Program-At-A-Glance
Presiding: Prof. John Bohac, Associate Professor of Art
8:15 am
3 - 1 HEATHER I. MACIONUSProf. John Bohac , Faculty Mentor American Wartime Posters of the Twentieth Century
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8:30 am
3 - 2 DANIELLE M. LEVESTONDr. G. Victoria Landrum, Faculty Mentor Perceptions of Self-Images among Black Children Illustrated through Their Artwork
8:45 am
3 - 3 MARISSA K. LAROSEDr. Todd Coulter, Faculty Mentor Renewed Milieu: A Call for an Expanding Inclusion of Contemporary Theatrical Expression in Religious Context
9:00 am
3 - 4 COURTNEY B. SCHAEFERDr. Todd Coulter, Faculty Mentor Tantalizing the Audience: Modern Technology and its Effect on Greek Theatrical Productions Today
Presiding: Dr. Jerry Mayhew, Professor of Exercise Science
4 - 1 MICHAEL J. LANDRAMDr. Alex J. Koch, Faculty Mentor Effect of Rest Interval Length During High Intensity Resistance Training on Circulating Adhesion Molecules
4 - 2 KELLY N. HALEYDr. Jerry Mayhew and Dr. Lorraine Weatherspoon (Michigan State University), Faculty Mentors Is acculturation related to type and amount of physical activity among Hispanic adults with type 2 diabetes?
4 - 3 BRYANT R. ENGLANDDr. Alex J. Koch and Dr. Jerry Mayhew, Faculty Mentors Allometric Modeling of Anaerobic Capacity in College Men and Women
Presiding: Dr. Barbara Kramer, Associate Professor of Chemistry
5 - 1 SARAH E. BLOCHDr. Barbara K. Kramer, Faculty Mentor Phytoremediation: Studies of the Potential of Plants and Soil Amendments
5 - 2 LAURA J. FARKASDr. Barbara K. Kramer, Faculty Mentor Environmental Policy Evaluation of Truman State University
5 - 3 LOLLIANN R. BRUCEDr. Michael Lockhart, Faculty Mentor An Analysis Of Microbiota In Forest Lake And Hazel Creek Lake
Presiding: Dr. Jan Grow, Professor of Education
5 - 1 ERIN E. MCCARTHY♦Dr. Wendy Miner, Faculty Mentor Success Indicators of African American Achievement
5 - 2 CHELSEA L. HAAS♦Dr. Wendy Miner, Faculty Mentor How do Adolescents Develop and Maintain Social Connections during Lunch?
5 - 3 CHARLIE K. MIU♦Dr. Wendy Miner, Faculty Mentor Connectedness of middle school students when examining student participation in extracurricular activities compared to student attendance, discipline and grades
5 - 4 BRIANNA L. LENNONDr. Janice Grow, Faculty Mentor A Comparative Look at Elementary Mathematics Education
9:15 am
5 - 5 CHRISTOPHER C. ELLEDGE♦Dr. Wendy Miner, Faculty Mentor 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
Presiding: Jonathan Lawinger, GTRA
6 - 1 MIKE T. WESTPHALDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor “Not a Vacuum”: A Postcolonial Analysis of Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart
6 - 2 MELISSA N. DRYERDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Fighting for Peace: A Historical Analysis of Mia Couto’s Sleepwalking Land
6 - 3 MARTIN L. GALLOWAYDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor The Devastating Swarm: The Impact of Colonization in Achebe's Things Fall Apart
6 - 4 JAMES N. COLLINSDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Hegemony versus Tradition: The Power of Colonialism in Things Fall Apart
6 - 5 ANDREW J. LINHARESDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Examining Marxism and Biblical Imagery in Ngugi’s A Grain of Wheat
Presiding: Dr. Paul Yoder, Assistant Professor of English Education
7 - 1 DELISA D. YOUNGDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor The Electra Complex in Daphne DuMaurier’s Rebecca
7 - 2 DANIEL W. CONWAYDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor King Lear's Deal with the Devil
7 - 3 JENNIFER L. MASSADr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Of Hobbits and Lacan: Bilbo’s Journey to Reconnect With His Mother
7 - 4 ALY N. PALCHICKDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor A Feminist Analysis of Frances Hodgson Burnett's A Little Princess
Presiding: Dr. Sally Cook, Associate Professor of Linguistics
8 - 1 JOHN D. TRESSLER*, HANNAH J. KAY, LAINEY R. SEYLER, and JOANNA M. RISTOWDr. Mary Shapiro, Faculty Mentor What IM Saying: Instant Messaging as a Unique Linguistic Form
8 - 2 ANDREA E. CLUCKDr. Sally Cook, Faculty Mentor Issues in Contrastive Rhetoric: Bridging the Gap Between English and Arabic
8 - 3 KATIE A. COXDr. Mary Shapiro, Faculty Mentor A Gender-Based Analysis of the Syntactic and Morphological Functions of Profanity
8 - 4 SAMANTHA R. PUTTHOFFDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Surrender, Resist: Language and Power in Tsitsi Dangarembga’s Nervous Conditions
8 - 5 NEIL V. BALESDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Assimilating a Mouthful: Language and Cultural Connections in Dangarembga’s Nervous Conditions
Presiding: Dr. Chett Breed, Professor of English
9 - 1 AMELIA K. HEMENWAYDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Questioning Gender Politics: An Examination of Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway
9 - 2 MAYUMI NOGUCHIDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Interpreter Of The Unconscious: A Look At Jhumpa Lahiri’s "Interpreter of Maladies"
9 - 3 NICOLE L. RAYDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor A Marxist Analysis of the Institution of Marriage in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice
9 - 4 MEGAN N. KINGDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor African American Women in the 1920s: Oppressive Dominated Hierarchies in Nella Larsen's Passing
9 - 5 BRETT B. NIEMANNDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor A Psychoanalytic Examination of Racial Identity in Nella Larsen's Passing
Presiding: Dr. Mira Frisch, Assistant Professor of Music
10 - 1 BICH N. KUHNS♦Dr. Miranora O. Frisch, Faculty Mentor Gaspar Cassadó and His Toccata for Cello and Piano
10 - 2 CHERYL C. WONGDr. David McKamie, Faculty Mentor One Effect of Reality: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Understanding Claude Debussy’s Musical Idiom
