This year’s student research forum featured research conducted by 29 students under 14 faculty advisors from diverse scholarship areas, including education, psychology, chemistry, history and geography. Students received awards for oral and poster presentations of proposed and completed research. Award recipients follow.
Proposed research oral presentation
- 1st place: Maria Jaurbe (student); Elizabeth Weiss (faculty); “The Impact of Parenting Style and Communication on Sexual Confidence, Attitudes and Well-Being in Young Adults”
- 2nd place: Eve Harrison (student); Julie Hupp (faculty); “Novel Word Learning Through Use of Gestures and Prosodic Information”
Proposed research poster presentation
- 1st place: Rachel Howard (student); James Wirth (faculty); "Good Riddance to Bad Rubbish:" Responding to a Burdensome Group Member Leaving
- 2nd place: Karina Tellez-Sanchez, Claire Gaulin and Noah Browning (students); Melissa Jungers and Julie Hupp (faculty); “An Examination of Adjective Dimensions using a Stroop Task in Preschool Children”
Completed research oral presentation
- 1st place: Shelby Gambill (student); Elizabeth Weiser (faculty); “Working on a Building: Reflection, Selection and Deflection at the Ryman”
- 2nd place: Lillian Grooms, Brooke Dutro, Alexis Herrmann, Emma Stine and Bailey Stranges (students); Adrian Rodgers (faculty); “How AI Provides a Reading Analysis vs. Pre-Service Teacher Analysis”
Completed research poster presentation
- 1st place: Eve Harrison, Audra Lacy, Ellie Funk and Ashley McCarthy (students); Julie Hupp and Melissa Jungers (faculty); “Acoustic Speech Properties and the Impact on Novel Verb Comprehension”
- 2nd place: Molly Rudduck (student); Jennifer Kowalsky (faculty); “Anticipated Regret Messages and Seasonal Flu Vaccine Uptake Intention: A Randomized Controlled Trial”
