IU Northwest to host student research conference April 4
Students to present research on topics in arts and sciences
Wednesday Mar 27, 2013
IU Northwest invites the community to discover what undergraduate and graduate students have been studying at its Ninth Annual College of Arts and Sciences Student Research Conference on Thursday, April 4.
Students will present their research and artistic endeavors in the fields of psychology, chemistry, business, English, fine arts, sociology and more following a continental breakfast at 8 a.m. in the university’s John W. Anderson Library Conference Center (105 B).
The presentations begin at 8:30 a.m. The day’s agenda is as follows:
8:00 to 5:00
Library Conference Center
Exhibition featuring the artwork of IU Northwest students Simone Carter, Laura Gertzen, and Seamus McColly
Faculty Advisor: Derek Walter
8:00
Library Conference Center 105 B
Continental Breakfast
8:30-9:45: Session I
Library Conference Center 105 A: Individual Differences in Dishonest Behavior and Learning in College Students and Preschoolers
Chair: Frances Daniel
Jessica Tylicki, Rachel Peyton, & Chris Lukasik, “Examining Predictors of Student Characteristics”
Faculty Advisor: Karl Nelson
Devin Boylan, “The Influence of creativity and academic major in susceptibility to engage in dishonest behaviors”
Faculty Advisor: Frances Daniel
Erika Singh, Roshini Selladurai, & Ashley Howard, “Effects of Future Profession and Working Memory on Justification of Lies”
Faculty Advisor: Frances Daniel
Kristy Lorenz, Jill O’Hara, Tina Skrundz, “Preschoolers on sharing: Primed or Learned?”
Faculty Advisor: Mary Ann Fischer
Library Conference Center 105 C: Explorations in Mathematics
Chair: Axel Schulze-Halberg
Victor Martinez, “A Mathematical Expression of Infinite Gravity at a Singularity (Pseudosphere)
Faculty Advisor: Vesna Kilibarda
Christopher Ray Gordon, “Spectral problem of a nonlinear quantum oscillator in one and three dimensions: discrete energies, L^2 solutions and confinement”
Faculty Advisor: Axel Schulze-Halberg
Daniel Jason Fugate, “Series representations for inverse Laplace transforms of finite products through Post's inversion formula”
Faculty Advisor: Axel Schulze-Halberg
Library Conference Center 110:Perspectives on Politics and Urban life
Chair: Nicole AnsloverBrandy Lynn Eddy, “Congressman James “Jim” Jontz: The Democratic Underdog”
Faculty Advisors: Steve McShane & Christopher Young
Dustin Allen Durbin, LBJ and the Voting Rights Act of 1965
Faculty Advisor: Nicole Anslover
Amalia Shanks-Meile & Elizabeth LaDuke, “The Cake is a Lie: The Evolution of City Methodist Church”
Faculty Advisor: Christopher Young
10:00-11:15 Session II
Library Conference Center 105 A: Personal and Societal Parameters of Sexuality and Sexual Behavior
Chair: Tanice Foltz
Amanda Board, “Interpersonal Violence in Lesbian Relationships: The Challenges of a Double Stigma”
Faculty Advisor: Tanice Foltz
Andrew Koch, “Sexual Harassment of Nursing Staff”
Faculty Advisor: Tanice Foltz
Brittin A. Bailey, “Sexual Misconduct: Female Teachers, Male Students, and the Social Perception”
Faculty Advisor: Tanice Foltz
Library Conference Center 105 C: Explorations in Science
Chair: Dan Kelly
Victor Martinez, “Hadron Bag Model”
Faculty Advisor: John Morris
David Dimitroff, Kelly Stanley, Sameera Raziuddin, Nabeela Mohideen, Nick Miljevic, Chris Hilbrich, Michael Iqbal
“Using Mathematica to Understand Limiting Reagents in Chemical Reactions”
Faculty Advisor: Nelson De Leon
Matthew Anthony Halfman, “Gravitational Effects of a Cosmological Constant”
Faculty Advisor: John Morris
Library Conference Center 110: From California to Canada, From Lakes to Volcanoes: The Scientific and Pedagogical Breadth of the Geosciences—a Poster Session
Chair: Erin Argyilan
Serenity Price, “Behavior Response to Lake Conditions at Portage Lakefront Park and the Potential Risks of Recreational Water Quality on Human Health and Safety”
Faculty Advisor: Erin Argyilan
Alexis Crissinger, “Examination of Effective Pedagogies in Geological Sciences”
Faculty Advisor: Kristin Huysken
Courtney Targos, “Geochemical and Mineraloigcal Analysis of the Ubehebe Volcanic Field, Death Valley”
Faculty Advisor: Kristin Huysken
Peter Henderlong, “Compaing the Petrogenetic History of the Elzevir Batholith to the Weslemkoon and Northbrook Batholiths, Ontario, Canada”
Faculty Advisor: Kristin Huysken
11:30-12:45 Session III
Library Conference Center 105 A:All the World’s a Stage: The Art of Directing and the Literary Presence of Female Protagonists
Chair: Mark Baer
Robyn Michelle Rutar, “A Direction in Directing: Process of Staging Theatre for Student Directors”
Faculty Advisor: Mark Baer
Brenna Echterling, “Gender and the Outsider”
Faculty Advisor: Anne Balay
Jennifer Tepavcevich, “Paretsky’s Masks”
Faculty Advisor: Patricia Buckler
Library Conference Center 105 C: Susceptibility to Disease and Inaccurate Performance: The Role of Individual Differences and Neurotransmitters
Chair: Ceyhun Sunsay
Gina Fink, “Causes of Eating Disorders”
Faculty Advisor: Christopher Young
Kaity Blandford, “Emotions and Goal-Directed Behaviors”
Faculty Advisor: Ceyhun Sunsay
Amanda Hartman & Stephanie McManimen, “The Effects of Creativity and Working Memory on Susceptibility to Inadvertently Plagiarize”
Faculty Advisor: Frances Daniel
Sarah Lynch, “L-DOPA-induced ERK Signaling in a Rat Model of Parkinson's Disease: Dopamine and GABA Interactions”
Faculty Advisor: Subbiah P. Sivam
Library Conference Center 110: Stereotypes, Strangers, and Personality: How they Influence Learning and Sharing
Chair: Mary Ann Fischer
Elise Ozier, “Inducing Stereotype Threat in a Virtual Context”
Faculty Advisor: Frances Daniel
Caitlin Gandarilla and Jeannette Lyu, “Will a Baby Give Candy to a Stranger?”
Faculty Advisor: Mary Ann Fischer
Maria Camacho, Hayley Camalick, Jaquelyn Garcia, Charlotte Ivanovich, Melisa Spisak, Dionna Warren
“Preschoolers Show Increased Sharing Following Priming with Reward Imagery”
Faculty Advisor: Mary Ann Fischer
Alyssa Ford, Ashley Elcock & Melissa Castellano
“The Influence of Personality Traits and Working Memory in Self-Reported Risky Sexual Behaviors”
Faculty Advisor: Frances Daniel
12:45-1:15
Library Conference Center
Reception, Library Conference Center
1:15-2:30
Library Conference Center 105ABC
Keynote address: From Ideas to Research: An Idiosyncratic View
Dr. Ralph Erber, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs and Professor of Psychology, DePaul University
2:30-3:00
Library Conference Center
Refreshments
3:00
Library Conference Center 110
Screening of "Everglades of the North" followed by a discussion with the documentary's production crew: Pat Wisniewski, Jeff Manes, Brian Kallies, and Tom Desch
The screening and discussion is co-sponsored by the IU Northwest Department of Communication.
Screening of "Everglades of the North" followed by a discussion with the documentary's production crew: Pat Wisniewski, Jeff Manes, Brian Kallies, and Tom Desch
The Library Conference Center at IU Northwest is located on 35th Avenue in Gary, just one half-mile south of I-80/94.
For more information, contact Christopher Young, Ph.D., at (219) 980-6563 or cjy@iun.edu.
For information about parking policies at IU Northwest, including a new process for temporary permits, visit http://www.iun.edu/parking/parking-permits/index.htm.