10 - 3 MICHELLE L. JONES♦Dr. Janice Saffir, Faculty Mentor Musical Choices in “The Alcotts" from Second Piano Sonata: “Concord, Mass. 1840-1860" by Charles Ives
10 - 4 MELANIE D. DUNNDr. Warren Gooch and Prof. Gregg Siewert, Faculty Mentors La Douleur de l'Amour: Research Into the Expression of French Poetry Through Musical Composition
Presiding: Crystal Buffaloe, GTRA
10 - 1 ALEXANDER B. STOLLDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Women’s Glacial Slide to Recognition: Henry Adams’ Theory of History and the American Venus
10 - 2 LAURA A. PROVANCEDr. Bridget Thomas, Faculty Mentor Rome got beat by a girl: Women as a reflection of societal strength in Tacitus
10 - 3 JENIFER L. ROESEMEIERDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Belles and Barbarians: The Difference of Gender and Class in "A Streetcar Named Desire"
10 - 4 ASHLEY E. LONGDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Time, Energy, and the "Academic" Agenda
10 - 5 JESSICA R. LUFKINDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Oppositions Guide the Representation of Madness in Bessie Head’s A Question of Power
Presiding: Dr. Charlie Apter, Associate Professor of Agriculture
11 - 1 AMY L. ARELDr. Charlie Apter and Dr. Dean DeCock, Faculty Mentors The Effect of Age on Discrimination Reversal Learning
11 - 2 KATE M. RANDALLDr. Charlie Apter and Dr. Dean DeCock, Faculty Mentors Levels of Aggression in Quarter Horse Mares and the Social Impacts of the Foal
11 - 3 KELLY C. ROWE*, ERICA ALEXANDER, SAMUEL EDEH, and KIMBERLY DODSONDr. John J. Rutter, Faculty Mentor Investigation of Altered Behavioral Responses to Serotonergic Receptor Agonists during Methamphetamine Withdrawal
11 - 4 ROBERTA R. RADER♦Dr. Jonathan C. Gering, Faculty Mentor A Survey of the Katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) of the Maya Mountain Region in the Cayo and Toledo Districts of Belize, Central America
11 - 5 SHANNAN N. SCHOENINGDr. Scott Burt, Faculty Mentor Summer Roosting Ecology of the Endangered Indiana Bat (Myotis sodalis) in Northeastern Missouri
Presiding: Dr. Anne Moody, Professor of Chemistry
12 - 1 KRISTA L. RAMAGE* and DANIELLE M. STACYDr. Anne E. Moody, Faculty Mentor Walnuts, Ringworm and Ewe: Juglone Isolation and Analysis
8:30 pm
12 - 2 DANIELLE M. STACY* and KELLY WATTERSDr. Anne E. Moody, Faculty Mentor Are Ants Picky Eaters? Analysis of Fatty Acid Composition in Seed Elaiosomes
12 - 3 BRYAN D. SITZMANNDr. Maria Nagan, Faculty Mentor Molecular Dynamics Simulations of E. coli tRNAPhe
12 - 4 CHRISTOPHER M. HALSEY* and DANIEL F. CLARKDr. David McCurdy, Faculty Mentor Quantitative Determination of Chromium(VI) Using Sol-Gel Encapsulated Redox Chemistry
12 - 5 KATHLEEN E. WARRINGTONDr. Eric V. Patterson, Faculty Mentor Determining the Existence of Bicyclo[4.1.0]heptatriene With Atom-Centered Density Matrix Propagation
Presiding: Dr. Matt Beaky, Associate Professor of Physics
13 - 1 PAUL G. BLESZ*, SAMANTHA R. SWEET, NIRAB MANANDHAR, VIOLET M. POOLE, OM GOIT, KENDRA LEE, and JOOST VERMUEDr. Matthew M. Beaky, Faculty Mentor Differential Photometry of Eclipsing Binary Stars
13 - 2 VIOLET M. POOLE* and RAGHAV CHHETRI, Dr. Michael Goggin, Faculty Mentor Measurement and Analysis of the Power Distribution in Diffraction Gratings as a Function of Incident Angle and Wavelength
13 - 3 OLEKSIY GOLOVINDr. Matthew M. Beaky, Faculty Mentor Infrared Photoelectric Photometry of Mira Type Variable Stars
13 - 4 ROSS A. COLEMANDr. Ian Lindevald, Faculty Mentor Using Cepheid Variable Stars and Other Standard Candles to Determine Extragalactic Distances
Presiding: Dr. Thomas Zoumaras, Professor of History
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
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
14 - 3 HEATHER L. ARMSTRONGDr. Jerrold Hirsch, Faculty Mentor FDR’s Disability: How Biographies Have Reflected Changing Cultural Attitudes Toward Disability
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
16 - 4 DOUGLAS M. EUDYDr. Amber Johnson, Faculty Mentor Ceramic Surface Collections from Körösladány 14 and Okány 16: An Inter-site Comparison
Presiding: Dr. John Perrachione, Associate Professor of Marketing
9:45 am
17 - 1 SILVIYA V. VALKOVADr. John Perrachione, Faculty Mentor Comparing American and Bulgarian Students’ Brand Loyalty to Convenience Versus Shopping Products
Presiding: Dr. Donna Rhinesmith, Professor of Education
18 - 1 SARAH S. WATT♦Dr. Donna Rhinesmith, Faculty Mentor The Influence of Buddy Reading Systems on Student Comprehension and Attitude in a Second Grade Classroom
10:00 am
18 - 2 JULIE A. LIMBAUGH♦Dr. Wendy Miner, Faculty Mentor What Happens when Students are Exposed to Poetry Daily?
Presiding: Dr. Jay Bulen, Associate Professor of Music
19 - 1 ALLEN V. CARTER♦Dr. Jay Bulen, Faculty Mentor "The Songs of Laurie": Music From The Tender Land Explained, Analyzed, and Orchestrated for Solo Tuba With Woodwind Quintet Accompaniment
19 - 2 THERON S. PERKOWSKI♦Dr. Jay Bulen, Faculty Mentor Developing the Ensemble and the Student Within The Instrumental Music Classroom Through Authentic Assessment
10:15 am
19 - 3 JENNIFER L. THOMASDr. Marc Rice, Faculty Mentor Brides of Christ: Pre-Feminist Thought in Hildegard von Bingen's Ordo Virtutum
10:30 am
19 - 4 ALANNA W. MCDONALD Dr. Michael Bump, Faculty Mentor The Adzogbo: Dance Drumming by the Ewe People of Ghana
Presiding: Dr. Julia DeLancey, Associate Professor of Art
20 - 1 HEIDI A. WILLHAUCKDr. Julia DeLancey, Faculty Mentor Tilmann Riemenschneider’s Use of Monochromy
20 - 2 KATHARYN A. REEDDr. Julia DeLancey, Faculty Mentor In the Mood: Birth, Expectation, and Visual Culture in Fifteenth-Century Florence
20 - 3 HEIDI A. WILLHAUCKDr. Julia DeLancey and Dr. Sara Orel, Faculty Mentors A Woman’s Place at the Bauhaus
20 - 4 DOUGLAS M. EUDYDr. Sara Orel, Faculty Mentor The Political and Literary Origins of Renaissance Humanism: Dante, Petrarch and the Myth of Ancient Rome.
Presiding: Dr. Michael Bird, Associate Professor of Exercise Science
21 - 1 CATRIONA M. SWIFTDr. Michael Bird, Faculty Mentor Effects of Knee Extension Techniques on Vastus Medialis Activation
21 - 2 BRYNN E. WEIMERDr. Michael Bird, Faculty Mentor An Exploration of Gait Mechanics Changes Following ACL Injury
21 - 3 KRISTEN L. SCHELLER* and FRANCINE E. SCHAFERDr. Jerry Mayhew and Prof. Melody Jennings, Faculty Mentors Comparison of Strength Gains in Underweight and Obese Male and Female College Students
21 - 4 AMANDA HARLOWDr. Alex J. Koch, Faculty Mentor 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
Presiding: Dr. Robert Mielke, Professor of English
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
22 - 2 CHRISTOPHER G. DOVEDr. Linda Seidel, Faculty Mentor Recent Developments in Medicine Foster New Potential for Marginalizing Minorities
22 - 3 LEE A. FLAGGDr. Bob Mielke, Faculty Mentor Syd Barrett and Mental Illness: Perspectives from Music and Psychology
Presiding: Dr. Thomas Stewart, Assistant Professor of Linguistics
23 - 1 TIFFANY D. CAESARDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Race, Class, and Gender in Southern Rhodesia: A Comparison of Lessing's The Grass is Singing and Dangarembga's Nervous Conditions
23 - 2 CHRISTINE M. CANNINGDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Gender (Im)Balance in Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart
23 - 3 AUDREY B. LEIHSERDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Mumbi’s Task: Duty and Self-Identity in Ngugi Wa Thiong’o’s A Grain of Wheat
23 - 4 BLAKE B. NIEMANNDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Gender and Power Relationships in Samuel Richardson’s Clarissa
Presiding: Dr. Clifton Kreps, Professor of Classics
24 - 1 AMY E. REYNOLDSDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Clubs and Axes: Truth, Prejudice, and Satire in Terry Pratchett's Thud!
24 - 2 JULIE C. DENTONDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Analyzing the Characters' Dreams in Of Mice and Men
24 - 3 ANN M. LOWEDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor "Who in the World am I?" Examining Personality in Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass
24 - 4 GEMMICKA F. PIPERDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Tubular Reality: A Lacanian Psychoanalytic Exploration of Amelie Nothomb's The Character of Rain
Presiding: Dr. Martha Bartter, Professor of English
25 - 1 KARA M. BOLLINGER Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Steinbeck’s Vision for Society in Cannery Row: A Marxist Approach
25 - 2 HARRY L. ALTHOFFDr. Martha Bartter, Faculty Mentor "Lonesome No More!": Kurt Vonnegut's Battle with Modern Isolation
25 - 3 KATHERINE J. HUFFMANDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Opponent and Ally: A Psychoanalytical Approach to A Separate Peace
25 - 4 DINGHAO HEDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor A Christian Story: Madeleine L'Engle's A Swiftly Tilting Planet
Presiding: Cassandra Phillips, GTRA
26 - 1 STACEY D. WALKERDr. Alanna Preussner, Faculty Mentor Madman in the Attic: Possession, Power, and Hypocrisy in Cather’s The Professor’s House
26 - 2 AMY N. DEIS* and ALAN J. REININGERDr. Alanna Preussner, Faculty Mentor The Preacher Who Doesn't Believe in God
26 - 3 AMY L. SHIPPDr. Alanna Preussner, Faculty Mentor The Subjugation of Women in Elmer Gantry
26 - 4 AMY L. SCHWEIZERDr. Alanna Preussner, Faculty Mentor Elmer Gantry's Manipulation by Music
Presiding: Talia Linneman, GTRA
27 - 1 PERRIN C. CARRELLProf. Mark Spitzer, Faculty Mentor Mapping the Strong Woman in Steinbeck
27 - 2 HEATHER N. FARRIERDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor A Psychoanalytic Analysis of Jean Rhys’ Wide Sargasso Sea
27 - 3 MARTIN L. GALLOWAYDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Cinderella: A Look at Fairytales through the Lens of Psychoanalytic Criticism
27 - 4 TRACEY M. HURTDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor A New Historicist Examination of Masculinity in Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea
Presiding: Dr. Ian Lindevald, Professor of Physics
28 - 1 CATHERINE S. HAYWARDDr. Matthew M. Beaky, Faculty Mentor Neglected Binary Star Parameters Determined From Archival Images and Direct Observation
28 - 2 ANGELA K. POSTMA*, GEORGE C. SUMTER, SAMANTHA R. SWEET, MARIYA S. DAVIDKOVA, THOMAS J. VONDERHARR, and CARA M. WILLOUGHBYDr. Matthew M. Beaky, Faculty Mentor Asteroid Lightcurves
28 - 3 SCOTT J. LOWRYDr. Ian Lindevald, Faculty Mentor The Influence of Research on the Evolution of Footwear for Sports
28 - 4 COURTNEY E. BONNEYDr. Ian Lindevald, Faculty Mentor Physics, Politics and Pseudoscience: Safeguarding Science from Political Skepticism
Presiding: Dr. Cynthia Cooper, Professor of Biology
29 - 1 MATTHEW CRAIGDr. Michael Seipel, Faculty Mentor Current Conditions within the Mystic Plains Conservation Opportunity Area
29 - 2 CARISSA B. HOLLOWAYDr. Cynthia Cooper, Faculty Mentor Assessment of Water Quality Indicators for a Prairie Stream System in Northern Missouri
29 - 3 TERESA D. KERBAWYDr. Elisabeth A. Hooper, Faculty Mentor A Guide to Common Plants at Thousand Hills State Park: Research and Production
29 - 4 ASHLEY R. STYCZYNSKIDr. Michael Lockhart, Faculty Mentor An Analysis of Microbiota in Forest Lake and Hazel Creek Lake
30 - 1 JOSHUA J. HIRNER*, SARAH E. BLOCH, LAURA A. KOPFF, and SABRINA M. WELLSDr. Barbara K. Kramer, Faculty Mentor Use of Soybeans in the Phytoremediation of Lead-Contaminated Soil
30 - 2 GABRIEL B. HALL* and ANDREW K. MAERZDawood Afzal, Faculty Mentor Synthesis of N-Confused Porphyrins
30 - 3 ANDREW K. MAERZ* and GABRIEL B. HALLDawood Afzal, Faculty Mentor 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
30 - 4 BIPIN PANDEY* and THOMAS C. CLARKDr. David McCurdy, Faculty Mentor Construction and Characterization of a Thermospray Nebulizer for Sample Introduction into a Direct Current Plasma
Presiding: Dr. David Murphy, Professor of Philosophy
31 - 1 JAMES G. QUIGLEYDr. Chad Mohler, Faculty Mentor On Positive Metaethical Reasons for Theological Voluntarism in Ethics
31 - 2 DENNIS L. TRINKLE, IIDr. David Murphy, Faculty Mentor Perspectivism and Moral Debate
31 - 3 MATTHEW S. DUCKWORTHDr. Ding-hwa Hsieh, Faculty Mentor The Liminality of Value-Transference
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. James Cianciola, Assistant Professor of Communication
12:15 pm
RT-1 - JILL M. MOELLER*, ERIN L. BROOKS, KYLE M. BYBEE, GRACE A. DELNERO, LAURA N. GLASBRENNER, EMMA L. PAGEL, and ERIN PAGELDr. James Cianciola , Faculty Mentor Global Perspectives on Intercultural Communication
Presiding: Dr. Warren Gooch, Professor of Music
1:15 pm
34 - 1 DIANA L. UPTON-HILL♦Dr. Warren Gooch and Dr. Jacqueline Collett, Faculty Mentors Bellini's Tre Ariette: More Than a Few Pretty Songs
1:30 pm
34 - 2 JOSHUA A. BAUM*♦, MICHELLE FOARD, and JASON QUALLSDr. Warren Gooch and Dr. Jacqueline Collett, Faculty Mentors Angst: A Modern Musical
1:45 pm
34 - 3 CAROL A. PERRY*♦ and STEPHANIE K. GOODWINDr. Warren Gooch and Dr. Thomas Hueber, Faculty Mentors Gardens: A Musical-Poetic Collaboration
2:00 pm
34 - 4 DEBORAH J. POUNDS♦Dr. Warren Gooch, Faculty Mentor Rahab: An Opera
2:15 pm
34 - 5 KEVIN P. BECKER♦Dr. Warren Gooch, Faculty Mentor “The Four Seasons of the Year”—A song cycle on texts of Anne Bradstreet
35 - 1
LISA K. MARGETISProf. Priya S. Kambli, Faculty Mentor Conversations with the Camera
35 - 2
ANDREW H. PICKERINGProf. Russell Nelson, Faculty Mentor The Digital Age Influence on Graphic Design: Impact on Designers' Workspace, Education and Role in Commerce and Culture
35 - 3
KELSEY V. WISKIRCHENProf. Priya S. Kambli, Faculty Mentor Photographing Patterns on Human Form
Presiding: Mrs. Pamela Gardner, Assistant Professor of Nursing
36 - 1 REBECCA N. VERHAEGHE* and NANCY K. REIDDr. Carol Cox, Faculty Mentor Fruit and Vegetable Purchasing and Consumption Trends in Rural Northeast Missouri Residents: A Pilot Study
36 - 2 CHAELI A. DOUGHERTYDr. Roberta Donahue, Faculty Mentor An Inquiry into the Nutritional Merit of Dairy
36 - 3 JOSEPH W. HASSLERProf. Pamela Gardner, Faculty Mentor Assessing the Knowledge of Nutrition and Exercise in Students K-12 to help create an effective wellness strategy
36 - 4 SARA E. MAYERProf. Pamela Gardner, Faculty Mentor Assessing the Knowledge of Nutrition and Exercise in Students K-12 to Help Create an Effective Wellness Strategy
36 - 5 CHRISTINE M. SIGMUNDProf. Pamela Gardner, Faculty Mentor Assessing the Knowledge of Nutrition and Exercise in Students K-12 to Help Create an Effective Wellness Strategy
Presiding: Mrs. Evonne Bird, Instructor of Exercise Science
37 - 1 LAUREN N. MUELLER*♦, MEGAN D. SHERRILL♦, and ERIN L. THOMASDr. Janet Gooch, Dr. Paula Cochran, and Ms. Sheila Garlock, Faculty Mentors Developing and Assessing Video Technology Materials to Support Sign Language Instruction
37 - 2 LAUREN E. CAFFEYDr. Janet Gooch, Faculty Mentor The Affect of Parental Attitude Toward Literacy on Child Attitude and Performance
37 - 3 SARA B. DETWEILER* and KIM D. TIPTONMs. Evonne C. Bird, Faculty Mentor Attitude and Behavior Link
37 - 4 AMBER N. WATTON*, BRETT A. DOCKERY, and JOSHUA H. MILEYDr. Jennifer R. Hurst, Faculty Mentor Relationship between Personality, Life Stress, and Sport Confidence among Intercollegiate Athletes
37 - 5 LAURIE R. SCHROEDER* and SHERYL P. ADAMSDr. Janice Clark Young, Faculty Mentor Analysis of Eating Disorders among Freshmen Women at a Small Midwestern University
Presiding: Shirley McKamie, Lecturer of Music
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
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
38 - 3 NADIA S. MOZAFFARDr. Linda Seidel, Faculty Mentor Politicized Islam’s Oppression of Women and the Movement Against It
38 - 4 BRADLEY H. SMITHDr. Dereck Daschke, Faculty Mentor God on the Gallows: Tikkun and the Healing of God
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. Gregg Siewert, Professor of French
40 - 1 ASHLEY E. MORRISDr. Eric Jewell, Faculty Mentor Aspiration and Elision in Dominican Spanish
40 - 2 LEIGH K. EDMONSTONDr. Patrick Lecaque, Faculty Mentor French Architecture in Missouri: An Analysis of Architectural Influences and Styles in the St. Louis Area
40 - 3 BREANNA K. HULSEYDr. Matthew Tornatore, Faculty Mentor Script Conventions and Philosophy in Medieval Spain
40 - 4 GREG S. WISERDr. Rodney Taylor, Faculty Mentor Schopenhauer's "Will" and Wittgenstein's "Object": A Comparative Interpretation
40 - 5 KAYCE M. SWIGELSONDr. Patrick Lecaque, Faculty Mentor Neither a Borrower Nor a Lender Be: But If You Have To, Please Save the Documents for Posterity
Presiding: Dr. Patrick Lobert, Professor of French
41 - 1 JOHN E. FAUSZDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Sufism as a Model for the Migrant Condition in Rushdie's Satanic Verses
41 - 2 MICHAEL A. BONODr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor War Within Ali's "A Wrong Turn" and Rushdie's Midnight's Children
41 - 3 ARTHUR D. GREGGDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Picking Up the Shards: Fragmentation Themes as a Reaction to Post-Colonial Theories
41 - 4 BENJAMIN C. GARRETTDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Queering Ila: Looking at the possibilities with a Trans-National-Sexuality within the novel Shadow Lines
Presiding: Dr. Diane Johnson, Associate Professor of Communication
42 - 1 KRISTI J. LANGENDOERFERDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Split Personality: The Many Faces of Al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad in Mahfouz’s Palace Walk
42 - 2 NATALIE M. GORSKIDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Western Education and Personal Maturation in Dangarembga’s Nervous Conditions and Mahfouz’s Palace of Desire
42 - 3 JOSH D. HUBERDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Casualties of Homemaking in Society: An Examination of Amina in The Cairo Trilogy and Mainini in Nervous Conditions
42 - 4 SARA L. SHELDENDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor A Zulu Chief as the Tragic Hero: Thomas Mofolo’s Representation of Chaka Caught in Hamartia
42 - 5 ANDRES R. DELGADODr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Crowd Psychology in Zululand: Managing the Multitudes in Thomas Mofolo’s Chaka
Presiding: Dr. Royce Kallerud, Associate Professor of English
43 - 1 JOHN P. MCDONOUGHDr. Bob Mielke, Faculty Mentor Oroonoko, Herakles, and the Meaning of Myth
43 - 2 SHAUNNA K. WILKINSONDr. Royce Kallerud, Faculty Mentor Why Happily Ever Does Not Mean What It Used To: Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice As a Challenge To Traditional Cinderella Stories
43 - 3 BRITTANY R. NIELSEN WATSONDr. Bob Mielke, Faculty Mentor "Blushing Virgins and Wanton Whores": Diverse Portrayals of Women in The Monk
43 - 4 SARAH E. MADDOX♦Dr. Royce Kallerud, Faculty Mentor Reshaping the Curriculum: An Examination Using Charlotte Smith
43 - 5 GINA R. COOKDr. Christine Harker, Faculty Mentor "Pendulum of Opposites" Palestinian-American Women's Poetry and the Conflict of Identities
Presiding: Dr. Sana Camara, Associate Professor of French
44 - 1 EMILY K. PUFALLDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Cultural and Economic Contexts and their Effects on Two Women's Struggles for Independence in Mariama Bâ's So Long A Letter
44 - 2 MEGAN E. SASSENRATHDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Negotiating Feminism and Tradition in Mariama Bâ’s So Long a Letter
44 - 3 TERESA D. KERBAWYDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Political Vibrations: The Changing Expression of Negritude in "Black Woman" and Other Poems by Leopold Sedar Senghor
44 - 4 THOMAS E. MORGANDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Poetic or Politic?: The Double Life of Léopold Sédar Senghor
Presiding: Dr. Eric Patterson, Associate Professor of Chemistry
45 - 1 MELISSA K. THORSTAD* and GABRIEL B. HALLDr. Russell G. Baughman and Dr. James McCormick, Faculty Mentors Synthesis of Lead Tris-(2-pyridylmethyl) Amine Chloride
45 - 2 KELLY A. DANIELDr. Eric V. Patterson, Faculty Mentor Properties of Substituted Carbynes
45 - 3 LAURA A. KOPFF* and KELLY A. DANIELDr. Eric V. Patterson, Faculty Mentor Hydroperoxidolysis of the Chemical Warfare Agent VX
45 - 4 ERICH R. KUECHLERDr. Eric V. Patterson, Faculty Mentor A Computational Study on the Effect Alpha Nucleophiles have on the Energy of Reaction for Phosphonate Esters
Presiding: Dr. Lin Twining, Professor of Biology
46 - 1 KELLY M. ARCIPOWSKIDr. Brent Buckner, Faculty Mentor Identifying Amino Acid Changes Responsible for the Reversion of Yellow Fever Vaccines to More Virulent Forms
46 - 2 KELLY A. PIERCEDr. Scott Burt, Dr. Steven Carroll, and Dr. Michael Lockhart, Faculty Mentors Hantavirus in Missouri Rodents
46 - 3 MARTHA A. CLAEYS-JACOBSONDr. Michael Lockhart, Faculty Mentor Determining drug-resistance in strains of HIV-1
46 - 4 EMILY D. DOUCETTEDr. Lin Twining and Dr. Stan Shaffer (St. Luke's Hospital of Kansas City), Faculty Mentors The Effect of Piperazine on Childhood Malnutrition in Rural Southwestern Haiti
Presiding: Dr. Michael Goggin, Associate Professor of Physics
47 - 1 NIRJAL SAPKOTADr. Michael Goggin, Faculty Mentor Modified Littrow Configuration External Cavity Diode Laser With Tunable Fixed Output Beam
47 - 2 JAMES D. LLOYDDr. Ian Lindevald, Faculty Mentor Sound Transmission Through a One-Dimensional Periodic Filter With a Defect
47 - 3 BRIAN A. RUZICKADr. Matthew M. Beaky, Faculty Mentor Coupled Defects in Coaxial Cable Photonic Crystals
47 - 4 LEONARD A. STEPHENSDr. Matthew M. Beaky, Faculty Mentor Design and Construction of a Spectrograph to Monitor Changes in Mira Variable Stars
Presiding: Dr. Teresa Heckert, Associate Professor of Psychology
48 - 1 LAUREN A. KIENSTRA* and ROBBIE PACANOWSKIDr. Robert Tigner, Faculty Mentor Electronic Helping Behavior as Related to the Bystander Effect
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
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
48 - 4 ENEDA HOXHADr. Mark Hatala, Faculty Mentor A Cross-Cultural Study in Differences in Romantic Attitudes Between American and Albanian Young Adults
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. Jason Lin, Professor of Finance
2:45 pm
51 - 1 HEIDI J. KAPLANDr. Debra Cartwright, Faculty Mentor Best Practices, Trends and Impacts of International Student Programs and Career Services Collaboration at American Midwestern Universities and Colleges
3:00 pm
51 - 2 ROBERT J. KELCHENDr. Jason Lin, Faculty Mentor Irrational Exuberance: Can It Be Predicted?
3:15 pm
51 - 3 DEVIN C. DOROSHDr. Jason Lin, Faculty Mentor Personal Financial Planning: When Should You Start?
Presiding: Dr. Jesse Krebs, Assistant Professor of Music
52 - 1 SHINO SAITO♦Dr. Jesse D. Krebs, Faculty Mentor The History of Famous Clarinetists and Competition Pieces of the Solo de Concours
52 - 2 DANA J. MOTTETDr. Jesse D. Krebs, Faculty Mentor The Classical Collaborations of Benny Goodman
52 - 3 ANGELA M. WELKERDr. Jesse D. Krebs, Faculty Mentor The Life of Richard Mühlfeld and His Impact on Johannes Brahms
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52 - 4 DORIS A. DOYON♦Dr. Michael Bump, Faculty Mentor The Golden Ratio and Motivic Development in Xenakis' Rebonds B
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52 - 5 MEGAN E. ARNSDr. Michael Bump, Faculty Mentor Compositional Techniques of Elliott Carter found in his "Eight Pieces for Four Timpani"
Presiding: Dr. Roberta Donahue, Assistant Professor of Health Science
53 - 1 CASSANDRA J. MORROW* and JENNIFER L. SALMONProf. Liz Jorn, Faculty Mentor College Students' Knowledge of the Caloric Content of Fast Food Menu Items
53 - 2 FRANCINE E. SCHAFER* and MEGAN K. HASSEDr. Jerry Mayhew and Prof. Liz Jorn, Faculty Mentors Variations in Diet Analysis by Novice Investigators
53 - 3 ALYSIA J. HALL*, STELLINA M. AUBUCHON, SHADY B. HAWATMEH, and BRITTANY A. BRANDSDr. Roberta Donahue, Faculty Mentor Don’t Cheat Your Sleep: What Are You Risking?
53 - 4 CHIZOBA V. IFEORAHDr. Roberta Donahue, Faculty Mentor Prostate Cancer and Race: Role of treatment options in the disproportionately high mortality rate of African-American males
53 - 5 KATHLEEN B. CUNNANE*, KRISTINA ANDERSON, and BRITTANY HOTMERDr. Janice Clark Young, Faculty Mentor Investigating Sun Protection Behaviors and Knowledge Among Truman State University Students
Presiding: Dr. Scott Alberts, Associate Professor of Mathematics
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
54 - 2 JARRETT L. ANDERSONProf. Julie Minn, Faculty Mentor The Three Gorges Dam: A Paradigm of Past v. Present, Nature v. Man
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
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.
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
Presiding: Dr. Karon Speckman, Associate Professor of Communication
56 - 1 SARA A. JAMESDr. Andrew Klyukovski, Faculty Mentor How Enlightened is Society of Motherhood
56 - 2 LINDA E. SCHULTEDr. Andrew Klyukovski, Faculty Mentor Musical Rhetoric: Analysis of the Ideologies Expressed in the Music of Dmitri Shostakovich
56 - 3 KATHERINE A. KLEINDr. Diane Johnson and Dr. Judy Harris, Faculty Mentors Parent-Child Communication: Effects on Child Development
56 - 4 LAURA N. GLASBRENNERMr. Kristopher Stroup, Faculty Mentor Mythic Criticism on the Lyrics in Grief Songs
56 - 5 SARA A. JAMESDr. Karon Speckman, Faculty Mentor Blogs and the First Amendment
57 - 1 HARRISON M. PARKSDr. Bob Mielke, Faculty Mentor "To Gaze upon the Chasm:" Critical Verse Inspired by the Work of Wallace Stevens
57 - 2 MICHAEL J. DERBYProf. Mark Spitzer, Faculty Mentor "A Good Spoon"
Presiding: Dr. David Partenheimer, Professor of English
58 - 1 ALEKSANDRA B. JUSZCZYKDr. Alanna Preussner, Faculty Mentor The Treatment of Space in Cather's The Professor’s House
58 - 2 CARA A. HURSTDr. Alanna Preussner, Faculty Mentor “I think I know what you did last night”: An Evaluation of Organized Midwestern Religion
58 - 3 DANA RUFENERDr. Alanna Preussner, Faculty Mentor Dangerous Crossing: Deconstruction of Stereotyped Gender Roles in Willa Cather's O Pioneers! and The Professor's House
58 - 4 COURTNEY B. SCHAEFERDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Freud, Oedipus, and Lacan: A Critique on the Freudian Psychoanalysis of Oedipus the King
Presiding: Dr. Elizabeth Delmonico, Professor of English
59 - 1 JENNIFER M. COOLIDGEDr. Betsy Delmonico, Faculty Mentor Teaching English in China: A Study in Proficiency and its Effect on Conferences with Second Language Students in the University Writing Center
59 - 2 ROBYN C. SKINNERDr. Betsy Delmonico, Faculty Mentor Pop or Soda? Analysis and Comparison of Black English in Chicago vs. St. Louis
59 - 3 KRISTY L. WARMBOLDDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Portrayals of Women in Egypt from 1917-1919 in Mahfouz's Palace Walk
59 - 4 ERIC M. BAUMBACHDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Engaging Historical Narrative in Assia Djebar’s Fantasia: An Algerian Cavalcade
59 - 5 ELIZABETH C. RAINEDr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor Autobiographical Influences and Connections to the Reader as Seen in Soyinka’s Childhood and Dangarembga’s Conditions
Presiding: Dr. David Garth, Associate Professor of Mathematics
60 - 1 ADAM C. GOUGEDr. David Garth, Faculty Mentor Affinely Self-Generating Sets and Morphisms
60 - 2 KENSEY L. RILEYDr. David Garth, Faculty Mentor The Cut and Project Method in Higher Dimensions
Presiding: Dr. James McCormick, Associate Professor of Chemistry
61 - 1 KATELYNNE J. FINNEGANDr. James McCormick, Faculty Mentor Probing the Effects of Sterics and Electronics on Lead’s Coordination Chemistry
61 - 2 NINA E. MCCRATEDr. Maria Nagan, Dr. James McCormick, and Dr. Russell G. Baughman, Faculty Mentors Computational Study of the Stereochemical Activity of the Lead(II) Inert Electron Pair in Coordination Complexes
61 - 3 NATHAN BIRHANUDr. Eric V. Patterson, Faculty Mentor Modeling Competitive P-F and P-Cl Bond Cleavage in a Chemical Warfare Agent Simulant
61 - 4 JOSHUA M. BLECHLEDr. Eric V. Patterson, Faculty Mentor ADMP Calculations on the Hydroperoxidolysis of a VX Model Compound
Presiding: Dr. Mark Campbell, Associate Professor of Agricultural Science
62 - 1 EMILY M. COSTELLODr. Michael I. Kelrick and Dr. Charlie Apter, Faculty Mentors Determining Possible Reasons for Variation in Fertility Data Collected from Stallions Owned by Truman State University
62 - 2 COURTNEY E. BONNEY* and JESSICA N. PONDERDr. Mark Campbell, Faculty Mentor An Investigation of Non-destructive Methods for Determining the Presence of Low Phytate Maize Genotypes
62 - 3 ANNA T. O'BRIEN*, KIM R. KRUSE, and KELLY R. LIMBERGDr. Mark Campbell, Faculty Mentor Determining Total Starch Variation in Exotic, High Amylose, Hybrid Corn using a Polarimeter Based Method
62 - 4 SARA R. COPPDr. Michael Seipel, Faculty Mentor Evaluation of weed emergence patterns and the effect of weed removal on soybean Yield
62 - 5 REBECCA E. PACEDr. Glenn R. Wehner, Faculty Mentor Efficacy of Subjective Visual Udder Scores in Beef Cows for the Prediction of Lactation Potential and Weaning Weight of Their Calves
Presiding: Dr. Michael Lockhart, Associate Professor of Biology
63 - 1 MELVIN E. OMODONDr. Fareed Aboul-ela (Louisiana State University) and Dr. Michael Lockhart, Faculty Mentors Fragment Based Drug Design to Target Loop IIIb IRES RNA Domain in Hepatitis C Virus
63 - 2 STEPHANIE D. PRATTDr. Robert Weldon (University of Nebraska- Lincoln) and Dr. Michael Lockhart, Faculty Mentors Isolation of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Protein Ubc9
63 - 3 JESSICA A. CHENAULT* and BILLY R. MILLER IIIDr. Maria Nagan, Faculty Mentor Molecular Dynamics Studies of the HIV Rev-RRE Complex
63 - 4 LAUREN A. MICHAELDr. Maria Nagan, Faculty Mentor Molecular Dynamics Studies of Human Immunodeficiency Virus RSG-1.2-RRE Recognition
Presiding: Dr. Lloyd Pflueger, Professor of Philosophy and Religion
64 - 1 MARSHALL F. EDWARDSDr. Dereck Daschke, Faculty Mentor The Survival of Esoteric Religious Communities in Oppressive Societies: Brazilian Candomble and Islamic Sufism
64 - 2 LUCAS J. GLEAVESDr. Mark Appold, Faculty Mentor Islam and Christianity: Finding a Way Out of the Cycle of Violence
64 - 3 MICHAEL J. KREMERDr. Lloyd Pflueger, Faculty Mentor Amma and Women: Reinterpreting the Hindu Mother Goddess
64 - 4 JULIE A. LAUBDr. Jennifer Jesse , Faculty Mentor The Righteousness of God in Paul
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
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BETHANY N. NICHOLSDr. Debra Cartwright, Faculty Mentor The Truth of Globalization
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SARA B. DETWEILER* and CARIANNA J. TWADDLEDr. Michael Bird, Faculty Mentor Electromyographic Analysis of Forward and Backward Walking
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MEGAN K. HASSE* and FRANCINE E. SCHAFERDr. Jerry Mayhew and Prof. Liz Jorn, Faculty Mentors Validity of the Army-175 Test for Predicting 1-RM Bench Press
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JENNIFER L. SALMON* and CASSANDRA J. MORROWProf. Liz Jorn, Faculty Mentor College student’s knowledge of portion size changes
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THOMAS M. APPLEGATE* and WHITNEY A. JENSEN♦Dr. Alex J. Koch, Faculty Mentor Lung Capacity of Swimmers vs. Track Runners
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BRYANT R. ENGLAND*, STACY M. ADAMS, SARA B. DETWEILER, and LAUREN M. HAWKSDr. Alex J. Koch, Faculty Mentor Aerobic Power in Recreational and Varsity College Runners
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LAURA L. HENDERSON*, ASHLI M. MEEK, KRISTEN L. SCHELLER, and MEGAN VESCOVODr. Alex J. Koch, Faculty Mentor Difference in Lactate Removal Rates Between Endurance Athletes and Strength Athletes
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SANDRA J. LEESONDr. Alex J. Koch and Dr. Jerry Mayhew, Faculty Mentors Influence of Gender on Perceived vs. Actual Upper Body Strength
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KEITH B. PAINTERDr. Alex J. Koch, Dr. Jerry Mayhew, and Dr. Michael Bird, Faculty Mentors Kinematic analysis of the snatch in weight lifting
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JOSEPH R. WALSH*, DAVID A. OWENS, KRISTEN D. GROSS, and JESSICA C. LANGFORDDr. Alex J. Koch and Dr. Jerry Mayhew, Faculty Mentors Effects of Varying Weight on Vertical Jump Power
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DANIEL P. WILHITEDr. Alex J. Koch, Faculty Mentor A Comparison of Gross Efficiency between Endurance and Sprint Athletes
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JEFF AMUNDSON*, NOELLE PETERSON, and JESSE COOPERDr. Jerry Mayhew, Faculty Mentor Effectiveness of Self-Motivated Strength Training versus Team Session Strength Training among College Football Players
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JEFF AMUNDSON* and KEITH B. PAINTERDr. Jerry Mayhew and Prof. Liz Jorn, Faculty Mentors Comparison of %Fat and BMI for Determining Obesity in College Football Players
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CATHY J. BLEDSOEDr. Jerry Mayhew, Dr. Alex J. Koch, and Mr. Dave Schutter, Faculty Mentors Assessment of Urine Specific Gravity Across a Season in College Wrestlers
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CHRISTIE M. CARBERY* and SASHA N. ELLISDr. Jerry Mayhew and Prof. Jana Arabas, Faculty Mentors Effect of added weight on cardiorespiratory parameters in college women
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VICKY E. GRONER* and KRISTEN J. CUMMINSDr. Jerry Mayhew and Prof. Melody Jennings, Faculty Mentors Comparison of Strength Gains Between Free Weights and Machine Weights in High-Strength College Women
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DEVON B. LACY* and CATHY J. BLEDSOEDr. Jerry Mayhew, Prof. Liz Jorn, and Mr. Dave Schutter, Faculty Mentors Assessing Body Composition in College Wrestlers Using Different Measurement Techniques
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CHRISTEN K. LAUER* and DANNA K. KELLYMr. Timothy Schwegler and Dr. Jerry Mayhew, Faculty Mentors Inter-Rater Reliability in Skinfold Measurements of Male and Female College Track Athletes
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ANGELA M. MOODYDr. Jerry Mayhew and Prof. Jana Arabas, Faculty Mentors Anthropometric Dimensions in College Men and Women Can Define Isometric Strength
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LORI E. PETERSDr. Jerry Mayhew, Faculty Mentor Validity of Repetitions to Predict Maximal Bench Press and Squat in High School Boys and Girls
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REBECCA N. VERHAEGHE*, WESLEE CHEW, and CASSANDRA K. MILLERDr. Roberta Donahue, Faculty Mentor Stress-Free Fridays: A Peer Education Strategy
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REBECCA N. VERHAEGHE*, NANCY K. REID, JOE A. STAUBER, and BEN S. REINEDr. Carol Cox and Dr. Roberta Donahue, Faculty Mentors Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program: Programming in the Senior Housing Setting
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REBECCA N. VERHAEGHE*, NANCY K. REID, EMILY M. FORSYTH, and LIZ SCHULTEDr. Carol Cox and Dr. Roberta Donahue, Faculty Mentors Bridging the Gap between Knowing and Doing in the Hispanic Community: A Culturally Competent HIV/AIDS Prevention Presentation
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WESLEE CHEW*, LESLIE A. MOSS, LIZ SCHULTE, and BRITTANY SCHULTEHENRICHDr. Carol Cox, Faculty Mentor Health Education Approach to Rehabilitating Juvenile Center Youth
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LAURA E. KRESL*, CHAELI A. DOUGHERTY, PETER M. GUIRGUIS, CAROLYN R. DECARLI, WESLEE CHEW, and BRYAN A. CAMPBELLDr. Carol Cox, Faculty Mentor "A Tobacco Education and Cessation Program Following the Key Elements of Successful Alternative Schools: A Pilot Program"
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LESLIE A. MOSS*, CHAELI A. DOUGHERTY, REBECCA N. VERHAEGHE, LIZ SCHULTE, and BRITTANY SCHULTEHENRICHDr. Carol Cox, Faculty Mentor Smokebusters: An Interactive Approach to Smoking Prevention and Policy Change
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CHAELI A. DOUGHERTY*, LESLIE A. MOSS, and TARA L. OSSECKDr. Roberta Donahue and Dr. Carol Cox, Faculty Mentors Self-Care: An Assessment of Truman Student Awareness
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CAROLYN R. DECARLI*, EMILY M. KROGMANN, BEN S. REINE, and JOE A. STAUBERDr. Carol Cox, Faculty Mentor Show-Me Health Anti-Tobacco Advocacy
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TARA L. OSSECK*, EMILY M. KROGMANN, and NICOLE M. STEVENSDr. Carol Cox, Faculty Mentor Creating an Educational CD-ROM for State-Wide Long-Term Care Ombudsman Recruitment
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LIZ SCHULTE*, EMILY M. KROGMANN, BRITTANY SCHULTEHENRICH, BRYAN A. CAMPBELL, NANCY K. REID, REBECCA N. VERHAEGHE, and EMILY M. FORSYTHDr. Carol Cox, Faculty Mentor Interdisciplinary Clinical Education Program- ICE/House Calls
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PETER M. GUIRGUIS*, EMILY M. KROGMANN, EMILY M. FORSYTH, CAROLYN R. DECARLI, and TARA L. OSSECKDr. Carol Cox, Faculty Mentor North Central Missouri Regional Health Needs Assessment
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PETER M. GUIRGUIS*, NICOLE L. STEVENS, and STELLINA M. AUBUCHONDr. Janice Clark Young, Faculty Mentor Faculty and Staff Awareness of University Benefits
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RACHEL M. KING*, KARA L. JUNGBLUT, and TARA L. OSSECKDr. Janice Clark Young, Faculty Mentor Evaluation of Truman Students’ Knowledge about the Prevalence of Heart Disease in Women and the Associated Risk Factors
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ALEXANDRA N. BAKER*, ANNE-MARIE L. KISLING, and KYLIE ABBOTTProf. Jennifer Eldridge, Faculty Mentor Assessing Disordered Eating Patterns Among Truman State University Students Using the Social Cognitive Theory
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ALYSIA J. HALL*, BRANDON M. WALSH, and JASON D. STOKESDr. Janice Clark Young, Faculty Mentor Health Field Concept in Macon County, Missouri
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ELLEN S. HOLBROOK*, AMY M. LURKEN, and ASHLEY S. HEMPHILLDr. Janice Clark Young, Faculty Mentor Health Field Concept of Linn County, Missouri
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KATELYN M. JEANNIN* and MORGAN SHAHANDr. Janice Clark Young, Faculty Mentor Analyzing Schuyler County Through the Use of the Health Field Concept
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LARA K. MCKAY*, SARA F. BATES, and SHANNON M. DOWNINGDr. Janice Clark Young, Faculty Mentor Knox County Health Field Concept
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PAMELA STEPHEN* and LAUREN KENNADr. Janice Clark Young, Faculty Mentor Health Field Concept in Shelby County
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JENNIFER L. DINEDr. Stephen Hadwiger and Dr. Jane M. Armer (University of Missouri-Columbia), Faculty Mentors Is There Anything Else You Would Like to Tell Us? Breast Cancer Survivors' Insights Following Treatment
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NOHEMI ALVAREZDr. Stephen Hadwiger, Faculty Mentor Hispanic Involvement in the Construction of Diabetes Education
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MOLLY R. WENBERG*, ROBYN M. MORTENSON, ABIGAIL T. WECKE, ERIN L. THOMAS, LAUREN N. MUELLER♦, and ASIA J. MITCHELLDr. Paula Cochran, Faculty Mentor Podcasting Software Reviews for Teachers and Clinicians: Thumbs Up, or Thumbs Down?
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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
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JILL M. MOELLERDr. Barbara K. Kramer, Faculty Mentor The Impacts of Incorporating Local Foods on a University Campus
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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
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KRISTIN A. HARKINSDr. Scott Alberts, Faculty Mentor Math Anxiety in College Students: Identifying Correlates and At-Risk Populations
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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
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VICTORIA L. MOSCARDELLIDr. Timothy P. Geisbuhler (A.T. Still University) and Dr. Laura Fielden, Faculty Mentors Hawthorn Extract is not Cardioprotective in an Anoxic Cardiomyocyte Preparation
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
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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
P-5 - 1
ADAM C. GOUGEDr. David Garth, Faculty Mentor Affinely Self-Generating Sets and Morphisms
P-5 - 2
JASON L. NOVINGERDr. Jon Beck, Faculty Mentor The Cutting Edge: Algorithms and Analysis of Efficient Area Coverage in Mowing
P-6 - 1
JULIE M. MEYERDr. Mark Campbell, Faculty Mentor Retention Of Knobs At Chromosome Termini In Maize
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JULIE M. MEYERDr. Mark Campbell, Faculty Mentor Identifying Zero Sequence Diversity Genes in Maize Using Temperature Gradient Capillary Electrophoresis (TGCE)
P-6 - 3
MICHAEL S. HERRON*, ROBYN NEATHERY, and AMIT SHRESTHADr. Mark Campbell, Faculty Mentor Comparison of waste eliminating abilities of two worm types
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MORGAN D. BULLOCK* and ADAM D. BENNETTDr. Mark Campbell, Faculty Mentor Origin of GEMS-0067, a High Amylose Corn Variety Developed at Truman and Current Line Development From It.
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YUKA SHIBASAKI* and CHRISTINA M. SPELLMANDr. Mark Campbell, Faculty Mentor Application of starch from the high amylose corn hybrid Pa91 ae x AR16035:S02-615-1-B-B///GUAT209:S13//OH43ae/H99ae corn in noodle production
P-7 - 1
AMANDA J. HAPPYDr. Brent Buckner, Faculty Mentor Involving Introductory Biology Students in the Isolation, Amplification, and Sequencing of DNA
P-7 - 2
HEIDI M. VOLTZ* and PHILIP D. GOSUDr. Jonathan C. Gering, Faculty Mentor Katydid (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) Plant Preference in Prairies
P-7 - 3
IGNATIUS C. ONYEWADUME*, CARISSA B. HOLLOWAY, AMY C. SCHROEDER, and SHANNAN N. SCHOENINGDr. Cynthia Cooper and Ms. Melody Torrey (None), Faculty Mentors Analysis of bacterial and chemical indicators of water quality in the Locust and East Locust Creeks
P-7 - 4
ZHIAN N. KAMVAR*, KATY BROWNING, ASHLEIGH FRITZ, and ENEDA HOXHADr. Brent Buckner and Dr. Diane Janick-Buckner, Faculty Mentors Annotation and Analysis of Global Gene Expression Studies: Creation of a Maize Shoot Apical Meristem Expression Database
P-7 - 5
AMANDA M. GROEBLDr. Laura Fielden and Dr. Stephanie Fore, Faculty Mentors Small Mammal Community Structure and Ectoparasite Diversity
P-7 - 6
MARIAM SAVABIDr. Diane Janick-Buckner, Faculty Mentor P53 Nuclear Localization
P-7 - 7
CHERYL C. WONG*, KAYLEIGH A. SWAGGART, HEATH A. SMITH, and KELSEY M. AURANDDr. Diane Janick-Buckner and Dr. Brent Buckner, Faculty Mentors DNA Sequence Diversity of the Gene Encoding the Rough Sheath2 Interacting KH-Domain Protein Among Inbred Lines and Open-pollinated Landraces
P-7 - 8
KAYLEIGH A. SWAGGART*, CHERYL C. WONG, HEATH A. SMITH, and KELSEY M. AURANDDr. Diane Janick-Buckner and Dr. Brent Buckner, Faculty Mentors Bioinformatic, Expression and DNA Sequence Diversity Characterization of Two Shoot Apical Meristem Expressed Genes
P-8 - 1
PHUONG NGUYENDr. Kenneth Carter, Faculty Mentor Epidemiological Kinetics: Using Compartment Models to Investigate the Effectiveness of School Closure During an Influenza Pandemic
P-8 - 2
HEATHER L. YOUNG*, DALE PAHLS, SHANNON EARHART, and REBECCA DUTCHERDr. Barbara K. Kramer, Faculty Mentor Analysis of pesticide content of Forest Lake and Hazel Creek Lake (Adair County, Missouri)
P-8 - 3
SABRINA M. WELLS*, JOSHUA J. HIRNER, SARAH E. BLOCH, and LAURA A. KOPFFDr. Barbara K. Kramer, Faculty Mentor Use of Soybeans in the Phytoremediation of Lead-contaminated Soils
P-8 - 4
GABRIEL B. HALLDr. Russell G. Baughman, Faculty Mentor 3-D Molecular Structures of Organophosphorus Pesticides as Determined by X-Ray Diffraction
P-8 - 5
ANANTH K. SEZHIYANDr. Maria Nagan, Faculty Mentor Effects of 3’ Dangling Nucleotides on the Stability of siRNA-Like Models
P-8 - 6
NATHANIEL T. WEBBERDr. Peter Ramberg, Faculty Mentor A Replication of Victor Meyer's Synthesis of Benzildioximes (1888-1889)
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PAUL A. GOODMAN*, SARAH MOSER, and ROBERT MILLERDr. John O'Brien, Faculty Mentor The Synthesis of [16-(2-Hydroxy-benzoyl)-2,3,11,12-tetramethyl-5,14-dihydro-5,9,14,18-tetraaza-dibenzo[a,h]cyclotetradecene-7-yl]-(2-hydroxy-phenyl)-methanone and its metal complexes
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
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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
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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
