KU Inspires: A Celebration of Research
Wednesday, April 21, 2021; 8:45am-4:00pm
In Their Own Words: KU Inspires 2021 Presentation Abstracts
8:45am-10:00 am MSU 183
Kick-off with Dr. Hawkinson and In-person Presentations, MSU 183 (also accessible through Zoom Room #1) Moderator: Lynn M. Kutch - Eric Rojas “Fabrication and Testing of a Low-Cost, Research-Grade CTD Probe for Oceanographic Research and Teaching”
Faculty Mentors: Adrienne Oakley and Justin Smoyer
- Nathan Hayduk “The United States of America – A Fleeting Hegemonic Power?”
Faculty Mentor: Kristin Bremer
- Emilie Laychock “How Interdisciplinarity in an Environmental Science Curriculum Can Improve Problem Solving within the Environmental Field”
Faculty Mentor: Kim Shively |
All Sessions starting 10:00am and following are VIRTUAL
10:00am-11:00am (Parallel Sessions)
Social Science/Education Session Virtual Poster I (Zoom Room #1) Moderator: Jen Schlegel - Sara Garman “Access to Mental Health Service in Rural PA study”
Faculty Mentor: Christopher Harris
- Colleen Bungarz “Literacy Experiences and Reading Motivation”
Faculty Mentor: Meganlyn Norris
- Mikala Hardie “Industrialization in Eastern Pennsylvania as Viewed through two 19th Century General Stores”
Faculty Mentor: Khori Newlander
| STEM Virtual Paper Session I (Zoom Room #2) Moderator: Erin Kraal - Anna Grayek “The Seasonal Climatology of Wind in the Great Lakes Region of the United States”
Faculty Mentor: Michael Davis
- Lindsey Moyer “Composition of Magic Squares”
Faculty Mentor: Lyn McQuaid
- Isaac Reiter “What You Have Leftover is Perfect: Enumerating the PSR Divisors”
Faculty Mentor: Ju Zhou
- Huong Tran “Effectiveness of washing strategies on pesticide removal from strawberries and grapes using QuEChERS, LC-MS/MS analysis”
Faculty Mentor: Julie Palkendo |
11:00am-12:00pm (Parallel Sessions)
Visual and Performing Arts (Zoom Room #1) Moderator: Nicole McClure - Jennifer Pepper “You got this! A girls guide to life, love and finding a killer job after college”
Faculty Mentor: Vicky Meloney
- Bill Starkey “rePHLections”
Faculty Mentor: Ann Lemon
- Katie Steigerwalt “Death in Venice and Greek Aesthetics” Faculty Mentor: Lynn M. Kutch
| STEM Virtual Paper Session II (Zoom Room #2) Moderator: Tony Wong - Peter Kanjorski “Counting the number of complete bipartite subgraphs in three-dimensional monomial graphs”
Faculty Mentors: Brian Kronenthal and Tony Wong
- Vanessa Maybruck “An Examination of Fontan Circulation Using Differential Equation Models and Numerical Methods” Faculty Mentor: Brooks Emerick
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12:00pm-1:00pm
Wissahickon High School AP Research Students (Zoom Room #1) Moderator and Faculty Mentor: Cindy Pronko - Ms Pronko, Connor F and Catherine K “Overview of the AP Research Course”
- Amanda B “Social Media, Public Opinion, and Echo Chambers”
- Shannon C “Young People and Self-Care”
- Emily D “Parasocial Relationships”
- Amav P “Effectiveness of Microbial Bioremediation in Water Bodies”
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1:00pm-2:00pm
Social Science/Education Virtual Paper II (Zoom Room #1) Moderator: Ann Lemon - Rebecca Domas “Unmasking the Mouse: Cultural Appropriation in Disney Films”
Faculty Mentors: Timothy Betz and Kim Shively
- Carolyn Rene “Haiti: U.S Narratives of the Country and its People”
Faculty Mentor: Juliana Svistova
- Shani Trebatoski “Navigating Teacher Identity During the Pandemic”
Faculty Mentor: Amy Pfeiler-Wunder
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2:00pm-3:00pm
Graduate/Education Session (Zoom Room #1) Moderator: Kyleigh Ivory - Graduate Student Presentation: Rebekah Brossman “The Need for School Social Work in Pennsylvania: A Preliminary Study”
Faculty Mentor: John Vafeas
Education Virtual Poster - Tori Bissinger, Kailey Smith, Robin Smith “Teachers’ Perceptions of Preparedness Working with Students with Chronic Medical Conditions: A Review”
Faculty Mentor: Kyleigh Ivory
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3:00-4:00pm (Parallel Sessions)
Humanities Virtual Paper (Zoom Room #1) Moderator: Jennifer Forsyth - Uyen Bui “English and (De)Colonization of Self: A POC Perspective”
Faculty Mentors: Colleen Clemens and Thomas Robinson
- Elizabeth Haikes “The Glass Castle Through an Interpersonal Communication Lens”
Faculty Mentor: Lynn M. Kutch
- Nathan Hayduk “A Dreaming Connection”
Faculty Mentor: Lynn M. Kutch
- Lauren Pash “Faust: An Original Shortfilm”
Faculty Mentor: Lynn M. Kutch | STEM Virtual Poster/Virtual Paper III (Zoom Room #2) Moderator: Lyn McQuaid - Andrew Bosche “The Influence of Temperature on the First Egg Laying Date in Three Cavity-nesting Songbirds”
Faculty Mentor: Todd Underwood
- Ashley Kneier “Precipitation Reactions & Stoichiometry – Development of a Visibly Interesting General Chemistry Experiment”
Faculty Mentors: Susan Barrows and Joann Monko
- Alexis Peoples “KU's Simulated Spreading of Covid-19 and Polar Geometry”
Faculty Mentor: Dale Parsons |
