2024-2025 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 April 7, 2025.

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American Studies

Anthropology

Shinina Shani
Sponsor: Dr. Samuel Urlacher

The impact of pathogen exposure and water insecurity on children’s growth: A pilot study among rural Maasai communities in Oloirouwa, Kenya
Human Biology Association - Baltimore, Maryland. March 11-15

Anna Samsonov
Sponsor: Dr. Samuel Urlacher

Ecological and social determinants of early life oxidative stress: Preliminary findings from a low-resource U.S. community
Human Biology Association - Baltimore, Maryland. March 11-15

Celia Cleary
Sponsor: Dr, Julia Hoggarth

Accessibility of the Geospatial Turn: Revealing Hinderances to Methodological Integration of GIS into Archaeological Studies
American Association of Biological Anthropologists - Baltimore, Maryland. March 12-15, 2025. 

Biology

Isabelle Andersen
Sponsor: Dr. Thad Scott

"Phytoplankton community composition response to extreme n:p stoichiometry in shallow hypereutrophic lake ecosystems"
ASLO 2024 Aquatic Sciences Meeting - Madison, Wisconsin. June 2-7, 2024.

Alexa Hoke
Sponsor: Dr. Thad Scott

"The effects of variable nutrient stoichiometry on biogeochemical processes in shallow lake mesocosms"
ASLO 2024 Aquatic Sciences Meeting - Madison, Wisconsin. June 2-7, 2024.

LaRae Hudson
Sponsor: Dr. Aaron Wright

"The Non-Nutritive Sweetener, Sodium Saccharin, Results in Sex-Specific and Location-Specific Alterations to Gut Microbiota Metabolism"
ASM Microbe 2024 - Atlanta, Georgia. June 13-17, 2024.

Malcolm Macleod
Sponsor: Dr. Stephen Powers

"Spatial structure of optical water properties and trophic state in Texas reservoirs during drought"
ASLO 2024 Aquatic Sciences Meeting - Madison, Wisconsin. June 2-7, 2024.

Lacy Miller
Sponsor: Dr. Stephen Powers

"Satellite indicators of productivity and turbidity in central Texas ponds"
ASLO 2024 Aquatic Sciences Meeting - Madison, Wisconsin. June 2-7, 2024.

Anusha Rethi Paul Raj
Sponsor: Dr. Christopher Kearney

"Testing Synergy of Highly Selective Antimicrobial Peptides Targeting Different Virulence Factors of Helicobacter pylori"
ASM Microbe 2024 - Atlanta, Georgia. June 13-17, 2024.

Jaylen Powell
Sponsor: Dr. Thad Scott

"Optical indicators of phytoplankton community structure/ function nutrient limitation experiments"
ASLO 2024 Aquatic Sciences Meeting - Madison, Wisconsin. June 2-7, 2024.

Oluwatosin Shittu
Sponsor: Dr. Aaron Wright

"Early-Life Exposure to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Results in Functional Dysbiosis of the Gut Microbiome in Later Life"
ASM Microbe 2024 - Atlanta, Georgia. June 13-17, 2024.

Jasmine Stovall
Sponsor: Dr. Thad Scott

"Using long-term statewide monitoring data to explore the effects of landscape and physiochemical drivers on phytoplankton community composition and diversity"
ASLO 2024 Aquatic Sciences Meeting - Madison, Wisconsin. June 2-7, 2024.

Amelia Wickham
Sponsor: Dr. Aaron Wright

"Functional Characterization of Psychological Stress Reveals Changes in Microbial Metabolism in the Gut Microbiome of Mice"
ASM Microbe 2024 - Atlanta, Georgia. June 13-17, 2024.

Patrick Cunningham
Sponsor: Dr. Sarah Kienle

The Quest for Canis Clarity: An Integrative Assessment Towards Clarifying Phenotypic Boundaries in North American Canis
The Wildlife Society Annual Conference - Baltimore, Maryland. October 21-25, 2024. 

Elizabeth Waymire
Sponsor: Dr. Tamar Carter

"Changes in Anopheles Stephensi Diversity in Major Hub of Genomic Connectivity in Ethiopia"
American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygeine Annual Meeting - New Orleans, Louisiana. November 13-17, 2024. 

Tatyana Martynova
Sponsor: Dr. Cheolho Sim

"Membrin gene identification and JH production and mating efficiency in adult male Culex pipiens mosquitoes"
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) Annual Meeting - 2024 - New Orleans, Louisiana. October 12-18, 2024. 

Michael Chembars
Sponsor: Dr. Jason Pitts

"Receptor-ligand relationship of Aedes aegypti IR75D and hexanoic acid"
American Chemical Society Southwest Regional Meeting 2024 - Waco, Texas. October 20-23, 2024.

Kiah Sleiman
Sponsor: Dr. Dwayne Simmons

"Elevated macrophage density in the spiral ganglion promotes hearing loss and synaptopathy"
Society for Neuroscience - Chicago, Illinois. December 5-9, 2024. 

AmandakondaArachchigeIsu Gunarathna
Sponsor: Dr. Tamar Carter

"Search for possible loci under positive selection in exomes of invasive Anopheles stephensi larvae in Ethiopia."
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2024 Annual Meeting - New Orleans, Louisiana. November 13-17, 2024. 

Kayla Haberman
Sponsor: Dr. Joseph Taube

"Distinct partial EMT states dictated by chromatin looping factor CTCF"
TEMTIA - Seattle, Washington. November 12-15, 2024. 

Charli Worth
Sponsor: Dr. Joseph Taube

"KDM6A loss affects EMT related gene expression and Golgi apparatus morphology"
TEMTIA - Seattle, Washington. November 12-15, 2024. 

Tolulope Ojo
Sponsor: Dr. Joseph Taube

"Ophiobolin A targets EMT-positive cells by triggering PANoptosis, a crosstalk of pathways in triple-negative breast cancer cells"
TEMTIA - Seattle, Washington. November 12-15, 2024. 

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"
TEMTIA - Seattle, Washington. November 12-15,2024. 

Abigail Henke
Sponsor: Dr. Bryan Brooks

"Exploring the Developmental Proteome and Life-stage Specific Sensitivities of Larval Zebrafish to a Model Toxicant"
Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry- Asia Pacific - Tianjin. September 21-25, 2024. 

Amelia Wickham
Sponsor: Dr. Aaron Wright

"Psychological stress induces changes to host inflammation, microbial metabolism, and overall gut microbiome function"
Cold Spring Harbor Microbiome - Cold Spring Harbor, New York. October 29-November 2, 2024. 

Xueyan Wei
Sponsor: Dr. Cheolho Sim

"Suppression of H3K27me2 demethylase disrupted diapause formation in mosquito Culex pipiens"
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2024 - New Orleans, Louisiana. November 13-17, 2024. 

Ayomikun Aderounmu
Sponsor: Dr. Tamar Carter

"Mitogenome sequence analysis of invasive Anopheles stephensi"
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - New Orleans, Louisiana. November 13-17, 2024. 

Babatunde Oriyomi
Sponsor: Dr. Tamar Carter

"Insecticide resistance mutations and bloodmeal analysis of Aedes aegypti in Somaliland"
American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - New Orleans, Louisiana. November 13-17, 2024. 

Xueyan Wei
Sponsor: Dr. Cheolho Sim

Suppression of H3K27me2 demethylase disrupted diapause formation in mosquito Culex pipiens
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2024 - New Orleans, Louisiana. November 13-17, 2024. 

Stacey Edington
Sponsor: Dr. Mary Lauren Benton

"Investigating the complex demographic history of Khoe-San descendent populations in South Africa"
American Association of Biological Anthropology - Baltimore, Maryland. March 12-15, 2025.

Melissa Patton
Sponsor: Dr. Mariana Giassetti

Evolutionary Insights into Genetically Inherited Male Infertility Across Mammalian Species
IETS 51st Annual Conference - Fort Worth, Texas. January 18-22, 2025. 

Emmanuel Ugwuoji
Sponsor: Dr. Aaron Wright

A Probe-Enabled Approach for the Selective Isolation of Carbohydrate Metabolizing Live Bacterial Subpopulations from the Human Gut Microbiome
Q7: Human Microbiome: Diversity, Selection and Adaptation - Fairmont Banff Springs, Banff, AB, Canada, Not Listed/International. February 18-21, 2025. 

Weintari Sese
Sponsor: Dr. Dwayne Simmons

Hair Cell Dysfunction Promotes Cochlear Inflammation Independent of Trauma
Association for Research in Otolaryngology - Orlando, Florida. February 22-26, 2025. 

Dhivya Rajamanickam
Sponsor: Dr. Jason Pitts

Comprehensive insights into mosquito species diversity and habitat-specific host selection patterns to enhanced surveillance of vector-borne pathogens in Cameron Park Zoo, Waco, Texas.
128th Annual Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science - Waco, Texas. February 22-March 1, 2025. 

Sunday Olaniyan
Sponsor: Dr. Bessie Kebaara

Electron Microscopy Reveals Cadmium-Induced Ultrastructural Alterations in Yeast Cells
Texas Society for Microscopy - Houston, Texas. March 6-8, 2025. 

Isabelle Andersen
Sponsor: Dr. Thad Scott

Phytoplankton Community Composition Response to N:P Stoichiometry in Shallow Hypereutrophic Lake Ecosystems
Society for Freshwater Science Annual Meeting - San Juan, Puerto Rico. May 18-22, 2025. 

Lacy Miller
Sponsor: Dr. Stephen Powers

Vertical variation in oxygen-based estimates of primary production and respiration in agricultural ponds using high-frequency sensor data
Society for Freshwater Science Annual Meeting - San Juan, Puerto Rico. May 18-22, 2025. 

Charli Worth
Sponsor: Dr. Joseph Taube

KDM6A is enzymatically active outside the nucleus and is required to maintain  proper Golgi body morphology
19th Annual Breast Cancer Educational Program - Houston, Texas. April 3-4, 2025. 

Alexa Hoke
Sponsor: Dr. Thad Scott

The effects of variable nutrient stoichiometry on biogeochemical processes and microbial community composition in shallow lake mesocosms
Society for Freshwater Science Annual Meeting - San Juan, Puerto Rico. May 18-22, 2025. 

Malcolm Macleod
Sponsor: Dr. Stephen Powers

Ecosystem-level dynamics of surface water temperature and dissolved oxygen dynamics in a subtropical reservoir during and after drought
Society for Freshwater Science Annual Meeting - San Juan, Puerto Rico. May 18-22, 2025. 

Jasmine Stovall
Sponsor: Dr. Thad Scott

Phytoplankton metatranscriptomes reveal limits to the biogeochemical evolution of lakes
Society for Freshwater Science Annual Meeting - San Juan, Puerto Rico. May 18-22, 2025. 

Jaylen Powell
Sponsor: Dr. Thad Scott

Nitrogen deficiency and light availability decouple biological stoichiometry and toxin production in Aphanizomenon flos-aquae
Society for Freshwater Science Annual Meeting - San Juan, Puerto Rico. May 18-22, 2025. 

Sara Coppellotti
Sponsor: Dr. Thad Scott

A Macrosystems Approach for Applying Nutrient Loading and Chlorophyll Relationships to Texas Lakes and Reservoirs
Society for Freshwater Science Annual Meeting - San Juan, Puerto Rico. May 18-22, 2025. 

John Boyi
Sponsor: Dr. Jason Pitts

Molecular and functional characterization of conserved odorant receptors in Aedes aegypti and vector mosquitoes
Entomology Society of America Southwestern Branch Meeting - Round Rock, Texas. March 23-26, 2025. 

Biomedical Studies

Johann Karunananthan
Sponsor: Dr. Robert Kane

"Synthesis and evaluation of carbamate bioconjugates for hepatocyte modification"
ACS Southwest Regional Meeting - Waco, Texas. October 20-23, 2024. 

Business

Na Jing
Sponsor: Dr. John Calson

Trust in AI or Trust in Doctors? :The Impact of Multi-Source Information on Telemedicine Decision-Making and Patient Trust
Big XII+MIS Research Symposium - Ames, Iowa. April 4-6, 2025. 

Rianat Abbas
Sponsor: Dr. Bhojwani Johnny

Security in the Era of AI: How Do We Protect Our Personal Information?
Houston AI Summit 2025 - Houston, Texas. March 21-22, 2025. 

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Lauren Butterworth
Sponsor: Dr. Michael Trakselis

"Site-specific mutations within the a-subunit of the Pol III core disrupt coupling with t, resulting in reduced cellular fitness and genomic instabilities in E. coli"
Mutagenesis Gordon Research Conference - Waterville Valley, New Hampshire. June 16-21, 2024.

Jessica Conforti
Sponsor: Dr. Elyssia Gallagher

"Bias in Biomarkers? How to search multiple sample datasets in proteomics database searching software to generate accurate comparisons"
ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics - Anaheim, California. June 2-6, 2024.

Melissa Copeland
Sponsor: Dr. Julia Chan

"Subunits and Heterostructure in the Homologous Series Ln(n+1)M(n)Ge(3n+1)"
Solid State Chemistry Gordon Research Conference - New London, New Hampshire. July 21-26, 2024.

Michael Cordes
Sponsor: Dr. Elyssia Gallagher

"Towards Comprehensive Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Native-Protein Charging in Electrosprayed Droplets"
ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics - Anaheim, California. June 2-6, 2024.

Darren Gass
Sponsor: Dr. Elyssia Gallagher

"EThcD Can Distinguish Five Co2+-Adducted Linkage and Branching Pentasaccharide Isomers"
ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics - Anaheim, California. June 2-6, 2024.

Alexandra Lubaev
Sponsor: Dr. Liela Romero

"Catalytic Chemo-, Regio-, Diastereo-, and Enantioselective Bromochlorination of Unsaturated Systems"
Organic Reactions and Processes Gordon Research Conference - Smithfield, Rhode Island. July 21-26, 2024.

Rebecca Kehner
Sponsor: Dr. Liela Romero

"Mild and Selective Hydrozircontion Reactions Facilitated by Zirconocene Hydride Catalysis"
Organic Reactions and Processes Gordon Research Conference - Smithfield, Rhode Island. July 21-26, 2024.

Chloe Sells
Sponsor: Dr. Michelle Herridge

"Foundations for Chemistry Education Research & Publications"
Biennial Conference on Chemical Education (BCCE) - Lexington, Kentucky. July 28-August 1, 2024.

Ayomide Atoki
Sponsor: Dr. Mary Lynn Trawick

"Study of Combretastatin A-4 Release from the Beta-Galactosidase Activated Prodrug Combretastatin A-4-beta-D-Galactopyranoside"
2024 Southwest Regional Meeting - Waco, Texas. October 20-23, 2024. 

Bismark Nyaaba
Dr. Touradj Solouki

"Time-Resolved Extraction and Quantitative Detection of Metals Present in Asphaltene Samples: Using EPR, ICP MS, IM-MS, NMR, Synchronous Fluorescence, and UV-Absorption for Asphaltene Characterization"
SWRM 2024 - Waco, Texas. October 20-23, 2024. 

James Olsen
Sponsor: Dr. John Wood

"Progress Towards the Total Synthesis of Nargenicin A1"
ACS Southwestern Regional Meeting - Waco, Texas. October 20-23, 2024. 

Pouguiniseli Tankoano
Sponsor: Dr. Mary Lynn Trawick

"Selective Delivery of Anticancer Agent KGP18 by a Plasmin-Cleavable Drug-Linker Construct in the Pancreatic Tumor Microenvironment"
SWRM WACO TX - WACO, Texas. October 20-23, 2024. 

Kanika Vashisth
Sponsor: Dr. Caleb Martin

"Frustrated Lewis Pair Reactivity of Tris(ortho-carboranyl) Borane"
Southwest Regional Meeting - Waco, Texas. October 20-23, 2024. 

Michael Cordes
Sponsor: Dr. Elyssia Gallagher

"Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Native-Protein Charging in Electrosprayed Droplets with Experimentally Relevant Composition"
Southwest Regional Meeting - Waco, Texas. October 20-23, 2024. 

Chathurika Hewa Bhashithage
Sponsor: Dr. Jung-Hyun Min

"Structural and Biochemical Characterization of Rad7-Rad16 in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Nucleotide Excision Repair"
SWRM 2024 - Waco, Texas. October 20-23, 2024. 

