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Va l d o s t aSt a t eUn i v e r s i t yVa l d o s t aSt a t eUn i v e r s i t yValdosta State UniversityValdosta State UniversityProgramProgramU n d e r g r a d uat e R e s e a rc h C o u n c i lU n d e r g r a d uat e R e s e a rc h C o u n c i lOccupy your GeniusOccupy your GeniusLearningResearchLearningResearchTwentieth AnnualTwentieth AnnualS y m p o s i u m onU n d e r g ra d uat e R e s e a rc hSymposium onU n d e r g ra d uat e R e s e a rc hs t u d e n t u n i o n b a l l r o o m a n d t h e at r es t u d e n t u n i o n b a l l r o o m a n d t h e at r eApril 8 - 10, 2014April 8 - 10, 2014T H R O U G HT H R O U G H
PROGRAM AT A GLANCETuesday, April 87:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.Student Debate: Smoking on VSU’s Campus—Prosand ConsWednesday, April 99:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.Paper Session I11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.Paper Session II12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.Pizza Lunch for Symposium Participants and FacultySponsors, Student Union Ballrooms1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.Paper Session III3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.Paper Session IV7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.Art Student Competition, VSU Fine Arts GalleryThursday, April 109:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.Paper Session V11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.Paper Session VI12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.Lunch Break1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.Paper Session VII3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.Paper Session VIII6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.Poster Session and Reception, Student UnionBallrooms7:30 p.m. – 7:50 p.m.Awards Ceremony with President McKinney,Student Union BallroomsAll Paper Sessions and the Student Debate will be held in theStudent Union Theatre1
TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 20147:00 P.M. – 8:00 P.M. SPOTLIGHT ON THE ARTS: STUDENT DEBATE(STUDENT UNION THEATRE)Moderators: Dr. Michael Eaves and Mr. Kevin Bryant, Department ofCommunication ArtsDebate Topic: Smoking on VSU’s Campus—Pros and ConsPro: Hannah Tabrizi and Allante FairleyCon: Keven Rudrow and Kyra King2
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 20149:00 A.M. – 10:30 A.M.PAPER SESSION I (STUDENT UNION THEATRE)Moderator: Dr. Matthew Grant, Department of Kinesiologyand Physical Education“Does Education Level and Views on Authority AffectWillingness to Protest?”Angel HardyDepartment of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal JusticeDr. Anne Price, Faculty Adviser“Measurements and Analysis of Mechanical Strengthof Dental Ceramics”Carlos Ponce, Lauren Hale, Minh Tran and Byung KimDepartment of Physics, Astronomy, Geosciences and Engineering StudiesDr. Barry Hojjatie, Faculty Adviser“Destruction of Nations through Children: A Study of Native AmericanCultural Survival and the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978”Pamela A. JohnsonNative American Studies ProgramDr. Lavonna Lovern, Faculty Adviser“A Student-generated Mnemonic for Asymptotesof Rational Functions”Kyle LandDepartment of Mathematics and Computer ScienceDr. Iwan Elstak, Faculty Adviser“A Cure for Passive Learning”LaRae SeemannDepartment of EnglishMr. Gardner Rogers, Faculty Adviser3
