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RESEARCH DAYS 2019 TABLE OF CONTENTS Welcome 3 Introduction and 170 Occupational Therapy Welcome Message 174 Physical Therapy 175 Psychology his year 1,100 students will participate 4 Schedule of Events 185 Psy.D. Combined School in Research Days on the Union campus 6 Keynote Presentation and Clinical Psychology — another record-breaking number. 193 Public Administration Several hundred more will participate 7 Faculty Research 196 Social Work T Mentor of the Year 200 Sociology on the Wenzhou-Kean campus. Presentations 8 Faculty Presentations 201 Special Education will include research projects, creative work, Schedule 212 Speech-Language Pathology interactive exhibits, and live performances. The Doctorate SLPD joy of discovery has become deeply embedded 10 Faculty Research 214 Therapeutic Recreation Presentations in Kean’s culture. 18 ILSE Research Showcase 215 Architecture and One of the participating students is our 19 Program Book Cover Design Showcase undergraduate student research award winner, Design Award 219 Interactive Exhibits Isabel Morais. Isabel was in the audience for 20 Undergraduate and Performances the 2018 Research Day keynote presentation art. Professor Gaetano Adi often speaks about Research Award 222 Student Oral by Dr. Marvin Andujar, Assistant Professor inspiring students to imagine, speculate and at the University of South Florida (USF) and Presentation Schedule make alternative worlds. 21 Student Poster a Kean alumnus. Isabel was intrigued by the Whether it is in the laboratory, the clinic, Presentation Abstracts 226 Student Oral brain-computer interface that Dr. Andujar used the studio, or on the stage, Kean students as an undergraduate at Kean and continues to Presentation Abstracts are finding their passion, gaining skills, and 21 Accounting and Finance use in his research group at USF. Building on 23 Architectural Studies preparing for rewarding careers. The 1,100 this idea, she collaborated with two other Kean 28 Asian Studies 226 Architectural Studies students presenting during Research Days 28 Athletic Training 227 Art Education students to form a team and write a proposal each had a faculty mentor guiding their work. 227 Art History 32 Biology for a year-long research project that was funded I would like to thank all the mentors for their 45 Business 228 Asian Studies by the Computing Research Association’s 228 Biology dedication to our students. I would also like 63 Chemistry Collaborative Research Experiences for 64 Communication Disorders 230 Business to thank the staff of the Office of Research and Undergraduates. During her time at Kean, and Deafness 239 Counseling Sponsored Programs for their work organizing 77 Communication, Media 240 Design Isabel participated in several research projects this annual event and President Farahi for 242 Early Childhood Education and Journalism and was mentored by four different faculty in his support. 79 Community Health Education 244 Educational Leadership Computer Science and in the Robert Busch 245 English Studies I invite you to attend as many Research 82 Computer Science School of Design. To date, three of Isabel’s 100 Counseling 246 Environmental and Days events as possible and to talk to our research papers have been accepted for 101 Counseling and Supervision Ph.D. Sustainability Sciences remarkable students to experience for yourself 106 Design 246 Finance publication and presentation. the vibrant community of researchers and 257 History 124 Earth Science Many of our students will be presenting artists at Kean University. 126 Economics 256 Interdisciplinary Panel creative works during Research Days. Our 258 Mathematical Sciences 127 English Studies keynote speaker, Paula Gaetano Adi, is both 127 Environmental and 258 Political Sciences Jeffrey H. Toney, Ph.D. an artist and a researcher as well as an Sustainability Sciences 258 Psy.D. Combined School Provost and Vice President 137 Exercise Science and Clinical Psychology educator. Paula is an associate professor in for Academic Affairs 138 General Studies 262 Public Administration the Division of Experimental and Foundation 141 Global Studies 264 M.A. Program In Studies at the Rhode Island School of Design. Reading Specialization 143 History She works in sculpture, performance, 150 Mathematical Sciences 267 Recreation Administration interactive installation, and robotic agents. 153 NJCSTM 268 Poster Location Maps She has lectured and published worldwide, 166 Nursing contributing actively to the field of new media 2 KEAN UNIVERSITY RESEARCH DAYS 2019 RESEARCH DAYS 2019 KEAN UNIVERSITY 3 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 2019 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 2019 Time Location Event Time Location Event 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. STEM Faculty Research Presentations 9:00 a.m. STEM Music Performance 3rd Floor See program for times and locations Auditorium The Impact of the Rock Band Performance Experiences on Quality of Life Music of Adults 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. STEM 317 Assessment Panel with Developmental and/or Physical Disabilities The Implementation, Expansion, and Assessment of Supplemental Instruction 9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Downs Hall Student Poster Presentations (SI) at Kean University l Accounting and Finance l Architectural Studies 9:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. STEM Student Oral Presentations l Asian Studies Various locations See program for times and locations l Athletic Training l Biology l Business l Chemistry 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. STEM Atrium Interactive Exhibit l Communication, Media and Journalism Exploring Self-Representation and Aesthetic l Community Health Education Presentation in New Digital Media As a l Computer Science/Information Technology Resurgence of Dada Idealism l Design l Earth Science 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. STEM Atrium ILSE Research Showcase l Economics l English Studies 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. STEM Atrium Student Poster Presentations l Environmental and Sustainability Sciences l Communication Disorders and Deafness l General Studies l Computer Information Systems (M.S.) l Global Studies l Counseling l History l Counseling and Supervision (Ph.D.) l Mathematical Sciences l Exercise Science l NJCSTM – undergraduate l Holocaust and Genocide Studies l Psychology l NJCSTM – graduate l Sociology l Nursing l Therapeutic Recreation l Occupational Therapy l Physical Therapy 9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Downs Hall Architecture and Design Showcase l Psy.D. – Combined School Interactive Exhibits and Clinical Psychology l Public Administration 10:45 a.m. Downs Hall Students from Wenzhou-Kean l Social Work Research Days will present live via Skype l Special Education l Speech-Language Pathology Doctorate (SLPD) 11:15 a.m. STEM Presentation of the Faculty Research Mentor, Auditorium Undergraduate Student Research, and Cover Design Awards WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 2019 11:30 a.m. STEM Keynote Presentation Time Location Event Auditorium Paula Gaetano Adi Mestizo Robotics & Otras Especulaciones 9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. STEM Student Oral Presentations Various locations See program for times and locations 1:30 p.m. STEM 501 What You Should Know About Graduate School As Presented by a Graduate Student 4 KEAN UNIVERSITY RESEARCH DAYS 2019 KEAN UNIVERSITY RESEARCH DAYS 2019 5 KEYNOTE PRESENTATION FACULTY RESEARCH MENTOR OF THE YEAR PAULA GAETANO ADI, MFA CHING-YU HUANG, PH.D. Associate Professor Assistant Professor Division of Experimental and Foundation Studies School of Computer Science Rhode Island School of Design Faculty Research Mentor of the Year 2019 Mestizo Robotics & Otras Especulaciones Since joining Kean University in the School of Computer Science, Professor Huang has worked extensively with undergraduate students, providing mentoring and research leadership. He has co-authored a number of publications with students, and regularly presents his work with them at conferences and at Kean’s Research The keynote speaker for Research Days 2019 is Paula Gaetano Adi, artist and professor at the Rhode Days. Additionally, Austin oversees a group of students, “Code Samurai” in the computer science Island School of Design. Gaetano Adi is best known for her speculative robotic sculptures and department, and schedules workshops and talks for all students, but particularly the Code Samurai, machines that explore the poetics and politics of technology by resisting the scientific conventions providing them with enrichment information about advanced tools and techniques they can use that dictate how to make, think, circulate, and operate technology. Over the last decade, Gaetano in the classroom and in their professional careers. Austin is a mentor for Kean’s First in the World Adi has created robotic agents that call into question the arguments for disembodiment in the Research Active Mentor grant, under the direction of Professor Rose Gonnella. cybernetic tradition, performed absurd and poetic scenarios of machine and human encounters, Austin received the 2018 NY/NJ computer science Chairs award for his outstanding work with and developed hybrid forms that employ a combination of robotic technologies with traditional undergraduate students. He has conducted summer research with Union County College and Kean crafts and vernacular materials and knowledges. students as part of the STEMPact program, and in 2018 he recruited two students to Kean from Gaetano Adi has exhibited her works internationally in locales such as Beijing, Stockholm, Union County College based on the superior mentorship and research guidance he provided. Most Madrid, New York, Mexico City, Säo Paulo, Berlin and Moscow, among others. She has received recently, in February 2019, Austin arranged to take a group of RAM scholars, CS and IT majors awards for her work such as the First Prize VIDA 9.0 by Telefonica Foundation, the First Prize and Kean faculty to IBM Labs. He accomplished this by making the acquaintance of a member of LimbØ / Museum of Modern Art Buenos Aires, the National Endowment for the Arts. A visiting the Computer Science Department Advisory Board and following up, both with IBM and Kean, scholar at REMAP / UCLA, professor at UNTREF Electronic Arts - and resident at EMPAC Rensselaer to make arrangements for a bus to take the Kean students and faculty to Yorktown Heights, NY.