Gabriele Pinto
Sponsor: Dr. Darrin Bellert

"Quantum Tunneling in the C-H Bond Activation of Ni+Mediated CH3COOH Decomposition"
ACS South West Regional Meeting - Waco, Texas. October 20-23, 2024. 

Waduge Fernando
Sponsor: Dr. Michael Trakselis

"Investigation of Replication Restart Pathways Utilized to Mitigate Replisome Decoupling in Escherichia Coli"
SWRM - Waco, Texas. October 20-23, 2024. 

Sadia Sinty Disha
Sponsor: Dr. Michael Trakselis

"Specific Little Finger Residues i.e. Pinky Trigger in Y Family Polymerases Restrict Downstream Synthesis Past Lesion"
Southwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society - Waco, Texas. October 20-23, 2024. 

Yijie Li
Sponsor: Dr. Caleb Martin

"Carborane-Arene Hybrid Boron Doped PAHs"
ACS SWRM - waco, Texas. October 20-23, 2024. 

Cyril Agadagba
Sponsor: Dr. Michael Trakselis

"Investigation of Replication Restart Pathways Utilized to Mitigate Replisome Decoupling in Escherichia Coli"
ACS SWRM - Waco, Texas. October 20-23, 2024. 

Omowumi Fagbohun
Sponsor: Dr. Jonathan Clinger

"Structural dynamics of PriB, a C-prenyltransferase"
2024 Southwest Regional meeting (SWRM) - Waco, Texas. October 20-23, 2024. 

Hamed Barzinmehr
Sponsor: Dr. Darrin Bellert

"Theoretical insight into the dynamics of Co+ and Ni+ mediated decomposition chemistry of acetic acid"
2024 Southwest Regional Meeting - Waco, Texas. October 20-23, 2024.

Cosma Patabandige Rasanjali Ann Meenuka Dalpathadu
Sponsor: Dr. Jung-Hyun Min

"Mechanism of the Rad34-Rad23-Rad33 in RNA Polymerase I-associated transcription-coupled nucleotide excision repair of yeast"
SWRM 2024 - Waco, Texas. October 20-23, 2024.

Warusapperuma Ranasinghe Arachchige Dona Sameera Ranasinghe
Sponsor: Dr. Caleb D. Martin

"Incorporating Lewis Acids into heterogeneous supports"
Southwest Regional Meeting 2024 - Waco, Texas. October 20-24, 2024.

Thushani Punchipatabendi
Sponsor: Dr. Michael Trakselis

"Translesion synthesis (TLS) polymerases Eta and Rev1 coordinate their activities for efficient lesion bypass and on noncanonical templates"
Southwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society - Waco, Texas. October 20-23, 2024.

Jordan Lyons
Sponsor: Dr. Patrick Farmer

SWRM
SWRM - WACO, Texas. October 22-29, 2024.

Temilade Adeniran
Sponsor: Dr. Jung-Hyun Min

"Structural and functional understanding of the eukaryotic Global Genome Nucleotide Excision Repair pathway"
ACS Southwest Regional Meeting - Waco, Texas. October 20-23, 2024. 

Puja Rijal
Sponsor: Dr. Kevin Shuford

"Exploring the potential of Alloyed XMenes (aXMenes) for advanced energy applications: A computational study on stability and electronic properties"
2024 Southwest Regional Meeting - Waco, Texas. October 20-23, 2024.

Simon Okafor
Sponsor: Dr. Darrin Bellert

"Hydrogen Tunneling Without the Typical Large KIE Measured in the Mediated Decay of the Co(CH3COOH)+ Complex"
2024 Southwest Regional Meeting (SWRM) - Waco, Texas. October 20-23, 2024. 

Kelechi Anyim
Sponsor: Dr. Jonathan Clinger

"Dynamics study of Ornithine Decarboxylase: Applications in structural biology"
2024 Southwest Regional Meeting - WACO, Texas. October 20-23, 2024. 

Warahena Mudalige Uvin De Alwis
Sponsor: Dr. Kevin Shuford

"Computer-aided design of 2D transition metal-based alloy compounds for sustainable energy applications"
Southwest Regional Meeting - Waco, Texas. October 20-23, 2024.

Lila Musegades
Sponsor: Dr. Jenée Cyran

"Utilizing sum frequency generation spectroscopy to determine the ice nucleating mechanism of perfluorooctanoic acid"
Southwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society 2024 - Waco, Texas. October 20-23, 2024. 

Joseph Tuccinardi
Sponsor: Dr. John Wood

"Convergent Total Synthesis of Aleutianamine"
ACS Southwest Regional Meeting - Waco, Texas. October 20-23, 2024. 

Lyssa Garber
Sponsor: Dr. Elyssia Gallagher

"Comparing solvents used for separation of carbohydrates in positive- and negative-ion mode mass spectrometry to improve ionization efficiency."
Southwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society - Waco, Texas. October 20-23, 2024.

Holly Wilson
Sponsor: Dr. Elyssia Gallagher

"Utilizing Co2+ and electron-transfer higher-energy collisional dissociation to distinguish isomeric, sialylated human-milk oligosaccharides"
Southwest Regional Meeting - Waco, Texas. October 20-23, 2024. 

Ana Victoria Quintero
Sponsor: Dr. Elyssia Gallagher

"Characterizing carbohydrate isomers of varying size with in-ESI HDX-MS"
2024 Southwest Regional Meeting - Waco, Texas. October 20-23, 2024. 

Neda Feizi Gilandeh
Sponsor: Dr. Touradj Solouki

"Leveraging Protein Unfolding and Refolding Dynamics to Explore UV and IR Laser Ablation Properties for Native Mass Spectrometry Imaging"
2024 Southwest Regional Meeting - Waco, Texas. October 20-23, 2024. 

Wathsala Rathnayake
Sponsor: Dr. Mary Lynn Trawick

"Mechanism of action of a series of OXi8006 analogues in MDA-MB-231 cells"
2024 Southwest Regional Meeting - Waco, Texas. October 20-23, 2024.

Siriwardhanage Senarathne
Sponsor: Dr. Elyssia Gallagher

"Comparing mice cardiac proteins extracted with different buffers using SP3 and SP4 clean-up methods"
SWARM - waco, Texas. October 20-23, 2024.

Colin To
Sponsor: Dr. Michael Trakselis

"Site-specific contacts that activate DNA unwinding by HROB/MCM8/9"
American Chemical Society Southwest Regional Meeting - Waco, Texas. October 20-23, 2024.

Yuling Deng
Sponsor: Dr. Mary Trawick

"Targeting phosphatidylserine in the tumor microenvironment with cathepsin B and L cleavable antibody/betabody drug conjugates (ADCs)/(BDCs)"
SWRM ACS - Waco, Texas. October 20-23, 2024.

Malisha Uttari Welikala
Sponsor: Dr. Michael Trakselis

"Replisome decoupling between Alpha and Tau subunits in the Pol III holoenzyme cause reduced cellular fitness and genomic instabilities in E. coli"
2024 Southwest Regional Meeting - Waco, Texas. October 20-23, 2024. 

Anthony Blue
Sponsor: Dr. Michael Trakselis

"Comparing the ionization response factors of single-stranded DNA binding protein (SSB) oligomers bound to ssDNA using native mass spectrometry"
ACS SWRM - Waco, Texas. October 20-23, 2024. 

Farjana Akter
Sponsor: Dr. Jonathan Clinger

"Towards studies of PRODH enzyme dynamics using X-ray crystallography"
Southwest Regional Meeting - Waco, Texas, October 20-23, 2024. 

Christian Borchardt
Sponsor: Dr. Kevin Pinney

"Design and synthesis of proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs) for tubulin degradation"
Southwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society - Waco, Texas. October 20-23, 2024. 

Cyprian Pavlich
Sponsor: Dr. Kevin Pinney

"Strategies for selective delivery of vascular disrupting agents in the tumor microenvironment"
Southwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society - Waco, Texas. October 20-23, 2024. 

Ayesha Begum
Sponsor: Dr. Caleb Martin

Synthesis of Azaborapyrenes From Fused Boroles
Boron in the Americas (BORAM)-18 - Los Angeles, California. December 15-19, 2024. 

Ragene Thornton
Sponsor: Dr. Caleb Martin

Exploring the Selectivity and Reactivity of Electrophilic Boron Compounds
Boron in the Americas (BORAM)-18 - Los Angeles, California. December 15-19, 2024. 

Michael Cordes
Sponsor: Dr. Elyssia Gallagher

Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Native Protein Charging in Electrosprayed Droplets with Experimentally Relevant Compositions
The Lake Arrowhead Conference on Mass Spectrometry - Lake Arrowhead, California. January 17-19, 2025. 

Temilade Adeniran
Sponsor: Dr. Jung-Hyun Min

Mechanistic Analyses of DNA Lesion Recognition and Repair in the Eukaryotic Global Genome Nucleotide Excision Repair
Texas Academy of Science 128th Annual Meeting - Waco, Texas. February 28-March 1, 2025. 

Cosma Patabandige Rasanjali Ann Meenuka Dalpathadu
Sponsor: Dr. Jung-Hyun Min

Rad7-Rad16 in global genome nucleotide excision repair in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Texas Academy of Science 128th Annual Meeting - Waco, Texas. February 28-March 1, 2025. 

Chathurika Hewa Bhashithage
Sponsor: Dr. Jung-Hyun Min

Rad7-Rad16 in global genome nucleotide excision repair in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Texas Academy of Science 128th Annual Meeting - Waco, Texas. February 28-March 1, 2025.

Mackenzie Graham
Sponsor: Dr. Sascha Usenko

Assessing the Mass Contribution of Long-Range Transported Biomass Burning Smoke in Houston, TX
American Geophysical Union - Washington D.C., Virginia. December 9-13, 2025. 

Lyssa Garber
Sponsor: Dr. Elyssia Gallagher

Comparing ionization efficiencies and fragmentation patterns of carbohydrates in various solvent systems using positive- and negative-ion mode mass spectrometry
73rd ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics - Baltimore, Maryland. May 31-June 6, 2025. 

Samson Joseph
Sponsor: Dr. Aaron Wright

Covalent probes for characterizing the mucin-microbe interactome
The 14th Activity Based Protein Profiling meeting - London. March 30-April 2, 2025. 

Jessica Conforti
Sponsor: Dr. Elyssia Gallagher

Confidently detecting methylated peptides in MCF7 cells using heavy methyl SILAC and enrichment by strong cation exchange
73rd ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics - Baltimore, Maryland. May 31-June 6, 2025. 

Church Music

Communication

October Heffner
Sponsor: Dr. Jeff Nagel

"Unromanticizing Romantic Comedies: The Harms of Patriarchy and Capitalism Represented in Early 2000’s Films"
National Communication Association Conference - New Orleans, Louisiana. November 21-24, 2024. 

Caroline Reed
Sponsor: Dr. Kayla Rhidenour

"Disability Narratives and the Christian Church: Perceptions of Faith and Church for People with Disabilities"
National Communication Association - New Orleans, Louisiana. November 20-24, 2024. 

Kristen Hardin
Sponsor: Dr. Ashley Barrett

The Role of Cultural and Religious Beliefs in Latina Perceptions of Mental Health
CAWL (Christian Association of World Languages) 2025 Annual Conference - Wheaton, Illinois. March 20-22, 2025. 

Raha Nekoutabar
Sponsor: Dr. Yang-Soo Yoo

Effects of Center Frequency Mismatch Between Ha and Ci Ears on Speech Perception in Simulated Bimodal Hearing
ARO Association for Research in Otolaryngology - Orlando, Florida. February 22-26, 2025. 

Amir Majidpour
Sponsor: Dr. Yang-Soo Yoo

Comparisons in Vowel Confusion Patterns Between Bimodal Users With Greater and Lesser Bimodal Advantages
ARO Association for Research in Otolaryngology - Orlando, Florida. February 22-26, 2025. 

Communication Sciences and Disorders

Jamileh Azizbeigiboukani
Sponsor: Dr. Diane Loeb

"What Eye-Tracking Can Reveal About Language Production Deficits in People with Aphasia: A Narrative Review"
The 2024 ASHA Convention - Seattle, Washington. December 5-7, 2024. 

Ruth Knight
Sponsor: Dr. Michaela Ritter

“Timing, Learning/Study Strategies, and Self-Efficacy: Factors Impacting Reading Comprehension for Postsecondary Students with Dyslexia”
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Convention - Seattle, Washington. December 5-7, 2024. 

Megan Sturdivant
Sponsor: Dr. Jungjun Park

"Using fNIRS to Track BOLD Signals During Rapid Naming Tasks as a Concussion Sideline Screener"
ASHA Convention - Seattle, Washington. December 4-7, 2024. 

Amanda Werner
Sponsor: Dr. Michaela Ritter

"Evaluating Eye Responsivity During Reading Activities for Children with Reading and Language Impairments"
ASHA Convention - Seattle, Washington. December 5-7, 2024.

Computer Science

Alibek Zhakubayev
Sponsor: Dr. Greg Hamerly

"Using Annealing to Accelerate Triangle Inequality k-means"
The 11th IEEE International Conference on Data Science and Advanced Analytics (DSAA 2024) - San Diego, California. October 6-10, 2024.

Yang-En Yu
Sponsor: Dr. Mary Lauren Benton

"Transcriptome-wide association study of early substance use reveals associations between tobacco use and predicted gene expression in adolescents"
American Society of Human Genetics - Denver, Colorado. November 5-9, 2024. 

Abanisenioluwa Orojo
Sponsor: Dr. Pablo Rivas

"Leveraging Secure Social Media Crowdsourcing for Gathering Firsthand Account in Conflict Zones"
The 16th International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining -ASONAM-2024 - Calabria, Italy. September 2-5, 2024. 

Tonni Das Jui
Sponsor: Dr. Pablo Rivas

Analyzing Insurance Cost Estimation: A Supervised Regression Approach
CSCI - Las Vegas, Nevada. December 11-13, 2024. 

Shaif Chowdhury
Sponsor: Dr. Greg Hamerly

ACFed : Communication-Efficient & Class-Balancing Federated Learning with Adaptive Consensus Dropout & Model Quantization
2024 IEEE International conference on big data - Washington, Washington. December 15-18, 2024. 

Andrea Martinez
Sponsor: Dr. Sandi Cooper

Evaluating the cognative demand and content of mathematics apps and Using video clubto engageelementary PST's notcing during mathematics
SSMA - Knoxville, Tennessee. November 6-9, 2024. 

Maisha Binte Rashid
Sponsor: Dr. Pablo Rivas

A Framework for Evaluating Vision-Language Model Safety: Building Trust in AI for Public Sector Applications
The 39th Annual AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. February 25-March 4, 2025. 

Curriculum and Instruction

Alexandra Thrall
Sponsor: Dr. Phil Nichols

"'Women Were Thought of As Tools': Investigating the History of Housework with Upper Elementary Students"
College and University Faculty Assembly - Boston, Massachusetts. November 20-21, 2024. 

Laura McNeice
Sponsor: Dr. Karon LeCompte

"Monopoly and Redlining 2.0: Redesigned"
NCSS - Boston, Massachusetts. November 22-23, 2024. 

Alexis Hooker
Sponsor: Dr. Neil Shanks

"They Need Real Examples: Developing Preservice Teachers' Ability to Recognize & Deal with Sociocultural Issues"
33rd annual conference for the National Association for Multicultural Education - ANAHEIM, California. November 13-17, 2024. 

Jessica McKamie
Sponsor: Dr. Tony Talbert

"Council of Christian Colleges and Universities 2024 Doctoral Ed Conference"
Thinking Christianly about Qualitative Research - Nashville, Tennessee. September 26-28, 2024. 

Toyosi Adedara
Sponsor: Dr. Karon LeCompte

"The Role of Racial Identity in Veteran Teachers' Perceptions and Experiences of Value in Educational Workspaces"
National Association of Multicultural Education - Anaheim, California. November 13-17, 2024. 

Kuel Chung
Dr. Phillip Donnelly

"Christian Education Course Development: Cultivating Spiritual Identity and Teaching Practice for the Common Good"
CCCU-Doctoral Ed Conference - Nashville, Tennessee. September 26-28, 2024. 

Joshua Jonas
Sponsor: Dr. Luke Bennett

"A Framework for Culturally Responsive and Responsible Edtech Use in K-12 Classrooms Presenter"
National Association for Multicultural Education - Anaheim, California. November 13-17, 2024.

Kelsey Roach
Sponsor: Dr. Phil Nichols

"Approaches to Aesthetics in Literacy Research"
Literacy Research Association - Atlanta, Georgia. December 4-7, 2024.

Margeaux Smith
Sponsor: Dr. Trena Wilkerson

"Problem Solving and Problem Posing: Shining a Light on Student's Mathematical Brilliance"
NCTM 2024 Annual Meeting & Exposition - Chicago, Illinois. September 25-28, 2024.

Elizabeth Harrelson Magill
Sponsor: Dr. Kevin Magill

"Present-ing history: How preservice elementary teachers complexify their social studies lessons"
CUFA - Boston, Massachusetts. November 21-22, 2024. 

Laura Aguilar Murillo
Sponsor: Dr. Tracey Jones

"The implications of multicultural learning environments on learner efficacy"
National Association for Multicultural Education - Anaheim, California. November 13-17, 2024. 

Michelle Donner
Sponsor: Dr. Sandi Cooper

Evaluating the Cognitive Demand and Content of Mathematics Apps for Elementary Students
Research Council on Mathematics Learning (RCML) - College Station, Texas. March 6-8, 2025. 

Margeaux Smith
Sponsor: Dr. Sandi Cooper

Learning to Notice in Video Clubs: Preservice Teacher Noticing during Mathematics Instruction
2025 Annual AMTE Conference - Reno, Nevada. February 6-8, 2025. 

Jordan Tai Nguyen
Sponsor: Dr. Sandra Cooper

Identifying Gaps in Culturally Responsive Practices in an Early Math Learning Experience
Research Council on Mathematics Learning (RCML) - College Station, Texas. March 7-9, 2025. 

Alexis Hooker
Sponsor: Dr. Neil Shanks

The Case Method and Preservice Teachers: Cultivating Deeper Understandings of Socio-Cultural Issues in Education, Bias, and Culturally Responsive Care
The 2025 Annual Meeting of the Association of Teacher Educators - New Orleans, Louisiana. March 9-12, 2025. 

Krystle Moos
Sponsor: Dr. Justina Ogodo

Specific Heat & Heat: What's the Difference Anyway?; VSEPR Yoga: Molecular Geometry of our Bodies; Toward a Sustainable STEM Teacher Workforce: Examining Pre-Service Teachers' Perspectives on K12 Science Experiences
National Science Teaching Association - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. March 26-29, 2025. 

Laura McNeice
Sponsor: Dr. Justina Ogodo

Crafting A Conceptual Framework: An Epistemological Process to Guide Research and Practice
American Educational Research Association - Denver, Colorado. April 23-27, 2025. 

Maggie Bryant
Sponsor: Dr. Phil Nichols

Crafting A Conceptual Framework: An Epistemological Process to Guide Research and Practice
American Educational Research Association - Denver, Colorado. April 23-27, 2025. 

Joshua Jones
Sponsor: Dr. Justina Ogodo

Crafting A Conceptual Framework: An Epistemological Process to Guide Research and Practice
American Educational Research Association - Denver, Colorado. April 23-27, 2025. 

Zia Pochkhanawala
Sponsor: Dr. Tony Talbert

Everyday Lessons, Lifelong Impact: Addressing Gender Bias in Education
Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69) at the United Nations, New York - New York, New York. March 18-21, 2025. 

Kelsey Roach
Sponsor: Dr. Kevin Magill

Student Perceptions of Civic Media Literacy and Participation
American Education Research Association - Denver, Colorado. April 22-28, 2025. 

Zia Pochkhanawala
Sponsor: Dr. Tony Talbert

Investigating excellence: A mixed methods case study of how Baylor Fellows' attitudes toward multicultural education influence their pedagogical choices
AERA - Denver, Colorado. April 23-27, 2025. 

Kuel Chung
Sponsor: Dr. Bennett Luke

AI for Creating and Developing Educators' Learning Communities: Toward Collaborative Technology Development with the Voice of Educators
KAERA - Denver, Colorado. April 23-27, 2025. 

Elizabeth Harrelson Magill
Sponsor: Dr. Kevin Magill

Harnessing Design-Based Research as Professional Learning: A Case Study of Veteran Social Studies Teachers
American Educational Research Association - Denver, Colorado. April 23-27, 2025. 

Jessica McKamie
Sponsor: Dr. Tony L. Talbert

A critical phenomenological study of neurodivergent teachers’ perceptions of artificial intelligence in the classroom; Framework as a process: A pedagogical model for new teachers to enhance student mutual engagement; Choosing university-based programs: A model of parental decision-making
American Educational Research Association - Denver, Colorado. April 23-27, 2025. 

Sara Teichelmann
Sponsor: Dr. Sandi Cooper

Identifying Gaps in Culturally Responsive Practices in an Early Math Learning Experience,
RCML - Innovating and Integrating: Advancing Mathematics Learning Across Disciplines - College Station, Texas. March 6-8, 2025. 

Andrea Martinez
Sponsor: Dr. Sandi Cooper

Evaluating the Cognative Demand and Content of Mathematics Apps for Elementary Students
RCML - Innovating and Integrating: Advancing Mathematics Learning Across Disciplines - College Station, Texas. March 6-8, 2025. 

Toyosi Adedara
Sponsor: Dr. Karon LeCompte

Innovative Approaches to Citizenship Education: Leveraging Tuckman's Model and Historical Artifacts in Middle School Education,
American Educational Research Association (AERA) - Denver, Colorado. April 23-27, 2025. 

Ecological, Earth, and Environmental Sciences

Akinleye Folorunsho
Dr. Yang Li

"Investigating Climate Impacts of Reducing Methane Emissions from U.S. Landfills"
American Chemical Society - Southwest Regional Meeting - Waco, Texas. October 20-23, 2024. 

Shannon Brown
Sponsor: Dr. Yang Li

"Assessing Air Quality Benefits of Better Managing Natural and Working Lands in California"
Southwest Regional Meeting - Waco, Texas. October 20-23, 2024. 

Jordan Jatko
Sponsor: Dr. Ryan McManamay

"Oak Ridge Reservation Restoration Synthesis: a DOE Perspective"
Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry - Fort Worth, Texas. October 20-24, 2024. 

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 45th Annual Meeting - Fort Worth, Texas. October 20-24, 2024. 

HyunA Jang
Sponsor: Dr. Hyeong-Moo Shin

"Environment-Wide Association Study of Cognitive Function in U.S. Older Adults using the NHANES Data"
International Society of Exposure Science - Montreal. October 21-24, 2024. 

Luke Calder
Sponsor: Dr. Hyeong Moo Shin

"Current Landscape of Risk Assessment Relevant Knowledge and Understanding of per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances"
SETAC North America - Fort Worth, Texas. October 20-24, 2024. 

Taylor Jefferis
Sponsor: Dr. Christie Sayes

"Exploring the Effects of Aerosol Exposure: Dose-Response Dynamics and Potential Outcomes"
Inhaled Aerosol Dosimetry: Advances, Applications, and Impacts on Risk Assessments and Therapeutics - Irvine, California. October 14-17, 2024. 

Micah Bowman
Sponsor: Dr. Ryan McManamay

"Machine Learning and Deep Learning for the Identification and Enumeration of Early Developmental Stages of Larval Fish"
SETAC - Ft. Worth, Texas. October 20-24, 2024. 

Akinleye Folorunsho
Sponsor: Dr. Yang Li

"Investigating Climate Impacts of Reducing Methane Emissions from U.S. Landfills"
American Geophysical Union - Washington, Maryland. December 9-13, 2024

Nilkamal Jaisawal
Sponsor: Dr. Yang Li

"Understanding the Impact of Black Carbon from Wildfires over western North America on Snow"
AGU24 - Washington, D.C, Washington. December 9-13, 2024. 

Jeewan Poudel
Sponsor: Dr. Rebecca Sheesley

Identification of Biomass Burning Smoke Influence using Aerosol Optical Properties and Hydrogen Cyanide in Fort Worth, Texas
American Geophysical Union 2024 - Washington D. C., Maryland. December 9-13, 2024. 

Adam Wronski
Sponsor: Dr. Bryan Brooks

Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products in Estuarine Systems Across a Gradient of Effluent Contributions to Base Flow: Influences of Grab and Time Weighted Composite Sampling
SETAC North America 45th Annual Meeting - Fort Worth, Texas. October 20-24, 2024. 

Shannon Brown
Sponsor: Dr. Yang Li

Understanding Trends and Drivers of CO2 based on OCO-2 and GOSAT satellite measurements over Texas, California, and Florida
American Meteorological Society - New Orleans, Louisiana. January 12-16, 2025. 

Prakash Sharma
Sponsor: Dr. Rebecca Sheesley

Chemistry and Evolution of O3 Precursors in Different O3 Formation Sensitivity Regimes in Houston, Texas.
American Geophysical Union 2024 - Washington, D.C., Maryland. December 9-13, 2024. 

Nafissatou Ba
Sponsor: Dr. Yang Li

Changes in Ozone Formation Regime Due to Long-Distance Transport of Wildfire Smoke Across North America
American Meteorological Society - New Orleans, Louisiana. January 12-16, 2025. 

Levi Sweet-Breu
Sponsor: Dr. Ryan McManamay

Double-Downscaling Regional Projections of Land Use Land Cover Change to 30m Resolution
American Geophysical Union - Washington, D.C., Virginia. December 10-13, 2024. 

Alisha Janiga-MacNelly
Sponsor: Dr. Ramon Lavado

Comparative toxicity of different micro- and nanoplastics obtained from human consumer products on human cell based models
Society of Toxicology (SOT) Annual Meeting 2025 - Orlando, Florida. March 16-20, 2025. 

Rafia Afroze Rifa
Sponsor: Dr. Ramon Lavado

Metabolic disruption and mechanisms of toxicity caused by bisphenol analogs in human in vitro cell models
Society of Toxicology (SOT) Annual Meeting 2025 - Orlando, Florida. March 16-20, 2025. 

Sini Macheri
Sponsor: Dr. Erica Bruce

Effects of Perfluoro-octane Sulfonate (PFOS) on HIF-1a Activation and Cytokine Production in A549 Lung Epithelial Cells under Normoxia.
Society of Toxicology 2025 - Orlando, Florida. March 16-20, 2025. 

Gracen Collier
Sponsor: Dr. Ramon Lavado

Comparative Analysis of Molecular Impacts of Short-Chain PFAS Exposure on ABCG2/BCRP Transporter Expression and Localization in Relevant Human Cell Models
Society of Toxicology 2025 - Orlando, Florida. March 16-20, 2025. 

Malalage Madusha Malalanayake
Sponsor: Dr. Erica Bruce

The effect of diacetyl, a flavouring chemical used in e-cigrarettes, on the activation of hypoxia inducible factor (HIF-1) leading to small airway obstruction and fibrosis through epithelial to mesenchymal transition in BEAS-2B cells
Society of Toxicology 2025 - Orlando, Florida. March 16-20, 2025. 

Asha Ashraf
Sponsor: Dr. Erica Bruce

HIF-1a Modulates Cellular Defense Against Acrolein-Induced Oxidative Stress and  Apoptosis in Differentiated Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells
Society of Toxicology 2025 - Orlando, Florida. March 16-20, 2025. 

Will Brewer
Sponsor: Dr. Joe Yelderman

INVESTIGATING GROUNDWATER/SURFACE WATER INTERACTION OF GRAVEL PIT LAKES IN THE BRAZOS RIVER ALLUVIUM AQUIFER
South Central Section - Geological Society of America - Conway, Arkansas. March 9-13, 2025. 

A. S. Shafiuddin Ahmed
Sponsor: Dr. Ryan McManamay

Review of Watershed Health Monitoring in the United States using Benthic Macroinvertebrates and the Prospect of IBI Standardization
Society for Freshwater Science 2025 - San Juan. May 18-22, 2025. 

Mikaela Sako
Sponsor: Dr. Thad Scott

Landscape predictors of phosphorus loading and trophic state in Texas lakes and reservoirs
Society for Freshwater Science 2025 - San Juan. May 18-22, 2025. 

Levi Sweet-Breu
Sponsor: Dr. Ryan McManamay

Achieving the GBF’s 30x30 target for U.S. streams and rivers by overcoming the protection-impairment paradox
Society for Freshwater Science 2025 - San Juan. May 18-22, 2025. 

Emeka Orji
Sponsor: Dr. Ryan McManamay

Impact of rapid solar farm development on land management and water quality
Society for Freshwater Science 2025 - San Juan. May 18-22, 2025. 

Taylor Jefferis
Sponsor: Dr. Christie Sayes

Texture analysis of lung cell surface morphology after nanoparticle exposure
Texas society of microscopy - Houston, Texas. March 6-8, 2025. 

Chaverle Noel
Sponsor: Dr. Erica Bruce

The Hidden Costs of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Use in Emergency Events
World Association of Disaster and Emergency Medicine Congress - Tokyo. May 2-6, 2025. 

Micah Bowman
Sponsor: Dr. Ryan McManamay

Utilization of AI for the identification of aquatic macroinvertebrates
Society for Freshwater Science 2025 - San Juan. May 18-22, 2025. 

Susmita Paudel
Sponsor: Dr. Ryan McManamay

Farmers as neighbors: Spatial dependence and extent of farmer neighborhood network influencing farming practices
Society for Freshwater Science 2025 - San Juan. May 18-22, 2025. 

Educational Leadership

Sarah Harris
Sponsor: Dr. Nathan Alleman

"Latina Student’s Navigation of Food Insecurity Through Community Cultural Wealth at Selective, Normatively Affluent Campuses"
Association for the Study of Higher Education - Minneapolis, Minnesota. November 20-23, 2024. 

Pacey Ham
Sponsor: Dr. Nathan Alleman

"Degrees of Collegiality: Doctoral Students' Socialization to Unclear Element of the Faculty Life"
Association for the Study of Higher Education - Minneapolis, Minnesota. October 20-23, 2024. 

Christina Flores
Sponsor: Dr. Angela Urick

"Leading for Change: Teacher Leaders Changing the Instructional Landscape"
UCEA Graduate Summit - Los Angeles, California. November 20-23, 2024. 

Marilyn Johnson
Sponsor: Dr. Angela Urick

"UCEA"
UCEA - Los Angeles, California. November 20-23, 2024. 

Hunter Kulesza
Sponsor: Dr. Saralyn McKinnon-Crowley

"What a GTA Wants: Training and Professional Development Requests"
POD Network - Chicago, Illinois. November 10-14, 2024. 

Meghan Fletcher
Sponsor: Dr. Nathan Alleman

"The Transformative Power of Spiritual Formation for Female Leaders at the Helm of Christian Institutions"
Association for Study of Higher Education - Minneapolis, Minnesota. November 20-23, 2024.

Kristina Cervantes
Sponsor: Dr. Anne Steketee

"Special Education Teachers' Perspectives on Compassion Fatigue and Its Impact on Career Decisions"
NAME 2024 Fall Conference - Anaheim, California. November 13-17, 2024.

Erin Ellis
Sponsor: Dr. Nathan Alleman

"Redefining Reciprocity: Engaging First-Year Students in a Hospitality-Driven Orientation Program"
Association for the Study of Higher Education - Minneapolis, Minnesota. November 20-24, 2024.

Micah Mitchell
Sponsor: Dr. Nathan Alleman

"Economic Good or Inferior Education? How Technical Institution Students Interact with a Constricting National Discourse"
Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) - Minneapolis, Minnesota. November 21-24, 2024. 

Jana Roste
Sponsor: Dr. Nathan Alleman

"Attention to People and Change: A Contextualized Approach to Adopting Growth Mindset Practices in STEM Classrooms"
ASHE - Minneapolis, Minnesota. November 21-24, 2024. 

Rachel Coussens
Sponsor: Dr. Ryann Shelton

Without Home Wi-Fi: High School Students’ Experiences with Completing Academic Tasks
Association of Teacher Educators Annual Meeting - New Orleans, Louisiana. March 7-12, 2025. 

Boo Koss
Sponsor: Dr. Corinna Kaul

Disparities in Pay, Experience, Degree Attainment, and Student Enrollment Between Female and Male K-12 Missouri Public School Principals
SERA - San Antonio, Texas. February 19-21, 2025. 

Rachel Hickey
Sponsor: Dr. Jeffrey Petersen

Projecting the Future of NCAA Athletics: The Historical Analysis of Football and Athletic Department Staffing
Applied Sport Management Association (ASMA) Conference - Cincinnati, Ohio. February 12-15, 2024. 

Sarah Harris
Sponsor: Dr. Saralyn McKinnon-Crowley

“Figure It Out. It’s Not That Bad Compared to Others:” The Dehumanization of Financial Aid Notifications
NASPA - New Orleans, Louisiana. March 15-19, 2025. 

Leah Davis
Sponsor: Dr. Jeffery Peterson

Moving on Up: Analyzing Changes Expenditures and Revenues for Schools Moving up to Power Conferences
Applied Sport Management Association - Cincinnati, Ohio. February 12-15, 2025. 

Kerry Williams
Sponsor: Dr. Corina Kaul

Zen and the Art of High School Teaching: A Qualitative Single Case Study Exploring High  School Teachers’ Experiences Implementing Social-Emotional Learning in Des Moines,  Iowa Public School Classrooms  
Southwest Educational Regional Association - San Antonio, Texas. February 20-22, 2025. 

Jamie Greer
Sponsor: Dr. Corina Kaul

A Qualitative Case Study of Internal Motivating Factors Shaping Study Abroad Decisions Among Underrepresented U.S. College Students
SERA Southwest Educational Research Association (p. 48 of the program) - San Antonio, Texas. February 19-21, 2025. 

Margaret Wallace
Sponsor: Dr. Jeffery Peterson

Moving on Up: Analyzing Changes Expenditures and Revenues for Schools Moving up to Power Conferences
Applied Sport Management Conference (ASMA) - Cincinnati, Ohio. February 12-15, 2025. 

Anungla Jamir
Sponsor: Dr. Perry Glanzer

Christian Institution Analysis of Ghana
Honolulu Education Conference - Honolulu, Hawaii. March 27-29, 2025. 

Kerstin Cornell
Sponsor: Dr. Anne Steketee

Why Now: A Quantitative Analysis of Factors Influencing Treatment-Seeking Behavior for Adults with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Research-in-Progress Roundtable Series session at the 2025 AERA Annual Meeting - Denver, Colorado. April 23-27, 2025. 

Lindsey Wilson
Sponsor: Dr. Jeffrey Petersen

Court Surface Impacts on Professional Tennis Injury Rates at Major Tournaments
Alliance for Sport Business - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. March 30-April 1, 2025. 

Micah Mitchell
Sponsor: Dr. Nathan Alleman

Expanding the Community College: Identifying and Reclaiming the Narrative of Technical Institutions
Council for the Study of Community Colleges Conference - Detroit, Michigan. April 3-5, 2025. 

Tiffani Hoot
Sponsor: Dr. Saralyn McKinnon-Crowley

The Great Equalizing Experience: Exploring Low-Income Students' Perceptions of the Top 1%
American Educational Research Association - Denver, Colorado. April 22-28, 2025. 

Junyan Zhu
Sponsor: Dr. Perry Glanzer

AI-Powered Visuals for Advancing Data-Informed Insights in Higher Education
AIR Forum - Orlando, Florida. May 20-23, 2025. 

Courtney Stahlhoefer
Sponsor: Dr. Jeffrey Petersen

An Analysis of Energy Sustainability in Sports Facilities in Relation to Energy Deregulation and Climate Zone
Alliance for Sport Business - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. March 30-April 1, 2025. 

Educational Psychology

Morgan Castillo
Sponsor: Dr. Tracey Sulak

"Unlocking Potential: Empowering Students Through Engaging Long-Term Investigations"
Conference for the Advancement of Science Teaching (CAST) - San Antonio, Texas. November 14-16, 2024. 

Jaime Basher
Sponsor: Dr. Sara Tomek

"The Dynamics of Mentoring: An Analysis of Higher Education Mentoring Relationships"
Mentoring Conference - Albuquerque, New Mexico. October 21-25, 2024.

Titus Moten
Sponsor: Dr. Eric Robinson

"Academic Self-Efficacy and Twice-Exceptionality: Exploring Patterns Amongst Different Learning Profiles"
Baylor 2E Conference: Supporting Twice-Exceptional Learners - Waco, Texas. September 21, 2024.

Debra Torres
Sponsor: Dr. Todd Kettler

"Supporting the Whole Gifted Child with an Affective Curriculum"
National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) 71st Annual Convention - Seattle, Washington. November 21-24, 2024. 

Beatrice Nicole Ruiz
Sponsor: Dr. Todd Kettler

"National Association of Gifted Children"
National Association of Gifted Children. November 21-24, 2024. 

Maryann Hebda
Sponsor: Dr. Tracey Sulak

"Developing coding talent: Supporting teachers while challenging students"
National Association for Gifted Children - Seattle, Washington. November 21-24, 2024. 

Liesel Lutz
Sponsor: Dr. Tracey Sulak

"In Pursuit of Flourishing: The Effects of a Radically Accelerated College Program for Girls"
National Association for Gifted Children - Seattle, Washington. November 21-24, 2024. 

Nilay Gunel
Sponsor: Dr. Todd Kettler

"Gender and Grade Differences Among Gifted Students in Subject Preference"
NAGC Graduate Student Research Gala - Seattle, Washington. November 21-24, 2024. 

Renming Liu
Sponsor: Dr. Tonya Davis

Using Caregiver-implemented Structured Work System to Promote Independence in Daily living Skills for Individuals with ASD
ABAI Autism Conference - New Orleans, Louisiana. January 17-19. 2025. 

Fatih Ozkan
Sponsor: Dr. Grant Morgan

Studying the Impact of Parental Influence on PIRLS 2021 Results in Turkey Using Lasso Regression
Southwest Educational Research Association - SAN ANTONIO, Texas. February 19-21, 2025. 

Fatih Ozkan
Sponsor: Dr. Grant Morgan

Predicting Reading Achievement in PIRLS 2021: A Comparative Analysis of Machine Learning Models
NCME National Council for Measurement in Education - Denver, Colorado. April 23-26, 2025. 

Kailah Hall
Sponsor: Dr. Tracy Sulak

Transforming STEM Education: Teacher Views on Integrated STEM
American Educational Research Association - Denver, Colorado. April 23-27, 2025. 

Morgan Castillo
Sponsor: Dr. Tracey Sulak

Transforming STEM Education: Teacher Views on Integrated STEM
American Educational Research Association - Denver, Colorado. April 23-27, 2025. 

Shannon Eshman
Sponsor: Dr. Erik Carter

Inviting Well: What Do Church Websites Communicate to Disabled People and Their Families?
Disability & The Church 2025. - McLean, Virginia. April 29-May 1, 2025. 

Kelsey Sparks
Sponsor: Ms. Jessica Akers

Sibling SUCCESS Practitioner Workshop: A Model for Inclusive Service Delivery
ABAI International - Washington D.C. May 22-26, 2025. 

Julia Hrabal
Sponsor: Dr. Tonya Davis

Caregiver-implemented interventions to teach daily living skills to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities: a systematic literature review
Texas Association for Behavior Analysis 40th Annual Conference - Dallas, Texas. April 24-27, 2025. 

Maryann Hebda
Sponsor: Dr. Tracey Sulak

Developing science interest through guided biology research
American Educational Research Association - Denver, Colorado. April 24-27, 2025. 

Julia Hrabal
Sponsor: Dr. Tonya Davis

Caregiver-created and Led Video Prompting to Teach Daily Living Skills at Home
51st Annual ABAI Conference - Washington, D.C. May 22-26, 2025. 

Renming Liu
Sponsor: Dr. Tonya Davis

Using Caregiver-implemented Structured Work System to Promote Independence in Daily living Skills for Individuals with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities
51st Annual ABAI Conference - Washington, D.C. May 22-26, 2025. 

Serena Garza
Sponsor: Dr. Tonya Davis

Teaching Aspiring Behavior Analysts to Deliver Compassionate Care
TxABA 40th Annual Conference - Dallas, Texas. April 24-27, 2025. 

Serena Garza
Sponsor: Dr. Tonya Davis

Teaching Aspiring Behavior Analysts to Deliver Compassionate Care
51st Annual ABAI Conference - Washington, D.C. May 22-26, 2025. 

Hannah Davis
Sponsor: Dr. Jennifer Robins

Personality Profiles of Teachers: Insights from the Big Five Personality Traits
American Educational Research Association - Denver, Texas. April 22-27, 2025. 

Wyatt Rodgers
Sponsor: Dr. Tonya Davis

Applied Behavior Analytical Interventions for Challenging Behavior in Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: A Review
51st Annual ABAI Conference - Washington, D.C. May 22-26, 2025. 

Beyza Cetin
Sponsor: Dr. Tonya Davis

Caregiver-Implemented Challenging Behavior Interventions in Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: A Systematic Review.
TxABA 40th Annual Conference - Dallas, Texas. April 24-27, 2025. 

Beatrice Nicole Ruiz
Sponsor: Dr. Todd Kettler

Does creative self-concept predict academic achievement?
Division for the Psychology of the Arts, Creativity, and Aesthetics - New Haven, Connecticut

Wyatt Rodgers
Sponsor: Dr. Tonya Davis

ABA Interventions for Challenging Behavior in Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: A Review
TxABA 40th Annual Conference - Dallas, Texas. April 24-27, 2025. 

Beyza Cetin
Sponsor: Dr. Tonya Davis

Caregiver-Implemented Challenging Behavior Interventions in Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: A Systematic Review.
51st Annual ABAI Conference - Washington, D.C. May 22-26, 2025. 

Cindy Utama
Sponsor: Dr. Erik Carter

Voices of Hope, Hurt, and Everything in Between: Findings from National Studies on Disability and the Church
Disability and The Church 2025 - Washington DC, Not Listed/International. April 29-May 1, 2025. 

Nilay Gunnel
Sponsor: Dr. Todd Kettler

Validating a Creative Teaching Inventory: A Mixed Method Approach to Construct Validity
APA Division 10- the Society for Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 2025 Annual Conference - New Haven, Connecticut. March 13-15, 2025. 

Liesel Lutz
Sponsor: Dr. Tracey Sulak

A systematic review of well-being in education and psychological disciplines
American Educational Research Association - Denver, Colorado. April 23-27, 2025. 

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Marufa Akter Upoma
Sponsor: Dr. Min Pak

"Light-Induced Decrease in the Molecular Weight and its Influence on Polymer Drop Splashing"
The Society of Rheology 95th Annual Meeting - Austin, Texas. October 13-17, 2024. 

Kirtunia Rahul
Sponsor: Dr. David Jack

"Failure Analysis of Geometrically Curved L-Shaped Carbon Fiber Composite Laminates"
ACCE 2024 - Novi, Michigan. September 4-6, 2024. 

Jinwon Jeong
Sponsor: Dr. Jeong Bong Lee

"Ultrasensitive Tilt Sensor Using Liquid Metal"
IEEE SENSORS 2024 - Kobe. October 20-23, 2024. 

Khaled Matalgah
Sponsor: Dr. Trevor Fleck

"Detection and Prediction of Damage and Crack Propagation Rates in FFF Samples due to Fatigue via X-Ray CT and UT"
SPE ACCE - Novi, Michigan. September 4-6, 2024.

Henry Hollman
Sponsor: Dr. Yang Li

Design and Implementation of an E-textile Vivaldi Antenna for Wearable Applications
2025 National Radio Science Meeting - Boulder, Colorado. January 7-10, 2025. 

Justin Roessler
Sponsor: Dr. Charles Baylis

Design of a Decade-Bandwidth Tunable Multi-Notch Filter for RFI Mitigation in a Congested Spectral Environment
2025 National Radio Science Meeting - Boulder, Colorado. January 7-10, 2025. 

Emma Lever
Sponsor: Dr. Charles Baylis

Impact of Notch Filtering on Radar Target Detection: Problems and Proposed Solutions
USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting (NRSM) - Boulder, Colorado. January 7-10, 2025. 

Adam Goad
Sponsor: Dr. Charles Baylis

In-Situ Voltage and Current Assessment for Transmission of Signals with Bandwidth
USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting (NRSM) - Boulder, Colorado. January 7-10, 2025. 

David Cox
Sponsor: Dr. Charles Baylis

Optimization Metrics for Minimizing Error in Array Transmission Pattern
USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting (NRSM) - Boulder, Colorado. January 7-10, 2025. 

Justin Roessler
Sponsor: Charles Baylis

Design of a Decade-Bandwidth Tunable Multi-Notch Filter for RFI Mitigation in a Congested Spectral Environment
USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting (NRSM) - Boulder, Colorado. January 7-10, 2025. 

Md Abu Jafor
Sponsor: Dr. Trevor Fleck

Effect of void content and raster orientation on fracture and fatigue properties of additively manufactured polymers
SPE ANTEC 2025 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. March 3-6, 2025. 

Kang Rong
Sponsor: Dr. Alan Wang

Morphology-Correlated Quantitative SERS Sensing on Diatom Photonic Crystals
Conference on Laser and Electro-Optics - Long Beach, California. May 4-9, 2025. 

Tianqui Ding
Sponsor: Dr. Pablo Rivas

Neural Pruning for 3D Scene Reconstruction: Efficient NeRF Acceleration
The 2025 International Conference on the AI Revolution: Research, Ethics, and Society - Las Vegas, Nevada. April 14-16, 2025. 

English

Zeyi Zhang
Sponsor: Dr. Phillip Donnelly

"The Lady’s Mockery in A Mask Presented at Ludlow Castle"
The 2024 Conference on John Milton at the Symposium for Medieval and Renaissance Studies - St Louis, Missouri. June 10-12, 2024.

Theresa Boyd
Sponsor: Dr. Richard Russell

“O’Connor’s Interest in Oedipus Business: Revision of Classical Tragedy in A Good Many is Hard to Find”
Society of Catholic Social Scientists National Meeting Conference - Latrobe, Pennsylvania. October 25-26, 2024. 

Laurel Samuelson
Sponsor: Dr. Kristen Pond

“The Beginning of Wisdom: Second Innocence in The Wise Woman”
Southeast Conference on Christianity and Literature - Lookout Mountain, Georgia. October 10-12, 2024.

Michael Riggins
Sponsor: Dr. Phil Donnelly

“‘Something Understood’: Metaphor and the Riddle Tradition in ‘Prayer (I)’”
Association of Literary Scholars, Critics, and Writers - Washington D.C. October 18-20, 2024.

Myles Roberts
Sponsor: Dr. Katie Calloway

“Take Heed What Ye Hear: Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure as Humanizing Parable”
Association of Literary Scholars, Critics, and Writers Conference - Washington D.C.. October 17-20, 2024.

Stephen Ramsek
Sponsor: Dr. Jesus Montano

"De-Conversion in Joyce and Knausgaard"
Southwest Conference on Christianity and Literature - Irving, Texas. November 15-16, 2024. 

Grace McCright
Sponsor: Dr. Sarah Ford

"Parting the Curtain: Modernism, Empathy, and Epiphany in Eudora Welty’s The Golden Apples"
Eudora Welty International Conference - Jackson, Mississippi. April 9-13, 2025. 

Annie Roufs
Sponsor: Dr. Julia Daniel

Kristin Lavransdatter and the Cult of St. Olav
Christianity and Literature: West - Fullerton, California. March 20-23, 2025.

Lucy Fernandes
Sponsor: Dr. Julia Daniel

Feminine Figurings: John Paul II's Feminine Genius in C.S. Lewis' Til We Have Faces: A Myth Retold
Christianity and Literature - Fullerton, California. March 20-23, 2025. 

Reilly FItzpatrick
Sponsor: Dr. Kristen Pond

‘To Whisper Their Secrets to the Fishes’: Exhibiting Wollstonecraft's Feminism and Female Friendship in The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Victorian Studies Association of Western Canada (VSAWC) Conference - Regina. May 22-25, 2025. 

Kristyn Drew
Sponsor: Dr. Kristen Pond

“‘Unromantic as a Monday Morning’: Transforming Romanticism in Charlotte Brontë’s Shirley”
British Women Writers Conference - Sioux Falls, South Dakota. May 15-17, 2025. 

Harrison Glaze
Sponsor: Dr. Richard Russell

"High Courtesy" and Yeats' Dialogues
American Conference for Irish Studies/British Conference for Postcolonial Studies - Savannah, Georgia. February 23-26, 2025. 