11:00 A.M. – 12:30 P.M. PAPER SESSION II (STUDENT UNION THEATRE)Moderator: Dr. Tracy Woodard, Women’s and Gender Studies Program“Congress in the 21st Century: Factors Influencing Party Unityin the Contemporary House”Nicholas A. RudnikDepartment of Political ScienceDr. Luke Fowler, Faculty Adviser“Belleza Que Restaura/Beauty That Restores”Darian L. HectorDepartment of Modern and Classical LanguagesDr. Ericka H. Parra, Faculty Adviser“Dijkstra’s Algorithm and Google Maps”Daniel LanningDepartment of Mathematics and Computer ScienceDr. Jin Wang, Faculty Adviser“Iroquois Atrocities in the American Revolution”Garrett HallDepartment of HistoryDr. Dixie Haggard, Faculty Adviser“Deconstruction of Cartesian Paradigms in Samuel Beckett’s Molloy”Adrienne FryDepartment of EnglishDr. Marty Williams, Faculty Adviser4
1:30 P.M. – 3:00 P.M.PAPER SESSION III (STUDENT UNION THEATRE)Moderator: Dr. Mary Block, Department of History“Implementation of the Telnet Protocol Using the Java Language”Andrew J. WellsDepartment of Mathematics and Computer ScienceDrs. Jason Loew and Dave Gibson, Faculty Advisers“Divine Healers: The Legacy of the Crusade Era Physicians”Matthew Thomas RiveraDepartment of History and the Honors CollegeDrs. Sebastian Bartos and Michael Savoie, Faculty Advisers“Drowning Capitalism: The Aquatic Redemption of the RabbitteFamily in Roddy Doyle’s The Barrytown Trilogy”Ashley M. MillerDepartment of EnglishDr. Myrto Drizou, Faculty Adviser“Generational Wealth Gap Between the Baby Boomer and MillennialGenerations: Systemic Risks Outside of Federal Regulation”Joel Dolzier BrownDepartment of Accounting and FinanceDr. Elvan Aktas, Faculty Adviser“Using Cognitive Dissonance to Persuade People Towardsa Plant-Based Diet”Hannah JonesDepartment of Communication ArtsDr. Michael Eaves, Faculty Adviser5
3:30 P.M. – 5:00 P.M. PAPER SESSION IV (STUDENT UNION THEATRE)Moderator: Dr. Marc Pufong, Department of Political Science“6-Year College and University Graduation Rates in Georgia”Philip LehmanDepartment of Political ScenceDr. James LaPlant, Faculty Adviser“Construction and Deployment of a Green Tech Artificial Reef”Brittany Butler, Tess Baker, Sydney Plummer, Aaron Calvin, KelseyJohnson, Warren Lott and Brandon AtwaterDepartment of ChemistryDrs. Thomas Manning (VSU) and Kelly McKinnon (Pigeon Key MarineFoundation), Faculty Advisers“Indigenous Women and Violence in Guatemala”Amy Lorena GonzalezNative American Studies ProgramDr. Lavonna Lovern, Faculty Adviser“Utility Computing: The Emergence of a New Paradigm”Kwangil SimDepartment of Management and International BusinessDr. Taewon Hwang, Faculty Adviser“The Rhetorical Theory Applied to the Sport of Wrestling”Ryan BaerwaldeDepartment of Communication ArtsDr. Michael Eaves, Faculty Adviser6
7:00 P.M. – 8:00 P.M. SPOTLIGHT ON THE ARTS: ART STUDENTCOMPETITION (VSU FINE ARTS GALLERY)Welcome: Dean Blake PearceCollege of the ArtsRemarks: Mr. Michael SchmidtInterim Department Head of ArtThe 16th Annual Art Student Competition features 65 works from 44students. Professor Janis Brothers from Florida Gateway College acted asjuror and judge, selecting works for the exhibit from a field of 214submissions and making nine awards. The exhibition reflects the widevariety of media offerings at VSU, including Animation, Graphic Design,and Interior Design.7
THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 20149:00 A.M. – 10:30 A.M. PAPER SESSION V (STUDENT UNION THEATRE)Moderator: Dr. Michael Savoie, Honors College“Rethinking Education to Fit the 21st-Century Student”Erin JonesDepartment of English and Honors CollegeMr. Gardner Rogers, Faculty Adviser“Yemen Theocracy and Hypocrisy: Constitutional Optimismwithin an Illiberal Democracy”Nicholas A. Rudnik and Kenneth D. HolidayDepartment of Political ScienceDr. Marc Pufong, Faculty Adviser“Analysis of Corrosion Damage in Engineering Materials”Joshua K. Brant and Jordan B. FranklinDepartment of Physics, Astronomy, Geosciences and Engineering StudiesDrs. Barry Hojjatie (VSU), Ahmad Saatchi (Georgia Tech)and KkochNim Oh (Georgia Tech), Faculty Advisers“Infinitude of Primes of the Form p x2 ny2”Erica GarciaDepartment of Mathematics and Computer ScienceDr. Jose Velez Marulanda, Faculty Adviser“From Child to Woman: Gabriel Pascal’s Cleopatra in the 1945 FilmCaesar and Cleopatra”Victoria C. RodriquezDepartment of HistoryDr. Melanie Byrd, Faculty Adviser8
