Ten-Minute Talks

Bystrom Room

Session Moderators: Eunice Layrea, Educational Leadership 
Amanda Reichert, Psychology

A Public Policy Analysis of the Narratives of Anti-Transgender Bills

Evelyn Harvey, Political Science Major
Advisor(s): Anne Whitesell, Department of Political Science

Feeding an Identity Consumed by War - A Discussion of Food, Resilience, and The Russo-Ukrainian War

Abigail Berhalter, Anthropology Major
Advisor(s): Neringa Klumbyte, Department of Anthropology

Improving Signal Quality in DCS: Debugging Single Mode Fibers and High-Coherence Lasers

Grayce Dyer, Biological Physics Major
Advisor(s): Karthik Vishwanath, Department of Physics

Retina Regeneration in the Spanish Newt

Abby Green, Biology and Premedical Studies Major
Advisor(s): Erika Grajales-Esquival, Department of Biology
Katia Del Rio-Tsonis, Department of Biology

Compassion Converge: Exploring the Intersection of Inclusion and Design

Ashleigh Brelage, Communication Design Major
Lorena Ianiro, Communication Design Major
Advisor(s): Zack Tucker, Department of Art

Caroline Scott Room

Session Moderators: Subodh Babu Bhujel, Mechanical Engineering
Lirisha Tuladhar, Sociology and Gerontology

Understanding Internalism and Our Connection to the Good

Sabrina Costello, Philosophy and International Studies Major
Advisor(s): Facundo Alonso, Department of Philosophy

How Coal Barons, Corrupt Operators, and Congress Enable the Black Lung Epidemic in Kentucky's Eastern Coalfields

Meredith Perkins, English Creative Writing and Diplomacy and Global Politics Major
Advisor(s): Steven Conn, Department of History

Federalism Questioned: How Abortion and Marijuana Regulation Challenge Constitutional Law

Grace Foor, English Literature and Individualized Studies Major

What is Commitment? A Focus on Love

Gwendolyn Clark, Political Science and Philosophy Major
Advisor(s): Facundo Alonso, Department of Philosophy

Association Between Family Household Income and Oral Health Issues Among Children Aged 5-12 Years

Caroline Braud, Public Health and Premedical Studies Major
Chloe Thach, Public Health and Individualized Studies Major
Alex Knauer, Public Health and Data Science and Statistics Major
Advisor(s): Saruna Ghimire, Department of Sociology and Gerontology

Bystrom Room

Session Moderators: Eunice Layrea, Educational Leadership 
Amanda Reichert, Psychology

Race, Heteropatriarchy, and Capitalism in the Christmas Movie

Ryan Rosu, Film Studies, English Literature and Philosophy Major
Advisor(s): Andy Rice, Department of Media Journalism and Film

Lens regeneration: a dorsal-ventral BMP blueprint

Lake Ernst, Biology Major
Advisor(s): Jose Raul Perez Estrada, Department of Biology
Katia Del Rio-Tsonis, Department of  Biology

Cultivating Creative Communities: Furthering arts advocacy and education through algorithm analysis

Isabella Obradovich, Art Education Major
Advisor(s): Stephanie Danker, Department of Art

Trivial Pain Avoidance and the Experience of Toxic Pain

Miles Fearn, Biology and Premedical Studies Major
Advisor(s): Carolyn Hardin, Department of Global and Intercultural Studies

The Grimms' Legacy through Digital Humanities: The Impact of Source Origins

Ethan Chapman, Data Science and Statistics and German Major
Advisor(s): Nicole Thesz, Department of German

Caroline Scott Room

Session Moderators: Benjamin Akande, Biology
Kevin Morrison, Chemistry

Implications of a changing climate on the Smooth Greensnake (Opheodrys vernalis) distribution

Madalyn Couch, Zoology Major
Advisor(s): Tereza Jezkova, Department of Biology
Alfredo Ascanio, Department of Biology
Jason Bracken, Department of Biology

Virtual Geologic Map Tour of Bachelor Preserve in the Miami University Natural Areas

Ryan Sawyer, Earth Science and Sustainability Major
Advisor(s): Brian Currie, Department of Geology and Environmental Earth Science
Jason Rech, Department of  Geology and Environmental Earth Science

A New Light into the Lithosphere with Western U.S. Xenoliths

Jamie Olding, Geology Major
Advisor(s): Claire McLeod, Department of Geology and Environmental Earth Science

Currents of Journalism in Music through the Lens of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Samuel Mikes-Thacker, Music Major
Advisor(s): Elizabeth Hoover, Department of Music

The Quintuple Quandary: How the Intersections of Gender, Racial, Socioeconomic, and Social Identity Inform Academic Identity

Gabrielle Dawson, Physics Major
Advisor(s): Jennifer Blue, Department of Physics

Bystrom Room

Session Moderator: Kevin Morrison, Chemistry

Psilocybin's Role in Retinal Inflammation

Aidan Kraan, Biology and Neuroscience Major
Advisor(s): Mark Charlton-Perkins, Department of Biology

Creating Transgenic Newts for Studying Lens Regeneration

Katie Schuckmann, Biology and Psychology Major
Advisor(s): Katia Del Rio-Tsonis, Department of Biology
Jose Raul Perez Estrada, Department of  Biology

The Rationality of Intending the Impossible

Dat Nguyen Le Phuoc, Philosophy and Economics Major
Advisor(s): Facundo Alonso, Department of Philosophy

Linguistics in Education

Evie Lipscolmb, Middle Childhood Education Major
Emily Kolominsky, Middle Childhood Education Major
Allie Tyler, Middle Childhood Education Major
Anne Buquo, Middle Childhood Education Major 
Advisor(s): Larysa Bobrova, Department of English

Effects of Oxygen Exposure on Tensile Properties of Polymers with Varying Crosslinker Densities 

Paige Wagner, Bioengineering and Kinesiology Major
Tim Archibald, Bioengineering and Premedical Studies Major
Eva Goorskey, Bioengineering Major
Ruby Davis, Bioengineering Major
Advisor(s): Jessica Sparks, Department of Chemical Paper and Biomedical Engineering
Dominik Konkolewicz, Department of  Chemistry and Biochemistry

Caroline Scott Room

Session Moderator: Rachel Pfeiffer, Miami Class 2007

Italian Americans in Ohio Oral History Project

Madeline Northup, Italian Studies, Classical Studies, and Linguistics Major
Advisor(s): Daniele Fioretti, Department of French, Italian and Classical Studies

Nature and Medicine: Representations in German Literature from 1800 to Present

Alivia O'Donnell, Biology and German Major
Advisor(s): Nicole Thesz, Department of German

Human Roles in Implementation and Oversight of AI: Towards a Governance Framework

Ally Britton-Heitz, Information Systems and Diplomacy and Global Politics Major
Advisor(s): Jeffrey Merhout, Department of Information Systems and Analytics

Preliminary Results for Effects of Riding an Electric Bike for 6 months on Measures of Cardiometabolic Health: A Case Study for One Pre-Diabetic Patient

Lindsay Stein, Kinesiology Major
Advisor(s) Kyle Timmerman, Department of  Kinesiology, Nutrition and Health
Reidy Paul, Department of Kinesiology, Nutrition and Health
Alex Bagg, Department of Kinesiology, Nutrition and Health
Helaine Alessio, Department of Kinesiology, Nutrition and Health

Bystrom Room

Session Moderator: Kevin Morrison, Chemistry

My Plate and Dietary Fiber

Lucas Stackpole, Public Health, Human Disease and Epidemiology Major 
Advisor(s): Saruna Ghimire, Department of Sociology & Gerontology

China's Straussian Moment: Leo Strauss, Gan Yang, Liu Xiaofeng, and the Study of Western Classics in China

Harry Hughen, East Asian Languages and Cultures and History Major
Advisor(s): Haosheng Yang, Department of Global and Intercultural Studies

Controlling Light Propagation at Atomic Scales Using Spinning Optical Cavities 

Jaela Allen, Geology Major
Glenn Oschner, Physics Major
Advisor(s): Imran Mirza, Department of Physics

Persuasion of the Pill: An Analysis of Early Oral Contraceptive Users in Puerto Rico and the United States

Eavan Guirl, History Major
Advisor(s): Kimberly Hamlin, Department of History

Grammatical Structures and Errors in Academic Context 

Hannah Ballinger, Speech Pathology and Audiology Major
Ian Larson, Speech Pathology and Audiology Major
Susan (Hejing Yin), Middle Childhood Education Major
Jenna Huetteman, Integrated English Language Arts Education Major
Malia Appulese, Integrated English Language Arts Education Major
Audria Lykins, Integrated English Language Arts Major
Advisor: Larysa Bobrova, Department of English

Caroline Scott Room

Session Moderator: Madeleine Kellner, Miami Class 2007

Instruments of War: The Balance Between Player Expression and Player Empowerment In Games

Micah Ballard, Music and Interactive Media Studies Major
Trent Morton, Interactive Media Studies Major
Advisor(s): Tim DeMarks, Department of Emerging Technology in Business and Design
Eric Sheffield, Department of Music

Prosthetic Attachment for Industry Amputees

Danish Malik, Bioengineering Major
Mark Whapham, Bioengineering Major
Zach Metz, Mechanical Engineering Major
Advisor(s): James Chagdes, Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

Insights Into Earth's Magmatic Record Keepers: A Petrological, Geochemical, and Geochronological Study of Megacrystic K-Feldspars from Cretaceous-aged Intrusions, Central Nevada

Juliana Curtis, Geology and Environmental Science Major
Advisor(s): Claire McLeod, Department of Geology and Environmental Earth Science
Mark Krekeler, Department of Geology and Environmental Earth Science
Azadeh Sedaghat, Department of Geology and Environmental Earth Science

Boy Scouts: The History of the Involvement of Girls

Eli Levsky, International Studies and Political Science Major
Advisor(s): Elena Jackson Albarran, Department of History

Unpacking Perceptions: The Role of Framing in Shaping Voter Views on Climate Migration Policies

Mollie Duffy, Public Administration Major
Advisor(s): Kevin Reuning, Department of Political Science