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Monday , March 24, 2008
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College of Arts and Science


DEPARTMENT OF ART

Christine Waugh-Fleischmann
Professor Carole Pawloski
Adinkra Symbology and Art Education Implications for Exploring and Developing Meaning in Personal Context
Room 301, 2:45 p.m. in the 1:45 p.m. oral session



DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY

Rachel Bricklin
Professor Allen Kurta
Factors Affecting Daily Energy Expenditures in a Peripheral Population of Evening Bats (Nycticeius humeralis)
Room 300, 9:00 a.m. in the 9 a.m. oral session

Leah J. Cook
Professor Steven N. Francoeur
Effects of Road Salt on Photosynthetic and Enzyme Activity of Stream Biofilms
Room 310, 11:00 a.m., poster

Elizabeth Habrecht
John Bennett
Vivian Burwell
Maurice Slaughter

Professors Daniel Clemans and Steven Francoeur
A Survey of Microbial Diversity and the Effect of Eutrophication at Loesell and Paint Creek Wetlands
Room 310, 11:00 a.m., poster

Jacob Job
Professor Peter Bednekoff
The Effects of Winter Weather on Carolina Wren Populations in Different Habitats throughout Washtenaw County
Room 300, 9:20 a.m. in the 9 a.m. oral session

Olivia Munzer
Professor Allen Kurta
Roost Fidelity of Evening Bats (Nycticeius humeralis) in Southeastern Michigan
Room 300, 9:40 a.m. in the 9 a.m. oral session

Sreelatha Ponnaluri
Jose Paul
Andrea Abbas

Professors Daniel Clemans and Gary Huffnagle (University of Michigan)
Colonization of Germfree Mice with Probiotic Bacteria to Create a Mouse Model for the Human Gastrointestinal Tract
Room 310, 2:15 p.m., poster

Mercedes Tatiana Quinteros
Professor Marianne Laporte
Design of a Microscopy-based Screening Method for Stomatal Development Mutant Genes in Arabidopsis Thaliana
Room 310, 9:30 a.m., poster

Alexis Stein
Professor Aaron Liepman
Determining the Function of Arabidopsis and Oryza Sativa CSL Genes through Heterologous Expression in the Moss Physcomitrella Patens
Room 310, 9:30 a.m., poster

Joshua Stumpf

Professor Allen Kurta
A Comparison of Roost Selection between Three Syntopic Species of Myotis.
Room 330, 2:45 p.m. in the 1:45 p.m. oral session

Peter Wilson
Professor Cara Shillington
Developmental and Interspecies Differences in Water Retention in Tarantulas
Room 310, 11:00 a.m., poster



DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY

Roshini Fernando
Professor Hedeel Guy Evans
Probing the Mechanism of Activation of Dihydroorotase by Aspartate Transcarbamoylase in Aquifex Aeolicus
Room 330, 9:00 a.m. in the 9 a.m. oral session

Andrew William Gray
Professor Deborah Heyl-Clegg
Synthesis and Dye Leakage Assay of Human Islet Amyloid Polypeptide 10-19 with Inhibition by Insulin 13-18
Room 310, 2:15 p.m., poster

Balakrishna Kurva
Professor Deborah Heyl-Clegg
Synthesis and Purification of HLVEALYLV, an Insulin-based Inhibitor for Human Islet Amyloid Polypeptide (hIAPP)
Room 310, 2:15 p.m., poster

Meenal Mhaskar
Professor Hedeel Guy Evans
Protein-Protein Interactions between the Multifunctional Protein CAD and Protein Phosphatase 1
Room 330, 9:20 a.m. in the 9 a.m. oral session

Vasumathi Molugu
Professor Steven Pernecky
Determination of Microbial Metabolites in Rat Cecal Fluid by GC-MS
Room 310, 11:00 a.m., poster

Swathi Ramaraju
Professor Deborah Heyl-Clegg
Pentapeptide Inhibitors of Human Islet Amyloid Polypeptide as Potential Treatment for Type II Diabetes
Room 310, 11:00 a.m., poster

Fatmagul Tuluoglu
Professor Harriet A. Lindsay
Synthesis of the Bicyclic Core of Pyrrolizidine and Indolizidine Alkaloids

