John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

MMPI Profiles for Adults with Learning Disabilities

Barbara L. Bentley, '92, Illinois Wesleyan University
Dr. Robert Lusk, Faculty Advisor, Illinois Wesleyan University

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

10:30 AM - 4:30 PM

Gravitational Field Inside the Earth: What You Would Weigh in a Mine Shaft

Diane Bootz, '92, Illinois Wesleyan University
George Kambouroglou, '93, Illinois Wesleyan University
Kevin Sonntag, 92, Illinois Wesleyan University
Narendra Jaggi, Faculty Advisor, Illinois Wesleyan University

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

10:30 AM - 4:30 PM

Anomalous Dispersion: The Spectrum is Not Necessarily R-O-Y-G-B-I-V

Diane L. Bootz, '92, Illinois Wesleyan University
George Kambouroglou, '93, Illinois Wesleyan University
Raymond G. Wilson, Faculty Advisor, Illinois Wesleyan University

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

10:30 AM - 4:30 PM

Synthesis of New Reagents for the Detection of Amino Acids and Fingerprints

Bjorn Borup, '92, Illinois Wesleyan University
Forrest J. Frank, Faculty Advisor, Illinois Wesleyan University

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

10:30 AM - 4:30 PM

Combined Effects of Temperature and Salinity on the Zebra Mussel, Dreissena Polymorpha

Jill Brown, '92, Illinois Wesleyan University
Gail Lima, Faculty Advisor, Illinois Wesleyan University

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

10:30 AM - 4:30 PM

Perception of Religious Experience by Adult Americans

Kim Brucker, '92, Illinois Wesleyan University
Teodora Amoloza, Faculty Advisor, Illinois Wesleyan University

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

10:30 AM - 4:30 PM

Delay Reduction: How Delay to Reinforcement Affects Choice

William Burton, '93, Illinois Wesleyan University
James Dougan, Faculty Advisor, Illinois Wesleyan University

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

10:30 AM - 4:30 PM

Incentive and Behavioral Contrasts: A Comparative Analysis

Laura Campbell, '93, Illinois Wesleyan University
James Dougan, Faculty Advisor, Illinois Wesleyan University

10:30 AM - 4:30 PM

Analysis of Carbon across the Cenomanian-Turonian Boundary

Andrew J. Carr, '92, Illinois Wesleyan University
Wendy S. Wolbach, Faculty Advisor, Illinois Wesleyan University

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

10:30 AM - 4:30 PM

Teachers' Training, Knowledge and Attitudes toward Mainstreaming Behaviorally Disordered Students in Regular Classrooms

Christine Chaille, '92, Illinois Wesleyan University
Dianne Mancus, Faculty Advisor, Illinois Wesleyan University

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

10:30 AM - 4:30 PM

Application of Wavelet Transform on Signal Analysis

Jie Chen, '93, Illinois Wesleyan University
Tian-xiao He, Faculty Advisor, Illinois Wesleyan University
Melvyn W. Jeter, Faculty Advisor, Illinois Wesleyan University

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

10:30 AM - 4:30 PM

An Analysis of the Celtic and Slavic Elements in the German Language

Elizabeth Crail, '92, Illinois Wesleyan University
Julie Prandi, Faculty Advisor, Illinois Wesleyan University

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

10:30 AM - 4:30 PM

Amino Acid Detection Using 1,8-Diazafluoren-9-One and Analogs

Kevin D. Crawford, 92, Illinois Wesleyan University
Forrest J. Frank, Faculty Advisor, Illinois Wesleyan University

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

10:30 AM - 4:30 PM

Factors Influencing Employment in the U.S. Auto Industry

Paul S. Davies, '92, Illinois Wesleyan University
Michael Seeborg, Faculty Advisor, Illinois Wesleyan University

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

10:30 AM - 4:30 PM

The Current State of the Supreme Court Appointment Process: Business as Usual

Brian S. Driscoll, '93, Illinois Wesleyan University
John Wenum, Faculty Advisor, Illinois Wesleyan University

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

10:30 AM - 4:30 PM

Cross-Motivational Choice: A Test of Two Theories

J. Duttlinger, '92, Illinois Wesleyan University
Dr. James Dougan, Faculty Advisor, Illinois Wesleyan University

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

10:30 AM - 4:30 PM

A Re-Survey of Macrolichens in the Land between the Lakes National Recreational Area

Susan Eyer, '93, Illinois Wesleyan University
Jonathan Dey, Faculty Advisor, Illinois Wesleyan University

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

10:30 AM - 4:30 PM

Options Pricing: Is the Minority Outpricing the Majority?

Colin Fitzgerald, Illinois Wesleyan University
Robert Leekley, Faculty Advisor, Illinois Wesleyan University

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

10:30 AM - 4:30 PM

The Effects of a "Dangerous" Stimuli on the Optimal Foraging Theory

Karen George, '92, Illinois Wesleyan University
James Dougan, Faculty Advisor, Illinois Wesleyan University

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

10:30 AM - 4:30 PM

A Possible New Amino Acid Detection Agent: 6H-2,4-Dihydroxyindeno[2,1-g]pteridin-6-one

Niki M. Handlin, '93, Illinois Wesleyan University
Forrest J. Frank, Faculty Advisor, Illinois Wesleyan University

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

10:30 AM - 4:30 PM

Chemical Demonstrations: Wooing Students into Chemistry

James Heise, '92, Illinois Wesleyan University
Forrest J. Frank, Faculty Advisor, Illinois Wesleyan University

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

10:30 AM - 4:30 PM

The Teacher in Transition: Learning to Let the Child Lead

Angela Hill, '92, Illinois Wesleyan University
Dianne Mancus, Faculty Advisor, Illinois Wesleyan University

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

10:30 AM - 4:30 PM

Comparison of the Reactivity of Hydroxyl Radicals Produced from H₂O₂ and HONO

Kürstan L. Hurd, '92, Illinois Wesleyan University
Tim Rettich, Faculty Advisor, Illinois Wesleyan University

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

10:30 AM - 4:30 PM

Photochemistry of Nitrous Acid and Nitrite Ion

Jane A. Johnson, '92, Illinois Wesleyan University
Timothy R. Rettich, Faculty Advisor, Illinois Wesleyan University

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

10:30 AM - 4:30 PM

Identity Formation and Sex Role Orientation of College Students and Working Youths

Ann Kramer, '92, Illinois Wesleyan University
Dr. Jeong-Ran Kim, Faculty Advisor, Illinois Wesleyan University

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

10:30 AM - 4:30 PM

Choice, Commitment, and Time Horizon

Sandra Lyn, '92, Illinois Wesleyan University
James Dougan, Faculty Advisor, Illinois Wesleyan University

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

10:30 AM - 4:30 PM

A Comparison of Personality Type and Learning Style of Elementary Education Majors, Math Majors, and Math Professors: Cultures in Conflict

Jane Martin, '92, Illinois Wesleyan University
Dianne Mancus, Faculty Advisor, Illinois Wesleyan University

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

10:30 AM - 4:30 PM

Prime Desert n-Tuplets of Length k

Derek M. Marusarz, '92, Illinois Wesleyan University
George Polites, Faculty Advisor, Illinois Wesleyan University

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

10:30 AM - 4:30 PM

Carbon at the Permian-Triassic Extinction Boundary

Clayton E. McCormack, '92, Illinois Wesleyan University
Wendy S. Wolbach, Faculty Advisor, Illinois Wesleyan University

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

10:30 AM - 4:30 PM

Portrait of a Leader: Caroline Flatt Rupert

Cynthia R. Miller, '93, Illinois Wesleyan University
Donna Hartweg, Faculty Advisor, Illinois Wesleyan University
Joseph Freedman, Faculty Advisor, Illinois Wesleyan University

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

10:30 AM - 4:30 PM

Neural Activity Recorded from Segmental Ganglia and the Ventral Nerve Core of Nereis virens

Michael J. Monfils, '93, Illinois Wesleyan University
J. Robert Hippensteele, Faculty Advisor, Illinois Wesleyan University

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

10:30 AM - 4:30 PM

Perceptions of Feelings and Concerns of New Fathers and the Effects of Epidural Anesthesia on their Spouses

Susan M. Monger, '92, Illinois Wesleyan University
Connie Dennis, Faculty Advisor, Illinois Wesleyan University

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

10:30 AM - 4:30 PM

Religious Outsiders in Context: Billy Sunday and Pacific Garden Mission

Jonathan Moore, Illinois Wesleyan University
Paul Bushnell, Faculty Advisor, Illinois Wesleyan University

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

10:30 AM - 4:30 PM

Destruction of the Moral Values: Village Prose of the 60's

Meghan Murphy, '93, Illinois Wesleyan University
Marina Balina, Faculty Advisor, Illinois Wesleyan University

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

10:30 AM - 4:30 PM

Nursing Education at Illinois Wesleyan University: 1923 to 1976

Lori Ann Musser, '92, Illinois Wesleyan University
Donna Hartweg, Faculty Advisor, Illinois Wesleyan University
Joseph Freedman, Faculty Advisor, Illinois Wesleyan University

