Conference Schedule Participant Registration Katzen Rotunda 8:30 a.m. – 3:45 p.m. Session One 9 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Science Potpurri: From Sewers toSsleep to Synthesis (and more) The Sociology of Emotions: Interaction and Identity in Contemporary Society Health: Getting There, Staying There, and Once It Is Gone Shaping Identity Imagining Equality: Global Articulations of Survival, Identity, Rights Katzen 112 Katzen 115 Katzen 123 Katzen 128 Katzen 151 Morning Poster Session Katzen Rotunda 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Break 10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Session Two 10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Self and Other: Images and the Construction of Identity Images of Race, Nationality, Gender, and Sexuality in the Mass Media Space, Quanta, and Computers Visual Arts Across the Humanities Defining Heros, Justice, and Political Systems Economic, Health, and Environmental Policy Issues (Professional Presentation Panel) Female Body Katzen 112 Katzen 115 Katzen 123 Katzen 128 Katzen 151 Katzen 154 Katzen 210 Luncheon Rotunda 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Session Three 1:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Bug, Drug, and Debug The Perpetuation of Gender and Family Roles in American Popular Media Katzen 112 Katzen 115 Cost/Benefit Analyses and Game Theory: Applications across the Globe Through the Literary Lens Meditations on Form: Literary, Artistic, Social Figuring Identity and Difference (Professional Presentation Panel) Quantitiative and Analytical Methods Katzen 123 Katzen 128 Katzen 151 Katzen 154 Katzen 210 Afternoon Poster Session Katzen Rotunda 12:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Session Four 3:30 p.m. – 5 p.m. Discourses That Make a Difference: Race, Gender, Class Deconstructing Sociological Trends in Education and Child Development Gendered Bodies, Identities, and Rituals Interrogating Discourses of Race and Gender Evolution, Development, and Behavior Responses to Catastrophe: WWI, the Atomic Bombings ,and the Holocaust Katzen 112 Katzen 115 Katzen 123 Katzen 128 Katzen 151 Katzen 154 Session One: 9 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Science Potpurri : From Sewers to Sleep to Synthesis (and More)Katzen 112 Chair: Professor Anthony Riley, Psychology Infant Feeding and Sleep Practices and Childhood Symptoms of ADHD Maria Antoshina, PhD candidate, Behavior, Cognition, and Neuroscience Psychology Investigating Sewage Pollution on the Coral Reefs off the Coast of Guam Jamey Redding, MS candidate, Environmental Science Novel Synthesis of Small Biotinylated Monocyclic Lactams Ross Kuskovsky, MS candidate, Chemistry The Effects of Extinction Generalize Over the Conditioned-Response-Eliciting and Conditioned Reinforcing Effects of an Appetitive Conditioned Stimulus Brendan Tunstall, PhD candidate, Behavior, Cognition, and Neuroscience Psychology Water Quality Characteristics of Fire Sprinkler Systems Nicole Condon, MS candidate, Environmental Science The Sociology of Emotions: Interaction and Identity 115 in Contemporary Society Katzen Chair: Professor Kim Blankenship, Sociology Facebook v. Face-to-face: The Effect of Online Social Networking on Interpersonal Skills Andrew Carson, Senior, Sociology Juvenile Incarceration and Self-Esteem: An Analysis of Anonymous Poetry Alexandra Dobin, Senior, Sociology Military Marriage: Patterns and Stressors in a Peacetime Lifestyle While at War Samantha Acebal, Senior, Sociology With This Phone, I Thee Wed: The Positive and Negative Effects of Mobile Technology on Marital Relationships Tia Chang, Senior, Sociology Your So-Called “Friends:” An Analysis of Facebook Privacy and its Effect on Relationships Madison Bannon, Senior, Sociology Health: Getting There, Staying There, and Once It Is Gone 123 Katzen Chair: Professor Keith Leonard, Literature An Edible Sense of Community in Washington, DC Kathryn Bohri, Senior, Sociology An Intoxicating Position: Interviewing Bartenders to Understand Attitudes and Experiences Regarding Alcohol and Substance Use within the Northwest Washington, DC, Service Industry Rusty Sticha, Senior, Sociology Another Form of Intimacy: When Cancer Enters the Marital Bed Shirin Karimi, Senior, Literature Positive Effects of Bellydance Alice Kerby, Senior, Health Promotion The Reality of Life in a Food Desert: A Closer Look through the Lens of a Washington, DC, Neighborhood and its Implications on Health Molly Gray, Senior, Sociology Shaping Identity 128 Chair: Professor Brian Yates, Psychology Katzen “A Rose by Any Other Name:” The Stigmatization of Intellectual Disability through Language Sarah Fugate, Senior, Sociology A Study of Individuality and Sibling Perception in Twins Sophie Cassell, Senior, Psychology Crawfish, Y’all: The Construction of Cajun Ethnic Narratives 1960-1990 Callan Quiram, Senior, International Studies Narratives of Violence: Crisis Pregnancy Centers and the Language of “Life” Taylor Cowey, Senior, Sociology Imagining Equality: Global Articulations of 151 Survival, Identity, Rights Katzen Chair: Professor Brenda Werth, Language and Foreigh Studies Feminism from the Margins: For the Common Good but Lacking in Identity Meghan Meros, MA candidate, Spanish: Latin American Studies Julia Snyder, MA candidate, Spanish: Latin American Studies Necropolitics, A State Mechanism: Creating the Good Latin American Gay Immigrant Rafael Lainez, PhD candidate, Anthropology Paradoxical Intentions: Does Inclusion Provide a Mandate for Exclusion? Dave Neagley, MA candidate, Teaching Kate Clonan-Roy, MA candidate, Teaching Women’s Roles: Agriculture, Food, and Nutrition in Rural Central Malawi Abigail Conrad, PhD candidate, Anthropology Women and the Colombian Drug Trade: The Untold Story of Narcotrafficking Catalina Esguerra, MA candidate, Spanish: Latin American Studies Session Two: 10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Self and Other: Images and the Construction of Identity 112 Katzen Chair: Professor Juliet Bellow, Art History Gabriele Münter, The Polish Woman (1909): Fusing Nature and Culture Patricia Bray, MA candidate, Art History Leonora Carrington: the Resilience of a Feminist Consciousness Adriana Lema Polo, MA candidate, Art History Models of Maternity and Modesty: Colonial Portraiture and Women’s Roles in the New World Kellie Burris Walton, MA candidate, Art History Natvar Bhavsar: Indian Modernism and the American Avant-Garde Orin Zahra, MA candidate, Art History Rookwood Vases: An Exchange between East and West Mary Cameron, MA candidate, Art History Images of Race, Nationality, Gender, and Sexuality 115 in the Mass Media Katzen Chair: Professor Natalia Ruiz-Junco, Sociology Criminal Refugees: The Construction of Race in the New York Times following Hurricane Katrina Lauren Christie, Senior, Foreign Language and Communication Media Making Sense of Cuba: The New York Times, Discourses of a Changing Country, and a People’s “Interior History” Chris Lewis, Senior, Economics Miniature Giraffes? Constructions of Russianness in American Media Anastasia Voskresenskaya, Senior, International Studies The Gay Agenda: The Prevalence of LGBT Issues in Straight Television Abby Kizer, Junior, Sociology Views of Gender in a Transitioning Society: A Content Analysis of Czech Magazine Advertisements Lori Sommerfelt, Senior, Sociology Space, Quanta, and Computers 123 Katzen Chair: Professor Philip Johnson, Physics Automated Hacking via USB Reid Cumbest, Sophomore, Computer Science Creating New Quantum Superpositions: The Role of Mutually Attractive Interactions Between Atoms David Menasche, Senior, Physics and Mathematics & Economics Crystals of Light -- Optical Lattices, What They Are, and What They Can Do Michael Roberts, Senior, Physics Sulfur in the Interstellar Medium Betsy White, Senior, Physics Testing Quantum Mechanical Wave-Particle Duality Robert Van