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2024 - Student Research and Creative Activity Conference - April 19, 2024

Deadline for submissions March 28, 2024

Submit proposals here!

Proposals from all EIU students - graduate and undergraduate - in ALL disciplines are welcome. While most students present talks or posters, we also welcome panel proposals, performances, and creative works. 

 


Student Research and Creative Activity Conference - April 21, 2023

2023 SRCA PROGRAM PDF

10- 11 a.m.: Booth Library: Awards for Excellence in Student Research and Creative Activity
North end of West Reading Room, Booth Library

12 - 12:20 p.m.: Welcome and Opening of the Poster Session
West Reading Room, Booth Library
Recognition of Phi Beta Kappa essay prize-winners

12:20 -1:45 p.m. Poster Session  
West Reading Room, Booth Library
Enjoy food and conversation as you learn from student presenters from all disciplines.

1 - 1:40 p.m.: Music Performance
Recital Hall, Doudna Fine Arts Center

1 - 5 p.m.: Panels and Oral Presentations
Rooms 2011, 2020, 2030, 2031, 2041 in Lumpkin Hall, 

 12:20—1:45 pm  Posters

West Reading Room, Booth Library  (Food will be served)

Map for Poster session 2023

 

Posters are listed by Topic—Numbers correspond to those on the  top right of boards, and  run from the south end (low numbers) to the north end (high numbers)of the West Reading Room.

(a * preceding the name indicates a graduate student)

  1. “The Impact of Visual Stimulus in Dynamic Temporal and Tactile Cueing intervention for a Child with Childhood Apraxia of Speech.”

Darian Nipper & Alyssa Bitner

Fac. Mentor: Laurel Teller, Comm. Disorders & Sciences

  1. “The Effects of Alternating Forms of Direct Instruction on the Labeling Accuracy of Spatial Concepts in a Child with Autism Spectrum Disorder”

 * Hannah Roberts & Anna Westerberg

Fac. Mentor: Angela Anthony, Comm. Disorders & Sciences

  1. “The Effect of Video Analysis and Self Reflection on Increasing Awareness and Understanding of Social Language in Adolescents with ASD”

*  Alli Palmer & Danielle O'Gara

Fac. Mentor: Angela Anthony, Comm. Disorders & Sciences

 

  1. “The Effects of Word Box and Word Sort Interventions in a First-Grade Student with Decoding Deficits”

*  Natalia Ogrodny & Gina Urso

Fac. Mentor: Laurel Teller, Comm. Disorders & Sciences

 

  1. “The Knowledge, Attitudes, Beliefs, and Prevalence of English as a Second Language Middle and High School Students Regarding Noise Exposure”

Maria Angel

Fac. Mentor: Heidi Ramrattan, Comm. Disorders & Sciences

 

  1. “Multisyllabic Word Reading in a Child with Dyslexia”

Elizabeth Lowery & Ciara Beyer

Fac. Mentor: Laurel Teller, Comm. Disorders & Sciences

 

  1. “Patterns of Gesture Use During Conversation in Early Elementary Students”

*  Ashtyn Wilhelm 

Fac. Mentor: Nichole Mulvey, Comm. Disorders & Sciences

 

  1. “Using Shape Coding and Gross Motor Movement Intervention to Improve Morphosyntax and Percent Grammatical Utterances”

Madison Vancil & Cailey Janosek

Fac. Mentor: Laurel Teller, Comm. Disorders & Sciences

  1. “Two Planning Treatment Strategies for Increasing Number of Essay Elements in Opinion-Based Written Essays for a Child with ADHD and SLD”

*  Aysha Hutson, Ben Rose & Dylan Matsumoto

Fac. Mentor: Laurel Teller, Comm. Disorders & Sciences

  1. “Studying the Effects of Multi-stimuli Fable Presentation on Critical Thinking and Narrative Retell Abilities in a Child with ADHD”

*  Emily Jones & Andrew Pilat

Fac. Mentor: Angela Anthony, Comm. Disorders & Sciences

  1. “The Effectiveness of Visi-Pitch Intervention for a Child with Irregular Prosodic Features”

*  Sydney Drozdowski & Baylee Muench

Fac. Mentor: Laurel Teller, Comm. Disorders & Sciences

  1. “Does a Phonological Approach or Semantic Approach Better Support Self-Cueing for Word Retrieval in School Aged Children with Word Finding Deficits?”

Kayla McElroy & Darcy Naugle

Fac. Mentor: Laurel Teller, Comm. Disorders & Sciences

 

  1. “The Effects of Social Stories on Play Skills of a Child with Autism Spectrum Disorder”

* Meredith Milleson & Hannah Kissel

Fac. Mentor: Angela Anthony, Comm. Disorders & Sciences

 

  1. “Does Video-based Instruction of Social Behavior Mapping Improve Social Behaviors (e.g., initiating, topic maintenance, topic shifting) in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder?”

* Leah Landeros & Landrey James

Fac. Mentor: Angela Anthony, Comm. Disorders & Sciences

 

  1. “The Effect of a Digital Social Story on Increasing On-task Behavior and Decreasing Off-task Behaviors for a Child with ASD”

* Natalie Klancnik & Lauren Edwards

Fac. Mentor: Angela Anthony, Comm. Disorders & Sciences

 

  1. “Comparison of Narrative Retell on Personal Event Narratives and Fictional Narratives with a School-aged Child with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)”

* Macy Piercefield & Melanie Hahndorf

Fac. Mentor: Angela Anthony, Comm. Disorders & Sciences

  1. “Effects of a Brief Student-Led Presentation on Increasing Preprofessional Students’ Knowledge of Bilingualism in Children”

Evyenia Pyle & Melanie Hahndorf

Fac. Mentor: Laurel Teller, Comm. Disorders & Sciences

 

  1. “What are the options? An Evaluation of Mandarin Language Assessments”

* Samantha Goodmanson  

Fac. Mentor: Laurel Teller, Comm. Disorders & Sciences

 

  1. “Thinking Aloud: A Qualitative Analysis of Verbal Metacognitive Behavior Development in Preschool Children”

McKenna Lanter 

Fac. Mentor: Nichole Mulvey, Comm. Disorders & Sciences

 

  1. “Using Think-Alouds to Improve Nonfiction Reading Comprehension”

* Emily McGraw 

Fac. Mentor: Angela Anthony, Comm. Disorders & Sciences (CDS)

 

  1. Opioid Addiction in Adolescents

Erykah Walker, Katie Hartke, & Hannah Snow

Fac. Mentor: Holly Farley, Nursing

 

  1. “Importance of Student Education Led by Nurses on Asthma”

Breanna Sheldon, Kai Williams & Grace Edwards

Fac. Mentor: Holly Farley, Nursing

 

  1. “Nursing Students and Mental Health”

Caroline Quarton, Jake McBride & Hannah Bates

Fac. Mentor: Holly Farley, Nursing

 

24; “The Impact of Kangaroo Mother Care on Weight Gain of Premature Infants”

Kelsee Cliff, Adalee Nichols & Jennea Garard

Fac. Mentor: Holly Farley, Nursing

 

  1. “The Effects of Employing Nutrition and Diet Education on Children with ADHD Ages 6-12 on Behavior and Academic Performance”

Audrey Hancock, Grace Meade & Savannah Bernobich

Fac. Mentor: Holly Farley, Nursing

 

  1. “Omega 3 & ADHD Children”

* Hannah Squire 

Fac. Mentor: Melissa Maulding, Nutrition and Dietetics

 

  1. “A Systematic Review of the Effects of Smartphone Applications on Type 1 Diabetes Glycemic Control”

* Evita Chinchilla 

Fac. Mentor: Melissa Maulding, Nutrition and Dietetics

 

  1. “The Effects of Infant and Childhood Feeding Interventions on Obesity”

* Zaneka Kerr 

Fac. Mentor: Melissa Maulding, Nutrition and Dietetics

 

  1. “Investigating the influence of vitamin D on dysmenorrhea”

Fac. Mentor: Melissa Maulding, Public Health and Nutrition

 

  1. “The Impact of Apolipoprotein E Profiles & Dietary Habits on Cardiovascular Disease”

* Rebecca Li 

Fac. Mentor: Melissa Maulding, Public Health and Nutrition

 

  1. “Food Insecurity: Effects of Fresh Produce Donations”

* Rebecca Li

Fac. Mentor: Krystal Hodge, Public Health and Nutrition

 

  1. The Relationship Between Family Teasing and Adolescent Body Image:A Literature Review”

*  Ruby Amanda Oboro-Offerie 

Fac. Mentor: Kathleen O'Rourke, Human Services

 

  1. “Older Adults, Caregivers, and Management of Care: How to Provide Family Support Within an Aging Population”

* Angie Creedon

Fac. Mentor: Kathleen O'Rourke, Human Services

 

  1. “How Ulnar Collateral Ligament Reconstruction Effects a Pitcher's Performance”

* Matthew Gonzalez 

Fac. Mentor: Maranda Schaljo, Kinesiology

  1. “Home-based Cardiac Rehabilitation Versus Center-“based Cardiac Rehabilitation: Insight into Logistical or Self-Nurturing Motivations”

* Pierce Warren

Fac. Mentor: Andrew Kerins, Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation

 

  1. “The Impact of COVID-19 on post-secondary instruction: A qualitative study”

* Madeline Reiher 

Fac. Mentor: Dianne Timm, Counselling and Higher Education

 

  1. Fraternal New Member Processes: An Alumni Perspective”

*  CJ Gibson 

Fac. Mentor: Dianne Timm, Higher Education and Counseling

 

  1. “How Helicopter Parenting Affects Depression, Addiction, and Adjustment to College in College Students”

Shelby Jackson 

Fac. Mentor: Jeffery Stowell, Psychology

 

  1. “Test Anxiety Levels in Differing Locations for Online Quizzes”

Taylee Keen 

Fac. Mentor: Jeffrey Stowell, Psychology

 

  1. “Egocentrism and Well-Being in College Students”

Clayton Young 

Fac. Mentor: Caridad Brito, Psychology

 

  1. “The Effects of Snai2 on Neuronal and Fibroblast Gene Expression”

Anna Sipes

Fac. Mentor: Gary Bulla, Biological Sciences

 

  1. “Development of Less Polar Peroxisome Import Moieties”

Chinenyenwa Okolie

Fac. Mentor: Michael Beck, Chemistry and Biochemistry

 

   43. “Little Choice in the Matter: Tales of Hope and Survival During the Second World War”

Dayden Gardner

Fac. Mentor: Sace Elder, History

  44. “Why Invest in Racism?”: Anti-Apartheid Activism at the University of Illinois, 1977-1987”

Shane Smith 

Fac. Mentor: Ed Wehrle, History

   45. “The Atlantic Charter in Chartered Territory: 'Africa’s Fight for Self- Determination, 1942-1945'”

Mario Smith 

Fac. Mentor: Sace Elder, History

  1. “Justice under Tyranny: How Enlightenment Language During the French Revolution Led to Emancipation and Rights for Freed and Enslaved People in French Territory”

Madalyn Stead 

Fac. Mentor: Sace Elder, History

  1. “Languages for Young Learners”

Shayla Taylor, Kate Nemeth, Delice Ntumba, Cayleigh Rath, Katie Beals, Abby Taylor& Sylvia Kendera

Fac. Mentor: Jessica Tindira, Christiane Eydt-Beebe and Olivia Amaya Lemus , World Languages and Cultures

  1. “Quality Function Deployment (QFD)”

* Ravi Kiran Raju Kanumuri, Dixit Gupta Garlapati & Manikanta Sai Krishna Gurijala

Fac. Mentor: Mahmoud Al-Odeh, Computer Technology

 

  1. “TikTok Sentiment Analysis using Python”

* Annie Nguyen 

Fac. Mentor: Toqeer Israr, Technology

 

  1. “Effects of a CBD Byproduct on the Water Absorption of Solid and Composite Wood”

* Avani Flanagan 

Fac. Mentor: Isaac Slaven, Technology

 

  1. “Cervid Impact on the Production of Industrial Hemp”

Nicholas Cheney

Fac. Mentor: Isaac Slaven Barbara Carlsward, Technology; Biology

 

  1. “Ethics, Responsibility and Sustainability in the Fashion Industry”

Veronica Gipson

Fac. Mentor: Katherine Shaw, Art & Design

     

  1. “Roadways of America” 

Caleb Cunningham

Fac. Mentor: Samantha Tableriou, Art and Design

 

  1. “Portraiture Through Time: Discovering the Self”

Noelle Stoops

Fac. Mentor: Alan Pocaro, Art & Design

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Musical Performance 1-1:40 pm

1pm—Recital Hall , Doudna Fine Arts Center 1240

Lecture Recital (20-30 mins) |

“Giovanni Gabrieli's ‘Jubilate Deo a 8’ ” 

Rhys-Maxwell Barnes & EIU Camerata Choir .

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Panel 1:00-1:50

1-1:50 | ChatGPT Panel, Lumpkin Hall 2131 

             “"Hey ChatGPT, Generate a Title About my Class-  Wide Project About ChatGPT."” 

ENG 1092 Class-wide Project on AI Technologies at EIU

Presenters: Taylor Cloud, Gabe McElroy, Alexa Peters

Fac. Mentor: Randall Beebe, English  

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Panels 2:00-2:50

 

2-2:50 | Biochemistry 1, Lumpkin Hall 2011 

 

“In Vitro Characterization of Fluorogenic Chemical Tools to Study Human Carboxylesterases (CESs)” 

Taylor Spidle

Fac. Mentor: Michael Beck, Chemistry & Biochemistry  

 

“Chemical Biology Approach to Annotate the Influence of Sequence Vvariations on CES1 Activity in Live Cells” 

Samuel Knebel

Fac. Mentor: Michael Beck, Chemistry & Biochemistry  

 

“Synthesis and Characterization of Chemical Tools to Study Human Carboxylesterases (CESs)” 

Makenzie Walk

Fac. Mentor: Michael Beck, Chemistry & Biochemistry 

 

2-2:50 | CDS 1, Lumpkin Hall 2030 

 

“Reflection in Action: Exploring Differences between Self-Perception and Clinical Perception of Social Communication Skills in Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder Through Reflective Practices” 

Sylvia Kendera

Fac. Mentor: Angela Anthony, Comm. Disorders & Sciences  

 

“Assessing Nonverbal Characteristics in Children with Social Communication Deficits” 

Elizabeth Meyer

Fac. Mentor: Nichole Mulvey, Comm. Disorders & Sciences  

 

“Examining How Trauma Indicators and Consistency Between Observed and Reported Behaviors of ASD Impact Differentially Diagnosing Between Autism Spectrum Disorder and Development Trauma” 

Lauren Ellis

Fac. Mentor: Trina Becker, Comm. Disorders & Sciences   

 

 

2-2:50 | Health, Lumpkin Hall 2020 

 

“Rely on Rest” 

Caleigh Parsley

Fac. Mentor: Megan Cotner, Public Health & Nutrition and Dietetics  

 

“Exploring Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tears and Athletic Identity as Predictors of Disordered Eating Behaviors in Female Collegiate Soccer Players.” 

Niondina Nystroem

Fac. Mentor: Dr. Maranda D Schaljo, Kinesiology, Sport & Recreation.  

 

“To What Extent Does Social Media Play a Role in the Development of Orthorexia Nervosa?” 

