Schedule

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

List of Student Participants

8:00 AM - 8:30 AM

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Committee Thanks and Introduction

8:00 AM - 8:30 AM

Amy K. Atwood
Frederick B. Hoyt, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Attitudes and Intentions of Undergraduates for Future Alumni Activity

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Dan Barkmeier
Anthony Windebank, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Comparing the Neurotoxicity of the Cancer Drugs Cisplatin and Oxaliplatin

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Stacy Barton
Sara Freeman, Faculty Advisor

Science Commons, Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

William Shakespeare's As You Like It: The Pastoral Play: As You Like It's Court and Forest

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Sally Bell
Sara Freeman, Faculty Advisor

Science Commons, Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

William Shakespeare's As You Like It: Playing As You Like It's Rosalind

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Michael Berry
Ryan Smith
John van Fleet, Jr
Brian Simonds
Gabriel C. Spalding, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Microfluidic Device Fabrication for Optical Micromanipulation

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Karen Boschen
Lindsey Krueger
Amy Attivissimo
James Dougan, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Matching-To-Sample with Horses

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Nathaniel Burkhart
Rachel Eichelberger
Amanda Solliday
Jeffrey Frick, Faculty Advisor
R. Given Harper, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Organochlorine Pesticide Contamination in Gray Wolves (Canis Lupus) and Northern White Cedar (Thuja Occidentalis) from Northern Minnesota

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Edson Burton III
Sara Freeman, Faculty Advisor

Science Commons, Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

William Shakespeare's As You Like It: Sources of William Shakespeare's As You Like It

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Krista A. Coulter
Gail E. Walton, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Classroom Structure as an Environmental Effect on Creative Production in College Students

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Paul Curran
John Ernst, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Social Judgments and Objectification

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Jason Forster
Andrea Bulkley
Debo Olaosebikan
Gabriel C. Spalding, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Calibrating the Forces of Optical Tweezers

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Conor Howard
Margaret Chapman, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Is There Assessor Bias in the Real Estate Market?

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Amanda Johnson
Sara Freeman, Faculty Advisor

Science Commons, Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

William Shakespeare's As You Like It: Designing the Court and the Forest: Production History for As You Like It

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Olukayode Karunwi
Ryan Smith
Gabriel Spalding, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Adaptive Optics for Dynamic Optical Traps

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Kevin Latman
Amy Cadwallader
Russell Blogg
Jeffrey Horvath
R. Given Harper, Faculty Advisor
Jeffrey Frick, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

A Latitudinal Gradient of Organochlorine Pesticide Contamination in Resident North American Songbirds

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Jon Meade
Amy Rohalla
Chris Berg
Stephanie M. Brewer
Melissa Richard
Jason Somogyi
Nikhil Vajaria
Joseph Williams, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Theta Reset in Human Subjects During Working Memory Performance

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Gautham S. Narayan
Linda M. French, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Photometry of the Asteroid-Like Comet P/Linear 34 and Outer-Belt Asteroids

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Jacob Norris
James D. Dougan, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

The Effects of Disruptive Events & Response Cost on Time-Place Learning in Rats

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Debo Olaosebikan
Jason Forster
Andrea Bulkley
Gabriel C. Spalding, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Studying the Dynamics of Micron-Sized Particles in Optical Traps

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Brett Parmenter
Gabriel C. Spalding, Facutly Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

A Novel Method for Super-Resolution Optical Microscopy

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Laura Pautz
Tari Renner, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Women in Primaries: A Study of 1990-2002 Primaries for the U.S. House of Representatives

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Katie Polak
Loni Walker, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Effect of Paclobutrazol, a Gibberellin Biosynthesis Inhibitor, on Dark-Grown Protonema of Ceratodon Purpureus

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Alison M. Redden
Rebecca Roesner, Faculty Advisor
Loni Walker, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Isolation and Characterization of Gibberellins from the Moss C. Purpureus

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Jill Skarvan
James Dougan, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Behavioral Theory of Timing Applied to a DRL Limited-Hold Procedure

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Ryan Smith
John Van Fleet
Eric Macaulay
Gabriel C. Spalding, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Machine Vision and Analysis for Optical Micromanipulation

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Kyle Stork
Lon Shapiro, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Improving MDist

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Nick Tognoni, '04
Sara Freeman, Faculty Advisor

Science Commons, Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

William Shakespeare's As You Like It: Music

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Daniel P. Wetzel
Nathan D. Lading
Charles F. Thompson
Given Harper, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Egg Viablility of Manipulated House Wren (Troglodytes Aedon) Nests

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Elizabeth A. G. Whitehill
Kimberlee M. Butler
Elizabeth J. Balser, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Determining the Best Protocol for Raising Larvae of the Sea Urchin Eucidaris Tribuloides

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Andrea Bulkley
Jason Forster
Debo Olaosebikan
Gabriel C. Spalding, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan Univeristy

Optical Trapping in Novel Geometries

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

George T. Coontz
J. Tim Query, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Making Investment Decisions Based on Prior Merger and Acquisition Performance in the Preannouncement Period

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Deanna Deschler
Robin Brusman
Christina Isabelli, Faculty Advisor

Beckman Auditorium, Ames Library, Illinois Wesleyan University

Necesito Ayuda Médica: An Analysis of Professional Spanish Translation Services in Bloomington-Normal Healthcare

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Kathleen Duis
Kathleen Montgomery, Faculty Advisor

Anderson Auditorium, Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Playing by the Rules: Examining the Non-Compliance of EU Member States Regarding Anti-Discrimination Legislation

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Paul Finch
Kathleen Montgomery, Faculty Advisor

Anderson Auditorium, Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Political Culture and Child Poverty: An Examination of Western and Post-Communist European States

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Mahi Garg
Michael Seeborg, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Wage Differentials for Immigrant Women in the United States: The Heightened Effect of Gender and Ethnic Interaction

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Tammy Graff
William Jaeckle, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

A Computer Simulation to Evaluate Dispersal by Cloning (Asexual Reproduction) Larvae of Tropical Sea Stars

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Will Irwin
Michael Seeborg, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Racial Discrimination in Major League Baseball: Can it Exist When Productivity is Crystal Clear?

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Erica D. Mugnaini
Lisa M. Krapf
Christina Isabelli, Faculty Advisor

Beckman Auditorium, Ames Library, Illinois Wesleyan University

Cuban Immigration in the U.S.

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Stacy L. Nielsen
Elizabeth Balser, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Protection from the Effects of Ultraviolet Radiation by the Encapsulating Structures of Embryos of Physa SP., a Freshwater, Pulmonate Snail

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Didi I. Popova
Marina Balina, Faculty Advisor

Beckman Auditorium, Ames Library, Illinois Wesleyan University

The Three Fat Men-Politics of Magic

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Amy K. Atwood
Amber Hays
Linda Kunce, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Do We Stereotype?: Creation of the Cross-University Stereotyping Survey (CUSS)

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM

Amy K. Atwood
David Hibbard, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Redefining Participation: Towards the Understanding and Creation of an Inclusive Definition

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM

Jennifer Bartlett
Susie Balser, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Encrusting Organisms of Puerto Penasco, Mexico

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM

Joseph B. Binder
Timothy R. Rettich, Facutly Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Nitrite Photolysis in 2-Propanol/Water Solution

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM

Scott M. Brombosz
Jeffrey Frick, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Zinc Triflate Catalyzed Synthesis of 4-Substituted Oxazolidinones

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM

Jason Callard
Jason Dulac
William Brandon, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Analysis of the Large Amplitude Pendulum and the Effects of Damping

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM

Anna Czipri
Linda Kunce, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Sibling Relationship Study (Replication)

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM

Lindsay Fitzharris
Michael Young, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Magic, Mysticism, and Modern Medicine: the Influence of Alchemy in Seventeenth-Century England

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM

Chelsey D. Hillyer
Bridget Mudron
Teodora Amoloza, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Civic Engagement Through Social Organizations in Bloomington-Normal, Illinois

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM

Maria Holsen
Rebecca Gearhart, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Representing African-American Students at IWU: Explorations in Visual Anthropological Methods

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM

Jena Hudson
Mialy Ramaroson
Robin Johnson
Laura Moore, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Designing FNR Mutant Proteins to Probe Conformational Changes

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM

Bethany Kesselring
William B. Jaeckle, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

The Mechanisms of Nutrient Distribution in Pluteus Larvae of the Sea Urchins, Lytechinus Variegatus and Eucidaris Tribuloides

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM

Molly Marker
Laura Moore, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Functionality of FNR Proteins with Mutations in the FE-S Binding Domain

