Thesis Forum

• Fall 2018

  Honors Thesis Forum

  Lampasas 407A

  9:00am-9:20am
  Rios, Reggie
  Addressing Federal Prisoner’s Mental Health and Criminogenic Needs During Community Reentry
  Supervising Professor: Dr. Randall Osborne, Department of Psychology
  
  9:20am-9:40am
  Tolbert, Desereah
  To Reform or Not to Reform: Cambodian Beliefs and Attitudes Toward Education Reform and Changes to Their National Grade 12 Examination
  Supervising Professor: Dr. Gail Dickinson, Department of Curriculum and Instruction
  Second Reader: Ms. Maureen Lemke, Department of Biology
  
  9:40am-10:00am
  Black, Melissa & McDonald, Brianna
  Bella and the Balloon
  Supervising Professor: Dr. Karen Smith, Department of Marketing
  Supervising Professor: Dr. Shaunna Smith, Department of Curriculum and Instruction
  
  Break 10:00am-10:20am
  
  10:20am-10:40am
  Gonzales, Vanessa
  The Magic Number: A Collection of Short Stories About OCD
  Supervising Professor: Ms. Theresa René LeBlanc, Department of English
  Second Reader: Ms. Robyn Rogers, Department of Psychology
  
  Break 10:40am-11:00am
  
  11:00am-11:20am
  Wolfe, Rachel
  Engineering the Disaster: Discussing Trends in Natural Hazard Management Using Case Studies of New Orleans, LA and Galveston Island, TX
  Supervising Professor: Dr. Christi Townsend, Department of Geography
  
  11:20am-11:40am
  Espinosa, John
  Evaporating Security: An Analysis of Water and Security in the Era of Climate Change
  Supervising Professor: Dr. Ionut Popescu, Department of Political Science
  
  11:40am-12:00pm
  Lawrence, Mackenzie
  Women in Film Noir: Female Sexuality and Representation in Classic Noir Film
  Supervising Professor: Dr. Victoria Smith, Department of English
  
  Break 12:00pm-1:00pm
  
  1:00pm-1:20pm
  Knott, Savannah
  Dropping Out and Stopping Out: Exploring the Barriers to Educational Success Among Former Foster Youth
  Supervising Professor: Dr. Christine Norton, School of Social Work
  
  1:20pm-1:40pm
  Smith, Kaileigh
  Tadarida brasiliensis Foraging and Echolocation Ecology: Preferential Habitat Use Along the Texas Gulf Coast
  Supervising Professor: Dr. Sarah Fritts, Department of Biology
  
  1:40pm-2:00pm
  Brockinton, Tyler
  Becoming Hibakusha: Tales of Shame, Pride, Love and Loss
  Supervising Professor: Dr. Peter Siegenthaler, Department of History
  
  2:00pm-2:20pm
  Malone, Bailey
  A Gully of Vultures
  Supervising Professor: Dr. John Blair, Department of English
  Second Reader: Dr. Cecily Parks, Department of English
  
  Break 2:20pm-2:40pm
  
  2:40pm-3:00pm
  Perkins, Adelie
  Helping Without Hurting When Volunteering Abroad: Designing a Mutually Beneficial International Service Learning Program
  Supervising Professor: Ms. Joanna Ellis, Clinical Laboratory Science Program
  
  Lampasas 501
  
  3:30pm-3:50pm
  Sanchez, Jeffrey
  The Skeleton and the Rainbow: Understanding the Connection Between the LGBTQ Community and Santa Muerte
  Supervising Professor: Dr. Joseph Laycock, Department of Philosophy
  
  Break 3:50pm-4:10pm
  
  4:10-4:30pm
  Lamb, Laurel
  Weight Misperception at Texas State University
  Supervising Professor: Dr. Sylvia Crixell, School of Family and Consumer Sciences

   

  Honors Thesis Forum

  Friday, November 16, 2018

  Lampasas 407A
  
  9:40am-10:00am
  Graham, Chelsey
  Ladies and GentleThem: The Necessity and Feasibility of Gender Neutral Language in German
  Supervising Professor: Dr. Andrea Golato, The Graduate College
  
  10:00am-10:20am
  Hale, Lilly
  Death Positive: An Analysis of an Authenticity Movement
  Supervising Professor: Dr. Joseph Kotarba, Department of Sociology
  
  10:20am-10:40am
  Ienatsch, Zachary
  30 Years of Hazelwood: Revisiting the First Amendment Rights of Minors in the Education System During the Social Media Age
  Supervising Professor: Dr. Gilbert Martinez, School of Journalism and Mass Communication
  
  10:40am-11:00am
  Jaimes, Maria
  Redefining the Constitution: Applying Europe’s “Right to be Forgotten” to the United States
  Supervising Professor: Dr. Ashleen Bagnulo, Department of Political Science
  
  11:00am-11:20am
  Byer, Amber
  Effects of Healthy Behavior on Physical and Mental Status
  Supervising Professor: Dr. Son Chae Kim, School of Nursing
  Second Reader: Dr. Barbara Covington, School of Nursing
  
  11:20am-11:40am
  Archield-Cupit, Hunter
  The Burlap: The Design Document for the Video Game The Burlap
  Supervising Professor: Ms. Anne Winchell, Department of English
  
  11:40am-12:00pm
  Bell, Jocelyn
  A Misguided Approach to Ending Modern Slavery: An Analysis of the Modern Slavery Act 2015
  Supervising Professor: Dr. Jessica Pliley, Department of History
  
  Break 12:00pm-1:00pm
  
  1:00pm-1:20pm
  Hamilton, Christopher
  Better Than Nothing: A Free Will Defense of Theism
  Supervising Professor: Dr. Peter Hutcheson, Department of Philosophy
  
  1:20pm-1:40pm
  Hanson, Sarah
  From Origin to Habit: Shakespeare’s Use of Alcohol and Morality in Tragedy
  Supervising Professor: Dr. Elizabeth Skerpan-Wheeler, Department of English
  
  1:40pm-2:00pm
  Glassford, Rachel
  Death Objectified, Life Affirmed: Mortality and Materialism in Russian Folktales Featuring Koschei the Deathless
  Supervising Professor: Dr. Teya Rosenberg, Department of English
  
  Break 2:00pm-2:40pm
  
  2:40pm-3:00pm
  Al-Rousan, Mohammad
  The Tale of Tribes
  Supervising Professor: Dr. Louie Dean Valencia-García, Department of History
  Second Reader: Dr. Elizabeth Bishop, Department of History
  
  3:00pm-3:20pm
  Ortiz, Whitney
  Reexamining the Classification of Viruses as Nonliving Based on Their Origins and Evolutionary Patterns
  Supervising Professor: Dr. Kelly Woytek, Department of Biology
  
  3:20pm-3:40pm
  Hoke, John Michael
  Break of Dawn
  Supervising Professor: Mr. Jordan Morille, Honors College
  Second Reader: Dr. Louie Dean Valencia-García, Department of History

  
  3:40pm-4:00pm
  Leonard, Kiara
  Cognitive Functions in Young Adults with Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  Supervising Professor: Dr. Amitai Abramovitch, Department of Psychology
  
  4:00pm-4:20pm
  Collett, Elizabeth
  Transit: Ten-Minute Play Collection
  Supervising Professor: Mr. Jordan Morille, Honors College
  
  4:20pm-4:40pm
  Beronio, Bianca
  A Fortunate Little Fellow: Divine Providence in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit
  Supervising Professor: Dr. Robert Tally, Department of English

   

• Fall 2017

  9:00am-9:20am Adams, Julissa

  Resisting Bullying a Poem at a Time: A Collection of Poems to Defeat Bullying

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Teya Rosenberg, Department of English
  Second Reader: Dr. Roger Jones, Department of English

  Break 9:20am-9:40am

  9:40am-10:00am McRae, Natalie

  Final Conversations from the Millennial Generation

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Maureen Keeley, Department of Communication Studies

  Break 10:00am-11:00am

  11:00am-11:20am Shannon, William

  An Ecological Case Against Development: Remote Sensing Analysis of Ecology and Vegetation Around Spring Lake, Texas, USA

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Andrew Sansom, The Meadows Center for Water and the

  Environment

  11:20am-11:40am Adams, Laura

  Houston Toad Phone: Compression and Transmission of Toad Calls

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Harold Stern, Ingram School of Engineering

  11:40am-12:00pm Garcia, Samantha

  By Tweet and by Speech: An Examination of Values in Donald Trump’s Metaphor

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Amelie Benedikt, Department of Philosophy

  Break 12:00pm-1:40pm

  1:40pm-2:00pm Evans, Clayton

  Spatio-Temporal Variability of Microbial Chitinase Activity in the Narragansett Bay

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Robert McLean, Department of Biology

  Second Reader: Dr. Pia Moisander, Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts

  Dartmouth

  2:00pm-2:20pm Jaimez, Daisy

  The Exclusion of Central American Unaccompanied Minor Children (UMC) Under the

  Refugee Regime in the United States

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Sarah Blue, Department of Geography

  2:20pm-2:40pm Guerrero, Juliana

  Music as a Source Memory Enhancer

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Rebecca Deason, Department of Psychology

  2:40pm-3:00pm Barry, Kiley

  Sell Seamlessly to Each Social Style

  Supervising Professor: Dr. A. Wayne Noll, Department of Marketing

  3:00pm-3:20pm  Bintliff, Charles

  An Exploratory Study of Nature Edge Effects

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Shawn McCracken, Department of Biology

  Break 3:20pm-3:40pm

  3:40pm-4:00pm Sprague, Darcy

  The Fight Against SB4: A Look at How the City of San Marcos and Local Activists

  Responded to the Anti-Sanctuary City Law

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Gilbert Martinez, School of Journalism and Mass

  Communication

  9:00am-9:20am Arzola, Emily

  A Theoretical Framework: Effectiveness of Acceptance in Reducing Anxiety in Stuttering

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Farzan Irani, Department of Communication Disorders

  9:20am-9:40am Jones, Kiley

  How to Get the Job? The Role of Innovation and Creativity in the Job Application

  Process

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Linda Nasr, Department of Marketing

  9:40am-10:00am Sneed, Jaysen

  Gender Norms in Horror Slasher Movies

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Marian Houser, Department of Communication Studies

  10:00am-10:20am Rener, Cole

  Plants as Protest: Guerrilla Gardening and Its Role in Urban Environmentalism

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Francis Le Duc, Department of Agriculture

  10:20am-10:40am Heitmann, Austin

  Synergistic Effects of Roundup and Corticosterone on Growth in Incilius nebulifer

  Tadpoles

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Caitlin Gabor, Department of Biology

  Break 10:40am-11:00am

  11:00am-11:20am Schautteet, Anna

  Below the Surface: An Anthropological Discussion About the Deeper Significance of Surface Found Artifacts

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Michael Collins, Department of Anthropology

  11:20am-11:40am Tleimat, Jacquelyn

  The Effects of Vertical Gradients and Forest Types on Beetle Diversity

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Shawn McCracken, Department of Biology

  11:40am-12:00pm Shannon, Mary Kate

  "If I Said No to Sex, It Was My Fault.”: Comparing the Influences of Method Choice on

  Romantic Relationships

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Deborah Harris, Department of Sociology

  Second Reader: Dr. Amy Meeks, Department of Psychology

  Break 12:00pm-1:00pm

  1:00pm-1:20pm Dunn, Emily

  Blue is the New Black: How Popular Culture has been Romanticizing Mental Illness

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Jon Lasser, Department of Counseling, Leadership, Adult

  Education, and School Psychology

  1:20pm-1:40pm Weaver Lewis, Rikki

  Consumer Preference for Organic and Local Food Purchases: Lessons for Leafy Green

  Vegetable Markets in Greater Austin

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Madan Dey, Department of Agriculture

  1:40pm-2:00pm Boyenga, Sydney

  Next-Level Drama: Advanced Arts Integration in the Standard Classroom

  Supervising Professor: Ms. Vlasta Silhavy, Department of Theatre and Dance

  2:00pm-2:20pm Sohns, Kayla

  They Deserve Better: A Look Into the Lives of the Most Vulnerable Texans

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Rose Pulliam, School of Social Work

  2:20pm-2:40pm Elliott, Tiffani

  ‘Are Involuntary Treatment Laws Protecting the Vulnerable or Violating Civil Rights?’: A

  Content Analysis of Psychiatric Civil Commitment Laws Supervising Professor: Dr. Toni

  Watt, Department of Sociology

  2:40pm-3:00pm Frost, Ashley

  Change in Adaptability and Satisfaction with Life in Students Who Study Abroad

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Sarah Angulo, Department of Psychology

  3:00pm-3:20pm Hellman-Lohr, Aisha

  To Write Press Play: Teaching Creative Writing Basics with Video Games

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Anne Winchell, Department of English

  Second Reader: Dr. Laura Sims, Department of English

  3:20pm-3:40pm Wofford, Nathaniel

  The Effects of a Brief Nap on Stress

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Carmen Westerberg, Department of Psychology

  3:40pm-4:00pm Krell, Judith

  Government and Nongovernment Reproductive Healthcare Organizations: A

  Communication Comparison

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Emily Ehmer, School of Journalism and Mass Communication

• Fall 2016

  9:20am-9:40am                                                        Smothers, Aaron

  Adventure Automata

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Andrew Cousino, Department of Mathematics

  Second Reader:  Dr. Sharon Gronberg, Department of Mathematics

   

  9:40am-10:00am                                                               Lee, Lauren

  Communicative Work and Shifting Illness Trajectories: An Examination of Individuals Coping with Chronic Lyme Disease

  Supervising Professor: Ms. Kristen Farris, Department of Communication Studies

  Second Reader:  Dr. Maureen Keeley, Department of Communication Studies

   

  10:00am-10:20am                                                     Kadous, Victoria

  Regulating Away Sex Trafficking: An Analysis of the Impact of Predominant Prostitution Regulation Techniques on Reducing Sex Trafficking

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Jessica Pliley, Department of History

   

  10:20am-10:40am                                                              Stern, Mark

  Ajzen’s Theory of Planned Behavior: Assessing Mentorship in Student Retention

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Harvey Ginsburg, Department of Psychology

  Second Reader:  Dr. Roque Mendez, Department of Psychology

  
  10:40am-11:00 am                                                  Lastrapes, Kathryne

  Hikikomori, Exploring the Data Available on Japan’s Most Famous Social Disorder

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Amitai Abramovitch, Department of Psychology

   

  Break 11:00am-11:20am

   

  11:20am-11:40am                                               Testerman, Delaney

  Friedrichs v. California Teachers’ Association: Unions, Free Speech, and a Split Court

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Patricia Pattison, Department of Finance and Economics

   

  11:40am-12:00pm                             Shabankareh Bandari, Alireza

  Anti-Islam Racism: Redefining the Struggle of Muslim Americans

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Bob Price, Department of Sociology

  Second Reader:  Dr. Shawn Patrick, Special Education, Rehabilitation and Counseling, California State University, San Bernardino

   

  12:00pm-12:20pm                                                  Blizinski, Meghan

  Defeating ISIS in Iraq: An Analysis of the Counterinsurgency Strategy Used to Liberate the City of Tikrit

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Elizabeth Bishop, Department of History

   

  Break 12:20pm-1:20pm

   

  1:20pm-1:40pm                                                         Ledet, Anthony

  Synthetic Routes and Methods Towards Achieving a Terminal Borylene

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Todd Hudnall, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

   

  1:40pm-2:00pm                                                           Belcher, Kristi

  Multi-GPU Parallelization of Irregular Algorithms

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Martin Burtscher, Department of Computer Science

   

  2:00pm-2:20pm                                                        Carroll, Valerie

  Fish, Gourds, and Glass Slippers: How Different Cultures Tell the Story of Cinderella

  Supervising Professor: Ms. Diann McCabe, Honors College

   

  Break 2:20pm-2:40pm

   

   

  2:40pm-3:00pm                                                         Meyer, Jennifer

  Exploring the Effect of Gender on Social Capital in World of Warcraft Guilds

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Emily Hanks, Department of Political Science

   

  3:00pm-3:20pm                                                            Treffalls, John

  Can I Eat This? Event-Related Potentials are Modulated by Feedback Regarding Edibility

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Reiko Graham, Department of Psychology

   

  Break 3:20pm-4:40pm

   

  4:40pm-5:00pm                                                               Pescaia, Ryan

  Italian Art Through Mathematics: Engaging Students Through Artistic Exploration

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Alejandra Sorto, Department of Mathematics

  Second Reader: Ms. Shannon Faseler, School of Art and Design

   

  Friday, November 18, 2016

  Lampasas 407A

   

   

  9:20am-9:40am                                                      Bonnette, Aaron

  Men as Fathers: A Content Analysis of Father’s Day Advertisements

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Shirley Ogletree, Department of Psychology

   

  9:40am-10:00am                                                       Schmidt, Lauren

  Spring Comes to Hades and Keeps Coming Back: An Analysis of Historical and Modern Adaptations of the Persephone Myth

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Susan Morrison, Department of English

   

  10:00am-10:20am                                                           Straka, Sarah

  Blazing the Trails: The Personal Branding of Lucille Ball

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Raymond Fisk, Department of Marketing

   

  Break 10:20am-11:20am | Resuming in LAMP 502B

   

  11:20am-11:40am                                                             Elliott, Rachel

  Advancing Storytelling Through the Visual Narrative in the Works of Molly Idle and Shaun Tan

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Teya Rosenberg, Department of English

   

   

  11:40am-12:00pm                                                         Snyder, Kailee

  The Actives: A Writing Journey

  Supervising Professor: Dr. John Blair, Department of English

   

  Break 12:00pm-1:20pm

   

  1:20pm-1:40pm                                                                Lund, Emily

  The Impact of Social Pressures on the Report Behavior of Sports-Related Concussion

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Carmen Westerberg, Department of Psychology

  Second Reader:  Dr. Krista Howard, Department of Psychology

   

  1:40pm-2:00pm                                                                Peña, Marisa

  Multicultural Instruction in the Beginner’s Violin Classroom

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Maneka Brooks, Curriculum and Instruction

   

  2:00pm-2:20pm                                                         Williams, Molly

  The Effects of Bilingualism on Students with Dyslexia

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Peter Golato, Department of Modern Languages

   

  2:20pm-2:40pm                                                     Piotrzkowski, Maxwell

  Exploiting the Sacred: Natural Resource Extraction on Native American Tribal Lands

  Supervising Professor: Dr. F. Kent Reilly, Department of Anthropology

• Fall 2014

  Thursday
  November 20, 2014
  LAMP 407A

  11:00 am – 11:20 am
  Guerra, Elijah
  Sartre: Imagination and the Irreal Object
  Supervising Professor: Dr. Nevitt Reesor, Department of Philosophy

  BREAK

  3:00 pm - 3:20 pm
  Tucker, Amanda
  Undeveloped Potential: An Observational Study of the General Populations' Attitudes and Social Treatment Towards Those with Disabilities in Almaty, Kazakhstan
  Supervising Professor:  Mrs. Jessica Dupree, Department of Health & Human Performance
  Second Reader: Ms. Megan Haynes, Department of Health & Human Performance

  3:20 pm - 3:40 pm
  Cook, Haley
  Military PTSD Treatments Differ in Quality of Research Methodology: A Meta Analysis of Pharmacological, Cognitive-behavioral and Non-traditional Therapies
  Supervising Professor: Dr. Harvey Ginsburg, Department of Psychology
  Second Reader: Dr. Natalie Ceballos, Department of Psychology

  3:40 pm - 4:00 pm
  Bovee, Ryan
  Artworld
  Supervising Professor: Mr. John Hood, Honors College

  4:00 pm - 4:20 pm
  Rodriguez, Ashley
  Corruption, Prostitution, & Reform: Policing of the Progressive Era
  Supervising Professor: Dr. Jessica Pliley, Department of History

  4:20 pm - 4:40 pm
  Sanchez, Brittney
  The San Marcos River, A Community River: Threats, Impacts, and Strategies
  Supervising Professor: Dr. Vincent Lopes, Department of Biology
  Second Reader: Dr. Alice LeDuc, Department of Agriculture

   

  Friday
  November 21, 2014
  LAMP 502B

  10:40 am - 11:00 am
  Berkovsky, Randi
  Shepictions: Barriers to Women’s Advancement in the Workplace and the Gender Pay Gap Based on Stereotypes, Myths and Biases
  Supervising Professor: Dr. Kate Peirce, School of Journalism & Mass Communication
  Second Reader: Dr. Shirley Ogletree, Department of Psychology

  11:00 am - 11:20 am
  Galvan, Misti
  Body, Brain, Dance – Cultivating the Connection between Movement and Learning
  Supervising Professor: Ms. LeAnne Smith, Department of Theatre & Dance

  BREAK

  1:00 pm - 1:20 pm
  Bright, Laura
  Awakening the Sleeper: Increasing Access to Study Abroad
  Supervising Professor: Dr. Lucy Harney, Department of Modern Languages
  Second Reader: Ms. Diann McCabe, Honors College

  1:20 pm - 1:40 pm
  Shafiq, Zoha
  A Tale of Squirrels and Nuts:  The Quest for the Perfect Logo
  Supervising Professor: Mr. Barry Underhill, School of Art & Design

  1:40 pm - 2:00 pm
  Williams, Shannon
  The Voice Behind Music Streaming: An Audio Documentary of Blue Collar Musicians in the Digital Age
  Supervising Professor: Mr. Daniel Schumacher, School of Journalism & Mass Communications

  2:00 pm - 2:20 pm
  Reese, Josiah
  Training Master Composters and Analyzing a Model of Bicycle-based Food Scrap Collection in Central Texas
  Supervising Professor: Dr. Tina Cade, Department of Agriculture
  Second Reader: Mr. Mark Carter, Department of Geography

  2:20 pm - 2:40 pm
  Turner, Brett
  Understanding Shinzo Abe's Vision for Japan: A Political Theory Approach
  Supervising Professor: Dr. Peter Siegenthaler, Department of History

  2:40 pm - 3:00 pm
  Jones, Meghan
  Erzähl mir eine Geschicte 
  Supervising Professor: Mr. Jon Marc Smith, Department of English
  Second Reader: Dr. Matthew Michael Conner, Department of Modern Languages

  3:00 pm - 3:20 pm
  Manara, Stephanie
  Ecological Economy: Integrating Beneficial Fungi to our Production Systems
  Supervising Professor: Dr. Kenneth Mix, Department of Agriculture
  Second Reader: Dr. Janet Hale, Department of Finance & Economics

  3:20 pm - 3:40 pm
  Chalupa, Adam
  Characteristics of Bose Glass in a Disordered Optical Lattice
  Supervising Professor: Dr. Byounghak Lee, Department of Physics

  3:40 pm - 4:00 pm
  Moncrieft, Eleni
  Impressions of Saudi Arabia with the Eyes of a European Woman
  Supervising Professor: Dr. Ulrich Bach, Department of Modern Languages
  Second Reader: Dr. Valentina Glajar, Department of Modern Languages

• Fall 2013

  Fall 2013 Thesis Forum Schedule

  Friday November 15th, 2013

  Lampasas 502B

   

  10:20 am – 10:40 am                                                   Silvia Clark

  Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management Practices: A Comparison between the United States and Brazil Based on Hofstede’s Cultural Framework

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Robert Konopaske, Department of Management

  Second Reader: Ms. Stephanie Noll, Department of English

   

   

  10:40 am  - 11:00 am                                                      Katelyn Kelly

  An Attempt for Control: The Investigation between Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Non-Suicidal Self-Injury (NSSI) to Evaluate the Internal and External Struggle of Anxiety.  

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Shirley Ogletree, Department of Psychology

   

   

  11:00 am – 11:20 am                                                    Tiffany Rainey

  Watershed Journals

  Supervising Professor: Mr. John Hood, Honors College

   

   

  11:20 am – 11:40 am                                                    Kelsey Harmon

  Chatting About Khat: Through Popular Media

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Catherine Hawkins, School of Social Work

   

   

  11:40 am – 12:00 pm                                              Alexandra Warner

  For Honor and Country: Understanding the Link Between Football Hooliganism and Nationalism

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Nathan Pino, Department of Sociology

  Second Reader: Dr. Margaret Menninger, Department of History                   

   

   

  12:40 pm -1:00 pm                                                       Michael Tarver

  Rapid Detection of MRS via Immunological Assay

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Shannon Weigum, Department of Biology

   

   

  1:20 pm – 1:40 pm                                                       Rachel Bullock

  Layperson Epistemology: Scientific Knowledge in the Information Age

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Robert Fischer, Department of Philosophy

  Second Reader: Dr. Peter Hutcheson, Department of Philosophy

   

   

  1:40 pm – 2:00 pm                                                      Angelica Riojas

  Characterization of IBR5 Interacting Protein in Arabidopsis.

