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Research Poster PresentationsP O S T E R 1 0 2U.S. Employment Status andGender, Educational Attainment,and the 2008 Economic CrisisEffects on ItSisi Luo, Vonetta F. SuttonFaculty Mentor: Dr. Alexandru VoicuDepartment of Political Science, Economics andPhilosophyPeople with different characteristics present largelydifferent employment status in the labor market,and they were affected differently by the 2008economic crisis. Empirical data shows that womenand men possess essentially different labor supplycurves. In addition, educational attainment isassociated with different employment status ofworkers. This paper studies two issues in theUnited States labor market. First, it studies the laborparticipate rate and hours of work over fourteenyears, from 1996 to 2010, and the impact of the2008 economic crisis on them. Second, it analyzesthe differences in the labor participate rate andhours of work over the same period in terms ofgender and educational attainment and the effect ofthe economic downturn on them. It uses data fromCurrent Population Survey (CPS), provided by theUnited States Census Bureau. In this study, workers’educational attainments are categorized into sevengroups: no high school diploma, high schooldiploma, some college education (with no degrees),associate degree, bachelor degree, professionaldegree, and research degree. The data is analyzedwith the software SPSS (Statistical Package for theSocial Sciences).P O S T E R 1 0 4A Modified Attention Task toTest the Recuperation ofDopamine Receptors in a RatModel of EpilepsyTovyk A. ShohateeFaculty Mentor: Dr. Daniel McCloskeyDepartment of PsychologyThere is higher chance for epileptic children tohave Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder(ADHD) then non epileptic children. The exactcause for this correlation is not fully understood.Among the many theories produced the mostplausible maybe due to modification of thedopamine system caused by epilepsy. Dopamine isa neurotransmitter that is involved in attention andstudies have shown that children with ADHD havea less organized dopamine system. To study this wehave used a rat model. These rodents had seizuresat an early point in their life. The seizures did notoccur naturally but were caused by early-lifehypoxia. In the prefrontal cortex, the amount ofdopamine receptors was diminished in the hypoxicanimals. The control animals did not perform aswell as the hypoxic animals on the attention task.The cause of this effect could be that the maze(food reward motivated 5-arm maze) used was notprimarily for testing the medial prefrontal cortexfor DRD4 or that there is a possibility ofrecuperation of dopamine receptors. The rats weretested when they were 5-6 months old and the datawe collected supports the theory that dopaminerecuperation did occur in rats at the age of 6months. To achieve more evidence we havemodified the maze meaning that the rats will haveto use their medial prefrontal cortex (for avoidancebehavior) more than in the previous maze. Ourpredictions are that it will be more difficult forepileptic rats than the controls.72
Research Poster PresentationsP O S T E R 1 0 5Delirium Sound and Light DesignDaniel KoehlerFaculty Mentor: Dr. Maurya WickstromDepartment of Performing and Creative ArtsDesigning sound and lighting for the physical theatrepiece Delirium poses many challenges and artisticopportunities. Using facilities and resources availableat the College of Staten Island coupled with theartistic and technical talent of the designers andfaculty members, this project aims to create arealistic, stimulating aural and visual environment tosupport and further the actions of performers onstage. Through the use of extensive theatrical andnon-conventional lighting instrumentation, actors andaudience members are immersed in diverse worlds: anight club, a hotel, a man's dream, and the home of anaggressive dog-breeder among others. Direction- andlocation-based sound transducers aid in the creationof these atmospheres, and help to encompass severaldifferent realities taking place in the same singulartheater space.P O S T E R 1 0 6Machinal Set DesignEdward Victor TurnerFaculty Mentor: Kevin JudgeDepartment of Performing and Creative ArtsEdward Turner started in the role of Set Designerby attending cast and crew meetings for thestudent production of Machinal at The College ofStaten Island. He met with the Director, ChristineZahra Devito, to attain her vision and to get herideas for the play. From there, Edward drew up abasic sketch of what the set could look like andmeet with the director to get her approval. Inresponse to her feedback he drew up additionalsketches and built a scale model of the LAB Theaterin Building 1P in which he showed where theaudience seating would be placed and where theset would be positioned. At that point Edwardcreated a 3D white model to display a visual ofwhat the set would look like in the theater space.Once the design received acceptance from theDirector and Professor Judge he assisted theproduction team with construction of the actualscenery for The College of Staten Island’s FallProduction.73
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