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM

Erin Milligan
James D. Dougan, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Intervention Across the Zoo Day: Environmental Enrichment in Malaysian Sun Bears

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM

Mai P. Nguyen
David W. Bollivar, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

BCHC Catalyzed Bacteriochlorophyll Biosynthetic Pathway in Rhodobacter Capsulatus

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM

Jacob Norris
Charles Springwood, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Interplay Between Social Cognition, Tool Use, Language Development, and Neuronal Plasticity as an Avenue for the Development of the Human Brain

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM

Shawn C. Oppegard
Linda M. French, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Photometric Analysis of Two Hilda Asteroids; 3202 Graff and 4317 Garibaldi

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM

Amanda Pike
Elizabeth Balser, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Development of Freshwater Snails (Planorbidae)

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM

Sara Rahim
William Jaeckle, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

The Effect of Light on Rates of Cloning of the Symbiont-Bearing Acoel Convolutriloba Longifissura

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM

Brian J. Simonds
Gabriel C. Spalding, Facutly Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Fabrication Techniques of Mesoscopic Devices

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM

Scott Smith
Stephen Hoffmann, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Detection of Pesticides in Midwestern Water Through High Performance Liquid Chromatography

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM

Divya Soni
Katie Wehr
Teodora Amoloza, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Factors Affecting Environmental Concern in Bloomington-Normal Residents

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM

Brian R. Wasik
David W. Bollivar, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

BCHP and its Role in Bacteriochlorophyll Synthesis in Rhodobacter Capsulatus

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM

Erin L. White
Gail Walton, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Father Versus Stranger Face Discrimination in the Human Infant

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM

Erin Bicek
Shelia Jesek-Hale, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Nurses' Attitudes, Knowledge, and Use of Nonpharmacological Pain Management Techniques and Therapies

2:35 PM - 3:50 PM

Trisha Bucholz
Paul Bushnell, Faculty Advisor

Beckman Auditorium, Ames Library, Illinois Wesleyan University

Negro Baseball Leagues as the Center of Midwestern African American Communities

2:35 PM - 3:50 PM

Amanda Conley
Robert Lusk, Faculty Advisor

Anderson Auditorium, Illinois Wesleyan University

Positive Feedback on Appearance, Value Placed on Appearance, and Need for Approval: Implications for Disordered Eating Behavior Among Undergraduate Females

2:35 PM - 3:50 PM

Paul Curran
John Ernst, Faculty Advisor

Anderson Auditorium, Illinois Wesleyan University

Social Judgments and Objectification

2:35 PM - 3:50 PM

Katie N. Davis
Victoria N. Folse, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Detecting Suicide Risk in Adolescents and Adults in an Emergency Department: A Pilot Study

2:35 PM - 3:50 PM

Maria T. Holsen
David R. Fryer, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

The Powerful Scholar of Culture: Post-Structural Implications, Self-Reflexivity and (En)Gendered Subjectivities

2:35 PM - 3:50 PM

Andrew Kapral
Kathleen Montgomery, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Third-Party Intervention in Intrastate Conflict: A Cost Benefit Analysis

2:35 PM - 3:50 PM

Ryan McGuinness
April Schultz, Faculty Advisor

Beckman Auditorium, Ames Library, Illinois Wesleyan University

The Other Magnificent Mile: the Development of Howard Street and its Effects on the Growth of the Rogers Park Neighborhood

2:35 PM - 3:50 PM

Megan Presnak
William Munro, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

The World's Policeman Takes a Coffee Break: the Change in U.S. Policy Regarding Peacekeeping Policy in Africa

2:35 PM - 3:50 PM

Tracy Quinlan
Kathleen Montgomery, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Leveling the Playing Field: Electoral Thresholds and the Representation of Women

2:35 PM - 3:50 PM

Michelle Ralston
Rebecca Gearhart, Faculty Advisor

Anderson Auditorium, Illinois Wesleyan University

Social Organization & Disorganization among the Hadzabe: The Division of Labor and the Effects of Tourism on a Hunting & Gathering Society in Tanzania

2:35 PM - 3:50 PM

Mollie Whitehead
Kathleen Montgomery, Faculty Advisor

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Protecting Women from Domestic Violence: A Comparative Perspective

2:35 PM - 3:50 PM