Kirk, Senior, Physics Visual Arts Across the Humanities 128 Katzen Chair: Professor Jonathan Loesberg, Literature Film Noir and the Teen Film: A Generic Link Dewey Musante, Senior, Literature Kuroda’s New Nude Kate Bodman, Junior, Art History The “Floating World” Revealed: Bijin-ga and Shun-ga in Edo, Japan Jordan Hillman, Junior, Art History The Father of Literary Postmodernism’s Painterly Upbringing: Donald Barthelme vis-à-vis Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg Christina Farella, Senior, Literature Who You Gonna Believe, Me or Your Own Eyes? Gilles Deleuze Meets the Marx Brothers Chris Lucibella, Senior, Philosophy Defining Heros, Justice, and Political Systems 151 Katzen Chair: Professor Richard Sha, Literature Answering Atatürk and Wilders: Reconciling Islam and European-style Nationalism from a Historical Perspective William Zeman, Senior, History Augustinian Influences and the First Crusade Amanda Gustafson, Senior, History Historical Readings of Ambition in Beowulf and Macbeth Leah Pope, Senior, Literature Nine Days on Yggdrasil: Poetic Reinterpretation of a Norse Myth Matthew Makowski, Junior, Biology The Psychosis of Guilt in Crime and Punishment Courtney Neville, Senior, Literature Economic, Health, and Environmental Policy Issues 154 Katzen (Professional Presentation Panel) Chair: Professor Robert Feinberg, Economics Effectiveness and Efficiency of Mental Health Services for Children in Foster Care Ashley Provencher, PhD candidate, Economics Exchange Rate Misalignment in Nepal Anjan Panday, PhD candidate, Economics Exposure to Alcohol During Adolescence or Adulthood Alters the Rewarding Effects of Cocaine in Adult Rats Mary Anne Hutchison, PhD candidate, Behavior, Cognition, and Neuroscience Psychology Manatee Bones: A Look Back at Florida’s Recent Environmental Conditions Through Stable Isotopes Vince Bacalan, MS candidate, Biology Relationship Between the Rewarding and Aversive Effects of Drugs of Abuse in Individual Subjects Andrey Verendeev, PhD candidate, Behavior, Cognition, and Neuroscience Psychology Unlike Retrospective Memory, Prospective Memory Is Sometimes Immune to Build-up of Proactive Interference Joyce Oates, PhD candidate, Behavior, Cognition, and Neuroscience Psychology Female Body 210 Katzen Chair: Professor Katharina Vester, History Changing Times: How the Gibson Girl Revolutionized Fashion and Society Meredith Hollingsworth, Junior, American Studies Killer Couture: Fashion, Social Justice, and the Body Sarah Caffey, Senior, Anthropology Symbolism in Dress: The Glove and the Handkerchief in Little Women Hallie Borstel, Sophomore, History The Homespun Confederacy: Necessity or Patriotism? Sarah Adler, Sophomore, History The Sexualization of the Female Body in Breast Cancer Awareness Abra Burkett, Senior, Sociology The Treatment of Obesity and the Normative Physical Standards in Comic Books, 1940 to the 1990s Arie Serota, MA candidate, History Session Three: 1:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Bug, Drug and Debug 112 Katzen Chair: Professor Michael Black, Computer Science A Survey and Comparison of Teaching Simulators Priyadarshini Komala, Junior, Computer Science Constructing a BOINC Client on the iPhone Josh Reese, Senior, Computer Science Evaluation of Chirality on the Activity of Novel Antimicrobial Compounds Zoe Fleischmann, Junior, Biochemistry Lactams v. Carbamothioates – Is the Lactam Really Essential for Activity? Catherine Koenigsknecht, Junior, Biochemistry Sick as a Dog: An Epidemic Model for a Local Canine Kennel Cough Outbreak Kathleen Kimball, Senior, Biology The Perpetuation of Gender and Family Roles 115 in American Popular Media Katzen Chair: Professor Michelle Newton-Francis, Sociology Crowning Objects: Toddlers and Tiaras and the Objectification of Young Girls Katie Stoner, Certificate Student, Women, Policy & Political Leadership Objects of Interest Ross Weistroffer, Junior, Literature Pageant Moms and Glitzy Girls: The Mother/Daughter Relationship in Children’s Glitz Pageants Meg Lorenzen, Junior, Sociology Star Culture: A Blueprint for Hegemonic Motherhood Donna Gatesman, Senior, Sociology Cost/Benefit Analyses and Game Theory: 123 Applications across the Globe Chair: Professor Maria Floro, Economics Evaluating Ultimatum Game Behavior in Germany Hannah Hennighausen, Senior, Economics Katzen Generosity, Anonymity, and Religiosity: A Dictator Game Analysis Ayal Chen-Zion, Senior, Mathematics & Economics Punishing Their Future: A Study of the Employment of Ex-Convicts in the Washington, DC, Area Alyssa Trempus, Senior, Sociology Sustainable Development in the North of Argentina: Mujeres Warmi Sayasjunqo Alyssa Hansen, Graduated, International Studies Water Fluoridation: A Cost/Benefit Analysis Carly Montanero, Sophomore, Biology Through the Literary Lens 128 Katzen Chair: Professor Anita Sherman, Literature “What Can Never Be Again:” Edward Thomas and the Transience of Human Memory Konrad Riecke, MA candidate, Literature Language, Connection, and Melville’s Bartleby Ashley Foerster, MA candidate, Literature Reading Melville Pragmatically Lauren Becker, MA candidate, Literature Why Weep for Gojira? The Scars of Forgetting in 1950s Japanese Cinema Chuck Sebian-Lander, MFA candidate, Creative Writing Witnessing the Wars of Our Fathers: Halbwachs and the Third Form of Memory Hannah Oliver, MA candidate, Literature Meditations on Form: Literary, Artistic, Social 151 Katzen Chair: Professor Ellen Feder, Philosophy & Religion “Laughter Is Not Just Funny:” Examining the Value of Humor in the Field of Mass Communications Nazran Baba, Junior, Economics Emily Dickinson, the Dash, and Negative Capability Emily Prince, Senior, Literature Social Dance and Protocol in Elite Washington Society, 1920-1940 Bridget Miskell, Senior, History The Gaze and Subjectivity in Frances Burney’s Evelina Emily Poor, Senior, Literature Theme and Variations: Towards An Explorative Poetic David Pritchard, Senior, Literature Figuring Identity and Difference 154 (Professional Presentation Panel) Katzen Chair: Professor Fiona Brideoak, Literature Discoveries in L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E: The Possibilities of Between in Lyn Hejinian’s A Border Comedy Mary Sweeney, MA candidate, Literature North Korean Defectors in China: Contradictions and Harmonization of State and International Refugee Policies Joowon Park, PhD candidate, Anthropology Philanthropy, Religion, and Control in the Ann Yearsley Debate Sarah Papazoglakis, MA candidate, Literature Threat and competition: US and Oriental women during 50s and 60s Nguyet Nguyen, PhD candidate, History Quantitiative and Analytical Methods 210 Katzen Chair: Professor Elizabeth Malloy, Mathematics and Statistics Q-Squared Analysis of Poverty Dynamics Emcet Tas, PhD candidate, Economics Scatterplot Smoothing Methods and the Super Learner Philip Gautier, MS candidate, Statistics Melissa Bergeron, MS candidate, Statistics Shannon Sampling in Spherical Geometry Bill Moore, MA candidate, Mathematics Erin Koch, MA candidate, Mathematics Survival of the Wealthiest: A Survival Analysis of the Forbes 400, 1982-2010 Kevin Capehart, PhD candidate, Economics Trade and Gender Wage Gaps in the United States Erin Hinchey, PhD candidate, Economics Session Four: 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Discourses That Make a Difference: Race, Gender, Class 112 Katzen Chair: Professor Celine-Marie Pascale, Sociology Talk about Crisis: Everyday Life in Detroit Chris Lewis, Senior, Economics The Discourse of Light-Skin Privilege Ami Patel, Junior, International Studies & Anthropology The Invisibility of Color and Colorism in a White Privileged Society Joseph Hornig, Senior, Communication Studies The Souls of White Folk: The Social Gospel and Jim Crow in Washington, DC, 1890-1920 Kurt Karandy, Senior, History Vampires, Race, and Two Literary Traditions Meg Breihan, Senior, Literature Deconstructing