Graduate Research Conference
Schedule 2015
Thursday, November 19th George Liepa Sigma Xi Speaker
Student Center Auditorium, 7:00 p.m.
Free. LBC Credit Provided.
Graduate Research Conference Oral, Art & Poster Sessions
Friday, November 20th – Student Center
Check-­‐In: 8:00 a.m., 2nd Floor Piano Lounge
Sessions are on the 3rd Floor
Session #1 9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
Nadia Arafah
Candice N. Marrin
Aisha Darnell
Jacqueline St. Antoine
Room 320 Design, Differently Abled & Disabilities
Designing for Occupants with Visual Impairment, Nadia Arafah
Use of apps for therapy: A look into speech-­‐language pathologists’ decision -­‐making process
How Does Auditory-­‐Verbal Therapy® Compare to Therapy in Public Schools?
The Role of Interconnection in Identity Formation
Amanda O. Maher
Room 350, Mothers
The Knowledge of My Mother is My Knowledge: Conversations of Place, Membership and Tradition, V.Konglim
Prenatal Profiles of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms and Mothers’ Reported Parenting Difficulties 1-­‐Year Postpartum
Self-­‐reported and observed ratings of parental reflective functioning: Associations with maternal mental health and parenting
The Right to Work, the Right to Care Rachel Lewandowski
Kathleen DeLauro Kargula
Cossette Girardot
Ryinta Brown
Room 352 Story: Truths & Fictions
Together We Rise: An Autoethnography
The side-­‐saddle story is an example a group being subjugated by another group.
The Not-­‐so-­‐Long History of Tales as Old as Time
Second Language Acquisition and Motivation: Examining Successful Learner Stories
Veronica Konglim
Katherine Guyon-­‐Harris
Jerrica Pltzen
Edward J. Manuszak ll
Rrita Zejnullahi
Kimberly Freeman
Melissa Hoak
Wendy Dorman
Asil Zayed
Room 330 Education: Interventions & Innovations
Can Summer School Prevent the Summer Slide for Public School Students?
Preparing Teachers to Teach Statistics – Pilot Study
An Exploration of Art Integration on Student Motivation and Academic Achievement in Mathematics.
The Holocaust through Picture Books: Promoting Hope and Memory in Secondary Schools
Room 300 Biological Revolutions & Evolutions
A Hydrogeomorphological Assessment of Potential Sites for the Reintroduction of Platanthera leucophaea.
Synthesis of Potent Glutathione S-­‐Transferase Inhibitors for Anti-­‐Cancer Research
Jon Peurach
Daniel Edward Esckilsen
Emily Schwinghamer
Akash Patnaik
Negar Heiari Matin
Na Han
Jamie Baird
Emily Meyer
Michael J. Rozek
Standing postural changes while wearing a Lumbar Sacral Orthosis with varying degrees of lordosis
Investigating the Binding Affinity of the Peptide Humanin and its Homologs to Amyloid Beta.
Room 302 Bricolage: Letting Nature Lead the Design
Properties and Potential Uses of Fibers from Milkweed Seeds
Cost Effective Building Strategies
Kinetic Solar shading
The Future of Interface between Natural and Built Environments: On Adaptive (Kinetic) Building Envelope
Room 304 Revision & Repurpose: History, Cities and Space
Berlin's Representation of the Berlin Wall
La Revedere Transylvania; Shalom Jerusalem; Hallo Prussia
The Fourth Crusade: Quo Vadis et Cur Dandolo? ‘Where are you going and why, Dandolo?’
