University College Day

April 9, 2014

PROGRAM

8:30-9:00am

Baker Building
Registration and program pick-up
Breakfast

9:00-10:50am

Morning Presentations (School of Business, Carter Conference Room, and Martin Hall)

10:50-11:00am

Martin Hall
Wesleyan Women's Chorus under the Direction of Jerome Bierschenk

11:00-11:50am

Martin Hall
UCD Welcome
Keynote Address by Katharine Hayhoe, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Director of the Climate Science Center, Texas Tech University

12:00-2:00pm

On the Mall
Ram Jam Music Festival/International Food Festival (lunch provided)

2:00-5:50pm

Afternoon Presentations (School of Business, Carter Conference Room, and Martin Hall)

2:00-4:00pm

Baker Building
Poster Sessions

6:00-6:30pm

Lou's Pavilion
Presenter's dinner (by invitation only, due to limited seating) with music by the Texas Wesleyan Jazz Combo

6:30-7:30pm

Lou's Pavilion
Alumnus Address by Stefan Stamoulis, President and Principal Hydrogeologist, Hydrogeologic/Environmental Testing

PRESENTATIONS

9:00AM - 9:20AM

Martin Hall
"(Re)Searching Your Own Story: Advanced Writing Students Share Hybrid Memoirs"
Tien Dinh, Kendal Carnley, Tyler Mendez, Mbuyi Elodie Mwamba, William Bucker
Faculty Sponsor(s): Dr. Stacia Campbell
Carter Conference
"Local Advocacies, Global Movements"
Bonnie Brimer, Maria Rojas, Paula Justice, Samantha Herrington
Faculty Sponsor(s): Dr. Linda Carroll
AMB 126
"The Making of a Modern Web Form"
Kendall Baker *
Faculty Sponsor(s): Dr. Yukong Zhang
AMB 128
"SAM II Riboswitch: Inhibiting Protein Synthesis"
Morgan Kirkpatrick
Faculty Sponsor(s): Dr. Mary Anne Clark

9:30AM - 9:50AM

Martin Hall
"Nuts, Sluts and Perverts Part 6: H. H. Holmes Is America's First Serial Killer"
Misty Wilkins, Taylor Richards, Deborah Kimbuta, Trevor Baxter, Krzystof Szpringiel
Faculty Sponsor(s): Dr. Greg Gullion
Carter Conference
"A Method and an Ideology of Objectification: Women Constructed by Pope as "Incompetent Buyers""
Bonnie Brimer
Faculty Sponsor(s): Dr. Elizabeth Battles
AMB 126
"Monopoly Game"
Abbey Borghee, Jessica Liptak, Sona Pokharel, Demarcus Williams, and Kranti Gurung
Faculty Sponsor(s): Dr. Alison Simons
AMB 128
"Different Measures of Ego-Strength Predict the Thoughts and Behaviors of Both Self-Control and Social-Cooperation"
Maria Rojas, Raquel Recio, Kaylyn Smith
Faculty Sponsor(s): Dr. Jay Brown

10:00AM - 10:20AM

Martin Hall
"Why is the pianist IN the piano?! Advanced Techniques in Music"
Jayme Vaughn-Linebarger
Faculty Sponsor(s): Dr. Ilka Araujo and Ms. Julie McCoy
AMB 126
"Social Norm Breaching Experiement"
Ongelic Hill, William Veliz, Abbey Borghee, and Saad Alkalcham
Faculty Sponsor(s): Dr. Alison Simons
AMB 128
"Technology can be Engaging"
Karina Gallardo, Victoria Thornton, Alexandra Stefanchuk
Faculty Sponsor(s): Ms. Jacqueline Gaffner

10:30AM - 10:50AM

Martin Hall
"Creating a New Choral Composition: The Melding of Text and Music"
Dr. Jerome Bierschenk, Members of the Wesleyan Chamber Singers
Faculty Sponsor(s): Dr. Jerome Bierschenk
Carter Conference
"Truth and Realism in the Novel"
Rachel Sanchez, Carleen Capaldo, Brooke Grisel
Faculty Sponsor(s): Dr. Elizabeth Battles
AMB 126
"Visions of Race in Society"
Kayla Schuatz, Michelle Fitch, Angela Spindle, Geneva Vann, and Jeffrey Cole
Faculty Sponsor(s): Dr. Alison Simons
AMB 128
"Sexuality in World Religions"
Deborah Scott Harrison
Faculty Sponsor(s): Dr. Lili Zhang

2:30PM - 2:50PM

Martin Hall
"Silent Movies Alive!"
Cameron Byerly, Logan Rodgers, Kaila Saffle, Beatriz Alvarado, Carlos Brumfield
Faculty Sponsor(s): Ms. Jeanne Everton
Carter Conference
"The History and Pathology of Multiple Sclerosis and Associated Cognitive Impairments"
Maggie Biggs-Scribner
Faculty Sponsor(s): Dr. Benjamin Miller
AMB 126
"Mexico: Inside and Out"
Daniela Correa
Faculty Sponsor(s): Dr. Sandra Hart
AMB 128
"Fundamentals of MatLab"
Ally Harvey
Faculty Sponsor(s): Dr. Yukong Zhang

3:00PM - 3:20PM

Martin Hall
"Mediation: Creating a Climate for Change"
Michele Sackett DGracia, Allen Villafana, Rachel Sanchez, Caylyn Karew, Tyler Mendez
Faculty Sponsor(s): Dr. Barbara Kirby
Carter Conference
"EteRNA Project"
Maria Arreola
Faculty Sponsor(s): Dr. Mary Anne Clark
AMB 126
"An Experiment in Multimodality: Engaging with Layered Media"
John Ortega
Faculty Sponsor(s): Dr. Stacia Campbell
AMB 128
"Otto Redlich Mobile Development Project"
Brian Patman
Faculty Sponsor(s): Dr. Yukong Zhang

3:30PM - 3:50PM


Martin Hall
"Math Can be Fun "
Kalpana Pai
Faculty Sponsor(s): Dr. Kalpana Pai
Carter Conference
"Analysis of bgcn and wibg gene structure in Drosophila"
Kira Tillman
Faculty Sponsor(s): Dr. Chitra Chandrasekaran
"Genetic Variation in Maize Populations in the Chiapan Highlands of Mexico"
Stefan Self
Faculty Sponsor(s): Dr. Chitra Chandrasekaran
AMB 126
"Where Have All the Women Gone? "
McKenzie Brown
Faculty Sponsor(s): Dr. Kendra Irons
AMB 128
"ESL Classroom: Do's and Don't's -- A Qualitative Study of Effective Elementary-Level ESL Teachers"
John Reed
Faculty Sponsor(s): Dr. Elsa Anderson

4:00PM - 4:20PM

Martin Hall
"Changing the World: Theatre History Pt. 1 (of 4)>The Millennia Men of Ancient Greece"
Spencer Baker
Faculty Sponsor(s): Ms. Connie Whitt-Lambert
Carter Conference
"Hyptis suaveolens Varietal Diversity "
Maria Arreola
Faculty Sponsor(s): Dr. Chitra Chandrasekaran
"Analysis of Prevalence of Obesity in Tarrant County "
Cody McGee
Faculty Sponsor(s): Dr. Chitra Chandrasekaran
AMB 126
"Sex Trafficking: The Girls Next Door "
Karen McKibben
Faculty Sponsor(s): Dr. Edita Ruzgyte
AMB 128
"Making Behaviorism Work for You"
Serena Gutierrez, Brittany Minor, Candice Forrester
Faculty Sponsor(s): Dr. Misti Sparks

4:30PM - 4:50PM

Martin Hall
"Changing the World: Theatre History Pt. 2 (of 4)>Aeschylus & Sophocles: A Comparative Study"
Patricia Howard
Faculty Sponsor(s): Ms. Connie Whitt-Lambert
Carter Conference
"Alloparenting in Bonobos (pan paniscus)"
Blair McElroy
Faculty Sponsor(s): Dr. Chitra Chandrasekaran
AMB 126
"Marital Rape"
Trevor Baxter
Faculty Sponsor(s): Eddy Lynton
AMB 128
"Veterans and Homelessness"
WIlliam Wigton
Faculty Sponsor(s): Dr. Misti Sparks

5:00PM - 5:20PM

Martin Hall
"Changing the World: Theatre History Pt. 3 (of 4) >Inspiring the Bard/ Inspired by the Bard"
Brittani Evans
Faculty Sponsor(s): Ms. Connie Whitt-Lambert
AMB 126
"Sex Traffic"
Janjura Willimas and Ingrid Thompson
Faculty Sponsor(s): Dr. Eddy Lynton
AMB 128
“The Shame of All Her Kind”: The Sexual Double Standard and the Virgin/Whore Dichotomy in Book 1 of Spenser's The Faerie Queene"
Samantha Herrington
Faculty Sponsor(s): Dr. Elizabeth Battles

5:30PM - 5:50PM

Martin Hall
"Changing the World: Theatre History Pt. 4>Illuminating the Stage: the revolutionary lighting innovations of the Italian Renaissance"
Spencer Baker & Jonathan Jones
Faculty Sponsor(s): Ms. Connie Whitt-Lambert
AMB 126
"Disguised Bodies/Armed Bodies: Mantles as Rhetorical Tools of Rape Resistance and Sustainability of Self"
Bonnie Brimer
Faculty Sponsor(s): Dr. Stacia Campbell
AMB 128
"An analysis of sentencing patterns and racial disparities at the local level"
Stacy Dorsey
Faculty Sponsor(s): Dr. Greg Gullion


POSTER SESSIONS

Baker Building

"Jefferson: Steamboat Port to Tourist Attraction"
Chelsea Wright
Faculty Sponsor(s): Dr. Brenda Matthews
"Films of the 1930's: Finding Hope and Escape at the Movies"
Amy Furr
Faculty Sponsor(s): Dr. Brenda Matthews
"Pantego: A town within a town"
Stacy McCollough
Faculty Sponsor(s): Dr. Brenda Matthews
"River Oaks, Texas: A Small Community United"
Samuel Cervantez
Faculty Sponsor(s): Dr. Brenda Matthews
"School of Business Trip to China"
Tri Le
Faculty Sponsor(s): Dr. Shengxiong Wu, Dr. Sandra Hart, and Dr. Kevin McGarry
"Sugar Land: From Plantations to Massive Growth"
Caroline Viteaux
Faculty Sponsor(s): Dr. Brenda Matthews
"Crowley, Railroad Helps Create City"
William Massey
Faculty Sponsor(s): Dr. Brenda Matthews
"Common ground on currencies: Exchange-rate policies"
Krystal D. Cain-Smith
Faculty Sponsor(s): Dr. Shengxiong Wu
"Dalworthington Gradens: Hidden Gem"
Bradley Gray
Faculty Sponsor(s): Dr. Brenda Matthews
"Aledo: Expansion and Population Boom"
Jack Franke
Faculty Sponsor(s): Dr. Brenda Matthews
"Winnie Judd: Trunk Murderess "
Dr. Greg Gullion
Faculty Sponsor(s): Dr. Greg Gullion
"The Impact of Chinese Economics in Rurual Education"
Mixue Bao, Jingru Yang
Faculty Sponsor(s): Dr. Lili Zhang
"Sports during Great Depression"
Michael Carr
Faculty Sponsor(s): Dr. Brenda Matthews
"White Settlement, Texas "
Michael Carr
Faculty Sponsor(s): Dr. Brenda Matthews
"Texas History: Jacksonville & Rusk: From Industry and Produce to Family Values and Relaxing"
Kayla Middleton
Faculty Sponsor(s): Dr. Brenda Matthews
"Fort Worth Stockyards: From Cattle to Country"
Alex Ellis
Faculty Sponsor(s): Dr. Brenda Matthews
"Cleburne: From Civil War Outpost to Dallas-Fort Worth Suburb"
Tiffany Hobson
Faculty Sponsor(s): Dr. Brenda Matthews
"Prohibition: The Legacy of a Bad Law"
Kristy Farmer
Faculty Sponsor(s): Dr. Brenda Matthews
"Feel the Sounds of the Great Depression "
German Angel
Faculty Sponsor(s): Dr. Brenda Matthews
"The Depression Hits the Schools"
Terryon Desso
Faculty Sponsor(s): Dr. Brenda Matthews
"Flour Sacks to Chiffon Frocks: Dressing the Great Depression"
Emily McBride
Faculty Sponsor(s): Dr. Brenda Matthews
"Art Deco and the Streamlined Designs"
Kristina Johnson
Faculty Sponsor(s): Dr. Brenda Matthews
"Bridgeport: From coal mining to natural gas processing "
Blake Vinson
Faculty Sponsor(s): Dr. Brenda Matthews
"Appalachian Survival: the Original Mountain Dew"
Gary Egelston
Faculty Sponsor(s): Dr. Brenda Matthews
"Rural and Urban Life "
Anthony O. Gandara, Jr
Faculty Sponsor(s): Dr. Brenda Matthews
"The Voice of a Nation: How folk music tells the story of the Great Depression "
Kalyn McCullough
Faculty Sponsor(s): Dr. Brenda Matthews
"Colleyville: From Farms to Riches"
Margaret Moore
Faculty Sponsor(s): Dr. Brenda Matthews
"City Of Keller: From a Railroad City to Thriving Suburbia"
Robby Castetter
Faculty Sponsor(s): Dr. Brenda Matthews
"How Did the Economy of the Great Depression Affect Church Charity "
Tamara Lovier
Faculty Sponsor(s): Dr. Brenda Matthews
"Signs, Labels, and Logos"
Clara Slaughter
Faculty Sponsor(s): Dr. Sandra Hart

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
(Faculty, Staff and Students)

Saad Alkalcham
Beatriz Alvarado
Elsa Anderson
German Angel
Ilka Araujo
Maria Arreola
Kendall Baker
Spencer Baker
Mixue Bao
Elizabeth Battles
Trevor Baxter
Jerome Bierschenk
Maggie Biggs-Scribner
Bonnie Brimer
Jay Brown
McKenzie Brown
Carlos Brumfield
William Bucker
Cameron Byerly
Krystal Cain-Smith
Stacia Campbell
Carleen Capaldo
Kendal Carnley
Michael Carr
Linda Carroll
Robby Castetter
Samuel Cervantez
Wesleyan Chamber Singers
Chitra Chandrasekaran
Mary Anne Clark
Jeffrey Colde
Daniela Correa
Terryon Desso
Tien Dinh
Stacy Dorsey
Gary Egelston
Alex Ellis
Brittani Evans
Jeanne Everton
Kristy Farmer
Michelle Fitch
Candice Forrester
Jack Franke
Amy Furr
Jacqueline Gaffner
Karina Gallardo
Anthony Gandara, Jr
Abbey Gorghee
Bradley Gray
Brooke Grisel
Greg Gullion
Kranti Gurung
Serena Gutierrez
Deborah Harrison
Sandra Hart
Ally Harvey
Samantha Herrington
Ongelic Hill
Tiffany Hobson
Patricia Howard
Kendra Irons
Kristina Johnson
Jonathan Jones
Paula Justice
Deborah Kimbuta
Barbara Kirby
Morgan Kirkpatrick
Tri Le
Jessica Liptak
Tamara Lovier
Eddy Lynton
William Massey
Brenda Matthews
Emily McBride
Stacy McCollough
Julie McCoy
Kalyn McCullough
Blair McElroy
Cody McGee
Karen McKibben
Tyler Mendez
Kayla Middleton
Benjamin Miller
Brittany Minor
Margaret Moore
Mbuyi Elodie Mwamba
John Ortega
Kalpana Pai
Brian Patman
Sona Pokharel
Raquel Recio
John Reed
Taylor Richards
Logan Rodgers
Maria Rojas
Edita Ruzgyte
Kaila Saffle
Rachel Sanchez
Kayla Schuatz
Stefan Self
Alison Simons
Clara Slaughter
Kaylyn Smith
Misti Sparks
Angela Spindle
Alexandra Stefanchuk
Krzystof Szpringiel
Ingrid Thompson
Victoria Thornton
Kira Tillman
Geneva Vann
Jayme Vaughn-Linebarger
William Veliz
Blake Vinson
Caroline Viteaux
Connie Whitt-Lambert
WIlliam Wigton
Misty Wilkins
Demarcus Williams
Janjura Williams
Chelsea Wright
Shengxiong Wu
Jingru Yang
Lili Zhang
Yukong Zhang
* Special thanks to computer science student, Kendall Baker, who spent many hours on developing a database-driven Web application for this year's University College Day to process proposal submissions and generate an electronic version of the program.