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Nihal Dharmasiri, Department of Biology

   

• Fall 2012

   

  Thesis Forum Schedule
  Friday, November 30, 2012
  Lampasas 502B

  10:00 AM-10:20 AM
  Gilbert, Fred
  Religious Ritual in the Mixtec Culture: A Holistic Evaluation
  Supervising Professor: Dr. Robert Williams, Department of Anthropology
  Second Reader: Dr. F. Kent Reilly, Department of Anthropology

  10:20 AM-10:40 AM
  Young, Sarah Emily
  Greening the Town Centers of America: An Investigation into the Sustainability of Building Reuse in Relation to the Economy and Environment
  Supervising Professor: Mr. Pax Chagnon, School of Family and Consumer Sciences

  10:40 AM-11:00 AM
  Bell, Michael
  Perceived Competence as a Function of Attire in a Business Context
  Supervising Professor: Dr. Roque Mendez, Department of Psychology

  11:00 AM-11:20 AM
  Brandsma, Elliott
  Sheep, Volcanoes, and International Conflict: Mapping the Twentieth- Century Icelandic Consciousness through Art and Fiction
  Supervising Professor: Mr. John Hood, Honors College

  11:20 AM-11:40 AM
  Smith, William Edward
  A Race for Superiority in the English Channel: Naval Theory, Strategy, and Diplomacy, 1870-1914
  Supervising Professor: Dr. Ellen Tillman, Department of History
  Second Reader: Dr. Margaret Menninger, Department of History

  11:40 AM-12:00 PM
  Kuykendall, Robert
  Improved Ranking of Rated Content Through Linear Prediction
  Supervising Professor: Dr. Dan Tamir, Department of Computer Science

  LUNCH BREAK
   
  1:00 PM-1:20 PM
  McLean, Nicholas
  English: The Birth Of A World Language
  Supervising Professor: Dr. Matthew Juge, Department of Modern Languages

  1:40 PM-2:00 PM
  Tritsch, Katherine
  Moving Beyond Sustainability at Institutes of Higher Education: The Potential of a Permaculture Initiative
  at Texas State University-San Marcos
  Supervising Professor: Dr. Kenneth Mix, Department of Agriculture
  Second Reader: Dr. Ronald Hagelman, Department of Geography

  2:00 PM-2:20 PM
  Word, Jennifer Lee
  Pet Perks: An Examination and Analysis of the Relationship Between Companion Animals and the Development of Empathy
  Supervising Professor: Dr. Stanley Friedman, Department of Psychology

  2:20 PM-2:40 PM
  Lucio, Mario
  Lexington and Concord: What the Battle Reveals about the State of the British Army in Boston at the Outbreak of the Revolution
  Supervising Professor: Dr. Shannon Duffy, Department of History

  2:40 PM-3:00 PM
  Simchak, Courtney
  Deep Murmur Deep
  Supervising Professor: Ms. Kathleen Peirce, Department of English
  Second Reader: Ms. Katie Geha, School of Art and Design

• Spring 2012

  Ahrendt, Hylary Kirsten

  The Role of Cultural Dimensions in International Relations: Findings from Experiential Learning in South India

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Sandhya Rao, School of Journalism and Mass Communication

   

  Alexatos, Andreina M.

  How to Deal with Waste: A Look at Creative Ways to Reinvent Our Neighborhood

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Craig Hanks, Department of Philosophy

  Second Reader: Dr. Joseph Rumbo, Department of Sociology

   

  Bishop, Trista N.

  Competing Values: An Evaluation of SOPA’s Impact on Intellectual Property Rights and Free Speech

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Gilbert D. Martinez, School of Journalism and Mass Communication

   

  Brown, Abigail Michelle

  Beyond the Castle

  Supervising Professor: John Hood, Honors College

  
  Brown, Mandy A.

  Shattered

  Supervising Professor: Mr. John Hood, Honors College

   

  Clairmont, Todd Logan

  The Effects of Monetary Policy on the Six Major Metropolitan Areas in Texas

  Supervising Professor: Dr. David Beckworth, Department of Finance and Economics

  Second Reader: Dr. James LeSage, Department of Finance and Economics
   

  Degner, Zachary A.

  Deaf Perception: How Brain Plasticity Affects Visual Skills in Deaf Persons

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Michele Oliver, Department of Psychology

  
  Fedak, Anne Therese

  The Effects of Physical Activity on the Stereotypic Behaviors of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Ting Liu, Department of Health and Human Performance

   

  
  Fisher, Nicole Renee

  Revolutionary Mode: An Analysis of Communist Rhetoric Surrounding the Disney Corporation

  Supervising Professor: Mr. Jeremy Hutchins, Department of Communication Studies

   

  Frangeskou, Athena

  Spatial Depth Cues in Temporal Reasoning

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Reiko Graham, Department of Psychology

  
  Gauntner, Ashleigh G.

  Mothers' Knowledge of Communication Development (Fall 2011 SURF Grant Awardee)

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Alisha Richmond, Department of Communication Disorders

  
  Gray, Daniel Bernard

  Meaning and Materiality: An Investigation into the Meaning of Natural Materials from the Big Bend of Texas (Spring 2011 SURF Grant Awardee)

  Supervising Professor: Thomas Fitzpatrick, School of Art and Design

  Co-Investigator: Billi London-Gray

   

  Hagans, Caitlin

  Image of the 21st Century Vagabond in America

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Craig Hanks, Department of Philosophy

  Second Reader: Mr. John Hood, Honors College

   

  Herrera, Ryan

  Government Evolution and the Democratic Ideal: Applying Pragmatism as a Method for Success

  Supervising Professor: Mr. Wayne Kraemer, Department of Communication Studies

  
  Holdford, Alexander Scott

  Gender Identification Using Possessive Pronouns in English and Spanish

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Roxane Cuellar Allsup, Department of Curriculum and Instruction

   

  Khatiwada, Sulap

  Barrier and Difficulties of International Students for Higher Studies in the USA

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Ani Yazedjian, School of Family and Consumer Sciences

   

  Horst, Kimberly A.

