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March 20, 2020- Canceled Due to COVID-19 Graduate Research Conference 2020 - Canceled COVID-19 Table of Contents March 20, 2020- Canceled due to COVID-19 Graduate Research Conference 2020 - Canceled COVID-19 Table of Contents Welcome Letter 2 Schedule of Events 3 Abstracts: Alphabetically by Presenter Last Name 4 Thank You 49 Graduate Research Conference 2020 - Canceled COVID-19 1 Welcome to the 2020 Graduate Research Conference! On behalf of the Office of Graduate Studies and Research, I welcome you to the 2020 Graduate Research Conference. The GRC is an event that combines the primary missions of the Office of Graduate Studies and Research: The Office of Research Development and Administration and the Office of Research Compliance support and promote all research activities at EMU, including the GRC. Meanwhile, the Graduate School supports academic programs that emphasize the highest forms of intellectual development in each discipline, which includes the creation of the new knowledge that you see at the GRC. This year’s GRC is EMU’s 21st annual celebration and showcase of graduate student scholarly and creative activities. Over 200 students will deliver formal accounts of their work by way of ​ ​ 162 oral presentations, posters presentations, and artistic displays and performances. The activities they describe took significant investments of time and were performed over countless hours outside the traditional classroom. These students and their work are sponsored by over 100 faculty who wisely guided the students’ activities and, in many cases, gave students access to their laboratories, studios, and specialized equipment. This year Shawn T. Mason will be our luncheon keynote speaker. Dr. Mason was a previous presenter at the Graduate Research Conference and earned a doctoral degree in clinical psychology from EMU. Today, Dr. Mason is the Director of Research & Outcomes at Johnson & Johnson Health and Wellness Solutions. I wish to thank the students and faculty mentors for their hard work in carrying out their projects and in preparing the presentations. I thank everyone who had a role in planning, promoting, and facilitating today’s activities. We thank Dr. Mason for his message. And, of course, we thank those who are attending today’s event who wish to support our students and to learn and experience something new. Wade Tornquist, Ph.D. Interim Associate Provost, and Associate VP for Graduate Studies & Research 2 Graduate Research Conference 2020 - Canceled COVID-19 Schedule of Events 8:00 AM Check In 8:30 - 9:30 AM Thesis Competition Three Minute will take place in the Thesis Competition* Auditorium 9:00 - 10:15 AM 9:00 - 11:00 AM Oral Presentation Session #1 Poster Presentation Session A 10:30 - 11:45 AM Oral Presentation 11:00 - 11:45 AM Session #2 Poster Presentation Set Up/Tear Down 12:00 to 1:00 PM Lunch Reception & Keynote Speaker 1:15 - 2:30 PM 1:15 - 3:15 PM Oral Presentation Session #3 Poster Presentation Session B 2:45 - 4:00 PM Oral Presentation 3:15 - 4:00 PM Session #4 Poster Presentation Tear Down *Students designated with a * will also be participating in the Three Minute Thesis competition. ` Students with a ` are distinguished winners of the Abstract Contest. Graduate Research Conference 2020 - Canceled COVID-19 3 Arranged alphabetically by Abstracts: presenter last name Alpert, Krystol; Callison, Hannah Armes-Thomas, Donna Poster Presentation Poster Presentation MA, College Counseling PhD, Technology Leadership & Counseling Technology & Professional Services Management Dr. Perry C. Francis Konnie Kustron The Use of College Programs and Support Services to An Evaluation of Public K-12 Teachers’ and Superin- Prepare Students for Life After College tendents’ Perceptions of Copyright Policy Standards The transition that graduating college students undergo is an on K-12 Students’ Copyright Rights: An Exploratory aspect of college student development that is often overlooked Sequential Mixed Methods Study in settings of higher education. There is little research on this The purpose of this mixed-methods study with a sequential population, however, the existing research shows a relationship exploratory design was to (a) develop instruments; (b) identify between senior students and a lack of readiness for graduation. public K-12 school teachers’ and superintendents’ perceptions This research presentation will explore whether there are common of copyright policy; (c) investigate their expectations, roles, and senior year challenges that college students face in anticipating responsibilities of protecting students’ copyright rights; and (d) graduation. In addition, past studies on issues that individuals explore knowledge, current practices, and thoughts regarding encountered in the years immediately following graduation as copyright policy. There are limited research resources available well as factors that may have aided them in their transition into that explore the views of teachers and superintendents regarding work will be included. Preventative efforts, including suggestions the issue of copyright law policy. for psychoeducational programming, are discussed as a way to A two-phased study was conducted: The first phase included help college students cope with distressing feelings leading up to a content analysis; data were collected using copyright policy graduation as well as foster resilience and adaptability in students documents and one-one-one Skype interviews conducted with so that they are enabled to endure challenges that come with grad- a convenience sample of ten teachers and ten superintendents. uating. This current study will address the college senior student’s The second phase included a pair of surveys sent to participating level of preparedness and the resources, both campus and non- teachers and superintendents from Michigan K-12 School dis- campus, that helped with the transition to life after college. tricts. The survey protocol was designed as a follow-up method, prompting teachers and superintendents to rate their perceptions Angelosanto, Matthew of copyright law policy and protecting students’ copyright rights Oral Presentation to build upon and complement the Skype interview data. The MS, Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology mixing of the content analysis, Skype interviews, and survey data Biology was analyzed and triangulated to answer the overarching research Cara Shillington question: “Which of the 10 selected Michigan school districts The stridulatory setae of Ceratogyrus marshalli: An have copyright policies? Who do they protect? Do they only pro- examination of their location, morphology, and devel- tect the teachers? Do they protect the students?” opment. Findings of the data collection and analyses discovered that public Several species of spiders (Araneae) have the ability to produce K-12 teachers and superintendents share similarities in their per- sounds. One of the ways these sounds are produced is through ceptions with regard to copyright law policy. Still, they also agreed stridulation, a process that occurs when one specialized body on various viewpoints on copyright as it applies to copyright part is moved against another. These specialized body parts, also rights of students. The integration of the qualitative and quantita- known as stridulatory organs, consist of the “scraper” and the tive phases of research occurred during the interpretation of the “file”. The “scraper” is a series of rigid setae, while the “file” is a outcomes of the overall study. The findings of the study may influ- region containing antagonistic structures. Stridulatory organs are ence decisions made by public K-12 school districts as well as the found in at least 22 Araneae families; however, the location and Michigan School Board of Education and education policymakers morphology of these organs varies greatly. Ceratogyrus marshalli, on copyright rules. the straight-horned baboon tarantula, is a stridulating species be- longing to the Harpactirinae subfamily (Theraphosidae). While it Armitage, Julia is known that this species stridulates, the setae involved in this be- Oral Presentation havior have yet to be characterized. In this study, I used scanning MS, Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology electron microscopy to determine the location and morphology of Biology the stridulatory setae. Additionally, I looked at the development of Dr. Emily Grman these setae by examining their presence across successive molts. A. gerardii’s influence on beta diversity in restored From my analysis, I found that the stridulatory organs first appear tallgrass prairies during the third instar as modified plumose setae on the surface Dominant species have a large influence on biodiversity by limit- of the chelicerae. ing the ability of other species to grow and reproduce in an area. 4 Graduate Research Conference 2020 - Canceled COVID-19 Abstracts Cont’d This tends to decrease alpha species diversity, or the number of balance and high strength build-up time. This research is focused species in a specific area, due to competition. However, the influ- on the design of a series of 3D-printing materials that cure by two ence of this dominant species on plant beta diversity, or differ- independent mechanisms: The first mechanism provides rapid ences in plant communities between two adjacent areas, is not green strength development for faster processing while the second well understood. Tallgrass prairies that have been restored face one allows for chemical bonding between the layers. This ap- high rates of species decline after the initial planting. This may proach could potentially enhance the performance of final
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