INSPIRE Conference Schedule

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

9 - 9:50 a.m.
Moderator: Jaimie O'Gara

Savanna Farley
The Impact of COVID-19 Related Stress on Parenting and Community Engagement in an Iowa Community

• Major: Social Work
• Co-author: Danny Trip
• Faculty Advisor: Jaimie O'Gara
• Awards: McDonough Foundation, Dubuque County, Fruehling Undergraduate Research Fellowship

Elliott Waller
Field Experience at the Center for Social and Behavioral Research at the University of Northern Iowa

• Major: Sociology
• Faculty Advisor: Kimberly Baker

Tenzin Kalsang
Examining the Associations Between Smoking Risk Perception, Knowledge, and Smoking Behavior among U.S Adult Smokers

• Graduate Program: Psychology
• Faculty Advisor: Dilbur Arsiwalla
• Award: Intercollegiate Academic Fund

Adele Kuruppu
Food Access: Addressing the Problem of Food Deserts in Waterloo, Iowa  

• Major: Business Administration

Delaney Harbison
Full Circle Services, Inc.

• Major: Psychology
• Faculty Advisor: Carolyn Hildebrandt 
   

10 - 10:50 a.m.
Moderator: Elizabeth Lefler

MacKenzie Grenko
Faculty & Graduate Student Work Demands by State Political Ideology

• Graduate Program: Psychology 
• Faculty Advisor: Helen Harton
• Awards: UNI Intercollegiate Academics Travel, Research and Creative Activity Fund (IAF)

Luke Banaszak
Bias Towards Hiring Persons with ADHD by Political Orientation

• Major: Psychology
• Co-author: Krishna Patel
• Faculty Advisor: Helen Harton
• Awards: Research and Creative Activity Fund (IAF)

Sarah Stegge
Empathy, Education, & Empowerment: Reflection on the World of Dementia

• Major: Communication Sciences & Disorders: Pre-Speech Therapy, Gerontology
• Co-authors: Jordan Neely, Samantha Heyer
• Faculty Advisor: Elaine Eshbaugh

Ashlyn Millerz
Gender Socialization and Social Media in College Students' Fear of Crime

• Major: Family Services
• Faculty Advisor: Nathan Taylor

Alyssa Blackburn
Visual Imagery & Cognitive & Behavioral Outcomes

• Major: Psychology
• Co-author: Tenzin Kalsang
• Faculty Advisor: Dilbur Arsiwalla
• Awards: UNI Intercollegiate Academics Travel, Research and Creative Activity Fund (IAF); Freuhling Undergraduate Research Fellowship

Stefani Johnson
Volunteer Experience at Allen Hospital

• Major: Psychology
• Faculty Advisor: Carolyn Hildebrandt
   

11 - 11:50 a.m.
Moderator: Kimberly Baker

MacKenzie Grenko
Traumatic Brain Injury & Public Stigma

• Graduate Program: Psychology 
• Faculty Advisor: Seth Brown
• Awards: UNI Intercollegiate Academics Travel, Research and Creative Activity Fund (IAF)

Thomas Manternach
Peer Tutoring Strategies for Science Major and non-Major Undergraduate Students

• Major: Biomedical
• Faculty Advisor: John Ophus

Sydney Blum
Unveiling Health Disparities: Exploring the Impact of Redlining on Diabetes and Obesity Prevalence in Waterloo's Neighborhoods

• Major: Anthropology
• Faculty Advisor: Jayme Renfro

Abby Schellhorn
Reading Through Generations

• Major: Psychology
• Faculty Advisor: Melinda Heinz

Erin Powers
Consumer Choice

• Graduate Program: Interdisciplinary Studies
• Faculty Advisor: Jiuqing Cheng

Charis Crozier
Contemporary Effects of Redlining on Education and Schooling with Emphasis on Waterloo, Iowa

• Major: Social Science Teaching (Plan B Generalist)
• Faculty Advisor: Jayme Renfro
   

12 - 12:50 p.m.
Moderator: Kyle Rudick

Jordan Neely
Examining the Credibility of Social Media Posts

• Majors: Psychology, Biology
• Co-author: MaKayla L. Hall
• Faculty Advisor: Helen Harton
• Awards: UNI Intercollegiate Academics Travel, Research and Creative Activity Fund (IAF)

Salimatou Diallo
Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Heusler Alloy NiFeMnAl

• Majora: Computer Science, Physics, Chemistry
• Co-authors: Pavel Lukashev, Parashu Kharel
• Faculty Advisor: Paul Shand

Madeline Bickley
The Effects of Redlining and Healthy Lifestyles within Waterloo, Iowa

• Major: Biology: Biomedical
• Faculty Advisor: Jayme Renfro

Emily Prebil
An Investigation into the Role of Flow in Facilitating Post-Traumatic Growth among Military Veterans Diagnosed with PTSD

• Major: Psychology
• Faculty Advisor: Gary Gute

Alyssa Blackburn
Caring for Memories: a Caregiver’s Journey With Dementia

• Major: Psychology 
• Faculty Advisor: Carolyn Hildebrandt
   

1 - 1:50 p.m.
Moderator: Michael Gasser

Celine Manternach
Let’s Talk About Death: A Content Analysis of Children's Literature on Death and Dying

• Major: Psychology
• Co-author: Hallory Domnick
• Faculty Advisor: Melinda Hinez
• Awards: UNI Intercollegiate Academics Travel, Research and Creative Activity Fund (IAF)

Jadin Grieser
Educational Effects of Redlining in Waterloo

• Major: Public Administration
• Faculty Advisor: Jayme Renfro

Baylee Anderson
The Importance of a Peer Educator Literacy of ELL Student Needs

• Major: Biology
• Faculty Advisor: John Ophus

Maria Huq
Role of Gender in Digital Divide in Bangladesh

• Graduate Program: MBA
• Faculty Advisor: Saif Bhuiyan

Clark Willis
Shadowing Residential and Probation Officers in the First Department of Corrections

• Majors: Criminology, Psychology
• Faculty Advisor: Carolyn Hildebrandt

Taylor Short
Internship at 1st Judicial District Department of Correctional Services

• Major: Psychology, Criminology
• Faculty Advisor: Kimberly Baker
   

2 - 2:50 p.m.
Moderator: Erin Pavioni

Hallory Domnick
How Children’s Media Portrays Older Adults

• Major: Family Services
• Co-author: Celine Manternach
• Faculty Advisor: Melinda Heinz
• Awards: UNI Intercollegiate Academics Travel, Research and Creative Activity Fund (IAF)

Grant Pedersen
Educational Achievement Rates in Urban Communities as a Result of Past Redlining Practices

• Major: History (Pre-Law)
• Faculty Advisor: Jayme Renfro

Brynn Jeambey
Educational Outcomes as a Result of Redlining

• Major: Business Management: Organizational Leadership
• Faculty Advisor: Jayme Renfro

Kieran Luedke 
Parental Attitudes toward Birth-Assigned Male/Female Gay and Transgender Adolescents

• Graduate Program: Psychology
• Faculty advisor: Helen Harton
• Awards: Iowa Psychological Association

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

9 a.m.
Moderator: Kyle Endres

Kieran Luedke 
Perceived Parental Acceptance and Minority Stress as Predictors of Mental Health Outcomes Among Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Emerging Adults

• Graduate Program: Psychology
• Faculty Advisor: Elizabeth Lefler
• Awards: UNI Intercollegiate Academics Travel, Research and Creative Activity Fund (IAF), Community Engagement Research-Based Project 

Lydia Berns-Schweingruber
"Our Hands are Tied": How State Educational Diversity Laws Affect Iowa Public Educators and How Educators Respond

• Major: Elementary Education, Sociology
• Faculty Advisor: Carissa Froyum

Tatiana Schaapherder
RIYO Art

• Major: Art Education
• Co-author: Jorgan Rustad, Yesenia Chavez
• Faculty Advisor: Wendy Miller
   

10 a.m.
Moderator: Jiuqing Cheng

Sam Bast
Visual Impairment Sight Assistive Technology with Arduino

• Graduate Program: Technology: Information and Electrical Engineering Technology
• Co-authors: Nathaniel Addo, Emmanuel Oseghale
• Faculty Advisor: Jin Zhu
• Awards: CHAS Graduate Research Funding (GRASP)

Jordan Stiles
Soviet Space Race: Predictable Failure?

• Graduate Program: History
• Faculty Advisor: Kenneth Atkinson
   

11 a.m.
Moderator: Scott Peters

Olivia Calvin
Modeling Phosphorus Loading Dynamics in Milford Creek: Using Updated Hydrological Models for TMDL Comparison

• Graduate Program: Geography
• Faculty Advisor: Lisa Tabor
• Awards: Funding from the Iowa Great Lakes Sanitary District

Beatrice Chali
Organic Agriculture in Sioux County, IA, A Multicriteria Land Suitability Analysis.

• Graduate Program: Geography
• Faculty Advisor: Bingqing Liang

Keller Birkenholtz
Death of DVD's

• Major: Digital Media Production
• Faculty Advisor: Francesca Soans

Karlie Klemesrud
Whispers of Childhood

• Major: Digital Media Production
• Faculty Advisor: Francesca Soans
   

12 p.m. 
Moderator: Greg Bruess

Xzavier Moore
Welcome to Des Moines: A City of Art

• Major: Interactive Digital Studies
• Faculty Advisor: Francesca Soans

Daniel Mitchell 
FOR YOU

• Major: Digital Media Production
• Faculty Advisor: Francesca Soans

Stella Parks
"The Victory Project": Don't Worry Darling and Toxic Masculinity

• Major: Digital Media Journalism
• Faculty Advisor: Francesca Soans
   

1  p.m. 
Moderator: Emily Machen

Jace Bell
Agriculture's Impact on Water Quality: A Cedar River and Mississippi River Analysis

• Majors: Environmental Science, Biology
• Faculty Advisor: Mohammad Iqbal

Salimatou Diallo
Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Heusler Alloy NiFeMnAl

• Majors: Computer Science, Physics, Chemistry
• Co-authors: Pavel Lukashev, Parashu Kharel
• Faculty Advisor: Paul Shand
   

2 p.m.
Moderator: Emily Machen

Emily Mae Wilding
The Frequency of Interrogative Structure Variants of WH-Questions in Spoken French-Language Media Interviews from The Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Major: 2+2 French
• Faculty Advisor: Elizabeth Zwanziger

Jude Beekman
"We've Known Each Other For Centuries": Theatrical History of the Myth of Orpheus and Eurydice

• Major: History Teaching
• Faculty Advisor: Kendra Kahl

Emma Kizer
Language Barriers in the U.S. Legal System for Primarily Spanish Speakers: Attorney Perspectives and Potential Solutions for True Equal Access

• Majors: Criminology, Philosophy
• Faculty Advisor: Kimberly Baker
• Awards: Fruehling Undergraduate Research Fellowship

Jude Beekman
Demonstration of Fashion Changes of UNI Students Over Time

• Major: History Teaching
• Faculty Advisor: Robert Neymeyer