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The following abstracts for presentation type Oral Paper have been submitted:

• French Architecture in Missouri: An Analysis of Architectural Influences and Styles in the St. Louis Area
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (French)
  Leigh K. Edmonston
  Dr. Patrick Lecaque, Faculty Mentor
  (40-2, 1:30 pm, OP 2113)
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• A Marxist Analysis of the Institution of Marriage in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Nicole L. Ray
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (9-3, 8:45 am, VH 1428)
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• "We’re just poems, we are 90% metaphor": Sexual Politics in the Works of Sappho and Ani DiFranco
  Oral Paper
  
  Interdisciplinary (Interdisciplinary)
  Shahrbonu J. Rezaiekhaligh
  Dr. Bridget Thomas and Dr. Bob Mielke, Faculty Mentors
  (54-1, 2:45 pm, OP 2210)
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• ‘Strategic Exchange: A New Approach to Understanding Individuals’ Behavior with Observations from an Intentional Community.’
  Oral Paper
  
  Social Science (Economics)
  Greg W. Hammond
  Dr. Terry Olson, Faculty Mentor
  (33-1, 9:45 am, VH 1412)
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• “I think I know what you did last night”: An Evaluation of Organized Midwestern Religion
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Cara A. Hurst
  Dr. Alanna Preussner, Faculty Mentor
  (58-2, 3:00 pm, OP 2117)
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• “Not a Vacuum”: A Postcolonial Analysis of Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Mike T. Westphal
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (6-1, 8:15 am, OP 2115)
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• The 1953 Flammable Fabrics Act: A Case Study
  Oral Paper
  
  Social Science (Political Science)
  Tyler I. Page
  Dr. Candy Young, Faculty Mentor
  (49-1, 1:15 pm, VH 1412)
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• ADMP Calculations on the Hydroperoxidolysis of a VX Model Compound
  Oral Paper
  
  Science (Chemistry)
  Joshua M. Blechle
  Dr. Eric V. Patterson, Faculty Mentor
  (61-4, 3:30 pm, VH 1212)
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• The Affect of Parental Attitude Toward Literacy on Child Attitude and Performance
  Oral Paper
  
  Human Potential and Performance (Communication Disorders)
  Lauren E. Caffey
  Dr. Janet Gooch, Faculty Mentor
  (37-2, 1:30 pm, OP 2121)
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• Affinely Self-Generating Sets and Morphisms
  Oral Paper
  
  Mathematics and Computer Science (Mathematics)
  Adam C. Gouge
  Dr. David Garth, Faculty Mentor
  (60-1, 2:45 pm, VH 1232)
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• African American Women in the 1920s: Oppressive Dominated Hierarchies in Nella Larsen's Passing
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Megan N. King
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (9-4, 9:00 am, VH 1428)
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• Allometric Modeling of Anaerobic Capacity in College Men and Women
  Oral Paper
  
  Human Potential and Performance (Exercise Science)
  Bryant R. England
  Dr. Alex J. Koch and Dr. Jerry Mayhew, Faculty Mentors
  (4-3, 8:45 am, VH 1000)
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• American Realignment: How Yankee North and Dixie South Switched Teams
  Oral Paper
  
  Social Science (Political Science)
  David M. Mohl
  Dr. John Quinn, Faculty Mentor
  (15-2, 8:30 am, VH 1412)
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• American Wartime Posters of the Twentieth Century
  Oral Paper
  
  Fine Arts (Art)
  Heather I. Macionus
  Prof. John Bohac , Faculty Mentor
  (3-1, 8:15 am, OP 2210)
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• Amma and Women: Reinterpreting the Hindu Mother Goddess
  Oral Paper
  
  Social Science (Philosophy & Religion)
  Michael J. Kremer
  Dr. Lloyd Pflueger, Faculty Mentor
  (64-3, 3:15 pm, OP 2111)
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• Analysis of Eating Disorders among Freshmen Women at a Small Midwestern University
  Oral Paper
  
  Human Potential and Performance (Health Science)
  Laurie R. Schroeder* and Sheryl P. Adams
  Dr. Janice Clark Young, Faculty Mentor
  (37-5, 2:15 pm, OP 2121)
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• An Analysis of Microbiota in Forest Lake and Hazel Creek Lake
  Oral Paper
  
  Science (Biology)
  Ashley R. Styczynski
  Dr. Michael Lockhart, Faculty Mentor
  (29-4, 10:30 am, VH 1432)
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• An Analysis Of Microbiota In Forest Lake And Hazel Creek Lake
  Oral Paper
  
  Interdisciplinary (Environmental Studies)
  Lolliann R. Bruce
  Dr. Michael Lockhart, Faculty Mentor
  (5-3, 9:00 am, VH 1432)
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• Analyzing the Characters' Dreams in Of Mice and Men
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Julie C. Denton
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (24-2, 10:00 am, OP 2113)
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• Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Whistle Down the Wind: An Example of Musical Theatre as Religious Ritual and Spiritual Experience
  Oral Paper
  
  Interdisciplinary (Interdisciplinary)
  Elizabeth H. O'Brien
  Prof. Shirley McKamie, Faculty Mentor
  (38-2, 1:30 pm, OP 2210)
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• Are Ants Picky Eaters? Analysis of Fatty Acid Composition in Seed Elaiosomes
  Oral Paper
  
  Science (Chemistry)
  Danielle M. Stacy* and Kelly Watters
  Dr. Anne E. Moody, Faculty Mentor
  (12-2, 8:30 pm, VH 1212)
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• Aspiration and Elision in Dominican Spanish
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (Spanish)
  Ashley E. Morris
  Dr. Eric Jewell, Faculty Mentor
  (40-1, 1:15 pm, OP 2113)
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• Assessing the Knowledge of Nutrition and Exercise in Students K-12 to Help Create an Effective Wellness Strategy
  Oral Paper
  
  Human Potential and Performance (Nursing)
  Christine M. Sigmund
  Prof. Pamela Gardner, Faculty Mentor
  (36-5, 2:15 pm, VH 1000)
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• Assessing the Knowledge of Nutrition and Exercise in Students K-12 to help create an effective wellness strategy
  Oral Paper
  
  Human Potential and Performance (Nursing)
  Joseph W. Hassler
  Prof. Pamela Gardner, Faculty Mentor
  (36-3, 1:45 pm, VH 1000)
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• Assessing the Knowledge of Nutrition and Exercise in Students K-12 to Help Create an Effective Wellness Strategy
  Oral Paper
  
  Human Potential and Performance (Nursing)
  Sara E. Mayer
  Prof. Pamela Gardner, Faculty Mentor
  (36-4, 2:00 pm, VH 1000)
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• Assessment of Water Quality Indicators for a Prairie Stream System in Northern Missouri
  Oral Paper
  
  Science (Biology)
  Carissa B. Holloway
  Dr. Cynthia Cooper, Faculty Mentor
  (29-2, 10:00 am, VH 1432)
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• Assimilating a Mouthful: Language and Cultural Connections in Dangarembga’s Nervous Conditions
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Neil V. Bales
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (8-5, 9:15 am, OP 2113)
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• Asteroid Lightcurves
  Oral Paper
  
  Science (Physics)
  Angela K. Postma*, George C. Sumter, Samantha R. Sweet, Mariya S. Davidkova, Thomas J. Vonderharr, and Cara M. Willoughby
  Dr. Matthew M. Beaky, Faculty Mentor
  (28-2, 10:00 am, VH 1416)
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• Attitude and Behavior Link
  Oral Paper
  
  Human Potential and Performance (Exercise Science)
  Sara B. Detweiler* and Kim D. Tipton
  Ms. Evonne C. Bird, Faculty Mentor
  (37-3, 1:45 pm, OP 2121)
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• Autobiographical Influences and Connections to the Reader as Seen in Soyinka’s Childhood and Dangarembga’s Conditions
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Elizabeth C. Raine
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (59-5, 3:45 pm, VH 1428)
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• Belles and Barbarians: The Difference of Gender and Class in "A Streetcar Named Desire"
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Jenifer L. Roesemeier
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (10-3, 8:45 am, VH 1232)
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• Best Practices, Trends and Impacts of International Student Programs and Career Services Collaboration at American Midwestern Universities and Colleges
  Oral Paper
  
  Business & Accountancy (Business Administration)
  Heidi J. Kaplan
  Dr. Debra Cartwright, Faculty Mentor
  (51-1, 2:45 pm, VH 1010)
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• Blogs and the First Amendment
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (Communication)
  Sara A. James
  Dr. Karon Speckman, Faculty Mentor
  (56-5, 3:45 pm, OP 2113)
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• "Blushing Virgins and Wanton Whores": Diverse Portrayals of Women in The Monk
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Brittany R. Nielsen Watson
  Dr. Bob Mielke, Faculty Mentor
  (43-3, 1:45 pm, OP 2117)
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• Body Modification and Corporeal Cultural Construction
  Oral Paper
  
  Social Science (Philosophy & Religion)
  Kade A. Schemahorn
  Dr. Natalie Alexander, Faculty Mentor
  (31-4, 10:30 am, OP 2111)
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• Brides of Christ: Pre-Feminist Thought in Hildegard von Bingen's Ordo Virtutum
  Oral Paper
  
  Fine Arts (Music)
  Jennifer L. Thomas
  Dr. Marc Rice, Faculty Mentor
  (19-3, 10:15 am, OP 1393 (Performance Hall))
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• Casualties of Homemaking in Society: An Examination of Amina in The Cairo Trilogy and Mainini in Nervous Conditions
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Josh D. Huber
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (42-3, 1:45 pm, OP 2115)
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• Ceramic Surface Collections from Körösladány 14 and Okány 16: An Inter-site Comparison
  Oral Paper
  
  Social Science (Sociology/Anthropology)
  Douglas M. Eudy
  Dr. Amber Johnson, Faculty Mentor
  (16-4, 9:00 am, VH 1010)
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• The Characterization of Different, N-Confused Porphyrins, More Specifically 5,10,15,20-tetra-4-chlorobenzyl-2-aza-21-carbaporphyrin and 5,10,15,20-tetra-(3,5-carboxylphenyl)-2-aza-21-carbaporphyrin
  Oral Paper
  
  Science (Chemistry)
  Andrew K. Maerz* and Gabriel B. Hall
  Dawood Afzal, Faculty Mentor
  (30-3, 10:15 am, VH 1212)
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• A Christian Story: Madeleine L'Engle's A Swiftly Tilting Planet
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Dinghao He
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (25-4, 10:30 am, OP 2115)
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• Cinderella: A Look at Fairytales through the Lens of Psychoanalytic Criticism
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Martin L. Galloway
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (27-3, 10:15 am, VH 1232)
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• Clubs and Axes: Truth, Prejudice, and Satire in Terry Pratchett's Thud!
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Amy E. Reynolds
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (24-1, 9:45 am, OP 2113)
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• College Students' Knowledge of the Caloric Content of Fast Food Menu Items
  Oral Paper
  
  Human Potential and Performance (Exercise Science)
  Cassandra J. Morrow* and Jennifer L. Salmon
  Prof. Liz Jorn, Faculty Mentor
  (53-1, 2:45 pm, VH 1000)
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• A Comparative Look at Elementary Mathematics Education
  Oral Paper
  
  Education (Education)
  Brianna L. Lennon
  Dr. Janice Grow, Faculty Mentor
  (5-4, 9:00 am, OP 2121)
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• Comparative View of Biomass as Alternative Energy
  Oral Paper
  
  Social Science (Political Science)
  Alan L. Venneman
  Dr. Randy Hagerty, Faculty Mentor
  (49-4, 2:00 pm, VH 1412)
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• Comparing American and Bulgarian Students’ Brand Loyalty to Convenience Versus Shopping Products
  Oral Paper
  
  Business & Accountancy (Business Administration)
  Silviya V. Valkova
  Dr. John Perrachione, Faculty Mentor
  (17-1, 9:45 am, VH 1010)
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• Comparison of Strength Gains in Underweight and Obese Male and Female College Students
  Oral Paper
  
  Human Potential and Performance (Exercise Science)
  Kristen L. Scheller* and Francine E. Schafer
  Dr. Jerry Mayhew and Prof. Melody Jennings, Faculty Mentors
  (21-3, 10:15 am, VH 1000)
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• Computational Modeling of Flight Characteristics for Extant and Fossil Saccate Pollen Grains
  Oral Paper
  
  Interdisciplinary (Mathematical Biology)
  Meredith L. Mertz* and George Wang
  Dr. Scott Thatcher and Dr. Jeffrey M. Osborn (The College of New Jersey), Faculty Mentors
  (54-3, 3:15 pm, OP 2210)
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• Computational Study of the Stereochemical Activity of the Lead(II) Inert Electron Pair in Coordination Complexes
  Oral Paper
  
  Science (Chemistry)
  Nina E. McCrate
  Dr. Maria Nagan, Dr. James McCormick, and Dr. Russell G. Baughman, Faculty Mentors
  (61-2, 3:00 pm, VH 1212)
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• A Computational Study on the Effect Alpha Nucleophiles have on the Energy of Reaction for Phosphonate Esters
  Oral Paper
  
  Science (Chemistry)
  Erich R. Kuechler
  Dr. Eric V. Patterson, Faculty Mentor
  (45-4, 2:00 pm, VH 1212)
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• Connectedness of middle school students when examining student participation in extracurricular activities compared to student attendance, discipline and grades
  Oral Paper
  
  Education (Education)
  Charlie K. Miu♦
  Dr. Wendy Miner, Faculty Mentor
  (5-3, 8:45 am, OP 2121)
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• Construction and Characterization of a Thermospray Nebulizer for Sample Introduction into a Direct Current Plasma
  Oral Paper
  
  Science (Chemistry)
  Bipin Pandey* and Thomas C. Clark
  Dr. David McCurdy, Faculty Mentor
  (30-4, 10:30 am, VH 1212)
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• Continuing Conflict: An Analysis of the Relationship between the United States and the International Atomic Energy Agency since 1985
  Oral Paper
  
  Social Science (History)
  Chris P. Peterson
  Dr. Steven Reschly and Dr. Thomas Zoumaras, Faculty Mentors
  (14-2, 8:30 am, VH 1320)
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• Correlative Cosmology in the T'ai Hsüan Ching
  Oral Paper
  
  Social Science (Philosophy & Religion)
  Mark A. Wilde
  Dr. Ding-hwa Hsieh, Faculty Mentor
  (64-5, 3:45 pm, OP 2111)
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• Coupled Defects in Coaxial Cable Photonic Crystals
  Oral Paper
  
  Science (Physics)
  Brian A. Ruzicka
  Dr. Matthew M. Beaky, Faculty Mentor
  (47-3, 1:45 pm, VH 1416)
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• A Cross-Cultural Study in Differences in Romantic Attitudes Between American and Albanian Young Adults
  Oral Paper
  
  Social Science (Psychology)
  Eneda Hoxha
  Dr. Mark Hatala, Faculty Mentor
  (48-4, 2:00 pm, VH 1010)
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• Crowd Psychology in Zululand: Managing the Multitudes in Thomas Mofolo’s Chaka
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Andres R. Delgado
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (42-5, 2:15 pm, OP 2115)
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• Cultural and Economic Contexts and their Effects on Two Women's Struggles for Independence in Mariama Bâ's So Long A Letter
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Emily K. Pufall
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (44-1, 1:15 pm, VH 1428)
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• Current Conditions within the Mystic Plains Conservation Opportunity Area
  Oral Paper
  
  Science (Agricultural Science)
  Matthew Craig
  Dr. Michael Seipel, Faculty Mentor
  (29-1, 9:45 am, VH 1432)
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• The Cut and Project Method in Higher Dimensions
  Oral Paper
  
  Mathematics and Computer Science (Mathematics)
  Kensey L. Riley
  Dr. David Garth, Faculty Mentor
  (60-2, 3:00 pm, VH 1232)
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• Dangerous Crossing: Deconstruction of Stereotyped Gender Roles in Willa Cather's O Pioneers! and The Professor's House
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Dana Rufener
  Dr. Alanna Preussner, Faculty Mentor
  (58-3, 3:15 pm, OP 2117)
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• Degree of Women's Freedom in the Middle East
  Oral Paper
  
