Stander Symposium abstract book - University of Dayton

9:00 AM to 10:30 AM
The French Revolution in Early American Historical Imagination
Presenter(s): Jordan E Taylor
Advisor(s): Michael S Carter
History - Honors Thesis
This work argues that there is a significant gap in historical scholarship concerning the reception of the French Revolution in the early American
Republic. It briefly examines the course of this reception and then contextualizes it in terms of the historical imagination of Americans during the
late 19th. Century. The paper presents three of the key elements forming this historical imagination. First, the figure of the American Revolution
loomed large in providing a pattern for understanding republican revolution. Second, Biblical millennialism and whiggish patterns of thought led
Americans to view the French Revolution as symptom of the teleological progress of humanity towards a preordained end of peace and prosperity.
Finally, the âparanoid styleâ of the young nation led Americans to attribute nefarious intentions to their ideological opponents relative to
the French Revolution. Examination of these ideological impulses reflects the complex process involved in the creation of an American national
identity during the early Republic.
US Immigration: The Power Struggle Between the States and Federal Government
Presenter(s): Sariana L Garcia
Advisor(s): Juan C Santamarina
History - Honors Thesis
With this thesis I will evaluate how the topic of immigration is handled in the political forums in the United States. Immigration is a topic of interest
to many, which raises controversy in differing opinions regarding how it should be addressed. I look into the authority given to the states and
the federal government regarding immigration. In order to prove the federal authority over immigration I did a close study of the US Constitution
and the sections where it refers to topics relevant to immigration, such as the Fourteenth Amendment, where it hints at assigning the federal
government the authority to deal with immigration issues. I evaluate well-known cases in which the US Supreme Court has deemed stateâs immigration
laws unconstitutional, forwarding this task to national laws passed by Congress. With this thesis I aim to provide reasons why the topic
of immigration should be handled by the federal government, given its constitutional authority. I will make a case for national unanimity when
making policy decisions regarding immigration.
A Synthesis of finite difference methods and the jump process arising in the pricing of
Contingent Claim
Presenter(s): Dan Zhang
Advisor(s): Paul W Eloe
Mathematics - Graduate Research
It is demonstrated that approximation of the solution of the Black-Scholes partial differential equation by using a finite difference method is
equivalent to approximating the diffusion process by a jump process and therefore the finite difference approximation is a type of numerical
integration. In particular, we establish that the explicit finite difference approximation is equivalent to approximating to diffusion process by
a jump process, initially introduced by Cox and Ross, while the implicit finite difference approximation amounts to approximating the diffusion
process by a more general type of jump process. This work has been introduced by Brennan and Schwartz, The Journal of Financial and Quantitative
Analysis, [13] (1978).
Case Studies: The Experiences of Gifted Females in Mathematics
Presenter(s): Danielle M Bott
Advisor(s): Shannon Olivia S Driskell
Mathematics - Honors Thesis
This study sought to discover what gifted female students felt and experienced in both high school and college mathematics classes and whether
these feelings and experiences had an effect on their choice of college major(s) or career field(s). A researcher-designed survey was used to
prompt the participants to reflect on their experiences and feelings. Through a qualitative analysis of the data few themes emerged, therefore, a
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