Best Presentation Awards
Awards were presented for the Best Presentation from each of the nineteen concurrent sessions at the forum.
The best presentation in session winners includes:
Thomas Melvin & Angelo Manifest
Department of Biology
鈥淪cience Where Students Develop Their Own Labs: A Model of Inquiry鈥
Lauren Venturino
Department of Economics
鈥淭he Practiced and the Preached: An Analysis of State Divorce Rates and Religious Participation鈥
Lindy Kopicki
Department of Sociology
鈥淕ender Differences in Preference for Community Pull Factors鈥
Jeremy DeLuca
Department of Music
鈥淭he Evolution of the Marching Arts鈥
Janelle Porter
Department of Food and Nutrition
鈥淟ocal Determinants of Malnutrition in Bolivian Children鈥
Beth Leverett
Department of Chemistry
鈥淎 Crystallographic Detective Story: Solving the Li2ZnSnS4 Structure鈥
Raymond Elliott
Department of History
鈥淪eeking Social Change: The Role of African-American Churches During the Civil Rights Movement鈥
Sonya Seitz
Department of Art
鈥淒isability Awareness and Documentation Through Art鈥
Julianne Gillespie
Department of Health and Physical Education
鈥淧hysical Activity and Depression/Anxiety Levels鈥
Sean Olson
Department of Computer Science
鈥淢easuring Digital Image Similarity Using a New Histogram-Based Approach鈥
Loni Yatsko
Department of Sociology
鈥淏uzz Cuts and Poly-Blends: How Lesbian Self-Concepts are Affected by Lesbians in the Media鈥
Aaron Treher
Department of Art
鈥淓volutionary Understanding鈥
Alicia Rich
Department of Anthropology
鈥淲ho's the Boss: Female Competition, Conflict, and Alliances During Transfer of Western Lowland Gorilla Females鈥
Natalia Kaniasty
Department of Theater and Dance
鈥淒ramatizing Interview Material: Strategies of Documentary Drama鈥
Courtney Cullen
Department of Art
鈥淭he Critique鈥
Mara Iverson
Department of History
鈥淗ues of Heresy: A Contextual Analysis of the Galileo Affair鈥
Mandy Moser
Department of Criminology
鈥淛uvenile Justice: A review of Juvenile Transfer鈥
Laura Heiman
Department of History
鈥淏uying History: A Historical Analysis of Museum Funding鈥
Charles Stanavich
Department of Political Science
鈥淧rivate Military Companies: A Question of Integration鈥
Best Poster Awards
Awards were presented for the Best Poster from each college.
The best poster award winners include:
College of Education and Educational Technology
Stephanie Fitzpatrick
Department of Special Education & Clinical Services
鈥淪chool Counseling Needs of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing鈥
College of Health and Human Services
Ginger Lucas, Kevin Martincic, & Robert Ritenour
Department of Criminology
鈥淐ommunity Re-entry after Imprisonment鈥
Kopchick College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Kenneth Glassford
Department of Biology
鈥淩oles of p53 and BCL-2 as Localized Prostate Cancer Indicators, using Immunohistochemical Analysis鈥
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Kasie Pletcher
Department of Sociology
鈥淚 Can Do Anything You Can Do Better: Gender and Perceptions of Leadership Effectiveness鈥
College of Fine Arts
Jessica Sabol
Department of Theater and Dance
鈥淭he Beauty Queen of Leenane鈥: Unearthing a Culture, Cultivating a Story
Eberly College of Business and Information Technology
Mallory Blaniar, Anthony Almond, & Paul Valdiserri
Department of Management
鈥淭he Economic Effects of Mardi Gras on New Orleans Business Structure鈥
Interdisciplinary/Synthesis
Robert Roche, Pierino Delli Bovi, Craig Peterson, & Hansen Wijaya
鈥淢aking a Great City Better鈥
Best Performance Award
The award presented for Best Performance was presented to:
Michael Dooley
Department of Music
鈥淚lijas: Odd Meter and Odd Technique鈥
Best Bibliography Awards
The 亚色影库 Libraries presented awards for the Best Bibliography for a submitted paper or presentation.
The best bibliography award winners include:
1st Place Best Overall Sources
Sasha M. King
1st Runner-Up Best Scientific Sources
Kalin Trevor McDannell
1st. Runner-Up Best History Sources
Gina Anne Russo
Honorable Mention Best Innovative Sources
Lauren Bazala
Sylvia Choi
Sean Riffle
Honorable Mention Best Visual Arts Sources
Alisha McCurdy
Honorable Mention Best Music Sources
Tracey Baker
Undergraduate Juried Art Exhibit Awards
The College of Fine Arts sponsored the Juried Art Exhibit awards.
First Place: Jason Brown- 鈥淐hild in Play鈥
Second Place: Matt Madonna- 鈥淩everse Evolution鈥
Third Place: Melissa Clutz- 鈥淐hestnut鈥
Fourth Place: Kyla Groat- 鈥淪ilhouette鈥
Honorable Mentions:
Stephen Nachreiner- 鈥淲ood Stool鈥
Joshua Kosker- 鈥淭he Dreaming鈥
Joshua Kosker- 鈥淯se Me鈥
Stephanie Zini- 鈥淭he Dance of the Twisted Souls鈥
Nicole Adams- 鈥00925457鈥
Dean's Award:
Jason Brown - 鈥淐hild in Play鈥
Sigma Xi Best Science Poster Awards
First place for scientific poster presentation
Antonio Scatena
Polymerase Chain Reaction: Amplification of RNA from Tomato Mosaic Virus
Second place for scientific poster presentation
Wallach, Jason
Social Modulation of HVc auditory response in Taeniopygia guttata, Zebra finch
Third place for scientific poster presentation
Williamson, Caitlin
Homology Modeling of Influenza A Virus Polymerase Basic 2 Subuint
Common Freshman Reader Awards
Common Freshman Reader Essay Winners:
Nicholas Haynos, First-Year Student Essay Winner
Ian Duckworth, First-Place Upper Class Student Essay Winner
Christina Roberts, Second-Place Upper Class Student Essay Winner
Honorable Mention Essay winners are:
Anthony Blair
Marianne Gumbosky
Jordan Pacific
Lauren Venturino
Creative Works Creativity Award recipient is:
Monika Hofmann
Creative Works Content Award recipients are:
Allyson Hale
Jill Barker