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Undergraduate Research Conference (URC)

Kristen Dyer at the URC in 2018

The 13th Annual

Undergraduate Research Conference

and Honors Thesis Forum

April 24-26, 2019

LBJSC, 3-5.1, Ballroom

1^st place:

Julia Roberts, Effect of the N-Terminal Domain of Arabidopsis LARP6 in RNA Binding Specificity, Chemistry

2^nd place:

Christina Tinsley, Consideration of Possible Anthropophagy: Four Corners Region of the American Southwest, Anthropology

3^rd place, tied:

Madison Segovia, Perceptions of Dementia Across Students in Health Professions Programs at Texas State University, Communication Disorders

Richard Saavedra, Femoral Length Estimation from Fragmentary Remains, Anthropology

Honorable Mentions:

Grant Dorsey, Crash Course, CIS

D'Mornaquah Fontenot, Developing Realistic Eyewitness Experiences through the Use of Immersive Environments, Criminal Justice

Micaela Mead, Galveston County Health Assessment, Nutrition and Foods

Allison Manning, The Effect of Sheet Metal Characteristics on Atmospheric Water Generation Efficiency, Manufacturing Engineering

Kaylyn Adams, The Effects of Bilingual Classrooms on Bilingual Children's Literacy and Language Skills, Psychology

2019 URC and Honors Thesis Forum Schedule

2019 URC and Honors Thesis Forum Schedule
Event
Honors Thesis Presentations, Wed. 4/24, 8:00am-5:00pm, 3-5.1
Honors Thesis Presentations, Thurs. 4/25, 8:00am-5:00pm, 3-5.1
Honors Thesis Presentations, Fri. 4/26, 8:00am-12:30pm, 3-5.1
Poster Session, Fri. 4/26, 1:00pm-4:00pm, LBJSC Ballroom

Wednesday, April 24th

Oral Presentations

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8:00 - 8:20am Mumbach, Ali - A Day in the Life: An Ethnography

Supervisor: Dr. Rachel Romero, Department of Sociology
9:20-9:40am Beck, Natasha - Divorce during a Revolution: Gender, Community Oversight, and Petitions in Massachusetts, 1771-1781

Supervisor: Dr. Sara Damiano, Department of History
9:40 -10:00am Sullivan, Patrick - Fighting Traffic with Emerging Technologies: An Analysis of Austin Traffic using Dynamic Time Warping and Bluetooth Data

Supervisor: Dr. Yihong Yuan, Department of Geography
10:00 - 10:20am Guajardo, Kristen - The Use of Poetic Transcription to Discuss Police Brutality in the U.S.

Supervisor: Dr. Rachel Romero, Department of Sociology
10:20 - 10:40am Podbielski, Todd - Creating A Sustainable Affordable Homes Program: Case Study of The Mueller Redevelopment Project In Austin, Texas

Supervisor: Dr. Eric Sarmiento, Department of Geography
10:40 - 11:00am Garcia, Gabriela - The Effects of The Affordable Care Act on Women’s Health

Supervisor: Dr. Jose A. Betancourt, School of Health Administration
11:00 - 11:20am Sorter, Michael - Diplomacy Through Imposition: U.S. Posture Towards Iran and North Korea

Supervisor: Dr. Ronald Johnson, Department of History
11:20 - 11:40am Brewer, Katherine - Divisional Shift: A Fiction Piece

Supervisor: Prof. Chad Hammett, Department of English

Second Reader: Dr. Chris Nice, Department of Biology
11:40 - 12:00pm Myers, Macy - Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Treatment Of Trichotillomania

Supervisor: Dr. Ollie Seay, Department of Psychology
1:00 - 1:20pm Robinson, Magnus - The Pothos Project

Supervisor: Prof. Jordan Morille, Department of Theatre & Dance/Honors College
1:20 - 1:40pm Cathey, Jason - Activating A Competitive Drive: A Training Program Created to Build A Foundation for Post College Success

Supervisor: Dr. Michael Burns, Department of Communication Studies
1:40 - 2:00pm Ogoke, Chisom - Sekoia and the Books of the Galápagos – Narrating Biological Anthropology through Magical Realism

Supervisor: Dr. Sharon Ugalde, Department of Modern Languages

Second Reader: Dr. Graeme Wend-Walker, Department of English
2:20 - 2:40pm Ham, Emma - The Bidirectional Influence of Social Media and Adolescent Development of Self-Regulation and Executive Functioning

Supervisor: Ms. Illysa Foster, Department of Psychology
2:40 - 3:00pm Hearn, Holly - As the Water Gets Too High: Texas and the Fight Against Sea Level Rise

Supervisor: Dr. Cindy Royal, School of Journalism and Mass Communication
3:00 - 3:20pm Chapa, Sabrina - “Narco-Deforestation”: Spatial Activity of the Illicit Drug Trade and Environmental Degradation in Guatemala

Supervisor: Dr. Jennifer Devine, Department of Geography
3:20 - 3:40pm Chatoney, Brett - A Tale of Two Tunnels: Exploring the Design and Cultural Difference Between the Houston Tunnel System and RESO (Underground City, Montreal)

Supervisor: Dr. Eric Sarmiento, Department of Geography
3:40 - 4:00pm Thompson, Tucker - Selling the Television War by Using Social Identity Theory in Vietnam War Movies

Supervisor: Dr. Hyun Jung Yun, Department of Political Science
4:00 - 4:20pm Mosbey, Dana - Encompassment: Dance Ethnography Through Live Performance

Supervisor: Prof. Michelle Nance, Department of Theatre and Dance

Second Reader: Prof. Scott Vandenberg, Department of Theatre and Dance
4:20 - 4:40pm Cardenas, Jennifer - To Affinity and Beyond: A Qualitative Exploration of Fandom Learning, Empathy, and Reactionary Fandom Culture

Supervisor: Dr. Rachel Romero, Department of Sociology

Second Reader: Dr. Graeme Wend-Walker, Department of English
4:40 - 5:00 pm Beymer, Simon - Parallel and Nonparallel Patterns of Genetic Co-Differentiation: Evidence for Host Associated Differentiation among Trophic Levels of the Oak Gall-Wasp System

Supervisor: Dr. James R. Ott, Department of Biology

Thursday, April 25th

Oral Presentations

8:00 - 8:20am Pettus, Destini - The Jefferson Junior High Runners’ Club

Supervisor: Prof. Sean Rose, Department of English
9:00-9:20am Villacis, Austen - Advertisements Contrary To Underlying Perspectives: DIVA TV, Culture Jamming, and the Collective “Party” against AIDS

Supervisor: Dr. Gina Tarver, School of Art & Design | Art History
9:20-9:40am Taylor, Logan - Designing for Emotions: Addressing Employee Emotional Labor Through Service Design

Supervisor: Dr. Linda Alkire, Department of Marketing
9:40 -10:00am Velazquez, Kenna - LinkedIn Or LinkedOut: How Building Social Media Influence Amplifies the Savvy Recruiter

Supervisor: Dr. Linda Alkire, Department of Marketing
10:00 - 10:20am Collins, Courtlynn - Glengarriff Forest: An Interactive Creative Work

Supervisor: Prof. Anne Winchell, Department of English
10:20 - 10:40am Olszewski, Evan - Speeches from the Converged Territories: Mechanical Translations Across Language-Time

Supervisor: Dr. Thomas Varacalli, Department of Political Science
10:40 - 11:00am Massengale, Joseph - For Madmen Only? The Authentic Memoir’s Destabilization of Identity

Supervisor: Prof. Theresa Rene' LeBlanc, Department of English
11:00 - 11:20am Fernandez, Daniel - Who’s to Say?: How Partisan Politics Shape Our Beliefs

Supervisor: Dr. Azucena Mayberry, Department of Psychology
11:20 - 11:40am Parkhurst, Laurel - Tango Mulatto: The Untold Afro-Argentine History of Tango, 1800s-1900s

Supervisor: Dr. Carlos Abreu Mendoza, Department of Modern Languages | Spanish
11:40 - 12:00pm Mac Crossan, Toni - Student Hormonal Responses in Two Learning Environments

Supervising Professor: Dr. Kristy L. Daniel, Department of Biology

Second Reader: Dr. Mar Huertas, Department of Biology
1:00 - 1:20pm Reynes, Josephine - Total Minor Polynomials of Oriented Hypergraphs

Supervisor: Dr. Lucas Rusnak, Department of Mathematics
1:20 - 1:40pm Rodriguez, Dixon - Catholicism and Animal Ethics

Supervisor: Dr. Joseph Laycock, Department of Philosophy

Second Reader: Dr. Bob Fischer, Department of Philosophy
1:40 - 2:00pm Sloan, Richard - Two Years and Counting: The Qatari Gulf Crisis

