Monday, April 17

 

Session A Monday 9:30-10:45

 

Panel 1, 9:30-10:45, Drinko 138

Topics in Law and Culture

  • Srijita DasGupta (Sociology), “Judicial Impact on Racial Prejudice: An Empirical Study” (Mentor: Marty Laubach, Sociology)
  • David deBlecourt (History/English), “How Nine Old Men Beat the President: FDR's Court Packing” (Mentor: David Duke, History)
  • Anita Allender, “Attorneys and Paralegals as Decision Writers: De-statusing? De-skilling? or De-Professionalizing?” (Mentor: Marty Laubach, Sociology)
  • Lisa Mathis (Sociology), “The Power in Rainbows: Power Expressions and Structures of the Rainbow Family” (Mentor: Marty Laubach, Sociology)

 

Panel 2, 9:30-10:45, Drinko 402

Fighting the Good Fight: Human Rights, Activism and Gender

  • Kai Nordness (Spanish/Mathmatics), “Las Madres de La Plaza de Mayo: How Argentinean Women Fought Tyranny to Find the Dissappeared” (Mentor: María Cristina Burgueño, Modern Languages)
  • Daniel Mistich (Communication Studies), “The Discourse of Cindy Sheehan: 'Situating' The Rhetorical Situation within Agitative Rhetoric, Recasting the Bitzer Debate” (Mentor: Cam Brammer, Communication Studies)
  • Ryan Sarver (English), “A Jumbled Record of What Happened After The Light Changed Back To Red: Another Love Story” (Mentor: John Van Kirk, English)
  • Matt Prochnow (History/English), “In the Name of Beauty and Baseball: A Study of Magazine Imagery of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, 1943-1954” (Mentor: Montserrat Miller, History)

 

 

Session B, Monday 11:00-12:15

 

Panel 3, 11:00-12:15, Drinko 138

Belief, Gender, and the Science of Bodies

  • Kimberly Hurley (Elementary Education), “Gender Bias: Scientifically Accurate or Mathematically Incorrect?” (Mentor: Kathy Seelinger, Education)
  • Megan Stevens (Elementary Education, Special Education), “Special Education: The New Gentleman's Club?” (Mentor: Kathy Seelinger, Education)
  • Stephanie E. Wemm (Psychology) and Angella N. Anderson (Psychology), “When Does Life Begin? Conservatives and Liberals Attempt to Answer” (Mentor: Joe Wyatt, Psychology)
  • Erin Felton (English), “Somewhere Between Zero and One,” fiction about a mathematician’s failed search for truth (Mentor: Chris Green)

 

           

Panel 4, 11:00-12:15, Drinko 402

Fighting the Good Fight II: Image, Language, and Calamity

  • Rebekah McComas (Regents), “The Violent Price of the Cabin and Paint Creeks Mine War” (Mentor: Chris Green, English)
  • Jared Pauley (History), “Catching the Downbeat: Women, Gender, and Position in Downbeat magazine, 1938-1943” (Mentor: Montserrat Miller, History)
  • Ryan Sarver (English), “The Broad and Distorted Mirror: The Vanquishing of Holocaust-based Stereotypes in Spiegelman's Maus and Amis's Time's Arrow” (Mentor: David Hatfield, English)
  • Sheena Lincolnogger (International Affairs), “New Nuclear Fronts: Weapons and Programs in the Middle East and the Asian Subcontinent” (Mentor: Dan Masters, Political Science)

 

 

Session C, Monday 12:30-1:45

 

Panel 5, 12:30-1:45, Drinko 3rd Floor Atrium

Psychology Poster Session

  • Cynthia Austin (Psychology), “Relationship Among Alcohol Consumption, Family Dynamics and Self Esteem” (Mentor: Birgit Shanholtzer, Psychology)
  • Brittany Woodall (Psychology), “An Assessment of a General Psychology Course on Student Perceptions of Psychology” (Mentor, Chris LeGrow, Psychology)
  • Jason Miller (Pyschology), “Would Reality TV Shows Pass a Mock IRB Ethics Review?” (Mentor, Chris LeGrow, Psychology)
  • Christopher Crytzer and Bethany Stitlner (Psychology), “Relationships Among Health Beliefs and Hydration Status” (Mentor: Birgit Shanholtzer, Psychology)

 

 

Session D, Monday 2:00-3:15

 

Panel 6, 2:00-3:15, Drinko 138

Marshall Writers Read (Mentor: Art Stringer, English)

Sara Blevins

Mark Higgs

Jason Little

Charlie Searls

David Surber

Tabitha Surface

 

Panel 7, 2:00-3:15, Drinko 349

Working Geography in West Virginia: Issues in Hardy County (Mentor: Sarah Brinegar, Geography)

  • Joe Adkins (Geography), “Challenges to Telecommunication”
  • Daniel Callis (Geography), “An Investigation of Urban Sprawl in Hardy County, West Virginia
  • Aubrey Dickerson (German), “Dams in the Lost River Watershed Project”
  • Daniel East (Geography), “GPS and Golf Course Design” 
  • Matthew W. Sabin (Regents), “The Economy of Energy Efficiency In Schools”

 

 

Panel 8, 2:00-3:15, Drinko 402

Addictions, Behaviors, and Attachment (Mentor: Marc Lindberg, Psychology)

Clifton Strange, Chair

  • Erin Jasin and Michelle Teel, “Alcoholism and Attachment Styles”
  • Kristen Brooks, Melissa Kennedy, Jillian Peatross, and Jennifer Tomblin, “Sexual Addiction and Attachment Styles”
  • Brooke Lacey, “Compulsive Buying and Attachment Styles”
  • Mark Spradling, “Compulsive Behaviors and Attachment Styles”
  • Clifford Thacker, “Internet Addiction and Attachment Styles”           

 

 

 

Tuesday, April 18

 

Session E, Tuesday 9:30-10:45

 

Panel 9, 9:30-10:45, Drinko 138

Studying Abroad (Mentor: Clark Egnor, International Studies)

  • Mittra Esmaeili (Political Science), Studied in Spain
  • Jillian Smith (Business), Studied in New Zealand
  • Elizabeth Lee (Journalism), Studied in Japan
  • Alicia Lynn Reed (Biology/Pre-Med), Studied in Spain
  • David Eugene Wallace (Management), Studied in England

 

Panel 10, 9:30-10:45, Drinko 349

Saying What We Mean?: Studies in Gender & Communication

  • Alexandra Christian “How Couples Understand (or Don’t) Each Other’s Non-Verbal Communication” (Mentor: Cam Brammer, Communication Studies)
  • Rachel Hicks (English), Poetry (Mentor: Chris Green, English)
  • Pamela Akers, “Persuasive Strategies of Managers, Female and Male” (Mentor: Cam Brammer, Communication Studies)
  • Nicole Lawrence (English), Poetry (Mentor: Chris Green, English)

 

Panel 11, 9:30-10:45, Drinko 402

What We Talk about When We Talk about the Family

  • Stephanie N. Humphreys (Criminal Justice), “Country Roads, Take Me Home:  Juvenile Delinquency in Webster County, West Virginia” (Mentor: Frederick Roth, Sociology)
  • David Surber (English, Writing), “Cowboy Tim and the Tall Stranger,” fiction about a homeless man (Mentor: John Van Kirk, English)
  • Cory Martin (Geography), “Sex Offender Settlement Patterns & Probable Effects of Residence Restrictions in Cabell County” (Mentor: Leonard, Geography)
  • Ruth Willis (English), “Poetry: Night and Relation” (Mentor: Art Stringer, English)

 

 

 

plenary session

Don Morris Room, MSC, Tuesday 11:00-1:00

 

·        Lunch (11:00-11:30)

·        Music & Dance by International Students (11:30-11:45)

·        Welcome by President Kopp

·        Awards Ceremony & Presentations

Creative Winner Performs

Poster winner Presents

Essay Winner Reads

·       Key Note Speaker: Ruth Sullivan, Executive Director of Autism Services Center, Huntington

 

 

Session F, Tuesday 2:00-3:15

 

Panel 12, 2:00-3:15, Drinko 138

Topics in Communication and Group Dynamics

  • William Kuhn (Communications), “Leadership Behaviors At Marshall University Army ROTC” (Mentor: Cam Brammer, Communication Studies)
  • Ashley Moats (Psychology), “The Effect of Group Work vs. Indvidual Work on Math Word Problems” (Mentor: David Trumpower, Psychology)
  • Laura Peard (Organizational Communications), “Who's Catching the Signals?: Gender and Non-Verbal Communication” (Mentor: Cam Brammer, Communication Studies)
  • Thomas J. West III (English/History/Classical Studies), "Don't Ask, Don't Tell,"  fiction illustrating the damaging effects of restrictive policies on gay men (Mentor: Kellie Bean, English)

 

Panel 13, 2:00-3:15, Drinko 349

Reading Culture: The Body & Soul of History, Identity and Politics

  • Ashleigh Petts (Spanish), “Ancient Greek Influence on Art and Architecture in Sicily”  (Mentor: María Cristina Burgueño, Modern Langauges)
  • Ryan S. Adkins (History), “A Comparative Analysis of Elizabethan Conflicts in Ireland and England’s First Settlements in the New World” (Mentor: Montserrat Miller, History)
  • Zachary Ferrell (English), “The Triumph of Body and Soul in Sir Thomas Browne's Hyrdiotaphia: 17th-Century Science and Theology” (Mentor: Ed Taft, English)

·        Brandy Rae Artrip (Spanish/CJ-Legal Studies/Classics), “Las Caras en el Espejo: Women Writers Representing Women in the 17th and 18th Century” (Mentor: Rosario Quintana, Modern Languages)

 

Panel 14, 2:00-3:15, Drinko 402

Images of Women and Popular Culture

  • Amber Lockhart (Communication Studies), “The Transformation of ‘Little Red Riding Hood’: A Look at the Role of Storytelling in Society” (Mentor: Cam Brammer, Communication Studies)
  • Nina Tunstalle (Public Communications), “Music Videos and Women” (Mentor: Cam Brammer, Communication Studies)
  • Maureen Williams (Public Communications), “Cultural Influences on Women's Body Image, Urban and Rural” (Mentor: Cam Brammer, Communication Studies)
  • Lindsey Thacker, “The Difference in Body Perception Ideals from Children to Young Adults” (Mentor: Cam Brammer, Communication Studies)

 

 

Session G, Tuesday 3:30-4:45

 

Panel 15, 3:30-4:45, Drinko 138

Worshipping the Goddess: Female Cults and Cultures

  • Brandy Rae Artrip (Spanish/CJ-Legal Studies/Classics), “Across the Great Divide: the Threshold of Adulthood in Ancient Goddess Traditions” (Mentor: Caroline Perkins, Classics)
  • Tara Null (Communication Studies), “Breaking Through the Glass Ceiling Without Breaking a Nail: Women Executives in Fortune Magazine’s ‘Power 50’ List: A Revisitation” (Mentor: Cam Brammer, Communication Studies)
  • Ashlee Webster (Finance), “Dove's Campaign for Real Beauty:  Who Said Curves aren't Beautiful?” (Mentor: Susan Gilpin, Communication Studies)
  • Thomas J. West III (English/History/Classical Studies), "It's Time to Sink or Swim:  How Ancient Goddesses Coped with the Patriarchal Institution of the Family" (Mentor: Caroline Perkins, Classics)

 

 

Panel 16, 3:30-4:45 Drinko 402

Killers: Theories, Condemnations, and Victims (Mentor: Kimberly DeTardo-Bora, Criminal Justice)

  • Benjamin Childers (Criminal Justice), “Denial, Condemnation, and Loyalty: Sykes & Matza's Neutralization Theory and Albert Fish”
  • Kathryn Hawes (Criminal Justice), “John Wayne Gacy: A Journey Into The Life of One of Chicago's Most Notorious Serial Killers”
  • Patrick Mulcay (Criminal Justice), “The Jack the Ripper Murders and The Routine Activities Theory”
  • Jennifer Murphy (Criminal Justice), “Susan Smith: Criminal or Victim?”