11:00 A.M. – 12:30 P.M. PAPER SESSION VI (STUDENT UNIONTHEATRE)Moderator: Dr. Gretchen Bielmyer, Department of Biology“The Influence of Salinity and Copper Exposure on CopperAccumulation and Physiological Impairment in the Sea Anemone,Aiptasia pallida”Pratikkumar P. PatelDepartment of BiologyDr. Gretchen Bielmyer, Faculty Adviser“Attention Whore”Makeda BryceDepartment of Communication Arts (Dance)Professor Catherine Schaeffer, Faculty Adviser“Kawasaki Disease: The Most Effective Treatment”Jasmine SpencerHonors CollegeDr. Christine James, Faculty Adviser“Examining the Influence of Self-Efficacy and Self-Regulationin an Online Learning Environment”Rachel Lorraine BradleyDepartment of Psychology and CounselingDrs. Blaine Browne and Heather Kelley, Faculty Advisers“Interspecific Competition Lokta-Voltera Modelwith Non-linear Square Root Terms”Daniel DrummondDepartment of Mathematics and Computer ScienceDrs. Jemal Mohammed-Awel and Andreas Lazari, Faculty Advisers9
1:30 P.M. – 3:00 P.M. PAPER SESSION VII (STUDENT UNION THEATRE)Moderator: Dr. Tom Aiello, Department of History“Signal to Noise Ratios Versus Cold Fusion: Student Led Experimentwith High Voltage, High Frequency Discharge”Aaron CalvinDepartment of ChemistryDrs. Thomas Manning (VSU), Russ Goddard (VSU), and Jim Happell(University of Miami), Faculty Advisers“The Need for 21st-Century Grading”Morgan BloughDepartment of English and Honors CollegeMr. Gardner Rogers, Faculty Adviser“Motivation and Commitment Factors of Volunteers in EnvironmentalNon-Profit Organizations and Implications for the Future”Adrienne FryHonors CollegeDr. Michael Savoie, Faculty Adviser“The Divine Female Redeemer of Trimorphic Protennoia:An Ancient Voice of Female Wisdom”Susan Leigh JonesDepartment of Philosophy and Religious StudiesDr. Lily Vuong, Faculty Adviser“Engineering Economic Analysis of the New Health Scienceand Business Administration Building”Victoria A. Ratte, Jarred S. Woodruff and Andre J. CouncilDepartment of Physics, Astronomy, Geosciences and Engineering StudiesDrs. Barry Hojjatie (VSU) and Hadi Kahalzadeh (FairleighDickinson University), Faculty Advisers10
3:30 P.M. – 5:00 P.M. PAPER SESSION VIII (STUDENT UNION THEATRE)Moderator: Dr. Jenny Vu, Department of Chemistry“The Ambiguity of Masculinity and Femininity in The Strange Case ofDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”Holly BassettDepartment of EnglishDr. Jacob Jewusiak, Faculty Adviser“The Forbidden Fruit: Organized Religion as a Social Control Device”Mary BookerDepartment of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal JusticeDr. Michael Meacham, Faculty Adviser“Population Dynamic on White-tailed Deer in Georgia”Jennifer GriffinDepartment of Mathematics and Computer ScienceDr. Denise Reid, Faculty Adviser“Voltaire’s Candide and Postcolonial Thought”Holly BassettDepartment of Philosophy and Religious StudiesDr. Aristotelis Santas, Faculty Adviser11
6:00 P.M. – 7:30 P.M. POSTER SESSION AND RECEPTION(STUDENT UNION BALLROOMS)7:30 P.M. – 7:50 P.M. AWARDS CEREMONY(STUDENT UNION BALLROOMS)Welcome: Dr. James LaPlantSymposium CoordinatorRemarks: Dr. William McKinneyVSU PresidentDr. David DanaharInterim Provost and Vice President forAcademic AffairsPresentation of Best Poster AwardsPostersART“A Design Journey through Russian Churches: The AssumptionCathedral and the Cathedral of St. Vasily the Blessed”Tanya TsarukMr. Tommy Crane, Faculty Adviser“The Crescent: The Design Behind Its History”Natalie MilkoMr. Tommy Crane, Faculty Adviser“What We Care About: A Photo-Voice Literacy Project”Alexandria Crowder, Daisy Daniel, Anna Hardin, Rebecca Kluball,Rebecca Michael, Carlin Morrison and Lorianna WeathersDr. Paula L. McNeill, Faculty Adviser12
