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PROGRAM OF EVENTS
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2014
Criminology
English
History
Political Science & International Studies
Psychology
Sociology and Anthropology
Women’s and Gender Studies
World Languages and Cultures
School of Education
Bonner Institute for Civic and Community Engagement
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FALL 2014 CELEBRATION OF STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
This school-wide event showcases student scholarly and creative achievements from a range of disciplines.
Sessions feature paper presentations, panel discussions, and poster presentations. Students will present work
that has resulted from independent research, senior thesis or capstone work, internship experiences, confer-
ence presentations, and other scholarly, applied, and creative experiences. Please join us to congratulate our
students on their achievements.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
11:00 AM – 4:00 PM CELEBRATION TEA
Location: Social Sciences Building Atrium
(Tea, coffee, and treats will be available throughout the afternoon.)
11:00 AM – 5:00 PM STUDENT PRESENTATIONS
Instructions for presenters can be found on the last page of this program.
Location of paper and panel presentations: classrooms in the Social Sciences
Building (SSB)
Location of poster presentations: Social Sciences Building (SSB) Atrium
(the numbers below represent the poster easel number)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This event is sponsored by the School of Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS). The program was organized
by the HSS Undergraduate Research Council with the assistance of Maddie Weinland, Psychology
Department Program Coordinator.
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Criminology
Student Name Project Title Faculty Sponsor
Type of Presentation
Project Location
Time Slot
Megan Osika,
Disha Dass
Providing Re-
sources for Future
Educators to Sup-
port LGBTQ Stu-
dents
Stuart Roe Paper
Presentation SSB 232 12:00-12:30
Student Name Project Title Faculty Sponsor
Type of Presentation
Project Location
Time Slot
Robin Schmitz
Student Attitudes
Toward Executive
Clemency
Margaret E.
Leigey
Poster
Presentation SSB Atrium #2 1:00-2:00
(School of) Education
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English
Student Name Project Title Faculty
Sponsor
Type of
Presentation
Project
Location Time Slot
Karly DaSilva
Nicole
Cammarota
David
Hovemeyer
Erin
Macarthur
Caitlin
Weisner
Getting a Life:
Women, Autobi-
ography and
Theory
"Finding Refuge
in the Natural
World: Feminist
Ecocriticism and
the Autobiograph-
ical "Self" "
“One Size Does
Not Fit All: Cul-
tural Impact on
Method, Voice
and Form in Au-
thentic Autobiog-
raphy”"
"Early American
Women's Captiv-
ity Narratives as
Autobiography"
"Social Media as
Modern Performa-
tive Autobiog-
raphy"
"Incidents of a
Slave Girl in Cold
Blood: Barthes’
“Death of the Au-
thor” and Social
(In)justice in
Black Women’s
Autobiography "
Lisa Ortiz-
Vilarelle
Panel
Discussion SSB 230 1:30-3:00
Megan Osika
Masculine Preg-
nancy in Pregnant
Butch and Labor
of Love
Juda Bennett Paper
Presentation SSB 232 12:30-1:00
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Student Name Project Title Faculty
Sponsor
Type of
Presentation
Project
Location Time Slot
Amanda Mastronardi Jennifer Resnick Brittany Saxton Michael Fisher: Kristi Marciano
1989: Perspectives 25 Years after the Fall of the Wall Violence and the Ro-manian Revolution of 1989 The Sarajevo Olympics and the Making of Yu-goslav Identity Food, Flowers and Feminism: Vera Chyt-ilova reflected in 1989 Hong Kong 2014 and the Legacy of Tianan-men Square Politics and Memory in Post-Tiananmen China
Cynthia Paces Panel Discussion SSB 230 12:00-1:20
Jennifer
Fraunberger
The Ravensbruck Con-
centration Camp: A
History Through
Memory, 1939-1945
Cynthia Paces
and Roman
Kovalev
Paper
Presentation SSB 230 11:00-11:30
Daniel Kaplan
The Prohibition Expe-
rience: A Comparative
Analysis of the Effects
of the Eighteenth
Amendment in New
York City and Phila-
delphia
Michael Marino
& Roman
Kovalev
Paper
Presentation
SSB 230 11:30-12:00
History
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Student Name Project Title Faculty
Sponsor
Type of
Presentation
Project
Location Time Slot
Brandon J. Pugh, PCP Andrew J. Wallach Muhammad Hasan Siddiqui Kara Findel
Emerging Public
Policy Issues
Does the United States
First Responder Train-
ing Program Affect Na-
tional Preparedness?
