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Dear Colleagues and Students,
Welcome to our 2020 Virtual Symposium. Please join us as we celebrate undergraduate
research and creativity during our 13th-annual symposium. Our traditional format for
Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Achievement (URSA) Scholars Week, in which oral
presentation sessions are held in the Bill Daniel Student Center and poster presentations are
conducted in the Baylor Science Building, had been planned to take place during the week of
March 30 to April 3, 2020. The outbreak of COVID-19 made this traditional approach an
impossibility. Over the past few weeks we have witnessed the dedication and talent of over 100
students and their mentors as they adapted to our new format. We understand that the
pandemic is affecting our students, colleagues, and families in a myriad of stressful ways that
made it too onerous to allow some students to participate this year. Our thoughts are with
everyone in the Baylor family as we navigate this difficult time and look forward to other
opportunities to celebrate their work.
Although a smaller group of presentations than in our traditional setting, our virtual symposium
hosts a formidable set of platform and poster presentations, maintaining our tradition of
showcasing the research excellence of our students as in past iterations of Scholars Week. We
invite you to view and listen to the presentations of our excellent undergraduates and to learn
about their research experiences, many of which are unique to Baylor. We would also like to
extend our gratitude to the Baylor University faculty mentors who wholeheartedly support
undergraduate research, even during the present crisis.
Sincerely,
Tamarah Adair, Ph.D.,Director of URSA, Sciences, Technology, Engineering, Math, and Pre-Health Disciplines
Nathan T. Elkins, Ph.D.,Director of URSA, Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Professional Disciplines
Accessing the Virtual Symposium
The URSA Virtual Symposium is divided into two main folders, Platform Presentations and
Poster Presentations, both of which are further subdivided into “Sessions” that are grouped
together by discipline, as far as possible. The presentations are hosted on Box. Each session
contains a hyperlink to each individual session, which contains a folder for each speaker. The
Folders are named with the submitting author. This Program contains a list of all authors. Most
folders contain two files: an abstract as a .pdf or .doc file, and the presentation as a .pptx
or .mp4 file. Some folders may contain a third file, which is a separate audio file that should be
played while viewing the presentation. It is important to note that to view PowerPoint
presentations with recorded narrations in Box, you must download the file to your computer
and play the slide show in full screen; audio for narrated PowerPoints will not play in the Box
preview.
Thank you and Enjoy!
URSA 2020 Virtual SymposiumPlatform Presentations
Session 1: Biology
Student Presenter (s) Title DepartmentFaculty Mentor
+Ashley AllenThe Effects of Climate Change and Nitrogen Concentrations on Harmful Algal Blooms Biology
Jacquelyn Duke
+Ashley Ricciardelli
Effects of Nitrogen and Micronutrient Concentration on Phytoplankton Toxins in a Community from Lake Fayetteville, Arkansas Biology
Jacquelyn Duke
+Christopher Sharon and Anupama Kannan
Effects of Nitrogen and Micronutrient Concentration on a Phytoplankton Population Biology
Jacquelyn Duke
+Lauren Ferguson and Sandi Win Naung
Influence of Micronutrient Concentration, Nitrogen Source and Nitrogen Concentration on M. aeruginosa Biomass Biology
Jacquelyn Duke
Session 2: Biology, Psychology & Neuroscience, and Anthropology
Student Presenter (s) Title DepartmentFaculty Mentor
Morgan Ballard and Bradie Dean
Analysis of the Artifacts Recovered during Test Excavations and Metal Detector Survey at the Robertson Plantation, a National Register Site in Bell County, Texas
Anthropology
Carol Macauly
+Grace Phillip and Berkeley Sheppard
Effects of Nitrogen and Micronutrients on Toxic Algae Biology
Jacquelyn Duke
+Seth BuschoThe Role of Nitrogen and Micronutrients on Harmful Algal Blooms Biology
Jacquelyn Duke
Taylor LusterThe Effects of Chronotype on Academic Capabilities
Psychology & Neuroscience
Michael Scullin
Ivy GrossbergActual and Perceived Screen Time in College Students
Psychology & Neuroscience
Michael Scullin
Presentations that do not have audio are marked with an asterisk (*).Presentations that have a global theme are marked with an plus sign (+).
Session 3: English and Communication Sciences & Disorders
Student Presenter (s) Title DepartmentFaculty Mentor
Samantha FettermanInvestigating Acoustic & Aerodynamic Voice Parameters in College Cheerleaders
Communication Science & Disorders
Brittany Perrine
Caroline WirthExamination of Multiple Methods for Collecting Phonation Threshold Pressure
Communication Science & Disorders
Brittany Perrine
Seth Gaulke
Variations in Bilingualism: Differences in Morphological Typology as a Contribution to Cognitive Differences in Bilinguals English Clay Butler
Mackenzie ChandlerHolistic Sentence Processing in Bilinguals during Adverse Conditions English Clay Butler
Nicole Salama
The Struggle to Survive Childhood: Sylvia Plath's Depiction of Youth as Traumatic in "Lady Lazarus" English
Julia Daniel
Session 4: Music Education, Religion, and Political Science
Student Presenter (s) Title DepartmentFaculty Mentor
+Sarah HamrinThe Context of Mass: Culture, Communism, and Controversy
Music Education
Robin Wallace
*Maya JohnsonFrom Self to Society to Divinity: A Relational Ontology of Music
Music Education
Monique Ingalls
Dayton WrightNew Calvinism, Alcohol, and the Southern Baptist Struggle for Identity Religion Joe Coker
+Payton Forster Mongolia’s Dependent Democratization Political Science
Ivy Hamerly
+Camille Rybacki Koch
Democratic Deconsolidation: A Case Study in Hungary
Political Science
Ivy Hamerly
Presentations that do not have audio are marked with an asterisk (*).Presentations that have a global theme are marked with an plus sign (+).
URSA 2020 Virtual SymposiumPoster Presentations
Session 1: Biology Group A
Student Presenter (s) Title Faculty MentorBisi Otulana, M. Guin, D. Crain, F. Mansouri, J. Patterson, R. Sabin, S. Usenko
Steroid hormones in three baleen plates from the same individual
Stephen Trumble
Jacqueline CarrollRegulation of Iron Homeostasis as related to the Nonsense Mediated mRNA Deca- Bessie Kebaara
Batool SyedOlfactometer-Based Behavioral Responses of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus Mosquitos Jason Pitts
Session 2: Biology Group B
Student Presenter (s) Title Faculty Mentor
Hanna BradfordFarm Pond Net Ecosystem Production: Source of sink of CO2 to the atmosphere Robert Doyle
Bryan Leal The effects of relative pond clarity on planktonic P:R in Texas reservoirs Robert Doyle
Ian Hernandez Understanding small ponds and labile organic carbon Robert Doyle
Lacey BarnesThe effect of photosynthesis and respiration on carbon processing in small ponds Robert Doyle
Presentations that do not have audio are marked with an asterisk (*).Presentations that have a global theme are marked with an plus sign (+).
Session 3: Biology Group C
Student Presenter (s) Title Faculty MentorDaphne Simo, Alicia Chen, Megan Taylor
The Utilization of Magnets in Laparoscopic Uterine Prolapse Repairs Marty Harvill
*+Brandon Cunningham, Mathew Hackler, Pierce Thompson
The effect of Fertilizers on Methanotrophic Microbes in Wetland Environments Marty Harvill
Nicole Wire, Jonathan Aparicio, Bronson Balzac, Sinchana Basoor, Ritu Channagiri, Luke Day, Sowmya Duddu, Anthony Giovi, Haider Khan, Jonathan Lai, Arvind Muruganantham, Angel Otto, Jorge Ramirez, Catherine Ravikumar, Christian Schultz, Saisha Singh, Avery Voight, Emily Young, Sriram Avirneni, Grip Gilbert, Leo Rule
Isolation and Bioinformatic Analysis of Arthrobacter Phage Pippa
Tamarah AdairSaawan Patel, Sophia Braden
A comparative analysis of nutrient levels in wetlands using Cattail Biomass
Marty Harvill
Luke Twaddell, Grace Killeen, and Rekha Goswami
The Effects of Bisphenol A on Reproductive Rates of Daphnia magna
Marty Harvill
Session 4: Biology Group D
Student Presenter (s) Title Faculty MentorEvelynne Morris, Gabbi Marchelli, Ireland Buckley
Effect of Using CBD Placebo Under Stress: Measuring Heart Rate, Mean Arterial Pressure and Reported Stress Level Dena Quigley
Christian McSweeny, Hannah Gannon, Uche Oparaji
The Effect of Eye diseases on Visual Foot-Reaction Time and Eye Muscle Activity Dena Quigley
Ashleigh Hines, Pilar Hernandez, Brenda Chau
The Effects of Blue-Light Emission from Technology on the Eye Dena Quigley
Presentations that do not have audio are marked with an asterisk (*).Presentations that have a global theme are marked with an plus sign (+).
Session 5: Biology Group E
Student Presenter (s) Title Faculty Mentor+Joseph Spear, Sae Hee Choi
Bloodmeal analysis of wild-caught Anopheles stephensi in Ethiopia Tamar Carter
Victoria Tatunay, Sunny Kim, Kyla Brienne, Alano Wilwayco, Quynh Le
Investigation of the effects of TAK-242 on C.elegans survival and reproduction rate Myeongwoo Lee
Megan Taylor Taregting RGD cell-binding motif of LAM-3 and its effects on ECM Myeongwoo Lee
Aileen Park, Olivia Baur, Kendall Lewis, Lauren Whiteley, Maggie Cross, Sophia Brice
Analysis of him-4 Triplet Mutation of RGD to RGE Using CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing Myeongwoo Lee
Ryan Anaya, N. Campion, E. Lopez, J. McIntire, K. O’Connor, N. Tran, R. Williams Beta pat-3 Integrin Plays Vital Role in Muscle Function Myeongwoo LeeAvery Brau, Sabrina Hodge, Roshni Jaffery, Krysta Kenney, Jacob Wahl, Rachel Wilsey
The effects of cgh-1 mutation in Caenorhabditis elegans Myeongwoo Lee
Sarah Swanson, Christian Beane, Victoria Darby, Ali Lahiji, Chris Nguyen
The effect of tln-1 mutation on the Phenotype of Caenorhabditis elegans Myeongwoo Lee
*Adam Mather, Hashim Aziz, Katelyn Lunini, Brandon Helget, Angelica Calderon, Kavita Kantamnemi
The Role of Zyx-1 in C. Elegans and its Relationship to Dystrophin Myeongwoo Lee
Sophia Antonini, Lacey Barnes, Avery Davis, Trista Enriquez, Shonti Wilson
The characterization of cell binding motif in LET-805/ Myotactin in Caenorhabditis elegans Myeongwoo Lee
Jacob Hanna, Amar Pancar, Jingmei Zeng, Victoria Reyes, Shailyn Miller
Point Mutation in Beta Integrin Tyrosine Phosphorylation Site of Caenorhabditis elegans Myeongwoo Lee
Catherine Hughes, Madison Baugh, Nathan Jones, Kevin Lee, Alexia Lopez, Noah Patton
Deletion of the Tripeptide Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) in the lam-3 gene of Caenorhabditis elegans Myeongwoo Lee
Presentations that do not have audio are marked with an asterisk (*).Presentations that have a global theme are marked with an plus sign (+).
Session 6: Chemistry & Biochemistry
Student Presenter (s) Title Faculty Mentor*Abigail Smith and Jacob Ford
Synthesis of Vascular Disrupting Agent Drug-Linker Constructs for Use in antibody-drug conjugates Kevin Pinney
Shubhneet Warar, Ian Anthony, Christina Gaw
Populating a Vacuum Ultraviolet Spectroscopy Library using Tandem GC/VUV-MS and Chemometric Deconvolution of Real-World Sample Data Touradj Solouki
+Robert DiamondComputational determination of TiO+ Electronic Structure using DFT Darrin Bellert
Joy Hoang, Megan Behrmann, Himasha Perera DNA Unwinding Among Diverse Helicases
Michael Trakselis
+Humbal Omar and Ankith Pokulluri
IR Absorption Spectra of CO2: A Prominent Green House Gas Darrin Bellert
Evan Mastin and Tucker Lewis Kinetics and Mechanism of Co+ Mediated
Decomposition of Acetaldehyde Darrin Bellert *Megan Taylor and Himasha Perera
Optimization and Purification of E. coli DNA-directed DNA Polymerase III core Enzyme
Michael Trakselis
Margaret McCutcheon, Evia Calixte, Emily Ziperman, Jamie Kim
An Application of DFT for characterizing the energetics of HDX for solvated Carbohydrates Elyssia Gallagher
*Andrew Ensenberger, Mark Zimmer, Tracey Strecker, Mathew MacDonough, Deboprosad Mondal, Zhe Shi
Analysis of Bioreductive Cleavage of Prodrugs to Effector Anticancer agent by High performance liquid chromatography Kevin Pinney
Session 7: Communication Sciences and Disorders
Student Presenter (s) Title Faculty Mentor
Clare KuhlmannMeasuring Progress in Adult Brain Injury: A pilot study of a multimodal treatment for anomia Paul Fillmore
Humaira Islam and Ryan Scharf
Trainability of Electrical Brain Patterns Using EEG Neurofeedback: Implications for Language Function Paul Fillmore
Presentations that do not have audio are marked with an asterisk (*).Presentations that have a global theme are marked with an plus sign (+).
Session 8: Computer Science
Student Presenter (s) Title Faculty MentorSamuel Shenoi, Ting-Chen Wang, Xiayan Li, Shuting Chen, Bryce Johnson, Mackenna Semeyn
Phylogenetic analysis of SARS-CoV-2 within known coronavirus diversity Erich Baker
Session 9: Economics
Student Presenter (s) Title Faculty Mentor
Peter N. DoePoster_Economics_Doe_Peter_Nudging towards socially efficient norms Jason A. Aimone
Session 10: Environmental Sciences
Student Presenter (s) Title Faculty Mentor
*+Vynna ChitolieFishing for the truth: the effects of glyphosate and CTAB on zebrafish morphology and behavior Melinda Coogan
*Chris Herrera and Aiden Collier Studying the effects of zinc oxide NPs on Zebrafish Melinda Coogan
+Lauren FrickeInfluenza deaths and their association with known risk factors in Texas counties in 2015 Bruce Byars
+Yanira Baldovinos and Mariah Henley
ZnCl Neurological and Morphological Effects on Embryonic and Larval Zebrafish Melinda Coogan
*+Madison Jeha Recycling Education and Behaviors in College Students Melinda Coogan*Megan O’Brien and Laura Langan
Differentially Expressed Proteins Indicate Significance of Photoperiod during Larval Development Bryan W. Brooks
Session 11: Family and Consumer Sciences
Student Presenter (s) Title Faculty Mentor
Simar GoyalUnderstanding the Body Image among Cancer Patients: Developing Intervention Strategies Jay Yoo
Simar Goyal
Understanding the Effect of Retail Therapy: Interrelationship between Body Shame, Body Mass Index (BMI), and weight preoccupation
Jay Yoo
*Emily Nguyen and Yanlin Chen
Leucine Supplementation Coupled with a Calorie Restricted Diet to Promote Weight Loss In Mid-Life Women
D. Willoughby and L.Funderburk
Presentations that do not have audio are marked with an asterisk (*).Presentations that have a global theme are marked with an plus sign (+).
Session 12: Geosciences
Student Presenter (s) Title Faculty MentorChristopher Holle and Scott James
A machine learning based approach to forecast oceanic chlorophyll-a Scott James
Stephanie Krill
Molecular and Elemental Insights to the Formation Process of Anthropogenic Soils- The Amazon Dark Earth
William Hockaday
Session 13: Health, Human Performance and Recreation
Student Presenter (s) Title Faculty MentorHaley Turner, Kara Jones, Katelyn Cole, Heather Hudson
The Role of University Required Fitness Courses in Studnets’ Health and Exercise Practices Yunsuk Koh
Session 14: Physics
Student Presenter (s) Title Faculty Mentor*Martin Lechuga, Jorge Reyes, Lorin Mathews, Truell Hyde Image Analysis of Dusty Plasmas
Eva Kostadinova
Session 15: Political Science
Student Presenter (s) Title Faculty Mentor
+Rory PittsMaterialist and Postmaterialist values impacted the responses to refuge crisis of 2016 Ivy Hamerly
Presentations that do not have audio are marked with an asterisk (*).Presentations that have a global theme are marked with an plus sign (+).
Session 16: Psychology and Neuroscience Group A
Student Presenter (s) Title Faculty Mentor
Bayley Richardson
Experimentally Increasing Levels of Gratitude Immediately Prior to Acute Psychological Stress Exposure: Impacts on Anxiety, Performance, and Cardiovascular Stress Reactivity Annie Ginty
Abby Herschbach Inflammation and PTSD in Veterans: Anti-inflammatory Agents as a Potential Novel Treatment
Lauren Zambrano-Vasquez
Victoria Anozie Emotional Effects of Binge-Watching Shawn Latandresse
Taryn CookAdverse Childhood Experience Scores and Habituation to Stress Annie Ginty
Samantha SotoThe effects of perceived stress and stressful life events on cardiovascular reactivity to stress Annie Ginty
Session 17: Psychology and Neuroscience Group B
Student Presenter (s) Title Faculty Mentor
Sean NgoThe Mediating Effect of Gratitude on the Relationship Between Volunteering and Depression Jo-Ann Tsang
+Caitlin Bullard
The Effects of Coordinated Care Levels on Flourishing and Making and Keeping Friends in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Christine Limbers/ Wade Rowatt
*Nicole D’Aoust
Negative emotionality mediates the relationship between sport perfectionism and Drum Corps International section Wade Rowatt
Zachary Pranske
Agomelatine Does Not Prevent Seizure-induced Immune Activation of Deficits in Ultrasonic Vocalizations Joaquin Lugo
Paige Freeburg Higher self-perceived involvement in a sorority is related to higher well-being outcomes Sarah Schnitker
Lauren RatliffMeasuring Student Engagement in a Flexible Learning Environment
Shanna Attai/Jorge Carmona Reyes
Rebekka Anderson
Trait gratitude is not related to psychological or cardiovascular responses to acute psychological responses: results from two independent studies
Jo-Ann Tsang and Annie Ginty
Presentations that do not have audio are marked with an asterisk (*).Presentations that have a global theme are marked with an plus sign (+).
Session 18: Psychology and Neuroscience Group C
Student Presenter (s) Title Faculty Mentor
Rachel MasonConnections Between Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurodegenerative Diseases
Lauren Zambrano-Vasquez
Katherine NesbittConstraint as a Protective Factor Against Hazardous Drinking Behavior in Firefighters
Michelle Pennington
Hannah Gruman
Higher Childhood Exposure to Active and Passive Trauma are Associated with Blunted Cardiovascular Stress Reactivity Annie Ginty
Lee RodenbaughIndividuals with Childhood Trauma Display Blunted Heart Rate Responses to Stress Annie Ginty
Amanda Faust and Alyssa Darner
NS-PTEN Knockout mice give insight into how mTOR signaling is linked to Alzheimer’s disease. Joaquin Lugo
Session 19: Social Work
Student Presenter (s) Title Faculty Mentor
Kathryn HongThe Hidden Epidemic Addressing Teen Food Insecurity in Waco
Stephanie Boddie
Session 20: Statistics
Student Presenter (s) Title Faculty Mentor
Victoria DarbyA meta-analysis on the Effects of Education on Patients with Postpartum Depression Joshua Patrick
Presentations that do not have audio are marked with an asterisk (*).Presentations that have a global theme are marked with an plus sign (+).
2020 Faculty Mentor AwardsWe are pleased to announce the URSA faculty mentor awards for research and leadership. Faculty are nominated for these awards by their students and colleagues. The URSA Steering Committee selects the awards annually to recognize long-term commitment to undergraduate research, excellence in the quality of research produced, care for student welfare and educational experience, and leadership in developing undergraduate research opportunities. Please join us in congratulating these recipients for their commitment to improving Baylor’s support for undergraduates engaged in research.
URSA Mentor of the Year Award 2020
URSA Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor Arts, Humanities, and Professional
Disciplines
Stephanie Boddie, Ph.D.URSA Outstanding Undergraduate Research
Mentor Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Disciplines
Dwayne Simmons, Ph.D.
URSA Excellence in Leadership Award 2020
URSA Excellence in Undergraduate Research Leadership Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
Disciplines
Lorin Matthews, Ph.D.URSA Excellence in Undergraduate Research Leadership
Arts, Humanities, and Professional Disciplines
David Jortner, Ph.D.
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