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).
Art – Monday, December 9, 10:00am – 1:30pm, Owen Hall 203 and via Zoom
Art History – Wednesday, November 20, 3:30pm – 5:00 pm, via Zoom
Biology – Monday, November 25, 12:30pm – 2:00pm, Zeis 123 and via Zoom
Business – To be announced
Chemistry – Friday, December 6, 2:00pm – 3:00pm, via Zoom Meeting ID: 921 0377 3127 Passcode: 879566
Economics – To be announced
Environmental Science – December 3 or 5, noon – 2:00pm, via Zoom
Health Sciences – To be announced
History – Monday, December 2, 1:30pm – 3:30pm, via Zoom
Psychology – Thursday, December 5, (time and location to be determined)
McCullough Fellowship (Multiple Departments Represented), December 3 or 5, noon – 2:00pm, via Zoom
Individual Presentations Timeline
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 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 3 or 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
Yoga as a Non-Pharmacological Mechanism to Manage Chronic Headache Disorders, Taylor Gardner, Dr. Mark Harvey, Dr. Tracy George, and Dr. Patrick Foo
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, 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
Taking Up Space: How Figurative Sculpture Connects and Liberates Queer Community, Lenny Kyriakoulis, Dr. Louise Deroualle, Dr. Brent Skidmore, Dr. Jackson Martin, Dr. Megan Wolfe
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