2019 Symposium on Student Scholarship April 9, 2019
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2019 Symposium on Student Scholarship April 9, 2019 8:00 a.m. – 9:20 a.m. Opening Plenary (Ballroom E) CE Credit Welcome to the Symposium – Dr. Stephen Briggs, President Introduction of Speakers – Dr. Mark Turlington Presentations by Berry Scholars Alexandra Ketterman, George Scholar Does It Matter Who is Watching? Altruism as a Costly Signal Mentor: Dr. Victor Bissonnette Mikayla Camacho, Kirbo Scholar Nevermind: How to Measure Thinking Mentor: Dr. Thom Ratkos Madison Barshick, Synovus Scholar Cloning of AMP-Activated Protein Kinase Gene into Saccharomyces cerevisiae Mentor: Dr. Delacy Rhodes Jessica Kranzlein, Richards Scholar Using Visual Evoked Potentials to Measure Contrast Sensitivity Mentor: Dr. Alan Hughes Sarah Cooper, Richards Scholar Structural Analysis of Feline Leukemia Virus Matrix Protein Mentor: Dr. Dominic Qualley 9:30a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Session 1-A (Krannert 217) CE Credit Moderator: Mr. Matt Delzer Nadia Clinkscales So Far to Fall Mentors: Mr. Matt Delzer and Ms. Hope Willoughby Avery James Use Your Tears: A Performative Critique on Protest Privilege Mentors: Mr. Matt Delzer and Ms. Hope Willoughby Benjamin Allee Oral Interpretation: Googling Strangers, by John Green Mentors: Mr. Matt Delzer and Ms. Hope Willoughby Session 1-B (Ballroom E) CE Credit Moderator: Dr. Todd Timberlake Cecilia Ratke Resolving the Problem of Excess Gamma Ray Bursts at Low Redshift Mentor: Dr. Truong Le Jack Kelly and Neilson Woodfield Visualizing Stellar Evolution: Dynamic Hertzsprung-Russell Diagrams Mentor: Dr. Todd Timberlake Nathan Gaby Symmetric Circles in SET Space Mentor: Dr. Ron Taylor Session 1-C (Krannert 324) CE Credit Moderator: Dr. Stefanie Cash Mary Thrailkill WWI Combat Art – A Success or Failure of the AEF Program Mentor: Dr. Virginia Troy 1 Emily Dover Titian and the Color Blue Mentor: Dr. Virginia Troy Cecilia Ratke The Transformation of Tocapu Motifs by Inca Weavers After the Spanish Conquest Mentor: Dr. Virginia Troy Session 1-D (Ballroom A) CE Credit Moderator: Dr. Timothy Knowlton Amy Borton Conocimiento De Plantas Medicinales En La Comunidad Knowledge of Medicinal Plants in the Community Mentor: Dr. Ximena Gonzalez-Parada Jasmine Johnson La identidad: Un análisis de Canto de Plenitud de Josefina Báez Identity: An Analysis of Comrade, Bliss Ain't Playing by Josefina Báez Mentor: Dr. Ximena Gonzalez-Parada Karla Manzanares El Triángulo Norte: narrativas de violencia y políticas migratorias The Northern Triangle, Narratives of Violence and Immigration Policy Mentor: Dr. Ximena Gonzalez-Parada 10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Session 2-A (Krannert 217) CE Credit Moderator: Ms. Hope Willoughby Bailey Dingley “White on the Inside:” Crazy Rich Asians and Critical Race Theory Mentor: Ms. Hope Willoughby Anna Claire Tucker Hirabayashi vs The United States: Justice Denied during Times of National Crisis Mentors: Ms. Hope Willoughby and Mr. Matt Delzer Kathleen Minor Childish Gambino and Booker T. Washington: Masters of Form Mentors: Ms. Hope Willoughby and Mr. Matt Delzer Session 2-B (Krannert 324) CE Credit Moderator: Dr. Stefanie Cash Erin Shetler Social Media and the Selfie Through the Lense of Visual Arts Mentor: Mr. Brad Adams Stephen Wojcik Nature Re-imagined Mentor: Mr. Brad Adams Lauren Evans Plants, Patterns, and Prints: Interactions with Nature through Print Media Mentor: Mr. Brad Adams Session 2-C (Ballroom E) CE Credit Moderator: Dr. Angela Z. Poole John Patten Moss, Natalie Bailey, Rare Plants and Environmental Traits of Berry College’s Calcareous Flatwoods and William Walker Mentor: Dr. Martin Cipollini Mary Grace Gaskin, Natalie Bailey, Is There Sexual Dimorphism in Lindera Benzoin Prior to Fruit Production? John Patten Moss, William Walker, Mentor: Dr. Martin Cipollini and Shadaé Williams 2 Rachel Christopher Leaf Shape and Self-mulching in Tropical and Temperate Forests Mentor: Dr. John H. Graham Session 2-D (Ballroom C and D) CE Credit Moderator: Dr. Timothy Knowlton Matthew Davis Basal Reading Programs: An Exploration of Materials and Interviews Mentors: Dr. Carolyn Stufft and Dr. Leslie Marlow Lexikay Stokes Back to the Land Mentor: Dr. Brian Campbell Emily Larrimore Comparative Water Quality Analysis of Iceland and India and Carley Carder Mentor: Dr. Tamie Jovanelly Session 2-E (Ballroom A) CE Credit Moderator: Dr. Jordan Rowan Fannin Blake Dean Rizpah, Voyeuristic Exhibition Of The Deceased, And Lynching In America Mentor: Dr. Jonathan Parker Nicole Harris Music as Vocational Worship Mentor: Dr. Michael Papazian Michaela Rowland Women’s Voices and the History of the Church: A Study of Their Hymns Mentor: Dr. Jordan Rowan Fannin 11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. Poster Session 1 (Cage Center Arena) 12:45 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Poster Session 2 and Community Engagement Showcase (Cage Center Arena) 2:15 p.m.– 3:15 p.m. Session 3-A (Ballroom E) CE Credit Moderator: Dr. Lindsey Davis Daniel Leon Forensic Analysis of Organic Gunshot Residue with FT-IR Spectroscopy Mentor: Dr. Alice Harper Suroviec Amber Kelley and Erin Wolf Organocatalyzed Domino Reactions of Cannabinoid and Anthracene Derivatives Mentor: Dr. Lindsey Davis Olivia Brown Synthesis of In Situ Click Chemistry Analogs of F508del-CFTR Corrector VX-809 Mentor: Dr. Mark Turlington Nolan Stager Crystal Structure of Potassium Salt of 3,4-Dichlorophenol Mentor: Dr. Ken Martin Session 3-B (Krannert 217) CE Credit Moderator: Dr. Kimberly Field-Springer Erin Bassett Treatment of Females in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Mentor: Dr. Kimberly Field-Springer 3 Ellie Harmon Black Masculinity in Black Panther: An Analysis of Killmonger’s Characterization Mentor: Ms. Hope Willoughby Shelby Koch Wolves in Folklore, Culture, and Conservation Mentor: Dr. Melissa Mullins Jenny Coelho The Representation of Women in Japanese Folklore and the Discourse Community Mentor: Dr. Melissa Mullins Session 3-C (Ballroom C and D) CE Credit Moderator: Dr. Jamie Sharpe Tristan Donnally Factor Endowments and Economic Development in Mexico Mentor: Dr. Timothy Larsen Nick McGee Does Home Court Advantage Matter? Evidence from NBA Free Throw Attempts Mentors: Dr. Brian Meehan and Dr. Frank Stephenson Jessie Moore Las Damas de Blanco: Human Rights and Democratization of Cuba Mentors: Dr. Kirsten Taylor and Dr. Julia Barnes Dylan S. Schoknecht Putting a Scouting Value on Modern Pitching Analytics Mentor: Dr. Mark L. Howard Session 3-D (Ballroom A) CE Credit Moderator: Ms. Jessica Hornbuckle Taylor Krause Turning Words into Numbers; or, Lincoln’s Doctor’s Dog Mentor: Dr. Christopher Diller Kayley Rapp Bram Stoker and the Epistolary Scroll Mentor: Dr. Christopher Diller Erika Cottrell Orienteering with Dracula Mentor: Dr. Christopher Diller 3:30 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. Closing Plenary (Ballroom E) CE Credit Moderator: Dr. Casey Dexter Caroline Stiles, George Scholar Social Anxiousness and the Mirror Neuron System Mentor: Dr. Alan Hughes Grant Simonds, Synovus Scholar Broad Survey of Trypanosoma cruzi in the Southeastern United States Mentor: Dr. Christopher Hall Paolo Francisco, Synovus Scholar An Acoustic Analogy to Defects in Quantum Band Formation Mentor: Dr. Todd Timberlake Jake Doiron, Richard Scholar Evaluation of Triazole Analogs of Cystic Fibrosis Modulators VX-770 And VX-809 Mentors: Dr. Mark Turlington and Dr. Ken Martin Kristen Feathers, Richard Scholar Père Lachaise and 19th Century Paris: Urbanization Among the Living and the Dead Mentor: Dr. Jennifer Hoyt Closing Remarks – Dr. Mary K. Boyd, Provost 4 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.CE Credit Juror’s Talk/Reception for the Annual Student Honors Show Moon Gallery Alice Henry, Professor of Art, Fisk University, will provide comments about the work and announce award winners. Student Participants: Hillary Albertson Ruth Simon McRae Breanna Cartwright Sarah Esther Merry Yunsu Cho Benjamin Minor Emily Dover Cole Miller Stehanie Evangelista Cecilia Ratke Lauren Evans Erin Shetler Hannah Hodges Lauren Wagner Reanna Huskey Sophia West Elisa Jimenez 7:30 p.m.CE Credit Dogfight by Justin Paul, Benj Pasek, and Peter Duchan Directed by Dr. Anna Filippo and David Alford Sisters Theatre Student dramaturgical presentations by Emily Saunders, Noah Isherwood, and Zachary Pynne will accompany Dr. Christy Snider's post-performance lecture Mentor: Dr. Anna Filippo From the same team who wrote the current Broadway hit Dear Evan Hansen, Dogfight is a musical about a group of marines who participate in a dogfight, a cruel game where they each bet money on who can bring the ugliest date to a party. Eddie sets his gaze on Rose, a local waitress who has never been on a date in her life, and they embark on a wild night that eventually ends in heartbreak. Unexpected and misguided, Dogfight is a story about the cruelty of human nature, finding forgiveness, and starting over. * *Dogfight contains strong language and mature themes. 5 Symposium on Student Scholarship Poster Session 1 April 9, 2019 11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Accounting, Economics, and Finance Christian Roberts A Study of Marijuana Legalization and High School Graduation Rates Mentor: Dr. Frank Stephenson Animal Science Katie Metro and Shelby Rorrer The Prevalence of Two Internal Parasites in Deer and Sheep Mentor: Dr. George Gallagher Miranda Vega, Kailey Bradley, Impact Daily and Slow Rotational Grazing on Ewe Performance, Parasite Burden, and Soil and Rob Newton Mentor: Dr. Jay Daniel Nabilah Curtis Impact of Single Dose of L-Citrulline on Factors Affecting Metabolism in Sheep Mentor: Dr. Jay Daniel Robert Stilz Stored Zona Pellucidae From Young and Old Mares to Study Sperm–Oocyte Binding Mentor: Dr. Dawn Bresnahan Rosemary Groux How Shoeing Affects Equine Activity and Comfort Mentor: Dr. Jay Daniel Biology Bethany Terpin and Christian Humbert Improving Largemouth Bass Conversion to Artificial Food by Using a Tutor Species Mentor: Dr. Bill Davin Ethan Rickards The Impact of Β-Carotene on the Strobilation of Cassiopeia Polyps Mentor: Dr. Angela Z. Poole Grant Calhoun and Ethan Calhoun Detection of Drosophila DNA Methylation Due to Dietary Pressures via GC/MS Mentor: Dr. Christopher Mingone Gretchen Reifenberger Tick Species and Pathogens on Fort Campbell Army Base Mentor: Dr.