The Brother Joseph W. Stander Symposium recognizes and celebrates academic excellence in undergraduate and graduate education. This annual event provides an opportunity for students from all disciplines to showcase their intellectual and artistic accomplishments. The Stander Symposium represents the Marianist tradition of education through community and is the principal campus-wide event in which faculty and students actualize our mission to be a "community of learners."
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Special Education in France and The United States of America: A Comparison and Contrast
Joy Rogers
Special Education for young children has been changing for years. These changes have included more progressive education in a global sense, that involves a focus on the child over a focus on their disability. These progressive changes have not only changed Special Education in The United States but also in western Europe. During a study abroad experience in Angers, France in the summer of 2019, research was conducted on how the Special Education System in The United States differs from the Special Education System in France. The goal of this project is to educate university peers, staff and officials about progressive education in a global sense and its importance. This project focuses on the similarities and differences between the two systems. Through the use of interviews of relevant individuals, based on their experiences and expertise, as well as personal experiences and research while studying abroad, it has been discovered that more progressive instructional practices have been implemented in The United States.
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Stock Market Analysis
Kate Rustige
This project aimed to develop a program to predict the future prices given past prices of a stock. Using the properties of Brownian motion, we may derive its mean and variance. A stock price is modeled as a Geometric Brownian motion, with mean referring to the average return of the stock and the volatility referring to the risk of the stock. For each individual stock, the mean and volatility aid in predicting the future stock price.
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Stories of Moral Courage on Campus
Ana Teresa Aleman Belendez, Britney Agendia Amin, Mackenzie Elizabeth Baynes, Anna Elizabeth Beebe, Nicolette Marissa Bettuzzi, Dezanee M. Bluthenthal, Bailee K. Boland, Liliana Melissa Busic, Clark N. Campbell, Kaitlynne Elizabeth Chapman, Zac Alexander Collopy, Colleen Rose Conway, Margaret L. Deneen, Joshua James Digby, Grace Susan Elliott, Julia E. Gallenstein, Hannah Elizabeth Gibson, Bridget Therese Graham, Tongyu Guo, Kathryn Grace Hay, Aileen Marisa Hull, Elijah Nova Johnson, Kelsey Marie Kamil, Lydia Kimberley Kladitis, Kaitlyn Marie Leach, Maya Rose Leibold, Douglas Stuart Lennon, Justine Marie Liptak, Colleen Rose Liston, Arabella D. Loera, Mitch Edward Long, Brandy Megan Lynch, Nathan Thomas Marcus, Jared Dominic Marsh, Jai'Shawn Madelyn Lamar McClendon, Darby Rose McMonagle, Sarah Ellen Mcgonigle, Devan Connor Moses, Alex M. Mueller, Casey Marie Mullin, Jake Davidson Neff, Robert Botti Nolan, Cameron Cristina Nowlin, Jillian A. Parker, Tess L. Poe-Slade, Jasmine H. Riechmann, Meredith N. Robinson, Jonathon Caleb Nehemiah Sattler, Connor James Snodsmith, Claire Elaine Strobach, Claire C. Sullivan, Nicole Ann Vanvoorhis, Angela Kay Weiland, Elizabeth Anne Weiler, Maleah Aujenae Wells, Sophie Jane Wilson
Students enrolled in three courses (HRS200, VAH428, POL431) worked on a collaborative multimedia project, inspired by the UD Human Rights Center's program, the Moral Courage Project. Through an open nomination process, the UD campus community put forward names of people who exemplify "moral courage". What is Moral Courage? We describe it as a trait a person exhibits when they act to promote respect and dignity within a community, especially in a way that challenges social norms, even though they could expose themselves to risk or harm in the process and may never be recognized for their actions. Student teams interviewed these individuals and collected visual artifacts to produce concise storytelling pieces showcasing the actions of the ordinary people around us who work to positively contribute to our campus culture.
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Storytelling as a Tool for Activism: Agroecology and Food Security in the Himalayas Case Study
Grace Scott, Emily Shanahan
Through the Global Flyers: India Program, Grace and Emily spent six weeks exploring the intersection of agriculture, globalization, climate change, food security, and culture in the context of rural agricultural communities of the Himalayas. Food, in addition to the literal life-giving nutrition it provides, is a vehicle for language, culture, familial traditions, and interpersonal relationships. Due to climate change, the commodification of food, and inattentive globalization, farmers have been increasingly forced from their land and livelihood, despite the immense benefits they provide, and replaced with industrial agriculture operations that act as cultural erasures. During their time in India, Grace and Emily collaborated with team members to conduct community meetings, interview farmers, and facilitate youth input to create community-based storybooks. Storytelling has been used for centuries to define social values and have a particularly potent psychological influence. How can we continue to use storytelling as a tool for advocacy, for issues both locally and abroad? Join us to interact with stories from Sikkim, India and discuss how we can use our own stories as a tool for activism.
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Structure function analysis of defective proventriculus (dve) in Drosophila melanogaster eye growth and development
Anuradha Chimata Venkatakrishnan, Neha Gogia
During development, axial patterning is required to establish Antero-posterior (AP), Dorso-Ventral (DV), and Proximo-Distal (PD) axes, which is crucial for the generation of a 3-dimensional organ from a monolayer organ primordium. Of the three axes, DV axis is the first lineage restriction event during eye development and any deviation results in developmental birth defects. In our study, we have used Drosophila melanogaster (Fruit fly) eye as a model system to understand the role of different domains of a new dorsal eye fate selector gene, defective proventriculus (dve, an ortholog of SATB1) in growth and development. In humans, SATB1, functions as a transcriptional regulator and chromatin organizer and requires tetramerization by the ULD domain. In Drosophila eye, dve regulates expression of wingless (wg), a negative regulator of eye. In genetic hierarchy, dve acts downstream of GATA-1 transcription factor pannier (pnr) and upstream of wg. Loss-of-function of dve results in dorsal eye enlargement while gain-of-function results in eye suppression. We performed structure function analysis of Dve protein to elucidate the role of various domains in patterning, growth and differentiation. We have developed several transgenic lines, which will allow us to induce expression domains of the specific domains of Dve protein and assay their effect on Drosophila eye patterning and growth. Dve has a ULD domain for tetramerization, HOX domain for DNA binding and PPP4R2 domain for H2AFX dephosphorylation. Here we present our results on ectopic induction of these individual domains of Dve and their effect on eye phenotype and Wg expression in the developing eye.
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Students Making a Difference: Diversity and Campus Climate at UD
Aniqa Noreen Ahmed, Cara M. Daley, Malon Ariel Hood, Amariá Chryslyn Camille Jones, Christopher Arnold Jones, Galila S. Kiffle, Serena Maya Melgar, Joia Marie Mitchell-Holman, Emily M. Ruebelman, Leah L. Ward
Creating Inclusive Community involves students, faculty, and staff who enrolled in UDI 380 “Understanding, Respecting, and Connecting: Examining Privilege and Taking Action” and attended a diversity conference in Chicago, IL in April 2020. The focus of the conference was to examine the challenging concepts of privilege and oppression and to develop strategies to create a more equitable world. Come hear the students experiences at the conference and discuss the skills and knowledge they gained to enhance the campus climate for inclusivity and diversity at the University of Dayton. Please join us for a lively discussion!
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Sustainable Development Goal 4: Quality Education & Dayton
Destiny Watson
Studying Human Rights as it relates specifically to Dayton, and what can be done to make Dayton a Human Rights City has allowed me to learn more about Dayton. This course has allowed me to reflect on my hometown & own experiences as it relates to the SDGs. As a person who has had a good quality education and having family members who did not, I understand the importance of having a quality education regardless of location, class, race, etc. It’s good to see that there are actions being taken to improve the education system in Dayton.
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Sustainable Stories: Linking Graphic Design and the Environment to Inform, Educate, and Inspire
Shannon Stanforth
I believe that graphic design has the ability to inspire social good and action. Similarly, sustainability is an emerging concern which depends on the collective decisions of an environmentally aware and civically-minded society. This thesis project explores the ways that graphic design and sustainability affect and influence each other. Graphic designers have the responsibility to visually communicate and connect with audiences. Sustainability’s applicability to a multitude of disciplines and its relevance to the future of our planet makes it a message worthy of communication. In an effort to link graphic design and sustainability together for the purpose of inspiring social and environmental good, I created a children’s book which focuses on the importance of naming and knowing the world around us. The book seeks to serve as an example of how design and sustainability can be linked in both a book’s production and the development of its content. It aims to maintain the ideals of sustainability while simultaneously emphasizing the importance of caring for our natural world and spreading this message to the youngest generation. Future steps for this research include: determining sustainable methods of printing and production, continuing to examine the intersections between the fields of sustainability and design, and disseminating my message to children and the community.
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Synthesis, Characterization, and Fluorescence Behavior of Oxidized Biochar Particles
Bethany R. Davies
Biochar is made through a simple combustion method from any biomass. In this work, we produced fluorescent carbon-based particles using a hydrothermal process whereby biochar and hydrogen peroxide reacted; three separate sources of biomass were investigated. The synthesized particles were characterized via the following spectroscopic methods: Infra-Red, Ultraviolet-Visible, Fluorescence, and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. The spectroscopic results suggest the presence of a conjugated carbon lattice with nitrogen and multiple oxygen-containing functional groups. All three biochar-based carbon particles exhibit similar strong fluorescent behavior when excited by light in the ultra-violet to near-visible range, with fluorescence occurring in the visible region over a range of approximately 300 nm with an emission maximum in the 430-450 nm region. The physical and fluorescence characteristics of these particles makes them an ideal candidate for future research into a safe, green, and cost-effective biosensor. Additionally, the minimal waste produced in this synthesis suggests a possible economically viable method for the large-scale production of fluorescent materials.
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Taking Action: How Community Residents’ Positionality, Trust in the Government, and Risk Perceptions affect Advocacy in the Superfund Process
Alyssa Miller
A Superfund Site is a contaminated area designated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that poses a risk to human health and must be cleaned up and remediated. Not only can a Superfund Site’s contamination affect residents’ health, but it can also jeopardize their property value and community life. Drawing on the human rights framework, international doctrines, and peer reviewed research, this poster proposes a conceptual framework for how residents’ social positionality, perceived risk, and trust in government could influence a community member’s ability to take action around such Superfund sites. This review of the literature is framed within the context of an underfunded and understaffed program which has resulted in a backlog of contaminated sites that require remediation. The findings from this literature review are contributing to a broader Environmental Justice in Greater Old North Dayton research project led by Dr. Danielle Rhubart which is focusing on three of the currently six Superfund sites within Dayton, Ohio, including Behr Dayton Thermal System VOC Plume, the North Sanitary Landfill (i.e. Valleycrest Landfill), and Valley Pike VOC. This poster will end with a brief snapshot of how these findings shed light on the survey findings from that project.
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Technical Writing in China
Julia Ziemelis, Maya Gerker, Savanna Simons
Over winter break, we visited various businesses in China in the cities of Beijing, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, and Shanghai. We are going to discuss what we learned about technical writing from these businesses and about the increasing demand for professional technical writers.
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Technical Writing in China at Alibaba and Huawei
Will Joseph Francis, Matthew F. Kaufman
Over Winter break, we went on an intersession trip to China. During our time there we visited Beijing, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, and Shanghai. In these cities, we had the pleasure of visiting technical writers at Chinese based and international companies. In our presentation, we examine Hauwei and Alibaba and the work their technical writers do.
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Technical Writing: Our Experience in China
Michael Vincent Benevento, Parker Alexander Getz
During our two weeks in China, we visited a multitude of globalized companies in a variety of cities. We were exposed to how these companies operate and adapt to the language barriers they face. Aside from the more formal learning experience, we were exposed to a polarizing culture that has changed our perspective on life and how different cultures can operate.
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Testing the Effects of Mucin and Nisin on the Susceptibility of Listeria monocytogenes to Antimicrobial Peptides
Kaeley Elizabeth Bush, Alyssa M. Dabrowski
Listeria monocytogenes is a foodborne pathogen that can survive and cause infections in the human gastrointestinal tract. In susceptible populations, such as those immunocompromised, L. monocytogenes is able to cross the intestinal barrier and cause diseases such as meningitis that are much higher in mortality. During L. monocytogenes transit through the GI tract, it is exposed to the mucosal barrier rich with mucus and antimicrobial peptides (AMPs)--two major innate defense mechanisms against foreign pathogens. Moreover, the endogenous microbes produce large quantities of fermentation acids that also assist in reducing pathogen colonization. In this study, we examined the effects of mucus and propionate, one of the major fermentation acids found in the human GI lumen, on the susceptibility of L. monocytogenes to AMPs. Using nisin as a model AMP, we found that propionate and mucin alone increased the susceptibility of L. monocytogenes to nisin. With the exception of the L. monocytogenes ΔsigB mutant, in which propionate alone decreased susceptibility to nisin. We found that propionate and mucin together seemed to have no effect on the susceptibility of L. monocytogenes to nisin. From our results we also determined that anaerobic growth only increased L. monocytogenes susceptibility to nisin in the ΔsigB mutant. Further research is to be done with the human antimicrobial peptide LL-37 to see if similar results are found.
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The Association Between Household Routines and Preschool Children's Academic Performances
Kara Kristine Gillespie
The use of familial routines in the home can serve as a critical tool to improve the academic and social development of young children, thus impacting their overall performance in school. The goal of this study is to replicate previous research and look at specific household routines and how they impact academic performance in preschool aged children. In terms of a routine, this study will specifically look at parents regularly reading with children, following a bedtime routine, parents regularly engaging in imaginary play with the child, and maintaining an overall daily routine. This study predicts that the more frequently parents engage in these different routines, the better overall academic and cognitive performance their child will exhibit after controlling for demographic covariates. All questions pertaining to household routines will be taken from the parent survey and given to parents that opted to participate in the Preschool Promise Project. The questions measure the prevalence of a routine on a scale from 1-5, with 1 indicating the routine is not regularly implemented, and 5 indicating that the routine is frequently implemented. Data on children's academic performance will be taken from assessments conducted through the Preschool Promise Project using the Bracken test and the Kindergarten Readiness Assessment. This data was collected at various preschools and day care centers across the Dayton area, assessing children ages 3 to 5. The Bracken test measures a child's school readiness through assessing various different academic concepts that are necessary for learning at school. The Bracken test includes five subsets that apply to school readiness, including colors, letters, numbers/counting, size/comparison, and shapes. The Kindergarten Readiness Assessment measures a child's school readiness in social, physical, and academic areas. The assessment consists of four subsets including social foundations, language and literacy, mathematics, and physical well-being and motor development.
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The Centrality of Trees
Morgan Ball
The study of the middle of graphs has numerous real-life applications. In this presentation I will focus on identifying the most logical place to put a Hospital in West Jefferson, OH, using the different measures of the middle of trees. As part of this discussion, I will introduce the importance of the processes of eccentricity, radius, diameter, and status in regard to the graph, in addition to the reasoning behind why each vertex of the graph was chosen. Lastly, I will discuss the significant different between the center of a graph and the median of a graph and distinguish the correct time to use each.
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The Co-Authored Self: Viewing the Experience of Priestly Vocation Through the Framework of Self-Authorship
Nicholas Jobe
Current student development literature on self-authorship describes “the developmental shift from reliance on external to internal sources of knowing, identifying, and relating” (Bryant, 2011, p. 17). The author seeks to compare and contrast this definition with the Roman Catholic idea of vocation as a call that originates from the voice of God - that is, outside of oneself. Thus, the purpose of this study is to explore emerging adult students’ experience of vocation, and discernment thereof, through the lens and language of the self-authorship framework. For ease of identifying a sample population, participants are selected from those with a clearly defined and articulated vocation: in this case, the Roman Catholic priesthood. The study seeks to understand, through narrative, how students pursue this particular discerned vocation with authenticity, especially through the negotiation of their internal voice and the perceived voice of God.
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The Co-limitation Conundrum: Can the Elemental Composition of Insects Help to Better Predict the Success of Invasive Species?
Troy Harry Lampenfeld, Ryan William Reihart
The ability to predict changes in the abundance and diversity of consumers is of fundamental ecological importance; however, humans are altering global calcium and sodium cycles with unknown consequences on consumers. Calcium and sodium are essential nutrients which are important for the physiological functioning of consumers, the availability of which, can play a large role in their success establishing in an ecosystem. The effects of these nutrient influxes on consumer success is largely unknown but utilizing consumer stoichiometry may help us to predict the effect that nutrient changes will have on consumers and ecosystem structure. These predictions will be especially useful to understand the reasons for the success of invasive species, addressing a primary question of invasion ecology. Nylanderia fulva are an invasive ant which can dominate litter communities in coastal prairies and exhibits varying responses to Ca and Na: high concentrations of Ca increase colony size while diets high in Na suppress colony size. Over the course of the 2019 summer, we conducted feeding trials with 128 experimental colonies that manipulated the amount of Ca and Na in the food of N. fulva by increasing each nutrient by 10%, 25%, and 50% (for a total of 16 different diets, each replicated 8 times) to determine if these nutrients affect colony fitness and stoichiometry. To determine if consumer stoichiometry can be used to predict the nutrient effect of N. fulva, we pooled workers (N = 16) and larvae (N = 16) from the feeding trials and collected an additional 21 colonies in the field that will be sent for nutrient analyses. Knowing how stoichiometry affects insects’ response to environmental nutrients could help to develop an understanding of how human activities may affect the success of invasive species and may help to better predict which ecosystems are susceptible to invasion.
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The Democratic Republic of Congo: Evaluation of program for voter education
Katie Nora Mullins, Turkan B. Tashtan, Jon David Wallowicz
Counterpart's program in the DRC has a goal to increase voter participation. This program started in May of 2015 and functions on a 12-month cycle. The program is specifically focused on the provinces of Kivus, Kasai's, and Katanga because women, youth, and indigenous people are seen as less necessary in the voting process. Counterpart focuses on groups most susceptible to being excluded from the electoral process such as women, youth, people with disabilities, albinos, and Pygmies. Counterpart has combined its efforts with three major CSOs: Episcopal Commission for Justice and Peace (CEJP), National Committee of Women and Development (CONAFED), and the Fund for Congolese Women (FFC). About 30 other smaller CSOs work with Counterpart in the DRC to achieve their end goal as well. During this 5-year program, Counterpart has been working to achieve two objectives. The two goals focus on enabling Congolese citizens to make informed voting decisions and participate actively and peacefully in the electoral process. Counterpart believes they can solve the low voter participation problem with the help of local organizations. Something that has helped them is the use of their independent election committee, which has taught citizens how to vote.
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The Eastern Europe Britain Wanted: Serbian Independence as Recorded in British Newspapers, 1867
Sarah Eyer
This is a study of Victorian British foreign policy reflected in newspapers. The study focuses on data obtained from the British response to Serbian independence in 1867. The Conservatives focused on ways to keep the balance of power in Europe. The Liberals were guided by their belief in progress and debated amongst themselves if the Balkan countries were ready to be independent nations. However, neither group knew much about Serbia or what was happening there. The newspapers reflected that Britain had little interest in what Serbia wanted but rather reflected what Britain wanted Europe to look like and how Serbia fit into that picture.
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The Effect of Hormonal Contraception on Interpersonal Attraction in Cis-Women
Nicole Beasley
I examine the influence hormonal contraception on interpersonal attraction. This study measures attraction to an imaginary interaction partner after inducing feelings of rejection or acceptance through false feedback. To investigate, I use a 2 (menstrual cycle: follicular phase or hormonal contraception) x 2 (reciprocity: present or absent) design. Women who use hormonal contraception have decreased reward sensitivity and emotional recognition. The implications of these decreases is two-fold. First, these decreases demonstrate a social difference between women who use hormonal contraception and naturally cycling women. Second, both reward sensitivity and emotional recognition are important for interpersonal attraction. Decreases in reward sensitivity equate to decreases in social bonding processes involved in interpersonal attraction. For example, examining emotional recognition in women who use hormonal contraception found insensitivity toward negative emotion face recognition, decreases in emotional memory, and less pronounced response toward negative social interactions. Inability or insensitivity toward emotion may have serious implications for how women who use hormonal contraception navigate relationships. In these ways, administration of hormonal contraception may affect interpersonal attraction. Social cue insensitivities may manifest in differing sensitivities toward social cues in women who use hormonal contraception. At ovulation, women sensitize toward flirtatious facial movements. During the luteal phase, naturally cycling women possess heightened sensitivity to social cues. These sensitizations fail to occur in women using hormonal contraception; this study will help to uncover how this lack manifests in relationship formation. I expect that menstrual cycle (follicular phase or hormonal contraception) will moderate the relation between reciprocity and attraction such that naturally cycling women will report greater attraction when reciprocity is present. When reciprocity is absent, I expect women using hormonal contraception to report greater attraction due to the decreased sensitivity toward negative social interactions. Practically, understanding potential impacts is especially important because millions of women worldwide use hormonal contraception.
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The Effect of Oxygen Level and Propionate Concentration on Antibiotic Efficacy in Listeria monocytogenes
Mackenzie Martin
Listeria monocytogenes is an intracellular pathogen known for causing the infection listeriosis, a common foodborne illness associated with many packaged cold foods, raw meats, and dairy products. While anyone exposed to contaminated foods or products is at risk of infection, listeriosis significantly impacts the immunocompromised, pregnant women, children and the elderly with a high mortality rate. This project documents and analyzes the effect of aerobic or anaerobic conditions as well as propionate concentration levels on the efficacy of the antibiotics gentamicin and ampicillin in inhibiting cell growth in Listeria monocytogenes. We observed that the presence of propionate, compared to no propionate control, significantly decrease the aerobic growth of Listeria monocytogenes with 10 ug/mL ampicillin or 10 ug/mL gentamicin. These results suggest that the presence of propionate may enhance the antibiotic efficacy against Listeria monocytogenes under aerobic conditions.
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The effect of visual stimuli and personal narrative on social perception: evaluating student perceptions of stigmatized social statuses
Kathleen Gross
Stigma is an important factor to consider in relation to experiential learning, as labeling can perpetuate negative attitudes and prejudices towards others, potentially causing a variety of negative effects. Subjects identified with stigmatized statuses, including race, income, and drug use were presented to a sample of students at the University of Dayton using three different survey designs. Each survey design included a different type of display for the visual stimuli depicting the subject (basic demographics, personal narrative and personal narrative with a photograph of the subject). The survey design included a modernized recalibration of the Bogardus Social Distance Scale, which was adapted to align with the contemporary social contexts of college students. Students were presented with a subject and asked how comfortable they would feel in a number of example situations engaging with this person. Results will inform how the change in visual stimuli and a student’s level of outside engagement within the Dayton community will affect their comfort level in a variety of situations.
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The Effects of Electrochemical Potential on the Growth of Escherichia coli and Bacillus megaterium Colonies on Conductive Agar Plates
December R. Lee, Nilan Mani
A recent study by Vomaris et al., demonstrated that a wireless electroceutical device (WED) consisting of a series of silver and zinc electrodes could be used as a “smart” bandage, which inhibits microbial biofilm formation on burn victims. The antibacterial and electrochemical properties of silver and zinc drive the WED technology. This antibacterial effect is complicated by the presence of established antimicrobial metals like Ag and Zn in the device. We performed experiments on biocompatible solid media to determine if this antibacterial effect is based on electrochemical potential and not the metals present in the device. We created carbon-based drop cast electrodes containing either Fe(s)/C, Zn(s)/C versus Ag(s)/C or Pt/Carbon electrodes to inhibit the growth of Escherichia coli or Bacillus megaterium in regions between the electrodes. We created single and dual electrode systems on nutrient rich agar plates with defined electrical conductivities. We confirmed that neither Fe(s)/C nor Pt/C electrodes inhibit the growth of either bacterium. However, the Zn(s)/C electrode inhibits the growth of both E. coli and B. megaterium up to 1 cm from the edge of the electrode. The dual electrode systems containing non-toxic metals have thus far not inhibited the growth of either bacterium when both anodes and cathodes were drop cast on the agar surface. However the devices did generate open circuit potentials starting at 450 mV to approximately 150 mV over 8 days. We present how blending vulcan carbon (XC-72) into the agar can decrease the resistance of the agar by 1000x without impacting the growth of either bacterium. Our results indicate that printable carbon based electrodes can potentially sensitize bacteria to antibacterials, but to date the electrochemical effect is not strong enough to thwart the growth of E. coli or B. megaterium.
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The Effects of Food Insecurity on the Student Experience
Ben Breh
As colleges and universities begin to see an increasingly more diverse student population, food insecurity is becoming more and more prevalent on campuses. Food insecurity is a condition in which persons do not have adequate resources to feed themselves, either nutritiously, or at all (United States Department of Agriculture [USDA], 2013). The purpose of this study is explore the impact of food insecurity on the student curricular and co-curricular experiences. This study is intended to further the profession’s knowledge of the intersection between food insecurity and the collegiate experience. Through an intentional and in depth case study of an undergraduate student who identifies as experiencing food insecurity this study addresses the following research questions: How do college students conceptualize food insecurity through their personal lived experiences? How does food insecurity impact college students’ curricular experience? How does food insecurity impact college students’ co-curricular experience? The results of this study addresses common themes between student experiences through the students own words.
