April 7, 2020
Welcome! The 2020 Graduate Research Conference was held online, with paper sessions hosted in Zoom meetings on April 7th from 1-2 p.m. ÌÇÐÄvlog´«Ã½ faculty and students participated in these meetings moderated by ÌÇÐÄvlog´«Ã½ faculty members. Archived meetings are available for viewing by selecting the links in the paper session sections below.
Student poster presentations are available in PDF format and may be viewed by selecting the link accompanying each presentation.
Competition Winners
- Best Poster: Liam Wolff, Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture
"Assessing Occupancy and Detection of Bachman’s Sparrow (Peucaea aestivalis) in East Texas"
Advisor: Dr. Christopher M. Schalk
- Best Paper: Sarah Whitfield, College of Sciences and Mathematics
"Synthesis and Characterization of CO Releasing Bipyridine Palladium Flavonolate Complexes; Potential Anticancer Agents"
Advisor: Dr. Xiaozhen Han
Paper Session A, 1-2 p.m.
Discussant: Dr. Sarah Savoy
- David J. Buckley, James I. Perkins College of Education
"Acute Renal Responses to Moderate-Intensity Aerobic Exercise with Non-traditional Markers of Renal Health and Function in Healthy Individuals: A Pilot Study"
Advisor: Dr. James R. Rowe
- Robin L. Johnson, College of Liberal & Applied Arts
"ÌÇÐÄvlog´«Ã½ Crisis Communication Plan"
Advisors: Dr. Bailey Thompson and Dr. John Hendricks
- Caleb Potts, College of Liberal and Applied Arts
"Discipline and Behavior: The Relationship Between Sleep And Impulsivity"
Advisor: Dr. Nathan Sparkman
- Kelsey Stewart, College of Liberal & Applied Arts
"College Student Perceptions Towards the LGBTQ Community"
Advisor: Dr. Emmerentie Oliphant
Paper Session B, 1-2 p.m.
Discussant: Dr. Alexandra Van Kley
- Aaron Baker, College of Sciences and Mathematics
"Interrupting the Bachelorette: A Statistical Analysis of Tornado Warnings in East Texas"
Advisor: Dr. Jacob Turner
- Erin Carson, College of Liberal and Applied Arts
"Strengths and Barriers of Rural Deep East Texas: Findings from the Needs Assessment of the Deep East Texas Opioid Crisis"
Advisors: Dr. Jose Carbajal and Dr. Emmerentie Oliphant
- Clara Lebow, College of Sciences and Mathematics
"Evidence of Mercury Concentrations in Freshwater Fishes of The Guianas: Is There a Risk for Fish Consumption?"
Advisor: Dr. Carmen Montana-Schalk
- Sarah Whitfield, College of Sciences and Mathematics
"Synthesis and Characterization of CO Releasing Bipyridine Palladium Flavonolate Complexes; Potential Anticancer Agents"
Advisor: Dr. Xiaozhen Han
Paper Session C, 1-2 p.m.
Discussant: Dr. Amanda Breitbach
- Alexander Alvara, David J. Buckley, James I. Perkins College of Education​
"A Comparison of the Effects of Moderate Intensity Continuous Cycling and High Intensity Interval Cycling on Postprandial Lipemia and Glycemia"
Advisor: Dr. James R. Rowe
- Athena Hayes, College of Liberal and Applied Arts
"'Sex is something I just don’t understand': The Innocence of Holden in Postwar America"
Advisor: Dr. Michael Martin
- Mariah Taller, College of Fine Arts
"Performance Strategies Iannis Xenakis' Pinnacle Percussion Solo, Psappha"
Advisor: Dr. Brad Meyer
- Hollis Thompson, College of Liberal and Applied Arts
"Faithful Abraham and Loyal Aeneas: Saint Paul’s Use of the Virgilian Epic Narrative within Galatians and Romans"
Advisor: Dr. Kevin West
Paper Session D, 1-2 p.m.
Discussant: Dr. Perky Beisel
- Susan Groce, College of Liberal and Applied Arts
The Role of Language Suppression in the Radicalization of Basque Nationalist Groups"
Advisor: Dr. Carlos Cuadra
- Stuart Priest, College of Liberal and Applied Arts
"Hero, Villain, or Someone In-Between?: An Analysis of the Historiographical Trends of Robert Lewis Dabney"
Advisor: Dr. Hunter Hampton
- Cleo Wadley, James I. Perkins College of Education
"Schooling the Black Male-Oppressive Hegemonic Discourses, Material Constraints, and Strategic Resistance"
Advisor: Dr. Stacy Hendricks
Poster Session
- Wyatt Bagwell, Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture
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Advisor: Dr. Brian P. Oswald
- Chris Dempsey, Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture
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Advisor: Dr. Matthew McBroom
- Laurie Lomas Gonzales, Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture
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Advisor: Dr. Jeremy Stovall
- Robert Milecz, Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture
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Advisor: Dr. I-Kuai Hung
- Lais de Oliveira Machado, College of Sciences and Mathematics
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Advisors: Dr. David Kulhavy and Dr. David Creech
- Cassady Pennington, Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture
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Advisor: Dr. Kenneth Farrish, Dr. Brian P. Oswald
- Son T. Pham, James I. Perkins College of Education
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Advisor: Dr. Luis E. Aguerrevere
- David Rosenbaum, Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture
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Advisor: Dr. Christopher Schalk
- Cutler Ruby, Travis Fleener, James I. Perkins College of Education
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Advisor: Dr. Daniel McCleary
- Sam Shupe, Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture
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Advisor: Dr. David Kulhavy
- Sam Shupe, Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture
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Advisors: Dr. Daniel Unger and Dr. David Kulhavy
- Sam Shupe, Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture
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Advisor: Dr. David Kulhavy
- William Steinley, Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture
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Advisor: Dr. Brian P. Oswald
- Mark Svendsen, Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture
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Advisor: Dr. Daniel Unger
- Jake Swanson, Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture
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Advisors: Dr. Christopher Schalk and Dr. Carmen Montana-Schalk
- Michael B. Tiller, Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture
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Advisor: Dr. Brian P. Oswald
- Gary Ray White, Jr., Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture
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- Liam Wolff, Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture
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Advisor: Dr. Christopher M. Schalk
- Carly Wright, Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture
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Advisors: Dr. Michael Maurer and Dr. Stephanie Jones
Axe ’Em, Jacks!