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Session I: 9:30-10:30am

Bystrom Room

Session Moderators: Eunice Layrea, Educational Leadership 
Amanda Reichert, Psychology

A Public Policy Analysis of the Narratives of Anti-Transgender Bills
Evelyn Harvey, Political Science Major
Advisor(s): Anne Whitesell, Department of Political Science


Feeding an Identity Consumed by War - A Discussion of Food, Resilience, and The Russo-Ukrainian War
Abigail Berhalter, Anthropology Major
Advisor(s): Neringa Klumbyte, Department of Anthropology


Improving Signal Quality in DCS: Debugging Single Mode Fibers and High-Coherence Lasers
Grayce Dyer, Biological Physics Major
Advisor(s): Karthik Vishwanath, Department of Physics


Retina Regeneration in the Spanish Newt
Abby Green, Biology and Premedical Studies Major
Advisor(s): Erika Grajales-Esquival, Department of Biology
Katia Del Rio-Tsonis, Department of Biology


Compassion Converge: Exploring the Intersection of Inclusion and Design
Ashleigh Brelage, Communication Design Major
Lorena Ianiro, Communication Design Major
Advisor(s): Zack Tucker, Department of Art


Caroline Scott Room

Session Moderators: Subodh Babu Bhujel, Mechanical Engineering
Lirisha Tuladhar, Sociology and Gerontology

Understanding Internalism and Our Connection to the Good
Sabrina Costello, Philosophy and International Studies Major
Advisor(s): Facundo Alonso, Department of Philosophy


How Coal Barons, Corrupt Operators, and Congress Enable the Black Lung Epidemic in Kentucky's Eastern Coalfields
Meredith Perkins, English Creative Writing and Diplomacy and Global Politics Major
Advisor(s): Steven Conn, Department of History


Federalism Questioned: How Abortion and Marijuana Regulation Challenge Constitutional Law
Grace Foor, English Literature and Individualized Studies Major


What is Commitment? A Focus on Love
Gwendolyn Clark, Political Science and Philosophy Major
Advisor(s): Facundo Alonso, Department of Philosophy


Association Between Family Household Income and Oral Health Issues Among Children Aged 5-12 Years
Caroline Braud, Public Health and Premedical Studies Major
Chloe Thach, Public Health and Individualized Studies Major
Alex Knauer, Public Health and Data Science and Statistics Major
Advisor(s): Saruna Ghimire, Department of Sociology and Gerontology


Session II: 10:45-11:45am

Bystrom Room

Session Moderators: Eunice Layrea, Educational Leadership 
Amanda Reichert, Psychology

Race, Heteropatriarchy, and Capitalism in the Christmas Movie
Ryan Rosu, Film Studies, English Literature and Philosophy Major
Advisor(s): Andy Rice, Department of Media Journalism and Film


Lens regeneration: a dorsal-ventral BMP blueprint
Lake Ernst, Biology Major
Advisor(s): Jose Raul Perez Estrada, Department of Biology
Katia Del Rio-Tsonis, Department of  Biology


Cultivating Creative Communities: Furthering arts advocacy and education through algorithm analysis
Isabella Obradovich, Art Education Major
Advisor(s): Stephanie Danker, Department of Art


Trivial Pain Avoidance and the Experience of Toxic Pain
Miles Fearn, Biology and Premedical Studies Major
Advisor(s): Carolyn Hardin, Department of Global and Intercultural Studies


The Grimms' Legacy through Digital Humanities: The Impact of Source Origins
Ethan Chapman, Data Science and Statistics and German Major
Advisor(s): Nicole Thesz, Department of German


Caroline Scott Room

Session Moderators: Benjamin Akande, Biology
Kevin Morrison, Chemistry

Implications of a changing climate on the Smooth Greensnake (Opheodrys vernalis) distribution
Madalyn Couch, Zoology Major
Advisor(s): Tereza Jezkova, Department of Biology
Alfredo Ascanio, Department of Biology
Jason Bracken, Department of Biology


Virtual Geologic Map Tour of Bachelor Preserve in the ºÚÁÏÉçÇø Natural Areas
Ryan Sawyer, Earth Science and Sustainability Major
Advisor(s): Brian Currie, Department of Geology and Environmental Earth Science
Jason Rech, Department of  Geology and Environmental Earth Science


A New Light into the Lithosphere with Western U.S. Xenoliths
Jamie Olding, Geology Major
Advisor(s): Claire McLeod, Department of Geology and Environmental Earth Science


Currents of Journalism in Music through the Lens of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Samuel Mikes-Thacker, Music Major
Advisor(s): Elizabeth Hoover, Department of Music


The Quintuple Quandary: How the Intersections of Gender, Racial, Socioeconomic, and Social Identity Inform Academic Identity
Gabrielle Dawson, Physics Major
Advisor(s): Jennifer Blue, Department of Physics


Session III: 1:15-2:15pm

Bystrom Room

Session Moderator: Kevin Morrison, Chemistry

Psilocybin's Role in Retinal Inflammation
Aidan Kraan, Biology and Neuroscience Major
Advisor(s): Mark Charlton-Perkins, Department of Biology


Creating Transgenic Newts for Studying Lens Regeneration
Katie Schuckmann, Biology and Psychology Major
Advisor(s): Katia Del Rio-Tsonis, Department of Biology
Jose Raul Perez Estrada, Department of  Biology


The Rationality of Intending the Impossible
Dat Nguyen Le Phuoc, Philosophy and Economics Major
Advisor(s): Facundo Alonso, Department of Philosophy


Linguistics in Education
Evie Lipscolmb, Middle Childhood Education Major
Emily Kolominsky, Middle Childhood Education Major
Allie Tyler, Middle Childhood Education Major
Anne Buquo, Middle Childhood Education Major 
Advisor(s): Larysa Bobrova, Department of English


Effects of Oxygen Exposure on Tensile Properties of Polymers with Varying Crosslinker Densities 
Paige Wagner, Bioengineering and Kinesiology Major
Tim Archibald, Bioengineering and Premedical Studies Major
Eva Goorskey, Bioengineering Major
Ruby Davis, Bioengineering Major
Advisor(s): Jessica Sparks, Department of Chemical Paper and Biomedical Engineering
Dominik Konkolewicz, Department of  Chemistry and Biochemistry


Caroline Scott Room

Session Moderator: Rachel Pfeiffer, Miami Class 2007

Italian Americans in Ohio Oral History Project
Madeline Northup, Italian Studies, Classical Studies, and Linguistics Major
Advisor(s): Daniele Fioretti, Department of French, Italian and Classical Studies


Nature and Medicine: Representations in German Literature from 1800 to Present
Alivia O'Donnell, Biology and German Major
Advisor(s): Nicole Thesz, Department of German


Human Roles in Implementation and Oversight of AI: Towards a Governance Framework
Ally Britton-Heitz, Information Systems and Diplomacy and Global Politics Major
Advisor(s): Jeffrey Merhout, Department of Information Systems and Analytics


Preliminary Results for Effects of Riding an Electric Bike for 6 months on Measures of Cardiometabolic Health: A Case Study for One Pre-Diabetic Patient
Lindsay Stein, Kinesiology Major
Advisor(s) Kyle Timmerman, Department of  Kinesiology, Nutrition and Health
Reidy Paul, Department of Kinesiology, Nutrition and Health
Alex Bagg, Department of Kinesiology, Nutrition and Health
Helaine Alessio, Department of Kinesiology, Nutrition and Health


Session IV: 2:30-3:30pm

Bystrom Room

Session Moderator: Kevin Morrison, Chemistry

My Plate and Dietary Fiber
Lucas Stackpole, Public Health, Human Disease and Epidemiology Major 
Advisor(s): Saruna Ghimire, Department of Sociology & Gerontology


China's Straussian Moment: Leo Strauss, Gan Yang, Liu Xiaofeng, and the Study of Western Classics in China
Harry Hughen, East Asian Languages and Cultures and History Major
Advisor(s): Haosheng Yang, Department of Global and Intercultural Studies


Controlling Light Propagation at Atomic Scales Using Spinning Optical Cavities 
Jaela Allen, Geology Major
Glenn Oschner, Physics Major
Advisor(s): Imran Mirza, Department of Physics


Persuasion of the Pill: An Analysis of Early Oral Contraceptive Users in Puerto Rico and the United States
Eavan Guirl, History Major
Advisor(s): Kimberly Hamlin, Department of History


Grammatical Structures and Errors in Academic Context 
Hannah Ballinger, Speech Pathology and Audiology Major
Ian Larson, Speech Pathology and Audiology Major
Susan (Hejing Yin), Middle Childhood Education Major
Jenna Huetteman, Integrated English Language Arts Education Major
Malia Appulese, Integrated English Language Arts Education Major
Audria Lykins, Integrated English Language Arts Major
Advisor: Larysa Bobrova, Department of English


Caroline Scott Room

Session Moderator: Madeleine Kellner, Miami Class 2007

Instruments of War: The Balance Between Player Expression and Player Empowerment In Games
Micah Ballard, Music and Interactive Media Studies Major
Trent Morton, Interactive Media Studies Major
Advisor(s): Tim DeMarks, Department of Emerging Technology in Business and Design
Eric Sheffield, Department of Music


Prosthetic Attachment for Industry Amputees
Danish Malik, Bioengineering Major
Mark Whapham, Bioengineering Major
Zach Metz, Mechanical Engineering Major
Advisor(s): James Chagdes, Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering


Insights Into Earth's Magmatic Record Keepers: A Petrological, Geochemical, and Geochronological Study of Megacrystic K-Feldspars from Cretaceous-aged Intrusions, Central Nevada
Juliana Curtis, Geology and Environmental Science Major
Advisor(s): Claire McLeod, Department of Geology and Environmental Earth Science
Mark Krekeler, Department of Geology and Environmental Earth Science
Azadeh Sedaghat, Department of Geology and Environmental Earth Science


Boy Scouts: The History of the Involvement of Girls
Eli Levsky, International Studies and Political Science Major
Advisor(s): Elena Jackson Albarran, Department of History


Unpacking Perceptions: The Role of Framing in Shaping Voter Views on Climate Migration Policies
Mollie Duffy, Public Administration Major
Advisor(s): Kevin Reuning, Department of Political Science


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