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2018 CLEMENT S. STACY MEMORIAL UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH

CONFERENCE

Purdue University Northwest April 20-21, 2018

COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES, EDUCATION, AND SOCIAL

SCIENCES

Welcome to the 2018 Clement S. Stacy

Undergraduate Research Conference! Good Morning! I am Elaine Carey, Dean of the College of Humanities, Education, and

Social Sciences of Purdue University Northwest and am pleased to welcome you to the

26th anniversary edition of the Clement S. Stacy Undergraduate Research Conference.

Today we are thrilled to host over 70 students from Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, New

York, and Wisconsin.

The goal of research is the advancement of knowledge and understanding of our

world. This is the case whether the field is physics, medicine, economics, engineering –

or (as it is here today) psychology, literature, sociology, philosophy, or another field in

the liberal arts or social sciences. We in academics engage in research because we strive

to learn, to attain new knowledge. What we learn we then convey to others via

scholarly journals, books, and research conferences such as the one in which you are

participating today.

So I am extremely pleased that you as student presenters are engaged in research and

that you are here disseminating your findings and conclusions. Others of you are here

as teachers, mentors, friends or family members of these students, and your

contributions and support are extremely valuable and very much appreciated.

I would like to give a special thanks to our Graduate Assistant Sonja Dimovski, for her

work in coordinating the conference, our Web & Events Coordinator Rachel Pollack, for

her supervision, as well as CHESS Administrative Assistant Liz Rodriguez and

Graduate Assistant Kirsten Markusic for their assistance with the conference. I would

also like to acknowledge our faculty review committee: Dr. Bethany Lee, Dr. Christina

Ragan, Dr. Mary Beth Connolly, Dr. Yu Ouyang and Dr. Kelly Vaughn. The nature

and extent of their efforts are not always obvious, but this event does not take place

without their attention to literally hundreds of details. And, last but certainly not least,

I wish to thank Purdue Northwest and visiting faculty who have mentored these

scholars and faculty and graduate students who are serving as session chairs.

Congratulations and good luck to all of the students who are with us today. We

encourage you to actively participate in this celebration of undergraduate research by

asking questions, challenging assumptions, sharing thoughts, and congratulating the

student presenters.

26th Annual Clement S. Stacy Memorial Undergraduate

Research Conference

April 20-21, 2018

Conference Location: Courtyard by Marriott, Hammond, Indiana

Conference Organizers: Dean’s Office, College of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences, Purdue University Northwest

Friday, April 20 Check in and buffet lunch: 11:00 am – Noon

Session F1: Noon till 2:00 pm

Break: 2:00 - 2:15 pm

Session F2: 2:15 - 4:15 pm

Networking Reception: 4:30 - 5:30 pm

Saturday, April 21

Breakfast and check in: 7:30 - 8:30 am

Session S1: 8:30 -10:30 am

Break: 10:30 - 10:45 am

Session S2: 10:45 am - 12:45 pm

Conference Adjourns

*See pages 9 and 10 for an index of student presenters with panel assignment.

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26th Annual Clement S. Stacy Memorial Undergraduate Research Conference Detailed Panel Schedule

Friday, 20 April 2018

11:00 – 12:00 - Registration and Lunch: Courtyard by Marriott Lobby

11:45 - Opening Remarks by Dean Carey, Ph.D. : Region Room

12:00 – 2:00 - Concurrent F1 Sessions, Courtyard by Marriott Meeting Rooms

Region Room F1 - Panel Presentation: Political Policy

Moderator: Yu Ouyang, Ph.D. – Purdue University Northwest

Inherited Consequences: The Effects of the War on Bosnian Young People Born after the War.

- Brooke Regier, Purdue University Northwest

Any Good Parties? How Political Parties Shape Poland's Democracy - Caroline Wator, Augustana College

An Analysis of Executive Orders in U.S Foreign Policy - Kylie Smolar, Purdue University Northwest

What changed in eight years? - Sean Irwin, Purdue University Northwest

Perceived desirability of candidates based on gender and race in the hiring process

- Jennifer Howard, Purdue University Northwest - Stephanie Chaplin, Purdue University Northwest

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Purdue Room F1 – Panel Presentation: Race & Urbanization

Moderator: Mary Beth Connolly, Ph.D. – Purdue University Northwest

River Oaks and the Withering of Calumet City - Jose Gonzalez, Calumet College of St. Joseph

The Intersection of Culture and Downward Mobility on Health in White,

Working-Class Individuals in America.

- Sarah Reed, Purdue University Northwest

African American Reactions to the Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

- Kenneth Alyass, Wayne State University

Anthropology: Perpetual Care Disparities in the Historic Segregated

Cemeteries of Harris County, Texas: A Quantitative Analysis.

- Kara Murphy, Beloit College

Discrimination in Sentencing: Showing Remorse and the Intersections of

Gender and Race

- Robin Fagley, Purdue University Northwest

- Andrea McChristian, Purdue University Northwest

Chicago Room F1 – Panel Presentation: World Language & Culture

Moderator: Cindy Torres, Ph.D. – Purdue University Northwest

You say “choclo,” I say “elote”: Hispanic Dialectology in Northwest Indiana - Mayra Ramirez, Purdue University Northwest

Asian Languages

- Raleigh Chase, Wayne State University

Does the Language You Speak Shape Your Perception of the World?

- Annika Durinck, Purdue University Northwest

Perception of immigrants moderated by documentation status from different

regions and mediated by perceived threat

- Isabelle Chandler, Purdue University Northwest

- Shannon Fitts, Purdue University Northwest

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Indiana Room F1 – Panel Presentation: Feminist Literature

Moderator: Bethany Lee, Ph.D. – Purdue University Northwest

Altering Women’s Bodies Iran vs US - Crystal Long, Purdue University Northwest

Where No One Has Gone Before: The Enduring Cultural Capital and Impact of

Star Trek

- Nicole Vest, Purdue University Northwest

“Modernist Feminism: Transatlantic Differences Between The Great Gatsby

and To the Lighthouse”

- Samuel Heichelbech, DePauw University

The Female, Epic

- Alexia Dukes, Purdue University Northwest

Love and Longing in Las Vegas

- Paige Lacey, Purdue University Northwest

2:00 – 2:15 Break 2:15 – 4:15 Concurrent F2 Sessions, Courtyard by Marriott Meeting Rooms

Region Room F2 - Panel Presentation: Literary Analysis

Moderator: Bethany Lee, Ph.D. – Purdue University Northwest

Literary Analysis of Oryx & Crake - Lindsay Eichlin, Purdue University Northwest

Reading Fanfiction as World Literature - Raleigh Chase, Wayne State University

French Pronouns Abstract - Raleigh Chase, Wayne State University

Howl Analysis Proposal - William Maddy, Purdue University Northwest

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Purdue Room F2 – Panel Presentation: Global Issues

Moderator: Mary Beth Connolly, Ph.D. – Purdue University Northwest

U.S. Intervention in International Crises - Roza Tawil, Purdue University Northwest

Refugees Threats of Terrorism: Securitization by means of Social Integration

- Anna Tegge, Augustana College

Venezuela’s Economic Meltdown & Road to Recovery

- Alberto Beltran, Eastern Washington University

Chicago Room F2 – Panel Presentation: Political Science

Moderator: Yu Ouyang, Ph.D. – Purdue University Northwest

The Effects of Monarchial Exile on National Identity - Aaron Davis, Purdue University Northwest

Moroccan Ideal of Democracy

- Ghita El Mendri, Augustana College

Political Tolerance in China and Ecuador

- Alexis Ryckaert, Augustana College

Protests, Hunger, and More: Comparing Pinochet’s Chile to Maduro’s

Venezuela

- Liliana Andarcia, Purdue University Northwest

Explaining the delay in the United States’ ratification of The International

Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

- Emily Russell, University of Michigan

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Indiana Room F2 – Panel Presentation: Women’s Roles in Literature

Moderator: Courtney Hardin, Graduate Student – Purdue University Northwest

Elizabeth Cady Stanton: A Legacy Under Siege - Mario Garza, Purdue University Northwest

The Depiction of Societal Roles in The Yellow Wallpaper

- Isabella Iurillo, Purdue University Northwest

The Allure of “Mental Charms and Virtues”: Sexual Selection in Mansfield Park

- Bryanna Barrera, Carthage College

Not Quite the “Most Charming Love Letter”: Appropriating Vita Sackville-

West in Orlando

- Sarah Shapard, DePauw University

Blinded by Pride

- Victoria Dolmanet, Indiana Wesleyan University

The Oppression of Women Through Post Colonialism

- Jessica Sanders, Illinois College

4:15 - 4:30 Break

4:30 – 5:30 Networking Reception

Saturday, 21 April 2018 7:30 – 8:30 - Registration: Courtyard by Marriott Lobby Breakfast: Courtyard by Marriott Meeting Rooms

