Program-At-A-Glance
Presiding: Dr. Patricia Burton, Professor of Philosophy
8:15
10 - 1 BRITTANY A. SEARSDr. Marie Orton, Faculty Mentor Primo Levi and the Importance of Memory and Judgment
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8:30
10 - 2 ROBERT B. TYLKADr. Patricia Burton, Dr. Lee Orchard, and Dr. William Ashcraft, Faculty Mentors Plato & Brecht: A Concern for the Unengaged Intellect
8:45
10 - 3 TYLER S. PAYTASDr. Stephen Pollard, Faculty Mentor Aiming at Anselm: Yet Another Attempt to Refute the Ontological Argument
9:00
10 - 4 WILLIAM P. NORTONDr. Llyod Pflueger, Faculty Mentor Washing with Unclean Soap: Using the Impure to Realize the Truth
9:15
10 - 5 DENNIS L. TRINKLEDr. Stephen Pollard, Faculty Mentor Three Readings of Nietzsche's Modernity
Presiding: Professor Terry Palmer, Associate Professor of Psychology
11 - 1 CHINAKA I. AGWUDr. Jeffrey Vittengl, Faculty Mentor Black College Women’s Acculturation and Attitudes about Food
11 - 2 KATHARINE H. MCINTYRE* and MARC J. HARMANDr. Terry Palmer, Faculty Mentor Walking Under the Influence: The effects of gender and social status on conformity
11 - 3 KIMBERLY S. WILSONDr. Teresa Heckert, Faculty Mentor Validation of the Truman Burnout Inventory: A New Scale to Measure Job Burnout
11 - 4 SAMANTHA A. CURRY*, KIMBERLY S. WILSON, ANGELA M. FARABEE, KELLY M. REED, GREG L. BELLVILLE, and LAUREN A. KIENSTRADr. Teresa Heckert, Faculty Mentor Additional Evidence to Support the TBI as a Reliable Alternative to the MBI-GS
11 - 5 ANGELA M. FARABEEDr. Teresa Heckert, Faculty Mentor Factors in Workplace Loyalty: Truman Staff's Perceived Organizational Support and Supervisor-Supervisee Relationships
Presiding: Dr. Terry Olson, Professor of Economics
12 - 1 ROBERT J. KELCHENDr. Jane Sung, Faculty Mentor Examining the Causes of Inflation
12 - 2 CASEY L. COPELANDDr. Jane Sung, Faculty Mentor Empirically Examining the Phillip's Curve
12 - 3 YING STROW* and VIDHYA REDDY♦Dr. Jane Sung, Faculty Mentor Demand for Housing-An Empirical Analysis
12 - 4 CASEY L. COPELANDDr. Mustafa Sawani, Faculty Mentor The Impact of European Integration on US Exports
Presiding: Dr. Thomas Zoumaras, Professor of History
9:45
28 - 1 DANIEL M. DUBOISDr. Thomas Zoumaras, Faculty Mentor President Truman and the Atomic Bomb: Hiroshima and Unacceptable Surrender
10:00
28 - 2 SEAN T. FOLEYDr. Thomas Zoumaras, Faculty Mentor The Making of a Meltdown: The Johnson Administration's Feelings During Escalation in Vietnam, 1964-65
10:15
28 - 3 BRIANNA L. LENNONDr. Thomas Zoumaras, Faculty Mentor United States Economic Relations with the Republic of Ireland: The Aftermath of the Celtic Tiger
10:30
28 - 4 ELIZABETH M. RYANDr. Thomas Zoumaras, Faculty Mentor Why We Should Give a Dam: The Hetch Hetchy Controversy
Presiding: Dr. Amber Johnson, Assistant Professor of Anthropology
29 - 1 SARAH E. MCDUFFDr. Amber Johnson, Faculty Mentor HIV/AIDS and the World Bank: Goals, Practice, and the Perpetuation of Global Inequality
29 - 2 JUSTIS A. TUIADr. Candy Young and Dr. Eun Jung Choi (Ajou University, Republic of Korea), Faculty Mentors Changing Perspectives on Korean Homosexuality
29 - 3 NINA M. ELLIS-HERVEYDr. Royce Kallerud, Faculty Mentor Portrayals of African American Men through Top-Rated Prime Time Television Dramas
29 - 4 CHRISTOPHER S. LINDLEYDr. Michael Davis, Faculty Mentor Naishan Dene: The Exception in Apache Studies
Naomi Shihab Nye, Acclaimed Poet, Essayist, and Teacher
Presiding: Dr. Teresa Heckert, Associate Professor of Psychology
1:15
42 - 1 REBECCA A. CHAMBERSDr. Teresa Heckert, Faculty Mentor Social Integration of First-Year Truman Students as Indicated by CSEQ Data: Comparing those who left to those who returned for their sophomore year
1:30
42 - 2 REBECCA A. CHAMBERS* and KATHERINE E. HARTMANNDr. Teresa Heckert, Faculty Mentor Comparing Social and Academic Integration of First-Generation to Continuing-Generation Truman First-Year Students as Indicated by CSEQ Data from 2001-2004
1:45
42 - 3 LAURA CORONA RIOSDr. Teresa Heckert, Faculty Mentor Relation of Generational Status, Race, and Stress among College Students
2:00
42 - 4 LAURA CORONA RIOS*, REBECCA A. CHAMBERS, DANIELLE PRITCHETT, DEANA JUDAH, and SHANNON ALBRIGHTDr. Teresa Heckert, Faculty Mentor Socio-Economic Status as a Factor in Stress Levels, Sources of Stress, and Coping Strategies in College Students
2:15
42 - 5 EMILY L. GREGORY* and JAMIE MATTHEWSDr. Michele Breault, Faculty Mentor Factors that Influence Graduate School Plans
Presiding: Dr. Jennifer Jesse, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Religion
43 - 1 RENEE M. GORDONDr. Patricia Burton, Dr. Stephen Pollard, and Dr. Brent Orton, Faculty Mentors Theodor Adorno: Philosophical Interpretations in Musical Analysis
43 - 2 JAMES G. QUIGLEYDr. Gerald Osborn, Faculty Mentor Toward a Balance of Partiality and Impartiality in Organ Replacement Allocation
43 - 3 SHAINE A. GRIGGSDr. Stephen Pollard, Faculty Mentor Radical Democracy as Response to the Human Condition
43 - 4 CRAIG H. TICHELKAMPDr. Jennifer Jesse , Faculty Mentor Charles Hodge's Defense of the Divine Authority of Scripture: Reconciling an Empirical Philosophy with Calvinist Doctrine
43 - 5 PERRIN C. CARRELLDr. Dereck Daschke, Faculty Mentor American Exceptionalism: A Cultural Myth
Presiding: Dr. John Quinn, Associate Professor of Political Science
44 - 1 RYAN T. CONWAYDr. John Ishiyama, Faculty Mentor Democratic Transitions and the First Use of Violent Force
44 - 2 CHRISTOPHER N. BELLDr. John Quinn, Faculty Mentor Presidential and Congressional Party Affiliation’s Effects On Intervention in Third World Internal Wars
44 - 3 BENJAMIN D. COATEDr. Paul Parker, Faculty Mentor Warlord Politics in Somalia: A Deep Case Study and Theory Test
Presiding: Dr. David Conner, Professor of Psychology
2:45
55 - 1 MICHAEL J. URLAKIS*, MEGAN THOMAS, and ADAM KABINSDr. Fred Shaffer, Faculty Mentor Patient Conversation Raises Blood Pressure and Heart Rate
3:00
55 - 2 CYNTHIA L. WOOLDRIDGE*, MALLORY C. STITES, and EMILY R. HOLEKAMPDr. Robert Tigner, Faculty Mentor How Target Identification Difficulty Affects the Pattern of the Attentional Blink
3:15
55 - 3 EMILY R. HOLEKAMP*, MALLORY C. STITES, and CYNTHIA L. WOOLDRIDGEDr. Robert Tigner, Faculty Mentor Attentional blink 3 and 4
3:30
55 - 4 ANDREW R. BAX*, TIM J. WHITMAN, KATIE C. JORGENSON, and HEATHER N. MILLERDr. David B. Conner, Faculty Mentor Analyzing the Mediating Effects of Anxiety and Effort on Working Memory Subcomponents
3:45
55 - 5 KATHRYN S. GALLAHER*, JAMIE A. SIMON, and AMIE M. SCHLERETHDr. Judith M. Misale, Faculty Mentor Risk Perception and Behavior: Is There Consistency?
Presiding: Dr. Paul Parker, Professor of Political Science
56 - 1 RYAN S. LEWISDr. Paul Parker, Faculty Mentor For the Good of the Mission or the Employer: Increased Employment of Private Security Companies in Iraq
56 - 2 NATHAN A. BUTCHLIDr. John Quinn, Faculty Mentor Political Transitions and Economic Growth: The Effects of Leftist Governments on Economic Growth in Latin America
56 - 3 KATHRYN A. SANDERSDr. Marijke Bruening and Dr. John Ishiyama, Faculty Mentors Women’s Presence in Government and its Effects on the Type of Foreign Aid Given to Developing Nations
56 - 4 STEPHEN A. HUSSDr. Randy Hagerty, Faculty Mentor Catholic Electoral Behavior: Do "Moral Values" Matter?
Presiding: Dr. David Robinson, Professor of History
57 - 1 KEVIN R. DYKEDr. David Robinson, Faculty Mentor Mathematics and the "Monster of Malmesbury": The Role of Geometry in the Political Philosophy of Thomas Hobbes
57 - 2 CHRISTOPHER P. PETERSONDr. Kathryn Brammall, Faculty Mentor Medicine and Mathematics: Gunpowder’s Effect on Scientific and Technological Development in Early Modern European Society
57 - 3 WILLIAM J. TOLLERTON* and CHRISTOPHER P. PETERSONDr. Kathryn Brammall, Faculty Mentor A Quest for Supremacy of the Sea: The Technological Development of the Early Modern English Navy
57 - 4 CATHY A. CLARKDr. Steven Reschly, Faculty Mentor The Surprises of Exclusion: Looking at the Pros, Cons, and Unexpected Outcomes of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
60 - 72
ANDREW D. SKELTON*, CHINAKA I. AGWU, BEN R. GREENBERG, SARAH J. KERTZ, MITCHELL A. MELTZER, AMY M. WESSEL, and CYNTHIA L. WOOLDRIDGEDr. Jeffrey Vittengl, Faculty Mentor Exploring the Structure of Liberal Arts Acculturation and its Prediction of College Students' Well-Being
60 - 73
MITCHELL A. MELTZER*, CHINAKA I. AGWU, BEN R. GREENBERG, SARAH J. KERTZ, ANDREW D. SKELTON, AMY M. WESSEL, and CYNTHIA L. WOOLDRIDGEDr. Jeffrey Vittengl, Faculty Mentor Prediction of Undergraduates' Embracement of the Liberal Arts from Parental Achievement and Career Expectations
60 - 74
BENJAMIN A. KORT*♦ and PAUL R. SCRUGGSDr. Sherri A. Palmer, Faculty Mentor The Effects of Experimenter Familiarity and Gender on Preschool Students’ Problem Solving Performance
60 - 75
ARTHUR W. HARRILLDr. Amber Johnson, Faculty Mentor Population Density Thresholds in the Design of Houses Among Hunter-Gatherers
