RANDOLPH-MACON
COLLEGE
RESEARCH DAY
MAY 12, 2017
Presentation Sessions
8:00-12:00
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Biology
Computer Science
Environmental Studies
History
Hugh Scott Oratory Prize Competition
International Studies
Mathematics/Physics
Music
Physics
Psychology
Campus Picnic Lunch
Estes Dining Hall, 12:00-1:00
Please join us in Estes Dining Hall for a picnic lunch.
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Poster Sessions & Displays
1:00-2:15
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Schapiro Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program
Business
Communication Studies
Honors
Mathematics
Physics
Political Science
Honors Convocation
Blackwell Auditorium, 2:30-4:30
We recognize students for awards, scholarships, and
inductions into honor societies.
Graduating seniors should dress in cap and gown.
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Presentation Sessions
8:00-12:00
Biology
Copley 100, 8:00-11:00
BIOL 450: Biology Internship (Professor T. Stevens)
Alex Daube (8:00 – 8:15)
Internship at Memorial Regional Medical Center
BIOL 493: Biology Research (Professor J. Foster)
Mary Ellis (8:15-8:30)
Evaluation of G protein-coupled receptor (GPR56) knockout
mouse sperm tails by transmission electron microscopy and
immunogold localization
Course:
BIOL 496-498: Senior Project (Professor G. Lim-Fong)
Hanna Miller (8:30-8:55)
Isolation, identification, and characterization of novel brewing
microorganisms from historic Jamestowne
Break 8:55-9:05
Biology 311: Microbiology (Professor G. Lim-Fong)
Alex Byrd, Kala Hall, and Abbey Warren (9:05-9:18)
Evaluating Hanover County microbes for their brewing potential
Kelly Abate, Holly Highfill, and Haley Vass (9:18-9:31)
Characterization of the microbial community in spontaneously
fermented wort
Jen Balcom and Chiquita DeJesus (9:31-9:40)
Hop tolerance of lactic acid bacteria
Christy Hall and Madeline Jackson (9:40-9:50)
The R-MC Wort Share Experience
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Break 9:50-10:00
BIOL 451: Internship (Professor N. Ruppel)
Alivia Thorn (10:00-10:15)
Internship at Sheltering Arms Rehabilitation Center
BIOL 450 Biology Internship (Professor B. Ramage)
Olivia Latham (10:15-10:30)
Internship at Maymont, an Educational Experience
Laura Haney (10:30-10:45)
A walk in the woods: An internship at Camp Hanover
In conjunction with the BIOL 311 presentations, Randolph Macon
Tap Takeover will take place this afternoon at Origin Beer Lab (106 S.
Railroad Ave., Ashland). Students will be on hand from 5-6 pm to
answer questions about their brews.
Computer Science: Capstone (CSCI 401)
Copley 201, 8:00-12:00
Professor R. Necaise
Taylor Evelyn (8:00)
StoneCap: An Interactive Fiction Experience / Text Adventure Game
Christopher Ruediger (8:25)
Developing an Open Source Network Protocol for Home
Automation Devices
Sean-Michael Fergusson (8:50)
Battleship Leo: A Network Based Game of Battleship
Seth Mednick (9:15)
Jeopardy in the Classroom!
Break 9:40-9:55
Xavier (Duane) Strothers (9:55)
Mapping and Navigating Unknown Environments Using a
LEGO Mindstorms EV3 Robot
Lonnie Dillard (10:20)
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The Robot Olympics: Evaluating LEGO Mindstorms EV3 Robots
Vincent Borrero (10:45)
Using Raspberry Pi Miniature Cars to find the Most Efficient Way
to Traverse a Maze
Phillip J. Costello (11:10)
Designing a Tactical Aerial Combat Simulation using Artificial
Intelligence
Jacob Spacek (11:35)
Intermediary Assistant Software for Data Extraction and
Presentation
Environmental Studies
Copley 104, 10:00-11:00
Professor M. Fenster
Internship presentations
Jacob Johnson
Froehling & Robertson, Inc.
