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STETSON SHOWCASE APRIL 15, 2014 A Celebration of Achievement at Stetson University About the Undergraduate Research and Creative Arts Symposium Showcase: This event, with its debut in 1999 and former names of Undergraduate Scholarship and Performance Day (USAPD) and later Undergraduate Scholarship Day (USD), was designed to foster an appreciation for academic achievements here at Stetson University. The student presenters have a wonderful opportunity to share their research and projects with the Stetson University community. Historically, the student projects have included a wide variety of excellent student work. JUDGING CRITERIA AND PRIZES: Each group of judges for each specific location will be deciding among themselves appropriate and consistent criteria that will help them decide which presentations were most effective. In general, students are asked to discuss their projects at a level that anyone not knowing the area can understand. Part of an effective presentation is effective communication, and the judges keep this as consistent criteria for choosing the best presentation for all involved. The winners of each of the six locations will receive a Maris Prize of $200 and a certificate of excellence. In addition, for each venue, an honorable mention will be chosen. THE 2014 JUDGING PANEL: Dr. Grady Ballenger, Professor of English Kristina Brantley, Registrar Eric Canny, Executive Director of International Learning World: International Learning Jennifer Certo, Assistant to the Vice-‐President for Student Affairs Barbara Costello, Associate Professor/Government Information & Research Librarian Dr. Carol Corcoran, Professor of Education Debbi Dinkins, Associate Dean, Library Dr. Christopher Ferguson, Associate Professor of Psychology Rosie Flowers, Learning & Information Literacy Librarian Dr. Deborah Goldring, Assistant Professor of Marketing Terry Grieb, Assoc. Prof. of Instructional Media and Assistant Director of Media Services Dr. Steve Guthrie, Visiting Brown Professor of Biology Dr. Melinda Hall, Assistant Professor of Philosophy Dr. John Horn, Vice-‐President (ret.) for Research & Development, 3M Laura N. Kirkland, Cataloging Librarian Sims Kline, Research Librarian and Associate Professor Dr. Deborah Bolin Maxwell, Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry Terri Richards, Enrollment Specialist, Office of the Registrar Dr. Gilbert Seigworth, Physician
Cultural Credit: A maximum of three cultural credits can be earned for the symposium event. At each venue, Showcase tickets must be stamped by the symposium representative after each talk. One oral or art presentation = 1/3 credit Twenty minutes in posters = 1/3 credit 1 music recital = 1/2 credit One honors I session = 1 credit In addition, full cultural credit can be earned at the Evening Keynote Address and the evening Digital Arts Reception. For credit, please take your stamped card to 312 Elizabeth Hall 2-‐5 pm on April 15: OR bring your completed form to 312 Elizabeth Hall no later than 4 pm April 16.
Presentation with Community Based Research Component
PROGRAM
BROWN BAG LUNCHES: SO, YOU WANT TO GO TO GRADUATE SCHOOL? 12:00 LBC 122 S Applying to Law School: What you should know (Dr. Kirsten Davis, Prof of Law) LBC 123 Applying to Graduate Business School: What you should know ( Dr. Christopher Ma, Professor of Finance) LBC 124 Applying to Medical School: What you should know (Leila Amiri, Dir. of Admissions, UF College of Medicine)
1:00 LBC 122 Financing Graduate School: It’s less complicated than you think (Tara Jones and Mark Justice, Financial Aid) LBC 123 What is it like to be a Graduate Student? (Ryan Lynch, Oxford, Timothy Tully, FSU) LBC 124 International Opportunities for Research and Education (Dr. Eric Canny, WORLD)
POSTER PRESENTATIONS Rinker Fieldhouse, Hollis Center Dr. Melissa Gibbs, morning session chair Dr. Kevin Riggs, afternoon session chair Judges: Morning: Dr. Steve Guthrie, Dr.Carol Corcoran; Dr. Deborah Bolin Maxwell Afternoon: Laura Kirkland, Dr. Deborah Goldring; Eric Canny Morning (9 a.m. – 12 p.m. ) P-‐1 Christopher Aguirre Comparing Cyanide Concentration Levels with Leaf age of Passionflower, Passiflora Incarnata P-‐2 Micky Akinrodoye Enhanced TRAIL-‐Mediated Apoptosis in Lung Cancer H460 Cells by the Coumarin Psoralidin P-‐3 Princess Megwa-‐Poe The Examination of TRAIL and Psoralidin Combinatorial Treatment on H460 Lung Cancer Cell Death P-‐4 Nanda Aung Silencing an Aedes aegypti DNA repair gene by RNA interference (RNAi) through bacteria mediated double stranded RNA feeding method* P-‐5 Carolina Barrios Zooplankton Assemblage Variation Between Spring Fed and Run-‐off Fed Central Florida Lakes P-‐6 Javon Bostic The Hall Effect P-‐7 Sarah Brow and Dr. Erin Moore Friends, Acquaintances, and Strangers, Oh My: How Degree of Familiarity and Alcohol Use Shape Feelings towards Hooking Up
P-‐8 AJ Cardounel Utility of transcriptome-‐generated nuclear PCR primers in Doroneuria baumanni P-‐9 Maya Carter Sacrificial Layer Deposition of Glucose for Fabrication of Self-‐Rolled Structures P-‐10 Rose Creed In vitro and in vivo effect of quercetin on the destabilization of β-‐amyloid fibrils and learning in Alzheimer’s induced rats P-‐11 Alonnah Creswell Saw palmetto seed germination after passage through the digestive tract of Florida black bear and African spurred tortoise P-‐12 Nick Deglomine The Effect of Religiosity on the Expectations of Blind Youth from Sighted Peers. P-‐13 Elizabeth Dixon The effects of Phenylephrine on the development of Ambystoma mexicanum (axolotl) P-‐14 G. Andrew Epifanio The Effects of Interpersonal Investment on Helping Behavior P-‐15 Nerissa Fay Detection of arsenic in DNA and cellular components of Halomonas GFAJ-‐1 bacterium P-‐16 Grace E. Figueroa Accuracy of Detecting False Animal Sounds* P-‐17 Westin Flower Comparison of Cyanide Production Levels Between Varying Genotypes of Passionflower, Passiflora Incarnata
P-‐18 Deonna L. Graham Community Based Research: A Comparison of the Efficacy of Dental Fluoridation in Two West Volusia
Communities. P-‐19 Toshia Williams Modernizing and Transcribing The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia: The Importance and Process of Creating Electronic Texts P-‐20 Chelsea A. Walton The Effect of Proximity and Visual Presentation on Response to Human Suffering P-‐21 Raul A. Zambrano III Defendant Gender and Media Bias Influences on Juror Perception of Guilt P21A Samantha F. Warta If A Robot Did “The Robot,” Would It Still Be Called “The Robot” Or Just Dancing? Perceptual And Social Factors In Human-‐Robot Interactions Afternoon (1 p.m.-‐4 p.m.) P-‐22 Brian Dughi Determination of Arsenic Concentration in Rice Varieties P-‐23 Tyler Garibay Fear Arousal to Realistic and Unrealistic Films P-‐24 Deonna L. Graham The Nutritional Observation of Meals for Women Attending Soup Kitchens in DeLand and New Smyrna Beach, Florida. P-‐25 Jennifer Hennigan Cis-‐trans isomerization kinetics and thermodynamics probed using phosphorus-‐31 NMR: A new experiment for the physical or inorganic chemistry lab
P-‐26 Katie Kern Genetic variability in leaf morphology and whole-‐plant architecture in Passiflora incarnata P-‐27 Audriana Law The use of social services by Mexican Immigrants within the United States P-‐28 Rowan Littlefield Synthesis of phosphonium salt precursors to substituted indolizines* P-‐29 M. Kate Lloyd Gender Bender: a wireless alternative to stompboxes. P-‐30 Justin McCarthy The effect of music tempo on productivity P-‐31 Kelly McGehee The Effects of Birth Order on Stress in College Students P-‐32 Katie Moore Comparing the Effectiveness of Different Controllers for Interacting with a Virtual Environment P-‐33 Mark Nagrani The Effects of the Stimulation of the Gustatory Cortex On Oromoter Behavior Elicited By Quinine and Sodium Chloride In Conscious Rats P-‐34 Jasmine Parham The effect of snake scent on rodent foraging in a Central Florida forest P-‐35 Cassandra Pitcher The effects of cylindrospermopsin on the carbonic anhydrase of Aedes aegypti larvae P-‐36 Brittany Rathburn, Samantha Teal, Maren Rygh, Taylor Kennedy, Ashelyn Hays, Adam Frocione, Dylan Bateh, and Julie
Bassett GreenMob
P-‐37 Jasmine Shaw Are There Links Between Asthma and Allergies Among Stetson Undergraduate Students? P-‐38 Ethan Silverman Which neurons in the rostral nucleus of the solitary tract are activated by stimulation of the central amygdala in conscious rats? P-‐39 Maya Suzuki Nucleotide excision repair of UV induced DNA damage detected in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii P-‐40 Samantha Warta and Kristen Erichsen College Students’ Volunteering and Religiosity: Understanding Motivation to Volunteer and Volunteer Settings P-‐41 Matthew Weston Video Games and Line Bisection P-‐42 Callie Wolfe, Tyler Fisk, S. Smiley & T. Farrell The Effect of Prey Type on Foraging Behavior in Pigmy Rattlesnakes (Sistrurus miliarius)
ART AND DIGITAL ARTS PRESENTATIONS AND EXHIBITIONS Homer and Dolly Hand Art Center 10-‐4 pm Dr. Maria Rickling, Morning Session Chair Dr. Elisabeth Poeter, Afternoon Session Chair Judges: Sims Kline, Jennifer Certo Fine Arts ART-‐1 8:40-‐55 Megan Mollé Nostalgic Daze
ART -‐2 9-‐9:15 Rachel Mathes Recomposed ART-‐3 9:20-‐9:35 Gisela Fernandez Native Foreigner – A Fragment of My Identity ART-‐4 9:40-‐55 Venezha Noriega Unavoidable ART-‐5 10-‐10:15 Ashleigh Stuart Entanglement ART-‐ 6 10:20-‐35 Samantha Valdez Analysis of Death through Material/M teri lism 10:35-‐10:50 BREAK ART-‐7 10:50-‐11:05 Ashley Dykes Solitude: A Short Film on the Degradation of Humanity ART-‐8 11:10 -‐11:25 Roxanne Krause Wars Of Aging: A trip through time ART-‐9 11:30=11:45 Megan Shea Anamnesis | A Short Experimental Film of Memory in Visual Perception ART-‐10 11:50-‐12:05 Victoria Williams Lipstick And Nicotine: An eleven song acoustic album ART-‐11 12:10-‐12:25 Michael Johnpoll Resurrection of Red: A Short Film on Humanity, Creation and Immortality 12:30-‐1:00 Lunch ART-‐12-‐1-‐1:15 Ian Campbell Reliquary: An Interactive Installation Encountering the Spiritual ART-‐13 1:20-‐35 Carolina Barrios Aquatic Drifters: the interaction between freshwater zooplankton and humans
Art-‐14 1:40-‐55 Charles Carr Realization – An Interactive Algorithmic Composition Art-‐15 2-‐2:15 Chad Grenier Chartreuse Moose: An Electronic/Acoustic album channeled through a quadrophonic output 2:15-‐30 BREAK Art-‐16 2:30-‐45 Zachary Kisch Lightshow: The Art of Controlling Light by Sound Art-‐17 2:50-‐3:05 Sabrina Macho Saudade: Representing a Fantastical Impossibility Art-‐18 3:10-‐3:25 Maurie Murray Live Through Me: An Alternative Hip-‐Hop Album Art-‐19 3:30-‐3:45 Kyle Ritch 'Bout Time: A Solo Album Of Various Genres Art-‐20 3:50-‐4 Kyle Simmons Somewhere Out There: A Feel Good LP
JUNIOR MUSIC RECITALS Lee Chapel, Elizabeth Hall Felicia Higgins, Concert Hall Manager Programs on pp. 24-‐25 M-‐1 10:00-‐10:30 Elijah Garland and Justin Weber, composition M-‐2 10:45 -‐11:15 Cole Binkley, clarinet (acc. Kosumo Morishita) M-‐3 11:30 -‐12:15 Emilio Rosario, clarinet (acc. Betty Jo Couch) 12:15-‐1:00 Lunch
M-‐4 1:00 -‐1:30 Nathalie Maldonado, Flute (acc. Jeremy Vigil) M-‐5 1:45 – 2:45 Amy Umlah and Kathryn Wolfe, Flutes (acc. Jeremy Vigil and Boyd Jones) M-‐6 3:00 – 3:30 Trey Moore, Trumpet M-‐7 3:45-‐4:15 Joseph Burns, Trumpet (acc. Justin Weber)
ORAL PRESENTATIONS – SESSION A 25 Library Auditorium – Media Center Dr. Carolyn Nicholson, morning session chair Dr. Margaret MacDonald, afternoon session chair Judges: Dr. Grady Ballenger, Dr. Christopher Ferguson USING THE MEDIA, ONLINE AND OFF A-‐1, 9:30-‐9:45 Ali MacGillivray Humor as Rhetorical Strategy: President Clinton’s Performance at the 2000 White House Correspondents’ Dinner A-‐2, 9:50-‐10:15 Honors 202 The History of Comedy A-‐3, 10:20-‐10:35 Vivian Warren The Evolution of Social Media: Generation Y, Relational Maintenance, and the Ten-‐Second Snap 10:40-‐10:50 Break A-‐4, 10:50-‐11:05 Michelle Vergara Modeling the Bitcoin Economy
A-‐5, 11:10-‐11:30 Caleb Canlon Four Original One-‐Act Plays A-‐6 11:35-‐11:50 Courtney Albee “It’s going down, I’m yelling Tinder”: Creating Interpersonal Relationships Beginning with a Swipe to the Right 11:55-‐1:00 LUNCH GENDER AND POWER A-‐7, 1:00-‐1:15 Alexandrina Andre My Momma Done Told Me: The Explorations of the Harlem Renaissance Women 1 A-‐8, 1:20-‐1:35 Nora R. Porter Slut-‐Shaming: The Effects of the Sexual Double Standard on the Perceptions of College Students Towards Themselves and Their Peers A-‐9, 1:40-‐1:55 Annie Moore The Hidden Influence of Adult’s Childhood on the Golden Age of Children’s Literature A-‐10 2:00-‐2:15 Rachel Markunas and Jacob Manos A Character and Their Actor: A Process 2:20-‐2:30 BREAK A-‐11, 2:30-‐2:45 Jesika Butler Something Evil This Way Comes: Comparing Witchcraft Trials in Old and New England in the Seventeenth Century 1 A-‐12, 2:50-‐3:10 Cassandra Kris Vinegar Tom: A Postmodern Scenic Design A 13 3:15-‐3:30 Lizzie Bustin Women in England: How Opponents of Magic and Witchcraft Targeted the Female Sex
A-‐14 Cayman Calabro Did Women in Tudor England Experience A Renaissance? A Case Study Using the Six Wives of Henry VIII
ORAL PRESENTATIONS SESSION B John E. Johns Room 315, Elizabeth Hall Jean Wald , morning session chair Sidney Johnston, afternoon session chair Judges: Kristina Brantley , Dr. Melinda Hall COMPETITION B-‐1 9:30-‐9:45 Brittany McCaughey Athletes, Communication, and Success: Collegiate Athletes’ Perceptions of the Importance of Communication in Relation to Team Success B-‐2, 9:50-‐10:05 Amber Grose The Student-‐Athlete: Students Perceptions of the Student-‐Athlete Within a Private Institution B-‐3, 10:10-‐10:25 A. Josh Howard The Culture of Steel. How the Metallographic Study of Armour Can Add to Tournament Historiography: France and the Western Germanies
B-‐4, 10:30-‐10:45 Patrick Bailey The Relationship Between Sport Anxiety and Group Cohesion: An Exploratory Study
10:50-‐11:00 BREAK
HEALTH
B-‐5, 11:00-‐11:15 D’Andra Williams If You’re Not Whitening You’re Yellowing: An Organic Teeth Whitening Alternative
B-‐6, 11:20-‐11:35 Karina Silva A Review of Studies Assessing Diabetes Prevalence in the U.S. By Certain Demographic Factors B-‐7, 11:40-‐11:55 Julie Martin Does Social Learning Theory Work for Adult's Beliefs on Acupuncture? 12:00-‐ 1:00 – Lunch FAMILY AND EDUCATION B-‐8 1:00-‐1:15 Aiden Keller Playing with Ourselves: Connecting Millennials’ Contemporary History with the Halo Series B-‐9 1:20 -‐1:40 Sam Slaughter Dogs, a Novel B-‐10, 1:45-‐2:00 Sonja E. James-‐Gaitor Juvenile Detention Center Rehabilitation: A History of Hurt, a Perfectly Imperfect Present and a Future of Hope in Florida 2:05-‐2:15 BREAK B-‐11, 2:15-‐2:30 Kara Stephens Informed Conservation: A Study of the Effects of Education and Positive Reinforcement on Recycling B-‐12, 2:35 -‐2:50 Annie Moore An historical look at the growing importance of children as expressed through an in-‐depth study of J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan stories B-‐13, 2:55-‐3:05 Michelle Urbanek Linking Home and School: Teacher Perceptions of Parent Portal
ORAL PRESENTATIONS – SESSION C 257 Sage Hall Dr. Alicia Schultheis, morning session chair Dr. Nicole Mottier, afternoon session chair Judges:, Debbi Dinkins, Terry Grieb DIVERSITY AND PREJUDICE C-‐1 9 :00-‐9 :15 Keighla Burns Privacy Perceptions and Assurances: How Confidentiality and Anonymity Influence College Student Responses on Sensitive Information C-‐2, 9:20-‐9:35 Jennifer Rose Curtis The Search for Religious Solidarity through Ethnic Diversity: The Experiences of Spanish-‐speaking Latinos in English-‐speaking Churches C-‐3, 9:40-‐9:55 Alexis Kinzer Implicit and Explicit Prejudices in Deployed Veterans C-‐4, 10:00-‐10:15 Aniarka Diaz A Cuban Political Focus on an Afro-‐Cuban Religion C-‐5, 10:20-‐10:35 Alexandria Delgado Enclaves and Zones in Transition: A Case Study of Pierson, Florida 10:35-‐45 BREAK C-‐6 10:50 -‐11:10 Tyler Andrews This Dark Diction has become America’s Addiction”: Afrocentricity and the Manifestations of Nommo in Kanye West’s Album Yeezus C-‐7, 11:15-‐11:30 Helena Starks Robert Mapplethorpe’s Trial: Reflection on Changing Values
C-‐8, 11:35-‐11:50 Cody Cartledge Urban Worship Stars and Me: Construction and Communication of Identity Within Hipster Evangelicalism 11:55-‐ 1:00 Lunch JUSTICE, ACTIVISM AND RESPONSIBILITY C-‐9 1:00-‐1:15 Darian Shump Muslim Brethren? Sufism, Terrorism, and Uyghur Identity in Post-‐Republican China and Beyond C-‐10, 1:20-‐1:35 Erin McLarnan Q methodology: A way to develop sustainability indicators for the City of DeLand C-‐11, 1:40-‐1:55 John Kahle Youth Voter Turnout and The Impact of Service and Volunteering C-‐12, 2:00-‐2:15 Allen Love The Two Concepts of Reason C-‐13, 2:20-‐2:35 Colin Dougher The Classification of Firms via Triple-‐Bottom Line Framework 2:40-‐2:50 BREAK C-‐14 2:50-‐3:05 Joshua Solomon Political Participation Through Complaining in Russia C-‐15 3:10-‐3:25 Robert Jones Why People Vote: The Case of Polarization & Voter Turnout
C-‐16, 3:30-‐3:45 Marquis Wimberly Conversation, Community and Individuality C-‐17 3:50-‐4:05 G. Andrew Epifanio The Limits of Responsibility
ORAL PRESENTATIONS – SESSION D 334 Flagler Hall Dr. Mayhill Fowler, morning session chair Dr. Anthony Hose, afternoon session chair Judges: Terri Richards, Barbara Costello, Rosie Flowers SPINNING THE MESSAGE D-‐1 9:00-‐9:15 Corey B. Garswick "Tear Down This Wall”: A Burkean Analysis of Ronald Reagan's Triumphant Rhetoric D-‐2, 9:20-‐9:35 Olivia Moeschet Bombarding the Senses: Applying Theatre of Cruelty to Modern Theatrical Experiences D-‐3, 9:40-‐9;55 Sasha Pesci Getting smart about agriculture: climate change adaptation and mitigation in Volusia County farms D-‐4, 10:00-‐10:15 Stetson University CFA Team Investment Research Report: AutoNation Buy Recommendation D-‐5, 10:20-‐10:35 Ryan Rinaldo Sink or Swim: Carnival Corporation, Crisis Communication, and the Costa Concordia 10:40-‐10:50 BREAK
THE WORKING CLASS D-‐6, 10:50-‐11:05 Madeline Briggs The Origins of Upstairs, Downstairs: Sir Roger Pratt's Influence on Domestic Stratification D-‐7, 11:10-‐11:25 Jacopo Dalmasso Austerity, Debt Consolidation, and Growth in a Time of Crisis D-‐8 11:30-‐11:45 Gwendolyn Brown The Cultural Conundrum: Franco-‐Canadian Immigrants in Anglo-‐Protestant New England, 1870-‐1900 D-‐9 11:50-‐12:05 Alexandria Delgado and Alicja Duda Awareness of Worker’s Rights and Aid Resources among Farm Workers in the Pierson and Seville Communities in Florida 12:10-‐1:00 Lunch WARS, CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT D-‐10, 1:00-‐1:15 Paul Carey and Morgan Resnick Campus Safety Perceptions with Assessments by Different Student Demographics D-‐11, 1:30-‐1:45 Hanna Lipsey Spring 1918: Russia’s Exit, America’s Entry, and the Decisive Moment of the First World War D-‐12, 1:50-‐2:05 Emily Lang Criminal Justice Reform through Education D-‐13, 2:10-‐2:25 Morgan Resnick and Paul Carey The Active Shooter Situation: Assessing Safety at Stetson University
2:30-‐2:40 BREAK D-‐14, 2:40-‐2:55 Deryck Greene Managing the CIA and the President: A Balance of Intelligence and Policy D15 3:00-‐3:15 Matthew LeBron An Ordinary Language Approach to Morality D16 3:20-‐3:35 Danielle Sanderson For the Kingdom or for the Cross? The Evolution of British Policy Towards Palestine during World War I D17 3:40-‐3:55 Melissa Doreus A study of Stetson University Students' Perception of Campus Climate
ORAL PRESENTATIONS – SESSION E Rinker Auditorium, Lynn Business Center Dr. Ramee Indralingam, morning session chair Dr. John York, Afternoon Session Chair Judges: Dr. John Horn, Dr. Gilbert Seigworth SCIENCE ACROSS THE SPECTRUM E-‐1 9:00-‐9:15 Vanessa Rubio The effects of nutrient cycling by the exotic catfish, Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus, on algal growth in Volusia Blue Spring E-‐2 9:20-‐9:35 Robyn Blackman At Least I Can Multitask: Dissociative Experiences and Multitasking E-‐3, 9:40-‐9:55 Kristen Thomas The reasons individuals do not receive the flu vaccination and who is most likely to receive it among the Stetson community
E-‐4,10:00-‐10:15 Joseph Burns Evaluating the protective capacity of quercetin to beta-‐amyloid fiber damage in vitro 10:15-‐10:20 BREAK E-‐5, 10:30-‐10:45 Stephanie Bettis The effects of esfenvalerate on zebrafish (Danio rerio) E-‐6, 10:50-‐11:05 Danielle Sanderson Steps to Success: An analysis of persistence in STEM Majors E-‐7 11:10-‐11:20 Vanessa Rubio Genetic variability and gender specialization in Passiflora incarnata E-‐8, 11:30-‐11:45 David Bell The trend of Stetson's water consumption in the 21st century 11:50-‐1:00 Lunch E-‐9, 1:00-‐1:15 Kellie Fredette Low genetic diversity in the endemic silt snail genus Floridobia E -‐10 1:20-‐1:35 Matthew Mohney Nonlinear Optics and Frequency Doubling E-‐11 1:40-‐1:55 Kelsey Johnsonn-‐Sapp The Physiological Ecology of Tuna: Learning cutting-‐edge techniques to study organismal biology of pelagic fishes 2:00-‐2:10 Break E-‐12 2:10-‐2:25 April Rizzo Effect of variation in time of day and auditory stimulus on avian mobbing response in Central Florida
E-‐13, 2:30-‐2:45 Michael Mohney Efficiency Assessment of Photovoltaic Cells E-‐14, 2:50-‐ 3:05 Shannon Greeley Filling in the gaps: species distributions, and habitat characteristics of the high endemic silt snail genus, Floridobia E-‐15, 3:10-‐3:25 Ryan Howard Extending the Functionality of 3D printers by Incorporating Other Tools E-‐16 3:30-‐3:45 Sara Lazarevic and Samantha Warta Florida Department of Health Factors in Efficiency: Predictors of Financial and Outcome-‐Related Success E-‐17 3:50-‐4:10 Ava E. Lapham The Effect of Captivity on Great Ape Communication: Orangutans and Chimpanzees at the Lowry Park Zoo
ORAL PRESENTATIONS – SESSION F COLLEGE OF LAW 309 Elizabeth Hall Dr. Kirsten Davis, Session Chair L-‐1 1:00-‐1:20 Lindsey Plyler Blankenbaker, Juris Doctor Candidate (Dr. Kirsten Davis) [email protected] Bathroom Politics: Transgender Students, Public School Restrooms, and the First Amendment L-‐2 1:25 -‐1:45 Matt Newton, Juris Doctor Candidate (Dr. Kirsten Davis) [email protected]
An Evaluation of Scalia’s Reductio ad Absurdum in Romer and Lawrence by the Aristotelian Classical Method L-‐3 1:50-‐2:10 Heather Woods, Juris Doctor Candidate (Dr. Tim Kaye) [email protected] Out of the Commoners’ Hands: A Theoretical Perspective on the Erosion of the Right to A Trial by Jury
SESSION G HONORS I PRESENTATIONS 322 Elizabeth Hall Dr. Michael Denner, Session Chair Honors Project Presentations, Session 1 9-‐10:30 Jamie Cheslow, Earth Day Seeding Tutorial Kendal Diehl, Facilitating food donations Stella Parris, Q&A with Stetson Graduates Working Abroad Joe Beery and Paul Petrowski, 5K for Athletic Sustainability and Local Business Codification Honors Project Presentations, Session 2 10.45-‐12 Abigail Moore, Eating Self-‐Sustainably Richelle Braswell and Tracy Cleary, Illustrated Children’s Book Containing Four Short Stories David Schwarz, Tracy Cleary, Laurel Underwood, Mariana Nozela Prado, International Justice Mission -‐ Stetson Campus Chapter
Emily Curry, Caleb Cheatham, Blake Benton, Jake Martin Stetson Organisation for Film Appreciation Jason Cruz, Lex Cruz, Gabi Cudlipp, Small-‐Scale Gardening Honors Project Presentations, Session 2B 12-‐1 Brianne Boldrin/Kyle Edgar, Kicking it with the Kids of Deland Aryn Lazarus and Vivian Motta, Service Day at My Angel With Paws Tyler Sims, Lesson on Fulfillment to High Schoolers Honors Project Presentations, Session 3 1-‐2:30 Laura Davis, Web design for a non-‐profit Jessie Benavides, Tax preparation for low income families Cory Zirkel, SU Dental Shadow Experience Alanna Bouloy/Sarah Dean, Sompi Harmetz, Stetson Sexploration Week Alissa Pagano/Jordan Jackson, Recycling Expansion Proposal Honors Project Presentations, Session 4 2:45-‐4 Maddie Cassidy, Tori Marsh, Emma Schaefer, Seed Library Natalie Applebaum, Christine Chase, Blood Donation and Education Cassidy Cameron, Raw Fusion Living/ Sustainable Health Ted Mitchell, Baseball Event for Disabled Youth Lynn Walsh, Mini Museum in RELC Justin Quigley, Gary Rouse, Pet Adoption Event
5: 45 EVENING BANQUET STETSON ROOM, CUB 6:15: KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Dr. Gregory Young Montana State University [email protected]
Gregory Young, director of the Montana State University School of Music, was Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education and founding director of the Undergraduate Scholars Program and started the MSU McNair Scholars Program. He has served as Assistant Dean of the College of Arts & Architecture, principal clarinetist with the Bozeman Symphony and the Intermountain Opera Orchestras, and Chairman of the National Conferences on Undergraduate Research. He holds a doctorate from the University of Michigan, and has taught at the University of Prince Edward Island, Memorial University of Newfoundland, and the University of Western Ontario. The United States Information Agency sponsored his concert tour of Brazil with the Kreutzer Trio and soprano Elizabeth Croy, and he has toured as concerto soloist Europe and Asia.
OPENING RECEPTION: DIGITAL ARTS SENIOR EXHIBITION 7-‐9pm Hand Art Center
ABSTRACTS
KEYNOTE ADDRESS Dr. Gregory Young, Montana State University [email protected]
One Is The Loneliest Number: Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Research Seminars
There is a teaching transformation that is happening now, or should be, toward more interactive learning, collaboration, teamwork, and discovery. These changes are being driven by three major forces: 1) employers want their people to be able to adapt quickly to change, to work well in teams, and to solve problems; 2) the big problems facing the world today, such as global warming, drought, poverty, and sustainable energy needs, are interdisciplinary in nature and take creativity and cooperation to solve; and 3) students want more interesting projects, learning that is more active, more social, and more applicable to the real world. Using interdisciplinary undergraduate research seminars and live musical examples, Young outlines actual teaching environments and strategies as examples, involving music, architecture, economics and neuroscience.
POSTER
Christopher Aguirre (Dr. Cynthia Bennington), [email protected] Comparing Cyanide Concentration Levels With Leaf age of Passionflower, Passiflora Incarnata Plants have evolved many different defense traits to defend themselves from herbivores. There are many plants that employ physical and/or chemical defense traits to deter herbivores. A chemical defense trait like Cyanogenesis uses a volatile substance like cyanide that is released enzymatically from a stable glucose compound once the plant has been damaged. Cyanide is released through a biochemical pathway that uses an enzyme called β-‐glucosidases to hydrolyze a cyanide containing glucoside and release cyanide from a glucose molecule. Cyanogenic plants when consumed are deadly to most herbivores except for specialist herbivores that can either detoxify the chemical through special metabolism or can sequester the chemical to use against predators. Unfortunately, Cyanogenesis is highly variable among plants. But it has been observed that plants can produce different amounts of cyanide depending on different plant parts and age of plant parts. We will ask the following question: What is the relationship between leaf age and Cyanide concentration in Passionflower? We will attain samples with different levels of cyanide production and measure the cyanide concentration of young leaves and mature leaves of a plant. We want to examine the relationship between leaf age and cyanide production. Micky Akinrodoye (Dr. Roslyn Crowder, Dr. Harry Price) [email protected] Enhanced TRAIL-‐Mediated Apoptosis in Lung Cancer H460 Cells by the Coumarin Psoralidin TRAIL (TNF-‐related apoptosis-‐inducing ligand) is a ligand with powerful toxicity towards tumor cells, causing programmed cell death while having no toxicity towards most normal tissues,
making it an excellent candidate to selectively kill tumor cells. Psoralidin, a naturally occurring furanocoumarin obtained from Psoralea coryfolia possesses anticancer and chemopreventive properties which could help increase cancer cell sensitivity to TRAIL. Previous studies show TRAIL and psoralidin, in combination, kill more prostate and cervical cancer cells compared to TRAIL alone. TRAIL and Psoralidin combination treatment in H460 human lung cancer cells has not been explored. In the present study we examined cell death in H460 cells after treatment with TRAIL and Psoralidin. We show that increased cell death occurs with TRAIL and psoralidin, in combination. We are currently using a technique called western blotting to define the molecular protein changes that result in this increased H460 cell death. Nanda Aung (Dr. Alicia Schultheis and Dr. David Stock) [email protected] Silencing an Aedes aegypti DNA repair gene by RNA interference (RNAi) through bacteria mediated double stranded RNA feeding method* Aedes aegypti mosquito is a vector of infectious diseases such as Dengue, Chikungunya and Yellow fevers. As the mosquito has acquired resistance to traditionally used chemical pesticides, finding new ways to control the mosquito is necessary. Since the mosquito is prevalent in tropical and sub-‐tropical regions of the world, UV radiation from the sun can be a reliable source to control the mosquito. In this experiment, we showed that the mosquito possesses Ercc1 gene that plays important role in nucleotide excision repair. Deficiency of the gene in humans results in photosensitivity. Therefore, we hypothesized that down regulation of the gene will make A. aegypti larvae sensitive to UV radiation from the sun. Such down regulation is achieved by feeding the mosquito larvae with E. coli strain HT115 (DE3) transformed with L4440 plasmid containing A. aegypti Ercc1 insert producing double stranded
RNA of the gene. As the mosquito larvae feed on Ercc1 dsRNA, RNA interference (RNAi) effect lowers Ercc1 expression in the mosquito larvae. We showed that A. aegypti larvae with down-‐regulated Ercc1 expression are highly sensitive to UV radiation. Therefore we believe that bacteria mediated feeding method of dsRNA can become a sustainable and economical way to control A. aegypti mosquito. *Funded by a 2013 SURE Grant Carolina Barrios (Dr. Kirsten Work) [email protected] Zooplankton Assemblage Variation Between Spring Fed and Run-‐off Fed Central Florida Lakes Most Central Florida lakes can be categorized by their water source: underground springs, run-‐off, or shallow groundwater. Run-‐off fed lakes may be eutrophic, whereas spring-‐fed lakes are more likely to be oligotrophic; groundwater-‐fed lakes may be between the two. Populations of crustacean zooplankton, such as cladocerans and copepods, living in these lakes can be affected by changes in chlorophyll a, nutrient concentrations, and seasonality. We hypothesized that the lakes studied would differ fundamentally based on their water source. We studied nine different lakes in Central Florida by looking at their physical, chemical, and biological properties to determine whether these properties varied in a predictable way with lake types. We collected zooplankton samples and obtained oxygen, temperature, and light profiles as well as Chlorophyll a measurements from each lake. In SPSS, we ran a single-‐factor ANOVA to compare the different lake types and determined whether there were relationships among the parameters of all lakes using correlation analysis. We found that there were significant differences between spring and run-‐off fed lakes as well as seasonal differences between zooplankton populations. We concluded that water source does affect the physical, chemical, and biological parameters of the lake.
Javon Bostic (Dr. Kevin Riggs) [email protected] The Hall Effect The Hall Effect Experiment is done by running an electric current through a very thin sheet of conducting material and placing that material inside a magnetic field. Then one can measure the voltage that is produced across it called the Hall Voltage. This is exactly what I have done for my project with a thin sheet of gold. I used a sputtering machine to make the thin gold film and then attached wires to the ends so that I was able to run an electric current through it. I then put it into a large electromagnet which was producing a magnetic field. Through doing this I was able to measure the Hall Voltage of the gold film and calculate the carrier concentration. Sarah Brow and Dr. Erin Moore (Dr. Richard Medlin) [email protected] Friends, Acquaintances, and Strangers, Oh My: How Degree of Familiarity and Alcohol Use Shape Feelings towards Hooking Up The purpose of this study was to measure attitudes toward "hooking up" through the use of vignettes. Undergraduate Stetson students (N=81) read three vignettes depicting consensual hook ups between two friends, two acquaintances, and two strangers. For one group of participants, these vignettes included alcohol use as part of the hook up encounter; for the other group, they did not. Participants were asked questions about each scenario, questions about their own alcohol use and hooking up behavior, and how many hook up partners they thought their peers have had. The results showed that when alcohol was mentioned in the vignettes, participants believed both partners would be more likely to experience regret, less likely to have a subsequent romantic relationship, and less likely to use protection than when alcohol was not involved. The degree of relationship between the partners also had significant effects. Participants believed that friends
would be more likely to hook up again in the future, more likely to have a romantic relationship, and less likely to use protection, but also more likely to experience regret, than when the partners were strangers. The number of hook up partners reported by participants was positively correlated with their alcohol use. Participants significantly overestimated the number of hookup partners of their peers. AJ Cardounel (Dr. Schultheis) [email protected] Utility of transcriptome-‐generated nuclear PCR primers in Doroneuria baumanni Douroneuria baumanni are excellent models for studying patterns of population genetic differentiation and species distribution among Great Basin sky islands. Sky Islands are ideal systems for determining effects of climatic oscillations on species distribution and genetic structure. The goal of this study is to test nuclear primers for nuclear genes developed for Hesperoperla Pacifca and see if it will work in Doroneuria to test multilocus. We expect to find a high level of genetic structure among and with the populations based on previous results form Doroneuria. Maya Carter ([email protected]) Sacrificial Layer Deposition of Glucose for Fabrication of Self-‐Rolled Structures This poster describes the idea behind using glucose as a sacrificial layer for self-‐rolling structures. Glucose has promise as a sacrificial layer when using nanotubes as medicine carriers; since glucose is biocompatible with the human body. Sacrificial layers must be smooth in order to have well defined electrical, magnetic and mechanical properties. In this poster I describe the steps taken to grow a continuous thin glucose layer that would allow us to grow thin films that show promise as medicinal carriers. I tried two different methods at the University of New Orleans (UNO), sputtering a layer of glucose onto a glass substrate and spinning or dropping a glucose
solution directly onto the substrate. I finished the experiment at Stetson University by using AFM technology to measure the roughness of glucose dropped onto glass. I found that, using the dropping method, the glucose solution was too rough to be used as a sacrificial layer. Rose Creed (Dr. Steven M. Guthrie, Dr. Michael S. King) [email protected] In vitro and in vivo effect of quercetin on the destabilization of β-‐amyloid fibrils and learning in Alzheimer’s induced rats * Early-‐onset Alzheimer’s is a neurodegenerative disorder that is characterized by the accumulation of beta amyloid fibrils in the brain. One of the first brain areas to be effected in Alzheimer’s is the hippocampus which, when damaged, results in memory loss. Amyloid fibers induce oxidative stress in brain cells, which leads to neural cell death. Recent studies have shown, through an unclear mechanism, that antioxidants can reduce neural cell death in cultured Alzheimer’s cells. This study looked at whether the antioxidants vitamin E, curcumin and quercetin would effectively decrease the rate of polymerization and/or destabilize amyloid fibers in vitro. The most effective destabilizer was then used in vivo. In vivo analyses was performed with Alzheimer’s rat models and the Morris Water Maze. We measured the effects of the antioxidants on the rate of fibril polymerization and destabilization using a fluorescence photo-‐spectrometer. Vitamin E was found to be the most effective at decreasing the rate of polymerization, however, quercetin was most effective at destabilizing pre-‐formed fibrils. In vivo, quercetin was found to significantly increase performance of Alzheimer’s induced rats, but showed no histological evidence of fibril removal. Given quercetin’s reported ability to induce neurogenesis, we also looked at its effect on neurogenesis in the Alzheimer’s induced rats. Using BrdU immunohistochemistry and t-‐tests we observed a trend for increase in neurogenesis. *This research was funded by a 2013 SURE Grant
Alonnah Creswell (Dr. Terence Farrell) [email protected] Saw palmetto seed germination after passage through the digestive tract of Florida black bear and African spurred tortoise Animals disperse seeds by consuming them and releasing them elsewhere in their feces. Saw Palmetto (Serenoa repens) is a common palm in the southern United States that many species of animals consume including native tortoise and mammal species such as Florida black bear. This study examined if the viability of saw palmetto was impacted by the passage of seeds through the digestive tract of spur-‐thigh tortoises (Testudo graeca) and Florida black bear (Ursus americanus floridanus). We collected bear scat and saw palmetto fruits from Lake Woodruff. Samples included seeds collected from bear scat and captively fed tortoise scat, as well as defleshed seeds. We attempted germination for three months and tested viability using tetrazolium chloride due to lack of germination. Preliminary results suggest that there is not a significant difference between defleshed and tortoise seeds, and significantly lower viability in bear seeds. Nick Deglomine (Philip Lucas) [email protected] The Effect of Religiosity on the Expectations of Blind Youth from Sighted Peers. This study focused on an area with a dearth of research, blindness rehabilitation. In my research, I found that one of the biggest hurdles for the blind community in adapting to society based on its perceptions of the blind. The blind community at large feels that unless they can conceal their disability, they will not be able to mesh into society. This is consistent throughout the research I conducted. However, the research has never been presented from this unique perspective. Combining research on the blind and sociological principles, I assessed that expectations could be connected to roles in society.
Using the perspective of Emile Durkheim, I found that role’s biggest contributors are education and religion. I developed a survey to determine a high school student’s level of religiosity on a quantitative level and would correlate it with an interview about expectations of blindness. For a testing base, I worked with two schools in the same area, one public and the other with a religious affiliation. The results of this study ultimately bring into question the methodology and theory used in blindness rehabilitation. Elizabeth Dixon (Dr. Melissa Gibbs) [email protected] The effects of Phenylephrine on the development of Ambystoma mexicanum (axolotl) Many drugs enter our water systems that cause detrimental effects to the environment. Phenylephrine is one of these drugs that is released into the waterways but it is unknown how this drug if or can affect waterways. Phenylephrine gets into the water ways by excretion from the body (urine) or in the form of pills discarded down the drain. Once going through the waste plant where phenylephrine is not filter out, the water is then released in the waterways. This study was conducted to see how different concentrations of phenylephrine affect the development of amphibian embryos, specifically axolotl Ambystoma mexicanum. There were seven treatments: a control, standard dosage, 10X, 50X, 1/10X, 1/50X, and 100X where X is standard concentration. The results were measured by doing a T-‐test compared to the control. Although there were three repetitions conducted, the first trail was a bad batch with embryos that did not develop or died during development. It was my decision to leave out the first trail and report the results of only two trails as the overall result of this article. The results concluded that phenylephrine at all dosages prepared caused stunted growth in Ambystoma mexicanum.
