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Undergraduate Scholarship and Creative Activity 2021 1 University College and Winthrop University proudly present Undergraduate Scholarship and Creative Activity 2021. This tenth annual University-wide compilation of undergraduate work chronicles the efforts and accomplishments of students and faculty mentors campus wide. The remarkable work summarized in these pages represents nearly every academic department and spans all five colleges of the university: College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), College of Business Administration (CBA), College of Education (COE), College of Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA) and University College (UC). We’re confident that you will be impressed by the depth and diversity of the scholarly and creative explorations highlighted within these pages. As you will see, these student projects grew from a variety of origins, including curricular requirements and co-curricular programs, and were supported by a range of intra- and extramural funding sources. Independent of origin, each contribution to this book represents a transformational experience that engaged a student with a problem that does not have a correct answer or an obvious end; the benefit comes from the process of navigating the unknown and, maybe, “Unless someone like you cares reaching a logical conclusion. These experiences embody some of the most meaningful learning opportunities provided by Winthrop University. a whole awful lot, Nothing is Despite substantial barriers and strict travel restrictions experienced this year due to going to get better. It’s not.” the COVID-19 pandemic, Winthrop students shared their projects in an impressive array of venues: publishing papers in refereed journals; virtually presenting and performing - Theodore Seuss Geisel scholarship at regional, national, and international conferences; and showing work in juried exhibitions. We offer our deep congratulations to all our student scholars on their creation of new “Learn from yesterday, live for knowledge and new forms of creative expression, as well as their development of professional skills and attributes that have prepared them to pursue nationally competitive today, hope for tomorrow. The awards, graduate and professional degrees, and employment in their chosen fields. In particular, we acknowledge undergraduate Eleanor Fentiman, a visual communication important thing is not to stop design major who completed the entire design and layout of this book. questioning.” We also recognize the faculty members who served as mentors, coordinators, thesis readers, and reference writers, whose commitment and dedication enabled students’ - Albert Einstein accomplishments. We thank them for helping to sustain a vibrant learning environment on campus and for contributing to the development of the next generation of curious, engaged professionals. Lastly, we thank Samantha Kroft, program assistant in the Undergraduate Research Office, for invaluable editorial help. Nick Grossoehme, Ph.D. Director of Undergraduate Research Jamie Cooper, Ph.D. Vice Provost for Student Success Dean of University College 2 Winthrop University Undergraduate Research Initiative The Winthrop University Undergraduate Research Initiative supports a student-centered College of Arts and Science Student Research Committee: learning environment that fosters student research, scholarship, and creative activities. The Initiative encourages students and faculty mentors to collaborate in the design and implementation of projects and the dissemination of results. Hye-Sung Kim, Ph.D. – Political Science, Committee Chair Zachary Abernathy, Ph.D. – Mathematics University-Wide Undergraduate Research Advisory Committee: Fatima Amir, Ph.D. - Chemistry, Physics and Geology Joi Anderson, Ph.D. - Social Work Nicholas Grossoehme, Ph.D. – Director of Undergraduate Research Gregory Bell, Ph.D. – History Sarah Marie Catalana Berry, Ph.D. – College of Education Sal Blair, Ph.D. – Biology Jamie Cooper, Ph.D. – Vice Provost for Student Success and Dean of University College Matthew Fike, Ph.D. – English Tomoko Deguchi, Ph.D. – College of Visual and Performing Arts James Hanna, Ph.D. - Chemistry, Physics and Geology Adrienne Edwards, Ph.D. – College of Education Anna Igou, Ph.D. - World Languages and Culture Tracy Griggs, Ph.D. – College of Business Administration Peter Judge, Ph.D. - Philosophy and Religious Studies Anna Igou, Ph.D. – College of Arts and Sciences Sasaki Kiyoshi, Ph.D. – Biology Hye-Sung Kim, Ph.D. – College of Arts and Sciences Hope Lima, Ph.D. - Human Nutrition Mikale Kwiatkowski, M.Arch. – College of Visual and Performing Arts Robert Prickett, Ph.D. - Associate Dean Stephanie Lawson, Ph.D. – College of Business Administration Bill Schulte, Ph.D. - Mass Communication Willis Lewis, Ph.D. – College of Business Administration Michael Sickels, Ph.D. - Sociology, Anthropology and Criminology Hope Lima, Ph.D. – College of Arts and Sciences Merry Sleigh, Ph.D. – Psychology Jeremy Lopuch, Ph.D. – College of Education Ephraim Sommers, Ph.D. – English Anna Romanova, Ph.D. – College of Business Administration Aimée Sykes - Student Member (Social Work) William Schulte, Ph.D. – College of Arts and Sciences Bradley Tripp, Ph.D. - Sociology, Anthropology and Criminology Merry Sleigh, Ph.D. – College of Arts and Sciences Scott Werts, Ph.D. - Environmental Sciences and Studies Stephanie Sutton, M.F.A. – College of Visual and Performing Arts Ginger Williams, Ph.D. - Interdisciplinary Studies Janet Wojcik, Ph.D. – College of Education Jessica Yang, Ph.D. - Social Work 3 Contents Honors Program 5 Previously Presented and Performed 15 33rd Annual Juried Exhibition 53 Department of Fine Arts B.F.A Senior Exhibition 63 Fine Arts Professional Practices 67 Interior Exhibition 71 Other Abstracts 72 Office of Nationally Competitive Awards (ONCA) 86 McNair Scholars 89 Eagle STEM Scholars 91 Student Index 93 Faculty Index 95 4 Winthrop University’s Honors Program is designed to enrich the college experience for highly talented and motivated students. The Honors Program provides qualified students the opportunity, through interactions with a vibrant scholarly community of talented faculty and peers, to publication, and/or application, build specific skills and knowledge that will allow them to succeed in graduate school, professional school, and post-educational employment. More particularly, the program offers students opportunities to engage in directed scholarly research and creative endeavors with the aim of producing original research, creative artifacts, or peformances for public presentation. 5 honors program 2020-2021 Honors Advisory Committee: Founded in 1960, Winthrop’s Honors Program is one of the oldest in the nation. Then President Charles S. Davis, realizing the importance of an enriched education for high-achieving students, appointed faculty member John S. Eells Michael Lipscomb, Ph.D. Hope Johnson, M.S. as the founding director of our Honors Program. Eells became a member of Chair, Honors Program Director Dacus Library a national organization that was formed as a clearinghouse for information on honors activities, the Inter-University Committee on the Superior Student (ICSS). The ICSS received funding from the Carnegie Foundation, the National Diana Boyer, Ph.D. Joi Anderson, Ph.D. Science Foundation, and the U.S. Office of Education to help establish honors College of Arts and Sciences College of Arts and Sciences programs at colleges and universities across the U.S. When the ICSS disbanded in 1965, several members of that group formed the National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC), which was committed to Kyle Sweeney, Ph.D. Leslie Bickford, Ph.D. maintaining a professional association of honors educators. Eells was elected College of Visual and Performing Director of the Office of Nationally the fourth President of NCHC in 1970. Over the years, the Winthrop University Arts Competitive Awards, ex officio Honors Program has continued to flourish, and in the early 1980s, the program was divided into a program for entering freshmen and a program for upperclassmen. At that time, there was a national trend toward creating Janet Wojcik, Ph.D. Jamie Cooper, Ph.D. “learning communities,” and the Winthrop honors administration created the College of Education Dean of University College, Clustered Learning Units for Educational Success (C.L.U.E.S.) program, in which ex officio new honors freshmen enrolled in a cluster of three honors classes together. This program later became the Freshman Honors Program. Seeing the need for a Marvin McAllister, Ph.D. more cohesive honors experience, Anthony J. DiGiorgio led a 1997 initiative that College of Visual and Performing Takita Sumter, Ph.D. combined the freshmen program with upper-class offerings. Arts Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, ex officio Today, the Honors Program at Winthrop University enrolls approximately 300 students from each of the degree-granting colleges of the university. Malayka Klimchak, Ph.D. To graduate with an Honors Program Degree, a student must complete 23 College of Business Administration hours of honors courses, which includes an Honors culminating research or performance piece, while maintaining at least a 3.30 grade point average. The Honors culminating experience for Honors Program students, in which they work collaboratively with a faculty director and two faculty readers to produce a project that evaluates knowledge, concepts, and methodology; examines major issues; integrates complex information; develops and appropriately defends an argument, and/or appropriately curates an artistic
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