Reilly Fitzpatrick
Sponsor: Dr. Kristen Pond

"“Female Friendship and the Transformation of Wollstonecraft’s Feminism in The Tenant of Wildfell Hall”
British Women Writers Conference - Sioux Falls, South Dakota. May 15-17, 2025. 

Geosciences

Leonardo Maduro Salvarrey
Sponsor: Dr. Elizabeth Petsios

"Quantifying ecosystem structure using biovolume of benthic marine invertebrates during the Late Paleozoic Ice Age"
North American Paleontological Convention - Ann Arbor, Michigan. June 17-21, 2024.

Leonardo Maduro Salvarrey
Sponsor: Dr. Elizabeth Petsios

"Assessment of Benthic Paleocommunity Structure Through Biovolume Analysis"
GSA Connects 2024 - Anaheim, California. September 22-25, 2024.

Jordan Walker
Sponsor: Dr. Steve Dworkin

"PALEOCEANOGRAPHIC CONDITIONS OF LATE CRETACEOUS COLORADO GROUP FORMATIONS OF THE WESTERN CANADIAN SEDIMENTARY BASIN, ALBERTA, CANADA"
The Geological Society of America Connects 2024 - Anaheim, California. September 22-25, 2024.

Jerrad Watts
Sponsor: Dr. Elizabeth Petsios

"The shifting morphospace of cidaroid echinoid spines"
GSA Connect 2024 - Anaheim, California. September 22-25, 2024.

Venanzio Munyaka
Sponsor: Dr. Daniel Peppe

"The paleovegetation and paleoecology of middle Miocene Nyakach formation, western Kenya"
Geological Society of America - Anaheim, California. September 22-25, 2024. 

Nathan Wright
Sponsor: Dr. Elizabeth Petsios

"THE FOSSIL RECORD OF PARASITISM IS CRITICAL FOR CONSERVATION: ASSESSING FIDELITY IN THE CRUSTACEAN FOSSIL RECORD"
Geological Society of America Connects 2024 - Anaheim, California. September 22-25, 2024. 

Alyssa Mills
Sponsor: Dr. Peter James

"Unveiling Europa’s Seafloor Structures: A Machine-Learning Approach for Inferring Europa’s Seafloor Characteristics through Gravity"
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting - Washington D.C.. December 9-13, 2024. 

Yashwant Soni
Sponsor: Dr. Jay Pilliam

"Extracting Reliable P-wave Reflections from Teleseismic Autocorrelations using Velocity Analysis and Moveout Correction for Imaging the Lithosphere"
American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting - Washington DC. December 9-13, 2024. 

Vinothan Sivapalan
Sponsor: Dr. William Hockaday

"Further Investigations on Carbon Bridgehead Fraction of Charcoal through Laboratory Pyrolysis Experiments on Plant Biomass"
American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting - Washington DC. December 9-13, 2024. 

Dava Butler
Sponsor: Dr. Daniel Peppe

"Pathologies as a paleoecological signal in drought-induced placental mammal assemblages: a case study at Waco Mammoth National Monument (Texas, USA)"
American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting - Washington DC. December 9-13, 2024. 

Kahsay Nugsse Tesfay
Sponsor: Dr. Daniel Pepper

"Magnetostratigraphy and Magnetic Properties of Ethiopian Trap Series Basalts fromMoheni-Maychew Section, Northern Ethiopia: Implications for Timing of Emplacement."
American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting - Washington DC. December 9-13, 2024. 

Ngu Bernard Che
Sponsor: Dr. Emmanuel Njinju

Characterizing the Crustal Structure Beneath Hotlines using Multi-physics Inversion: A Case Study of the Cameroon Volcanic Line
American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting - Washington DC. December 9-13, 2024. 

Pa Omar Konteh
Sponsor: Dr. Emmanuel Njinju

A Multi-Physics Inversion of the Crustal Structure Characterizing the Northward Connection of the Okavango Rift Zone and the rest of the South Western Branch of the East African Rift System
American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting - Washington DC. December 9-13, 2024. 

Alix Renee Pauline Fournier
Sponsor: Dr. Steven Forman

Hydrogeology of the perched Kermit dunal aquifer, West Texas, USA, and anthropologic impacts.
GSA South Central - Conway, Arkansas. March 9-11, 2025. 

Isabella Hampton
Sponsor: Dr. Peter James

The Thickness of Highland Crust on Venus is Highly Sensitive to Assumptions About Crustal Composition
Lunar and Planetary Science Conference - Houston, Texas. March 10-14, 2025. 

Alyssa Mills
Sponsor: Dr. Peter James

Nature of Rifting on Venus Revealed by Gravity-Derived Crustal Thickness
Lunar Planetary Science Conference - The Woodlands, Texas. March 10-15, 2025. 

Yashwant Soni
Sponsor: Dr. Jay Pulliam

Localizing Very Long Period (VLP) Enigmatic Microseismic Sources and Associated Gliding Tremors in the Gulf of Guinea Using Numerical Matched Field Processing
Seismological Society of America Annual Meeting 2025 - Baltimore, Maryland. April 14-18, 2025. 

Jasmine Kidwell
Sponsor: Dr. Julia Hoggarth

Molecular Geoarchaeology and the Sedimentary Archives of Far West Texas: Human Demographics, Hydroclimate, and Paleoecology from the Late Pleistocene through Holocene
Society for American Archaeology - Denver, Colorado. April 23-27, 2025. 

Meredith Johnson
Sponsor: Dr. William Hockaday

Insights into soil carbon sequestration: Drylands
ACS Spring 2025 Meeting & Expo - San Diego, Texas. March 23-27, 2025. 

Katherine Broad 
Sponsor: Dr. Peter James

Using the Lunar Surface as a Laboratory to Geophysically Constrain Impact Cratering Processes
Lunar and Planetary Science Conference - The Woodlands, Texas. March 10-14, 2025. 

Jordan Chapman
Sponsor: Dr. William Hockaday

Examining Antebellum Plantations using Geoscience
Anthropology and the Black Experience - Dakar. May 15-18, 2025. 

Ashley Gonzalez
Sponsor: Dr. Daniel Peppe

Geochemical Characteristics of Sediments Associated with Columbian Mammoth Remains to Infer Paleoclimate
Geological Society of America South Central - Conway, Arkansas. March 9-11, 2025. 

Health, Human Performance and Recreation

Katherine Lee
Sponsor: Dr. Andrew Gallucci

"The Association of Vitamin D, Bone Mineral Density and Injuries Among Acrobatics and Tumbling Athletes"
National Athletic Trainers' Association Clinical Symposium - New Orleans, Louisiana. June 26-28, 2024.

Rebecca Rodriguez
Sponsor: Dr. Michelle Law

Effect of age on cancer cachexia pathogenesis in male and female mice
International Conference of the Society on Sarcopenia, Cachexia, & Wasting Disorders - Washington DC. December 6-8, 2024. 

Jaden Satterlee
Sponsor: Dr. Cory Dungan

Cisplatin administration drives the accumulation of senescent-like cells and myonuclei, contributing to anabolic resistance in exercise trained mice
2025 Advances in Skeletal Muscle Biology Conference - Gainesville, Florida. March 19-21, 2025. 

Mary Pickler
Sponsor: Dr. Andrew Gallucci

Bone Mineral Density Changes In NCAA Division I Female Soccer Players During Collegiate Career
American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting - Atlanta, Georgia. May 27-30, 2025. 

Barom Jeon
Sponsor: Dr. Joon Park

The Role of Ferroptosis in Mediating Muscle Atrophy under Hyperglycemic Conditions
2025 American Physiology Summit (APS2025) - Baltimore, Maryland. April 24-27, 2025. 

Janil Daredia
Sponsor: Dr. Cory Dungan

Acute CHOP chemotherapy leads to lower muscle size and satellite cell abundance in a pediatric mouse model
2025 Advances in Skeletal Muscle Biology Conference - Gainesville, Florida. March 19-21, 2025. 

Leroy Bolden
Sponsor: Dr. Andrew Gallucci

Associations Between Pulmonary Function And Body Composition Parameters In Healthy, Non-smoking Adults
American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting - Atlanta, Georgia. May 27-30, 2025. 

History

Rebeca Blemur
Sponsor: Dr. Ronald Johnson

"When Womb Waters Break: The Making of the Haitian Citizen"
Rasanblaj Fanm: Stories of Haitian Womanhood, Past, Present and Future - Preston, United Kingdom. July 10-13, 2024.

Katherine Goodwin
Sponsor: Dr. Beth Barr

"The Female Patronage of a Political Saint: Creating a Comparative Geography of St. Winifred in Medieval English Sermons"
International Medieval Sermons Society Symposium - Prague, Czech Republic. July 12-16, 2024.

Allie Roberts
Sponsor: Dr. Robert Elder

"The Function of Dispossession: Farming and Fear in Rural Alabama during the Civil Rights Era"
Agricultural History Society Conference - Las Cruces, New Mexico. June 5-8, 2024.

Amy Achenbach
Sponsor: Dr. Andrea Turpin

"Gender in Greek-letters: Sororities, the “New Woman,” and Women’s Higher Education, 1870- 1919"
History of Education Society - Chicago, Illinois. October 7-10, 2024. 

Savannah Flanagan
Sponsor: Dr. Andrea Turpin

"Moravian Nurses and Midwives: Communal Healthcare in 18th cen North Carolina"
The Conference on Faith and History - Birmingham, Alabama. October 10-12, 2024. 

Heidi Campbell
Sponsor: Dr. Beth Allison Barr

“'The Best Encouragement of My Poore Labours on Earth:' The Impact of Writing Women’s Patronage on Men’s Preaching at London’s Outdoor Pulpits, 1578-1624"
Sixteenth Century Conference - Toronto, Not Listed/International. October 25-28, 2024.

Patrick Leech
Sponsor: Dr. Julie de Graffenried

"CFH graduate students breakout session"
Conference on Faith and History - Birmingham, Alabama. October 10-13, 2024.

Rebeca Blemur
Sponsor: Dr. Ronald Angelo

"ROUNDTABLE ON CLAIRE BOURHIS-MARIOTTI, WANTED! A NATION!: BLACK AMERICANS & HAITI, 1804-1893"
Haitian Studies Association's 36th Annual Conference 2024 - Brooklyn, New York. October 10-14, 2024. 

Emma Fenske
Sponsor: Dr. Elesha Coffman

“Producing Evangelical Women: Christian Romance Novels from Softcovers to the Silver Screen”
Conference on Faith and History - Birmingham, Alabama. October 10-12, 2024. 

Brooke LeFevre
Sponsor: Dr. Andrea Turpin

“‘School in Obstetrics’: Mormon Midwifery, Obstetrics, and the Medicalization of Reproduction in Late-Nineteenth-Century Utah”
Conference on Faith and History - Homewood, Alabama. October 9-12, 2024.

David Nanninga
Sponsor: Dr. Barry Hankins

“Surfer, Mother, Activist: Bethany Hamilton and the Power of an Evangelical Celebrity Athlete in the Early 21st Century”
Conference on Faith and History - Birmingham, Alabama. November 9-12, 2024

Seokheon Lee
Sponsor: Dr. Robert Elder

The Religion of Expansion: How Democratized Methodism Contributed to American Expansion
American Society of Church History - Chicago, Illinois. January 3-6, 2025. 

Brooke LeFevre
Sponsor: Dr. Andrea Turpin

From Midwives to Medicine: Transformations in Mormon Women's Medicine in Late Nineteenth-Century Utah
American Society of Church History - Chicago, Illinois. January 3-6, 2025. 

Isaac Tuttle
Sponsor: Dr. Robert Elder

The Enemy of My Enemy is My Brother: A.C. Dixon and Thomas Dixon Jr.’s Public Controversies with Robert Ingersoll
January 10-13, 2025. 

Emma Fenske
Sponsor: Dr. Elesha Coffman

Bookstore Borderlands: Christian Romance Novels and the Boundaries of Evangelical Identity
American Historical Association - New York City, New York. January 3-6, 2025. 

Amy Achenbach
Sponsor: Dr. Andrea Turpin

Gender in Greek Letters: Sororities, the New Woman, and Women's Higher Education, 1870-1930
American Historical Association - New York City, New York. January 3-6, 2025. 

Savannah Flanagan
Sponsor: Dr. Andrea Turpin

Black Women and Moravians in United States South: Slavery, Reproduction, and Spirituality
American Historical Association - New York City, New York. January 3-6, 2025. 

Isaac Tuttle
Sponsor: Dr. Robert Elder

“A Brother is Born for Adversity”: The Dixon Brothers’ Divergence over the Social Gospel
Baptist History and Heritage Society - Waco, Texas. May 19-21, 2025. 

David Wilkie
Sponsor: Dr. Andrea Turpin

"'In a Christian Frame of Mind': Analyzing the Role of Christianity in the Relationship Between White and Enslaved Women in the Antebellum South"
South Carolina Historical Association 2025 Annual Meeting - Florence, South Carolina. February 28-March 1, 2025. 

Journalism

Raphael Roker
Sponsor: Dr. Marlene Neil

"Core Competencies in Public Relations Today: Results From the 2024 Practice Analysis"
PRSSA ICON 2024 - Anaheim, California. October 15-17, 2024.

Mathematics

Alejandro Quintero Roba
Sponsor: Dr. Andrei Martinez-Finkelshtein

"The Riemann-Hilbert problem for Krall Orthogonal Polynomials"
IMAG Conference on Orthogonal Polynomials, Special Functions and Applications - OPSFA17 - Granada, Spain. June 24-28, 2024.

Rafael Morales Jiménez
Sponsor: Dr. Andrei Martinez-Finkelshtein

"Multiple Orthogonal Poynomials and Finite Free Convolution"
IMAG Conference on Orthogonal Polynomials, Special Functions and Applications - OPSFA17 - Granada, Spain. June 24-28, 2024.

Mitchell Minyard
Sponsor: Dr. Mark Sepanski

"Neighborhood Balanced 3-Coloring"
Midwestern Conference on Combinatorics and Combinatorial Computing - Duluth, Minnesota. October 18-20, 2024. 

Elizabeth Carr
Sponsor: Dr. Jameson Graber

"Improved Uniqueness for a Mean Field Game of Controls"
AMS 2024 Fall Southeastern Sectional Meeting - Savannah, Georgia. October 5-6, 2024. 

Blanca Radillo-Murguia
Sponsor: Dr. Paul Hagelstein

"Kakeya-Type Sets and Maximal Operators"
2024 Fall Southeastern AMS Sectional Meeting - Savannah, Georgia. October 5-6, 2024. 

Jesus Ernesto Cruz Lugo
Sponsor: Dr. Marius Mitrea

"Distinguished Coefficient Tensors and Boundary Problems for Lower-Triangular Systems in the Plane"
AMS Sectional Meeting, University of Texas, San Antonio, TX - San Antonio, Texas. September 14-15, 2024.

Eduardo Servin Torres
Sponsor: Dr. Qin Sheng

"A look at approximating the degenerate Kawarada equation utilizing non-uniform finite differences"
2024 Fall Central Sectional Meeting - San Antonio, Texas. September 14-15, 2024. 

Martha DuPreez
Sponsor: Dr. Brian Simanek

Enumerating pattern-avoiding permutations by cycle
Joint Mathematics Meetings 2025 - Seattle, Washington. January 8-11, 2025. 

Eduardo Servin Torres
Sponsor: Dr. Qin Sheng

A study of an intercardinal scheme for solving 2D Kawarada equations with cross derivative terms
Joint Mathematics Meetings 2025 - Seattle, Washington. January 15-16, 2025. 

Stephen Allen
Sponsor: Dr. Fritz Gesztesy

Algebra: The Eighth Liberal Art?
2025 FORMA Symposium - Belmont, North Carolina. January 31-February 1, 2025. 

John Stephens
Sponsor: Dr. Robert Kirby

A High-Order Uniformly Bounds-Constrained Finite Element Method via Variational Inequalities
Finite Element Rodeo 2025 - Baton Rouge, Louisiana. February 21-22, 2025. 

Mitchell Minyard
Sponsor: Dr. Mark Sepanski

Limits and Periodicity of Metamour 2-Distance Graphs
56th Southeastern International Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory and Computing - Boca Raton, Florida. March 3-7, 2025. 

Abigail Williams
Sponsor: Dr. Ron Morgan

Simple Cg and Bicg for Multiple Right-Hand Sides
SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering - Fort Worth, Texas. March 3-7, 2025. 

