The 8th Annual Wiggins Memorial Library Academic Symposium is Tuesday, March 27, 2018. Oral presentations will take place from 9:00am- 4:00pm throughout the library. This is a floating event, so please attend sessions that best fit your schedule.
12:00-12:20 |
Rm 224 |
Melanie Pyles |
Themes In Gospel Music | Dr. Adam English | Christian Studies |
Rm 225 | Anna Turbyfill** | The FDA vs. South American Regulation; How do they Compare? | Dr. Ann Ortiz | Spanish | |
Rm 303 |
Connor Knudsen |
A Hungry Heart: Analyzing the Will to Live in Tennyson's "Ulysses" | Prof. Shirley Jefferds | English | |
Rm 312 |
Jordan Mullins |
Splenomegaly | Dr. Corrie Struble | Exercise Science | |
12:30-12:50 |
Rm 224 |
Casidy Havird |
Death Penalty: When Is the Death Penalty Cruel and Unusual? | Dr. Catherine Cowling | Criminal Justice |
Rm 225 | Morgan Garris | Long Term Post-Operative Complications Following Fulkerson Osteotomy and Microfracture in a Collegiate Volleyball Player | Dr. Sarah Christie |
Exercise Science |
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Rm 303 |
Reiley McLaughlin |
Paz and Eliot: The Impact of the Human Opinion | Prof. Shirley Jefferds | English | |
Rm 312 |
Kyle Admire |
Use of Anti-tNASP Antibody for Cancer Detection | Dr. Oleg Alekseev | Osteopathic Medicine | |
1:00-1:20 |
Rm 224 |
Lydia Huth |
Sin Robed in Holiness: Gunpowder and Religious Corruption in The Revenger’s Tragedy | Dr. Donna Waldron | English |
Rm 225 |
Diego Parra |
Far Away Near and Dear | Dr. René Ibarra | Spanish | |
Rm 303 | Valeen Jennings | Segregation/Solitary Confinement and the 8th Amendment | Dr. Catherine Cowling | Criminal Justice | |
Rm 312 |
Brian Conner |
Investigation of Microbial Involvement in the Pathogenesis of Atherosclerosis | Dr. Bonnie Brenseke and Dr. Terence Mitchell | Osteopathic Medicine | |
1:30-1:50 |
Rm 224 |
Abigail Pore |
The Appearance of Love: Violence, Passion, and Gender in Bellefleur | Dr. Sherry Truffin | English |
Rm 225 | Tyler Sanders | Terry Vehicle Searches | Dr. Catherine Cowling | Criminal Justice | |
Rm 303 | Andrew Impeduglia | Existentialism in the Poetry of Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman | Prof. Shirley Jefferds | English | |
Rm 312 |
Alexis Weidner |
A Not So Innocent Abroad: Communication Autoethnograohy in Germany | Dr. Dean Farmer | Communication Studies | |
2:00-2:20 |
Rm 224 |
Caroline Wilson |
Integrating Assets: Positive Deviance Potential in the Campus Kitchens Project | Dr. Dean Farmer | Communication Studies |
Rm 225 | Brendon Noyes Joshua Wade Hanna Whitehurst |
North Carolina Vaccination Policy Reform | Dr. John Mero | Political Science | |
Rm 303 | John Manor | Fitness and Fatness: Body Mass Index versus Body Composition | Dr. Jennifer Bunn | Osteopathic Medicine | |
Rm 312 |
Jared Genzel |
Unclean: Flannery O’Connor’s Depictions of PTSD in Wise Blood | Dr. Sherry Truffin | English | |
2:30-2:50 |
Rm 224 |
Laura Barbalato Nicholas Luibil |
Investigating the Potential Cardiotoxicity of Synthetic Cannabinoid JWH-073 | Dr. Bonnie Brenseke | Osteopathic Medicine |
Rm 225 | Casey Pearce | A Trip Down Memory Lane: A Memory Screening Program Evaluation | Dr. Nicole Rushing | Psychology | |
Rm 303 | Mary Gatti | The Effectiveness of No Child Left Behind on National Test Scores | Dr. David Thornton | Political Science | |
Rm 312 |
Leah Tripp |
Nefarious Nurturing: Gothic Mothering and Wise Blood | Dr. Sherry Truffin | English | |
3:00-3:20 | Rm 224 | Madison Beane | Prediction Model for Big South Basketball | Dr. Sidong "Max" Zhang and Prof. Heather Manhart | Mathematics |
Rm 225 | Carolyn Newsome | Political Themes in the Capek Brothers' The Insect Play | Prof. Bert Wallace | Theatre Studies | |
Rm 312 | Jacob Wells | Stimulation of the CB1 Receptor With Synthetic and Natural Cannabinoids Induces Seizures With Varying Efficacy in Mice | Dr. Christopher Breivogel | Pharmaceutical Sciences | |
3:30-3:50 | Rm 224 | Jordan Hobgood | Stereotypes in Society and Story: Gender Roles in Joyce Carol Oates’s Bellefleur | Dr. Sherry Truffin | English |
Rm 225 | Santos Saldivar | The Mexican Immigrant: It Is Harder Than You May Think | Dr. René Ibarra | Spanish | |
Rm 303 | Sarah Davis | Acetabular Labral Tear in a Male High School Football Player with Limited Access to Care | Dr. Sarah Christie | Exercise Science | |
Rm 312 | Rachel Davis | “No Poetry After Hiroshima”: Jarrell’s “The Lost World” Framed by the Nuclear Age | Dr. Gina Peterman | English |
**Walter S. Barge Honors Program Participant
Schedule:
Oral Presentations, 9am-4pm
Poster Presentations, 4pm-5:15pm
Art Exhibits, 4pm-5:15pm
Reception, 5:15pm-6pm
Closing Awards Ceremony, 6pm-6:30pm