Abigail Mann

Fac. Mentor: Melissa Maulding, Public Health and Nutrition  

 

 

2-2:50 | Liberal Arts, Lumpkin Hall 2041 

 

“Aristotle as Therapist: Applying Rhetorical Theory to Interpersonal Communication” 

Ian Palacios

Fac. Mentor: Tim Taylor, English  

“The Fight for Intellectual Freedom: The American Library Association’s Response to the Rise of Conservative Politics and Culture from 1975-1985” 

McKenna Payton

Fac. Mentor: Edmund Wehrle, History  

 

“Arcola: A Diverse Town in Central Illinois” 

Will Simmons

Fac. Mentor: Joe Astrouski, Journalism  

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Oral Presentations 3:00-3:50

3-3:50 | Biochemistry 2, Lumpkin Hall 2011 

 

“Peroxisome-Targeting Chemical Technologies and Tools to Study Subcellular Chemistry” 

Pedro Vasquez

Fac. Mentor: Michael Beck, Chemistry & Biochemistry 

 

“Fluorescein-based Fluorogenic Chemical Tools to Study Human Carboxylesterases in Live Cells” 

Carolyn Karns

Fac. Mentor: Michael Beck, Chemistry & Biochemistry  

 

3-3:50 | CDS 2, Lumpkin Hall 2030 

“Syntactic Production in Typically Developing Children and Late Talkers” 

Emily Gharst

Fac. Mentor: Laurel Teller, Comm. Disorders & Sciences  

“Otolaryngologist and Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) Collaboration in Head and Neck Cancer” 

Abigail Moore

Fac. Mentor: Lynne Barcus, Comm. Disorders & Sciences  

 

3-3:50 | English HONORS THESES, Lumpkin Hall 2041

"Is Estella Posthuman?"

Rebekka Budrick 

Fac. Mentor: Randy Beebe, English  

 

"Catholic Ficiton Revisited"

Elena Dean

Fac. Mentor: Colleen Abel, English  

 

"Classical Rhetoric Today"

Ian Palacios

Fac. Mentor: Tim Taylor, English  

 

"It Stays Under Your Skin: Flipping Coins to Create Dread"

Ethan Miller 

Fac. Mentor: Colleen Abel, English  

 

 

3-3:50 | English Capstone Panel, Lumpkin Hall 2131

 

An American Tragedy and AI 1


“An American Tragedy: What Qualifies as Human?”

Brendon Anderson:

"An American Tragedy: Recipe for Happiness or Robotic Slavery?"
Angela Becker:

"AI Development and Ethics: How a Lack of Proactive Accountability and Empathy Can Make for a Tragic Future" 
Tyrique Carney:

Fac. Mentor: Suzie Park, English  

 

3-3:50 | Technology and Processes, Lumpkin Hall 2020 

 

“Problem Solving and Decision Making Process in Total Quality Management” 

Deepa Goda & Sathvika Arlagadda

Fac. Mentor: Dr. Mahmoud Al-Odeh, Technology  

 

“Assessing the Knowledge, Attitude, and Everyday Life Practices Adopted among Eastern Illinois University Students towards Sustainability.” 

Joel Holison

Fac. Mentor: Nichole Hugo, Sustainability  

 

“Improving the Quality in KYC Risk Analysist Fraud Process by Using Six Sigma” 

Menaka Mittai, Sujay Kumar Kanakamedala, Kathula Akhil Sai & Nagarjun Reddy Sandapally

Fac. Mentor: Al-Odeh Mahmoud, Total Quality System  

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Panels 4:00-4:50

4-4:50 | English Capstone Panel, Lumpkin Hall 2131

An American Tragedy and AI 2 

"Love at First Type"
Elena Dean:

"An American Tragedy's Portrayal of Business: How Management Leads to Clyde's Downfall"
Emily Still:

"An American Tragedy and the Imitation Game"
Katie Walker:

Fac. Mentor: Suzie Park, English  

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For past programs, see the SRCA Day Program Archive.