Adam Simon
Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
Honors Contract presentation
Rachael Smith
The First Residents of the Delmarva Peninsula
Special Topics course presentation
Sequoyah McGee
Paleobiogeographic Reconstruction of the Cicindela albissima
Migration Routes
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History
Washington Room, Washington-Franklin Hall, 8:00-12:00
Alex O’Gorman/Professor M. Bergmann (8:30)
Nimi’ipuu: Religion and the Purveyors of Religious Acculturation”
Amanda Metell/Professor M. Bergmann (8:55)
‘From Friend to Foe’: A Look at the Anglo-Native Relationship
through the Eyes of the Wampanoag People
Stephen Aoun/Professor M. Bergmann (9:20)
U.S. Expansion, Intertribal Relations, and the Destruction of
Siouan Hegemony on the Great Plains, 1800–1860
Thomas Selman/Professor L. Waters (9:40)
Barcelona ’92: A History of the 1992 Summer Olympics
Break 10:00-10:15
Kevin Bachouros/Professor L. Waters (10:15)
Cold War Rivalries and the Rise of Ice Hockey and Soccer in the
Soviet Union
Emily Ford/Professor A. Throckmorton (10:35)
From Household Subordinates to Women of Agency: The
Reformation of Religion and Gender Boundaries
Michael Warren/Professor M. Bergmann (11:00)
Understanding the Changed Perceptions of American Natives from
the 1890s to 1900s: Buffalo Bill’s Wild West and the World Fairs
of 1893 and 1904
Paige Weaver/Professor M. Malvasi (11:25)
Deviant Diplomacy: William Seward's Secret War
Hugh Scott Oratory Prize Competition
Owen Room, McGraw-Page Library, 11:00-12:00
Professor T. Sheckels
Competitors
Evelyn Archer
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Sean Gordon
Sydney Hinkle
Caroline Kouneski
Isaac Myers
Lauren Robinson
Alexis Stinson
Karalynn Thomas
Judges
Kristian Spencer
Sara Trask
International Studies: Senior Seminar (INST
422)
Fox 108, 9:00-12:00
Savannah Whitehead/Professor T. Badey (9:00)
United States and Cuba: Estranged Neighbors Still?
Kelsey Hahn/Professor L. Bell (9:25)
Tourism and Its Effects on Costa Rica
Adrianna Lazarte/Professor E. Fullmer (9:50)
The Effect of Intergovernmental Organization Involvement on
Primary Education in sub-Saharan Africa
Zachary Carlson/Professor M. Fennell (10:15)
Smuggling and Economic Development
Anna Merritt/Professor M. Fischbach (10:40)
The Effects of Political and Economic Factors on a State’s
Readiness to Accept Refugees of the Syrian Civil War
Wells Enoch/Professor T. Munson (11:05)
Tibet: From Shangri-La to Shangri-Lost?
Jacob Sofinski/Professor J. Doering (11:30)
Modernization and Tradition in Japan
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Mathematics (MATH/PHYS 391)
Copley 200, 10:00-11:00
Professors R. Bowles and A. Rice
Eric Montag
Mathematics Underlying Rotational Kinematics: The relationship
between Cayley, Rodrigues and Hamilton
Music: Introduction to Recording Techniques
(MUSC 280)
Old Chapel, 10:00-12:00
Students will present their final multi-track recording projects at
10:00 am on the steps of Old Chapel
Philosophy
Fox 102, from 9:30-10:15
Professor Ben Huff
Sean Gordon
“Homo Faber: A Theory of the Moral Nature of Humanity”
Physics
Copley 220, 8:30-11:00
Professor R. Dominguez
Connor Cute
Optics of Rainbows
Chris Rock
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Drop Electrostatic Generator
Eric Montag
Mathematics Underlying Rotational Kinematics
Connor Cute, Chris Rock, and Eric Montag
Variation of Kinetic Energy between Projectiles from a Model Rail
Gun
Psychology / Behavioral Neuroscience
Andrews Hall Multipurpose Room, 9:00 – 11:00
Oral Presentations:
PSYC 496-498: Senior Project (Professor A. Farmer)
Rebecca Reidy (9:00)
Is Ignorance Bliss? A Prospective Study Examining the
Relationship between News Exposure and Anxiety Levels in
Adults.
PSYC 329: Psychobiology RATS (Professor M. Bardi)
Paloma Hack, Hannah Moore, Kari Davis, Samantha Sallade
(9:30)
The Effects of Physical Exercise on Performance during Time
Constraint Tasks.
PSYC 349: Social RATS (Professor K. Klaaren)
Joe Hamilton, Ashley Phares (9:45)
Catch a Lift: The Impact of Physical Activity on Well-Being
among Veterans with Mental or Physical Disorders.
Poster Session:
PSYC 318: Cognitive RATS (Professor A. Hughes)
Megan Raffa, Julia Stech
The Effect of Divided Attention and Driving Experience Level on
Driving Performance in College Students.
Toni McDonald, Julie Schwarz, Kimberlin Thorne
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The Effect of Different Emotional States on the Accuracy of
Eyewitness Recall in College Students.
William Hosken, Erin Russell
The Effect of Bilingualism on Nonverbal Communication.
PSYC 329: Psychobiology RATS (Professor M. Bardi)
Alex Campbell, Erin Skevington, Daly McHugh
The Effect of Acute Stress on Cortisol Levels as a Predictor of
Perseverance and Optimism.
Jordan Poehler, Chelsea Daniels, Rachel Lowry, Skylar Toth
The Effect of Stress on Memory in College Students.
PSYC 348: Industrial/Organizational Psychology RATS (Professor
G. Lambert)
Caroline Clary, Sarah Lundblom, Keelan Moore, Casey
Shimp, Erin Skevington
The Effects of Encouragement on College Athletes versus NonAthletes When Performing a Group Task.
PSYC 349: Social RATS (Professor K. Klaaren)
Molly Jesseman, Harley Jones, Taylor Munn, Dashonte
Temoney, Katie Tocci
Are We Excelling? Measuring the Effectiveness of TEAM
EXCEL.
Diana Dannouf, Joe Hamilton, Virginia Harrison, Ashley
Phares, Alivia Thorn, Jamie Wilson, Lindsay Zachman
Catch A Lift: The Impact of Social Support on Well-Being among
Veterans with Mental or Physical Disorders.
PSYC 359: Clinical/Applied RATS (Professor A. Farmer)
Nicole Wood, Caitlyn Ballou, Halie Carey, Alyssa Rushton
Influence of Media with Fashion Industry Ideal Body Types on
Body Dissatisfaction Levels in College-Aged Women.
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Poster Sessions & Displays
McGraw-Page Library, 1:00-2:15
Schapiro Undergraduate Research Program
(SURF)
Christelle Ancajas/Professor J. Thoburn
The Encapsulation of Tetracyanoazulene within an M8L6 SelfAssembled Supramolecular Cube
Stephen Aoun/Professor M. Bergmann
U.S. Expansion, Intertribal Relations, and the Destruction of
Siouan Hegemony on the Great Plains, 1800-1843
Alexandra Byrd/Professor T. Stevens
Identification of Gene Interactions with Abl during Cell Migration
in Drosophila
Alicia Cash/Professor B. Ramage
The Effect of Varying Natural Light Levels on the Survival and
Density of Native Tree Seedlings Competing with Invasive Species
Philip Costello/Professor J. McManus
Project OVERWATCH: Investigating Rapid Prototyping of
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles as Modular Mobile Sensor Platforms
Alexander Curnow/Professor M. Bergmann
Liberty for All?: Textual and Spatial Analysis of “Liberty” in
Revolutionary Virginia Elites, 1776-1800
Ashley Easterling/Professor J. McLeskey
The Impact of a Solar Installation with Battery Storage on a Local
Environment
Laura Ellis/Professor J. Foster
Radiation Emergency Preparedness from a Public Health
Perspective
Bryon Eubanks/Professor M. Bardi
Social Cohesion and Health: The Search for the Social Forces
Acting on Health in two Neighboring Troops of Long-tailed
Macaques (Macaca fascicularis)
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Sean Fergusson/Professor J. McManus
The Investigation of Low Cost Environmental Data Collection
With Drone Based Sensor Packages
Joseph Hamilton/Professor G. Lambert
The Impact of Body Cameras on Perceived Threat, Memory and
Decisions to Use Lethal Force by Law Enforcement Officers in
Simulated Threat
Noah Herrington/Professor J. Thoburn
Selective Encapsulation of Chiral Pentahelicene Guests by M8L6
Metallocages
Jessica Hill/Professor T. Munson
Perceptions of Immigrant Crime and Japan’s Population Crisis
Caroline Hollandsworth/Professor C. Gowan
Monitoring Water Quality in the James River
Julia Knapp/Professor S. Schreiner
Comparison of the Reactivity of Iridium-dmoPTA Complexes with
Previously Synthesized Iridium-PTA Complexes
Erin Kober/Professor S. Schreiner
Mecanistic Investigation into the Formation of Phosphinoferroceny
Complexes
Priscilla Koirala/Professor S. Schreiner
Synthesis, Characterization, and Reactivity of Group 10
Phosphinoferrocene Complexes
Olivia Latham/Professor A. Hughes
Distinguishing Olfactory Quantity Differences in Scent Trained
and Non-scent Trained Domestic Dogs
Anne Louden/Professor L. Preston
Visual Arts Museums Online: The Effect of the Internet on User
Engagement and Scholarship
Amanda Metell/Professor J. Thoburn
Synthesis of Water Soluble Metal-organic Molecular Cubes using
Polyethylene Glycol Chains Attached via "Click" Chemistry
Hanna Miller/Professor G. Lim-Fong
Biogeographical Variation of Predation Pressure and Hosesymbiont Association in Bugula neritina
Melissa Mitchler/Professor J. Thoburn
Synthesis of Water Soluble Metal-organic Molecular Cubes using
Polyethylene Glycol Chains attached via Azo Linkages
Eric Montag/Professor R. Dominguez
The physics of the Fukushima Daiichi disaster 5 years later: How
is the public understanding of physics affecting recovery,
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rebuilding and repopulation efforts?
