Scholars Day Archive

Scholars Day: April 7, 2010

Session II: 10:45 - 11:45 am

African and African-American Studies, 104 Holmes
Chair: Mark Guthrie
10:45 am	Cultural and Political Change in Africa John Marah, Vanessa Babb, Keturah Clark, Joel Davis, Marcy Gentle, Stacey Gibbons, Nora Hicks, Jose Mejia, Joey Johnson
American Democracy Project, 29 Hartwell
Chair: P. Gibson Ralph
10:45 am	e-Citizenship 101 – What It Is – Why You Might Want to Know P Gibson Ralph, Stephanie Chard
Art, 26 Hartwell
Chair: Jennifer Hecker
10:45 am	Dolls & Dresses Jennifer Hecker
Arts For Children, 221 Hartwell
Chair: C. Carson, N. Sarrazin, J. Suarez, K. Warner
10:45 am	Educating the Creative Mind Emily Salvas, Katrina Parker, Kenneth Michael Byrd, Melissa Maxwell, Shannon O'Brien, Shea Woodard, Ashley Valente
Biology, 101 Edwards
Chair: Huey Hing
10:45 am	Determining the Lethal Stage of the Interaction Between the Genes Notch and Enhancer of Rudimentary in Drosophila melanogaster Hannah Cushman, Stuart Tsubota
11:05 am	Zeste Regulations Notch through Enhancer of Rudimentary Stuart Tsubota, Sergio Dilone Jr., Brandy Scott
11:25 am	Analysis of a Bisexual Mutant in Drosophila Michael Nguyen
Business, 120 Hartwell
Chair: Sandeep Singh
10:45 am	Prospects of Introducing the Euro in Bulgaria: Lessons from Greece Irena Pavlova
Chemistry, 28 Hartwell
Chair: Markus Hoffmann
10:45 am	Is Water Tightly Bound to Ionic Liquids Up to Water Mole Fractions of 0.5? Anthony Zidell
11:05 am	NMR Studies of Aqueous Surfactant Solutions Containing D-Limonene Carl Schrader
Communication, 208 Holmes
Chair: Kate Madden
10:45 am	Dawn of the Dead as Metaphor James Battaglia
Communication, 204 Holmes
Chair: Virginia Bacheler
10:45 am	Dance Department Recruitment Video Nicholas Wurl
11 am	The Influence of Women's Beauty Magazines Kathleen Fletcher
Communication, 208 Holmes
Chair: Kate Madden
11:05 am	The Horror Flick With a Symbolic Backbone Carol Benovic
Communication, 204 Holmes
Chair: Virginia Bacheler
11:20 am	1920’s Cleansing Advertisements: The Ultimate Guides to “Peace” for American Women Katy Groet
Computer Science, 125 Hartwell
Chair: Kad Lakshmanan
10:45 am	1997 Internet Demographics Data Mining Bryan Neubauer
11:05 am	Baseball: The Winning Formula Gregory Swan
11:20 am	National Crime Trends: A Data Mining Approach to Understanding the Numbers Matthew Byrnes
Criminal Justice, 214 Hartwell
Chair: James Ross
10:45 am	How Much Faith is "Good Faith?" Richard Andrews
Dance, Strasser Dance Studio-Hartwell
Chair: Maura Keefe
10:45 am	Big Read = Big Dance: Choreographic Investigations Inspired by Sun, Stone, and Shadows Maura Keefe
Earth Science, 106 Holmes
Chair: James Zollweg
10:45 am	Routing the Genesee River Flood of 1972 Courtney Waters
11:05 am	Seasonal Phosphorus Cycling in Irondequoit Bay Mikki Smith
11:25 am	Optimized and Adaptive Snow Plow Routing Using Best-first Search Artificial Intelligence Algorithm James Zollweg
Education and Human Development, 215 Hartwell
Chair: Christine Murray
10:45 am	Becoming an Adolescent Teacher at the College at Brockport James Eick
11:05 am	Motivation in the Classroom Melissa Rood
11:25 am	Don't Reinvent the Wheel: Using Teaching Practices That Are Proven to Work Candace Walczyk
English, 218 Hartwell
Chair: Teresa Lehr
10:45 am	Once Upon a Time, a Mouse Told a Fairy Tale Evan Brengel
English, 33 Hartwell
Chair: Megan Norcia
10:45 am	Wilkie Collins's Cliffhanger and Its Modern Adaptations in Media Bethany Young
English, 219 Hartwell
Chair: Austin Busch
10:45 am	Weaknesses of Translation: Himiko and Her Lost Self Erica Sampson
English, 218 Hartwell
Chair: Teresa Lehr
11 am	Women in Art History/Herstory Kelly Davin, Evan Brengel, Katherine Mason, Stacy Smith
English, 219 Hartwell
Chair: Austin Busch
11 am	Out vs. In: How Judges 19 Uses Dichotomy to Represent Upheaval Mary Thomas
English, 33 Hartwell
Chair: Megan Norcia
11:05 am	Writing a Teen Pregnancy Novel: Abortion and Other Issues Amanda Dix
English, 218 Hartwell
Chair: Teresa Lehr
