Climate Change, Water Policy, and Society in the Peruvian Andes
Presenter(s): Rennie Kendrick − Biology Faculty Mentor(s): Mark Carey Oral Session 1M Research Area: Social Science, Humanities Climate change has posed a threat to fresh water supplies, which has worsened conflicts over water. Simultaneously, corporations have...
Gender Stereotypes and Gender Inequality’s Eects on Chilean Technical Students and University of Oregon Students
Presenter(s): India Zietsman International Studies Faculty Mentor(s): Galen Martin, Erin Gallo Oral Session 2O Research Area: Social Science My studies in Chile demonstrated the way gendered stereotypes are reected and reproduced in the education system within...
Does Seeing Something Old Help Infants Pay Attention to Something New in Object Sequences?
Presenter(s): Allison Zhou − Biology Faculty Mentor(s): Caitlin Fausey Oral Session 2SW Research Area: Developmental Psychology Funding: UO VPRI, UO WGS Infants’ first words include the names of objects that appear frequently in their lives. Could these frequent...
Machine Learning of Motifs and Motif Patterns in Probabilistic Jazz Grammars
Presenter(s): Joseph Yaconelli − Math And Computer Science Faculty Mentor(s): Robert Keller Oral Session 3C Research Area: Computer Science Funding: National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Building on previous work by Keller et...
Transnational Professionals: Agency and Practice of Highly Skilled Foreign Employees in American Transnational Corporations
Presenter(s): Shuxi Wu − Anthropology, Asian Studies, Economics, International Studies Faculty Mentor(s): Tuong Vu Oral Session 3S Research Area: Social Science Funding: UROP Mini-grant Anthropological examination of transnational migration up to current day has...
Chitin Binding Protein GbpA promotes Proliferation In The Drosophila Midgut
Presenter(s): Zoë Wong − Biology, Psychology Faculty Mentor(s): Karen Guillemin Oral Session 4S Research Area: Natural Science (Biology) The microbes that live both in and on us, collectively known as our microbiota, are estimated to include 3.8 ·1013 cells (Sender,...
Shifting the Aid Paradigm: An Exploration into Effective Humanitarian Policy Design through a Case Study analysis of Omnes Volunteer Association
Presenter(s): Momo Wilms-Crowe − Political Science, International Studies Faculty Mentor(s): Nick Macdonald Oral Session 4M Research Area: Social Science Funding: CURE Travel Grant, Carnegie Global Oregon Summer Research Grant, Oxford Consortium for Human Rights...
Responding to The Hyde Amendment: Abortion Discourse, Race, and a Conspiracy of Silence
Presenter(s): Momo Wilms-Crowe − Political Science, International Studies Faculty Mentor(s): Tim Williams Oral Session 3SW Research Area: Social Science This research project examines the discourse about abortion and the 1976 Hyde Amendment in order to better...
Effects of Environment and Relatedness on the Gut Microbiome of Ugandan Red Colobus Monkeys
Presenter(s): Tabor Whitney − Biology Faculty Mentor(s): Nelson Ting Oral Session 4S Research Area: Biological Anthropology Funding: Peter O’Day Fellowship The gut microbiome consists of microbial communities that reside in the gastro-intestinal tract of living...
Arranging and Transcribing: More than Just the Notes
Presenter(s): Derek White − Music Education Faculty Mentor(s): Michael Grose, Eric Wiltshire Oral Session 3C Research Area: Performing Arts Writing music is a complex process. A composer has to create melody, harmony, and rhythm to convey their artistic message. Many...
PTPN11 S502P and Tyrosine Kinase Non-Receptor-2 increase RAS/MAPK signaling in Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Presenter(s): Corinne Togiai − Biology Faculty Mentor(s): Chelsea Jenkins, Dr. Bill Chang Oral Session 3M Research Area: Natural/Physical Science (Cancer Biology) Funding: OHSU Knight Cancer Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Howard Hughes Medical...
The Sum of My Parts: A Genetic Inquiry with 23andMe
Presenter(s): Seth Temple − Mathematics Faculty Mentor(s): Amy Connolly Oral Session 2CS Research Area: Natural/Physical Science Direct-to-consumer genetic tests provide an accessible way for individuals to learn about their genome. This creative project is an outlet...
Indian-Americans in Corvallis, Oregon
Presenter(s): Sravya Tadepalli − Political Science, Journalism Faculty Mentor(s): Natalia Fernandez Oral Session 2M Research Area: Social Science This series of interviews is the one of the first collections of oral histories of the Indian-American community in...
Art Destined For Destruction: Uncovering the Origin of the Anthropomorphic Mask in the Museum of Natural and Cultural History’s Alice Henson Ernst Collection
Presenter(s): Hannah Solheim − Economics, Mathematics Faculty Mentor(s): Vera Keller Oral Session 4O Research Area: Social Science The origin of the Museum of Natural and Cultural History’s Anthropomorphic Mask (Item #2-1054) has been a mystery for decades. The museum...
A Computational Approach To Tangled String
Presenter(s): Nathaniel Schieber − Mathematics Faculty Mentor(s): Robert Lipshitz Oral Session 2S Research Area: Knot Theory (Mathematics) Funding: Mercer Family Foundation Scholarship, UO Department of Mathematics Juilfs Scholarship Knot theory is exactly what it...
Another Girl Bites the Dust: Motherhood and Futurity at the End
Presenter(s): Megan Schenk − English Faculty Mentor(s): Forest Pyle, Casey Shoop Oral Session 2O Research Area: English (Humanities) Funding: Presidential and Summit Scholarships A post-apocalyptic setting is a particularly potent arena for sexist narratives precisely...
Communities United: Combatting Portland Gentrification through Housing Infrapolitics
Presenter(s): Hannah Schandelmeier-Lynch − Economics Co presenter(s): Simoan Waldron Faculty Mentor(s): Katie Meehan Oral Session 2M Research Area: Social Science With Portland’s rapid population growth, urban renewal projects are being shaped to the preferences of...
Indigenous Perspectives on the Occupation of Malheur: Comparing Contemporary Responses from Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Sources
Presenter(s): Doug Sam − Environmental Studies, Geography Faculty Mentor(s): Peter Walker Oral Session 1M Research Area: Social Science On 2 January 2016, armed militants led by Ammon Bundy seized the headquarters of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Harney...
Cultivating Connections: Garden-Based Education to Connect with the Willamette Valley
Presenter(s): Katy Roy-johnson − Environmental Studies Co Presenter(s): Becca Perrin, Sydney Morrison, Gracie Williams, Milo Gazzola Faculty Mentor(s): Kathryn Lynch Oral Session 4CN Research Area: Natural Science Funding: Robert and Catherine Miller Foundation The...
The Anti-heroine: An Emergent Television Character Trope
Presenter(s): Meg Rodgers − Media Studies Faculty Mentor(s): Erin Hanna Panel Session 1SW Research Area: Media Studies & Television Studies Funding: UROP Mini-grant, Humanities Undergraduate Research Fellowship Television’s anti-heroes have long raked in high...
The Empire’s New Clothes: The Establishment Of Social Sciences in Post-War Academia and Its Implication For British Colonial Policy
Presenter(s): Caroline Richelsen − History, Political Science Faculty Mentor(s): Ian McNeely Oral Session 3SW Research Area: Social Science, History In the aftermath of the Second World War, universities in Britain were tapped as a potential training ground for the...
Pepe the Frog: Challenging Cultural Hegemony with Internet Memes
Presenter(s): Ben Pettis − Media Studies, Cinema Studies Faculty Mentor(s): Peter Alilunas Oral Session 2C Research Area: Humanities This thesis examines Internet memes as a unique medium that has the capability to easily and seamlessly transfer ideologies between...
Representations of Madness in Zanzibar, Tanzania; An Analysis of Colonial Mental Health Diagnostic Labels
Presenter(s): Anne Peters − International Studies Faculty Mentor(s): Kristin Yarris, Melissa Graboyes Oral Session 4M Research Area: Humanities Franz Fanon has shown how ideas of mental health and illness reflect historical and political constructs, especially for...
A Comparative Analysis of Preventive and Post Conflict Action in Refugee Crises
Presenter(s): Maria Pervova − Economics, International Studies Faculty Mentor(s): Galen Martin Oral Session 4M Research Area: Social Science According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, there are currently more than 65 million refugees in the world,...
The Role Of Patterned Spontaneous Circuit Activity In Drosophila Neuronal Circuit Assembly
Presenter(s):Nelson Perez − Biology Faculty Mentor(s): Arnaldo Carreira-Rosario, Chis Doe Oral Session 2SW Research Area: Natural sciences, Neuroscience, Biology, Developmental Biology Funding: HHMI (Howard Hughes Medical Institute), SPUR Program Neuronal networks...
Nanoparticles!
Presenter(s): Makenna Pennel − Chemistry Faculty Mentor(s): Jim Hutchison, Kenyon Plummer Oral Session 2S Research Area: Materials Science Funding: Hutchison Lab, Alden Research Award Whether we realize it or not, the emerging field of nanoengineering is continually...
UO ELP Climate Action Team: Educating Eugene’s Young Adults
Presenter(s): Katie O’connor − Environmental Science, Economics Co Presenter(s): Maya Vigil, Makena Dandley, Simoan Waldron, Yue Liu, Jackson Darke, Katie Robison, Kelsey Maass Faculty Mentor(s): Peg Boulay, Kaelyn Polick-Kirkpatrick Oral Session 4CN Research Area:...
The Role of Mentoring and Ethnic Identity in Latinx* High School Students
Presenter(s): Alejandra Miranda − Psychology, Spanish Faculty Mentor(s): Ellen McWhirter Oral Session 2M Research Area: Social Science Funding: McNair Scholarship Latinx students remain significantly underrepresented at four-year colleges and universities (Fry &...
A Forward Genetic Screen for Genes Required in C. elegans Embryonic Morphogenesis
Presenter(s): Alexander Miller − Biology Faculty Mentor(s): Bruce Bowerman, Molly Jud Oral Session 3M Research Area: Natural/Physical Sciences Funding: NIH funding, Oregon Undergraduate Researchers in SPUR (OURS) summer scholarship Our research in the Bowerman...
Portrayals of Power: The local Identity of Three Cypriot Sarcophagi from the 5th Century BCE
Presenter(s): Samantha Mcgee − Anthropology Faculty Mentor(s): Daphne Gallagher Oral Session 4O Research Area: Social Science (Anthropology/Archaeology) Funding: Honors College Extraordinary Expenses Thesis Grant, Undergraduate Anthropology Award for Research Cyprus...
Amongst the Ancients: Place-Based Experiential Education Within the H. J. Andrews Experimental Research Forest
Presenter(s): Ned Maynard − Environmental Studies Co Presenter(s): Kiana Seto, Dylan Plummer, Riley Olson, Ariella Dahlin, Kyra Ortiz, Cahill Shpall, Chelsea Sussman, Ned Maynard Faculty Mentor(s): Kathryn Lynch Oral Session 4CN Research Area: Environmental Education...
Investigating the Role of Transposons in Temperature-Induced DNA Damage During Spermatogenesis
Presenter(s): Colin Maxwell − Biology Faculty Mentor(s): Diana Libuda, Nicole Kurhanewicz Codd Oral Session 3M Research Area: Biological Science Meiosis is a specialized form of cell division that sexually reproducing organisms use to generate haploid sex cells....
Mushroom Justice?: Commercial, Wild Mushroom Harvesting on the Willamette National Forest
Presenter(s): Becca Marshall − Environmental Studies Faculty Mentor(s): Kathryn Lynch Oral Session 1SW Research Area: Social Science Funding: Humanities Undergraduate Research Fellowship This research examines the extent Willamette National Forest’s management of...
Spectral Prose: Reading the Object in Icelandic and American Literature
Presenter(s): Maxfield Lydum − English Faculty Mentor(s): Brian Gazaille Oral Session 3O Research Area: Humanities Object-oriented ontology (OOO), a development that has become particularly useful in ecological philosophy, seeks to understand the way in which objects...
Sa’di and the Safavid: The Material Culture of a Treasured Persian Manuscript Now at UO
Presenter(s): Elmira Louie − Comparative Literature, English Faculty Mentor(s): Vera Keller Oral Session 3O Research Area: Humanities This talk offers a material cultural analysis of a hitherto unstudied Persian manuscript in UO’s collection, identifying the city and...
Picture This: The Role of Digital Storytelling in Motivating Action for Refugee Relief
Presenter(s): Mitra Lebuhn Lebuhn − International Studies Faculty Mentor(s): Melissa Graboyes, Stephen Wooten Oral Session 1C Research Area: Humanitarian Communication, International Studies, Psychology, Social Science Funding: Presidential Scholarship, Summit...
A Feasibility Report on the Use of Urine Diverting Container-Based Sanitation Toilets in Post-Earthquake Disaster Scenarios
Presenter(s): Indigo Larson − Planning Public Policy And Management Faculty Mentor(s): Kory Russel, Josh Bruce Oral Session 4M Research Area: Disaster Planning, Sanitation Management This project investigates the feasibility of using container-based sanitation (CBS)...
Text to Table: Everything Is About Lemon Meringue Pie
Presenter(s): Ashley Kim − Biology, Environmental Science Faculty Mentor(s): Barbara Mossberg Oral Session 3O Research Area: Humanities Food sustains all human life. It allows the human body to function in its most basic form, but can also bring joy with the right...
Climate Change, Water Policy, and Society in the Peruvian Andes
Presenter(s): Rennie Kendrick − Biology Faculty Mentor(s): Mark Carey Oral Session 1M Research Area: Social Science/Humanities Climate change has posed a threat to fresh water supplies, which has worsened conflicts over water. Simultaneously, corporations have...
William Morris as Collector: Analyzing Two Volumes in the Special Collections University Archives
Presenter(s): Sadie Kavalier − Accounting Faculty Mentor(s): Vera Keller Oral Session 3SW Research Area: History William Morris wore many hats: publisher, socialist advocate, craftsman, poet. However, Morris’ private library remains one of the most understudied...
The More it Looks Like Queer Street, The More I Ask
Presenter(s): Guy Jones − Psychology Faculty Mentor(s): Mai-Lin Cheng Oral Session 2O Research Area: Literature The infamous Mr. Hyde from Robert Louis Stevenson’s novella “Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde” is remembered by most as monstrous, however one of...
The Structure and Culture of Greek Life and Its Impacts on Identity
Presenter(s): Leanne Johnson − Sociology Faculty Mentor(s): CJ Pascoe Oral Session 2CS Research Area: Social Science The prevalence of greek life and its integration on college campuses throughout time contributed to the emergence of a culture specific to those...
Complicating Autonomy through Empowering Agency: Honeybees at the Center of Conflict
Presenter(s): Jacob Jansen − Cultural Anthropology Faculty Mentor(s): Ana-Maurine Lara Oral Session 4CS Research Area: Social Science It is argued that as we are shaped, so too are the animals that come into contact with our interests. By positioning honeybee identity...
Characterization of Lrig1 Positive Stem Cells During Colitis Recovery
Presenter(s): Nicholas Jahahn − General Science Faculty Mentor(s): Annie Zemper Oral Session 4S Research Area: Natural/Physical Science Funding: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, OURS program at the university of Oregon through NIH...
Japanese Gendered Language, Idols, and the Ideal Female Romantic Partner
Presenter(s): Jacqueline Huaman − Japanese, Asian Studies Faculty Mentor(s): Kaori Idemaru Oral Session 1SW Research Area: Humanities Funding: HURF (Humanities Undergraduate Research Fellowship), UROP Mini-Grant The goal of my honors thesis is to explore how gendered...
Sense of Place in Contemporary Female American Poets: Indigenous and Immigrant Voices
Presenter(s): Sarah Hovet − English, Journalism Faculty Mentor(s): Corbett Upton Oral Session 1SW Research Area: Humanities Funding: Humanities Undergraduate Research Fellowship In current national discourse, what it means to be “American” has become a polarizing...
Beyond Muses: Feminism and Gender in Modern Irish Literature (1880 – Present) from Augusta Gregory to Eavan Boland
Presenter(s): Sarah Hovet − English, Journalism Faculty Mentor(s): Barbara Mossberg Oral Session 2O Research Area: Humanities Funding: Vice President for Research and Innovation (VPRI) Undergraduate Fellowship, Sigma Tau Delta Study Abroad Scholarship, GEO Ambassador...
The Impact of Dangerous Minds in Teacher Education: Exploring the Use of the Representation of School in Film to Raise Critical Consciousness in Preservice Teachers
Presenter(s): Cali Hodge − Educational Foundations Faculty Mentor(s): Alison Schmitke, Asilia Franklin-Phipps Oral Session 2M Research Area: Education This investigation highlights how the representation of schools, teachers, students in the film Dangerous Minds...
The Power of America’s Most Watched Show: How Entertainment Television Can Change Social Behaviors
Presenter(s): Kyle Heiner − Journalism: Advertising Faculty Mentor(s): Kim Sheehan, Erin Hanna Oral Session 2C Research Area: Media Studies and Advertising This thesis examines the effects entertainment television can have on audiences beyond simply making them laugh,...
A River Runs Through: An Analysis Of Ken Kesey’s Sometimes A Great Notion Exploring the Mirroring of a Fictional River to the Flow of the Novel Through Syntax and Form
Presenter(s): Alison Hamilton − English Faculty Mentor(s): Corbett Upton Oral Session 3O Research Area: Humanities, Literature In this project I will be analyzing Ken Kesey’s novel Sometimes A Great Notion, and discussing how his stylistic choices and singular form...
Electronic Media Exposure and Early Vocabulary Acquisition in Spanish-Speaking Homes
Presenter(s): Ashley Goussak − Communication Disorders and Sciences Faculty Mentor(s): Lauren Cycyk Oral Session 1S Research Area: Communication Disorders and Sciences The purpose of this study is to describe the electronic media exposure of young children from...
Inter-Tribal Dynamics of the Warm Springs and Grand Ronde Reservations: A Historical Legacy of Discrimination, Prejudice, and Settler-Colonialism
Presenter(s): Clara Gorman − History Faculty Mentor(s): Jennifer O’Neal, Kevin Hatfield Oral Session 1M Research Area: Humanities Funding: Vice President for Research and Innovation Undergraduate Research Fellowship (2017) In 2016, Northern Paiute tribal elder Myra...
A Rhetorical Analysis Of Reports About Mass Atrocities: Rwanda, Bosnia, Syria, And Myanmar
Presenter(s): Eleanor Estreich − English, Economics Faculty Mentor(s): David Frank Oral Session 1C Research Area: Humanities – Rhetorical Analysis Speaking from Beirut in February 2018, the United Nations’ regional humanitarian coordinator for the Syria crisis,...
Finding Self in Key West and a Red Wheelbarrow
Presenter(s): Tucker Engle − English Faculty Mentor(s): Devin Fitzpatrick Oral Session 2CS Research Area: Humanities The modern poetry of William Carlos Williams and Wallace Stevens evokes the postmodern idea of blurring the subject/object dichotomy. Their poetry...
Spitting Bars and Subverting Heteronormativity: An Analysis of Frank Ocean and Tyler, the Creator’s Departures From Heteronormativity, Traditional Concepts Of Masculinity, And The Gender Binary
Presenter(s): Lizzy Elkins − International Studies, Women’s And Gender Studies Oral Session 3C Research Area: Gender/Sexuality studies This paper seeks to investigate an emerging musical movement of rap and pop artists who actively subvert structures of the gender...
A Comparison of Market Based and Government Enforcement Environmental Policies across US States to Observe How Oregon Employment Rates are Impacted
Presenter(s): Blake Dressel − Economics Co Presenter(s): Natalie Valent Faculty Mentor(s): Bill Harbaugh Oral Session 3S Research Area: Social Science In an effort to combat climate change, the Oregon State legislature has proposed a cap-and-invest program that...
Enhancing Low Frequency Rhythms in the Motor Cortex of Humans
Presenter(s): Ashley Dresen − Psychology Faculty Mentor(s): Michael Posner, Pascale Voelker Oral Session 2SW Research Area: Cognitive Psychology Funding: ONR Grant N00014-15-1-2148 to the University of Oregon Theta frequencies are associated with internalized...
Russia’s Experiment in Scouting: 1909-1922
Presenter(s): John Dechert − Mathematics, Reees Faculty Mentor(s): Julie Hessler Oral Session 3SW Research Area: History In 1909, Oleg Ivanovich Pantyukhoff, a colonel in the Russian army who was inspired by Robert Baden-Powell’s scouting program in Great Britain,...
Investigating the Role Of Genomic Positioning in Directing Meiotic Double-Strand DNA Break Repair
Presenter(s): Rachel David − Biochemistry Faculty Mentor(s): Diana Libuda, Erik Toraason Oral Session 3M Research Area: Biological Sciences Funding: UO Alden Scholar Research Award, NICHD Grant During meiosis, the specialized form of cell division that produces...
Clustering Algorithm Performance Studies for the ATLAS Trigger System at the HL-LHC
Presenter(s): Taylor Contreras − Physics Faculty Mentor(s): Stephanie Majewski Oral Session 2S Research Area: Physics Funding: PURS, McNair The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN is a particle accelerator providing massive amounts of data which can reveal new physics...
Prostitution in the Frontier West
Presenter(s): Mira Cohen − History Faculty Mentor(s): Jamie Bufalino, Marsha Weisiger Oral Session 3SW Research Area: History The popular history of the American Frontier West is replete with stereotypical characters: miners, farmers, ranchers, railroad workers, and...
Quantifying Vegetation, Structure, and Canopy Density at ʻAlalā Release Site
Presenter(s): Sierra Ching − Environmental Science Faculty Mentor(s): Peg Boulay Oral Session 4CS Research Area: Restoration Ecology Funding: National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo, Americorps Kupu Hawaiʻi,...
La Mulata: In Her Own Words
Presenter(s): Elisa Carvallo − Spanish Faculty Mentor(s): Lanie Millar Oral Session 3O Research Area: Latin American Studies La mulata has been a topic of fascination in the Afro-Latin American Literature for more than two centuries. In the Caribbean poetry of the...
Inflammatory Phenotypes Of Zebrafish Enteric Nervous System Mutants
Presenter(s): Lillian Carroll − Biology Faculty Mentor(s): Judith Eisen, Kristi Hamilton Oral Session 4S Research Area: Natural Science Funding: OURS Program Intestinal health depends on the microbial community within the dynamic intestinal environment. The enteric...
Identifying Fossils: Horses of Kyrgyzstan in the Miocene
Presenter(s): Dylan Carlini − Geology Faculty Mentor(s): Samantha Hopkins, Win Mclaughlin Oral Session 4O Research Area: Earth and Biological Science In paleontology, correct identification of fossils is of paramount importance to the scientific process. In locations...
How Experience Gets Under The Skin: An Examination Of Potential Correlation Between Childhood Adversity And Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia
Presenter(s): Fiona Byrne − Family And Human Services Faculty Mentor(s): Elizabeth Skowron, Shoshana Kerewsky Oral Session 1S Research Area: Psychology/Humanities Exposure to adversity in childhood is shown to be a significant risk factor for negative physical and...
Assessing The Role Of Crossing Structures In Primate Conservation
Presenter(s): India Brock − Biological Anthropology, Environmental Science Faculty Mentor(s): Frances White, Larry Ulibarri Oral Session 4S Research Area: Primate Conservation Funding: CAS Continuing Student Scholarship Anthropogenic modification of natural landscapes...
2018 Native Revegetation and Restoration at Goose Creek
Presenter(s): Emily Bork – Environmental Science, Marine Biology Co presenter(s): Bren Catt, Lachlan Addicott, Elizabeth Baach, Brianna Ashley, Madeline Cowen, Drew Donahue, Hailey Gilliland, Alice Gregg, Philip Hou, Harrison Satterthwaite Faculty Mentor(s): Peg...
Controversies around Al Jazeera
Presenter(s): Arunima Bhattacharjee – Public Relations Faculty Mentor(s): HyeRyoung Ok Oral Session 2C Research Area: Media and Human Rights Al Jazeera, the pan-Arab 24-hour satellite news channel located in Doha, Qatar, has faced major discontent due to its...
Brand Activism: Working Toward Progressive Representations of Social Movements in Advertising
Presenter(s): Rachel Benner – Media Studies, Advertising Faculty Mentor(s): Kim Sheehan Oral Session 1C Research Area: Social Science Advertising agencies frequently use the cultural energy of social movements to connect brands to new audiences and promote their...
Place and Paranoia: Pynchon and the Construction of the Postmodern Subject
Presenter(s): Sam Beeker − English, Comparative Literature Faculty Mentor(s): Brendan O’Kelly Oral Session 1SW Research Area: Humanities Funding: I have been supported through the Humanities Undergraduate Research Fellowship (HURF), and have received a mini-grant from...
Estuary Coastline Change over a century in the Coos Bay, Oregon
Presenter(s): Kira Bartlett − Earth Science, Geography Faculty Mentor(s): David Sutherland, Patricia McDowell Oral Session 4CS Research Area: Natural/Physical Science Coos Bay Estuary is the largest bay between San Francisco and Puget Sound. The estuary serves an...
Getting to Mars: Assessing In-Space Propulsion Options
Presenter(s): Manju Bangalore − Physics, Mathematics Faculty Mentor(s): Dan Tichenor, Ben Roberts Oral Session 3S Research Area: Space Exploration The evolution of life has always depended on exploration. From single cell organisms to multicellular, from water to...
Planting a Seed By Restoring Connections – A Project of the University of Oregon’s Environmental Leadership Program
Presenter(s): Jordan Baker − ENVS Co presenter(s): Richie Nguyen, ingra buys, Annabelle Lind, Richie Nguyen Faculty Mentor(s): Kathryn Lynch Oral Session 4CN Research Area: Social Science Nature plays an essential role in a child’s growth-stimulating imagination,...
College Students and Online Streaming Services: Piracy and Suggestions for the Future of Content Distribution
Presenter(s): Mai Amalie Bak − Journalism Faculty Mentor(s): Heather Shoenberger Oral Session 2C Research Area: Media Studies This study aims to understand how American undergraduate university students make decisions about the entertainment media they stream,...
Impacts of Rising Heat and Precipitation on Plant Phenology in Pacific Northwest Prairies
Presenter(s): Benjamin Avis – Environmental Studies Co presenter(s): Miles Steele, Sean Petitt, Emma Rasmussen, Hunter Mackin Faculty Mentor(s): Peg Boulay, Scott Bridgham Oral Session 4CS Research Area: Environmental Science This study seeks to understand the...
Perspectives on Czech Art of the 1970’s and early 80’s: Framing an Understudied Period
Presenter(s): Jacob Armas – The History of Art and Architecture, International Studies Faculty Mentor(s): Jíří Ptaček, Sara Brock Oral Session 4O Research Area: Art History/ Humanities Funding: Gloria Tover Lee Scholarship in Art History Judy Fosdick...
How Smartforks Regulate Rate of Eating in People with Dysphagia Recovering from Stroke
Presenter(s): Anyasha Aragon – Communication Disorders and Sciences, German Language Faculty Mentor(s): Samantha Shune Oral Session 1S Research Area: Communication Disorders and Sciences (College of Education) Funding: Clark Honors College Thesis Grants for...
Evaluating the CARD Act: Subgroup Analysis on Restricted Credit Access
Presenter(s): Linmei Amaya – Economics Faculty Mentor(s): Alfredo Burlando Oral Session 1CS Data Story Session 3S Research Area: Social Science: Economics The Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009 (CARD Act) is a federal law...
Tracing The Lineage Of Historical Racial Narratives And Their Continued Effect
Presenter(s): Nana Adjepong – Political Science Co presenter(s): Kebret Ketema Faculty Mentor(s): Avinnash Tiwari Oral Session 2M Research Area: Social Science Narrative is an important weapon that has been continuously used against minorities. This can be...