Scholars Day: April 6, 2011

Session II: 10:45 - 11:45 am

Please note that times are approximate. If you are interested in attending sessions with multiple presentations, please be in the room at the start of the session.

African and African-American Studies, 219 Hartwell
Chair: John Marah
9 am	Change and Continuity in Africa Mark Guthrie, Lauren Carson, Lashawn Clay, Emily Dodson, Moira Harnett, Raquel Jean-Baptiste, Tara Martin, Rachel O'Neal, Lindsey Perotti, Mark Guthrie
Anthropology, 33 Hartwell
Chair: Neal Keating
10:45 am	Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights Neal Keating, Shane Jakubec, Katherine Drake, Nicole Ryan
Art, 214 Hartwell
Chair: Sara Di Donato
10:45 am	Transpositions: Photographs by Amanda Inman Amanda Inman
11:05 am	Jamie Butler: Recent Paintings and Drawings Jamie Butler
11:25 am	All That Glitters: Work by Alyssa Hutchins Alyssa Hutchins
Art, Outside in front of Tower
Chair: Debra Fisher
noon	Steamroller Print Debra Fisher, Cindy Defelice, Rachel Farley, Peter Garrow, Dana LaDue, Lorien Lee, Elise Micale, Melissa Sample, Biyu Lin, Carly Toporzycki
Arts For Children, 29 Hartwell
Chair: Kevin Warner
10:45 am	Making It Meaningful: Exploring Connections Between Dance and Language Arts Corina Ferro, Jaclyn Palmer
Biology, 101 Edwards
Chair: Laurie Cook
10:45 am	Melanin-concentrating Receptor 1 Internalization is Facilitated by Recruitment, But Not Co-Internalization, of â-arrestins 1 and 2 Katrina Haude
11:15 am	Growth of 3T3-L1 Preadipocyte cultures is Facilitated By Incubation with Low Nanomolar Concentrations of Melanin-concentrating Hormone, But Not a Melanin-concentrating Hormone Receptor 1 Antagonist. Michael Cerasaro
Business, 120 Hartwell
Chair: Sandeep Singh
10:45 am	Volatility in agricultural commodity markets Irena Pavlova
11:05 am	Trends in the Performance of Fixed Income Portfolios Aleksandra Asparuhova
Chemistry, 28 Hartwell
Chair: Markus Hoffmann
10:45 am	Ion Pairing of 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bis-trifluoromethanesulfonylamide Jennifer Fasciano
11:05 am	The Influence Of Typical Impurities On The Surface Tension Measurements Of Binary Mixtures Of Water And The Ionic Liquid 1-Butyl-3-Methylimidazolium Tetrafluoroborate And Chloride Joseph Russo
11:25 am	Heats Of Dissolution Of Several Imidazolium-Based Ionic Liquids In Low Dielectric Media Nathan Scharf
Communication, 107 Edwards
Chair: Virginia Orzel
10:45 am	Mosaic in the City: The Making of "Life Patterns" Virginia Bacheler
Communication, 104 Edwards
Chair: Dale Hartnett
10:45 am	Finding Untold Stories: Service Learning in Memphis Dale Hartnett, Michael Nutting, Carolyn Mcmenemon, David Babb, Edwin Cordero, Cassandra Johns, Elizabeth Mcculler, Robert Rua, Kelly Scumaci, Cullen Wegman
Computer Science, 125 Hartwell
Chair: Joyram Chakraborty
10:45 am	Evaluation of Video Game Interfaces. Phillip Bligh
11:05 am	Computer Games and Violence Joyram Chakraborty, Thomas Schafer, Phillip Bligh, John Mander, Christopher Hinca
Criminal Justice, 11 Hartwell
Chair: Ann Bunch
10:45 am	Methods of Investigating Child Abuse Bryan Cairnduff
Dance, Hartwell Dance Theatre
Chair: Maura Keefe
10:45 am	Dancing on the Rooftops: Finding Sites Specifically for Dance Elizabeth Osborn
Dance, Strasser Dance Studio
Chair: Suzanne Oliver
10:45 am	Lower Back and Lower Limb Injury in Ballet Dancers: Incidence and Implication Jennifer Battisti
Dance, Hartwell Dance Theatre
Chair: Maura Keefe
11 am	Dance Notation: Necessity or Nuisance Christina Tucker
11:15 am	Men in Tights and Feathers: Art or Spectacle…or Both? Nicole Kaplan
Dance, Strasser Dance Studio
Chair: Suzanne Oliver
11:20 am	Blue Eyes Andrea Vazquez Aguirre, Stephanie Jaworowski
Dance, Hartwell Dance Theatre