  The General Education Teacher’s Guidebook to Special Education

  Supervising Professor: Mrs. Laura Judd, Department of Curriculum and Instruction

  
  Jordan, Brett W.

  Reviving the Renaissance: An Analysis of Nuclear Power’s Future in the Electric Power Market

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Joni Charles, Department of Finance and Economics

  Second Reader: Dr. Vance Lesseig, Department of Finance and Economics

   
  Kite, Kelsey

  Instructing Children in the Use of Computing Technology Through Physical Connections with Digital and Mobile Devices

  Supervising Professor: Mr. Grayson Lawrence, School of Art and Design

   

  Laughlin, Ryan P.

  Magnetic and Structural Properties of Bismuth Ferrite Thin Films Grown on Si Substrates by MBE

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Nikoleta Theodoropoulou, Department of Physics

  
  Larson, Larissa Faith

  Fashioning the Self: An Exploration of French Women's Construction of Identity through Dress

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Keila Tyner, School of Family and Consumer Sciences

  
  
  Laurie, Mandi

  I Tell or You Tell: The Intersection Between Stigmas and Disclosure

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Randall Osborne, Department of

  Psychology

  
  Martinez, Rhonda

  Chronicles of a Student Teacher

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Rubén Garza, Department of Curriculum and Instruction

  Second Reader: Dr. Terence McCabe, Department of Mathematics

   

  McClung, Christina Lynn

  Characterization of Auxin Responses in Brachypodium Distachyon, a Model Monocot Plant (Fall 2011 SURF Grant Awardee)

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Nihal Dharmasiri, Department of Biology

  
  Meehan, Kathryn L.

  Immigrants via Popular Culture: A Study of the Portrayal of Various Immigrant Cultures in Vaudeville

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Patricia L. Denton, Department of History

   

  
  Miller, Joshua M.

  A Whole New Ballgame: Understanding and Adapting to India¹s emerging Middle Class Market

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Chinna Natesan, Department of Marketing

  
  Moore, Alysha Michele

  Purification and Characterization of DszB using the Substrate Analog Thiourea Dioxide

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Linette Watkins, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

   

  Richardson, Brianne Jayla

  Once Upon a Fairytale Romance

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Federico Subervi, School of Journalism and Mass Communication

  Second Readers: Dr. Roque Mendez, Department of Psychology; Mrs. Olga Wilson, School of Journalism and Mass Communication

  
  Roark, Sarah Elizabeth

  Investigation of Unexpected Fluorescence in Zebrafish Optic Nerve

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Dana García, Department of Biology

   

  Schnarr, Kelly Danielle

  The Moon and the Origin of Frankenstein

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Donald W. Olson, Department of Physics

  
  Schultz, Annie Ruth

  Forbidden Love: A Discussion of the Arabic Influence on the Courtly Love Poetry of Medieval Provincial Europe

  Supervising Professors: Ms. JoAnn Labay, Department of English; Dr. Susan Morrison, Department of English

   

  Stanton, Sara Sibel

  SOX Turns 10: Analyzing The Relevance of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act in 2012

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Kasey Martin, Department of Accounting

   

  Thompson, Dori Lynne

  A Rather Tall Tale: An Extinct Cretaceous Redwood from the McRae Formation of New Mexico

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Garland Upchurch, Department of Biology

  
  Vela-Gude, Maria Luisa

  Comparisons of Attractiveness, Weight, and Ideal Body Types Between Hispanic/Latina and White/Anglo College-Aged Women

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Reiko Graham, Department of Psychology

   

  
  Willis, Briane Rose

  The Weight of Water: Female Empowerment Through Gender Mainstreaming and Integrated Water Resource Management

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Audrey McKinney, Department of Philosophy

  Second Reader: Dr. Brock Brown, Department of Geography

  
  Watt, Ethan M.

  Effective Incentives: A Proposal of Two Changes to United States Federal Law to Improve Working Conditions in Overseas Factories

  Supervising Professor: Dr. Alexis Stokes, Department of Finance and Economics

• Spring 2011

  Abel, Wesley E.

  Sink or Swim: Current Tax Policies Affecting the United States Competitiveness Abroad

   

  Adrian, Anthony C.

  Many Relationships and the Problem of the Many

   

  Barton, Brittany N.

  An Observational Study of Ukranian Mail Order Brides

   

  Berryman, Stephanie J.

  Driven to Learn: A Study on Why ELL Students Lose Interest in Literacy and What Can Be Done about It

   

  Clark, Megan Nicole

  An Assessment of the Quality of Foods Offered on Children’s Menus in San Marcos, Texas

   

  Faurie, Danielle K.

  A Qualitative Analysis of the Perceptions of Iowa Corn Farmers Regarding Alternative Energy Usage and a Proposal for Policy Change

   

  Fuller, Angelika M.

  A Geographic Analysis of Immigrant Detention in the USA: The Distribution and Environmental Contexts of Detention Centers

   

  Gallier, Katelyn B.

