2023-2024 Travel Awards
The Graduate School is proud of our students' accomplishments. Here you'll find a list of student presentations sponsored by the Graduate School.
Last Updated on May 8, 2024.
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American Studies
Cathleen Scura
Sponsor: Dr. Marlene Neill
"How an 18th Century French Aristocrat Can Inspire American Social Studies Education"
Critical Questions in Education Conference - New Orleans, Louisiana. March 4-6, 2024.
Anthropology
Celia Cleary
Sponsor: Dr. Austin Reynolds
"Ancient Mitogenomes from Belize Provide Insights into the Mobility and Migration of Ancient Communities in Mesoamerica and the Caribbean"
American Association for Biological Anthropologists - Los Angeles, California. March 20-23, 2024.
María Mirón Toruño
Sponsor: Dr. Austin Reynolds
"DNA Methylation Signatures for sub-phenotype characterization in Kabuki Syndrome"
American Society of Human Genetics Conference - Washington D.C. November 1-5, 2023.
Marcela Francisca Pfaff Nash
Sponsor: Dr. Samuel Urlacher
"Global variation in childhood intestinal absorptive capacity: An overlooked factor influencing energetics, phenotype, and health"
American Association for Biological Anthropologists - Los Angeles, California. March 20-23, 2024.
Paige Plattner
Sponsor: Dr. Sara Alexander
"Association between Quality of Life Measures and Rurality across Texas"
Society for Applied Anthropology - Santa Fe, New Mexico. March 26-30, 2024.
Anna Samsonov
Sponsor: Dr. Mark Flinn
"Siblings in hormonal synchrony"
International Society for Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health - Irvine, California. August 14-17, 2023.
"Rural Embodiment and Community Health (REACH) Study: Social determinants of intestinal health among low-resource communities in the United States"
American Association for Biological Anthropologists - Los Angeles, California. March 20-23, 2024.
Biology
Damilola Ajewole
Sponsor: Dr. Joseph White
"Seasonal soil water contribution to streamflow impacts dissolved organic carbon (DOC) transport in the Upper Mississippi River Basin"
American Geophysical Union - San Franscico, California. December 11-16, 2023.
Jonathan Beard
Sponsor: Dr. Christie Sayes
"Inhalation toxicology of 3D printer aerosolized byproducts"
Society of Toxicology 63rd Annual Meeting - Salt Lake City, Utah. March 10-14, 2024.
John Boyi
Sponsor: Dr. Jason Pitts
"Aedes aegypti ORs are activated by plant-derived volatiles"
Mosquito Olfaction Conference - San Diego, California. May 13-14, 2024.
Cassandra Bradley
Sponsor: Dr. Panagiotis Koutakis
"Mitochondrial DNA Damage in Human Skeletal Muscle Tissue Correlates with Peripheral Artery Disease Development and Progression"
EAS 92nd International Conference - Lyon, France. May 26-29, 2024.
Cassandra Bradley
Sponsor: Dr. Panagiotis Koutakis
"Mitochondrial DNA Damage in Human Skeletal Muscle Tissue Correlates with Peripheral Artery Disease Development and Progression"
EAS 92nd International Conference - Lyon, France. May 26-29, 2024.
Ha Ram Bumm
Sponsor: Dr. Myeongwoo Lee
"The NPxY motifs of the B integrin cytoplasmic domain regulate tissue functions, egg-laying, and mechanosensation"
Texas Genetics Society Conference - College Station, Texas. March 21-23, 2024.
Prabin Dhungana
Sponsor: Dr. Cheolho Sim
"ChIP-seq study identifies targets of the clock gene, par domain protein 1 (pdp1), that regulate diapause in Culex pipiens"
ASTMH annual meeting 2023 - Chicago, Illinois. October 18-22, 2023.
Stacy Edington
Sponsor: Dr. Austin Reynolds
"Exploring the population history of Khoe-San descendant communities in South Africa"
American Society for Human Genetics - Washington D.C. November 1-6, 2023.
"Exploring the effects of European colonization on Khoe-San descendent communities in South Africa"
American Association of Biological Anthropologists - Los Angeles, California. March 20-24, 2024.
Kayla Haberman
Sponsor: Dr. Joseph Taube
"Epithelial to mesenchymal transition confers sensitivity to cytotoxic agent Ophiobolin A via alterations in mitochondrial function and metabolic pathways"
AACR - American Association for Cancer Research - San Diego, California. October 19-22, 2023.
"Epithelial to mesenchymal transition confers sensitivity to cytotoxic agent Ophiobolin A via alterations in mitochondrial function and metabolic pathways"
San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium - San Antonio, Texas. December 5-9, 2023.
Abigail Henke
Sponsor: Dr. Bryan Brooks
"Exploring the Developmental Proteome and Life-stage Specific Sensitivities of Larval Zebrafish to a Model Toxicant"
Gordon Research Conference - Lucca, Italy. July 16-21, 2023.
"Exploring the Developmental Proteome and Life-stage Specific Sensitivities of Larval Zebrafish to a Model Toxicant"
Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry - Louisville, Kentucky. November 12-16, 2023.
Elizabeth Kim
Sponsor: Dr. Samuel Urlacher
"Measurement of intestinal fatty-acid binding protein (I-FABP), a marker of environmental enteric dysfunction, in dried blood spots using ELISA"
Human Biology Association Annual Meeting - Los Angeles, California. March 18-22, 2024.
Heidi Lindsley
Sponsor: Dr. Jason Pitts
"Aedes aegypti odorant receptors respond to behaviorally relevant ligands"
Entomological Society of America Annual Conference - National Harbor, Maryland. November 5-8, 2023.
Tatyana Martynova
Sponsor: Dr. Cheolho Sim
"Identification of sex-specific pattern of the doublesex gene in the mosquito Culex pipiens"
2023 American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - Chicago, Illinois. October 17-23, 2023.
Brooke Morris
Sponsor: Dr. Austin Reynolds
"Unraveling the genetic architecture of autoimmune gastritis and pernicious anemia"
American Society of Human Genetics 2023 - Washington D.C., Maryland. November 1-5, 2023.
"Unraveling the genetic architecture of autoimmune gastritis and pernicious anemia"
International Genetic Epidemiology Society 2023 - Nashville, Tennessee. November 5-9, 2023.
Elizabeth Ortiz
Sponsor: Dr. Jonathan Kelber
"HER2-Positive Breast Cancer Organoids Exhibit Distinct Reactions to Activin-A and HER2 Targeted Cancer Treatments"
DiscoverBMB - San Antonio, Texas. March 23-26, 2024.
Patrick Ortiz
Sponsor: Dr. Christopher Kearney
"Methods for Culturing Helicobacter Pylori in Long Term Evolution Experiments"
ASM Microbe 2023 - Houston, Texas. June 16-18, 2023.
Tolulope Ojo
Sponsor: Dr. Joseph Taube
"Targeting necroptosis in breast cancer induced by Ophiobolin A"
San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium - San Antonio, Texas. December 5-9, 2023.
Dhivya Rajamanickam
Sponsor: Dr. Jason Pitts
"Phylogenetic and genomic analyses of odorant receptors of Toxorhynchites amboinensis"
Texas Mosquito Control Association Conference - Corpus Christi, Texas. November 1-3, 2023.
"An assessment of adult mosquito trapping methods and molecular identification of blood meals in Cameron Park Zoo, Waco Tx. Session"
American Mosquito Control Association 90th annual meeting - Dallas, Texas. March 5-7, 2024.
Colin Scano
Sponsor: Dr. Leigh Greathouse
"Production of Microbial Indoles Species from Clin. Isolates of F. Nucleatum and Impact on Host Cell Invasion"
ASM Microbe - Houston, Texas. June 15-19, 2023.
"Production of Microbial Indoles Species from Clin. Isolates of F. Nucleatum and Impact on Host Cell Invasion"
2023 Cold Spring Harbor meeting: Microbial Pathogenesis & Host Response - Long Island, New York. October 24-28, 2023.
Kim Serno
Sponsor: Dr. Kevin Gutzwiller
"Assessing the Reliability of Random Forest Model Predictions Using Spatial Extrapolation Risk;Use of Spatial Extrapolation Risk to Assess the Reliability of Boosted Regression Tree Predictions"
The Wildlife Society Annual Conference - Louisville, Kentucky. November 6-9, 2023.
Haleigh Svatek
Sponsor: Dr. Joseph Taube
"Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition Confers Sensitivity to Cytotoxic Agent Ophiobolin A via Alterations in Mitochondrial Function and Metabolic Pathways"
Advances in Breast Cancer Research - San Diego, California. October 19-22, 2023.
"Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition Confers Sensitivity to Cytotoxic Agent Ophiobolin A via Alterations in Mitochondrial Function and Metabolic Pathways"
San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium - San Antonio, Texas. December 5-9, 2023.
KyawHsu Thway
Sponsor: Dr. Jonathan Kelber
"Vinculin Expression and Substrate Stiffness Regulate Proliferation, Activin-A Secretion and Mechanosensory Gene Expression in Mesenchymal Stem Cells"
DiscoverBMB - San Antonio, Texas. March 23-26, 2024.
Elizabeth Waymire
Sponsor: Dr. Tamar Carter
"Detection of Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax ps47 immune regulating mid-gut receptor gene in Anopheles stephensi"
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygeine Annual Meeting - Chicago, Illinois. October 18-21, 2023.
Xueyan Wei
Sponsor: Dr. Cheolho Sim
"Identification of H3K27me2 sites that cause various diapause phenotypes in the mosquito Culex pipiens"
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygeine Annual Meeting - Chicago, Illinois. October 18-21, 2023.
Charli Worth
Sponsor: Dr. Joseph Taube
"KDM6A, lysine demethylase, loss affects epithelial-to-mesenchymal related gene expression and breast cancer growth"
Advances in Breast Cancer Research - San Diego, California. October 19-22, 2023.
Business
Yasamin Hadavi
Sponsor: Dr. Xunyi Wang
"Frustrated but Politely: the Effects of Emotions and Politeness on the Success of Educational Fundraising"
Production and Operations Management Society. Orlando, Florida. May 21-25, 2023.
"Negative Emotions, Impoliteness, And Fundraising Success In Educational Crowdfunding"
INFORMS attendance - Phoenix, Arizona. October 15-18, 2023.
Alonso Aravena Mendez
Sponsor: Dr. Forest Kim
"A Baseline Model for Introducing Evidence-based Human Flourishing in Healthcare"
Society for the Study of Social Problems Annual Meeting - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. August 18-20, 2023.
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Ayesha Begum
Sponsor: Dr. Caleb Martin
"Dearomative C2- Borylation of Indoles"
Welch Conference 2023 - Houston, Texas. October 23-24, 2023.
"Investigating the borylation of indoles"
ACS Spring 2024 - New Orleans, Louisiana. March 17-21, 2024.
Anthony Blue
Sponsor: Dr. Michael Trakselis
"Quantifying Binding of Multiple Protein-ssDNA Homo-Oligomers Eliminates Ambiguity from Protein-Ligand Binding Measurements"
ASMS - Houston, Texas. July 02-06, 2023.
Weston Bonnet
Sponsor: Dr. John Wood
"Synthetic Studies Towards (-)-Alterbrassicicene B"
National Organic Symposium - South Bend, Indiana. July 9-13, 2023.
"Synthetic Studies Towards (-)-Alterbrassicicene B"
ACS National Meeting - New Orleans, Louisiana. March 17-21, 2024.
Lauren Butterworth
Sponsor: Dr. Michael Trakselis
"Replisomal coupling interactions between the alpha-subunit of the pol iii core and the ?-subunit of the clamp loader complex (clc) are essential for maintaining genomic integrity in e. coli."
The Helicases and Nucleic Acid-based Machines Conference - Southbridge, Massachusetts. July 16-21, 2023.
YongSun Cho
Sponsor: Dr. John Wood
"Synthetic Studies Toward (-)-Raistricindole A and (+)-Haenamindole"
National Organic Symposium - South Bend, Indiana. July 9-13, 2023.
"Total synthesis of (+)-raistrickindole A and synthetic studies towards (-)-haenamindole"
ACS National Meeting - New Orleans, Louisiana. March 17-21, 2024.
Michael Cordes
Sponsor: Dr. Elyssia Gallagher
"Modelling Protein Charging during Electrospray with Molecular Dynamics Protocol for Proton Exchange between Discrete Grotthuss Diffuse H3O+ and Proteins"
ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics - Houston, Texas. June 4-8, 2023.
Warahena Mudalige Uvin De Alwis
Sponsor: Dr. Kevin Shuford
"Cognizance of QD Van der Waals heterostructures: An in-depth DFT study of properties and electrochemical applications"
Southwest Regional Meeting - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. November 15-18, 2023.
"Chalcogen Bond Interactions as Catalytic Mediators for Aromatic Sulfur Oxidation in Petroleum Desulfurization"
American Chemical Society Spring 2024 - New Orleans, Louisiana. March 17-21, 2024.
Yuling Deng
Sponsor: Dr. Mary Trawick
"Preliminary pharmacokinetic study of OXi8007, an effective vascular disrupting agent, in an orthotopic RENCA tumor-bearing BALB/c mouse model"
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - San Antonio, Texas. March 23-26, 2024.
Daniel Devore
Sponsor: Dr. Kevin Shuford
"Distance of detection: a s-hole study"
Southwest Regional Meeting - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. November 15-18, 2023.
"CO2 esterification through halogen bonding"
American Chemical Society Spring 2024 - New Orleans, Louisiana. March 17-21, 2024.
Alexis Dominguez
Sponsor: Dr. Julia Y. Chan
"Development of a Geometric Descriptor for the Strategic Synthesis of Remeika Phases"
North American Solid State Chemistry Conference 2023 - Calgary, Canada. August 2-4, 2023.
Alexis Edwards
Sponsor: Dr. Elyssia Gallagher
"Determining the gas-phase stability of chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) and the effects of ligand binding"
ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics - Houston, Texas. June 5-8, 2023.
Favour Eze
Sponsor: Dr. Liela Romero
"Highly Regio-, Stereo- and Enantiocontrolled Organocatalytic Heterodihalogenation of Unsaturated Systems"
48th National Organic Symposium - South Bend, Indiana. July 9-13, 2023.
Kirk French
Sponsor: Dr. Kevin Shuford
"Chalcogen Bond Interactions as Catalytic Mediators for Aromatic Sulfur Oxidation in Petroleum Desulfurization"
2023 Southwest Regional ACS Meeting (SWRM-2023) - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. November 15-18, 2023.
"Chalcogen Bond Interactions as Catalytic Mediators for Aromatic Sulfur Oxidation in Petroleum Desulfurization"
American Chemical Society Spring 2024 - New Orleans, Louisiana. March 17-21, 2024.
Darren Gass
Sponsor: Dr. Elyssia Gallagher
"Secondary Proton Transfer during Ion/Ion Reactions between Metal-Adducted Peptides and Fluoranthene"
ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics - Houston, Texas. June 4-8, 2023.
Neda Feizi Gilandeh
Sponsor: Dr. Touradj Solouki
"Are Native Conformations of Proteins Preserved Throughout Laser Ablation?"
ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics - Houston, Texas. June 4-8, 2023.
Jacob Hatvany
Sponsor: Dr. Elyssia Gallagher
"Characterization and comparison of theta-capillary and single-channel capillary tip generation for use in nano-electrospray ionization"
ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics - Houston, Texas. June 4-8, 2023.
Doyal Henderson
Sponsor: Dr. John Wood
"Synthetic Studies Towards Fusicocaine Diterpenoids"
ACS National Meeting - New Orleans, Louisiana. March 17-21, 2024.
Taehwan Hwang
Sponsor: Dr. John Wood
"Total Synthesis of N-Oxy-Diketopiperazine Containing Natural Products via Nitroso Diels-Alder Cycloaddition"
Gordon Research Conference - Andover, New Hampshire. July 29-August 4, 2023.
Rebecca Kehner
Sponsor: Dr. Liela Romero
"Mild In Situ Preparation and Turnover of Zirconocene Hydride Catalysts"
2023 Heterocyclic Compounds GRC - Newport, Rhode Island. June 18-23, 2023.
Yijie Li
Sponsor: Dr. Caleb Martin
"Accessing Boracycles with Carborane-Arene Hybrid Backbone via Intramolecular C-H Borylation"
Welch 2023 - Houston, Texas. October 23-24, 2023.
"Synthesis of carborane-arene fused Boracycles"
ACS Spring 2024 - New Orleans, Louisiana. March 17-21, 2024.
Chinenye Nwike
Sponsor: Dr. Aaron Wright
"Solid phase approach for activity-based protein profiling in human gut commensal bacteria"
2023 Southwest Regional ACS Meeting (SWRM-2023) - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. November 15-18, 2023.
Simon Okafor
Sponsor: Dr. John Wood
"Two state reactivity (TSR) and hydrogen tunneling reaction kinetics measured in the Co+ mediated decomposition of CH3CHO"
ACS Spring 2024 National Meeting - New Orleans, Louisiana. March 17-21, 2024.
James Olsen
Sponsor: Dr. John Wood
"Progress Towards the Total Synthesis of Nargenicin A1"
ACS Spring 2024 National Meeting - New Orleans, Louisiana. March 17-21, 2024.
Trevor Olson
Sponsor: Dr. John Wood
"Total Synthesis of (±)-Flueggeacosine C"
National Organic Chemistry Symposium - South Bend, Indiana. July 9-13, 2023.
"Total synthesis of (-)-flueggeacosine C"
ACS Spring 2024 National Meeting - New Orleans, Louisiana. March 17-21, 2024.
Matthew Parris
Sponsor: Dr. Daniel Romo
"Thia-Salarin C: A proposed more stable, thiazole containing macrolactone of the potent anticancer agent Salarin C"
ACS Spring 2024 National Meeting - New Orleans, Louisiana. March 17-21, 2024.
Cyprian Pavlich
Sponsor: Dr. Kevin Pinney
"Synthesis of Drug Linker Constructs Cleavable by Tumor Upregulated Extracellular Proteases for the Delivery of Potent Inhibitors of Tubulin Polymerization"
Innovations in Cancer Prevention and Research Conference - Galveston, Texas. October 2-3, 2023.
"Bioreductively activatable prodrug constructs for hypoxia selective delivery of dual-mechanism inhibitors of tubulin polymerization"
ACS National Meeting - New Orleans, Louisiana. March 17-21, 2024.
Duc Phan
Sponsor: Dr. John Wood
"Synthetic efforts towards Verrillin"
ACS Spring 2024 National Meeting - New Orleans, Louisiana. March 17-21, 2024.