Chair: Maura Keefe
11:30 am	Criticism As A Parallel Art Form Falon Baltzell
Education and Human Development, 215 Hartwell
Chair: Carole Pelttari
10:45 am	Whose News Is It?: The Utilization of Media to Teach Critical Literacy Debra Joseph-McEwen
11 am	Are There Leaders and Producers Among Our Inner City Youth? Taunja Isaac
11:15 am	The Still (Not Quite) All White World of Children's Books Carole Pelttari
Education/Foreign Languages, 26 Hartwell
Chair: Donna Kowal
10:45 am	The Importance of Bilingual Eduaction Kristen DiPasquale
11:10 am	The Integration of Culture into Foreign Language Classrooms Michael Marcal
English, 218 Hartwell
Chair: Janie Hinds
10:45 am	Plague, Madness, and Terror in American Literature - Plague Fiction in a New Global Order Chasity Beikirch
English, 216 Hartwell
Chair: Sharon Allen
10:45 am	Pimping Language and Baiting Ideas in Queneau’s Zazie in the Metro Tim Massar
11:05 am	Wide-eyed Witness/Blind Prophet: Re-casting the Writer in Skvorecky’s "The Engineer of Human Souls" Dana Voldan
11:25 am	Refracted Reality, Reframed Writing: Plural Perspectives in Petrushevskaya’s the "Time: Night" Rachael Cruppi
Environmental Science, 102 Edwards
Chair: Mark Norris
10:45 am	Composition of Rare Old Growth Forest Threatened by Invasive Pests Rebecca Bernacki
11:05 am	Ecosystem-level changes of Wetland Reserve Program (WRP) wetlands Jordan Brown
11:25 am	Area Effects Removed: Vegetation Characteristics and Grassland Bird Abundance in a Western New York Field Nathan Grosse
History, 122 Hartwell
Chair: Owen Steve Ireland
10:45 am	Divergent British Perspectives on the American Revolution Colin Gordon
11 am	Education of Women: Colonial vs. Early America Amelia Morgan
11:15 am	African American Slaves and the American Revolution Judith Littlejohn
11:30 am	North's Failed Administration: 1770-1782 James Eick
Interdisciplinary Studies, 221 Hartwell
Chair: Carl Davila
10:45 am	Earthquake and Aftershocks: Implications of the 2011 Revolution in Egypt Carl Davila, Salahuddin Malik, Mark Wintz, Safa Kidwai
Kinesiology, Sport Studies and Physical Education, 31 Hartwell
Chair: Robert Schneider
10:45 am	NCAA Recruiting Violations: Division I Student Athlete Perceptions Christina Scaffidi
11:05 am	Perceptions on the Fairness of the NBA’s “One and Done” Rule Cody Pinney
Music , 120 Tower
Chair: Carol R. Brown
10:45 am	Popular American songs in 1835 Carol Brown
Overseas Academic Program, 30 Hartwell
Chair: Lauren Lieberman
10:45 am	Hiking in Patagonia, Argentina: A Journey Lauren Lieberman, Nicole Gallup, Stephanie Sciarrino, Iris Huang, Sarah Olear
Philosophy, 27 Hartwell
Chair: Gordon Barnes
10:45 am	Hume's Theory of the External World Georges Dicker
Political Science, 106A Edwards
Chair: Susan Orr
10:45 am	Employee Representation In the Workplace: Past, Present and Future Nicole Kier
11:05 am	The Constitutionality of the Penalties Imposed by the 2010 Affordable Health Care Act Adrienne Lindine
11:20 am	Lega Nord per l'indepenzia della Padania Ryan Wolfling
Psychology, 123 Hartwell
Chair: Amanda Lipko
10:45 am	Prenatal Cocaine Exposure and Cognitive Development Kaitlin Sampson
11 am	Metacognition in Various Learners: How Teachers Can Improve Metacognitive Skills Within the Classroom Kelsey Ruffo
11:15 am	Preschoolers' Prediction Accuracy - Overconfidence Under Certain Conditions Alex Krolikowski, Kaitlin Sampson
11:30 am	Family Functioning and Childhood Chronic Illness Gabrielle Clark
Theatre, 217 Hartwell
Chair: P. Gibson Ralph
10:45 am	Festival of Ten P Gibson Ralph
Women and Gender Studies, 127 Hartwell
Chair: Barbara LeSavoy
10:45 am	Feminist Identities: Thinking Across Person, Place, and Medium Brittani Hughes, Shermeeka Mason, Sherly Urena, Emily Scrivani