Room 330, 9:40 a.m. in the 9 a.m. oral session



DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION AND THEATRE ARTS

Yi-Hsin Lu
Professor Patricia Zimmer
Crossing the Border of Culture and Heart: Using Theatre as a Medium to Explore Social Issues and Bring Cultural Perspective
Room 301, 1:45 p.m. in the 1:45 p.m. oral session

Meriah Sage
Professor Jessica Alexander
Exploring Persona, Impacting Literacy
Room 301, 9:40 a.m. in the 9 a.m. oral session

Steven Stuglin
Professor Jeannette Kindred
Conscious Tactics for Effectiveness: Comparison of Socialization Strategies in Practice
Room 301, 2:05 p.m. in the 1:45 p.m. oral session

Anke Thorey
Professor Ray Quiel
The Space between Aristotle and the Bush Administration: Considering the Impact of “Goodwill” on International Relations
Room 301, 10:00 a.m. in the 9 a.m. oral session



DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS

Conan Baldwin
Professor David Crary
The Consumption of Durable and Nondurable Goods
Room 352, 11:30 a.m. in the 10:30 a.m. oral session



DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

Catherine Adams
Hannah Morales

Professor T. Daniel Seely
Child Language Acquisition of Resultative Adjectives in English
Room 352, 9:00 a.m. in the 9 a.m. oral session

Kristin Adams
Professor Charles Cunningham
“Curtains or Dynamite?”: Socialism in Jack London’s The Star Rover
Room 352, 10:30 a.m. in the 10:30 a.m. oral session

Nicole Bryant
Professor Elisabeth Daümer
“Isn’t that fragile?”: Communication and Change in Muriel Rukeyser’s “Waterlily Fire.”
Room 301, 10:30 a.m. in the 10:30 a.m. oral session

Jeffrey Butcher
Professor Christine Neufeld
Abjection in Heart of Darkness
Room 301, 11:30 a.m. in the 10:30 a.m. oral session

Lisa Chizek
Professor Doug Baker
Constructivist Learning Through Wikis in the Writing Classroom
Room 352, 10:00 a.m. in the 9 a.m. oral session

Rachel DuBois
Professor Annette Wannamaker
Harry Potter and Magical Multiculturalism: Using J.K. Rowling's Phenomenal Series as a Guide for Classroom Discussions of Diversity
Room 304, 3:35 p.m. in the 3:15 p.m. oral session

Monika Ehrlich
Professor Craig Dionne
Passion Breeds Destruction: A Feminist, Revisionist Reading of the Macbeth Marriage
Room 352, 3:35 p.m. in the 3:15 p.m. oral session

Julia N. Eussen
Professor Nancy Allen
How Language Affects the Perception of—and Indirectly Defines the Success of—Public Policy
Room 352, 9:40 a.m. in the 9 a.m. oral session

Sarah Goletz
Professor Annette Wannamaker
Maternity as Magic: The Search for the Mother in The Secret Garden
Room 304, 3:15 p.m. in the 3:15 p.m. oral session

Jennifer Goodhue
Professor Annette Wannamaker
Blurring Genres: Bringing the Feminine Hero into Focus
Room 352, 3:15 p.m. in the 3:15 p.m. oral session

Hermione Miles Gorney
Professor Heather Neff
The Clothes Line
Room 301, 10:50 a.m. in the 10:30 a.m. oral session

Jamie Jones
Professor Elisabeth Daümer
From The Colossus to Ariel: The Transformation of Voice in Sylvia Plath’s Poetry
Room 304, 2:05 p.m. in the 1:45 p.m. oral session

Ryan Kerr
Professor Annette Wannamaker
The Father, Son, and the Holy Clone: Re-vision of Biblical Genesis in The House of the Scorpion
Room 304, 3:55 p.m. in the 3:15 p.m. oral session

Scott Kowalewski
Eric Christensen

Professor Christine Tracy
Balancing Act: Avoiding Bias and Achieving Balance in Today’s Media Environments
Room 301, 9:20 a.m. in the 9 a.m. oral session

Hava A. Levitt-Phillips
Professor Melissa J. Jones
“For so must all things excellent begin”: Reading Pain in Spenser’s The Faery Queene
Room 352, 3:55 p.m. in the 3:15 p.m. oral session

Alison Malburg

Professor Elisabeth Daümer
Parturition: Realigning Women’s Role in Society.”
Room 304, 2:25 p.m. in the 1:45 p.m. oral session

Emily Otto
Professor T. Daniel Seely
WH-Movement in English and American Sign Language
Room 310, 2:15 p.m., poster

Daniel Parker
Professor T. Daniel Seely
Reciprocity in Subordinate VP-Ellipsis
Room 352, 9:20 a.m. in the 9 a.m. oral session

Kayti Purkiss
Professor Ian Wojcik-Andrews
The Invention of Hugo Cabret: Crossing Genre Lines
Room 352, 2:45 p.m. in the 1:45 p.m. oral session

Emily Russell
Professor Christine Neufeld
Linguistic Anxiety in Robert Mannyng of Brunne’s “Handlyng Synne”
Room 301, 11:10 a.m. in the 10:30 a.m. oral session

Theresa Smith
Professor Annette Wannamaker
What’s in a Name?: Language and Power in Three Works of Fantasy Fiction
Room 304, 4:15 p.m. in the 3:15 p.m. oral session

Sarah Soebbing
Professor Phillip Arrington
Selection and Spin: The Reality of Conditional Knowledge in Plato’s Phaedrus
Room 352, 4:15 p.m. in the 3:15 p.m. oral session

Kate Williams
Professor Elisabeth Daümer
“A Transparent Building”: The Metaphysical Panopticon in the Poetry of Sylvia Plath
Room 304, 2:45 p.m. in the 1:45 p.m. oral session

Andrew Winckles
Professor Laura George
The Prophetic Imagination of P.B. Shelley
Room 304, 1:45 p.m. in the 1:45 p.m. oral session



DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE AND BILLINGUAL STUDIES

Ya-ju Chuang
Professor Wendy Wang
Acquisition of Attributive Adjective Order by Non-native Speakers of English
Room 320, 10:30 a.m. in the 10:30 a.m. oral session

Laura Ramm-Christensen
Professor Cathy Day
ESL Speaker Pronunciation and Accent Perceptions
Room 310, 11:00 a.m., poster

Elizabeth Ravelo-Mckinney
Professor Deanna Mihaly
La Tierra como Elemento de Inspiración en Obras Literarias Latinoamericanas de las Epocas del Romanticismo al Modernismo (Land as an
Room 320, 10:50 a.m. in the 10:30 a.m. oral session

Polly Ricciardo
Professor Carla Damiano
Modern Society’s Greatest Influence: The Age of Enlightenment
Room 310, 9:30 a.m., poster

Jacki Rinck
Professor Cathy Day
The Adolescent Immigrant and Language Learning
Room 320, 11:10 a.m. in the 10:30 a.m. oral session



DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY AND GEOLOGY

Tracy Aris
Professor Ted Ligibel
A Cultural Landscape Inventory: Eli A. Gallup Park
Room 320, 2:05 p.m. in the 1:45 p.m. oral session

Tegan D’Arcangelis Baiocchi
Professor Ted Ligibel
Swimming Pools of Wesley Bintz: Form, Function, and Future
Room 310, 9:30 a.m., poster

Abby Boggs
Professor Ted Ligibel
Conservation and Preservation of Brick Masonry
Room 310, 11:00 a.m., poster

Dace Koenigsknecht
Professor Ted Ligibel
The City of Eaton Rapids Historic Resource Survey Map: Enhanced Data Presentation Utilizing GIS, Access, and HTML
Room 320, 11:30 a.m. in the 10:30 a.m. oral session

Deborah Deacon Odette
Professor Ted Ligibel
A Profile of Ypsilanti Historic Properties: 108 N. Huron Street
Room 310, 9:30 a.m., poster

Rebecca Torsell
Professor Theodore Ligibel
Monuments Conservation in Central Park
Room 320, 1:45 p.m. in the 1:45 p.m. oral session

Leslie M. Van Veen
Professors Ted Ligibel and Henry Aldridge
The Michigan Theater: 80 Years of Community Involvement
Room 310, 9:30 a.m., poster



DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY

Marcus K. Adams
Professor JoEllen Vinyard
The War Within: Soldiers’ Resistance Movement during the Vietnam Era
Room 352, 10:50 a.m. in the 10:30 a.m. oral session

Kari Brown
Professor Ronald Delph
German Wives and Witches
Room 352, 1:45 p.m. in the 1:45 p.m. oral session

Latasha Berlinda Hailey
Professor Joseph Engwenyu
“Bless Me Father For I Have Sinned:” The Church’s Policy of Racialization and the Rwandan Genocide
Room 301, 3:15 p.m. in the 3:15 p.m. oral session

Rob Hardman
Professor Ron Delph
Rising Dowries, Spiking Nuns
Room 352, 2:05 p.m. in the 1:45 p.m. oral session

Caleb Klingler
Professor Steven Ramold
Brighter Hopes: Eastern Michigan University in the Civil War
Room 301, 3:55 p.m. in the 3:15 p.m. oral session

Geoffrey K. Krempa
Professor Robert Citino
Reacting to Hitler: The Foreign Policy of Poland, Lithuania, Hungary, and Romania, 1933-1939
Room 301, 3:35 p.m. in the 3:15 p.m. oral session

Wendy Molloy
Professor Ronald Delph
From Monastery to Marriage: The Closing of the English Convents
Room 352, 2:25 p.m. in the 1:45 p.m. oral session

Allison E. Stein
Professor Joseph Engwenyu
West African Griots and Their Struggle to Survive in the Modern World
Room 301, 9:00 a.m. in the 9 a.m. oral session

David M. Walton
Professor Joseph Engwenyu
Asinamali (“We have no money!”): The Tradition of Independent Labor in South Africa
Room 301, 4:15 p.m. in the 3:15 p.m. oral session



DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS

Lee Ann Soltis
Linda Joegiono

Professor Andrew Ross
Sensor Placement for Distributed Signal Detection in Two Dimensions
Room 300, 10:00 a.m. in the 9 a.m. oral session

Ke Zhu
Professor Xiaoxu Han
Incentives and Purchase Prices for Motor Vehicles
Room 330, 3:55 p.m. in the 3:15 p.m. oral session



DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC AND DANCE

Joshua Jobst
Professor Garik Pedersen
Absolute Pitch Development Through Learned Melodies: A Method
Room 301, 2:25 p.m. in the 1:45 p.m. oral session



DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY

Chakravarthi Mallikarjun Nagolu
Professor Weidian Shen
Studying Scratching Mechanism of the Clearcoats and Improving the Technique and Devices/Materials in Automobile Refinish Work
Room 330, 4:15 p.m. in the 3:15 p.m. oral session



DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE

Christopher A. Blough
Professor Dogan Koyluoglu
Fostering Local Government Cooperation: Revenue Sharing Between Local Governments Using Contractual Agreements
Room 320, 2:25 p.m. in the 1:45 p.m. oral session

Karen Cokley Cross
Professor Jeffrey Bernstein
The Impact of Public School Education Finance Models On Equity: Is There A Best Way?
Room 300, 3:35 p.m. in the 3:15 p.m. oral session

Kylee Guenther
Professor James Ivers
Property Taxes and Unemployment Rates: The Slippery Slope of Michigan's Stagnating Economy
Room 300, 3:55 p.m. in the 3:15 p.m. oral session

Bruce A. Hammond
Professor Raymond Rosenfeld
Proposed Growth Strategies for the City of Flat Rock’s New Economic Development Program
Room 304, 10:30 a.m. in the 10:30 a.m. oral session

Heather Laird
Professor Joseph Ohren
Islamic Nonprofits and the Events of 9/11
Room 304, 11:30 a.m. in the 10:30 a.m. oral session

James McFarlane
Professor Joseph Ohren
The Digital Divide: A Toolkit for Community Leaders
Room 304, 11:10 a.m. in the 10:30 a.m. oral session

Kimberly McGrath
Professor Bruce Carroll
The Role of International Education in Social Sciences
Room 320, 2:45 p.m. in the 1:45 p.m. oral session

Janae Reneaud
Professor Raymond Rosenfeld
Adaptive Management: Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge
Room 304, 10:50 a.m. in the 10:30 a.m. oral session

Julia E. Sutton
Professor Joseph Ohren
Providing Services to Clients with Limited English Proficiency in Compliance with Executive Order 13166
Room 300, 4:15 p.m. in the 3:15 p.m. oral session



DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY

Kevin Alschuler
Theresa Lynch

Professors Flora Hoodin and Michelle Byrd
Whom Do Scoliosis Patients Turn to for Support? Does It Matter?
Room 310, 2:15 p.m., poster

Kylene Bavers
Professor Alissa Huth-Bocks
Predicting Child Maltreatment
Room 310, 9:30 a.m., poster

Jillian B. Carey
Professors Flora Hoodin and Michelle Byrd
Complementary and Alternative Medicine Utilization in Individuals with Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
Room 310, 11:00 a.m., poster

Lauren Earls
Professor Alissa Huth-Bocks
The Relationship between Personality and Adult Attachment
Room 300, 1:45 p.m. in the 1:45 p.m. oral session

Laszlo Erdodi
Professor Renee Lajiness-O’Neill
Differences in Regional Cortical Activation Patterns between Adults with ADHD and Normal Controls during a Continuous Performance Test
Room 310, 9:30 a.m., poster

Leanna Fortunato
Professor Carol Freedman-Doan
Long-term Predictors of Consistent Condom Use by Adolescent Girls: A Comprehensive Health Behavior Model
Room 350, 9:00 a.m. in the 9 a.m. oral session

Erin Henshaw
Professor Carol R. Freedman-Doan
Goals and Challenges of Faith-Based Sex Education Programs: Perspectives of Youth Leaders
Room 350, 9:20 a.m. in the 9 a.m. oral session

Nasreen Islam
Professor Stephen Jefferson
Suicidal Ideation among Asian Americans: The Contributory Roles of
Perfectionism and Shame

Room 352, 11:10 a.m. in the 10:30 a.m. oral session

Valentina Ivezaj
Nancy E. Angelella
Amy S. Collings
David Saunders-Scott
Ashley A. Wiedemann

Professor Karen K. Saules
Do Rates and Predictors of Binge Eating Differ by Gender and Race?
Room 310, 11:00 a.m., poster

Daniel A. Jacobson
Professor Lajiness-O’Neill
Role of Amygdala in Social Functioning of Individuals with VCFS
Room 310, 11:00 a.m., poster

Douglas Jones
Professor Karen Saules
Exploring the Impact of Pre-Treatment Personality Assessment on Therapeutic Outcome
Room 300, 3:15 p.m. in the 3:15 p.m. oral session

J. Robert Parker
Professor Alida Westman
Religious Orientations: Concerns about the Nature of Quest
Room 350, 9:40 a.m. in the 9 a.m. oral session

Lesley A. Pawluk
Professor Renee Lajiness-O’Neill
Frontal and Parietal Activation during Working Memory Differentiates Dyslexia from Controls as Revealed by Magnetoencephalography (MEG)
Room 310, 9:30 a.m., poster

Gregory S. Pouliot
Professors Flora Hoodin and Michelle Byrd
What Factor Analysis Reveals about Body Image and Satisfaction with Treatment in Individuals with Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
Room 310, 11:00 a.m., poster

Nicholas G. Velissaris
Professor Renee Lajiness-O’Neill
Activation during Joint Attention Is Context Dependent as Measured with Magnetoencephalography (MEG): Substrates of Social Cognition
Room 310, 9:30 a.m., poster

Sarah Wice
Professor Alida Westman
The Influence of Adult Attachment Styles on Coping with Bereavement
Room 350, 10:00 a.m. in the 9 a.m. oral session

Kathryn Woods
Professor Carol Freedman-Doan
Parental Transmission of Gender Stereotyped Beliefs and Their Impact on Adolescent Mental Health Outcomes
Room 300, 2:05 p.m. in the 1:45 p.m. oral session



DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY, ANTHROPOLOGY, & CRIMINOLOGY

Suzanne Hodge
Professor Jay A. Weinstein
The Altruistic Attitudes and Behaviors and Feelings of Duty or Obligation in Students at Eastern Michigan University
Room 310, 11:00 a.m., poster

