Danielle T. Cooper, PhD, CPP is an Associate Professor of Criminal Justice and the Director of Research at the Tow Youth Justice Institute at the University of New Haven. She additionally serves as the Chair of the Criminal Justice Undergraduate Committee and Co-Chair of the IDEA Council. Dr. Cooper received her B.S. in Justice Systems (with a minor in Business Administration) in 2009, her M.A. in Criminology from the University of Florida in 2011, and her Ph.D. in Criminology (with a minor in Organizational Leadership for Nonprofits) from the University of Florida in 2015. She is also a Certified Prevention Professional (certified in FL and CT) who works with nonprofits and community organizations as a prevention trainer and evaluation consultant. For more than 15 years, she has been conducting research and teaching in the areas of youths and young adults, juvenile justice and delinquency prevention, criminological theory, and sex offending. As a committed Educator, Researcher, and Preventionist, she brings her expertise to various practical discussions on juvenile justice policy reform, the experiences of individuals committing sexual offenses, and police-authority dynamics within fragile and marginalized communities. Through her work with the local community, she has collaborated with key stakeholders, such as youth and their parents, young adults, educators, law enforcement, mental health professionals, and youth serving organizations. Over the past few years, Dr. Cooper has been honored with the 2019 Faculty of the Year Award, 2021 MO-KAN-NE TRIO Achiever Alumni Award, the 2021 Faculty Excellence in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Accessibility, and Belonging Award, and the 2022 Martin Luther King, Jr. Vision Faculty Award. She also completed her two-year role as one of four inaugural Faculty Teaching Fellows for the Center for Teaching Excellence appointed in 2021. Most recently, in 2024, she was awarded a fellowship to participate in the Faculty Leadership Program hosted by the RAND Pardee Graduate School.

1:00 - 3:00 • SUB Alumni
SESSION 303
Music & Theatre Performance Session Alumni 1pm -

Presiding:

1:00

303 - 1 AUBREY L. GOGEL
Dr. Jonathan Wehmeyer, Faculty Mentor

Irene Ryan - Wonder of the World and Julius Caesar

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1:15

303 - 2 WENDY A. CRUM* and SYDNEY L. PENTZER
Dr. Jonathan Wehmeyer, Faculty Mentor

Irene Ryan Package: Shaw and Moliere

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1:30

303 - 3 ANNA L. MILLION* and LAUREN C. CAMILLE
Dr. Jonathan Wehmeyer, Faculty Mentor

Performing In The Irene Ryan Scholarship Competition: Using A Juxtaposing Monologue And Scene

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1:45

303 - 4 CONNER R. GALLAGHER*, LAINIE M. MUELLER, TUCKER M. MAXWELL, and EVAN L. O'DAY
Dr. Brian X. Kubin, Faculty Mentor

Claude Debussy's String Quartet in G Minor - Advancing Form and Harmony in the 19th Century

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2:00

303 - 5 CARSON J. MERICAL
Dr. Victor Marquez, Faculty Mentor

Collaboration in Composition: A Comissioned Work For Saxophone-Piano

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2:15

303 - 6 DANILO E. VIQUEZ-POVEDA♦
Dr. Jesse D. Krebs, Faculty Mentor

Klezmer: a Vessel of Musical Culture Interpreted by Béla Kovács

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1:00 - 2:15 • SUB 3201
SESSION 301
Education SUB 3201 1:00pm -

Presiding:

1:15

301 - 1 REAGAN N. MURRISH
Dr. Jill Arnold, Faculty Mentor

The Teachability of Socioemotional Learning in Classrooms

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1:30

301 - 2 ASHTON M. STUBER
Prof. Jeanne Harding and Ms. Beverly Peters, Faculty Mentors

Money Fueled Education: The Effects That Low Socioeconomic Status Has on Education and Student Success

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1:45

301 - 3 ANNABELLE M. DEVOTO
Prof. Jeanne Harding, Faculty Mentor

Investigation of Reading Attitutes in the Classroom

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1:00 - 2:15 • SUB 3202
SESSION 302
French SUB 3202 1:00pm -

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1:00

302 - 1 MOLLY E. LAIBEN
Dr. Erin Joyce, Faculty Mentor

Les Systèmes de Santé Français et Américains

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1:15

302 - 2 HANNAH M. WILSON
Dr. Erin Joyce, Faculty Mentor

Les Langues Régionales de France

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1:30

302 - 3 BAILEY L. REDFORD
Dr. Erin Joyce, Faculty Mentor

Intermediate to Advance Transitional French Courses

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1:00 - 3:00 • SUB Alumni
SESSION 303
Music & Theatre Performance Session Alumni 1pm -

Presiding:

1:00

303 - 1 AUBREY L. GOGEL
Dr. Jonathan Wehmeyer, Faculty Mentor

Irene Ryan - Wonder of the World and Julius Caesar

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1:15

303 - 2 WENDY A. CRUM* and SYDNEY L. PENTZER
Dr. Jonathan Wehmeyer, Faculty Mentor

Irene Ryan Package: Shaw and Moliere

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1:30

303 - 3 ANNA L. MILLION* and LAUREN C. CAMILLE
Dr. Jonathan Wehmeyer, Faculty Mentor

Performing In The Irene Ryan Scholarship Competition: Using A Juxtaposing Monologue And Scene

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1:45

303 - 4 CONNER R. GALLAGHER*, LAINIE M. MUELLER, TUCKER M. MAXWELL, and EVAN L. O'DAY
Dr. Brian X. Kubin, Faculty Mentor

Claude Debussy's String Quartet in G Minor - Advancing Form and Harmony in the 19th Century

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2:00

303 - 5 CARSON J. MERICAL
Dr. Victor Marquez, Faculty Mentor

Collaboration in Composition: A Comissioned Work For Saxophone-Piano

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2:15

303 - 6 DANILO E. VIQUEZ-POVEDA♦
Dr. Jesse D. Krebs, Faculty Mentor

Klezmer: a Vessel of Musical Culture Interpreted by Béla Kovács

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1:00 - 2:15 • SUB Georgian A
SESSION 304
Language & Linguistics G-A 1:00pm -

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1:00

304 - 1 ANTHONY W. SARULLO
Prof. Masahiro Hara, Faculty Mentor

The Aum Shinrikyo Cult, Otaku Counter-Cultural Movement, and Japanese Citizens' Responses to Societal Pressures

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1:15

304 - 2 EMMANUELLE WILSON
Prof. Masahiro Hara and Dr. Robert Tigner , Faculty Mentors

Bilingual Stroop Test with Pseudohomophones

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1:30

304 - 3 SARA KANGARLOO
Dr. Emily Olsen, Faculty Mentor

Factors Contributing to Heritage Language Maintenance and loss Among Iranian Immigrants

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1:00 - 2:15 • SUB Georgian B
SESSION 305
Linguistics G-B 1:00 pm -

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1:00

305 - 1 KYLE E. RATLIFF
Dr. Darrin Hetrick and Dr. Douglas Ball, Faculty Mentors

Information-Theoretic Analysis of Entropy and Redundancy in Solresol

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1:15

305 - 2 ALLISON L. FLERLAGE
Dr. Darrin Hetrick and Dr. Douglas Ball, Faculty Mentors

The Effect of Neurodivergence on Speakers' Pragmatic Understanding

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1:30

305 - 3 NAVIA D. ELLSWORTH
Dr. Darrin Hetrick, Faculty Mentor

Basic Color Terminology in Sign Languages; An Investigation into Productive Forms

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1:45

305 - 4 EMILY A. CUTLER
Dr. Darrin Hetrick, Faculty Mentor

Creating Sociolinguistic Authenticity in Gaming: A Study of Valorant Voice Lines

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2:00

305 - 5 JOSHUA PERLMAN
Dr. Darrin Hetrick and Dr. Douglas Ball, Faculty Mentors

From Public Plazas to Personal Possessions: Comparing Orthographic Variation Across Maya Writing Contexts

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1:00 - 2:15 • SUB Georgian C
SESSION 306
Social Sciences, Humanities, Accounting G-C 1:00pm -

Presiding:

1:00

306 - 1 OLIVIA W. LINDE
Dr. Amber Johnson, Faculty Mentor

Attitudes on Autism: the Social Construction of Neurodivergence

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1:15

306 - 2 JAE CAULDWELL
Dr. Amber Johnson, Faculty Mentor

An Examination of the American Toy Market

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1:30

306 - 3 ANDREW C. STRUCKHOFF
Dr. Chad Mohler, Faculty Mentor

Time as the Basis Behind Moral Entitlement: An Assessment of Possible Explanations

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1:45

306 - 4 LYNSEY R. SMITH
Dr. Isaac Ison, Faculty Mentor

The Future of Financial Education: Harnessing Generative AI for Personalized Learning Pathways

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1:00 - 2:15 • MG 1000
SESSION 308
SAM Biology & Biochemistry MG1000 1:00pm -

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1:00

308 - 1 AUDREY M. BROWN
Dr. Brian Snyder, Faculty Mentor

Computational Investigation of Factor V Leiden: Molecular Dynamics and Docking Analysis of APC Binding

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1:15

308 - 2 LAUREN E. REID
Dr. Bill Miller III (A.T. Still University) and Dr. Brian Snyder, Faculty Mentors

Computational Investigation of Small-Molecule C5 Inhibitors as a Potential Treatment for Acute and Chronic Inflammatory Disorders

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1:30

308 - 3 ALEXIS B. GRABER
Dr. Daniela Ostrowski (KCOM, A.T. Still University) and Dr. Timothy Walston, Faculty Mentors

Expression Profile of the Orphan CRLF3 Receptor Throughout the Rat Brain

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1:45

308 - 4 EMMA C. THOMPSON
Dr. Brian Lamp, Faculty Mentor

Investigation of the Pathogenic Consequences for the KCNQ2 Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathy Variant G256W in silico

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2:00

308 - 5 CHRISTINE W. CHEN
Dr. Andrew Kauffmann and Dr. Bill Miller III (A.T. Still University), Faculty Mentors

The Effect of Polyphenols on Amyloid Beta Disaggregation for Alzheimer’s Disease

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1:00 - 2:15 • MG 1098
SESSION 309
SAM Exercise Sci. & Ath. Training MG 1098 1:00pm -

Presiding:

1:00

309 - 1 JAYLYNN R. MARTIN♦
Dr. Brandy Schneider and Dr. Greg Williams (Cleveland University-Kansas City), Faculty Mentors

The Utilization and Education of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures among Athletic Trainers

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1:15

309 - 2 COLE H. HEDRICK*♦ and HAYDEN M. WELLS♦
Dr. John Palazzolo and Ms. Michelle Boyd, Faculty Mentors

Using Session RPE and Balance Testing to Predict Sport Injury

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1:30

309 - 3 MARGARET POYSER
Dr. Jerry Mayhew (NA), Faculty Mentor

Comparison between Physical Activity Levels and Dynamic Balance within a College- aged Population

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1:45

309 - 4 GABRIELLE M. NIELSEN*♦ and JADAN M. CRADER♦
Dr. Brandy Schneider, Faculty Mentor

How Much Caffeine do Collegiate Athletes Consume and Why?

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2:00

309 - 5 LILY M. ARNDT
Dr. Jerry Mayhew (NA), Faculty Mentor

Accuracy of 2-load repetition prediction equations to estimate 1RM bench press in college volleyball players

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2:30 - 3:30 • SUB Activities Room
SESSION 400
Poster Session -

400 - 1

AVERY SPEELMAN
Dr. Jerry Mayhew (NA), Faculty Mentor

Increases in Upper-Body Strength are Dependent on Training Modality and Independent of Initial Strength Level and Fat-Free Mass Index in Men

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400 - 2

ANNA J. CAPELLARI*, HANNA K. RITTER, and ROSE M. BALDUS
Dr. Jerry Mayhew (NA) and Dr. John Palazzolo, Faculty Mentors

Comparison of Standing Balance Between College Men and Women Soccer Players

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400 - 3

LAUREN A. KROHN* and LILLY P. SNYDER
Dr. Jerry Mayhew (NA) and Mr. Carson D. Lackey, Faculty Mentors

Accuracy of the Division-I NFL-225 Equation to Predict 1RM Bench Press in Division-II College Football Players

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400 - 4

RILEY M. HARDIN
Dr. John Palazzolo, Faculty Mentor

Effects of BMI on Balance: BTrackS Limit of Stability Protocol

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400 - 5

JAKE A. MITCHELL
Dr. John Palazzolo, Faculty Mentor

Differences in Visual Reference Point Distance and Mirror Feedback on Static Balance

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400 - 6

OLIVIA A. MORRIS
Dr. Roberta Donahue, Faculty Mentor

The Journey to Public Health Accreditation with Tri-County Health Department

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400 - 7

MATTHEW WOLZ
Dr. Nancy Daley-Moore and Dr. Julene Ensign, Faculty Mentors

Physical Activity as a Coping Mechanism for College Stress

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400 - 8

STEPHANIE A. JONES
Prof. Jeanne Harding, Faculty Mentor

How Does Using Positive Behavior Interventions and Support to Manage Student Behavior in Schools, Enhance Student Engagement in Learning?

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400 - 9

ANGELICA L. ZAGAR*, EMMA R. LEWIS, and HAILEY A. JAMES
Dr. Katrina Schmerold, Faculty Mentor

From Passion to Burnout: How Professional Development and Experience Shape the Perspectives of Rural Preschool Teachers

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400 - 10

HANNAH A. KUHNERT*, ARGEN D. HWANG, EMMA G. SUCHSLAND, JENNA M. ALBERSON, EMMA R. LEWIS, and BRIAN S. BURKHARDT
Dr. Katie Judd, Faculty Mentor

Failure is Not an Option: Stress Pride & Achievement Orientation

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400 - 11

ARGEN D. HWANG
Dr. Katie Judd, Faculty Mentor

Are You Like Me? (Un)Matched Neurotypes in First Impressions

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400 - 12

MAGGIE O. MORHAUS*, REINA S. SUZUKI, MEGAN A. BORGMEYER, and REAGAN MILLER
Dr. Katrina Schmerold, Faculty Mentor

Examining the Impact of Parental Income, Marital Status, and Other Family Dynamics on Preschoolers’ Social Skills

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400 - 13

NYSSIA J. CRANDALL* and EMILY C. KAYSINGER
Dr. Karen Vittengl, Faculty Mentor

Studying the Effects of Typed Notes vs. Handwritten Notes on Information Processing

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400 - 14

SYDNEY CARL * and ANDREW FRUEND
Dr. Robert Tigner , Faculty Mentor

Tasteful Persuasion: The Effect of Personality on the Persuasiveness of Media

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400 - 15

KIRA BOEGEMAN
Dr. Candy Young, Faculty Mentor

Kingdon and Advocacy Coalition Framework: Application and Analysis Regarding Public Law 106 – 455

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400 - 16

SAMANTHA K. DOTSON
Dr. Candy Young, Faculty Mentor

The 1979 Speedy Trial Act Amendment Act: A Public Policy Analysis

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400 - 17

ANASOFIA CARRILLO
Dr. Joey Hubbard, Faculty Mentor

Molecular genetic studies of candidate developmental regulators in two model species: Ceratopteris richardii and Arabidopsis thaliana

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400 - 18

HUNTER L. HOBBS*, SIERRRA J. SNYDER, and SYDNEY E. JANIESCH
Dr. Bob Johnson, Faculty Mentor

The Reality of 'Backyard' Poultry Production

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400 - 19

BRYAN A. RENNER
Dr. Bob Johnson, Faculty Mentor

Utilizing Invasive Autumn Olive as a Substrate for Culinary and Medicinal Mushroom Cultivation

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400 - 20

HANNAH C. NARDI*, GRACIE D. LAFOE, and GRACE GOTTSCHAMER
Dr. Stephanie Maiden, Faculty Mentor

The genetic interaction between unc-33 and hmp-2 in embryonic epidermal morphogenesis of Caenorhabditis elegans.

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400 - 21

JONAS HAMMERSCHMIDT
Dr. Stephanie Maiden, Faculty Mentor

Determining the Role of TBCD-1 During Epidermal Morphogenesis

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400 - 22

TRACE N. ACKLEY
Dr. Stephanie Maiden, Faculty Mentor

Phosphorylation of ZIPT-7.1 on Caenorhabditis elegans sperm activation

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400 - 23

EMMA C. BAIERL*, CAMERON J. MCKENZIE, SAM PADELLA, CLAIRE MORRIS, KIERSTEN MAREK, BRYNA NORMAN, and ANNA KIRCHHOEFER
Dr. Hajeewaka Mendis, Faculty Mentor

Identification of Pathogenic Fusarium Species in Soybean

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400 - 24

SPENCER J. DUFFENDACK
Dr. Chad Montgomery, Faculty Mentor

Searching for Cicadas: Assessing the Chemoreceptive Response of the Eastern Copperhead to a Seasonally Abundant Prey Item

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400 - 25

GREGORY M. SEIPEL
Dr. Rasanjali Jayathissa, Faculty Mentor

“Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Based on Natural Dyes: A Pathway to Sustainable Energy”

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400 - 26

RITIKA LAMA
Dr. Nazmul Shahadat, Faculty Mentor