Thomas E. Helm
Undergraduate
Research Day
A Celebration of Research, Scholarship, and Creativity
Wednesday, April 20, 2016 • University Union
The Centennial Honors College extends its appreciation to the
Undergraduate Research Day Committee:
Patty Battles, Mark Boley, Minsun Doh, Rick Hardy, Yuki Hasebe, Scott Holt, Katharine Pawelko,
Winthrop Phippen, Paul Schlag, and Istvan Szabo.
Performance, Poster, and
Podium Presentations
Thank you to the College of Arts and Sciences, College of Business and Technology,
College of Education and Human Services, College of Fine Arts and Communication,
and the University Libraries for their support.
A special thank you to the podium and performance moderators and to the competition judges.
Undergraduate Research Day is named in honor of Thomas E. Helm, Professor Emeritus of
Philosophy and Religious Studies and former Director of the Centennial Honors College.
The endowment created to name this event, a reflection of the ongoing commitment to
the work of Dr. Helm, is gratefully acknowledged.
For more information, contact the WIU Foundation or visit wiu.edu/foundation.
9:00-11:00 am
Performance Presentations
Brattain (Prairie) Lounge
11:00 am-1:30
pm
Poster Presentations
Grand Ballroom
12:00
noon
President’s Address and Certificate Presentations
Grand Ballroom
1:00-3:00
pm
Podium Presentations
Fox, Capitol, and Lincoln Rooms
3:00
pm
Distinguished Alumni Keynote Speaker
Melissa Yeast Telles, Knowledge in the Information Age
WIU 2008, Agriculture, B.S.
University of Tennessee, 2011, Agricultural Economics, M.S.
WIU Admissions Counselor
Brattain (Prairie) Lounge
3:30
pm
Award Announcements and Closing
Brattain (Prairie) Lounge
Performance Presentations
Podium Presentations
Brattain Lounge
9:00 - 11:00 am
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Moderator: Istvan Szabo
SPRINGFIELD ROOM – Moderator: Michele Aurand
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9:00-9:20
9:20-9:40
1 Claire Ryterski with Penny Shumate,
MUSIC – The Importance of a Singer’s
Personal Connection To the Music
2 Hannah Drake with Brian Bellott,
FORENSIC CHEMISTRY – Historical
Perspectives and Applications of a Variety
of Harps
9:40-10:00 3 Hannah Porter with Terry Chasteen and
Brian Locke, MUSIC – “The Things
Our Fathers Loved:” Charles Ives and
Nostalgia for a Changing America
10:00-10:20 4 Madison Thielsen with Eric Ginsberg and
Brian Locke, MUSIC – Camille SaintSaens: A Romantic Composer at the
Beginning of the 20th Century
10:20-10:40 5 Caitlin Pennington and Benjamin Rogers
with Terry Chasteen, MUSIC – Classical
vs. Contemporary: A Comparative Analysis
of Voice Qualities
10:40-11:00 6 Charles Evans with Anita Hardeman,
MUSIC – Love’s Greeting: Elgar’s Late
19th Century Marriage Proposal
11:00-11:20 7 Robert Hill with Carolyn Blackinton,
THEATRE & DANCE – Advancing
Backwards: Directing and Discovering the
Evolution of Film and Common Themes in
Annie Baker’s “The Flick” and Reality
11:20-11:40 8 Samantha Flores, Luciana Hontila, Vlad
Hontila, and Milagros Gallardo with
Richard Hughey, MUSIC --“Working with
the Composer”- David Rappenecker’s
String Quartet no. 2
1:00-1:10
7 Thomas Juvinall with Jonathan Day,
POLITICAL SCIENCE – FDR
1:10-1:20
8 Benjamin Meyers with Greg Baldi,
POLITICAL SCIENCE – Contemporary
Causes of State Failure: A Case Study of
South Sudan
1:20-1:30
9 Quincy Jones with Jonathan Day,
POLITICAL SCIENCE – The President’s
Powers and Check’s That Make Him Less
Powerful
1:30-1:40 10 Kimberley Enzeroth with Mei Wen,
HEALTH SERVICES MANAGEMENT –
