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2015
Friday, May 15th
9:30 AM

A Molecular Probe Finds Evidence of NIX Pathogen in Pacific Razor Clams (Siliqua patula) in Oregon

Mitchell VandenBerg, Linfield College
Andrew Carlston, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

9:30 AM - 10:45 AM

An Oral History of San Martín de Porres Catholic Mission

Flora V. Maciel Garibay, Linfield College
Miriam Corona, Linfield College
Gina R. Castillo, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

9:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Are the Requirements for microRNA-Mediated Gene Silencing Uniform Across Different Cell Types and Developmental Time Points?

Tika Zbornik, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

9:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Beyond Moneyball

Logan Tyler Munson, Linfield College
Taylor Charles Klopp, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

9:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Beyond the Vines - The Second Generation: A Preliminary Look at Family Relationships and Gender in the Oregon Wine Industry

Julian Adoff, Linfield College
Sharon Bailey Glasco, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

9:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Capacitance Measurements of Defects in Solar Cells: Checking the Model Assumptions

Justin R. Davis, Linfield College
Thaddeus Cox, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

9:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Comparison of Raised and Flat-Seam Baseballs

Joseph S. Carroll, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

9:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Does ESPN’s Total Quarterback Rating Help Explain an NFL Team’s Probability of Winning?

Shuai Pei, Linfield College
Andrew Waetzig, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

9:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Dropping the Bass: Electronic Dance Music Festivals as a Forum for Community and Cultural Identity Development

Ivanna Tucker, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

9:30 AM - 10:45 AM

A Midsummer Night's Dream Costume Design

Rhianna M. Bennett, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

9:30 AM - 10:45 AM

“Estoy Aquí Para Servirles”: Pre-Service Teachers Reflect on Advocacy and Service for English Language Learners (ELLs) through a Semester Study Abroad

Kena Avila, Linfield College
Mackenzie Smith, Linfield College
Vesta Namiranian, Linfield College
Morgan Seymour, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

9:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Exposure to Sexualized Images of Athletes Negatively Affects Adolescent Male Athletes’ Appraisals of Self and Others

Ashli A. Johnsen, Linfield College
Jennifer Linder, Linfield College
Elizabeth Daniels, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

9:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Female Expressions of Beauty in West Africa

Kathleen Greaver, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

9:30 AM - 10:45 AM

How Changes in Plant Community Structure Affect Terrestrial Invertebrate Food Webs

Chad Tillberg, Linfield College
Dillon Alegre, Linfield College
Henry Simons, Linfield College
Casey Thein, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

9:30 AM - 10:45 AM

How Might Different Cultural Worldviews Affect Collaborative Inhibition

Kin Leong Chan, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

9:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom Videography

Michael Cooney, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

9:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Identifying a New Gene Required for microRNA-mediated Gene Silencing in Drosophila melanogaster

Michael W. Morin, Linfield College
Sean Bowden, Linfield College
Catherine Reinke, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

9:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Integrated Computer Vision System for Semi-Autonomous Robots

Graham E. Romero, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

9:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Is It Love or Is It Persuasion? A Fantasy Theme Criticism of Gender Use in Online Dating Website Commercials

Kayla Lisac, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

9:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Is the Observed Silencing Activity of Regena/NOT2 Dependent upon the Activity of MicroRNAs?

Katherina Rees, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

9:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Kinematic Differences between Land and Shallow-water Sprinting

Laurel Huth, Linfield College
Ellie Schmidt, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

9:30 AM - 10:45 AM

L'Oregon: A Look at French Members of the Oregon Wine Industry

Sherilyn J. Harrington, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

9:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Living & Singing It Out: An Investigation of Contemporary Christian Music

Lexy Chapman, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

9:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Music in Islamic Reform

Amanda L. Pierce, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

9:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Non-binary Living in a Binary World: The Unlabeled Experience

Sawyer D. Piwetz, Linfield College
Katricia D.F. Stewart, Linfield College
Yanna J. Weisberg, Linfield College
Tanya L. Tompkins, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

9:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Performing Gender: A Study of Gender Fluidity

Nicholas JKMK Coney, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

9:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Politics: A World for Men and Women: A Feminist Critique of the Role of the First Lady in the United States

Sarah Weiser, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

9:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Scenic Design for A Small Family Business

Kelsey Garrett, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

9:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Searching For a Lost Plane

Yichen You, Linfield College
Yu Yan, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

9:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Separating the Good from the Great: Predicting Votes for the Cy Young Award

John G. Henry, Linfield College
Colin S. Nelson, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

9:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Test-Retest Reliability and Validity of the Plank Exercise

Gia Saporito, Linfield College
Gretchen Jernstedt, Linfield College
Holden Miller, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

9:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Testing the Response of a Sensor of Silencing to a Defect in Target Message Deadenylation

James D. Knox, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

9:30 AM - 10:45 AM

The Effect of Government Agricultural Support Payments on Farmland Rental Prices

Jarvis Zosel-Offutt, Linfield College
James Lange, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

9:30 AM - 10:45 AM

The Effect of Rapamycin on Mitochondrial Electron Transport Chain (ETC) Activity and Superoxide Production

Lauren Madison DeVore, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

9:30 AM - 10:45 AM

The Effects of BACE and Its Targets on Age-related Seizures in Drosophila

Trey Anthony Chiu, Linfield College
Dana Gibbon, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

9:30 AM - 10:45 AM

"The Game" as Structure: Exploring Gendered Identities, Interactions and Macrostructures in the System of Sex Trafficking

Katelyn Henson, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

9:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Validation of a Requirement for Regena/NOT-2 in miRNA Mediated Gene Silencing

Rhese D. Thompson, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

9:30 AM - 10:45 AM

What William F. Buckley, Jr. Did Not Understand about James Baldwin: On Baldwin’s Politics of Freedom

Maggie Hawkins, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

9:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Yōkai in Japanese Popular Culture Today

Lauren M. Inaba, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

9:30 AM - 10:45 AM

10:45 AM

Monologue from King Henry VI, Part 2 (Act II, Scene IV)

Mariko Kajita, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library: Austin Reading Room

10:45 AM - 11:45 AM

Performance of Constance's Speech from King John (Act III, Scene IV)

Lise Grimelund-Kjelsen, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library: Austin Reading Room

10:45 AM - 11:45 AM

Performance of Opening Monologue from Shakespeare's Richard III

Nicholas C. Granato, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library: Austin Reading Room

10:45 AM - 11:45 AM

Performance of Queen Margaret's Speech from King Henry VI, Part 3

Emily Meinel, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library: Austin Reading Room

10:45 AM - 11:45 AM

12:00 PM

A British Parliamentary Debate Demonstration by the Linfield College Forensics Team

Jack Patterson, Linfield College
Ellie Forness, Linfield College
Christopher Hu, Linfield College
Lacie McElvain, Linfield College
Cody Putman, Linfield College
Megan F. Schwab, Linfield College
Caleb Snodgrass, Linfield College
Michael Zier, Linfield College

Kenneth W. Ford Hall

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

12:15 PM

1-Relaxed Edge-Sum Labeling Game

Hang Do, Linfield College
Timothy Singer, Linfield College
Brent Moran, University of Colorado at Denver

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

12:15 PM - 1:30 PM

Adolescent Stress Enhances Morphine Conditioned Place Preference in Rats

Haylie Watson, Linfield College
Sarah Becker, Linfield College
Kendra Dahl, Linfield College
Kayla Dewolf, Linfield College
Chloe Shields, Linfield College
Lee Bakner, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

12:15 PM - 1:30 PM

Advocating For and Against Ballot Measure 88: A Cluster Criticism

Keyla S. Almazan Martinez, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

12:15 PM - 1:30 PM

Alexandra David-Néel: A Pioneer of Buddhism in France

Lauren Orr, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

12:15 PM - 1:30 PM

An Hedonic Pricing Model for the Portland and Seattle Metro Area Housing Markets

Seth D. Fults, Linfield College
Mike F. Nardoni, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

12:15 PM - 1:30 PM

Asymptotic Behavior of Traveling Wave Solutions to Reaction-Diffusion Equations

Malley M. Nason, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

12:15 PM - 1:30 PM

Behind the Door

Rhianna M. Bennett, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

12:15 PM - 1:30 PM

Blood Sample Rejection Rates in the Emergency Department

Zoe B. Arends-Derning, Linfield College - Portland Campus
Tammie Cresto, Linfield College - Portland Campus
Halsie Peek, Linfield College - Portland Campus
Lemlem Temelso, Linfield College - Portland Campus

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

12:15 PM - 1:30 PM

Constructing and Testing a Hydrokinetic Generator

Matthew Daniel Carleson, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

12:15 PM - 1:30 PM

Costume Design for A Midsummer Night's Dream

Mariko Kajita, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

12:15 PM - 1:30 PM

Designing a Costume for Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom

Kensie Sempert, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

12:15 PM - 1:30 PM

Developing an Analytical Method for Separating and Quantifying RNA Generated in In Vitro Transcription Reactions

Henry Wienkers, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

12:15 PM - 1:30 PM

Does a Simple Lattice Protein Exhibit Self-Organized Criticality?

Alissa A. Runyon, Linfield College
Dana M. Gibbon, Linfield College
Arun Bajracharya, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

12:15 PM - 1:30 PM

A Midsummer Night's Dream in Technicolor

Emily Meinel, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

12:15 PM - 1:30 PM

Ethnic Korean Education in Japan

Cody Purchase, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

12:15 PM - 1:30 PM

Factors Affecting Retention of Transfer Students at Linfield College

Levi A. Altringer, Linfield College
Michael Zier, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

12:15 PM - 1:30 PM

How to Change a Culture: Residential Tourism, Postmodernism, and Radical Transformation on the Iberian Peninsula

Joel Trousdale, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

12:15 PM - 1:45 PM

Inhibited Synthesis and Erotic Transgression: Georges Bataille in Three Movements

Robin H. Fahy, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

12:15 PM - 1:30 PM

Inpatient Oral Care

Olivia N. Fragoso, Linfield College - Portland Campus
Sophie Butigan, Linfield College - Portland Campus
Jessica Newton, Linfield College - Portland Campus
Chaleah Waters, Linfield College - Portland Campus

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

12:15 PM - 1:30 PM

Interdisciplinary Research-Based Learning in Organic Chemistry and Microbiology Laboratories: Synthesis and Biological Testing of Novel Penicillin Derivatives

Kyle R. Rehberger, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

12:15 PM - 1:30 PM

James Connolly's Years in America, 1902-1910

Sydney M. Owen, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

12:15 PM - 1:30 PM

Length of Stay for Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

Kathryn Cartwright, Linfield College - Portland Campus
Alexis Sayer, Linfield College - Portland Campus
Alysha Phan, Linfield College - Portland Campus

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

12:15 PM - 1:30 PM

Measuring Charge Carrier Mobility of Graphene

Christina A. Harmon, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

12:15 PM - 1:30 PM

Measuring Strain in Trusses

Spencer Metzsch, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

12:15 PM - 1:30 PM

Metal Ion Detection Using Silica Sol-gels Containing Silver Nanoparticles and Calcein Blue (CB)

Evan R. Carlson, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

12:15 PM - 1:30 AM

Nurse Burnout in the Emergency Department

Blake Hammond, Linfield College - Portland Campus
Kaylan Rude, Linfield College - Portland Campus
Julianna Ellings, Linfield College - Portland Campus
Breanne Parries, Linfield College - Portland Campus

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

12:15 PM - 1:30 PM

Response of the Sponge Microbiome to Nutrient Additions

Mariah H. Denhart, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

12:15 PM - 1:30 PM

Sewn: Handmade Book

Taryn K. Takara, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

12:15 PM - 1:30 PM

Soil Nitrogen and Carbon in Urban and Rural Forests

Wes L. Hanson, Linfield College
Robin Fahy, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

12:15 PM - 1:30 PM

The Demand Side Determinate of NFL Ticket Prices

Alicia N. McCracken, Linfield College
Brooke Niemann, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

12:15 PM - 1:30 PM

The Effects of Domain Specific Working Memory on Our Ability to Perceive Color

Taryn K. Takara, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

12:15 PM - 1:30 PM

The Historic and Contemporary Roles of Noncommercial Public Service Media across Local, Regional, National and Transnational Cultures

Kelsey R.H. Tanouye, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

12:15 PM - 1:30 PM

The Mine Ban Convention: A Justified Success or Just Another Naked Emperor?

Whitney Z. Brittingham, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

12:15 PM - 1:30 PM

The Transformation of Tibetan Identity

Mang Jia, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

12:15 PM - 1:30 PM

The Use of Piezoelectric Actuators in an Energy-Efficient Noise Reduction System

Ian J.M. Johnson, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

12:15 PM - 1:30 PM

Tree Composition and Seedling Recruitment in Urban and Rural Forests

Robin H. Fahy, Linfield College
Wes Hanson, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

12:15 PM - 1:30 PM

Unrealized Costume Designs for A Midsummer Night's Dream

Kensie Sempert, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

12:15 PM - 1:30 PM

Voicing Their Experiences: The Narrative Analysis of Rape Stories by College Women

Brenda T. Martinez, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

12:15 PM - 1:30 PM

What Do You Think about Ink?

Alison Lee Filipski, Linfield College
Patricia Roberts, Linfield College
Kin Leong Chan, Linfield College
Tanya Tompkins, Linfield College
Megan Kozak Williams, Linfield College
Kay Livesay, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library

12:15 PM - 1:30 PM

1:00 PM

Department of Music Student Symposium Recital

Christian Santangelo, Linfield College
Jaimie McDonald, Linfield College
Anna Vanderschaegen, Linfield College
Cody Meadows, Linfield College
Delaney Bullinger, Linfield College
Ian Cox, