Fall 2024 Department Oral Presentation Schedule
Notice: Due to the situation caused by Hurricane Helene, the Fall 2024 Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Presentation Day was canceled. Departments scheduled their own individual Presentation Days, listed below.
Department Schedules
| Monday, December 9 · 10:00am – 1:30pm Owen Hall 203 / Zoom |
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| Wednesday, November 20 · 3:30pm – 5:00pm |
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| Monday, November 25 · 12:30pm – 2:00pm Zeis 123 / |
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| To be announced | |
| Friday, December 6 · 2:00pm – 3:00pm · ID: 921 0377 3127 · PW: 879566 |
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| Monday, December 9 · 9:00am – 10:15am | |
| Thursday, December 5 · Noon – 2:00pm Karpen 038 / / |
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| Thursday, November 21 · Noon SHE 402 |
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| Monday, December 2 · 1:30pm – 3:30pm |
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| Thursday, December 5 · Noon DEL Lobby |
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Thursday, December 5 · Noon – 2:00pm Karpen 038 / / |
Individual Presentations Timeline
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| Wednesday, November 20 · 3:30pm – 5:00pm · Art History · Zoom | |
| Power Plays and Perfect Forms: The Greek Art of Building (and Binding) Gender Morgan Sturtevant · Dr. Laurel Taylor |
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| The Unicorn and its Relation with Gender Throughout the Ages Evie Houston · Dr. Laurel Taylor |
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| Between Two Masters: Reconciling Faith and Scholarship at the Museum of the Bible Margaret Priest · Dr. Laurel Taylor |
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| Under the Guise of Heteronormative Desire: Analyzing the Art of Boucher and Fragonard Jenna Haggett · Dr. Laurel Taylor |
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| Monday, November 25 · Biology · Zeis 123 / Zoom | |
| 12:30pm Use of CRISPR Interference to Create Essential Gene Knockdowns in Staphylococcus aureus Jacob Fender · Dr. Melinda Grosser |
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| 12:50pm Elucidating Determinants at the Gα13 N-terminus for Binding to the βγ Dimer Forbes Fowler · Dr. Ted Meigs |
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| 1:10pm Further Exploration of Potential Cryptic Species in the deadly Amanita bisporigera complex in western North Carolina Daphne Homen · Dr. Jonathan Horton |
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| 1:40pm Impact of Controlled Burns on Soil Arthropod Biodiversity Abigail Levinson · Dr. Camila Filgueiras |
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| Monday, December 2 · 1:30pm – 3:30pm · History · Zoom | |
| 1:35pm Allied Intervention in the Russian Civil War Ed Walsh |
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| 1:55pm “Ochlokratía”: The Greek Town Riot, Nativism, and Racial Mob Violence in the United States, 1890–1924 Cameron Mackie |
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| 2:15pm The Collection of Forster Sondley: How A Horseshoe Changed The History Of Asheville Forever Hayley Kintz |
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| 2:35pm Spinsters Books and Webbery: Radical Feminism in the Midwest Corinne Mikulik |
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| 2:55pm Congressman Roy A. Taylor Nelson Puckett |
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| 3:15pm Honest Energy Elijah Walker-Haigh |
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| Thursday, December 5 · Noon – 2:00pm · McCullough Fellowship & Environmental Science · Karpen 038 / Zoom | |
| Composting in Asheville: Assessing Current Practices and Exploring Sustainable Solutions Ava Bjorkman-Tracy · Dr. Dee Eggers · McCullough Fellowship / Environmental Science |
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| Bridging academic research and applied conservation: New genetic technologies to improve the conservation management of Smoky Mountain Elk Phoebe Carnes · Dr. Graham Reynolds · McCullough Fellowship / Biology |
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| ᎡᎶᎯ ᏗᏂᎦᏘᏱ Elohi Dinigatiyi: Emphasizing Relationality in Co-Stewarding Cherokee Ancestral Homelands Jane Jeffries · Dr. Trey Adcock · McCullough Fellowship / American Indian and Indigenous Studies |
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| Recreational Water Quality Monitoring in the French Broad River Basin: a Preliminary Analysis of Seven Potential Escherichia coli Estimator Sites Kari Kvittem · Dr. David Gillette · McCullough Fellowship / Environmental Science |
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| Shifts in Avian Community Composition in Response to Eastern Hemlock Decline in Great Smoky Mountains National Park Nicole Mooradian · Dr. Andrew Laughlin · McCullough Fellowship / Environmental Science |
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| The Last Chair of the Forest and the Plastic Bottle Edwin Salas Acosta · Dr. Victoria Bradbury · McCullough Fellowship / New Media |
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| Herpetofauna Species Diversity in Constructed Wetlands and Adjacent Habitats A.J. Rowe · Dr. Landon Ward |
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| Factors Influencing the Distribution of Crossvine in Western North Carolina Justin Tapia · Dr. Irene Rossell |
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| Thursday, December 5 · Noon · Psychology · DEL Lobby | |
| Yoga as a Non-Pharmacological Mechanism to Manage Chronic Headache Disorders Taylor Gardner · Dr. Mark Harvey, Dr. Tracy George, Dr. Patrick Foo |
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| Poster – Media Multitasking: Harming Attention and Academic Achievement? Aisling Rowe & Jadyn Stein · Dr. Michael Neelon |
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| Poster – Investigating Differences in Attention and Impulsivity Between Old and Young Media Multitaskers John Murphy & Dawson Cronkhite · Dr. Michael Neelon |
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| Poster – Exploring the relationship between short-form video consumption and sustained attention among college students Kasey Trent & Autumn Seguin · Dr. Michael Neelon |
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| Friday, December 6 · 2:00pm – 3:00pm · Chemistry · Zoom | |
| 2:05pm – 2:25pm Synthesis and Evaluation of Quinoline Derived Antibiotics Darien Allen · Dr. Amanda Wolfe |
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| 2:25pm – 2:45pm Development of a Covalent Labeling Assay of Quorum Sensing Enzyme LuxS Sophie Pruitt · Dr. Caitlin McMahon |
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| Monday, December 9 · 9:00am – 10:15am · Economics | |
| 9:00am Financial Developments and Financial Market Access: Exploring the Pathways of Foreign Investment Attraction and Retention Matthew Morrison · Dr. Muhammad Nuwaz |
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| 9:25am Analyzing the Impact of Climate Change on Corn Production: State-Level Evidence from the United States Abigail Suttles · Dr. Muhammad Nuwaz |
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| 9:50am Analyzing the Effects of Personal Debt and Financial Literacy on Mortgage Applications: Evidence From the United States Timothy McMahon · Dr. Muhammad Nuwaz |
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| Monday, December 9 · 10:00am – 1:30pm · Art · Owen Hall 203 / Zoom | |
| Oikos Umbra: queering the House of Nature and the nature of house through grief and rage Briar Coleman · Dr. Jackson Martin, Dr. Brent Skidmore |
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| Self-Preservation: The Exploration of Self-Identity Through Art Cayla Ritchy · Dr. Suzanne Dittenber |
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| Self-Portraits: Artistic Synthesis, the Human Condition, and the Shape of Things to Come Desmond Killian |
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| The Sacred Sedentary Olive Spence · Dr. Suzanne Dittenber, Dr. Brent Skidmore, Dr. Jackson Martin, Dr. Eric Tomberlin, Dr. Louise Deroualle, Dr. Megan Wolfe, Dr. Carrie Tomberlin |
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| Creature Comforts: An Exploration of the Relationship Between Monstrosity and Queerness Celie Waddington · Dr. Megan Wolfe, Dr. Louise Deroualle |
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| Girlhood, Innocence and Trauma: Coming of Age within the Patriarchy Mariana Restrepo-Molina · Dr. Suzanne Dittenber, Dr. Robert Anderson |
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| Sacred Spaces Owen Baloga · Dr. Megan Wolfe, Dr. Carrie Tomberlin, Dr. Louise Deroualle, Dr. Jackson Martin, Dr. Brent Skidmore |
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