8:30 – 10:30 - Concurrent S1 Sessions, Courtyard by Marriott Meeting Rooms

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Region Room S1 - Panel Presentation: Psychology

Moderator: Christina Ragan, Ph.D. – Purdue University Northwest

Telephone Demonstration for Education in Neurology - Charmaine Connell, Purdue University Northwest

Depression - Annabelle Engel, Purdue University Northwest

Project Based Learning: An Outreach Approach to Teaching Brain Anatomy - Diamond Hill, Purdue University Northwest

Introducing the Gustatory System to a Group of School-aged Children - Taylor Obermeyer, Purdue University Northwest - Jenna Zubik, Purdue University Northwest

Investigation of Serotonin-Related Gene Expression in an Epigenetic Model of OCD in Sprague Dawley Rats

- Brea Regula, Purdue University Northwest

Shyness, Anxiety, and Stress Against College Success - Kayla Vasilko, Purdue University Northwest

Purdue Room S1 – Panel Presentation: Economics, Marketing & Social Influences

Moderator: Nicky Jackson, Ph.D. – Purdue University Northwest

The Forgotten Olympic Villages - Patrick Baeumle, Calumet College of St. Joseph

Career Choice Influencers: A Look at Which Factors Dominate Honor Students’

Career Paths

- Baylee Carpenter, Purdue University Northwest

Marketing Across the Nations

- Bailey McGrath, Purdue University Northwest

Political Celebrity Influence on the Voting Population

- Darien King, Purdue University Northwest

Compensation for Lost Freedom: A State by State Analysis

- Kristen Smith, Purdue University Northwest

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Chicago Room S1 – Panel Presentation: English: Literature, Rhetoric & Social Issues

Moderator: Kelly Vaughan, Ph.D. – Purdue University Northwest

Manning Up at DePauw: Performing Fraternal masculinity on a Liberal Arts Campus

- Rachel Higson, DePauw University

Sticks and Stones: How Slurs Scar Society

- Skyler Sheck, Purdue University Northwest

Experiences of Crossing Cultural Borders or Living Transnationally

- Crystal Long, Purdue University Northwest

Keeping Children Safe: Distinguishing Pedophilia from Child Abuse

- Haley Ingram, Purdue University Northwest

10:30 – 10:45 Break 10:45 – 12:45 Concurrent S2 Sessions, Courtyard by Marriott Meeting Rooms Purdue Room S2 - Panel Presentation: Life & Literature

Moderator: Kelly Vaughan, Ph.D. – Purdue University Northwest

Anansesem and the Monomyth: Does Anansi the Spider Maker the Hero’s Journey

- Kaitlyn Zimmerman, Bethel College

Dante’s Commedia: Free-will and Formation - Spencer French, Bethel College

Music as a Bridge to Mystery: Discipline and Sensibility in Mysteries of Udolpho

- Andreea Nanu, Carthage College

Great Expectations: An Analysis of Bildungsroman - Susan Miley, Bethel College

Death is Human - Sarah Schoon, Purdue University Northwest

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Chicago Room S2 – Panel Presentation: Gender & Family

Moderator: Dr. Christina Ragan, Ph.D. – Purdue University Northwest

Influences on Young Minds: The Presentation of Race, Gender, and Ethnicity in Children’s Movies

- Linzy Mae Nadratowski, Purdue University Northwest

- Samantha Marie Qualkenbush, Purdue University Northwest

Too Sexy Too Soon: The Sexualization of Minors in Media

- Hannah Watts, Purdue University Northwest

A Child in the Foster System

- Ashley Luna, Calumet College of St. Joseph

The Dynamics of a Transracial Adoptive Family Through Foster Care

- Amanda McGoldrick, Purdue University Northwest

Roadside Memorials: Healing or Harming?

- Peyton West, Calumet College of St. Joseph

Indiana Room S2 – Panel Presentation: Philosophical Approach

Moderator: Renee Conroy, Ph.D. – Purdue University Northwest

Does Religious Heroism Require Perfection? Comparing the Bible and the Qur’an

- Eva Marie Hornikel, Bethel College

The Altruistic Sublime: Reevaluating Aesthetic & Moral Judgment

- Zachary Batt, DePauw University

The Depiction of Women in Alchemy

- Annamaria Basile, St. John’s University

Humans, Animals, Climate Change, and Our Culture

- Leopold Sawyers, Purdue University Northwest

Conference Adjourns

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INDEX OF 2018 PRESENTERS Key:

F: Friday S: Saturday 1: First session 2: Second session

c: Chicago Room i: Indiana Room p: Purdue Room r: Region Room

Alyass, Kenneth F1p

Wayne State University

Andarcia, Liliana F2c

Purdue University Northwest

Baeumle, Patrick S1p

Calumet College of St. Joseph

Barrera, Bryanna F2i

Carthage College

Basile, Annamaria S2i

St. John’s University

Batt, Zachary S2i

DePauw University

Beltran, Alberto F2p

Eastern Washington University

Carpenter, Baylee S1p


Chandler, Isabelle F1c


Chaplin, Stephanie F1r


Chase, Raleigh F1c, F2r

Wayne State University

Connell, Charmaine S1r


Davis, Aaron F2c


Dolmanet, Victoria F2i

Indiana Wesleyan University

Dukes, Alexia F1i


Durinck, Annika F1c


Eichlin, Lindsay F2r


El Mendri, Ghita F2c

Augustana College

Engel, Annabelle S1r


Fagley, Robin F1p


Fitts, Shannon F1c


French, Spencer S2p

Bethel College

Garza, Mario F2i


Gonzalez, Jose F1p


Heichelbech, Samuel F1i

DePauw University

Higson, Rachel S1c

DePauw University

Hill, Diamond S1r


Hornikel, Eva Marie S2i

Bethel College

Howard, Jennifer F1r


Ingram, Haley S1c


Irwin, Patrick Sean F1r


Iurillo, Isabella F2i


King, Darien S1p


Lacey, Paige F1i


Long, Crystal F1i, S1c


Luna, Ashley S2c


Maddy, William F2r


McChristian, Andrea F1p


McGoldrick, Amanda S2c


McGrath, Bailey S1p


Miley, Susan S2p

Bethel College

Murphy, Kara F1p

Beloit College

Nadratowski, Linzy Mae S2c


Nanu, Andreea S2p

Carthage College

Obermeyer, Taylor S1r


Qualkenbush, Samantha Marie S2c


Ramirez, Mayra F1c


Reed, Sarah F1p


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INDEX OF 2018 PRESENTERS Key:

F: Friday S: Saturday 1: First session 2: Second session

c: Chicago Room i: Indiana Room p: Purdue Room r: Region Room

Regier, Brooke F1r


Regula, Brea S1r


Russell, Emily F2c

University of Michigan

Ryckaert, Alexis F2c

Augustana College

Sanders, Jessica F2i

Illinois College

Sawyers, Leopold S2i


Schoon, Sarah S2p


Shapard, Sarah F2i

DePauw University

Sheck, Skyler S1c


Smith, Kristen S1p


Smolar, Kylie F1r


Tawil, Roza F2p


Tegge, Anna F2p

Augustana College

Vasilko, Kayla S1r


Vest, Nicole F1i


Wator, Caroline F1r

Augustana College

Watts, Hannah S2c


West, Peyton S2c


Zimmerman, Kaitlyn S2p

Bethel College

Zubik, Jenna S1r

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Thank you to the mentors for their commitment and assistance. Your contributions to the future success of the students are immeasurable.

Adam Raven

Alyson Kiesel

Andrea Sununu Barbara Koremenos

Cezara Crisan

Christabel Rogalin

Christina Ragan

Colette Marrow

Cristian Mihut

Cynthia Cochran

Dennis Barbour

Kristin Edquist

Paul Allison

Tamara Beauboeuf-Lafontant

Elizabeth Lublin

Heather Fielding

Herlinda Ramirez-Barradas

Hui Chu

Jade Lynch Greenberg

Jennifer Young

Jonathan Swarts

Karen Morris

Leslie Williams Mariano Maglhaes

Michael Sinowitz

Mita Choudhury

Mohammed Errihani

Nicky Jackson

Pamela Smiley

Ralph Cherry

Robby Prenkert

Robert Hallock

Shannon Brennan

Timothy Erdel

Wayne Glausser Xiaowen Zhang

Yu Ouyang

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