John Stephens
Sponsor: Dr. Robert Kirby

A High-Order Uniformly Bounds-Constrained Finite Element Method via Variational Inequalities
SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering - Fort Worth, Texas. March 3-7, 2025. 

Elyssa Stephens
Sponsor: Dr. Jonathan Meddaugh

Neighborhood N-Shadowing
58th Spring Topology and Dynamics Conference - Newport News, Virginia. March 6-8, 2025. 

Rafael Morales Jimenez
Sponsor: Dr. Andrei Martinez-Finkelshtein

Hypergeoemtric Polynomials via finite free convolution
41st Southeastern Analysis Meeting (SEAM 41) - Tampa, Florida. MArch 21-23, 2025. 

Pedro Henrique da Silva
Sponsor: Dr. Marius Mitrea

A New Class of Herz Spaces and Singular Integral Operators
50th Annual New York State Regional Graduate Mathematics Conference - Syracuse, New York. March 28-29, 2025. 

Mechanical Engineering

Jenna Kleiss
Sponsor: Dr. Seung Kim

Real-Time Detection of Streptavidin with a Novel Optical Cavity-Based Biosensor
BMES 2024 Annual Meeting - Baltimore, Maryland. October 23-26, 2024. 

Rachel Van Lear
Sponsor: Dr. David Jack

"Sound Predictions: Correlating Impact Damage to Laminate Compressive Strength with Phased Array UT"
Automotive Composites Conference and Exhibition (ACCE) - Novi, Michigan. September 4-6, 2024. 

Amin Kuhzadmohammadi
Sponsor: Dr. Ning Zhang

"Exchangeable Dynamic Bonds Facilitated Self-Healing Behavior in Epoxy Vitrimer: A Molecular Dynamic Study"
ASME - Portland, Oregon. November 17-21, 2024. 

Chongyi Wei
Sponsor: Dr. Douglas E Smith

"Investigation of Homogenized Anisotropy for TPMS Lattice under Varying Applied Stress Orientation"
SPE ACCE - Novi, Michigan. September 4-6, 2024. 

Niildiip Chandraa
Sponsor: Dr. Douglas E Smith

"Characterization and Modeling of Low Velocity Impact in CFRP Laminates with Predefined Distal Intralaminar Cohesive Zone"
SPE ACCE 2024 - Novi, Michigan. November 4-9, 2024. 

Taofiqhasan Mahmood
Sponsor: Dr. Lulin Jiang

"High-Fidelity Simulation and Data-Driven Modeling of Drop Aerobreakup at Moderate Weber Numbers"
Fall 2024 Joint Meeting of the Texas Section of the APS, Texas Section of the AAPT & Zone 13 of the SPS - Dallas, Texas. October 17-20, 2024. 

Julian Alonzo
Sponsor: Dr. Vincent Leung

"Analysis of Wireless Power Transfer Efficiency and Specific Absorption Rate for a Distributed Brain Implants System"
2024 IEEE 21st International Conference on Body Sensor Networks - Chicago, Illinois. October 15-17, 2024. 

Rifat Ara Nargis
Sponsor: Dr. David Jack

"Advanced Automated Detection of Foreign Object Debris: Integrating NDT, FEA and Mechanical Testings"
2024 SPE Automotive Composites Conference & Expo - Novi, Michigan. November 4-9, 2024.

Neshat Sayah
Sponsor: Dr. Douglas Smith

"Simulating the Effect of Bead Microstructure on Thermal-Mechanical Response in Multi-Bead Structures for Large Area Additive Manufacturing of Short Carbon Fiber/ABS"
SPE ACCE - Novi, Michigan. September 4-6, 2024. 

Jason Pierce
Sponsor: Dr. Douglas Smith

"Automated Parameter Selection and Analysis for Short Fiber Polymer Composite Discrete Element Model"
SPE ACCE - Novi, Michigan. September 5-7, 2024. 

Md Admay Amif
Sponsor: Dr. David Jack

"Evaluation of Interlaminar Fracture Toughness of Out of Plane Wrinkled Prepreg Woven CFRP Laminate"
American Society for Composites 39th Annual Technical Conference - San Diego, California. October 21-24, 2024

Md Admay Amif
Sponsor: Dr. David Jack

"Evaluation of Interlaminar Fracture Toughness of Out of Plane Wrinkled Prepreg Woven CFRP Laminate"
Automotive Composites Conference & Exhibition, ACCE 2024 - Novi, Michigan. November 4-6, 2024. 

Obinna Onodugo
Sponsor: Dr. Emmanuel Agamloh

"High-Frequency Pulse Generator for Meduim Voltage Motor Insulation Testing"
IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition - Phoenix, Arizona. October 21-25, 2024. 

Md Abu Jafor
Sponsor: Dr. Trevor Fleck

"Nondestructive Evaluation Technique of Defects in Fusion-based Material Extrusion"
Automotive Composites Conference & Exhibition (ACCE) - Novi, Michigan. November 4-6, 2024. 

Ryan Hatmaker
Sponsor: Dr. David Jack

Utilization of Ultrasound for Defect Detection of Additive Friction-Stir Deposition Repairs
International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition - Portland, Oregon. November 17-21, 2024. 

Modern Foreign Language

Rodolfo Báez Medina
Sponsor: Dr. Rafael Climent-Espino

"The Monsters' Library"
The Monsters' Library - Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional. November 14-16, 2024. 

Isabelle Zgorzelski
Sponsor: Dr. Rafael Climent-Espino

Jauría: A Theatre Play’s Call for Revolution
Northeastern Modern Languages Association - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. March 4-9, 2025. 

Henrietta Agyekum
Sponsor: Dr. Karol Hardin

The Pragmatics of Ritualized Religious Expressions in Akan and Spanish
Christian Association of World Languages - Wheaton, Illinois. March 20-22, 2025. 

Emely Guerra
Sponsor: Dr. Karol Hardin

Why Do We Say Thanks to God?  A Pragmalinguistic Study of Gratitude in the Wake of Crises in Puerto Rico
Christian Association of World Languages - Wheaton, Illinois. March 20-22, 2025. 

Museum Studies

Music

Alissa Ruth
Sponsor: Dr. Kristina MacMullen

"Crossing Octaves: Empowering Trebles to Teach Tenors/Basses"
TMEA - San Antonio, Texas. February 12-15, 2025. 

Jordan Roth
Sponsor: Dr. Jen Stephenson

Opening the Curtain: A Guide to Russian Opera
NOA National Conference - Savannah, Georgia. January 5-9, 2025. 

Hannah Park
Sponsor: Dr. Jen Stephenson

Apparve e sparì: A Bel Canto Era Excavation of the Life and Works of Carolina Uccelli
NOA National Conference - Savannah, Georgia. January 5-9, 2025. 

Rebecca Walsh
Sponsor: Dr. Jen Stephenson

Music in Context: How Societal and Cultural Trends Influence Dramatic Impetus in Mozart’s La finta giardiniera
NOA National Conference - Savannah, Georgia. January 5-9, 2025. 

Alissa Ruth
Sponsor: Dr. Kristen MacMullen

Crossing Octaves: Empowering Trebles to Teach Tenors/Basses
TMEA - San Antonio, Texas. February 12-15, 2025. 

Peyton Joffre
Sponsor: Dr. Michael Jacobson

Performance of Navy Band Audition Excerpts
Navy Band Audition - Washington D.C. November 21-24, 2024. 

Camille Overman
Sponsor: Dr. Jen Stephenson

Graduate Scenes Competition Dance
National Opera Association - Savannah, Georgia. January 5-8, 2025. 

Sylvia Jones
Sponsor: Dr. Jen Stephenson

How Did She Do That? An Analysis of Black Female Gospel Singers and their Tool Kit
National Opera Association - Savannah, Georgia. January 5-8, 2025. 

Alexandra LaVake
Sponsor: Dr. Jen Stephenson

A Bayou Legend
National Opera Association - Savannah, Georgia. January 5-8, 2025. 

Alan Hollinger
Sponsor: Dr. Jen Stephenson

The importance of collaboration between conductor and singer: a masterclass
National Opera Association - Savannah, Georgia. January 5-8, 2025. 

Sylvia Jones
Sponsor: Dr. Monique Ingalls

“Bring the Choir Back: The Disappearance & Reappearance of Gospel Choirs in the Twenty-First Century United States”
Society for Christian Scholarship in Music Annual Meeting - Nashville, Tennessee. March 13-15, 2025. 

Maroun Azar
Sponsor: Dr. Monique Ingalls

Introduction to the Liturgical Choral Music in the Lebanese Maronite Church: “The bridge between Western and Lebanese Maronite Music”
ACDA - Dallas, Texas. March 18-22, 2025. 

Stephanie Christianto
Sponsor: Dr. Lesley McAllister

Revealing Composers’ Secrets by Mastering Classical Masterpieces through Color Analysis
Music Teacher National Association - National Conference 2025 - Minneapolis, Minnesota. March 15-19, 2025. 

Nursing

Occupational Therapy

Philosophy

Elizabeth Regnerus
Sponsor: Dr. Francis Beckwith

"Death with Nobility: Aquinas, Assisted Suicide, and the Virtue of Courage"
Aquinas at 800: "Ad Multos Annos" - South Bend, Indiana. September 22-26, 2024. 

Elizabeth Regnerus
Sponsor: Dr. Francis Beckwith

"Hoping to Become Good: Proto-virtue and the Development of Practical Reason"
American Catholic Philosophical Society - Chicago, Illinois. November 14-17, 2024.

Sarah Myers
Sponsor: Dr. Thomas Ward

"Female He Created; Feminine Image We Created"
2024 Annual ACPA Meeting: Male and Female He Created Them - Chicago, Illinois. November 14-17, 2024.

Juliana Kazemi
Sponsor: Dr. Robert Garcia

"Walking Pilgrimage and Practicing the Presence of God"
Evangelical Philosophy Society National Annual Meeting - San Diego, California. November 20-22, 2024.

Kevin Smith
Sponsor: Dr. Alexander Pruss

“Korsgaard and the Irreplaceable Value of Persons"
2024 Midwest meeting of the Society of Christian Philosophers - Norman, Oklahoma. November 8-9, 2024. 

Kevin Smith
Sponsor: Dr. Alexander Pruss

Pleasure, Perception, and The Basic Goods
American Catholic Philosophical Association 98th Annual Meeting - Chicago, Illinois. November 15-17, 2024. 

Physical Therapy

Nok Kiu Tse
Sponsor: Dr. Germaine Ferreira

"The Worst Blow: Impact of COVID-19 on the Respiratory Health of Musicians"
Texas Physical Therapy Association 2024 Annual Conference - Irving, Texas. October 25-26, 2024.

Noble Dunn
Sponsor: Dr. Germaine Ferreira

"THE WORST BLOW: IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON THE RESPIRATORY HEALTH OF MUSICIANS"
Texas Physical Therapy Association 2024 Annual Conference - Irving, Texas. October 25-26, 2024. 

Physics

William Burdett
Sponsor: Dr. Truell Hyde

"Langmuir Probes and Dust Particle Trajectories: Characterizing a Complex Plasma Employing Minimally Perturbative Methods"
American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics - Atlanta, Georgia. October 7-11, 2024. 

Benny Rodriguez
Sponsor: Dr. Lorin Matthews

"Studying dust behavior in weakly ionized plasmas with magnetic fields via the DRIAD code"
APS-DPP - Atlanta, Georgia. October 7-10, 2024. 

Shayan Nadeem
Sponsor: Dr. Walter Wilcox

"Charged Kaon electric polarizability from lattice four-point functions"
Lattice 2024 - Liverpool. July 28-August3, 2024.

Olawale Ayoade
Sponsor: Dr. Zhenrong Zhang

"Insights Into Photocatalytic Reduction Activities of Different Well-Defined Single Bulk Crystal TiO2 Surfaces in Liquid"
AVS 70th International Symposium & Exhibition - Tampa, Florida. November 3-8, 2024.

Parker Adamson
Sponsor: Dr. Douglas Smith

"Torsion Energy Dispersion Coefficients"
APS Division of Plasma Physics - Atlanta, Georgia. October 7-10, 2024. 

Diana Jimenez Marti
Sponsor: Dr. Lorin Matthews

"Numerical study of anisotropic potential distribution near dust chains in the Plasmakristall-4 dusty plasma"
APS-DPP - Atlanta, Georgia. October 7-11, 2024. 

Graeson Griffin
Sponsor: Dr. Truell Hyde

"Dust Aggregation on Surfaces"
66th Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics - Atlanta, Georgia. October 7-11, 2024. 

Rohil Kayastha
Sponsor: Dr. Zhenrong Zhang

"Nano-Focusing and Characterization of the OAM Beam Through an Optical Fiber Using Plasmonic Nanostructure"
AVS 70th International Symposium & Exhibition - Tampa, Florida. November 3-8, 2024. 

Ramesh Radhakrishnan
Sponsor: Dr. Gerald Cleaver

Bardeen variables for Plane Gravitational waves
34th Midwest Relativity Meeting - Ann Arbor, Michigan. November 23-30, 2024. 

Geeth Chandra Ongole
Sponsor: Dr. Anzhong Wang

Loop quantization of Black holes and the µo scheme
BRICS-AGAC 2024 - Gurgaon. December 17-19, 2024. 

Balaram Regmi
Sponsor: Dr. Alan Farhan

Apparent ferrimagnetism in Sr(Fe0.2Mn0.2Co0.2Ti0.2V0.2)O3 high-entropy oxide perovskite thin films
Electronic Materials and Applications (EMA2025) - Denver, Colorado. February 25-28, 2025. 

Duncan Miertschin
Sponsor: Dr. Alan Farhan

Spin reorientation in Dy-based high-entropy oxide pervoskite thin films
Electronic Materials and Applications (EMA2025) - Denver, Colorado. February 25-28, 2025. 

Christian Brown
Sponsor: Dr. Gerald Cleaver

Killing Invariants and the Subclassification Problem
Joint March Meeting and April Meeting: Global Physics Summit 2025 - Anaheim, California. March 16-21, 2025. 

Rudhresh Manoharan
Sponsor: Dr. Gerald Cleaver

Evaluating Deep Learning Models for Multiclass Classification of LIGO Gravitational Wave Glitches
Texas Academy of Science 128th Annual Meeting - Waco, Texas. February 28-March 2, 2025.

Mohan Giri
Sponsor: Dr. David J. Hilton 

Optical and Electronic Properties of Gas
Global Physics Summit, APS Joint March Meeting - Anaheim, California. March 15-21, 2025. 

Theodora Efthymiadou
Sponsor: Dr. Jay Dittman

Capabilities and Performance of the Baylor Hadron Calorimeter Test Stand
Global Physics Summit, APS Joint March Meeting - Anaheim, California. March 15-21, 2025. 

Manjula Raman
Sponsor: Dr. Kenneth Park

First Principle calculations of effective Hubbard Parameter
TAS - WACO, Texas. February 28-March 2, 2025. 

Political Science

Marlei Green
Sponsor: Dr. Timothy Burns

"Virtue and Arms in Xenophon's Anabasis"
Northeastern Political Science Association - Boston, Massachusetts. November 13-17, 2024.

Joseph Natali
Sponsor: Dr. Dave Bridge

"The Unitary Executive Theory and Supreme Court Removal Power Jurisprudence"
American Political Science Association Annual Meeting - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. September 5-8, 2024. 

Joseph Natali
Sponsor: Dr. Dwight Allman

"Love the Cuts Like the Cold Wind: Flannery O'Connor's Response to Nietzsche's Critique of Christian Pity"
Society of Catholic Social Scientists Annual Meeting - Latrobe, Pennsylvania. October 25-26, 2024. 

Paul Weisser
Sponsor: Dr. Timothy Burns

“The Mundane Peril of Everydayness: Martin Heidegger and Walker Percy”
Society of Catholic Social Scientists Annual Meeting - Latrobe, Pennsylvania. November 25-26, 2024. 

Marlei Green
Sponsor: Dr. Timothy Burns

Rousseau's Legislator as Artist and Philosopher
ISI’s American Politics and Government Summit - Wilmington, Delaware. November 7-11, 2024. 

Marlei Green
Sponsor: Dr. Peter Campbell

Ike and the Oracle
MPSA - Chicago, Illinois. April3-6, 2025. 

Paul Weisser
Sponsor: Dr. Timothy Burns

The Machine Stands Revealed: Heidegger on Technology and Metaphysics
New England Political Science Association Annual Meeting - Bretton Woods, New Hampshire. April 24-26, 2025. 

Shane Leary
Sponsor: Dr. Benjamin Kleinerman

The Republican Spirit and Separation of Powers
2025 Ciceronian Society - Harrisonburg, Virginia. March 13-16, 2025. 

Nolan Reisen
Sponsor: Dr. Timothy Burns

Eros and Rhetoric in Plato's Phaedrus
New England Political Science Association - Bretton Woods, New Hampshire. April 24-27, 2025. 

Anthony Jones
Sponsor: Dr. Timothy Burns

Monarchical Moderation: How the Prince Subtly Leads the People to Liberty and the Common Good
ACTC’s 30th Annual Conference - Madison, Wisconsin. April 3-6, 2025. 

Kevin Akalski
Sponsor: Dr. Lee Ward

"Honor, meddling in everything": Montesquieu and the Dialectic of Honor in The Spirit of the Laws
New England Political Science Association - Bretton Woods, New Hampshire. April 24-26, 2025. 

Peter McDonald
Sponsor: Dr. Lee Ward

Feudalism and Liberalism in Montesquieu's Spirit of the Laws
ACTC’s 30th Annual Conference - Madison, Wisconsin. April 3-6, 2025. 

Emma Bernstein
Sponsor: Dr. Timothy Burns

Xenophon on his Socrates and Moderation
MPSA - Chicago, Illinois. April 4-7, 2025. 

Jacob Rodriguez
Sponsor: Dr. Lee Ward

The Spirit of the Laws: Human Nature and Regime Transformation
ACTC’s 30th Annual Conference - Madison, Wisconsin. April 3-6, 2025. 

Preaching

Daniel Nuwamanya
Sponsor: Dr. Scott Gibson

"A Migratory Homiletic: Options for Preaching from the Narrative Dynamics of Uganda’s Kadongo Kamu Music"
Evangelical Homiletics Society Academic Conference - Lancaster, Pennsylvania. October 17-19, 2024. 

Caroline Smith
Sponsor: Dr. Scott Gibson

"The Examination of Execution Exhortations"
Evangelical Homiletics Association - Lancaster, Pennsylvania. October 17-20, 2024.

Psychology and Neuroscience

Blake Barley
Sponsor: Dr. Michael Scullin

"Cumulative Effects of Mild Sleep Restriction on Lapses of Attention"
SLEEP - Houston, Texas. June 01-05, 2024.

Kimberly Collamore
Sponsor: Dr. Shawn Latendresse

"Quality of Life of Individuals with a Substance Use Disorder in Different Treatment Settings: A Scoping Review"
CPDD 86th Annual Scientific Meeting - Montreal, Canada. June 15-19, 2024.

Ariadne Dias Godinho
Sponsor: Dr. Michael Scullin

"Experimental Sleep Restriction Affects Artwork Perceptions"
SLEEP - Houston, Texas. June 01-05, 2024.

Corinne Fitzsimmons
Sponsor: Dr. Michael Scullin

"Social Jetlag and Poor Sleep Quality Predict Worse Grades in First-Year College Students"
SLEEP - Houston, Texas. June 01-05, 2024.

Alexander Hood
Sponsor: Dr. Christene Limbers

"INFLUENCES ON EARLY TREATMENT TERMINATION FOR PATIENTS WITH PROBLEMATIC DRINKING"
47th Annual Research Society on Alcohol Scientific Meeting - Minneapolis, Minnesota. June 22-26, 2024.

Vanessa Muniz
Sponsor: Dr. Gary Elkins

"Clinical Hypnosis in the Digital Age: Highlights of Current Advancements - Symposium"
American Psychological Association - Seattle, Washington. August 08-10, 2024.

Margret Powell
Sponsor: Dr. Shawn Latendresse

"Exploring the role of adolescent anxiety/impulsivity on alcohol, cannabis, and nicotine expectancies"
Research Society for Alcohol, 2024 Meeting - Minneapolis, Minnesota. June 22-26, 2024.

Katherine Scheffrahn
Sponsor: Dr. Gary Elkins

"Clinical Hypnosis in the Digital Age: Highlights of Current Advancements - Symposium"
American Psychological Association - Seattle, Washington. August 08-10, 2024.

Vanessa Muniz
Sponsor: Dr. Gary Elkins

"Bridging the Cultural Divide: Understanding and Adopting a Culturally-Congruent Hypnotherapy"
Society of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis - Anaheim, California. October 23-27, 2024. 

Katherine Blandin
Sponsor: Dr. Joaquin Lugo

"Consequences of Chronic Early Life Stress in the Behavioral Manifestation of Fmr1 Knockout Mice"
Society for neuroscience - Chicago, Illinois. October 4-9, 2024. 

Laura Kusumo
Dr. Elizabeth Vichaya

"Investigating the Antidepressant and Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Resveratrol in a Mouse Model of Diabetes"
Neuroscience 2024 - Society for Neuroscience - Chicago, Illinois. October 5-9, 2024. 

Caroline Fowler
Dr. Elisabeth Vichaya

"Using the murine Lewis Lung Cancer Model to Examine the Impact of Diet-Induced Obesity on Tumor-Associated Neuroinflammation"
Society for Neuroscience: Neuroscience 2024 - Chicago, Illinois. October 5-9, 2024. 

Elizabeth Bounds
Sponsor: Dr. Sarah Schnitker

"Facing Risks for Worthwhile Goals: A Multilevel Goals-Based Measure of Courage"
Educating Character Across Differences: Cultivating Communities of Character in the University - Winston-Salem, North Carolina. December 5-7, 2024. 

Chris Corlett
Sponsor: Dr. Gary Elkins

"Hypnosis for a Mystical Experience"
Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis Annual Conference - Anaheim, California. October 23-27, 2024. 

Allison Heinrich
Sponsor: Dr. Thomas Fergus

"Predictors of Treatment Plan Chosen in Shared Decision Making"
Combat PTSD Conference - San Antonio, Texas. October 20-23, 2024. 

Vanessa Muniz
Sponsor: Dr. Gary Elkins

"Clinical Hypnosis and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Hot Flashes: A Scoping Review"
The North American Menopause Society - Chicago, Illinois. September 10-14, 2024. 

Skyla Renner
Sponsor: Dr. Gary Elkins

"Examining Characteristics of Users of the Evia App: Digital Hypnotherapy for Hot Flashes"
Society for Clinical & Experimental Hypnosis Annual Conference - Anaheim, California. October 23-27, 2024. 

Taylor Bradish
Sponsor: Dr. Joaquin Lugo

"Early-Life Communication Differences Among NS-PTEN Mice"
Society for Neuroscience 2024 - Chicago, Illinois. October 5-9, 2024.

Michael Vinson
Sponsor: Dr. Gary Elkins

"The Use of Hypnosis and Hypnotic Imagery to Increase Strength: A Systematic Review of the Literature"
SCEH 2024 Annual Conference - Anaheim, California. October 24-27, 2024. 

Alexander Hood
Sponsor: Dr. Gary Elkins

"Critical Review of 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine-Assisted Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Unanswered Questions and Future Directions; and Hypnosis Intervention for Sleep Disturbances in Individuals with Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Randomized Pilot Study"
Society of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis - Anaheim, California. October 23-27, 2024. 

Jack Journeycake
Sponsor: Dr. Christine Limbers

"Thinking and Drinking: Obsessive-compulsive Symptom Dimensions and Alcohol Use in College Undergraduates"
Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 14-17, 2024. 

Monica Weedman
Sponsor: Dr. Jo-Ann Tsang

Culpable but capable: Harnessing self-efficacy to promote racial equality
SPSP Annual Convention - Denver, Colorado. February 20-22, 2025. 

Kun Wang
Sponsor: Dr. Jo-Ann Tsang

Challenging Dichotomies: Five Worldviews from Latent Profile Analysis of Humanism and Normativism
SPSP Annual Convention - Denver, Colorado. February 20-22, 2025. 

Emily Foy
Sponsor: Dr. Wade Rowatt

We’re “Awe” in this Together: Psychological Effects of a Total Solar Eclipse
SPSP Annual Convention - Denver, Colorado. February 20-22, 2025.

Allison Alford
Sponsor: Dr. Sarah Schnitker

The Impact of Religiosity on Attitudes Toward Health Interventions
SPSP Annual Convention - Denver, Colorado. February 20-22, 2025.

Kassidy Conrad
Sponsor: Dr. Wade Rowatt

Agreeableness Impacts the Association between Neuroticism-linked Traits and Social Anxiety
SPSP Annual Convention - Denver, Colorado. February 20-22, 2025.

Elizabeth Bounds
Sponsor: Dr. Sara Schnitker

Contingent Self-Worth and Religiousness Across Time
Institute for Research in Psychology and Spirituality (IRPS) - La Mirada, California. January 3-5, 2025. 

Taylor Bradish
Sponsor: Dr. Joaquin Lugo

Early-Life Communication Differences Among NS-PTEN Mice at Critical Developmental Timepoints
American Epilepsy Association 2024 - Los Angeles, California. December 5-10, 2024. 

Karim Kerasha
Sponsor: Dr. Sarah Schnitker

Investigating the temporal associations between religious motivations, service attendance, self-control, and patience
SPSP Annual Convention - Denver, Colorado. February 20-22, 2025. 

Jessica Rocha
Sponsor: Dr. Francesca Penner

Relationships between Attachment Quality and Sexual Self-Efficacy, Attitudes, and Communication in Adolescent Girls with Psychopathology
Society of Pediatric Psychology Annual Conference - Phoenix, Arizona. April 3-5, 2025. 

Margret Powell
Sponsor: Dr. Shawn Latendresse

Measurement invariance in BIS/BAS long and short forms across sociodemographic subgroups in the ABCD Study
ABCD Insights and Innovations Meeting (AIIM) 2025 - Baltimore, Maryland. March 3-4, 2025. 

Katherine Harris
Sponsor: Dr. Francesca Penner

Presence of Meaning in Life Mediates the Relationship Between Mindfulness and Resilience in Young Adults
Society for Social and Personality Psychology - Denver, Colorado. February 20-22, 2025. 

Alyssa Hartley
Sponsor: Dr. Christine Limbers

Depression, Anxiety, and Sports Participation in Youth with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Society of Behavioral Medicine - San Francisco, California. March 13-16, 2025. 

Ian Walker
Sponsor: Dr. Christine Limbers

Depression, Anxiety, and Sports Participation in Youth with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Society of Behavioral Medicine - San Francisco, California. March 13-16, 2025. 

Precious Mathis
Sponsor: Dr. Stacy Ryan-Pettes

Distinct Response Trajectories in Multisystemic Therapy: A Latent Class Growth Analysis
Society of Behavioral Medicine - San Francisco, California. March 13-16, 2025. 

Amy Baskin
Sponsor: Dr. Christine Limbers

Psychometric Properties of Eating Engagement Items in the National Survey of Children’s Health
Society of Pediatric Psychology Annual Conference - Phoenix, Arizona. April 3-5, 2025. 

Allison Heinrich
Sponsor: Dr. Thomas Fergus

Negative Affect and Not Just Right Experiences: The Relevance of Sadness
Anxiety and Depression Conference (ADAA) - Las Vegas, Nevada. April 3-5, 2025. 

Kara Petitt
Sponsor: Dr. Christine Limbers

Preliminary results of an abbreviated, 5-week “keepin’ it REAL” drug prevention program for 8th graders
Society of Pediatric Psychology Annual Conference - Phoenix, Arizona. April 3-5, 2025. 

Tatum Zeleznik
Sponsor: Dr. Christine Limbers

Psychometric Properties of Eating Engagement Items in the National Survey of Children's Health
Society of Pediatric Psychology Annual Conference - Phoenix, Arizona. April 3-5, 2025. 

Alyssa Hartley
Sponsor: Dr. Thomas Fergus

Examining Associations between Facets of Schizotypal Traits and Obsessive-Compulsive Symptom Severity
Anxiety and Depression Conference (ADAA) - Las Vegas, Nevada. April 3-5, 2025. 

Lindsey Hernandez
Sponsor: Dr. Thomas Fergus

Moral Identity and Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms: The Relevance of Victim Moral Identity to Fears of Immorality
Anxiety and Depression Conference (ADAA) - Las Vegas, Nevada. April 3-5, 2025. 

MacKenzie Paul
Sponsor: Dr. Wade Rowatt

Sounds of the soul: how religious music shapes emotions and social connection
Div. 36 Mid-Year Conference - Providence, Rhode Island. April 7-8, 2025. 

Grace Dennis
Sponsor: Dr. Stacy Ryan-Pettes

'Co-Developing with the Community: Insights from the Co-Development of Training Materials with Juvenile Justice Advisory Board Members'
Society of Pediatric Psychology Annual Conference (SPPAC) - Phoenix, Arizona. April 3-5, 2025. 

Fodie Koita
Sponsor: Dr. Christine Limbers

Preliminary results of an abbreviated, 5-week “keepin’ it REAL” drug prevention program for 8th graders
Society of Pediatric Psychology Annual Conference (SPPAC) - Phoenix, Arizona. April 3-5, 2025. 

Mariana Dejeux
Sponsor: Dr. Jacques Nguyen

Changes in Perineuronal Net and Parvalbumin Interneuron Expression in the Orbitofrontal Cortex of Male Wistar Rats Following Fentanyl-Induced Tolerance
ASPET - Portland, Oregon. April 3-6, 2025. 

Taryn Cook
Sponsor: Dr. Annie Ginty

Sleep quality, biological sex, and cardiovascular reactivity to acute psychological stress
82nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine - Seattle, Washington. March 19-22, 2025. 

Kaitlin Seidenberg
Sponsor: Dr. Christine Limbers

Depression, Anxiety, and Sports Participation in Youth with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Society for Behavioral Medicine - San Francisco, California. March 26-29, 2025. 

Erin Laurel
Sponsor: Dr. Christine Limbers

Psychometric Properties of Eating Engagement Items in the National Survey of Children's Health
Society of Pediatric Psychology Annual Conference (SPPAC) - Phoenix, Arizona. April 3-5, 2025. 

Tara Luers
Sponsor: Dr. Christine Limbers

Preliminary results of an abbreviated, 5-week “keepin’ it REAL” drug prevention program for 8th graders
Society of Pediatric Psychology Annual Conference (SPPAC) - Phoenix, Arizona. April 3-5, 2025. 

Emily Foy
Sponsor: Dr. Wade Rowatt

Job Insecurity in Remote and Hybrid Work: Differential Effects for Vulnerable Workers
SIOP - Denver, Colorado. April 2-6, 2025. 

Blake Reeves
Sponsor: Dr. Jacques Nguyen

Behavior and Perineuronal Net Expression Following Repeated Co-Administration of Nicotine and Oxycodone
Behavior, Biology, and Chemistry - San Antonio, Texas. March 21-23, 2025. 

Public Health

Anjelica Elizondo
Sponsor: Dr. Gabriel Benavidez

"Rural-Urban Differences In Timing of Medicaid Enrollment Among Cancer Patients: An Analysis of SEER-Medicaid"
2024 Society for Epidemiologic Research Annual Meeting - Austin, Texas. June 17-21, 2024.

Rebecca Anumel-Ackah
Sponsor: Dr. Jasmine Opusunju

"Addressing COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Barriers to Mental Health Through Community Health Workers"
APHA 2024 Annual Meeting and Expo - Minneapolis, Minnesota. October 27-30, 2024. 

Emmanuel Abrefah
Sponsor: Dr. Matt Asare

"Human papillomavirus vaccine and cancer prevention: Ghanaian students' perspectives"
American Public Health Association 2024 Annual Meeting and Expo - Minneapolis, Minnesota. October 27-30, 2024.

Eyram Owusu-Sekyere
Sponsor: Dr. Gabriel Benavidez

"Examining the intersection of race and rurality in up-to-date cancer screenings for breast, colorectal, and cervical cancers: Trends from 2018 to 2022."
Annual Public Health Conference - Minneapolis, Minnesota. October 27-29, 2024.

Braden Popelsky
Sponsor: Dr. Rodney Bowden

"Backward Gait Characteristics: A Novel Perspective on Physical Functioning" and "Physical Activity Fragmentation and Falls in Older Adults"
Gerontological Society of America (GSA) 2024 Annual Scientific Meeting - Seattle, Washington. November 13-16, 2024.

Jacqueline Vigil
Sponsor: Dr. M. Renee Umstattd Meyer

Physical Activity Interventions for Rural Older Adults: A Systematic Review
Active Living Conference - Manhattan, Kansas. March 16-20, 2025. 

Serena Enriquez
Sponsor: Dr. Renée Umstattd-Meyer

Rural Play Streets: Identifying barriers to implementation using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research
Active Living Conference - Manhattan, Kansas. March 16-20, 2025. 

Jacqueline Vigil
Sponsor: Dr. M. Renee Umstattd Meyer

Physical Activity Interventions for Rural Older Adults: A Systematic Review
Active Living Conference - Manhattan, Kansas. March 16-20, 2025. 

Religion

Ranmi Bae
Sponsor: Dr. Elizabeth Flowers

"Unveiling the Hidden Legacy: Moon Jun Kyung and the 20th-Century Korean Holiness Movement"
The American Society of Missiology Annual Meeting’s Round Table Initiative for Emerging Scholars - South Bend, Indiana. June 14-16, 2024.

Charles Regli
Sponsor: Dr. Paul Martens

“Southern Subtlety: Situating Thornwell’s Spirituality of the Church and Its Reception in Its Theological and Cultural Settings”
The Conference on Faith and History - Birmingham, Alabama. October 9-12, 2024. 

Leslie Garrote
Sponsor: Dr. Elizabeth Flowers

"The List: Policing Women’s Pastoral Titles and the Failure of Racial Reconciliation in the SBC"
Conference on Faith and History - Birmingham, Alabama. October 9-12, 2024. 

Kathryn Freeman
Sponsor: Dr. Natalie Carnes

"Black Madonnas: A Womanist Approach to the Aesthetics of Liberation"
American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting - San Diego, California. November 23-26, 2024.

Reichert Zalameda
Sponsor: Dr. Deirdre Fulton

"A Negotiated Entrance: Two Versions of Rahab’s Entry into Israel in MT and LXX Joshua 2"
Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting - San Diego, California. November 23-26, 2024.

Sean Baz-Garza
Sponsor: Dr. Natalie Carnes

"Cyril's Problem: Kathryn Tanner and Robert Jenson on Divine Affect"
The Florovsky Tantur Symposium - South Bend, Indiana. October 4-5, 2024. 

Claire Mummert
Sponsor: Dr. Cynthia Shafer-Elliott

"Zerubbabel in Haggai 2:20-23: A Utopian Symbol"
Society of Biblical Literature Annual meeting - San Diego, California. November 22-27, 2024. 

Tyler Fulcher
Sponsor: Dr. Deirdre Fulton

"Joash Emerges from the Temple: Children and the Rhetorical Agenda of 1–2 Kings"
Society of Biblical Literature - San Diego, California. November 22-26, 2024. 

Eric Brewer
Sponsor: Dr. Mikeal Parsons

"The Prophet Like Moses and the Word of the Lord: Reassigning the Composite Citation in Acts 3:22–23"
Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature - San Diego, California. November 23-26, 2024. 

Christina Olson
Sponsor: Dr. Deirdre Fulton

"The Judahite Mortuary Landscape in a New Light: Insights from Etruscan tombs on the Iron Age Bench Tombs"
American Society of Overseas Research - Boston, Massachusetts. November 20-23, 2024. 

Rachel Johnson
Sponsor: Dr. Kelly Iverson

"SUFFERING THE COHABITATION OF MALEVOLENT THORN & CHRIST: JEWISH APOCALYPTIC PERSPECTIVES ON 2 COR 12:7"
AAR/SBL Annual Meeting - San Diego, California. November 22-26, 2024. 

Zen Hess
Sponsor: Dr. Bruce Longenecker

"Apostolic Anger" and "Funding Relief"
Society of Biblical Literature - San Diego, California. November 23-26, 2024. 

Jennifer Reil
Sponsor: Dr. Kelly Iverson

"Hiding the Feminine & Resurrected Bodies: How 1 Cor 11:7 Might Influence our Understanding of Paul's Ideal Resurrected State in 1 Corinthians 15"
Society of Biblical Literature - San Diego, California. November 23-26, 2024. 

David Basher
Sponsor: Dr. Joel Burnett

Saul and the Not-so-holy Ghost
Society of Biblical Literature - San Diego, California. November 23-26, 2024. 

Katherine Ellis
Sponsor: Dr. Natalie Carnes

Flesh & St. Francis: Embodying an Asceticism of Joyful Kinship
Society of Biblical Literature - San Diego, California. November 23-26, 2024. 

Jennifer Reil
Sponsor: Dr. Kelly Iverson

Hiding the Feminine & Resurrected Bodies: How 1 Cor 11:7 Might Influence our Understanding of Paul's Ideal Resurrected State in 1 Corinthians 15
Society of Biblical Literature - San Diego, California. November 23-26, 2024. 

Brett Nessler
Sponsor: Dr. Dierdre Fulton

"Becoming Undone: The Shifting Identities of the Pilegesh as Narrative Logic and Rhetorical Key in Judges 19"; "Regarding the People Between: An Analysis of the Character of All-Israel in 1 Chr 11:1–3"
Society of Biblical Literature - San Diego, California. November 23-26, 2024. 

David Chrisna
Sponsor: Dr. Carlos Cardoza-Orlandi

Ngelmu and Ratu Adil: Mysticism and Mythology in Sadrach's  Mystical Christian Movement in the Late 19th Century Dutch  Colonial Java.
American Society of Church History 2025 Annual Meeting - Chicago, Illinois. January 3-6, 2025. 

Christina Olson
Sponsor: Dr. Dierdre Fulton

Mortuary Landscapes of Iron Age Judah: A Reconsideration of the Relationship between the City and its Dead
Society of Biblical Literature - San Diego, California. November 23-26, 2024. 

Timothy Bang
Sponsor: Dr. Joel Burnett

Theomachy in the Story of Deborah: Exploring Day of the Lord Motif in Judges 4
Society of Biblical Literature - San Diego, California. November 23-26, 2024. 

Wemimo Jaiyesimi
Sponsor: Dr. Jonathan Tran

The Politics of Interreligious Friendship: Remembering The Peaceable Witness of Charles Andrews Freer and Mahatma Gandhi's Friendship
Society of Biblical Literature - San Diego, California. November 23-26, 2024. 

David Chrisna
Sponsor: Dr. Carlos Cardoza-Orlandi

The Father of Love: Transnational Interreligious Correspondence and its impact on a Javanese Muslim Princess's Critiques of Christian missions
Princeton Theological Seminary World Christianity Conference - Princeton, New Jersey. March 10-14, 2025. 

Sean Baz-Garza
Sponsor: Dr. Neil Messer

Artificial Intelligence and the Goods of Theology
AI and the Ends of Humanity - New Haven, Connecticut. April 10-11, 2025. 

Wemimo Jaiyesimi
Sponsor: Dr. Jonathan Tran

Prayer, Solidarity, and Common Life: A Case Study from Nigeria’s #EndSARS Movement
Political Theologies of a Democratic Common Life - Oxford. March 24-26, 2025. 

Jackson McNeece
Sponsor: Dr. Devan Stahl

Addict with a Capital A: On Constructing a Disability Model of Addiction
Conference on Medicine and Religion - Costa Mesa, California. April 7-9, 2025. 

Kyle Barton
Sponsor: Dr. Paul Martens

The Human Among the Animals: Deification as Human Distinctiveness
Los Angeles Theology Conference - La Mirada, California. March 12-14, 2025. 

Nadia Andrilenas
Sponsor: Dr. Carlos Cardoza-Orlandi

Migrating through Place and Time: Collaboration and Connections in the Study of World Christianity
World Christianity Conference - Princeton, New Jersey. March 10-14, 2025. 

School Psychology

Brad Davis
Sponsor: Dr. Sarah Mire

Spectrum School Support: A Brief Psychoeducational Intervention for Parents
NASP Annual Convention - Seattle, Washington. February 18-21, 2025. 

Ellen Grimes
Sponsor: Dr. Sarah Mire

Influence of Autistic Family Members on Professionals' Autism Evaluation Practices
NASP Annual Convention - Seattle, Washington. February 18-21, 2025. 

Allison Eisenhut
Sponsor: Dr. Kelsey Ragan

Exploration of Reported Unique Training Experiences of NASP Accredited Programs
NASP Annual Convention - Seattle, Washington. February 18-21, 2025. 

Avery Spyers
Sponsor: Dr. Kelsey Ragan

Exploration of Reported Unique Training Experiences of NASP Accredited Programs
National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) - Seattle, Washington. February 18-21, 2025. 

Madeline Pettit
Sponsor: Dr. Tamara Hodges

Implementation of PBIS Outside of the Traditional Public School Setting
National Association of School Psychologists 2025 Convention - Seattle, Washington. February 18-21, 2025. 

Scarlett Gardener
Sponsor: Dr. Sarah Mire

Navigating Autism Evaluations for Adolescents: A Neurodiversity-Informed Approach
National Association of School Psychologists 2025 Convention - Seattle, Washington. February 18-21, 2025. 

Cassandra Jennings
Sponsor: Dr. Tamara Hodges

Implementation of PBIS Outside of the Traditional Public School Setting
National Association of School Psychologists 2025 Convention - Seattle, Washington. February 18-21, 2025. 

Kayla Trites
Sponsor: Dr. Eric Robinson

Evidence-Based for Whom: Black Families' Experiences with the RUBI-PT Autism Curriculum
National Association of School Psychologists 2025 Convention - Seattle, Washington. February 18-21, 2025. 

Janie Contreras
Sponsor: Dr. Tamara Hodges

Preliminary Results of an Abbreviated, 5-Week “keepin’ it REAL” Drug Prevention Program for 8th Graders
Society of Pediatric Psychology Annual Conference - Phoenix, Arizona. April 3-5, 2025. 

Social Work

Alina Bond
Sponsor: Dr. David Pooler

"Best Practices for Teaching About Trauma- Qualitative Study on Students' Experiences"
North American Association of Christians in Social Work - Dallas, California. November 11-13, 2024. 

Morgan Davie
Sponsor: Dr. Jocelyn McGee

"Adult spirituality and childhood maltreatment: Future research directions"
North American Association of Christians in Social Work - Dallas, Texas. October 10-12, 2024. 

Courtney Haworth
Sponsor: Dr. Edward Clay Polson

"Love Your Neighbor through Loving Creation: Faith, Justice, & Social Work Ethics"
North American Association of Christians in Social Work Convention - Dallas, Texas. October 10-12, 2024. 

Lucy Huh
Sponsor: Dr. David Pooler

"Research as Advocacy: How Trauma Initiates Change" 
The North American Association of Christians in Social Work Annual Convention - Dallas, Texas. October 10-12, 2024. 

Lucy Huh
Sponsor: Dr. David Pooler

"Clergy Sexual Abuse: Examining the Influence of Race and Culture"
The North American Association of Christians in Social Work Annual Convention - Dallas, Texas. October 10-12, 2024. 

Geneece Goertzen
Sponsor: Dr. Gaynor Yancey

Institutional Betrayal: Faith Communities and Domestic Violence
Conference on Crimes Against Women - Dallas, Texas. May 18-21, 2025. 

Lucy Huh
Sponsor: Dr. David Pooler

Betrayal of Trust: Clergy Sexual Abuse of Adults and the Challenges of Legislative Reform
The Baptist History & Heritage Society, National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion and the Association of Ministry Guidance Professionals Annual Conference - Waco, Texas. May 15-19, 2025. 

Sociology

Riley Peterson
Sponsor: Dr. Jeremy Ueker

"The Changing Impact of Religion on the Timing of First Births in the US: Evidence from the National Survey of Family Growth"
Society for the Scientific Study of Religion - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 18-20, 2024.

Daniel Jang
Sponsor: Dr. Markus Schafer

"Considering Differing Religious Effects on Racial Attitudes: Examining Variation Across Asian Americans"
Society for the Scientific Study of Religion - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 17-20, 2024. 

Alex Andre
Sponsor: Dr. Jeremy Uecker

"AI-Proofing Literature Reviews and Avoiding Methodological Imperialism: Studying Religion, Youth, and Philanthropy with Artificial Intelligence and Human Interpretation"
SSSR + RRA 2024 ANNUAL MEETING - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 18-20, 2024. 

Isaiah King
Sponsor: Dr. Paul Froese

"Revisiting Internal Secularization: Religious Decline from the Inside Out"
Society for the Scientific Study of Religion - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 18-20, 2024. 

LaDarius Beck
Sponsor: Dr. Paul Froese

"Is Gun Ownership Racialized: An Examination Through the Lens of Denominational Affiliation"
SSSR - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 18-20, 2024. 

Jennifer Laderi
Sponsor: Dr. Jeremy Uecker

"Existential Insecurity: Religious Engagement in Contemporary Nigerian Society"
Society for the Scientific Study of Religion - Pittburgh, Pennsylvania. October 18-20, 2024. 

Daniel Jang
Sponsor: Dr. Markus Schafer

Gendered Adolescent Social Networks: Identifying Pathways Between High School Social Networks and Adult Depressive Symptoms Though Gender Stratified Peer Networks
Southwestern Social Science Association Annual Meeting - Las Vegas, Nevada. April 3-5, 2025. 

Chloe Davis
Sponsor: Dr. Markus Schafer

Income to Poverty Ratio and Educational Attainment as Barriers: Mental Health Outcomes of Rural Populations Compared to Urban Counterparts
Southwestern Social Science Association - Las Vegas, Nevada. April 3-5, 2025. 

Chloe Davis
Sponsor: Dr. Markus Schafer

"Higher Income to Poverty Ratios and Educational Attainment as Barriers: Mental Health Outcomes of Rural Populations Compared to Urban Counterparts
Southern Sociological Society - Charlotte, North Carolina. April 9-12, 2025. 

Tamunosaki Bilaye-Benibo
Sponsor: Dr. Matthew Andersson

Skin Tone Linked Fate and Psychological Distress; Gender and Color: Demography, Discrimination, and the Black-White Mental Health Paradox
PAA 2025 Annual Meeting - Washington D.C., Maryland. April 10-13, 2025. 

Rachael Murdock
Sponsor: Dr. Mackenzie Brewer

Masculine Attitudes as a Factor in Vasectomy Uptake: Findings from the National Survey of Family Growth, 2011-2019
PAA 2025 Annual Meeting - Washington D.C., Maryland. April 10-13, 2025. 

James Malo
Sponsor: Dr. Markus Schafer

Democracy and Life Satisfaction: Insights from a Global Sample
Southwestern Social Science Association 2025 Annual Meeting - Las Vegas, Nevada. April 3-5, 2025. 

Heewon Yang
Sponsor: Dr. Jerry Park

Voting Culture and Generation: Asian Americans and Political Participation
2025 AAAS Annual Conference - Boston, Massachusetts. April 17-19, 2025. 

Isaiah King
Sponsor: Dr. Paul Froese

A Post-Christian America? Examining Racial Differences in Visions of Society and Political Leadership among the Nonreligious
Southwestern Social Science Association 2025 Annual Meeting - Las Vegas, Nevada. April 3-5, 2025. 

Steven Foertsch
Sponsor: Dr. Paul Froese

“The United Methodist Church Schism and Religious Organization Ecology”
ESS2025: "Building Solidarity to Break Cycles of Repression" - Boston, Massachusetts. March 6-9, 2025. 

Statistical Science

Taylor Grimm
Sponsor: Dr. Mandy Hering

"Nonparametric Threshold Estimation for Autocorrelated Monitoring Statistics"
Joint Statistical Meetings - Portland, Oregon. August 3-8, 2024.

Theater Arts

Alexandra Stahl
Sponsor: Dr. David Jornter

Reimagining Pedagogy for Theatre Students in a Post-Modern World
Mid-Atlantic Theatre Conference - Atlanta, Georgia. March 5-8, 2025. 

Stacey Schiller
Sponsor: Dr. David Jornter

Reimagining the Stage: Elevating New Narratives in Theatrical Education and Production
Mid-America Theatre Conference - Atlanta, GA, Georgia. March 6-8, 2025. 

Kiley Towne
Sponsor: Dr. David Jortner

Able, Disabled, and Physical: Eating Disorders as Disability in Theatre
Mid-America Theatre Conference - Atlanta, Georgia. March 6-9, 2025. 

Truett Seminary