Motivations for Bitcoin
Use
Marijuana Policies in
the 50 States
Voter Identification
Laws and Turnout in
Elections
Brian Potter
Brian Potter
Daniel Bowen
Daniel Bowen
Panel
Discussion SSB 324 12:00-1:00
Robin Greenberg
Connor Kennedy
Kristi Marciano
Annabel Lau
Health and Crime:
Evaluating Policy
Effectiveness
Capital Punishment A
Deterrence?
Gun Ownership and
Murder Rate at the State
Level
Maternal Health in the
Developing World: Re-
defining the Concept of
Progress & Develop-
ment
When Women Lead: How Women in African Parliaments Affect Health Spending
Daniel Bowen
Daniel Bowen
Brian Potter
Brian Potter
Panel
Discussion SSB 324 1:30-2:30
Political Science & International Studies
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Student Name Project Title Faculty Sponsor
Type of Presentation
Project Location
Time Slot
Chandler Hart-McGonigle Jesse Schor Rebecca Flores Laura Garcia
Parties, Elections, and Social Movements Explaining the Paradox of the Rise of the Far Right in Sweden Predicting Gubernatorial Elections Divided Federalism and Gubernatorial Elections
Latin America's Rural Insur-
gency Movements
Brian Potter Daniel Bowen Daniel Bowen Brian Potter
Panel Discussion
SSB 324 3:00-4:00
Joseph DiCarlo Nicolas Dolce Jack Werner Lauren Lalicon
Race, Nationalism and Social Movements A Study of Patriotism and Voter Turnout Native Reins: Indigenous Peoples and Globalization The Consequences of Issue Salience: Latino Voters and California’s Proposition 209 and 71 The Japanese Legacy
Daniel Bowen Brian Potter Daniel Bowen Brian Potter
Panel Discussion
SSB 326 12:00-1:30
Political Science & International Studies (continued)
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Student Name Project Title Faculty Sponsor
Type of Presentation
Project Location
Time Slot
Theja Varre Suzanne Szabo Bryan Halpern Daniel Gill
Policy Adoption Education in Latin America: Policies and Payoff Political Polarization in Health Care - US v. UK The Determinants of State Marijuana Policy Adoption 2nd Amendment Jurisdiction
Brian Potter Nicholas Toloudis Daniel Bowen Daniel Bowen
Panel Discussion
SSB 325 2:00-3:30
Erin Grosskurth Johnanthony Alaimo Mehak Aswani Niriksha Kannan
Migration, Social Change and Governmental Policy The Origins of English and French as Lingua Francas I Hate New York: An Examination of a Resident's Favorability of a State and Fiscal Responsibility Tax Migration Globalization and Philan-thropic Social Change
Brian Potter Daniel Bowen Daniel Bowen Brian Potter
Panel Discussion
SSB 325 12:00-1:30
Political Science & International Studies (continued)
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Psychology
Student Name Project Title Faculty
Sponsor
Type of
Presentation
Project
Location Time Slot
Kristen Gasnick,
Meaghan Sloop,
Ana Veloso,
Thomas Kelly
Mood Manipulation and
Food Selection
Jessica
Barnack-
Tavlaris
Poster
Presentation
SSB
Atrium #4 11:00-12:00
William Gibbs,
Courtney Goodman,
Sruti Kanthan, Re-
becca Schendt,
Catherine Schneider
Reflected Appraisals He Len Chung Poster
Presentation
SSB
Atrium #5 11:00-12:00
Rachel Fikslin, Jen-
na Krizan, Jessica
Saddler
Caffeine Consumption,
Perceived Social Sup-
port, and Self-Reported
Health Outcomes
Jessica
Barnack-
Tavlaris
Poster
Presentation
SSB
Atrium #6 11:00-12:00
Danielle Stepien,
Kristen Rayner,
Thomas Weiss,
Merrill Levitt
The Effects of Music and
Self-Efficacy on Exer-
cise Performance
Jessica
Barnack-
Tavlaris
Poster
Presentation
SSB
Atrium #7 11:00-12:00
Amanda Starcev,
Gabrielle Gil, Portia
Womer, Melissa
Vadakara
Locus of Control, Social
Support, and Stress
Jessica
Barnack-
Tavlaris
Poster
Presentation
SSB
Atrium #8 11:00-12:00
Bianca Caracappa,
Lindsy Lansberry
Alcohol Consumption in
French and American
College Students: Alco-
hol Purchases, Drinking
Patterns, Motives, and
Family History
Margaret
Martinetti
Poster
Presentation
SSB
Atrium #8 12:00-1:00
Jessica Markus, Sa-
rah Jennings, Timo-
thy Encarnacion
How the Presence of
Both Moderate and Rad-
ical Groups Affects the
Endorsement of Norma-
tive Collective Action
Shaun Wiley Poster
Presentation
SSB
Atrium #5 1:00-2:00
Olivia Laura, Kristin
Schnatter, Shirley
Wang
Suppressed but not De-
feated: Authority and
Protest Behavior Interact
to Influence Bystander
Perceptions of Legitima-
cy, Efficacy, and Social
Identity
Shaun Wiley Poster
Presentation
SSB
Atrium #6 1:00-2:00
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Student Name Project Title Faculty
Sponsor
Type of
Presentation
Project
Location Time Slot
Amanda Fresnics,
Melissa Albert, Alexa
Migton
The Presence of Men as
Allies in the Feminist
Movement and Collective
Action Intentions
Shaun
Wiley
Poster
Presentation
SSB
Atrium #7 1:00-2:00
Ji Hwang, Shelby
Kuster , Maria
Rodriguez
Identity Management
Strategies and Collective
Action
Shaun
Wiley
Poster
Presentation
SSB
Atrium #8 1:00-2:00
Kaitlin Shepherd
Youth Mental Health Risks
and Interventions in
Trenton, NJ
Betsy
Ruddy
Poster
Presentation
SSB
Atrium #1 2:00-3:00
Steven Schwering
Aging and the Isolation Ef-
fect: The Type of Test
Matters
Tamra
Bireta
Poster
Presentation
SSB
Atrium #2 2:00-3:00
Chelsea Kohfeldt
Internship as a High School
Guidence Counselor at Bor-
dentown Regional High
School
Betsy
Ruddy
Poster
Presentation
SSB
Atrium #3 2:00-3:00
Brittany Bocchieri Internship with the Family
Support Organization
Betsy
Ruddy
Poster
Presentation
SSB
Atrium #4 2:00-3:00
Samantha Dooley
Applied behavioral analysis
and Vocational training for
non-verbal teens on the Au-
tism Spectrum
Betsy
Ruddy
Poster
Presentation
SSB
Atrium #5 2:00-3:00
Corina Ramos, Katie
King
The Effects of Different
Dimensions of Parenting
Style on Academic and
Emotional Success
He Len
Chung
Poster
Presentation
SSB
Atrium #2 3:00-4:00
Alexus Perry, Desiree
Grizzle, Suzanne
Conroy-Bray
Campus Involvement,
Campus Belonging, and
Well-being
He Len
Chung
Poster
Presentation
SSB
Atrium #3 3:00-4:00
Tiffany Esparra Peer Education Programs
and Community Health
He Len
Chung
Poster
Presentation
SSB
Atrium #4 3:00-4:00
Devin Glinsky, Alys-
sa Avino, Navid Rad-
far, Ashley Demoleas
College Readiness He Len
Chung
Poster
Presentation
SSB
Atrium #5 3:00-4:00
Psychology (continued)
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Student Name Project Title Faculty Sponsor
Type of Presentation
Project Location
Time Slot
Kelly Hennebry
Perfectionism, Shame, and
Rumination in Eating Dis-
orders
Ashley
Borders
Paper
Presentation SSB 232 1:30-2:00
Jayne Duncan, An-
drew Edelblum,
Arathi Elango,
Kristen Has-
semkamp, Lindsey
Hatch, Kristina
Koskinen, Jenna
Leo, Madeline
Liskiewicz, Rebec-
ca Morrissey, Al-
exandra Oskam,
Maria Phillips,
Olivia Pruznick,
Juan Segovia, Brit-
tany Wetreich
Promoting Healthy Eating
Habits: Examining the
External Validity of the
Research Base
John Ruscio Paper
Presentation SSB 228 1:30-2:00
Jack Baldwin, Re-
becca Caughron,
Kelly Ciuffreda,
Mario Erisnord,
Claudia Gargano,
Nicole Gomes,
Sydney Link, Cait-
lin Loyka, Brittany
Mok, Tyler
Ramsin, Leslie Ro-
driguez,
Dan-anh Tran
Promoting Healthy Eating
Habits: Examining the
External Validity of the
Research Base
John Ruscio Paper
Presentation SSB 228 2:00-2:30
Psychology (continued)
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Student Name Project Title Faculty Sponsor
Type of Presentation
Project Location
Time Slot
Nina Ventresco
School Identification and
Psychological Well-Being
Among Parents
Shaun Wiley Paper
Presentation SSB 103 12:00-12:30
Benjamin Levine
Mediators of the Relation-
ship between Leader Emo-
tions and Follower Con-
formity
Jason
Dahling
Paper
Presentation SSB 328 12:00-12:30
Jillian DeMarco
Coworker Preferences and
the Influence of
Personality Traits
Jason
