Stander Symposium: All projects - 2024

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  The Impact of Foot Orthotics on Injury Prevention & Symptom Management

  Ashley Elizabeth Andrews

  The use of foot orthotics has been thought to prevent injuries, treat generalized foot pain, and improve comfort levels with activities of daily living. Absorbing ground reaction forces and correcting the anatomical positioning of the foot are possible explanations for their efficiency. The purpose of this study is to determine the correlation between the use of foot orthotics and the prevention of injury or pain management.

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  The Impact of Gandhi’s Diet

  Aidan Michael Burke

  What is nonviolence — a concept, a mode of protest, a practice for modern living? This poster explores the ways in which nonviolence has been historically interpreted as "ahimsa," "beloved community," and as a way for practical and ethical thinking in our modern lives. We highlight the role of nonviolence as method and practice in historical and contemporary global instances that range from the farm workers movement, anti-nuclear protests, environmental green politics, and Dalit and Black actions towards representation.

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  The Impact of Rising Federal Funds Rates on Healthcare Sector Stocks: An Empirical Analysis 1999-2023

  Nick Mulvihill and Xavier Martin

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  The Influence of Screen Time on Drug Abuse in Adolescents

  Taylor M. Beebe, Luke M. Panek

  Today, digital screens have become an integral part of adolescents' lives more than ever. This unprecedented exposure to screens has raised concern over the impact on adolescents' development and well-being. Using the YRBS database, this case study delves into the relationship between screen time and adolescent substance use. Our study utilized the results from an extensive 2021 survey completed by high school students to observe how screen time can affect teens' likelihood to use drugs. We expected the more screen time a student had, the more likely they were to abuse drugs. However, it was found that students who have more screen time were less likely to abuse drugs, and vice versa. From our sample, we noticed there was a low number of drug experimentation among students and more than three hours of screen time daily for a student was uncommon which implies that there is a negative correlation between screen time and drug use. Additionally, it was observed that females were more likely to experiment with drugs compared to males. While drug usage seems to be more normalized among adolescents, our study examines whether digital devices and screen time is an influencing factor or not.

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  The Issue with Asexual Representation in the TV Shows

  Kailey Patricia Peppard

  This THR/VAR 250 Diversity in the Creative and Performing Arts poster presentation project requires each student to research and present on a topic relevant to the interdisciplinary fields of visual and performing arts through a critical multicultural and social justice lens that foregrounds the appreciation of diversity and enables the expansion of personal cultural competencies.

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  The Jailing of Cesar Chavez in his Search for Justice

  Peter John Grant

  What is nonviolence — a concept, a mode of protest, a practice for modern living? This poster explores the ways in which nonviolence has been historically interpreted as "ahimsa," "beloved community," and as a way for practical and ethical thinking in our modern lives. We highlight the role of nonviolence as method and practice in historical and contemporary global instances that range from the farm workers movement, anti-nuclear protests, environmental green politics, and Dalit and Black actions towards representation.

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  The Link Between Intensive Parenting and Adolescent Well-Being

  Ella Simone Ben-Porath, Riley R. Ennenbach, Daniel Steven Georgesen, McKenna Francisca Hoefsmit, Kaitlyn R. Lancia, Quinn Ryan Willerton

  The link between intensive/over-controlling parenting and adolescent well-being is well established, with research indicating that higher levels of intensive/overcontrolling parenting are associated with lower levels of adolescent well-being and criminal justice system involvement in children. However, the link between intensive/over-controlling parenting and adolescent well-being and criminal justice system involvement is not well understood, and findings from past research are mixed. The present study examined the link between parental control and child outcomes using a longitudinal design in an effort to better understand their relationship over time. Also, consistent with the goodness-of-fit framework, we also tested whether the association between parental control and criminal justice system involvement would vary depending on children’s characteristics and outcomes. These links were tested using data from the NLSY 97 study, which included 9,000 youths that were 12 to 18 when the study first started and now range in age from 30 to 40. Emotional and behavioral problems were measured concurrently with parenting style when participants were 12 to 18 years of age, and crime and drug abuse, work ethic, and mental wellbeing were measured when participants were older in adulthood. Analyses will be conducted using multiple regression, and gender and age ranges will be included as control variables to reduce confounding of the relationship between level of parental control and adolescent well-being. Findings will be discussed in terms of their relation to past research and their implications for children’s social development.

