By Abstract Title: C (2020)

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The following abstracts (under letter C) have been submitted:

• Canine Behavior Evaluation at Animal Shelters

  
  Oral Presentation
  
  (Interdisciplinary Studies, Agricultural Science)
  Sam Roberge
  Dr. Jessica Colpoys and Dr. Bridget Thomas, Faculty Mentors
  
  
  

• Carbon Taxes and the Show-Me State

  
  Oral Presentation
  
  (Economics, Environmental Studies)
  Emma C. Rollings
  Dr. David Gillette, Faculty Mentor
  
  
  

• Changes of Neural Connectivity and Insulin Receptors in an Alzheimer’s-Induced Rat Model

  
  Oral Presentation
  
  (Biology)
  Mason J. Wilcox
  Dr. Daniela Ostrowski, Faculty Mentor
  
  
  

• The Changing Role of Women in Modern China and its Effects on Marriage

  
  Oral Presentation
  
  (Chinese, Women's and Gender Studies, Asian Studies)
  Michael J. Reeves*, Songyi Chen, Shane Roberston, Weicheng Huang, and Yancheng Zhao
  Gregory Richter and Dr. Zhijun Wen, Faculty Mentors
  
  
  

• Check Your Self: Evaluating Lockean and Humean Concepts of Personal Identity

   

  
  Oral Presentation
  
  (Philosophy & Religion, Psychology, Biology)
  Kimberly R. Ramos
  Dr. Chad Mohler, Faculty Mentor
  
  
  

• Child Trafficking in Rural China

  
  Oral Presentation
  
  (Chinese, Asian Studies)
  Logan W. Hunt*, Yuxin Wei, Jiani Ji, Lijing Liu, and Zhi Pang
  Dr. Zhijun Wen and Gregory Richter, Faculty Mentors
  
  
  

• Choosing Friends: A Study On What Goes Into Who We Choose To Be Friends With Across Different Ages

  
  Poster
  
  (Sociology)
  Shaun E. Cannedy
  Dr. Anton Daughters, Dr. Brian Ott, and Dr. Amber Johnson, Faculty Mentors
  
  
  

• Combatting Stereotypes: How Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis Challenges Stereotypes and Why it Belongs in Our Pubilc School Systems

  
  Oral Presentation
  
  (English)
  Dale A. Bagley
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  
  
  

• Comparative Bioinformatic Analysis of the Presence of Intrinsically Disordered Regions in RNA Polymerase II 

  
  Poster
  
  (Biology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
  Brooke L. Diehl* and Chanz S. Silkey
  Dr. Brent Buckner, Faculty Mentor
  
  
  

• Comparison of Selected Bioelectrical Impedance Devices and Skinfolds to Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry to Estimate Body Fat in College Male Soccer Players

  
  Poster
  
  (Exercise Science)
  Ian McCluskey*, Dominic DeProspero, and Andrew Brennan
  Prof. Liz Jorn and Dr. Jerry Mayhew, Faculty Mentors
  
  
  

• Computational Detection of Synthetic Lethality for Cancer Treatment

  
  Poster
  
  (Computer Science, Biology, Statistics)
  Shreeya Rupakheti* and Deepson Shrestha
  Dr. Jon Beck, Faculty Mentor
  
  
  

• Computational Drug Analysis of APOBEC3B Enzyme: A Promising Cancer Drug Target

  
  Oral Presentation
  
  (Chemistry, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biology)
  Zachary D. Smith
  Dr. Bill R. Miller, Faculty Mentor
  
  
  

• Computational Drug Design for Novel Inhibitors of the Zika NS2B-NS3 Protease

  
  Oral Presentation
  
  (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Chemistry, Biology)
  Robert D. Campbell
  Dr. Bill R. Miller, Faculty Mentor
  
  
  

• Computational Drug Design to Inhibit the Zika NS2B/NS3 Protease

  
  Oral Presentation
  
  (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Chemistry)
  Elizabeth E. Cremer
  Dr. Bill R. Miller, Faculty Mentor
  
  
  

• Computational Drug Discovery of APOBEC3B Inhibitors as a Treatment for Epithelial Cancers

  
  Oral Presentation
  
  (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Chemistry, Biology)
  Molly M. Huebner
  Dr. Bill R. Miller, Faculty Mentor
  
  
  

• Computational Investigation and Drug Design of a Bis-Intercalator Breast Cancer Drug

  
  Oral Presentation
  
  (Chemistry, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
  Allison B. Esselman
  Dr. Bill R. Miller, Faculty Mentor
  
  
  

• Computational Investigation into the Inhibition of Fatal Familial Insomnia

  
  Oral Presentation
  
  (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biology, Chemistry)
  Jacob R. Higginson
  Dr. Bill R. Miller, Faculty Mentor
  
  
  

• Computational Investigation of DNA Polymerase I Conformations With Mismatch Base Pairs

  
  Oral Presentation
  
  (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
  Jake A. Collins
  Dr. Bill R. Miller, Faculty Mentor
  
  
  

• Computational Investigation of Polyphenols as Inhibitors to the Aggregation of Amyloid β in Alzheimer’s Disease

  
  Oral Presentation
  
  (Chemistry)
  Alex P. Platt
  Dr. Bill R. Miller, Faculty Mentor
  
  
  

• Computational Investigation of Potential Inhibitors for HIV Viral Infectivity Factor

   

  
  Oral Presentation
  
  (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Chemistry)
  Brock T. Boysan
  Dr. Bill R. Miller, Faculty Mentor
  
  
  

• Computational Investigation of Stilbenoids as Aggregation Inhibitors of Amyloid Beta in Alzheimer's Disease

  
  Oral Presentation
  
  (Chemistry, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biology)
  Clara E. Wolf*, Alex P. Platt, Daniel J. Dyroff, Conaire C. Bradfield, and Rachel Stanfield
  Dr. Bill R. Miller, Faculty Mentor
  
  
  

• Consequences of Conflict: Impact of Iraq War Casualties on George W. Bush's Approval Ratings

  
  Oral Presentation
  
  (Political Science, American Studies)
  Austin W. Derbak
  Dr. John Quinn, Faculty Mentor
  
  
  

• Cooling Down the Atmostphere One Synthesis At a Time

  
  Oral Presentation
  
  (Chemistry)
  Emma M. Archer* and Thi A. Tran
  Dr. Tim Humphry, Faculty Mentor
  
  
  

• The Correlation Between Calcium and Iron Intake and Bone Density in DII Female Collegiate Distance Runners

   

  
  Oral Presentation
  
  (Athletic Training)
  Katherine A. Steiger♦
  Dr. Jerry Mayhew and Dr. Brandy Schneider, Faculty Mentors
  
  
  

• Cosmopolitanism in Agha Shahid Ali’s "Leaving Your City"

  
  Oral Presentation
  
  (English)
  Joshna Karki
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  
  
  

• The Cost of Racial Segregation:

  Measuring Inequity in the St. Louis Public School System

   

  
  Oral Presentation
  
  (Education, History, Political Science)
  Syrus Duffy
  Dr. Jason J. McDonald , Faculty Mentor
  
  
  

• Creative Interventions for Mental Illness: Painting with Peers

   

   

  
  Poster
  
  (Studio Art, Interdisciplinary Studies, Psychology)
  Summer S. Fritz
  Prof. Aaron Fine and Dr. Bridget Thomas, Faculty Mentors
  
  
  

• Critical Thinking and Digital Literacy: Evaluating and Producing Writing in Varying Modes

  
  Oral Presentation
  
  (English, Secondary MAE Research, English MAE Intern, Education)
  Rowan M. Pugh♦
  Dr. Rebecca Dierking, Dr. Summer Pennell, and Dr. Sarah Mohler, Faculty Mentors
  
  
  

• Culture, Tradition, and Self-Discovery: Using Zadie Smith’s White Teeth to Explore the Impacts of Immigration on Identity

  
  Oral Presentation
  
  (English)
  Annie F. O'Brien
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  
  
  

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