Steven Neal/Professor K. Lambert
The Effect of Enhanced Social Engagement on Neurobiological
Markers of Emotional Resilience and Social Responsiveness in
Long Evans Rats
Kaeleigh Olsen/Professor S. Schreiner
Synthesis, Characterization, and Reactivity of Rhodium (I)
Complexes Stabilized by Chelating Diphosphine Ligands
Paranjay Patel/Professor J. Thoburn
The Synthesis, Characterization, and Encapsulation Analysis of a
Ruthenium Cornered M8L6 Cubic Cage
Andi Prugh/Professor M. Bardi
Grooming Network and Stress Alleviation in Two Troops of Longtailed Macaques (Macaca fascicularis)
Madeleine Purcell/Professor J. Foster
Evaluation of Abnormalities in the Epididymis of Mice Lacking
the GPR56 Gene
Rebecca Reidy/Professor S. Parker
Post-Trauma Coping in Individualistic and Collectivistic Societies
Samantha Scarola/Professor K. Lambert
Modeling Low Socioeconomic Status and Parenting Effectiveness:
An Investigation of the Effects of Impoverished Resources on
Maternal Responsiveness in Long Evans Rats
Ashley Snead/Professor R. Lauriola
The Story Beyond the Words: Curiosity of Genetics
Emily Sprague/Professor C. Gowan
The Stranger: How Trout Adjust When a New Fish Enters a
Moninance Hierarchy
Donovan Sweeney/Professor J. McLeskey
Direct Contact Membrane Desalination
Phillip Terrono/Professor L. Bell
A Policy Analysis of the 3/11 Disaster in Japan: Disaster
Recovery, Emergency Relief, and Population Resettlement in the
Disaster-Affected Areas
Jose Trejo/Professor K. Lambert
The Effect of Varying Coping Strategies on Emotional and
Cognitive Adaptation: Focus on Neuronal Morphology in the
Medial Prefrontal Cortex and Hippocampus
Nicole Wood/Professor A. Farmer
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Does Perceived Social Support Predict Empathetic Responses to
Emotional Video Stimuli?
Business: Topics (BUSN 481)
Professor G. Lowry
McGraw-Page Library, 1:00-2:15
BUSN 481: Topics: Management Research
Timothy Leavitt
What We Say Might Matter: Researching Verbal Reinforcers
BUSN 481: Topics: The Changing European Union
Madeline Santschi
Pivotal Challenges to Leadership in the European Union: What
Happens Next?
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Communication Studies (PSCI/COMM 308)
Professor J. Conners
McGraw-Page Library, 1:00-2:15
Baxter Carter
Trends and Tendencies of 2016 Gubernatorial Front Page
Coverage in Newspapers
Communication Studies: Seminar (COMM 490)
Professor T. Sheckels
McGraw-Page Library, 1:00-2:15
Nelda Bagley
Media Coverage of First Ladies’ Civic Projects
Julia Bowling
Analyzing Individuals’ Motivations Behind Supporting Non-Profit
Organizations
Brittany Brooker
The Role of Blackfish in Prompting Change at Sea World
Leah Chatnik
The Portrayal of the Deaf Community in Film and Television
John W. Byrd
Technology and Its Positive Enforcement of Civic Engagement
Among Generations
James Cabell Ferguson
Rap and Hip-Hop Artists’ Roles in Prompting Civic Engagement
Ellie Linkous
Sports Participation and Civic Engagement
Thomas J. Mullin
Understanding the Effect Mainstream Television Has on Modern
Americans’ Civic Engagement
Kaitee A. Nicholas
Analyzing the Effects of Participating in a Community Youth
Organization through the Intercultural Culture Theory
Jay Patti
Civic Engagement within Intercollegiate Athletics
Caitlin M. Pope
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Social Media and Their Influence on College Students’ Civic
Engagement
Bianca Puccinelli
The Media’s Role in Prompting Civic Engagement in Times of
National Crises
Alyssa Rushton
Politics: News Comedy vs. Stand-Up
Blake T. Saathoff
Gaming Communities: Do They Produce Civic Engagement?
Communication Studies: Seminar (COMM 490)
Professor J. Conners
McGraw-Page Library, 1:00-2:15
Sebastian Burke
Foodilism: A Textual Analysis of Food in Game of Thrones
Leigha Chaney
The Depiction of Organic Food in Broadcast News about the 2012
Stanford Study
Jessie Cornbrooks
Gender Differences in Food Network Shows
Stephanie Doggett
The Effects of Negative Media on Individual’s Behaviors
Associated with Chipotle
Loni Mason
Food for the Field: An Analysis of Food Communication within
the Military
Chris Moses
Combating Childhood Obesity with Large-Scale Campaigns: A
textual analysis of Play 60 and “Let’s Move”
Jordan Orndorff
More than Food: What Food being Passed Out by Volunteer
Groups Really Means to Those in Need
Katie Raymond
Dishing Out Family Traditions: An Analysis of Family References
on Food Network Shows
Dalton Taylor
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Dinnertime without My Family: An Investigation of Cross
Cultural Meals and Family Customs from a Communication
Accommodation Standpoint
Adam Tuttle
The Iceberg of Weight-loss Programs: Characteristics of
Advertising of Nutrisystem Program.
Ross Wood
Breakfast Understood Today: A Survey of Knowledge and
Decision Making
Honors: Mathematics of 3D Printing (HONR
111)
Professor B. Torrence
McGraw-Page Library, 1:00-2:15
Michael Altobello, Erin Connolly, Megan Dillon, Victoria
Drake, Tyler Dunn, David Gibson, Kate Girtain, Kaylie
Melanson, Haylie Moore, Max Petersen, Haley Saine, Susie
Snee, Amie Timberlake, Sage Vilgats, and Abbey Warren
Honors: Food and Politics in American Art and
Culture (HONR 115)
Professor E. Terrono
McGraw-Page Library, 1:00-2:15
The following students have published their research and recipes in
“Receipts and Research: A Honors’ Cookbook,” which will be sold as
a fundraiser on Research Day to benefit the Food Bank. Additionally,
there will be a Sweets and Treats sale and a food-drive of nonperishable food. Please support these student initiatives.
Delaney Feezell
America in Color: of Black and White Representations and Food
Production following the Civil War
Slade Greenway
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Reasons to Return: The Regional Perspective on the Political and
Industrial Shift back to the Agrarian Lifestyle
Jessica Huck
Discovering the Depression: Bread Lines and Hard Times
Molly Karaman
Consumerism and the Land of Plenty in the Work of Wayne
Thiebaud
Anne Louden
All-American Affliction; Apple Pie and the Idealized American
Housewife
Damon Reed
Coca-Colonialization: Americanizing the World with a Cool,
Crisp, and Carbonated Coca-Cola
Ariel Salerno
Raphaelle Peale’s Still Lifes and Paternal Disagreements
Paige Sellars
Corn and Social Commentary: An Analysis of Thomas Waterman
Wood’s Farmers
Paige Weaver
Let’s Talk Turkey, Doris Lee: Moral Mothers in the Kitchen
During the 1930s
Taylor Williams
Female Foodstuffs: Consuming the Female Identity in the Work of
Carolee Schneeman
Mathematics: Art of Mathematics (MATH 125)
Professor E. Torrence
McGraw-Page Library, 1:00-2:15
Group Sculpture Project: “Twenty-Twenty”
Designed by George Hart, Stony Brook University, constructed by
Taylor Acevedo, Lidsey Covi, Shelby Davies, Ann Audrey
Eliades, Briona Harmon, Jonathan Maldonado, Jack
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McCarthy, Kaile Olson, Madison Powell, Cassidy Robinson,
Bobby Rushton, Mallory Shepard, Zoey Simmons, Emily
Steffan, Emma Tiernan, Eve Torrence, and Aubrey Woods.
Individual Final Projects
Taylor Acevedo
Using Golden Spirals in Nature
Lindsey Covil
One of All
Shelby Davies
The Mathematical Perspective Behind Spirals and Swirls
Ann Audrey Eliades
Intricate Geometrical Design of a 12-Card Star
Briona Harmon
Hyperboloid
Jonathan Maldonado
The Mathematics of Soccer Ball Design
Jack McCarthy
The Math Behind the Beauty of Möbius Bands
Kaile Olson
Apollonian Fractal Mathematics
Madison Powell
Color by Square
Cassidy Robinson
The Mathematics Behind Tessellations
Physics: Engineering Physics Capstone (EPHY
450)
Professor J. McLeskey
McGraw-Page Library, 1:00-2:15
Nathan Baumbach, Joshua Carter, and Susan Snee
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Drone Propeller Design Optimization for Maximum Lift
Deshaun Rogers and Jacob Silva
Thermal Imaging to Predict Energy Consumption in Buildings
Political Science: Research Methods (PSCI 301)
Professor E. Fullmer
McGraw-Page Library, 1:00-2:15
Kevin Adams
The Effect of Fear on Openness to Refugees
Mary Brett Campbell
Private Prisons and the Recidivism Rate
J. Baxter Carter
Campaign Contact & Voter Turnout
Zachery Causey
The Effect of Socio-Economic Factors on Environment
Degradation
Kyle Cherry
Economic Performance in Unified vs. Divided Government
James England
The True Cost of the Environment
Christian Fagan
How Did Trump Attract Segments of the Republican Party?
Hunter Goff
President Obama: Talk Show Approved!
Shirleya Henry
Does Approval Matter?
Lauren Keiser
In the Era of the Tea Party, Can Political Victory Still Be Bought?
Caroline Kouneski
The Impact of Religion on Democracy
Madlen Lesesne
Religiosity, Partisanship, Age and Fear of Terrorism
Summer Myers
Parent-Child Party Affiliation
Peter Nelson
The Politics of Overdose Rates
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Wesley Nicholson
Federal Clean-Up Projects & the Environment's Ecosystem
Fidele Ntumba
If God is Benevolent, Shouldn't I Be Rich?
Forrest Parsons
The Effect of Gun Control on Gun Violence
Katherine Phillips
Political Realignment 2016? Past Realignments and an Unusual
Election
Sean Ryan
The Effect of Media Consumption on Political Knowledge
Parker Stewart
Abortion Rates and Crime
Levon Stinson
The Black Vote, Age, and Trump Support
Ryan Wall
Regional Diversity in Climate Change Views
Political Science: Senior Seminar in Political
Science (PSCI 401)
Professor R. Meagher
McGraw-Page Library, 1:00-2:15
Charles Aylor
Does Past Performance Predict Presidential Success?
Sam Bowen
Circle of Trust: Presidential Decision-Making on Afghanistan
Hunter Clemons
Even You Can Be President: Experience and Presidential Success
Tyler Edmonds
Populism, Voter Demographics, and Donald Trump’s 2016
Victory
Jay Hausler
Presidential Campaign Advertising: The Key to Electoral Success?
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Leah Kehoe
Term Limits: A Complicated Predicament and No Easy Fix
Taylor Loomis
The Effect of Self-Funding on Election Outcomes
Kevin McCormick
Voter Identification Laws and Fraud: Are The Laws Justifiable?
Andrew Miller
The Effects of Race, Income, and Education on Voter Turnout
Treyvon Paige
Laws, Economics, and Culture: A Global Study of Mass Shootings
Katie Phillips
Political Realignments and the 2016 Presidential Election
Melissa Puccinelli
Supreme Court Reversal Rates and Appellate Jurisdictions
Jeffrey Richardson
Does Income Matter More When Predicting Party Identification?
Daniel Whitehead
Gender in Congress: Does Gender Trump the Party?
Perry Zakaib
The Effects of War and Unemployment on Voter Turnout in
Presidential Elections
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From Professors Preston and Clabough
Since its inception in 2002, R-MC’s Research Day has
provided an opportunity for the entire campus to come
together and celebrate the results of a year’s worth of work
performed by our talented and industrious students and
supervised by our talented and dedicated faculty and staff.
You’ll find hundreds of presentations, posters, displays,
and demonstrations from a wide array of disciplines. This
showcase would not be possible without the stellar work of
our students and the exceptional direction of our faculty.
We extend our gratitude to those whose efforts make
today’s events such a success!
We extend a special thank you to Provost Franz and
President Lindgren for their leadership in creating a
teaching and learning environment that encourages quality
undergraduate research and for their dedication to the
academic ideals that make it possible for our students and
faculty to develop the projects that are shared on Research
Day!
In gratitude,
Laurie Preston and Seth Clabough
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