Best Poster Awards
Brianna Robertson (Special Education and Clinical Services)
College of Education and Educational Technology
Convergence and Divergence Trends of the Western Pennsylvania Dialect
Kelsey McCabe, Sara Shafer (Nursing and Allied Health Professions)
College of Health and Human Services
Home Assessment and Fall Prevention
Ayanda Masilela, Mark Turner, Tetsuya Iwase, Zachary Afshar (Geography and Regional Planning)
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
A GIS-Based Analysis of Nuisance Properties in Indiana Borough: 2007-2009
Amanda Stamm (English)
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
The Cursed Hounds: A Closer Look at the Hound of the Baskervilles
Justin Williams (Biochemistry)
Kopchick College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Enhanced Green Fluorescent Protein Purification and Mutagenesis
Honorable Mention for Research Posters
Nadia Szymanski (Chemistry)
Study of the Reaction Mechanism for Asymmetric Reduction of Ethyl Pyruvate over Cinchona-modified Pt/A1203
Heather Wagner (Chemistry)
The Sensemaking Process in Mental Models of Chemical Equilibrium
Outstanding Performance Award
Sarah Hann (Music)
Sounds of the Earth: Playing the Udu
Outstanding Presentation Awards
Maribeth Corrow (Political Science)
Misogyny in Ancient Greek Literature
Tiara Brock-DeShields (Human Development and Environmental Studies)
Parent-Child Relationships During the First Year of College
Rachel DeStefano (Biology)
The Word, Concept, and Image of the Vagina as Underrepresented or Slandered in Society
Laura Heiman (History)
Sir Francis Drake's 1585 Voyage
Brett Hollabaugh (Economics)
Determinants of an NHL Defenseman's Salary
Paul Lyter (Economics)
An Analysis of Federal Mine-Safety Legislation and Mine Fatality Levels
Erin Motter (Communications Media), Victoria Woodland (Management)
Rural Poverty in Africa
Odinaka Onovo (Economics)
Nigeria: Oil, Blood, and Development
Kelly Shaw (Management)
Equal Employment in Africa
Nathan Winters (English)
Masculinity in the Media: Cross-Cultural Representations of Masculinity
Honorable Mention for Scholarly Presentations
Dane Alabran (Mathematics)
An Effective System for Retrieving Digital Images Using Genetic Algorithms for Similarity Searching
Xavier Alarcon (English)
Female Gender Identity in Literature
Jessica Beere (Psychology)
Sluts, Studs, and Sexual Double Standards: Responses to Male and Female Targets as a Function of Sexual Partners and Responsibility
Amber Byas (Biology)
The Effect of Synaptic Zn2+ within the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus on the Light/Dark Cycle
Semawit Gezahegn (Accounting)
Rural Development in Ethiopia
Christina Lewis (Political Science)
Impossibility No Longer Exists
Hayley Markoff (Math)
Mathematics: Still a Man's World?
Rachel Umbel (Physics)
Loss Processes at Elevated Temperature
Best Bibliography Award
Jennifer Cassanova (Chemistry)
Are Carbohydrates Involved in the Association of Growth Hormone Binding Protein, GHBP, in the Membrance?
Identifying Binding Partners for Soluble Guanylate Cyclase (sGC) using Transient Transfection into MCF-7 Cells and Immunoprecipitation
Juried Art Exhibition Awards
Caitlyn Sukolsky - First Prize
Joshua Kosker - Second Prize
Patrick Camut - Third Prize
Outstanding Teacher Work Sample Awards
Elizabeth Blumer (English Education)
Tiffany Cornman (Math Education)
Drew Moyer (Math Education)
Sigma Xi Best Science Posters
Kenneth Glassford - First Place (Biology)
Tumor Suppressor Gene p53 as a Prognostic Indicator for Prostate Cancer
Maura Barrett - Second Place (Biology)
Selective Inhibitors of Human Type II Inosince Monophosphate Dehydrogenase as new Anticancer Drug
Etg4 and Etv5 are not required for Fgfr2 signaling in the metanephric mesenchyme
Ashley Rossi - Third Place (tie) (Psychology)
Cooperation in Vocal Quartet Rehearsal
Donald Miller - Third Place (tie) (Biology)
Anticipatory Sympathetic Adjustments and Coordination of Human Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Physiological Systems to Physical Activity