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 May 10, 2024.
American Studies | Anthropology | Biology | Biomedical Studies | Business | Chemistry and Biochemistry | Church Music | Communication | Communication Sciences and Disorders| Computer Science | Curriculum and Instruction | Ecological, Earth, and Environmental Sciences | Educational Leadership | Educational Psychology | Electrical and Computer Engineering | English | Geosciences | Health, Human Performance and Recreation | History | Journalism | Mathematics | Mechanical Engineering | Modern Foreign Language | Museum Studies | Music | Nursing | Occupational Therapy | Physical Therapy| Physics | Political Science | Preaching | Psychology and Neuroscience | Public Health | Religion | School Psychology | Social Work | Sociology | Statistical Science | Theater Arts | Truett Seminary
American Studies
Anthropology
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.
Biomedical Studies
Business
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.
Church Music
Communication
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Computer Science
Curriculum and Instruction
Ecological, Earth, and Environmental Sciences
Educational Leadership
Educational Psychology
Electrical and Computer Engineering
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.
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.
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.
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.
Journalism
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.
Mechanical Engineering
Modern Foreign Language
Museum Studies
Music
Nursing
Occupational Therapy
Philosophy
Physical Therapy
Physics
Political Science
Preaching
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.
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.
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.
School Psychology
Social Work
Sociology
Statistical Science
Taylor Grimm
Sponsor: Dr. Mandy Hering
"Nonparametric Threshold Estimation for Autocorrelated Monitoring Statistics"
Joint Statistical Meetings - Portland, Oregon. August 3-8, 2024.