Student Research Forum
About the Student Research Forum
This annual event is open to students of all disciplines conducting work under the direction of an Ohio State Newark faculty member or lecturer. The forum aims to increase collaborative, student-faculty research endeavors at the Newark campus, to encourage participation in honors research, and to further the goals of The Ohio State University Denman Undergraduate Research Forum and The Ohio State University Undergraduate Research Office at the Newark Campus.
This forum is an opportunity for students to present their school-funded research before a diverse panel of judges.
The benefits
Undergraduate Research defined - “An inquiry or investigation conducted by an undergraduate student that makes an original,
intellectual, or creative contribution to the discipline....” - The Council on Undergraduate Research
Undergraduate research requires an educational collaboration between students and faculty members. Research experiences may be initiated by students who seek out faculty supervision for their projects or by faculty members who involve undergraduate students in their research teams.
Research can culminate in a written or oral presentation as a means of making the body of academic knowledge or creative exploration accessible to other investigators in the field, as well as to the general public.
Participation in undergraduate research benefits students educationally, professionally, and personally.
Educational benefits include:
- Working closely with a faculty mentor
- Learning about issues, methods, and leaders in students’ chosen fields
- Applying concepts learned in coursework to “real life” situations
- Sharpening problem-solving skills
- Reading primary literature
Professional benefits include:
- Exploring and preparing for future careers
- Developing marketable skills
- Enhancing professional communication skills
- Collaborating with others and working effectively as part of a team
Personal benefits include:
- Growing as a critical, analytical, and independent thinker
- Meeting challenges and demonstrating the ability to complete a project
- Discovering personal interests
- Developing internal standards of excellence
Questions? Contact Nathaniel Swigger, Assistant Professor, Political Science at swigger.1@osu.edu.
15th Annual Student Research Forum Winners
L to R: 2nd place winners Ross Boley and Maria Bowen; Associate Professor Nathanial Swigger, and first place winners Celeste Hinerman, Jason Tippie and Calaudia Kuchan; missing from photo: Megan Gallaher (1st-seen in top photo at right), Lynzi Morehouse (2nd-seen below) and Rashmiah Amer (2nd-seen in bottom photo at right).
Oral Presentation, Completed Research
First Place – Megan Gallaher: Nineteenth Century Literary History and Liverpool
Second Place – Maria Bowen: You, Me & 9/11
Oral Presentation, Proposed Research
First Place – Calaudia Kuchan: Going to the Dark Side: Do Ostracized Individuals Choose Dark Triad Interaction Partners?
Second Place – Ross Boley: What Does Your Computer Desktop Say About You? Perceiving Personality from Computer Desktops
Poster Presentation, Proposed Research
First Place – Jason Tippie: Mindful Ostracism
Second Place – Lynzi Morehouse: Anxiety, Music and Risky Decision Making
Poster Presentation, Completed Research
First Place – Celeste Hinerman: Bike! Bike? Bike: An Examination of Children’s Comprehension of Intentional Prosody
Second Place – Rasmiah Amer: Aza-peptide Michael Acceptor Inhibitors for the 20S Porteasome
First place award winners received a $200 cash prize; second place award winners received a $100 cash prize.
14th Annual Student Research Forum Winners
L to R 1st place winners: Ross Boley, Zachary Sparks, Dr. Nathanial Swigger, Nicholas Clawson and Meisha Runyon.
L to R 2nd place winners: Calaudia A. Kuchan, James Sullivan and Edward J. Cox IV. Not pictured Tom Crook.
Oral Presentation, Completed Research
First Place – Ross Boley: "Tolerance is a Virtue: The Relation Between Burden Tolerance and Exclusion."
Second Place – Edward J. Cox IV: "Hell on the Wabash."
Oral Presentation, Proposed Research
First Place – Nicholas Clawson: "Recognizing the Dark Sky of a Local State Park and Its Scientific Potential."
Second Place – James Sullivan: "A Gap Year: Why Students, Universities and America Should Say Yes!”
Poster Presentation, Completed Research
First Place – Meisha Runyon: "Decision Making as a Function of Delusion Proneness."
Second Place – Tom Crook: "The Effect of Effort on Iowa Gambling Task Performance.”
Poster Presentation, Proposed Research
First Place – Zachary Sparks: "The Goldilocks Effect: Determining When Eye Contact is Not Too Much or Not Too Little."
Second Place – Calaudia A. Kuchan:"Help! I Need Somebody. Help! Not Just Anybody! Determining Who Ostracized Individuals Want to Interact With.”
1st place award winners received a $200 cash prize; 2nd place award winners received a $100 cash prize.
13th Annual Student Research Forum Winners
L to R: Brandon Porter, Brittany Myers, Carrie Bowlby, Coryn Coleman, Dr. Nathanial Swigger and Jacob Brower; absent from photo: Robert Burkhart and Khadijah Mbai
Oral Presentation, Completed Research
First Place - Robert Burkhart: "Testing the Utility of Stable Isotopes for Analyzing Bee Foraging Patterns"
Second Place – Coryn Coleman and Khadijah Mbai: "Identifying Achievements and Barriers of ESL Immigrant Students in Order to Support Their Success"
Poster Presentation, Proposed Research
First Place - Carrie Bowlby: "Information Processing and Humor Development"
Second Place - Brittany Myers: "Investigating Precursor and Prompt Emission of Gamma-ray Bursts (GRBs)"
Poster Presentation, Completed Research
First Place - Coryn Coleman and Brandon Porter: "The Effect of Rate Priming on Information Processing" and "The Effect of Prosody on Decision Making in Adults and Children: Speech Rate Influences Speed and Quality of Decisions"
Second Place - Jacob Brower: "Project Wild Coshocton: A Camera-Trapping Program to Monitor Bobcats (Lynx Rufus) in Coshocton County, Ohio.
1st place award winners received a $200 cash prize; 2nd place award winners received a $100 cash prize.
12th Annual Student Research Forum Winners
Oral Presentation, Completed Research
First Place - Wesley Barnhart, Reward Processing and Risky Decision Making in Disordered Eating
Second Place – Jessica Parker and Krysten Chadwick, Examining Cardiac and Behavioral Responses in a Modality Dominance Task
Oral Presentation, Proposed Research
First Place - Nikki Cotton, Sunrise to Sunset: Reproductive and Longevity Technologies in Science Fiction and Medicine
Second Place - Ben Betulius, Quantum Mechanics, Determinism, and Pseudoscience
Poster Presentation, Completed Research
First Place - Krysten Chadwick, External Influences on Risk-Taking Behavior
Second Place - Jessica Parker, Effects of Auditory Input on Spatial Serial Response Time Task
Poster Presentation, Proposed Research
First Place - Riane Paige, A Participatory Action Research Project of Parole Board Decisions for “Old Law” OffendersSecond Place - Tom Crook, Gamer Grit: Does Experience in a Game Give Frequent Video Game Players More Confidence in Completing Real-World Tasks?
11th Annual Student Research Forum Winners
Event held Wednesday, March 11th, 2015
Newark campus, John Gilbert Reese Center
Oral Presentation, Completed Research:
First place: Carolyn Dunifon, "Heart Rate Variability Associated with Attentional Control in High-Load Flanker Tasks"
Second place: Amanda Hunt, "Adolescent Literature for Young Adults vs. for Adults"
Oral Presentation, Proposed Research:
First place: Ashley Theodore, "Maintaining Black Culture through Mardi Gras Indian Suits"
Second place: Torah Silvera, "Mardi Gras Indians: Exploring the Intersection of History, Community, and Culture in a Unique Tradition"
Poster Presentation, Completed Research:
First place: Krysten R. Chadwick, "Prosodic Processing by Individuals with Williams Syndrome"
Second place: Lindsey Rike, "The Cross-Domain Priming of Language and Motor Rate"
Poster Presentation, Proposed Research:
First place: Michael Madson, "Spectral Lags of Swift GRBs with Prompt Optical Emission"
Second place: Austin Hulse, "Spectral Lags of Swift Gamma-Ray Bursts with Precursor Emission"
To learn more about the Student Research Forum or about student research at Ohio State Newark, contact Nathaniel Swigger, Assistant Professor, Political Science at swigger.1@osu.edu
