HONORS RESEARCH WEEK 2021 in conjunction with EXPLORATIONS 2021 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Expression S C H E D U L E A T A G L A N C E ABOUT HONORS WEEK AND EXPLORATIONS 2021 TUESDAY, APRIL 13 Each spring, the Honors College showcases 12:30—5:15 the work of students who are completing Presentations by students in the following Honors Tracks: one of the Honors College tracks, and Biology and Business recognizes the faculty and staf members who have contributed to their success. 7:00 — 9:00 P.M. Congratulations to all of the outstanding Presentations by students in the individuals who are participating in Honors Performing and Literary Arts Track. Honors Week/Explorations 2021! For more information please visit: htp://www.wpunj.edu/osp/explorations/ WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14 10:00 A.M.— 3:15 P.M. William Paterson University Presentations by students in the following Honors Tracks: Richard Helldobler Humanities, Social Sciences, and Cognitive Science University President Joshua Powers THURSDAY, APRIL 15 Provost and Senior Vice President 9:00 A.M. — 5:00 P.M. for Academic Afairs Presentations by students in the following Honors Tracks: Nursing, Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology, Barbara Andrew Independent, and Music Honors College Dean University Honors College Please see the full schedule on page 2. Students will Raubinger 154 present in a Zoom Webinar format. Links for each day 300 Pompton Road will be available closer to the event. Wayne, New Jersey Please email [email protected] with questions [email protected] or link requests. www.wpunj.edu/honors STUDENT PRESENTATION SCHEDULE 2 TUESDAY, APRIL 13 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14 THURSDAY, APRIL 15 12:30 Jhamani Ashcraft (BIO) 10:00 Mathew Alecci (HUM) 9:00 Chiamaka Anyanwu (NUR) 12:45 Jannat Begum (BIO) 10:15 Huda Qasem (HUM) 9:15 Rica Baltazar (NUR) 1:00 Joseph Croce (BIO) 10:30 Edgar Coronel (HUM) 9:30 Mark Ryan Caguitla (NUR) 1:15 Jaimie Pasmino (BIO) 10:45 Jizzar Alvarado Garcia (HUM) 9:45 Thomas Drahuschak (NUR) 10:00 Nitasha Garg (NUR) 1:30 Jamie Reulbach (BIO) 11:00 Maxwell Johnson (HUM) 1:45 Christal Rolling (BIO) 10:15 Amanda Ivos (NUR) 11:15 Jonah Balagtas (HUM) BREAK BREAK 11:30 Nikita Duncan (SSH) 10:45 Alissa Johnson (NUR) 2:15 Honacy Beco (BU) 11:45 Ema Jacketi (SSH) 11:00 Gwynneth Lacaba (NUR) 2:30 Alexis Cardenas (BU) 12:00 Lauren Kreuter (SSH) 11:15 Eunji Lee (NUR) 2:45 Evan Smith (BU) 12:15 Britany Moore (SSH) 11:30 Rachel Moutis (NUR) 3:00 Bess Heifet-Licht (BU) 11:45 Sheila Noonan (NUR) 12:30 Sarah Myers (SSH) 3:15 Craig Jackowski (BU) 12:00 Joshua Ozawa-Morriello (NUR) 12:45 Nicole Stroh (SSH) 3:30 Desiree McCray-Clark (BU) BREAK BREAK 3:45 Michael Creighton (BU) 12:30 Maria Pena (NUR) 4:00 Stevencia Callie Dantes (BU) 1:15 Brooke Elliot (CGSI) 12:45 Lauren Sullivan (NUR) 4:15 Pooja Patel (BU) 1:30 Nicole Evangelista Munante (CGSI) 1:00 Varsha Ann Thotananiyil (NUR) 4:30 Georgiana Pearson (BU) 1:45 Jayde Onori (CGSI) 1:15 Danielle Williams (NUR) 4:45 Gianna Coscia (BU) 2:00 Tifanie Sanjuan (CGSI) 1:30 Catherine Mueller (CP) 5:00 Faisal Souid (BU) 2:15 Artemia Savva (CGSI) 1:45 Shane Perkins (CP) 2:30 Max Skelly (CGSI) 2:00 Alyssa Verdes (CP) 2:45 Theresa Abou-Daoud (CGSI) 2:15 Victor Costantini (CP) 3:00 Alexandra Bonner (CGSI) 2:30 BREAK 2:45 BREAK 3:00 Ina Sharma (IND) 3:15 Alex De Lazzari (MUS) Performing & Literary Arts Track 3:30 Peter Hunter (MUS) Tuesday, 4/13—7:00 p.m. 3:45 William McKee (MUS) 4:00 Kendra Chaiken (MUS) Jonah Arnault 4:15 Anna Hill (MUS) TRACK CODES Ruby Constantino 4:30 Gwynne Stevenson (MUS) BIO Biology 4:45 Alexander Kerssen (MUS) Paul Cufari BU Business CGSI Cognitive Science Mathew De Martini CP Clinical Psy. & Neuropsy. Timothy Derkas HUM Humanities IND Independent Tiernan Doyle MUS Music NUR Nursing Lauryn Lupino PLA Performing and Literary Arts SSH Social Sciences Anthony Salimbene Students will present in a Zoom Christian Sasso Webinar format. Links for each Kathleen Sillen day will be available closer to the event. Please email Cassandra Soto [email protected] with Kyle Villareal questions or link requests. Julian Worden ABOUT THE PRESENTERS… 3 THERESA ABOU-DAOUD JONAH BALAGTAS Honors Track: Cognitive Science Honors Track: Humanities Major: Music (Popular Music) Majors: Secondary Education (K-12) Thesis Title: Measuring Motivations for and English Literature Music Event Atendees in Live, Virtual and Thesis Title: A Critical and Historical Holographic Setings Analysis of Lino Brocka’s Inisang and Maynila Thesis Advisor: Dr. David Freestone sa mga Kuko ng Liwanag Thesis Advisor: Dr. K. Molly O’Donnell MATTHEW ALECCI RICA BALTAZAR Honors Track: Humanities Honors Track: Nursing Major: Computer Science Major: Nursing Thesis Title: The World Is Cruel. “The Thesis Title: Exploring the Preceptor World is Wicked”: Disney Villains and Why Role: Preceptor’s Perception of Support We Love to Hate Them and Commitment Thesis Advisor: Dr. K. Molly O’Donnell Thesis Advisor: Dr. Jill Nocella JIZZAR ALVARADO GARCIA HONACY BECO, JR. Honors Track: Humanities Honors Track: Business Major: Sociology– General Major: Finance Thesis Title: The Decade of Love: the Birth Thesis Title: Millennials’ Motivations of a Psychedelic Culture for Green Consumption Thesis Advisor: Dr. K. Molly O’Donnell Thesis Advisor: Dr. Mike Chao CHIAMAKA ANYANWU JANNAT BEGUM Honors Track: Nursing Honors Track: Biology Major: Nursing Major: Biology Thesis Title: Maternal Mortality Among African American Women: An Integrative Thesis Title: Characterization of Trans-AT Review PKS Sequences in Karenia brevis Thesis Advisor: Dr. Jill Nocella Thesis Advisors: Dr. Emily Monroe and Dr. Joseph Spagna JONAH ARNAULT ALEXANDRA BONNER Honors Track: Performing and Literary Honors Track: Cognitive Science Arts Majors: Elementary Education Major: Communication (Media Production) and Psychology Thesis Title: Catching the Casting Bug: Thesis Title: The Efects of Brain Breaks A Documentary on the Rise of Casual on Student’s Atention Broadcasting Thesis Advisor: Dr. David Freestone Thesis Advisor: Dr. Philip Ciofari JHAMANI ASHCRAFT MARK RYAN CAGUITLA Honors Track: Biology Honors Track: Nursing Major: Biology Major: Nursing Thesis Title: Comparing Birth Thesis Title: Analysis of Undergraduate Complications in Midwife and Nursing Students’ Satisfaction of Their Clinical Obstetrician-led Care Experience and Their Readiness for