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Conference Proceedings

This publication provides a sample of sessions from Minnesota State University's Undergraduate Research Conference, giving intriguing insight into each research project. It also offers a snapshot perspective of the Conference.

Conference Proceedings (2007)

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• Automotive, Engineering, and Technology
• Art and Art History
• Anthropology, Communication Disorders, Early Childhood Studies, and Modern Languages
• Psychology
• Chemistry & Geology and Physics & Astronomy
• English, Law Enforcement, Political Science, Philosophy, and Speech Communication
• Women’s Studies and Mass Communications
• Engineering, Math & Statistics, and Computer Information Science
• Poster Session A
• Poster Session B
• Performing Arts
• Business and Marketing
• Biological Sciences and Human Performance
• History
• Women’s Studies
• Poster Session C
• Poster Session D

Conference Proceedings (2007)

Automotive, Engineering, and Technology

• Integration of a Turbocharged Engine in a Formula SAE Car
  Benjamin Reilly, Christopher Grasser, Patrick Lehmann, and Blake Rosengren (Department of Automotive Engineering Technology)
  Professors Bruce Jones and Gary Mead, Faculty Mentors (Department of Automotive Engineering Technology)
  
• Analysis of An E-85 Two-Stroke Semi-Direct Injected Snowmobile
  Aaron Bowen and Stuart Boyd (Department of Automotive Engineering Technology)
  Professor Bruce Jones, Faculty Mentor (Department of Automotive Engineering Technology)
  
• Flex-Fuel Prius
  Tony Reichel, Jacob Kriesel, Luke Markham, and Jon Liu (Department of Automotive Engineering Technology)
  Professor Bruce Jones, Faculty Mentor (Department of Automotive Engineering Technology)
  
• Building of a High Performance Chassis for a Formula SAE Car
  Tim Quast, Joe Anderson, and Jacob Gillespie (Department of Automotive Engineering Technology)
  Professor Gary Mead, Faculty Mentor (Department of Automotive Engineering Technology)
  
• Constructing a Small Engine Dynamometer
  Cory Barwald, Tony Dick, Brandon Kraemer, Branden Loesch, and Dan Prihoda (Department of Automotive Engineering Technology)
  Professor Craig Evers, Faculty Mentor (Department of Automotive Engineering Technology)
  

Art and Art History

• Imminent Assimilation: A New Interpretation of Etruscan Cultural Material
  Lisa M. Mayer (Department of Art History)
  Professor Alisa Eimen, Faculty Mentor (Department of Art History)
  
• The Virgin of Guadalupe: The Formation of the Mother of Modern Mexico
  Alicia Seewald (Department of Art History- Hamline University)
  Professor Aida Audeh, Faculty Mentor (Department of Art History- Hamline University)
  
• An Internship in Art: Learning the Inner Workings of Life as a Professional Artist
  Ian Laird, Melissa Seifert, and Chad Gunderson (Department of Art)
  Professor Liz Miller, Faculty Mentor (Department of Art)
  
• Reflections on Canvas: Caravaggio and the Development of Optical Style
  Eleanor Rae Harper (Department of Art History)
  Professor Curt Germundson, Faculty Mentor (Department of Art History)
  
• Merging Glass with Ceramics
  Casey R. Hochhalter (Department of Art)
  Professor Les Laidlaw, Faculty Mentor (Department of Art)
  

Anthropology, Communication Disorders, Early Childhood Studies, and Modern Languages

• Payoff Transparency and Reward Desirability in the Prisoner’s Dilemma
  Jeff Holden (Department of Anthropology)
  Professor Paul Brown, Faculty Mentor (Department of Anthropology)
  
• Men, Women and Children for Sale: The Dichotomy of Human Trafficking in the United States and Abroad
  Elizabeth Kolbe (Department of Anthropology)
  Professor Paul Brown, Faculty Mentor (Department of Anthropology)
  
• Five Social Problems Originating from the French & British Fur Trade as Expressed in the Dakota of Minnesota
  Jeff Brand (Department of Anthropology)
  Professor Ronald Schirmer Faculty Mentor, (Department of Anthropology)
  