Poster Session A: Room 310 A and B
Session #2 10:30 to 11:45
Nathaneil Ludaway
Valerie Eby
Christina A. Miranda
Room 320 In the Field: Discipline in Action. Interior Design Theory and Methodology: Knowledge Acquisition, Nathaneil Ludaway
The Importance of Internship and the Oral History Project, Valerie Eby
Analyzing the Value of Participatory Culture Mapping in Urban Revitalization
Lora Stevens
Linda Mills
Courtney Lewis
Room 350 Studying the University
Public Relations at the University of Michigan: Environmental Antecedents and Institutional Functions
Feasibility Study of Nonprofit Board Training at EMU
Understanding Architecture Faculty Culture
History and Organization of Athletic Training Education
Christine Cook
Lindsey Krantz
Adam Franti
Liz Johnk
Room 352 Women, Warfare and Blood
Political Equality is Rotten in the State of Kuwait
Bleeding on the Inside: Prisoners' Menstruation
The Perception of Women in the First Crusade
Violence Embedded: Coloniality, Race, and Violence in Peace Corps Discourse
Kenin Merrill
Jeanette Bailey
Room 330 Persistence & Resistence: Birds, Bats & Fish
Bird undeterred: Understanding how American Goldfinches (Spinus tristis) survive harsh northern winters
Cutaneous Microbes of Cave-­‐hibernating Bats: Clues to Resistance to White-­‐nose Syndrome?
Crayfish (Procambarus clarkii and Orconectes rusticus) as possible biomonitoring solutions to the algal toxin microcystin-­‐LR.
Biometric Recognition of Individual Bats
Kaia-­‐Marie Bishop
Daniel "Danny" Inman
Gidaa Alamry
Room 300 Federal Policies: Intention & Impact
Comparing Welfare Reform in the United States and Canada Who is this for? The Embedded Constituency of Title IX Policy Guidance
A Study on Energy-­‐Efficient Lighting Design using Building Automation System (BAS)
Corrie Navis
Kyle George
Kayla McRobb
Chloe Wilson
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities within a Human Rights Framework Lee Schwinghamer
Andres Sanchez
Rita Lee
Kiva, Arts Front The Role of the Audience in Experimental Poetics
Topological Properties of Text and Images
I Know Exactly Who I Am When I'm Alone
Lunch Noon to 1:00 p.m. Student Center Ballroom Haehyun Park
Musical Presentation: R. Schumann’s characteristics of composition in his piano work “Humoreske” Op. 20
Session #3 1:15 to 2:30 p.m.
Chol Mabil & Dan Tashijian
William B. Daniels ll
Kira Dallaire
Room 320 Alien/Nation
Understanding Cultural Difference: Examination of Self-­‐Authorship Amongst International Students
Binge Drinking among the South Sudanese “Lost Boys”
Everybody’s (Historic-­‐Sentimental) Protest Novel:Genre and Race in The Squatter and the Don
Disproportionality among American Indian Students: A Disability Studies Perspective
Aleesa Millet
Kelsey McLendon
Benjamin Spence
Christopher Stuart
Room 350 Literary Canon Redux
Capitalizing the Canon with BabyLit
Through the Microscope: Flavia de Luce’s Investigations of Space and the Feminine Gaze
Queer is Just a Word. Like Orange": Grasshopper Jungle and LGBT Book Prizing
An Exchange of Power: Petyr Baelish and Societal Change
Xingbei Ye
Room 352 School Pathways, Possibilities & Promises Reginald Kirkland, Ed.S.
Dahlia M. Afr
Lorielle Moorhaus
Randy Short
Julie M. Kissel
Ayodele Lahanmi
Sadaf Ashtari
Nechole Drake-­‐McClendon
Cristal Nichols
Sydney C. Wallace
Julia Bush
Mark Doebler
Choice but No Choice: The Dearth of Viable Educational Options in the City of Detroit Michigan
Maintaining Religiosity in Muslim, Jewish, and Catholic Parochial Schools
Postsecondary Outcomes for People with Cognitive Impairments
Redefining Instructional Time Requirements in Michigan Through the Use of Technology
Room 330 Studying Ourselves: College & University
Washtenaw Community College: A Historical Analysis
An Investigation on the employability of Construction Management Graduates in Michigan: Eastern Michigan University Graduates
Student Perceptions of Cloud Computing Effectiveness in Higher Education
An Analysis of the Non-­‐profit and Higher Education Professions
Room 300 The Self: Culture, Communication & Character An Exploration of the Educational Experiences of Low-­‐income African American Female Students and their Perceptions of their Academic Lives
Family Communication Patterns Critique
The Influence of Personality Type and Culture on Ways to Communicate Plans for Change
Queer and Transgender Theoretical Critique of Character Performance in the Video Game Dragon Age: Inquisition
Monica Kozakiewicz
Aaron Smith
Britney Winn
Yma Johnson
Kiva, Arts Front Born This Way: An Autoethnographic performance on mental illness and wellness
étage: earth as minimalist performance art
Driving from the Backseat, An Autoethnographic performance
Spatial Sculpting and Temporality in Digital Audio Poetics
Poster Session B Room 310 A & B
Session #4 2:45 to 4:00 p.m.
Sadaf Ashtari
Sheri Clarke
Rita Thomas
Aubree Gross
Rula Hashem
Linda K. Foran
Tiffany Johnson
Mohammad Stroshein
Eizabeth Marie Fraysier
Benjamin C. Bower
Paula Karwowski
Ryan Huntington
Christopher P. Maloney
Anne Vandermade
Jigyasa Bhagat
Jafer Ahmed Alnasser
Luay Al-­‐Durzi
Mahshid Niknahad
Roopkatha Pallye
Anik S. Chowdhury
Marus Nero
Room 320 Health Care: Interventions & Innovations
Exploring Cloud Computing Implementation Issues in Healthcare Industry
The relationship between performance on in-­‐training examinations and simulation assessments in an emergency medicine residency program: A longitudinal study
Reducing Mental Health Stigma Among Multicultural Populations
Assessing Women's Awareness of the Safe Delivery of Newborns law in Michigan
Room 350 Education: Pedagogy & Professional Development
Impact of Project Lead The Way’s Gateway to Technology Foundation Unit Completion on Students’ Critical Thinking Skills
What Else Can A Principal Do? Training Opportunities for Teacher Evaluation
A Comparative Study of Cultural Practices of Reading
Recasting versus Summative Feedback in ESL Tutoring Sessions
Room 352 Role, Play and Personality
Cosplay Community Explored through the Theories of Alexander and Goffman.
Discovering the Virtual Fingerprint: Analyzing Immersion and Player Personality in Video Games
Effective Strategies for Teaching Play Skills to Autistic Children in the Preschool Classroom
Building Teamwork Through Structured Play: an Improvisational Approach
Room 330 Risky Business Conflict, Conflict Management, and Conflict Resolution: Critical Elements for Effective Engineering Management
Business Strategy and Censoring the Internet: A case study of Reddit
Default Risk Analysis for Financial Institutions
Risk Management for a Small-­‐Sized Construction Project in Saudi Arabia
Room 300 Chemicals and Chemistry: Materials, Models & Methods
An analytical approach for the self-­‐healing capability of cementitious and polymeric materials
Novel Sustainable Sol-­‐Gel Pre-­‐Treatment for Corrosion Protection of Aluminum Alloy
Development of a Sustainable Active Agent Releasing Cellulosic Fabric for Health and Cosmetology
Effect Of Silicon Oxide application using Gum Arabic On Cellulosic Fabrics to produce Natural Composites
Room 302 Patterns & Pathways: Algorithms, Clauses and Cryptography
The Syntactic Consequences of Conditional 'De-­‐Clauses' in Spanish
Alexandra Cuadra Fernandez
Tyler Hensley
Murali Jujjavarapu
Elliptic Curves and Their Applications To Cryptography
Determination of optimum step size for the Stochastic Gradient algorithm.
The Potential Anticancer effects of Antimicrobial Peptide CDT on A549 Lung Cancer Cells
Nada Al-­‐hanooti
Melinda Dare Benfield
Valerie Eby
Ben Spedoske
Room 304 Global History: Visioned & Revisioned Gender Inequality in Palestine
Exploring Theories About the Germanic nature of Sub-­‐Roman Britain Using Morillo Models
The Third Crusade: Saladin, Jerusalem, and the Strength of Unified Muslim Forces
The French West African Railway Workers' Strike: Bridging the Gaps Between Fact and Fiction