The 8th Annual President's Academic Showcase
The 2011 Showcase drew over 20 participants from a wide variety of academic disciplines. Below are the Tier One and Tier Two finalists, with links to the abstracts of their research and videos of their presentations. Read more about the Showcase and watch the video walk through of the poster session.
Tier One Finalists
Joel Landis
First Place
Is China a Revisionist State? Examining China’s Military Rise Through Power Transition Theory
Faculty Sponsor:
Dr. Daniel van Voorhis
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“You’re not just writing a paper and getting comments back, you’re being challenged to do the best you possibly can....The whole experience was invaluable as I head into grad school.”
-Joel Landis (Read More)
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Brad Fuller and Duje Grubisic
Second Place
Is Inventory a Worthy Indicator of Business Cycles?
Faculty Sponsor:
Prof. Andy Grimalda
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Emily Scherping
Third Place
In the Shadow of a Poet: A Feminist Reading of Virgil’s Camilla
Faculty Sponsor:
Dr. Kerri Tom
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Marissa Brown, Stephen Dotta, Justin Wilson, Cassandra Johnson, and Kristin Turner
Honorable Mention
Descriptive Study of Contested, Workers’ Compensation Psychiatric Claims
Faculty Sponsor:
Dr. Roberto Flores de Apodaca
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Matthew Arnold
Honorable Mention
A Comparative Analysis of Latin American Liberation Theology and Lutheran Two Kingdom Doctrine
Faculty Sponsor:
Dr. Greg Seltz
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Tier Two Finalists
Paige Finley
Winner
Insights to the activation of Sod1: Determining if Over Expressing CCS st, C231S, C229S and C229-231S rescues Sod1 Growth in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Faculty Sponsor:
Dr. Lindsay Kane-Barnese
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“I learned how to do a lot of stuff many students don’t know how to do — researching in the lab, seeing what it takes to find a cure to a certain disease and experiencing how much work goes into working in a lab. The Showcase was a great opportunity.”
-Paige Finley (Read More)
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Josh Canter
Runner Up
Connecting the Die Hard Problem and Pythagorean Triples
Faculty Sponsor:
Dr. Melinda Schulteis
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