate Professor of Psychology
1:15 pm
48 - 1 LAUREN A. KIENSTRA* and ROBBIE PACANOWSKIDr. Robert Tigner, Faculty Mentor Electronic Helping Behavior as Related to the Bystander Effect
1:30 pm
48 - 2 SHANNON M. ALBRIGHT*, IDEAN JUDAH, MARGARET TERRANOVA, GREG BELLVILLE, CHRISTOPHER R. HONTS, MARIA A. SPILKER, LAUREN A. KIENSTRA, and ADAM H. KABINSDr. Teresa Heckert, Faculty Mentor Personality and Perceived Stress Among College Students
1:45 pm
48 - 3 MARIA A. SPILKERDr. Karen Vittengl, Faculty Mentor A Question of Efficacy: Examining the Relationship Between Presidents and Their Organizations at Truman State University
2:00 pm
48 - 4 ENEDA HOXHADr. Mark Hatala, Faculty Mentor A Cross-Cultural Study in Differences in Romantic Attitudes Between American and Albanian Young Adults
2:15 pm
48 - 5 LAUREN A. KIENSTRA*, MARIA A. SPILKER, ADAM H. KABINS, CHRISTOPHER R. HONTS, SHANNON M. ALBRIGHT, MARGARET TERRANOVA, GREG BELLVILLE, and IDEAN JUDAHDr. Teresa Heckert, Faculty Mentor Relation of the Big 5 Personality Characteristics to Job Burnout
Presiding: Dr. Candy Young, Professor of Political Science
49 - 1 TYLER I. PAGEDr. Candy Young, Faculty Mentor The 1953 Flammable Fabrics Act: A Case Study
49 - 2 TANYA M. HORVATHDr. Candy Young, Faculty Mentor The Refrigerator Safety Act of 1956
49 - 3 CHRISTOPHER N. BELLDr. Candy Young, Faculty Mentor The Native Latex Commercialization and Economic Development Act of 1978: Idea, Action, Policy, Evolution
49 - 4 ALAN L. VENNEMANDr. Randy Hagerty, Faculty Mentor Comparative View of Biomass as Alternative Energy
Presiding: Dr. David Robinson, Professor of History
50 - 1 SHANNON L. CROWDERDr. Thomas Zoumaras, Faculty Mentor How Assassins Became Heroes: A Historical Examination of the Facts and Myths Surrounding the Siege of Masada
50 - 2 KRISTIN R. BENNETTDr. Kathryn Brammall, Faculty Mentor How to Lose Your Head in Politics: The Mistakes of Mary Queen of Scots
50 - 3 PAUL R. STRAUSSDr. Steven Reschly and Dr. Kathryn Brammall, Faculty Mentors Seeking Order in a Disordered World: Stephen Gardiner and the Royal Supremacy in the English Reformation
50 - 4 THOMAS W. LECAQUEDr. David Robinson, Faculty Mentor First Blood: Axis Diplomacy, Appeasement and the Spanish Civil War
Presiding: Dr. Lloyd Pflueger, Professor of Philosophy and Religion
2:45 pm
64 - 1 MARSHALL F. EDWARDSDr. Dereck Daschke, Faculty Mentor The Survival of Esoteric Religious Communities in Oppressive Societies: Brazilian Candomble and Islamic Sufism
3:00 pm
64 - 2 LUCAS J. GLEAVESDr. Mark Appold, Faculty Mentor Islam and Christianity: Finding a Way Out of the Cycle of Violence
3:15 pm
64 - 3 MICHAEL J. KREMERDr. Lloyd Pflueger, Faculty Mentor Amma and Women: Reinterpreting the Hindu Mother Goddess
3:30 pm
64 - 4 JULIE A. LAUBDr. Jennifer Jesse , Faculty Mentor The Righteousness of God in Paul
3:45 pm
64 - 5 MARK A. WILDEDr. Ding-hwa Hsieh, Faculty Mentor Correlative Cosmology in the T'ai Hsüan Ching
Presiding: Dr. Jeff Gall, Associate Professor of History
65 - 1 CHRIS M. WOODARDDr. Thomas Zoumaras, Faculty Mentor Meiji Japan: Western Perceptions from Perry to 1910
65 - 2 KEVIN R. DYKEDr. Torbjörn Wandel , Faculty Mentor Worth Fighting For: National Identity in the Great War
65 - 3 RYAN S. LEWISDr. Thomas Zoumaras, Faculty Mentor Friends or Allies? U.S.-Israeli Relations During the Kennedy and the Johnson Administrations, 1961-1966
Presiding: Dr. David Conner, Professor of Psychology
66 - 1 ELIZABETH N. PETRY* and TIMOTHY J. WITTMANNDr. Judith M. Misale, Faculty Mentor Voting and the “Hot Button” Issues: Young Adults in 2006
66 - 2 JENNIFER N. CRAWFORD*, CHRISTOPHER R. HONTS, BEN GREENBERG, ANDREW SKELTON, AMY M. WESSEL, and CYNTHIA WOOLDRIDGEDr. Jeffrey Vittengl, Faculty Mentor Liberal Arts Acculturation and its Prediction of College Students’ Well-Being: Replication and Validation of a New Liberal Arts Acculturation Scale
66 - 3 ADAM H. KABINS*, ROBBIE PACANOWSKI, LEE RABEY, MICHAEL FADDOUL, JUSTIN M. RYDER, and BENJAMIN D. LAYNEDr. Fred Shaffer, Faculty Mentor Patient Speech Alters Respiration Rate, Blood Pressure, and Heart Rate
66 - 4 TIMOTHY J. WITTMANN* and CHRISTOPHER R. HONTSDr. David B. Conner, Faculty Mentor The Neuropsychology of Cognition and Emotion: The Importance of Emotion Subtypes
66 - 5 MARIA C. GROSCH* and ASHLEY K. RAMSEYDr. Terry Palmer, Faculty Mentor Processing Levels of the McGurk Effect
P-9 - 1
AMY M. WESSEL* and JENNIFER N. CRAWFORDDr. Karen Vittengl, Faculty Mentor Parallel structures: Creating a scale for male feminist identity development and exploring similarities with female feminist identity development theory
P-9 - 2
AMY M. WESSEL*, ANDREW SKELTON, JENNIFER N. CRAWFORD, BEN GREENBERG, CHRISTOPHER R. HONTS, and CYNTHIA WOOLDRIDGEDr. Jeffrey Vittengl, Faculty Mentor Why is Liberal Arts Acculturation Related to Well-Being?
P-9 - 3
JAMIE E. MATTHEWS* and ALISON M. LAFOLLETTEDr. Michele Breault, Faculty Mentor Factors Influencing Graduate School Plans
P-9 - 4
CHRISTOPHER R. HONTS*, NICHOLE A. SEVIC, ASHLEY K. RAMSEY, KYLE L. BROWN, PATRICK J. JOYCE, JESSE C. LAVIN, and JUSTIN G. LACY Prof. Sal Costa, Faculty Mentor Investigation of Faculty Morale at Truman State University
P-9 - 5
RYAN B. HART*, ELIZABETH A. ANDREW, and KYLE G. TRACYDr. Candy Young, Faculty Mentor Party Loyalty and Appointment to Committee Chairmanships in Term-Limited Legislatures