11:15 am	The End of Smoking Tobacco Begins with Banning Smoking on Campus Katherine Mason, Evan Brengel, Kelly Davin, Stacy Smith
English, 219 Hartwell
Chair: Austin Busch
11:15 am	Literature’s Limitations in Bulgakov’s The Master and Margarita Melissa Kofod
English, 218 Hartwell
Chair: Teresa Lehr
11:30 am	Why Adolescents Are Sexually Active Stacy Smith
English, 219 Hartwell
Chair: Austin Busch
11:30 am	Temporal Distance Throughout Chaucer’s Troilus and Criseyde Chelsea McOmber
Environmental Science, 102 Edwards
Chair: Christopher Norment
10:45 am	Cobblestone Tiger Beetle (Cicindela marginipennis Dejean) Dispersal and Occupancy on the Cobble Bars along the Genesee River, New York Rhonda Hudgins
11 am	Area Effects Removed: Vegetation Characteristics and Grassland Bird Abundance in a Western New York Field. Nathan Grosse
11:15 am	Early Successional Habitat Characteristics and Fruit Abundance Influence Stopover Use of Fall Migrating Songbirds Bradley Mudrzynski
11:30 am	The Coal Skinks of Western/Central New York: Habitat Use and Population Status Christopher Titus
Foreign Languages and Literature, 30 Hartwell
Chair: Andrea Parada
10:45 am	El merengue y su impacto nacional Jennifer Rivera Diaz
11 am	La dictadura de Trujillo Franklyn Zorrilla Martinez
11:15 am	La revolución Cubana Casey O'Mara
11:30 am	La inmigración china a Perú Francisco Cheang
History, 12 Hartwell
Chair: Kathleen Reynolds Shaw
10:45 am	Islamphobia: A Creation of American Society Cierra Wallis
History, 127 Hartwell
Chair: Paul Moyer
10:45 am	New England Puritan Rhetoric Before and After King Philip’s War; 1620 to 1700 Matthew Ballard
11:05 am	Where Saints Persecuted Friends: The Quaker Invasion of Puritan Massachusetts Bay Matthew Wood
International Education, 211 Holmes
Chair: Jacqueline Thomas-Bell
10:45 am	Study Abroad Through Brockport - Personal Experiences Jacqueline Thomas-Bell, Gregory Beauchamp, Kevin Bates, Rachel Eagan, Denise Marini, Erica Graham, Soha Salamah, Sarah Ferry, Lindsay Stephany, Benjamin Briggs, Ralph Trecartin
Kinesiology, Sport Studies and Physical Education, 31 Hartwell
Chair: Doug Collier
10:45 am	Issues Surrounding Obesity in Elementary Aged Urban Children Chelsea Grasso
11:05 am	An Analysis of Physical Activity Patterns and Correlates Among College Students in the United States: A review of the Literature. Eugene Smith
11:20 am	The Effects of Ballroom Dance Upon Balance and Psychosocial Factors in Older Adults Pamela Haibach, Christina D'Amico, Devon Monin
Math, 107 Holmes
Chair: Michael Barbosu
10:45 am	Genetic Algorithms and the Traveling Salesman Problem Frank Schoeneman
11 am	Planar Fractal Trees Heather McLendon
11:15 am	Risk Management and Natural Hazards Courtney VanDeWeert
11:30 am	Discrete Logistic Models Heather McLendon
Nursing, 106A Edwards
Chair: Nancy Iafrati
10:45 am	Legislative Issues Affecting Nursing in 2010 Nancy Iafrati
Philosophy, 27 Hartwell
Chair: Harold Greenstein
10:45 am	Proof of God...Or Lack Thereof Jackie Baker
Psychology, 123 Hartwell
Chair: Amanda Lipko
10:45 am	Children's Self-Evaluations in Music Learning Ross Lafleur
11 am	The Role of Ease of Processing in Young Children's Persistent Overconfidence Kaitlin Sampson, Lauren Wilkins
11:15 am	The Effect of Incentives on Children's Overconfidence Moria Story
11:30 am	Video Game Violence Sarah Ryan
Sociology, 216 Holmes
Chair: Amy Guptill
10:45 am	The Social Experience of Celiac Disease Cristina Lovullo, Denise Copelton
11:05 am	Interrogating the Industrial Eater Thomas Happell
Theatre, 216 Hartwell
Chair: Gail Argetsinger
10:45 am	Undress and Underdress in Costume History: Corsets, crinolines, and other instuments of torture Alicia Lauricella, Gail Argetsinger, Misty Stratton
Women and Gender Studies, 217 Hartwell
Chair: Barbara Mitrano
10:45 am	Teacher Awareness of Gender Roles in Early Childhood and Childhood Education Classrooms Brandy More
11 am	Shining a Bright Light on Biphobia Angela Buchiere
11:15 am	Afghan Women and Birth Control Tamana Pardais
11:30 am	Project Proposal for Feminist Research Methods: Masculinity and Rape Culture Benjamin Kruger