Online Self Diagnosis and Its Impact
1:40-2:00
Questions and Answers/BREAK
2:00-2:10 11 Mattea Scanlan with Barbara Ashwood,
ENGLISH – Beauty: A Result of Evolution
2:10-2:20 12 Emma Goldman with Barbara Ashwood,
ENGLISH – The Beauty Myth Played
Through in Video Games
Poster Presentations
11:00 am - 1:30 pm
2:20-2:30 13 Bailey Jansen with Barbara Ashwood,
ENGLISH – Consequences of Body Shame
& Judgement
2:30
Questions and Answers
KASKASKIA ROOM – Moderator: Linda Zellmer
AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES
AGRICULTURE
TimeNumber
E 80 London Blocker with Jo-Ann Morgan – The Events
You Know & People You Don’t
A
3 José Henrique De Sanctis with Mark Bernards –
Determining if Fomesafen Application Has Positive
Effects on Velvetleaf Germination
1:00-1:10 14
1 Melissa Diaz with Samantha Cunningham and Jason
Franken – An Analysis on the Value of Herd Bulls
Based on Economic Value Indexes
1:10-1:20 15 Matthew Kirkham with Febe Pamonag,
HISTORY – Romance of the Three
Kingdoms through the Lens of Chinese
Philosophical Tradition
E 78 Erica Haunroth with Jo-Ann Morgan – Social,
Political, and Economic Challenges in the Work of
Playwright Ed Bullins
A
E 77 Mohoganee Owens with Jo-Ann Morgan – African
Americans and Death by Police--What about Civil
Rights?
A
E 79 Kayla Straughter with Jo-Ann Morgan – BOSSES:
The Impact of African Americans on the American
Economy
5 Stephani Mulch with Jason Franken – Challenges
and Strategies of Emerging Wine Regions in Illinois,
Missouri, Michigan, New York, and Vermont
A
6 Jeffrey Padesky with Winthrop Phippen – Hydroponic
Pennycress Test
A
4 Kyle Russell with Mark Bernards – Do Tank-Mixtures
of Clethodim with Dicamba or 2,4-D Adversely Affect
Control of Grass Weeds?
A
2 Rebecca Stone with Samantha Cunningham –
Factors Affecting Semen Quality in Yearling Beef
Bulls
Kirsten Belisle with Jennifer McNabb,
HISTORY – Mary, Queen of Scots: The
Constancy of an Absolute Prince
1:20-1:30 16 Thaddius Goldner with Courtney
Blankenship, MUSIC – Issues in the
Recovery of the Music Products Industry
1:40-2:00
Questions and Answers/BREAK
2:00-2:10 18 Noah Blake with Abraham Graber,
PHILOSOPHY – Ethics of Immigration and
the Effect of Coercion on Border Policy
2:10-2:20 19 Curtis Howd with Abraham Graber,
PHILOSOPHY – On Art Definition and
Provoked Pessimism
2:20-2:30 20 Luke Golemon with David Haugen,
PHILOSOPHY – An Evaluation of Hasker
and Plantinga on ‘Foreknowledge and
Necessity’
2:30
Questions and Answers
LINCOLN ROOM – Moderator: Amy Carr
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1:00-1:10 21 Matthew Whitlock with Amy Carr,
RELIGIOUS STUDIES – Is Nothing Sacred
1:10-1:20 22 Riley De Jesus with Amy Carr, RELIGIOUS
STUDIES – Narrative Reflections
by Sexual Minorities in Religious
Communities
1:20-1:30 23 Nikki Rybarczyk with Terry Rathje, ART
– Daydreams
1:30-1:40 24 Kennen Hutchison with Catherine MillerHunt, BIOLOGY – Mosquito Mayhem: Are
Illinois Mosquitoes Ready for Chikungunya
Virus?
1:40-2:00
Questions and Answers/BREAK
2:00-2:10 25 Rebecca Dunterman with Hiroko Sotozaki,
PSYCHOLOGY – Attentional Bias and
Handedness
2:10-2:20 26 Jana Berryman with Colin Harbke and
Julie Herbstrith, PSYCHOLOGY – The
Acceptance of Public Intimacy between
Heterosexual and Homosexual Couples
2:20
Questions and Answers
1:30-1:40 17 Jane Marshall with Bart Jennings, SUPPLY
CHAIN MANAGEMENT – A Supply Chain
Management Internship Experience 2015
For full abstracts, go to wiu.edu/centennial_honors_college/research_day/researchday.php.
Poster Presentations
Poster Presentations
(continued)
PSYCHOLOGY
ANTHROPOLOGY
E 93 Jana Berryman with Eugene Mathes – Short vs. LongTerm Gratification: The Happy vs. the Meaningful
Life
E 84 Chris Gresham with Kristy Keefe – What Gets Them
in the Door? Alcohol Related Consequences, Severity
of Alcohol Use, and Willingness to Seek Treatment
E 86 Jacob Boo with Kristine Kelly – Examining
Belongingness Needs through the Lens of the STAR
Model of Introversion
E 81 Mariah Maiman with Matthew Blankenship – The
Effects of an Adrenal Steroid Hormone on Spatial
Learning in Prenatally Stressed Rats
E 83 Holly Buchanan with Kristy Keefe – The Importance
of Social Support to Survivors of Sexual Assault: A
College Student Sample
E 91 Sarah Nielsen with Eugene Mathes – Does
Personality Determine Mating Patterns? The Big Five
and Life History Theory
E 90 Rachel Conrad with Eugene Mathes – The Use of
Obituaries to Test the Life History Theory
E 92 Sarah Nielsen and Mitchell Kittelson with Sandra
McFadden – Dark Chocolate Increases Noise-Induced
Hearing Loss in Mice
E 88 Emily Cranston with Kristine Kelly – Feelings towards
Different Relationships
E 89 Emily Cranston, Sarah Nielsen, and Rachel Conrad
with Eugene Mathes – Let’s Talk About Sex: A Life
History Theory Approach
E 82 Julie Frohn with Julie Herbstrith – Parental
Disapproval of Children’s “Coming-Out-of-theCloset”: The Role of Right-Wing Authoritarianism,
Social Dominance, Religiosity and Parenting Style
B 24 Julia Rodriguez with Christina Davis – Switching
Between Spanish and English: Bilingualism among
Three Generations of Colombian American Women
ART
D 63 Emily Banigan with Meshack Afitlhile – Effect of
TOC 132/120 Receptors on Expression of Jasmonate
Genes
B 23 Maria Louise Lis with Robert Hironimus-Wendt – The
Discrimination of Quality Education in the Chicago
Public School System
1 Jillian Ross with Katharine Pawelko,
Paul Schlag, and John Hemingway,
RECREATION, PARK & TOURISM
ADMINISTRATION – Building Assets:
Macomb, IL Youth Needs Assessment
1:30-1:40
2 Jon Naskrent with Timothy Helwig,
ENGLISH – Modernism and Individual
Classification in Poe’s “The Man of the
Crowd” and “The Man That Was Used Up”
1:40-2:00
Questions and Answers/BREAK
2:00-2:10
2:10-2:20
BIOLOGY
E 73 Jody Beckman, Darion Scanlan, Bridget Williams,
Kylie Wilson, and Darby Shaw with Brian Peer,
Kay Tsai, and Brian Davies – The Effectiveness of
Homemade Water Filters Compared to a Store-bought
Filter
B 36 Taylor Burgess with Andrea Porras-Alfaro – Isolation
and Identification of Dark Septate Endophytes in the
Roots of Arid Grass Species
D 56 Lauren Coffey with Richard Musser and Mette
Soendergaard – Gene Expression of Ovarian Cancer
Cells Treated with J18 Targeting Peptide
TimeNumber
3 Keona Morris with Timothy Helwig,
ENGLISH – The Link between Cultural
Media and Social Classes: An Analysis of
Snowpiercer
B 26 Heather Jensen with Andrea Alveshere – Taphonomy
and Decompositon in the Western Illinois Spring
Climate
SOCIOLOGY
FOX ROOM – Moderator: Pedro Bidegaray
1:20-1:30
B 25 Alex Cluster with Andrea Alveshere – Forensic
Entomology’s Effect on Taphonomy
H136 Cassandra Loos with Ian Shelly – “Conscious”: A BFA
Exhibition
1:00 - 3:00 pm
1:10-1:20
B 27 Melanie Bolling with Andrea Alveshere – Animal
Activity and Teeth Markings on Bone
E 87 Danielle Shelton with Kristine Kelly – Can Basic
Physiological Needs Determine Preferences for a
Mate?
Podium Presentations
1:00-1:10
(continued)
4 Haley Helgesen with Christopher Morrow,
ENGLISH – The Carnivalesque and
Dialogic: An Analysis of the Feminist
Webcomics “Mom Body” and “Hark, A
Vagrant”
5 Haley Smothers with Jill Myers and
Russell Orwig, LAW ENFORCEMENT &
JUSTICE ADMINISTRATION AND SOCIAL
WORK – Refrain to Detain
6 Heather Hoffmann with Jill Myers,
LAW ENFORCEMENT & JUSTICE
ADMINISTRATION – The Effectiveness
and Success Rates of Crisis Nurseries
2:20
Questions and Answers
D 68 Ashley Huette with Shawn Meagher – Does Sex or
Age Affect Infection Levels in the White-Footed
Mouse?
D 64 Jessica Jirik with Meshack Afitlhile – The Expression
of Fatty Acid Desaturase Genes in Arabidopsis Plants
That Have Been Exposed to Ozone
D 61 Madison Lefler with Catherine Miller-Hunt –
Arboviruses Presence in Ticks Found in Western
Illinois
D 65 Janie Miller with Shawn Meagher – Does Fire Affect
Parasitism in Midwestern White-footed Mice?
D 59 Dung Nguyen with Sue Hum-Musser – Abiotic
Stress: The Effects of High Temperature on Bacteria
Inoculated Maize
D 69 Eliese Potocek with Andrea Porras-Alfaro – Bacterial
Diversity Associated with Novel Mucoromycotina
Specie
D 70 Ahmed Rosenje with Richard Musser – Caterpillar
Gene Expression in Relation to Plant Defenses
E 75 Trent Stevenson with Kenneth McCravy –
Effectiveness of Orchid Bee Traps and Attractants
E 74 Emily Szott with James Lamer – Quantification of
Daily Otolith Increments in Young of Year Asian Carp
D 67 Tori Worthen with Shawn Meagher – DNA Barcoding
Reveals Two Cryptic Species of “White Grub”
Infecting Green Sunfish
CHEMISTRY AND FORENSIC CHEMISTRY
B 30 Austina Blecha with Andrea Alveshere – Creek Edge
Seasonal Soil Comparison
D 71 Brittany Doyle with Andrea Porras-Alfaro – HostSymbiont Relationships of Dark Septate Endophytes
in Arid Grasslands Roots
B 28 Katarina Botelho Saraiva with Andrea Alveshere –
Differentiating Deciduous Forest and Coniferous
Forest Soils Using Forensic Chemistry Methods
D 66 Georgia Dozard with Shawn Meagher – White Grub:
Still a Generalist or Really a Specialist?
B 35 Taylor Burgess with Andrea Alveshere – Comparison
of Forensic Soil Analysis: Creek and Pond Edge Soils
E 76 Tyler Gebel with Kenneth McCravy and Sean Jenkins
– Habitat Associations of Woodland Gastropods in
West-Central Illinois
C 50 Matthew Cash and Andrew Kluesner with J. Scott
McConnell – Combustion of Humic Acid Substances
D 72 Matthew Gooch with Andrea Porras-Alfaro –
Actinobacteria Shows Potential Antibiotic Capacity
by Inhibiting Pseudogymnoacsus Destructans
D 62 Haley Hannant with Catherine Miller-Hunt –
Mycoviruses: Fungal Friend or Foe?
D 58 Morgan Hare with Sue Hum-Musser – The Effect of
Bacterial Inoculants on the Heat Stress Response of
Corn
D 60 Allison Hebert with Scott Holt – Enhanced Gene
Transfer in Leuconostoc
C 47 Morgan Conrady with Brian Bellott – Development of
an Industrially Relevant Catalytic Reaction for use in
an Educational Setting
C 37 Rachel Crews with Brian Bellott – Method
Development for Detection of Atrazine via GC-FID
C 46 Anastasia De Leon with Brian Bellott – Solid State
Synthesis of CuS2
C 53 Joshua Diaz with Jenq-Kuen Huang and Lisa
Wen – Molecular Cloning and Expression of a
Secondary Alcohol Dehydrogenase from Nocardia
Cholesterolicum NRRL 5767
Poster Presentations
Poster Presentations
(continued)
(continued)
C 48 Sarah Donnelly with Brian Bellott – Solid State
Synthesis of Copper Iron Selenostannates
C 42 Hannah Drake with Brian Bellott – Synthesis of
Group Six Metal Carbonyl Complexes Containing a
Bidentate Phosphine
C 39 Bethany Esterlen with Brian Bellott – Forensic
Discrimination of Lipstick by GC-FID
C 54 Shawn Farrar with Shaozhong Zhang – Synthesis of
New Tellurium Containing Fluorescent Compounds
C 51 Christopher Frasca and Matthew Cash with Mette
Soendergaard – Bioinformatics of a Novel Ovarian
Cancer Imaging Peptide J18
COMMUNICATION SCIENCES AND DISORDERS
HEALTH SCIENCES
PHILOSOPHY
A 12 Kayla Kammermeyer with Ioannis Papakyritsis –
Speaking Out From the Disorder: Demonstration of
Emotional Prosody in Speakers with Dysarthria
F107 Stephanie Gaspar-Hernandez with Fetene Gebrewold
– Outbreak of Zika Virus Disease and its Detrimental
Health Impact
B 19 Haley Cullen with Abraham Graber – Is Affirmative
Action Permissible?
A 10 Victoria Kappel with Stacy Betz – Examining the
Differences between Conversational Partners When
Assessing a Child’s Language Sample
F105 Briana Hines with Mei Wen – A Study of Range of
Motion after Physical Therapy: Rotator Cuff Tear
A 11 Amber Koutnik with Stacy Betz and Amy Burke
– Comparison of Preschool Speech & Language
Screening Tests
DIETETICS, FASHION MERCHANDISING AND HOSPITALITY
C 52 Gabriela Garcia and Randahl Nickerson with Mette
Soendergaard – Cytotoxic Determination of a
Potential and Novel Ovarian Cancer Drug
H139 Madison Yarno with Carol Longley and Jill Cassady –
CACFP Nutrition and Wellness Policies in Childcare
Centers Throughout the Midwest
B 29 Joyce Gerdulo with Andrea Alveshere – Analysis of
the Difference between Coniferous Forest and Pond
Edge Soils using Forensic Chemistry
ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
C 49 Amanda Hagen and Deanna Valdebenito with J. Scott
McConnell – Environmental Sampling and Analysis
Techniques
H133 Meghan Hoyle with Pamela Campbell – Technology
Use for Supporting Primary Literacy
ENGLISH
C 43 Logan Hickey with Brian Bellott – Solid State
Synthesis of Two Copper Thiostannates
H132 Rachel Papiernik with Timothy Helwig – The Second
Amendment Gets a College Rejection Letter
B 32 Shannon Kreps with Andrea Alveshere – Seasonal
Variation of Soil Sample Composition in a Coniferous
Forrest
EXERCISE SCIENCE
C 38 Quinn Kruel with Brian Bellott – Synthesis of a
Cobalt Cluster Containing Polychalcogenidometalate
Ligands
C 41 Paulina Kulesza with Jin Jin – Synthesis and
Chemiluminescence Study of Luminol Derivatives
B 34 Jessica Leimbach with Andrea Alveshere –
Determination of Seasonal Variation in Forensic
Chemistry Analyses of Pond Edge Samples
B 31 Alex Medel with Andrea Alveshere – Forensic
Chemistry Soil Analysis and Comparisons of Creek
Bank and Deciduous Forest Soils
B 33 Crystal Moreno with Andrea Alveshere –
Differentiating Creek and Pond Water Using Forensic
Chemistry Methods
C 45 Mattea Scanlan with Brian Bellott – Synthesis of
Iron-Copper-ChalcogenidoStannates
C 40 Emily Thomas with Brian Bellott – Double
Perovskites: A Study of Crystals
D 55 Killian Tracey with Brian Bellott – Synthesis of
MnVTe2Q8 (Q = S, Se, and Te) Material
C 44 Nicole Walker with Brian Bellott – Synthesis of
MgCu3Fe4S12
H131 Rebecca Young and Nadia Barrera with Miriam
Satern and Tammi Bories – Music Effects on Gait in
Young and Old Adults
GEOLOGY
F109 Kevin Cavett with Thomas Hegna and Chad Sperry
– Outcrop Mapping in Argyle Lake State Park Using
Lidar Slope Mapping
F 112 Grace Iftner with Steve Bennett – The Relationship
of Nutrients and Dissolved Oxygen Concentrations to
Streamflow in a Tributary to Spring Lake
F110 Drew Laviada-Garmon with Thomas Hegna – Copper
and Uranium in Petrified Wood: An SEM-EDS
Analysis
F114 Nick Liming and Justin Christensen with Leslie
Melim – Recrystallization of Cave Pearls from an
Underground Limestone Mine, Quincy, Illinois
F108 Rayleno Santana Oliveira with Thomas Hegna –
Preliminary Work on the Ontogenies of Trilobites from
the Weeks Formation (Cambrian; Utah)
F111 Jacob Shaw with Thomas Hegna – Clam Shrimp
(Spinicaudata) from the Upper Triassic Lake Ciniza
Beds, New Mexico
F113 Lukas Smith with Kyle Mayborn – Investigation of a
Marginal Reversal at the Base of the Mineral Lake
Intrusion, Northern Wisconsin
F106 Wenhao Xu with Mei Wen – The Role of Cell-phone
Involvement in Traffic Crashes
JOURNALISM
H134 Talis Shelbourne with Teresa Simmons – Journalism
Ethics: An Examination of Media Accountability
Systems, Precedent Cases, and Current Ethical
Dilemmas
LAW ENFORCEMENT AND JUSTICE ADMINISTRATION
B 20 Curtis Howd and Luke Golemon with David Haugen –
Grandfather Paradox - A Response
PHYSICS
F101 Nicholas Breslin with Ryan Gordon – Inductive
Tunnel Diode Resonator Circuit for Precision
Magnetic Measurements
F102 Jacob Correa with Pengqian Wang – Optical
Retardation Measurement Using Senarmont Method
H138 Tyler Czarnecki with P. K. Babu and Saisudha Mallur
– Variation of Optical Band Gap in Lead and Bismuth
Borate Glasses
A 18 Amanda Manton with Jill Myers – New Developments
with Officer Worn Body Cameras
F100 Owen Huff with Ryan Gordon – The Use of a
Capacitor Tunnel Diode Resonating Circuit to
Measure Material Properties
A 17 Crystal Wilson with Michael Curtis – The Issues
Associated with Eyewitness Identification in the
Criminal Justice System
F 96 Megan Long with J. Scott McConnell – Environmental
Concerns of Estrogen in Streams and Determination
Using Standard Analytical Method
MATHEMATICS
F 95 Megan Long with P. K. Babu and Saisudha Mallur –
Preparation and Study of Sm-doped Barium-Bismuth
Borate Glasses
H137 Matthew Rammelsberg with Feridun Tasdan –
Logistic Regression
METEOROLOGY
A
7 Alexander Adams with Redina Herman and Chad
Sperry – An Analysis of Low Level Vertical Wind
Shear Climatology in Illinois
A
8 Nicholas Delfino with Redina Herman – Spatial
Analysis of Increased Precipitation Co-located with
Wind Turbines in North Central Illinois
A
9 Brendan Wallace with Marcus Buker – Numerical
Analysis of the Sensitivity of Tornado Distribution to
Topographic Scale
NURSING
A 15 LeeAnna Carey, Taylor Crawford, Kelsey Kirchhoefer,
and Marlee Landon with Lindsay White –
Stethoscope Hygiene between Patients as a Standard
Practice
A 14 Brittany Castleberry, John Lowe, Maksymilian
Paw, and Courtney Harbison with Lindsay White –
Accuracy of Estimating Blood Loss by Registered
Nurses
F 98 Angelica Strack with Esteban Araya – A Search for
Hydroxyl Masers in the Westbrook Nebula
F 99 Raymond Sullivan and Brandon Morse with Pengqian
Wang – Polarization Properties of Light Scattered
from Japanese Beetles
F 97 Nicole Szabo with P. K. Babu and Saisudha Mallur –
Optical Properties of Bismuth Borate Glasses Doped
with Transition Metal Ions, Rare Earth Metals Ions
and Metalloid Ions
POLITICAL SCIENCE
B 21 Rasheka Norwood with Jonathan Day – We the
People
B 22 Erika Ward with Jonathan Day – Barack Obama’s
Relationship with the Media