2019-20

“Intelligent Love: Jane Austen’s Via Media between Prudence and Passion”

  • Juliana D’Aoust, Psychology and Honors Humanities
  • Faculty-Mentor: Kathryn Ecklund, Chair and Professor, Department of Psychology
  • Venue: Association of Psychological Sciences, Chicago (May)
    ONLINE FORMAT DUE TO COVID-19

“Disaster, War and Economic Strife in Asia: Preventing Kids from Further Trauma”

  • Megan Thomas, Psychology
  • Faculty-Mentor: Alan Oda, Professor, Department of Psychology
  • Venue: Association of Psychological Sciences, Chicago (May)
    ONLINE FORMAT DUE TO COVID-19

“Four Conserved Cysteine Amino Acids in the N-Terminal End of SmMAK16 are Required for Zinc Binding”

  • Mia Brantley (Biology), Annelise Shaw (Biology), and Erik Voelker (Biochemistry)
  • Faculty-Mentor: Jon Milhon, Professor, Department of Biology and Chemistry
  • Venue: Beta Beta Beta Biological Honors Society District Convention, District W-2, CSU Monterey Bay (April)
    CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19

“Characterizing the Effects of Elevated Soil Temperature and Free Air CO2 Enrichment on Leaf Biochemistry of the Rice Varieties ‘Koshihikari’ and ‘Takanari’”

  • Abbigael Aday, Biochemistry with a minor in Honors Humanities
  • Faculty-Mentor: Charles Chen, Associate Professor, Department of Biology and Chemistry
  • Venue: Beta Beta Beta Biological Honors Society District Convention, District W-2, CSU Monterey Bay (April)
    CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19

“The Interactive Effect of Elevated CO2 and Elevated Paddy Temperature on Grain Yield, Biomass, and Harvest Index of Oryza sativa cv. ‘Takanari’ and cv. ‘Koshihikari’”

  • Tonhi Gailey, Biochemistry and Honors Humanities
  • Faculty-Mentor: Charles Chen, Associate Professor, Department of Biology and Chemistry
  • Venue: Beta Beta Beta Biological Honors Society District Convention, District W-2, CSU Monterey Bay (April)
    CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19

“Critical Consciousness and Ethnic Identity: Race/Ethnicity as Moderator”

  • Brianna Martínez (Psychology), Taiz Pineda (Psychology), and Cathaline Romero (Psychology)
  • Faculty-Mentor: Andrew Shelton, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
  • Venue: Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Denver (April)
    CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19

“Critical Consciousness and Ethnic Identity: Ethnicity/Race as a Moderator”

  • Lizbeth Miranda-Torres (Psychology), Bryanna Orellana (Psychology), and Taiz Pineda (Psychology)
  • Faculty-Mentor: Andrew Shelton, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
  • Venue: Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Denver (April)
    CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19

“Perfectionism and Eating Disorders Mediated by Guilt and Shame”

  • Chloe Rodriguez, Psychology
  • Faculty-Mentor: Andrew Shelton, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
  • Venue: Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Denver (April)
    CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19

“Parent Attachment, Autonomy, Interdependent Self-Construal, and College Adjustment: A Moderated Mediation Model”

  • Cathaline Romero, Psychology
  • Faculty-Mentor: Andrew Shelton, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
  • Venue: Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Denver (April)
    CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19

“Perfectionism and Eating Disorders: Shame and Guilt as Possible Mediators”

  • Tyneka Washington, Psychology
  • Faculty-Mentor: Andrew Shelton, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
  • Venue: Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Denver (April)
    CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19

“Intelligent Love: Jane Austen’s Via Media between Prudence and Passion”

  • Juliana D’Aoust, Psychology and Honors Humanities
  • Faculty-Mentor: Emily Griesinger, Professor, Department of English
  • Venue: ScholarFest 2020, APU (April)
    CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19

“Don’t Put Me in a Box: Domestic Ideology, Feminism, and Jane Austen”

  • Emily Kindermann, Allied Health and Honors Humanities
  • Faculty-Mentor: Emily Griesinger, Professor, Department of English
  • Venue: ScholarFest 2020, APU (April)
    CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19

“Pride and (Mis)Perception: Psychological Awakening in Jane Austen”

  • Katie Parker, Psychology and Honors Humanities
  • Faculty-Mentor: Emily Griesinger, Professor, Department of English
  • Venue: ScholarFest 2020, APU (April)
    CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19

“Dangerous Illusions: Jane Austen and the Redemption of the Imagination”

  • Deborah Revenaugh, English and Honors Humanities, Psychology minor
  • Faculty-Mentor: Emily Griesinger, Professor, Department of English
  • Venue: ScholarFest 2020, APU (April)
    CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19

“No Pain but to Herself’: Revealing the Nature of Envy and Jealously in Jane Austen”

  • Victoria Slosted, Liberal Studies with a Mathematics Concentration and Honors Humanities
  • Faculty-Mentor: Emily Griesinger, Professor, Department of English
  • Venue: ScholarFest 2020, APU (April)
    CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19

“Unnatural Selection: Navigating the Realms of Courtship According to Jane Austen and Charles Darwin”

  • Hannah Valencia, Biology and Honors Humanities
  • Faculty-Mentor: Emily Griesinger, Professor, Department of English
  • Venue: ScholarFest 2020, APU (April)
    CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19

“Exploring the Effects of V104F and V477F Mutations on CYP2B6 Activity Towards Efavirenz”

  • Ethan Angle (Biochemistry and Honors Humanities), Alisa Prewett (Biochemistry with minors in Honors Humanities and Biblical Studies), and Ben Riegsecker (Biochemistry)
  • Faculty-Mentor: Philip Cox, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology and Chemistry
  • Venue: Experimental Biology, San Diego (April)
    CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19

“Not a Waste of Time: The Importance of Leisure in Milton’s Paradise Lost

  • Elissa Buckles, Interdisciplinary Studies and Honors Humanities
  • Faculty-Mentor: Matthew Smith, Associate Professor, Department of English
  • Venue: Johns Hopkins’ Richard Macksey Undergraduate Research Symposium, Baltimore (April)
    ONLINE FORMAT DUE TO COVID-19

“The Impact of Chronic Absenteeism on School Readiness in a Head Start Program”

  • Elizabeth Aguilar, Social Work
  • Faculty-Mentor: Anupama Jacob, Associate Professor, Department of Social Work
  • Venue: Association of Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors Conference, Birmingham, AL (March)
    CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19

“BSW Students in Field: Factors Contributing to the Internship Experience”

  • Saxon Gutiérrez, Social Work
  • Faculty-Mentor: Anupama Jacob, Associate Professor, Department of Social Work
  • Venue: Association of Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors Conference, Birmingham, AL (March)
    CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19

“Exploring Incarcerated Adolescents’ Motivations to Change Their Substance Use Behaviors”

  • Emily Honaker, Social Work
  • Faculty-Mentor: Anupama Jacob, Associate Professor, Department of Social Work
  • Venue: Association of Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors Conference, Birmingham, AL (March)
    CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19

“Older Adult Satisfaction with Social Opportunities at a Skilled Nursing Facility”

  • Deborah Lee, Social Work and Honors Humanities
  • Faculty-Mentor: Anupama Jacob, Associate Professor, Department of Social Work
  • Venue: Association of Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors Conference, Birmingham, AL (March)
    CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19

“Client-Identified Barriers to State-Funded Services for Adults with Intellectual Disability by Ethnicity”

  • Marissa Lopez, Social Work
  • Faculty-Mentor: Anupama Jacob, Associate Professor, Department of Social Work
  • Venue: Association of Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors Conference, Birmingham, AL (March)
    CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19

“From Possession to Prison to Release and Back Again (The Never-Ending Cycle)”

  • Kiante McKinley, Social Work
  • Faculty-Mentor: Anupama Jacob, Associate Professor, Department of Social Work
  • Venue: Association of Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors Conference, Birmingham, AL (March)
    CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19

“The Hidden Homeless: Homeless Families and the Permanent Supportive Housing Model”

  • Daniel Montoya, Social Work
  • Faculty-Mentor: Anupama Jacob, Associate Professor, Department of Social Work
  • Venue: Association of Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors Conference, Birmingham, AL (March)
    CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19

“Depicting Disabled Characters and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

  • Kyle Cohen, Computer Science and Honors Humanities
  • Faculty-Mentor: Christine Kern, Associate Professor, Honors College
  • Venue: Western Regional Conference on Christianity and Literature, APU (March)
    CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19

“Such a Thorough Picture of Her Heart: Jane Austen’s Redefinition of Feminine Accomplishment”

  • Reilly Fitzpatrick, English Literature, Honors Humanities
  • Faculty-Mentor: Emily Griesinger, Professor, Department of English
  • Venue: Western Regional Conference on Christianity and Literature, APU (March)
    CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19

“Environmentally Embedded Internet-of-Things for Secondary and Higher Education”

  • Levi Costello, Computer Science
  • Faculty-Mentor: James Hsi-Jen Yeh, Associate Professor, Engineering and Computer Science
  • Venue: International Conference on Information and Computer Technologies [ICICT 2020], San Jose, CA (March)

“Does the Impairment of the Mirror Neuron System in the Brain of Those with Autism Prevent Them from Having a Spiritual Relationship with God?”

  • Amanda Bledy (Biology) and Cahleen Shrier, PhD
  • Faculty-Mentor: Cahleen Shier, Professor, Department of Biology and Chemistry
  • Venue: 2020 American Scientific Affiliation / Southern California Christians in Science Winter Day Conference, APU (February)
  • Venue: 2021 American Scientific Affiliation Annual Conference (July) ONLINE FORMAT DUE TO COVID-19

“The Neurobiology of Mindfulness: An Exploration of Mirror Neurons during Acts of Worship”

  • Alexandra Mayer (Biology and Psychology) and Cahleen Shrier, PhD
  • Faculty-Mentor: Cahleen Shier, Professor, Department of Biology and Chemistry
  • Venue: 2020 American Scientific Affiliation / Southern California Christians in Science Winter Day Conference, APU (February)
  • Venue: 2021 American Scientific Affiliation Annual Conference (July) ONLINE FORMAT DUE TO COVID-19

“Monkey See, Monkey Do? Neurobiology and Media Violence”

  • Shelsey Mora (Allied Health) and Cahleen Shrier, PhD
  • Faculty-Mentor: Cahleen Shier, Professor, Department of Biology and Chemistry
  • Venue: 2020 American Scientific Affiliation / Southern California Christians in Science Winter Day Conference, APU (February)

“Musical Benefits for Speech-Impaired Children and Adaptations for General Music Education”

  • Miguel Alvarez-Diaz III, Music Education
  • Faculty-Mentor: Alexander Koops, Associate Professor, Department of Music Studies
  • Venue: California All State Music Education Conference, Fresno (February)

“Extracting the Hydrolysis Rate Constant from a Single-Molecule Controlled Rotation Experimental Data on an F1-ATPase”

  • Oganes Khatchikian, Physics
  • Faculty-Mentor: Sándor Volkán-Kacsó, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Physics, and Statistics
  • Venue: 2020 Annual Biophysics Meeting, San Diego (February)

“The Rotary Motor of Life: Single-Molecule Imaging and Molecular Dynamics Simulation of F1-ATPase”

  • Jason Portillo (Engineering) and Nathan Suiter (Systems Engineering)
  • Faculty-Mentor: Sándor Volkán-Kacsó, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Physics, and Statistics
  • Venue: 2020 Annual Biophysics Meeting, San Diego (February)

“A Data Science Approach to Identify Crucial Factors of Predicting Test Performance in Program for International Student Assessment”

  • Lydia Gaid, Psychology
  • Faculty-Mentor: Chong Ho Yu, Professor, Department of Psychology
  • Venues: Southern California Conferences for Undergraduate Research, San Marcos (November); and IDEAS SoCal Conference 2019, Los Angeles (October)

“Emotional Suppression between College Roommates”

  • Anna Dickinson and Sierra Bridge, Communication Studies
  • Faculty-Mentor: Courtney Davis, Associate Professor, Department of Communication Studies
  • Venue: National Communication Association Annual Convention, Baltimore (November)

“Investigating the Mode of Death of Drosophila melanogaster (Fruit Fly) Cells in Response to Treatment of Aspergillus sclerotiorum (Fungus) by Determining the Activation of the Apoptosis-Specific Proteins drICE and DCP-1”

  • Jessica Carter, Biology and Psychology
  • Faculty-Mentor: Sarah Richart, Professor, Department of Biology and Chemistry
  • Venue: Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students, Anaheim (November)

“Salvadorans in Limbo: Understanding the Future of Salvadoran TPS Recipients”

  • Emily Davies, International Relations
  • Faculty-Mentor: Joshua King, Assistant Professor, Department of History and Political Science
  • Venue: Crossing the Lines: Interdisciplinary Christian Conversations about Difference, San Diego (October)

“A Theological Case against Fast Fashion”

  • Moriah Loomis, Liberal Studies
  • Faculty-Mentor: Jennifer Buck, Assistant Professor, Department of Practical Theology
  • Venue: Crossing the Lines: Interdisciplinary Christian Conversations about Difference, San Diego (October)

“The Relationships between Speeds at Fatigue-Related Thresholds and How to Improve Running Performance”

  • Jackson Trappero, Kinesiology
  • Faculty-Mentor: Joshua Dexheimer, Assistant Professor, Department of Kinesiology
  • Venue: Second Global Congress on Sport and Christianity, Grand Rapids, MI (October)

“Christianity by Tolkien: An Exploration of the Christian Influences on Lord of the Rings”

  • Cassidy Estes, Global Studies and Honors Humanities
  • Faculty-Mentor: Diana Glyer, Professor, Honors College
  • Venue: MythCon50 Conference, San Diego (August)

“Lower Limb Strength as an Indicator of Anaerobic and Aerobic Performance”

  • Hayley Bernard, Kinesiology
  • Faculty-Mentor: Joshua Dexheimer, Assistant Professor, Department of Kinesiology
  • Venue: 2019 National Strength and Conditioning Association, Washington, DC (July)

“The Relationships between Critical Speed, Respiratory Compensation Point, Ventilation Threshold, and Gas Exchange Threshold”

  • Kristi Capello, Kinesiology
  • Faculty-Mentor: Joshua Dexheimer, Assistant Professor, Department of Kinesiology
  • Venue: 2019 National Strength and Conditioning Association, Washington, DC (July)

“Body Composition as an Indicator of Aerobic and Anaerobic Performance”

  • Cindy Carabes, Kinesiology
  • Faculty-Mentor: Joshua Dexheimer, Assistant Professor, Department of Kinesiology
  • Venue: 2019 National Strength and Conditioning Association, Washington, DC (July)

“Anthropometric Measurements as Indicators of Performance on High-Intensity Functional Training Workouts”

  • Leah Wolff, Kinesiology
  • Faculty-Mentor: Joshua Dexheimer, Assistant Professor, Department of Kinesiology
  • Venue: 2019 National Strength and Conditioning Association, Washington, DC (July)

“The Effects of Music Tempo on Perceived Exertion and Motivation to High-Intensity Functional Training”

  • Martina Zaghloul, Kinesiology
  • Faculty-Mentor: Joshua Dexheimer, Assistant Professor, Department of Kinesiology
  • Venue: 2019 National Strength and Conditioning Association, Washington, DC (July)
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