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2025 Student Research Symposium

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2015

THE THIRD ANNUAL STUDENT RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM WAS HELD APRIL 30, 2015.

Forty-two students, with the guidance of twelve Faculty Research Advisors, participated in the Third Annual Student Research Symposium.

Poster topics and presenters were:

FOREST LEAF DECOMPOSITION ALONG A GRADIENT OF NATURAL AND ANTHROPOGENIC DISTURBANCE 
Alexis Bradford 
Faculty Research Advisor: Jenise Snyder, Ph.D.

CHOCOLATE RETAIL EXPERIENCE DURING EASTER 
Vanessa Consiglio, Chasey Rotondo, Emma Ricketts, Brianna Woods, Eadaoin Cronin, Joey Caristo, Kyle Jackson, and Kelsey Bascombe 
Faculty Research Advisor: Barbara Good, Ph.D.

A SLICE OF ITALY 
Judith M. Forward and Alison Porter 
Faculty Research Advisor: Pamela McVay, Ph.D.

BIG IDEA: BE-YOU-TIFUL JEANS
Samantha Hamilton 
Faculty Research Advisor: May Beard, M.A.

STREAM AND LAKE WATER QUALITY FOLLOWING STREAM RESTORATION AND BIOSWALE 
Erin C. Kezele and Katelyn M. Stewart 
Faculty Research Advisor: Jenise Snyder, Ph.D.
Co-Winner of the CORE CONNECTION AWARD

PARENTAL ATTACHMENT AND ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS 
Celeste Mazzocki, Taylor Bruno, and Ashley Tekavec 
Faculty Research Advisor: Christopher Edmonds, Ph.D.

SEED SHARING REVIVAL: PHILOSOPHICAL SUPPORT FOR REJECTING GMO'S AND EMBRACING COMMUNITY 
Sara Kristina Montagno 
Faculty Research Advisor: Elizabeth Meacham, Ph.D.

ZOMBIES: A SYMBOL FOR AMERICA'S HIDDEN AND SUBCONSCIOUS FEARS 
Aimee E. Pearce 
Faculty Research Advisor: Natalie K. Weaver, Ph.D.
Winner of the UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT LIBRARY RESEARCH AWARD

FOOD FOR THOUGHT: MINDFULNESS AND EATING 
Catherine Powers and Emily Gross-Rosenblatt 
Co-Winner of the CORE CONNECTION AWARD
Winner of the DEAN'S AWARD: Poster Presentation

ART THERAPY AND MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING AND ITS IMPACT ON CHILDREN SURVIVING VIOLENT AND SEXUAL TRAUMA 
Sarah Roman 
Faculty Research Advisor: Dohee Kim-Appel, Ph.D.

THE EFFECTS OF TASK COMPLETION ON CREATIVITY 
Julianne Shuman, Victoria K. Berg, and Samantha Roberts 
Faculty Research Advisor: Christopher Edmonds, Ph.D.

SEDIMENT AND NUTRIENT LOADING FOLLOWING STREAM RESTORATION AND BIOSWALE CONSTRUCTION 
Katelyn M. Stewart and Erin C. Kezele 
Faculty Research Advisor: Jenise Snyder, Ph.D.

THE GREENEST WATER BOTTLE IS THE ONE YOU ALREADY OWN 
Perisha Wallace 
Faculty Research Advisor: Jenise Snyder, Ph.D.

WHAT THE FRACK IS HYDRAULIC FRACTURING: IS FRACKING WORTH THE RISK? 
Nicholas C. Wilson 
Faculty Research Advisor: Sarah Preston, Ph.D.
Winner of the BEST INTEGRATION OF THE HUMANITIES IN AN INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH PROJECT AWARD

SOCIAL MEDIA USAGE 
Leah Zucker, Sabrina Kinney, and Reonna Greene 
Faculty Research Advisor: Christopher Edmonds, Ph.D.

Oral Topics and Presenters were:

URSULINE COLLEGE: AN ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY 
Jessica Beam, Karl Brunjes, Ashley Hardison, Gail Peabody, Tara Carlson
Faculty Research Advisor: Bari Oyler Stith, Ph.D.

GREEN HOUSING IN CLEVELAND
Bre-Anna Carruthers
Faculty Research Advisor: Elizabeth Meacham, Ph.D.

ONCOLOGY NURSING COMPASSION FATIGUE: ART THERAPY FOR SELF AWARENESS AND SELF CARE 
Michelle Cochran
Faculty Research Advisor: Katherine Jackson, Ph.D., ATR

PATRIARCHAL COLONIALISM: EXAMINING HOW THIS PHENOMENON HAS AFFECTED THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF THE AMERICAS, PAST AND PRESENT
Stefanie Erin Dumperth
Faculty Research Advisor: Natalie K. Weaver, Ph.D.

THE JOURNEY FOR EQUALITY: AFRICAN-AMERICANS' USE OF MUSIC TO BATTLE DISCRIMINATION 
Courtney Jackson
Faculty Research Advisor: Natalie K. Weaver, Ph.D.
Winner of the DEAN'S AWARD: Oral Presentation

REACHING READING POTENTIAL: THE EFFECTS OF ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY ON STRUGGLING READERS 
Jennifer Miroglotta
Faculty Research Advisor: Jeanne Sternad, Ph.D.

EFFECTS OF THE FLIPPED CLASSROOM ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT 
Scott Plescia
Faculty Research Advisor: Jeanne Sternad, Ph.D.
Winner of the ACHIEVING WITH TECHNOLOGY AWARD
Winner of the GRADUATE STUDENT LIBRARY RESEARCH AWARD

HATCHING BLUEBIRDS ON CAMPUS: THE STORY BEHIND URSULINE'S NEW EASTERN BLUEBIRD TRAIL 
Bravina Talia Trovato
Faculty Research Advisor: Jenise Snyder, Ph.D.