Steven Burkett
Meredith Fraker
Miles Keeton
Eleanor Blew
Given Harper, Faculty Advisor
Environmental Studies

CNS Atrium, Easel 11

Determining the Distribution of Wintering Red-tailed Hawk Subspecies in Illinois

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Abhirup Das
Janani Dharmarajan
Suhaas Nukanaboina
Kayleigh Kuschewski
Richard Alvey
Biology

CNS Atrium, Easel 3

Discovery and Characterization of Four Novel Microbacterium foliorum Phages

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Ninetta DeBoni
Brandi Reissenweber, Faculty Advisor
English – Writing

CNS E102 1.2 Making Meaning: Decoding Inscriptions, Literary Echoes, and Eco-Cinema

Fleshing Out Flash: Interconnectedness of Poetic Sensibilities in Micro Memoir

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Catherine H. Droesch
Carmela Ferradáns
Hispanic Studies

CNS Atrium, Easel 19

El lenguaje del autismo (The Language of Autism)

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Henry P. Evans
Gabe Spalding
Ivan Gonzalez
Physics

CNS Atrium, Easel 25

Analysis of Fluorescence Signals

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Madison R. Fischer
Leah Nillas
Educational Studies

SFH Lobby 1.4

Effective Evidence Based Practices in Diversity Equity and Inclusion

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Hadley fudge J. Fudge
Jason R. Themanson
Psychology

CNS Atrium, Easel 29

Relationships of Psychological factors with Sports performance

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Haley S. Gabbard
Elizabeth A. Davis
Khel Gordhan
Kylie A. Matas
Richard Alvey, Faculty Advisor
Biology

CNS Atrium, Easel 5

Deep Diving into Cluster D Rhodobacter capsulatus Bacteriophages

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Kailee M. Galloway
Joanne Diaz, Faculty Advisor
English – Literature

CNS E102 1.2 Making Meaning: Decoding Inscriptions, Literary Echoes, and Eco-Cinema

Japanese Eco-cinema in Miyazaki’s Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind and Princess Mononoke

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Isabella Garcia
Katie Hudson
David Remmert
Nursing, BSN

CNS Atrium, Easel 21

Fiscal Resilience of Local Health Departments

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Sarah R. Gleason
Leah Nillas
Educational Studies

SFH Lobby 1.8

Student Autonomy and Writing Development

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Garrett M. Gloede
Leah Nillas
Educational Studies

SFH Lobby 1.7

Social Emotional Learning Impact on Classroom Environment

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Sofia E. Godinez
Amber Kujath
Abby Barattia
Nursing, BSN

CNS Atrium, Easel 23

Effects of Nursing Wellness on Patient Education

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Abby L. Good
Ram Mohan
John P. Schmidt
Biology

CNS Atrium, Easel 15

Extraction of Natural Products from Fennel Seeds

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Maria L. Harmon
Joanne Diaz
English – Literature

CNS E103 1.3 Literary Diversity and Dualities

Meeting the Double in Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Riley Haug
Leah Nillas
Educational Studies

SFH Lobby 1.2

Movement Integration and Student Learning in the Classroom

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Adrianna E. Helstad
James Simeone, Faculty Advisor
Political Science

CNS E101 1.4 Religion, Nationalism, and Protest

The Tibetan Peoplehood Movement

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Katherine E. Jackson
Joanne Diaz, Faculty Advisor
English – Literature

CNS E103 1.3 Literary Diversity and Dualities

The Literary Canon: A New Approach to Teaching and Analysis

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Inga A. Kaminska
Hieu Nguyen Dr.
Economics

CNS Atrium, Easel 17

Assessing the Impact of Poland's 500+ Program on Childbirth Rates and Access to Pre-Primary Education

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Peyton Kumpula
Sophia Sanders
Bianca Ventimiglia
Brenda Drury, Faculty Advisor
Nursing, BSN

CNS Atrium, Easel 31

Social Media Influence on Infant Safe Sleep

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Wanda Lindquist
Otis Buras
Gabriel Spalding, Faculty Advisor
Physics

CNS Atrium, Easel 1

“Ordo Ab Chao: An Ode to Garf via Optics”

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Jane Mai
Leah Matlin
Martin Rodriguez
Lily Sakalys
Linda Kunce, Faculty Advisor
Marie Nebel-Schwalm, Faculty Advisor
Psychology

CNS E104 1.1 Alumni: Past and Present

Experiences of Alumni in Mental-Health Careers: Lessons Learned

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Joelle R. McMillan
Shahid Iqbal
Physics

CNS Atrium, Easel 27

Embedded Ion-Implanted Silver Nanoparticles for Plasmonic Applications

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Joselyn M. Molinar
Richard M. Alvey
Biology

CNS Atrium, Easel 35

Xuper the Host Hopper

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Megan R. Moody
Leah Nillas, Faculty Advisor
Educational Studies

SFH Lobby 1.1

Examining Statistical Thinking in the Classroom

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Josh Reed
Amy Coles, Faculty Advisor
History

CNS E104 1.1 Alumni: Past and Present

The Celebrations Commence: The History of IWU’s First Graduates and Commencement Ceremonies

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Elizabeth D. Reineke
Joanne Diaz, Faculty Advisor
English – Literature

CNS E103 1.3 Literary Diversity and Dualities

Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games: Analyzing How Katniss Everdeen Will Save the Humanities

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Leah N. Rosen
Amy Coles, Faculty Advisor
Greek and Roman Studies

CNS E102 1.2 Making Meaning: Decoding Inscriptions, Literary Echoes, and Eco-Cinema

Applying Semiotics to Linear A: What Syntagmatic Comparison Reveals About an Inscribed Minoan Ladle

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Grace Sanders
Leah Nillas
Educational Studies

SFH Lobby 1.6

Uniting Past and Present: New Historicism in the Secondary English Classroom

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Emma C. Sempsrott
Carmela Ferradáns, Faculty Advisor
Leah Nillas, Faculty Advisor
Hispanic Studies

CNS Atrium, Easel 37

Why not Bilingual? Disparities in the U.S. Education System

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Anna Sheaffer
Brian Law
Computer Science

CNS Atrium, Easel 33

Visualizing alignment of protein-protein interactions through the development of an interactive web tool.

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Rayion J. Smith
Loralyn Cozy
Biology

CNS Atrium, Easel 13

Characterization of an antibiotic-producing bacterial isolate effective against Enterobacter aerogenes

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Emma Stroh
Jim Simeone, Faculty Advisor
Political Science

CNS E101 1.4 Religion, Nationalism, and Protest

Motives for Independence: The Case of Spain's Catalonia

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Swetha D. Veluvolu
Loralyn Cozy
Biology

CNS Atrium, Easel 9

Isolation and Sequencing of Antibiotic-Producing Bacteria

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Rachel A. Williams
Jim Simeone
Political Science

CNS E101 1.4 Religion, Nationalism, and Protest

The United States After the Third Religious Disestablishment: A Case Study of the Alliance Defending Freedom's Strategies In Prolonging Culture Wars

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Andrea S. Zulawski
Leah Nillas
Educational Studies

SFH Lobby 1.5

The Effects of SEL on Students' Behavior

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Benjamin W. Maxey
Leah Nillas
Educational Studies

SFH Lobby 2.2

Reading Workshop; Engaging Students in Reading Through Self Regulated Learning

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Abigail Nytko
Leah Nillas
Educational Studies

SFH 102 2.4

Workshopping Writing Instruction: A Teacher's Struggle to Engage Young Writers

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Reanne B. Rivera
Leah A. Nillas, Faculty Advisor
Educational Studies

SFH 102 2.1

Effects of Curricular Integration of Students’ Identities

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Shea Atkins
Deborah Halperin
Pennie L. Gray
Hispanic Studies

CNS Atrium, Easel 36

The First Generation Student Initiative

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Olivia J. Bankston
Faith Washko
Wendy Kooken
Nursing, BSN

CNS Atrium, Easel 24

Intramuscular injection practices of nurses in the mental health setting

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Elizabeth Baranski
Edgar Lehr
Anthropology

CNS Atrium, Easel 6

A new species of rain frog (Pristimantis) from central Peru

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Jaz Belz
Matthew G. Kubas
Benjamin F. Racelis
Joshua Klein
Gabriel C. Spalding
Physics

CNS Atrium, Easel 28

Toroidal Plasma Generation

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Steven Burkett
Meredith Fraker
Miles Keeton
Eleanor Blew
Given Harper, Faculty Advisor
Richard Alvey, Faculty Advisor
Environmental Studies

CNS Atrium, Easel 32

Sex Determination of Eastern Red-tailed Hawks (Buteo jamaicensis borealis) Using Morphological Measurements

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Emily Collins
Marie Nebel-Schwalm, Faculty Advisor
Health Promotion & Fitness Management

CNS E102 2.2 Healthcare and Mental Health

Examining Correlates of Disordered Eating among Collegiate Athletes and Non-Athletes

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Neal George
Joe Williams, Faculty Advisor
Neuroscience

CNS Atrium, Easel 20

Spinal Cord Stimulation For Analgesia: Measurements of Evoked Compound Action Potentials in a Rodent Model of Chronic Pain

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Maria L. Harmon
Michael Theune
English – Literature

CNS E103 2.3 Re-Storying: Surprise, Environment, and Self

Investigating Poetry’s Well-Made Surprises

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Katelyn Heller
Amanda Kemp
Emily Kleffman
Nursing, BSN

CNS Atrium, Easel 22

The Use of Virtual Reality in Nursing Education

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Alexander Johnson
Joanne Diaz, Faculty Advisor
English – Literature

CNS E101 2.4 Heroes and New Genres: Written and Visual Storytelling

William Shakespeare’s The Tempest, with or without his words: The Afterlives of Shakespeare’s Text in Film

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Ethan C. Lowder
Nathan Killough
Benjamin Cortes
Gabriel C. Spalding
Physics

CNS Atrium, Easel 26

The Linear Algebra of Laser Beams

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Claire M. Martin
Tari Renner
Political Science

CNS Atrium, Easel 2

An Analysis of Race and Religion on Post-Roe Abortion Legislation.

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Abigail E. Mathis
Lydia Bertschi
Nursing, BSN

CNS E102 2.2 Healthcare and Mental Health

Accurate Pulse Assessment by Radial Artery Palpation: A Pilot Study

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

brynn m. mitoraj
Brandi Reissenweber, Faculty Advisor
Brandi Reissenweber
English – Writing

CNS E103 2.3 Re-Storying: Surprise, Environment, and Self

As of Right Now- Memoir through Collage and Poetry

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Keeli Moore
Hannah Asquith
Richard M. Alvey
Biology

CNS Atrium, Easel 10

The Discovery and Characterization of Novel Bacteriophages Infecting Marine Bacterial Hosts

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Madison Moore
Loralyn Cozy
Biology

CNS Atrium, Easel 14

Identification and Characterization of Three Antibiotic-Producing Bacterial Isolates

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Hannah Murray
Loralyn Cozy, Faculty Advisor
Biology

CNS Atrium, Easel 8

Sampling Local Fruits to Discover Novel Yeast Strains

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Zihan Nie
Dan Roberts Dr.
Mathematics

CNS Atrium, Easel 18

Constructing all Possible Leaves for Maximum Packings of the Complete Graph with Stars of Sizes Six and Seven

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Emile C. Ottinger
Michael Theune
English – Writing

CNS E103 2.3 Re-Storying: Surprise, Environment, and Self

"Bleeding Eden" - A Poetry Reading

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Roshan Prakash
Gabe Spalding
Physics

CNS Atrium, Easel 12

Programmable Steering of Radio Frequency Transmissions

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Ava M. Propp
Jessica Navarro
Brianna Grzesiak
Richard Alvey, Faculty Advisor
Biology

CNS Atrium, Easel 4

Aliso and Jasper: Analysis of an Extraordinary Marine Phage and a Fun-Size Freshwater Phage

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Grace Sanders
Joanne Diaz
English – Literature

CNS E101 2.4 Heroes and New Genres: Written and Visual Storytelling

Subverting “The Hero’s Journey” in Sarah J. Maas’ Throne of Glass

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Anna Sheaffer
Brian Law
Computer Science

CNS E104 2.1 Scientific Advances: Network Analysis and Radio Frequency Communications

Developing user-friendly software to visualize protein-protein interaction network alignment.

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Sydney Demirel Sümer
Carmela Ferradáns Ph.D.
Nursing, BSN

CNS Atrium, Easel 16

Barriers Surrounding Organ Transplants Among the Undocumented Latin American Population

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Sophie Thorp
Sebastian T. Chisari
Ram Mohan, Faculty Advisor
Chemistry

CNS Atrium, Easel 34

Bismuth (III) triflate catalyzed multicomponent synthesis of 2, 4, 5-trisubstituted imidazoles.

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Jarrett C. Crider
Leah Nillas
Educational Studies

SFH Lobby 3.7

Physical Activity Benefits in the Classroom

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Justin R. Doellman
Leah A. Nillas, Faculty Advisor
Educational Studies

SFH Lobby 3.4

Student Engagement with Fine Arts in the General Education Classroom

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Kailee M. Galloway
Leah A. Nillas, Faculty Advisor
Educational Studies

SFH Lobby 3.6

Student Autonomy in the Secondary ELA Classroom

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Courtney Heffren
Leah Nillas
Educational Studies

SFH Lobby 3.2

The Effects of Group Work on Student Learning in Elementary and Junior High Classrooms

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Hex L. Rahm
Leah Nillas
Educational Studies

SFH Lobby 3.3

Creating Inclusive and Equitable High School History Classrooms through Critical Pedagogy and Cultural Democracy

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Liana N. Rosenstiel
Leah Nillas
Educational Studies

SFH Lobby 3.1

Racial Profiling and Students' Opportunity to Learn

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Evy Makris
Claire Hedden
Art, BA

Ames School of Art and Design, Merwin Gallery

Perfectly Imperfect

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Gabriella K. Rogers
Julie Johnson
Art, BA

Ames School of Art and Design, Merwin Gallery

Growing Pains

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM