2023 Scholarship and Arts Symposium

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Symposium Schedule Overview

8:30 a.m. – 8:45am

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Dr. Susan Traverso, President

Bly Hall

9:00am – 12:00pm

Morning Session

Multimedia Presentations, Pedas Discovery
Dietrich Honors Institute Thesis Presentations, Stamm Hall
Oral Presentations, Lutheran Heritage Room
Digital Posters, Bly Hall & Pedas 125

9:30am – 3:00pm

Student Art Show

Weyers-Sampson Gallery HMSC

12:00pm – 1:00pm

Lunch

1:00pm – 1:30pm

Keynote Address:

Jared Johnson, Ph.D., Associate Professor of English
“Launching Scholars: Research and the Tomcat Way”

Stamm Hall

1:30pm – 3:00pm

Afternoon Session

Dietrich Honors Institute Thesis Presentations, Stamm Hall
Digital Posters, Bly Hall & Lutheran Heritage Room
Oral Presentations, Pedas 125

3:00pm – 4:30pm

Library Research and Writing Awards & Closing Reception

Stamm Hall

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MORNING SESSIONS

ROOM: PEDAS DISCOVERY

Multimedia Presentation

Moderator: Mary Theresa Hall

9:00 – 9:30am

Kaitlyn Schmidt (T.A.), Bianca Fenstermacher, Blake Gibson, Brooke Griffith, Karigan Hager, Makenna Oswalt,
M.T. Hall, Ph.D., Professor of English

Developing the Culture of STEAM at Thiel College

ROOM: STAMM HALL

Dietrich Honors Institute Thesis Presentations

Moderator: Sheila Nowinski

9:30am – 9:50am

Raquel McDonald
N. Homa, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology

Expert Versus Eyewitness: Who Do We Trust When They Conflict?

9:50am – 10:10am

Rebekah Ladaika
J. Kobak, MA, CCC-SLP, Associate Professor of Communications, Sciences and Disorders

What Makes a Children’s Television Show Beneficial for Learning and Developing Language Skills?

10:10am – 10:30am

Shayna Lantz
M. Morgan, Ph.D., Professor of Philosophy

The "Culture of Poverty"

10:30am – 10:40am

Break

10:40am – 11:00am

Demir Schroyer
A. Franley, M.Div., Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion

How Christian Persecution in Ancient Rome Influenced the Symbolism in Revelation

11:00am – 11:20am

Christian Kemp
A. Franley, M.Div., Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion

Parables of the Synoptic Gospels: The Lessons that We Can Learn and Apply to Our Lives Today

11:20am – 11:40am

Zoe Heckathorn
A. Reinsel, Ph.D. Professor of Environmental Science and Chemistry

Soil Reclamation: How Effective Are Sunflowers at Absorbing Heavy Metals?

11:40am – 12:00pm

Cassandra Bown
A. Reinsel, Ph.D., Professor of Environmental Science and Chemistry

The Salton Sea: An Environmental Disaster and Public Health Risk

ROOM: LUTHERAN HERITAGE ROOM

Oral Presentations

Moderator: Greg Kingston

9:00am – 9:20am

Cassandra Bown
M. O’Donnell, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biology

The Impacts of Stress on the Placental Junctional Zone

9:20am – 9:40am

Danielle Sterling
M. O’Donnell, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biology

The Effects of Stress on Placental Labyrinth Development

9:40am – 10:00am

Jenna McCandless
M. O’Donnell, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biology

The Effect of Stress and L-Citrulline on Placental Development

10:00am – 10:20am

Break

10:20am – 10:40am

Grace Adams
G. Kingston, Ed.D., CSCS, Assistant Professor of Exercise Science

Injury Prevention Program Awareness, Knowledge, and Attitudes Among Division III College Athletic Directors

10:40am – 11:00am

Hannah Strott
G. Kingston, Ed.D., CSCS, Assistant Professor of Exercise Science

Exercise as a Treatment Modality in Occupational Therapy

11:00am – 11:20am

Jacob Sirofchuck
J. Broderick, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biology

Dental Hygiene in Traditional Undergraduate Students at Thiel College

11:20am – 11:40pm

Malajah Johnson, Brooke Deal, Katherine Phillips
J. Broderick, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biology

Evaluating our Treatment of Chronic Pain: From macrophage-targeted nano emulsion delivery to understanding the differences sex and race play

ROOM: PEDAS 125

Digital Poster Presentations

Moderators: Michael Balas & Natalie Homa

9:00am – 10:00am

Biology Posters

10:00am – 10:30am

Chemistry Posters

10:30am – 10:45am

Psychology Posters

10:45am – 11:00am

Communication Science Disorders Posters

ROOM: BLY

Digital Poster Presentations

Moderator: Jared Hanneman

9:00am – 12:00pm

Evidence Based Medicine and Public Health

LUNCH BREAK

Lunch on your own

12:00pm – 1:00pm

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

STAMM HALL

1:00pm – 1:30pm

Dr. Jared Johnson, PhD., Associate Professor of English

Launching Scholars: Research and the Tomcat Way

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AFTERNOON SESSIONS

ROOM: STAMM HALL

Dietrich Honors Institute Thesis Presentations

Moderator: Tressa Snyder

1:30pm – 1:50pm

Morgan Wood
N. Lax, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Neuroscience

Can Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation Be Used to Treat Inflammatory Pain?

1:50pm – 2:10pm

Mya Storll
M. Balas, Ph.D., Professor of Biology

Does the Drinking Water on Campus and in Greenville Meet State and Federal Standards Regarding Lead and Copper Content?

2:10pm – 2:30pm

Zakaria Wilson
E. Torigoe, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Physics

Dvorak's Setbacks: Barriers to Learning the Dvorak Keyboard

ROOM: PEDAS 125

Oral Presentations

Moderator: Nancy Antonino

1:30pm – 1:50pm

Anthony Trobek
J. Broderick, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biology

Use of Lures in Camera-Trapping PA Wildlife around Thiel College

1:50pm – 2:10pm

Kylee Eaton
J. Broderick, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biology

Influence of Weather on the Presence of PA Wildlife around Thiel College

2:10pm – 2:30pm

Omahn Dobbins
J. Broderick, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biology

Optimizing DNA Extractions For Development of Species-Specific Primers in eDNA Experiments

ROOM: LUTHERAN HERITAGE ROOM

Digital Poster Presentations

Moderator: Jared Hanneman

1:30pm – 3:00pm

Statistics for the Social Sciences

ROOM: BLY

Digital Poster Presentations

Moderator: Mary O’Donnell/Neil Lax

1:30pm – 2:15pm

Microbiology Posters

2:15pm – 3:00pm

Neuroscience Posters

STAMM HALL

Library Research & Writing Awards

3:00pm – 4:30pm

STAMM HALL

Closing Reception

4:00pm – 4:30pm

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