Fall 2024 Department Oral Presentation Schedule - Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Program

Due to the situation caused by Hurricane Helene, the Fall 2024 Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Presentation Day was canceled and the departments scheduled their own Presentation Days listed below (as they become known).

Individual Presentations Timeline

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Wednesday, November 20, 3:30pm – 5:00 pm

Power Plays and Perfect Forms: The Greek Art of Building (and Binding) Gender Morgan Sturtevant, Dr. Laurel Taylor 🎦

The Unicorn and its Relation with Gender Throughout the Ages Evie Houston, Dr. Laurel Taylor 🎦

Between Two Masters: Reconciling Faith and Scholarship at the Museum of the Bible Margaret Priest, Dr. Laurel Taylor 🎦

Under the Guise of Heteronormative Desire: Analyzing the Art of Boucher and Fragonard Jenna Haggett, Dr. Laurel Taylor 🎦

Monday, November 21, at noon

Monday, November 25, 12:30pm – 2:00pm

12:30pm – Use of CRISPR Interference to Create Essential Gene Knockdowns in Staphylococcus aureus, Jacob Fender, Dr. Melinda Grosser 🎦

12:50pm – Elucidating determinants at the G𝜶13 N-terminus for binding to the 𝜷𝜸 dimer, Forbes Fowler, Dr. Ted Meigs 🎦

1:10pm – Further Exploration of Potential Cryptic Species in the deadly Amanita bisporigera complex in western North Carolina, Daphne Homen, Dr. Jonathan Horton 🎦

1:40pm – Impact of Controlled Burns on Soil Arthropod Biodiversity, Abigail Levinson, Dr. Camila Filgueiras 🎦

Monday, December 2, 1:30pm – 3:30pm

1:35pm – Allied Intervention in the Russian Civil War, Ed Walsh

1:55pm – “Ochlokratía”: The Greek Town Riot, Nativism, and Racial Mob Violence in the United States, 1890-1924, Cameron Mackie

2:15pm – The Collection of Forster Sondley: How A Horseshoe Changed The History Of Asheville Forever, Hayley Kintz

2:35pm – Spinsters Books and Webbery: Radical Feminism in the Midwest, Corinne Mikulik

2:55pm – Congressman Roy A Taylor, Nelson Puckett

3:15pm – Honest Energy, Elijah Walker-Haigh

December 5, noon – 2:00pm

Composting in Asheville: Assessing Current Practices and Exploring Sustainable Solutions, Ava Bjorkman-Tracy, Dr. Dee Eggers, McCullough Fellowship: Department of Environmental Science

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: Department of Biology

ᎡᎶᎯ ᏗᏂᎦᏘᏱ Elohi Dinigatiyi: Emphasizing Relationality in Co-Stewarding Cherokee Ancestral Homelands, Jane Jeffries, Dr. Trey Adcock, McCullough Fellowship: Department of American Indian and Indigenous Studies

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: Department of Environmental Science

Shifts in Avian Community Composition in Response to Eastern Hemlock Decline in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Nicole Mooradian, Dr. Andrew Laughlin, McCullough Fellowship: Department of Environmental Science

The Last Chair of the Forest and the Plastic Bottle, Edwin Salas Acosta, Dr. Victoria Bradbury, McCullough Fellowship: Department of New Media

Herpetofauna Species Diversity in Constructed Wetlands and Adjacent Habitats, A. J. Rowe, Dr. Landon Ward

Factors Influencing the Distribution of Crossvine in Western North Carolina, Justin Tapia, Dr. Irene Rossell

Thursday, December 5, noon

Yoga as a Non-Pharmacological Mechanism to Manage Chronic Headache Disorders, Taylor Gardner, Dr. Mark Harvey, Dr. Tracy George, and Dr. Patrick Foo

Poster – Media Multitasking: Harming Attention and Academic Achievement? Aisling Rowe and Jadyn Stein, Dr. Michael Neelon

Poster – Investigating Differences in Attention and Impulsivity Between Old and Young Media Multitaskers. John Murphy and Dawson Cronkhite, Dr. Michael Neelon

Poster – Exploring the relationship between short-form video consumption and sustained attention among college students. Kasey Trent and Autumn Seguin, Dr. Michael Neelon

Friday, December 6, 2:00pm – 3:00pm

2:05 PM – 2:25 PM – Synthesis and Evaluation of Quinoline Derived Antibiotics, Darien Allen, Dr. Amanda Wolfe

2:25 PM – 2:45 PM – Development of a Covalent Labeling Assay of Quorum Sensing Enzyme LuxS, Sophie Pruitt, Dr. Caitlin McMahon 🎦

Monday, December 9, 9:00am – 10:15am

9:00am – Financial Developments and Financial Market Access: Exploring the Pathways of Foreign Investment Attraction and Retention, Matthew Morrison, Dr. Muhammad Nuwaz

9:25am – Analyzing the Impact of Climate Change on Corn Production: State-Level Evidence from the United States, Abigail Suttles, Dr. Muhammad Nuwaz

9:50am – Analyzing the Effects of Personal Debt and Financial Literacy on Mortgage Applications: Evidence From the United States, Timothy McMahon, Dr. Muhammad Nuwaz

Monday, December 9, 10:00am – 1:30pm

Oikos Umbra: queering the House of Nature and the nature of house through grief and rage, Briar Coleman, Dr. Jackson Martin, Dr. Brent Skidmore

Self-Presertation: The Exploration of Self-Identity Through Art, Cayla Ritchy, Dr. Suzanne Dittenber

Self-Portraits: Artistic Synthesis, the Human Condition, and the Shape of Things to Come, Desmond Killian

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

Creature Comforts: An Exploration of the Relationship Between Monstrosity and Queerness, Celie Waddington, Dr. Megan Wolfe, Dr. Louise Deroualle

Girlhood, Innocence and Trauma: Coming of Age within the Patriarchy, Mariana Restrepo-Molina, Dr. Suzanne Dittenber, Dr. Robert Anderson

Sacred Spaces, Owen Baloga, Dr. Megan Wolfe, Dr. Carrie Tomberlin, Dr. Louise Deroualle, Dr. Jackson Martin, Dr. Brent Skidmore