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  The March for Salt Satyagraha

  Jacob H. Murphy

  What is nonviolence — a concept, a mode of protest, a practice for modern living? This poster explores the ways in which nonviolence has been historically interpreted as "ahimsa," "beloved community," and as a way for practical and ethical thinking in our modern lives. We highlight the role of nonviolence as method and practice in historical and contemporary global instances that range from the farm workers movement, anti-nuclear protests, environmental green politics, and Dalit and Black actions towards representation.

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  The March of Unity

  Romeo Fabrice Yao

  What is nonviolence — a concept, a mode of protest, a practice for modern living? This poster explores the ways in which nonviolence has been historically interpreted as "ahimsa," "beloved community," and as a way for practical and ethical thinking in our modern lives. We highlight the role of nonviolence as method and practice in historical and contemporary global instances that range from the farm workers movement, anti-nuclear protests, environmental green politics, and Dalit and Black actions towards representation.

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  The Montessori Method

  Amelia Jane Adams

  The Montessori educational philosophy and method has existed for over 100 years, and much data and research has been collected to compare and assess students' academic and social outcomes. This research provides various comparisons of the Montessori method to traditional schools, specifically looking at state performance tests and fidelity classification of programs.

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  The Montgomery Bus Boycott and Gandhi

  Peter Anthony Veith

  What is nonviolence — a concept, a mode of protest, a practice for modern living? This poster explores the ways in which nonviolence has been historically interpreted as "ahimsa," "beloved community," and as a way for practical and ethical thinking in our modern lives. We highlight the role of nonviolence as method and practice in historical and contemporary global instances that range from the farm workers movement, anti-nuclear protests, environmental green politics, and Dalit and Black actions towards representation.

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  The Necessary Reception of those with Disabilities in the Mass amid Liturgical Fragmentation

  Jack H. Gorman

  The Catholic Church is at a moment of receiving those with disabilities through catechetics, liturgical accommodations, and structured ecclesial guidelines; the Church realizes that the reception of Catholics with disabilities is necessary. Although, this ecclesial posture does not alter the fact that the Church is in liturgical fragmentation. The true form of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass according to the novus ordo is being practiced and even exploited in many different ways and polarized into camps. Throughout his pontificate, Pope Francis has utilized the two poles of Neo-Pelagianism and Gnosticism to speak about this liturgical fragmentation, or “spiritual worldliness”. Working from this insight from the Holy Father, this paper applies these terms to the current reception of Catholics with disabilities in the Mass. In this paper, Neo-Pelagianism is characterized as the temptation to receive those with disabilities in the Mass solely through human means apart from the gift of Divine Grace. Docetism, which replaces Pope Francis’ Gnosticism for the sake of this paper, is characterized by an ignorant trust in the Liturgy that dismisses the embodiment of those with disabilities and neglects accommodations they may need. The presence of these temptations within disability ministry is objectively seen through ritually analyzing five separate Masses that were celebrated explicitly for accommodating those with disabilities. Although there are isolated signs of Docetism, the analysis shows that Neo-Pelagianism, as a temptation, is prevalent in disability ministry. The presence of Neo-Pelagianism is seen throughout the Liturgy as an abnormal amount of lay involvement, excessive and unscripted commentary, and invalid changes of liturgical rubrics or practice. The presence of Docetism, which was more isolated, is seen primarily through long and complex homilies. The paper will then end with some remedies to these temptations in the reception of those with disabilities within the Church.

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  The number of sudoku solutions

  Trent Alexander Wood

  Sudoku is a puzzle that has had a lot of popularity since 2005. A person needs to use logic and trial-and-error to solve a Sudoku puzzle. In this presentation, we describe counting valid Sudoku puzzles.

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  The Perception and Roles of Women in Christianity, Judaism, and Islam

  Anna Katherine Mahoney, Kayden Grace Rothery, Jeslyn Mara Singson, Grace Marie Smolak

  This study explores how Christianity, Judaism, and Islam create perceptions about and enforce roles for women in society. The purpose was to discover how women are traditionally viewed and how gender roles play a part in these religions. Our review of relevant articles in psychology, sociology, and anthropology, revealed a significant difference in the roles that men and women play. Women face a plethora of oppression, challenges, and disadvantages in comparison to men. We found that historical traditions and practices are a major influence in why women are treated this way. While there has been a lot of progression in women's roles in society in general, there is still much work to be done in religious contexts. The traditions of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam limit the roles of women, and there needs to be more progression in these religions.

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  The Portrayal of the American Presidency in Film and Television

  Adam D. Cardos, Katie N. Clark, Camryn J. Crum, Alejandro Miguel De Jesús, Kimberly F. Halwenge, Elly A. Hanna, Tucker J. Hoffmann, Jack C. McGranahan, Benjamin Paul Ruth, Taryn Elizabeth Smith, Alexander J. Stottner, Anastasia B. Stowers, Craig D. Wilson

  How is the American Presidency portrayed in film and television? As part of the Political Science Senior Capstone students are engaged in a group project to assess how the presidency is portrayed based on the genre of the film, race/gender of the president, fictional vs. historical president as well as several other factors.

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  The Power of Trans Joy at a Catholic University

  Gabby Rose Campana

  This project explores the ways in which transgender and gender non-conforming undergraduate students experience trans joy at Catholic universities. Qualitative interviews were conducted with current undergraduate students who had completed one semester at a Catholic university and identified as transgender and/or gender non-conforming. The project utilizes descriptive methods that identify common themes across participant interviews. Participants expressed that online communities, close friendships, romantic relationships, and access to affirming medical care impacted the joy they felt in their identity. These findings have important implications on the types of support transgender and gender non-conforming students at Catholic institutions need and, moving beyond just support, what experiences help to cultivate joy.

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  The Program': Cons, Cults, and Kidnapping

  Hayden Parsons, Laila Griffin, Cate O’Brien

  Rhetoric drawing on religious stories, ideals, concepts, and experiences surround us in our daily lives. These posters represent a sampling of the rhetorical analyses conducted by students from CMM 357 Religious Rhetoric throughout the Spring 2024 semester. Groups presented several themed reports prior to Stander and picked one to showcase at the symposium.

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  The Pussification of Man: Evangelical Pastor Mark Driscoll and The Construction of an Ideal Masculinity

  Phillip E. Cicero

  Scandals involving evangelical church leaders seem to appear daily. One might imagine that people would flee the churches where these leaders have served or continue to serve. But, in general, they do not. A good question to ask is why. Why do people continue to worship God in a church led by someone who has been proven through their words and deeds that they are aggressive, sexist, and violent? This project focuses on the rhetoric of Mark Driscoll that appeared in a series of blog posts published on the Mars Hill Church website in late 2001 to early 2002. In these posts, Driscoll exhibits an aggressive and misogynist rhetoric that goes against conventional neo-evangelical arguments for complementarianism to an intensely misogynistic and homophobic rhetoric. Drawing on the theoretical insights of Barbara Biesecker – that, in turn, draw on the theoretical insights of Judith Butler and Slavoj Zizek’—this paper argues that Driscoll’s rhetoric constructs a masculine Christian identity that appeals to a group of straight, white men who have felt marginalized by the dominant discourses of American culture for the past 100 years. More specifically, this paper argues that Driscoll gives these men an opportunity to reclaim the power and belonging that they feel they have lost. The paper also makes use of Stuart Hall’s concept of the floating signifier to explain how Driscoll’s rhetoric shapes a certain kind of toxic masculinity with his definition of “pussification”, which is, in simple terms, about the threat to men of a discourse that feminizes men. Driscoll seeks to draw these men into his vision of what it means to be a real man by presenting them with two simple options: adopt Driscoll’s’ brand of homophobia and misogyny and be a real man or admit that they have been “pussified” – that is, completely emasculated.

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  The regulation of the Drosophila melanogaster pale gene and its evolution during the origin of a dimorphic pigmentation trait

  Devon Matthew Seibert, Ashley Violet Williams

  The coordinated expressions of trait building, realizator, genes in the appropriate cell types and developmental stages are two impressive outcomes of the genetic and molecular mechanisms of morphological evolution. For each realizator gene, its pattern of expression is anticipated to result from the interaction of a combination of transcription factors to binding sites within one or more cis-regulatory element (CRE). A question that remains murky is to what extent these similar patterns of realizator expression require their CREs to be bound by similar combinations of transcription factors. One model trait that may shed light on this question is the sexually dimorphic pattern abdomen pigmentation that evolved in the lineage of Drosophila (D.) melanogaster fruit flies. This male-specific pattern of melanic pigmentation on the posterior abdomen results from the spatial-, temporal-, and sex-specific deployment of a pathway of metabolic genes. While the CREs for several of these pathway genes have been well-studied, the biochemically first acting gene, known as pale, has received little attention. Here, we will share insights from studies on the regulation of the D. melanogaster pale gene and how this regulation and pale expression evolved during the origin and diversification of this pigmentation trait.

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  The Relationship Between Duration of Physical Activity and Students' Productivity in the Classroom

  Hanna M. Stanifer

  Research has shown that engaging in regular physical activity can significantly reduce the presence of anxiety and depression symptoms, as well as reduces stress which could potentially result in an improvement in one's overall mood. Lowering stress levels, especially to those in higher stress situations, such as completing an undergraduate degree, may be able to impact their ability to focus on completing class work. The goal of this research project is to investigate the impact that exercise can have on students' class work productivity by finding associations between the duration of exercise with the ability to complete schoolwork efficiently.

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  The Relationship between Physical Activity Levels and Academic Performance in Young Adults

  Emily A. Molloy

  According to Godwin et al. (2016), academic performance in the United States is on a decline. Researchers have conducted numerous studies analyzing how increased physical activity can be used as a potential intervention for the improvement of academic success. While there is abundant research on this topic among the middle school and high school student populations, research on this topic is lacking among the college student population. The goal of this research project is to analyze how physical activity levels affect academic success in college students.

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  The Relationship between Social Media Usage and College Athletic Performance

  Haley C. Brucker

  Engaging in competitive sporting events affects all areas of well-being. Playing sports, at any level, is as much a mental game as it is physical. The purpose of this study was to better understand how physical and mental well-being are affected by social media usage of college athletes.

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  The Relationship of College-aged Students and Physical Activity: Barriers and Motivators

  Sarah Marie Nie

  College-aged individuals are a unique population that are in the prime years of developing life-long habits that can affect their physical and mental health. It is understood that adults in the US are more likely to meet the adult recommendations if they are given free access to recreation centers and have experience and knowledge of ways to exercise. The purpose of this research study is to learn about the effects that free on-campus recreational centers and access to education on physical activity have on students’ physical health and well-being.

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  The Rise of the Ultra- and Far-Right Movements in France

  Julie Marie Pugh

  The paper delves into the rise of right-wing nationalist and populist groups in France, examining recent trends like social media usage and political legitimization that fuel their growth. It clarifies the distinction between "far-right" and "ultra-right" groups, highlighting their ideological foundations and operational methods. Common themes of authoritarianism, ethnocentrism, and nationalism are explored, alongside the diverse landscape of far-right factions in France. The study underscores youth radicalization and the adept utilization of digital platforms by far-right leaders. It also analyzes the relationship between far-right movements and mainstream politics, citing figures like Marine Le Pen and the emergence of new parties like Reconquête. Critiquing the government's reactive stance, the paper calls for proactive measures including enhanced social media surveillance, targeted prevention programs, and political interventions to combat the normalization and expansion of far-right ideologies. In conclusion, it stresses the urgency of proactive measures to protect democracy and social cohesion against the escalating threat of far-right movements in France.

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  Thermal 3D Point Cloud Generation and Model Reconstruction for Energy Auditing

  Qingyu Ren

  Maintaining efficient energy usage in buildings or infrastructure is vital to the sustainable development program. The infrared (IR) thermography technique is widely used in thermoelastic behavior analysis and contactless temperature detection. However, the current thermal information is restricted in 2D space (i.e., image), depth and geometric information of the construction is missing. Geometric information and thermodynamics in the 3D space of building or infrastructure are essential for building energy auditing and infrastructure defect inspection. Though LiDAR is a possible solution, its costs, portability, and difficulty in merging additional data may bring more challenges to users. The aim of this project is to generate 3D RGB-IR point cloud models through monitoring over time, then the model can be used for simulation and energy consumption analysis and further applied in emergency response or city thermal behavior analysis. In recent years with advancements in computer vision, and the improvement of computation, structure from motion became an active method in 3D optical imaging. On the other hand, thermal cameras have low resolution compared with RGB cameras, we propose to map thermal information onto 3D reconstructed model. Efficiently and effectively merging 3D point clouds constructed from RGB images collected by ordinary cameras and corresponding infrared images from a co-calibrated thermal imager. This effort is cutting-edge and crucial as low-cost, accurate, and portable 3D thermal reconstruction solutions have significant potential in building energy auditing and infrastructure inspection/maintenance.