2012 Colloquium Day Program - William Jewell College

MEMBERS OF THE 2012
DAVID NELSON DUKE COLLOQUIUM COMMITTEE
Mrs. Elizabeth K. Kessler, MSN, FNP-BC
Assistant Professor of Nursing and Committee Chair
Dr. D. Blane Baker
The Wallace A. Hilton Professor of Physics
Dr. Calvin C. Permenter, Jr.
Robert H. McKee Chair of Music
Dr. E. Shane Price
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Dr. Elaine A. Reynolds
The Oxbridge Professor of History
Mrs. Marilyn Buhlig
Office of Reprographics
Mrs. Susan Arbo
Director of Ceremonies and Signature Events

SCHEDULE OF THE DAY
Oral Presentations
9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Yates-Gill College Union, Room 210
Yates-Gill College Union, Room 221
Yates-Gill College Union, Room 222
10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Gano Assembly Room
1:00 – 1:40 p.m.
John Gano Memorial Chapel
Poster Presentations
Posters will be on view in the Yates-Gill College Atrium from
8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Poster presenters will be available to answer questions from
10:00-11:00 a.m. and again from 1:30-2:30 p.m.
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SESSION I: 9:00 - 10:20 A.M.
Yates-Gill College Union, Room 210
The Incompatibility of Turkey’s Transitional Status and European Accession
Anna Warm ’12, Oxbridge Institutions and Policy major
Advisor: Dr. Michael Cook
Re-Engineered Discharge
Paul Mings ’12, nursing-accelerated track major
Advisor: Jan Huster, MSN, RN
Plurality and Secularism as Alternatives to a Christian America
Jenn Carney ’13, religion, political science and international relations major
Advisor: Dr. Brad Chance
Yates-Gill College Union, Room 221
Healthy Eating in Low Income Areas
Paige Vansickle ’12, elementary education and
Applied Critical Thought & Inquiry major
Advisor: Dr. Jeanine Haistings
The Role of FGF23 in Progression of Chronic Kidney Disease
and Vascular Calcification
Becky Daniel ’13, biology and Applied Critical Thought & Inquiry major
Advisor: Dr. Lori Wetmore
A Comparison of Extroversion and Self-Disclosure in College Students
Carlee Vellinga ’12, organizational communication major
Advisor: Dr. Gina Lane
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SESSION I: 9:00 - 10:20 A.M.
Yates-Gill College Union, Room 222
Synthesis of Various Porphyrin Compounds and Analysis of their Spectra
Kolton Holbrook ’12, biochemistry major
Advisor: Dr. Jason Morrill
Deep Purple
Amanda Blake ’12, Oxbridge Literature & Theory major
Advisor: Dr. Mark Walters
Foraging behavior of sympatric and allopatric wolf-spiders based on visual
and olfactory risk of scorpion predation
Jordan Smith ’15, biology major
Joseph Gunn ’15, biology and Spanish major
Derek Peterson ’15, biology major
Advisors: Ms. Anne Nickel and Dr. Jennifer Moody
SESSION II: 10:30 - 11:30 A.M.
Yates-Gill College Union, Room 210
Analysis of Profitability and Cost Benefit for a Country
When Deciding to Host the Olympics
Madeline Onumbu ’12, business with an emphasis in marketing,
economics and Applied Critical Thought & Inquiry major
Advisor: Dr. Michael Cook
Conservative Revisionism: Minimizing the Nanking Incident
Victoria Odell ’12, political science, international relations and
Applied Critical Thought & Inquiry major
Advisor: Dr. Alan Holiman
The False Dichotomy: Female Sexuality in “Black Swan” and “Easy A”
Karina Bielecki ’12, theatre with an emphasis in communication major
Advisor: Dr. Gina Lane
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SESSION II: 10:30 - 11:30 A.M.
Gano Assembly Room
Ideologies and Oppression in Cracking India
Tara Moreland ’13, English, rhetoric and political communication and
Applied Critical Thought & Inquiry major
Advisor: Dr. Jennifer Cotter
Particularism and the Challenge to Traditional Ethical Theory
Frances Webber ’12, Oxbridge History of Ideas major
Advisor: Dr. James Pearson
The Relationship Between Sex and Death in Whitman, Dickinson, and Wharton
Rosemary Brusnahan ’14, Oxbridge Literature & Theory major
Advisor: Dr. Mark Walters
Yates-Gill College Union, Room 221
“What Cares These Roarers for the Name of King?”:
Emergent Power Structures in William Shakespeare’s The Tempest
Eric Lewis ’14, Oxbridge Literature & Theory and philosophy major
Advisor: Dr. Sara Morrison
Therapeutic Empowerment of Healthcare Workers During Patient Loss
Jay Stevens ’12, nursing-accelerated track major
Advisor: Jan Huster, MSN, RN
Bulls on Parade: The New Christian Right’s Rise in the 1980 Election
Andrew Potter ’12, political science and religion major
Advisor: Dr. Brad Chance
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SESSION II: 10:30 - 11:30 A.M.
Yates-Gill College Union, Room 222
Importance of Meaningfully Engaging Science and Religion
Gatlin Hebert ’13, philosophy and religion major
Advisor: Dr. Milton Horne
Evaluation of the Interaction Between p75NTR and A2A Receptors
in the Presence of Amyloid-Beta in PC12 Neuronal Cells
Meghan Braby ’12, biochemistry major
Advisor: Dr. Lori Wetmore
Urban Planning As An Avenue for Social Justice
Meredith Moore ’12, psychology and Applied Critical Thought & Inquiry major
Advisor: Dr. Andy Pratt
SESSION III: 1:00 - 2:00 P.M.
Yates-Gill College Union, Room 210
Symbolism and Magic Realism in “The Instruction Manual”
of Julio Cortazar's La historia de Cronopios y Famas
Samantha L. Sanders ’12, psychology, Spanish and
Applied Critical Thought & Inquiry major
Advisor: Dr. Jennifer Colón
Impacts of Subsidy on the Rate of Inflation
Hassanat Kadiri ’12, economics major
Advisor: Dr. Michael Cook
Evangelical Christians’ Influence on the Pro-Life Movement:
Religiously Alienated Motivations
Kathleen Gillespie ’12, psychology and religion major
Advisor: Dr. Brad Chance
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SESSION III: 1:00 - 2:00 P.M.
Yates-Gill College Union, Room 221
Direct hypertrophic effects of fibroblast growth factor 23 on cardiomyocytes
Troy Green ’12, biology and Applied Critical Thought & Inquiry major
Advisor: Dr. Lori Wetmore
Improving Health Care for Sex Workers
Kristin Whittington ’12, nursing-accelerated track major
Kerry Picco ’12, nursing-accelerated track major
Jacquelyn Schworer ’12, nursing-accelerated track major
Advisor: Mrs. Sheila Shipley, MSN, RN, CIC
Joyce's “The Dead” and the Reinforcement of Patriarchal Gender Roles
Samantha Kendrick ’13, English major
Advisor: Dr. Sara Morrison
Yates-Gill College Union, Room 222
Political Integration as a Means of Conflict Resolution: Kosovo and its Serbs
Matt Walje ’12, international relations, political science
and Applied Critical Thought & Inquiry
Advisor: Dr. Alan Holiman
Speaking like a Gringa: The influence of an American Accent on
Credibility in Spanish Speech
Erin Armstrong ’12, organizational communication and Spanish major
Advisor: Dr. Gina Lane
Method Development for the Effects of Leptin on the K562
Myelogenous Leukemia Cell Line
Zac Gillispie ’12, biochemistry major
Advisor: Dr. Lori Wetmore
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SESSION III: 1:00 - 2:00 P.M.
Gano Assembly Room
The Embodied Mind: In Search of an Ethic
Cameron Evans ’12, Oxbridge Molecular Biology and bioethics major
Advisor: Dr. Randall Morris
Painting
Alex Kalen ’14, political science and English major
Advisor: Dr. Mark Walters
John Gano Memorial Chapel
Brahms’ Liebeslieder Waltzes: An Analysis and Performance
Stewart Duncan ’15, Oxbridge Music major
Michael Hon ’15, music performance major
Sarah Reed ’15, music performance major
Ian Simpson ’15, music performance major
Zac Smith ’15, music performance major
Elicia Snyder ’15, music performance major
Mrs. Betty Dunham and Natalie Vieyra ’13, piano
Advisor: Dr. Anthony Maglione
Gershwin’s Lullaby: An American Melody
Sara Chesselow ’14, Oxbridge Music, Applied Critical Thought & Inquiry major
Cara Wagnon ’12, music composition & theory major
John Stevens ’13, English and philosophy major
Jenna Leggitt ’13, music performance major
Advisor: Dr. Tony Brandolino
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SESSION IV: 2:30 - 3:30 P.M.
Yates-Gill College Union, Room 210
Cognitive Dissonance and Madness in Thomas Kyd's “The Spanish Tragedy”
Laurel Beekman ’12, English major
Advisor: Dr. Sara Morrison
One-pot Synthesis of Substituted Anthraquinones
Grant Gastineau ’12, chemistry major
Advisor: Dr. Jason Morrill
Physiological Reactivity and Psychological Defense Mechanisms as
Responses to Stress in College Students
Megan Garrad ’12, biology and psychology major
Advisor: Dr. Paul Klawinski
Yates-Gill College Union, Room 221
Take the Power Back: A Marxist Rhetorical Criticism of
Modern Political Rhetoric
Matt Reisener ’12, rhetoric & political communication and political science major
Advisor: Dr. Gina Lane
After the School Bell Rings: A Deeper Look into Homelessness
Kendra Weatherford ’12, elementary education and
Applied Critical Thought & Inquiry major
Advisor: Dr. Jeanine Haistings
Determining the cytotoxic and HDAC inhibitory effects of isatin-derivative compound
WJC-JM41-92711 in HCT-116 colon cancer cells
Rachel Gabrielse ’12, biochemistry major
Advisor: Dr. Lori Wetmore
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SESSION IV: 2:30 - 3:30 P.M.
Yates-Gill College Union, Room 222
The Terraced Gardens of Nineveh
Matt Drabenstott ’12, organizational communication, psychology and
Applied Critical Thought & Inquiry major
Advisor: Dr. Nano Nore
The effects of flower head orientation on fertilization
and predation in Helianthus annuus
Julia Smith ’15, biology and psychology major
Brandon Appel ’15, biology major
Adam Al Douri ’13, biology and psychology major
Advisor: Dr. Jennifer Moody and Ms. Anne Nickel
E.M. Forster and Virginia Woolf on the Impact of
Essentialist Gender Ideology
John Stevens ’13, English and philosophy major
Advisor: Dr. Sara Morrison
Gano Assembly Room
Things Unsaid: The Failure of Language in
Sherwood Anderson’s Winesburg, Ohio
Kathryn Polizzi ’14, Oxbridge Literature & Theory and history major
Advisor: Dr. Mark Walters
Truman's Chicago Address: Sincere Commitment or Empty Rhetoric?
Trista Turley ’12, Oxbridge History and philosophy major
Advisor: Dr. Gary Armstrong
Those Who Are Ignorant
Rosemary Brusnahan ’14, Oxbridge Literature & Theory major
Advisor: Dr. Mark Walters
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POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Psychology Department
Advisor: Dr. Pat Schoenrade
Does it Matter?:The Effect of Reflecting on Mortality
on Perceptions of an Earlier Offense
Lindsay Coffey ’14
Ariel Neal ’14
Edward Scott ’14
The Larger Scheme: Is Humility Facilitated by Reflection
on the Possibility of Eternal Existence?
Casshandra Dinges ’13
Carrie King ’13
Nathan Wieske ’14
Wonder and Positive Thoughts: Which Enhances a Relationship More?
Cally Aspegren ’12
Allison Griffin ’12
Na’Taya Quinn ’13
To the Music: Can Setting-Congruent Music Influence Perceived Effectiveness?
Andrew Fennesy ’14
Jessie Johnson ’14
Jessica Myers ’14
Trevor Logan ’14
Telling Our Stories, Study 1: Can Actively Sharing One’s Story
Enhance Meaning?
Grace Brodrick ’13
Catherine Bruno ’13
Stephanie Prusha ’13
Darren Rucker ’14
Shared Burdens, Study 1: Can the Meaning in Another’s Story
Lessen the Burden of Our Own?
Adam Al Douri ’13
Katie McAndrews ’13
Rachel Meuser ’14
Lexus Rozmus ’13
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POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Psychology Department
Reflection on Eternity or Reflection on Accomplishments:
Which Facilitates Greater Meaning?
Alma Fetahovic ’13
Ashlee Nation ’14
Sydney Loving ’12
Of Song and Attitude: Can Popular Music Lyrics Change Attitudes
about Objectionable Behaviors?
Olivia Bridgeford ’13
Kristin Eaves ’13
Jessica Chandler ’13
Telling Our Stories, Study 2: Does a Written Account to a
Friend Enhance Sense of Identity?
Michelle Cobb ’14
Chriska Francois ’13
Chelsea Meeks ’14
Shared Burdens, Study 2: Does Consideration of Another’s
Difficulties Make Our Own Seem Less?
Amanda Abbott ’13
Brittany Colby ’13
Erica Scowley ’13
Sara Stadnik ’13
Nursing Department
The Effects of Sleep Deprivation on Hospital Nurses
Tracy Cvetan ’12
Tarah Reynolds ’12
Advisor: Jan Huster, MSN, RN
Computer Keyboards and the Potential for Nosocomial Infection
Carolyn Kluss ’13
Advisor: Jan Huster, MSN, RN
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2012 PRYOR LEADERSHIP CAPSTONE CLASS
Development of the William Jewell High School
Leadership Legacy Institute
J.P. Bartmess; Rebecca Burr; Matt Drabenstott; David Fox; Cassandra Johnson;
Kristina Kory; Kat Long; Cassidy Miller; Kristin Moore; Meredith Moore; Lisa
Nishimura; Sam Penney; Logan Pettz; Camille Reid; Nathan Rueb; Alyssa Schulte;
Jake Szybowicz; Paige Vansickle; Anna Warm; Ashton Wells; Cole Wrisinger
Advisor: Kevin Shaffstall
ORAL PRESENTERS LISTED ALPHABETICALLY
Name Time Location
Al Douri, Adam 2:50 p.m. Room 222
Appel, Brandon 2:50 p.m. Room 222
Armstrong, Erin 1:20 p.m. Room 222
Beekman, Laurel 2:30 p.m. Room 210
Bielecki, Karina 11:10 a.m. Room 210
Blake, Amanda 9:20 a.m. Room 222
Braby, Meghan 10:50 a.m. Room 222
Brusnahan, Rosemary 11:10 a.m. Gano Assembly
Brusnahan, Rosemary 3:10 p.m. Gano Assembly
Carney, Jenn 9:40 a.m. Room 210
Chesselow, Sara 1:20 p.m. Gano Chapel
Daniel, Becky 9:20 a.m. Room 221
Drabenstott, Matt 2:30 p.m. Room 222
Duncan, Stewart 1:00 p.m. Gano Chapel
Evans, Cameron 1:00 p.m. Gano Assembly
Gabrielse, Rachel 3:10 p.m. Room 221
Garrad, Megan 3:10 p.m. Room 210
Gastineau, Grant 2:50 p.m. Room 210
Gillespie, Kathleen 1:40 p.m. Room 210
Gillispie, Zac 1:40 p.m. Room 222
Green, Troy 1:00 p.m. Room 221
Gunn, Joseph 9:40 a.m. Room 222
Hebert, Gatlin 10:30 a.m. Room 222
Holbrook, Kolton 9:00 a.m. Room 222
Hon, Michael 1:00 p.m. Gano Chapel
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ORAL PRESENTERS LISTED ALPHABETICALLY
Name Time Location
Kadiri, Hassanat 1:20 p.m. Room 210
Kalen, Alex 1:20 p.m. Gano Assembly
Kendrick, Samantha 1:40 p.m. Room 221
Leggitt, Jenna 1:20 p.m. Gano Chapel
Lewis, Eric 10:30 a.m. Room 221
Mings, Paul 9:20 a.m. Room 210
Moore, Meredith 11:10 a.m. Room 222
Moreland, Tara 10:30 a.m. Gano Assembly
Odell, Victoria 10:50 a.m. Room 210
Onumbu, Madeline 10:30 a.m. Room 210
Peterson, Derek 9:40 a.m. Room 222
Picco, Kerry 1:20 p.m. Room 221
Polizzi, Kathryn 2:30 p.m. Gano Assembly
Potter, Andrew 11:10 a.m. Room 221
Reed, Sarah 1:00 p.m. Gano Chapel
Reisener, Matt 2:30 p.m. Room 221
Sanders, Samantha 1:00 p.m. Room 210
Schworer, Jacquelyn 1:20 p.m. Room 221
Simpson, Ian 1:00 p.m. Gano Chapel
Smith, Jordan 9:40 a.m. Room 222
Smith, Julia 2:50 p.m. Room 222
Smith, Zac 1:00 p.m. Gano Chapel
Snyder, Elicia 1:00 p.m. Gano Chapel
Stevens, Jay 10:50 a.m. Room 221
Stevens, John 3:10 p.m. Room 222
Stevens, John 1:20 p.m. Gano Chapel
Turley, Trista 2:50 p.m. Gano Assembly
Vansickle, Paige 9:00 a.m. Room 221
Vellinga, Carlee 9:40 a.m. Room 221
Vieyra, Natalie 1:00 p.m. Gano Chapel
Wagnon, Cara 1:20 p.m. Gano Chapel
Walje, Matt 1:00 p.m. Room 222
Warm, Anna 9:00 a.m. Room 210
Weatherford, Kendra 2:50 p.m. Room 221
Webber, Frances 10:50 a.m. Gano Assembly
Whittington, Kristin 1:20 p.m. Room 221
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CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF THE MIND:
IN PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE IN UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP
The twelfth annual David Nelson Duke
Undergraduate Colloquium involves students
from all academic disciplines presenting their
scholarly works to faculty, staff and the community
at large. The Colloquium concept increases
involvement of undergraduates in research,
which William Jewell College believes to be a
hallmark of an excellent liberal arts college.
The Colloquium is named for Dr. David Nelson
DR. DAVID NELSON DUKE Duke (1950-2000), who joined William Jewell’s
religion faculty in 1980. Over his 20-year career
at Jewell, Duke proved himself as theologian,
scholar, teacher and social advocate. His articles and books, community
activism, collegiality and passion for life made naming the
Undergraduate Colloquium in his memory a natural choice.
This year’s Colloquium chairman, Elizabeth Kessler, notes that
“The Duke Undergraduate Colloquium provides an opportunity for our
community to see first-hand the kind of passion and diversity of interest
present among the students and faculty at William Jewell College.”