The Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome Components and their Association with HbA1c in Tunisia
Presenter: Adriana Wisniewski – Human Physiology, Multidisciplinary Science Faculty Mentor(s): Josh Snodgrass, Alicia DeLouize Session: (In-Person) Oral Panel—Healthy Considerations The prevalence of diabetes and other noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) is rapidly...
Princess Mononoke: A Masterpiece of Japanese Animation
Presenter: Annabel Winningham – Art History Faculty Mentor(s): Alexandria Nanneman Session: (In-Person) Oral Panel—Comics, Classics and Analysis Hayao Miyazaki’s films are renowned for their fantastic visual complexity, cohesiveness, and heart- warming narratives....
On the Multifractal Structure of Observed Internet Addresses
Presenter: Megan Walter – Computer and Information Science Faculty Mentor(s): Reza Rejaie, Chris Misa Session: (Virtual) Oral Panel—Inner Space and Internet As a result of society’s increasing dependence on the internet, we observe an uptick in internet attacks and...
Food Security Among University of Oregon Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Presenter: Jennifer Vuong – Family and Human Services, Psychology Faculty Mentor(s): Dr. Elizabeth Budd Session: (In-Person) Oral Panel—Covering Covid U.S college students are vulnerable to low food security and students of color more so than White students. Those...
Effects of Rangeland Compost Amendments on Nematode Abundance
Presenter: Maya Treder – General Science Faculty Mentor(s): Ashley Shaw, Lauren Hallett Session: (In-Person) Oral Panel—Fuel, Fire, Grass and Compost, Poster Presentation California rangelands are often over-grazed, nutrient-depleted, and subject to variable rainfall....
Stories of Decline: Narratives and Risk Framing of Glacier Retreat and Salmon in Washington, USA
Presenter: Jenna Travers – Marine Biology Faculty Mentor(s): Mark Carey Session: (In-Person) Oral Panel—Learning from the Environment Climate change is threatening both glaciers and salmon in Washington with extinction, putting the state’s economy, culture, and...
Freedom Towns, Freedom Colonies: A Primer for Prosperity
Presenter: Sarada Thomas – Anthropology, Architecture Faculty Mentor: Richard Margerum Session: (In-Person) Oral Panel—Connection and Community The study examines Freedom Towns and Colonies. The newly freed had few resources but established hundreds of these...
How Music is Used to Preserve Ainu Culture
Presenter: Lily Strobel – Asian Studies, Global Studies Faculty Mentor(s): Alisa Freedman, Kathie Carpenter Session: (In-Person) Oral Panel—Sex, Drugs, & Music The Ainu are an indigenous population native to northern modern-day Japan who have historically been...
Undocumented Workers in Agriculture: How States can Protect Them
Presenter: Alexis Stinnett – Public Relations Faculty Mentor(s): Corbett Upton Session: (In-Person) Oral Panel—Rights of Humans Agriculture has been and still is the foundation of our economy, and we rely on it to keep our country running. Even in today’s...
Visual Analysis of Kōshirō Onchi’s Family of the Field from Poem no. 2
Presenter: Alivia Stiles – Business Administration Faculty Mentor(s): Cecilia Rosenow, Alexandria Nanneman Session: (Virtual) Oral Panel—Read, Speak and Act Kōshirō Onchi is the father of Sōsaku-hanga, a form of Japanese print popularized in the 20th century during...
Creation Myths and Science Fiction: The Human Urge to Structure the Unknowable
Presenter: Hayden Stewart – History Faculty Mentor(s): Dr. Andrea Goering Session: (In-Person) Oral Panel—Comics, Classics and Analysis In his introduction to “Sun Songs: Creation Myths from Around the World,” Raymond Von Over writes, “The myths of ancient mankind...
Optical Based Sensing of Shear Strain using Reflective Color Patterns
Presenter: Maryam Shuaib – Human Physiology Faculty Mentor(s): Mike McGeehan, Keat Ghee Ong Session: (In-Person) Oral Panel—Stimuli and Response, Poster Presentation There is an increasing need to measure shear force in biomedical applications. Many shear force...
Emasculation of the Other: Meiji Ukiyo-e War Prints and Japanese Identity
Presenter: Eun-Jai Shin – Art History Faculty Mentor(s): Akiko Walley Session: (Virtual) Oral Panel—Read, Speak and Act The Meiji Restoration of 1868 was one of the most monumental moments of East Asian history, featuring Japan’s rise as an imperial power. Rigorous...
Sportswashing: The Expensive Image Laundering Conspiracy Sullying Sport and Foreign Relations
Presenter: Christian Sardar – Business Administration Faculty Mentor(s): Corbett Upton Session: (In-Person) Oral Panel—The More You Know (in depth looks and prevention) Sportswashing refers to a sovereign entity such as a nation buying a sports team in another country...
The Relationship Among Parental Stress, Child Well-Being, and Routines During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Presenter: Ciera Sanders – Psychology Faculty Mentor(s): Sihong Liu Session: (Virtual) Oral Panel—Health and Social Science, Poster Presentation Children are the beacons that will carry their knowledge, ideas, and voices into the future. It is crucial we ensure...
Economic and Political Aspects of Peruvian Immigration in the US during the Late 20th Century
Presenter: Kai Angel Augusto Sanchez-Pajuelo – Economics Faculty Mentor(s): Iker Saitua Session: (Virtual) Oral Panel—Read, Speak, and Act “Not in Luxury, But to Get Along:” Economic and Political Aspects of Peruvian Immigration in the United States during the Late...
Unremembered: The Misattributions of Clara Peeters and Judith Leyster
Presenter: Morning Glory Ritchie – Art History Faculty Mentor(s): Maile Hutterer Session: (In-Person) Oral Panel—Herstory Rediscovered, Poster Presentation Clara Peeters and Judith Leyster were still-life painters prominent during the 17th-century. These still-life...
Burn Notice: Using Changepoint Detection Algorithms to Improve Wildfire Tracking
Presenter: Sabrina Reis – Mathematics and Computer Science Faculty Mentor(s): Weng-Keen Wong Session: (In-Person) Oral Panel—Fuel, Fire, Grass and Compost The ability to detect anomalous data is a critical component of any useful statistical analysis, but the process...
A Homeodomain Protein Generates Neuronal Diversity and Connectivity in the Drosophila Lamina
Presenter: Tyler Ramos – Human Physiology Faculty Mentor(s): Chundi Xu Session: (In-Person) Oral Panel—Daily Dose of Proteins How we perceive and integrate our experiences is the result of an intricate network of diverse neuron types, each with specific connectivity....
Evaluating Responsive Caregiving Behaviors within the FIND Intervention
Presenter: Heather Ralph – Biology, Psychology Faculty Mentor(s): Andrea Imhof, Phil Fisher Session: (In-Person) Oral Panel—Connection and Community Interventions that emphasize responsive caregiving can reverse the negative effects of early life stress exposure on...
The Efficacy of Diversity Training in Nonprofit Organizations
Presenter: Isabel Queisser – Planning, Public Policy and Management Faculty Mentor(s): Nicole Ngo Session: (In-Person) Oral Panel—Diversity and Analysis This study explores the outcomes of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) training in nonprofit organizations. This...
Professionalism: Swearing in the Workplace
Presenter: Victoria Pineiro – Environmental Studies Co-Presenter(s): Andi Van Laanen Faculty Mentor(s): Melissa Baese-Berk, Myrihe Rohbock Session: (Virtual) Oral Panel—Read, Speak and Act In recent years, swearing has moved from somewhat of a taboo topic to a more...
Public Speaking Literacy as a Counterstory
Presenter: Tristan Phillips – Business Administration Co-Presenter(s): Claire Putnam Faculty Mentor(s): Emily Simnitt Session: (In-Person) Oral Panel—Communication: How and Why When asked about what skills are most important for communication, often reading and...
Using machine learning to classify bacterial species from fluorescent image data
Presenter: Noah Pettinari – Physics Faculty Mentor(s): Raghuveer Parthasarathy Session: (In-Person) Oral Panel—Uniquely Their Own The study of host-microbe interactions has been of growing interest in recent years, with new research highlighting their importance...
Defining and Characterizing COVID-19 Quarantine Hesitancy in Lane County
Presenter: Marlee Odell – Biology Faculty Mentor(s): Melissa Graboyes Session: (In-Person) Oral Panel—Covering Covid Contact tracing and subsequent quarantine of individuals exposed to COVID-19 has been a useful tool throughout the pandemic. While trying to implement...
Investigating the role of H3K9 methyl transferases in heat-induced DNA damage
Presenter: Philip Nosler – Biology Faculty Mentor(s): Nicole Kurhanewicz, Diana Libuda Session: (In-Person) Oral Panel—Bio-Zebrafish and DNA Exposure to elevated temperature is a major cause of male infertility observed across both animals and plants. A primary...
What Makes A Voice Sound Black?
Presenter: Mary Mugeki – Psychology Faculty Mentor(s): Rachel Weissler Session: (Virtual) Oral Panel—Read, Speak and Act This research explores the nature of linguistic perception upon hearing African American English versus Standard American English. By having...
Lrig3 is Required for Colonic Regeneration Following Acute Inflammatory Injury
Presenter: Kevin Mueller – Biology Faculty Mentor(s): Anne Zemper, Janelle Stevenson Session: (In-Person) Oral Panel—Daily Dose of Proteins The mouse colon is a tightly regulated organ responsible for secreting mucus and absorbing water, which is carried out by...
Breathing based meditation to decrease stress and improve symptoms in persons with COPD
Presenter: Autumn Mosley – Communication Disorders and Sciences Faculty Mentor(s): Dr. Samantha Shune Session: (Virtual) Oral Panel—Health and Social Science, Poster Presentation Individuals with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), struggle with dyspnea and...
Stopping Gun Violence Starts With Analyzing the Link Between Victims and Perpetrators
Presenter: Emmi Morton – Marine Biology Faculty Mentor(s): Corbett Upton Session: (In-Person) Oral Panel—The More You Know (in depth looks and prevention) In this paper, I analyze how different childhood traumas will affect children as they grow older, and how this...
Zanzibari Perceptions of Acquired Immunity and Rebound Malaria
Presenter: Ava Minu-Sepehr – Anthropology Faculty Mentor(s): Melissa Graboyes, Karl Reasoner Session: (In-Person) Oral Panel—HURF This work-in-progress talk presents initial findings from 38 Swahili-English interviews conducted with Zanzibaris about the history of...
The Pine Mountain Observatory Deep Field
Presenter: Ellis Mimms – Physics Faculty Mentor(s): Scott Fisher Session: (In-Person) Oral Panel—Uniquely Their Own, Poster Presentation The Hubble Space Telescope is a telescope that was launched into low Earth orbit as part of international cooperation between the...
Welcome to Computer Science: Designing a Comic Tour of Computers and Computing
Presenter: Audra McNamee – Mathematics and Computer Science Faculty Mentor(s): Kathleen Freeman Session: (In-Person) Oral Panel—Comics, Classics and Analysis While the number of high-quality educational comics is growing, there are no modern long-form comics...
Exploring sibilants and gender: A le/s/on from transgender speakers
Presenter: Jaidan McLean – Linguistics Faculty Mentor(s): Tyler Kendall Session: (In-Person) Oral Panel—Diversity and Analysis Sibilant consonant variation is a well-studied topic in linguistics research to examine multiple social axes. Regarding gender, Zimman (2017)...
The Importance of Journalism in Communicating Climate Change
Presenter: Anna Mattson – Environmental Science Faculty Mentor(s): Mark Carey Session: (In-Person) Oral Panel—Communication: How and Why For this project, I traveled to Cordova, a small fishing town in Southeastern Alaska, for two weeks to talk with locals about how...
Dark Quarks Detection via Magnetic Dipole Interaction
Presenter: Chester Mantel − Physics Faculty Mentor(s): Graham Kribs Session: (In-Person) Oral Panel—Uniquely Their Own Fermionic dark matter could arise from a strongly interacting dark sector. Dark quarks are bound into neutral composite dark baryons, which can be...
Do waste management firms in Oregon disproportionately affect low-income minorities?
Presenter: David Lopez-Aparicio − Political Science Session: (In-Person) Oral Panel—Diversity and Analysis, Poster Presentation History has shown us that low-income minorities often bear the brunt end of the stick for health, income-mobility, and education. Though in...
Usage of Taboo Words in Online Settings of Varying Anonymity
Presenter: Dylan Lew – Psychology Co-Presenter(s): Olivia Ward, Josh Weinrobe, Evan Wong Faculty Mentor(s): Melissa Baese-Berk Session: (In-Person) Oral Panel—Communication: How and Why This is an observational study to see how the use of taboo language on social...
A Rhetoric of Friendship in the Works of Aristotle and Quintilian
Presenter: Elijah Leutwyler – English, Philosophy Faculty Mentor(s): Corbett Upton Session: (In-Person) Oral Panel—Comics, Classics and Analysis The philosophy of friendship has recently returned to academic conversations with scholars such as Paul W. Ludwig or...
Reforming the Self and Re-Forming the Other: Revisiting the Political Potential of Baldwin’s Fiction
Presenter: Kyra Lauersdorf – English, Sociology Faculty Mentor(s): Katherine Kelp-Stebbins, Matthew Norton Session: (Virtual) Oral Panel—Read, Speak and Act The existing scholarship pertaining to James Baldwin tends to examine either his nonfiction essays or his...
Investigation of Training Methods Used for Mice to Perform Auditory Discrimination Tasks
Presenter: Sean Kyne – Biology Faculty Mentor(s): Santiago Jaramillo Session: (In-Person) Oral Panel—Stimuli and Response The auditory system has a tremendous capacity to interpret all the surrounding sounds in the environment and help make sense of the world...
Identifying Areas of Enhanced Flexibility in the SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein with Computational Methods
Presenter: Sonny Kusaka − Biochemistry Faculty Mentor(s): Professor Marina Guenza Session: (Virtual) Oral Panel—Health and Social Science The SARS-CoV-2 virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic has become one of the most well-known and influential viruses of the...
The Progression of Juvenile Justice Policy in Oregon
Presenter: Semeredin Kundin − Planning, Public Policy and Management, Political Science Session: (In-Person) Oral Panel—Rights of Humans, Poster Presentation The criminal justice system is incredibly vast and carries an intricate process within it. The overall system...
Urotensin-II-related peptides, Urp1 and Urp2, control zebrafish spine morphology
Presenter: Colin Kuhns − Psychology Faculty Mentor(s): Elizabeth Bearce Session: (In-Person) Oral Panel—Bio-Zebrafish and DNA The spine is the defining feature of vertebrate life. The morphology of the vertebral column emerges in animals during embryogenesis and...
Reopening wounds: Processing Korean Cultural Trauma in Park Chan-wook’s Revenge Trilogy
Presenter: Emma Koontz − Planning Public Policy and Management Faculty Mentor(s): Ulrick Casimir Session: (Virtual) Oral Panel—Read, Speak and Act, Poster Presentation The democratic reforms of the 1987 June 29 Declaration opened the floodgates for Korean New Wave...
The effects of ovariectomy and soy diet on vascular function in female C57BL6 mice
Presenter: Aleena Khurana − Human Physiology Faculty Mentor(s): Ashley Walker, Mackenzie Kehmeier Session: (In-Person) Oral Panel—Stimuli and Response As people begin to live longer, studying age-related disease becomes more important. Age is a major risk factor for...
The Effectiveness of MRI in Diagnosing Osteoarthritis as Compared to Evaluative Cadaveric Dissection
Presenter: Katherine Kennedy − Human Physiology Faculty Mentor(s): Jon Runyeon Session: (In-Person) ) Oral Panel—Neuron & Cognition Osteoarthritis (OA) is the leading cause for chronic disability in the U.S, affecting over 32 million adults nationwide. Although...
Legal Reasonability and The ‘Gay Panic’ Defense
Presenter: Kelly Keith − English Faculty Mentor(s): Dr. José Cortez, Dr. Faith Barter Session: (In-Person) Oral Panel—HURF On May 13th, 2021, Senate Bill 704 was passed in Oregon. The bill banned the use of the ‘Gay Panic’ defense, an affirmative defense that could...
Nitrogen Fixing Symbionts: Legume Survival and Coexistence in Warming California Grasslands
Presenter: Natalie Kataoka − Environmental Science Faculty Mentor(s): Carmen Ebel, Ashley Shaw Adams Session: (In-Person) Oral Panel—Fuel, Fire, Grass and Compost For the past 200 years, non-native species have been anthropogenically introduced in California...