Dahling
Paper
Presentation SSB 328 12:30-1:00
Jessica Gorham Motivation in Testing Jean Kirnan Paper
Presentation SSB 223 1:00-1:30
Psychology (continued)
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Student Name Project Title Faculty Sponsor
Type of Presentation
Project Location
Time Slot
Cara Bronander Fine Lines: Female Lead-ership at The College of New Jersey
Elizabeth Borland
Poster Presentation SSB Atrium #1 11:00-12:00
Sharon Ling Struggles of a Model Minority
Elizabeth Borland
Poster Presentation SSB Atrium #2 11:00-12:00
Kelsey Wolff
First Generation Immigrant Experience: A Visual Soci-ological Study Using Fam-ily Photographs
Elizabeth Borland
Poster Presentation SSB Atrium #3 11:00-12:00
Jessica Gonzalez Race and Sexualization in Women's Magazine Adver-tisements
Elizabeth Borland
Poster Presentation SSB Atrium #1 12:00-1:00
Alyssa Scull Representations of Race in Fashion Media
Elizabeth Borland
Poster Presentation SSB Atrium #2 12:00-1:00
Nicole Fasano Visual Representations of Ebola as Cultural Indica-tors
Elizabeth Borland
Poster Presentation SSB Atrium #3 12:00-1:00
Brittany Reedman Broadway Playbill Content Analysis
Elizabeth Borland
Poster Presentation SSB Atrium #4 12:00-1:00
Adrienne Barsoum Inaccessibility for the Physically Disabled
Elizabeth Borland
Poster Presentation SSB Atrium #5 12:00-1:00
Alex Holzman The Genesis of Slums: A Spatial Analyis of Growing Metros
Elizabeth Borland
Poster Presentation SSB Atrium #6 12:00-1:00
Jonathan Edmondson
Gender in Hollywood: A Content Analysis of "Entertainment Weekly" Covers
Elizabeth Borland
Poster Presentation SSB Atrium #7 12:00-1:00
Sociology and Anthropology
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Student Name Project Title Faculty Sponsor
Type of Presentation
Project Location
Time Slot
Joanna Peluso
My Internship Experience with the Staten Island For-estry Department (NYC Parks & Recreation)
Diane Bates Poster Presentation SSB Atrium #4 1:00-2:00
Jess Bench Examining Obesity in Terms of Social Injustice and Inequality
Elizabeth Borland
Poster Presentation SSB Atrium #1 3:00-4:00
Joanna Peluso Peter Peliotis
Exploring Environmental (In)Justice: Sandy and Supermarkets Framing Recovery: Understanding Inequality and Privilege during Hurricane Sandy Recovery in New Jersey The Greater Trenton Nutrition Study
Diane Bates Panel Presentation SSB 105 2:30-3:30
Sociology and Anthropology
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Student Name Project Title Faculty Sponsor
Type of Presentation
Project Location
Time Slot
April Bullock Erica Farber Caroline Middleton Amber Warshany
Gender and Education Is the Separation of Male and Female Stu-dents Into Sex-Segregated Classrooms Beneficial for Their Learning? The Gendered Division of Labor in Education The Gender Inclusive Approach: A Solution for Gender Stereotypes, Bias, and Discrimina-tion in Elementary Edu-cation Creating the Gender-Equitable Classroom
John Landreau Panel Discussion SSB 225 12:00-1:15
Disha Dass Sarah Cassim Danielle Murphy Essence Fleming Megan Osika
Gendered Identities, Negotiated Spaces Gender Inclusive Hous-ing at The College of New Jersey: A Study Purdah as a Tool of Car-tography: On Gender Discourse and Negotiat-ing Space in Pakistan Discrimination Against Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Indi-viduals in the Work-place Shifting Identities, Mul-tiple Spaces: My Search for Selfhood Transgender Inmates, The Prison-Industrial Complex, and Transgender-related Health Care in the Unit-ed States
John Landreau Panel Discussion SSB 225 1:20-2:35
Women’s and Gender Studies
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Student Name Project Title Faculty Sponsor
Type of Presentation
Project Location
Time Slot
Heather Wuest Sara Von Bartheld Gina Vinch Shannon Kane
Gendered Identities: From Names to Prac-tices Media and Body Image Sexual Assault on Col-lege and University Campuses: Why It's a Problem and How TCNJ Strives to Prevent It The Representation of Gender in Self-Help Books Gendered Ethnicity: Na-tionalizing Representa-tions of the Uyghur Peo-ple in Contemporary China
John Landreau Panel Discussion SSB 225 2:40-3:55
Women’s and Gender Studies
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World Languages and Cultures
Student Name Project Title Faculty Sponsor
Type of Presentation
Project Location
Time Slot
Samantha Godoy, Emma Allen, Nicole Ciullo, Alexandra Mullane, Zachary Dzierzgowski
Telling Unheard Stories of Immigrants in Trenton
Ann Warner-Ault
Poster Presentation
SSB Atrium #1 1:00-2:00
Erin Grosskurth Female Body and Femi-nist Identity in Modern Chinese Literature
Jiayan Mi Paper Presentation SSB 223 2:00-2:30
Audrey Ardanaz, Luis Arroyo, Priscilla Blanco-Jiménez, Al-exandra Castillo, Katherine Loor
Oral Histories: Immi-gration Stories of Hispanics Presented in Spanish
Isabel Kentengian
Panel Presentation SSB 105 1:00-2:00
Adrienne Stewart Samantha Dodson Hannah Gallagher Natasha Roig
Don Quixote La relación y codepend-encia de Don Quijote y Sancho Panza La Edad de Oro Cómo Marcela y Zorai-da desafían las normas TBD
Deborah Compte
Panel Presentation SSB 326 2:00-3:30
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Bonner Institute for Civic and Community Engagement
Student Name Project Title Faculty Sponsor
Type of Presentation
Project Location
Time Slot
Entire Class Entire Class Ramita Gowda, Tyler Philburn, Michelle Verdino Kevin Lyons, Alec Spellman, Andrew Yoon Caroline Mercado, Brian Pedreza, Madellyn Stoner Jacqueline Basile, Erica Cogland, Thamara Thayalan Colleen Warwick, Rachel Adelman, An-drew Garcia Raj Manimaran and Steven Rodriguez (Bonner Scholars) Shayna Innocenti (Bonner Scholar)
Community Engaged Learning Initiatives Environmental Justice: Food and Gardens in Trenton When the Clock Strikes Thirteen: Horror and Hope in Dystopian Literature From Pagination to Inspiration: Helping Hospitalized Children From Pagination to Inspiration: Health and Fitness From Pagination to Inspiration: Increasing Sensitivity with Children with Special Needs From Pagination to Inspiration: Gardening Trenton Violence Reduction Strategy Internship Old Trenton Neighbor-hood: "Buy Local" Models and Trenton NJ A Newspaper for and by the Homeless
Michael Nordquist Karen Deaver Maureen Connolly Maureen Connolly Maureen Connolly Maureen Connolly Bruce Stout and Patrick Donohue Patrick Donohue and Celestine Chukumba Madeline Bell
Poster Panel SSB 226 and 227
Presentations: 12:00-1:00
Posters available
for viewing 12:00-5:00
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Instructions for Presenters
Instructions for Poster Presentations
1. Please arrive 10 minutes prior to the start time of your presentation time.
2. The following will be provided: easel, 3.5’ (42 inches wide) x 5’ (60 inches high) foam core board (on
which you can place your poster), and pushpins.
3. Please refer to the map below to find your poster location. On the day of the event, there will be numbers on
each of the easels.
4. Please begin to take down your poster 10 minutes prior to the next presentation time. We want to ensure that
the presenter after you has enough time to set up.
Instructions for Paper Presentations and Panel Discussions
1. The complete presentation schedule for each classroom will be placed on the classroom door.
2. Each classroom is equipped with audiovisual capabilities (and PowerPoint software) and internet access.
3. Please arrive 5-10 minutes prior to your presentation to set up.
4. Please wrap up your presentation and log off the computer (if used) 10 minutes prior to the next presenta-
tion time. We want to ensure that the presenter after you has enough time to set up.