Brian Dughi (Dr. Ramee Indralingam) [email protected] Determination of Arsenic Concentration in Rice Varieties Over the years, there has been growing concern over arsenic levels in ground water in countries around the world, especially in South Asia. Long term intake of arsenic-‐contaminated water leads to serious health issues such as skin lesions and various forms of cancer. Rice plants that are grown in arsenic-‐rich soils tend to phytoremediate the soil by carrying out uptake of the arsenic, leading to storage of the arsenic in rice grains. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has carried out sampling and assay of rice and rice products for arsenic content using Inductively Coupled Plasma-‐Mass Spectrometry (ICP-‐MS), an expensive instrumental technique. The objective of this study was to employ a user-‐friendly portable kit to measure the arsenic content of several commercially acquired samples of rice varieties. The rice samples originated in different parts of the world. In order to more closely replicate the cooking and eating of the contaminated rice by consumers, the rice was boiled in water, and the water was tested for the arsenic leached into it from the rice. The results assist consumers in selecting the least contaminated variety of rice, and the best way to prepare the rice in order to eliminate the arsenic before consumption. G. Andrew Epifanio (Dr. Dwaine Cochran) [email protected] The Effects of Interpersonal Investment on Helping Behavior As technological forms of communication continue to increase, deeper face-‐to-‐face interactions have begun to gradually decrease; but at what cost? This study examined one of the potential benefits of displaying an active engagement in another individual and being interested in his/her life, by testing whether interpersonal investment (e.g., showing an interest in another’s remarks and life) increased
helping behavior from the participants. Results indicated that investment indeed yielded greater helping, specifically in the high-‐cost task. The outcome of this study suggests that getting to know another person and being interested in the individual as an end in his/her self benefits the personal and formal relationships between the investor and the investee. This has intriguing implications for every field in which human interaction is used, particularly for those of education, business, and politics, as well as psychological and sociological studies on family dynamics and any general leadership roles. Nerissa Fay (Dr. David Stock) [email protected] Detection of arsenic in DNA and cellular components of Halomonas GFAJ-‐1 bacterium* Halomonas GFAJ-‐1 strain, an extremophile in Halomonadaceae, was discovered in Mono Lake, California. Known for its high natural arsenic concentration, hypersaline and alkaline nature, it demonstrates how this bacterium can tolerate elevated arsenic concentrations. Felisia Wolfe-‐Simon et al published an article stating this bacterium was able to substitute arsenic for phosphorus in its DNA to sustain growth; however, this is challenged. I hypothesized that arsenic would be detected in the DNA and cellular components in the presence of elevated arsenic concentrations. I grew the bacterium in varying arsenic concentrations, taking optical density readings periodically. The results showed an initial decrease in growth, but an increase in growth for the remainder of the experiment. I extracted and tested DNA for arsenic that might have been incorporated during growth. I broke the cells and centrifuged them into separate cellular components and ran arsenic tests for each. From this I concluded that the GFAJ-‐1 bacterium is able to withstand survival in varying arsenic concentrations after adapting to the environment. GFAJ-‐1 bacteria are able to incorporate arsenic into its DNA in order to sustain growth, but further
experimentation is needed to determine if arsenic is incorporated or attached to the DNA. * Funding by the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Grace E. Figueroa (Dr. Dwayne Cochran) [email protected] Accuracy of Detecting False Animal Sounds* Anthropomorphism is the personification anything non-‐human. Mimicry occurs when appearances, actions, or sounds are imitated. The present study examined possible relationships between anthropomorphic attitudes and how accurately humans distinguish between the real animal sounds and sounds produced by human mimicry. It also compared accuracy levels for identifying imitated and real animal sounds. College students (N= 47) completed the 19-‐item Generalized Anthropomorphic Index, which measured beliefs about similarities between animal and human consciousness, emotion, and behavior. Participants listened to real sounds of five animals and human-‐produced imitations of five animals. After each sound, they were asked to identify the animal, indicate whether the sound was produced by an animal or a human, and rate, using a 5-‐point scale, how certain they were of the source of the sound. The results showed that anthropomorphic attitudes do not seem to accompany accuracy of identifying animals by sounds or feelings of certainty. Actual animal sounds are easier to identify as true sounds; mimicry is more difficult to detect. * Funding support from the Stetson University Dean’s Fund and the Stetson University Psychology Department Westin Flower (Dr. C. Bennington) [email protected] Comparison of Cyanide Production Levels Between Varying Genotypes of Passionflower, Passiflora Incarnata As immobile organisms, plants are extremely susceptible to herbivory. In order to protect
themselves, they rely on both chemical and biological defense mechanisms to ward off and hinder potential predators, both generalists and specialists. Cyanogenic defense is present in over 3,000 plant species and has proven to be an extremely effective defense against generalist herbivore predators. Cyanide is released through a biochemical pathway which uses the enzyme β-‐glucosidases to hydrolyze a cyanide containing glucoside, which then releases cyanide from a glucose molecule. Cyanide has been shown to be a toxic substance across many types of herbivores including vertebrates, mollusks and insects. In this study, we will be looking at a relationship between cyanide levels and various genotypes in the plant species Passiflora incarnata. I hypothesized that we would see a wide range of variance in produced cyanide levels between different genotypes of the Passionflower. To measure cyanide levels, Passiflora leaves of varying genotypes were extracted of their cyanide. The extracted cyanide was then measured against a standard curve created from a known concentration of cyanide, which allowed us to determine the amount of cyanide which was extracted from the leaves. Tyler Garibay (Dr. Dwaine Cochrain) [email protected] Fear Arousal to Realistic and Unrealistic Films The attractiveness of horror films that produce fear in people are popular in the modern day as it was in the past. A study conducted with 18 participants from Stetson University to measure people’s fear response to four different film clips. The variables for each clip are Human Realistic, Human Unrealistic, Animal Realistic, and Animal Unrealistic. Participants were found to significantly fear the Realistic Human variable more than any Unrealistic or Animal variables. The fear towards a realistic human subject variable is simply natural and justified in its own sense of realism and prevalence in geographical location and modern day society.
Deonna L. Graham (Dr. John K. Schorr) [email protected] Community Based Research: A Comparison of the Efficacy of Dental Fluoridation in Two West Volusia Communities Scientists discovered that fluoridated water reduces tooth decay in the 1930s. Yet, many cities opt out of the fluoridation process due to increasing efficacy dilemmas because of community objection and the market availability of home based oral health care items. Dr. Bonnie Sorensen director of the Volusia County Department of Health, requested that the Community Based Research program engage in a study that evaluated the water fluoridation practice in the two West Volusia County communities of DeLand which has fluoridated water and Deltona which does not. This study analyzed tooth decay prevalence by obtaining over 250 files of data provided by the Volusia County Department of Health Dental Services School Based Sealant Program. The program provides dental screenings for elementary school aged children. Results of the study illustrate that there is no difference in oral health with regard to fluoridated water supply and tooth decay between the two cities. Deonna L. Graham (Dr. Kenneth Nusbaum) [email protected] The Nutritional Observation of Meals for Women Attending Soup Kitchens in DeLand and New Smyrna Beach, Florida Destitute women living in the Volusia County cities of DeLand and New Smyrna Beach, Florida have relied heavily on soup kitchens to support their nutritional needs. Prominent meal time resources for the women living in these cities is the St. Barnabas Episcopal School in DeLand and the First United Methodist Church located in New Smyrna Beach. Both soup kitchens provide meals for those in need on a weekly basis. Unfortunately when resources are limited, the soup kitchens are forced to serve meals that may be deemed unhealthy by the United States Department of Agriculture ‘My Plate’ standards.
Menu items and serving size of each meal were recorded per plate of food served over a four week period. Jennifer Hennigan (Dr. W. Tandy Grubbs) [email protected] Cis-‐trans isomerization kinetics and thermodynamics probed using phosphorus-‐31 NMR: A new experiment for the physical or inorganic chemistry lab Temperature dependent, multinuclear nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is now a commonplace tool in the undergraduate chemistry curriculum. Experiments are easy to implement thanks to user-‐friendly software for both operating the spectrometer and for analyzing collected data. A new teaching experiment is introduced whereby temperature dependent 31P-‐NMR is used to monitor the cis-‐trans isomerization reaction of phosphine containing molybdenum complexes. The interrelationship between thermodynamic and kinetic parameters -‐ including how the activation energy and the thermodynamic constant are related -‐ can be ascertained from the collected NMR data. The experiment also offers an opportunity for students to fit kinetic data to a derived kinetic model using appropriate symbolic mathematical analysis software. Katie Kern (Dr. Cynthia Bennington) [email protected] Genetic variability in leaf morphology and whole-‐plant architecture in Passiflora incarnata Plants ability to respond to environmental change is important because of their sessile nature. In order for an evolutionary response to occur, there must be genetic variation. In this study I measured the genetic variability in Passiflora incarnata and looked for genotypic correlations suggesting that natural selection had been acting on suites of traits. This study was conducted as a common garden experiment using Passiflora incarnata
populations from six locations in Central Florida. I found high genetic variability in leaf morphology traits and low genetic variability in whole-‐plant architecture traits. I did not find evidence that suites of traits were being selected on. Three positive significant correlations were found between shoots and nodes, shoots and stomatal density, and specific leaf area and stomatal density. Although I could not determine whether observed genetic differences were the result of past selection, the existence of significant genetic variability suggests that there is opportunity for evolution in response to environmental change. Audriana Law (Dr. Diane Everett) [email protected] The use of social services by Mexican Immigrants within the United States The data I’ve used for the analysis of the use of social services by legal and illegal Mexican Immigrants within the United States is comprised of responses from 7, 700 heads of households and is a part of a larger project called the Mexican Migration Project. The Mexican Migration project is an extensive ethnographic survey done by Princeton and the University of Guadalajara on the Mexican Migrant population every year since 1982. The purpose of this study is to examine factors that have statistical significance with the utilization of social services. I hypothesized several variables that I believe contribute the most to service utilization and conceptualize into three different types of capital: social, cultural, and economic. The results of my research project were analyzed using SPSS 19 through univariate and bivariate statistics. Results of this study demonstrated that economic capital had the greatest relationship with social service utilization. This signifies that economic capital is an important resource for Mexican Immigrants in accessing our welfare system.
Rowan Littlefield (Dr. Paul Sibbald) [email protected] Synthesis of phosphonium salt precursors to substituted indolizines* A novel synthetic route for the production of a variety of pyridine derived phosphonium salts was devised and the mechanism of this synthesis was elucidated using multiple spectroscopic methods and other techniques. 2-‐Vinylpyridine was combined with a number of substituted acid chlorides and various phosphines under conditions that were optimized to yield several different species containing the phosphonium and amide functionalities with an assortment of associated substitution patterns. Silica gel chromatography was used to isolate the phosphonium salts as well as a number of related intermediates produced in this synthesis, and these substances were analyzed using 1H, 13C, 31P and 2-‐D NMR experiments. The structures, lowest energy conformations and other aspects of the isolated intermediates and the final phosphonium salts produced were studied using geometry optimizations and related calculations run on Gaussian 09W software in order to explain unanticipated results regarding the collected spectroscopic data, as well as observations concerning the mechanism of this series of reactions. The synthesis appeared to occur via an unexpected and particularly interesting mechanism in which initial ketene formation resulted in protonation of the phosphine, followed by the addition of the newly formed phosphonium across 2-‐vinylpyridine. A highly concentration-‐sensitive nucleophilic attack by the pyridine moiety on the remaining excess acid chloride produced a doubly charged cationic species which quickly underwent deprotonation in the presence of water introduced during product isolation to give the final phosphonium salt. The pyridine derived phosphonium salts produced should make suitable intermediates in the synthesis of substituted indolizines via intramolecular Wittig reaction and follow up investigations are
currently underway to find suitable conditions for these cyclization reactions. *Research supported by the SURE grant M. Kate Lloyd (Dr. Nathan Wolek) [email protected] Gender Bender: a wireless alternative to stompboxes. Live performances for musicians offer an array of opportunities to showcase their artwork and talents, but reproducing studio sound can sometimes be difficult. Guitarists often use tools like foot pedals and stomp-‐boxes (electronic boxes designed as foot-‐pedals so that they can be wired together for signal processing of audio effects in an applied sequence or series) to recreate effects during live performances that they typically have greater control of in the studio setting. Unfortunately, these tools have a tendency to be cumbersome and risk different types of malfunction, such as short-‐circuiting. As an alternative, the Gender Bender has been developed giving the musician the ability to create and personalize a seemingly limitless array of effects that can be applied wirelessly over a network using Open Sound Control and User Datagram Protocol, rendering traditional methods obsolete. The Gender Bender provides simplified use and implementation of audio effects, as well as extending control parameters for the guitarist by simply attaching a smart phone via a modified armband. The Gender Bender has the potential to expand both the instrument and musician’s ability to produce and extend an assortment of audio effects not easily found with traditional equipment. Providing a universal system, the Gender Bender has the ability to be applied and customized with various instruments enhancing the artist’s ability to recreate that much desired studio quality sound. Justin McCarthy (Dr. Dwaine Cochran) [email protected] The effect of music tempo on productivity
Music’s ability to move us both physically, and emotionally has been noted in both popular culture as well as in many experimental and lab settings. Although tempo may be an important arousal component of music, it’s effects on performance have not been completely isolated. The purpose of this experiment was to examine how tempo differences in music and non-‐musical sounds affect the speed of sorting performance. Additionally, the study examined how performance speed was related to musical genre preferences. The results showed that participants in the fast tempo conditions had faster sorting times than those in the slow tempo groups. There was a significant negative relationship between preference for energetic and rhythmic music, and sorting time. These results suggest that when we listen to fast music we are more productive. Further it seems that even when the tempo is isolated from the effects of music by using a metronome the tempo effect is still present, indicating that that tempo alone is an important factor motivating better performance. Kelly McGehee (Dr. Richard Medlin) [email protected] The Effects of Birth Order on Stress in College Students For this experiment I am looking to see if there is an interaction between birth order and stress in college students. The hypothesis is there will be an interaction between a person’s birth order and their stress reactivity. I am also looking to see if there are higher amounts of stress in students with emotionally unavailable parents. My hypothesis is that stress will be higher for students whose parents are unavailable emotionally and students whose parents are emotionally connected to them will have less stress in their lives. My data has been collected but not yet been analyzed.
Princess Megwa-‐Poe (: Dr. Roslyn Crowder) [email protected] The Examination of TRAIL and Psoralidin Combinatorial Treatment on H460 Lung Cancer Cell Death Lung cancer plagues hundreds of thousands of Americans every year; it is defined as abnormal cell growth found in the tissue of the lungs, usually in the lining of the air passages. Currently, there is no cure, but there is treatment for lung cancer that ultimately is cytotoxic to the cancer cells and normal cells. Using reagents that are less toxic and natural can replace some of these invasive and aggressive treatments, and target the abnormal cancer cells. The natural reagent that was used in this combinatorial treatment was a plant-‐based coumarin called Psoralidin, in conjunction with TRAIL-‐induced receptor death. After co-‐treatment there were a greater number of apoptotic cells among the H460 lung cancer cells. Using techniques like a Coomassie Blue assay, cell viability assay, caspase-‐3 enzymatic activity assay, and Western Blot I have been able to quantify the cell death of H460 lung cancer cells using this combinatorial treatment. Katie Moore (Dr. Michael Branton and Dr. Nathan Wolek) [email protected] Comparing the Effectiveness of Different Controllers for Interacting with a Virtual Environment Virtual Reality is supposed to simulate reality accurately; however virtual worlds are usually explored using controls that are unintuitive, or methods that are very different from how people interact with reality, such as using a keyboard and mouse or a console controller. In order to provide a more intuitive means in which to explore an environment, different controller interfaces can be implemented, such as motion and touch controllers. In an attempt to provide a more intuitive means to interact with a virtual environment I have developed interfaces using motion controllers, a smartphone, and a custom built gaming chair
that acts as a joystick, in addition to the traditional keyboard and mouse or console controller. Mark Nagrani (Dr. King) [email protected] The Effects of the Stimulation of the Gustatory Cortex On Oromoter Behavior Elicited By Quinine and Sodium Chloride In Conscious Rats Taste receptors in the oral cavity transmit taste information that reaches the gustatory cortex (GC) by passing through the nucleus of the solitary tract (NST), through the parabrachial nucleus (PBN) and then the thalamus. Depending on the taste stimulus presented, different neurons in the reticular formation (RT), PBN and NST are activated. Sodium chloride (salty) and quinine (bitter) are two taste stimuli that cause different neurons to become activated within the different structures in the brainstem and elicit different behaviors. In this particular experiment, the gustatory cortex was stimulated in conscious rats using an implanted electrode. During GC simulation, using intra-‐oral cannulas, quinine or sodium chloride was fused into the mouth. To locate the active neurons that have become stimulated within the brainstem, we used Fos immunohistochemistry. NaCl had a greater influence on TR behaviors when GC was stimulated compared to when it was un-‐stimulated and quinine was a greater influence on the amount of Fos neurons in the divisions of the brain with significant increase in at least one sub-‐division of the NST, RT and PBN. Overall, GC stimulation did have an effect the TR behaviors and the amount of Fos neurons in the NST, RT and PBN. Jasmine Parham (Dr. Terrence Farrell) [email protected] The effect of snake scent on rodent foraging in a Central Florida forest Prey animals under risk of predation alter their behavior in numerous ways, so predators can have a strong effect on prey populations even when no consumption takes place. I used time
spent foraging in feeding trays by unconstrained native rodents in their home range to investigate behavioral response to predation risk. The feeding trays were 13.6"x8"x5" boxes constructed with mouse-‐sized holes, 500 mL of sand, and a fixed amount of seed. Half of the feeding trays were infused with snake scent, and the other half were not. I expected that rodents would eat fewer seeds in boxes with snake odor. This was not supported by the data. However, a statistically significant difference in the amount of seed husks left at the feeding trays suggests that rodents cached seeds in boxes with snake odor instead of eating them on site. Cassandra Pitcher (Dr. David Stock) [email protected] The effects of cylindrospermopsin on the carbonic anhydrase of Aedes aegypti larvae Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii is a cyanobacterium found in aquatic environments. C. raciborskii produces the hepatotoxin cylindrospermopsin which is known to be dangerous to mammals as it can cause liver damage, however the effects on invertebrates is unknown. Many invertebrates can be found in lakes that have been contaminated by C. raciborskii including mosquito larvae. Aedes aegypti is a common mosquito that lay their eggs in lakes. A. aegypti have malpighian tubules that act as the kidney and liver in invertebrates. These malpighian tubules contain carbonic anhydrase, an enzyme responsible for the conversion of carbon dioxide and water to bicarbonate and protons. We hypothesized that at higher concentrations of cylindrospermopsin, the malpighian tubules will become less active because carbonic anhydrase is not functioning correctly, and less A. aegypti will survive. To test this we exposed the larvae to various concentrations of cylindrospermopsin and used histochemical staining techniques to analyze the activity of carbonic anhydrase. Our results showed that there was less carbonic anhydrase activity in the malpighian tubules that were
exposed to higher levels of cylindrospermopsin. Also, there were higher viability counts in larvae that were exposed to lower concentrations of cylindrospermopsin. Brittany Rathburn, Samantha Teal, Maren Rygh, Taylor Kennedy, Ashelyn Hays, Adam Frocione, Dylan Bateh, and Julie Bassett (Dr. Tichenor) [email protected] GreenMob We are a group of students in Dr. John Tichenor’s business class at Stetson University studying corporate social responsibility. Specifically, we are studying business practices that increase profits while also improving the community. We are implementing a project known as a “GreenMob” at a selected, locally owned business in Deland to promote sustainability. A GreenMob is an innovative way to promote local businesses, environmental sustainability, and work toward a green initiative with community involvement. On April 26th from 2-‐4 p.m., a large group of people, the “mob,” will shop at one selected local business, increasing its sales for that day. In turn, the chosen business agrees to dedicate a percentage of its gross sales from the mob on improvements that promote environmental sustainability within their business. Examples of improvements may include switching to energy-‐efficient light bulbs, acquiring recyclable paper, plastic or other materials, improving energy efficiency, switching to more sustainable resources, etc. The “mob” of consumers, consisting of Stetson students, faculty and staff, as well as members of the DeLand community, are invited to the selected local business where they are encouraged to spend a set minimum amount of money to support the business, the environment and the local community. As the facilitators of this project, we will collect information from several local businesses regarding their current community involvement and sustainability practices. The businesses are also asked to provide a number for the percentage of sales made from the GreenMob that they would be willing to set aside for
improvements to their business. All of these factors will be evaluated in choosing a business for our GreenMob. However, emphasis will be placed on the percentage the businesses are willing to invest toward sustainability. Jasmine Shaw (Dr. Laura H. Gunn) [email protected] Are There Links Between Asthma and Allergies Among Stetson Undergraduate Students? Over the last four decades, the prevalence of asthma and allergies has increased. Asthma and allergic rhinitis affect about 200 million people worldwide. Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by airway obstruction of the bronchial tubes and can be aggravated by allergens; whereas, an allergy is the immune system’s reaction to an external allergen in the environment. A questionnaire was developed to assess, among Stetson undergraduates: (1) prevalence of asthma and allergies; (2) symptoms experienced; and (3) associations with family history of these chronic conditions. Data collection (at the DuPont Ball Library; Hollis Fitness Center; and online) occurred between November 26th – December 12th, 2013, after IRB approval. Analysis was performed on the 102 respondents, including descriptive statistics of the sample (such as demographic proportions and proportions of those diagnosed with asthma or allergies); and, Chi-‐square tests and odds ratios were conducted to determine whether any associations exist between variables. A sample of results shows that there is an association between those who have allergies and those with a sibling having allergies (p=0.015), and there is a potential trend toward significance between asthma and the mother having asthma (p=0.055). Additional results will be provided in the poster presentation.
Ethan Silverman (Dr. Michael King) [email protected] Which neurons in the rostral nucleus of the solitary tract are activated by stimulation of the central amygdala in conscious rats? This study was conducted to understand how the brain controls taste reactivity behaviors in rats. Electrical stimulation of the amygdala activates projections to the rostral nucleus of the solitary tract (rNST) and produces ingestive taste reactivity behaviors such as tongue protrusions and mouth movements. The taste reactivity behaviors could result from the stimulation of sensory or motor neural pathways by the projections descending from the amygdala. This study was done to determine if rNST neurons that project to the reticular formation (RF; motor) or if rNST neurons that project to the parabrachial nucleus (PBN; sensory) are being activated by amygdala stimulation and therefore are involved in the behaviors. In 4 rats, the rNST neurons that project to the PBN were labeled using rhodamine filled microspheres, the rNST neurons that project to the RF were labeled with fluorescein filled microspheres, and an electrode was implanted into the central amygdala. After a recovery period, stimulation of the amygdala occurred in conscious rats, and then the brains were processed for the Fos protein. As hypothesized, few double labeled cells were observed, suggesting that the stimuli is first projected to interneuron in the NST before being projected to either the RF or PBN. Looking at the distribution of single-‐, double-‐, and triple-‐labeled cells in the rNST we were unable to determine if the taste reactivity behaviors observed were the result of activation of the sensory or pre-‐motor neurons within the NST.
Maya Suzuki (Dr.D Stock) [email protected] Nucleotide excision repair of UV induced DNA damage detected in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii* Ultraviolet radiation (UVR) can damage the DNA of a living organism by joining the adjacent pyrimidine bases and interfere with the nucleotide metabolism of the organism. Nucleotide excision repair (NER) mends such damage by excising the DNA strand containing pyrimidine dimers and replaces the gap with intact nucleotides using the undamaged strand as a template. I hypothesized that NER is present in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, and leads to increased cell survival. I radiated C. reinhardtii with sublethal dose of UVR and permitted the cells to perform NER in the dark for various periods of time. Additionally, I hypothesized that increasing amount of pyrimidine dimers from high level of UVR will lead to increased amount of DNA fragmentation when digested with T4 pyrimidine dimer restriction endonuclease. The hypothesis was supported by using gel electrophoresis to analyze DNA fragmentation after varying periods of NER. I observed that fragments became longer as NER increased. Thirdly, I hypothesized that after UVR, incorporation of 5-‐bromouridine into DNA would increase as NER increases. I measured the quantity of 5-‐bromouracil in the DNA of the damaged cells as NER increased by analyzing the fluorescence emitted by 5-‐bromodeoxyuridine tagged with fluorescent-‐labeled anti 5-‐bromodeoxyuridine antibody. *(Funding provided by Stetson University College of Arts and Sciences Dean's Fund and Stetson University Dept. of Biology.) Chelsea A. Walton (Dr. C. Dwaine Cochran) [email protected] The Effect of Proximity and Visual Presentation on Response to Human Suffering
The greater perceived spatial distance between ourselves and an event the more likely we will also perceive that event to be psychologically distant (Davis, Gross & Ochsner, 2011); however, increased psychological distance between ourselves and an event does not affect our decision to help others less fortunate (Nagel & Waldmann, 2012). Presentation of stimuli may illicit different responses; moving stimuli may be perceived as more arousing than the static version of the same stimuli (Mühlberger et al., 2008). The present experiment compares the effects of scenes of national and international poverty, education, violence and health issues (human suffering) on willingness to function as part of a group, to have a global outlook on events, willingness to be fair, emotional sensitivity and sincerity. Expected findings were that those who viewed the videos would score higher on the five psychological measures than the fact sheet group, those who viewed United States video would report the highest Citizenship levels, and that the International video group would score highest on Sentimentality. Participants were randomly assigned to 1 of 4 groups and either read a list of facts on human suffering or watched a video with narration of the human suffering facts either occurring U.S. or internationally. All participants completed the Perspective, Citizenship and Fairness scales from Values in Action (VIA; Peterson & Seligman, 2004); and Sentimentality and Sincerity scales from the HEXACO Personality Inventory (HEX; Lee & Ashton, 2004); and reported their agreement with statements on helping others. A 2 x 2 (Proximity x Presentation) multivariate analysis was used to compare the mean scores. A near significant effect of presentation type on the participants’ Sentimentality measure was found.