Radiation Trapping in Alkali Atoms
Presenter: Samuel Karlson − Physics Faculty Mentor(s): Brian Patterson Session: (Virtual) Oral Panel—Inner Space and Internet We used a Monte Carlo computer algorithm to simulate the effects of radiation trapping in a potassium vapor cell with nitrogen and helium...
The Roles of Theatre and Drama in the Criminal Justice System
Presenter: Hannah Joel − English, Sociology Faculty Mentor(s): Aryn Bartley, Ce Rosenow Session: (Virtual) Oral Panel—Read, Speak and Act Prisons deter the public from engaging in criminal behavior and reform the incarcerated. Despite the goal of deterrence, however,...
Personal Training and its Effects on University of Oregon Students
Presenter: Jackson Hullinger − Human Physiology Co-Presenter(s): Karl Schenk, Olivia Gurley Faculty Mentor(s): Chantelle Russell Session: (Virtual) Oral Panel—Strive to Thrive ARC This paper analyzes how personal trainers affect and influence the wellness of college...
Promoting Pollinators at Whitewater Ranch
Presenter: Olivia Heller − Environmental Studies Co-Presenter(s): Julia Nauman, Lindsey Nguyen, Fischer Kirk Faculty Mentor(s): Peg Boulay, Gabby Altmire Session: (In-Person) Oral Panel—Learning from the Environment Native pollinators are beneficial in agroecosystems...
The benefits of intergenerational family support on post-partum depression in the Tunisian Health Examination Survey
Presenter: Ava Hearn − Neuroscience Faculty Mentor(s): Josh Snodgrass, Alicia DeLouize Session: (In-Person) Oral Panel—Healthy Considerations Postpartum depression (PPD) is considered the most common maternal morbidity in many parts of the world, yet while maternal...
Identifying COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Motivators for People Who Inject Drugs in Lane County
Presenter: Blake Hardin − Economics, Global Studies Faculty Mentor(s): Melissa Graboyes, Camille Cioffi Session: (In-Person) Oral Panel—Covering Covid People who use intravenous drugs (PWID) are at greater risk of mortality from vaccine-preventable diseases yet also...
Constructing Belonging: An In-Depth Analysis of the Oregon Sanctuary Movement
Presenter: Alexis Han − Global Studies Faculty Mentor(s): Kristin Yarris Session: (In-Person) Oral Panel—HURF In the 1980s, churches in Oregon and across the nation declared themselves as sanctuaries for Central Americans fleeing civil conflict. This marked the start...
Queering the Way: Investigating the Relationship between U.S. LGBT+ Advocacy and Policy Advancement
Presenter: Matthew Hampton − Planning, Public Policy and Management, Political Science Faculty Mentor(s): Dyana Mason, Alison Gash Session: (In-Person) Oral Panel—The More You Know (in depth looks and prevention) The modern LGBT+ rights movement in the United States...
Personal training and the students at UO
Presenter: Olivia Gurley − Human Physiology Co-Presenter(s): Jackson Hullinger, Karl Schenk Faculty Mentor(s): Chantelle Russell Session: (Virtual) Oral Panel—Strive to Thrive ARC This paper analyzes how personal trainers affect and influence the wellness of college...
Victims’ Advocate Experiences and Perceptions on Engaging with Survivors of Crimes
Presenter: Ethan Guo − Sociology Faculty Mentor(s): Ellen Scott Session: (In-Person) Oral Panel—Connection and Community The United States Criminal Justice System’s response to crimes committed against other persons relies heavily upon people who are “Victims’...
Anemia and Socioeconomic Status Among Older Adults in the Study on Global AGEing (SAGE)
Presenter: Georgia Greenblum − Anthropology Faculty Mentor(s): Josh Snodgrass, Alicia DeLouize Session: (In-Person) Oral Panel—Healthy Considerations Research on anemia has primarily focused on young children and pregnant women, yet anemia also raises considerable...
Analysis of RadioXenon Using Trap and Trace Analysis
Presenter(s): Piper Gray – Physics Faculty Mentor(s): Michael Shaffer Session: (Virtual) Oral Panel—Inner Space and Internet This project examines the use of atom trap and trace analysis for measuring the proportion of radioactive Xenon isotopes to stable Xenon...
The rise of labor activity in the wake of the COVID-19 recession
Presenter(s): Gabriel Graville – Sociology Faculty Mentor(s): Michael Dreiling Session: (In-Person) Oral Panel—Covering Covid In the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting recession there emerged a period of heightened labor activity....
A Literary Analysis of the History of Migration Through The Bracero Program
Presenter(s): Jonah Gomez Cabrera — Art Faculty Mentor(s): Julie Wiese Session: (In-Person) Oral Panel— HURF The Bracero Program was a guest worker program that was held under a bilateral agreement between the United States and Mexico to resolve labor shortages during...
Ethnohistory of Indigenous Transculturation and Resistance in the Sibundoy Valley of Colombia
Presenter(s): Rowan Glass — Anthropology Faculty Mentor(s): Reuben Zahler, Maria Fernanda Escallón Session: (In-Person) Oral Panel—HURF This paper interprets Indigenous culture change and resistance in the ethnohistory of the Sibundoy Valley of southwest Colombia....
Impacts of Access to Nutritional Information on College Students
Presenter(s): Santino Gentile — Psychology Co-Presenter(s): Eleanor Yi, Cheyenne Bissonnette, Alana Hilkey Faculty Mentor(s): Chantelle Russell Session: (Virtual) Oral Panel—Strive to Thrive ARC Our research entails the benefits of nutrition on the mind and body, as...
Mechanisms of 3D genome organization by condensin and its interactors
Presenter(s): Yukiko Gaudreault — Biology Faculty Mentor(s): Osamu Iwasaki Session: Oral Panel—Bio-Zebrafish and DNA It is known that eukaryotic genomes are organized in differently sized chromatin domains, including topologically associating domains (TADs) which...
Assessment of the Oregon White Oak Woodland and Prairie Restoration Project at Dorris Ranch
Presenter(s): Mya Ganzer — Environmental Science Co-Presenter(s): Shane Kreger, Emma Peara, Olivia Holah Faculty Mentor(s): Peg Boulay, Hannah Gershone Session: (In-Person) Oral Panel—Learning from the Environment The primary goal of the Birds & Blooms...
Design and Characterization of BMP-2 Protein Binders to Augment Non-Union Fracture Healing
Presenter(s): Karly Fear — Biology Faculty Mentor(s): Parisa Hosseinzadeh Session: (In-Person) Oral Panel—Daily Dose of Proteins Each year, over 630,000 people in the US suffer from non-union bone fractures, or fractures that do not heal completely without further...
Examining the Effect of Fate within “The Secret History” by Donna Tartt
Presenter(s): Ashley Fale-Olsen — English Faculty Mentor(s): Corbett Upton Session: (In-Person) Oral Panel—Herstory Rediscovered In the first novel by Donna Tartt, published in 1992, titled “The Secret History,” the author uses fate as if it has agency over the...
Progress Towards Single-Photon Time-of-Flight Imaging
Presenter(s): Kevin Eckrosh — Physics Faculty Mentor(s): Brian Smith, Markus Allgaie Session: (In-Person) Oral Panel—Uniquely Their Own An array of fibers with different lengths are fused into a single output fiber. A photon-counting detector is used to record the...
The Effects of the Use of Cannabis on College Students Wellbeing
Presenter(s): Malcolm Durfee – Psychology Co-Presenter(s): Julia Hibbard, Cali Moore Faculty Mentor(s): Chantelle Russel Session: (Virtual) Oral Panel—Strive to Thrive ARC Introduction: Whether it be for medicinal purposes or recreational use, the use of...
Monitoring Infant Neurodevelopment Via the Hammersmith Neurological Exams in Cambodian Infants
Presenter(s): Katherine Dong —Human Physiology Faculty Mentor(s): Dare Baldwin Session: (Virtual) Oral Panel—Health and Social Science Thiamine deficiency affects millions of infants growing up in South and Southeast Asia due to heavy cultural reliance on...
Inequities faced by asylum seekers from Guatemala and Mexico under the Trump Administration
Presenter(s): Juanita Dominguez — Global Studies Faculty Mentor(s): Lesley Jo Weaver Session: (Virtual) Oral Panel—Health and Social Science For my thesis, I will be looking at inequities faced by asylum seekers under the Trump Administration. I look at immigration...
Meiotic recombination is regulated by dosage of synaptonemal complex proteins
Presenter: Amelia Dayton — Biology Faculty Mentor(s): Cori Cahoon, Diana Libuda Session: (In-Person) Oral Panel—Daily Dose of Proteins Meiosis is a specialized cell division that produces haploid gametes, such as sperm and eggs. To ensure each parental genome is...
Outdoor Inclusion for Hispanic Women
Presenter(s): Claire Daley — Global Studies Co-Presenter(s): Yesenia Vargas, Mia Rivas, Ana Gastelu Faculty Mentor(s): Chantelle Russell Session: (Virtual) Oral Panel—Strive to Thrive ARC Outdoor recreation is an important part of our community at UO because of the...
Active Olfactomotor Movements in Head-Fixed Mice
Presenter(s): Isabelle Cullen — Neuroscience Faculty Mentor(s): Dr. Matt Smear, Dr. Avinash Singh Session: (In-Person) Oral Panel—Stimuli and Response Olfactomotor responses are respiratory, orofacial, and locomotive movements used during olfactory sampling and in...
Computational Design of Peptide Binders for Detection of MMP8, a Biomarker in Periodontal Disease
Presenter: Alonso Cruz — Human Physiology Faculty Mentor(s): Parisa Hosseinzadeh Session: (In-Person) Oral Panel—Healthy Considerations Periodontal Disease affects roughly 50% of Americans age 30 and older. As it turns out, there is a striking pattern in the incidence...
A Novel Zebrafish Mutant Reveals New Insight into Cilia Motility Regulation and Body Axis Formation
Presenter: Craig Samuel — Biology Faculty Mentor(s): Daniel Grimes, Zoe Irons Session: (In-Person) Oral Panel—Bio-Zebrafish and DNA Motile cilia are responsible for critical functions in development, including left-right patterning and cerebrospinal fluid flow. Their...
Everyone’s Business? How Eugene Downtown Businesses Responded to #BLM and #StopAsianHate
Presenter: Cassie Cole — Public relations Faculty Mentor(s): Dr. Donnalyn Pompper Session: (In-Person) Oral Panel—Diversity and Analysis The 2020 Black Lives Matter movement made international headlines as a powerful push for racial equality in the United States....
A is for Adderall: Moralizations of Illicit Prescription Stimulant use in College
Presenter: Katherine Clarke − Sociology Faculty Mentor(s): Matthew Norton, Jessica Vasquez-Tokos (In-Person) Oral Panel—Sex, Drugs, & Music With some brands receiving FDA approval starting in 2002, prescription stimulants, commonly referred to as Adderall, have...
An Analysis of English to Japanese Translation in the novel Pachinko
Presenter: Elizabeth Chandler − Global Studies, Japanese Faculty Mentor(s): Glynne Walley (In-Person) Oral Panel—Comics, Classics and Analysis The research in this analysis focuses on the translation choices to both convey and introduce subtext surrounding the...
Exploring Manifestations of Consent in the 19th Century American South
Presenter: Casper Byrne − English Faculty Mentor(s): Dr. Yvette Saavedra (In-Person) Oral Panel—Herstory Rediscovered Since the introduction of Affirmative Consent in the early 1990s, the conversation around consent has focused on empowering sexual agency. However,...
Cognitive Motivations for Women Faking Orgasm in Heterosexual and Queer Identities
Presenter: Alyssa Bui − Psychology Faculty Mentor(s): Elliot Berkman (In-Person) Oral Panel—Sex, Drugs, & Music Research on the psychosocial phenomenon of women faking orgasms has only focused on a heterosexual population. Our study sought to include responses...
Olympic Postponement and the Future of Japan: A Qualitative Study of Tokyo 2020
Presenter: Hermya Brock − Global Studies Faculty Mentor(s): Yoav Dubinsky (In-Person) Oral Panel—Uniquely Their Own For the first time in Olympic history, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics were postponed for one year, taking place in July and August 2021 due to the COVID-19...
Dissociating the Time Courses of Two Neural Mechanisms Underlying the Rod-and-Frame Illusion
Presenter: Ernestine Brannon − Psychology Faculty Mentor(s): Paul Dassonville, Jeffrey Peterson (In-Person) Oral Panel—Neuron & Cognition Witkin and Asch (1948) developed the rod-and-frame illusion (RFI) to investigate how the visual system uses context to...
Examining Evangelicalism in Faith-Based and Secular Anti-Human Trafficking NGOs
Presenter: Courtney Bourn − Sociology Faculty Mentor(s): CJ Pascoe (In-Person) Oral Panel—Rights of Humans This research focuses on the sociopolitical role of Evangelical ideology in anti-human trafficking organizations through stigmatizing and criminalizing sex work...
Gender Diversity and Deviation in Medieval Scandinavia
Presenter: Miles Berry − Anthropology Faculty Mentor(s): Gantt Gurley (In-Person) Oral Panel—HURF There is a trope in the medieval Scandinavian literary tradition that bends the gendered actions and presentations of its characters in a way that changes their social...
Social Media Use: Worsening Anxiety and Depression
Presenter: Brooke Beaton − Political Science Faculty Mentor(s): Corbett Upton (In-Person) Oral Panel—Sex, Drugs, & Music Mobile devices, along with social media and the Internet, have become a dominant presence in today’s world, especially among younger...
Pupillary Dilation Response to Changes in Sound Stimuli
Presenter: Temerity Bauer − Biology Faculty Mentor(s): Santiago Jaramillo (In-Person) Oral Panel—Stimuli and Response, Poster Presentation To understand the world around us, the auditory system of our brains discriminates between different sounds to interpret our...
Monitoring Fuel Treatment Efficacy in Oak Habitat at Suzanne Arlie Park
Presenter: Zoey Bailey − Family and Human Services Co-Presenter(s): Hans Bertelsen, Isabel Mosley, Alex Murphy Faculty Mentor(s): Peg Boulay (In-Person) Oral Panel—Fuel, Fire, Grass and Compost Upland oak prairies and oak savannas are scarce within Oregon’s Willamette...
Environmental Leadership Program: Restoring Connections
Presenter: Armon Ashoubi − Environmental Studies Co-Presenter(s): Riley Roefaro, Emily O’Brien, Kaylie Smith Faculty Mentor(s): Meredith Jacobson, Katie Lynch (In-Person) Oral Panel—Covering Covid The COVID-19 lockdown has caused children to look at their iPads...
Environmental Leadership Program: Youth Climate Science/Climate Justice Education and Discovery
Presenter: Max Arquilevich − Environmental Studies Co-Presenter(s): Kira Domzalski, Naomi Meyer, Sydney Aston Faculty Mentor(s): Katie Lynch (In-Person) Oral Panel—Learning from the Environment Immersed among ancient trees deep in the Cascades lay the teachings of...
ChangeDwell: The Interaction Between Change Blindness and Dwell Time Paradigms
Presenter: Ava Archer − Psychology Co-Presenter(s): Ethan Scott Faculty Mentor(s): Dare Baldwin (Virtual) Oral Panel—Health and Social Science People witnessing identical streams of information can experience that information very differently. This phenomenon was...
Environmental Leadership Program—Aves Compartidas 2022
Presenter: Abby Andrews − Environmental Studies Co-Presenter(s): Jenna Burns, Lucy Trapp, Sequoia Shand Faculty Mentor(s): Russel Lynch Session: (In-Person) Oral Panel—Learning from the Environment Eugene, Oregon and Guanajuato, Mexico have more things in common than...
Pandemic Investigation of Newly Burgeoning Acquired LGBTQAI+ Labels
Presenter: Elijah Alexander − Psychology Faculty Mentor(s): Sara Weston Session: (In-Person) Poster Presentation, Oral Panel—Covering Covid Those with LGBTQ+ identities often live in the presence of “audiences” for whom they feel pressured to perform a...
Using Personality to Predict Risky Sexual Behavior
Presenter: Serena Agterberg − Psychology, Sociology Faculty Mentor(s): Sanjay Srivastava, Bradley Hughes (In-Person) Oral Panel—Healthy Considerations, Poster Presentation To investigate the relationship between personality traits and risky sexual behavior (RSB) with...