Sociological Trends in Education 115 and Child Development Katzen Chair: Professor Andrea Brenner, Sociology A Child’s View: How Children’s Picture Books Depict Death and Dying Emmalyn Smith, Senior, Sociology & Spanish Studies Against All Odds: Social Factors & Urban Education - Southeast DC’s Most Gifted Graduating Seniors Katherine Streit, Senior, Psychology & Sociology Counseling Children of Incarcerated Parents Shelby Legel, Senior, Sociology & Justice Gendered Philosophies in Self-Defense Caleb Huey, Senior, Sociology Promoting Service in Teacher Recruitment: The Powerful Perception of Prestige; Social Insights Learned from Teach for America, Inc. Taryn Hochleitner, Senior, Sociology Gendered Bodies, Identities, and Rituals 123 Chair: Professor Lance Greene, Anthropology Katzen Bridentity Display: Femininity, Performance, and Agency in the American Wedding Linda Monahan, Junior, American Studies Discursive Study on Centrality of Dutch Society, Religiosity, and Female Body Mollie Garber, Junior, Psychology He, She, Zie, and Hir: Language of a Trans Identity Jill Ravey, Senior, Sociology The Soundtrack to FIFA Alaina Mulhearn, Sophomore, International Studies Too Gay to Function?: How Heteronormative Gender Stereotypes Impact Samesex, Male Relationships Nirvana Habash, Senior, Law and Society & Sociology Interrogating Discourses of Race and Gender 128 Katzen Chair: Professor Kimberly Sims, History On the Standards of a Slave Woman: Transgression, Shame, and Care Amy McKiernan, MA candidate, Philosophy From Exclusion to Inclusion: Race in Contemporary Society Skye Frontier, MA candidate, Philosophy Interrupting Racist Myth by Narrative Means David Anderson, Junior, Philosophy Johann von Leers: The Life and Crimes of a Nazi-Muslim Propagandist of Extermination Kit Crawford jr., PhD candidate, History The Stubborn Professor: Woodrow Wilson’s Controversial Leadership at Princeton Andrew Chatfield, PhD candidate, History World War II Pin-up G.I.—rls: Propaganda and Servicewomen’s Identities Loren Miller, PhD candidate, History Evolution, Development, and Behavior 151 Katzen Chair: Professor David Angelini, Biology Quantifying Mutualism in Tropical Reef Corals Alyssa Frederick, Senior, Marine Biology Development of Microsatellite Primers for Freshwater Cave and Spring Amphipod Gammarus minus Andrew Frank, Senior, Biology Neurotransmitters Found in Cavefish Brains and Retinas: Due to Evolution? Erica Ford, Senior, Biology The Influence of Bantam microRNA on the Evolution of Size Jenny Knauss, Senior, Biology Responses to Catastrophe: WWI, the Atomic Bombings, 154 and the Holocaust Katzen Chair: Professor Allan Lichtman, History Nagasaki and Hiroshima: Distorted Memories Zachary Lancet, Senior, History A Nice, Fine Day: Christmas 1914 and It’s Development in Modern Warfare Jeanie Gordon, Senior, History Cuba and the Imagination of the 1960s Left Austen Walsh, Senior, History “Old Isaiah” the Reticent and the Gathering Storm: Louis Brandeis's Reactions to Nazi Anti-Semitism. Gregory Chapman, Junior, History The Avenger: An Exploration into the Literary Value of the German Pen Erica Sailor, Senior, Literature Morning Poster Session: 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Biology Differential Expression of Opsins, Visual Pigment Genes, in Surface and Cave Populations of the Amphipod Gammarus minu. Mobola Oyefule, Senior, Biology Fatty Acid Synthase Inhibition Is a Promising Multiple Myeloma Therapy Peter Roehrich, Cartificate Student, Postbaccalaureate Premedical Genetic Patterning of the Genitalia in the Milkweed Bug Oncopeltus fasciatus Ariel Aspiras, MS candidate, Biology Hybridization of Cave and Surface Populations of Gammarus minus Clint Rice, Senior, Biology The Behavioral Study of Zebrafish through Conditioned Place Preference with Food Gena Turner, Senior, Biology Chemistry Analysis of Beta-Lactam Fragmentation in Electrospray Mass Spectrometry Steven Moss, Senior, Biochemistry