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

10:30 AM - 4:30 PM

The Development of an Improved Extraction Method for the Determination of Cocaine Metabolite in Human Urine

Leanne M. Nieukirk, '92, Illinois Wesleyan University
David N. Bailey, Faculty Advisor, Illinois Wesleyan University

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

10:30 AM - 4:30 PM

Extinction-Induced Aggression in Laboratory Rats

Amy K. Rajala, '92, Illinois Wesleyan University
James Dougan, Faculty Advisor, Illinois Wesleyan University

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

10:30 AM - 4:30 PM

Sequencing of a Calmodulin-like Gene from Arabidopsis

Tamara Ross, Illinois Wesleyan University
Ray Zielinski, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

10:30 AM - 4:30 PM

Reinforcer Predictability and Behavioral Economics

Lauri L. Shields, '92, Illinois Wesleyan University
James Dougan, Faculty Advisor, Illinois Wesleyan University

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

10:30 AM - 4:30 PM

Maquiladoras and Chicago: Measuring the Effects of Transnational Business Migration on a Community

Thomas M. Smith, '92, Illinois Wesleyan University
Dr. Margaret Chapman, Faculty Advisor, Illinois Wesleyan University

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

10:30 AM - 4:30 PM

Options for U.S. Health System Reform: A Critical Analysis

Andrea Stenger, '92, Illinois Wesleyan University
Teodora Amoloza, Faculty Advisor, Illinois Wesleyan University

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

10:30 AM - 2:30 PM

Foraging and Size Selection of Zebra Mussels, Dreissena Polymorpha, by the Crayfish, Procambarus Clarkii

Monica Stevens, '92, Illinois Wesleyan University
Gail Lima, Faculty Advisor, Illinois Wesleyan University

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

10:30 AM - 4:30 PM

The Effects of Acute Administration of the 5-HT Neurotoxin PCA on the Expression of Male Rat Copulatory Behavior: A Comparison with MDMA

William M. Struthers, '92, Illinois Wesleyan University
Wayne Dornan, Faculty Advisor, Illinois Wesleyan University

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

10:30 AM - 4:30 PM

The Effects of a Complex Environment on Spatial Memory in Rats as Measured by the Radial Arm Maze

Susan Tamblyn, Illinois Wesleyan University
James Dougan, Faculty Advisor, Illinois Wesleyan University

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

10:30 AM - 4:30 PM

An Evaluation of the Sixth Grade Criminal Justice Education Project

Kari Vanderzyl, '92, Illinois Wesleyan University
Teodora Amoloza, Faculty Advisor, Illinois Wesleyan University

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

10:30 AM - 4:30 PM

Further Evidence for the Role of Neurokinins in the Expression of Male Copulatory Behavior

Krista L. Vink, '92, Illinois Wesleyan University
Wayne Dornan, Faculty Advisor, Illinois Wesleyan University

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

10:30 AM - 4:30 PM

Occupational Segregation Among Gender - A Look at the Future

Brenda Weil, '92, Illinois Wesleyan University
Michael Seeborg, Faculty Advisor, Illinois Wesleyan University

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

10:30 AM - 4:29 PM

The Adaptation of Flour Milling Based Companies to Environmental Change

Thomas Welge, '92, Illinois Wesleyan University
Cyril Ling, Faculty Advisor, Illinois Wesleyan University

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

10:30 AM - 4:30 PM

Synthesis of 1,8-Diazadibenzo[b,h]fluoren-9-one for Use as a Fingerprinting Agent

Brian Werner, '92, Illinois Wesleyan University
Forrest J. Frank, Faculty Advisor, Illinois Wesleyan University

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

10:30 AM - 4:30 PM

Comparison of Boder Test of Reading and Spelling Patterns with Wechsler Intelligence Scales

Todd West, '92, Illinois Wesleyan University
Robert Lusk, Faculty Advisor, Illinois Wesleyan University

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

10:30 AM - 4:30 PM

Demographic Characteristics of an Adult Learning Disabled Population

Pamela Wiegartz, '92, Illinois Wesleyan University
Robert Lusk, Faculty Advisor, Illinois Wesleyan University

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

10:30 AM - 4:30 PM

Learning Disabled Students' Performance on the Child Behavior Checklist

Dawn Wright, '92, Illinois Wesleyan University
Robert Lusk, Faculty Advisor, Illinois Wesleyan University

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

10:30 AM - 4:30 PM

In Situ Hybridization Screening of a Lambda Library for Chromosome Specific DNA: The Isolation of a Rabbit Chromosome Number 9 Probe

Nicole Zook, '92, Illinois Wesleyan University
Leonard Maroun, Faculty Advisor, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

10:30 AM - 4:30 PM