Welcome to the comprehensive schedule for the 2024 Celebration of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity. This page contains the full lineup of events, including both poster presentations and oral talks. Should you wish to focus on a specific format of presentation, you can easily navigate to either the Posters or Oral Talks sections by returning to the 2024 Celebration main page.

We will begin at 2 PM in the Garden Area on the 1st floor of McDonald Memorial Library. Please join us for opening remarks and announcements before the first poster session.

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Schedule
2024
Wednesday, April 17th
12:00 AM

A Computational Software Program for Acceleration and Independent Learning of Statistical Analysis in Undergraduate Research Labs.

Nijah Simmons, Xavier University

MCD 208

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

2:15 PM

A Reversed-Phase Derivatization HPLC Method for the Detection of Creatinine in C. Elegans

Connor Slattery

2nd floor - Library

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

2:15 PM

Adverse Childhood Experiences Scores Associated with Hispanic Undocumented Mothers and Documented Mothers

Isabella Orefice

2nd floor - Library

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

2:15 PM

Age and its Impact on the Needs of HIV Individuals

Patrick T. Delaney, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH

2nd floor - Library

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

2:15 PM

Analyzing the Demographics of High School Students in Online Credit Recovery Courses

Julianne Pece

2nd floor - Library

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

2:15 PM

Cavitation in an Accelerating Fluid

Andrew Roden

2nd floor - Library

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

2:15 PM

Characteristics of three proposed Malate Dehydrogenases with BASIL.

Rebecca Lane
Evan McDonald

2nd floor - Library

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

2:15 PM

Cincinnati Streetcar - Success or Financial Burden?

Alfredo Ferguson

2nd floor - Library

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

2:15 PM

Client Satisfaction and Class Attendance in Refugee Clients

Kathleen Aldrich

2nd floor - Library

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

2:15 PM

Comparison of Foldit Calculated Stability with Experimentally Determined Energy Values of Cytochrome C Mutants

Julia Driggers

2nd floor - Library

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

2:15 PM

Creating light from darkness: engineering a non-fluorescent protein to fluoresce

Jessica N. Ziegler, Xavier University - Cincinnati

2nd floor - Library

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

2:15 PM

Dimensions of Recovery: Examining ASAM Dimensions in Substance Use Disorder Treatment

Elizabeth Carter, Xavier University

2nd floor - Library

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

2:15 PM

Efavirenz and Dolutegravir May Alter Sirolimus Metabolism in People Living with HIV

Laurence Kuo-Esser

2nd floor - Library

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

2:15 PM

English Composition and Creative Writing in Higher Education: What Teaching Methods Are Effective for University Students?

Emily L. Hormann, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH

2nd floor - Library

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

2:15 PM

Exploring Healthcare Challenges Across Urban, Suburban, and Rural Nursing Homes in Greater Cincinnati

Mary E. Anderson, Xavier University - Cincinnati

2nd floor - Library

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

2:15 PM

Fair Pay for Play: The Effect of Compensaton on Team Dynamics

Joel Lara, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH

2nd floor - Library

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

2:15 PM

For the Love of Books: Examining Undergraduate Students’ Understanding of Banned Books

Addison Burke, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH

2nd floor - Library

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

2:15 PM

Growing Through History

Kathleen Smythe, Xavier University - Cincinnati

3rd floor - Library

2:15 PM - 4:45 PM

2:15 PM

Impact of Race on Attendance

Makayla Wilson

2nd floor - Library

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

2:15 PM

Investigating CSL Protein Point Mutations That Are Associated With Adams-Oliver Syndrome

Benjamin Bowen
Hope Neal
Gaby Maco

2nd floor - Library

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

2:15 PM

Investigating RFX6 Function in Human Gastric Development

Benjamin R. Adair
Daniel O. Kechele
Mansa Krishnamurthy
J. Guillermo Sanchez
James M. Wells

2nd floor - Library

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

2:15 PM

Learning Service-Learning: Utilizing Students’ Perspectives to Better Understand Effective Service-Learning Pedagogy.

Carter Roos

2nd floor - Library

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

2:15 PM

MACROINVERTEBRATES USED AS BIOINDICATORS OF RESTORED STREAM HEALTH IN THE MILL CREEK

Natalie J. Griffin, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH
Jennah M. Hayes, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH
Erika Wojtanowskie, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH

2nd floor - Library

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

2:15 PM

More than the cost of a tote bag: investigating listener attrition in response to donation solicitations on NPR

Connor Soethout

2nd floor - Library

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

2:15 PM

Physical Activity (PA), Diet, and Body Mass Index (BMI) Association with Cancer Prognosis

Emily Fox
Victor Ronis-Tobin

2nd floor - Library

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

2:15 PM

Relationship Between Middle School Students and School Referrals

Mckayla Ezinski

2nd floor - Library

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

2:15 PM

Research on do college polls during high topic issues experience higher turnout compared to the rest of the town they are in

Cooper A. Den Haese, Xavier University - Cincinnati

2nd floor - Library

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

2:15 PM

Saving The Trees By Writing on Them: How Writing Can Be Used to Combat the Climate Crisis

Jesse Dolojan
Ryan Vespalec

2nd floor - Library

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

2:15 PM

Skull and Jaw Musculature Variation: Adaptive Feeding Strategies Across Four Hyena Species

Eleyna Rudolph

2nd floor - Library

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

2:15 PM

Skull Morphology and the Relationship to Diet in the Raccoon Family, Procyonidae

Ashleigh Donohoe

2nd floor - Library

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

2:15 PM

Students’ Right to their own Language: Students’ Perspective

Renee Kovacs, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH
Abigail Horn, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH

2nd floor - Library

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

2:15 PM

The Detection of Arsenic and Lead within Commonly Bought Dog Foods Using Inductively Coupled Plasma-Atomic Emission Spectroscopy

Nevaeh Perkins

2nd floor - Library

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

2:15 PM

The effects of Medicaid expansion on the Maternal Mortality rates of African American women.

Sakina Mungai

2nd floor - Library

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

2:15 PM

The Efficacy of Aquatic Therapy on Individuals with Neurological Disorders Through the Perceptions of Physical Therapists

Hannah Parker

2nd floor - Library

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

2:15 PM

The Impact of Consumer Boycotts on Company Success

Catelyn Rothring
Mack Mariani, Xavier University - Cincinnati

2nd floor - Library

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

2:15 PM

To Send Your Sons: Popular Support for US-led Military Interventions

Brady Rodgers

2nd floor - Library

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

2:15 PM

Variation in State-Level Climate Legislation Based on Political, Economic, and Environmental Factors

Clare E. Wangard, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH
Mack Mariani, Xavier University - Cincinnati

2nd floor - Library

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

2:15 PM

Victims’ Compensation for Co-victims of Homicide

Catherine Solinsky

2nd floor - Library

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

2:15 PM

What are the most common zip codes and racial identities among MAT clients at Talbert House?

Samantha Poole

2nd floor - Library

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

2:15 PM

Writing Remodeled: Covid-19s effect on College Composition Studies

Jack Dempsey, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH

2nd floor - Library

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

3:00 PM

Assessing response of cerambycid species in southwest Ohio to potential attractant lures

Cailie Sitawi

CLC 207

3:00 PM - 3:15 PM

3:00 PM

Determination and Analysis of Cancer-Driving Mutations in the Chromobox 5 Gene

Kennedy Nicholson

MCD 208

3:00 PM - 3:15 PM

3:00 PM

The Parts, Presence, and Consequences of the Roman Language Policy

Lilianna Darnell

MCD 134

3:00 PM - 3:15 PM

3:00 PM

Writing While High: Understanding the Perceived Connection Between Creativity and Substance Use

Sean Dwyer, Xavier University - Cincinnati
George Puthoff, Xavier University - Cincinnati

MCD 130

3:00 PM - 3:15 PM

3:15 PM

Analysis of CBX1's Role in Cancer

Ryan Meehan

MCD 130

3:15 PM - 3:30 PM

3:15 PM

Music as an Equalizing Force for Ancient Greek Women

Margaret Ridgeway

MCD 134

3:15 PM - 3:30 PM

3:15 PM

Triangles in Circulant Graphs

Elizabeth Howard
Spencer de Tenley, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH

CLC 207

3:15 PM - 3:30 PM

3:30 PM

Analysis of Pathogenic and Cancer-Driver Mutations in the Growth Hormone Receptor Gene

Amelia Rose

MCD 134

3:30 PM - 3:45 PM

3:30 PM

Foreign Language and Breaking Down Barriers

Jared L. Ceaser, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH

CLC 207

3:30 PM - 3:45 PM

3:30 PM

Proto-Indo-European Verbs

Percy Huffman, Xavier University

MCD 130

3:30 PM - 3:45 PM

3:30 PM

Reproduction, Lactation, and Treatment Option of Bovine Uterine Diseases

Deja Rhodes

MCD 208

3:30 PM - 3:45 PM

3:45 PM

Rights and Rationality: Legal Personhood in the Digital Age

Jaid Goh

CLC 207

3:45 PM - 4:00 PM

3:45 PM

Seeking Proficiency: Exploring Student Perceptions of Professional Writing Skills

Madison Agans

MCD 130

3:45 PM - 4:00 PM

4:00 PM

A Statistical Analysis of Gentrification in Over-The-Rhine

Lindsay A. Rosichan, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH

2nd floor - Library

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

4:00 PM

Ambipolar Diffusion with a Polytropic Equation of State

Blake Bottesi

2nd floor - Library

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

4:00 PM

Aminopeptidase sequence similarity of gut microbiome bacteria that differ in pancreatic cancer and healthy control patients

Faith S. Martin, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH
Ty Plucinsky, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH

2nd floor - Library

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

4:00 PM

An assessment of aquatic macroinvertebrate functional communities from two urban low-head dam restoration sites within Ohio’s Mill Creek Watershed

Katelyn Paul
Erin Linko

2nd floor - Library

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

4:00 PM

An assessment of macroinvertebrate functional feeding groups upstream and downstream of dam on Sharon Creek.

Moira Elliot

2nd floor - Library

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

4:00 PM

Analysis of Human Prions to Determine their Potential Functions

Lauren E. Van Mieghem

2nd floor - Library

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

4:00 PM

Assessing Dam Impacts on Stream Macroinvertebrate Community Structure.

Garrett Willie, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH
Clare Keeven, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH
Martha Wenstrup, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH

2nd floor - Library

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

4:00 PM

Assessing the Relationship Between the Catholic Church and Germany in the 20th Century

Katherine Mary Schiller, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH

2nd floor - Library

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

4:00 PM

Block 2 x 2 Matrices Where Blocks Have Prescribed Digraphs

William Scheske
Shea Adesso

2nd floor - Library

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

4:00 PM

Cellular Effects of Microplastic Leachate Exposure on Schizosaccharomyces pombe fission yeast

Nadia Leontescu

2nd floor - Library

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

4:00 PM

Comparing Cincinnati’s Red Bike Usage by Bike Model and Membership Type

Nicola Gismondi, Xavier University
Doug McClintock, Cincy Red Bike
Jeremy Steeves, Xavier University

2nd floor - Library

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

4:00 PM

Competitive Balance in Formula 1

Owen Rapp

2nd floor - Library

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

4:00 PM

Cranial Morphology and Feeding Ecology in Bears

Kaliyah N. Crockham, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH

2nd floor - Library

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

4:00 PM

Current and Future Applications of Analytics in Law Firms

Anthony Bartosiewicz

2nd floor - Library

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

4:00 PM

Development of a C. elegans Model Sensory Assay for Behavioral Neurobiology Undergraduate Laboratories

Nate Mazza, Xavier University
Brianna Mackey, Xavier University
Matthew Liskai, Xavier University

2nd floor - Library

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

4:00 PM

Development of a Pipeline for Predicting and Modeling Damaging SNP Mutations in Human Cancer

Shayne Skrtic, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH

2nd floor - Library

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

4:00 PM

Does Defense Win Championships In The NBA?

Ziah Huett, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH

2nd floor - Library

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

4:00 PM

“Domesticated” Versus “Wild” Fanfiction: Fanfiction as a Pedagogy Outside of the Classroom

Margaret Allaire, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH
Katrina Kauffman, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH

2nd floor - Library

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

4:00 PM

Exploring the use of Bioplastic Alginate Film to Preserve Chemical Reagents

Ibrahim Garbadawala

2nd floor - Library

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

4:00 PM

Exploring Trauma among Victims of Homicidal Violence

William Bundy

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

4:00 PM

Exposing the Effects of Collaborative Writing: A Study at Xavier University

Lauren King, Xavier University
Kevin Randal, Xavier University
Matt Adams, Xavier University

2nd floor - Library

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

4:00 PM

GC-MS Analysis of Essential Oils

Brendan Funkhouser

2nd floor - Library

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

4:00 PM

Governor Coattails

Michael Krivka

2nd floor - Library

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

4:00 PM

High Oxidation States of First-Row Transition- Metal Complexes with Oxime-Based Ligands

Giavonna Sharp

2nd floor - Library

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

4:00 PM

High Speed Rail Need in the US

Luke DeLacy

2nd floor - Library

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

4:00 PM

How does the legalization of marijuana affect incarceration rate?

Allison Miller

2nd floor - Library

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

4:00 PM

Identification of a Serotonin N-Acetyltransferase in Lactococcus lactis

Evan Young

2nd floor - Library

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

4:00 PM

Identifying tree and lure choice to increase catch efficacy of the spotted lanternfly, Lycorma delicatula

Benjamin Seibert

2nd floor - Library

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

4:00 PM

Is there a coaching tier system for Big East basketball coaches?

Andrew Brown

2nd floor - Library

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

4:00 PM

Measuring the effectiveness of traffic calming measures in American cities.

Ethan T. Hall, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH

2nd floor - Library

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

4:00 PM

Mycofiltration

Lindsay K. Rowland, Xavier University

2nd floor - Library

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

4:00 PM

Native Bee Surveys

Alyssa M. Johnson, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH

2nd floor - Library

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

4:00 PM

Preliminary expression, purification, and functional characterization of the protein 2O14, a putative hydrolase.

Jennah M. Hayes, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH
Deja Rhodes, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH
Carley Ryan, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH
Lauren E. Van Mieghem, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH
Matthew D. Liskai, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH
Erin P. Linko, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH
Alyssa M. Johnson, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH
Shayne Skrtic, Xavier University - Cincinnati
Nate Mazza, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH
Gagliani Ellie, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH

2nd floor - Library

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

4:00 PM

Preliminary Investigation of Physiological and Neuronal Aging Effects of Nicotine on C. elegans

Kylie Lawson

2nd floor - Library

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

4:00 PM

Short Chain Fatty Acids and the Gut-Brain Axis: A Look at Autism Spectrum Disorder

Lauren R. Gilstrap, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH

2nd floor - Library

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

4:00 PM

Sialic Acid Level Changes due to Muscle Atrophy from Spaceflight Conditions in a Rat Model of Microgravity

Brianna Mackey
Nate Mazza

2nd floor - Library

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

4:00 PM

Synthesis of B-Arrestin D2 Biased Dopamine Agonist

Amanda E. Duminuco, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH

2nd floor - Library

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

4:00 PM

Teaching in the Age of AI Tools: Considerations for Xavier's Writing Program

Cora Bidwell

2nd floor - Library

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

4:00 PM

Transition-Metal Complexes with Mono- and Bi- Dentate Oxime Ligands

Marco Ortiz

2nd floor - Library

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

4:00 PM

Unraveling the Role of MAF1 Mutations in Accelerating Aging

Sofia Franco

2nd floor - Library

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

4:00 PM

Words Behind Bars: Censorship's Impact on Literary Expression

Katelyn Sartori

2nd floor - Library

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM