Congratulations to the
“Spotlight Innovation”
Award Winners!
(Highlighted burgundy in the in Schedule)
Maggie Falwell
Brit Garner & Eric Borke
Joanna Kreitinger
William D. Schroeder
(In Order of Poster Number)
Poster #1 ~ Session - #2 Xiaobo
Wang, Mentor - Ekaterina Voronina
Dynein subunit DLC-1 promotes localization and function of stem cell regulator FBF-2 in C. elegans
Poster #2 ~ Session - #1 Rebecca
Durham,Comparative Phenology of
Montana Rangeland Plants
Poster #3 ~ Session - #1 Gini Kay,
Mentor - Kari Harris
Treating the Future: Our Chance to
Protect the Next Generations from
Diabetes
Poster #4 ~ Session - #1 Kevin
Trout, Mentor - Andrij Holian
Iron-doped Apatite Nanoparticles
Increase Bacteriophage Infectivity and Macrophage Bioactivity
Poster #5 ~ Session - #1 Chantal
Graham, Mentor - Valerie Moody
Analysis of Injury Rates Among Wild
Land Firefighters During Physical
Training
Poster #6 ~ Session - #2 Elizabeth
Cole, Mentor - Yoon Hee Cho
Epigenetic effects of prenatal and early postnatal environmental tobacco smoke exposure on respiratory health at adulthood
Poster #7 ~ Session - #2 Sophia
Carvalho, Mentor - Kevan Roberts
Prenatal Exposure to Wood Smoke
Exacerbates Allergic Responses in
Adulthood
Poster #8 ~ Session - #1 Jessica
Cremer, Mentor - Valerie Moody
Examining the Role of Parents in
Concussion Legislation Across the
United States
Poster #9 ~ Session - #2 David Grove,
Mentor - Valerie Moody
Examining the Relationship
Between Throwing Injuries in
Adolescent Baseball Players and an Injury Prevention Smartphone
Application
Poster #10 ~ Session - #1 Lee
Curran, Mentor - Douglas Raiford
Training Machines to grade multidisciplinary documentation
Poster #11 ~ Session - #1 Rebecca
Kranitz, Mentor - Ulrich Kamp
Assessing Snow Avalanche Impacts to
Glacier National Park’s Ecosystem
Poster #12 ~ Session - #2
Reba Van Beusekom,
Mentor - Michael DeGrandpre
Development of a Low-Cost, High
Efficiency Titration Analyzer
Poster #13 ~ Session - #1 William
Schroeder, Mentor - Cynthia Riley
Auge Beverage Cans and Pull Tabs:
A Refreshing Look
Poster #14 ~ Session - #1 Kathryn
Bobolinski, Mentor - Anna Prentiss
An Analysis of Cash Pit Variability at the Bridge River Site, Middle Fraser
B.C.
Poster #15 ~ Session - #1 Collin Fehr,
Mentor - Charles Palmer
Intercollegiate Tennis Coaches'
Perceptions of and Preferences for
Continuing Education
Poster #16 ~ Session - #1 Sarah
Olafson, Mentor - Lindsey Nichols
Assessment of a Theoretical Zika
Intervention in Guatemala Using
SMART Goals
Poster #17 ~ Session - #1 Minako
May, Mentor - Ginger Collins
A Brief but Intensive Language-
Literacy Intervention for an
Adolescent
Poster #18 ~ Session - #1 Piper
Worthington, Mentor - Marty Blair
School Climate Transformation
Efforts in Montana's Public Schools:
State Support of Local Visions for the
Future
Poster #19 ~ Session - #1 Maggie
Falwell, Mentor - Lindsey Nichols
Fighting Fire with Fire: Utilizing Social
Media to Combat Domestic Minor
Sex Trafficking
Poster #20 ~ Session - #1 Claire
Surma, Mentor - Lindsey/Nichols
Critical cultural moments while studying abroad: Student exchanges between the University of Montana in Missoula, Montana, and Al
Akhawayn University in Ifrane,
Morocco
Poster #21 ~ Session - #2 Emilia
Tifental, Mentor - Meradeth Snow
The Bridge River Dogs: a comprehensive interpretation of aDNA and stable isotope analysis obtained from dog remains
Poster #23 ~ Session - #2 Brittney
Eubank, Mentor - Randall Skelton
A Comparison of the Utility of
Craniometric and Dental
Morphological Data for Assessing
Biodistance and Sex-Differential
Migration in the Pacific Islands
Poster #24 ~ Session - #2 Meredith
Reynolds, Mentor - Stuart Hall
A Significant Threat to
Neuropsychological Test Validity
Poster #25 ~ Session - #2 Anna Guay,
Mentor - Jeff Bookwalter
The effect of relative standing on well-being speaks to the stage of development in South Africa
Poster #26 ~ Session - #2 Julia
Schorr, Mentor - Randall Skelton
Utilizing craniometrics to examine the morphological changes to Homo with the advent of processing food by cooking
Poster #27 ~ Session - #2 Claire
Surma, Mentor - Lindsey Nichols
International Education: Perceptual shifts in culture
GRADEXPO- 2:00 5:00 - Rooms 330-332
Graduate Program booths will be available to answer any questions you may have about
graduate programs and provide advice.

Pod #1
9:00 AM
9:20 AM
9:40 AM
10:00 AM Free
Social Sciences
Destigmatize and De-escalate: Supporting Campus Law Enforcement Interactions with Individuals with Disabilities ~ Lindsey Shankle, Mentor - Kyle Colling
Partnerships to Prevent Childhood Obesity on a Native American Reservation: Study to Enhance Communication with Parents/Guardians and Community
Members ~ Julia Malich, Mentor - Kari Harris
Addressing Barriers to Childhood Vaccination Through Community Partnership
~ Heather Murray, Mentor - Kari Harris
10:20 AM Temporary Work on the Bakken Shale ~ Peter Ore, Mentor - Daisy Rooks
10:40 AM
1:00 PM
Living with HIV: A Potential Source of Trauma in Children and Adolescents
~ Kaitlyn Ahlers, Mentor - Cameo Stanick
Developing Community Partnerships to Promote Breastfeeding on the Flathead
Indian Reservation ~ Amy (Stiffarm) Tall Bull, Mentor - Kari Harris
1:20 PM
1:40 PM
Evaluating Montana's Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative ~ Mandi Zanto,
Mentor - Kari Harris
Overcoming a History of Strained Relations: Expanding Consultation by Building
Relationships Between the U.S. Air Force and Associated Native American Nations
~ Nicholas Shankle, Mentor - Kelly Dixon
2:00 PM
2:20 PM
2:40 PM
Pod #2
9:00 AM
9:20 AM
9:40 AM
10:00 AM
10:20AM
10:40 AM
Pod #2
1:00 PM
1:20 PM
1:40 PM
Adult Day Services: Quality Care for All ~ Elizabeth Rolle, Mentor - Kari Harris
The American Eugenics Society: the rise and influence of eugenics and its continuance in the American social consciousness. ~ Rebecca Annis,
Mentor - Janet Finn
Fighting Fire with Fire: Utilizing Social Media to Combat Domestic Minor Sex
Trafficking ~ Maggie Falwell, Mentor - Lindsey Nichols
Life Sciences
Liposomal Nanoparticles and Dendritic Cells: A Targeted Drug Delivery System for
Immune-mediated Diseases. ~ Joanna Kreitinger, Mentor - David Shepherd
Seeing Red: A Geospatial Analysis of IUCN Red List Biodiversity Trends ~ Brit
Garner, Mentor - Brian Steele
ASCTs could prove to be a useful therapeutic target for neuropsychological disorders. ~ Jill Farnsworth, Mentor - Kavanaugh
Investigation of a mitochondrial DNA:RNA hybrid quadruplex structure as a novel anticancer target ~ Sascha Stump, Mentor - Howard Beall
Sport Related Concussion Knowledge in Youth Female Soccer Athletes and Their
Parents ~ Seth Lindauer, Mentor – Valerie Moody
Modeling the effectiveness of a cocooning strategy in the presence of an ineffective pertussis vaccine. ~ Cody Palmer, Mentor - Emily Stone
Social Sciences
Identifying the Location of the Nez Perce National Historic Trail in Carbon County,
Montana ~ Amy Miller, Mentor - Kelly Dixon
Examining the Feasibility of a Rural School-Family Initiative ~ Heather Halko,
Mentor - Cameo Stanick
Understanding Causes for the Structural Expansion of Housepit 54 at the Bridge
River Village, British Columbia: Demographic Growth or Social Signaling
~ Sarah Nowell, Mentor - Anna Prentiss
Pod #2
2:00 PM
2:20 PM
2:40 PM
Pod #3
9:00 AM
9:20 AM
9:40 AM
10:00 AM
10:20 AM
10:40 AM
1:00 PM
1:20 PM
1:40 PM
2:00 -3:00
Pod #4
9:00 AM
9:20 AM
9:40 AM
Social Sciences (continued)
The Next Billion: Lessons in Off-Grid Electricity Development from the Global South
~ Peter McDonough, Mentor - Len Broberg
Victims’ Perspective Of Their Roles In Unwanted Sexual Experiences When Alcohol Is
Consumed ~ Lindsey Grove, Mentor - Christine Fiore
Determining pitfalls in mental health care delivery for transgender and gender nonconforming individuals ~ Hillary Gleason, Mentor - Bryan Cochran
Physical Sciences
The 123 Conjecture and Variants ~ Nhan Nguyen, Mentor - Kelly
There and Back Again: A Tale about Thixotropic Hydrogels ~ Kristian Stipe,
Mentor - Monica Serban
A New Method to Test for Explosives Using Electrokinetic Chromatography
~ Julie McGettrick, Mentor - Chris Palmer
Glucaric Acid Based Polymers: Novel Gel-Forming Agents ~ Erik Johnston,
Mentor - Monica Serban
Intramolecular Hydrogen Bonding in Urea Catalysts ~ Nicholas Wageling,
Mentor - Orion Berryman
Supramolecular Chemistry for the Detection of Arsenic ~ Asia Marie Riel, Mentor -
Orion Berryman
On the Turan number of path-star forests ~ Omid Khormali, Mentor - Cory Palmer
Increasing the Efficiency of Uranium Remediation Materials Using the Amidoxime
Functional Group ~ Ari Rose, Mentor - Berryman, Orion
Protein folding: thermodynamics of Ubiquitin-associated domains ~ Moses Leavens,
Mentor - Bruce/Bowler
Empty
Humanities
200+ Celsius - The Trials and Tribulations of 3D-Printing: The Realization of Anything ~
Geoff Cole, Mentor - Greg Twigg
Driving in the Rear-View Mirror: Shelley’s Poet, Plato’s Philosopher, and Western
Artistic Identity ~ Sean Collins, Mentor - Bob Baker
Meaningful Consultation with American Indian Tribes: Oil and Gas Exploration in the
Badger-Two Medicine and the National Historic Preservation Act ~ Kathryn Ore,
Mentor - Maylinn Smith
Social Suffering in Nepal: A Deeper Understanding of the Border Blockade ~ Kassandra
Viers, Mentor - Kimber McKay 10:00 AM
10:20-11:00 Empty
1:00 PM
1:20 PM
Oregon Tribal Historic Preservation Offices: The Problems and Challenges of Starting and Maintaining a Tribal Historic Preservation Office ~ Karly Law, Mentor - John
Douglas
Decolonizing the Mind: Obeah as a Maker of Cultural Identity in Wide Sargasso Sea,
No Telephone to Heaven, and Omeros ~ Briana Wipf, Mentor - Eric Reimer
1:40 PM
Queering Alien: Queer Theory, Gendered Imagery, and Ripley’s Female Masculinity
~ Cris Jardon, Mentor - Rob Browning