Matthew J. Klepac
Professor Marisa Ensor
From Southern Sudan to the American Midwest: The Journey of Nuer Refugees
Room 300, 2:25 p.m. in the 1:45 p.m. oral session



College of Business


DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE

Kurt Frank
Professor Robert M. Kiss
Company and Stock Analysis: Efficient Market Theory and Anomalies
Room 350, 3:55 p.m. in the 3:15 p.m. oral session

Ruth Naebeck
Professor Zafar Khan
Mortgage Foreclosure and Renegotiation: Tax Implications
Room 304, 10:00 a.m. in the 9 a.m. oral session

Jingjing Zhou
Professor D. Robert Okopny
Identification of Perceived Common Success Attributes in the Internal Audit and Music Professions: A Survey of Professionals
Room 330, 3:15 p.m. in the 3:15 p.m. oral session



DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENTt

Kasia Czajka
Carrie Fontana
Emily Sutherland
Kim Thomas

Professor Sanjib Chowdhury
Job Satisfaction, Organizational Commitment, and Intention to Quit in a Contemporary Organization
Room 320, 9:20 a.m. in the 9 a.m. oral session

Rebecca Clark de Castillo
Professors Eric Schulz and Megan Endres
Averting the Retirement Savings Crisis in the U.S.: Determinants of Pension Allocation and Investment Strategies
Room 300, 2:45 p.m. in the 1:45 p.m. oral session

Nicole Johnson
Amber Gwynn-Powell

Professor Sanjib Chowdhury
Individuals’ Positive Perception of Diversity, Task Interdependence, and Goal Interdependence and its Effect on Developing and Implementing Innovative Behavior
Room 320, 9:00 a.m. in the 9 a.m. oral session


College of Education


DEPARTMENT OF LEADERSHIP AND COUNSELING

Thyagarajan Ammachathram
Professor David Anderson
Extent of Support Services to Quota-based Students in Higher Educational Institutions in India
Room 320, 3:15 p.m. in the 3:15 p.m. oral session

Carin Barber
Professor James Barott
Communities in Southeast Michigan: The Foundation of EMU Student Culture
Room 350, 10:30 a.m. in the 10:30 a.m. oral session

Theresa Bolster
Professor Sue Stickel
Relationship of Marital Quality and Stability in Couples Who Have Cohabitated Premaritally
Room 310, 2:15 p.m., poster

Marlena Bravender
Professor David Anderson
Social Learning and its Importance to an Increased Feeling of Affiliation among Students in an Online Classroom
Room 310, 9:30 a.m., poster

Inna Gorlova
Professor Eboni Miel Zamani-Gallaher
A Multiple Streams Analysis of the Impact of Globalization: The Case of One Russian Community College
Room 350, 11:10 a.m. in the 10:30 a.m. oral session

Jessica Hale
Professor Martha W. Tack
A Preliminary Rubric for Assessing and Stimulating Quality in Effective Online Threaded Discussions
Room 310, 9:30 a.m., poster

Chiharu Hensley
Professor Dibya Choudhuri
Experiences of Parents Who Have Preschool or School-Age Children with Special Needs
Room 350, 11:30 a.m. in the 10:30 a.m. oral session

Wan-En (Joyce) Leu
Professor Elizabeth Broughton
Exploring Potential Stressors, Counseling Service Uses, and Effects of Different Counseling Styles on International College Students
Room 310, 9:30 a.m., poster

Charles Muwonge
Professor James Barott
Superintendent of Catholic Universities and Colleges
Room 350, 1:45 p.m. in the 1:45 p.m. oral session

William Ssozi
Professor James Barott
The Genesis and Evolution of Catholic Schools in Hoima Diocese, Southwestern Uganda
Room 350. 10:50 a.m. in the 10:30 a.m. oral session

Richard Weigel
Professor James Berry
Essential Knowledge for School District Leaders
Room 310, 9:30 a.m., poster



DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL EDUCATION

Anna K. Courage
Professor Ann Orr
Teacher Attitudes toward the Inclusion of Students with Special Needs
Room 320, 3:35 p.m. in the 3:15 p.m. oral session

Lisa Mosser-Desnoyer
Professor Ann Orr
EMU Special Educators in Their First Year of Teaching: Relationship between Training and Service
Room 320, 9:40 a.m. in the 9 a.m. oral session

John Planck
Professor Phil Smith
Balancing Expectations of Special Education Students: Real and Fulfilling Goals
Room 350, 2:05 p.m. in the 1:45 p.m. oral session

Carolyn Potts
Professor Sarah Ginsberg
Dysphagic Patient Compliance with Thickened Liquid Recommendations
Room 350, 2:25 p.m. in the 1:45 p.m. oral session

Jeannette Woltmann
Professor Steven Camron
Workload Analysis in Recruitment and Retention of Speech Pathologists
Room 320, 4:15 p.m. in the 3:15 p.m. oral session



DEPARTMENT OF TEACHER EDUCATION

Maria Gonzalez-Allen
Professor Joe Bishop
Post-Secondary Education and the International Student
Room 350, 2:45 p.m. in the 1:45 p.m. oral session

Sara Hammig
Professor Ann Orr
Post-Secondary Strategies for Teaching Students with Learning Disabilities
Room 320, 3:55 p.m. in the 3:15 p.m. oral session

Michael F. Hull
Professor Kyung-Hee Kim
Effects of Name-Cards Method on Students’ Participation and Academic Achievement in a College Statistical Application in Educational Research Class
Room 320, 10:00 a.m. in the 9 a.m. oral session


College of Health and Human Services


SCHOOL OF HEALTH PROMOTION AND HUMAN PERFORMANCE

Michael Busa
Professor Stephen McGregor
Control Entropy (CE) of Unfiltered: Triaxial
Accelerometry Signal during Incremental Treadmill Exercise

Room 300, 11:30 a.m. in the 10:30 a.m. oral session

Frank Joseph Fedel
Professor Sema Kalaian
Efficacy of First-Person Perspective Multi-media versus Conventional Class Exposure to a Practical Human Anatomy Lesson
Room 330, 1:45 p.m. in the 1:45 p.m. oral session

Jacob L. Lindquist
Professor Alicia Davis
Efficiency Trends of Upper Extremity Prosthetic Cables and Housing
Room 310, 11:00 a.m., poster

Julie McLean
Professor Tony Moreno
The Influence of Yoga on Flexibility Characteristics Among NCAA Division I Intercollegiate Baseball Athletes
Room 300, 10:50 a.m. in the 10:30 a.m. oral session

Paul Pancoe
Jessica Nietrzeba

Professor Brenda Riemer
Third Annual Women’s Athletics Bowling Fundraiser
Room 300, 10:30 a.m. in the 10:30 a.m. oral session

Ian Ratz
Professor Stephen McGregor
Adaptations in Maximal Accumulated Oxygen Deficit (MAOD) after a "Living High-Training Low" Approach Using Simulated Altitude Exposure
Room 300, 10:30 a.m. in the 10:30 a.m. oral session



SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES

Michelle Authement
Brenda Bradley
Melissa Clayton
Betsy Idziak
Melissa Kaufman
Adrienne Rutherford
Kimberly VanderKlok

Professor Betsy Francis
Mothering Young Adult Children: Occupation, Meaning, and Experience
Room 310, 2:15 p.m., poster

Kathleen Gutkowski
Renae Kolarik
Allison McIntyre
Angela Muscato

Professor Gretchen Dahl Reeves
Sensory Processing, Body Awareness, and Self-Concept in Adolescent Girls with Major Mood and Affective Disorders
Room 310, 2:15 p.m., poster

Terrie Holewinski
Professor George Liepa
Positive Impact of Brief Interventions by a Registered Dietitian During Exercise Oral sessions in a Phase 2 Cardiac Rehabilitation Setting

Room 310, 9:30 a.m., poster

Danielle Karsies
Professor George Liepa
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) and Other Androgen Excess-Related Conditions: Can Changes in Dietary Intake Make a Difference?
Room 350, 3:15 p.m. in the 3:15 p.m. oral session

Susan Leslie
Professor George Liepa
Nutrition Education Resources Used by Renal Dietitians for the Education of the Outpatient Dialysis Population in Michigan
Room 310, 9:30 a.m., poster