Practice Thesis Advisors: Dr. Miryam Wahrman Thesis Advisor: Dr. Jill Nocella and Dr. Joseph Spagna ABOUT THE PRESENTERS… 4 ALEXIS CARDENAS MICHAEL CREIGHTON, JR. Honors Track: Business Honors Track: Business Major : Accounting Major: Finance Thesis Title: Exercise in the Work place Thesis Title: Work ing Remotely and its Thesis Advisor: Dr. Mike Chao Efect on Productivity Thesis Advisor: Dr. Mike Chao KENDRA CHAIKEN JOSEPH CROCE Honors Track: Music Honors Track: Biology Major: Music Education Major: Biology Thesis Title: The Other Side of the Band: Thesis Title: Identifcation and Develop- The Disparities in Women Band Directors ment of New Unique Primer Pair Sequences Compared to Men and the Outlying Factors of Myxobacterial Species using a Cladistical Analysis Thesis Advisors: Dr. Christopher Herbert Thesis Advisors: Dr. Kendall Martin and Dr. Joseph Spagna RUBY CONSTANTINO Honors Track: Performing and Literary Arts PAUL CUFFARI Majors: Africana World Studies and Honors Track: Performing and Literary Arts Women’s and Gender Studies Major: Jazz Bass Performance Thesis Title: The Witching Hour: Thesis Title: An Introduction to Modern A Collection of Gothic Horror Stories Music Production Thesis Advisor: Dr. Philip Ciofari Thesis Advisor: Dr. Philip Ciofari EDGAR CORONEL STEVENCIA CALLIE DANTES Honors Track: Humanities Honors Track: Business Major: Communication (Media Production) Majors: Economics and Finance Thesis Title: Roma Legatis (The Roman Thesis Title: The Impact of Wages on Legacy) Productivity: A Perspective of Human Capital Thesis Advisor: Dr. K. Molly O’Donnell Investments Thesis Advisor: Dr. Mike Chao GIANNA COSCIA ALEX DE LAZZARI Honors Track: Business Honors Track: Music Majors: Accounting and Finance Major: Jazz Performance Thesis Title: Infuence of the Social Media Thesis Title: Harmonic Chord Sub stitution: Networking Site, LinkedIn, on the Hiring A Theoretical Guide to Understanding and Process Decisions Implementing Alternate Progressions in a Thesis Advisor: Dr. Mike Chao Jazz Context Thesis Advisors: Dr. Timothy Newman VICTOR COSTANTINI, IV and Dr. Christopher Herbert Honors Track: Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology Majors: : Secondary Education (K-12) MATTHEW DE MARTINI and Spanish: World Language Honors Track: Performing and Literary Thesis Title: Developing a Framework Arts for Understanding the Impact of Language on Major: Fine Arts Alzheimer’s and Dementia: A Comprehensive Thesis Title: Everyone But You Review of the Literature Thesis Advisor: Dr. Philip Ciofari Thesis Advisors: Professor Randi Ona and Dr. Bruce Diamond ABOUT THE PRESENTERS… 5 TIMOTHY DERKAS NITASHA GARG Honors Track: Performing and Literary Arts Honors Track: Nursing Major: Communication (Media Production) Major: Nursing Thesis Title: The Search (a Short Film) Thesis Title: The Impact of South Asian Thesis Advisor: Dr. Philip Ciofari Culture on Atitudes and Beliefs Regarding Mental Health Thesis Advisor: Dr. Jill Nocella TIERNAN PATRICK DOYLE BESS HEIFETZ-LICHT Honors Track: Performing and Literary Arts Honors Track: Business Majors: Communication (Broadcast Majors: Management and Marketing Journalism and Public Relations) Thesis Title: An Analysis of Consumer Thesis