  Cloning, Sequencing, and Analysis of the Promoter for the Gene PDCD4A in Xiphophorus Species

   

  Gates, Stephen Thomas

  Characterization of Beta Amyloid Formation and It’s Effect on Alzheimer’s Disease

   

  Gomez, Beatriz

  Giving Voices to the Voiceless: Stories of Undocumented Students of Hispanic Origin at Texas State University

   

  Gordyn, Edgar C.

  Dante’s Ulysses: Damnation and Salvation in the Commedia

   

  Hadley, Sarah E.

  Evaluating the Consumption of Licensed University Apparel and Its Relationship to Pride at Texas State University- San Marcos

   

  Holk, Victor George

  With Words as Strong as Warriors

   

  Howard, Ashleah N.

  Reverse Engineering the Crystal Ball: What Media Portrayals Say about Preparing for a Career in Law

   

  Jackson, Corey S.

  Solving the Musicians’ Diemma: Duplicating the Health Alliance for Austin Musicians in Other Music Cities

   

  Kendrick, Linda P.

  We Have Decided Not to Die: One Woman’s Journey through Dissociative Identity Disorder

   

  Lanning, Emily C.

  Magical Women Who Do Magic Without Being Men: Nontraditional Female Heroes in a World Without Gender Norms

   

  Lindsey, Jon M.

  Dare to Wear

   

  Logan, Gabe C.

  Social and Economic Factors that Affect Emergency Medical Services Call Volume

   

  Lowenstein, Sarah H.

  The Effects of Media Literacy Education on Latino Youth in Austin, Texas

   

  McDowell, Brett Joseph

  Master Limited Partnerships: Valuation Implications of Switching to Corporate Form

   

  Reiter, Karissa M.

  Eating on Purpose: Creating Recipes from the Specific Effects of Food on the Mind and Body

   

  Richey, Jon D.

  Estimates of Atmospheric CO2 for Warm Climates of the Late Cretaceous Using Fossil Lauraceae

   

  Rowell, Melissa N.

  0% More Water: A Geographic Comparison of the Conservation Strategies of San Antonio Water Systems and Colorado Springs Utilities

   

  Sanders, Brian Z.

  Attitudes towards Treatment of Mental Problems and the Effect on Willingness to Seek Treatment

   

  Schramm, Amanda M.

  From Solicitor General to the Supreme Court: Deciphering the Voting Tendencies of Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan

   

  Travina, Anastasiya

  Khipu Language and Cosmology: The Dualism of the Andean Cosmology, Culture and Language as Reflected in the Binary Coding System of the Khipu

• Spring 2010

  Aaron, Ragan E.

  Expressive Arts and Anxiety

   

  Ansley, Brenna M.

  Queer Representations of Sadomasochism in Lunacy and The Night Porter

   

  Beebower, Michael M.

  Electrochemical Reduction of Organobromides Catalyzed by Novel Dicobalt Complex Having 2 Salen Units

   

  Blackburn-Rader, Katelyn

  From Email To Twitter: How Social Networking Sites Change Texas Campaigns

   

  Blatzer, Katherine Louise

  Dreams to Reality

   

  Bolfing, Christopher B.

  The Paradigm of the Periphery in Native America

   

  Bugg, Alyssa

  Musicians’ Hearing Loss: Defining Problems and Designing Solutions

   

  Coverly, Chelsea

  Genesis B: Effectively Teaching Old English Literature to High School English Students

   

  Frank, Rebekah Gail

  Cover Your Eyes: Considering Empathetic Response in Reviewing Visual Art Conveying Trauma

   

  Gibbs, Rachel E.

  Mystical Relations: A Study of Feminine Relationships with Christ in the High Middle Ages

   

  Gregory, Allison

  British Dialect for the American Stage

   

  Jackson, Amber

  The Diamond Effect

   

  Jarrard, Jenny K.

  Contagious Disease: The Rise and Fall of Nineteenth Century British Prostitution Regulation

   

  Pickett, Lela

  Azjen’s Theory of Planned Behavior as it Relates to Body Satisfaction and Eating Disorders

   

  Lee, Ji Eun

  Factors that Affect the Difference in Preferences for Using Celebrities in Ads Between So. Korea and the U.S.

   

  Lewis, Deziree

  Mu Suppression, Mirror Neuron Activity, and Empathy

   

  Lormor, Timothy

  Archiving A Dream: The In Your Dreams Collection

   

  Maddox, Carter

  ¡Átame! to Take: Visioning Almodóvar onto the American Stage

   

  McCabe, Samuel

  Crafting a Political Message from a Scientific Survey

   

  Coleman Medina, Naomi R.

  Printed Media and the Imprint It Leaves On Gender Attitudes

   

   

  Narioka, Kosaku

  Searching for the Point of No Return in the Failure of the Oslo Peace Process

   

  Pope, Ava G.

  Astronomical Dating of Edvard Munch’s Summer Sky Paintings

   

  Stamets, Sara E.

  Creating the Journaling Workshop

   

   

  Williams, Sarah A.

  Conceptions of Birth: A Theoretical Analysis of Birth Practices in the US and Mexico

   

   

   

   

   

   

Spring 2017 Thesis Forum