Oral Presentations at SOURCE are grouped together into blocks of three to four related talks. Faculty or students may speak about various types of research projects, including work completed as part of their senior seminar or master's programs. They may present descriptive, correlational, or experimental research; independent studies; or creative capstone projects. Powerpoint or Prezi presentations typically accompany these fifteen-minute talks.
Below you can find abstracts describing 2012's Oral Presentations. All presentations took place at the Student Union and Recreation Center--noted as SURC in the schedule.
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2012 | ||
Thursday, May 17th | ||
8:30 AM |
A Heroine Whom No-one Will Much Like: The Redemption of Emma Woodhouse Jessica Van Mersbergen SURC 137B 8:30 AM - 8:50 AM |
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8:30 AM |
An Analysis of U.S. Energy Consumption, Pricing Forecasts, and Consumer Impact Andrew Williams SURC 135 8:30 AM - 8:50 AM |
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8:30 AM |
Effective Mathematics Instrcution for Children with Learning Problems Shu-Fei Tsai SURC 137B 8:30 AM - 8:50 AM |
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8:30 AM |
Gladmar: An Ever Present Resource Bryce Andrews SURC 137B 8:30 AM - 8:50 AM |
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8:30 AM |
Rosie Stahl SURC 202 8:30 AM - 8:50 AM |
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8:30 AM |
Happiness and Beyond the Happiness: Buddhism Viewpoint Hideki Takei SURC 202 8:30 AM - 8:50 AM |
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8:30 AM |
Identifying Missing and Unidentified Persons: A New Methodology Andrea Blume SURC 301 8:30 AM - 8:50 AM |
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8:50 AM |
Academic Language and Student Voice in an inquiry lesson about Iraq Khodadad Kaviani SURC 271 8:50 AM - 9:10 AM |
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8:50 AM |
Andrew Smigaj SURC 140 8:50 AM - 9:10 AM |
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8:50 AM |
Travis Grant SURC 140 8:50 AM - 9:10 AM |
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8:50 AM |
Marisela Valencia SURC 135 8:50 AM - 9:10 AM |
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8:50 AM |
Privilege or Prison: Limitations of the Gentry in Emma Cassandra Nilsen SURC 201 8:50 AM - 9:10 AM |
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8:50 AM |
The Juxtaposition of Divine and Physical Love Ruby Lynn Thompson SURC 202 8:50 AM - 9:10 AM |
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8:50 AM |
The role of libraries in offender rehabilitation Justin Head SURC 140 8:50 AM - 9:10 AM |
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9:10 AM |
Economic Trends of Income and Race Alexander Cole SURC 137B 9:10 AM - 9:30 AM |
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9:10 AM |
Hamza Mohamed SURC 137A 9:10 AM - 9:30 AM |
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9:10 AM |
Never Too Old: Reading Aloud to Secondary Students Alyson Savage SURC 201 9:10 AM - 9:30 AM |
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9:10 AM |
“Of the Greatest Influence with Everybody”: Persuasion in Jane Austen’s Persuasion Matthew Montoya SURC 140 9:10 AM - 9:30 AM |
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9:10 AM |
Optimization and Performance of a Template and Histogram based Image Classifier James Smigaj SURC 202 9:10 AM - 9:30 AM |
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9:10 AM |
Jennifer Arledge SURC 140 9:10 AM - 9:30 AM |
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9:10 AM |
Well That Was Easy: Misdirecting Respondus LockDown Browser for Fun and Profit. Donald Moncrief SURC 271 9:10 AM - 9:30 AM |
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9:30 AM |
Analysis of CWU foundation data: pre-processing and data mining Ying Wang SURC 137B 9:30 AM - 9:50 AM |
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9:30 AM |
Children of the Holocaust: Faith Andrea Byrnes SURC 135 9:30 AM - 9:50 AM |
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9:30 AM |
Critical Conversations about Jane Austen's Emma and Persuasion Jennifer Frankovic SURC 137A 9:30 AM - 9:50 AM |
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9:30 AM |
Joseph Keeney SURC 201 9:30 AM - 9:50 AM |
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9:30 AM |
Standardizing an Universal Privacy Policy Concerning Internet Transactions Scott Baumann SURC 140 9:30 AM - 9:50 AM |
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9:30 AM |
Status and Trends Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy Ingrid Gardner SURC 202 9:30 AM - 9:50 AM |
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10:00 AM |
Kristian Kaskla SURC 202 10:00 AM - 11:20 AM |
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10:00 AM |
Constructing the Creative Castle 2011: Student Experiences from Study Abroad in Medieval France Katharine Whitcomb SURC 201 10:00 AM - 11:20 AM |
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10:00 AM |
“Glaciation in the Wenatchee Mountains, Washington State” Brad Collins SURC 271 10:00 AM - 10:20 AM |
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10:00 AM |
Rebecca Sturgis SURC 271 10:00 AM - 11:20 AM |
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10:00 AM |
John Wynne SURC 271 10:00 AM - 11:20 AM |
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10:00 AM |
Law and Justice United States Supreme Court Panel Ashley Siljeg SURC 137A 10:00 AM - 11:20 AM |
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10:00 AM |
More Than Just The Money: A Look At The Psychological Effects Of Sexual Human Trafficking Jordan Caballero SURC 140 10:00 AM - 10:20 AM |
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10:00 AM |
Vince Allers SURC 135 10:00 AM - 10:20 AM |
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10:00 AM |
Katelyn Peschek SURC 135 10:00 AM - 10:20 AM |
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10:00 AM |
The Saxophone Vibrato-An Illustration and Methodology Angela Babbitt SURC 140 10:00 AM - 10:20 AM |
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10:00 AM |
Salomon Phe SURC 137A 10:00 AM - 11:20 AM |
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10:00 AM |
United States Supreme Court Case Missouri v Frye Alison Wassall SURC 202 10:00 AM - 11:20 AM |
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10:20 AM |
Examining the Learning Methods of Coaches: Implications for Sport Leaders Pete Van Mullem SURC 137B 10:20 AM - 10:40 AM |
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10:20 AM |
David Hoffman SURC 301 10:20 AM - 10:40 AM |
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10:20 AM |
Rock Glaciers in the Eastern Cascades, Washington Mark Weidenaar SURC 140 10:20 AM - 10:40 AM |
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10:20 AM |
The Practice of Child Labor in Developing Countries Brittney Mailhot SURC 135 10:20 AM - 10:40 AM |
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10:20 AM |
Verbal Overshadowing and Humor Perception Erin Sigel SURC 202 10:20 AM - 10:40 AM |
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10:40 AM |
Art and Science: Confronting the Need for Explication Naomi Smith SURC 202 10:40 AM - 11:00 AM |
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10:40 AM |
Brian Robertson SURC 271 10:40 AM - 11:00 AM |
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10:40 AM |
Documenting metamorphism, deformation, and cooling across Gianbul Dome, Zanskar, NW India Meilani Bowman-Kamaha'o SURC 201 10:40 AM - 11:00 AM |
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10:40 AM |
Field Dependence-Independence and Harmonic Dictations in Music Theory Students Brandon Chandler SURC 271 10:40 AM - 11:00 AM |
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10:40 AM |
Impact of Illegal Immigration in the United States Jenna Schmidt SURC 201 10:40 AM - 11:00 AM |
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11:00 AM |
Black Carbon Concentrations from an Ice Core from Tupungatito Glacier in the Central Andes Kayla Berg SURC 271 11:00 AM - 11:20 AM |
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11:00 AM |
Boom - A play by Peter Sinn Nachtreib Kyle Grove SURC 271 11:00 AM - 11:20 AM |
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11:00 AM |
Alanna Shores SURC 137A 11:00 AM - 11:20 AM |
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11:00 AM |
Monsanto: Controlling America's Food Supply Jordan St.John SURC 301 11:00 AM - 11:20 AM |
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11:00 AM |
Quantitative Study of the use of the Recreation Center Dustin Nakamichi SURC 137A 11:00 AM - 11:20 AM |
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11:40 AM |
A Flirt with Death - My Adventure with Heat Stroke Rachel Roddy SURC 271 11:40 AM - 12:00 PM |
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11:40 AM |
Analyzing the Participations of Food Stamp Kwok Wai Cheung SURC 137A 11:40 AM - 12:00 PM |
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11:40 AM |
Assay Protocol Development For Maintaining Life In Vitro Of Ancylostoma ceylanicum Sarah McNutt SURC 201 11:40 AM - 12:00 PM |
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11:40 AM |
Item Response Theory in Psychotherapy Assessment Joshua Parker SURC 135 11:40 AM - 12:00 PM |
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11:40 AM |
Plants of the Western United States: Expanding the Collection and Biological Testing of Extracts Fernando Galvan SURC 137B 11:40 AM - 12:00 PM |
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11:40 AM |
Jason Leatherman SURC 137A 11:40 AM - 12:00 PM |
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11:40 AM |
Women in Combat: The Combat Rescue Officer Natalie Rambish SURC 137A 11:40 AM - 12:00 PM |
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12:00 PM |
Steven Ross SURC 301 12:00 PM - 12:20 PM |
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12:00 PM |
Health Promoting Behaviors and Well Being of Undergraduate Facebook Users James Rae SURC 135 12:00 PM - 12:20 PM |
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12:00 PM |
Identification of neocortical proteins that interact with the transcription factor Sp8 Michael Mullan SURC 202 12:00 PM - 12:20 PM |
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12:00 PM |
Innovation and Necessity: The Evolution of Military Vehicles from Vietnam to the GWOT Elizabeth Woodard SURC 137A 12:00 PM - 12:20 PM |
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12:00 PM |
Taylor Vickrey SURC 137A 12:00 PM - 12:20 PM |
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12:00 PM |
Neutralization of Interleukin-5 in Experimental Hookworm Infection Leads to Higher Parasitemia Stephanie Moesch SURC 202 12:00 PM - 12:20 PM |
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12:00 PM |
Unspoken Chains - Releasing a Dark Secret and Breaking the Bond of Fear Rachel Roddy SURC 140 12:00 PM - 12:20 PM |
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12:20 PM |
An Analysis of Healthcare Needs Through Census Data Graham Dyer SURC 137B 12:20 PM - 12:40 PM |
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12:20 PM |
Katharine Whitcomb SURC 140 12:20 PM - 12:40 PM |
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12:20 PM |
Current Trends in Behavioral Interventions in Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury Brittany Martell SURC 137B 12:20 PM - 12:40 PM |
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12:20 PM |
Greeks In Washington: An Ethnographic Study Stavroula Athan SURC 137A 12:20 PM - 12:40 PM |
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12:20 PM |
Amanda Berndt SURC 137B 12:20 PM - 12:40 PM |
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12:20 PM |
Preparation of Polyelectrolytes Chemisorbed to a Silica Surface David Bryce SURC 202 12:20 PM - 12:40 PM |
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12:20 PM |
cole mitchell SURC 135 12:20 PM - 12:40 PM |
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12:40 PM |
American Turner Societies, 1880-1930 Lucas Prpich SURC 137A 12:40 PM - 1:00 PM |
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12:40 PM |
Characterization of experimental Leishmania/hookworm co-infection Model Diana Ek SURC 137A 12:40 PM - 12:59 PM |
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12:40 PM |
College Women’s Perceptions of Music Video Sexual Content Whitney Stefani SURC 271 12:40 PM - 12:59 PM |
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12:40 PM |
amin clay SURC 137A 12:40 PM - 12:59 PM |
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12:40 PM |
Exhaustive Confusion and Problems with Prefixes: Reclaiming David Foster Wallace's "Octet" Stefan Milne SURC 137A 12:40 PM - 1:00 PM |
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12:40 PM |
Polyelectrolyte Surfactant Complexes Kathleen Buck SURC 137A 12:40 PM - 12:59 PM |
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1:10 PM |
A Statewide Analysis of Health Care with Respect to Behavioral Risk Factors Tanya Little SURC 135 1:10 PM - 1:30 PM |
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1:10 PM |
Adapting to Meet New Literacies: Teaching Composition in an Online Environment Charles Gornik SURC 137A 1:10 PM - 1:30 PM |
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1:10 PM |
Edgar Degas: The Practice and Process of Painting Katie Berberick SURC 137B 1:10 PM - 1:30 PM |
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1:10 PM |
Leishmania major exacerbates infection with Leishmania infantum in BALB/c mice Catherine Nation SURC 137A 1:10 PM - 1:30 PM |
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1:10 PM |
Northwest regional smart grid demonstration project Nathan Davis SURC 201 1:10 PM - 1:30 PM |
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1:10 PM |
Studies Toward the Total Synthesis of Clavatadine A Stephanie Conn SURC 202 1:10 PM - 1:30 PM |
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1:10 PM |
The Zemstvo and Russian Gentry Liberalism, 1864-1890 Kristopher Owens SURC 137B 1:10 PM - 1:30 PM |
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1:10 PM |
Using Type-Token Ratio as Measurement for Lexical Diversity in Chimpanzee Conversations Susan Ann Keenan SURC 301 1:10 PM - 1:30 PM |
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1:30 PM |
Academic English as L2: Effectiveness of Modeling and Noticing Kristine Kienast SURC 135 1:30 PM - 1:50 PM |
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1:30 PM |
Quantitative Study of Hospitilization Rates in Kittitas County Joshua Karas SURC 202 1:30 PM - 1:50 PM |
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1:30 PM |
Safety and Health Laboratory Development Dana Bednarik SURC 140 1:30 PM - 1:50 PM |
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1:30 PM |
Selection of cold-tolerant Arthrospira platensis strains by way of cold-shock treatments Alan McNolty SURC 202 1:30 PM - 1:50 PM |
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1:30 PM |
Speaking Through Color: How Color Choices in Artwork Influence Our Thinking Michelle Schlonga SURC 201 1:30 PM - 1:50 PM |
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1:30 PM |
Synthesis of 5,6-Dihydropyran-2-ones as Potential Inhibitors of HIV-1 Protease Kristín Sigurjonsson SURC 135 1:30 PM - 1:50 PM |
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1:30 PM |
The Effects Of Campaign Finance Reform On Donation Rates. Lisa Wilding SURC 137B 1:30 PM - 1:50 PM |
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1:30 PM |
Why Russia Saved the United States during the American Civil War Loredana Ribera SURC 201 1:30 PM - 1:50 PM |
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1:50 PM |
Comparative Genetic Diversity of Captive-Born Gorillas Noah Simons SURC 271 1:50 PM - 2:10 PM |
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1:50 PM |
Energetics and Development of Washington State Rhagoletis pomonella (Apple Maggot) Nathan Lehrman SURC 137B 1:50 PM - 2:10 PM |
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1:50 PM |
Obesity Health and Risk Factors for Kittitas County Monte McGrath SURC 201 1:50 PM - 2:10 PM |
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1:50 PM |
Propaganda Posters and Literacy in Early Soviet Russia Loredana Ribera SURC 135 1:50 PM - 2:10 PM |
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1:50 PM |
Darryl Fuhrman SURC 137A 1:50 PM - 2:10 PM |
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1:50 PM |
Three Views of a Woman: Using Hatshepsut as a Lens Through Which to Examine Gender. Jesse Hegstrom Oakey SURC 137A 1:50 PM - 2:10 PM |
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1:50 PM |
Towards the Synthesis of 1,3-Azaborines as Potential Inhibitors of HIV-1 Protease Julia Jennings SURC 140 1:50 PM - 2:10 PM |
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1:50 PM |
What We Talk About When We Talk About Grammar: Integrating Grammar into the Writing Process Amy Ruppert SURC 137B 1:50 PM - 2:10 PM |
