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 2020
Witnessing Microaggressions on Campus: Effective and Ineffective Ally Behaviors, Nina Dours and Riley Murphy
Women's Political Participation Aided by Constitutional Provisions in Post-Conflict African Nations, Roksana Gorgolewski
Submissions from 2019
Addressing Stigma Through Evidence Based Recommendations: An Introductory Fact Sheet on Consensual Non-Monogamy, Olivia McLeod, Ashley Ramos, and Heath Schechinger
Analysis of People's Fears Due to News Outlets, Pedro Marquard
Asian American Representation on Social Media Platforms, Ashley Lee
Authorship and Attribution: Forgery and the Power of Names, Elise Jacobsen
Behind the Belief: Why People Believe in Conspiracy Theories, Erisa Castillo
Bone Strength and Distal Femur Trabecular Thickness in Sleep Deprived Ovariectomized Rats Treated with Zoledronate, Erin Nolte and Frank Frisch
Chapman Ambassador Tour Robot, Alexandra Lewandowski, Yanni Parissis, Khiry Carter, and Hilary Lee
Chapman's Berlin Wall as a Display of Tribal Victory, Cameron Steiner
Characterization of Macrophomina phaseolina Infecting Chia Plants, Cailyn Sakurai, Hagop S. Atamian, and Julien Besnard
Characterizing Range Anxiety in Electric Vehicle Users, Maiia Tolia-Shah, Brenda Gutierrez, Sook Mun (Alice) Wong, and Uri Maoz
Community Presentations Using 3D Printed Anatomical Models on Knee Injury Prevention, Kinnera Reddy
Demographic Influence on Public Fears of Pollution, Isabella Morrow
Dragons: From Deities to Evil Serpents, Sophia Lucas
Effect of Tyrosine on the Productivity of PC12 Cells by Measuring Extracellular ATP release, Sabrina Burkholder, Mary Rapmund, David Fogel, and Jon Flees
Evaluation of Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha In Sleep-Deprived Menopausal- Induced Rats and The Impact On Bone Health, Nicole Ellsworth, Dwight Curry III, CJ DeLeon, and Frank Frisch
Fall 2019 Student Scholar Symposium Abstract Volume, Chapman University Center for Undergraduate Excellence
Fear of Climate Change: Motivations for and Impediments of Mitigation Efforts, Nicole Amy Saito
Fear of Illegal Immigration in America: How Media Influences Its Viewers, Alexandra Leon Oliva
Food Scan: A Yelp for Dietary Restrictions, Andrew M. Bauer, Charlie Story, and Curren Taber
Fusarium Euwallacea: A Serious Threat to the Native and Ornamental Trees and Shrubs in Southern California, Greg Tyler, Yixing Zheng, Michael Kulinich, and Hagop Atamian
Gender Prescriptions and Stereotypes Surrounding Consensually Non-Monogamous Relationships, Carsyn Knebel, Gabi Siguenza, Meghan Dunn, Mary Kruk, and Jes Matsick
Hartree-Fock Implementation for Pedagogical & Research Purposes, Gary Zeri and Jerry LaRue
Healing Through Creativity and Creation: Drama Therapy as Treatment for Individuals with Eating Disorders, Hayley Werner
Health and Quality of Life of Children Undergoing Elective Surgery, Vivian Luong
Here to Win, Not Here to Settle, Sarah Kaino
How Degrees of Freedom Affects Sense of Agency, Akima Connelly, Jungsu Pak, Tian Lan, and Uri Maoz
How Sexual Preference Is Related To Victimization of Dating Violence, Karley Wilson, Lexi Tyler, and Madeline Kuchan
Instructional Communication in Secondary Education, Sarah Downey
"In the Sentimental Past": Cultural Identity Through Film Music Before and After the Hong Kong Handover, Kasady Liu
Keith Haring: Silence = Death, Nellie Jalalian
Measuring neural time series data in a sensory deprivation tank, Jackson Gregory, Tian Lan, Uri Maoz, and Amir Raz
Molecular Machines: Synthesis, Modeling, and Applications, Syd Kotar
Pediatric Postoperative Pain Medication: Demographic Predictors and Parent Medication Attitudes, Vivian Luong
Praising God around the World: Christian Worship Music as an Individual and Collective Experience, Divya Putty
Predicting Market Trends: Effects of GDP and PMI on Changes in Stock Closing Prices, Charley Renna
Predictors of Conspiracy Believers, Emily Lam
Preparation and Characterization of Ruthenium-Gold Raman-Active Catalytic Surfaces, Thang Nguyen
Rationale for a Media Literacy Intervention for Parents of 5-10 Year Old Children, Emily Brogan-Freitas, Allie White, Hana Polizzotto, Faith Escalera, Lauren Graziani, Ashley Ima, and Alex Stack
Reasons for Public Opinion on Foreign Policy, Maria Kachulis-Moriarty
Rediscovering Brazil: The Marajoara Style in Modernist Art and Design, Alyson Brandes
Religion and Politics: The Influence of Religious Affiliation and Beliefs on Political Participation, Samuel Gonzalez
Religious Entrepreneurship: Do Churches Need Entrepreneurship and Business Management?, Issac Hwang
Reporting Charcoal Rot in Chia and Developing a Susceptibility Assay, Reis M. Misaka, Hagop S. Atamian Dr., and Julien Besnard Dr.
Romantic Resilience: Fractal Conflict Dynamics and Dating Satisfaction, Melanie Reilly and David Pincus
Sensor Emulation with Physiolocal Data in Immersive Virtual Reality Driving Simulator, Jungsu Pak, Oliver Mathias, Ariane Guirguis, and Uri Maoz
Shamanism & Its Basic Spiritual Function To Heal, Carla Frias
Social Media’s Effect on Self-Image and Body-Image, Sierra E. Oberacker, Emilee Mast-Monnig, Jessie Stauber, and Samory Bailey
Spring 2019 Student Scholar Symposium Abstract Volume, Chapman University Center for Undergraduate Excellence
The Conclusion in Which Nothingness is Concluded, Marissa Rimes
The Effect of Team-Building Interventions on Group Cohesion and Academic Performance, Olivia Boyd, Erica Green, Andie Burns, Carly Nasch, Hannah Pickerell, and Benjamin D. Rosenberg
The Effect of White Supremacist Groups in a Dominant Media Age, Kylie Sabin
The Effects of Gibberellic Acid and Auxin Hormones on Heliotropism in Sunflowers, Brandon Bernardo and Hagop S. Atamian
The Effects of the Source of Celebrity Information on Parasocial Relationships, Noelle Roys, Monique Newman, and Mark Spooner-LeDuff
The End of the World: Fear of the Apocalypse, Hannah Richardson
The Formation of Queer Consciousness in Gay, Latin, Men: How Experiences Affect the Lives of Queer Latinos, Daniel Leon-Barranco
The Healing Power of the Arts - Drama Therapy and the Use of Theatre in the Treatment of Trauma, Brooklyn Snyder
The Rise of Social Media and the Fall of Internal Peace: How does Media Influence People’s Fear of Mass Shootings?, Christian Grevin
The Trolley Problem in Virtual Reality, Jungsu Pak, Ariane Guirguis, Nicholas Mirchandani, Scott Cummings, and Uri Maoz
Tiger Moms, Dragon Dads, and Baby Pandas: Cultural Expectations of Success Among Asian-American College Students, Corinne Tam
Violence in Interpersonal Relationships, Skylar Terrana, Asaf Cohen, Zachary Kaiser, and Anastasia Gougas
Submissions from 2018
2018 Chapman Environmental Audit: Sustainable Purchasing Policy, KC Hoppel
África Comienza en Los Pirineos: An Argument for Spanish as a Standardized Musical Language, Danny Kawadri
Analyzing Gun Control: Nature or Nurture?, Josie Chan
Calmodulin’s Interaction with α- Synuclein, a Protein Implicated in Parkinson’s Disease, Joeli Reim, Jerry LaRue, Cedric P. Owens, and Zeynep A. Ataman
Color and Credibility, Dylan Wen, Kayla Slack, and Lisa Matsui
Differences within Eudaimonic Media: Exploring how Meaningful and Inspirational Content Elicit Emotions, Ashley Ima
Diving into Note-Taking, Antonina Pavlenko, Vishnu Gettu, and Sabina Friden
Emotion Regulation and Positive Affect in the Context of Salivary Alpha-Amylase Response to Pain in Children with Cancer: Physiology, Self-Report, and Behavior, Natasha H. Hikita, Christina Korth, Paige Greif, Brooke N. Jenkins, Douglas A. Granger, and Michelle Fortier
Faces of Time: Developing Protocol for the Crowdsourced Annotation of Time Magazine Images, Aisha Cornejo
Fall 2018 Student Scholar Symposium Abstract Volume, Chapman University Center for Undergraduate Excellence
Fringe Groups and Their Beliefs in Conspiracies, Gianluca Allesina
GRAIL Based Sensory Perturbations - A New Tool to Assess Sensory Organization and Fall Risk During Walking in the Elderly, Harbir Bhatti
Images, Art, and Paraphernalia: Analyzing Tactics of the United Farm Workers and the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Felicia Viano
Instagram Content Analysis, Jaryn Fatardo, Benita Izu-Alcobia, and Lauren Paul
Light Eaters: A Study on the Affect of Light Depicted Through Different Art Mediums, Samuel Dyck
Loki: God of Mischief, Tori Blas
Moving Beyond Numbers: Examining Language in Mathematics Classrooms, Ansley Wong and Cathery Yeh
Murmurs of Revolution: Mythical Subversion in Dostoevsky, Connor Guetersloh
Procurement of Residence Hall Furniture, Hailley Coleman
Racial Ties to Party Identification and Ideology, Syd Kotar
Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Treating Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Alexandra Galvin
Self-Concept and Dating App Dependence, Sara Gorman, Santiago Bollag, and Emilie Allen
Sources of Fear in Climate Change, Ryan Shiri
Spring 2018 Student Research Day Abstract Volume, Chapman University Center for Undergraduate Excellence
TCP Server and Client: Bookstore Enquiry, Fawaz Bukhowa
The Detrimental Decline of Creative Dramatists at the Elementary Level, Natalie Teichman
The Effects of Chronic Sleep Deprivation on Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha and Bone Strength in Menopausal Rats, Noah Barrett, Cameron James, Joshua Tam, Nicole Ellsworth, Dwight Curry, and Frank Frisch
The Effects of Health-Promoting Signs Encouraging Stair Use in Parking Structures, Fiona T. Tang, Vincent Berardi, and Benjamin D. Rosenberg
The Effects of Meditation on College Students' Mental Health, Sarah O'Connor, Erika Fernandes, and Samuel Kigyos
The Effects of School-Based Mindfulness on Emotional Regulation, Grecia Grace Gutierrez
The Influence of Visuospatial Intervention on Mathematical Ability, Tiffany Bui, Matthew Eclevia, Cody Shishido, and Jessica Walker
The Lack of Female Directors and Artistic Leaders: Discrepancy in the Number of Women from Theatre Education to Career, Madeline Lang-Ree
The Power of Amun-Ra, Yusuf Baqai
The Relationship Between Childhood Obesity and Depression, Anna White
The Wailing Spirits: How Banshees Reflect an Ever-Changing View of Women in Society, Brianna Leonard
“They’re Bringing Crime:” White Fear and Closing Borders, Hanna Rosenheimer
Thoughts and Prayers, Chloe Kardasopoulos