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 2015's Oral Presentations. All presentations are held at the Student Union and Recreation Center--noted as SURC in the schedule.

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Schedule
2015
Thursday, May 21st
12:00 AM

Learning in Museums

Brittany Anderson
Liz Seelye
Barbara Hammersberg
Sarah Bair
Margaret Bauermeister

Ellensburg

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

8:10 AM

Show Me the Money

Austin Neff

SURC 271

8:10 AM - 8:30 AM

8:30 AM

An Argument Against Descartes's Vivid and Clear Ideas

Alysia Rogers

SURC 271

8:30 AM - 8:50 AM

8:30 AM

Fostering a Culture of Safety: Aviation Reporting System

Trenton McFarlane
Patrick Turner

SURC 137B

8:30 AM - 8:50 AM

8:30 AM

Leadership Before and After Hurricane Katrina

Philip Gohl
Hannah Barclay
Elizabeth Vidaurri
Ryan Newby
Joshua Arquette

SURC 201

8:30 AM - 8:50 AM

8:50 AM

Capabilities for Central American Minors

Sergio Madrid

SURC 271

8:50 AM - 9:10 AM

8:50 AM

Using Time Series Models for Defect Prediction in Software Release Planning

James Tunnell

SURC 137B

8:50 AM - 9:10 AM

8:50 AM

Why Are Visitor Information Centers Important for Rural Tourism?

Madalyn Freeman

SURC 201

8:50 AM - 9:10 AM

9:10 AM

An Overreaching State: How Capital Punishment Goes Beyond the Role of Government

Riley Schmit

SURC 271

9:10 AM - 9:30 AM

9:10 AM

Searching for Maximal Holes in Databases

Joseph Lemley

SURC 137B

9:10 AM - 9:30 AM

9:10 AM

Your Home Matters

Madalyn Freeman
Masey Peone
Robyn Stewart
Aubree Downing
Silver Caoili

SURC 201

9:10 AM - 9:30 AM

9:40 AM

Brushing Up on Oral Health: Childhood Oral Health Education in Ellensburg

Lindsey Bates
Katie Leger
Daniel Curran
Casey Olsen

SURC 201

9:40 AM - 10:00 AM

9:40 AM

Everything is Permitted: Redesigning Ezio from Assassin's Creed II as a Female Character

Ashley Baker

SURC Theatre

9:40 AM - 10:00 AM

9:40 AM

Geographical Analysis of Peoples' Perceptions of a Political Campaign for County Auditor

Trinity Turner

SURC 140

9:40 AM - 10:00 AM

9:40 AM

Preserving the Race: Gendered Violence in the Early Conservation Movement

Patience Collier

SURC 271

9:40 AM - 10:00 AM

9:40 AM

Rodriguez v. United States

Elizabeth Allison

SURC 137A

9:40 AM - 10:00 AM

9:40 AM

The Social Business Card

Kevin Haro
Dmytro Dovhalets

SURC 137B

9:40 AM - 10:00 AM

10:00 AM

Analysis of Pollution in the Niger Delta

Chad Chambers

SURC 140

10:00 AM - 10:20 AM

10:00 AM

Barriers to Breast and Cervical Cancer Screenings for Underserved Women: Results From the Health Information National Trends Survey

Janelle Wylie

SURC 201

10:00 AM - 10:20 AM

10:00 AM

City of Los Angeles v. Patel

Justine Brassfield

SURC 137A

10:00 AM - 10:20 AM

10:00 AM

Measuring the Bias of the Media's Many Voices

Paul Williams

SURC 137B

10:00 AM - 10:20 AM

10:00 AM

The New Radicals: Education and Literature for the Emancipation of Russian Women

Elizabeth Seelye

SURC 271

10:00 AM - 10:20 AM

10:00 AM

Women’s Roles as Tradition-Bearers: Equality and Revitalization

Diane Williams

SURC Theatre

10:00 AM - 10:20 AM

10:20 AM

Examining the Intersection of Sexual Orientation and the Right to Marry: Obergefell v. Hodge and Equal Protection

Elizabeth Sayre

SURC 137A

10:20 AM - 10:40 AM

10:20 AM

Friend or Foe: Foreign Diplomacy in 1861 Civil War America

Robert Moser

SURC 271

10:20 AM - 10:40 AM

10:20 AM

Governmental Responsibility for Public Health: The Road Traveled and What Lies Ahead in Public Health System in China

Zhenghao Pu

SURC 201

10:20 AM - 10:40 AM

10:20 AM

How Social Factors Limit American Access to Abortion

Cheyenne Weishaar

SURC Theatre

10:20 AM - 10:40 AM

10:20 AM

How Your Phone Can Make You Happy

Jennifer Thomas

SURC 137B

10:20 AM - 10:40 AM

10:20 AM

River Channel Migration in the Teanaway Community Forest, Washington, from 1954 to 2013

Alison Gray

SURC 140

10:20 AM - 10:40 AM

10:40 AM

Effects of Taurine and Chocolate Milk Supplementation on Body Composition and Nitrogen Excretion In Triathletes

Flavia Carvalho
Karina Pfrimer
Eduardo Ferriolli
Ellen Freitas

SURC 201

10:40 AM - 11:00 AM

10:40 AM

Feminism, Fantasy, and the Fourth Wave

Ginny Blackson

SURC Theatre

10:40 AM - 11:00 AM

10:40 AM

Manners of the City of Edo

Hideki Takei

SURC 271

10:40 AM - 11:00 AM

10:40 AM

Modeling Humor Within Text: Data Mining and Visualization Strategies for Automated Joke Detection

Andrew Smigaj

SURC 137B

10:40 AM - 11:00 AM

10:40 AM

Supreme Court and the Modern Death Penalty Doctrine: Hall v. Florida and the Application of the Death Penalty

Njambou Jammeh

SURC 137A

10:40 AM - 11:00 AM

11:40 AM

A Statistical Analysis of Sunflower Growth

Ashley Gowdey

SURC 201

11:40 AM - 12:00 PM

11:40 AM

Bonds of Blood: Vampire the Masquerade as Urban Heterotopia

Nicolas Crosby

SURC 271

11:40 AM - 1:00 PM

11:40 AM

Far-Infrared Laser Emissions of Optically Pumped Methanol Isotopologues

Michael Smith
Clarissa Gerke
Jose Barajas

SURC 140

11:40 AM - 12:00 PM

11:40 AM

Managing Risk on the Street: Forging Alliances and Building Trust

Hillary Matson

SURC 271

11:40 AM - 1:00 PM

11:40 AM

Object-Oriented Implementation of a Novel Mathematical Framework to Determine the Effects of Developmental Interactions on Evolutionary Responses

Elizabeth Brooks

SURC 137B

11:40 AM - 12:00 PM

11:40 AM

Peace, Love, Unity, and Respect: The Moral Economy of Rave Culture

Brittany Anderson

SURC 271

11:40 AM - 1:00 PM

11:40 AM

The Body as a Battlefield of Resistance: Cracking the Skulls of the System in a Polynesian Performance

Patrick Molohon

SURC 271

11:40 AM - 1:00 PM

11:40 AM

The Effects of Stigma on the Mentally Ill Students' Educational Success

Melissa Weiner

SURC 137A

11:40 AM - 12:00 PM

12:00 PM

A Panel Study of the Effects of World Labor Regime Integration on World Environmental Regime Integration in the 20th Century

Grant Clifton

SURC 137A

12:00 PM - 12:20 PM

12:00 PM

Measuring Far-Infrared Laser Frequencies from Optically Pumped CH318OH

Clarissa Gerke
Jose Barajas

SURC 140

12:00 PM - 12:20 PM

12:00 PM

Stock Analysis of Hasbro

Alex Wold

SURC 201

12:00 PM - 12:20 PM

12:00 PM

Web-Tool Design for the Sciences

Branndon Edwards
James Jones
Alec Michel
Elizabeth Brooks

SURC 137B

12:00 PM - 12:20 PM

12:20 PM

Constant Vector Curvature in Three Dimensions

Albany Thompson

SURC 201

12:20 PM - 12:40 PM

12:20 PM

Constraining the Uplift History of the Transantarctic Mountains with Apatite Fission Tracks

Teo Fisher
Nick Bauer

SURC 140

12:20 PM - 12:40 PM

12:20 PM

Investigating Rigidity Properties and Atomic Content of Proteins

Christian Walling

SURC 137B

12:20 PM - 12:40 PM

12:20 PM

Racism and Sport: Occupational Segregation in International Men’s and Women’s Soccer

Camille Colgan

SURC 137A

12:20 PM - 12:40 PM

12:40 PM

Beyond the Eyes of the Dominant: Reciprocity and Peace-Building on the Street

Saeed Mohamed

SURC 271

12:40 PM - 1:00 PM

12:40 PM

Image Classification with Approximately Biologically Realistic Elements

Sami Abdul-Wahid

SURC 137B

12:40 PM - 1:00 PM

12:40 PM

Student Athlete Grade Point Average and Team Success

Scott Puntenney

SURC 137A

12:40 PM - 1:00 PM

12:40 PM

The Role of Magma Mixing in the 1968-2010 Eruption of Arenal Volcano, Costa Rica: Insights from Modelling of the Magma Chamber

Jenna Adams
Martin Streck
Frank Spera

SURC 140

12:40 PM - 1:00 PM

1:10 PM

College Students' Perception of Rape

Laura Gutierrez
Dorothy Moore

SURC 137A

1:10 PM - 1:30 PM

1:10 PM

Comics Without Panels: Alternative Approaches to Graphic Storytelling

Jess Macinko

SURC 301

1:10 PM - 1:30 PM

1:10 PM

Effect of Black Carbon Nanoparticles on Epithelial Cell Proliferation

Naomi Beebe

SURC 140

1:10 PM - 1:30 PM

1:10 PM

Film Comparison: La Femme infidèle (1969) and Unfaithful (2002)

Caleb Allison

SURC Theatre

1:10 PM - 1:30 PM

1:10 PM

Measurement of Motor Drive Characteristics for Automobile Application

Elizabeth Tiffany

SURC 201

1:10 PM - 1:30 PM

1:10 PM

Persuasive Processes: Acknowledging Student Agency in Assignment Prompts

Peter Rampa

SURC 135

1:10 PM - 1:30 PM

1:10 PM

Tibetan Macaque Bridging Behavior

Grant Clifton

SURC 271

1:10 PM - 1:30 PM

1:10 PM

Will Improved Assembly Approaches Lead to Improved Biological Inferences?

Olivia Kleyn
Wenbin Mei

SURC 137B

1:10 PM - 1:30 PM

1:30 PM

Exercise Motivations of Older Adults

Laura J. Attaway

SURC 137A

1:30 PM - 1:50 PM

1:30 PM

Film Music and Audience Expectations

Lauren Leshley

SURC Theatre

1:30 PM - 1:50 PM

1:30 PM

Implementations of Cyclic Coordinate Descent (CCD) Algorithm for Inverse Kinematic Models

Ian Anderson

SURC 201

1:30 PM - 1:50 PM

1:30 PM

Snicker, Snap, and Mutter: A Corpus Survey of Sarcasm in Fiction

Camille Bello

SURC 135

1:30 PM - 1:50 PM

1:30 PM

Studies on the Mechanisms of Forced Transport of Dye through Solution Modifications to a Polymerized Surface

James Siegenthaler

SURC 140

1:30 PM - 1:50 PM

1:30 PM

The Genetic and Epigenetic Basis of Trichome Production in Yellow Monkeyflower (Mimulus guttatus)

Sam Neuffer

SURC 137B

1:30 PM - 1:50 PM

1:30 PM

The Perils of Command in the British Navy

Claire Hanberg

SURC 301

1:30 PM - 1:50 PM

1:30 PM

theatre people: Representing Live Artists and Radical Hope

Chelsea Roberts

SURC 271

1:30 PM - 1:50 PM

1:50 PM

An Examination of Italian Commedia dell'Arte in Mozart's Opera Buffa

Caitlin Stave

SURC Ballroom A

1:50 PM - 2:10 PM

1:50 PM

Biking in the Burg

James King

SURC 271

1:50 PM - 2:10 PM

1:50 PM

Evaluating the Efficacy of an Eight-Week Therapeutic Horsemanship Program with PTSD- and TBI-Experiencing Military Servicepersons

Gina DeNoble

SURC 137A

1:50 PM - 2:10 PM

1:50 PM

Kids in Construction (KIC): An Introduction of STEM Related Careers in Construction Management

Warren Plugge

SURC 201

1:50 PM - 2:10 PM

1:50 PM

Kinetic Characterization of an Indicating Indigotetrasulfonate Ink

Becca Hoene

SURC 140

1:50 PM - 2:10 PM

1:50 PM

Satire of Religious Education in Lewis Carroll’s Wonderland Texts

Cameron Sedlacek

SURC 135

1:50 PM - 2:10 PM

1:50 PM

Star Wars' and Sci-Fi's Coming of Age

Caleb Allison

SURC Theatre

1:50 PM - 2:10 PM

1:50 PM

The Invasive Plant Spotted Knapweed Exudate (±)-Catechin Inhibits Native Grass Root Growth

Ian Seiler

SURC 137B

1:50 PM - 2:10 PM

1:50 PM

The Missing Meditatio: Leonhard Euler’s (1707–1783) Contribution to Articulatory Phonetics

Olivia Hirschey

SURC 301

1:50 PM - 2:10 PM

2:10 PM

Active Learning and Industry Collaboration: Bringing the Real World into the Classroom

David Martin

SURC 201

2:10 PM - 2:30 PM

2:10 PM

Dmitri Shostakovich's The Nose: A False-Start on Russian Avant-garde Modernism

William Thornton

SURC Ballroom A

2:10 PM - 2:30 PM

2:10 PM

Elucidating the Hormonal Regulation of the Claudin Genes in Ovarian Cells

Sean Gadson

SURC 137B

2:10 PM - 2:30 PM

2:10 PM

Like Something Out of Stephen King

T.J. Tranchell

SURC 135

2:10 PM - 2:30 PM

2:10 PM

Reflections of Colonialism in Algeria: An Analysis of Four Films

Jordan Talbot

SURC 271

2:10 PM - 2:30 PM

2:10 PM

The Effects of Detail and Valence on False Beliefs in Lies

Danielle Polage

SURC 137A

2:10 PM - 2:30 PM

2:10 PM

The Guiding Factor: Music In American Cinema

Jordan Vidmore

SURC 301

2:10 PM - 2:30 PM

2:10 PM

Total Synthesis of Clavatadine A Analogs to Produce a Viable Reversible Inhibitor for Factor XIa

Christopher Malmberg

SURC 140

2:10 PM - 2:30 PM

2:40 PM

Assessment of Anthelminthic Activity of Plant Extracts on Ancylostoma Ceylanicum and the Development of a Toxicity Bioassay

Jocelyn McCornack

SURC 140

2:40 PM - 3:00 PM

2:40 PM

Does the United States' Constitution Protect Black Males from Police Homicide?

La-James Brown
Chelsie Rommel
Njambou Jammeh

SURC 137A

2:40 PM - 3:00 PM

2:40 PM

For Mark

Austin Loud

SURC 271

2:40 PM - 3:00 PM

2:40 PM

History, Identity, and the Origins of the Israeli-Palestine Conflict

Maggie Krienen

SURC 301

2:40 PM - 3:00 PM

2:40 PM

Phthalate Esters Exacerbate Neurodegeneration in a Caenorhabditis elegans Parkinson’s Disease Model

Jacob Darley

SURC 137B

2:40 PM - 3:00 PM

2:40 PM

The Intermingling of Art and Science

Alyssa Willard

SURC 135

2:40 PM - 3:00 PM

2:40 PM

The Road Less Traveled

Josh Ingebretson

SURC 201

2:40 PM - 3:00 PM

3:00 PM

A Prosperous Hispanic Population Equates To a Robust America

Edgar Zamora

SURC 137A

3:00 PM - 3:20 PM

3:00 PM

Detection of Leishmania Parasites via Flow Cytometry

Analiese Wenger

SURC 140

3:00 PM - 3:20 PM

3:00 PM

“Look at Me, I Am the Captain Now": Media Representations of Somalis and Their Implications

Saeed Mohamed
Clint Lemkus

SURC 271

3:00 PM - 3:20 PM

3:00 PM

Queer Photography and the Betrayal of the Image

Philippe (Hyojung) Kim
Lauren Walton

SURC 135

3:00 PM - 3:20 PM

3:00 PM

Sharing the Nile: The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam

Matthew Baldwin

SURC 301

3:00 PM - 3:20 PM

3:00 PM

Water in the Diet of the Great Basin Pocket Mouse

Robin Skewis

SURC 137B

3:00 PM - 3:20 PM

3:20 PM

A Comparison of Female-Female Bridging to Male-Male Bridging in Tibetan Macaques (Macaca thibetana)

Grant Clifton

SURC 137B

3:20 PM - 3:40 PM

3:20 PM

Banish All The World: The Contrarianism of John Osborne

Joshua Kelly

SURC 135

3:20 PM - 3:40 PM

3:20 PM

Dowry Death and the Caste System in India

Sonya Rombough

SURC 301

3:20 PM - 3:40 PM

3:20 PM

Effectiveness of the McNair Scholars Program at Central Washington University from 1992 to 2002

Pamela Nevar
Ian Buvit

SURC 201

3:20 PM - 3:40 PM

3:20 PM

Evaluation of Trypanosoma cruzi Strains in Jalisco, Mexico

Uyen Nguyen
Daniel Beck
Analiese Wenger

SURC 140

3:20 PM - 3:40 PM

3:20 PM

Questionable Immunity

Christopher Bertomeu

SURC 137A

3:20 PM - 3:40 PM

3:20 PM

The ExploreCentral Mobile App: Interpreting Ellensburg through Digital Technology

Museum Studies students
Brittany Anderson
Sarah Bair
Heather Budde
Nicolas Crosby

SURC Theatre

3:20 PM - 4:00 PM

3:40 PM

Language and Legislation: Bilingual Education in the United States, Eighteenth Century to the Present

Olivia Hirschey

SURC 301

3:40 PM - 4:00 PM

3:40 PM

Qui est français?: Negotiating National Identity in Alain Badiou's Ahmed philosophe

Jordan Talbot

SURC 135

3:40 PM - 4:00 PM

3:40 PM

United States of Surveillance

Kyle James

SURC 137A

3:40 PM - 4:00 PM