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2:10 PM |
Design, construction, and assembly of an acoustically responsive fireplace with resonant flame tubes Greg Lyman SURC 135 2:10 PM - 2:30 PM |
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2:10 PM |
English Consonant Production among Native Chinese Speakers Brian Greene SURC 202 2:10 PM - 2:30 PM |
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2:10 PM |
Geographic Variation of Freeze Tolerance in the Pacific Chorus frog, Pseudacris regilla Sara Healas SURC 271 2:10 PM - 2:30 PM |
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2:10 PM |
Taylor Roberts SURC 202 2:10 PM - 2:30 PM |
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2:10 PM |
Reconsidering the Perception of Female Strength in the Gothic Romance Novel Sarah Nassif SURC 137A 2:10 PM - 2:30 PM |
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2:10 PM |
The Effect a Novel Outdoor Environment on the Behavior of Chimpanzees in a Sanctuary Setting Laura Heggs SURC 137B 2:10 PM - 2:30 PM |
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2:10 PM |
The Failure of the League of the Militant Godless Rebecca Hastings SURC 201 2:10 PM - 2:30 PM |
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2:10 PM |
Andrea Faulkner SURC 137B 2:10 PM - 2:30 PM |
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2:40 PM |
Ben Livingston SURC 201 2:40 PM - 3:00 PM |
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2:40 PM |
Erica Dunayer SURC 137B 2:40 PM - 3:00 PM |
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2:40 PM |
Literature and Moral Philosophy Taylor Baker SURC 137B 2:40 PM - 3:00 PM |
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2:40 PM |
Reproductive Biology of Anodonta californiensis in the Yakima River Basin Alexa Maine SURC 137B 2:40 PM - 3:00 PM |
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2:40 PM |
Lisa Murphy SURC 140 2:40 PM - 3:00 PM |
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2:40 PM |
Student Evaluation of Instruction Cara Dwyer SURC 271 2:40 PM - 3:00 PM |
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2:40 PM |
Vigilantism in Washington State: A Counterpoint To National Trends Aaron Miller SURC 135 2:40 PM - 3:00 PM |
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3:00 PM |
A Move Towards Farming: How Indian Agents Sought to Convince Yakamas to Accept Allotment Scott Miller SURC 137A 3:00 PM - 3:20 PM |
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3:00 PM |
Changes Throughout American Families Lindsay Eklof SURC 202 3:00 PM - 3:20 PM |
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3:00 PM |
Religion, Culture and Conformity during the Cold War Alec Schmidt SURC 201 3:00 PM - 3:20 PM |
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3:00 PM |
Single Mothers and Their Challenges Ally Pickrel SURC 271 3:00 PM - 3:20 PM |
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3:00 PM |
Study of Host-to-Activator Energy Transfer Efficiency of YBO3:Pr3+ Max Wallace SURC 271 3:00 PM - 3:20 PM |
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3:00 PM |
Kerry Holcomb SURC 201 3:00 PM - 3:20 PM |
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3:00 PM |
Tourist knowledge and perceptions of Tibetan macaques at Mt. Huangshan, China Alicia Faulkner SURC 137B 3:00 PM - 3:20 PM |
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3:20 PM |
Adaptive evolution of primate mandibles across taxa: Diet and feeding ecology shapes the jaw. Daniel Arrañaga SURC 202 3:20 PM - 3:40 PM |
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3:20 PM |
Aly Shields-Gravitt SURC 137B 3:20 PM - 3:40 PM |
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3:20 PM |
FAR INFRARED LASER LINES PRODUCED FROM AN OPTICALLY PUMPED MOLECULAR LASER Robert Holman SURC 137B 3:20 PM - 3:40 PM |
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3:20 PM |
Independent Women in the Civil War Medical Field Alyssa Roundtree SURC 202 3:20 PM - 3:40 PM |
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3:20 PM |
RSA: Keeping Your Secrets Secret - Part 1 Derek Wheel SURC 135 3:20 PM - 3:40 PM |
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3:20 PM |
Shelter availability and use by Mexican Beaded Lizards in a tropical dry forest Micah Rayburn SURC 202 3:20 PM - 3:40 PM |
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3:20 PM |
Turning Oppression into Success: How the English Restoration Actress Achieved Poetic Justice Reesa Nelson SURC 137A 3:20 PM - 3:40 PM |
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3:40 PM |
ASSESSING THE PERFORMANCE OF A STARK SPECTROMETER Nick Saucedo SURC 202 3:40 PM - 4:00 PM |
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3:40 PM |
Confederate States of America's Taxation Policy Failure in 1863 Justin Ellis SURC 301 3:40 PM - 4:00 PM |
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3:40 PM |
Destructive Representations of Gender Roles as Portrayed in Film Patrick Clark SURC 137A 3:40 PM - 4:00 PM |
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3:40 PM |
INFANT AND JUVENILE PLAY PATTERNS IN TIBETAN MACAQUES (Macaca thibetana) Courtney Batts SURC 201 3:40 PM - 4:00 PM |
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3:40 PM |
RSA: Keeping Your Secrets Secret - Part 2 Derek Wheel SURC 140 3:40 PM - 4:00 PM |
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3:40 PM |
Thermal Biology of the Northern Alligator Lizard (Elgaria coerulea): A Laboratory Study Taggert Butterfield SURC 140 3:40 PM - 4:00 PM |
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3:40 PM |
Trichloroethylene, the Silent Massacre Part II: Creating a Bill Terri Pace SURC 135 3:40 PM - 4:00 PM |
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4:10 PM |
Electronic Realization of a Chaotic Differential Equation Matthew Ingham SURC 140 4:10 PM - 4:30 PM |
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4:10 PM |
Euler's Early Work in Diophantine Equations Ben Livingston SURC 301 4:10 PM - 4:30 PM |
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4:10 PM |
Froebel, Peabody, and the Roots of American Kindergarten Philosophy Amy Erickson SURC 202 4:10 PM - 4:30 PM |
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4:10 PM |
Genome-wide demethylation affects epigenetic inheritance of a defensive trait in Mimulus guttatus Amanda Stout SURC 135 4:10 PM - 4:30 PM |
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4:10 PM |
The Geoarchaeology of Raven Bluff, a Fluted Point Site in NW Alaska Ian Buvit SURC 301 4:10 PM - 4:30 PM |
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4:10 PM |
Ryan Burck SURC 271 4:10 PM - 4:30 PM |
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4:30 PM |
Amazonian Communities and Sense of Place Rozsika Steele SURC 271 4:30 PM - 4:50 PM |
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4:30 PM |
Developing Actuarial Software for Model Analysis-AMOOF 2.0 Zachary Haberman SURC 201 4:30 PM - 4:50 PM |
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4:30 PM |
Drake Mith SURC 137A 4:30 PM - 4:50 PM |
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4:30 PM |
Mutant Analysis in X-Men: First Class Asra Mazhar SURC 135 4:30 PM - 4:50 PM |
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4:30 PM |
Sequence Assembly Validation: Examining Gene Order in Physical Maps Versus Sequence Assembly Angela McFadden SURC 201 4:30 PM - 4:50 PM |
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4:30 PM |
Soiled Doves and Gentlemen Miners: Ambiguous Gender Roles in the Klondike Gold Rush, 1897-1902 Talea Anderson SURC 271 4:30 PM - 4:50 PM |
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4:50 PM |
An Experiment in Integrated Learning: Baseball in American Life and Culture Michael R. Wright II SURC 135 4:50 PM - 5:10 PM |
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4:50 PM |
DETERMINING THE PHYLOGENETIC UTILITY OF OF THE NUCLEAR GENE XDH IN THE CONIFER FAMILY CUPRESSACEAE Erik Garcia SURC 140 4:50 PM - 5:10 PM |
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4:50 PM |
Ashlee Godwin SURC 201 4:50 PM - 5:10 PM |
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4:50 PM |
Gender Issues brought up in James Bond Movies Jennifer Wemhoff SURC 135 4:50 PM - 5:10 PM |
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4:50 PM |
Observing Program Calculator for Binary Star Systems Colby Neal SURC 140 4:50 PM - 5:10 PM |
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4:50 PM |
What Have We Missed by Perpetuating the Pristine Myth? Winifred Alberg SURC 140 4:50 PM - 5:10 PM |