  Social Science (Political Science)
  Lina J. Khan
  Dr. John Ishiyama, Faculty Mentor
  (15-1, 8:15 am, VH 1412)
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• Descriptive Statistics of Echolocation Calls from Northeast Missouri Bats
  Oral Paper
  
  Interdisciplinary (Mathematical Biology)
  Phillip D. Vance* and Joshua B. Kelly
  Dr. Scott Burt and Dr. Jason E. Miller, Faculty Mentors
  (39-3, 2:00 pm, VH 1432)
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• Design and Construction of a Spectrograph to Monitor Changes in Mira Variable Stars
  Oral Paper
  
  Science (Physics)
  Leonard A. Stephens
  Dr. Matthew M. Beaky, Faculty Mentor
  (47-4, 2:00 pm, VH 1416)
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• Determining drug-resistance in strains of HIV-1
  Oral Paper
  
  Science (Biology)
  Martha A. Claeys-Jacobson
  Dr. Michael Lockhart, Faculty Mentor
  (46-3, 1:45 pm, VH 1408)
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• Determining Possible Reasons for Variation in Fertility Data Collected from Stallions Owned by Truman State University
  Oral Paper
  
  Science (Agricultural Science)
  Emily M. Costello
  Dr. Michael I. Kelrick and Dr. Charlie Apter, Faculty Mentors
  (62-1, 2:45 pm, VH 1432)
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• Determining the Existence of Bicyclo[4.1.0]heptatriene With Atom-Centered Density Matrix Propagation
  Oral Paper
  
  Science (Chemistry)
  Kathleen E. Warrington
  Dr. Eric V. Patterson, Faculty Mentor
  (12-5, 9:15 am, VH 1212)
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• Determining Total Starch Variation in Exotic, High Amylose, Hybrid Corn using a Polarimeter Based Method
  Oral Paper
  
  Science (Agricultural Science)
  Anna T. O'Brien*, Kim R. Kruse, and Kelly R. Limberg
  Dr. Mark Campbell, Faculty Mentor
  (62-3, 3:15 pm, VH 1432)
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• The Devastating Swarm: The Impact of Colonization in Achebe's Things Fall Apart
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Martin L. Galloway
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (6-3, 8:45 am, OP 2115)
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• Developing and Assessing Video Technology Materials to Support Sign Language Instruction
  Oral Paper
  
  Human Potential and Performance (Communication Disorders)
  Lauren N. Mueller♦*, Megan D. Sherrill♦, and Erin L. Thomas
  Dr. Janet Gooch, Dr. Paula Cochran, and Ms. Sheila Garlock, Faculty Mentors
  (37-1, 1:15 pm, OP 2121)
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• Developing the Ensemble and the Student Within The Instrumental Music Classroom Through Authentic Assessment
  Oral Paper
  
  Fine Arts (Music)
  Theron S. Perkowski♦
  Dr. Jay Bulen, Faculty Mentor
  (19-2, 10:00 am, OP 1393 (Performance Hall))
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• Differential Photometry of Eclipsing Binary Stars
  Oral Paper
  
  Science (Physics)
  Paul G. Blesz*, Samantha R. Sweet, Nirab Manandhar, Violet M. Poole, Om Goit, Kendra Lee, and Joost Vermue
  Dr. Matthew M. Beaky, Faculty Mentor
  (13-1, 8:15 am, VH 1416)
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• Don't Start Nuthin'; Won't BE Nuthin': How to Save the World by Threatening to Destroy It
  Oral Paper
  
  Interdisciplinary (Interdisciplinary)
  Christopher S. Lindley
  Dr. Bob Mielke, Faculty Mentor
  (22-1, 9:45 am, VH 1408)
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• Don’t Cheat Your Sleep: What Are You Risking?
  Oral Paper
  
  Human Potential and Performance (Health Science)
  Alysia J. Hall*, Stellina M. Aubuchon, Shady B. Hawatmeh, and Brittany A. Brands
  Dr. Roberta Donahue, Faculty Mentor
  (53-3, 3:15 pm, VH 1000)
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• The Effect of Age on Discrimination Reversal Learning
  Oral Paper
  
  Science (Agricultural Science)
  Amy L. Arel
  Dr. Charlie Apter and Dr. Dean DeCock, Faculty Mentors
  (11-1, 8:15 am, VH 1408)
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• The Effect of Piperazine on Childhood Malnutrition in Rural Southwestern Haiti
  Oral Paper
  
  Science (Biology)
  Emily D. Doucette
  Dr. Lin Twining and Dr. Stan Shaffer (St. Luke's Hospital of Kansas City), Faculty Mentors
  (46-4, 2:00 pm, VH 1408)
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• Effect of Rest Interval Length During High Intensity Resistance Training on Circulating Adhesion Molecules
  Oral Paper
  
  Human Potential and Performance (Exercise Science)
  Michael J. Landram
  Dr. Alex J. Koch, Faculty Mentor
  (4-1, 8:15 am, VH 1000)
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• Effects of Knee Extension Techniques on Vastus Medialis Activation
  Oral Paper
  
  Human Potential and Performance (Exercise Science)
  Catriona M. Swift
  Dr. Michael Bird, Faculty Mentor
  (21-1, 9:45 am, VH 1000)
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• Efficacy of Subjective Visual Udder Scores in Beef Cows for the Prediction of Lactation Potential and Weaning Weight of Their Calves
  Oral Paper
  
  Science (Agricultural Science)
  Rebecca E. Pace
  Dr. Glenn R. Wehner, Faculty Mentor
  (62-5, 3:45 pm, VH 1432)
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• The Electra Complex in Daphne DuMaurier’s Rebecca
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Delisa D. Young
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (7-1, 8:15 am, OP 2117)
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• Electronic Helping Behavior as Related to the Bystander Effect
  Oral Paper
  
  Social Science (Psychology)
  Lauren A. Kienstra* and Robbie Pacanowski
  Dr. Robert Tigner, Faculty Mentor
  (48-1, 1:15 pm, VH 1010)
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• Elmer Gantry's Manipulation by Music
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Amy L. Schweizer
  Dr. Alanna Preussner, Faculty Mentor
  (26-4, 10:30 am, VH 1428)
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• Empirically Estimating Gross Fixed Capital Formation
  Oral Paper
  
  Social Science (Economics)
  Amy L. Rowden
  Dr. Xiaofen Chen, Faculty Mentor
  (33-4, 10:30 am, VH 1412)
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• Engaging Historical Narrative in Assia Djebar’s Fantasia: An Algerian Cavalcade
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Eric M. Baumbach
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (59-4, 3:30 pm, VH 1428)
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• Environmental Policy Evaluation of Truman State University
  Oral Paper
  
  Interdisciplinary (Environmental Studies)
  Laura J. Farkas
  Dr. Barbara K. Kramer, Faculty Mentor
  (5-2, 8:30 am, VH 1432)
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• Evaluation of weed emergence patterns and the effect of weed removal on soybean Yield
  Oral Paper
  
  Science (Agricultural Science)
  Sara R. Copp
  Dr. Michael Seipel, Faculty Mentor
  (62-4, 3:30 pm, VH 1432)
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• Examining Marxism and Biblical Imagery in Ngugi’s A Grain of Wheat
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Andrew J. Linhares
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (6-5, 9:15 am, OP 2115)
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• An Exploration of Gait Mechanics Changes Following ACL Injury
  Oral Paper
  
  Human Potential and Performance (Exercise Science)
  Brynn E. Weimer
  Dr. Michael Bird, Faculty Mentor
  (21-2, 10:00 am, VH 1000)
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• Eye of the Beholder
  Oral Paper
  
  Social Science (Political Science)
  Ben D. Coate* and Ryan S. Lewis
  Dr. Paul Parker, Faculty Mentor
  (15-3, 8:45 am, VH 1412)
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• FDR’s Disability: How Biographies Have Reflected Changing Cultural Attitudes Toward Disability
  Oral Paper
  
  Social Science (History)
  Heather L. Armstrong
  Dr. Jerrold Hirsch, Faculty Mentor
  (14-3, 8:45 am, VH 1320)
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• The Female Voice in Classical Greece
  Oral Paper
  
  Social Science (Communication)
  Alexander J. Hayden
  Prof. Martha L. Rose, Faculty Mentor
  (32-1, 9:45 am, VH 1320)
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• A Feminist Analysis of Frances Hodgson Burnett's A Little Princess
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Aly N. Palchick
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (7-4, 9:00 am, OP 2117)
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• Fighting for Peace: A Historical Analysis of Mia Couto’s Sleepwalking Land
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Melissa N. Dryer
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (6-2, 8:30 am, OP 2115)
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• First Blood: Axis Diplomacy, Appeasement and the Spanish Civil War
  Oral Paper
  
  Social Science (History)
  Thomas W. Lecaque
  Dr. David Robinson, Faculty Mentor
  (50-4, 2:00 pm, VH 1320)
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• Fragment Based Drug Design to Target Loop IIIb IRES RNA Domain in Hepatitis C Virus
  Oral Paper
  
  Science (Biology)
  Melvin E. Omodon
  Dr. Fareed Aboul-ela (Louisiana State University) and Dr. Michael Lockhart, Faculty Mentors
  (63-1, 2:45 pm, VH 1416)
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• Freud, Oedipus, and Lacan: A Critique on the Freudian Psychoanalysis of Oedipus the King
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Courtney B. Schaefer
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (58-4, 3:30 pm, OP 2117)
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• Friends or Allies? U.S.-Israeli Relations During the Kennedy and the Johnson Administrations, 1961-1966
  Oral Paper
  
  Social Science (History)
  Ryan S. Lewis
  Dr. Thomas Zoumaras, Faculty Mentor
  (65-3, 3:15 pm, VH 1320)
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• From the Center of Asia to the Roof of the World: Throat Singing in Central Asian Shamanism and Tibetan Buddhism
  Oral Paper
  
  Interdisciplinary (Interdisciplinary)
  Ryan P. Littleton
  Prof. Shirley McKamie, Faculty Mentor
  (38-1, 1:15 pm, OP 2210)
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• Fruit and Vegetable Purchasing and Consumption Trends in Rural Northeast Missouri Residents: A Pilot Study
  Oral Paper
  
  Human Potential and Performance (Health Science)
  Rebecca N. Verhaeghe* and Nancy K. Reid
  Dr. Carol Cox, Faculty Mentor
  (36-1, 1:15 pm, VH 1000)
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• Gender (Im)Balance in Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Christine M. Canning
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (23-2, 10:00 am, OP 2117)
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• Gender and Power Relationships in Samuel Richardson’s Clarissa
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Blake B. Niemann
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (23-4, 10:30 am , OP 2117)
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• A Gender-Based Analysis of the Syntactic and Morphological Functions of Profanity
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Katie A. Cox
  Dr. Mary Shapiro, Faculty Mentor
  (8-3, 8:45 am, OP 2113)
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• God on the Gallows: Tikkun and the Healing of God
  Oral Paper
  
  Interdisciplinary (Philosophy & Religion)
  Bradley H. Smith
  Dr. Dereck Daschke, Faculty Mentor
  (38-4, 2:00 pm, OP 2210)
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• A Guide to Common Plants at Thousand Hills State Park: Research and Production
  Oral Paper
  
  Science (Biology)
  Teresa D. Kerbawy
  Dr. Elisabeth A. Hooper, Faculty Mentor
  (29-3, 10:15 am, VH 1432)
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• Habitat suitability modeling of a federally threatened plant species, Missouri bladderpod (Lesquerella filiformis): Evaluation of model selection criteria and model performance.
  Oral Paper
  
  Interdisciplinary (Interdisciplinary)
  James D. Franklin* and Corey A. Elledge
  Dr. Hyun-Joo Kim and Dr. Michael I. Kelrick, Faculty Mentors
  (54-4, 3:30 pm, OP 2210)
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• Hantavirus in Missouri Rodents
  Oral Paper
  
  Science (Biology)
  Kelly A. Pierce
  Dr. Scott Burt, Dr. Steven Carroll, and Dr. Michael Lockhart, Faculty Mentors
  (46-2, 1:30 pm, VH 1408)
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• Hegemony versus Tradition: The Power of Colonialism in Things Fall Apart
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  James N. Collins
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (6-4, 9:00 am, OP 2115)
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• How Assassins Became Heroes: A Historical Examination of the Facts and Myths Surrounding the Siege of Masada
  Oral Paper
  
  Social Science (History)
  Shannon L. Crowder
  Dr. Thomas Zoumaras, Faculty Mentor
  (50-1, 1:15 pm, VH 1320)
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• How do Adolescents Develop and Maintain Social Connections during Lunch?
  Oral Paper
  
  Education (Education)
  Chelsea L. Haas♦
  Dr. Wendy Miner, Faculty Mentor
  (5-2, 8:30 am, OP 2121)
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• How Enlightened is Society of Motherhood
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (Communication)
  Sara A. James
  Dr. Andrew Klyukovski, Faculty Mentor
  (56-1, 2:45 pm, OP 2113)
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• How to Lose Your Head in Politics: The Mistakes of Mary Queen of Scots
  Oral Paper
  
  Social Science (History)
  Kristin R. Bennett
  Dr. Kathryn Brammall, Faculty Mentor
  (50-2, 1:30 pm, VH 1320)
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• Husband-Killing, Regicidal Woman Out of Control: Clytemnestra in Classical Literature
  Oral Paper
  
  Interdisciplinary (Study Abroad)
  Shannon L. Crowder
  Prof. Martha L. Rose and Dr. Steven Reschly, Faculty Mentors
  (55-3, 3:15 pm, VH 1408)
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• Hydroperoxidolysis of the Chemical Warfare Agent VX
  Oral Paper
  
  Science (Chemistry)
  Laura A. Kopff* and Kelly A. Daniel
  Dr. Eric V. Patterson, Faculty Mentor
  (45-3, 1:45 pm, VH 1212)
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• Identifying Amino Acid Changes Responsible for the Reversion of Yellow Fever Vaccines to More Virulent Forms
  Oral Paper
  
  Science (Biology)
  Kelly M. Arcipowski
  Dr. Brent Buckner, Faculty Mentor
  (46-1, 1:15 pm, VH 1408)
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• In the Mood: Birth, Expectation, and Visual Culture in Fifteenth-Century Florence
  Oral Paper
  
  Fine Arts (Art History)
  Katharyn A. Reed
  Dr. Julia DeLancey, Faculty Mentor
  (20-2, 10:00 am, OP 2210)
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• The Influence of Buddy Reading Systems on Student Comprehension and Attitude in a Second Grade Classroom
  Oral Paper
  
  Education (Education)
  Sarah S. Watt♦
  Dr. Donna Rhinesmith, Faculty Mentor
  (18-1, 9:45 am, OP 2121)
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• The Influence of Research on the Evolution of Footwear for Sports
  Oral Paper
  
  Science (Physics)
  Scott J. Lowry
  Dr. Ian Lindevald, Faculty Mentor
  (28-3, 10:15 am, VH 1416)
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• Infrared Photoelectric Photometry of Mira Type Variable Stars
  Oral Paper
  
  Science (Physics)
  Oleksiy Golovin
  Dr. Matthew M. Beaky, Faculty Mentor
  (13-3, 8:45 am, VH 1416)
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• An Inquiry into the Nutritional Merit of Dairy
  Oral Paper
  
  Human Potential and Performance (Health Science)
  Chaeli A. Dougherty
  Dr. Roberta Donahue, Faculty Mentor
  (36-2, 1:30 pm, VH 1000)
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• International Relations and Margaret Sanger's Fight for Birth Control
  Oral Paper
  
  Interdisciplinary (Interdisciplinary)
  Emily J. Murdock
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (55-1, 2:45 pm, VH 1408)
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• Interpreter Of The Unconscious: A Look At Jhumpa Lahiri’s "Interpreter of Maladies"
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Mayumi Noguchi
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (9-2, 8:30 am, VH 1428)
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• Investigating Sun Protection Behaviors and Knowledge Among Truman State University Students
  Oral Paper
  
  Human Potential and Performance (Health Science)
  Kathleen B. Cunnane*, Kristina Anderson, and Brittany Hotmer
  Dr. Janice Clark Young, Faculty Mentor
  (53-5, 3:45 pm, VH 1000)
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• Investigation of Altered Behavioral Responses to Serotonergic Receptor Agonists during Methamphetamine Withdrawal
  Oral Paper
  
  Science (Biology)
  Kelly C. Rowe*, Erica Alexander, Samuel Edeh, and Kimberly Dodson
  Dr. John J. Rutter, Faculty Mentor
  (11-3, 8:45 am, VH 1408)
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• An Investigation of Non-destructive Methods for Determining the Presence of Low Phytate Maize Genotypes
  Oral Paper
  
  Science (Agricultural Science)
  Courtney E. Bonney* and Jessica N. Ponder
  Dr. Mark Campbell, Faculty Mentor
  (62-2, 3:00 pm, VH 1432)
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• Irrational Exuberance: Can It Be Predicted?
  Oral Paper
  
  Business & Accountancy (Business Administration)
  Robert J. Kelchen
  Dr. Jason Lin, Faculty Mentor
  (51-2, 3:00 pm, VH 1010)
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• Is acculturation related to type and amount of physical activity among Hispanic adults with type 2 diabetes?
  Oral Paper
  
  Human Potential and Performance (Exercise Science)
  Kelly N. Haley
  Dr. Jerry Mayhew and Dr. Lorraine Weatherspoon (Michigan State University), Faculty Mentors
  (4-2, 8:30 am, VH 1000)
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• Islam and Christianity: Finding a Way Out of the Cycle of Violence
  Oral Paper
  
  Social Science (Philosophy & Religion)
  Lucas J. Gleaves
  Dr. Mark Appold, Faculty Mentor
  (64-2, 3:00 pm, OP 2111)
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• Isolation of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Protein Ubc9
  Oral Paper
  
  Science (Biology)
  Stephanie D. Pratt
  Dr. Robert Weldon (University of Nebraska- Lincoln) and Dr. Michael Lockhart, Faculty Mentors
  (63-2, 3:00 pm, VH 1416)
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• Issues in Contrastive Rhetoric: Bridging the Gap Between English and Arabic
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Andrea E. Cluck
  Dr. Sally Cook, Faculty Mentor
  (8-2, 8:30 am, OP 2113)
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• King Lear's Deal with the Devil
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Daniel W. Conway
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (7-2, 8:30 am, OP 2117)
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• Levels of Aggression in Quarter Horse Mares and the Social Impacts of the Foal
  Oral Paper
  
  Science (Agricultural Science)
  Kate M. Randall
  Dr. Charlie Apter and Dr. Dean DeCock, Faculty Mentors
  (11-2, 8:30 am, VH 1408)
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• Liberal Arts Acculturation and its Prediction of College Students’ Well-Being: Replication and Validation of a New Liberal Arts Acculturation Scale
  Oral Paper
  
  Social Science (Psychology)
  Jennifer N. Crawford*, Christopher R. Honts, Ben Greenberg, Andrew Skelton, Amy M. Wessel, and Cynthia Wooldridge
  Dr. Jeffrey Vittengl, Faculty Mentor
  (66-2, 3:00 pm, VH 1412)
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• The Liminality of Value-Transference
  Oral Paper
  
  Social Science (Philosophy & Religion)
  Matthew S. Duckworth
  Dr. Ding-hwa Hsieh, Faculty Mentor
  (31-3, 10:15 am, OP 2111)
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• "Lonesome No More!": Kurt Vonnegut's Battle with Modern Isolation
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Harry L. Althoff
  Dr. Martha Bartter, Faculty Mentor
  (25-2, 10:00 am, OP 2115)
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• Madman in the Attic: Possession, Power, and Hypocrisy in Cather’s The Professor’s House
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Stacey D. Walker
  Dr. Alanna Preussner, Faculty Mentor
  (26-1, 9:45 am, VH 1428)
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• Mapping the Strong Woman in Steinbeck
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Perrin C. Carrell
  Prof. Mark Spitzer, Faculty Mentor
  (27-1, 9:45 am, VH 1232)
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• Mathematical Properties of a Gamma-Function Distributed Epidemic Model
  Oral Paper
  
  Interdisciplinary (Mathematical Biology)
  Ross A. Coleman
  Dr. Kenneth Carter, Faculty Mentor
  (39-1, 1:30 pm, VH 1432)
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• Mathematics Anxiety: A Multivariate Examination of Gender Differences between Moberly Area Community College and Truman State University Students
  Oral Paper
  
  Interdisciplinary (Interdisciplinary)
  Carolyn M. Dixon
  Dr. Scott Alberts, Faculty Mentor
  (54-5, 3:45 pm, OP 2210)
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• Measurement and Analysis of the Power Distribution in Diffraction Gratings as a Function of Incident Angle and Wavelength
  Oral Paper
  
  Science (Physics)
  Violet M. Poole* and Raghav Chhetri,
  Dr. Michael Goggin, Faculty Mentor
  (13-2, 8:30 am, VH 1416)
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• Meiji Japan: Western Perceptions from Perry to 1910
  Oral Paper
  
  Social Science (History)
  Chris M. Woodard
  Dr. Thomas Zoumaras, Faculty Mentor
  (65-1, 2:45 pm, VH 1320)
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• Modeling Competitive P-F and P-Cl Bond Cleavage in a Chemical Warfare Agent Simulant
  Oral Paper
  
  Science (Chemistry)
  Nathan Birhanu
  Dr. Eric V. Patterson, Faculty Mentor
  (61-3, 3:15 pm, VH 1212)
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• Modified Littrow Configuration External Cavity Diode Laser With Tunable Fixed Output Beam
  Oral Paper
  
  Science (Physics)
  Nirjal Sapkota
  Dr. Michael Goggin, Faculty Mentor
  (47-1, 1:15 pm, VH 1416)
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• Molecular Dynamics Simulations of E. coli tRNA^Phe
  Oral Paper
  
  Science (Chemistry)
  Bryan D. Sitzmann
  Dr. Maria Nagan, Faculty Mentor
  (12-3, 8:45 am, VH 1212)
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• Molecular Dynamics Studies of Human Immunodeficiency Virus RSG-1.2-RRE Recognition
  Oral Paper
  
  Science (Chemistry)
  Lauren A. Michael
  Dr. Maria Nagan, Faculty Mentor
  (63-4, 3:30 pm, VH 1416)
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• Molecular Dynamics Studies of the HIV Rev-RRE Complex
  Oral Paper
  
  Science (Chemistry)
  Jessica A. Chenault* and Billy R. Miller III
  Dr. Maria Nagan, Faculty Mentor
  (63-3, 3:15 pm, VH 1416)
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• Mumbi’s Task: Duty and Self-Identity in Ngugi Wa Thiong’o’s A Grain of Wheat
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Audrey B. Leihser
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (23-3, 10:15 am, OP 2117)
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• Musical Rhetoric: Analysis of the Ideologies Expressed in the Music of Dmitri Shostakovich
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (Communication)
  Linda E. Schulte
  Dr. Andrew Klyukovski, Faculty Mentor
  (56-2, 3:00 pm, OP 2113)
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• Mythic Criticism on the Lyrics in Grief Songs
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (Communication)
  Laura N. Glasbrenner
  Mr. Kristopher Stroup, Faculty Mentor
  (56-4, 3:30 pm, OP 2113)
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• The Native Latex Commercialization and Economic Development Act of 1978: Idea, Action, Policy, Evolution
  Oral Paper
  
  Social Science (Political Science)
  Christopher N. Bell
  Dr. Candy Young, Faculty Mentor
  (49-3, 1:45 pm, VH 1412)
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• The Necessity and Adoption of the Truman Doctrine
  Oral Paper
  
  Interdisciplinary (Interdisciplinary)
  Anthony D. Dwiggins
  Dr. Jay W. Self and Dr. Jeff Gall, Faculty Mentors
  (38-5, 2:15 pm, OP 2210)
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• Neglected Binary Star Parameters Determined From Archival Images and Direct Observation
  Oral Paper
  
  Science (Physics)
  Catherine S. Hayward
  Dr. Matthew M. Beaky, Faculty Mentor
  (28-1, 9:45 am, VH 1416)
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• Negotiating Feminism and Tradition in Mariama Bâ’s So Long a Letter
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Megan E. Sassenrath
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (44-2, 1:30 pm, VH 1428)
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• Neither a Borrower Nor a Lender Be: But If You Have To, Please Save the Documents for Posterity
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (French)
  Kayce M. Swigelson
  Dr. Patrick Lecaque, Faculty Mentor
  (40-5, 2:15 pm, OP 2113)
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• The Neuropsychology of Cognition and Emotion: The Importance of Emotion Subtypes
  Oral Paper
  
  Social Science (Psychology)
  Timothy J. Wittmann* and Christopher R. Honts
  Dr. David B. Conner, Faculty Mentor
  (66-4, 3:30 pm, VH 1412)
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• A New Historicist Examination of Masculinity in Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Tracey M. Hurt
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (27-4, 10:30 am, VH 1232)
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• Of Hobbits and Lacan: Bilbo’s Journey to Reconnect With His Mother
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Jennifer L. Massa
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (7-3, 8:45 am, OP 2117)
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• Oh Zeus, who art in heaven: Investigating masculinity in Archaic Greece
  Oral Paper
  
  Social Science (History)
  Laura A. Provance
  Prof. Martha L. Rose, Faculty Mentor
  (32-4, 10:30 am, VH 1320)
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• On Positive Metaethical Reasons for Theological Voluntarism in Ethics
  Oral Paper
  
  Social Science (Philosophy & Religion)
  James G. Quigley
  Dr. Chad Mohler, Faculty Mentor
  (31-1, 9:45 am, OP 2111)
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• Opponent and Ally: A Psychoanalytical Approach to A Separate Peace
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Katherine J. Huffman
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (25-3, 10:15 am, OP 2115)
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• Oppositions Guide the Representation of Madness in Bessie Head’s A Question of Power
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Jessica R. Lufkin
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (10-5, 9:15 am, VH 1232)
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• Oroonoko, Herakles, and the Meaning of Myth
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  John P. McDonough
  Dr. Bob Mielke, Faculty Mentor
  (43-1, 1:15 pm, OP 2117)
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• Parent-Child Communication: Effects on Child Development
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (Communication)
  Katherine A. Klein
  Dr. Diane Johnson and Dr. Judy Harris, Faculty Mentors
  (56-3, 3:15 pm, OP 2113)
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• Patient Speech Alters Respiration Rate, Blood Pressure, and Heart Rate
  Oral Paper
  
  Social Science (Psychology)
  Adam H. Kabins*, Robbie Pacanowski, Lee Rabey, Michael Faddoul, Justin M. Ryder, and Benjamin D. Layne
  Dr. Fred Shaffer, Faculty Mentor
  (66-3, 3:15 pm, VH 1412)
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• Patriarchal Dissidence: An Analysis of the Relationship between the United States and the International Atomic Energy Agency until 1989
  Oral Paper
  
  Social Science (History)
  Chris P. Peterson
  Dr. Thomas Zoumaras, Faculty Mentor
  (14-1, 8:15 am, VH 1320)
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• "Pendulum of Opposites" Palestinian-American Women's Poetry and the Conflict of Identities
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Gina R. Cook
  Dr. Christine Harker, Faculty Mentor
  (43-5, 2:15 pm, OP 2117)
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• Perceptions of Self-Images among Black Children Illustrated through Their Artwork
  Oral Paper
  
  Fine Arts (Art)
  Danielle M. Leveston
  Dr. G. Victoria Landrum, Faculty Mentor
  (3-2, 8:30 am, OP 2210)
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• Personal Financial Planning: When Should You Start?
  Oral Paper
  
  Business & Accountancy (Business Administration)
  Devin C. Dorosh
  Dr. Jason Lin, Faculty Mentor
  (51-3, 3:15 pm, VH 1010)
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• Personality and Perceived Stress Among College Students
  Oral Paper
  
  Social Science (Psychology)
  Shannon M. Albright*, Idean Judah, Margaret Terranova, Greg Bellville, Christopher R. Honts, Maria A. Spilker, Lauren A. Kienstra, and Adam H. Kabins
  Dr. Teresa Heckert, Faculty Mentor
  (48-2, 1:30 pm, VH 1010)
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• Perspectivism and Moral Debate
  Oral Paper
  
  Social Science (Philosophy & Religion)
  Dennis L. Trinkle, II
  Dr. David Murphy, Faculty Mentor
  (31-2, 10:00 am, OP 2111)
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• Physics, Politics and Pseudoscience: Safeguarding Science from Political Skepticism
  Oral Paper
  
  Science (Physics)
  Courtney E. Bonney
  Dr. Ian Lindevald, Faculty Mentor
  (28-4, 10:30 am, VH 1416)
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• Phytoremediation: Studies of the Potential of Plants and Soil Amendments
  Oral Paper
  
  Interdisciplinary (Environmental Studies)
  Sarah E. Bloch
  Dr. Barbara K. Kramer, Faculty Mentor
  (5-1, 8:15 am, VH 1432)
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• Picking Up the Shards: Fragmentation Themes as a Reaction to Post-Colonial Theories
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Arthur D. Gregg
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (41-3, 1:45 pm, OP 2111)
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• Poetic or Politic?: The Double Life of Léopold Sédar Senghor
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Thomas E. Morgan
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (44-4, 2:00 pm, VH 1428)
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• The Political and Literary Origins of Renaissance Humanism: Dante, Petrarch and the Myth of Ancient Rome.
  Oral Paper
  
  Fine Arts (Art History)
  Douglas M. Eudy
  Dr. Sara Orel, Faculty Mentor
  (20-4, 10:30 am, OP 2210)
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• Political Vibrations: The Changing Expression of Negritude in "Black Woman" and Other Poems by Leopold Sedar Senghor
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Teresa D. Kerbawy
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (44-3, 1:45 pm, VH 1428)
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• Politicized Islam’s Oppression of Women and the Movement Against It
  Oral Paper
  
  Interdisciplinary (Interdisciplinary)
  Nadia S. Mozaffar
  Dr. Linda Seidel, Faculty Mentor
  (38-3, 1:45 pm, OP 2210)
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• The Politics of Biracial Identity: An Exploration of How Internalized Oppression Manifests in Black/White Mixed-Race People
  Oral Paper
  
  Social Science (Sociology/Anthropology)
  Ashley A. Adams
  Dr. Kerry Ann Rockquemore (University of Illinois at Chicago) and Dr. Elaine McDuff, Faculty Mentors
  (16-1, 8:15 am, VH 1010)
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• Pop or Soda? Analysis and Comparison of Black English in Chicago vs. St. Louis
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Robyn C. Skinner
  Dr. Betsy Delmonico, Faculty Mentor
  (59-2, 3:00 pm, VH 1428)
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• Portrayals of Women in Egypt from 1917-1919 in Mahfouz's Palace Walk
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Kristy L. Warmbold
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (59-3, 3:15 pm, VH 1428)
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• Positive informational support, specifically direct feedback of an activities effect on male fifth grade African American’s positive or negative perception of an unfamiliar unit
  Oral Paper
  
  Education (Exercise Science)
  Christopher C. Elledge♦
  Dr. Wendy Miner, Faculty Mentor
  (5-5, 9:15 am, OP 2121)
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• The Preacher Who Doesn't Believe in God
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Amy N. Deis* and Alan J. Reininger
  Dr. Alanna Preussner, Faculty Mentor
  (26-2, 10:00 am, VH 1428)
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• Preparing for Pandemics: Mathematical Modeling and the Real World
  Oral Paper
  
  Interdisciplinary (Mathematical Biology)
  Augustus L. Caine
  Dr. Kenneth Carter, Faculty Mentor
  (39-2, 1:45 pm, VH 1432)
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• Probing the Effects of Sterics and Electronics on Lead’s Coordination Chemistry
  Oral Paper
  
  Science (Chemistry)
  Katelynne J. Finnegan
  Dr. James McCormick, Faculty Mentor
  (61-1, 2:45 pm, VH 1212)
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• Processing Levels of the McGurk Effect
  Oral Paper
  
  Social Science (Psychology)
  Maria C. Grosch* and Ashley K. Ramsey
  Dr. Terry Palmer, Faculty Mentor
  (66-5, 3:45 pm, VH 1412)
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• Properties of Substituted Carbynes
  Oral Paper
  
  Science (Chemistry)
  Kelly A. Daniel
  Dr. Eric V. Patterson, Faculty Mentor
  (45-2, 1:30 pm, VH 1212)
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• Prostate Cancer and Race: Role of treatment options in the disproportionately high mortality rate of African-American males
  Oral Paper
  
