Schedule

Center for Natural Sciences, Illinois Wesleyan University

List of Student Participants

9:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Center for Natural Sciences, Illinois Wesleyan University

Committee Thanks and Introduction

9:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Kristen Bleakley
Dr. Marina Balina, Faculty Advisor

Illinois Wesleyan University

"Not by Thought nor by Action Will I Lie": The Emergence of the Public Voice in the Poetry of Olga Berrgoltts

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Steven M. Bond, '95
Timothy J. Bruce, Faculty Advisor

Illinois Wesleyan University

Long-Term Effectiveness of Combined Alprazolam and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies in Panic Disorder

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Kimberly Branshaw
Yiping Zhu
Narendra Jaggi, Faculty Advisor

Illinois Wesleyan University

Seemingly Anomalous Diffusion in Weakly Crosslinked Gels

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Michael Busse
Dr. Jeff Frick, Faculty Advisor

Illinois Wesleyan University

On the Road to (+)-Obafluorin

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Jill Calcaterra
Teodora Amoloza, Faculty Advisor

Illinois Wesleyan University

Empirical Relationship of Job Satisfaction to Self-Esteem and the Home Environment

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Laura L. Chapman
Joseph S. Alper, Faculty Advisor

Illinois Wesleyan University

Using the Iowa Screening Battery for Mental Decline as a Predictor of Functional Impairment

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Laura Chik
Tian-Xiao He, Faculty Advisor

Illinois Wesleyan University

Applications of B-Splines and B-Wavelets in Computer Aided Geometric Design

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Jennifer Cioni
Marcia Zumbahlen, Faculty Advisor

Illinois Wesleyan University

Socialization of Emotion: The Role of Parental Discipline in Infant Anger Expression

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Emily H. Cointin
Johnna K. Shapiro, Faculty Advisor

Illinois Wesleyan University

Visual Attention Differences Across the Lifespan: A Study in Inhibition

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Brad Comincioli
Robert Leekley, Faculty Advisor

Illinois Wesleyan University

The Stock Market as a Leading Economic Indicator: An Application of Granger Causality

10:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Alisha M. Crawley
Lionel R. Shapiro, Faculty Advisor

Illinois Wesleyan University

Error Recognition in Calculus Problems: What Characterizes Expertise?

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Dana Deardorff
Kimberly Branshaw
Narendra K. Jaggi, Faculty Advisor

Illinois Wesleyan University

An Example of Autonomous Art in Simple Deterministic Processes: Exotic Pattern Formation in Swelling Gels

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Kimberly A. Fryzel
Kathy A. Lindstrom
Dr. Given Harper, Faculty Advisor

Illinois Wesleyan University

Testosterone Levels Within and Between Clutches of House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) Egg Yolks

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Niveditha Hasthak
Pam Lowry, Faculty Advisor

Illinois Wesleyan University

The Effect of Economic Linkages Between Nations on the Co-Movement of Their Stock Markets

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Lesley Hickman
Wayne A. Dornan, Faculty Advisor

Illinois Wesleyan University

The Effects of ICV Injections of AF64A and Stress on the Acquisition and Retention of a Spatial Task in Male Rats

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

René Husak
Teodora Amoloza, Faculty Advisor

Illinois Wesleyan University

Habitat for Humanity: A Study of the Homeowning Process

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Matthew Jontry
Margaret Chapman, Faculty Advisor

Illinois Wesleyan University

The Effect of Market Size on the Competitive Balance of Major League Baseball

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Colleen M. Kennedy
James D. Dougan, Faculty Advisor

Illinois Wesleyan University

Olfactory Cues on Rats Responding on a Simple Variable Interval Schedule

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Heather A. Lang
Edmund C. Schweitzer
Wayne A. Dornan, Faculty Advisor

Illinois Wesleyan University

Towards an Understanding of Alzheimer's Disease II: The Vulnerability Hypothesis: Do Glucocorticoids Increase Cholinergic Susceptibility to Neural Toxins?

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Christopher Lewis
Pam Lowry, Faculty Advisor

Illinois Wesleyan University

International Competitiveness: A Study of the Determinants of Competitiveness

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Karen Lionello
James D. Dougan, Faculty Advisor

Illinois Wesleyan University

The Effects of Circadian Entrainment on Operant Conditioning

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Lisa Lovgren
Eileen Fowles, Faculty Advisor

Illinois Wesleyan University

The Scope of Practice of Rural Nurse Practitioners in Central Illinois

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Alex McCampbell
Laura Orvidas
Wayne Dornan, Faculty Advisor

Illinois Wesleyan University

The Effects of Saporin-IGG Injections into the Medial Septal Area and the Nucleus Basalis on the Completion of the Morris' Water Maze

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Dolan G. McMillan
Dr. Shela Bondurant-Koehler, Faculty Advisor

Illinois Wesleyan University

The Dualism in Music Education Philosophy

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Daniel L. Moore
R. Given Harper, Faculty Advisor

Illinois Wesleyan University

Nest Predation on House Wrens

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Meika Nowak
Jeff Frick, Faculty Advisor
Given Harper, Faculty Advisor

Illinois Wesleyan University

Determination of Organochlorine Pesticide Levels in Migratory Songbirds

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Stephanie Pannier
Susan Anderson-Freed, Faculty Advisor
Lynn Nichelson, Advisor

Illinois Wesleyan University

Computer-Aided Budget Projection Methodology for Illinois Wesleyan University Financial Planning

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Anthony R. Peterson
Joseph S. Alper, Faculty Advisor

Illinois Wesleyan University

Examining the Role of Agitation and Aggression in Perceived Caregiver Burden

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Kevin S. Ratliff
R. Given Harper, Faculty Advisor
Larry R. Pease, Faculty Advisor

Illinois Wesleyan University

Defining the Recognition of K^bm3 and L^d by the Alloreactive 2C T Cell

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Susan Reynolds
Jennifer Cioni
Jennifer Bredthauer
James Dougan, Faculty Advisor

Illinois Wesleyan University

Reinforcer Demand Elasticity Under Direct Competition Between Rats

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Kara Joy Rocheleau
Dr. Robert Leekley, Faculty Advisor

Illinois Wesleyan University

The Effects of High School Mathematics and Science Classes on Wages

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Ginny Shull
Dr. Michael Seeborg, Faculty Advisor

Illinois Wesleyan University

Division of Labor and the Economic Determinants of Divorce

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Kristin Stankus
Nathan Mueggenburg,
Dr. Tian-Xiao He, Faculty Advisor

Illinois Wesleyan University

Two Methods for Finding Numerical Boundary Quadratures of Multivariate Integration

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Kyra Steward
Teodora Amoloza, Faculty Advisor

Illinois Wesleyan University

Habitat for Humanity: An Evaluation of Participants' Feelings about Home Ownership

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

David Taylor
David Russell, Faculty Advisor

Illinois Wesleyan University

The Case for High Returns: A Study of the Pharmaceutical Industry

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Gregory P. Tinkler
Dr. Wayne Dornan, Faculty Advisor

Illinois Wesleyan University

An Animal Model of Alzheimer's: The Use of the Neurotoxin AF64A in Combination with Glucocorticoids to Differentiate the Importance of Cholinergic Pathways in Learning and Memory

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Steven Webster
Paul Bushnell, Faculty Advisor

Illinois Wesleyan University

Bright Hopes and Bloody Realities: The Diplomatic Prelude to the Winter War

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Leann Westerhold
Timothy J. Bruce, Faculty Advisor

Illinois Wesleyan University

Predictors of Relapse and Long-Term Recovery in Panic Disorder

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Laura Wilson
Tim Rettich, Faculty Advisor

Illinois Wesleyan University

Photochemisty of the Nitrite Ion

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

D. Christopher Wolff
David Vayo, Faculty Advisor

Illinois Wesleyan University

'Til Death Do Us Part: The Composition and Production of a Contemporary Lyric Opera

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM