ORAL PRESENTATIONS: SESSION 1: 10:45 - 11:30 A.M.

GOLDSPOHN HALL AND HAROLD AND EVA WHITE ACTIVITIES CENTER

Its All Politics: Exploration of Elections and

Government in the U.S. and Germany
Moderator: Dr. Suzanne Chod
Location: Goldspohn Hall 36

Lack of Transparency and Negligence in the Early West German

Government

Joshua Beck 17, Organizational Communication

Advisor: Dr. Gregory Wolf
The Catch-22 of Political Learning: Factual Political Knowledge
is Necessary for Understanding the Path of Attaining Factual
Political Knowledge

Jonathon Kingzette 15, Political Science

Advisor: Dr. Suzanne Chod
The Fall of the Berlin Wall and the Reunification of a Broken
Nation

Hannah Kramer 15, German

Advisor: Dr. Gregory Wolf
State Government Differences: How Term Limits in State
Legislatures Affect Voter Turnout

Kaelyn Pavlos 16, Political Science

Advisor: Dr. Suzanne Chod
A Look Into the Past: Historical Decisions and
Conflicts
Moderator: Dr. Luke Franks
Location: Goldspohn Hall 37

U.S. History From the Outside Looking In

Michele Dobbs 16, Social Science/History, Secondary Education

Advisor: Dr. Ann Durkin Keating
Dysfunctional Friends: Understanding Pinkerton and McClellans
Partnership During the Civil War

Jennifer Roper 15, History

Advisor: Dr. Luke Franks
It Died for Want of Breath: The Early Years of the
College Chronicle

Taryn K. Vaughn 15, History

Advisor: Dr. Ann Durkin Keating
A Nation Divided: The Conflict Between Partisans and Chetniks

Alexander M. Vjestica 15, History

Advisor: Dr. Ann Durkin Keating
The Power of Perception and Self-Esteem
Moderaor: Dr. Elise Percy
Location: Goldspohn Hall 11

Selfie, Selfie on the Facebook Wall: Who Has the Highest SelfEsteem of All?

Allison Deckinga 15, Psychology

Advisor: Dr. Leila Azarbad
Perception of Fairness of Women in Power

Justice Stories: A Qualitative Crystallization Technique

Emilia Knapczynski 16, Psychology, French

Katherine Fermin 15, Psychology, Human Resource Management
Advisor: Dr. Karl Kelley
Parent-Adolescent Relationships and Adolescent Self-Esteem in
Northern Ireland

Alexis Marsh 16, Psychology

Advisor: Dr. Patricia Schacht
Reading Between the Lines
Moderator: Dr. Lisa Long
Location: Harold and Eva White Activities Center 10

How Does One Draw Rape? Unspeakability and

Representations of Trauma in Rabih Alameddines I, the Divine

Elaine Cannell 15, English: Literature, English: Writing

Advisor: Dr. Jennifer Jackson
Shaping the Future by Shaping the Past: A Look at the Use of
Language in Holocaust Museums

Katherine Madel 16, English, Political Science

Advisor: Dr. John Shindler
Constructing the Woman Self: An Analysis of Female Identity
and Patriarchal Dominance in Mary Rowlandsons A Narrative
of the Captivity and Restoration, Anne Bradstreets The
Author to Her Book, and Aemilia Lanyers The Description of
Cookham

Stephanie Passialis 17, English: Writing

Advisor: Dr. Sara Eaton
Ragtime and Racial Identity in James Weldon Johnsons The
Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man

Kristin Rose 15, English: Literature

Advisor: Dr. Lisa Long
Improving Curriculum and Teaching in Our
Schools
Moderator: Dr. Alicia Okpareke
Location: Harold and Eva White Activities Center 11

Case Study of the Purpose and Perceived Effectiveness of Using

Various Technological Devices in an Elementary School

Megan E. Cave 15, Elementary Education

Advisor: Dr. Nancy Keiser
Avoiding Teacher Burnout: How to Incorporate the
Principles of Mindfulness in the Classroom To Be
Successful in a Fast-Paced Educational World

Catherine Knopf 15, Music Education: Choral

Advisor: Dr. Dee Anna Phares
Voices of Pre-Service Teachers: The Importance
of Teacher Reflexivity

Heidi Nelson 15, Elementary Education, Spanish

Advisors: Ms. Kathleen King, Dr. Mary Beth Ressler

Julia Jones 15, Psychology

Advisor: Dr. Karl Kelley

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