BIOLOGY“Assessment of Heavy Metal Contamination in the Biota of Four Riverswith Varying Degrees of Human Impact”Christina G. Duckworth, Pratikkumar K. Patel and Erika L. SchumacherDrs. Gretchen Bielmyer and Matthew Waters, Faculty Advisers“Environmental Stress Induces Sex Ratio Changesof Adult Geukensia demissa”Joseph Hayes and Steve WattsDr. Cristina Calestani, Faculty Adviser“Epiphytic Algal Community Structures within theRivers of Southern Georgia”Codie Picariello and Elizabeth TuttleDrs. Matthew Waters and Gretchen Bielmyer, Faculty Advisers“Floristic Inventory of the Lake Louise Field Station,Lowndes County, Georgia”Joshua Luke SteeleDr. Richard Carter, Faculty Adviser“Gut Contents of the Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura: Columbidae)and the Potential for Seed Dispersal”Phillip Lowe and Camry WinfordDr. Richard Carter, Faculty Adviser13
“Promoting Scientific Research through Herbarium Digitization atValdosta State University”Jessica Marie Bartek and Amy M. VardemanDr. Richard Carter, Faculty Adviser“The Evolution/Creationism Controversy from the Perspectiveof Biology Majors”Deidra Jill BrickerDr. Leslie S. Jones, Faculty Adviser“The Impact of Urbanization on Water Quality in Four Riverswith Varying Degrees of Anthropogenic Disturbance”Amber Blocker, Aundrea Duncan and Charlie WigginsDrs. Gretchen Bielmyer and Matthew Waters, Faculty Advisers“The Impacts of Watershed Land Use and Environmental Factorson Sediment Transport and Light Attenuation in Four Streamsin South Georgia”James Timothy Ragan and Cliff Hunter CrummeyDrs. Matthew Waters and Gretchen Bielmyer, Faculty Advisers“The Influence of Salinity and Water Chemistry on the Acute Toxicityof Cadmium to Estuarine Killifish”Codie PicarielloDr. Gretchen Bielmyer, Faculty Adviser“The Relationship of Stream Chemistry and Habitat on theBiodiversity of Stream Macroinvertebrates”Somuayiro Nwokike, Rebecca Tucker and Benjamin WebsterDrs. Matthew Waters and Gretchen Bielmyer, Faculty Advisers“Varying Patterns of Spanish Moss (Tillandsia usneoides)Abundance Within and Between Different Forest Communitiesat the Lake Louise Research Center”Bianca Stephania FarleyDr. Corey Devin Anderson, Faculty Adviser14
CHEMISTRY“3D Printing as a Method to Teach Instrumental Analysis”Pam Brown, Aaron Calvin, Nicholas Fight, Anthony Fino, AshleyHumphries, Brittany Larcart, Chandler Massey, Tysheon McGreggor,Brock Merchant, Oscar Otieno, Mehulkumar Patel, Jacob Perry,Jeff Roland and Keyanna SevilleDrs. Thomas Manning and Michael Holt, Faculty Advisers“A 24 Hour Experiment to Examine Chemical, Physical, andBiological Aspects of Cycles in the Ocean”Tabbitha Beckens, Ivana Domljanovic, Morgan Herrington, KayleeHigginbotham, Melvin Johnson, Tysheon McGreggor, Khatiga Nasir,Alesia Neloms, Chelsie Northcutt, Lance Perry, Marissa Reyes, JenniferRivera, Marc-Edwin Saint-Louis, Shacore Smith, Amber Trice, JamieWilson, Brit Butler, Tess Baker, Sydney Plummer and Kelsey JohnsonDr. Thomas Manning, Faculty Adviser“Calibrated Oxidation Potentials of Carotenoids Correlated toScavenging Ability Toward Free Radicals in a Fenton Reaction”Jeffrey Roland and Wesley PotterDr. A. Ligia Focsan, Faculty Adviser“Cycloaddition Reactions of Nitrile Oxides and Dienes”James Connor Lord and Cody PhillipsDr. Jenny Baxter Vu, Faculty Adviser“Detection of Nitric Oxide from Endothelial Cells UsingChemiluminescence from Thermostable Luciferase”Andrew Mock and Natalia StevensDrs. Jenifer Turco and Yakov Woldman, Faculty Advisers15
“Developing a Computational Antibiotics Textbook for Publicationon Amazon Kindle”Andrew DeLong, Jared Harris, Brittany Larcart, Chandler Massey,Chelsie Northcutt, Somuayiro Nwokike, Oscar Otieno, Harsh Patel,Mehulkumar Patel, Pratikkumar Patel, Eugene Rowell, Brandon Rush,Marc-Edwin Saint-Louis, Amy Vardeman, and Felicia WoodsDrs. Thomas Manning and Giso Abadi, Faculty Advisers“Enzymatic Resolution of Chiral Alcohols”Steve D. Watts and Jesse PrinceDr. Jenny Baxter Vu, Faculty Adviser“Metal Organic Framework Materials for Controlled Drug Release”Somuayiro N. NwokikeDr. Tolulope O. Salami, Faculty Adviser“Modular Building Blocks for Molecular Electronics and EnergyResearch: Preparation of hew MayDr. Dean C. Duncan, Faculty Adviser“NMR, MALDI-TOF-MS, FT-ICR, and Cell Line Studiesof Copper-Antibiotic Complexes”Rachel Mikula, Aaron Calvin and Hilary LeeDrs. Thomas Manning (VSU), Greg Wylie (UGA), Dennis Phillips (UGA)and Ben Bythell (National High Field Magnet Lab), Faculty Advisers“NMR, FT-ICR, TOF-MS, and Cell Line Studies of NovelCopper-Cancer Drug Complexes”Aaron Calvin and Mallory Shannon ClarkDrs. Thomas Manning (VSU), Greg Wylie (UGA), Dennis Phillips (UGA),Ben Bythell (National High Field Magnet Lab) and Fengli Zhang(National High Field Magnet Lab), Faculty Advisers16
“Polymer Modification of Iron (III) Oxide Nanoparticulate Filmsfor Photocurrent Generation”Aaron T. Calvin and Raymond G. FontanezDr. Linda de la Garza, Faculty Adviser“Reactivity at Metal Oxide Surfaces: Study of Deimidation ReactionKinetics in an Organoimido-Functionalized Polyoxometalate”Jared Harris and Tysheon McGreggorDr. Dean C. Duncan, Faculty Adviser“Silica as a Medium for the Synthesis of Chiral Imines and Amines”Merchant Brock, Jennifer Rivera, Camry Winford and Gloria De La GarzaDr. John T. Barbas, Faculty Adviser“Stimulating the Imagination: A Green Tech, Deep OceanRetrieval System”Cody Moncrief, Eric Haas, Elizabeth A. Atkinson, Donna F. Law,Brett Little, Chelsie D. Northcutt, Ryndell Langford, Hilary F. Lee,Gregory A. Jackson, Nicholas Fight and Jenna L. LippincottDrs. Thomas Manning and Brian Gerber, Faculty Advisers“Synthesis, NMR Assignments, Mass Spec, and National CancerInstitute Cell Line Studies”Rachel Robertson, Tysheon McGregor, Matt May and J. Lance PerryDrs. Thomas Manning (VSU), Greg Wylie (UGA), Dennis Phillips (UGA),Ben Bythell (National High Field Magnet Lab) and Fengli Zhang(National High Field Magnet Lab), Faculty Advisers“Synthesis of Boronic Esters on Silica, Molecular Sievesand Anhydrous Sodium Sulfate”Anupa Gupta and Ingram JermilaDr. John T. Barbas, Faculty Adviser17
“Viscosity, Conductivity, Specific Heat and ColligativeProperties of Alcohols”Willis W. Brown, Aaron T. Calvin, Stephen I. Edwards, Bianca S. Farley,Haley A. Franklin, Rebekah E. Graham, Jermila S. Ingram, TysheonMcGreggor, Rachel T. Mikula, Andrew J. Mock, Alesia Nicole Neloms,Chelsie D. Northcutt, Mehulkumar P. Patel, Rachel L. Robertson, FrankieA. Stackhouse, Gregory R. Anzalone, Pamela L. Brown, Andrew V.DeLong, Anthony J. Fino, Alexis B. Garza, Ashley G. Humphries, BrittanyS. Larcart, James C. Lord, Chandler B. Massey, Tyler L. Peterson, MichaelJ. Reaves, Jeffrey M. Roland and Keyanna M. SevilleDrs. Thomas Manning and Aurora Perez Gramatges (PUC-Rio),Faculty AdvisersCOMMUNICATION ARTS“Determining the Effectiveness of ELM on Recruiting Membersfor an Organization through Social Media”Erin DobbinsDr. Michael Eaves, Faculty Adviser“Elaboration Likelihood Model: How Persuasion Can Be Utilized toAccurately Predict an Upset in the NFL ‘Against All Odds’”Anthony DeFeliceDr. Michael Eaves, Faculty Adviser“Linguistic Difficulties of International Students at VSU”Grace DelacruzDr. Michael Eaves, Faculty Adviser18
COMMUNICATION SCIENCES AND DISORDERS“Computerized Detection of Language Delay in a Childwith Autism Spectrum Disorder”Chelsea BartholomewDr. Jade Coston, Faculty Adviser“Does Expressive Language Ability Correlate with Rate ofCommunication in Young Children?”Christina Matta, Hannah Anderson, Ashley Camon and Jade DampierDr. Jade Coston, Faculty Adviser“Long-Term Memory Retention of Common Words Spokenin Hebrew by CSD Students”Hannah Elizabeth LeicherDrs. Ruth Renee Hannibal and Crystal Randolph, Faculty Advisers“Students’ Knowledge of Braille Literacy in the Fieldof Communication Disorders”Heather WardDrs. Ruth Renee Hannibal, Crystal Randolph, Corine Myers-Jenningsand James Archibald, Faculty Advisers“The Exploratory Behaviors of Normally Developing Children”Shaddai Nicole WiggsDr. Matthew Carter, Faculty AdviserEARLY CHILDHOOD AND SPECIAL EDUCATION“Bible in Education”Eric BrantleyDr. Lucia Lu, Faculty Adviser19
“Bullying”Cody DarrDr. Lucia Lu, Faculty Adviser“Child Abuse in the United States”Keegan PuiaDr. Lucia Lu, Faculty Adviser“Child Abuse in the United States”Rebekah SwilleyDr. Lucia Lu, Faculty Adviser“‘Chiraq’”—The Fallen City of Chicago”Lorenzo WashingtonDr. Lucia Lu, Faculty Adviser“‘Deforestation’—Environmental Issue”Stephen B. DeFeliceDr. Lucia Lu, Faculty Adviser“Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.—My Hero”Brynn RoneDr. Lucia Lu, Faculty Adviser“Dropout Nation”DeJuan GreenDr. Lucia Lu, Faculty Adviser“Gypsies the Wandering People”Stephanie HastingsDr. Lucia Lu, Faculty Adviser20
“Homeless People in the United States”Halie ImlerDr. Lucia Lu, Faculty Adviser“Immigrant Workers in the United States”Joshua AbbottDr. Lucia Lu, Faculty Adviser“Jazz Music”Erin WalshDr. Lucia Lu, Faculty Adviser“People Living in Poverty”Ashley JanuaryDr. Lucia Lu, Faculty Adviser“People of Vanity”Allante FairleyDr. Lucia Lu, Faculty Adviser“So What Is Linsanity?”Larry EmeryDr. Lucia Lu, Faculty Adviser“Students of Handicap in Special Education”Caitlyn CalhounDr. Lucia Lu, Faculty Adviser21
“The Different Version of the Gypsies”Julianna WestrayDr. Lucia Lu, Faculty Adviser“The Image of Africa”Tracy M. PowellDr. Lucia Lu, Faculty Adviser“Tiger Moms”Mariah HollisDr. Lucia Lu, Faculty Adviser“Who Are the Taino People?”Toi AllenDr. Lucia Lu, Faculty AdviserENGLISH“A History of Pompeii and Papa Beck”Jessica JarrellDr. Deborah Hall, Faculty Adviser“Why I Write”Brooke McKinneyDr. Deborah Hall, Faculty AdviserKINESIOLOGY AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION“What’s Happening in the Gym?: An Analysis of PhysicalEducators’ Teaching Behaviors”Savannah L. Smith, Russell Woske and Kevin SimpsonDrs. Matthew A. Grant and Sonya L. Sanderson, Faculty Advisers22
MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE“A Comparison of Prototype Smart Cars”Dalton GurleyDr. Chunlei Liu, Faculty Adviser“A Survey of Computer Assisted Driving”Willie Lawrence, Edward Lawson and Kinard ThomasDr. Chunlei Liu, Faculty Adviser“A Survey of Self-Driving Cars”David Robert GullyDr. Chunlei Liu, Faculty Adviser“Baking Raspberry Pi”Sherri Burks and Alex PetermanDr. Sudip Chakraborty, Faculty Adviser“Clustering Marketing Data Using the Mahalanobis Distance”Max WangDr. Haiquan Chen, Faculty Adviser“E-Commerce Fraud Schemes and Their Prevention”Viktor Officer GraczykDr. Chunlei Liu, Faculty Adviser“Growth of Usefulness in Educational Apps for Mobile Devices”Lenzee E. GilletteDr. Chunlei Liu, Faculty Adviser23
“Let Me Guess Your Mind: User Activity Visualization and Prediction”Travis Gibson, Sherri Burks, Robert Jenkins and Randy FrenchDr. Haiquan Chen, Faculty Adviser“Shaping the Way We Consume Entertainment”Jovan Van Dyke and Ethan RogersDr. Chunlei Liu, Faculty Adviser“Survey of Wireless Technology for Near Field Communication”Taray Eady and Cameron ThomsonDr. Chunlei Liu, Faculty Adviser“The Wichmann and Hill Generator and Floyd’s Algorithm:Determining Efficiency”Jacob BenoitDr. Jin Wang, Faculty AdviserMODERN AND CLASSICAL LANGUAGES“An Analysis of the General Practices in the Prevention of SSIsin the USA and Spain”Ja’Marrius ThomasDr. Adolfo Carrillo Cabello, Faculty Adviser“An Analysis of Wages and Expenses of Doctors in the United Statesand Spain”James MillerDr. Adolfo Carrillo Cabello, Faculty Adviser“An Examination of Spanish and U.S. Teacher Beliefs Regarding theInstruction of Grammar in the Foreign Language Classroom”Hilaria TaftDr. Victoria Russell, Faculty Adviser24
“Availability and Delivery of Healthcare by Federally FundedPrograms to the Elderly in the United States and Spain”Elise DawkinsDr. Adolfo Carrillo Cabello, Faculty Adviser“Compliance of Life Choices for the Incapacitated”Joshua MurrayDr. Adolfo Carrillo Cabello, Faculty Adviser“¿CÓMO ESTÁ EL MÉDICO?: A Comparison of the Quality ofHealthcare in Spain and the United States”Tamelonie ThomasDr. Adolfo Carrillo Cabello, Faculty Adviser“Comparing the Amount of Target Language Instructionin U.S. and Spanish Classrooms”Kristina WingateDr. Victoria Russell, Faculty Adviser“Differing Speech Impediments in the Spanish and English Languages”Caitlin Elizabeth ReaginDr. Grazyna Walczak, Faculty Adviser“Examining Federally Funded Healthcare Programsin the USA and Spain”Rebecca ClarkDr. Adolfo Carrillo Cabello, Faculty Adviser25
“Financial Duties Post Death for Inmates: A Comparison of Cadiz,Spain and Lowndes County”Katie McLoughlin and Jordyn HolzerDr. Adolfo Carrillo Cabello, Faculty Adviser“Investigating Articulation Disorders in Spain”Morgan Reynolds and Sarah Kate ClarkDr. Adolfo Carrillo Cabello, Faculty Adviser“Measures to Reduce Perioperative Risks of Obstructive Sleep Apnea”Blanca HernandezDr. Adolfo Carrillo Cabello, Faculty Adviser“The National Standards and Foreign Language Teachers: AComparative Study Between the United States and Spain”Sarah AllisonDr. Victoria Russell, Faculty Adviser“The Role of Grammar Instruction and Its Effecton Teaching Methods”Ashley JacobsDr. Victoria Russell, Faculty AdviserNATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES“Alcoholism: A Social Examination of the Pre- and Post-ColonialNative American”Angel Nicole HardyDr. Lavonna Lovern, Faculty Adviser“Eugenics and Native American Women: Legal Genocide”Roderica Keisha FlucasDr. Lavonna Lovern, Faculty Adviser26
“Preserved But Not Undisturbed: The Native American Female”Linda MorrisonDr. Lavonna Lovern, Faculty Adviser“Sexual Abuse of Native American Women”Alexis Raye CarterDr. Lavonna Lovern, Faculty AdviserNURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES“End-of-Life Care and Moral Distress”Jacquelyn Gillaspy, Zsuzsanna Bartha, Joseph Pyles,Baily Korb and DeErika WilliamsDr. Maura Schlairet Faculty Adviser“Undergraduate Nursing Research and Future Success”Britney Hadsock, Megan Moss, Becky Shell, Shelby Elderand Eve MacgonigleDr. Maura Schlairet, Faculty Adviser27
PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES“Differences Between Classical and Modest Foundationalism”Robert Eric SpiveyDr. Lavonna Lovern, Faculty Adviser“Dretske’s Perception: Causal Analysis Versus Informational Analysisand Phenomenal Externalism”Robert Dylan HodgeDr. Lavonna Lovern, Faculty Adviser“Feminist Zen and the Bodhisattva Path”Susan Leigh JonesDr. Michael Stoltzfus, Faculty Adviser“Jewish, Greco-Roman and Christian Influence on the InfancyGospel of Thomas”Andrew OaksDr. Lily Vuong, Faculty Adviser“Mindfulness Meditation in Intimate Relationships”Tanner Tai BlueDr. Michael Stoltzfus, Faculty Adviser“Sexual Desire: A Philosophical Approach”Pamela A. JohnsonDr. Lavonna Lovern, Faculty Adviser“The Feminist Theories of Art”Kaylan Faith HandDr. Christine James, Faculty Adviser“The ‘Prostitute’ Uncovered”Sydney BeckmannDr. Lily Vuong, Faculty Adviser28
PHYSICS, ASTRONOMY, GEOSCIENCES AND ENGINEERING STUDIES“A New Method for Demonstrating that the Chargeof an Electron is Quantized”Steven K. TerryDr. Frank Flaherty, Faculty Adviser“Coring and Sampling of Soils from Ossabaw Island”Megan D. HunnicuttDr. Donald M. Thieme, Faculty Adviser“Design of Gas-Flow Inverter for Transformation of Steady-Flowinto Pulsed-Flow”Karl PearceDr. Hasson M. Tavossi, Faculty Adviser“Effect of Metal Surfaces on Plasma Chemistry in a Commercial GradePlasma Etching System”Arthur BuiDr. Dereth J. Drake, Faculty Adviser“Engineering Mechanics: History and Significance”Lauren Hale, Carlos Ponce, Minh Tran and Byung KimDr. Barry Hojjatie, Faculty Adviser“Fracture Analysis in the Oligocene Age Suwanee Limestoneof North Florida”William SimmonsDr. Mark Groszos, Faculty Adviser“GPR Investigations on Jekyll Island”Cliff YeartaDr. Donald M. Thieme, Faculty Adviser29
“Ground Penetrating Radar Investigation of a Sand Dune”Rebecca M. LenzDr. Can Denizman, Faculty Adviser“Petrographic Analysis of Bedrock Limestone Along the SuwanneRiver, Suwannee County, Florida”Justin D. HarrisonDr. Mark Groszos, Faculty Adviser“Researching and Developing a Climate ChangeAction Plan for Valdosta”Rodney Brown, Shelby Dunbar, Rynada Folsom, Christopher Glenn,Nathaniel Jones, Gabriella McDonald, Richard Miller, Karen Mitchell,Charles Nimmo, Andrew Overcash, Rebecca Tucker, Thomas Turner,Malcolm Warren and Tanisha WilliamsDr. Jia Lu, Faculty Adviser“Sea Surface Temperature Trends in the Northern Gulf of MexicoBetween 1921 and 2012”John Vincent Clarke IIIDr. Jason Allard, Faculty Adviser“Study of Sand Dunes on Mars”Robert ButlerDr. Martha Leake, Faculty Adviser“Water Chemistry Analysis of Surface—Groundwater Interactions ofthe Withlacoochee Sink Area”Eric EmmettDr. Can Denizman, Faculty Adviser30
POLITICAL SCIENCE“Alabama: A Southern Tradition”Kenneth Donte HolidayDr. James LaPlant, Faculty Adviser“Louisiana: Not Just Another Southern State”Margaret MaynardDr. James LaPlant, Faculty AdviserPSYCHOLOGY AND COUNSELING“Effects of Participant Knowledge of Researcher Characteristics”Crystal JohnstonDr. Jeremy Tost, Faculty Adviser“Effects of the Media’s Portrayal of Size on Body Satisfaction”Anna-Leigh PowellDr. Jeremy Tost, Faculty Adviser“Public Perception of the Dairy Industry Based on Media Publicationsand Area a Person was Raised”Thomas Jacob HinesDr. Jeremy Tost, Faculty Adviser“Self-Awareness and Anxiety”James Ransom WhelanDr. Jeremy Tost, Faculty Adviser“The Effects of a Positive Cognitive Processing Behavior ModificationPlan on Self-Image”Kaylan F. HandDr. Jeremy Tost, Faculty Adviser31
“The Effects of a Positive Self Talk Behavior ModificationPlan on Anxiety”Lisa WiltseeDr. Jeremy Tost, Faculty Adviser“The Effect of Contemplation on Self-Control”Samantha KileyDr. Jeremy Tost, Faculty Adviser“The Effects of Gender and Social Networking on Desirefor Face-to-Face Interactions and Mood”Brenda Kay BrunstonDr. Jeremy Tost, Faculty Adviser“The Effects of Noise on Concentration and Mood”Kaylan F. HandDr. Jeremy Tost, Faculty AdviserSOCIOLOGY, ANTHROPOLOGY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE“A Comparison of American and Taiwanese Police”Matthew ToweDr. Wilson Huang, Faculty Adviser32
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