The Master's Level Graduate Research Conference is supported by the Office of Graduate Studies.

2012 Master's Level Graduate Research Conference

Session I - Session II - Session III - Session IV

Session II: 10:30 - 11:45 am

Biology - Panel, 122 Hartwell
Chair: Dr. Stuart Tsubota
10:30 am	Using Site-directed Mutagenesis to Identify the Most Immunogenic Regions of Protein Vaccine Candidate P6 Anthony Mangan
10:50 am	The Affects of Zeste on Enhancer of Rudimentary Expression in Drosophila melanogaster Hannah Cushman
11:10 am	Visualization of Novel Guidepost Cells in Drosophila Olfactory Map Development Jay-Christian Helt
11:25 am	Desensitization of MCH Signaling Most Likely Due to Sequestration of Signaling Components Rather Than Removal of Receptors from the Plasma Membrane Lauren Field
Business and Management - Panel, 120 Hartwell
Chair: Dr. Susan Stites-Doe
10:30 am	Houghton Water and Sewer Database Management Scott Rutkowski, Kailey Christensen, Shane Fraser, Brett Freas
Chiropractics/Occupational Therapy - Panel, 125 Hartwell
Chair: Dr. Susan Seem
10:30 am	Cervicogenic Headache Etiology: Cadaveric Study of the Connection Between Suboccipital Structures and the Cervical Dura Mater Erton Joseph Averion
10:45 am	What are Therapists’ Perceptions of the Most Important Factors to be Addressed in a Wheelchair Assessment? Megan McGowan
11 am	Factors Influencing Childhood Obesity Melissa Schlegel
Counselor Education - Poster Session, Edwards Hall Lobby
Chair: NA
10:30 am	Dignity for All Students Act School Personnel Training Kerry Heffernan, Jess James, Christina Martinez
10:30 am	Transfer Student Needs Assessment: Are Students Overwhelmed? Jaclyn Benham, Kristin Dauenhauer, Jessica Kennedy
10:30 am	High School Non-Completion in an Urban School District Jeff Mangini
Criminal Justice - Panel, 215 Hartwell
Chair: Dr. Lynda Sperazza
10:30 am	Alternatives to Detention Danielle Harrington
10:50 am	Implementation of Alternative Delivery of Annual Training at the Buffalo Federal Detention Facility Sherry Hunter
Dance - Performance, Strasser Dance Studio-Hartwell
Chair: Ms. Juliana Utz
10:45 am	Flores, Palmas, y Zapateado: Flamenco for Modern Dancers Anna Corvera, Yokastheline Alejo, Nicole Berntsen, Beth Buehler, Jasmine Perez, Lauren Saint-Louis, Melissa Sanfilippo, Haley Zdebski
11:15 am	“Dance Pedagogy: Integrating Cultural Diversity” Marielys Burgos-Meléndez, Yujo Hashimoto
10:30 am	Unsquare Dance: A Collaborative Performance Amanda McCullum
Economics/Finance Panel, 127 Hartwell
Chair: Dr. Lerong He
10:30 am	The Infant Industry Argument: What Went Wrong? Ishraq Dalton
10:45 am	State Capitalism: Is Welfare from the Government Really Welfare? Rini Mukhopadhyay, Mei Ling Toh
11:05 am	Why is Gasoline “Too Damn High”? Steven Barber
Education - Panel, 101 Edwards
Chair: Dr. Walter Brautigan
10:30 am	Bilingual Education Melanie Masterson
10:50 am	Spanish Heritage Learners: What Teachers Have to Say About Educating Them? Hercilia Cassell, Elizabeth Squairs
Education - Poster Session, Edwards Hall Lobby
Chair: NA
10:30 am	Failing Transitions: Using Syncretisitc Theory to Enhance Special Education Transition Outcomes Christopher Butler
10:30 am	Pay-For-Performance, A Formula For Failure Daniel McFarlane
10:30 am	The Effects of Technology on Student Achievement and Motivation in the English Language Arts Classroom Jennifer Ward, Betsy Bradley
10:30 am	Culturally Responsive/Multicultural Education Mayra Ortiz
10:30 am	Multicultural Education Alicia DiNottia
10:30 am	Positive Behavioral Supports Michelle Miley
English - Panel, 216 Hartwell
Chair: Ms. Kim Myers
10:30 am	Emile Habiby's The Secret Life of Saeed through Italo Calvino Blerina Lani
11:10 am	A Chronological and Textual Analysis of the Revisions to Ed Dorn’s Gunslinger/Slinger Jason Pontillo
Environmental Science - Panel, 219 Hartwell
Chair: Dr. James Haynes
11:10 am	Dynamics and Abundance of Wild Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) in Three Lake Ontario Tributaries Matthew Piche
10:30 am	Understanding Lipid and Fatty Acid Composition Differences in Lake Trout Eggs from the Great Lakes, Cayuga Lake, and Lake Champlain Robert Geroux
10:50 am	Minnow Populations, Diversity, and Habitat Preferences in the West Branch of Sandy Creek, Monroe County, New York Coral Reina
Health/Occupational Therapy - Poster Session, Edwards Hall Lobby
Chair: NA
10:30 am	Lunch Time Dilemma; Students Demand Healthy but Choose Tasty Foods Sakura Sato
10:30 am	The Relationship Between Gay-Straight Alliances and Homophobia Katherine Herpin