  Human Potential and Performance (Health Science)
  Chizoba V. Ifeorah
  Dr. Roberta Donahue, Faculty Mentor
  (53-4, 3:30 pm, VH 1000)
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• A Psychoanalytic Analysis of Jean Rhys’ Wide Sargasso Sea
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Heather N. Farrier
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (27-2, 10:00 am, VH 1232)
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• A Psychoanalytic Examination of Racial Identity in Nella Larsen's Passing
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Brett B. Niemann
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (9-5, 9:15 am, VH 1428)
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• Quantitative Determination of Chromium(VI) Using Sol-Gel Encapsulated Redox Chemistry
  Oral Paper
  
  Science (Chemistry)
  Christopher M. Halsey* and Daniel F. Clark
  Dr. David McCurdy, Faculty Mentor
  (12-4, 9:00 am, VH 1212)
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• Quantitative Identification of Northeast Missouri Bats using Acoustic Data Alone
  Oral Paper
  
  Interdisciplinary (Mathematical Biology)
  Joshua B. Kelly
  Dr. Jason E. Miller and Dr. Scott Burt, Faculty Mentors
  (39-4, 2:15 pm, VH 1432)
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• Queering Ila: Looking at the possibilities with a Trans-National-Sexuality within the novel Shadow Lines
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Benjamin C. Garrett
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (41-4, 2:00 pm, OP 2111)
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• A Question of Efficacy: Examining the Relationship Between Presidents and Their Organizations at Truman State University
  Oral Paper
  
  Social Science (Psychology)
  Maria A. Spilker
  Dr. Karen Vittengl, Faculty Mentor
  (48-3, 1:45 pm, VH 1010)
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• Questioning Gender Politics: An Examination of Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Amelia K. Hemenway
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (9-1, 8:15 am, VH 1428)
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• Race, Class, and Gender in Southern Rhodesia: A Comparison of Lessing's The Grass is Singing and Dangarembga's Nervous Conditions
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Tiffany D. Caesar
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (23-1, 9:45 am, OP 2117)
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• Recent Developments in Medicine Foster New Potential for Marginalizing Minorities
  Oral Paper
  
  Interdisciplinary (Interdisciplinary)
  Christopher G. Dove
  Dr. Linda Seidel, Faculty Mentor
  (22-2, 10:00 am, VH 1408)
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• Recent Findings in Human Altriciality: An Environmental and Evolutionary Approach
  Oral Paper
  
  Social Science (Sociology/Anthropology)
  Lauren M. Filla
  Dr. Amber Johnson, Faculty Mentor
  (16-3, 8:45 am, VH 1010)
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• The Refrigerator Safety Act of 1956
  Oral Paper
  
  Social Science (Political Science)
  Tanya M. Horvath
  Dr. Candy Young, Faculty Mentor
  (49-2, 1:30 pm, VH 1412)
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• Relation of the Big 5 Personality Characteristics to Job Burnout
  Oral Paper
  
  Social Science (Psychology)
  Lauren A. Kienstra*, Maria A. Spilker, Adam H. Kabins, Christopher R. Honts, Shannon M. Albright, Margaret Terranova, Greg Bellville, and Idean Judah
  Dr. Teresa Heckert, Faculty Mentor
  (48-5, 2:15 pm, VH 1010)
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• Relationship between Personality, Life Stress, and Sport Confidence among Intercollegiate Athletes
  Oral Paper
  
  Human Potential and Performance (Exercise Science)
  Amber N. Watton*, Brett A. Dockery, and Joshua H. Miley
  Dr. Jennifer R. Hurst, Faculty Mentor
  (37-4, 2:00 pm, OP 2121)
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• Renewed Milieu: A Call for an Expanding Inclusion of Contemporary Theatrical Expression in Religious Context
  Oral Paper
  
  Fine Arts (Theatre)
  Marissa K. LaRose
  Dr. Todd Coulter, Faculty Mentor
  (3-3, 8:45 am, OP 2210)
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• Research to find a link between the excessive frequency of weight lifting and injuries to the cartilage, tendons and ligaments around the shoulder's ball and socket joint
  Oral Paper
  
  Human Potential and Performance (Exercise Science)
  Amanda Harlow
  Dr. Alex J. Koch, Faculty Mentor
  (21-4, 10:30 am, VH 1000)
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• Reshaping the Curriculum: An Examination Using Charlotte Smith
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Sarah E. Maddox♦
  Dr. Royce Kallerud, Faculty Mentor
  (43-4, 2:00 pm, OP 2117)
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• Revisiting the National Pastime: A Look at the Socioeconomic Stratification of the Baseball Fan throughout the 20th Century
  Oral Paper
  
  Social Science (Sociology/Anthropology)
  Jill N. Scognamgilio
  Dr. Amber Johnson, Faculty Mentor
  (16-2, 8:30 am, VH 1010)
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• The Righteousness of God in Paul
  Oral Paper
  
  Social Science (Philosophy & Religion)
  Julie A. Laub
  Dr. Jennifer Jesse , Faculty Mentor
  (64-4, 3:30 pm, OP 2111)
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• Rome got beat by a girl: Women as a reflection of societal strength in Tacitus
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (Classics)
  Laura A. Provance
  Dr. Bridget Thomas, Faculty Mentor
  (10-2, 8:30 am, VH 1232)
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• Schopenhauer's "Will" and Wittgenstein's "Object": A Comparative Interpretation
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (German)
  Greg S. Wiser
  Dr. Rodney Taylor, Faculty Mentor
  (40-4, 2:00 pm, OP 2113)
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• Script Conventions and Philosophy in Medieval Spain
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (Spanish)
  Breanna K. Hulsey
  Dr. Matthew Tornatore, Faculty Mentor
  (40-3, 1:45 pm, OP 2113)
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• Seeking Order in a Disordered World: Stephen Gardiner and the Royal Supremacy in the English Reformation
  Oral Paper
  
  Social Science (History)
  Paul R. Strauss
  Dr. Steven Reschly and Dr. Kathryn Brammall, Faculty Mentors
  (50-3, 1:45 pm, VH 1320)
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• Sex, Lies, a Goddess, and a Shepherd: A Modern Adaptation of “To Aphrodite”
  Oral Paper
  
  Social Science (History)
  Sam R. Cummins*, Maryellen R. Harman, and Joe W. Hollingsworth
  Prof. Martha L. Rose, Faculty Mentor
  (32-3, 10:15 am, VH 1320)
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• Simonides to LaRussa
  Oral Paper
  
  Social Science (History)
  Amanda M. Carroll* and Jesse L. Leong
  Prof. Martha L. Rose, Faculty Mentor
  (32-2, 10:00 am, VH 1320)
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• Sound Transmission Through a One-Dimensional Periodic Filter With a Defect
  Oral Paper
  
  Science (Physics)
  James D. Lloyd
  Dr. Ian Lindevald, Faculty Mentor
  (47-2, 1:30 pm, VH 1416)
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• Spear or Shield?: Public Perceptions of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense, 1966-1971
  Oral Paper
  
  Social Science (History)
  Travis D. Sewell
  Dr. Thomas Zoumaras, Faculty Mentor
  (14-4, 9:15 am, VH 1320)
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• Split Personality: The Many Faces of Al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad in Mahfouz’s Palace Walk
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Kristi J. Langendoerfer
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (42-1, 1:15 pm, OP 2115)
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• Steinbeck’s Vision for Society in Cannery Row: A Marxist Approach
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Kara M. Bollinger
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (25-1, 9:45 am, OP 2115)
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• The Subjugation of Women in Elmer Gantry
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Amy L. Shipp
  Dr. Alanna Preussner, Faculty Mentor
  (26-3, 10:15 am, VH 1428)
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• Success Indicators of African American Achievement
  Oral Paper
  
  Education (Education)
  Erin E. McCarthy♦
  Dr. Wendy Miner, Faculty Mentor
  (5-1, 8:15 am , OP 2121)
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• Sufism as a Model for the Migrant Condition in Rushdie's Satanic Verses
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  John E. Fausz
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (41-1, 1:15 pm, OP 2111)
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• Summer Roosting Ecology of the Endangered Indiana Bat (Myotis sodalis) in Northeastern Missouri
  Oral Paper
  
  Science (Biology)
  Shannan N. Schoening
  Dr. Scott Burt, Faculty Mentor
  (11-5, 9:15 am, VH 1408)
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• Surrender, Resist: Language and Power in Tsitsi Dangarembga’s Nervous Conditions
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Samantha R. Putthoff
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (8-4, 9:00 am, OP 2113)
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• A Survey of the Katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) of the Maya Mountain Region in the Cayo and Toledo Districts of Belize, Central America
  Oral Paper
  
  Science (Biology)
  Roberta R. Rader♦
  Dr. Jonathan C. Gering, Faculty Mentor
  (11-4, 9:00 am, VH 1408)
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• The Survival of Esoteric Religious Communities in Oppressive Societies: Brazilian Candomble and Islamic Sufism
  Oral Paper
  
  Social Science (Philosophy & Religion)
  Marshall F. Edwards
  Dr. Dereck Daschke, Faculty Mentor
  (64-1, 2:45 pm, OP 2111)
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• The Sustainability of Current Account Imbalances
  Oral Paper
  
  Social Science (Economics)
  Steven J. Bosworth
  Dr. Xiaofen Chen, Faculty Mentor
  (33-2, 10:00 am, VH 1412)
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• Syd Barrett and Mental Illness: Perspectives from Music and Psychology
  Oral Paper
  
  Interdisciplinary ()
  Lee A. Flagg
  Dr. Bob Mielke, Faculty Mentor
  (22-3, 10:15 am, VH 1408)
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• Synthesis of Lead Tris-(2-pyridylmethyl) Amine Chloride
  Oral Paper
  
  Science (Chemistry)
  Melissa K. Thorstad* and Gabriel B. Hall
  Dr. Russell G. Baughman and Dr. James McCormick, Faculty Mentors
  (45-1, 1:15 pm, VH 1212)
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• Synthesis of N-Confused Porphyrins
  Oral Paper
  
  Science (Chemistry)
  Gabriel B. Hall* and Andrew K. Maerz
  Dawood Afzal, Faculty Mentor
  (30-2, 10:00 am, VH 1212)
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• Tantalizing the Audience: Modern Technology and its Effect on Greek Theatrical Productions Today
  Oral Paper
  
  Fine Arts (Theatre)
  Courtney B. Schaefer
  Dr. Todd Coulter, Faculty Mentor
  (3-4, 9:00 am, OP 2210)
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• Teaching English in China: A Study in Proficiency and its Effect on Conferences with Second Language Students in the University Writing Center
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Jennifer M. Coolidge
  Dr. Betsy Delmonico, Faculty Mentor
  (59-1, 2:45 pm, VH 1428)
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• The Three Gorges Dam: A Paradigm of Past v. Present, Nature v. Man
  Oral Paper
  
  Interdisciplinary (Interdisciplinary)
  Jarrett L. Anderson
  Prof. Julie Minn, Faculty Mentor
  (54-2, 3:00 pm, OP 2210)
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• Tilmann Riemenschneider’s Use of Monochromy
  Oral Paper
  
  Fine Arts (Art History)
  Heidi A. Willhauck
  Dr. Julia DeLancey, Faculty Mentor
  (20-1, 9:45 am, OP 2210)
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• Time, Energy, and the "Academic" Agenda
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Ashley E. Long
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (10-4, 9:00 am, VH 1232)
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• The Treatment of Space in Cather's The Professor’s House
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Aleksandra B. Juszczyk
  Dr. Alanna Preussner, Faculty Mentor
  (58-1, 2:45 pm, OP 2117)
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• Tubular Reality: A Lacanian Psychoanalytic Exploration of Amelie Nothomb's The Character of Rain
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Gemmicka F. Piper
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (24-4, 10:30 am, OP 2113)
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• Use of Soybeans in the Phytoremediation of Lead-Contaminated Soil
  Oral Paper
  
  Science (Chemistry)
  Joshua J. Hirner*, Sarah E. Bloch, Laura A. Kopff, and Sabrina M. Wells
  Dr. Barbara K. Kramer, Faculty Mentor
  (30-1, 9:45 am, VH 1212)
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• Using Cepheid Variable Stars and Other Standard Candles to Determine Extragalactic Distances
  Oral Paper
  
  Science (Physics)
  Ross A. Coleman
  Dr. Ian Lindevald, Faculty Mentor
  (13-4, 9:00 am, VH 1416)
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• Variations in Diet Analysis by Novice Investigators
  Oral Paper
  
  Human Potential and Performance (Exercise Science)
  Francine E. Schafer* and Megan K. Hasse
  Dr. Jerry Mayhew and Prof. Liz Jorn, Faculty Mentors
  (53-2, 3:00 pm, VH 1000)
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• Voting and the “Hot Button” Issues: Young Adults in 2006
  Oral Paper
  
  Social Science (Psychology)
  Elizabeth N. Petry* and Timothy J. Wittmann
  Dr. Judith M. Misale, Faculty Mentor
  (66-1, 2:45 pm, VH 1412)
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• Walnuts, Ringworm and Ewe: Juglone Isolation and Analysis
  Oral Paper
  
  Science (Chemistry)
  Krista L. Ramage* and Danielle M. Stacy
  Dr. Anne E. Moody, Faculty Mentor
  (12-1, 8:15 am, VH 1212)
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• War Within Ali's "A Wrong Turn" and Rushdie's Midnight's Children
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Michael A. Bono
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (41-2, 1:30 pm, OP 2111)
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• Welfare Reform Ten Years Later: How Has it Affected American Families Today?
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  Social Science (Economics)
  Camila M. Khan
  Dr. Xiaofen Chen, Faculty Mentor
  (33-3, 10:15 am, VH 1412)
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• Western Education and Personal Maturation in Dangarembga’s Nervous Conditions and Mahfouz’s Palace of Desire
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  Natalie M. Gorski
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (42-2, 1:30 pm, OP 2115)
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• What Happens when Students are Exposed to Poetry Daily?
  Oral Paper
  
  Education (English)
  Julie A. Limbaugh♦
  Dr. Wendy Miner, Faculty Mentor
  (18-2, 10:00 am, OP 2121)
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• What IM Saying: Instant Messaging as a Unique Linguistic Form
  Oral Paper
  
  Language & Literature (English)
  John D. Tressler*, Hannah J. Kay, Lainey R. Seyler, and Joanna M. Ristow
  Dr. Mary Shapiro, Faculty Mentor
  (8-1, 8:15 am, OP 2113)
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• "Who in the World am I?" Examining Personality in Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass
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  Language & Literature (English)
  Ann M. Lowe
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (24-3, 10:15 am, OP 2113)
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• Why Happily Ever Does Not Mean What It Used To: Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice As a Challenge To Traditional Cinderella Stories
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  Language & Literature (English)
  Shaunna K. Wilkinson
  Dr. Royce Kallerud, Faculty Mentor
  (43-2, 1:30 pm, OP 2117)
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• A Woman’s Place at the Bauhaus
  Oral Paper
  
  Fine Arts (Art History)
  Heidi A. Willhauck
  Dr. Julia DeLancey and Dr. Sara Orel, Faculty Mentors
  (20-3, 10:15 am, OP 2210)
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• Women of the Bloomsbury Group: The Influence of Gender Upon Their Lives and Art
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  Interdisciplinary (Interdisciplinary)
  Victoria N. Weaver
  Dr. Patricia Gately, Faculty Mentor
  (55-2, 3:00 pm, VH 1408)
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• Women’s Glacial Slide to Recognition: Henry Adams’ Theory of History and the American Venus
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  Language & Literature (English)
  Alexander B. Stoll
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (10-1, 8:15 am, VH 1232)
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• Worth Fighting For: National Identity in the Great War
  Oral Paper
  
  Social Science (History)
  Kevin R. Dyke
  Dr. Torbjörn Wandel , Faculty Mentor
  (65-2, 3:00 pm, VH 1320)
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• A Zulu Chief as the Tragic Hero: Thomas Mofolo’s Representation of Chaka Caught in Hamartia
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  Language & Literature (English)
  Sara L. Shelden
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  (42-4, 2:00 pm, OP 2115)
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