Ashland University

College of Arts and Sciences

Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Symposium

April 1, 2014 John C. Myers Convocation Center

ORAL SESSION I: 9:30-10:30 A.M., FACULTY ROOM

Dawn Weber
Dean, College of Arts and Sciences

Welcome and Opening Remarks Response to The Response: A Playwrights Journey

Faculty Sponsor: Prof. Fabio Polanco, Theatre

Benjamin Black Cassandra Nix

Method Development for the Extraction and Analysis of Toxic Alkaloids from Jimsonweed ( Datura stramonium) at Various Stages of Decomposition
Faculty Sponsors: Dr. Andrew Trimble, Biology/Toxicology & Dr. Jeffrey Weidenhamer, Chemistry

Karly Beuck

Inner Eye
Faculty Sponsor: Prof. Charles Caldemeyer, Art

ORAL SESSION II: 10:45-11:45 A.M., FACULTY ROOM

Peter Kobunski Barbara Mooneyham Lauren Fattlar Aluminum Cookware Is a Potential Source of Lead Exposure in Cameroon
Faculty Sponsors: Dr. Jeffrey Weidenhamer, Chemistry & Dr. Rebecca Corbin, Chemistry

Exploration of Past Experiences

Faculty Sponsors: Prof. Keith Dull, Art & Prof. Dan McDonald, Art

A Discourse Analysis of Contradictory Health Messages on the Iconic Show: The Secret Life of The American Teenager
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Kimberly Field-Springer, Communication Studies

Lindsey Richey

James Madison and British Commercial Policy in the Making of the U.S. Constitution, 1783-89
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Michael Schwarz, History/Political Science

ORAL SESSION III: 10:45 A.M.-11:45 A.M., TRUSTEES ROOM

Kelsey Golec Hilary Rheinheimer David Mohn Amanda Mayes The History and Development of the Ohio Juvenile Justice System
Faculty Sponsor: Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Jeff Sikkenga, History/Political Science

Step Into the Spotlight: An Experience of Dramatic Arts for Special People
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Teresa Durbin-Ames, Theatre

Race-consciousness and Bourgeois Ideology in Nella Larsen's Passing

Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Sharleen Mondal, English

The Effects of Music on Learning with Introverts and Extroverts

Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Diane Bonfiglio, Psychology

POSTER/EXHIBITION SESSION I: 12:00-1:00 P.M., ALUMNI ROOM

Poster #1 Poster #3 Shawna Brough Kelvin Stimpert The Relationship Between Extroversion and Online and Offline Relationships
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Curtis Ickes, Psychology

Synthesis of 2-hydroxy Ester Analogs of Niclosamide Analogs for a SAR Study of Anti-tumor Activity
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Nick Regan, Chemistry

Poster #5 Poster #7 Poster #9 Poster #11

Mitchell Ramsey Dylan Pelham Kelli Lennox William Horn

Evaluating Satellite Precipitation Estimates Using Lightning Information

Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Michael Hudson, Geology

The Effect of Visual Stimuli on Emotions

Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Diane Bonfiglio, Psychology

Hot Set: The Process of Set Designing a Musical

Faculty Sponsor: Prof. Jason Coale, Theatre

Synthesis of Resorcinarene-core Polylactide/Polyethylene Glycol Star Block Copolymers using Click Chemistry: Optimizing Polymer Coupling Reactions Using No-D NMR Spectroscopy
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Perry Corbin, Chemistry

Poster #13 Poster #15 Poster #17 Poster #19

Mary Moeller Rachel Farley Shanna Valenti Rosalie Sepesy

Level of Expertise as Perceived by Peers

Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Diane Bonfiglio, Psychology

Analysis of Mutant Bacteria Resistant to Phage Infection

Faculty Sponsors: Dr. Paul Hyman, Biology/Toxicology

The Influence of Color on Perceived Attractiveness

Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Mitchell Metzger, Psychology

Pond Identification and Indicator Organism Analysis in Black Fork Wetlands Preserve
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Patricia Saunders, Biology/Toxicology

Exhibition #1

Karly Beuck Barbara Mooneyham

Inner Eye
Faculty Sponsor: Prof. Charles Caldemeyer, Art

Exhibition #3

Exploration of Past Experiences

Faculty Sponsor: Prof. Keith Dull, Art & Prof. Dan McDonald, Art

POSTER/EXHIBITION SESSION II: 1:00-2:00 P.M., ALUMNI ROOM

Poster #2 Hannah Baumann Identification of Antibacterial Agents in an Environmentally Friendly Cleaning Product: Implications of Bioassay and Chemical Data
Faculty Sponsors: Dr. Doug Dawson, Biology/Toxicology & Dr. Jeffrey Weidenhamer, Chemistry

Poster #4 Poster #6

Kimberly Lennox David Hogue

A Costume Technician At Work

Faculty Sponsor: Prof. Sarah Russell, Theatre

Verifying the Genus and Stratigraphic Position of Petrified Wood Found in Coshocton and Holmes Counties, Ohio
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Nigel Brush, Geology

Poster #8

Katlyn Grayson, Mary Moeller, Nicole Austin, Amanda Mayes, & Patti Brown

Optimism and Persistence in Creativity

Faculty Sponsors: Dr. Diane Bonfiglio, Psychology

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POSTER/EXHIBITION SESSION II: 1:00-2:00 P.M., ALUMNI ROOM (CONTINUED)

Poster #10 Jennifer Peyton Comparative Toxicity Assessment of Triclosan Alone and in an Antibacterial Hand Soap
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Doug Dawson, Biology/Toxicology

Poster #12 Poster #14 Poster #16 Poster #18

Hannah Neumeyer Baley Bernthisel Shanna Valenti Morgan Shultz & Angela Martinson Kees Edwards & Kenny Bogner Marissa Uhrig

Name-Pronunciation and Character Assumptions

Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Diane Bonfiglio, Psychology

The effect of A-crystallin on the Formation of Cataracts in Cloche Mutant Zebrafish

Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Mason Posner, Biology/Toxicology

Extroversion and College Adjustment

Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Mitchell Metzger, Psychology

Microsatellite Variation in Ohio Populations of Reed Canary grass ( Phalaris arundinacea)

Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Soren Brauner, Biology/Toxicology

Exhibition #2

The Art of Strategy

Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Mark Nadler, Economics

Exhibition #4

Natural Revelations
Faculty Sponsor: Prof. Jessica Wascak, Art

ORAL SESSION IV: 2:15 P.M.-3:15 P.M., FACULTY ROOM

Benjamin Black Mack Reece Stefanie Stoops Zachary Hoffman Enter into the Dark Side: A Study of Modern Black Theatre
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Teresa Durbin-Ames, Theatre

Isolation and Characterization of Novel Bacteriophages

Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Paul Hyman, Biology/Toxicology

rsula Buenda: Power and Women in Cien aos de soledad by Gabriel Garca Mrquez
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Jennifer Rathbun, Foreign Languages

Frederick Douglass and the Ideals of Manhood

Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Emily Hess, History/Political Science

ORAL SESSION V: 2:15 P.M.-3:15 P.M., TRUSTEES ROOM

Joseph Griffith The Almost Chosen People: Lincolns Use of Scripture and Biblical Allusions in the Gettysburg Address and the Second Inaugural
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Peter Schramm, History/Political Science

Devyn Renninger Rebecca Ribley Samantha Diemer

Scott Joplins Treemonisha: Its Significance and Its Failure

Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Christina Fuhrmann, Music

The Art of Marketing Yourself in the World of Journalism

Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Gretchen Dworznik, Journalism & Digital Media

The Effects of Aggressive Cues on the Perception of Aggression

Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Diane Bonfiglio, Psychology

ORAL SESSION VI: 3:30 P.M.-4:30 P.M., FACULTY ROOM

Johanna Mateo Miriah Keller Spencer Dolezal Stacee King Latin America: The Impact of Spanish Colonial Rule
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Christopher Burkett, History/Political Science

Espaol, Ehpaol or Eshpaol? A Dialectal Study of Spanish Across Four Countries

Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Barbara Schmidt-Rinehart, Foreign Languages

Being There: Cormac McCarthys Fatherhood

Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Dan Lehman, English

Sub-rectangles and Super-rectangles: Creation and Properties

Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Christopher Swanson, Mathematics