ThirdAnnualGraduateResearchConference
March4,2016
Board Room First Floor
Panel Title: College Students: Health,
Psychology, and Political Participation
Moderator: Dr. Ruth Kelly
Fox Room First Floor
Cardinal/Oak Room First Floor
Panel Title: Animals: Habitat and Diseases
Moderator: Dr. Kim McClure
Kyle E. Davis (Political Science), The Future
Generation: A Look at College Students'
Political Activity
9:30-10:45
Emma Trone (Biology), Gene Expression in
Chronic Wasting Disease Infected White-Tailed
Deer
Shanna E. Pikora (Biology), Habitat Preferences
Natalia Kazakova (Psychology), Correlates of of Den Locations for the North American River
Inhalant Use in a Sample of College Students Otter (Lontra canadensis)
Madison Cirks (Psychology), Perceived use
Compared to Actual Use of Alcohol and
Marijuana on College Campuses and
Paris Hamm (Biology), Natural Bat Biota from
Associated Mental Health and Academic
the West may Fight the Spread of White-Nose
Difficulties
Syndrome
Ryan Van Fossen (Psychology), Substance Use
and Mental Health Symptoms Associated with
ADHD Treatment in College Students
Q&A
Q&A
10:45-11:00
11:00-12:30
Algonquin Room First Floor
Panel Title: Pests and their Interaction with
Panel Title: Perceived Cultural Identity and the Environment Moderator: Dr. Kenneth W.
Stereotypes Moderator: Dr. Kristy Keefe
McCravy
Brian Johnson (Political Science), Realism and
Constructivism in the Middle East
Alexander Deeb and Ryan Demming (Sports
Management), Redefining Sports Stereotypes:
The Black Athlete
Jonathan Counce (Psychology), White Identity
Development Differences in White Privilege
Attitudes Following Dissonance Intervention
Q&A
Sarah Warren (Biology), Evaluating the Effects
of Prescribed Forest Burnings in Relation to
Tick Species Diversity
Kayleigh R. Diveley (Biology), Gene
Expression Observed from the interaction
between Corn Earworm (Helicoverpa zea)
caterpillars and Corn (Zea mays) tissues
Q&A
Break (DuSable Room)
Poster Session (Heritage Room)
Community Dynamics: Health,
Psychology, and Forecasting Moderator: Dr. Physics of the Nano-Bio World Moderator: Dr. International Perspectives and Issues
Kristine Kelly
Saisudha Mallur
Moderator: Dr. Ute Chamberlin
Birds and their Interaction with the
Environment Moderator: Dr. Doug
LaFontain
Akinwale S. Akingbule and Chikodili Faith Obi Manoj K. Jamarkattel (Physics), Analysis of
(Health Science), Community Health Needs
Fluorescence and Optical Absorption of Nd+3
Assessment; Pike County as a case study
Doped Lead Boro-Tellurite Glasses
Andrew Gilbert (Biology), Detection Rates and
Disturbance of Waterfowl During Aerial
Surveys
Jacob Tomlinson (Political Science), Is
Congress Still Regionally Divided?
Hio Giap Ooi (Physics), Effect of Host Glass
and Nanoparticles on the Stimulated Emission
Cross-Section of Dy3+ ions in Lead Borate
Glasses
Joshua Spence (History), A Forgotten Youth:
The Legacy of German Children at the end of
the Second World War
Shyan R. Edwards (Sociology), Capitalism and
Slavery: A historical comparative analysis of the
abolition of West African slavery between
Jamaica and the United States of America in the
nineteenth century.
12:30-2:00
Gloria Nnabuike (Mathematics), New
Analytical Approach to Forecasting Models
and their Applications
Marcus Hendrickson (Psychology), The New
Hierarchy of Relationships
Alec Stinnett (Psychology), Affectively
Effective: Affect Regulation Motive Styles
Predict Individual Differences
Q&A
2:00-2:15
Ting Chean Khoo (Physics), Fluorescence and
Optical Absorption Studies of Sm3+ in Bismuth
Telluro-Borate Glasses
Onic Islam Shuvo (Physics), Sensitivity Analysis
of the Tetrapolar Electrical Impedance
Measurement Systems Using COMSOL
Multiphysics for the Non-uniform and Inhomogeneous Medium
Hashim Al-Rikabi (Political Science), Counter
ISIS Strategy
Abdirizak Diis (Political Science), How
Corruption Undermined the Effectiveness of
Somali Federal Government
Daniel R. Ramirez (International Relations),
Krishna D Joshi (Physics), The Effect of CdSe International Development through the Images
Nanoparticles on Sm3+ Optical Absorption and of International Relations and American
Fluorescence in Lead Borate Glasses
Foreign Aid Policy
Q&A
Q&A
Michael Mandru (Biology), Egg Crypsis within
the Host Nest Environment by the Brood
Parasitic Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus
ater)
Sara Schmuecker (Biology), Telemetry to
Determine whether Weather Variables Can
Predict Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus Leucocephalus)
Movement onto and Use of the Upland
Landscape
Sarah E. Vanderhorst (Biology), True
Metabolizable Energy of Submersed Aquatic
Vegetation for Dabbling Ducks
Q&A
Break (DuSable Room)
Semantic Progression Moderator: Dr. Sunita
George
Biology of Fungi Moderator: Dr. Seyfi
Turkelli
Terry Torres Cruz (Biology), Characterization
of a Novel Early Lineage in the
Mucoromycotina
Cedric NDINGA MUNIANIA (Biology),
Seasonal variation of Dark Septate Fungi in an
Arid Grassland and their Potential Role on
Plant Growth
Terri Tobias (Environmental Studies), The
Effects of Farming Practices on Fungal
Communities Associated with Glycine Max
(Soybeans)
Q&A
Laura Winton (English), Cut Piece: A
Wunderkammer
2:15-3:15
Jason R. Hunt (Environmental Studies), Biotic
and abiotic properties Lower Illinois Subregion
of the Mississippi River watershed that impact
the survival and disease carriage of the invasive
mosquito Aedes japonicus in western Illinois.
Donald A. Bath (Biology), Comparative
analysis of Helicoverpa zea gene expression
and growth based on the host plant
Jillien A. Zudell (History), The Evolution of
Halloween: From Pagan Ritual to American
Tradition a Virtual Exhibit
Jessica Marty (Educational Interdisciplinary
Studies), Vocabulary Instruction: The
Effectiveness of the Frayer Model for Level 2
and 3 ELLs in First Through Third Grade
Q&A
3:15-3:30
Break (DuSable Room)
3:30-4:30
Keynote: "Dream, Valudate, Execute." Professor Rafael Obregon, Engineering Technology (Sandburg Theater)
4:30-5:30
Award Reception following the keynote (Sandburg Lounge)