Christina L. Leventhal
Professor Stephen Sonstein
Outcomes of Patients Transferred to the University of Michigan Health System
on a Short-term Ventricular Assist Device for Cardiogenic Shock

Room 350, 3:35 p.m. in the 3:15 p.m. oral session

Kristopher Osher
Mariam Zaiat
Emily TenEyck

Professor Gretchen Dahl Reeves
Assessing Outcomes of a Sensory-based Program in a Community Pediatric Clinic
Room 310, 2:15 p.m., poster

Rae Lynn Schmidt
Professor George Liepa
Impact of Nutrition Education on Dietary Habits of High School Females
Room 310, 9:30 a.m., poster

Rukmini Sen
Professor Anahita M. Mistry
Nutrient Intakes in College Students in a Midwestern Regional University Compared to the Recommended Dietary Guidelines
Room 310, 2:15 p.m., poster



SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK

Trudi Bennett
Professor Marilyn Wedenoja
Housing First Programs: Outcomes for Substance Abuse Recovery through the Use of Qualitative Measures
Room 310, 11:00 a.m., poster

Argenis R. Conner
Professor Joan Abbey
The Statewide Evaluation of Michigan’s Infant Mental Health Model
Room 304, 9:00 a.m. in the 9 a.m. oral session

Marie Schaefer
Professor Marilyn Wedenoja
Native American Empowerment Through Language Revitalization
Room 304, 9:40 a.m. in the 9 a.m. oral session

Elizabeth Trapp
Pierre Rice

Professors Elvia Krajewski-Jamie and Peggy Wiencek
Teen Biz: A Community Collaboration Towards Adolescent Empowerment
Room 304, 9:20 a.m. in the 9 a.m. oral session



College of Technology


SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY STUDIES

Christopher Kluse
Professor Sema Kalaian
A Designed Experiment to Determine the Effects of Melt Temperature, Hold Pressure, Hold Time, and Nylon Moisture Content on Surface Profile
Room 330, 10:30 a.m. in the 10:30 a.m. oral session

Sangeeta Yadav
Professor Subhas Ghosh
Smart Textiles Performing Unusual Tasks
Room 330, 10:50 a.m. in the 10:30 a.m. oral session



SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY

Sarjak Amin
Professor John Texter
New Polyurethane Resins for Epoxy Replacement
Room 350, 4:15 p.m. in the 3:15 p.m. oral session

Agnishikha Choudhuri
Professor Shinming Shyu
The Quest for Quiet: Noise Management in Interior Spaces
Room 330, 2:05 p.m. in the 1:45 p.m. oral session

Christopher Crowe
Professor William Moylan
Construction Safety: Motivating for a Safer Jobsite
Room 330, 11:10 a.m. in the 10:30 a.m. oral session

Ninad Dixit
Professor John Texter
Dielectric and Thermomechanical Analysis of Tg and Tm Transitions of PDMS-Based Marine Coatings
Room 310, 11:00 a.m., poster

Dustin England
Professor John Texter
Reversibly Porating Materials and Coatings
Room 330, 11:30 a.m. in the 10:30 a.m. oral session

Ravi Joshi
Professor Vijay Mannari
Smart Polyurethanes with Selective Surface Properties for Marine Coatings Applications
Room 330, 2:25 p.m. in the 1:45 p.m. oral session

Vinod Kakde
Professor Vijay Mannari
Effect of Addition of Inorganic Corrosion Inhibitors in Sol-gel Coatings on Performance of Aerospace Aluminum Alloy
Room 330, 10:00 a.m. in the 9 a.m. oral session

Hong Gu
Professor John Texter
New High Charge Density Polymers for Printable Electronics, Sensors, Batteries, and Fuel Cell
Room 310, 11:00 a.m., poster

Karyn McKey
Professor Shinming Shyu
A Look at Airports, Present and Future
Room 310, 9:30 a.m., poster



Division of Academic Affairs


BIOINFORMATICS

Steve Lenk
Professor Xiaoxu Han
ELK: A Statistical Tool to Classify Microarray Data
Room 330, 3:35 p.m. in the 3:15 p.m. oral session


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