Supervisor: Dr. Elizabeth Bishop, Department of Political Science
2:00-2:20pm Jennings, Skyler - An Enchanted Fan Fiction: Swift Meets Millhauser

Supervisor: Dr. Cecily Parks, Department of English
2:20 - 2:40pm Hardy, Elizabeth - A Witch's Guide to Starting Fires

Supervisor: Prof. Anne Winchell, Department of English
2:40 - 3:00pm Weaver, Morgan - A Literature Review of Manual Therapies for the Management of Low Back Pain and a Study Proposal of the Comparison of Massage, Trigger Point and Traction Therapies in the Reduction of Low Back Pain

Supervisor: Prof. Megan Haynes, Department of Health and Human Performance

Second Reader: Prof. Andi Green, Department of Health and Human Performance
3:00 - 3:20pm Schulte, Emily - A Coming of Age: Exploring Themes of Adolescent Identity Through Autoethnography

Supervisor: Dr. Rachel Romero, Department of Sociology
3:20 - 3:40pm Smothermon, Samantha - Student Attitudes Towards Offender Reintegration

Supervisor: Dr. Donna Vandiver, Department of Criminal Justice
3:40 - 4:00pm Rao, Leela - The Real Value of Investing in Early Childhood Intervention in Texas

Supervisor: Dr. Ellen Duchaine, Department of Curriculum & Instruction
4:00 - 4:20pm Morris, Talya - Media, Party, and Voter Manipulation of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Supervisor: Dr. Hyun Jung Yun, Department of Political Science

Second Reader: Dr. Louie Dean Valencia, Department of History
4:20 - 4:40pm Olvera, May - Disposable Simulacra: The Search for Authenticity Through the Analogue Viewfinder of the Digital Age

Supervisor: Dr. Louie Dean Valencia, Department of History

Friday, April 26th

Oral Presentations

8:40 - 9:00am Demidov, Nikita - The Effectiveness of Renewable Energy Policies in The United States: The Impact of Renewables Incentives on Capacity Deployment, Electricity Prices and Local Economic Development

Supervising Professor: Dr. Janet Hale, Department of Finance and Economics

Second Supervisor: Dr. Andrew Ojede, Department of Finance and Economics
9:00-9:20am Stephan, Morgan - The Relation between Language Learner Motivation and Language-Related Learner Attitudes

Supervising Professor: Dr. Peter Golato, Department of Modern Languages
9:20-9:40am Richer, Joyana - It’s the Little Things, Not Shiny Rings: Love and Friendship in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings

Supervising Professor: Dr. Robert T. Tally, Department of English
9:40-10:00am Bardan, Mario - Magnetic Capture Hybridization of Amphibian Mitochondrial Genomes

Supervising Professor: Dr. David Rodriguez, Department of Biology
10:00 - 10:20am Segovia, Madison - Perceptions of Dementia Across Students in Health Professions Programs at Texas State University

Supervising Professor: Dr. Ranjini Mohan, Department of Communication Disorders

Second Reader: Ms. Keri Fitzgerald, Department of English
10:20 - 10:40am Arabie, Hope - Revisiting the Value Chain: An Examination of Customer-as-Provider Co-creating Value in High-Tech Companies

Supervising Professor: Dr. Corey Fox, Department of Management
10:40 - 11:00am Mouton, Leanna - How to Incorporate Accessibility into Theme Parks

Supervising Professor: Dr. Floyd Quinn, Department of Management

Second Reader: Mr. Daniel Guerrero, Department of Management
11:00 - 11:20am Hansen, Heather - Prevalence and Characterization of Staphylococcus Species, Including MRSA, in the Home Environment

Supervising Professor: Dr. Rodney Rohde, Clinical Laboratory Science

Second Reader: Dr. Thomas Patterson, Clinical Laboratory Science
11:20 -11:40am Pratt, Samantha - The Lived Experience Prior to and Following Sport-Related Concussions Sustained in High School Athletics

Supervising Professor: Dr. Missy Fraser, Department of Health and Human Performance

Second Reader: Dr. Mary Odum, Department of Health and Human Performance
11:40 - 12:00pm Barnhouse, Blake - Depression, Alcohol Consumption, and Social Support in College Student Veterans

Supervising Professor: Dr. Reiko Graham, Department of Psychology
12:00 - 12:20pm Diaz, Chloe - Ren as a Guideline for Solving Medical Ethics Violations in S.E.R.E. (Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape Training)

Supervising Professor: Dr. Lijun Yuan, Department of Philosophy

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