Mario Plata
Sponsor: Dr. Julia Chan
"Intermetallic single crystal growth optimization by DSC"
2023 Southwest Regional Meeting - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. November 15-18, 2023.
Morgan Raines
Sponsor: Dr. Julia Chan
"A Polymorphism Study of Ce2MnGe6"
2023 Southwest Regional Meeting - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. November 15-18, 2023.
Chloe Sells
Sponsor: Dr. Craig Clarkson
"ISCI for Elementary Education Majors: A new integrated science course"
ChemEd - Guelph, Canada. July 23-27, 2023.
Hao Shen
Sponsor: Dr. John Wood
"Progress towards total synthesis of (+)-Pedrolide"
National Organic Symposium - South Bend, Indiana. July 9-13, 2023.
"Progress towards total synthesis of (+)-Pedrolide"
ACS Spring 2024 National Meeting - New Orleans, Louisiana. March 17-21, 2024.
Conner Song
Sponsor: Dr. Daniel Romo
"Pharmacophore-Directed Retrosynthesis Applied to the Synthesis of Curromycin A Employing Designed Alkynyl Proteomic Probe Intermediates"
Gordon Research Conference - Andover, New Hampshire. July 29-August 4, 2023.
Pouguiniseli Tankoano
Sponsor: Dr. Mary Lynn Trawick
"Investigating Proteolytic Cleavage of Drug-Linker Construct Targeting Plasmin with Anticancer Benzosuberene-Based Payload KGP18"
CPRIT Conference - Galveston, Texas. October 2-3, 2023.
Ragene Thornton
Sponsor: Dr. Caleb Martin
"Exploring the Selectivity and Reactivity of an Electrophilic, Secondary Borane with Metal Acetylides"
Welch Conference 2023 - Houston, Texas. October 23-24, 2023.
Joseph Tuccinardi
Sponsor: Dr. John Wood
"Total Syntheses of (+)-Ineleganolide, (-)-Sinulochmodin C, and Verrillin Hydrate"
Gordon Research Conference - Natural Products and Bioactive Compounds - Andover, New Hampshire. July 29-August 4, 2023.
"Total synthesis of complex Pyrroloiminoquinone alkaloids"
ACS Spring 2024 National Meeting - New Orleans, Louisiana. March 17-21, 2024.
Rebecca Vairin
Sponsor: Dr. Kevin Pinney
"Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of 2-Phenyl Indole Analogues as Potential Anti-Cancer Agents"
CPRIT 2023 Conference - Glaveston, Texas. October 2-3, 2023.
"Synthesis and Evaluation of Cathepsin B Cleavable Drug-Linker Constructs Featuring Modified Spacers with Novel Phenolic Payload KGP18"
ACS National Meeting - New Orleans, Louisiana. March 17-21, 2024.
Jennifer VanNatta
Sponsor: Dr. Kevin Pinney
"Utility of Chlorosulfonyl Isocyanate (CSI) in the Synthesis of Fused Ring Systems and Biological Evaluation of Tetracyclic Analogues"
CPRIT 2023 Conference - Glaveston, Texas. October 2-3, 2023.
"Design and Synthesis of Drug-Linker Constructs to Optimize Incorporation of Phenolic-based Payloads for Potential Application in Cancer Therapeutics through Antibody-Drug Conjugate (ADC) Technology"
ACS National Meeting - New Orleans, Louisiana. March 17-21, 2024.
Kanika Vashisth
Sponsor: Dr. Caleb Martin
"Examining the Reactivity of Tris(ortho-carboranyl)borane/ Bis(1-methyl-ortho-carboranyl)borane with Lewis Bases and Application in Frustrated Lewis Pair Chemistry"
Welch Conference 2023 - Houston, Texas. October 23-24, 2023.
"Exploring the frustrated Lewis pair reactivity of tris(ortho-carboranyl)borane"
ACS Spring 2024 National Meeting - New Orleans, Louisiana. March 17-21, 2024.
Raul Villacob-Jaraba
Sponsor: Dr. Touradj Solouki
"In-Situ Liquid Biopsy Combined with Native Surface Mass Spectrometry and Top-Down/Bottom-Up Proteomics"
Meeting of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry - Houston, Texas. June 4-8, 2023.
Malisha Uttari Welikala
Sponsor: Dr. Michael Trakselis
"Tau mediated coupling interactions between Pol III core and DnaB is essential for cellular and genomic stability"
The Helicases and Nucleic Acid-based Machines Conference - Southbridge, Massachusetts. July 16-21, 2023.
Kyle Wilhelm
Sponsor: Dr. Touradj Solouki
"Cell Viability, Purity, and Drug-Protein Interactions of Novel Gold (I) Compounds Within Various Cancer Types?"
ASMS - Houston, Texas. June 4-8, 2023.
Yu Ching Wong
Sponsor: Dr. Kevin Pinney
"Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of OXi8006 Analogues Bearing Aryl Ring Bridge Modifications as Inhibitors of Tubulin Polymerization"
Alliance for Diversity in Science and Engineering YRC - College Station, Texas. May 17-19, 2023.
"Drug-Linker Constructs Incorporating Unique Dual-Mechanism Payloads: Indole-based Analogues of OXi8006 Bearing Aryl Ring Bridge Modifications"
2023 CPRIT Conference - Galveston, Texas. October 1-3, 2023.
Harie Zacharias
Sponsor: Dr. Caleb Martin
"Azabora- and Oxabora-pyrenes Accessed via Heteroatom Insertion into Phenanthrylboroles"
Welch 2023 - Houston, Texas. October 23-24, 2023.
Communication
Heather Davenport
Sponsor: Dr. Kaitlin Phillips
"Student Affairs Professionals as Confidants: Communication Privacy Management in the Student Affairs Staff-Student Relationship"
National Communication Association Annual Convention - National Harbor, Maryland. November 16-19, 2023.
Michelle Cefaratti-Bertin
Sponsor: Dr. Ashley Barrett
"Mommy Needs Her Chardonnay in a Sippy Cup: How Mothers Use Sensemaking to Interpret 'Wine Mom' Messages"
OSCLG - 46th Annual Conference: Failure! - Norfolk, Virginia. October 04-08, 2023.
"Mommy Needs Her Chardonnay in a Sippy Cup: How Mothers Use Sensemaking to Interpret 'Wine Mom' Messages"
NCA 109th Annual Conference - National Harbor, Maryland. November 16-19, 2023.
Nathan Thomas
Sponsor: Dr. Ashley Barrett
"The Role of Identity Formation and Negotiation in Undergraduate Romantic Relationships at Private Christian Universities"
National Communication Association (NCA) 109th Annual Convention “Freedom” - National Harbor, Maryland. November 16-19, 2023.
Ryan White
Sponsor: Dr. Jungjun Park
"An fNIRS Study on Prefrontal Hemodynamic Marker of a Concussion(mTBI) Using a Rapid Naming Task"
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association 2023 Convention - Boston, Massachusetts. November 15-19, 2023.
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Mehak Altaf
Sponsor: Dr. Diane Loeb
"The Effects of Bimodal Stimulation on the Speech and Language Development in Children: A Narrative Review"
ASHA Convention 2023 - Boston, Massachusetts. November 16-18, 2023.
Amr Elsayed
Sponsor: Dr. Eunjee Song
"Service Weaver: A Promising Direction for Cloud-native Systems?"
The International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science (CLOSER) - Angers, France. May 2-4, 2024.
Caroline Franks
Sponsor: Dr. Diane Loeb
"Cognitive Decline in Adults with Chronic Aphasia Living in Skilled Nursing Facilities: A Narrative Review"
ASHA (American Speech and Hearing Association) 2023 Convention - Boston, Massachusetts. November 16-18, 2023.
Rachel Haynes
Sponsor: Dr. Kristen Muller
"Using Eye-Tracking to Measure Understanding in Autistic Children with Minimal Verbal Skills: A Feasibility Study"
ASHA Convention 2023 - Boston, Massachusetts. November 16-18, 2023.
Hannah Knowles
Sponsor: Dr. Melissa Garcia
"CSD Graduate Students Under Pressure: Understanding Their Stressors"
TSHA Convention - Fort Worth, Texas. February 22-24, 2024.
Karina Neff
Sponsor: Dr. Diane Loeb
"A Critically Appraised Topic of Language Intervention in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit"
TSHA Convention - Fort Worth, Texas. February 22-24, 2024.
Heather Smith
Sponsor: Dr. Diane Loeb
"A Critically Appraised Topic of Language Intervention in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit"
TSHA Convention - Fort Worth, Texas. February 22-24, 2024.
Computer Science
Mohammad Abu-Shaira
Sponsor: Dr. Greg Speegle
"OLR-WA: Online Weighted Average Linear Regression in Multivariate Data Streams"
IEEE BigData 23 - Sorrento, Italy. December 15-16, 2023.
Ana Paula Arguelles Terron
Sponsor: Dr. Pablo Rivas
"Task-Specific or Task-Agnostic? A Statistical Inquiry into BERT for Human Trafficking Risk Prediction"
Neurips - New Orleans, Louisiana. November 10-16, 2023.
Shaif Chowdhury
Sponsor: Dr. Greg Hamerly
"International Symposium on Visual Computing"
International Symposium on Visual Computing - Lake Taho, Nevada. October 16-18, 2023.
"Active Learning Strategy Using Contrastive Learning and K-Means for Aquatic Invasive Species Recognition"
IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV) - WAIKOLOA, Hawaii. January 3-8, 2024.
Md Showkat Hossain Chy
Sponsor: Dr. Greg Hamerly
"Exploring Chromatin Interaction Between Two Human Cell Types and Different Normalization Techniques for HI-C Data"
The 27th International Computer Science and Engineering Conference 2023 - Surat Thani, Thailand. September 13-15, 2023.
Tonni Das Jui
Sponsor: Dr. Erich Baker
"k-Hopped Link Prediction With Graph Embedding"
Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing (CSCE'23) - Las Vegas, Nevada. July 23-27, 2023.
Bikram Khanal
Sponsor: Dr. Pablo Rivas
"Evaluating the Impact of Noise on Variational Quantum Circuits in NISQ Era Devices"
Computer Science, Computer Engineering, & Applied Computing (CSCE'23) - Las Vegas, Nevada. July 23-27, 2023.
"Attribution Scores of BERT-Based SQL-Query Automatic Grading for Explainability"
2023 International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence - Las Vegas, Nevada. December 13-15, 2023.
Ernesto Quevedo Caballero
Sponsor: Dr. Pablo Rivas
"BERT Goes to SQL School: Improving Automatic Grading of SQL Statements"
The 25th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence - Las Vegas, Nevada. July 23-27, 2023.
Md Shahidur Rahaman
Sponsor: Dr. Greg Hamerly
"Bless: An Interactive Application to Show Gratitude towards Doctors"
11th International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health - Athens, Greece. August 28-30, 2023.
Maisha Binte Rashid
Sponsor: Dr. Pablo Rivas
"Scoping Review on Image-Text Multimodal Machine Learning"
International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence - Las Vegas, Nevada. December 13-15, 2023.
Alejandro Rodriguez Perez
Sponsor: Dr. Pablo Rivas Perea
"An Empirical Analysis Towards Replacing Vocabulary-Rigid Embeddings by a Vocabulary-Free Mechanism"
LXAI Workshop at the International Conference of Machine Learning (ICML) 2023 - Honolulu, Hawaii. July 23-29, 2023.
Arun Sanjel
Sponsor: Dr. Greg Speegle
"Non-Invasive Muzzle Matching for Cattle Identification using Deep Learning"
International Conference on Image Processing, Computer Vision, & Pattern Recognition - Las Vegas, Nevada. July 23-27, 2023.
Korn Sooksatra
Sponsor: Dr. Pablo Rivas
"Decoding the Obfuscated: Advanced NER Techniques for Online Escort Advertisements"
International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence - Las Vegas, Nevada. December 13-15, 2023.
Jorge Yero
Sponsor: Dr. Pablo Rivas
"Task-Specific or Task-Agnostic? A Statistical Inquiry into BERT for Human Trafficking Risk Prediction"
Neurips - New Orleans, Louisiana. November 10-16, 2023.
Curriculum and Instruction
Toyosi Adedara
Sponsor: Dr. Karon LeCompte
"Walking in Another’s Shoes: Using Monopoly to understand the lived experience of red lining"
Critical Questions in Education Conference - New Orleans, Louisiana. March 4-6, 2024.
Laura Aguilar Murillo
Sponsor: Dr. Tracey Jones
"Community, Multimodal Literacies, and the Engagement of Emergent Bilinguals"
TXNAME - Houston, Texas. May 2-4, 2024.
Molly Bowen
Sponsor: Dr. Trena Wilkerson
"Postsecondary Mathematics Teaching Methods and Practices: A National Report"
51st Annual Conference of the Research Council on Mathematics Learning (RCML) - Columbia, South Carolina. February 29-March 2, 2024.
Maggie Bryant
Sponsor: Dr. Kelly Johnston
"Celebrating Pre-service Teachers’ Call to Teach Despite the Current Climate"
Association of Teacher Educators - Washington, D.C., Maryland. July 28-August 1, 2023.
"Reviving Reading: Utilizing Independent Reading to Affect Aliteracy with Secondary Students"
National Council of Teachers of English - Columbus, Ohio. November 15-19, 2023.
India Cooley
Sponsor: Dr. Sarah Pratt
"Building the bridge to create meaningful faculty-student relationships"
6th Annual Sparking Success: Faculty Development Conference - New Orleans, Louisiana. January 10-11, 2024.
Kuel Chung
Sponsor: Dr. Rachelle Rogers
"Celebrate Something New Begun in ’22: The Inquiry Initiative Reaches the 1st Year Mileston"
2023 Association of Teacher Educators Summer Conference in Washington, D.C. July 28-August 1, 2023.
Kuel Chung
Sponsor: Dr. Tony Talbert
"Grove Way Platform: Cultivating Teacher's Identity"
TXNAME - Houston, Texas. May 2-4, 2024.
Deborah Chou
Sponsor: Dr. Suzanne Nesmith
"Launching Rising 5th Graders and Elementary Teachers in STEM+ Engagement through a Summer Camp"
School Science and Mathematics Association 2023 Annual Convention - Colorado Springs, Colorado. October 19-21, 2023.
Abigail Gardner
Sponsor: Mrs. Lianne Jones
"Fermi Problems Put the Fun Back Into Math!"
Conference for the Advancement of Mathematics Teaching - Fort Worth, Texas. June 26-28, 2023.
Jamie Greer
Sponsor: Dr. Corina Kaul
"The Role of Self, Support, and Stimuli in Study Abroad"
NAFSA Annual Conference 2024 - New Orleans, Louisiana. May 28-31, 2024.
Elizabeth Harrelson Magill
Sponsor: Dr. Kevin Magill
"A Curricular Examination: Revealing Space within the Standards for Vertical and Horizontal Historical Analysis"
CUFA - Nashville, Tennessee. November 29-December 1, 2023.
"Exploring Disjunctures in Historical Analysis and Practice: Supporting Teachers Understand A More Complex Historiography"
American Educational Research Association - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 11-14, 2024.
Tisha Henderson
Sponsor: Dr. Barbara Purdum-Cassidy
"Implementing Gamified Learning Experiences into Core Content Instruction"
Education Leadership Data Analytics 2023 - New York City, New York. June 22-23, 2023.
Alexis Hooker
Sponsor: Dr. Neil Shanks
"Expanding Multicultural Education with Parent Involvement"
National Association for Multicultural Education - Montgomery, Alabama. November 15-20, 2023.
"Using Documentary Films to Prepare Preservice Teachers: Exploring and Navigating Religion and Religious Identities in the Classroom"
2024 AERA Annual Meeting - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 11-14, 2024.
LD Johnson
Sponsor: Dr. Laila Sanguras
"Secondary Educators Who Create A Growth Mindset Environment: A Qualitative Case Study"
Critical Questions in Education Conference - New Orleans, Louisiana. March 4-6, 2024.
Lianne Jones
Sponsor: Dr. Rachelle Rogers
"Celebrate Something New Begun in ’22: The Inquiry Initiative Reaches the 1st Year Milestone"
Association of Teacher Educators - Washington, D.C. July 29-August 1, 2023.
Lianne Jones
Sponsor: Dr. Trena Wilkerson
"Insights from a Systematic Literature Review of Partnership in Mathematics Education; Implications for Mathematics Teacher Educators"
Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators - Orlando, Florida. February 8-10, 2024.
Andrea Martinez
Sponsor: Dr. Sandi Cooper
"Using Video Club to Engage PSTs Noticing during Instruction"
RCML - Colombia, South Carolina. February 29-March 2, 2024.
Laura McNeice
Sponsor: Dr. Karon LeCompte
"National Council for the Social Studies"
103rd NCSS Annual Conference - Nashville, Tennessee. November 29-December 3, 2023.
Laura McNeice
Sponsor: Dr. Justina Ogodo
"But What the Heck is a Theoretical and Conceptual Framework?"
American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 11-14, 2024.
Casey Newberry
Sponsor: Dr. Ryann Shelton
"Teachers’ Perceptions of Barriers Related to the Implementation of Individualized Education Plan Supports and Services During COVID-19: A Single Case Study"
Education Leadership Data Analytics 2023 - New York City, New York. June 22-23, 2023.
Brittany Profit-Rheinwald
Sponsor: Dr. Jessica Meehan
"Homeless and Hungry, but the Tuition is Paid: A Single Case Study Exploring the Food and Housing Insecurity Crisis Among Undergraduate Students"
Association for the Study of Higher Education’s 2023 General Conference - Minneapolis, Minnesota. November 15-18, 2023.
Zia Pochkhanawala
Sponsor: Dr. Tony Talbert
"Effects of Teachers’ Attitudes on Multicultural Classrooms on their Pedagogical Choices"
TXNAME - Houston, Texas. May 28-31, 2024.
John Ratcliff
Sponsor: Dr. Erin Marsano
"Know Your Why: WHY teachers are staying in your district."
2024 TASA Midwinter Conference - Austin, Texas. January 29-31, 2024.
Kelsey Roach
Sponsor: Dr. Tony Talbert
"Hidden Roots: A Grounded Theoretical Study in Unearthing, Examining, and Delinking from Coloniality in Central Texas High School Humanities Classrooms"
Literacy Research Association - Atlanta, Georgia. November 29-December 2, 2023.
"An Emergent Epistemic Framework for Insurgent Educators: A Grounded Theory to Decolonize Texas Humanities Curricula"
American Education Research Association - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 11-14, 2024.
Margeaux Smith
Sponsor: Dr. Sandi Cooper
"Empowering Girls in Mathematics: Let’s Reveal the Contributions of Historically Excluded Women"
NCTM Annual Meeting & Exposition - Washington, D.C. November 25-28, 2023.
"Using Video Club to Engage PSTs Noticing during Instruction"
51st Annual Conference of the Research Council on Mathematics Learning (RCML) - Columbia, South Carolina. February 29-March 2, 2024.
Alexandra Thrall
Sponsor: Dr. Phil Nichols
"Speculative Frictions: Literacy, AI, and Civic Imagination."
AERA - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 11-14, 2024.
Camille Talbert
Sponsor: Dr. Kelly Johnston
"Celebrating Pre-Service Teachers’ Call to Teach Despite the Current Climate"
Association of Teacher Educators - Washington, D.C. July 29-August 1, 2023.
"Using Inquiry to Actualize the Ideological, Interrelational, and Responsive Capacities of Literacy Pedagogy and Engagement"
Literacy Research Association Annual Conference - Atlanta, Georgia. November 28-December 2, 2023.
Shelby Taylor
Sponsor: Dr. Sandi Cooper
"Learning to Notice in Video Clubs: Preservice Teacher Noticing during Math Instruction"
51st Annual Conference of the Research Council on Mathematics Learning (RCML) - Columbia, South Carolina. February 29-March 2, 2024.
Leslie Wolff
Sponsor: Dr. Sandi Cooper
"Fermi Problems Put the Fun Back Into Math!"
Conference for the Advancement of Mathematics Teaching - Fort Worth, Texas. June 26-28, 2023.
Kenneth Williams
Sponsor: Dr. Kellie Dixon
"Empowering Perspectives: Multicultural Learning in Black Male Educator Spaces"
TXNAME - Houston, Texas. May 28-31, 2024.
Ecological, Earth, and Environmental Sciences
Asha Ashraf
Sponsor: Dr. Erica Bruce
"Role of HIF-1a in modulating cytotoxic effects of acrolein under hypoxic conditions in BEAS-2B cells"
Society of Toxicology - Salt Lake City, Utah. March 10-14, 2024.
Solomon Ayisire
Sponsor: Dr. Christie Sayes
"Evaluating the toxicological response of lead, a legacy and replacement PFAS mixture in a human gut model"
American Chemical Society Fall 2023 Meeting - San Francisco, California. August 13-17, 2023.
"Assessing the toxicological impact of lead, a long and short-chain PFAS mixture on a Human Colon Carcinoma Cell Line (Caco-2)"
Society of Toxicology - Salt Lake City, Utah. March 9-14, 2024.
Taiwo Ayorinde
Sponsor: Dr. Christie Sayes
"Sorption mechanism analysis of methylparaben unto laboratory-generated secondary microplastics"
American Chemical Society - San Francisco, California. August 13-17, 2023.
Yanira Baldovinos
Sponsor: Dr. Christie Sayes
"An application of alternative methods for toxicity assessment of e-liquid solutions"
Society of Toxicology - Salt Lake City, Utah. March 9-14, 2024.
Hyeongyoung Choi
Sponsor: Dr. Bryan Brooks
"Global Occurrence and Aquatic Hazards of Benzodiazepines in Influent Wastewater, Effluent Discharges, and Surface Waters"
Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry North America - Louisville, Kentucky. November 12-16, 2023.
Alexander Cole
Sponsor: Dr. Bryan Brooks
"Comparative Endpoint Sensitivity of Bioanalytical Tools for Glucocorticoid Receptor Agonism Surveillance in Freshwater Systems"
2023 Urbanization, Water and Food Security Gordon Research Conference - Lucca, Italy. July 16-21, 2023.
"Inhibition of Fin Regeneration in Fathead Minnow (Pimephales promelas) Following Exposure to the Synthetic Glucocorticoid, Fluticasone Propionate"
SETAC North America 44th Annual Meeting - Louisville, Kentucky. November 12-16, 2023.
Clancy Collom
Sponsor: Dr. Christie Sayes
"Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry Analysis of Potential Metabolites of Cellulose Nanofibrils After an Enzymatic Simulated Gastric Digestion"
American Chemical Society - San Francisco, California. August 13-17, 2023.
Akinleye Folorunsho
Sponsor: Dr. Yang Li
"High-Resolution Modeling of Atmospheric Oxidation Capacity During Elevated Ozone Pollution in Houston, Texas"
American Geophysical Union 2023 Annual Meeting - San Francisco, California. December 11-15, 2023.
Kayla Garrett
Sponsor: Dr. Sara Dolan
"Water & Society: Interdisciplinary Infrastructure Planning Towards Sustainable Water-Energy-Food Systems"
American Geophysical Union - San Franscisco, California. December 11-15, 2023.
Meghan Guagenti
Sponsor: Dr. Sascha Usenko
"Volatile organic compound composition amid ozone enhancement during TRACER-AQ2 in Houston, Texas"
American Geophysical Union 2023 Annual Meeting - San Francisco, California. December 11-15, 2023.
Nilkamal Jaisawal
Sponsor: Dr. Yang Li
"Evaluation of WRF-chem simulations of BC from Biomass Burning over Alaska and Western USA"
2023 CESM Tutorial - Boulder, Colorado. July 10-14, 2023.
"Understanding the impact of black carbon from wildfires over western North America on Alaskan glaciers"
American Geophysical Union (AGU23) - San Francisco, California. November 11-15, 2023.
Alisha Janiga-MacNelly
Sponsor: Dr. Ramon Lavado
"Comparative toxicity of different micro- and nanoplastics obtained from human consumer products on human cell-based models"
SETAC North America 44th Annual Meeting - Louisville, Kentucky. November 12-16, 2023.
Mark Lueders
Sponsor: Dr. Ryan McManamay
"Reconstructing reference and altered streamflow to identify environmental flow thresholds in Texas rivers"
Texas Chapter - American Fisheries Society - Nagodoches, Texas. February 22-24, 2024.
Shannon Lindsey
Sponsor: Dr. Yang Li
"Understanding Trends and Drivers of Carbon Dioxide Across Texas Based on Satellite Observations"
American Geophysical Union 2023 Annual Meeting - San Francisco, California. December 11-15, 2023.
James Liu
Sponsor: Dr. Christie Sayes
"Streamlined in vitro inhalation toxicology of occupational aerosols"
American Chemical Society - San Francisco, California. August 13-17, 2023.
"Binary and ternary toxic interactions of divalent metal ions in A549 human alveolar cells: bringing 3D interaction surfaces to life"
Society of Toxicology 2024 Annual Meeting - Salt Lake City, Utah. March 10-14, 2024.
Tate Matthews
Sponsor: Dr. Rebecca Sheesley
"Biogenic Emissions and Aerosol response on the North Slope (BEAR-oNS) Preliminary 2022 and 2023 Results for the North Slope of Alaska: Aerosol Composition and Realtime VOC"
AGU - San Francisco, California. December 12-15, 2023.
Zachary Moran
Sponsor: Dr. Cole Matson
"Developing non-lethal sampling approaches to examine the health of fishes of conservation concern"
AFS - Grand Rapids, Michigan. August 20-24, 2023.
Chaverle Noel
Sponsor: Dr. Erica Bruce
"Enhancing First Responder Safety in Nuclear Radiological Emergencies: A Systematic Literature Review of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Training to Promote Self-Efficacy Among First Responders"
Society of Disaster Medicine and Public Health - Washington D.C. December 4-6, 2023.
Precious Obiako
Sponsor: Dr. Christie Sayes
"Investigating the toxicity of two alternative per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) on human neuronal cells"
American Chemical Society Fall 2023 Meeting - San Francisco, California. August 13-17, 2023.
"Utilizing rapid enzymatic activity model (REAM) to decipher potential toxicity mechanisms of drinking water contaminants- perfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) and pesticides"
Society of Toxicology - Salt Lake City, Utah. March 10-14, 2024.
Jeewan Poudel
Sponsor: Dr. Rebecca Sheesley
"Characterization of Volatile Organic Compounds and their sources in Corpus Christi, Texas"
AGU - San Francisco, California. December 12-15, 2023.
Sahar Pradhan
Sponsor: Dr. Christie Sayes
"A simulated digestion model to evaluate the safety of bioactive molecules"
Society for Risk Analysis Annual Meeting - Washington D.C. December 10-14, 2023.
Rafia Afroze Rifa
Sponsor: Dr. Ramon Lavado
"Metabolic disruption and mechanisms of toxicity caused by bisphenol analogs in human in vitro cell models"
SETAC North America 44th Annual Meeting - Louisville, Kentucky. November 12-16, 2023.
"Metabolic disruption and mechanisms of toxicity caused by bisphenol analogs in human in vitro cell models"
Society of Toxicology - Salt Lake City, Utah. March 9-14, 2024.
Kimberly Sauceda
Sponsor: Dr. Rebecca Sheesley
"Nighttime Emissions and Chemistry of Isoprene in the Houston Shipping Channel"
AGU - San Francisco, California. December 12-15, 2023.
Prakash Sharma
Sponsor: Dr. Rebecca Sheesley
"Mobile measurements of ambient concentrations of select VOCs and aerosol optical properties in Houston, TX"
AGU - San Francisco, California. December 12-15, 2023.
Jaylen Sims
Sponsor: Dr. Bryan Brooks
"Bioaccumulation Kinetics of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in the Aquatic Model Organism, Pimphales Promelas"
2023 Urbanization, Water and Food Security Gordon Research Conference - Lucca, Italy. July 16-21, 2023.
"Bioaccumulation Kinetics of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in the Aquatic Model Organism, Pimphales Promelas"
Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry - North America - Louisville, Kentucky. November 12-16, 2023.
Melinda Stevens
Sponsor: Dr. Christie Sayes
"Evaluating the antibacterial potential of distinct size populations of stabilized zinc nanoparticles for citrus greening disease therapeutic development"
American Chemical Society - New Orleans, Louisiana. March 17-21, 2024.
"Evaluating the antibacterial potential of distinct size populations of stabilized zinc nanoparticles for citrus greening disease therapeutic development"
International Research Conference on Huanglongbing - Riverside, California. March 26-29, 2024.
Kevin Stroski
Sponsor: Dr. Bryan Brooks
"Discharge of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances to the environment: Temporal implications for water quality assessment and management"
2023 Urbanization, Water and Food Security Gordon Research Conference - Lucca, Italy. July 16-21, 2023.
"Discharge of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances to the environment: Temporal implications for water quality assessment and management"
Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry - North America - Louisville, Kentucky. November 12-16, 2023.
Adam Wronski
Sponsor: Dr. Bryan Brooks
"Health care delivery and social vulnerability influence pharmaceutical discharges from wastewater treatment plants and water quality hazards"
2023 Urbanization, Water and Food Security Gordon Research Conference - Lucca, Italy. July 16-21, 2023.
"Health Care Delivery and Social Vulnerability Influence Pharmaceutical Discharges from Wastewater Treatment Plants and Water Quality Hazards"
Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry - North America - Louisville, Kentucky. November 12-16, 2023.
Mohammad Sheikh Yamin
Sponsor: Dr. Christie Sayes
"Analysis of toxicity effects of different silica NPs morphologies on a human gut model"
American Chemical Society - San Francisco, California. August 13-17, 2023.
"Analysis of toxicity effects of different silica NPs morphologies on a human gut model"
SWRM 2023 - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. November 15-18, 2023.
Educational Leadership
Jessica Brooks
Sponsor: Dr. Rishi Sriram
"Undiscussed and Undisclosed: Students Success and Students with Disabilities"
Association for Christians in Student Development - Anderson, South Carolina. June 5-8, 2023.
Tessa Cox
Sponsor: Dr. Jessica Meehan
"Literacy is More Complex than Ever: Why Media Literacy is Essential to the Future of Education"
Association of Teacher Educators 2024 Annual Meeting - Anaheim, California. March 27-30, 2024.
Pacey Ham
Sponsor: Dr. Nathan Alleman
"What is “Caught” and What is “Taught”: Doctoral Student Collegiality and the Hidden Curriculum"
Association for the Study of Higher Education - Minneapolis, Minnesota. November 15-18, 2023.
"Food Insecurity in Transition: Unanticipated Struggles of the Sophomore Slump"
American Educational Research Association - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 11-14, 2024.
Tiffani Hoot
Sponsor: Dr. Nathan Alleman
"The Story of the National Youth Administration and its Contribution to the History of Financial Aid"
2024 AERA Annual Meeting - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 11-14, 2024.
Hunter Kulesza
Sponsor: Dr. Christopher Richmann
"Former Foster Youth's Perception of College"
ASHE (Association for the Study of Higher Education) - Minneapolis, Minnesota. November 15-18, 2023.
"What Do Students Really Think about Generative AI?"
ITLC Lily - Austin, Texas. May 20-22, 2024.
Jessica Martin
Sponsor: Dr. Perry Glanzer
"Undiscussed and Undisclosed: Student Success and Students with Disabilities"
Association for Christians in Student Development - Anderson, South Carolina. June 5-8, 2023.
"Engaging the Mind and the Heart in Learning"
Lilly Conference - Evidence-based Teaching and Learning - Traverse City, Michigan. October 11-13, 2023.
Micah Mitchell
Sponsor: Dr. Nathan Alleman
"Technical institution students: Enacting upward or downward social mobility?"
ASHE - Minneapolis, Minnesota. November 15-18, 2023.
Theresa Ordell
Sponsor: Dr. Brenda Davis
"Examining the Stages and Process of Change for Women of Color within the Transtheoretical Model in a Spiritual Mentoring Program"
Black Doctoral Network Conference - Atlanta, Georgia. October 19-21, 2023.
Hannah Rieger
Sponsor: Dr. Laila Sanguras
"The Road to Remediation: A Case Study Retroactively Exploring Factors Influencing Mathematics College Readiness"
ASHE - Association for the Study of Higher Education - Minneapolis, Minnesota. November 15-18, 2023.
"The Road to Remediation: A Case Study Retroactively Exploring Factors Influencing Mathematics College Readiness in First-Year Students"
American Educational Research Association - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 11-14, 2024.
Mia Robertson
Sponsor: Dr. Jeffrey Petersen
"Where is the Crowd? Attendance and Arena Impacts on Big 12 Women’s Basketball Home Performance"
College Sport Research Institute Conference on College Sport - Columbia, South Carolina. March 20-22, 2024.
Julie Rush
Sponsor: Dr. Angela Urick
"Culturally Responsive Teaching Practices in Heterogeneous Grouped Mathematics Classes"
University Council for Educational Administration - Minneapolis, Minnesota. November 14-18, 2023.
Cody Stone
Sponsor: Dr. Jeffrey Petersen
"Impact of Artificial Turf on Winning in NCAA Division II and NAIA Football"
College Sport Research Institute - Charleston, South Carolina. March 20-22, 2024.
Janeia Vorderkunz
Sponsor: Dr. Angela Urick
"Specific Learning Disability Identification Consistency Among Multidisciplinary Evaluation Team Members"
University Council for Educational Administration - Minneapolis, Minnesota. November 15-18, 2023.
Samuel Wilkinson
Sponsor: Dr. Jeffrey Petersen
"Artificial Success: Impact of Artificial Turf on Winning in NCAA Division II and NAIA Football"
College Sport Research Institute Conference on College Sport - Columbia, South Carolina. March 20-22, 2024.
Educational Psychology
Monserrat Austin
Sponsor: Dr. Jessica Akers
"Impact of Language of Delivery on Challenging Behavior Assessments and Interventions"
Association for Behavior Analysis International Convention. Denver, Colorado. May 25-30, 2023.
Trevor Austin
Sponsor: Dr. Nicholas Benson
"PO603: Sleep Sound: How Schools Can Support Student Sleep Success"
NASP 2024 Annual Convention - New Orleans, Louisiana. February 14-17, 2024.
Jaime Basher
Sponsor: Dr. Tracey Sulak
"Graduate Student Mentoring Systematic Review AND Perceived Parental Science Views on Student STEM Aspirations"
American Educational Research Association - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 11-14, 2024.
Morgan Castillo
Sponsor: Dr. Tracey Sulak
"Science Interest Development in Gifted Learners Using the iBEARS Intervention"
National Association for Gifted Children - Lake Buena Vista, Florida. November 9-12, 2023.
"Perceived parental science views on student STEM aspirations"
American Educational Research Association - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 11-14, 2024.
Brad Davis
Sponsor: Dr. Sarah Mire
"Effects of a Support Group for Parents of Autistic Children"
NASP 2024 Annual Convention - New Orleans, Louisiana. February 14-17, 2024.
Hannah Davis
Sponsor: Dr. Jennifer Robins
"Developing STEM talent by integrating collaboration, perseverance, and psychosocial skills"
National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) - Lake Buena Vista, Florida. November 9-12, 2023.
"Transforming teacher preparation: The role of high-quality gifted education teacher preparation programs in shaping future educators"
American Educational Research Association - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 11-14, 2024.
Emily Exline
Sponsor: Dr. Tonya Davis
"Functional Communication Training without the Removal of a Tangible in Discrete Trial Training"
Association for Behavior Analysis International Convention. Denver, Colorado. May 25-30, 2023.
"Participant Preference of Challenging Behavior Interventions: A Systematic Review"
Texas Association for Behavior Analysis 39th Annual Conference - Houston, Texas. April 11-14, 2024.
"Participant Preference of Challenging Behavior Interventions: A Systematic Review"
Association for Behavior Analysis International's 50th Annual Convention - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. May 25-27, 2024.
Patricia Filippini Garrett
Sponsor: Dr. Tracey Sulak
"Teaching Gifted Students to Ask Quality Questions to Drive the Research Process; Curating Creativity: Exploring Partnerships Between Museums and Gifted Education Programs"
National Association for Gifted Children - Orlando, Florida. November 9-12, 2023.
Serena Garza
Sponsor: Dr. Tonya Davis
"Peer-Mediated Social Skills Interventions for Adolescents with Autism: A Literature Review"
Association for Behavior Analysis International Convention. Denver, Colorado. May 25-30, 2023.
"Preparing Behavior Analysts to Deliver Compassionate, Collaborative Care: A Review of the Literature"
Texas Association for Behavior Analysis 39th Annual Conference - Houston, Texas. April 11-14, 2024.
Kailah Hall
Sponsor: Dr. Tonya Davis
"Special Educator Frequency of Implementing Evidence-Based Practices"
Association for Behavior Analysis International Convention. Denver, Colorado. May 25-30, 2023.
Kailah Hall
Sponsor: Dr. Tracey Sulak
"Dispelling the Top 5 Myths of Radical Acceleration"
National Association for Gifted Children - Lake Buena Vista, Florida. November 9-12, 2023.
"The Academic Engagement of Students Striving to Develop Giftedness"
American Educational Research Association - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 11-14, 2024.
Maryann Hebda
Sponsor: Dr. Tracey Sulak
"Developing STEM talent by integrating collaboration, perseverance, and psychosocial skills"
National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) - Lake Buena Vista, Florida. November 09-12, 2023.
"A Longitudinal Phenomenological Case Study ofUndergraduate Science Majors’ Motivation to Mentor Youth in STEM"
American Educational Research Association - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 11-14, 2024.
Julia Hrabal
Sponsor: Dr. Tonya Davis
"Technician-Delivered Telehealth to Teach Transferable Vocational Skills to Adolescents With Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities"
Association for Behavior Analysis International Convention. Denver, Colorado. May 25-30, 2023.