Samantha Warta, and Kristen Erichsen (Dr. Erin Moore) [email protected] College Students’ Volunteering and Religiosity: Understanding Motivation to Volunteer and Volunteer Settings* Research has not explored the types of settings that college students prefer to volunteer for and how these settings might be influenced by personal factors (e.g., demographic, academic major, volunteering motivation, religiosity). Students from a Midwestern university (N = 406, 71.9% female) completed a survey that inquired about their volunteering history and motivation for volunteering. This study found that most students (88.2%) reported a history of volunteering, although only 22.9% were current volunteers. The most common volunteer settings for participants were organizations related to promoting health and wellness, serving children/delivering education, and reducing poverty. Students volunteering in health-‐related settings were more likely to be currently volunteering. The strongest motives for volunteering in this study were Values (e.g., altruistic volunteering) followed by Understanding (e.g., volunteering for the opportunity for new learning experiences). These findings are useful for determining what factors might be used to promote continuous volunteering by college students. *Funding received: Dean’s Fund for Senior Project Research Samantha F. Warta (Dr. Dwaine Cochran) [email protected] If A Robot Did “The Robot,” Would It Still Be Called “The Robot” Or Just Dancing? Perceptual And Social Factors In Human-‐Robot Interactions* The purpose of the present study was to identify the impact certain social design elements have on trust in human-‐robot interactions (HRIs) and address the question as to whether personality traits and trust in humans can predict trust in HRIs. According to Powers and Kiesler (2006), a robot’s appearance, voice, and personality all function
as social cues that allow an individual to decide how to react. Increased reliability has been associated with higher levels of trust (Ross, 2008) and humans must be able to trust that robots are capable of completing their assigned task reliably if they are to perform efficiently as a team. The current study examined college students (N = 50, Mage = 19.64, SD = 5.10) at a small Southeastern university who were randomly assigned to one of four experimental groups: human-‐like feminine, human-‐like masculine, human-‐like gender-‐neutral, or machine-‐like robot. An ANOVA comparing mean ratings from the four robot-‐type groups revealed that robot appearance did influence likability, with the human-‐like gender-‐neutral robot liked most (F (3,46) = 8.77, p < .0001). Robot appearance also played a role in shaping evaluations of fear, with the human-‐like feminine robot feared most (F (3,46) = 11.96, p < .0001). *Funding received: Dean’s Fund for Senior Project Research Matthew Weston (Dr. Dwaine Cochran) [email protected] Video Games and Line Bisection Pseudoneglect is a recurring error in line bisection where people consistently mark left of true center due to right hemispheric spatial cognition augmenting our left field of vision. Other studies have found that playing video games, particularly action games, alters and improves spatial cognition. Because of this, it was theorized that participants with a greater history of playing video games would perform better at bisecting lines than people who had little or no history. It was also theorized that participants who played action games more extensively would perform better as well. Fifty-‐nine Stetson undergraduate students were given the task of writing a brief history of their gaming experience and then bisecting three different lines: One was a horizontal line encased in an isosceles triangle with a right pointing vertex, the second was the same but with the vertex pointed toward the left, and the
third was not contained within any shape. Results found that participants with a small gaming history performed worse than nongamers and participants with a more extensive history in the context of bisecting lines not contained within a shape while action gaming did not show a strong enough effect to be considered valid. This result indicates the possibility that people who play video games to a greater extent have better spatial cognition than people who play very little. Future studies which better screen their participants’ backgrounds and history may find more valid indicators about gaming’s effects on spatial cognition. Toshia Willliams (Dr. Joel Davis) [email protected] Modernizing and Transcribing The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia: The Importance and Process of Creating Electronic Texts* The obstacle encountered during the reading of The Countess of Pembroke’s Arcadia occurs when an uninformed reader discovers that this composition has been composed by various haphazard authors with additions from a multitude of editors. Beginning with the first draft in the late 1570s, it is clear to those knowledgeable of the story’s extensive history that the original manuscript written by Sir Philip Sidney differs from the later printed books, including those readily available in modern time. After Sidney’s editing, aimed at expanding on particular episodes, the length of the prose more than doubled but was left unfinished when his untimely death occurred. Shortly after its first and second publications in 1590 and 1593, editions began to emerge from various authors attempting to fill gaps between episodes which included poorly incorporating select sections from previous editions with originals as seen fit. The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia still remains complex as standards for modern editions continually appear. These innumerable additions, subtractions, and edits tremendously affect the prose’s value and alter the meaning of the text
resulting in a text often difficult to interpret, meanwhile while blurring the original intentions of Sir Philip Sidney. The electronic copy produced through translation and transcription eliminates the erroneous additions and offers the reader the closest version of the original text as possible. Additionally, this transcribed text modernizes the spelling, punctuation, and idioms for a comprehensible read. Most importantly, this translation and transcription has provided an invaluable electronic copy of The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia that will soon be available to researchers. This will finally provide a searchable, readable, and citable copy of Sidney’s text. *This research was supported by the SURE Grant from Stetson University Callie Wolfe, Tyler Fisk, S. Smiley & T. Farrell (dr T. Farrell) [email protected]; [email protected] The Effect of Prey Type on Foraging Behavior in Pigmy Rattlesnakes (Sistrurus miliarius) Pigmy rattlesnakes are dietary generalists that consume amphibians, reptiles, mammals and centipedes. We investigated foraging in pigmy rattlesnakes in laboratory feeding trials using Ground Skinks (Scincella lateralis) and Florida Blue Centipedes (Hemiscolopendra marginata). We videotaped 15 field-‐collected snakes in 16 centipede and 15 skink trials. Rattlesnakes envenomated centipedes significantly more often than skinks and in 62.5% of trials centipedes were consumed, whereas, skinks were eaten in only 26.7% of trials. There was no statistically significant difference in mean time to first strike between prey species. However, there was a trend towards shorter mean strike distance in centipede trials. Venom acted more slowly in centipedes resulting in a significantly longer mean period between the strike and the prey's last locomotion as well as a longer period between the strike and the initiation of ingestion of the prey. It also took snakes significantly more time to complete ingestion once it was started for centipedes
than skinks. Unlike skinks, centipedes were frequently consumed while still alive and by the midbody region rather than head first. Head elevation was exhibited by rattlesnakes approaching centipede prey significantly more frequently than when approaching skinks. Many of the observed differences in foraging behavior appear to result from centipedes low susceptibility to rattlesnake venom and their potent retaliatory strikes. The behavioral plasticity exhibited by pigmy rattlsnakes in foraging may be crucial to their success as generalist predators. Raul A. Zambrano III (Dr. Dwaine Cochran) [email protected] Defendant Gender and Media Bias Influences on Juror Perception of Guilt It is hypothesized that average jurors are more likely to be swayed to vote guilty when the known penalty is capital punishment after seeing news broadcasts casting the defendant in a negative light and that the bias effect is influenced by defendant gender. Forty participants were randomly assigned to watch trial videos, half (n=20) beginning with biased TV news coverage and half (n=20) with no pre-‐trial TV coverage. The news report contained a biased allegation that the defendant confessed to committing the murder to the police but was given permission to withhold the confession from the trial because of an unethical and illegal method the police used to seek said confession. Half of each of these groups viewed prosecutor and defense attorney’s closing arguments in a capital offense case. The attorneys’ dialogue and arguments were identical except for references to male or female gender. The closing arguments contained information from the trial including crime location and time, testimonies, and forensic evidence or lack thereof. All participants were asked decide if the defendant was guilty or not, to rate (using a 1 to 10 scale with 10 being very confident) how confident they of their decision, and whether or not they agree that capital punishment should possibility. The number of participants from
media bias and non-‐media bias groups who choose guilt or no guilt will be compared using a Chi Square as will the numbers indicating favorable attitudes toward the death penalty. The study found there was confidence was significantly higher in participants who viewed the media footage. Participants also showed that a guilty verdict was chosen significantly more in the media group than in the non-‐media group. There was no significant difference in guilty and non-‐guilty verdicts between males and females.
ART AND DIGITAL ARTS ART13 Carolina Barrios (Dr. Nathan Wolek, Matthew Roberts) [email protected] Aquatic Drifters: the interaction between freshwater zooplankton and humans As a biologist and digital media artist, I am always trying to find new and interesting ways to share my biological studies through the use of technology. What started out as a biology senior research project on freshwater zooplankton branched out to also become an interactive piece that represents the effect of humans on the movement of zooplankton. Aquatic Drifters is a study of the ecological influence that humans have on zooplankton by tracking their movement and visually representing the different paths they take. With this interaction, I want the viewer to try and understand not only zooplankton movement but also how we affect the way everyone else sees these crustaceans. By having the ability to select and interact with a specific plankter, we are designating which one will have an effect on the final result that the rest of the audience sees. We are not just choosing which plankton to visually represent overall plankton movement, but we are also influencing how onlookers understand our relationship to them. One change, in this case one click, can drastically change how we view our environment.
ART12 Ian Campbell (Dr. Nathan Wolek) [email protected] Reliquary: An Interactive Installation Encountering the Spiritual In 1917 Marcel Duchamp shocked the art world by submitting a slightly altered urinal into an art exhibition. For the years to follow, his readymades brought the mundane world into the gallery space and made viewers approach these objects from a new perspective as art. In a similar way Jeff Koons, a contemporary artist, made the appropriation of banal objects his signature style, endowing them with symbolic value by displaying such items as vacuum cleaners (The New Series, 1980s) behind glass cases as precious artworks, out of the viewers’ reach. Reliquary, an interactive installation, presents a different take on the concept of the readymade. The purpose of Reliquary is to force the viewer to approach a specific idea with a new perspective. This piece is meant to offer a setting for the interplay of ideas on religion and spirituality, by breaking the traditionally reinforced boundaries between the audience and the artwork. The integration of sculpture and video through digital interactive elements commands attention from the viewer physically, sonically, and visually. These diverse levels of engagement will enable the audience to experience a wide array of artistic perspectives on spirituality. ART 14Charles Carr (Sean Peuquet) [email protected] Realization – An Interactive Algorithmic Composition This interactive piece attempts to capture the moment of realization that one achieves when looking through the lens of a motion-‐sensor camera. You may notice that you were once in front of that camera and once played a role in determining the progression of this composition without even knowing it. You are listening to my algorithmic composition that utilizes data from a motion-‐sensor camera in order to play music. While listening to this music, one might
reminisce of their own experience with the piece. This is because the instrument you’re listening to has been programmed to personify the user-‐experience by happening upon a certain note (I call it the destination note) and thereby causing an abrupt upward-‐moving phrase: the realization. When this happens, the rest of the piece doesn’t stop, just like the rest of the people moving in front of the camera aren’t stopping. Now you’re left standing here with a transcended vision of others who have yet to see this truth, but they are nevertheless playing a role in the forging of sounds around you. ART7Ashley Dykes (Dr. Nathan Wolek) [email protected] Solitude: A Short Film on the Degradation of Humanity “So•lic•i•tude [suh-‐lis-‐i-‐tood, -‐tyood]: 1. the state of being solicitous; anxiety or concern. 2. solicitudes, causes of anxiety or care. 3. an attitude expressing excessive attentiveness: to show great solicitude about his wife's health. “ -‐ From Dictionary.com In my film, the protagonist of my short film experiences all three of these definitions and ultimately lets them control his life until he spirals out of control. A father becomes overly obsessed with keeping his daughter safe after a drunk driver crashed into his wife, and ultimately hurts his daughter in a delusional attempt to keep her safe. On a more technical standpoint, a single actor wearing a red body suit with a green screen behind him creates the characters during filming. In editing, I remove the background, leaving only the body. I gather face parts separately by covering the actor’s unwanted facial features in green face crayon, and then I edit out those unnecessary parts and attach the wanted parts where I want. The result is a body with a blank canvas that can be modified to better fit both the character’s and the scene’s mood.
ART3Gisela Fernandez (Dan Gunderson) [email protected] Native Foreigner – A Fragment of My Identity My work is a manifestation of my struggle to adapt to the mainstream values and expectations of U.S. society as a second generation immigrant. This piece portrays my difficulty to assimilate and my understanding of the country I was born in. I am fascinated with my parents' timeworn memorabilia brought from their native countries. I collect portraits, passports, identification cards, memorial and prayer cards, and hand-‐written letters. These images and documents illustrate my depiction of my parents' immigration experience. I transfer these images onto wood and windows. During this process, the purpose of a wooden sash has become something other than a window. Instead of using windows as openings in walls of buildings, I have created a house. I chose this medium because windows are sources of knowledge. Light is used as an architectural element because I am bringing light to my testimony. Several slices of wood, glass, rusty hardware, and images are juxtaposed behind the windows. The use of wood is a reoccurring theme in my work. Rings are exposed when wood is cut. Information is gathered from these rings in the wood, which reveals its history. Wood and I are alike -‐ My history is revealed through the values that I have acquired from my parents. ART15Chad Grenier (Dr. Nathan Wolek) [email protected] Chartreuse Moose: An Electronic/Acoustic album channeled through a quadrophonic output Drawing upon my influence of John Frusciante’s Electronica EP, titled Letur-‐Lefr, I decided to conceive a comparable electronic album with an acoustic touch. My objective was to seduce the listener by creating a body of work with a pure instrumental basis. Using Logic Pro X as my digital audio workstation, I composed all the
music using numerous MIDI software instruments, as well as a few acoustic instruments. The finished product resulted in an album that I named Chartreuse Moose, which blends both ambient and electronic music. I then decided to output my music through a quadrophonic speaker system. This means that my music will be channeled out through 4 speakers, placed at the four corners of the room. By doing so It would produce a surround sound atmosphere, which I believed would enhance the listeners overall experience. ART11Michael Johnpoll (Dr. Nathan Wolek) [email protected] Resurrection of Red: A Short Film on Humanity, Creation and Immortality What measure is a human? Against whom or what do we compare ourselves to determine our humanity? Who asks questions like this? Certainly not I — I just produce answers. Creating Resurrection of Red is just one facet of the universe I'm revealing; just one way to answer the questions that plague humans. There is no better way to look inward than from the outside. This is just the first page, the opening sequence, of a story about an early artificial intelligence, Red, and an unlikely and downright grumpy immortal, Smith. Techniques of many disciplines -‐video and photo manipulation, poetry and prose writing, and even a little spelunking and urban exploration to obtain images, moving or not-‐ went in to the creation of this film. As with much of my work, I seek to convey that there is more to life, the universe and everything than is dreamt of in any one philosophy. There are as many truths as there are people and seeing the world a little differently doesn't take being a machine or deathless, but it makes the transition from my befuddled head into the gallery a bit simpler.
ART16Zachary Kisch (Dr. Nathan Wolek, Matthew Roberts) [email protected] Lightshow: The Art of Controlling Light by Sound Equipment used by DJ’s and visual artists are all dependent on multiple forms of hardware. For example, a DJ board doesn’t produce sound without being linked to a computer, which is linked to a soundboard and, finally, speakers. The reality of visuals when using lights they must be connected to a light board and then controlled by a lighting technician in order to get them to react to audio, and this is not always precise. So why not have a device that can connect the audio and visuals easily and precisely? Through my research I have created an application that does just that. I have successfully created a software application that links the art of audio and visual precisely. The application analyzes audible frequencies fed into a computer in order to output light in either pre-‐established or user-‐determined patterns. This in turn makes the application a precise collaboration of audio and visual performances, controlling light by sound. ART8Roxanne Krause (Dr. Nathan Wolek) [email protected] Wars Of Aging: A trip through time Video is my eye into the secret world, down the portal of thoughts... my lens. The collections that I compose come from my desire to capture moments that we as humans want to hold onto forever. The documentary format allows others to confront the fears and complexities of life that we rarely allow to escape our subconscious. For this particular documentary I wanted to explore the mindset of the elderly. The elderly were always close to me even as a child and I knew that this was my opportunity to share their lives with others so they may be impacted. Through the videos the audience can hold onto someone else’s moment of history and be inspired to create their own.
ART17Sabrina Macho (Dr. Nathan Wolek and Matt Roberts) [email protected] Saudade: Representing a Fantastical Impossibility Saudade is a word of Portuguese origin that cannot be translated to English. The word describes a nostalgic or melancholic love for a person or object that can never be. Whether it is lost or imaginary love, it leaves the seeker feeling emptiness nonetheless. This project is the culmination of my passion for animation and my interest in fine art. I sought to tie these together with my eclectic fascination with myth and folklore. For me, anything related to fantasy represents saudade in its entirety: I love it wholeheartedly, but it is a physical impossibility. I used digital art skills to create an installation that gave the illusion of “magic” through its interpretation. The projected animation on canvas could actually be a landscape painting coming alive. Similarly, the canvases could be a window to another world; one where a unique scheme of vivid color and new awareness of time exist. The layers of texture on the canvas and in the animation play an important role representing the complexity of the theme. The broad purpose of the piece is contemplation and solace. Everyone has impossible desires or wishes; this artwork is an illustration of mine. ART2Rachel Mathes (Dan Gunderson) [email protected] Recomposed Matter exists endlessly in infinite combinations. Natural cycles of dispersal and reformation of matter defy human ideals of permanence, which we struggle with as living things intimately aware of our own imminent decomposition. In death we become something else: a meal, a monument, soil that will host new life. The clay in these sculptures has been mined from the earth and recomposed into the form of feet. They are tree stumps in the swamp; ready for their own decomposition. Soon the clay will deteriorate away from this
human-‐tree hybrid form. The feet have been submitted to the swamp to begin their decay before exhibition. The industrial grey sculptures are filled with organic elements visually bridging the gap between man-‐made and natural. Everything we are or ever make will eventually meet the same process of deterioration and decomposition. After the exhibit ends, my unfired and fragile clay feet will be placed back into the environment and decompose quickly. For a while, they will exist only as a discoloration in the swamp before time and weather disperse the clay that was once human feet. ART1Megan Mollé (Dan Gunderson) [email protected] Nostalgic Daze My name is Megan, and I am the child of an alcoholic. Since my sixth birthday, the only place I’ve been able to see my father is in old family photos. He died from cirrhosis of the liver. Alcohol caused the separation between my father and me. These empty liquor bottles play a significant role in our “relationship,” as do the photos, making it essential for me to tie the two together and incorporate them into my work. Working with these objects helps me deal with his absence by reminding me that being an alcoholic isn’t a flaw in his character, just an unfortunate situation that he lost control of and wasn’t able to escape. Layering and transparency are both very important aspects of my work. The process of transferring images, adding paint and materials, and then sanding away areas, and removing some before again adding more creates a dreamy effect that is reminiscent of how memories look and feel. Photo transfers create a ghostly image, which I use to represent the way people leave traces of themselves in your life even after they are gone. I’m exploiting the transparency of the glass for two reasons. One is to cause a slight distortion of the image behind it, which speaks to the way certain events or stories can alter your memory of a person. The second is to act as a layer of
protection; physical protection to keep the memories from being lost, as well as metaphoric protection that mimics my guarded nature. Including realistically painted portraits of my father gives me an opportunity to form a sort of connection with him and experience him on my own, without the influence of my family’s stories and opinions of him. Nostalgic Daze is not meant to be a harsh criticism of his decisions or even an elegy in memorial of his life. Nostalgic Daze is a physical expression of my personal exploration for acceptance and understanding about the death of my father, but my intentions are for the viewers to feel a sense of loss and longing for a person in their own lives, rather than only experiencing my account of an absent father. ART18Maurie Murray (Dr. Nathan Wolek) [email protected] Live Through Me: An Alternative Hip-‐Hop Album Live Through Me is an alternative Hip-‐Hop and Rap album produced, recorded, and written by me. The album is my official introduction into the world of music as a rapper and composer. In my music, I’m showcasing the vast amount of skills and techniques I’ve learn in order to project my creativity in this field. In terms of my sound, elements of old and new school Hip Hop are mixed with experimental instrumentals. This body of work consists of songs that detail my life, my beliefs, my experiences, and my dreams for the future. From social issues dealing with race to personal issues dealing with love and lost, life as I know it is reflected in my work. My main goal is for you to understand and connect with elements of my life and journey as a music artist while finding someone new to relate to. My project serves as a beginning of a journey to break the mold as a rapper and as a composer of urban music.
ART4Venezha Noriega (Dan Gunderson, Dr. Nathan Wolek, and Tonya Curran) [email protected] Unavoidable In my hands, pen and ink is the best medium I have to give voice to subjects that cannot be easily said aloud. The majority of my drawings contemplate Death, a subject most tend to put aside. The human encounter with the inevitable is often displayed either through awe or respect, but mostly fear. I prefer to maintain a jovial familiarity, a distinctive trait from my Mexican heritage, where Death is celebrated and welcomed as an old friend. Skulls are a universal icon representing Death because it is so familiar an image. Nevertheless there is an unappreciated beauty to skulls, who grin eternally, holding back on secrets unknown to the living. However human skulls reveal a skin deep likeness that links all Homo sapiens together. This lack of uniqueness thus shifted my interests towards animal skulls, which effortlessly attribute certain characteristics to my cast of characters, most of which are of women donned with animal skulls. These women unquestionably have gained dehumanized appearances by losing the femininity of their delicate features; instead, soft lips have been traded for teeth bared in a smile. Yet, it cannot be denied that their beastly qualities give them a stronger presence. UNAVOIDABLE is composed of various drawings that explore Death from what began with personal loss then branched into different psychological standpoints, derived from distanced relationships, shattered dreams and tainted morality. The close knit details within my drawings give them an aesthetic quality that invitingly compels viewers to gaze upon the different faces I have given Death, from portraits of friends and family morphed into grinning skulls. I want viewers, while fixated with the visual components presented, to come to terms with the greatest certainty in our lives from which there is no escape.
ART19Kyle Ritch (Dr. Nathan Wolek) [email protected] 'Bout Time: A Solo Album Of Various Genres My name is Kyle Ritch and my senior project is a full-‐length album containing songs of various genres that I have written, mixed, produced and mastered entirely on my own. Having pursued the musical arts for many years, I felt it appropriate to name the album " 'Bout Time" which is a humorous take on how overdue I am for a project of this nature. The album has 10-‐12 mastered tracks that will run seamlessly in all types of media players. I have structured these songs so that the album has a purposeful track order which groups genres together and breaks everything into sections. My goal was to appeal to as many types of audiences as I can through relatable music, while sticking to my own personal influences. I will present the album as a stylistic listening-‐station during the showcase week. There will be a white 12x8 box mounted to the wall of the HAC next to 2 identical boxes. Each station will have a set of headphones, a cd case, an artist statement and track list. ART9Megan Shea (Dr. Nathan Wolek) [email protected] Anamnesis | A Short Experimental Film of Memory in Visual Perception This experimental nonlinear-‐narrative film attempts to visualize the reconstruction, distortion, and recollection of one’s memory. Our attempt to relay our memories to others; how we remember them, see them, hear, feel, and smell them, can be extremely difficult. We do our best to describe what we want to convey in order for our audience to truly understand or visualize what it was that we want to relay. But in totality, the memory cannot be fully recaptured and presented to our listeners as the original vision; the transfer is always opaque. Not only do we have difficulty in our memories display to others, but we also have our own trouble to recall the details. I sometimes wonder how many and to what
extent are my memories true to the event that passed. As time passes we tend to forget, omit, and recreate what we believe we saw, did, or heard. The recollection of these memories, their order, and their content may not and most likely are not exact. In my project, I attempt to convey a nonobjective representation -‐ an idea of one’s chaotic sense of stored reality and how it may be visualized and audible if it were possible to peer into the mind. ART20Kyle Simmons (Dr. Dr. Nathan Wolek) [email protected] Somewhere Out There: A Feel Good LP There's nothing like the nostalgia that comes with listening to a favorite album for the first time in years. As simple as it can be, music has the ability to satisfy the soul in ways we can't even comprehend. This was the inspiration behind my latest work, a full length LP entitled "Somewhere Out There." My goal was to create memorable music with a modern edge of different sounds and styles. By combining reggae, rock, hip-‐hop, and folk, I was able to achieve a high energy sound with catchy melodies and good vibes. The band is Eastwind, a 5 piece from Jacksonville Beach who's specialty is feel good music. The album was written and produced in my project studio over the last 12 months and was recorded, edited, mixed and mastered by your's truly. The LP is a double sided feature molded after the old A-‐side/B-‐side days of vinyl and cassette with each side having its own theme and energy. Overall the album symbolizes a journey of self exploration with youthful energy, great instrumentation, and a nostalgic feel. ART5Ashleigh Stuart (Dr. Dr. Nathan Wolek) [email protected] Entanglement In my work, I am using nature as a means to depict the more self-‐destructive aspects of our personalities that we attempt to hide. I feel that the perfect façade that we feel the need to
portray is both unrealistic and unattainable. The need to bury our imperfections and failures is more destructive than the transgressions are themselves. I depict the human figure caught in a conflict between trying to escape these imperfections without being consumed by them. Within each of my pieces, I isolate a figure caught in a moment of tension that is overwhelming, but, at the same time, tamed. Each of the figures is portrayed in a position that makes them both vulnerable, but, at the same time, in control of their situation. The parasitic vines represent inner psychological struggles rather than specific imagery. Their dry, cracked appearance evokes an uncomfortable feeling from both a tangible and psychological standpoint. Their relationship to each of the figures is parasitic rather than symbiotic. However, they have found a way to coexist in a way that is not comfortable, but sustainable. I have depicted these vines going through the flesh to show that this affliction stems from both within the body as well as from outside sources. Although the figures appear to be escaping their entanglement, the distant shadow of vines hinders any sense of release. ART6Samantha Valdez (Dan Gunderson) [email protected] Analysis of Death through Material/M terilism A Painting has the ability to extract emotion from an audience beyond the elements and components it’s compiled of. The material (paint) is forgotten within the contexts of the piece, and the colors, shapes and textures of the painting bring the focal point and source of representation to the viewer; the audience is introduced to their own consciousness and is most inclined to process what is beyond the physical, two-‐dimensional piece of work. The paint no longer is important but instead the paint becomes the host of what the artist is trying to express. The desire to achieve this
quality that painting has and bring it into sculpture lead me to create my own –ism M teri lism. The function of Materialism is to use material and break it down in order for it to become like paint and transform it into a representation of the concept I’m trying to achieve. I want to fragment the material and bring it to a basic and minimalist form in order to rebuild it. I want the tension and emotion to be formed by fragmented material, rather than a single material; the broken down material to be seen as a whole outside of its original definition. I want this to create an experience outside of the aesthetical stimulation and instead focus of the nostalgia, emotional and intellectual stimulation, allowing the viewer to look inward and find their own personal connection while sharing indirectly my personal struggles, fears and story. Analysis of Death through Material uses the concept of materialism through the display of work that shows death in different definition and parts of life. Throughout the work, everyday material is stripped from its original definition and significance and is transformed into texture, color and shapes. This allows the viewer to get lost in the work and no longer see individual objects, but instead feel the work engulf them. The space provided within the work forces the audience to explore the dimensions of the piece from within. They are able to reflect on their own personal feelings towards death, all the while gaining my personal perspective on the subject. ART10Victoria Williams (Dr. Nathan Wolek) [email protected] Lipstick And Nicotine: An eleven song acoustic album Lipstick and Nicotine is the sophomore album effort of recording artist Victoria “K” Williams. For this album I wanted to capture the raw human emotions of heartache, the human struggle and loss. To heighten these emotions I wanted to strip the album down to its bare essentials to capture the raw intensity of my
vocals and lyrics. “Lipstick and Nicotine chronicles a four year span of my writing career and follows the many struggles that I’ve had with love, life, and heart ache. My album will keep you on a high like the drag off that “last cigarette” while lingering on your ears like a sweet kiss. MUSIC M-‐1 Cole Binkley, Clarinet (Dr. Lyn Musco) [email protected] Sonatine for Clarinet in A and Piano Arthur Honegger (1892-‐1955)
Modéré Lent et soutenu Vif et rythmique Three Pieces for Clarinet Sol Igor Stravinsky (1882-‐1971) I II III Fantaisie-Ballet Jules Mazellier (1879-‐1959) M-‐2 Elijah Garland and Justin Weber, Composition, [email protected]; [email protected] Piano Quartet Elijah Garland (b.1986) I. Tranquil II. Station! III. Heavy IV. Violent and Hysterical (Jaquelin Byl, Violin; Brett Chinander, Viola; Joe Rubano, Cello; Cameron Michael, Piano) Piano Quartet Piano Quartet is a work for piano, violin, viola, and cello, and was written during the fall semester of 2013. My initial fascination with writing for this combination was spawned from my overwhelming admiration towards the masterful composition found within the piano quartets of Brahms, the piano trio of Ravel, and the string quartets of Bartók. Although I cannot say that my work is even remotely in the same
class or style as these works, a fine-‐tuned ear will definitely recognize the conscious and unconscious influence I received from listening to these composers in such excess. This work is in four movements, and similar to the traditional formal tendencies, it proceeds in a Slow (I), Moderate (II), Slower (III), Fast (IV) format. Although somewhat archaic in design, Piano Quartet represents a new direction for myself as a composer, and a culmination of my maturation as an adult thus far. Claire de Lune Justin Weber (b. 1991) (Austin Burkett, Violin I; Jacqueline Byl, Violin II; Brett Chinander, Viola; Lohengrin Velasquez, Cello) Clair de Lune Clair de Lune for string quartet was not written in an attempt to copy other pieces by the same name, but to capture the meaning of the harmonic language that I used in writing the piece. A pitch that can be extended out in a perfect fourth and augmented fourth forms, what I call, the "moonlight chord" and is used prolifically in the string quartet. The piece begins subtly with a very small melody which becomes manipulated in different ways throughout. The piece continues on in waves, this melody gets pushed and pulled to several higher points and always comes back down and it ends by eventually just dying out. The piece as a whole displays pays homage to the composer Maurice Ravel. This piece was first premiered in August 2, 2012 in Pavia, Italy. M-‐3 Nathalie Maldonado, Flute (Dr. Jean West) [email protected] (Ashleigh Stuart, oboe; Zachary Parker, clarinet; Ian Morin, bassoon; Ryan Morrison, French horn; Jeremy Vigil, piano) Three Shanties for Wind Quintet, Op. 4 Malcolm Arnold (1921-‐2006) I. Allegro con brio II. Allegro semplice III. Allegro vivace Suite for Flute and Piano, Op. 34, No. 1 Charles-‐Marie Widor (1844-‐1937)
I. Moderato II. Scherzo: Allegro vivace III. Romance: Andantino IV. Final: Vivace M-‐4 Emilio Rosario, Clarinet (Dr. Lyn Musco) [email protected] Capriccio for Solo Clarinet in A Heinrich Sutermiester (1910-‐1995) E lucevan le Stelle (And the stars shone brightly) Giacomo Puccini (1858-‐1924) from Act III of Tosca (1900) arranged by G.McLearnon (Michael Vlach, tenor; Amy Umlah, flute; Emilio Rosario, clarinet; Rebeca Baquerizo, violin; Sarah Overton, cello; Cameron Michael, piano) Sonata in Bb for Clarinet and Piano Paul Hindemith (1895-‐1963) Mäßig bewegt Lebhaft Sehr langsam Kleines Rondo, gemächlich M-‐5 The Duo Junior Recital of Amy Umlah and Kathryn Wolfe, Flutes [email protected];[email protected] The Further Adventures of Two Flutes Gary Schocker (b. 1959) For Two Flutes and Piano I. Amy Umlah, flute Kathryn Wolfe, flute (Jeremy Vigil, piano) Sonata in B minor, BWV 1030 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-‐1750) Largo e dolce Presto (Boyd Jones, harpsichord) Fantasie, Op. 79 Gabriel Fauré (1845-‐1924) (Jeremy Vigil, piano) Tweet for solo piccolo Daniel Dorff (b. 1956) (Amy Umlah, piccolo) Zodiaque For Two Flutes Pierre Csillag (b. 1938) 9. Arcs et Flèches
2. Le Yack 10. Cabrioles Density 21.5 for flute alone Edgar Varèse (1883-‐1965) (Kathryn Wolfe, flute) Sonate Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-‐1759) Adagio Allegro Largo Allegro (Jeremy Vigil, harpsichord) Sonatina Eldin Burton (1913-‐1979) Allegretto grazioso Andantino Sognando Allego giocoso (Jeremy Vigil, piano) M-‐6 Trey Moore, Trumpet (Tom Macklin) [email protected] Cornet Concerto Ernest Tomlinson (b. 1924) Lento-‐Allegro Trumpet Concerto Johann Baptist Georg Neruda (1708 – 1780) Allegro Largo Vivace Legende George Enesco (1881 – 1985) M-‐7 Joseph Burns, Trumpet (Tom Macklin) [email protected] (Justin Weber, Piano; Jonathan Lockwood, Bass; Joshua Albert, Drums) West End Blues (1928) Joe “King” Oliver (1881-‐1938) as performed by Louis Armstrong (1901-‐1971) in 1928 Joy Spring (1955) Clifford Brown (1930-‐1956) as performed by Clifford Brown in 1955 So What (1959) Miles Davis (1926-‐1991) as performed by Miles Davis in 1959 Strasbourg/St. Denis (2008)
Roy Hargrove (b. 1969) as performed by Roy Hargrove in 2008
ORAL A6 Courtney Allbee (Dr.R. Watts) [email protected] “It’s going down, I’m yelling Tinder”: Creating Interpersonal Relationships Beginning with a Swipe to the Right This study includes the perspectives of both male and female college students on the new dating application, Tinder. Focusing on interactions with their Tinder matches, I discover how they are able create interpersonal relationships that begin through virtual communication. The purpose of this research is to explain how Tinder users develop interpersonal relationships through this app, solely based on the mutual liking of users’ photo(s). In order to accomplish this objective, I conducted 25-‐50 minute long face-‐to-‐face respondent interviews with seven participants. The participants used for this study include males and females who are attending college, ranging from ages 18 to 23. Once these interviews were completed, they were each be transcribed into individual word documents. I then thoroughly analyzed each interview using a modified grounded theory method in order to discover my main objective: How are interpersonal relationships developed from communication through the new dating app, Tinder? A7 Alexandrina Andre (Dr. J. Davis; Dr. K. Kaivola) [email protected] My Momma Done Told Me: The Explorations of the Harlem Renaissance Women* The Harlem Renaissance was known for the breakthrough of African American artistic creativity. For the first time black people in
America were able to express their lives in artistic forms, including music, literature, and visual art. The best known figures of the Harlem Renaissance are men, but women made contributions that should not be forgotten. How they found their voices and presented themselves through their art is a crucial part of history. This paper focuses on recovering African American women during the Harlem Renaissance specifically concentrating on love and intimacy. Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God and Nella Larson’s Passing offer a new dimension of the African American women’s experience during the Harlem Renaissance: while offering insight into the determination of 20th century African American women to find authentic identity and voice. *This research was supported by a SURE grant. C6 Tyler Andrews (Dr. M. McFarland) [email protected] This Dark Diction has become America’s Addiction”: Afrocentricity and the Manifestations of Nommo in Kanye West’s Album Yeezus The Rap/ Hip Hop genre is filled with influential African American males who consistently dominate tabloids, top charts with their music, and are notorious celebrities. Kanye West, African American Rap/Hip Hop artist, is often scrutinized for his controversial lyrics and tabloid stunts. West is well known for his attitude of “Soon as they like you make ‘em unlike you, Cause kissin' people a** is so unlike you.” Rappers today are considered to be modern day griots, traditional African storytellers, historians, musicians, in which they relay the oral history of their ancestors through the spoken word Nommo. As a contemporary griot, West’s lyrics depict modern day use of traditional African storytelling. Applying Afrocentricity by illuminating on the concept of nommo to West’s rhetoric shows the uniqueness of the African American experience. This research sheds light on the rhetorical application of Afrocentricity and the
manifestations of nommo in Kanye West’s album Yeezus. B4 Patrick M. Bailey (Dr. Diane Everett) [email protected] The Relationship Between Sport Anxiety and Group Cohesion: An Exploratory Study* This study aims to discover the relationship between group cohesion on an athletic team and the level of sport anxiety felt by the players on that team. The research compared players on club sports teams and a school sponsored teams to analyze the effect of different leadership styles on group cohesion and individual sport anxiety. The conflict theory paradigm provides much thought on the topic of interpersonal relationships and group dynamics. The research hypotheses were that 1)there will be a negative correlation between the level of group cohesion that a player on a sport team feels and that player’s level of sport anxiety; 2) players on club sports teams (teams without formal leadership) will experience higher levels of group cohesion and lower levels of sport anxiety than players on university sponsored teams (with formal leadership); and 3) the nature of daily social interactions on a club sport team will differ from those of teammates on a university sponsored team and 4) that leadership type and style will affect participants’ levels of sport anxiety and group cohesion. The research studied the athletic population of the undergraduate campus of a small private university in the southeastern United States (n=654; m=465, f=271). The researcher distributed his research instrument in a longitudinal panel study three times to the entire athletic population at this university. Data was collected through administering the Group Environment Questionnaire and the Sport Anxiety Scale-‐2 as well self-‐created questions through surveymonkey.com. The data was analyzed using IBM SPSS statistics, specifically bivariates correlational statistics and t-‐tests. Of the four hypotheses, only the last one was supported. It was found that several leadership styles were positively correlated with
cohesion scores. Due to the small number of club sport participants (n=2) it was not possible to conduct independent sample t-‐tests to observe differences in scores between club sports teams and university sponsored teams. * Received Dean’s Fund to present at the Southern Sociological Society Conference in Charlotte North Carolina E8 David Bell (Dr. K. Anthony Abbott) [email protected] The trend of Stetson's water consumption in the 21st century The consumption of water in Florida is something of an optical illusion. The state of Florida receives about 54 inches of rain a year, and also has a large and expansive aquifer system. Many agree that the state has the ability to support its citizens with these resources. However, due to the continuous misuse of water since it is relatively cheap as a utility within the state, the future of Florida’s aquifer system seems unclear. Since Stetson University is committed to sustainable practices as shown by improvement in related practices over the years, why not focus on the amount of water that Stetson is consuming on a monthly basis, both potable and reclaimed. The billing information of Stetson’s water consumption since about the start of this century paints a picture of how much are we as a community are using and future as well, and how we can learn to conserve. E5Stephanie Bettis (Dr. Melissa Gibbs) [email protected] The effects of esfenvalerate on zebrafish (Danio rerio) Insecticides are a type of pesticide designed to kill insect pests and are a common part of our daily lives. There has been a push to create insecticides with ingredients that are safe for the environment. One such ingredient is esfenvalerate which is insoluble in water so it does not easily enter aquatic systems and it binds to solid particles so it does not leach into
ground water. Despite these safe features, a study has shown it does enter aquatic systems in small amounts, and many other reports show that it is toxic to aquatic organisms. I investigated whether or not this “safe” insecticide ingredient had any effects on developing fish in the small concentrations it enters water systems at. I exposed ten embryos in each treatment to either water for the control or a specific concentration of esfenvalerate for 24 hours. I then placed them in embryo water until they hatched or 1 week passed. I measured the hatchlings to see what effect the insecticide had. What I discovered was that the esfenvalerate had a significant effect on the growth of the fish at low levels but not at higher levels although a trend was evident. A large influx of this insecticide into a small pond or lake could have a severe effect on the developing fish populations there. Perhaps we need a new limit to the amount of insecticide currently being used. E2Robyn R. Blackman (Dr. Dwaine Cochran) [email protected] At Least I Can Multitask: Dissociative Experiences and Multitasking* Betrayal trauma theory states that in an attempt to survive individuals compartmentalize traumatic experiences hoping they can still receive the help they need by maintaining a relationship with their abusers (Freyd, 1994). Freyd and Deprince (2008) found that for high dissociators this development leads to a change in attentional strategies, where individuals choose to split their attention instead of maintaining selective attention. The present study tested the hypothesis that high dissociators would have the ability to multitask at a greater rate and with more accuracy than those considered low dissociators, and that the low dissociators would experience the greatest amount of stress in situations requiring divided attention. Participants were asked to complete three tasks, involving math and repeating a word for the second task and number for the third. The results do not support the hypothesis
that dissociation assists with multitasking performance. They suggest, however, that, regardless of dissociation levels, stress increases and performance decreases when multitasking is required. Also that the type of task involved in multitasking affected both performance and stress negatively in varying degrees. *Dissemination of this work was funded in part by the Dean's Fund D6Madeline Briggs (Dr. Eric Kurlander) [email protected] The Origins of Upstairs, Downstairs: Sir Roger Pratt's Influence on Domestic Stratification
Between the British Tudor and Edwardian eras, the common internal design of great houses morphed from a centralized hall into a house with distinct parts for the family and the servants. This development is usually attributed to social forces, but Pratt’s work contradicts this explanation. His architectural designs predate most of this cultural shift. Instead, his journals seem to indicate that he was attempting to incorporate in his work Vitruvius' teachings of the human body, notably the theory of separation between the body and mind. While there is good reason to believe that society and personal relationships will determine the construction of physical spaces, the timing and influence of Pratt’s work suggests that changes in physical contexts and proximity may also help shape changes in society and relationships. D8Gwendolyn Brown (Dr. Kimberly Reiter) [email protected] The Cultural Conundrum: Franco-‐Canadian Immigrants in Anglo-‐Protestant New England, 1870-‐1900* This project focuses on the extent to which Franco-‐Canadians, primarily from the Quebec region, assimilated into the American culture upon entering the United States during the last few decades of the nineteenth century. First taking a look at the larger cultural implications in regard to how Catholic immigration was
perceived during the mid to late 1800s (by the various immigrant groups themselves, as well as American Nativists and Church officials), the project then narrows in on the New England area, where a vast number of Franco-‐Canadian Catholics settled during this period. The project ends with a case study, specifically reflecting on the role of Franco-‐Canadian immigrants in a sawmill town in the Penobscot region of Maine known as Old Town. Using this specific example, the project provides an argument regarding the cultural role of Franco-‐Canadian Catholic immigrants in New England and how it changed over time, primarily focusing on the question of whether or not these individuals deliberately acted as self-‐imposed cultural isolationists, as it is commonly argued by cultural historians and sociologists who focus on this general area of research; or if perhaps they simply assimilated into the American culture at a much slower pace than their other Catholic immigrant counterparts. * This research project was supported by a 2013 SURE grant E4Joe Burns (Dr. S. Guthrie) [email protected] Evaluating the protective capacity of quercetin to beta-‐amyloid fiber damage in vitro Alzheimer disease is a neurodegenerative disease that affects over four million people in the United States, including thirty-‐five percent of the population over age eighty-‐five. The disease is commonly characterized by the presence of neurofibrillary tangles and extracellular β-‐amyloid plaques. These plaques are depositions of a thirty-‐nine to forty amino acid-‐long β-‐amyloid peptide. The mechanism of neuronal death in Alzheimer disease is unknown, however, it is widely accepted that the tangles and plaques are instrumental in the progression of the disease. Another proposed mechanism of cellular damage is that β-‐amyloid fibrils activate microglia that release reactive oxygen species which causes neuronal death (Moon et al. 2013). A molecule that may interfere with this process of β-‐amyloid fibril
stabilization or in the release and action of the reactive oxygen species may have valuable clinical implications in the treatment of Alzheimer disease. One of these molecular families is the flavonoids, including quercetin. It is an effective antioxidant, illustrated in its ability to chelate metals, scavenge oxygen free radicals, and prevent the oxidation of low density lipoprotein in vitro (Hertog et al. 1992). We hypothesized that in the presence of quercetin, fibrils would destabilize leading to increased survivorship of cells. Human lung cancer cells were exposed to varying concentrations of β-‐amyloid fibrils and quercetin to assay the protective ability of quercetin. Preliminary data suggest that the presence of β-‐amyloid fibrils have the ability to decrease cell growth and viability. Currently the protective ability of quercetin to cells exposed to β-‐amyloid fibrils is being assayed. C1Keighla Burns (Dr. Diane Everett) [email protected] Privacy Perceptions and Assurances: How Confidentiality and Anonymity Influence College Student Responses on Sensitive Information Confidentiality and confidentiality combined with anonymity are a central part of research methods, without which social research would not protect the participants. There has been controversy over how confidentiality and confidentiality combined with anonymity influences participant responses to questions of a sensitive nature. Therefore my hypothesis is: Privacy assurances and privacy perceptions of either confidentiality or confidentiality and confidentiality combined with anonymity, influences college student respondents self-‐reports on sensitive information. Through an infield posttest only experiment using the NCHA survey and a privacy perceptions survey, I researched how the Stetson University student body self-‐reports of drug and alcohol usage are influenced and how their perceptions of privacy influence this data. There were 3,090 Stetson University undergraduate and graduate
students on Green Pages, the Stetson directory when I took my sample. Through a systematic sample with a random start, I took two distinct and separate random samples of 250 students, for which each group was assigned either the confidential or anonymous condition. Participants revealed more and more frequent usage of drug and alcohol under the anonymous condition when compared to confidentiality. Participants within the anonymous condition believed their responses were more sensitive than those in the confidential condition. An examination of participant understanding and perceptions of confidentiality and confidentiality combined with anonymity has revealed two trends. First, participants had a better understanding of confidentiality and its implications. Second, although students’ self-‐reports suggested that participants would not be influenced by confidentiality and confidentiality combined with anonymity, the data from the NCHA survey supports the theory that privacy assurances influence responses on sensitive information. Since, the anonymous condition differed from the confidential condition responses, this supports my hypothesis that privacy assurances and privacy perceptions, of either confidentiality or confidentiality and confidentiality combined with anonymity, influence college student respondents’ self-‐reports on sensitive information. A13Lizzie Bustin (Dr. Eric Kurlander) [email protected] Women in England: How Opponents of Magic and Witchcraft Targeted the Female Sex This essay focuses on the expansion of the witch craze in late Medieval England and how it affected the female population. Women, between the 1300s-‐1500s, were trying to gain independence through a multitude of social changes that were caused by urbanization. Men felt powerless in the face of growing female agency. This powerlessness and disarray, felt both by the public and by the church, caused a need for a new sense of morality in a changing
social climate. In reaction to this, the witch trials erupted throughout Europe and in England the trails focused solely on the female target. Although the female was most often targeted, the trials in England took on a different purpose than the rest of Europe due to a lack of Sabbath and the association of magic as a female crime. A11 Jesika Butler (Dr. Eric Kurlander) [email protected] Something Evil This Way Comes: Comparing Witchcraft Trials in Old and New England in the Seventeenth Century My senior research looked at the different ways witchcraft trials were construed and constructed in seventeenth century England and New England. In order to efficiently analyze these differences I highlighted three aspects in my historical question: the differences in conceptions of who witches were, what they practiced and where they got their power. It was the intention of my paper to prove that although the beliefs behind the New England trials had originated from English tenets concerning witchcraft, by the end of the seventeenth century, the trials in New England had taken on a purpose of their own which reflected the state of transition in which the colonies found themselves. In order to argue this stance effectively, my paper looked at the different ways witchcraft trials were pursued and viewed between Old and New England between 1620 and 1700. Thusly the framework was divided into four segments: 1620-‐1647, 1648-‐1663, 1664-‐1688, and 1689-‐1700. My conclusions supported by original hypothesis with the main differences between witchcraft trials in England and New England lying in these three different areas: notions about the kind of people witches were, the practices they engaged in, and how and where they got their power.
A14 Cayman Calabro (Dr. Eric Kurlander), [email protected] Did women in Tudor England experience a Renaissance? A case study using the six wives of King Henry VIII There are still many questions unanswered which is why I ask, did women in upper class Tudor England experience a Renaissance? I will explore this using the wives of King Henry VIII as my case study. The first, and to my knowledge the only, major historian who asked the question “Did Women have a Renaissance?” was Joan Kelly-‐Gandol. In her article she begins to explore what a women’s renaissance would look like. Using Italy as her case study she decides that the developments of the Renaissance, at least in Italy “Affected women so adversely, so much so that there was no ‘renaissance’ for women, at least not during the Renaissance.” Perhaps then women did experience a type of Renaissance later into the period in Italy and other parts of Europe or perhaps the factors she is using to determine what a women’s Renaissance would consist of are flawed. By considering the conventional aspects of what the Renaissance was and what unique factors would allow for women to experience a Renaissance; this study has determined that women in Tudor England did experience a kind of Renaissance when England can be considered to be entering its conventional Renaissance. A5Caleb Canlon (Dr. Julia Schmitt) [email protected] Four Original One-‐Act Plays Within the discipline of theatre arts, the text of a performance has been an indispensable aspect of a live production. Throughout the years, different styles, or genres, of dramatic theatre have emerged with unique characteristics unto themselves making them easily distinguishable from one another. As a creative writer, I wanted to challenge myself to write original one-‐act plays modeled off of different styles of dramatic literature. In order
to do this, I needed a thorough understanding of some of the more classic and popular styles of theatrical performance. My analysis of genres included tragedy, farce, symbolism, and expressionism. I then used this analysis as an inspirational guide to create four original plays that emulate these distinctive genres of dramatic literature. My presentation will feature a brief overview of the characteristics of each genre, and a short reading from one of my original plays. D10 Paul Carey and Morgan Resnick (Dr. Laura H. Gunn) [email protected]; [email protected] Campus Safety Perceptions with Assessments by Different Student Demographics Stetson University students took a National College Health Assessment (Fall 2011), provided by the American College Health Association, consisting of questions regarding demographic information, alcohol, drug use, safety, and overall health. There were unsettling responses to safety on and off campus during the day and night. These findings set the stage for my topic on campus safety perceptions with assessments by different student, faculty, staff, and administration demographics. I wanted to see if Stetson’s students’ responses to safety were still unsettling (and assess, for the first time, perceptions among faculty, staff, and administration), and if any negative perceptions could be associated with demographic information. Two questionnaires were created and administered to students and professionals. There were 108 participants (57 students and 51 professionals). A focus group, consisting of eight undergraduate students, was conducted to gain a better understanding of why students may have unsettling reactions to campus safety. Results showed, among certain subgroups, that there were significant associations with perceived campus safety (during day and night) and sexual orientation and ethnicity. The benefits of this study include a better understanding of how Stetson perceives campus (and community) safety, potentially
allowing university affiliates to advocate for further improvements of campus and community safety. C8 Cody Cartledge (Dr. Rebecca Watts) [email protected] Urban Worship Stars and Me: Construction and Communication of Identity Within Hipster Evangelicalism Nontraditional evangelicalism has evolved into many unique subcultures within our society. One of these subcultures (hipster christianity), is the focus of this project. The location of my research is Modern Hymn, a pseudonym given to one of the largest hipster churches within the Atlantic Northeast of the United States. By traveling to conducting 8 respondent interviews, and observing as a participant in 5 worship services, I have looked at how members construct and communicate identity through style within this environment. Using a modified grounded theory approach, I have analyzed my data through open coding and focused coding. I have found that in an attempt to promote authenticity, an open approach to evangelicalism has been adopted within this church body. Within this ‘come as you are’ atmosphere where ‘less is more,’ freedom of expression enables identity formation and ultimately community. For though hipster evangelicals possess knowledge of current trends and styles, they often opt out of being a part of them. This is found to be true in dress and artistic expression within hipster church as well. Whether in the music that they listen to, or the thrift store clothing that they wear, this subculture distinctly communicates and celebrates personal individuality in an attempt to remain authentic.
C2 Jennifer Rose Curtis (Dr. Rebecca Watts) [email protected] The Search for Religious Solidarity through Ethnic Diversity: The Experiences of Spanish-‐speaking Latinos in English-‐speaking Churches Though U.S. Latinos are extremely diverse in their ethnic identities, they are unified by their minority position in the United States. Latinos are not only the largest and fastest-‐growing minority in the U.S., but also the most likely to experience language barriers and discrimination on a regular basis (Valencia-‐Garcia, Simoni, Alegría, & Takeuchi, 2012). Because of the recent increase in Latinos attending English-‐speaking services, it is important to research this phenomenon in-‐depth. Therefore, I conducted a qualitative study using in-‐depth respondent interviews with ten Spanish-‐speaking Latinos who attend or have attended English religious services. The research question that guided my study was “How do Spanish-‐speaking Latinos experience community in English-‐speaking congregations?” I conducted these interviews in Spanish, audio-‐recorded them, and transcribed each one so that I could analyze them using a modified grounded theory approach (Glaser & Strauss, 1999). I found that participants generally viewed Spanish services and English services as two separate cultural worlds. Participants shared about their experiences of social capital and acculturative stress in English-‐dominant services. Lastly, participants sought to obtain religious solidarity by means of ethnic diversity. Though this at times created tension with maintaining ethnic heritage, it also at times promoted their ethnic pride. D7 Jacopo Dalmasso (Dr. Ranjini Thaver) [email protected] Austerity, Debt Consolidation, and Growth in a Time of Crisis On the verge of the 2007 financial crisis, many governments resolved to adopt austerity measures which have a rather controversial reception in the public, a fact that was worsen
by a mistake found in “Growth in a Time of Debt.” Indeed, many governments and international organizations used this paper to justify the implementation of austerity measures, but the model used was later disproved. The basis for my research is the belief that, although mistaken in formulating the model, the idea behind “Growth in a Time of Debt” is correct, and it’s possible to see a link between public debt level and growth. Therefore, I intend to recreate a model based on further research and on the idea of debt intolerance of a country. I intend to run a panel regression on a sample of advanced and emerging economies over a period ranging from after World War II to today. The goal is to prove not only that such a link exists, but also that by implementing austerity measures a country can improve its financial situation. C5 Alexandria Delgado (Dr. Diane Everett) [email protected] Enclaves and Zones in Transition: A Case Study of Pierson, Florida Cities are dynamic places with many functions and a variety of people. Some cities on the other hand can be characterized as serving a particular function or as the dwelling place of a specific ethnicity. Today more than ever, large scale immigration and the need for employment is rapidly increasing the pace at which cities are developing as well as the function to which we designate our land. This study is a case study of Pierson, Florida, a city in central Florida functioning as the fern capitol of the world with a large Mexican immigrant population. The object of this study was to determine whether Pierson could be characterized as an enclave or a city in transition through the collection and analysis of historic photos, land use maps, census data, and interviews. The findings revealed that Pierson cannot be characterized as either an enclave or a city in transition but exhibits characteristics of both. Implications of these findings are that a city can be both an enclave during a period in which it is undergoing a
transition but further research must be conducted in the fields of urban geography and urban sociology as there is not very much literature concerning the topic. D9 Alexandria Delgado and Alicja Duda (Dr. Dwayne Cochran) [email protected]; [email protected] Awareness of Worker’s Rights and Aid Resources among Farm Workers in the Pierson and Seville Communities in Florida Throughout the mid-‐20th century and into the 21st, policies regarding farm workers labor rights and environmental policies have been evolving. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 initiated the protection of workers’ rights by protecting minorities from discrimination. Despite these efforts, new policies are not effectively implemented to secure farm workers from pesticide exposure and severe health consequences. The farm worker community in Pierson, Florida is an excellent case study that exemplifies some of the concerns mentioned above. In a cross-‐sectional study, composed of forty interviews, local farm workers’ awareness of their rights, exposure to pesticides, and the accessibility of various resources was analyzed. It was found that the average farm worker within the sample population makes $48 a day and $9,000 a year. It was ultimately concluded that education, sex, and country of origin did not affected participants’ level of rights awareness. The only found correlation was a positive correlation between participants’ income and their level of rights awareness. C4 Aniarka Diaz (Dr. Eric Kurlander) [email protected] A Cuban Political Focus on an Afro-‐Cuban Religion The Cuban government’s tolerance on Santeria has been described with an attitude of persecution. Arguably after Fidel Castro’s rise to power, Santeria found a rise in tolerance as well and it is considered a part of Cuba’s heritage. Santeria started with a negative reputation but
due to certain factors that began after the defeat and expulsion of Spain from the island they started to gain respect. The Cuban government lives a ‘double morale’ life. Officials appear to be against Santeria, but at the same time be supporting its beliefs through their political actions. D17 Melissa Doreus (Dr. Patrick Coggins) [email protected] A study of Stetson University Students' Perception of Campus Climate The purpose of this study is to evaluate the current student perceptions of the campus climate of Stetson University. The implications of this study serve to promote valid diverse initiatives. The study serves also to record student feedback on the initiatives put forth by Stetson University in order to create a safe environment for all students. This concept will be examined by a questionnaire about the campus climate as well as individual feedback (varying in academic years and discipline) will report on the successes and areas of improvement in relation to current initiatives to further the efforts of student, staff and faculty to ensure Stetson remains a holistically inclusive campus. C13 Collin Dougher (Dr. John Tichenor) [email protected] The Classification of Firms via Triple-‐Bottom Line Framework In one of John Elkington’s most famous pieces, Enter the Triple Bottom Line (2004), he put forward the idea that firms need to limit the amount of social and environmental impact they have on their surroundings, both locally and globally. These firms must also act to mediate that impact on the local and global scales by performing positive actions. Elkington used different levels of impact and mediation to create four categories. Up until now there has not been an effort to use this theoretical classification system to put real firms into the categories that Elkington delineated in his
original paper. My project seeks to use Elkington’s theory to classify publically traded US firms using three years’ worth of data provided by Bloomberg’s environmental, social, and governance (ESG) data source. Secondary goals of the project deal with identifying patterns in those classifications. C17 G. Andrew Epifanio (Dr. Ron Hall) [email protected] The Limits of Responsibility What are the limits of responsibility? Can there be such things as too much, or too little? In what ways might we be responsible for things? This project examines these questions, and explores the concept of responsibility and its application in our everyday lives and language. Drawing heavily from the work of John Silber, the discussion includes questioning the legitimacy of status responsibility, or responsibility that is connected to our being, as opposed to the more common view that we are only responsible for our actions or omission of actions (responsibility of doing). In other words, can we be responsible not just for what we do, but, in certain ways, who we are? Implications from such a discussion might be applicable to fields including, but not limited to, philosophy, law, education, business, and the medical profession. E9 Kellie Fredette (Dr. Alicia Schultheis) [email protected] Low genetic diversity in the endemic silt snail genus Floridobia. The genus Floridobia consists of tiny silt snails endemic to a single spring. Endemism and habitat limitations have caused 7 of the species to be listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, inciting conservation efforts to protect this genus. However, to conserve a species, it must be clear what a species is. Morphological methods have been used in the past to delineate species, but molecular methods are more common now. I set out to both estimate genetic diversity in populations of Foridobia
species, as well as to reconstruct the phylogeny of the family Hydrobiidae using molecular data. I hypothesized that genetic diversity will be higher among populations than within, and that molecular phylogeny will reflect the morphological phylogeny. I used PCR to amplify both the COI and NDI genes from DNA extracted fromFloridobia floridana, F. petrifons, and F. mica. Amplified DNA was sequenced and used to generate a haplotype network and determine haplotype diversity. I obtained sequences from the online database genbank which were added to the Floridobia sequences and a species tree was built. Both hypotheses were supported. There was more genetic diversity between than within species and the phylogeny seems to support the phylogeny. D1 Corey B. Garswick (Dr. M. McFarland) [email protected] "Tear Down This Wall”: A Burkean Analysis of Ronald Reagan's Triumphant Rhetoric Ronald Reagan’s “Tear Down This Wall” speech is most notably known for a line his advisors edited out of the speech four times: “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” I argue that Reagan’s speech was effective rhetorically; I will be using Kenneth Burke’s Dramtistic theory, which is used for analyzing human relationships. According to Burke himself, it is a “technique of analysis of language and thought as basically modes of actions rather than as means of conveying information.” Using this theory I will be able to successfully critique Reagan’s “Tear Down This Was Speech” and prove that it was rhetorically successful. D4 Jeremy Goldberg, Matthew Ady, Travis Workman, Valery Popova, Christian Roeder Stetson University CFA Team (Dr. K.C. Ma) [email protected] Investment Research Report: AutoNation Buy Recommendation Stetson University’s CFA Team participated in the CFA Institute’s Global Research Challenge. This is a global competition based on a research
report and presentation to invest in a company provided by the local CFA Institute. Stetson’s CFA Team produced a research report indicating a buy recommendation for AutoNation. The premise of the analysis focused on four aspects of a unique business model, growing industry, strong financials and attractive valuation. AutoNation is the first in the industry to enter into a new Coast-‐to-‐Coast branding initiative to unite itself under one name by moving from a house of brands to a branded house strategy. The company benefits from pent-‐up demand, which is unique to the Consumer Durables Industry. Due to their new branding initiative, strong margins, and potential opportunities for market share penetration, we estimate that AutoNation stock has an expected return of 18%. Further, AutoNation is undervalued by 11% with a fair value of $55. The total return suggests that it is an attractive buy. E14 Shannon Greeley (Dr. Alicia Schultheis) [email protected] Filling in the gaps: species distributions, and habitat characteristics of the high endemic silt snail genus, Floridobia Biodiversity is vitally important to our ecosystems, but is declining worldwide due to invasive species, pollution, habitat loss and climate change. A major obstacle to species conservation is a lack of knowledge about the current status (e.g., abundance and distribution) of at-‐risk species. Knowledge is particularly sparse for freshwater gastropods, which are vulnerable to extinction due to high rates of endemism and low dispersal rates. Species within the gastropod genus Floridobia are extremely endemic; all but two occur in only a single location. Concern about these species is evident: seven are listed as Species of Greatest Conservation Need by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission and as G1 (globally, critically imperiled) or G2 (globally, imperiled) on the IUCN red list of threatened and endangered species. One species, Floridobia mica, is the subject of an active lawsuit filed against the US Fish and Wildlife Service for
failure to enforce the agency’s action plan to protect the animal. Despite this concern, there are no quantitative data regarding the current population status of Floridobia. The main objective of my senior research is to fill in these ‘data gaps’ and collect distribution, abundance and habitat data for five Floridobia species. D14 Deryck Greene (Dr. David Hill) [email protected] Managing the CIA and the President: A Balance of Intelligence and Policy This essay investigates the relationship between the Director of Central Intelligence and the President of the United States during three major foreign policy events. The events being studied include the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Tet Offensive within the larger Vietnam War, and the 2003 invasion of Iraq. By assessing the foreign policy outcomes of each event, I explain that the independent relationship between the Director of Central Intelligence and the president played a role in the successful outcome of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Conversely, the evidence suggests that the subordinate relationship between the Director of Central Intelligence and the president during the Tet Offensive and invasion of Iraq was conducive to the resulting failures. The findings of this essay argue that the Central Intelligence Agency should be respected as an independent provider of intelligence to policymakers. While policy advice can be sought from the perspective of the Agency, there should be no pressure on the Agency to produce reports which are intended to support predetermined policy preferences and thereby neglect accurate reporting.
