2014 Top Scholars and Finalists

Undergraduate Research Conference

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Top Scholar

Brynna Kibler, Erika Reyes and Victoria Wolford
"Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ The Freshman Perspective"
Faculty sponsor: Joe K. Ballenger, Management, Marketing, and International Business

Finalists

  • Angela Bannout, Clint Conner, Yolanda Gasaway and Adriana Cabrera Sanchez
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    Faculty sponsor: Judith L. Biss, Business Communication and Legal Studies
     
  • Asad Choudhry
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    Faculty sponsor: Mark Scanlan, Economics and Finance
     
  • Ja’Nay Ford, Jessie McNeese, Lauren Overstreet and Sarah Thompson
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    Faculty sponsor: Ryan Phelps, Economics and Finance
     
  • Tania Morales and Angéline Le Ménach
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    Faculty sponsor: Joe K. Ballenger, Management, Marketing, and International Business
     
  • Kathleen M. Saiz
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    Faculty sponsor: Marlene Kahla, Management, Marketing, and International Business
     
  • Katelyn Windham
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    Faculty sponsor: Ryan Phelps, Economics and Finance
     

James I. Perkins College of Education

Top Scholar

Heidi Bachrich, Stephen Decker and La Tori Flowers
"Effects of Hot and Temperate Environments on Executive Function Tasks during Moderate and High Intensity Exercise"
Faculty sponsors: Mark D. Faries and Eric J. Jones, Kinesiology and Health Science

Finalists

  • Rebecca Blubaugh
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    Faculty sponsor: Todd Barrios, School of Human Sciences
     
  • Candyce Young
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    Faculty sponsor: David Goodman, Kinesiology and Health Science
     
  • Jessica Colonneta
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    Faculty sponsor: Jannah Nerren, Elementary Education
     
  • Chau Phan
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    Faculty sponsor: Mitzi Perritt, School of Human Sciences
     
  • Shelby Post
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    Faculty sponsor: Robin Johnson, Elementary Education
     
  • Emily Reynolds, Amanda Sellman and Katy Sharp
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    Faculty sponsor: Erik Jon Byker, Elementary Education
     
  • Ashlee Whelihan
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    Faculty sponsor: Rebecca Greer, School of Human Sciences
     

College of Fine Arts

Top Scholar

René Phillips
"Thwarting History’s Greatest Art Thieves"
Faculty sponsor: Jill Carrington, School of Art

Finalists

  • Marina Doss
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    Faculty sponsor: Jamie Weaver, School of Music
     
  • Holly Haynes
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    Faculty sponsor: Lauren Selden, School of Art
     
  • Joel Livsey
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    Faculty sponsor: Jamie Weaver, School of Music
     
  • Ashley Martin
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    Faculty sponsor: Jeff Brewer, School of Art
     
  • Emily Milius
    "Triads and Text in Ariettes Oubliées"
    Faculty sponsor: Nathan Fleshner, School of Music
     
  • Jason Monmoney and Amanda Warren
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    Faculty sponsor: Carolyn Conn, School of Theatre
     
  • Caleb Rose
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    Faculty sponsor: Candace Hicks, School of Art
     

Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture

Top Scholar

Jeremy Ayars, Juliet Flores, Whitney Johnson, Mark Nosal and Laura Tapia
"Effectiveness of Lichens in Measuring Atmospheric Pollutants in Nacogdoches, TX"
Faculty sponsor: Sheryll B. Jerez, Environmental Science

Finalists

  • Amy Brennan, Briana Crockett, Jay Davis, Justin Floyd and Angela Sutherland
    "Comparison of Campsite Monitoring Methods in Texas Wilderness Areas Compared to Wilderness Areas in the Greater Yellowstone Area"
    Faculty sponsor: Pat Stephens Williams, Forestry and Agriculture
     
  • Amy Brennan, Briana Crockett, Justin Floyd, Zach Jones and Angela Sutherland
    "Visitor Observational Studies in the Old Faithful Visitor Education Center in Yellowstone National Park"
    Faculty sponsor: Pat Stephens Williams, Forestry and Agriculture
     
  • Amy Butler
    "Effects of Residential Aerobic Sewage Treatment Irrigation Systems on Select Soil Properties"
    Faculty sponsor: Kenneth Farrish, Environmental Science
     
  • Daniel Fyne
    "A Spatial Analysis of a Colony of Hibiscus dasycalyx, the Neches River Rose Mallow, Established in 1996 in Nacogdoches County, Texas"
    Faculty sponsors: David L. Creech, David L. Kulhavy and Daniel R. Unger, Forestry and Agriculture
     
  • Bryce German, Emily Greenstein, Turner McDougal and Mary-Leigh Winkler
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    Faculty sponsor: Sheryll B. Jerez, Environmental Science
     
  • Elaine Harris
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    Faculty sponsor: Sheryll B. Jerez, Environmental Science
     
  • Drew Weise
    "Soil Phosphorus Loading in Urban Landscapes"
    Faculty sponsor: Kenneth Farrish, Environmental Science
     

College of Liberal and Applied Arts

Top Scholar

Emily Robbins
"Bohemian Freedom vs. Bourgeois Society: A Study of Carmen as a Symbol of Liberty"
Faculty sponsor: Joyce Johnston, Languages, Cultures, and Communication

Finalists

  • Zoe Ang
    "Social Work Values and Dying with Dignity"
    Faculty sponsor: Kristin Bailey-Wallace, Social Work
     
  • Russell Bartholomew
    "Whosoever Believeth: Whosoever Believeth: The Lexical Diffusion of the Third Person Singular Present-Tense Indicative Verbs in Early Modern English and Changing Verb Morphology in English Today"
    Faculty sponsor: Jessica Sams, English
     
  • Nicholas Goddard
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    Faculty sponsor: Steven Galatas, Government
     
  • Gretchen L. Patterson
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    Faculty sponsor: Perky Beisel, History
     
  • Diego Rubalacava
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    Faculty sponsor: Lora Jacobi, Psychology
     
  • Hector Sanchez
    "iBooks Multimedia Portfolio"
    Faculty sponsor: Greg Patterson, Mass Communications
     
  • Bethanie Sterling
    "The Lord of the Rings Trilogy"
    Faculty sponsor: Michael J. Martin, English
     

College of Sciences and Mathematics

Top Scholar

Alyssa Largent and Jean Meneses
"Comparison of Lentiviral Stock Storage Protocols"
Faculty sponsor: Sarah Canterberry, Biology

Finalists

  • Tania Benavides
    "Determination of Anions in Lanana Creek by Ion Chromotography"
    Faculty sponsor: Michael Janusa, Chemistry and Biochemistry
     
  • Marianne Burnett, Amey Gonzalez and Jasmine Moreland
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    Faculty sponsor: Michele R. Harris, Chemistry and Biochemistry
     
  • Marianne Burnett, Amey Gonzalez and Jasmine Moreland
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    Faculty sponsor: Michele R. Harris, Chemistry and Biochemistry
     
  • Julianna Calkins
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    Faculty sponsor: Joe Musser, Physics, Engineering and Astronomy
     
  • Saad Chaudhry and Kenechukwu Ekwemalor
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    Faculty sponsor: Odutayo Odunuga, Chemistry and Biochemistry
     
  • David Hauer
    "Analysis of Mineralized Karst Springs in Lampasas, Texas"
    Faculty sponsor: Alyx S. Frantzen, Chemistry and Biochemistry
     
  • Antonio D. Trevino
    "Electrochemical Investigations of Benzanthrone"
    Faculty sponsor: Kefa K. Onchoke, Chemistry and Biochemistry