10:30 am	Examining College Students' Barriers to Physical Activity Eugene (Vinnie) Smith
10:30 am	Perception of Caffeine Use and Its Relationship with Increasing or Decreasing Performance in Student Athletes. Andrew Smith
10:30 am	A Stakeholder Analysis of the HPV Vaccine Arlene Mbonu
10:30 am	Is There a Relationship Between the Gender of the Coach and Attitudes Toward Eating Among Female College Athletes? Lindsey Cayea
10:30 am	Patterns of Use of Birth Control Among College Students Kyra Yon
10:30 am	The Amount of Utilization of Outreach Healthcare Services in Homeless Men and Satisfaction with Healthcare Outreach Services in Addressing Healthcare Needs Christina Barnwell
10:30 am	Knowledge, Attitudes, and Use of Complimentary and Alternative Medicine Among Occupational Therapy Educators in the United States Jennifer Todd, Erica Hankle, Erin King, Bethany Ludwig
10:30 am	Sensory Integration Approaches in Children: Exploring the Controversies Carolyn Paskoff
History I - Panel, 217 Hartwell
Chair: Dr. Anne Macpherson
10:30 am	Religion and Sexuality in American History Tiffany Baugh, Chelsea Gibson, Kevin Vrevich
11:25 am	The Politics of Healing to the Politicization of Emotion: A Comparative Analysis of Therapeutic Interventions in the Early Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries* Matthew Bessette
History II - Panel, 218 Hartwell
Chair: Dr. Jenny Lloyd
10:30 am	'Her Words Set Me on Fire': Emma Goldman, Leon Czolgosz, and the Assassination of a President Andrea Dougan
10:50 am	Daniel R. Acker: Buffalo’s Good Neighbor Joseph Gucciardo
11:10 am	Something Other than Teas and Luncheons: Women Workers at Remington Rand and Community Activism in Elmira, New York, 1938-1980 Debra Maloney
Math and Sciences - Poster Session, Edwards Hall Lobby
Chair: NA
10:30 am	Population Dynamics of Invasive Dreissenids in Lake Erie Paul Juette
10:30 am	Possible Mutualistic Relationship Between Japanese Knotweed and European Fire Ant Jessica Wooten
10:30 am	Cholesterol and Bile Acid Metabolism in an Ovarian Granulosa Cell Model of Folliculogenesis Pooja Gudibanda
10:30 am	Proteins Associated With Hsp110 in Developing Drosophila Embryos Rujing Wen
10:30 am	Consideration of Alternative Designs for a Percutaneous Gastrostomy Feeding Tube Santosh Rohit Yerrabolu
10:30 am	Chalcogenopyrylium Compounds as Modulators of the Whole ABC Transporters Multidrug Resistance Protein 1 (MRP1) and P-glycoprotein (P-gp) Sean Ebert
10:30 am	The Effects of Charged and Uncharged Xerogel Surfaces on the Adhesion Strength of the Brown Alga Ectocarpus Crouaniorum Caitlyn Gatley
10:30 am	Expression of D930015E06Rik During Erythroid Terminal Differentiation Amriti Lulla
Occupational Therapy/Nursing - Panel, 102 Edwards
Chair: Dr. Miu Ha Kwang
11:15 am	An Effective Methodology for Routing Home Health Care Nurses Nisha Nataraj
10:30 am	Caring Encounters of Nurses and the Role of Emotional Intelligence Cathy Wells
10:45 am	Spirituality And Vocation: A Survey Of Service Workers From An Occupational Science Perspective Lisa Hammond
Political Science - Panel, 214 Hartwell
Chair: Ms. Colleen Donaldson
10:30 am	Deepening Local Democracy: Citizen Participation in a Devolved Fund Program (CDF) in Kenya Fredrick Otieno
10:50 am	Changing Images of the Arab World Houssem ben lazreg, Sharon Murphy
11 am	A Study of In-group and Out-Group Attitudes in an Italo-Mexican community, Chipilo Olga Tararova
Social Work - Panel, 123 Hartwell
Chair: Dr. Carol Brownstein-Evans
10:50 am	“Tell Me About It”: Targeting Wernicke’s Word-finding with Discourse Treatment Valerie Daly
10:30 am	Project Homeless Connect: Focus on Mental Health, Health Care, Insurance, and Veterans Loraine Luongo, John Demby, Natalie McLaren, Pam Smith
11:10 am	Student Veterans' Adjustment to Academic and Social Life at the University at Buffalo Amanda Bigos, Kaitlyn Dorety, Kathleen Homer, Karrie Mietz, Christine Montaro, Lindsay Phelps
Social Work - Poster Session, Edwards Hall Lobby
Chair: NA
10:30 am	CBT - Psychoeducation With Bipolar Disorder Terry Farnsworth
10:30 am	Evidence Based Practice in Social Work Julie Sengstock
10:30 am	Evidence Based Practice Theory Presentation Rachel Riley, Lindsay O'Connor
10:30 am	Family Psychoeducation and Clients with a Schizophrenia Diagnosis Deann Johnson
10:30 am	Speech-Language Pathologists in the Schools: What’s Working and What Isn’t Patricia Buckley
10:30 am	The Effects of Auditory Discrimination and Content Shift on Oral Proficiency in Non-native English Speakers Julie Balazs
10:30 am	A Cross-Disciplinary Assessment of Autism Maritsa Sherenian