Chiral Synthesis of a Sulfoxide Beta-Lactam Derivative Susan Schultz, Junior, Biochemistry Effect of Ether Groups on the Structure Activity Relationship (SAR) of Novel Antimicrobial Compounds Jeanette Minah, MS candidate, Chemistry Novel Synthetic Approaches for Florescent Tagging of Monobactam Derivatives Victor Schultz, MS candidate, Chemistry Programming Patterns with Perl Shannon Christie, Senior, Biochemistry Structure Activity Relationship (SAR) of Assorted Fluorinated and Carbamylated Beta-Lactam Derivatives Dina Lloyd, MS candidate, Chemistry Substantive Intumescent Flame Retardants From Modified L010-4 Cellulose Laura Flynn, Junior, Biochemistry Toward Inhibitors of L, D-Transpeptidases Juliana Fritz, MS candidate, Chemistry Substrate Specificity of E. coli Aspartate Aminotransferase Tim Borbet, Graduated, Biochemistry Cell Wall Schematic for Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Charles Stull, Junior, Biology Computer Science A Server as Heater Chris Barnes, Senior, Audio Technology Mathematics Optimum Sampling Method for Estimating the Dynamics of Caribbean Coral Reefs Kisei Tanaka, MS candidate, Environmental Science Psychology As Time Goes By: Time to Adoption as a Result of Dog Temperament and Shelter Processes and as a Predictor of Adoption Success Lennea Bower, MA candidate, Psychology Escalation of Cocaine Self-administration in the Lewis, Fischer and SpragueDawley Rat Strains Zach Hurwitz, PhD candidate, Behavior, Cognition, and Neuroscience Psychology Examining Individual Costs of Female Patients in Inpatient Substance Abuse Treatment Sarah Hornack, PhD candidate, Clinical Psychology Spontaneous Withdrawal in Opiate-dependent Fischer 344, Lewis and SpragueDawley Rats Jennifer Cobuzzi, PhD candidate, Behavior, Cognition, and Neuroscience Psychology Investigation of Dopamine on Cocaine-Induced Taste Aversions Maria Briscione, Sophomore, Biochemistry Statistics An Examination of the Association Between Prolactin Levels and Estrogen Levels in Non-cycling and Cycling African Elephants Xinyi Deng, Senior, Statistics Maximum Likelihood Regression with Censored Data Scott Piraino, Sophomore, Mathematics & Economics Afternoon Poster Session: 1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Economics Gender Differences in Asset Ownership in Ghana, India, and Ecuador Marya Hillesland, PhD candidate, Economics Optimal Search Modeling Under Stochastic Observation Conditions David Menasche, Senior, Physics and Mathematics & Economics The Impact of the Thirty Years War on Book Printing in Germany Russ Gasdia, Senior, History History Political Authority in Mid-20th Century British Women’s Magazines Emily Poor, Senior, Literature Psychology Ease of Learning and Piano Performance Niels Knutson, MA candidate, Psychology Effects of Expectations on Loudness Judgements Julianne Moore, Junior, Psychology Overgeneralized Memory and Event Segmentation David Falco, Junior, Psychology The Effects of Attractiveness and Age on Female Tolerance for Male Unsolicited Attention Sophie Cassell, Senior, Psychology The Impact of Normal Aging on Boundary Flexibility in Autobiographical Memory Tim Hohman, PhD candidate, Behavior, Cognition and Neuroscience Psychology Effect of Artificial HPA Activation on Dominance Formation in Rats Alex Rose-Henig, Senior, Psychology The Effects of Smoking Availability On Urge, Mood, and Reaction Time. Katy Edwards, PhD candidate, Behavior, Cognition and Neuroscience Psychology Lexy Carlson, Sophomore, Psychology US Clubhouse Employment Outcomes: Costs of Member Employment and Earnings Jay Gorman, PhD candidate, Clinical Psychology School of Education, Teaching and Health Promotion Steps to “AhealthyU”: American University’s Pedometer Program Margaret Gallen, MS candidate, Health Promotion Management Matthew Barresi, MS candidate, Health Promotion Management Sociology Jeremiah’s Lamentations: Race and Religion in a White Supremacist Nation Kurt Karandy, Senior, History