"Teaching daily living skills with caregiver-developed video models"
Texas Association for Behavior Analysis 39th Annual Conference - Houston, Texas. April 11-14, 2024.
"Parent-developed and Delivered Video Modeling to Teach Daily Living Skills in the Home"
ABAI - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. May 23-27, 2024.
Donna Hulsey
Sponsor: Dr. Todd Kettler
"3 presentations: Cultivating Creativity, Innovation Thinking, and Resilience in Young Students by Teaching Entrepreneurship; Cognitive and Creative Benefits of Lightening Up: Using Positive Humor in Education; Creativity in Education and Museums: Partnerships in Formal and Informal Learning"
Marconi Institute for Creativity--Conference 2023 - Trieste, Italy. September 11-13, 2023.
Renming Liu
Sponsor: Dr. Tonya Davis
"Caregiver-Implemented Interventions for Daily Living Skills for Individuals With Developmental Disabilities: A Systematic Review"
Association for Behavior Analysis International Convention. Denver, Colorado. May 25-30, 2023.
"Technician-Delivered Telehealth to Teach Vocational Skills to Adolescents and Young Adults"
Texas Association for Behavior Analysis 39th Annual Conference - Houston, Texas. April 11-14, 2024.
"Technician-Delivered Telehealth to Teach Vocational Skills to Adolescents and Young Adults"
ABAI - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. May 23-27, 2024.
Chantel Lucero
Sponsor: Dr. Jessica Akers
"Using Equivalence Based Instruction in a Group Instruction Format to Teach Music Skills to Children with ASD and Typically Developing Children"
Texas Association for Behavior Analysis 39th Annual Conference - Houston, Texas. April 11-14, 2024.
Liesel Lutz
Sponsor: Dr. Tracey Sulak
"Dispelling the Top 5 Myths of Radical Acceleration and College at 13? More Likely Than You Think: Exploring an Effective Acceleration Program and Predictors of Parent Engagement Efficacy"
National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) - Lake Buena Vista, Florida. November 9-12, 2023.
"The Academic Engagement of Students Striving to Develop Giftedness"
American Educational Research Association - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 11-14, 2024.
Hiroki Matsuo
Sponsor: Dr. Grant Morgan
"Longitudinal measurement invariance of Christian scales"
IMPS 2023 Annual Meeting - College Park, Maryland. July 24-28, 2023.
"Putting Statistical Assumptions Back in Their Place: A Guide to Nonparametric Statistics and Your Power to Make Whatever Assumptions You Want; The Use of Many Facet Rasch Model with Rater Effects; Comparing Relative Efficiency of Nonparametric to Parametric Methods using Monte Carlo Simulation in Two-Group Designs"
Southwest Educational Research Association 47th Annual Meeting - Arlington, Texas. February 15-16, 2024.
Kristina McGinnis
Sponsor: Dr. Jessica Akers
"Training Natural Change Agents to Implement Functional Analysis"
Association for Behavior Analysis International Convention. Denver, Colorado. May 25-30, 2023.
Beatrice Nicole Ruiz
Sponsor: Dr. Todd Kettler
"Symposium: The Influence of Belief Systems on Creative Education"
Marconi Institute for Creativity Conference 2023 - Trieste, Italy. September 12-14, 2023.
"Symposium: The Influence of Belief Systems on Creative Education"
National Association of Gifted Children - Orlando, Florida. November 10-12, 2023.
Fatih Ozkan
Sponsor: Dr. Grant Morgan
"Examining Response Styles and Their Impact on Psychological Testing Outcomes: A Mixture IRT (Item Response Theory) Modeling Approach"
American Educational Research Association - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 11-14, 2024.
Julie Rush
Sponsor: Dr. Angela Urick
"Culturally Responsive Teaching Practices in Heterogeneous Grouped Mathematics Classes"
University Council for Educational Administration - Minneapolis, Minnesota. November 14-18, 2023.
Celeste Sodergren
Sponsor: Dr. Todd Kettler
"Executive Function and the Gifted Child: Effectively Targeting Early Interventions"
National Association of the Gifted Child Annual Conference - Orlando, Florida. November 8-12, 2023.
"Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy and Change Agencyin Gifted Coordinators: A Mixed Methods Study"
American Educational Research Association - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 11-14, 2024.
Kelsey Sparks
Sponsor: Dr. Jessica Akers
"Telehealth Delivered Social Skills Interventions Among Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: A Systematic Review"
ABAI Annual Conference - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. May 18-27, 2024.
Lindsey Swafford
Sponsor: Dr. Jessica Akers
"A Systematic Review of Caregiver-Mediated Interventions for Autistic Adolescents: Implications for Social Validity"
Association for Behavior Analysis International Convention. Denver, Colorado. May 25-30, 2023.
Remington Swensson
Sponsor: Dr. Jessica Akers
"Teaching Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder to Mand for Answers to Questions via Telehealth: A Caregiver Implementation"
Association for Behavior Analysis International Convention. Denver, Colorado. May 25-30, 2023.
Debra Torres
Sponsor: Dr. Todd Kettler
"Talent Development: A Path Towards Equitable Gifted Programs"
National Association for Gifted Children - Orlando, Florida. November 9-12, 2023.
MacKenzie Wicker
Sponsor: Dr. Tonya Davis
"Evaluation of Technician-Delivered Telehealth to Teach Vocational Skills Within the Workplace to Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorder"
Association for Behavior Analysis International Convention. Denver, Colorado. May 25-30, 2023.
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Colin Burdine
Sponsor: Dr. Enrique Blair
"Discovery of Novel Superconducting Materials with Deep Learning"
IEEE Quantum Week 2023 - Bellevue, Washington. August 17-22, 2023.
Jordan Edwards
Sponsor: Dr. Scott Koziol
"Neural-Inspired Dendritic Multiplication Using a Reconfigurable Analog Integrated Circuit"
IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS) - Sentosa Island, Singapore. May 19-22, 2024.
Innocent Enyekwe
Sponsor: Dr. Kwang Lee
"Deep Reinforcement Learning-Based Governor for Pumped Storage Hydropower"
9th International Conference on Electrical Engineering and Electronics - Uxbridge, United Kingdom. August 3-5, 2023.
Adam Goad
Sponsor: Dr. Charles Baylis
"Simultaneous Multidimensional Optimization for Fast Amplifier Design"
2024 USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting - Boulder, Colorado. January 8-12, 2024.
Samuel Hussey
Sponsor: Dr. Charles Baylis
"Assessing and Mitigating Aggregate Interference with Real-Time Spectral Brokering"
2024 USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting - Boulder, Colorado. January 8-12, 2024.
Matthew Newton
Sponsor: Dr. Ian Gravagne
"Normalization and Processing of Rotational Eddy Current Scans for Layup Characterization of CFRP Laminates"
31st ASNT Research Symposium - Columbus, Ohio. June 26-30, 2023.
Ha Nguyen
Sponsor: Dr. Keith Schubert
"A Standardized Methodology for Translating Digital 3D Small Animal Models into Electromagnetic Simulation Software"
65th Annual Meeting & Exhibition of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine - Houston, Texas. July 23-27, 2023.
"A computational study of Alternating Electric Field (AEF) therapy"
9th Annual Loma Linda Workshop - Loma Linda, California. July 31-August 2, 2023.
Luke Parker
Sponsor: Dr. Scott Koziol
"Neural-Inspired Dendritic Multiplication Using a Reconfigurable Analog Integrated Circuit"
IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS) - Sentosa Island, Singapore. May 19-22, 2024.
Justin Roessler
Sponsor: Dr. Charles Baylis
"Utilizing Distributed Circuit Topology Techniques to Achieve Reduced Maximum Branch Currents for High Power Impedance Matching RF Applications"
2024 USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting - Boulder, Colorado. January 8-12, 2024.
Benjamin Sirizzotti
Sponsor: Dr. Annette von Jouanne
"Characterization and Analysis of Bearing Currents in SiC Inverter Driven PM Machines"
IEEE-ECCE - Nashville, Tennessee. October 29-November 2, 2023.
Jonathan Swindell
Sponsor: Dr. Robert Mark
"Multi-Dimensional Image Completion for Automated Power Amplifier Design"
2024 USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting - Boulder, Colorado. January 8-12, 2024.
Trevor Van Hoosier
Sponsor: Dr. Charles Baylis
"An In-Situ Measurement System Using Downconversion"
2024 USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting - Boulder, Colorado. January 8-12, 2024.
English
Anna Beaudry
Sponsor: Dr. Sarah Ford
"Hot and Bothered: Sarah Orne Jewett’s Perimenopausal Protagonists"
Nineteenth-Century Studies Association Conference - Louisville, Kentucky. March 14-16, 2024.
Robert Brown
Sponsor: Dr. Joe Fulton
"Merlin’s Revenge: Dramatizing Plato’s Republic in the Apocalyptic Arthuriana of Mark Twain and C. S. Lewis"
College English Association - Atlanta, Georgia. March 21-23, 2024.
Savannah Chorn
Sponsor: Dr. Joshua King
"Transgressing Thresholds of the Sacred and Secular: Reframing Dantean Cosmology in Sonnets from the Portuguese"
Nineteenth-Century Studies Association Conference - Louisville, Kentucky. March 14-16, 2024.
Kelly Chittenden
Sponsor: Dr. Richard Russell
"“We can only be as well / as our loved ones": Medicine, Christianity, and Community in Gwyneth Lewis's A Hospital Odyssey"
Conference on Medicine and Religion - Indianapolis, Indiana. April 14-16, 2024.
"“It was a Case for Surgery”: Medical-Theological Imagery in J.R.R. Tolkien’s “Leaf by Niggle” and C.S. Lewis’s The Great Divorce"
Western Conference on Christianity and Literature 2024 - Langley, British Columbia. May 9-22, 2024.
Jonathan Diaz
Sponsor: Dr. Julia Daniel
"T. S. Eliot, Reactionary Politics, and Sacramental Poetics"
Internation T. S. Eliot Society Annual Meeting - Cambridge, Massachusetts. September 22-25, 2023.
Jonathan Diaz
Sponsor: Dr. Jesus Montaño
"Religious Expression in Afro-Latine Poetry after Mestizaje"
Latinx Studies Association - Tempe, Arizona. April 17-20, 2024.
Kristyn Drew
Sponsor: Dr. Kristen Pond
"Fallen Women and Female Redemption in Elizabeth Gaskell’s ‘Lizzie Leigh"
Southwest Conference on Christianity and Literature - Waco, Texas. September 21-23, 2023.
"'Better than this air': Elizabeth Gaskell’s Complication of the Female Body as Ecological Threshold in North and South"
Nineteenth Century Studies Association Conference - Louisville, Kentucky. March 14-16, 2024.
Reilly Fitzpatrick
Sponsor: Dr. Joshua King
"Old New Women: Subversive Spinsterhood and Social Reform in Cranford and My Lady Ludlow"
Southwest Conference on Christianity and Literature - Waco, Texas. September 21-23, 2023.
"‘This Barren Blooming’: Abortion and Moral Education in Middlemarch and A Vindication of the Rights of Woman."
Nineteenth Century Studies Association Conference - Louisville, Kentucky. March 14-16, 2024.
Justice Flint
Sponsor: Dr. Luke Ferretter
"The Complementarity of the Saints: Towards an Eschatological Vision of Gender"
Evangelical Theological Society - San Antonio, Texas. November 14-16, 2023.
Harrison Glaze
Sponsor: Dr. Richard Russell
"Poe's Poetic Liberties"
Association of Literary Scholars, Critics, and Writers Annual Conference - Houston, Texas. October 12-15, 2023.
Matthew Hawk
Sponsor: Dr. Richard Russell
"In the Hands of Young Men: The Ecology of Youth in Mrs. Dalloway"
32nd Annual International Conference on Virginia Woolf - Fort Myers, Florida. June 8-11, 2023.
"Everything You Never Knew About Whaling, and More! Freakonomics Podcast on Whaling and Moby Dick"
Southwest Popular American Culture Association - Albuquerque, New Mexico. February 21-24, 2024.
Grace McCright
Sponsor: Dr. Sarah Ford
"Jesus and John Ames: Gender and "Family Values" in Marilynne Robinson's Gilead"
American Literature Association Conference. Boston, Massachusetts. May 25-27, 2023.
"Constructing Boundaries and Crossing Thresholds: Catharine Maria Sedgwick’s Ecumenical Imagination and the Gold-Boudinot Marriage"
Nineteenth Century Studies Association Conference - Louisville, Kentucky. March 14-16, 2024.
Harrison Otis
Sponsor: Dr. Richard Russell
"Portrait of the Artist as an Accomplice: Reading the Rhetoric of Self-Deception with Leni Riefenstahl and Ishiguro’s Mr. Stevens"
College English Association 2024: Transformations - Atlanta, Georgia. March 21-24, 2024.
Allison Reising
Sponsor: Dr. Joshua King
"“Saviour of Society”: The Brownings’ Ongoing Debate about Napoleon III’s Role in the Italian Risorgimento"
Victorians Institute Conference - Raleigh, North Carolina. October 7-8, 2023.
"“Saviour of Society”: Robert Browning’s Heraklean Reading of Napoleon III"
Northeastern Political Science Association - Boston, Massachusetts. November 2-4, 2023.
Michael Riggins
Sponsor: Dr. Phil Donnelly
"Something Understood’: Metaphor and the Riddle Tradition in George Herbert’s ‘Prayer (I)’"
Association of Core Texts and Courses Annual Meeting - Memphis, Tennessee. April 12-14, 2024.
Laurel Samuelson
Sponsor: Dr. Kristen Pond
"Paper Skin: Reconciling the Female Body in Lilith"
George MacDonald Bicentenary Conference 2024 - Wheaton, Illinois. May 29-31, 2024.
Olivia Taylor
Sponsor: Dr. Joshua King
"Here, there be mermaids: mythical women in Aurora Leigh"
Nineteenth Century Studies Association Conference - Louisville, Kentucky. March 14-16, 2024.
Sarah Tharp
Sponsor: Dr. Kristen Pond
"“‘A passion for art had got worked into the fabric of my being’: Twain’s Hank Morgan at the Threshold of Art Criticism”"
Nineteenth Century Studies Association - Louisville, Kentucky. March 14-16, 2024.
Veronica Toth
Sponsor: Dr. Luke Ferretter
"This Whole Business of Human Virtue": The Materially Circumscribed Virtue of Uncle Tom’s Cabin"
2023 Southwest Conference on Christianity and Literature - Waco, Texas. September 21-23, 2023.
Veronica Toth
Sponsor: Dr. Richard Russell
"Teaching Midrash to High School Students"
Association of Literary Scholars, Critics, and Writers - Houston, Texas. October 12-15, 2023.
Matthew Turnbull
Sponsor: Dr. Phillip Donnelly
"Augustinian Semiosis in Satan's Soliloquies"
International Milton Symposium - Toronto, Canada. July 11-15, 2023.
Kristyn Woytkewicz
Sponsor: Dr. Jennifer Hargrave
"Liberties of Genre: Temporal Displacement and Subjecthood in Frances Burney’s Evelina"
British Women Writers Conference - Charlottesville, Virginia. May 25-28, 2023.
David Willey
Sponsor: Dr. Jennifer Hargrave
"“The Gospel and the pagan Wilde”: Uses of the Bible in Oscar Wilde’s “The Happy Prince”"
Association of Core Texts & Courses 29th Annual Conference - Memphis, Tennessee. April 11-14, 2024.
Yifan Zhang
Sponsor: Dr. Richard Russell
"From London to Dublin: Reorienting an Idolatrous Soul in James Joyce’s “A Little Cloud”"
26th Association of Literary Scholars, Critics, and Writers Conference - Houston, Texas. October 12-15, 2023.
"The Cultivation of Peace: Georgic Redress in Seamus Heaney’s "North""
Northeast Modern Language Association - Boston, Massachusetts. March 7-10, 2024.
Zeyi Zhang
Sponsor: Dr. Phillip Donnelly
"Free Mind, “Rapt Spirits,” and Temptation of the “Corporal Rind”: The Disguise of Comus and the Lady’s Mockery in A Mask College English Association Conference - Atlanta, Georgia. March 21-23, 2024.
Geosciences
Katherine Broad
Sponsor: Dr. Peter James
"Relative gravimetry in the Lunar highlands would resolve ambiguity in GRAIL."
LEAG Annual Meeting - Laurel, Maryland. September 20-22, 2023.
"Calculating Bulk Densities Using Gravity Gradient Methods"
55th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference - The Woodlands, Texas. May 11-15, 2024.
Dava Butler
Sponsor: Dr. Daniel Peppe
"Evidence of osteological pathologies in late pleistocene columbian mammoths (mammuthus columbi) at Waco Mammoth National Monument, Waco, Texas, USA"
LEAG Annual Meeting - Laurel, Maryland. September 20-22, 2023.
Jordan Chapman
Sponsor: Dr. William Hockaday
"Charting Science Communication"
94th Annual Meeting Texas Archaeological Society - San Marcos, Texas. October 6-8, 2023.
"Charting Science Communication with Geoarchaeology"
Society of American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting - New Orleans, Louisiana. April 17-21, 2024.
Sanjukta Dhar
Sponsor: Dr. James Fulton
"A spatially diverse nutrient circulation system prevailed in Western Canada during the End-Devonian Ocean Anoxic Event (OAE)"
American Geophysical Union conference 2023 - San Francisco, California. December 11-15, 2023.
"Chlorophyll degradation pathways through senescence and herbivory in modern and Devonian sediment records"
Gordon Research Conference - Galveston, Texas. January 14-20, 2024.
Joshua Ford
Sponsor: Dr. James Fulton
"Predominance of Nitrogen and Sulfur Bearing Intact Polar Lipids in Clay- and Sand-Dominated Tidal Flat Microbial Mats"
Gordon Research Conference - Galveston, Texas. January 14-20, 2024.
Alix Renee Pauline Fournier
Sponsor: Dr. Steven Forman
"Perched aquifer in the Kermit and Monahans dune fields and relation to Pecos Valley Aquifer, West Texas, USA"
International Conference on Aeolian Research - Las Cruces, New Mexico. July 10-14, 2023.
"Origin, gradient, and recharge processes of perched aquifers of the Monahans and Kermit dune fields, northern Chihuahuan Desert, Texas, USA"
European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2024 - Vienna, Austria. April 14-19, 2024.
Jasmine Kidwell
Sponsor: Dr. Julie Hoggarth
"Paleoclimatological and Environmental Proxy Data of Far West Texas"
Texas Archeological Society Annual Meeting - San Marcos, Texas. October 6-8, 2023.
"Human Demographics, Paleoclimate, and Paleoecology of Far West Texas from the Late Pleistocene through Holocene"
Society of American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting - New Orleans, Louisiana. April 17-21, 2024.
