Fall 2024 Department Oral Presentation Schedule

Notice: Due to the situation caused by Hurricane Helene, the Fall 2024 Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Presentation Day was canceled. Departments scheduled their own individual Presentation Days, listed below.

Department Schedules

Art	Monday, December 9 · 10:00am – 1:30pm Owen Hall 203 / Zoom
Art History	Wednesday, November 20 · 3:30pm – 5:00pm Zoom
Biology	Monday, November 25 · 12:30pm – 2:00pm Zeis 123 / Zoom
Business	To be announced
Chemistry	Friday, December 6 · 2:00pm – 3:00pm Zoom · ID: 921 0377 3127 · PW: 879566
Economics	Monday, December 9 · 9:00am – 10:15am
Environmental Science	Thursday, December 5 · Noon – 2:00pm Karpen 038 / Zoom / Schedule of presentations
Health Sciences	Thursday, November 21 · Noon SHE 402
History	Monday, December 2 · 1:30pm – 3:30pm Zoom
Psychology	Thursday, December 5 · Noon DEL Lobby
McCullough Fellowship Multiple Departments	Thursday, December 5 · Noon – 2:00pm Karpen 038 / Zoom / Schedule of presentations

Individual Presentations Timeline

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Wednesday, November 20 · 3:30pm – 5:00pm · Art History · Zoom
Power Plays and Perfect Forms: The Greek Art of Building (and Binding) Gender Morgan Sturtevant · Dr. Laurel Taylor	Link \| 🎦 Recording
The Unicorn and its Relation with Gender Throughout the Ages Evie Houston · Dr. Laurel Taylor	Link \| 🎦 Recording
Between Two Masters: Reconciling Faith and Scholarship at the Museum of the Bible Margaret Priest · Dr. Laurel Taylor	Link \| 🎦 Recording
Under the Guise of Heteronormative Desire: Analyzing the Art of Boucher and Fragonard Jenna Haggett · Dr. Laurel Taylor	Link \| 🎦 Recording
Monday, November 25 · Biology · Zeis 123 / Zoom
12:30pm Use of CRISPR Interference to Create Essential Gene Knockdowns in Staphylococcus aureus Jacob Fender · Dr. Melinda Grosser	Link \| 🎦 Recording
12:50pm Elucidating Determinants at the Gα13 N-terminus for Binding to the βγ Dimer Forbes Fowler · Dr. Ted Meigs	Link \| 🎦 Recording
1:10pm Further Exploration of Potential Cryptic Species in the deadly Amanita bisporigera complex in western North Carolina Daphne Homen · Dr. Jonathan Horton	Link \| 🎦 Recording
1:40pm Impact of Controlled Burns on Soil Arthropod Biodiversity Abigail Levinson · Dr. Camila Filgueiras	Link \| 🎦 Recording
Monday, December 2 · 1:30pm – 3:30pm · History · Zoom
1:35pm Allied Intervention in the Russian Civil War Ed Walsh	Link
1:55pm “Ochlokratía”: The Greek Town Riot, Nativism, and Racial Mob Violence in the United States, 1890–1924 Cameron Mackie	Link
2:15pm The Collection of Forster Sondley: How A Horseshoe Changed The History Of Asheville Forever Hayley Kintz	Link
2:35pm Spinsters Books and Webbery: Radical Feminism in the Midwest Corinne Mikulik	Link
2:55pm Congressman Roy A. Taylor Nelson Puckett	Link
3:15pm Honest Energy Elijah Walker-Haigh	Link
Thursday, December 5 · Noon – 2:00pm · McCullough Fellowship & Environmental Science · Karpen 038 / Zoom
Composting in Asheville: Assessing Current Practices and Exploring Sustainable Solutions Ava Bjorkman-Tracy · Dr. Dee Eggers · McCullough Fellowship / Environmental Science	Link
Bridging academic research and applied conservation: New genetic technologies to improve the conservation management of Smoky Mountain Elk Phoebe Carnes · Dr. Graham Reynolds · McCullough Fellowship / Biology	Link
ᎡᎶᎯ ᏗᏂᎦᏘᏱ Elohi Dinigatiyi: Emphasizing Relationality in Co-Stewarding Cherokee Ancestral Homelands Jane Jeffries · Dr. Trey Adcock · McCullough Fellowship / American Indian and Indigenous Studies	Link
Recreational Water Quality Monitoring in the French Broad River Basin: a Preliminary Analysis of Seven Potential Escherichia coli Estimator Sites Kari Kvittem · Dr. David Gillette · McCullough Fellowship / Environmental Science	Link
Shifts in Avian Community Composition in Response to Eastern Hemlock Decline in Great Smoky Mountains National Park Nicole Mooradian · Dr. Andrew Laughlin · McCullough Fellowship / Environmental Science	Link
The Last Chair of the Forest and the Plastic Bottle Edwin Salas Acosta · Dr. Victoria Bradbury · McCullough Fellowship / New Media	Link
Herpetofauna Species Diversity in Constructed Wetlands and Adjacent Habitats A.J. Rowe · Dr. Landon Ward	Link
Factors Influencing the Distribution of Crossvine in Western North Carolina Justin Tapia · Dr. Irene Rossell	Link
Thursday, December 5 · Noon · Psychology · DEL Lobby
Yoga as a Non-Pharmacological Mechanism to Manage Chronic Headache Disorders Taylor Gardner · Dr. Mark Harvey, Dr. Tracy George, Dr. Patrick Foo	Link
Poster – Media Multitasking: Harming Attention and Academic Achievement? Aisling Rowe & Jadyn Stein · Dr. Michael Neelon	Poster
Poster – Investigating Differences in Attention and Impulsivity Between Old and Young Media Multitaskers John Murphy & Dawson Cronkhite · Dr. Michael Neelon	Poster
Poster – Exploring the relationship between short-form video consumption and sustained attention among college students Kasey Trent & Autumn Seguin · Dr. Michael Neelon	Poster
Friday, December 6 · 2:00pm – 3:00pm · Chemistry · Zoom
2:05pm – 2:25pm Synthesis and Evaluation of Quinoline Derived Antibiotics Darien Allen · Dr. Amanda Wolfe	Link
2:25pm – 2:45pm Development of a Covalent Labeling Assay of Quorum Sensing Enzyme LuxS Sophie Pruitt · Dr. Caitlin McMahon	Link \| 🎦 Recording
Monday, December 9 · 9:00am – 10:15am · Economics
9:00am Financial Developments and Financial Market Access: Exploring the Pathways of Foreign Investment Attraction and Retention Matthew Morrison · Dr. Muhammad Nuwaz	Link
9:25am Analyzing the Impact of Climate Change on Corn Production: State-Level Evidence from the United States Abigail Suttles · Dr. Muhammad Nuwaz	Link
9:50am Analyzing the Effects of Personal Debt and Financial Literacy on Mortgage Applications: Evidence From the United States Timothy McMahon · Dr. Muhammad Nuwaz	Link
Monday, December 9 · 10:00am – 1:30pm · Art · Owen Hall 203 / Zoom
Oikos Umbra: queering the House of Nature and the nature of house through grief and rage Briar Coleman · Dr. Jackson Martin, Dr. Brent Skidmore	Link
Self-Preservation: The Exploration of Self-Identity Through Art Cayla Ritchy · Dr. Suzanne Dittenber	Link
Self-Portraits: Artistic Synthesis, the Human Condition, and the Shape of Things to Come Desmond Killian	Link
The Sacred Sedentary Olive Spence · Dr. Suzanne Dittenber, Dr. Brent Skidmore, Dr. Jackson Martin, Dr. Eric Tomberlin, Dr. Louise Deroualle, Dr. Megan Wolfe, Dr. Carrie Tomberlin	Link
Creature Comforts: An Exploration of the Relationship Between Monstrosity and Queerness Celie Waddington · Dr. Megan Wolfe, Dr. Louise Deroualle	Link
Girlhood, Innocence and Trauma: Coming of Age within the Patriarchy Mariana Restrepo-Molina · Dr. Suzanne Dittenber, Dr. Robert Anderson	Link
Sacred Spaces Owen Baloga · Dr. Megan Wolfe, Dr. Carrie Tomberlin, Dr. Louise Deroualle, Dr. Jackson Martin, Dr. Brent Skidmore	Link