Program-At-A-Glance
Presiding: Dr. Barbara Kramer, Associate Professor of Chemistry
8:15 am
5 - 1 SARAH E. BLOCHDr. Barbara K. Kramer, Faculty Mentor Phytoremediation: Studies of the Potential of Plants and Soil Amendments
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8:30 am
5 - 2 LAURA J. FARKASDr. Barbara K. Kramer, Faculty Mentor Environmental Policy Evaluation of Truman State University
9:00 am
5 - 3 LOLLIANN R. BRUCEDr. Michael Lockhart, Faculty Mentor An Analysis Of Microbiota In Forest Lake And Hazel Creek Lake
Presiding: Dr. Robert Mielke, Professor of English
9:45 am
22 - 1 CHRISTOPHER S. LINDLEYDr. Bob Mielke, Faculty Mentor Don't Start Nuthin'; Won't BE Nuthin': How to Save the World by Threatening to Destroy It
10:00 am
22 - 2 CHRISTOPHER G. DOVEDr. Linda Seidel, Faculty Mentor Recent Developments in Medicine Foster New Potential for Marginalizing Minorities
10:15 am
22 - 3 LEE A. FLAGGDr. Bob Mielke, Faculty Mentor Syd Barrett and Mental Illness: Perspectives from Music and Psychology
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: Shirley McKamie, Lecturer of Music
1:15 pm
38 - 1 RYAN P. LITTLETONProf. Shirley McKamie, Faculty Mentor From the Center of Asia to the Roof of the World: Throat Singing in Central Asian Shamanism and Tibetan Buddhism
1:30 pm
38 - 2 ELIZABETH H. O'BRIENProf. Shirley McKamie, Faculty Mentor Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Whistle Down the Wind: An Example of Musical Theatre as Religious Ritual and Spiritual Experience
1:45 pm
38 - 3 NADIA S. MOZAFFARDr. Linda Seidel, Faculty Mentor Politicized Islam’s Oppression of Women and the Movement Against It
2:00 pm
38 - 4 BRADLEY H. SMITHDr. Dereck Daschke, Faculty Mentor God on the Gallows: Tikkun and the Healing of God
2:15 pm
38 - 5 ANTHONY D. DWIGGINSDr. Jay W. Self and Dr. Jeff Gall, Faculty Mentors The Necessity and Adoption of the Truman Doctrine
Presiding: Dr. Kenneth Carter, Professor of Chemistry
39 - 1 ROSS A. COLEMANDr. Kenneth Carter, Faculty Mentor Mathematical Properties of a Gamma-Function Distributed Epidemic Model
39 - 2 AUGUSTUS L. CAINEDr. Kenneth Carter, Faculty Mentor Preparing for Pandemics: Mathematical Modeling and the Real World
39 - 3 PHILLIP D. VANCE* and JOSHUA B. KELLYDr. Scott Burt and Dr. Jason E. Miller, Faculty Mentors Descriptive Statistics of Echolocation Calls from Northeast Missouri Bats
39 - 4 JOSHUA B. KELLYDr. Jason E. Miller and Dr. Scott Burt, Faculty Mentors Quantitative Identification of Northeast Missouri Bats using Acoustic Data Alone
Presiding: Dr. Scott Alberts, Associate Professor of Mathematics
2:45 pm
54 - 1 SHAHRBONU J. REZAIEKHALIGHDr. Bridget Thomas and Dr. Bob Mielke, Faculty Mentors "We’re just poems, we are 90% metaphor": Sexual Politics in the Works of Sappho and Ani DiFranco
3:00 pm
54 - 2 JARRETT L. ANDERSONProf. Julie Minn, Faculty Mentor The Three Gorges Dam: A Paradigm of Past v. Present, Nature v. Man
3:15 pm
54 - 3 MEREDITH L. MERTZ* and GEORGE WANGDr. Scott Thatcher and Dr. Jeffrey M. Osborn (The College of New Jersey), Faculty Mentors Computational Modeling of Flight Characteristics for Extant and Fossil Saccate Pollen Grains
3:30 pm
54 - 4 JAMES D. FRANKLIN* and COREY A. ELLEDGEDr. Hyun-Joo Kim and Dr. Michael I. Kelrick, Faculty Mentors Habitat suitability modeling of a federally threatened plant species, Missouri bladderpod (Lesquerella filiformis): Evaluation of model selection criteria and model performance.
3:45 pm
54 - 5 CAROLYN M. DIXONDr. Scott Alberts, Faculty Mentor Mathematics Anxiety: A Multivariate Examination of Gender Differences between Moberly Area Community College and Truman State University Students
Presiding: Dr. G. Victoria Landrum, Assistant Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies
55 - 1 EMILY J. MURDOCKDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor International Relations and Margaret Sanger's Fight for Birth Control
55 - 2 VICTORIA N. WEAVERDr. Patricia Gately, Faculty Mentor Women of the Bloomsbury Group: The Influence of Gender Upon Their Lives and Art
55 - 3 SHANNON L. CROWDERProf. Martha L. Rose and Dr. Steven Reschly, Faculty Mentors Husband-Killing, Regicidal Woman Out of Control: Clytemnestra in Classical Literature
55 - 4 TIFFANY D. CAESARDr. Becky Becker (Columbus State University) and Dr. G. Victoria Landrum, Faculty Mentors IT DOESN’T QUITE TRANSLATE… The Relationship Between Africans and African Americans on the Truman State University Campus
P-3 - 1
BRYAN A. CAMPBELL*, CAROLYN R. DECARLI, TARA L. OSSECK, BEN S. REINE, and JOE A. STAUBERDr. Carol Cox, Faculty Mentor A Culturally Competent HIV/AIDS Education Program for African-American College Students
P-3 - 2
JILL M. MOELLERDr. Barbara K. Kramer, Faculty Mentor The Impacts of Incorporating Local Foods on a University Campus
P-3 - 3
JESSICA N. PONDER* and COURTNEY E. BONNEYDr. Mark Campbell, Dr. Paul M. Scott (Iowa State University), and Dr. Susan A. Duvick (Iowa State University), Faculty Mentors Elucidation of Loci Influencing Near-Infrared Reflectance Spectra of Maize Grain Using the IBM Population
P-3 - 5
KRISTIN A. HARKINSDr. Scott Alberts, Faculty Mentor Math Anxiety in College Students: Identifying Correlates and At-Risk Populations
P-3 - 6
MADALYN E. SCHILLMr. Pamela J. Ryan and Dr. Anton Weisstein, Faculty Mentors Phylogeography of the Envelope Protein of the Engue-2 virus (Flaviviridae) throughout Latin America
P-4 - 2
MATTHEW J. WESSNERDr. Willaim Sexton (A.T. Still University), Dr. Laura Fielden, and Ms. Patricia S. Sexton (A.T. Still University, KCOM), Faculty Mentors VEGF Protein Expression in Rat Skeletal Muscle is Fiber-type Dependent
P-4 - 3
BACH Q. HA* and MATT HEIMANNDr. Laura Fielden and Dr. Phil Ryan, Faculty Mentors Mathematical Modeling of Plastron Respiration in Ticks
P-4 - 4
CHAD T. ANDICOCHEA* and ASHLEY K. RAMSEYDr. George W. Patrick (A.T. Still University) and Dr. Laura Fielden, Faculty Mentors Affects of Lead on Neurodevelopment in the Kitten
