Baker Building
Registration and program pick-up
Breakfast
9:00-12:00PM
Morning Presentations (School of Business, West Library, Schollmaier, International Program, and Martin Hall)
10:00-12:00PM
Thad Smotherman Theatre Lobby
Art Exhibit: "Memories and Moments in Time" by Dr. Aileen Curtin
10:00-12:00PM
Baker Building and International Program
Poster Sessions
12:00-2:15PM
On the Mall
Ram Jam Music Festival/International Food Festival (lunch provided)
2:20-2:30PM
Martin Hall
Wesleyan Chamber Singers under the Direction of Jerome Bierschenk
2:30-3:30PM
Martin Hall
UCD Welcome
Keynote Address by Maestro Roger Nierenberg
Distinguished Conductor and Creator of the Music Paradigm Leadership Program
3:30-3:50PM
Martin Hall
Book Signing - Maestro: A Surprising Story About Leading by Listening ($15-20)
4:00-5:50PM
Afternoon Presentations (School of Business, West Library, Schollmaier, International Program, and Martin Hall)
4:00-6:00PM
Thad Smotherman Theatre Lobby
Art Exhibit: "Memories and Moments in Time" by Dr. Aileen Curtin
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 Quentin McGown
Tarrant County Associate Judge and Probate Master
8:00-10:00PM
A and B behind Stella Russell Hall
Fire Pit sponsored by SGA
PRESENTATIONS
9:00 - 9:20AM
AMB 124
"The Evolution of Dubstep"
Hayley Eaker
Faculty Sponsor(s): Ilka Araujo
AMB 126
"Qatar: A Mediator to Keep the Peace in the Region"
Abbey Borghee
Faculty Sponsor(s): Ibrahim Salih
AMB 128
"An Analysis of Openness Theory and Christian Education"
Daniel Val Chisholm II
Faculty Sponsor(s): Twyla Miranda
MCF 203
"Two Empirical Studies: What Month Are People Most Likely to Fall in Love and Is There A Relationship Between A Student's Height And Their Parent's Height"
Kylie Casey
Faculty Sponsor(s): Trisha Anderson
MCF 205
"6 Steps to a New Enlightenment"
Alyssa Jones, Mary Claire Collins
Faculty Sponsor(s): DeeAnn Day
Library Orientation
"Representations of Guinevere in Modern Literature"
Tiffany Hobson
Faculty Sponsor(s): Elizabeth Battles
Carter Conference
"Neglect"
Stephanie Hendrix
Faculty Sponsor(s): Alison Simons
Martin Hall
"Gangs"
Sydney Lopez
Faculty Sponsor(s): Eddy Lynton, Greg Gullion
AMB 124
"Mind you Motive – Why You Kant Do That"
Sharon Manson, Carolyn Ikens, Sharon Manson, Carolyn Ikens
Faculty Sponsor(s): Twyla Miranda, Twyla Miranda
AMB 126
"Overcoming Life’s Obstacles"
Kendall Kizer
Faculty Sponsor(s): Elizabeth Battles
AMB 128
"Dota Details"
Travis Pamplin
Faculty Sponsor(s): Sujing Wang
MCF 203
"The Popularity of Young Adult Dystopian Literature: Important Themes and Religious Paralles"
Tamara Bowers
Faculty Sponsor(s): Gladys Childs
MCF 205
"Out of the Biblical Closet: A Queer Reading of the Book of Ruth"
Shelby Dean Nowland
Faculty Sponsor(s): Kendra Irons
Library Orientation
"Resistance to Industrial Sanitizers in Beer-Spoilage Organisms"
Morgan Kirkpatrick
Faculty Sponsor(s): Christopher Parker
Carter Conference
"Drunk Theatre History"
Tim Crabb
Faculty Sponsor(s): Connie Whitt-Lambert
Martin Hall
"Mothers who Murder"
Shea Courright
Faculty Sponsor(s): Eddy Lynton
MCF Lecture Theater 111
"What's in Your Backyard?"
Hunter Hughes
Faculty Sponsor(s): Eddy Lynton
10:00 - 10:20AM
AMB 124
"Stock Valuation & Analysis: Panhandle Oil & Gas Company"
Krystal Cain, Jared Cook, Eva Lopez
Faculty Sponsor(s): Shengxiong Wu, Sinan Yildirim
AMB 126
"An Investigation into Instructor Implementation of Alternative Course Offerings in Education Departments in One Private Liberal Arts University"
Julie Vowell
Faculty Sponsor(s): Julie Vowell
AMB 128
"An Android Application for Tutoring Session Signup "
Badr Alghaylan
Faculty Sponsor(s): Sujing Wang
MCF 203
"Buddhism and Warfare"
Justin Oge, Carolyn Phillips, Hayley Eaker, Jacob Myers, and Naif Alabdulaziz
Faculty Sponsor(s): Lili Zhang
AMB 124
"Future of Bitcoin"
Miguel Soto
Faculty Sponsor(s): Shengxiong Wu, Thomas Bell
AMB 126
"The Female-Bonded Nature of Bonobos: A Social Influence on Offspring"
Alex Hendee
Faculty Sponsor(s): Mary Anne Clark
AMB 128
"Student & Advisors Application "
Megren Almajhadi, Abdelalam Mohammad
Faculty Sponsor(s): Yukong Zhang
MCF 203
"Stress and Fatigue Cause Decrements in both Self-controlled and Socially-Cooperative Behaviors "
Katharine Brown
Faculty Sponsor(s): Jay Brown
MCF 205
"Getting It Mixed Up in the Garden"
Mindy Long
Faculty Sponsor(s): Kendra Irons
Library Orientation
"Is Hip Hop Dead?"
Victoria Thornton
Faculty Sponsor(s): Beatrice High
Carter Conference
"Child Abuse-Verbal"
Ivette Valenciano
Faculty Sponsor(s): Aileen Curtin
Martin Hall
"Viva Brazil! Study Abroad Report and Presentation"
Justin Oge, Amanda Hand, Crystal Sanchez, Andrew Welliver, Avary Vaughan , Hayley Eaker, Ashley Hilliard, Nicholas Squyres, and Macedonio Mucino
Faculty Sponsor(s): Ilka Araujo
MCF Lecture Theater 111
"Birth of a Serial Killer"
Viridiana Muńoz
Faculty Sponsor(s): Eddy Lynton
11:00 - 11:20AM
AMB 124
"Intelligent Design, Unintelligent Design and Evolution: A Tale of Three tRNAs"
Mary Anne Clark
Faculty Sponsor(s): Mary Anne Clark
AMB 126
"Marijuana as a Treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder"
Ryan Grounds
Faculty Sponsor(s): Benjamin Miller
AMB 124
"Social Desirability as Situationally Independent and Related to Agreeableness"
Alyssa Jones, Phoenix Carlini
Faculty Sponsor(s): Matthew Hand
AMB 126
"Prostitution: Criminal or Victim? ( A Fort Worth Study)"
Misty Wilkins
Faculty Sponsor(s): Eddy Lynton
AMB 128
"Beat The Dealer"
Alejandro Olmos
Faculty Sponsor(s): Yukong Zhang
MCF 203
"Race, Ethnicity, and Criminal Justice: Bias in the Social Structure of the New World"
Will Veliz , Trevor Baxter
Faculty Sponsor(s): Eddy Lynton
AMB 126
"The Endocannabinoid System and Addiction"
Lisa Fowlkes
Faculty Sponsor(s): Ricardo Rodriguez
AMB 128
"Technology Trends in Education"
Nickole Clute, Dylan Chandler , Chelsea Wright
Faculty Sponsor(s): Ms.Jacqueline Gaffner
MCF 203
"The Integration of Play Therapy when Counseling Children of Sexual Abuse"
Janjura Williams
Faculty Sponsor(s): Trigg Even
MCF 205
"How Private Is Your Privacy?"
Daniela Correa, Amy Aragonez
Faculty Sponsor(s): Sandra Hart
Library Orientation
"SaVE Our Campus: Assessing Texas Wesleyan Student Awareness of the Sexual Violence Elimination (SaVE) Act"
Candice Turner, Haeleigh Cagle, Ben Hebron, Trevor Baxter
Faculty Sponsor(s): Cary Adkinson
Carter Conference
"Perceptions and Conceptions: I am Arab"
abdullah alatawi
Faculty Sponsor(s): Eddy Lynton
MCF Lecture Theater 111
"Child Corporal Punishment"
Jacob Cantwell, Charles Ateek
Faculty Sponsor(s): Eddy Lynton
5:00 - 5:20PM
AMB 126
"Adidas: A Brand That Comes At A Price"
Emily Ericson, Abbey Borghee, Jordan Bowden
Faculty Sponsor(s): Kevin McGarry
AMB 128
"Senior Project: Helping Drones Find Their Way Home"
Brian Patman
Faculty Sponsor(s): Yukong Zhang
MCF 203
"An Investigation into Students Perception of Sex on Campus"
McKenzie Brown, Rebekah Charleston
Faculty Sponsor(s): Alison Simons
MCF 205
"Benefits of Medically Supervised Injection Centers"
William Wigton
Faculty Sponsor(s): Edita Ruzgyte
Library Orientation
"The Leader As Peacemaker: Resolving Disputes On Campus"
Alan Villafana, Tyler Mendez, Cynthia Gonzalez, Hina Syed, and Patricia Milbury
Faculty Sponsor(s): Barbara Kirby and Michelle Payne
Carter Conference
"family vilolence"
Esther Bittick-Caldwell
Faculty Sponsor(s): Eddy Lynton
MCF Lecture Theater 111
"How Social Media Impacts Traditional Media"
Valerie Spears, Brianna Kessler
Faculty Sponsor(s): Kay Colley
5:30 - 5:50PM
AMB 126
"Dark Night of the Soul: Mental Illness in the Christian Church"
McKenzie Brown , McKenzie Brown
Faculty Sponsor(s): Ronnie McManus
AMB 128
"The Perfect Murder"
Michael Brown
Faculty Sponsor(s): Eddy Lynton
MCF 205
"Principles of Sexual Health"
Christina Grudzinski, Serena Guttierrez
Faculty Sponsor(s): Edita Ruzgyte
"Memories and Moments in Time" (Click here to view a short
description of the exhibit)
by Dr. Aileen Curtin
POSTER SESSIONS
10:00 - 12:00PM
Baker Building
"Counseling Children and Adolescents with PTSD"
Julie A Keller
Faculty Sponsor(s): Aileen Curtin
"Burleson: From Isolation to Destination"
Everett Davis
Faculty Sponsor(s): Brenda Matthews
"Archer City, Texas: The Town Kept Alive by Literature"
Flor Urbina
Faculty Sponsor(s): Brenda Matthews
"Granbury: The Fort Worth of Hood County"
Todd Currens
Faculty Sponsor(s): Brenda Matthews
"Mineral Wells: How the town grew from Crazy Water to the boom of the Barnett Shale "
Crystal Madrigal
Faculty Sponsor(s): Brenda Matthews
"Different Types of Violence Against Women"
Sheree Hobdy
Faculty Sponsor(s): Eddy Lynton
"The City of Watauga: Serving the Community Since 1958"
Molly Woodruff
Faculty Sponsor(s): Brenda Matthews
"Aledo: A Town built by the Railroad. "
Danielle Brasher
Faculty Sponsor(s): Brenda Matthews
"Fort Worth, Texas: The Stockyards of Fort Worth"
Tyler Kamtz
Faculty Sponsor(s): Brenda Matthews
"Crowley, Texas From Farm Land to Growing City"
William Massey
Faculty Sponsor(s): Brenda Matthews
"Saginaw,TX: A City on the Right Track"
Joshua Riley
Faculty Sponsor(s): Brenda Matthews
"Breckenridge, Texas: From Cattle to Oil and Back"
Bryan Berry
Faculty Sponsor(s): Brenda Matthews
"Thurber, Texas : The Town That Industry Built"
Jeremy Shelton
Faculty Sponsor(s): Brenda Matthews
"Bellmead, Texas: A Town Made by Railroads"
Patrick Listach
Faculty Sponsor(s): Brenda Matthews
"Grand Prairie, Texas: From Prairie Lands To A Booming City in 165 years"
January Hackett
Faculty Sponsor(s): Brenda Matthews
"How the Railroad Built Weatherford"
Ambar Perez
Faculty Sponsor(s): Brenda Matthews
"Life of a Wage Laborer in the Early 1800s"
Kimberly Pulliam
Faculty Sponsor(s): Elizabeth Alexander
"Supporting Parentally Bereaved Children Through Non-directive Play Therapy and Surviving Parental/CareGiver Factors Affecting Therapeutic Outcome"
Heather McGhee
Faculty Sponsor(s): Trigg Even
"Different Types of Violence Against Women"
Sheree Hobdy
Faculty Sponsor(s): Eddy Lynton
"The Application of Reality Therapy and Choice Theory as a Stand-Alone, Evidence-Based Treatment in Children with ADHD"
Arlene Bonilla
Faculty Sponsor(s): Trigg Even
"Internet Addiction in Adolescents"
Christine Dixon
Faculty Sponsor(s): Trigg Even
"The Effectiveness of Robotic Play Therapy for Autistic Children"
Kadedra Miller, Mary Thompson, Cara Strickland
Faculty Sponsor(s): Trigg Even
"Group Art Therapy for Adolescent Female Survivors of Sexual Abuse"
Alexandria Oppong
Faculty Sponsor(s): Trigg Even
"Psychoeducation for parents of children with ADHD"
Kiara Williams
Faculty Sponsor(s): Aileen Curtin
"The Effects of Parental Cancer on Children"
Suzannah Rice
Faculty Sponsor(s): Trigg Even
"The Life and Death of America's First Lawyer"
Emily McBride
Faculty Sponsor(s): Elizabeth Alexander
"Population viability of White Rosinweed (Silphium albiflorum: Asteraceae) in Tarrant County, TX"
Alex Hendee, Maria Arreola, Patty Coronado, Morgan Kirkpatrick, Sophie Nadolski, Fauz Saheb, Stefan Self, Yasmine Sharif, Philip Trammell
Faculty Sponsor(s): Bruce Benz
"Structural Assessment of Dihydrofolate Reductase"
Terrence Neumann, Clydell Adams, David Nitschmann, Nikoleta Golemi, Scott Anderson
Faculty Sponsor(s): Terry Neumann
"Lincoln's Executive Order During the Civil War"
Angela Reed
Faculty Sponsor(s): Elizabeth Alexander
International Program
"What's a Massarican?"
Lauren Gunter, Nasser AlNasser, Katie Brown, Nasser Alyami
Faculty Sponsor(s): Jay Brown
"We Gave You Godzilla (Japan)"
Starnisha Bodie, Connor Zamora, Areej Alqahtani, Khaled Almuaigel
Faculty Sponsor(s): Jay Brown
"Indian Life in America"
KayLyn Baldwin, Abdulaziz Alruwieshed, Ahmid Alzukair, Hong Xing He
Faculty Sponsor(s): Jay Brown
"Ni Hao from China to America"
Akeel Johnson, Badr Alqahtani, Namuum Byambadorj, Badr Alghaylan
Faculty Sponsor(s): Jay Brown
"Good Morning Vietnam to Good Morning DFW"
Jose V. Rodriguez, Khalid Alghaylan, Naser Alraougi
Faculty Sponsor(s): Jay Brown
"Que viva Mexico! (Long Live Mexico)"
Ali Algahmdi, Abdulrahman Alanazi, Naaishi Tan
Faculty Sponsor(s): Jay Brown
"Namaste From Nepal"
Mansour Almuqati, Juan Manuel Enemy
Faculty Sponsor(s): Jay Brown
"Laos in the House"
Jamie Lowe, Mohammed Alanazi, Omar Albulayhid, Panya Chaibulom
Faculty Sponsor(s): Jay Brown
"Life on the Early Plantations"
Edward Olvera
Faculty Sponsor(s): Elizabeth Alexander
"Underground Railroad:Texas to Mexico, A Pathway to Freedom"
January Hackett
Faculty Sponsor(s): Elizabeth Alexander
"Prigg v. Pennsylvania: The Beginning of the End of Slavery in the United States"
Tamara Lovier
Faculty Sponsor(s): Elizabeth Alexander
"Who were the Volunteer Texas Rangers?"
Bryan Berry
Faculty Sponsor(s): Elizabeth Alexander
"A Story of a Entrepreneur in China"
Wenchuan Xue
Faculty Sponsor(s): Lili Zhang
"Religions in China"
Yukun Zhao
Faculty Sponsor(s): Lili Zhang
"Mary Bowser: African American Union Spy"
Everett Davis
Faculty Sponsor(s): Elizabeth Alexander
"Midlothian"
Benjamin Russell
Faculty Sponsor(s): Brenda Matthews
"A Picture is Worth A Thousnd Word--Did I Spell That Wrong?"
Kay Colley
Faculty Sponsor(s): Terri Cummings
"The Uncommon Slave Owners"
Samuel Cervantez
Faculty Sponsor(s): Elizabeth Alexander
"An Analysis of the Effects that Liverpool Had on the American South"
Alex Ellis
Faculty Sponsor(s): Elizabeth Alexander
"Alvarado, Texas: A Town Settled Twice"
Tamara Lovier
Faculty Sponsor(s): Brenda Matthews
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS (Faculty, Staff and Students)
Clydell Adams
Cary Adkinson
Abdulrahman Alanazi
Mohammed Alanazi
Abdullah Alatawi
Omar Albulayhid
Betsy Alexander
Elizabeth Alexander
Ali Algahmdi
Khalid Alghaylan
Badr Alghaylan
Megren Almajhadi
Khaled Almuaigel
Mansour Almuqati
Nasser AlNasser
Areej Alqahtani
Badr Alqahtani
Naser Alraougi
Abdulaziz Alruwieshed
Nasser Alyami
Ahmid Alzukair
Julia Anderson
Scott Anderson
Trisha Anderson
Amy Aragonez
Ilka Araujo
Maria Arreola
Kristine Ashcraft
Charles Ateek
Aizia Azarcon
KayLyn Baldwin
Elizabeth Battles
Trevor Baxter
Christine Beason
Thomas Bell
Bruce Benz
Bryan Berry
Esther Bittick-Caldwell
Starnisha Bodie
Arlene Bonilla
Abbey Borghee
Jordan Bowden
Tamara Bowers
Natalie Bradshaw
Danielle Brasher
Katie Brown
Katharine Brown
McKenzie Brown
Michael Brown
Jay Brown
Namuum Byambadorj
Haeleigh Cagle
Krystal Cain
Jacob Cantwell
Phoenix Carlini
Kylie Casey
Andrew Castillo
Sarah Caudill
Samuel Cervantez
Panya Chaibulom
Dylan Chandler
Rebekah Charleston
Gladys Childs
Daniel Chisholm II
Mary Anne Clark
Nickole Clute
Kay Colley
Mary Collins
Jared Cook
Patty Coronado
Daniela Correa
Shea Courright
Tim Crabb
Jose Cubela
Terri Cummings
Todd Currens
Aileen Curtin
Everett Davis
Emily Davis
DeeAnn Day
Shiva Dhakal
Christine Dixon
Hayley Eaker
Alex Ellis
Emily Ericson
Trigg Even
John Fisher
Lisa Fowlkes
Jacqueline Gaffner
Nikoleta Golemi
Cynthia Gonzalez
Domingo Gonzalez
Ryan Grounds
Christina Grudzinski
Greg Gullion
Lauren Gunter
Serena Guttierrez
January Hackett
Amanda Hand
Matthew Hand
Sandra Hart
Ben Hebron
Alex Hendee
Stephanie Hendrix
Beatrice High
Ashley Hilliard
Sheree Hobdy
Tiffany Hobson
Hunter Hughes
Carolyn Ikens
Kendra Irons
Akeel Johnson
Victoria Johnson
Alyssa Jones
Tyler Kamtz
Sukhpreet Kaur
Julie Keller
Brianna Kessler
Barbara Kirby
Morgan Kirkpatrick
Kendall Kizer
Mary Landers
Julie Ledford
Patrick Listach
Mindy Long
Sydney Lopez
Eva Lopez
Tamara Lovier
Jamie Lowe
Eddy Lynton
Crystal Madrigal
Sharon Manson
Juan Manuel Eneme
Tiffany Marino
William Massey
Brenda Matthews
Emily McBride
Kevin McGarry
Heather McGhee
Ronnie McManus
Tyler Mendez
Patricia Milbury
Kadedra Miller
Benjamin Miller
Twyla Miranda
Abdelalam Mohammad
Stacy Moreno
Viridiana Muaoz
Macedonio Mucino
Sophie Nadolski
Terrence Neumann
Terry Neumann
David Nitschmann
Shelby Nowland
Richelle Nugent
Justin Oge
Alejandro Olmos
Edward Olvera
Alexandria Oppong
Monique Owens
Travis Pamplin
Christopher Parker
Brian Patman
Michelle Payne
Ambar Perez
Carolyn Phillips
Kimberly Pulliam
Ruben Ramirez
Angela Reed
Suzannah Rice
Joshua Riley
Patsy Robles-Goodwin
Jose Rodriguez
Ricardo Rodriguez
Benjamin Russell
Edita Ruzgyte
Fauz Saheb
Ibrahim Salih
Crystal Sanchez
Stefan Self
Yasmine Sharif
Jeremy Shelton
Alison Simons
Miguel Soto
Valerie Spears
Nicholas Squyres
Cara Strickland
Hina Syed
Naaishi Tan
Mary Thompson
Victoria Thornton
Annette Torres
Philip Trammell
Candice Turner
Flor Urbina
Denis Ushakov
Ivette Valenciano
Avary Vaughan
Will Veliz
Alan Villafana
Julie Vowell
Sujing Wang
Andrew Welliver
Connie Whitt-Lambert
William Wigton
Misty Wilkins
Kiara Williams
Janjura Williams
Roni Withers
Molly Woodruff
Chelsea Wright
Shengxiong Wu
Hong Xing He
Wenchuan Xue
Sinan Yildirim
Connor Zamora
Yahao Zhang
Yukong Zhang
Lili Zhang
Yukun Zhao
* Special thanks to former computer science student, Kendall Baker, for developing a database-driven
Web application for the University College Day (UCD) to process proposal submissions and generate an electronic version of the program.