B2 Amber Grose (Dr. Diane Everett) [email protected] The Student-‐Athlete: Students Perceptions of the Student-‐Athlete Within a Private Institution The growing student-‐athlete population has been a topic for research with concerns of the additional demands and differing college experiences that they have compared to the non-‐student-‐athlete population. Evaluating the differences between students and student-‐athletes’ within schools could help provide substantial information for coaches, and the sport association with ways to improve the integration of their athlete’s within their school environment. This study is designed to examine perceptions concerning student-‐athletes’ among their undergraduate peers. This will be analyzed through issuing questionnaires to both students and student-‐athletes’ to analyze dynamics between the groups such as; examining integration, time demands, the perceptions of student-‐athletes’ commitment to education, specialized treatment of the student-‐athlete and perceived abilities of student-‐athletes’ within the classroom. This cross-‐sectional study will take place at Stetson University, DeLand campus, among the undergraduate population. Many studies have been conducted in public schools; therefore Stetson’s private institution will allow me to fill a gap in current literature. I’ll be using probability sampling, and issuing questionnaires to 400 students through random sampling. This study will be conducted in the fall semester of 2013, and results will be processed through IBM SPSS Statistics Software. A2 Honors 202 Class (Dr. David Houston) [email protected] The History of Comedy We will present a timeline detailing the history of TV and film comedy. Each member of the group will be responsible for a particular figure or moment in this history, including but not
limited to political comedy, Charlie Chaplin, Lucille Ball, the YouTube phenomena, etc. We will be using PowerPoint presentations and film clips to illustrate our project. The members of the class will each present a very short explanation of their chosen movement. Each person will briefly explain his or her figure or moment using video clips that define whatever movement it is. There will be time at the end for questions. This presentation will mark the culmination of the honors 202 class, which this semester focused on different comedians and types of comedy. The combined efforts of each of the presentation will add up to approximately 20 minutes. B3 Josh Howard (Dr. Eric Kurlander) [email protected] The Culture of Steel. How the Metallographic Study of Armour Can Add to Tournament Historiography: France and the Western Germanies Making of use of recently publicized findings in relation to the metallurgical study of armour, this project intends to add to the current historiography of the tournament culture that existed in France and the Germanies. The data that is made available through studying the cellular structure of the metal components of armour allows for a better understanding of the manner in which tournaments were practiced in these regions. Moreover, the metallurgical study of armour can allow for a better sense of continuity when corroborated with written sources from the period. E15 Ryan Howard (Dr. Dan Plante) [email protected] Extending the Functionality of 3D printers by Incorporating Other Tools This project is focused on increasing the versatility of 3D printers. While the potential to manually attach objects to a print already exists, this research aims to increase the diversity of materials by connecting an electromagnet crane with the 3D printer. This creates the ability to add metallic objects, such
as motors and electronics, into a printed object without human intervention. The project utilizes several components already available, including a Python serial driver for the MakerBot Replicator 2 and hardware specifications for a 3-‐axis milling machine. The software portion of this project consists of two phases. First, data is extracted from the .stl files that define the objects being inserted and the .x3g file for the printed object. It creates the tool paths required for the crane based off this data and information in the printer driver. Second, software facilitates communication between these two machines; a python script running on the controlling computer establishes a serial connection over USB with both machines based on a drivers system. So far, we have been able to insert simple objects into a print, creating several interesting items. We are currently working on creating a fully powered design by embedding batteries and motors. This research provides the stepping stone to eventually create one machine with multiple tool-‐heads, beyond just the electromagnetic crane used here. A system with multiple tools, just one of which being a 3D printer, could greatly increase the capabilities of home manufacturing. A user could swap in new tools without needing a new system entirely, and home models could eventually have the production power of commercial equipment. B10 Sonja E. James-‐Gaitor (Dr. Leonard Nance) , [email protected] Juvenile Detention Center Rehabilitation: A History of Hurt, a Perfectly Imperfect Present and a Future of Hope in Florida* This study examines the evolution of the United States juvenile justice system on its principles of rehabilitation rather than punishment specifically looking at the functions of the juvenile detention centers. Through examination of historical papers, reports, studies, and group and individual observations at the Daytona Beach Juvenile Detention Center, this study gives an overview of the early history of juvenile justice. Additionally, it will
focus on the changes that have occurred both in its processes and philosophies for dealing with delinquents in detention centers and the present day status of these facilities. Narrowing the perspective of the processes juvenile justice has taken toward rehabilitation, the focus turns to the State of Florida’s history, efforts and, as observed by the researcher, successes in providing a rehabilitative model for juvenile justice. Furthermore, it will analyze the effectiveness of the juvenile detention centers and residential facilities in providing safe, corrective learning and growing environments. In conclusion, suggestions have been provided based on research of other state initiatives and juvenile justice advocates’ reform models on how Florida can reduce the number of juveniles making contact with the juvenile justice system. *This research was supported by a 2013 SURE grant E11 Kelsey Johnson-‐Sapp (Dr. Melissa Gibbs) [email protected] The Physiological Ecology of Tuna: Learning cutting-‐edge techniques to study organismal biology of pelagic fishes * Quantifying the metabolic expenditures of wild marine animals has proved to be a formidable task to scientists studying marine animal behavior (Broell, 2012). The vital homeostasis between energy costs and its acquisition from feeding are indicators of an individual’s fitness, as it relates to the ability to survive and reproduce, and can be a determining factor in the lifespan and prolonged existence of an entire species (Gleiss, 2011). Direct observations of fish have proven difficult, due to the concealing nature of the medium they occupy. Alternative approaches are therefore needed to study the incidence and extent of activity in fish. Moreover, laboratory studies have to be performed to quantify the metabolic cost associated with observed behavior. *Funding and support credited to 2013 Stetson SURE Grant
C15 Robert Jones (Dr. David Hill / Dr. Wayne Bailey) [email protected] Why People Vote: The Case of Polarization & Voter Turnout There can no doubting that the level of polarization in our politics today is reaching record levels. In fact, any casual observer of politics could tell you that polarization, or the vacating of the middle ground by our two parties, is something very prevalent in our society. This research is a quantitative analysis of the impact that the increase in polarization has had on voter turnout levels. To accomplish this, the paper looks at some of the existing literature on voter turnout to establish a basis for the research. Then, the paper analyzes the DW-‐nominate scores (a measure of congressional polarization) through a statistical model to try to determine the relationship of these scores with voter turnout rates over the same time period (1960 – present). The study finds that in presidential elections years, there is very little correlation. However, in midterm election years, the correlation between polarization and turnout, when controlling for known factors that influence turnout, is approaching statistical significance. The study found polarization to have a negative impact on turnout, which was opposite of what the literature said should have happened. The proposed explanation for this is contained in the research. C11 John Kahle (Dr. David Hill) [email protected] Youth Voter Turnout and The Impact of Service and Volunteering Understanding why, when and how voter’s turnout in elections is crucial to the study of political science. Understanding forces that trigger voting and which forces reduce the likelihood of voting is important. In this study the topic is youth voter turnout, which saw a relatively modest drop of 6 points in the last election (CIRCLE, 2013). This study aims to
understand the implications of how community service and volunteering with a non-‐profit can affect voting. The hypothesis is that those who do at least one form of service have a higher likelihood to vote then those who do none. By using data collected in 2007 by the Tisch College National Civic and Political Engagement Survey of Young People this study aims to see if there is an observed relationship between service and voting. Variables of race, gender, socioeconomic class, party ID and whether a person was a college student or not were factors in as well. The findings suggest that volunteering has a profound impact of service only on college students. For non-‐college students the findings show no significance between service/volunteering and voting. This means that being a college student or not can directly affect which forces impact your likelihood to vote. B8 Aiden Keller (Dr. Mary Pollock) [email protected] Playing with Ourselves: Connecting Millennials’ Contemporary History with the Halo Series Different generation of children have been defined by the period of time when they grew up, and Millennials (children born in late 1980’s-‐late 1990’s) are no exception. One event that has truly defined the history of these children was the attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Adults reacted in a traditional manner to the emotional situation, but children did not. They used playtime, either individually or in groups, to understand and cope with their world. Many told stories of crashing planes, or interacted what would be considered violent war games with their friends. Thankfully a special resource was available for Millennials to play with; video games. More specifically however, the game series that was released only two months after 9/11 has become one of the most popular video games of all time. Halo features a science fiction world with religiously fanatic aliens bent on destroying mankind. The subsequent war in
Halo became an important metaphorical tool for children learning to cope with the images of September 11, the following wars, and beyond. C3 Alexis Kinzer (Dr. Dwaine Cochran) [email protected] Implicit and Explicit Prejudices in Deployed Veterans In my experiment, 22 male college students and 18 deployed male veterans who had deployed to Afghanistan or Iraq in the last five years were tested using the Islamophobia Scale (Lee, Gibbons, Thompson, & Timani, 2009), the Cultural Sensitivity Presentation Bias Scale and the Arab/Muslim Implicit Associations Test (Park, Felix, & Lee, 2007) in order to measure for both implicit and explicit associations toward Arab/Muslims in deployed veterans compared to the non-‐military college students. These tests were completed for the purpose of determining whether or not the deployed veteran population had a higher level of Islamophobia and implicit prejudice against Arab/Muslims than those who have never deployed to the Middle East. Participants were asked to plot two points on a priming grid, and complete the Cultural Sensitivity Presentation Bias Scale and Islamophobia Scale. The CSPBS was used to determine whether participants’ scores would be compromised as a result of presentation bias. Participants were then asked to complete the Arab/Muslim IAT online to determine implicit prejudice toward Arab/Muslims by using a timed answer, forced-‐response format. Resulting statistical analysis found that recently deployed members of the US Military were significantly more prejudiced, implicitly and explicitly, towards Arab/Muslims than the college control group. A12 Cassandra Kris (Dr. Julie Schmitt) [email protected] Vinegar Tom: A Postmodern Scenic Design For my Senior Research Project, I served as the scenic designer for Caryl Churchill’s Vinegar Tom, which is a postmodern feminist play about
the persecution of women during the Witch Trials of the sixteenth century. The play uses aspects of Brechtian theory (such as an episodic structure and inclusion of cotemporary songs) as a means of pushing the audience to think critically about contemporary issues of sexism. As a scenic designer, my objective was to create an environment that emphasized the play’s production concept (objectification of the female body both then and now) as well as an environment that established a specific time, place, and mood. My presentation will include documents and artifacts generated as a result of the process of scenic design. D12 Emily Lang (Dr. Ranjini Thaver) [email protected] Criminal Justice Reform through Education The United States incarcerates more of its citizens than any other country in the world. This project will attempt to answer why incarceration rates are so high and show which factors can be altered in order to catalyze a change. This research will analyze how the criminal justice system is assembled and how it has evolved over the course of history. Specific focus will be paid to recidivism rates over time and how education can reduce the likelihood that an individual will return to prison. This research will be qualified through a participatory observation which includes interactions with prisoners at the Tomoka Correctional Institute. This research aims to create an incentive to actively participate in creating a solution to the problems imbedded within an unjust criminal justice system. E17 Ava E. Lapham (Dr. Kimberly Flint Hamilton) [email protected] The Effect of Captivity on Great Ape Communication: Orangutans and Chimpanzees at the Lowry Park Zoo The common chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) and the Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) are two of the most common species of great ape to be seen in zoos. Due to their successes and
popularity in captivity, they are often used in scientific studies on inter-‐species communication with our own species, Homo sapiens. These species also engage in intra-‐species communication behavior amongst individuals in a habitat. These animals are often enclosed together in groups that are structurally very different from the groups that they live in while in the wild, no matter if they are a social species, like the common chimpanzee, or if they are a solitary species, like the Bornean orangutan. This qualitative project was produced by using three types of observation techniques on the common chimpanzees and the Bornean orangutans housed at the Tampa Lowry Park Zoo, with the purpose of learning how captivity of these populations altered the intra-‐species and inter-‐species communication normally shown by Pan troglodytes and Pongo pygmaeus in their natural habitat. E16 Sara Lazarevic and Samantha Warta (Dr. Wingyan Chung) [email protected]; [email protected] Florida Department of Health Factors in Efficiency: Predictors of Financial and Outcome-‐Related Success The current study was interested in analyzing the Florida Department of Health’s overall success and effectiveness given the financial performance data. It was necessary for the current study to examine both quantitative and qualitative factors that have influenced the performance rate of counties across the State of Florida. The purpose of the current study is to assist the Florida Department of Health in: targeting their efforts and recourses to areas that are currently not operating as efficiently and potentially determining the effectiveness of services. The current study hypothesizes that there is a relationship between the given administrative data and the data we collected from the State of Florida and other sources regarding resident health and life expectancy. The research was conducted with the initial given dataset provided by the Florida
Department of Health and covered all counties within the U.S. state of Florida. The given datasets are an administrative snapshot of all Florida County Health Departments and were collected from the years 2008-‐2013. The total indicators that was given summed to 4,020, however, after running statistical analysis on these variables, the results showed that on 13 terms over half of the data was missing. Initial analyses consisted of descriptive statistics and frequencies to ascertain the existence of any trends. Following the trend analysis, a correlation was performed on the FLDoH and outcome dataset to determine the relationships between the financial effectiveness factors and outcome-‐related effectiveness factors. Lastly, correlative factors between the budgeted variables and the outcome rates were examined. Data regarding such outcome-‐related factors consist of the AIDS, Births, Cancer, Diabetes, Influenza, STD, Stroke, and Tuberculosis rates and counts. Initial analyses concentrated on the relationship between the variables in the given dataset provided by the Florida Department of Health. Multiple statistically significant findings were observed. The study was able to link the administrative data as well as the data from obtained from the state to some protonate health indicator categories, such as chronic diseases, communicable diseases and births. As discussed, the Florida Department of Health has the potential to increase their productivity and output given that they determine what makes the top performers more productive than their average and bottom performers. D15 Matthew Lebron (Dr. Ronald Hall) [email protected] An Ordinary Language Approach to Morality Many philosophers concerned with ethics and morality have made it their business to construct theories designed to answer one question: “How ought one to live?” The two ethical theories posited by Immanuel Kant and John Stuart Mill, although clearly in opposition to one another, have led to the exact same
result; stilted maxims for moral action. I argue that any theory of morality will inevitably lead to such counter-‐intuitive rules, but dissolving this problem is very simple. Rather than thinking about what we ought to do in order to live moral lives, look and see what we already call moral. “To repeat: don’t think, but look!” Stanley Cavell offers us no theory in The Claim of Reason, but instead describes what we are already doing as moral agents. And though moral deliberations can be quite complicated, Cavell’s prescription for approaching any particular problem of morality is profoundly simple: Discuss it with those you care about. D11 Hanna Lipsey (Dr. Eric Kurlander) [email protected] Spring 1918: Russia’s Exit, America’s Entry, and the Decisive Moment of the First World War The major events of World War I that this presentation will focus on are the Russian withdrawal from the war and the American entrance into the war which most historians do not connect because they favor a Western-‐centric approach. The American entry into the war and the Russian withdrawal are interconnected as seen through the diaries, letters, and memoirs of soldiers who participated in the war. The Western Front was beginning to be bolstered by both sides in 1917, by the Americans arriving and the Germans transferring troops from the East. The mass of manpower movements created and end to the stalemate and would come to a head in the 1918 March Offensive when Germany tested their advantage. They were successful, but by the summer the Americans had arrived in substantial force which neutralized the German troop boost from the East. If the Russians withdrew later or if the Americans entered earlier the war may have played out differently. All in all, these two events broke the stalemate of the war and should be linked together as demonstrated through the chronology of the war and the writings of those who fought in it.
C12 Allen Love (Dr. Ronald Hall) [email protected] The Two Concepts of Reason Herbert Marcuse, a philosopher from the Frankfurt School in Germany, wrote a book titled One-‐dimensional Man in which he writes a critique on post-‐industrial modern society. The problem Marcuse sees lies in the reasoning used by people today: instead of using reason as a tool for social progress, reason has been turned into a tool of social stagnation. Social injustices have become rationally justified, and people are using a deterministic picture of the world created from reason to fall into complacency. My task is to clarify the problems Marcuse has observed, what he calls ‘one-‐dimensional thinking’, and then assess how reason should be used ideally and provide solutions to the destructive mind-‐set that Marcuse has claimed to have pervaded all aspects of our modern society. A1 Ali MacGillivray (Dr. Rebecca Watts) [email protected] Humor as Rhetorical Strategy: President Clinton’s Performance at the 2000 White House Correspondents’ Dinner The annual White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner grants the president the opportunity to target humor-‐laced jokes at the White House press. Applying humor helps the speaker build common ground with the audience and, potentially, change their current beliefs or perceptions about the speaker. Rhetorical humor strategies in conjunction with Kenneth Burke’s comic frame also allow the speaker to transcend himself through maximum consciousness. This research sheds light on how political figures can use rhetorical humor strategies in U.S political discourse to influence the minds of an intended audience by focusing on Bill Clinton’s farewell address at the 2000 WHCA dinner.
A10 Rachel Markunas and Jacob Manos (Dr. Julie Schmitt) [email protected]; [email protected] A Character and Their Actor: A Process This presentation explains the rehearsal processes of a theatrical production from an actor’s perspective. Beginning from receiving both the role and script to performing onstage in front of a live audience, the process of creating believable characters for theatre will be discussed. The discussion will also include explanations on how a character analysis is done, how character relationships are formed through collaboration with a scene partner, and techniques for how to “get into” and remain “in character”. The discussion portion will be followed by a scene from Caryl Churchill’s Vinegar Tom that demonstrates all of the actor techniques that were explained. B7 Julie Martin (Dr. Diane Everett and Dr. Sven Smith) [email protected] Does Social Learning Theory Work for Adult's Beliefs on Acupuncture? I tested Social Learning Theory through the use of Acupuncture. The Social Learning process goes through three stages: imitation, definitions, and then definitions merge with larger societal values. The research proposed four propositions: 1) Overall, participants would be at different stages of the Social Learning process as those who had been exposed to Acupuncture for a shorter period of time would have had less time to define Acupuncture, in accordance with core values. 2) Levels of imitation would be similar between people who used Acupuncture regularly and those who used Acupuncture occasionally or never. Both begun using medicine first by imitating other people's behavior. 3) Reinforcement would be either positive or negative and would directly impact whether the participant used Acupuncture as a treatment. 4) Within the sampled age group of adults, the definitions of Acupuncture would be more developed for those who had been using Acupuncture longer. If all four of these
propositions were true, then the results suggested Social Learning Theory might work for people's beliefs on Acupuncture. This was a qualitative study where the participants were selected based on non probability sampling, and more specifically, used a snowballing effect. Word clouds were used for visual aids. B1 Brittany McCaughey (Dr. Rebecca Watts) [email protected] Athletes, Communication, and Success: Collegiate Athletes’ Perceptions of the Importance of Communication in Relation to Team Success The following study completed an in-‐depth qualitative analysis of what collegiate level division I athletes perceive to be the necessary communication techniques needed to excel as a team. The study discovered how communication could be better used in a team setting in athletics through the use of an in-‐depth analysis. This study utilized individual respondent interviews and followed a standard interview guide for those interviews. The interview guide consisted of different sections of questions that allowed the participants to draw upon circumstances in which communication had been a necessary tool for the success of their team. After the interviews were completed, a modified grounded theory approach was used to analyze my feedback. A thorough process of coding occurred at this point which led me to my final analysis and assisted me in discovering the answers to my research questions. C10 Erin McLarnan (Dr. Tony Abbott) [email protected] Q methodology: A way to develop sustainability indicators for the City of DeLand Sustainability has proven to be important to the City of Deland through the creation of a Sustainability Action Plan and the DeLand 2050 plan. However, even with these two documents pointing the city in the direction of sustainability, I hypothesize that there are
certain issues or indicators the city should be focusing on that are not necessarily covered in these two plans. To discover these indicators I used Q methodology, which incorporates both public opinion and scientific processes. To gather public opinion I conducted several interviews and then used the responses to create opinion statements. I then went back to the people I interviewed and asked them to rank order the statements on a matrix according to how strongly they agreed with each statement. The rankings were then put through a software analysis program which generated the sustainability indicators for the City of DeLand. These indicators represent what citizens of DeLand find to be most important when it comes to moving toward sustainability within the city. It is my hope that the DeLand city government will be able to use these indicators to focus their efforts and policies to create a more sustainable DeLand. D2 Olivia Moeschet (Dr. Julia Schmitt) [email protected] Bombarding the Senses: Applying Theatre of Cruelty to Modern Theatrical Experiences Using research that I have studied through the course of the year, in this seminar I will attempt to apply the theoretical writings of the avant-‐garde theatre artist Antonin Artaud to modern day performance experiences. His writings about his idea of the Theatre of Cruelty tell us how he believed that the spectator should also be a participant in the world that the play is creating. It is difficult to achieve that if the spectator is realizing that they are simply watching a story in front of them. This is when Artaud discusses how bombarding the spectator's senses would help draw them into the action and break down social confines through the live performance. It is this bombardment of the senses that we can find in two modern theatrical experiences: Halloween Horror Nights and Immersion theatre. While these two performance experiences may appear to appropriate elements of Artaud's theory, their purpose is for commercial profit
and entertainment which is in complete opposition to Artaud's purpose of social revolution through live performance. E10 Matthew Mohney (Dr. Kevin Riggs) [email protected] Nonlinear Optics and Frequency Doubling KTP, Potassium Titanyl Phosphate, is nonlinear optical material which can be used to convert light of 1064 nm wavelength, infrared light, into light of 532 nm wavelength, green light. This process, known as frequency doubling, is important in the manufacturing of green lasers for it is the most cost effective way to produce the laser rather than using a more expensive green laser diode. The process to create this frequency doubled light involves shining a 1064 nm Neodymium-‐doped Yttrium Aluminum Garnet, (Nd:YAG) laser onto a KTP crystal, which will then result in both 1064 nm light, and 532 nm light. E13 Michael Mohney (Dr. J. Abbott) [email protected] Efficiency Assessment of Photovoltaic Cells Solar energy has a large potential as a renewable resource to compete with fossil fuels as an alternative energy source. With scientists’ current strides to further develop and advance our ability to convert the sun’s radiant energy into electricity, photovoltaic cells may become a necessity to our homes and businesses. This project primarily focuses on measuring the efficiencies of today’s most popular solar cells and comparing them to each other along with optimum data that has been found within other labs. This involves the most commercially successful and most efficient monocrystalline solar cell and some of the newly developed thin filmed solar cells.
B12 Annie Moore (Dr. Mary Pollock) [email protected] An historical look at the growing importance of children as expressed through an in-‐depth study of J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan stories* Before the Edwardian era (1900-‐1914), the idea of family was radically different than it is today. The Victorian era ushered in a remarkable shift in the importance of family and children themselves, which reflected on the literature. Suddenly, children were being honestly depicted in literature and soon after became the main audience for several stories. The Edwardian era provided literature encompassing this shift in family priorities with Barrie's Peter Pan stories, for example. Focusing on historical and literary theory, a rough timeline of the importance of children in family life and a literary analysis of the child's role in literature develops. *Recipient of 2013 SURE Grant A9 Annie Moore (Dr. Eric Kurlander) [email protected] The Hidden Influence of Adult’s Childhood on the Golden Age of Children’s Literature The Victorian sentiment towards childhood had a direct influence on the adults having grown up in that era and thusly changed the way their children were treated in the Edwardian era. Childhood and adulthood at this time was blurred as this was a time when adults read and enjoyed children's books just as much, if not more, than children at the time. Children's books like Peter Pan and Alice in Wonderland were books written by adults for specific, real-‐life children as a way for the adult to reclaim a childhood that they thought they were cheated out of due to the romanticization of the child at the time and the harsh realities they had to face.
D3 Sasha Pesci (Dr. Tony Abbott) [email protected] Getting smart about agriculture: climate change adaptation and mitigation in Volusia County farms Climate change is a global environmental issue with multifaceted implications. One of these is the effect on agriculture, and in turn the state of global food security and economic system. This study takes place in Volusia County, Florida, where agriculture is an important source of income. This study consists of a literature review examining the effects of climate change on agriculture and vice versa, as well as agricultural climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies. A review of relevant information regarding the study area, such as the importance of the agriculture industry in Florida, as well as the projections for future climate change implications in this state is also included. This project involves an assessment of a diverse set of Volusia County farms through the implementation of one online survey. The main purpose of this study is to determine participants’ perceptions on the occurrence of climate change, if Volusia County farmers are aware of climatic variability and its relationship to agriculture, and if these are also applying agricultural practices that aid in climate change mitigation and adaptation. Findings of this research show that many surveyed farmers are unsure about the occurrence of climate change and its causes. Most are somewhat knowledgeable about the subject but a fairly small proportion is certain that climate change is occurring and that it is caused by human impact. Also, farmers who apply organic/mostly organic practices are overall more climate-‐smart than those who utilize conventional agricultural practices. The study suggests that Volusia county farmers are, in general, not sufficiently aware of and concerned about the implications of climate change and that they would greatly benefit from further education on the subject matter. Ultimately, this project intends to influence farmers to analytically
consider the level of preparedness to climate change in their agricultural practices. A8 Nora R. Porter (Dr. Diane D. Everett) [email protected] Slut-‐Shaming: The Effects of the Sexual Double Standard on the Perceptions of College Students Towards Themselves and Their Peers* The research hereinafter deals with the subjects of the sexual double standard and slut-‐shaming, from which I drew two research objectives: Are female undergraduates more likely than male undergraduates to slut-‐shame women? Are male undergraduates experiencing slut-‐shaming? If so, are they experiencing it in a different way than are females? In order to situate my research within the broader sociological world, I utilized social role theory, “doing sexual scripts” theory, the sexual double standard paradigm, symbolic interactionism, and the framework of the social construction of reality. I studied both male and female undergraduate students between the ages of 18-‐25 at a small, private university on the eastern coast of Florida, located roughly half of an hour away from Daytona Beach (N=240; F=158; M=82). To complete my study, I utilized a probability sample and a survey method of data collection, by pulling indicators from two established measures: the Sexual Double Standard Scale (Muehlenhard and Quackenbush 1996) and the Double Standard Scale (Caron, Davis, Halteman, and Stickle 1993). Self-‐created, pre-‐tested indicators were also added. It was discovered that females were more likely to be slut-‐shamed and to slut-‐shame other females than were males to be slut-‐shamed or to slut-‐shame women (or men). It was also found that male undergraduates are indeed experiencing slut-‐shaming, but at a far lesser rate than slut-‐shaming occurs to females. 6 males out of the 82 male respondents said they had been slut-‐shamed. Furthermore, men were most likely to experience a verbal form of slut-‐shaming—either name-‐calling or teasing—whereas females were most likely to experience
slut-‐shaming in the form of reputation damage (60%). * Received Dean’s Fund to present at the Southern Sociological Society Annual Conference [April 2nd-‐5th, 2014] D13 Morgan Resnick and Paul Carey (Dr. Laura H. Gunn) [email protected]; [email protected] The Active Shooter Situation: Assessing Safety at Stetson University Active shooter situations around the nation have affected safety procedures on college campuses. Assessments were made to determine the awareness and education of the Stetson community. Methods. Investigators drafted two electronic questionnaires that were sent to the Stetson community via a campus announcement email; one was a student questionnaire and one was for faculty, staff, and administration. A focus group was also conducted to gain further information. Results. Of 108 completed questionnaires, 57 were by students and 51 were among faculty, staff, and administration. The majority of respondents were female (75.9%), heterosexual (88.9%), and Caucasian (87%). Significant associations were found between several combinations of variables. For example, the campus community has more confidence in the preparation of Stetson for such an event among those who have been exposed to active shooter training materials (p=0.012). Another association was shown between emergency response knowledge and satisfaction with the timeliness of the system (p=0.0004). Conclusion. Results suggest that communication between administration and students about this type of situation may be a factor for the feelings of perceived safety at Stetson. Most of the faculty, staff, and administration felt prepared and safe while the same cannot be said for students in every area.
D5 Ryan Rinaldo (Dr. Julie Watts) [email protected] Sink or Swim: Carnival Corporation, Crisis Communication, and the Costa Concordia Abandon Ship are the last words any one cruising on a cruise liner wants to hear. This was the case on a fateful night in 2012 when the Costa Concordia struck a rock. This incident would force Carnival Corporation to generate crisis communication discourse in order to maintain and repair its image as a dominate force in the cruise industry. This study explores the discourse generated by Carnival using a variety of current theories and themes in crisis communication, focusing on William Benoit’s notions of image restoration. The main focus of this research is to examine how Carnival progressed its communication as the Costa Concordia Crisis evolved. The study examines rationales for Carnival's decisions alongside its image restoration strategies and arguments, analyzing the many crisis responses employed by Carnival in an effort to restore and maintain their image in response to the Costa Concordia incident. E12 April Rizzo (Dr. Peter May) [email protected] Effect of variation in time of day and auditory stimulus on avian mobbing response in Central Florida Anti-‐predator behavior is well established in many social species, and is thought to be a mechanism to deter predators or signal predator identity and location. Avian anti-‐predator behavior is most often observed as a mobbing response, in which one individual will signal an alarm call to attract neighboring individuals and form a large group to harass the predator. I utilized a 2-‐way factorial design to study this group mobbing behavior, in which two different calls (Owl vs. Passerine) and time of day (early morning vs. late morning) were observed. Trials took place during fall in the Ocala National Forest in Central Florida. I predicted: a) there would be a decline in
response to both calls later in the day and b) there would be a greater decline in the response to the owl playback. Both hypotheses were supported by fewer individuals responding, fewer species responding, a delayed latency, and a shorter extinction time. However, my hypothesis was not supported that there would be a significantly greater decrease in extinction time of the response to the Screech Owl call. By analyzing the different factors that influence the strength of avian mobbing response, biologists can better understand the adaptive function of anti-‐predator behavior not just in birds, but other mammals, fish, and invertebrates. E1 Vanessa Y. Rubio (Dr. Kirsten Work) [email protected] The effects of nutrient cycling by the exotic catfish, Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus, on algal growth in Volusia Blue Spring Nutrient recycling by fish plays a large role in the availability of nutrients, such as nitrogen and phosphorous, in freshwater aquatic systems. The invasive of exotic catfish Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus has infiltrated Volusia Blue Spring and this herbivorous population possibly caused a growth spurt of algal biomass due to its digestive by-‐product. In my research, I focused on the growth of algae on microscope slides as a direct result of the presence of P. disjunctivus feces in situ by implanting an array in Volusia Blue Spring to measure algal growth. The algae samples collected from control and experimental treatments were compared using dry mass as well as spectrometry for chlorophyll a. For comparison, algae were grown over the course of four weeks in a growth medium to calculate the variability of growth from viable algal cells within the excrement. There was significant growth of algae in the presence of P. disjunctivus feces. In addition to promoting algal growth, P. disjunctivus feces were found to contain viable algal cells thriving after being excreted. The addition of nutrients and viable cells due to the presence of feces could be a
contributing factor to eutrophication and ecological shifts in Volusia Blue Spring. E7 Vanessa Y. Rubio (Dr. Cynthia Bennington) [email protected] Genetic variability and gender specialization in Passiflora incarnate* Plants possess a diversity of breeding systems that have evolved in response to selection favoring outcrossing or optimal resource allocation during growth and development. Andromonoecy is a breeding system where individual plants produce both staminate and hermaphroditic (bisexual) flowers. In the andromonoecious vine, Passiflora incarnata, prior studies have examined fitness traits of hermaphroditic and staminate flowers. In our study, we compared male fitness traits (e.g., nectar quantity, nectar quality, and pollen tube growth) between hermaphroditic and staminate flowers, accounting for potential differences between genotypes. We conducted these experiments using 30 potted plants of P. incarnata, representing six clonally-‐replicated genotypes originally obtained from natural populations. There was significant genetic variability in traits such as nectar sucrose concentration and pollen diameter, but little evidence that staminate and hermaphroditic flowers differed in male fitness. Ultimately, male fitness is best measured as the number of seeds successfully sired, a variable that is difficult to quantify. *Funded by a 2014 SURE Grant D16 Danielle Sanderson (Dr. Eric Kurlander) [email protected] For the Kingdom or for the Cross? The Evolution of British Policy Towards Palestine during World War I Because the intensity of the Israeli-‐Palestinian conflict has not wavered in decades, it seems almost unfathomable that during the twentieth century, Great Britain, France, and Russia agreed that no one religion, nation, or empire would rule Palestine. In May 1916, Britain and
France created a secret but binding treaty, the Sykes-‐Picot Agreement, which proposed the establishment of an international administration to govern Palestine. However in November 1917, Great Britain created the Balfour Declaration that established Palestine as the national homeland for the Jewish people. This research details the various geopolitical and religious justifications for the sudden change in British policy. Furthermore, it strives to emphasize the centrality of Prime Minister David Lloyd George’s need impose his views, based heavily in his Baptist upbringing, on the world to the creation of a British-‐controlled Jewish state in Palestine, through an analysis of his memoirs. E6 Danielle Sanderson (Dr. Alan Green) [email protected] Steps to Success: An analysis of persistence in STEM Majors Due to the policies created by and proposed by the Obama Administration and various state governments to increase the attainment of post-‐secondary science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) degrees, it is necessary to understand what influences declaring a STEM major and completing a STEM degree. Through a logistical regression analysis of longitudinal data collected from college students between 2003 and 2009 by the National Center for Education Statistics, this research describes the factors that determine persistence in a STEM major. Furthermore, it measures the extent of the effects that ability, interest, self-‐efficacy, and educational experiences has on student success in STEM fields.
C9 Darian Shump (Dr. Philip Lucas) [email protected] Muslim Brethren? Sufism, Terrorism, and Uyghur Identity in Post-‐Republican China and Beyond Within the past decade, the Muslim Uyghur of China have become the subject of intense domestic and international scrutiny, largely as a result of their religious beliefs. It has been claimed by some that their struggle for independence has been characterized by the use of violence, and that a monolithic separatist movement with ties to al-‐Qaeda has spearheaded the assault on China itself. The following paper seeks to rectify such errors by focusing upon the complex nature of Uyghur identity and situating Uyghur Sufism, the most prevalent form of Islam in Xinjiang, amongst a number of other cultural factors that independently cannot be treated as guarantors of involvement in separatist or terrorist activity. B6 Karina Silva (: Dr. Laura H. Gunn) [email protected] A Review of Studies Assessing Diabetes Prevalence in the U.S. By Certain Demographic Factors Diabetes is a disease which increasingly affects more individuals world-‐wide, and it is the seventh leading cause of death in the U.S. Risk factors associated with diabetes include: BMI; age; race; inactivity; family history; among others. This review, however, focuses on the effect of certain demographic risk factors on diabetes prevalence. PubMed, EBSCOHOST, MedLine, and Proquest were used to search for potentially eligible studies that would meet inclusion criteria. Studies published since 2000 conducted within the U.S. among adults at least 18 years old that included diabetes prevalence as the primary outcome were included in this review. Among the 1,423 studies identified, and after abstract and full-‐text screenings, eight studies met inclusion criteria for synthesis. For each included study, data was extracted on the type of participants, type of recruitment
strategies, comparisons, and outcomes. A risk of bias assessment was made based on available information within each study. Three studies compared diabetes prevalence by urban and rural locations, showing that there is a greater prevalence of diabetes among rural participants compared to their urban counterparts. Additional results will be provided in the presentation. This review will allow for insight and awareness into the growing problem of diabetes within communities. B9 Sam Slaughter (Dr. Mark Powell) [email protected] A reading from my MA thesis, Dogs, a Novel After being forced to kill a dog at his mother’s behest, twenty-‐something Ben is plagued by the guilt of his actions. Unable to confront the weight of his actions, Ben embarks on a three-‐day alcohol binge all the while avoiding his mother, who also turned to drinking., With influence ranging from the Southern Gothic tradition and Ernest Hemingway to Malcolm Lowry and Expatriate literature of the Mid-‐1900s, Dogs paints the portrait of two family members orbiting the same issues without knowing it until it is too late. Family issues, alcohol abuse, and claustrophobic environments all play pivotal roles in this novel that pays particular attention to the craft of fiction as it pertains to the balance of action and dialogue. The selection chosen for reading was originally workshopped at the Key West Literary Seminar in January 2014. C14 Joshua Solomon (Dr. E. Huskey) [email protected] Political Participation Through Complaining in Russia Since the fall of the Soviet Union, political sociology has paid great attention to the ways in which post-‐communist citizens interact with their new states. However, the literature has largely ignored one mechanism of political behavior: complaining. Airing grievances to
public officials is a time-‐honored tradition in this region, even dating back to pre-‐revolutionary times. This paper asks who today is performing this political act in Russia, the largest and most populous of the former Soviet republics. Drawing on two literatures from political science – one on U.S. citizen initiated contacting and the other on Russian political participation, this study cross analyzes census data with the number of complaints that came from each province to the Office of the President in 2011 and 2012. A linear multivariate model reveals that complaints tend to come from educated, urban, and wealthier areas, where support for the President is lower. Further analysis shows that this pattern can, but does not always, change when the subject matter of the complaint changes. The results of the study suggest that complaining is a form of political participation chosen by those who may not participate in other ways. This finding may have important implications for the study of Russian political culture. C7 Helena Starks (Dr. Katya Kudryavtseva) [email protected] Robert Mapplethorpe’s Trial: Reflection on Changing Values My research project addresses the controversy that followed The Perfect Moment exhibition of Robert Mapplethorpe’s photographs, which opened on April 7, 1990 at the Contemporary Art Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. 175 pictures were included in the show, 7 of which, representing sadomasochistic scenes, caused a public outrage. A number of conservative groups demanded a legal action against the organizers of the exhibition, citing the Ohio obscenity laws. The matter was taken to court, where the CAC and its director, Dennis Barrie were acquitted. The project sheds light on the historical significance of Robert Mapplethorpe’s trial putting forward a more nuanced reading of the engagement of art with politics and focusing on issues of censorship in the context of LGBT rights. The project also addresses the afterlife of the trial. As a recipient of the Dean’s
Fund for Senior Project Research grant, I have conducted research in Cincinnati. Having interviewed a wide range of respondents who experienced the exhibition and the trial firsthand, including both the opponents and defenders of the show, I have argued that there has been a change in public opinion regarding Robert Mapplethorpe’s artwork due to the social progress, powered by LGBT community’s fight for equality. B11 Kara Stephens (Dr. Tony Abbott) [email protected] Informed Conservation: A Study of the Effects of Education and Positive Reinforcement on Recycling With each generation born, there are more people who require resources to thrive. However, if the resources needed are not used sustainably, then how are future generations going to survive? There are many different ways to act more sustainably and change our culture. This project focuses on one area in particular: recycling. By incorporating education and reinforcement of positive behaviors into schools and living environments, the amount of waste produced should be reduced and in turn provide for future generations. The majority of Stetson’s student population lives on campus, and there are recycle bins placed on each floor, accessible to all. But there are many that do not know much about recycling. By implementing educational flyers and positive feedback loops, my hope is to change the current student culture on campus to a more sustainable culture that they will carry with them throughout their lives. I will be comparing recycle bin weight of four dormitories that need the most improvement (two control and two experimental groups) over a four week period, divided into a pre-‐ and post-‐period, analyzing whether or not education and positive reinforcement have an effect on students’ recycling habits.
E3 Kristen Thomas (Dr. Laura H. Gunn) [email protected] The reasons individuals do not receive the flu vaccination and who is most likely to receive it among the Stetson community Influenza, or commonly flu, is a respiratory illness that is caused by strains of the influenza virus that infect the nose, lungs, and throat. It is said that the flu vaccine is the best way to reduce the chance of becoming infected with flu and reduce the chance individuals will spread it to others. An online questionnaire was developed to survey 1,000 randomly selected students, faculty, and staff within the Stetson community using the Green Pages. The proportions of students, faculty, and staff randomly selected were taken as representatives of the population available in the Green Pages. The questionnaire assessed planned behavior and the Health Belief Model constructs of perceived threats and benefits which would be used to determine perceptions of the flu vaccine, and reasons for not taking the flu vaccine in the past year, as well as intentions of receiving the vaccine during the current flu season. Data collection occurred during November 2013, with 230 completed questionnaires for a 23% response rate. Results include the top reason for avoiding the flu vaccination ‘it is unnecessary to get one’ (n=71, 20%). Faculty were found to be most likely to get the flu vaccination (p=0.049) compared to students and staff. B13 Michelle Urbanek (Dr. Carol A. Corcoran) [email protected] Linking Home and School: Teacher Perceptions of Parent Portal The purpose of this study was to see the effectiveness of Parent Portal – if it was used at all – on students’ learning and parents’ involvement. Technology is rapidly becoming a necessity in today’s society and schools. Schools, teachers, parents, administrators, and students need to learn how to use it to their advantage and to promote learning. A survey
was created and given to six second grade teachers and six fifth grade teachers at a local elementary school to determine their perceptions of Parent Portal and its effectiveness. Results indicated that this technology was not being utilized as expected. A4 Michelle Vergara (Dr. Ranjini Thaver) [email protected] Modeling the Bitcoin Economy Bitcoin, the forerunner of the digital cryptocurrency movement, is notorious for its dramatic volatility. Many analysts and traders consider Bitcoin as a speculative investment rather than a currency, which changes consumer behavior and perception of its price. Prior to this study, few scholarly works discuss the behavior of the price of Bitcoin, largely because of its novelty as a digital currency. This study hopes to find determinants of the price of Bitcoin through a time-‐series regression that is then tested for cointegration using the Pesaran method. The variables include conventional economic determinants such as supply and the price of substitutes. Included in the regression are the number of queries on Google as well as a variable that captures the economic instability in Cyprus, which arguably served as a catalyst of Bitcoin’s popularity. Through this study, more light will be shed on the actors in the Bitcoin economy and the workings of the cryptocurrency market as a whole. A3 Vivian Warren (Dr. Rebecca Watts) [email protected] The Evolution of Social Media: Generation Y, Relational Maintenance, and the Ten-‐Second Snap The new social media app, Snapchat, allows its users to take pictures or videos, draw on them, and then send them to selected recipients. What makes it distinctive is that users must also set a time limit for how long these recipients can view their snaps (from 1 to 10 seconds), then they are immediately deleted. The app has grown immensely in popularity among
Generation Y in a short amount of time. This is fascinating, considering it is like no other form of social media that preceded it. How does Snapchat function for Generation Y as an interpersonal communication tool? What role or function is Snapchat providing for Generation Y that other forms of social media are not? Snapchat has the ability to provide different connections beyond previous social networking interactions; either this or it alienates us further. By conducting multiple in-‐depth one-‐on-‐one qualitative interviews with both male and female Snapchat users, I have applied Goffman’s theory of self-‐presentation in order to uncover key ideas relating to the communicative habits of Generation Y. Individuals use social-‐networking as an efficient means of communication as well as an ongoing way to seek approval and support of others. With this research, Ideas have been developed relating specifically to Snapchat and the relationships we form through the phone app. B5 D’Andra Williams (Dr. Kenneth Nusbaum) [email protected] If You’re Not Whitening You’re Yellowing: An Organic Teeth Whitening Alternative Teeth appearance have become priority over the years and this caused teeth bleaching to become a popular procedure to undergo. Hydrogen peroxide, a powerful oxidizing agent that helps to clean teeth, is found in many teeth whitening products. However, hydrogen peroxide can have negative effects on teeth causing enamel damage, tooth sensitivity, mucous irritation and possible DNA damage which could lead to cancer. However, Rastafarians have been known for their pearly white teeth, but do not use cleaning agents such as toothpaste or whitening agents. They use a twig commonly known as the “chew stick” to take care of their oral hygiene. Therefore, this study compares the whitening effects of Crest White strips versus the Chew Stick to see if the Chew Stick can be an effective organic alternative to Crest White strips.
C16 Marquis Wimberly (Dr. Ron Hall) [email protected] Conversation, Community and Individuality In America, a pervasive and perhaps uncritically accepted assumption is that the individual and the community exist in an inverse relationship. I challenge this assumption. I argue that genuine conversation and speaking in our own voice has the effect of building individuality and community without sacrificing either. Through an analysis of Robert Bellah’s Habits of the Heart, this research aims to demonstrate the ways in which the perception that there is inverse relation between the community and individual, as presented under communitarian and individualist frameworks, may lead to undesirable effects and suggests that the conversational model can reverse these effects.
LAW Lindsey Plyler Blankenbaker, Juris Doctor Candidate Bathroom Politics: Transgender Students, Public School Restrooms, and the First Amendment An increasing number of Americans—including school-‐aged children—now identify as transgendered. But as this number grows, so does the confusion surrounding what "transgendered" means. How do we integrate the transgendered into public and private life, and what accommodations should be made to respect their individuality? This dilemma is particularly conspicuous in public schools, where transgendered students may be isolated—or worse, bullied—in their performances of fundamental, personal, and gendered acts, including restroom use. This paper explores how the U.S.
Constitution’s Free Expression clause protects transgendered restroom use as symbolic expression. By upholding transgendered students' rights to free expression via public schools restroom use, school districts ensure that transgendered students have equitable access to the education that is both their responsibility and their right. Matt Newton, Juris Doctor Candidate An Evaluation of Scalia’s Reductio ad Absurdum in Romer and Lawrence by the Aristotelian Classical Method Using Justice Scalia’s dissents in Romer v. Evans and Texas v. Lawrence as case studies, this paper examines the Justice’s arguments through the Aristotelian lenses of logos, pathos, and ethos. Scalia’s method of infusing emotional appeals and literary devices in these judicial opinions is examined, and the paper contemplates the logical problems that arise from his literary use of reductio ad absurdum and how these logical problems damage his argument. Finally, the paper suggests such persuasive methods should be minimized in favor of a more logic-‐driven approach not unlike the
textualist method Justice Scalia himself advocates for statutory interpretation. Heather Woods, Juris Doctor Candidate Out of the Commoners’ Hands: A Theoretical Perspective on the Erosion of the Right to A Trial by Jury Have we, as a society, deviated too far from the constitutional norms embodying the right to trial by jury? Applying the work of Hans Kelsen, author of Pure Theory of Law, to revolutionary events, recent terrorist attacks, and modern trends in the law, this paper analyzes whether and to what extent our society is in variance with a fundamental building block of our society, or grundnorm. Implementing an applied philosophy approach, this paper explores whether our society has engendered the erosion of the right to trial by jury. Addressing the rise of ADR and its application, even in cases of rape, this paper aims to demonstrate the contemporary practical relevance of jurisprudence and offers a resolution inspired by legal scholars to harmonize constitutional norms with current legal practices.
Stetson Undergraduate Research Committee:
Kimberly Reiter, Ph.D., Associate Professor of History – Committee Chair Karen Ryan, Ph.D., Dean, College of Arts & Sciences Carol Corcoran, Ph.D. Professor of Teacher Education, Melissa Gibbs, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biology Sidney Johnston, Foundation Relations Officer, Grants, Sponsored Research, and Strategic
Initiatives Christopher Ma, Ph.D. Professor of Finance Ken McCoy, PhD, Professor of Theater Kevin Riggs, Ph.D., Professor of Physics David Schmidt, Assistant Professor of Music Jean Wald, Assistant Professor and Music Librarian John York, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Chemistry
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The Office of the Provost Paul Johnson and Stetson Catering for the lunchboxes. Amy Ammon and Stetson Events Set-‐up Stetson Media Services Administrative support staff at Stetson University, including but not limited to:
o Kathy Leitch, Richard Tysor and Robin Carter in the Office of Academic Affairs for budget support and organizational help.
o The Creative Marketing team for advice and promotion o The Office of the Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences for support with
the Maris Prizes. o Mary Bernard for catering. o The students who monitor cultural credit o The Showcase Interns Jesika Butler and Josh Howard o Most especially, Chelsea Santoro and Mary Bernard in the History
Department for indispensable administrative support.