Sarah Kogler
Sponsor: Dr. Steven Driese
"Effects of Marine Hydromorphism from Paleovertisols in the Pennington formation (upper Miss.), East-Central Tennessee"
GSA Connects 2023 - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 15-18, 2023.
Anna Lesko
Sponsor: Dr. Steven Driese
"Using X-ray Fluorescence and Absorption Spectroscopy to Investigate Redox-Sensitive Metals in Late Cretaceous Pedogenic Carbonate Nodules"
European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2024 - Vienna, Austria. April 14-19, 2024.
Manyiel Mel
Sponsor: Dr. William Hockaday
"Structure-sorption relationship in Per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) sequestration by lignin in pulp and paper wastewater"
American Chemical Society (ACS) - San Francisco, California. August 13-17, 2023.
"Assessing the Extent of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Precursor Transformation in P&P Mill Wastewater under Different Redox Environments"
National Council for Air and Stream Improvement Annual Conference - Atlanta, Georgia. September 25-27, 2023.
Alyssa Mills
Sponsor: Dr. Peter James
"Detecting Seafloor Volcanism through LOS"
NASA Europa Clipper Project Science Group Meeting - San Juan, Puerto Rico. November 6-11, 2023.
"A Machine Learning Approach for Inferring Europa's Seafloor Characteristics"
Lunar Planetary Science Conference - The Woodlands, Texas. March 11-16, 2024.
Elena Muir
Sponsor: Dr. Joe Yelderman
"The Interactions of Stillhouse Hollow Reservoir and Belton Lake with the Trinity and Edwards Aquifers of Central Texas"
2024 Joint North-Central and South-Central Section Meeting - Springfield, Missouri. April 20-23, 2024.
Luis Muñoz Santos
Sponsor: Dr. Jay Pulliam
"Improving the Accuracy and Completeness of the Hispaniola Seismic Catalog with Machine Learning Techniques"
American Geophysical Union - San Francisco, California. December 11-15, 2023.
"Machine Learning as a Tool to Build a Comprehensive Seismic Catalog for the Island of Hispaniola"
Seismological Society of America (SSA) - Anchorage, Alaska. April 29-May 3, 2024.
Venanzio Munyaka
Sponsor: Dr. Dan Peppe
"Reconstructing the Climate and Ecology of an early Miocene Tropical Forest on the Flanks of the Tinderet Volcano, Kisumu county, Western Kenya"
Geological Society of America - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 15-18, 2023.
Mark Nickels
Sponsor: Dr. Joe Yelderman
"Surface Water and Groundwater Interactions in the middle segment of the Brazos River Alluvium Aquifer"
2024 Joint North-Central & South-Central Section Meeting - Springfield, Missouri. April 21-24, 2024.
Benjamin Sadler
Sponsor: Dr. Jay Pulliam
"Crustal Structure in the Bengal Basin from Jointly Modeling Receiver Functions and Teleseismic P Autocorrelograms"
American Geophysical Union - San Francisco, California. December 11-15, 2023.
Vinothan Sivapalan
Sponsor: Dr. William Hockaday
"Ground truthing the relationship between carbon bridgehead fraction of charcoals and fire intensity"
Ecological Society of America - Portland, Oregon. August 6-11, 2023.
"The influence of pyrolysis time, moisture, and plant species on carbon bridgehead fraction of charcoal"
European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2024 - Vienna, Austria. April 14-19, 2024.
Yashwant Soni
Sponsor: Dr. Jay Pulliam
"Improving Estimates of the Empirical Green's Function Extracted from the Ambient Seismic Wavefield using an Eigenvalue-Based Filter"
AGU23 - San Francisco, California. November 10-15, 2023.
"Shear Wave Velocity Structure Beneath a Dense Seismic Array in the Presence of Local Noise Sources Using Matched Field Processing"
Seismological Society of America (SSA) - Anchorage, Alaska. April 29-May 3, 2024.
Rebekah Sowders
Sponsor: Dr. Joe Yelderman
"Monitoring the Trinity Aquifer: An Assessment and Strategy for the Southern Trinity Groundwater Conservation District"
2024 Joint North-Central & South-Central Section Meeting - Springfield, Missouri. April 21-24, 2024.
Nicholas Wagner
Sponsor: Dr. Elizabeth Petsios
"How do the seasonal polar caps of Mars perturb its surface and gravity?"
American Geophysical Union - San Francisco, California. December 11-15, 2023.
Nicholas Wagner
Sponsor: Dr. Peter James
"Higher Intrusive Magma Volumes Found at Olympus Mons from Gravity and Topography Data"
Lunar and Planetary Science Conference - Houston, Texas. March 11-15, 2024.
Jerrad Watts
Sponsor: Dr. Elizabeth Petsios
"Morphometrics of Psychocidarid Echinoids showing trends in spine morphology"
GSA Connect 2023 - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 14-18, 2023.
"'Psycho' echinoid spines – evolution through spine morphospace in crown group cidaroid echinoids"
2024 Joint North-Central and South-Central Section Meeting - Springfield, Missouri. April 20-23, 2024.
Stephanie White
Sponsor: Dr. Stacy Atchley
"Dynamic paleoclimatic, glacioeustatic, and biotic change within a Late Paleozoic mixed carbonate-siliciclastic system, Paradox Basin, southeast Utah"
IMAGE 2023 - Houston, Texas. August 29-September 1, 2023.
Nathan Wright
Sponsor: Dr. Elizabeth Petsios
"Assessing impacts of parasite pathologies on preservation of fossil decapods using finite elements analysis"
Geological Society of America Connects 2023 - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 14-18, 2023.
"Evaluating the Impact of a Barnacle Parasite (Loxothylacus Texanus) on the preservation of Blue Crabs (Callinectes Sapidus) with Experimental Taphonomy"
2024 Joint North-Central & South-Central Section Meeting - Springfield, Missouri. April 21-24, 2024.
Maree Yard
Sponsor: Dr. Steve Forman
"Using extant loxodonta africana age correlations to describe an extinct mammuthus columbi assemblage and mortality from waco mammoth national monument"
83rd Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology - Cincinnati, Ohio. October 18-23, 2023.
Health, Human Performance and Recreation
Leroy Bolden
Sponsor: Dr. Andrew Gallucci
"The Influence Of High-intensity Interval Exercise On Vitamin-D Concentrations In Healthy Individuals"
ACSM Annual Meeting - Boston, Massachusetts. May 28-31, 2024.
Tomas Chapman-Lopez
Sponsor: Dr. Leslee Funderburk
"Effects Of Acute Bouts Of Aerobic Exercise On Adipokines In Individuals With Mid-spectrum Chronic Kidney Disease"
Annual Meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine - Denver, Colorado. May 30-June 2, 2023.
"Assessing the Differences Between Chewing and Swallowing Arugula Extract Capsules on the Concentrations of Nitric Oxide Metabolites in Metabolically Healthy Males"
National American College of Sports Medicine - Boston, Massachusetts. May 38-June 1, 2024.
Leticia Cherpe De Souza
Sponsor: Dr. Leslee Funderburk
"Carbohydrate Intake, Body Composition And Vitamin D Changes Among Acrobatics And Tumbling Division I Student-Athletes"
Annual Meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine - Denver, Colorado. May 30-June 2, 2023.
"The Ability Of Cardiac Autonomic Modulations Stress Index To Independently Predict Vo2max In Healthy Individuals"
American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) - Boston, Massachusetts. May 28-31, 2024.
Dillon Harris
Sponsor: Dr. Leslee Funderburk
"The Impacts Of Wrist Wrap Type And Sex On Bench Press Muscular Strength And Power"
Annual Meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine - Denver, Colorado. May 30-June 2, 2023.
Katherine Lee
Sponsor: Dr. Andrew Gallucci
"The Association of Energy Drink and Alcohol Use With Coping Styles Among Acrobatics and Tumbling Athletes"
National Athletic Trainers' Association Clinical Symposia and AT Expo - Indianapolis, Indiana. June 21-24, 2023.
Marc Magana
Sponsor: Dr. Michael Wiggs
"Gastrocnemius Mass Is Lower 28 Days After Recovery From A Cycle Of Cisplatin In Mice"
American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting (ACSM) - Boston, Massachusetts. May 28-31, 2024.
Jared McGowen
Sponsor: Dr. Shane Koppenhaver
"Myotonometry can Reliably Obtain Muscle Stiffness Measures in Standing and Squatting Body Positions"
Annual Meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine - Denver, Colorado. May 30-June 2, 2023.
Ben Meister
Sponsor: Dr. Joon Park
"Effects Of Ex-vivo Coculture Of Human Serum Following Acute Exercise On C2c12 Differentiation Potential"
2024 ACSM Annual Meeting - Boston, Massachusetts. May 28-31, 2024.
Mary Pickler
Sponsor: Dr. Andrew Gallucci
"The Transient Influence Of Arugula Extract Consumption On Cardiac Autonomic Modulation In Metabolically Healthy Men"
American College of Sports Medicine 2024 Annual Meeting - Boston, Massachusetts. May 28-31, 2024.
Owen Salmon
Sponsor: Dr. Cory Smith
"Does Intermittent Hypoxia Elicit Dose-Dependent Strength and Neuromuscular Responses in Healthy Adults?"
2023 NSCA National Conference - Las Vegas, Nevada. July 12-15, 2023.
Matthew Segovia
Sponsor: Dr. Cory Smith
"Does environmental cold exposure and fatigue effect pistol marksmanship and decision making?"
2023 NSCA National Conference - Las Vegas, Nevada. July 12-15, 2023.
Jose Seiba Moris
Sponsor: Dr. Yunsuk Koh
"Effect Of Different Breathing Patterns On Cerebral Blood Flow During Maximal Exercise"
Annual Meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine - Denver, Colorado. May 30-June 2, 2023.
Ricardo Torres
Sponsor: Dr. Andrew Gallucci
"The Effects Of Different Prolonged Aerobic Exercise Modalities On Oxygen Consumption And Cardiovascular Drift"
ACSM Annual Meeting - Boston, Massachusetts. May 28-31, 2024.
Cierra Ugale
Sponsor: Dr. Cory Smith
"Impact of Acute Hypoxic Exposure on Neuromuscular Responses During Step Intensity Dynamic Constant External Resistance Leg Extension Exercise"
National Strength and Conditioning Association Conference - Las Vegas, Nevada. July 12-15, 2023.
Jarrett Walbolt
Sponsor: Dr. Yunsuk Koh
"Effects of Curcumin and Moderate Intensity Exercise on PTSD Symptoms in Frontline Healthcare Workers"
Annual Meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine - Denver, Colorado. May 30-June 2, 2023.
Madhur Wyatt
Sponsor: Dr. Leigh Greathouse
"Vitamin D3 Supplementation Alters Gut Microbiome Composition And Increases Stability In Healthy Individuals"
American College of Sports Medicine 2024 Annual Meeting - Boston, Massachusetts. May 28-31, 2024.
History
Amy Achenbach
Sponsor: Dr. Andrea Turpin
"Sorority Row: The Greek-letter Sorority as “Finishing School” of “Modern” American Womanhood"
Women and Gender History Symposium - Urbana, Illinois. February 29-March 2, 2024.
Heidi Campbell
Sponsor: Dr. Beth Barr
"Woman at the Cross: Mary Magdalene at the Intersection of Popular Religion and Royal Politics in Sixteenth and Early Seventeenth Century England"
North American Conference on British Studies - Baltimore, Maryland. November 9-12, 2023.
"A Worthy Woman or Murdering Temptress: The Ambivalent Status of Judith in English Politics and Religion at Paul’s Cross Sermons"
American Society of Church History - San Francisco, California. January 4-7, 2024.
Emma Fenske
Sponsor: Dr. Elesha Coffman
"Leading through Romance: Women's Religious Authority and Christian Romance Novels"
American Society of Church History - San Francisco, California. January 4-7. 2024.
"Where Twilight Divides: The Twilight Saga and Borderlands of the Evangelical Identity"
Pop Culture Association National Conference - Chicago, Illinois. March 27-30. 2024.
Savannah Flanagan
Sponsor: Dr. Andrea Turpin
"Their Quiet Influence: How Married Women Navigated Moravian Life in Salem, North Carolina"
Western Regional Conference on Faith and History - San Diego, California. October 13-14, 2023.
Katherine Goodwin
Sponsor: Dr. Beth Barr
"'God graunt us quick obedyance' Continental Female Exemplars in Anne Bulkeley's Prayer Book"
American Society of Church History - San Francisco, California. January 4-7, 2024.
Patrick Leech
Sponsor: Dr. Julie deGraffenreid
"Üdvözöljük az Egyesült Államokban: A Hungarian Diaspora Response to the Hungarian Refugee Crisis, 1956-1957"
Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations - Arlington, Virginia. June 15-17, 2023.
Brooke LeFevre
Sponsor: Dr. Andrea Turpin
"Eliza R. Snow’s Bargain with Mormon Patriarchy: The Curse of Eve, Polygamy, and Women’s Suffrage"
Western Regional Conference on Faith and History - San Diego, California. October 14-15, 2023.
"Mormon Women and Reproductive Medicine in Nineteenth-Century Utah"
American Society of Church History - San Francisco, California. January 4-7. 2024.
James Howard
Sponsor: Dr. Robert Elder
"“The Divine Instinct Which Leads Humanity Forever”: Black and White Reformers and the Ecumenical Turn in American Abolitionism, 1853-1861"
Western Regional Conference on Faith and History - San Diego, California. October 13-14, 2023.
David Nanninga
Sponsor: Dr. Barry Hankins
"The Nature of Equality: the Anti-Equal Rights Amendment Movement in Texas and the Defeat of Jimmy Carter in the Lone Star State"
Southern Historical Association - Charlotte, North Carolina. November 9-12, 2023.
"God’s Coach and America’s Party: The Political and Religious Activism of Tom Landry, 1970-1990"
North American Society of Sports History Annual Meeting - Denver, Colorado. May 25-27, 2024.
Allie Roberts
Sponsor: Dr. Andrea Turpin
"The Injustice that Permeates: Rural Black Women and Dispossession in Alabama, 1950-1967"
Southern Historical Association Conference - Charlotte, North Carolina. November 9-12, 2023.
Allie Roberts
Sponsor: Dr. Robert Elder
"Alabama's Reverse Freedom Rides: White Citizens' Councils and Forced Migration in 1962"
Alabama Historical Association Annual Meeting - Huntsville, Alabama. April 10-12, 2024.
Isaac Tuttle
Sponsor: Dr. Robert Elder
“Certainly the days of ‘Mammies,’ ‘Aunties,’ and ‘Uncles’ had gone forever.”: Thomas Dixon Jr. and the “New Negro”
Great Lakes History Conference - Grand Rapids, Michigan. October 4-7, 2023.
"American Presbyterians and the Rending of Mother Kirk: U.S. Presbyterian Sympathies During the Church of Scotland’s Ten Years Conflict and the Disruption of 1843"
Presbyterian Scholars Conference - Wheaton, Illinois. October 16-18, 2023.
Kaitlyn Waynen
Sponsor: Dr. Christopher Richmann
"What Do Students Really Think About Generative AI?"
Lilly Conference - Austin, Texas. May 20-22, 2024.
Mathematics
Jesus Ernesto Cruz Lugo
Sponsor: Dr. Marius Mitrea
"Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for the Solvability of Boundary Problems for Systems in the Plane"
19th Prairie Analysis Seminar - Manhattan, Kansas. November 3-4, 2023.
"On the Stability of the Dirichlet Problem for Weakly Elliptic Systems in the Plane"
TexAMP-2024 "Texas Analysis and Mathematical Physics Symposium" - College Station, Texas. February 9-11, 2024.
Pedro Henrique da Silva
Sponsor: Dr. Marius Mitrea
"A New Class of Herz Spaces and Applications"
19th Prairie Analysis Seminar - Manhattan, Kansas. November 3-4, 2023.
"A New Class of Herz Spaces and Applications"
ICMC Summer Meeting on Differential Equations - 2024 Chapter - São Carlos, Brazil. January 29-31.
"Interpolation of Geometric Herz Spaces and Applications"
Kansas Mathematics Graduate Student Conference - Manhattan, Kansas. April 13-14.
Hayden Henson
Sponsor: Dr. Ron Morgan
"Polynomial Preconditioning for Solving Linear Equations with Indefinite Matrices"
18th Copper Mountain Conference on Iterative methods - Copper Mountain, Colorado. April 14-19, 2024.
Adam Kraus
Sponsor: Dr. Brian Simanek
"Bounded Connected Components in Polynomial Lemniscates"
SEAM 40 - Gainesville, Florida. March 15-17, 2024.
Marcus Laurel
Sponsor: Dr. Marius Mitrea
"Weighted Morrey Spaces as Generalized Banach Function Spaces"
19th Prairie Analysis Seminar - Manhattan, Kansas. November 3-4, 2023.
Jesus Ruiz Bolanos
Sponsor: Dr. Daniel Herden
"Nonlinear Reed Solomon codes"
SIAM TXLA 2023 - Lafayette, Louisiana. November 3-5, 2023.
Eduardo Servin Torres
Sponsor: Dr. Qin Sheng
"A study of a time-space nonuniform finite difference approximation of the Kawarada equation solutions"
SIAM TXLA 2023 - Lafayette, Louisiana. November 3-5, 2023.
Mechanical Engineering
Md. Shakil Ahmed
Sponsor: Dr. Lulin Jiang
"Effect of Internal and External Swirls on Near-Field Spray Characteristics of Swirl Burst Injectors Using High-Speed X-Ray Imaging"
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics - Orlando, Florida. January 7-10, 2024.
Md Admay Amif
Sponsor: Dr. David Jack
"Quantification of Sub-Surface Wrinkles in Woven Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer Laminate Using High-Resolution Ultrasound"
Automotive composites conference & Exhibition - Grand River Avenue, Novi, Michigan. September 6-8, 2023.
"Estimating Effective Stiffness of FFF Components based on Layer-by-Layer Raster Orientation obtained from Ultrasonic Waveform Analysis"
Solid Freeform Fabrication - Austin, Texas. August 14-16, 2023.
Barah Ahn
Sponsor: Dr. Paul Ro
"Experimental Study of Spray Cooling Technique in Liquid Piston Gas Compression at Different Initial Pressure Levels"
IMECE2023 - New Orleans, Louisiana. October 29-November 2, 2023.
Aigbe Awenlimobor
Sponsor: Dr. Douglas Smith
"Investigating the Effect of Generalized Newtonian Fluid on the Micro-void Development within Large Scale Polymer Composite Deposition Beads"
Solid Freeform Fabrication - Austin, Texas. August 14-16, 2023.
Ziwen He
Sponsor: Dr. Min Pack
"Central Collapse of non-Newtonian Droplets"
76th APS DFD Conference - Washington, D.C. November 19-21, 2023.
Sina Hassanpoor
Sponsor: Dr. Taeil Kim
"Customizable Flexible Pressure Sensors with Enhanced Performance via Ink Optimization and Microdome Integration"
MRS - Seattle, Washington. April 22-26, 2024.
Samuel Hockett
Sponsor: Dr. Brian Garner
"Accuracy and precision of a pressure sensitive walkway measuring spatiotemporal gait parameters across different foot strike patterns"
American Society of Biomechanics 2023 - Knoxville, Tennessee. August 8-11, 2023.
S M Rafiul Islam
Sponsor: Dr. Lulin Jiang
"Effect of Methane in Global Combustion Characteristics of Glycerol and Methanol blend by Using a Novel Swirl Burst Injector"
2024 AIAA SciTech - Orlando, Florida. January 8-12, 2024.
Hannah James
Sponsor: Dr. Abhendra Singh
"Microstructural Effects of Thermal Plasma Heat Flux on Oxide-Oxide CMCs for Hypersonic Applications"
Composites, Materials & Structures - St Augustine, Florida. January 21-25, 2024.
Taofiqhasan Mahmood
Sponsor: Dr. Lulin Jiang
"RNN modeling for time-varying aerodynamic deformation and drag for a droplet at moderate Weber numbers"
APS Division of Fluid Dynamics 2023 - Washington, D.C. November 19-21, 2023.
Khaled Matalgah
Sponsor: Dr. Trevor Fleck
"Crack growth monitoring and fatigue analysis for carbon-fiber reinforced polymers using ultrasonic inspection and cohesive zone modeling"
ACCE Conference - Novi, Michigan. September 6-8, 2023.
Charles Matlock
Sponsor: Dr. Ning Zhang
"Effects of Crystallographic Orientation and Short-Range Ordering on Mechanical Properties and Deformation Behavior of Crconi Medium-Entropy Alloy"
ASME 2023 ICEME - New Orleans, Louisiana. October 29-November 2, 2023.
Victor Mota
Sponsor: Dr. Douglas Smith
"Effects of three-dimensional wrinkle profiles on effective elastic properties for laminated composites with internal waviness"
Automotive Composites Conference & Exhibition - Novi, Michigan. October 6-8, 2023.
Rifat Ara Nargis
Sponsor: Dr. David Jack
"Automated Foreign Object Detection for Carbon Fiber Laminates Using High-Resolution Ultrasound Testing"
ASNT Research Symposium - Columbus, Ohio. June 26-30, 2023.
"Automated Detection of Foreign Object Debris in Woven Carbon Fiber Laminate at Different Environmental Conditions"
ACCE conference 2023 - Novi, Michigan. September 6-8, 2023.
Joshua Norlin
Sponsor: Dr. David Jack
"Tracking of Carbon Fiber Laminate Internal Ply Drops Using Ultrasonic Waveform Analysis"
SPE 2023 ACCE Conference - Novi, Michigan. September 6-8, 2023.
Nicholas Parolini
Sponsor: Dr. Abhendra Singh
"Tensile response and strength evaluation of unnotched and open-hole melt infiltrated sic/sic ceramic matrix composite specimens at room temperature and 2400°f"
JANNAF - Salt Lake City, Utah. December 4-8, 2023.
"Dependence of Interlaminar Fracture Toughness on Bondline Thickness in Assembly-Bonded C/C Laminates"
USACA-47th annual Composites Materials and Structures Conference - Cocoa Beach, Florida. January 21-26, 2024.
Jason Pierce
Sponsor: Dr. Douglas Smith
"Modeling Carbon Fiber Suspension Dynamics for Additive Manufacturing Polymer Melt Flows"
Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium - Austin, Texas. August 15-16, 2023.
"Discrete Element Fiber Motion and Interaction Model Calibration for Short Fiber Polymer Composites"
SPE ACCE - Novi, Michigan. September 6-8, 2023.
Pooria Pirdavari
Sponsor: Dr. Min Pack
"Drainage-induced Marangoni flows in circular tubes and the double role of surface tension"
APS DFD 2023 - Washington D.C. November 19-21, 2023.
Savannah Rose
Sponsor: Dr. David Jack
"In-situ Monitoring of Carbon Fiber Laminate Curing using Interface Reflection Power from Pulse-Echo Ultrasound"
ASNT Research Symposium - Columbus, Ohio. June 26-30, 2023.
"Advancing the Use of Sandwiched Composites through Hybrid Manufacturing the Core Structures"
Automotive Composites Conference & Exhibition - Novi, Michigan. September 6-8, 2023.
Neshat Sayah
Sponsor: Dr. Douglas Smith
"Effect of the Print Bed Temperature on Void Distribution within the Microstructure of Short Carbon Fiber Reinforced/ABS Manufactured via Large Area Additive Manufacturing"
Solid Freeform Fabrication - Austin, Texas. August 14-16, 2023.
"X-Ray Micro Computed Tomography Characterization of Void and Carbon fiber Correlation within the Bead Microstructure of Large Area Additive Manufacturing Polymer Composites"
SPE ACCE - Novi, Michigan. September 6-8, 2023.
Venkata Naga Bhavani Prasad Sodisetty
Sponsor: Dr. Abhendra K Singh
"Damage Tolerance Study in Quasi-Statically Indented Alumina-Based Oxide/Oxide Ceramic Matrix Composites"
48th International Conference and exposition on advanced ceramics and composites - Daytona Beach, Florida. January 28-February 2, 2024.
Huy Tran
Sponsor: Dr. Min Pack
"Microbubble entrainment on inclined thin liquid films during drop impact"
APS DFD 2023 - Washington D.C. November 19-21, 2023.
Mohammad Abrar Uddin
Sponsor: Dr. Taeil Kim
"Artificial Intelligence-Enhanced Flexible Biocompatible Triboelectric Nanogenerator"
2024 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit - Seattle, Washington. April 22-26, 2024.
Marufa Akter Upoma
Sponsor: Dr. Min Pack
"Investigating the degradation of the uniaxial rheology of polymers in the presence of dyes"
APS DFD 2023 - Washington D.C. November 19-21, 2023.
Rachel Van Lear
Sponsor: Dr. David Jack
"Impact Damage Detection using Ultrasound and its Effect on Strength for CFRP Laminates"
ASNT Research Symposium - Columbus, Ohio. June 26-30, 2023.
"Comparison of Phased Array and Conventional Ultrasonic testing Characterization of BVID in CFRP"
ACCE Conference - SPE Automotive Division - Novi, Michigan. September 06-08, 2023.
Chongyi Wei
Sponsor: Dr. Douglas Smith
"Design of Spatially Varying Orientation Lattice Structures Using Triply Periodic Minimal Surfaces"
Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium - Austin, Texas. August 15-16, 2023.
Jackson Wilkins
Sponsor: Dr. Trevor Fleck
"Ultrasonic Nondestructive Testing of Impacted Nylon/Carbon Fiber Additively Manufactured Composites"
ASNT Research Symposium - Columbus, Ohio. June 26-30, 2023.
Modern Foreign Language
Abby Baier
Sponsor: Dr. Stephen Silverstein
"La maternidad fracasada en Cecilia Valdés (1882)"
Congreso de la Asociación de Estudios de Género y Sexualidades (AEGS) - Querétaro. October 5-7, 2023.
Christine Phan
Sponsor: Dr. Moises Park
"Imposter Syndrome and Cultural Identity: Memoires of a First-Generation Vietnamese-American in Higher Education"
Northeast Modern Language Association - Boston, Massachusetts. March 7-10, 2024.
"Transculturation in Sino-Cuban and Japanese-Brazilian Identity: a comparative reading of Monkey Hunting by Cristina García and Nihonjin by Oscar Nakasato"
Kentucky Foreign Language Conference - Lexington, Kentucky. April 18-20, 2024.
Jessica Sain
Sponsor: Dr. Moises Park
"La Llorona is not so scary anymore"
Northeast Modern Language Association - Boston, Massachusetts. March 7-10, 2024.
Leonardo Soto
Sponsor: Dr. Moises Park
"El mito araucano indígena, nacionalismos e imaginarios. Reflexionando con Baldomero Lillo"
Northeast Modern Language Association - Boston, Massachusetts. March 7-10, 2024.
Isabelle Zgorzelski
Sponsor: Dr. Moises Park
"Un Violador en tu Camino: The Impact and Outreach of the LasTesis Movement"
Northeast Modern Language Association - Boston, Massachusetts. March 7-10, 2024.
Music
Fiama Fernandez Augusto Andrade
Sponsor: Dr. Lesley McAllister
"Enriching Beginner Piano Education with Brazilian Folkloric Rhythms"
2024 MTNA Collegiate Symposium - Ann Arbor, Michigan. January 13-14, 2024.
Derrick Bready
Sponsor: Dr. Matthew Laube
"Overlooked and Underdone: Post-Tridentine Sacred Vocal Music of Jacobus de Kerle"
Society of Christian Scholarship in Music - Wheaton, Illinois. March 7-9, 2024.
Matthew Burn
Sponsor: Mr. Wiff Rudd
"ITG Wind Band Division Semi-Finalist (1 of 8 in World), ITG Solo Division Finalist (1-15 in World)"
International Trumpet Guild - Minneapolis, Minnesota. May 30-June 3, 2023.
"International Trumpet Guild Invited Competitor"
The International Trumpet Guild - Anaheim, California. May 28-June 1, 2024.
Stephanie Christianto
Sponsor: Dr. Lesley McAllister
"Musician Burnout is Real! Addressing Mental Health Crises Among Musicians"
Music Teacher National Association - National Conference 2024 - Atlanta, Georgia. March 16-20, 2024.
Michael Huerter
Sponsor: Dr. Monique Ingalls
"Life Cycles of Media Ecologies: Technological Revolutions and their Impact on Church Music"
Christian Congregational Music: Local and Global Perspectives - Oxford, United Kingdom. August 1-4, 2023.
Cezary Karwowski
Sponsor: Dr. Lesley McAllister
"Josef Hofmann – The Forgotten Polish- American Piano Legend and Much More…"
MTNA Collegiate Symposium - Ann Arbor, Michigan. January 13-14, 2024.
Rebekah Lambert
Sponsor: Dr. Miguel Harth-Bedoya
"Goldilocks and the Three Batons: Defining "Just Right as a Woman in Conducting"
Collegiate Orchestral Directors Association - Nashville, Tennessee. February 15-17, 2024.
Adekunle Oyeniyi
Sponsor: Dr. Maria Monteiro
"The Wazobia Genre: Negotiating a Multilingual Approach to Congregational Singing in Nigeria"
The Hymn Society in the US and Canada - Montreal, Canada. July 16-19, 2023.
Adekunle Oyeniyi
Sponsor: Dr. Monique Ingalls
"?lùjó: Examining a Reinvention of Indigenous Drums in Nigerian Congregational Music"
Society for Christian Scholarship in Music - Wheaton, Illinois. March 7-9, 2024.
Alissa Ruth
Sponsor: Dr. Kristina MacMullen
"ACDA Eastern Region Conference Graduate Conducting Masterclass"
American Choral Directors' Association (ACDA) Eastern Region Conference - Providence, Rhode Island. February 28-March 3, 2024.
Occupational Therapy
Kayla Allen
Sponsor: Dr. Jeff Steckler
"Music Therapy & Its Impact on the Quality of Life of Persons With Dementia"
AOTA INSPIRE 2024 - Orlando, Florida. March 21-23, 2024.
Philosophy
Colin Causey
Sponsor: Dr. Charity Anderson
"The Problem of Evil and the Moral Argument for God"
2024 Mountain-Pacific Meeting of the SCP - Malibu, California. May 9-11, 2024.
Colin Causey
Sponsor: Dr. Robert Garcia
"Defending Truthmaker Divine Simplicity: Truthmaking and Causal Explanation"
13th Annual Aquinas Philosophy Workshop on Divine Simplicity - Newburgh, New York. May 29-June 2, 2024.
Gabriella Cunningham
Sponsor: Dr. Anne-Marie Schultz
"Agathon's Learning Potential"
SWPS - Waco, Texas. November 10-11, 2023.
Levi Durham
Sponsor: Dr. Alexander Pruss
"A Hylomorphic Account of Consent"
2023 Annual ACPA Meeting The Human Person - Houston, Texas. November 16-19, 2023.
Richard Eva
Sponsor: Dr. Francis Beckwith
"What is Politicization?"
Society of Christian Philosophers Conference - Grand Rapids, Michigan. September 28-30, 2023.
"What is Politicization?"
American Philosophical Association Central Meeting 2024 - New Orleans, Louisiana. February 21-24, 2024.
Nicholas Hadsell
Sponsor: Dr. Alexander Pruss
"Divine Authority as Divine Parenthood"
2023 EPS Annual Meeting - San Antonio, Texas. November 14-17, 2023.
"Our Divine Father’s Response to Our Suffering"
Virtuous and Vicious Responses to Tragedy and Suffering A Christopher Newport University Virtue Ethics Conference. February 2-3, 2024.
Harrison Lee
Sponsor: Dr. Alexander Pruss
"DDE's Looping Trolley Problem"
Northern Graduate Philosophy Conference - Dekalb, Illinois. October 27-28, 2023.
Elizabeth Regnerus
Sponsor: Dr. Frank Beckwith
"Death With Nobility: Assisted Suicide and the Virtue of Courage"
Virtuous and Vicious Responses to Tragedy - Newport News, Virginia. February 2-4, 2024.
Sarah Negri
Sponsor: Dr. Robert Garcia
"The Man Effect: Evaluating Human Contributions to Aesthetics in Nature"
2023 Annual American Catholic Philosophical Association (ACPA) Meeting - Houston, Texas. November 16-19, 2023.
David Skowronski
Sponsor: Dr. Alexander Pruss
"Reckless Courage: Faith in Fear and Trembling"
Society of Christian Philosophers Conference - Grand Rapids, Michigan. September 28-30, 2023.
Gracie Van Orden
Sponsor: Dr. Charity Anderson
"Gauker on Imaginative Justification"
Society of Christian Philosophers Eastern Meeting - Birmingham, Alabama. March 7-9, 2024.
Physical Therapy
Jordan Groff
Sponsor: Dr. Teresa Bachman
"Site Coordinators of Clinical Education Perceptions of Hybrid Doctor of Physical Therapy: A Pilot Study"
Combined Sections Meeting - Boston, Massachusetts. February 15-17, 2024.
William Hayes
Sponsor: Dr. Teresa Bachman
"Site Coordinators of Clinical Education Perceptions of Hybrid Doctor of Physical Therapy: A Pilot Study"
Combined Sections Meeting - Boston, Massachusetts. February 15-17, 2024.
Ethan Triplett
Sponsor: Dr. Teresa Bachman
"Site Coordinators of Clinical Education Perceptions of Hybrid Doctor of Physical Therapy: A Pilot Study"
Combined Sections Meeting - Boston, Massachusetts. February 15-17, 2024.
Physics
Parker Adamson
Sponsor: Dr. Truell Hyde
"Torsion Induced Anisotropic Plasma Crystal Energy Transfer"
American Physical Society - Denver, Colorado. October 29-November 2, 2023.
"Analysis of Torsion Mediated Plasma Crystal Energy Transfer"
Texas Section APS - San Angelo, Texas. October 12-14, 2023.
Christian Brown
Sponsor: Dr. Gerald Cleaver
"Universal properties of the universe in modified loop quantum cosmologies"
Loops'24 International Conference on Quantum Gravity - Fort Lauderdale, Florida. May 6-10, 2024.
William Burdett
Sponsor: Dr. Truell Hyde
"Energy-states of 1 & 1.5-D Dust Grain Chains in Complex (Dusty) Plasm"
American Physical Society - Denver, Colorado. October 29-November 2, 2023.
"Self-Assembling Dust Structures in Complex Dusty Plasma"
2024 Dusty Plasma Workshop - Minneapolis, Minnesota. May 19-23, 2024.
Calvin Carmichael
Sponsor: Dr. Truell Hyde
"Global Heating with Torsions in Plasma Crystals"
American Physical Society - Denver, Colorado. October 29-November 2, 2023.
Shabnam Forutan
Sponsor: Dr. David Hilton
"Ultrafast Spectroscopy of Quantum Materials at Baylor"
Spring School on Electron Correlations and Topology - Houston, Texas. March 12-15, 2024.
Mohan Giri
Sponsor: Dr. David Hilton
"Carrier Dynamics of ErAs:GaAs1-xBix using infrared pump, Terahertz probe Spectroscopy"
APS March Meeting - Minneapolis, Minnesota. March 3-8, 2024.
Graeson Griffin
Sponsor: Dr. Truell Hyde
"Initial Aggregation of Fine-Grained Rim Dust Layers"
American Physical Society - Denver, Colorado. October 29-November 2, 2023.
"Investigating Aggregation Dynamics of Dust Particles On A Surface: Experimental Insights"
Dusty Plasma Workshop - Minneapolis, Minnesota. May 19-23, 2024.
Diana Jimenez Marti
Sponsor: Dr. Lorin Matthews
"Numerical study of anisotropic dust particles interaction in the PK-4 dusty plasma"
American Physical Society - Denver, Colorado. October 29-November 2, 2023.
"Numerical study of anisotropic potential distribution in the PK-4 dusty plasma"
Dusty Plasma Workshop 2024 - Minneapolis, Minnesota. May 19-22, 2024.
Rohil Kayastha
Sponsor: Dr. Zhenrong Zhang
"Characterization of optical vortex beam in free space and optical fiber"
PQE 2024 - Snowbird, Utah. January 8-12, 2024.
John Joseph Marchetta
Sponsor: Dr. Gerald Cleaver
"Supertranslation charge in Ashtekar-Barbero variables"
33rd Midwest Meeting on Relativity - Chicago, Illinois. November 17-18, 2023.
Alexandria Mendoza
Sponsor: Dr. Lorin Matthews
"Determining confining and interaction forces on dust in a 2D structure"
American Physical Society - Denver, Colorado. October 29-November 2, 2023.
Geeth Chandra Ongole
Sponsor: Dr. Anzhong Wang
"Universal properties of the universe in modified loop quantum cosmologies"
Loops'24 International Conference on Quantum Gravity - Fort Lauderdale, Florida. May 6-10, 2024.
Rui Pan
Sponsor: Dr. Anzhong Wang
"Uniform Asymptotic Approximation Method with Pöschl–Teller Potential"
Loops'24 International Conference on Quantum Gravity - Fort Lauderdale, Florida. May 6-10, 2024.
Ramesh Radhakrishnan
Sponsor: Dr. Gerald Cleaver
"Simplest modifications to Einstein Gravity to construct a traversable wormhole"
33rd Midwest Relativity meeting - Chicago, Illinois. November 23-25, 2023.
"Comparing gauge invariant Bardeen variables with Cartan variables for pp-waves and applications to modified gravity theories"
APS April 2024 - Sacramento, California. April 3-6, 2024.
Manjula Raman
Sponsor: Dr. Kenneth Park
"Investigation of various polymorph's of TiO2 using the density functional theory plus U approach in all electron calculations"
Texas State APS - San Angelo, Texas. October 12-14, 2023.
Jamal Saeed
Sponsor: Dr. Anzhong Wang
"Universal properties of the universe in modified loop quantum cosmologies"
Loops'24 International Conference on Quantum Gravity - Fort Lauderdale, Florida. May 6-10, 2024.
Benny Rodriguez Saenz
Sponsor: Dr. Lorin Matthews
"Modeling Dust Behavior in Weakly Ionized Plasmas with Magnetic Fields: A Study using the DRIAD Code"
American Physical Society - Denver, Colorado. October 29-November 2, 2023.
"Influence of Magnetic Fields on the Charging and Transport of Dust Aggregates"
Dusty Plasma Workshop 2024 - Minneapolis, Minnesota. May 19-22, 2024.
Chosila Sutantawibul
Sponsor: Dr. Andrew Brinkerhoff
"AutoDQM for Anomaly Detection in the CMS Detector"
APS Division of Particles & Fields (DPF) Meeting, annual Phenomenology Symposium (Pheno) - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. May 13-17, 2024.
Robert Vukelich
Sponsor: Dr. David Hilton
"Terahertz spectroscopy of the Dirac semimetal SrIrO3"
APS March Meeting 2024 - Minneapolis, Minnesota. March 4-8, 2024.
"Ultrafast Spectroscopy of Quantum Materials at Baylor"
Spring School on Electron Correlations and Topology - Houston, Texas. March 12-15, 2024.
Cooper Watson
Sponsor: Dr. Gerald Cleaver
"An Intrinsic Coordinate System Procedure. I. Canonical Weyl Scalars"
APS National April Meeting 2024 - Sacremento, California. April 3-6, 2024.
Political Science
Emma Bernstein
Sponsor: Dr. Lee Ward
"Wollstonecraft as Novelist and Educator"
Northeastern Political Science Association Annual Conference - Boston, Massachusetts. November 2-5, 2023.
Emma Bernstein
Sponsor: Dr. Timothy Burns
"Eros in Xenophon’s Cyropaedia and Memorabilia"
New England Political Science Association - Newport, Rhode Island. April 18-20, 2024.
Brigid Flaherty
Sponsor: Dr. Lee Ward
"Joseph Story and the Higher Aims of American Constitutionalism"
2023 APSA Annual Meeting & Exhibition - Los Angeles, California. August 31-September 3, 2023.
"The Full Extent of Sovereignty: Joseph Story’s Application of National Popular Sovereignty in Federal Disputes"
New England Political Science Association - Newport, Rhode Island. April 18-20, 2024.
Maria Goyette
Sponsor: Dr. Ann Ward
"Socrates on Eros and Love of the Good"
Northeastern Political Science Association Annual Conference - Boston, Massachusetts. November 2-5, 2023.
Marlei Green
Sponsor: Dr. Lee Ward
"Rousseau’s Legislator as Artist, Philosopher, and Go"
Northeastern Political Science Association - Boston, Massachusetts. November 2-4, 2023.
Anthony Jones
Sponsor: Dr. David Clinton
"The Intersection of Education Policy and Political Theory"
Reclaiming Our Christian Heritage - Budapest, Hungary. August 1-19, 2023.
Enjie Lin
Sponsor: Dr. Lee Ward
"Freedom in Rousseau’s Pure State of Nature"
Association of Core Texts and Courses Conference 2024 - Memphis, Tennessee. April 11-14, 2024.
Peter McDonald
Sponsor: Dr. Peter Campbell
"Force and Honor in Andrew Jackson's Presidency"
Northeastern Political Science Association Annual Conference - Boston, Massachusetts. November 2-5, 2023.
Peter McDonald
Sponsor: Dr. Ann Ward
"The Tragedy of Patriotism in Aeschylus"
Association of Core Texts and Courses Conference 2024 - Memphis, Tennessee. April 11-14, 2024.
Joseph Natali
Sponsor: Dr. Benjamin Kleinerman
"The Importance of Constitutional Logic and Jurisprudential Philosophy: Towards a More Accurate Method of Interpreting Judicial Behavior"
Northeastern Political Science Association Annual Conference - Boston, Massachusetts. November 2-5, 2023.
Hannah Norman
Sponsor: Dr. Benjamin Kleinerman
"Necessary but also Noble: Friendship in Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics"
Makarios: Character and Virtue in The Christian Tradition. Rome, Italy. May 25-30, 2023.
Clay Parham
Sponsor: Dr. Patrick Flavin
"Battle Deaths' Impact on President's Approval: Cumulative versus Noncumulative Variables"
Northeastern Political Science Association Annual Conference - Boston, Massachusetts. November 2-5, 2023.
Matthew Reising
Sponsor: Dr. Ann Ward
"American Abolitionists and the Father of History: Herodotus as a Key Abolitionist Text"
Northeastern Political Science Association Annual Meeting - Boston, Massachusetts. November 2-5, 2023.
Isabelle Thelen
Sponsor: Dr. Benjamin Kleinerman
"The Benign Prerogative: Political Theory and Executive Pardoning"
Northeastern Political Science Association Annual Conference - Boston, Massachusetts. November 2-5, 2023.
Isabelle Thelen
Sponsor: Dr. Timothy Burns
"Saint Augustine’s Curiositas: The Dangers of Pursuing Knowledge to Avoid Self-Knowledge"
Association of Core Texts and Courses Conference 2024 - Memphis, Tennessee. April 11-14, 2024.
Stephen Thomas
Sponsor: Dr. David Clinton
"John Adams: His Foreign Policy and its Consequences"
New England Political Science Association - Newport, Rhode Island. April 19-20, 2024.
Paul Weisser
Sponsor: Dr. Timothy Burns
"Nietzsche's Critique of Science"
Midwestern Political Science Association Annual Meeting - Chicago, Illinois. April 4-7, 2024.
Preaching
Alison Gerber
Sponsor: Dr. Jared Alcantara
"What Has Homiletic Discussed: A Data Science Approach"
Academy of Homiletics, Annual Meeting - Atlanta, Georgia. November 30-December 2, 2023.
Matthew Love
Sponsor: Dr. Jared Alcantara
“Christ is Speaking”: the Psalms as the Grammar of Augustine’s Sermons"
Academy of Homiletics, Annual Meeting - Atlanta, Georgia. November 30-December 2, 2023.
Caroline Smith
Sponsor: Dr. Jared Alcantara
"Prophetic Preaching"
Academy of Homiletics, Annual Meeting - Atlanta, Georgia. November 30-December 2, 2023.
Cameron Thomas
Sponsor: Dr. Jared Alcantara
"Comparing Homiletical Expressions from the Ivory Tower to the Ghetto"
Academy of Homiletics, Annual Meeting - Atlanta, Georgia. November 30-December 2, 2023.
Psychology and Neuroscience
Amy Baskin
Sponsor: Dr. Christine Limbers
"Depression and Eating Behaviors among Mothers during Stressful Life Event"
American Psychological Association Convention - Washington, D.C. August 3-5, 2023.
"Maternal Opinions on the COVID Vaccine for Children Under 5"
Society of Pediatric Psychology Annual Conference 2024 - New Orleans, Louisiana. April 25-27, 2024.
Katherine Blandin
Sponsor: Dr. Joaquin Lugo
"Temporal Assessment of Early Communication in a Mouse Model of Fragile X Syndrome Reveals a Critical period for development of Syllable Complexity"
Society for Neuroscience - Washington, D.C. November 10-15, 2023.
"NS-Pten KO Mice Exhibit Motor Seizures, Impaired Motor Performance, and Altered Markers of Vitamin D Signaling and Metabolism in the Cerebellum that are Uncorrected by High Dose Vitamin D"
American Epilepsy Society - Orlando, Florida. December 2-5, 2023.
Elizabeth Bounds
Sponsor: Dr. Sarah Schnitker
"Profile Membership of Self-Worth Contingencies Predicts Well-Being, Morality, and Values"
Association for Research in Personality - Evanston, Illinois. July 20-22, 2023.
"Facing Risks for Worthwhile Reasons: A Multilevel Analysis of Goal Courage and Intrinsic Versus Extrinsic Motivations"
Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Convention - San Diego, California. February 7-11, 2024.
Morgan Brewington
Sponsor: Dr. Keith Sanford
"Identifying social variables that predict exercise frequency, intensity, habit strength, and satisfaction"
Society for Personality and Social Psychology - San Diego, California. February 8-10, 2024.
Taryn Cook
Sponsor: Dr. Annie Ginty
"Perceived heart rate is associated with higher levels of anxiety during an acute psychological stressor, which predicts higher levels of trait anxiety"
Annual Meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society - Brighton, United Kingdom. March 20-23, 2024.
Grace Dennis
Sponsor: Dr. Christine Limbers
"Utilization of Telehealth Services in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder During the COVID-19 Pandemic"
45th Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions of the Society of Behavioral Medicine - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. March 13-16, 2024.
Vindhya Ekanayake
Sponsor: Dr. Gary Elkins
"Levels of Parenting Stress for Military Parents with PTSD before and after Participating in the Strong Families Support and Prevention Program"
8th Annual San Antonio Combat PTSD Conference - San Antonio, Texas. October 17-18, 2023.
Jacob Floyd
Sponsor: Dr. Kellen Mrkva
"Below The Scroll: A novel position effect"
Theory + Practice In Marketing - Austin, Texas. May 16-18, 2024.
Emily Foy
Sponsor: Dr. Wade Rowatt
"Insecurity in a Stressful Job: The Interactive Effects of Job Insecurity and Hindrance Stress on Job Satisfaction"
SPSP - San Diego, California. February 8-10, 2024.
Emily Foy
Sponsor: Dr. Sara Perry
"Self-Efficacy and Performance: The Role of In-Group Dynamics for Non-Native Speakers"
SIOP - Chicago, Illinois. April 17-21, 2024.
Kayla Gilley
Sponsor: Dr. Elisabeth Vichaya
"A comparison of affective and neuroinflammatory responses to unpredictable chronic mild stress and chronic hyperglycemia in male C57BL/6J mice"
PsychoNeuroImmunology Research Society (PNIRS) - Boulder, Colorado. June 12-15, 2023.
Allison Heinrich
Sponsor: Dr. Thomas Fergus
"Associations between Dimensions of Shame- And Guilt-Proneness and Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms"
Anxiety and Depression Association of America - Boston, Massachusetts. April 11-14, 2024.
Lindsey Hernandez
Sponsor: Dr. Thomas Fergus
"Examining Associations between Religious Coping and Mental Contamination"
Anxiety and Depression Association of America - Boston, Massachusetts. April 11-14, 2024.
Karim Kerasha
Sponsor: Dr. Sarah Schnitker
"Associations between dimensions of religiosity and regulatory virtues among Muslim American adolescents"
SPSP Preconference: Psychology of Religion and Spirituality - San Diego, California. February 8-10, 2024.
"Religious Journey to Flourishing: Muslim American Adolescents' Character and Well-being Before, During, and After Ramadan"
APA Division 36th Mid-Year Conference - Princeton, New Jersey. April 19-20, 2024.
Erin Laurel
Sponsor: Dr. Christine Limbers
"Utilization of Telehealth Services in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder During the COVID-19 Pandemic"
Society of Behavioral Medicine - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. March 13-16, 2024.
Victor Padilla
Sponsor: Dr. Gary Elkins
"Feasibility of a Hypnosis Intervention for Sleep Disturbances in Individuals with Mild Cognitive Impairment"
American Psychological Association Conference 2023 - Washington D.C. August 3-5, 2023.
MacKenzie Paul
Sponsor: Dr. Wade Rowatt
"Sounds of the soul: How religious music shapes emotions and social connection"
The Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Convention - San Diego, California. February 8-10, 2024.
Precious Mathis
Sponsor: Dr. Christine Limbers
"Utilization of Telehealth Services in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder During the COVID-19 Pandemic"
Society of Behavioral Medicine Annual Conference - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. March 13-17, 2024.
Valentina Maza Santibanez
Sponsor: Dr. Angie LeRoy
"A Descriptive Analysis of Attachment Hierarchy, Reorganization Over the First Year of Spousal Bereavement"
NOGIN - Tucson, Arizona. November 3-4, 2023.
"Attachment Hierarchy Reorganization and Inflammation Among the Spousally Bereaved"
American Psychosomatic Society - Brighton, United Kingdom. March 20-23, 2024.
Meghan Morrison
Sponsor: Dr. Stacy Ryan-Pettes
"Caregiver Recommendations for Contingency Management in Juvenile Probation"
College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD) - Denver, Colorado. June 17-21, 2023.
"Exploring the Collateral Benefits of Contingency Management"
American Psychological Association Conference 2023 - Washington D.C. August 3-5, 2023.
Vanessa Muniz
Sponsor: Dr. Gary Elkins
"Advancing Mind-Body Medicine Research Among Hispanics: Spanish Translation of the Elkins Hypnotizability Scale"
National Latinx Psychological Association - Chicago, Illinois. October 26-28, 2023.
David Narvaiz
Sponsor: Dr. Joaquin Lugo
"NS-Pten KO Mice Exhibit Motor Seizures, Impaired Motor Performance, and Altered Markers of Vitamin D Signaling and Metabolism in the Cerebellum that are Uncorrected by High Dose Vitamin D"
American Epilepsy Society - Orlando, Florida. December 2-5, 2023.
"Seizures, Impaired Motor Performance, and Altered Markers of Vitamin D Signaling and Metabolism in the Cerebellum are Uncorrected by High Dose Vitamin D in NS-Pten KO Mice"
Society for Neuroscience - Washington D.C. November 10-15, 2023.
Ashley Nguyen
Sponsor: Dr. Keith Sanford
"Psychometric Validation of an Everyday Exercise Satisfaction Scale"
Association for Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies Annual Conference - Seattle, Washington. November 16-19, 2023.
"Examining the Moderating Role of Trait Emotion Regulation Difficulties in the relationship between Couples' Interactions and Positive Affect"
2024 SPSP Annual Convention - San Diego, California. February 8-10, 2024.
Hannah Skiest
Sponsor: Dr. Stacy Ryan-Pettes
"Linking Parent Psychopathology, Parenting Style, and Competence to Youth Behavior in MST"
American Psychological Association Conference 2023 - Washington, D.C. August 3-5, 2023.
Hannah Skiest
Sponsor: Dr. Christine Limbers
"Utilization of Telehealth Services in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder During the COVID-19 Pandemic"
Society of Behavioral Medicine - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. March 14-16, 2024.
Jessica Rocha
Sponsor: Dr. Christine Limbers
"Utilization of Telehealth Services in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder During the COVID-19 Pandemic"
Society of Behavioral Medicine - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. March 13-16, 2024.
Rachel Thompson
Sponsor: Dr. Christine Limbers
"Barriers and Facilitators of Physical Activity in Mothers"
American Psychological Association Conference 2023 - Washington, D.C. August 3-5, 2023.
Alexandra Tyra
Sponsor: Dr. Annie Ginty
"Emotion regulation difficulties moderate the association between early life adversity and cardiovascular habituation to repeated acute stress"
Society for Psychophysiological Research - New Orleans, Louisiana. September 27-October 1, 2023.
"Experimental investigations of low-cost interventions to enhance coping: Impact on psychological and biological responses to stress"
American Psychosomatic Society - Brighton, United Kingdom. May 20-23, 2024.
Samantha Weiss
Sponsor: Dr. Angie LeRoy
"The Association Between Perceived Burdensomeness and Physical Pain Among Bereaved Spouses"
NOGIN - Tucson, Arizona. November 3-4, 2023.
Monica Weedman
Sponsor: Dr. Jo-Ann Tsang
"The Role of Pre-Existing Privilege in Perception of Arbitrary Advantage"
2024 SPSP Annual Convention - San Diego, California. February 8-10, 2024.
Tatum Zeleznik
Sponsor: Dr. Christine Limbers
"SIBS-ONLINE: Satisfaction of an Online Program for Siblings and Parents of Children Living with Chronic Health Conditions"
Society of Pediatric Psychology Annual Conference - New Orelans, Louisiana. April 25-27, 2024.
Public Health
Christina Asiedua
Sponsor: Dr. Matt Asare
"A systematic review of cancer risks associated with hookah smoking among young adults."
American Public Health Association - Atlanta, Georgia. November 12-15, 2023.
Chloe Carmona
Sponsor: Dr. Stephanie Jones
"Substance Use Among Texas Adolescents with Suicide Risk: Implications for Parental and Educator Awareness in Health Education"
Texas SOPHE Conference - Austin, Texas. October 27-28, 2023.
Madysen Cordova
Sponsor: Dr. Eva Doyle
"Let's walk Waco: A coalition-led program aimed at increasing physical activity within mclennan county using the plan-do-study-act model"
American Public Health Association (APHA) - Atlanta, Georgia. November 14-23, 2023.
Anjelica Elizondo
Sponsor: Dr. Matt Asare
"Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Self- Sampling for Cervical Cancer Prevention among Medically Underserved Women: Results from Quasi- Experimental Pilot Study"
Texas Public Health Association Annual Conference. San Antonio, Texas. May 22-24, 2023.
Brittany Needham
Sponsor: Dr. Beth Lanning
"Nature's Classroom: Cultivating Emerging Adult Leaders through Outdoor Education in Higher Ed"
Wilderness Education Association (WEA) 35th Annual International Conference - Black Mountain, North Carolina. February 7-9. 2024.
Religion
Nadia Andrilenas
Sponsor: Dr. Elizabeth Flowers
"Making Sense of the Missionary Life of Adele Fielde, Woman of Religious Belief, Science, and Activism"
Baptist Scholars International Roundtable - Oxford, United Kingdom. August 6-9, 2023.
David Basher
Sponsor: Dr. Joel Burnett
"With Spirit and Fire: A Reanalysis of ?l? in the Samson, Saul, and David Narratives"
Society of Pentecostal Studies - Atlanta, Georgia. March 14-16, 2024.
Eric Brewer
Sponsor: Dr. Mikeal Parsons
"'With Friends Like These...': Patrons as “Friends” in the Parable of the Friend at Midnight (Luke 11:5–8) and Roman Satirists"
AMGP • BHHS • NABPR Joint Conference - Raleigh, North Carolina. May 20-22, 2024.
Allison Brown
Sponsor: Dr. David Whitford
"From Jezebel to Judith: Biblical Narrative and Authority in Sixteenth Century Political Thought"
Sixteent Century Society and Conference - Baltimore, Maryland. October 26-29, 2023.
"'Monstrous Marvels:' Prophecy and Polemic in John Ponet’s A Shorte Treatise on Political Power"
Renaissance Society of America Annual Meeting - Chicago, Illinois. March 21-23, 2024.
David Chrisna
Sponsor: Dr. Carlos Cardoza-Orlandi
"Kiai Sadrach Surapranata (1835-1924) and the Javanese Mystical Christian Movement"
Asian Theological Summer Institute - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. June 1-3, 2023.
"Journey to The East: A Search for a Historiography of Asian Christianity in The World Christianity Discourse"
Christian Scholars Conference (Mission History and World Christian Section) - Houston, Texas. June 7-9, 2023.
Daniel Crouch
Sponsor: Dr. Devan Stahl
"Congregation in Crisis: Reflections about a Texas Church of Christ and their Decision on Gender Roles"
Christian Scholars' Conference - Houston, Texas. June 7-9, 2023.
"Cavell’s Automaton and Implications for Automata"
Society of Biblical Literature - San Antonio, Texas. November 18-21, 2023.
Frank Della Torre
Sponsor: Dr. Barry Harvey
"Safeguarding Natural Life for Christ: Natural Law and Bonhoeffer in Conversation"
New Wine, New Wineskins Summer Symposium - South Bend, Indiana. July 27-30, 2023.
"Toward a Sacramental Phenomenology: Rereading Barth on Divine Revelation"
Phenomenology and Revelation - Long Island, New York. August 16-19, 2023.
Katherine Ellis
Sponsor: Dr. Natalie Carnes
"Formed by Joy: Playfulness & Asceticism in the Life of St. Francis"
Southwest Commission on Religious Studies 2024 Meeting - Dallas, Texas. March 1-3, 2024.
Tyler Fulcher
Sponsor: Dr. Deirdre Fulton
"Israel's Imperiled Sons and the Death and Resurrection of God's Son: A Theological Interpretation of Children in 1 and 2 Kings"
Society of Biblical Literature - San Antonio, Texas. November 18-21, 2023.
Leslie Garrote
Sponsor: Dr. Elizabeth Flowers
"Exodus of Black Women from Evangelicalism; “Displacement and Home Making: How divergent asylee experiences disrupt the myth of ‘Latinx’ Christianity"
Southwest Commission on Religious Studies 2024 Meeting - Dallas, Texas. March 1-3, 2024.
Leslie Garrote
Sponsor: Dr. Mandy McMichael
"The List: Policing SBC Women’s Pastoral Titles to Defend a Convention in Turmoil"
Fellowship of Baptist Historians - Raleigh, North Carolina. May 20-22, 2024.
Zen Hess
Sponsor: Dr. Lidija Novakovic
"Apostolic Anger: Exploring Paul's Anger in Galatians"
National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion Annual Meeting. Boiling Springs, North Carolina. May 22-24, 2023.
Jeffrey Hubbard
Sponsor: Dr. Mike Parsons
"Seeing God at Mamre"
Society of Biblical Literature - San Antonio, Texas. November 18-21, 2023.
Michelle Hunt
Sponsor: Dr. Joel Burnett
"One of These Things is Not Like the Other"
Society of Biblical Literature - San Antonio, Texas. November 18-21, 2023.
Michelle Hunt
Sponsor: Dr. Ericka Dunbar
"Creating Poetry in Numbers 21:30: The Reception and Recreation of Num 21:30 as a Poetic Line in Ancient Translations and Manuscripts"
Southwest Commission on Religious Studies 2024 Meeting - Dallas, Texas. March 1-3, 2024.
Wemimo Jaiyesimi
Sponsor: Dr. Jonathan Tran
"Interreligious Friendship: Beyond the Agreement Model"
American Academy of Religion - San Antonio, Texas. November 18-21, 2023.
Tyler Mowry
Sponsor: Dr. Deirdre Fulton
"Oracular Anxieties: A Pattern of Intentional Editorial Changes in MT Samuel as a Witness to Religious Concerns in the Second Temple Period"
Society of Biblical Literature - San Antonio, Texas. November 18-21, 2023.
Caleb Little
Sponsor: Dr. Natalie Carnes
"Sin as Chosen Disease in Gregory of Nazianzus"
North American Patristics Society Annual Meeting - Chicago, Illinois. May 23-25, 2024.
Christina Olson
Sponsor: Dr. Deirdre Fulton
"Intentional "Forgetting" of the Dead: Memory Construction through Omission in Chronicles"
Society of Biblical Literature - San Antonio, Texas. November 18-21, 2023.
"Feeding the Living or the Dead? Animal Offerings in Burial Contexts at Ashkelon, Israel"
American Society of Overseas Research - Chicago, Illinois. November 15-18, 2023.
Ryan Ramsey
Sponsor: Dr. Carlos Cardoza-Orlandi
"World Christianity and Curanderismo"
North American Academy of Ecumenists - San Antonio, Texas. November 16-17, 2023.
"The Role of Disappointment in the Formation of Pentecostalism: a Case Study of Early Missionaries in Central America"
Society of Pentecostal Studies - Atlanta, Georgia. March 14-16, 2024.
Charles Regli
Sponsor: Dr. Paul Martens
"Embodied Church: A theological critique and alternative to the Presbyterian doctrine of the "spirituality of the church""
Society of Biblical Literature - San Antonio, Texas. November 18-21, 2023.
Jennifer Reil
Sponsor: Dr. Kelly Iverson
"Associations, the Empire, and 1 Peter"
Southwest Commission on Religious Studies 2024 Meeting - Dallas, Texas. March 1-3, 2024.
Husezo Rhakho
Sponsor: Dr. C. Doug Weaver
"Temperance Abroad: a Tale of the Temperance Movement in Nagaland, the most Baptist land on Earth"
Baptist Scholar International Roundtable Conference - Oxford, United Kingdom. August 6-9, 2023.
Casey Spinks
Sponsor: Dr. Paul Martens
"Silence as the Criterion for a Phenomenology of Revelation"
Phenomenology and Revelation Conference - Long Island, New York. August 16-19, 2023.
Gerhard Stuebben
Sponsor: Dr. Sara Dolan
"Reading Marx in the Cold War Catholic Church: A Revisionist Interpretation of Gustavo Gutiérrez"
Oxford Symposium on Religious Studies - Oxford, United Kingdom. March 11-13, 2024.
Anna Wells
Sponsor: Dr. Carlos Cardoza-Orlandi
"What Hath Medieval Ethiopia to do with World Christianity?: Using Hindsight to Expand the Field"
American Society of Church History annual meeting - San Francisco, California. January 4-7. 2024.
School Psychology
Emily Branson
Sponsor: Dr. Kelsey Ragan
"An Exploration of Emergent Bilingual Achievement in Rural Schools"
National Association of School Psychologists Annual Convention - New Orleans, Louisiana. February 4-17, 2024.
Janie Contreras
Sponsor: Dr. Sarah Mire
"Educational need in school-based evaluations: Implications for students with autism"
American Psychological Association Conference 2023 - Washington, D.C. August 3-5, 2023.
"Exploring the Dynamics: Relationships Between Parental Emotional Representations, Family-Based Coping, and Parental Stress in Caregivers of Children with Autism"
Society of Pediatric Psychology Annual Conference (SPPAC) 2024 - New Orleans, Louisiana. April 25-27. 2024.
Scarlett Gardner
Sponsor: Dr. Sarah Mire
"Cultural Considerations for Conducting Autism Evaluations for Hispanic/Latinx Children at School"
American Psychological Association Conference 2023 - Washington, D.C. August 3-5, 2023.
"Teaching ADLs of Adolescents and Young Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities"
American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. August 6-7, 2023.
Ellen Grimes
Sponsor: Dr. Sarah Mire
"PA412: Going for the Gold: Autism Assessments Using Gold-Standard Instruments"
National Association of School Psychologists 2024 Annual Convention - New Orleans, Louisiana. February 14-17, 2024.
Cassandra Jennings
Sponsor: Dr. Nicholas Benson
"Current Research on School Reintegration Following Hospitalization"
National Association of School Psychologists Annual Convention - New Orleans, Louisiana. February 4-17, 2024.
Ivana Lozano
Sponsor: Dr. Sarah Mire
"Remote Measurement of Academic Skills for Students With Autism"
National Association of School Psychologists 2024 Annual Convention - New Orleans, Louisiana. February 14-17, 2024.
Titus Moten
Sponsor: Dr. Eric Robinson
"How Educators Respond to the Needs of Twice Exceptional Students: A Review of the Literature"
American Psychological Association Conference 2023 - Washington, D.C. August 3-5, 2023.
"Recognizing the Relationship Between Academic Self-Efficacy and Twice Exceptionality"
National Association of School Psychologists 2024 Annual Convention - New Orleans, Louisiana. February 14-17, 2024.
Madeline Pettit
Sponsor: Dr. Tamara Hodges
"Examining the Relationship Between Faith and Depressive Symptoms in Adolescents"
National Association of School Psychologists Annual Convention - New Orleans, Louisiana. February 4-17, 2024.
Carol Raymond
Sponsor: Dr. Melanie Meyer
"Opening Minds and Creating Community Through Media"
2023 SENG Annual Conference, Authentic Voices: Community & Belonging - Villanova, Texas. July 21-23, 2023.
Carol Raymond
Sponsor: Dr. Todd Kettler
"Religiosity: A Hindrance or Catalyst of Creative Beliefs and Achievement"
7th MIC Conference 2023: Creative Cross Pollination - Trieste, Italy. September 10-13, 2023.
Virginia Reynolds
Sponsor: Dr. Melanie Meyer
"Opening Minds and Creating Community Through Media"
2023 SENG Annual Conference, Authentic Voices: Community & Belonging - Villanova, Texas. July 21-23, 2023.
Hailey Short
Sponsor: Dr. Tamara Hodges
"Promoting Student Well-Being Through Trauma-Informed Multi-Tiered Systems of Support"
National Association of School Psychologists Annual Convention - New Orleans, Louisiana. February 4-17, 2024.
Mackenzie Stewart
Sponsor: Dr. Tamara Hodges
"Promoting Student Well-Being Through Trauma-Informed Multi-Tiered Systems of Support"
National Association of School Psychologists Annual Convention - New Orleans, Louisiana. February 4-17, 2024.
Kristy Stoll
Sponsor: Dr. Tamara Hodges
"Successful Supports for Students with Disabilities Transitioning to Postsecondary Education"
National Association of School Psychologists Annual Convention - New Orleans, Louisiana. February 4-17, 2024.
Kayla Trites
Sponsor: Dr. Sarah Mire
"Motor Skills Matter: Using WE-CBM With Autistic Students"
National Association of School Psychologists 2024 Annual Convention - New Orleans, Louisiana. February 14-17, 2024.
Social Work
Alina Bond
Sponsor: Dr. David Pooler
"Promoting Sustainability in Social Work: Perspectives of Educators/Students"
NACSW Annual Conference - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 9-12, 2023.
Morgan Davie
Sponsor: Dr. Jocelyn McGee
"The Multi-Dimensional Role of Gratitude in Family Members of People with Early-Stage Alzheimer's"
Gerontological Society of America 2023 - Tampa, Florida. November 8-12, 2023.
Heather Deal
Sponsor: Dr. Gaynor Yancey
"Culture Wars in Social Work Classrooms and Beyond: How Should Social Work Educators Respond?"
CSWE Annual Program Meeting - Atlanta, Georgia. October 26-29, 2023.
"Christian Nationalism and the Christian Social Worker"
NACSW's 73rd Convention 2023 - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 9-12, 2023.
Geneece Goertzen
Sponsor: Dr. Gaynor Yancey
"Promoting Justice for Domestic Violence Survivors in Communities of Faith"
National Association of Christians in Social Work - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 9-12, 2023.
"Engaging Faith Communities in the Prevention & Intervention of Abuse - and a poster presentation on the same research"
International Summit on Preventing, Assessing, and Treating Trauma Across the Lifespan - Honolulu, Hawaii. April 8-11, 2024.
Lucy Huh
Sponsor: Dr. David Pooler
Testifying as a Primary Witness at a Public Safety Committee Hearing
California State Senate - Sacramento, California. April 8-9, 2024.
Elyse McMullen
Sponsor: Dr. Gaynor Yancey
"Congregational Social Work Internships: A Panel of Three Past Interns"
National Association of Christians in Social Work - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 9-12, 2023.
John Ward
Sponsor: Dr. Gaynor Yancey
"Culture Wars in Social Work Classrooms and Beyond: How Should Social Work Educators Respond?"
CSWE Annual Program Meeting - Atlanta, Georgia. October 26-29, 2023.
"Minority Stress Theory and Applications to Spirituality in LGBTQ People"
NACSW's 73rd Convention 2023 - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 9-12, 2023.
Cali Werner
Sponsor: Dr. Danielle Parrish
"Fairytale Endings: Where the Happy Couple can Exist Amidst OCD"
The International OCD Foundation Annual Conference - San Francisco, Texas. July 7-9, 2023.
Sociology
Alex Andre
Sponsor: Dr. Jeremy Uecker
"Parental Religiosity and Adolescent Grades and College Aspirations: The Role of Parenting Characteristics, Adolescent Social Settings, and Adolescent Personality"
Society for the Scientific Study of Religion - Salt Lake, Utah. October 20-22, 2023.
Joyce Chang
Sponsor: Dr. Jerry Park
"ISAAC Pilot Survey Study"
Asian Pacific American Religions Research Initiative - Berkeley, California. June 20-22, 2023.
"Challenges and Opportunities for Interdisciplinary Analysis of Asian American Religions"
Association for Asian American Studies - Seattle, Washington. April 25-27, 2024.
Steven Foertsch
Sponsor: Dr. Kevin Dougherty
"Schism in the Unification Church: Religious Organization Ecology as Explanation," and "QAnon: Religion, Politics, or Both?"
Society for the Scientific Study of Religion Conference - Salt Lake City, Utah. October 19-22, 2023.
Daniel Jang
Sponsor: Dr. Kevin Dougherty
"Do Race and Religiosity Shape Perceptions of the Campus Racial Climate? An Analysis of How Political Identity Trumps Both"
Southwestern Social Science Association Annual Conference 2024 - New Orleans, Louisiana. April 17-20, 2024.
Isaiah King
Sponsor: Dr. Paul Froese
"The Nones and the Nons: A Dualistic Theory of Declining Religious Authority"
Society for the Scientific Study of Religion Annual Meeting - Salt Lake City, Utah. October 20-22, 2023.
Jennifer Laderi
Sponsor: Dr. Kevin Dougherty
"Taming the ‘Monster’ and Preserving the Future: Religious Fundamentalism and the Soul of the Nigerian Nation"
Society for the Scientific Study of Religion - Salt Lake, Utah. October 20-22, 2023.
James Malo
Sponsor: Dr. Kevin Dougherty
"Why Not Control Their Fertility? Socioeconomic Differences in Sterilization in Bangladesh"
Population Association of America Annual Meeting - Columbus, Ohio. April 18-20, 2024.
Meagan McGourty
Sponsor: Dr. Carson Mencken
"Violence in Our Home: Homicide Rates in Texas Rank Peak Above the United States’ Average for the First Time Since 2010"
Southwestern Social Science Association - New Orleans, Louisiana. April 18-20, 2024.
Amanda Mcgowan
Sponsor: Dr. Laura Upenieks
"The Relationship between Social Support and Self-Rated Health for Military Veterans"
2023 Biennial International Conference of the Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society - Reston, Virginia. October 11-15, 2023.
Michael Ryan
Sponsor: Dr. Jeremy Uecker
"What is Catholic Masculinity?"
2023 American Sociological Association - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. August 17-21, 2023.
"Religion, Life Goals, and Life Satisfaction Amongst Young Adults"
Society for the Scientific Study of Religion - Salt Lake, Utah. October 20-22, 2023.
Heewon Yang
Sponsor: Dr. Jerry Park
"Schism in the Unification Church: Religious Organization Ecology as Explanation"
Society for the Scientific Study of Religion - Salt Lake City, Utah. Octobr 19-22, 2023.
Xi Zhu
Sponsor: Dr. Laura Upenieks
"Seeds of Struggle: Pandemic Mental Health and (Dis)continuities of Financial Strain and Household Conflict"
2023 American Sociological Association - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. August 17-21, 2023.
"Childhood Parental Relationship and Cognitive Health in Later Life: Is the Association Mediated by Self-Esteem and Sense of Control?"
The 2024 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America - Columbus, Ohio. April 17-20, 2024.
Statistical Science
Madison De Boer
Sponsor: Dr. Mandy Hering
"Designing Experiments for Operation of a Dynamic Cloth Media Wastewater Treatment Filter"
Design and Analysis of Experiments - Blacksburg, Virginia. May 14-17, 2024.
Sonish Lamsal
Sponsor: Dr. David Kahle
"In-game Win Prediction Models for Cricket"
Conference on Statistical Practice - New Orleans, Louisiana. February 27-29, 2024.
Nghia Nguyen
Sponsor: Dr. John Seaman
"Bayesian Historical Borrowing via Relative Belief Ratios"
Midwest Biopharmaceutical Statistics Workshop - Indianapolis, Indiana. May 22-24, 2023.
Jamie Roberman
Sponsor: Dr. James Stamey
"Bayesian Interval Estimation for Predictive Values from Continuous Diagnostic Tests in Case-Control Studies"
Midwest Biopharmaceutical Statistics Workshop - Indianapolis, Indiana. May 22-24, 2023.
Dusty Turner
Sponsor: Dr. Rodney Sturdivant
"World Leaders Military Service and Propensity for War"
R Conference Government and Public Sector - Washington D.C. October 19-20, 2023.
Theater Arts
Cassandre Nordgren
Sponsor: Dr. David Jortner
"The Leader-full Classroom: Community Organizing Applications for the Creative Classroom"
Association for Theatre in Higher Education - Austin, Texas. August 2-6, 2023.
Stacey Schiller
Sponsor: Dr. David Jortner
"The American Letter by Burcu Seyben"
Mid-America Theatre Conference (MATC) - Madison, Wisconsin. March 7-10, 2024.
Lucas Skjaret
Sponsor: Dr. David Jortner
"Character Creation: Imaginative Stimuli Meets Multi-Faceted Characters"
Southeastern Educational Theatre Conference - Mobile, Alabama. March 13-17, 2024.
"Bear Baiting: Playwriting Symposium"
MidAmerica Theatre Conference - Madison, Wisconsin. March 7-10, 2024.
Alexandra Stahl
Sponsor: Dr. David Jortner
"Harmonizing Verse and Drama: The Art of Transforming Auditory Stories into Visual"
Comparative Drama Conference - Orlando, Florida. April 4-6, 2024.
Truett Seminary
Daniel Gregory
Sponsor: Dr. Scott Gibson
"Ideology and Utopia: A Dialogic Strategy for Analyzing Various Approaches to Preaching"
Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Homiletics Society - Anderson, South Carolina. October 12-14, 2023.
Timothy Rhee
Sponsor: Dr. Scott Gibson
"When Shepherds Scatter God's Flock: Understanding Spiritual Abuse in Preaching"
Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Homiletics Society - Anderson, South Carolina. October 12-14, 2023.