• Linguistic Comparison of Emergency Department Physician Communication in Urban and Rural Settings
  Kirsten Markiewicz (Department of Communication Disorders)
  Professor Patricia Hargrove, Faculty Mentor (Department of Communication Disorders)
  
• Effects of Using Spanish-Speaking Staff to Adapt Home Visits on the Language and Literacy Development of Spanish-Speaking Children
  Clarin Collins and Yessica Bonfil (Department of Early Childhood Educational Studies)
  Professor Lillian Duran, Faculty Mentor (Department of Early Childhood Educational Studies)
  
• Medieval Norwegian Kings and Their Claims to Power
  Daryl R. Lawrence (Department of Modern Languages)
  Professor Maria-Claudia Tomany, Faculty Mentor (Department of Modern Languages)
  
• Classical Philology Gone Wild! The use of Classical Texts in the Film All Quiet on the Western Front
  Tysen D. Dauer (Department of Modern Languages)
  Professor Nadja Krämer, Faculty Mentor (Department of Modern Languages)
  

Psychology

• Observer's Perceptions of Self-Handicappers' and Sandbaggers' Motives
  Jeannie M. Korngable (Department of Psychology)
  Professor Daniel Sachau, Faculty Mentor (Department of Psychology)
  
• Trust Formation Across Multiple Levels of Virtuality
  Amanda Woller (Department of Psychology)
  Professor Andrea Lassiter, Faculty Mentor (Department of Psychology)
  
• Developing and Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Training Program for Secondary-Level, Targeted Behavioral Interventions in School
  Michael Parry (Department of Psychology)
  Professor Kevin Filter, Faculty Mentor (Department of Psychology)
  
• The Cultural Construction of Emotional Experience and Subjective Well-Being: The Role of Social Situations in Japan and the United States
  Khou Yang (Department of Psychology)
  Professor Vinai Norasakkunkit, Faculty Mentor (Department of Psychology)
  
• The Effects of Divorce and Its Associated Stressors on Children and Adolesents
  Aaron Brownlee (Department of Psychology)
  Professor Sarah Sifers, Faculty Mentor (Department of Psychology)
  
• School Psychology Practice and Job Satisfaction
  Rebecca E. Fenicle (Department of Psychology)
  Professor Kevin J. Filter, Faculty Mentor (Department of Psychology)
  
• The Impact of Weather Conditions on Mood Variability in Geographically Relocated Versus Non-Relocated Individuals
  Jamie M. Scott (Department of Psychology)
  Professor Jeffrey A. Buchanan, Faculty Mentor (Department of Psychology)
  
• Work and Leisure Attitudes- "Sunday Night Blues"
  Vesna Champagne (Department of Psychology)
  Professor Lisa M. Perez, Faculty Mentor (Department of Psychology)
  

Chemistry & Geology and Physics & Astronomy

• Readability Levels of College Chemistry Textbooks from Introductory Chemistry to Physical Chemistry
  Elizabeth A. Drommerhausen (Department of Chemistry & Geology)
  Professor Jeffrey R. Pribyl, Faculty Mentor (Department of Chemistry & Geology)
  
• Effect of Molecular Size on the Sorption of Hydrophobic Compounds with Dissolved Organic Matter
  John Freiderich (Department of Chemistry & Geology)
  Professor John Thoemke, Faculty Mentor (Department of Chemistry & Geology)
  
• Synthesis of 5-[5-(5-Formyl-2-thienyl)-2-furyl]-2-thiophenecarbaldehyde
  Joseph P. Bequette (Department of Chemistry & Geology)
  Professor Brian L. Groh, Faculty Mentor (Department of Chemistry & Geology)
  
• Analysis of OLED performance
  Chris Markle (Department of Physics & Astronomy)
  Professor Hai-Sheng Wu, Faculty Mentor (Department of Physics & Astronomy)
  
• Fluid Properties in the Formation of High-Grade Iron Ore in Northern Minnesota
  Elizabeth A. Drommerhausen (Department of Chemistry & Geology)
  Professor Steven Losh, Faculty Mentor (Department of Chemistry & Geology)
  
• Investigation of Thermodynamic and Magnetic Properties of Strongly Correlated and Hybridized Electron Systems
  Eric Raymer (Department of Physics & Astronomy)
  Professor Igor Kogoutiouk, Faculty Mentor (Department of Physics & Astronomy)
  
• Population, Oil Consumption, and Carrying Capacity
  Robert E. Freiderich (Department of Physics & Astronomy)
  Professor Louis Schwartzkopf, Faculty Mentor (Department of Physics & Astronomy)
  
• Measuring Noble Gases in Coma Samples from Comet Wild 2
  Jacob Simones (Department of Physics and Astronomy)
  Professor Russell Palma, Faculty Mentor (Department of Physics and Astronomy)
  

English, Law Enforcement, Political Science, Philosophy, and Speech Communication

• The Decision to Run: The Stories of Women in the Minnesota Legislature
  Danielle M. Thomsen (Department of Political Science)
  Professor Joseph Kunkel, Faculty Mentor (Department of Political Science)
  
• Religion and the Oppression of Animals
  Bailey Breck Rolfsrud (Department of Philosophy)
  Professor Craig Matarrese, Faculty Mentor (Department of Philosophy)
  
• Creating a Responsible Media
  Alyssa George (Department of Law Enforcement)
  Professor Colleen Clarke, Faculty Mentor (Law Enforcement)
  
• An Ethical Debate: Measuring Truthiness in Parliamentary Debate
  Joshua Randall and David Brennan (Department of Speech Communication)
  Professor James Dimock, Faculty Mentor (Department of Speech Communication)
  
• Critique of the Appropriation of Black Culture by White Suburban Youth
  Julie L. Lemley (Department of Speech Communications)
  Professor James Dimock, Faculty Member (Department of Speech Communications)
  
• This Modern Life
  Amanda Bingham (Department of English)
  Dodie Miller, Graduate Student Mentor (Department of English)
  Professor Richard Robbins, Faculty Mentor (Department of English)
  
• This Modern Life
  Kelly Biers (Department of English)
  Dodie Miller, Graduate Student Mentor (Department of English)
  Professor Richard Robbins, Faculty Mentor (Department of English)
  
• This Modern Life
  Nathan Klein (Department of English)
  Dodie Miller, Graduate Student Mentor (Department of English)
  Professor Richard Robbins, Faculty Member (Department of English)
  

Women’s Studies and Mass Communications

• The Ups and Downs of Women, In Hollywood Films and American Life
  Marcia Hewitt (Department of Mass Communications)
  Professor John Gaterud, Faculty Mentor (Department of Mass Communications)
  
• Title IX at Minnesota State University, Mankato
  Courtnay VanDeVelde (Department of Women’s Studies)
  Professor Jocelyn Fenton Stitt, Faculty Mentor (Department of Women’s Studies)
  
• To Vote or Not to Vote: Influences on Young MSU Women Concerning the Decision to Vote
  Gillian Gray (Department of Women’s Studies)
  Professor Jocelyn Fenton Stitt, Faculty Mentor (Department of Women’s Studies)
  
• Defining Sexual Assault, A Survey of College-Age Men
  Lisa Pohl (Department of Women’s Studies)
  Professor Jocelyn Fenton Stitt, Faculty Mentor (Department of Women’s Studies)
  
• Wonderful: The Power of a Compliment on a Woman's Self-Esteem
  Jennifer Melby (Department of Women’s Studies)
  Professor Jocelyn Fenton Stitt, Faculty Mentor (Department of Women’s Studies)
  
• Essentialism, Experience, and the Transsexual Reality
  Brad Freihoefer (Department of Women’s Studies)
  Professor Jocelyn Fenton Stitt, Faculty Mentor (Department of Women’s Studies)
  

Engineering, Math & Statistics, and Computer Information Science

• E20 Effects on Automotive Fuel Pumps
  Thomas Devens, Nathan Hanson, Adam Larson, and Colin Rohde (Department of Automotive Engineering Technology)
  Professor Gary R. Mead, Faculty Mentor (Department of Automotive Engineering Technology)
  
• Plug-In Hybrid Vehicle Analysis
  Christopher Bahn, Eric Esselman, Nate Starkson, and Jacob Wilson (Department of Automotive Engineering Technology)
  Professor Bruce Jones, Faculty Mentor (Department of Automotive Engineering Technology)
  
• ATV Fuels and Emissions Research
  Fredrick Anderson, Kurt Gostomczik, and Martin Mogensen (Department of Automotive Engineering Technology)
  Professor Gary Mead, Faculty Mentor (Department of Automotive Engineering Technology)
  
• Mathematical Modeling and Simulation of Multialleic Migration-Selection Models
  Chad N. Vidden (Department of Mathematics)
  Professor Namyong Lee, Faculty Mentor (Department of Mathematics)
  
• Music Compiler: an Exercise in the Use of Coroutines
  Samuel Crow (Department of Computer & Information Sciences)
  Professor Leon Tietz, Faculty Mentor (Department of Computer & Information Sciences)
  
• Automated Visual Inspection for Discriminating Between Heraldic Devices and Text
  Ivan A. Marte (Department of Computer & Information Sciences)
  Professor Rebecca Bates, Faculty Mentor, (Department of Computer & Information Sciences)
  
• Developing Microsoft Word 2007 Add-On Applications
  Peter L. Sonnek (Department of Computer & Information Sciences)
  Professor Ann Quade, Faculty Mentor (Department of Computer & Information Sciences)
  
• Development of a High Gain Double Spherical Helical Antenna for Wireless Communication
  Rumman Kabir and Monish Tuladhar (Department of Electrical Engineering)
  Professor Ramakrishna Nair, Faculty Mentor (Department of Electrical Engineering)
  

Poster Session A

• Visualization of The Microvasculature Structure of The Rat Sciatic Nerve
  Adam W. Sudbeck and Michael W. Witthaus (Department of Biological Sciences)
  Professor Michael Bentley, Faculty Mentor (Department of Biological Sciences)
  
• Comparison of Macroinvertebrate Populations Collected with Three Different Methods at Several Location in the Maple River
  Tom Burg and Lynn Schultz (Department of Biological Sciences)
  Professor Beth Proctor, Faculty Mentor (Department of Biological Sciences)
  
• Identification of Proteins that Interact with Actin Capping Protein
  Nathan M. Martinez and Kevin Y.E. Strehler (Department of Biological Sciences)
  Professor Marilyn C. Hart, Faculty Mentor (Department of Biological Sciences)
  
• Fetal Effects of Impaired Aldosterone Secretion During Pregnancy in the Rat
  Sara Feldbrugge and Benjamin Sticha (Department of Biological Sciences)
  Professor Penny Knoblich, Faculty Mentor (Department of Biological Sciences)
  
• Determination of the Optimal Concentration of Medium Supplements Promoting the Recovery of Dormant Mycobateria in Culture
  Kelly E. Rock (Department of Biological Sciences)
  Professor Timothy E. Secott, Faculty Mentor (Department of Biological Sciences)
  
• Adherence of Earthworm Coelomic Cells
  Kristy Felske and Julie Milbrett (Department of Biological Sciences)
  Professor Dorothy M. Wrigley, Faculty Mentor (Department of Biological Sciences)
  
• Fingerprint Pore Structure in the Monkey
  Laurie Colson (Biological Sciences)
  Professor Michael Bentley, Faculty Mentor (Biological Sciences)
  
• Effects of Cattail and Bulrush Root Extracted with 4 Four Different Solvents on the Germination and Growth of Lettuce Seeds
  Jessica Biever (Department of Biological Sciences)
  Professor Beth Proctor, Faculty Mentor (Department of Biological Sciences)
  
• Comparison of Biotic Indices to Evaluate Stream Health of the Le Sueur River Basin
  James Fett (Department of Biological Sciences)
  Professor Shannon J. Fisher, Faculty Mentor (Department of Biological Sciences)
  
• Antibiotic Resistance of Enteric Microorganisms Isolated From River Water
  Elizabeth Mauland and Erik Miller (Department of Biological Sciences)
  Professor Timothy Secott, Faculty Mentor (Department of Biological Sciences)
  

Poster Session B

• Effect of Vitamin E on Phosphofructokinase Activity in Acute Metabolically Stressed Rats
  Katrina Sandeberg (Department of Chemistry & Geology)
  Professor Mary Hadley, Faculty Mentor (Department of Chemistry & Geology)
  
• Effect of Antibiotics on Metal Mobility in Soil Environments
  Aaron L. Danberry (Department of Chemistry & Geology)
  Professor Trenton Vorlicek, Faculty Mentor (Department of Chemistry & Geology)
  
• Move Over Tiger and Vijay, Marketing Could Bring More Diversity
  Alecia Prins (Department of Marketing)
  Professor Vicki Luoma, Faculty Mentor (Department of Accounting & Business Law)
  
• Vascular Architecture of the Liver in SHR and WKY Rats
  Charalette Mathwig and Ken Willaert (Department of Chemistry & Geology)
  Professor Michael Bentley, Faculty Mentor (Department of Biological Sciences)
  
• Does Maternal Aldosterone Regulate Placental 11-Beta Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Expression in Rats?
  Emmanuel Achu and Justin Rocheleau (Department of Chemistry & Geology)
  Professors Penny Knoblich (Department of Biological Sciences), James Rife, and Theresa Salerno, Faculty Mentors (Department of Chemistry & Geology)
  
• Variations in Transition Metal Ion Speciation Due to Differences in Dissolved Organic Matter
  Richard Wienhold (Department of Chemistry & Geology)
  Professor John Thoemke, Faculty Mentor (Department of Chemistry & Geology)
  
• Investigation of Aqueous Chromium (III) Complexation Chemistry and its Implications for a Common Laboratory Procedure
  Marjorie J. Ploeger (Department of Chemistry & Geology)
  Professors Kevin J. Boyd and Daniel J. Swart, Faculty Mentors (Department of Chemistry & Geology)
  
• Gas Washing Analysis: Revealing Profitable Oil Reserves
  Andrew Dickinson (Department of Chemistry & Geology)
  Professors Steven Losh and Daniel Swart, Faculty Mentors (Department of Chemistry & Geology)
  
• Spending, Food Choices and Diet-related Health of College Students
  Kathryn Peters (Department of Family and Consumer Science)
  Professor Susan Fredstrom, Faculty Mentor (Department of Family and Consumer Science)
  
• Population of Northern Leopard Frogs (Rana Pipiens) Migrating Between the Ney Frog Pond and the Minnesota River Valley for Spring Breeding
  Rebecca Madison Pollack (Department of Geography)
  Professor Forrest Wilkerson, Faculty Mentor (Department of Geography)
  

Performing Arts

• The Dancing Body in American Concert Dance as a Social Barometer of Change
  Rachel Nachreiner (Department of Theatre and Dance)
  Professor Julie Kerr-Berry, Faculty Mentor, (Department of Theatre and Dance)
  
• Impact of Japanese Flower Arrangement
  Harumi Okoshi (Department of Art)
  Professor Liz Miller, Faculty Mentor (Department of Art)
  
• An MSU Feature Presentation
  Philip C. Warren (Department of Theatre and Dance)
  Professor Paul Finocchiaro, Faculty Mentor (Department. of Theatre and Dance)
  

Business and Marketing

• Wild Rice: National Food or Sacred Crop?
  Nathan Kofstad (Department of Management), Andrea Laabs (Department of Accounting & Business Law), Steven Loerzel (Department of Economics), and Mark Mageskau (Department of Construction Management)
  Professor Vicki Luoma, Faculty Mentor (Department of Accounting & Business Law)
  
• Black Gold in the White Arctic
  Matt Suess, Kevin Soukop, Joe Serdar (Department of Accounting & Business Law), and Adam Simon (Department of Management)
  Professor Vicki Luoma, Faculty Mentor (Department of Accounting & Business Law)
  
• Analysis of Polar Bear Protection Legislation
  Ryan Thompson, William Meyer, and Brad Heitzinger (Department of Accounting & Business Law)
  Professor Vicki Luoma, Faculty Mentor, (Department of Accounting & Business Law)
  
• Boundary Water Canoe Area and Wildlife Area Laws
  Chrissy Robinson, Kate Samuelson, and Kacie Schimmel (Department of Accounting & Business Law)
  Professor Vicki Luoma, Faculty Mentor (Department of Accounting and Business Law)
  
• Investigating the Perceived Present and Future Benefits of Using Accounting Related Software in Account Courses
  Christina Emmert and Jolene Sieben (Department of Accounting & Business Law)
  Professor Paul Schwinghammer, Faculty Mentor (Department of Accounting & Business Law)
  
• How the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act Affects Regional CPA Firms
  Krista Gillen, Irina Kansakar, and Kaitlyn Moll (Department of Accounting & Finance)
  Professor Thomas Olach, Faculty Mentor (Department of Accounting)
  
• Renewable Energy in Minnesota
  Brandon Ball (Department of Construction Management), Drew Boland (Department of Accounting & Business Law),Tess Christensen (Department of English), and Joanna Fries (Department of Management)
  Professor Vicki Luoma, Faculty Mentor (Department of Accounting & Business Law)
  
• Greenroofs, An Urban Oasis
  Ryan Thompson (Department of Finance), William Meyer (Department of Management), Brad Heitzinger (Department of Political Science & Law Enforcement)
  Professor Vicki Luoma, Faculty Mentor (Department of Accounting & Business Law)
  
• Mankato's Water: Is It Clearly the Best Choice?
  Chris Kulzer, Kevin Wittbrot (Department of Accounting & Business Law), and Krista Wassenaar (Department of Civil Engineering)
  Professor Vicki Luoma, Faculty Mentor (Department of Accounting & Business Law)
  

Biological Sciences and Human Performance

• The Effect of Chronic Exercise on Vascular and Kidney Responses in the Spontaneously Hypertensive and WKY Rat
  Cassandra M. Borg (Department of Biological Sciences)
  Professor Penny Knoblich, Faculty Mentor (Department of Biological Sciences)
  
• Immunolocalization of Actin in Transgenic and Wildtype Murine Myocardium
  Megan Bohland, and Jacob T. Davis (Department of Biological Sciences)
  Professor Marilyn C. Hart, Faculty Mentor (Department of Biological Sciences)
  
• Offspring Effects of Impaired Aldosterone Secretion during Pregnancy in the Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat (SHR) and the Wistar-Kyoto Rat (WKY)
  Erica Moore (Department of Biological Sciences)
  Professor Penny Knoblich, Faculty Mentor (Department of Biological Sciences)
  
• Determination of Genetic Diversity of River Otter Populations in Minnesota
  Sunnie McCalla (Department of Biological Sciences)
  Professors John D. Krenz and Robert E. Sorensen, Faculty Mentors (Department of Biological Sciences)
  
• Evaluation of the Effects of the Allelochemical 5-Hydroxy-1,4-Naphthoquinone on the Invasive Species Rhamnus Cathartica
  Genevieve L. Miles (Department of Biological Sciences)
  Professor Christopher T. Ruhland, Faculty Mentor (Department of Biological Sciences)
  
• Determination of Aerobic Fitness Requirements for the Popular Video Game "Dance, Dance, Revolution (DDR)"
  Michael Steiner (Department of Human Performance)
  Professor Mary Visser, Faculty Mentor (Department of Human Performance)
  

History

• Motivations of the Opponents to the British Contagious Diseases Acts (1866-1886)
  Kathryn Pase (Department of History)
  Professor Larry Witherell, Faculty Mentor (Department of History)
  
• Dignified Aloofness: Canada's Failed Bid to Join the Pan American Union
  Gregory Boubel (Department of History)
  Professor Matthew Loayza, Faculty Mentor (Department of History)
  
• The Rise of Benjamin Disraeli and the Passage of the Second Reform Act
  Dustin B. Heckman (Department of History)
  Professor Larry Witherell, Faculty Mentor (Department of History)
  
• Nineteenth Century Views on Theater and Drama in England
  Rebecca Unetic (Department of History)
  Professor Larry Witherell, Faculty Mentor (Department of History)
  
• Christian Influence on Roman Law Pertaining To Judaism
  Skye A. Dauer (Department of History)
  Professor Margaretta Handke, Faculty Mentor (Department of History)
  
• The Effects of British Penal Reform on Juvenile Delinquency, 1895-1900
  Abigail A. Tieck (Department of History)
  Professor Larry Witherell, Faculty Mentor (Department of History)
  
• A Cause de son Infirmité: Disability at a Girl's Orphanage in Early-Modern Dijon, France
  James Gillham (Department of Philosophy)
  Professor Christopher Corley, Faculty Mentor (Department of History)
  

Women’s Studies

• An Analysis of Recovery from Abuse in Two Women’s Autobiographies
  Ashley Angerhofer (Department of Women’s Studies)
  Professor Jocelyn Fenton Stitt, Faculty Mentor, (Department of Women’s Studies)
  
• In the Know: The Appropriate Sharing of Sexual Experiences
  Kelly Trytten (Department of Women’s Studies)
  Professor Jocelyn Fenton Stitt, Faculty Mentor (Department of Women’s Studies)
  
• Listen, Can You Hear Their Voices?: Analysis of the Representation of Women in the St. James (Minnesota) High School Curriculum
  Sharon Dexheimer (Department of Women’s Studies)
  Professor Jocelyn Fenton Stitt, Faculty Mentor (Department of Women’s Studies)
  
• Christian Feminism: Female Pastors and Feminism
  Amanda A. Slowinski (Department of Women’s Studies)
  Professor Jocelyn Fenton Stitt, Faculty Mentor (Department of Women’s Studies)
  
• Porn and Feminism in a New Light
  Elizabeth Cody (Department of Women Studies)
  Professor Jocelyn Fenton Stitt, Faculty Mentor (Department of Women Studies)
  
• Reassessing Pornography and Silence by Susan Griffin, Feminist Critiques 25 Years Later
  Nicole Meyers (Department of Women’s Studies)
  Professor Jocelyn Fenton Stitt, Faculty Mentor (Department of Women’s Studies)
  
• Maintenance and Reproduction of Culture: A Case Study of Elderly Women
  Dan Wischer (Department of Women’s Studies)
  Professor Jocelyn Fenton Stitt, Faculty Mentor (Department of Women’s Studies)
  
• Junior High Reading Choices and School Librarian Influences on Those Choices
  Sarah Turbes (Department of Women’s Studies)
  Professor Jocelyn Fenton Stitt, Faculty Mentor (Department of Women’s Studies)
  

Poster Session C

• Characterization of Proteins that Interact with the Alpha Subunit of Actin Capping Protein
  Joshua Kamrud and Ryan Raver (Department of Biological Sciences)
  Professor Marilyn Hart, Faculty Mentor (Department of Biological Sciences)
  
• The Effect of Chronic Exercise on Vascular and Kidney Responses in the Wistar-Kyoto Rat
  Olivah E. Msambichaka and Jessica K. Nelson (Department of Biological Science)
  Professor Penny Knoblich, Faculty Mentor (Department of Biological Science)
  
• Effects of Surgically Induced Low Aldosterone Levels on Growth and Cardiovascular Development in WKY Rats
  Lauren Haverstock (Department of Biological Sciences)
  Penny Knoblich, Faculty Mentor (Department of Biological Sciences)
  
• Microscopic Imaging of Aquatic Invertebrates in Southern Minnesota
  Omary Lyimo and Tracy McConnell (Department of Biological Sciences)
  Professors Michael Bentley and Bertha Proctor, Faculty Mentors (Department of Biological Sciences)
  
• Analysis of Soil Microbial Communities in Young and Old Vascular Plants Ecosystems on the Antarctic Peninsula
  Tammy Kolander (Department of Biological Sciences)
  Professors Christopher Ruhland and Timothy Secott, Faculty Mentors (Department of Biological Sciences)
  
• Attempting the Impossible: the Quantification of Pain
  Mary Pyka (Department of Biological Sciences)
  Professor Dawn Albertson, Faculty Mentor (Department of Psychology)
  
• Distribution of Macroinvertebrate Populations Between Side-by-Side Drainage Basins with One Being a Channelized Judicial Ditch and the Other a More Meandering Stream
  Tom Burg and Lynn Schultz (Department of Biological Sciences)
  Professor Bertha Proctor, Faculty Mentor (Department of Biological Sciences)
  
• The Morphological Changes in the Intestine of the Earthworm (Eisenia Foetida) after Treatment of Antibiotics
  Emma Boyce and Alicia Brueske (Department of Biological Sciences)
  Professor Michael Bentley, Faculty Mentor (Department of Biological Sciences)
  
• Comparison of Effects of Corn Gluten and Distillers Grain on the Germination of Lettuce and Green Bean Seeds
  Christine Stocker (Department of Biological Sciences)
  Professor Beth Proctor, Faculty Mentor (Department of Biological Sciences)
  
• Allelopathic Effects of Water Extracts of Roots from Typha Angustifolia and Scirpus Flaviatilis Stored in a Refrigerator 60-90 Days (Simulated Winter) on Seeds of Lactuca Sativa
  Nate Schipper (Department of Biological Sciences)
  Professor Beth Proctor, Faculty Mentor (Department of Biological Sciences)
  

Poster Session D

• Articulation in Conversation: A Comparison of Children with Williams Syndrome and Their Typically Developing Peers
  Rachel Dahl, Laura Johnson, Jada Jokumsen, and Amy Weiss (Department of Speech, Hearing, and Rehabilitation Services)
  Professor Patricia Hargrove, Faculty Mentor (Department of Speech, Hearing, and Rehabilitation Services)
  
• Selected Language Skills of an Individual with Asperger's Syndrome: A Qualitative Case Study
  Elizabeth Briggs (Department of Communication Disorders).
  Professor Bonnie Lund, Faculty Mentor (Department of Communication Disorders)
  
• Selected Language Skills of a Child with a Hearing Impairment
  Carissa Coons (Department of Communication Disorders)
  Professor Bonnie Lund, Faculty Mentor (Department of Communication Disorders)
  
• Effects of implicit vs. explicit encoding instructions for a recall task of Brain Structures.
  Tom Bomberg and Nathan Gilow (Department of Psychology)
  Professor Robert Widner (Department of Psychology)
  
• Team Cohesion and Performance as a Product of Virtual Condition
  Melissa Vale (Department of Psychology)
  Professor Andrea Lassiter, Faculty Mentor (Department of Psychology)
  
• Training and Learning Preferences of Older Workers
  Katie Fairchild (Department of Psychology)
  Professor Andrea Lassiter, Faculty Mentor (Department of Psychology)
  
• Changes in Attitudes Towards the Situation or Changes in Attitudes Towards the Self? The Role of Cognitive Dissonance in Adjusting to Unpleasant Work Environments for Independent and Interdependent Selves
  Daniel Ellis (Department of Psychology)
  Yun-Mi Choi, Graduate Researcher, (Department of Psychology)
  Professor Vinai Norasakkunkit, Faculty Mentor (Department of Psychology)
  
• Examining Need for Cognition and Feedback with Team Virtuality
  Adam Roybal and Alison Rusk (Department of Psychology)
  Professor Andrea Lassiter, Faculty Mentor (Department of Psychology)
  
• Normative Study for Soft Phonation Index
  Megan Riesgaard (Department of Communication Disorders)
  Professor Bruce Poburka, Faculty Mentor (Department of Communication Disorders)
  
• Creative Exploration of Alternative Photographic Process
  Laura Klecker (Department of Art Education)
  Professor Gina Wenger, Faculty Mentor (Department of Art Education)