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5th Annual
Honors in the Major Symposium
Tuesday, April 6, 2004
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Oglesby Union
Rooms 314A, 311B, 311C, 311E
The Honors in the Major Symposium provides
an opportunity for outstanding Honors in the Major students to showcase
their work in a professional, conference setting. Most student presenters
are either approaching their thesis defense or have already completed it
at the time of presentation.
The Honors in the Major Symposium is funded, in part, by a Phi Kappa Phi
Promotion of Excellence Grant.
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Welcome and Overview
of the Honors in the Major Program - 1:00 p.m.
Dr. Paul D. Cottle, Director, University Honors Program
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Session One—1:30 pm
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The Effects of Early Self-concept on Social Adjustment in Adolescent
Girls
Stephanie Feil, Department of Psychology
Directing Professor: Dr. Jeanette Taylor |
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Session Two—2:00 pm
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In-stream Phosphorus Mechanisms
Samantha Danchuk, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Directing Professor: Dr. Amy Chan Hilton |
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Structural and Thermodynamic Studies of Box C/D snoRNP Protein Fibrillarin
Binding with Nop5p and the SMA related Protein SMN using Isothermal Titration
Calorimetry and X-ray Diffraction Crystallography
Thomas Visone, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Directing Professor: Dr. Hong Li |
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Session Three—2:30
pm
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Determination of Molecular Weights of Soil Humic and Fulvic
Acids through Size Exclusion Chromatography with Online Electrospray
Ionization and Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry
Andrew Nicholson, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Directing Professor: Dr. William T. Cooper |
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Projective Drawing: Assessing Emotion in Children Who Stutter
Kaitlyn Wilson, Department of Communication Disorders
Directing Professor: Dr. Lisa Scott Trautman |
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Session Four—3:00 pm
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Creating a European Identity Based
on Shared Values: The Phenomenon of “Anti-Americanism”
Eric Reller, Department of International Affairs
Directing Professor: Dr. Harry F. Dahms |
Poster Presentations
1:30-3:00 pm
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The Self-Perceptions of Adolescents Who Stutter
Mario Landera, Department of Communication Disorders
Directing Professor: Dr. Lisa Scott Trautman |
Multi-species evolution in a Lotka-Volterra Community
Eric Powell, Department of Biological Sciences
Directing Professor: Dr. Thomas Miller |
Pregnant with Power: Women and Authority in the Early Church Period
Meghan Steward, Department of Humanities
Directing Professor: Dr. Laurel Fulkerson |
Narrative Skills in Late Talking, Precocious and Typically Developing
Four-year
olds
Jessica Spears, Department of Communication Disorders
Directing Professor: Dr. Lisa Scott Trautman |
Poster Presentations
3:00-4:00 pm
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A Correlational Study of
Perceived Burdensomness and Other Clinical Variables as Predictors
of Suicidal Behavior
Meredith Lynam, Department of Psychology
Directing Professor: Dr. Thomas Joiner |
Correlates of Schizophrenia Spectrum Personality
Disorder in Young Adults
Joshua R. Shumen, Department of Psychology
Directing Professor: Dr. Jeanette Taylor |
Investigating the Processes Involved with
False Memories in the DRM Paradigm Using Protocol Analysis
Jamie Weitz, Department of Psychology
Directing Professor: Dr. Colleen Kelley |
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Concluding Remarks --
4:00 pm
Dr. Paul D. Cottle, Director, University Honors Program
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