Schedule

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

List of Student Participants

6:00 PM - 6:30 PM

Kara Burrow
Jeremy Waters
David Bollivar, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

The Over-Expression of bchC and bchF Genes in Rhodobacter Capsulatus

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Jill Denoma
Doran French, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Relational and Overt Aggression in Middle Childhood: A Comparison of Hypothetical and Reported Conflicts

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Matt Highland, '02
Mike Moores, '02
Sean Price, '03
Jeremiah Williams, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Design and Construction of a Radiofrequency Plasma Device

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Alisa Ittner, '01
James D. Dougan, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Olfactory Influence on Choice and Foraging Behavior

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Alicia Marie Lange, '01
Michael Seeborg, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

The Price of Parenthood: A Study of the Family Pay Gap

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Allison Lawton, '01
Doran French, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Sociometric Status and Aggression as Predictors of Conflict Resolution Style in Children

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Brian J. Payne, '01
Given Harper, Faculty Advisor
Jeffrey Frick, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Lipid Biochemistry in House Wren Egg Yolk and Possible Effects on Incubation Period

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Michelle Rabon, '03
Ebony Tillman, '02
Alison Sweeney, '01
Elizabeth Balser, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

The Influence of Passive Flow on the Feeding Current of Sea Squirts (Urochordata: Chordata)

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Matthew Schnabl, '01
William Jaeckle, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Testing the Effects of Food Density on Echinoderm Larval Growth and the Correlation Between Juvenile Biomass and Size

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Leila Setork, '01
John Ernst, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Cognitive and Physiological Processes Underlying Written Disclosure

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Nicole Skalski, '01
Michael Seeborg, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Explaining the Wage Gap Between Contingent and Noncontingent Workers

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Alison Sweeney, '01
Elizabeth Balser, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Vascular Morphology and Respiratory Physiology of the Segmented Marine Worm Glycera Dibranchiata

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Casey Twanow, '01
William Jaeckle, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Patterns and Pathways of Nutrient Circulation in Larval Sea Urchins

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Yi Linda Zhang, '02
Zhenhu Jin, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

A Study of the Effectiveness of the New Chinese Interest in Tax

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Diana Hammer
James Sikora, Faculty Advisor
Teodora Amoloza, Faculty Advisor

Beckman Auditorium, Ames Library, Illinois Wesleyan University

Choosing American: The Acculturation Experience of Mexican Women in the U.S.

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Angela M. Hoffman
Vicki L. Magee, Faculty Advisor

Beckman Auditorium, Ames Library, Illinois Wesleyan University

An Analysis of Personal Writing Incidence and Frequency and Its Relation to Self-Reported Scores of Depression and Loneliness

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Samuel Kwainoe, '02
Michael Seeborg, Faculty Advisor

Anderson Auditorium, Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Will New Immigrants Survive? Now You Know the Rest...

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Esteban Lizano
Ilaria Ossella-Durbal, Faculty Advisor

Anderson Auditorium, Illinois Wesleyan University

Optimizing Allocation of Resources: Chile and the Solow Growth Model

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Amber Munday
Robert Leekley, Faculty Advisor

Anderson Auditorium, Illinois Wesleyan University

AFQT, The Bell Curve, and Future Earning Potential

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Jacelyn O'Roark
Scott Sheridan, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Second Language Acquisition and Its Practical Application: Evaluating French Textbooks at the Secondary School Level

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Scott Reynen
Hiroko Furo, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Hand/Arm Gesture Among Japanese and American Female College Students: A Cross-Cultural Comparison

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Karla Stoesser
Scott Sheridan, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Intertextuality in the Works of Anne Hebert: The Relationship Between Poetic Voice, Narrative Voice, and Feminine Voice

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Michelle Stone
Ilaria Ossella-Durbal, Faculty Advisor

Anderson Auditorium, Illinois Wesleyan University

Militarization and Misery? A Study of High Military Expenditure and Minimal Development in India

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

M. Bradley Taylor
Alexander J. Laurie
Gabriel C. Spalding, Faculty Advisor

Beckman Auditorium, Ames Library, Illinois Wesleyan University

The Zoomin' HOTs: Dynamic Holographic Optical Tweezing

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Yuet Wen Wan
Michael Seeborg, Faculty Advisor

Anderson Auditorium, Illinois Wesleyan University

The Cost of Achieving Inflation Convergence in Monetary Integration: A Glimpse at Inflation in High Inflation Countries of the European Monetary Union

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Josh Wansley
Marina Balina, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Imaginative Geography and the Perception of the Other in Russian Literature: Mikhail Lermontov and Vladimir Makanin

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Eizabeth Buss
Kate Palmer
Joe Williams, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Alcohol Impairs Memory for Reward Value

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Jacqui Hoffman, 01
Rebecca Roesner, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Synthesis and Derivitization of Keggin Type Polyoxometalates

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Theodore A. Kostiuk, '02
Anna Carlson, '02
James Dougan, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Behavioral Contrast in Rats at Low Levels of Reinforcement

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Alexander J. Laurie, '03
M. Bradley Taylor
Gabriel Spalding, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Medium-Mediated Interactions Involving Suspended Particles

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Katie Pelz, '01
Rebecca Roesner, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

The Preparation of Macrocyclic Ligands for Use in the Sythesis of Oxygen Carriers

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Eizabeth Sacho, '02
Alexander Smetana, '01
Jeff Frick, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Sythesis of Vicinal Amino Alcohols and Acyl Aziridines from Bicyclic Azirdines

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Bethany Schoenbeck, '01
Linda J. Kunce, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Psychosocial Experiences of College Students Who Have Siblings with ADHD

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Steven A. Sheets, '01
Gabriel C. Spalding, Facutly Advisor
Pamela T. Korda, Faculty Advisor
David G. Grier, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Incursion of Colloid into an Optical Pinscape

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Alison Sweeney, '01
Elizabeth Balser, Faculty Advisor
Sergio A. Sañudo-Wilhelmy, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Trace Metals and Inorganic Nurtrients in the East River and Long Island Sound: Possible Biological Impacts

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Anu Thakrar, '01
Michael Weis, Faculty Advisor
William Munro, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

French-Algerian Aid Relations: The Reality of Government vs. Non-Government Efforts

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Terrence Chapman
Kathleen Montgomery, Faculty Advisor

Beckman Auditorium, Ames Library, Illinois Wesleyan University

Towards a Peaceful Articulation of Grievances: Examining Relationships Between Social Capital and Violent Participation in Contemporary Liberal Democracies

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Liz Dierbeck
Erika Rozinek
Robert Bray, Faculty Advisor

Anderson Auditorium, Illinois Wesleyan University

Voices of Our Past: Illinois Wesleyan at the Millenium

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Rachel Dziallo
Christina Isabelli, Faculty Advisor

Anderson Auditorium, Illinois Wesleyan University

Code-Switching in the Hispanic Community of Bloomington, Illinois: A Case Study

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Josip Glaurdic
Kathleen Montgomery, Faculty Advisor

Beckman Auditorium, Ames Library, Illinois Wesleyan University

Croatia's Leap Toward Gender Equality in the Parliament: Rules Versus Players

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Kristin Keller
Dan Terkla, Faculty Advisor

Anderson Auditorium, Illinois Wesleyan University

Columbus' First Journey to the West: A Battle with Custom

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Nicole Lalich
Kathleen Montgomery, Faculty Advisor

Beckman Auditorium, Ames Library, Illinois Wesleyan University

Exclusive Societies: Minority Ethnic Group Support for Democracy

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Eizabeth Lewis
Hiroko Furo, Faculty Advisor

Anderson Auditorium, Illinois Wesleyan University

The History of Western Loanwords in the Japanese Language

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Brian Mertz
Greg Shaw, Faculty Advisor

Beckman Auditorium, Ames Library, Illinois Wesleyan University

Information Superhighway or Information Overload?

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Rebecca Ray
Kathleen Montgomery, Faculty Advisor

Beckman Auditorium, Ames Library, Illinois Wesleyan University

Let Us In, Let Us In: A Study of Post-Communist Female Legislative Representation

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM