Student Scholar Symposium Abstracts and Posters
A selection of posters and abstracts presented at Chapman University's Student Scholar Symposium (formerly Student Research Day) each fall and spring.
Full Abstract Volumes:
Fall 2023 | Spring 2024
Fall 2022 | Spring 2023
Fall 2021 | Spring 2022
Fall 2020 | Spring 2021
Fall 2019 | Spring 2020
Fall 2018 | Spring 2019
Fall 2017 | Spring 2018
Fall 2016 | Spring 2017
Fall 2015 | Spring 2016
Fall 2014 | Spring 2015
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Submissions from 2021
How to Navigate Womanhood Within the Patriarchy, Hannah Scott
Hydroboration of Isocyanates Using a Carbodiphosphorane Catalyst, Ben Janda and Allegra Liberman-Martin
Impact of Appearance-Related Language on Dancers’ Body Image, Madeline Bertoy
Investigating Arginine Methylation of PGC-1alpha, a Master Metabolic Regulator, Tiffany Lubrino, Sidney Briski, and Cecilia Lopez
Ketone Hydroboration with a New Carbodiphosphorane Catalyst, Cara Fleener and Allegra Liberman-Martin
Lifespan Urbanicity and Perceived Neighborhood Disorder on Cardiovascular Health, Jackie Pak and Jennifer N. Robinette
Maintaining Physical Activity During COVID-19: The Influence of Psychosocial Variables in Individuals with Back Pain, Heidi Stabbert
Media Frames and Their Impact on Support for Immigrants and Immigrant Policies, Lisbeth Rosales
Media Influences on Fear of Immigrants, Mira Eissa
Patterns of Fear of Being Murdered and Homicide Victimization: A Comparison of Perceived and Realistic Risk, Madilyn Rosenson
Perceptions of Homelessness and Mental Illness, Sophie Srivastava and Vincent Berardi
Personality Differences Between College Students With and Without Siblings, Lindsay Hammerle
Personality Rigidity and Psychopathology Pre and Post COVID19 Pandemic, Kiyono McDaniel and David Pincus
Personality Traits Influencing the Psychological Impact of Autoimmune Diseases in College Students and Older Adults, Natasha Lindert
Political Parties on Campus: College Republicans and College Democrats’ Conceptions of Partisanship, Philip Goodrich
Prevention of School Shootings: Understanding Generational Perceptions of School Shooters, Hannah Ravitch
Probing for Intention: Latent Awareness or Metacognitive Reflection, Kate Harder, Jake Gavenas, Aaron Schurger, and Uri Maoz
“Professor Eric Can’t Hear”: Developing and Piloting a Teaching Case Study for an Upper Division Neurophysiology Course, Lexi Lee and Caroline Wilson
Protein Protection: Characterizing how CowN Protects Nitrogenase, Emily Wong, Terrence Lee, and Cedric P. Owens
QAnon: The Effects of Radical Ideology on Conspiracy Belief, Sam Andrus
Race, Ethnicity, and Insurance: The Association with Opioid Use in a Pediatric Hospital Setting, Vivian Luong
Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Benefit of Social Networks on Anxiety Symptoms, Melissa Vargas Calderon and Jennifer Robinette
Sex as a Moderator in the Relationship between Post-operative Pain and Analgesics Administered in Children Undergoing Elective Surgery, Amber M. Osorno, Michelle A. Fortier, Zeev N. Kain, and Brooke N. Jenkins
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power: An Intersectional Analysis of a Modern Reboot, Laine Marshall
Sovereignty, Statehood, and Subjugation: Native Hawaiian and Japanese American Discourse over Hawaiian Statehood, Nicole Saito
Spring 2021 Student Scholar Symposium Abstract Volume, Chapman University Center for Undergraduate Excellence
Surrealist Expressions of Psychological Struggles in Select Paintings by Frida Kahlo and Salvador Dalí, Regina Juarez
Surviving Through the Lessons of Sports, Ryan Fabre
Terrorism and Deceptive Media, Roxanne Aguilera
The Benefits of Yoga: Reducing Anxiety Among Chapman University Students, Olivia Lujan, Jessica Bebawi, Jake Caan, Khiry Carter, Jordan Eisleben, and Tony Varga
The Coronavirus Pandemic: Associations of College Students' Financial Situations and Optimism with Mental & Physical Health, Harshitha V. Venkatesh, Julia K. Boehm, and Brooke N. Jenkins
The Distrust of Experts, Noah Smith
The Effects of Ethnicity and Socioeconomic Status on Anxiety Prevalence and Treatment, Brianna Liberman
The Effects of MIndfulenss on Stress, with Implications for Alzheimer's Disease, Rabia Asif, Amanda Hamilton, Jenna McKee, and Manjari Murali
The Impacts of Race Implicit Association Test Training on Undergraduate Students, Rachel Norum
The Impacts of Social Support and Loneliness on the Physical Health and Coping Styles of College Students during COVID-19, Hee Youn Lee, Harshitha V. Venkatesh, Julia K. Boehm, and Brooke N. Jenkins
The Implications of COVID-19 on Fear of Financial Collapse, Alexis Reekie
The Partisan Effects of COVID-19: News Sources and Mask Wearing, Lily Martin
The Relationship Between Norepinephrine Neuromodulation and Stability of Global Brain States Studied Using Electroencephalography and Trans-cranial Magnetic Stimulation, Emma Krivoshein, Aaron Schurger, and Jake Gavenas
The Relationship Between Perceived Neighborhood Disorder and Type 2 Diabetes Risk Across Different Racial/Ethnic Groups, Min Yu and Jennifer N. Robinette
The Rise and Fall of the American Fear of Climate Change: Examining the Trends of Climate Change Fear in the United States, Hannah Waldorf
The Rise of Social Media and the Fall of Internal Peace: How do Media Influence People's Fear of Mass Shootings?, Christian Grevin
ThinkMED: Providing An Environment For Disadvantaged Students To Explore STEM, Steven Trinh, Lauren Dudley, and Peter Chang
Traditional Sexual Script and Double Standard Adherence: Predictors of Heterosexually Identified Women’s and Men’s Previous Engagement in Consensual Non-Monogamy, Nina Dours, Amy Moors, Amanda N. Gesselman, and Justin R. Garcia
Translating Nonsense: An Analysis of the Poem “Jabberwocky” and Two French Translations, Kylie R. Deer
Types of Bias-Based Bullying and School Climate Perceptions, Attendance, and Grades, Erin Bonham, Meghan Cosier, and Desiree Crevecoeur-MacPhail
Using Health Data to Provide Better Emotional Assistance to Children with ADHD, Christopher Youn
Using HPLC to Analyze Methylated Arginine Derivatives in Myelin Basic Protein, a protein implicated in Multiple Sclerosis, Sidney Briski, Tiffany Lubrino, Alexander Meza, and Cecilia Lopez
Vaccine Hesitancy, the COVID 19 Pandemic, and Christian Fundamentalism, Nicole Drew
Submissions from 2020
ADL (Activities of Daily Living) Differences Amongst Healthy Older and Younger Individuals, Parkinson’s, and Stroke Populations, Johanna Daerendinger, Bridgette Khol, Michael Shiraishi, and Rahul Soangra
A Nonlinear Dynamical Systems Lens on Psychotherapy Process, Mary Harding
Antibacterial Efficacy of Novel Eastern Medicine-Inspired Toothpastes Compared to Commercial Formulations, Joshua Goldfaden
Apple Transcriptome Responses to Irradiation Treatment and Cold Storage, Makayla Gallimore, Hagop Atamian, Francisco Davila, Matthew Garcia, and Anuradha Prakash
"Boo" A Short Film on Jump Scares, Tatum McGovern
California Drought Projections Based on Climate Change Models’ Effects on Water Availability, Lauren Lynam
Chapman Faculty Perceptions of Hiring Practices to Increase Racial & Ethnic Diversity, Nicole Williams, Stephanie Takaragawa, and Brooke N. Jenkins
ChapRates, Brinly Xavier, Micole Amanda Marietta, and Nidhi Vedantam
Characterization of Plant Defensins Family in Salvia hispanica, Megan Shieh and Hagop Atamian
Child Postoperative Pain: Impact of Child Temperament and Parent Mood on Pain After Surgery, Harshitha V. Venkatesh, Michelle A. Fortier, Zeev N. Kain, and Brooke N. Jenkins
Coding Microaggressions Committed by First-Year Students, Katherine Kindy and Meghan Dunn
COVID-19 Viral Testing Disparities in Los Angeles City, Laura Cyphers
Demographic Predictors of Adult Behaviors in the Pediatric Postoperative Environment, Natasha H. Hikita, Amber Osorno, Carlie Taurosa, Michelle A. Fortier, Zeev N. Kain, and Brooke N. Jenkins
Dim Sum and the Chinese Diaspora, Ashley Lee
Divinities of Death, Gloria Baek
EduStream, Jon Le, Moises Lopez, and Koby Yoshida
Exploring Optimism and Purpose in Life as Mediators of the Association Between Childhood Socioeconomic Status and Common Cold Susceptibility, Stephanie Munduruca, Vivian Luong, and Brooke N. Jenkins
Fall 2020 Student Scholar Symposium Abstract Volume, Chapman University Center for Undergraduate Excellence
Fear of Illegal Immigration, Sofia Sanchez
Fear of Whites No Longer Being the Majority, Kassandra Gomez Orozco
Fractal Response Time Distributions using the MS-50: A Replication and Extension, Kiyono McDaniel
Hey Beautiful: Calling Out Catcalling Culture, Alanna Cronk
Hot Electron Chemistry on Bimetallic Plasmonic Nanoparticles, Bryn E. Merrill, Bingjie Zhang, and Jerry LaRue
How Positive and Negative Affect Relate to Postoperative Pain in Children Undergoing Surgery, Stephanie Munduruca and Ryan Johnson
Identification and Quantification of Secondary Metabolites in Pignut, Jordan Farmer, Hagop Atamian, Reis M. Misaka, Matthew Gartner, and Yu-An Peter Chang
Integrated Photonic Device, Brittney Kuhn
Investigating the Interactions Between Individual Calmodulin and HIV-1 Protein Domains, Riley K. Kendall and Jerry LaRue
Kanaloa Transformed, Olivia Ng
La Llorona: A Glimpse into the Representation of Women in Myth and Media, Camille Rovero
La Virgen María y el Niño Fidencio: un análisis literario y cultural de figuras veneradas, Emily Schahrer and Polly J. Hodge
#MeToo: Why Twitter Doesn't Do Enough, Tara Mann
Mode of Delivery and Infant Cognitive Development, Madison Olson and Laura M. Glynn
Mulan: An Exploration of Culture and Representation in Hollywood, Annie Okuhara, Bernadine Cortina, Hung Le, Ryan Nakahara, and Jerry Zou
Music and Infrasound in Horror Movies - How They Can Be Used To Enhance Horror Films, Isabella Sills
Myocardial Infarction and Treatment Adherence Rates across Sociodemographic & Health Indicators, Deborah Shim and Ashley Wendell Kranjac
Pediatric Asthma and Psychological Resilience: Examining Whether Family Functioning and Social Support Relate to Asthma Symptoms and Lung Function, Dalia Jaafar, Natasha H. Hikita, Pornchai Tirakitsoontorn, Azucena Talamantes, Anchalee Yuengsrigul, Eric Sternlicht, and Brooke N. Jenkins
Pediatric Postoperative Pain Medication: Child Sex and Ethnicity Interact to Predict Parent Medication Attitudes, Vivian Luong, Harshitha V. Venkatesh, Michelle Fortier, Zeev N. Kain, and Brooke N. Jenkins
Perturbing the Sense of Agency, Maiia Tolia-Shah, Brenda Gutierrez, Sook Mun (Alice) Wong, and Uri Maoz
Pupillometric Investigation of Spontaneous Action and Intention Awareness, Kate M. Harder, Ruby Moss, and Jake Gavenas
Searching for Neural Mechanisms of Social Cognition, Chandler Siemonsma, Cristina Uribe, LouAnne Boyd, Aaron Schurger, Deanna Hughes, and Tian Lan
Smart Homes for Smart Health: Developing an Interactive System to Reduce In-Home Secondhand Smoke, Christie Kika, Janice Han, and Vincent Berardi
Spatial Frequency Implications for Global and Local Processing in Autistic Children, Riya Mody, Ayra Tusneem, LouAnne Boyd, and Vincent Berardi
Speak Up! Challenging Microaggressions by Intervening As an Ally, Gabi Siguenza, Carsyn Knebel, and Sierra Segal
Spring 2020 Student Scholar Symposium Abstract Volume, Chapman University Center for Undergraduate Excellence
The Morrígan: Phantom Queen of Celtic Mythology, Jacqueline Garcia
Time of Day Dependence in Plant–Rhizobia Interaction, Teresa Hur, Isaac Min, Yoobeen Lee, Ashley Okhovat, Sydni Au Hoy, Kenjiro Quides, and Hagop Atamian
Transnational Privilege during the Climate Crisis, Joanna Falla
Utilizing Best Practices of 3D-Modeling and Printing in Veterinary Medicine to Analyze Elbow Incongruity of a Maltese Canine, Johnny Altwal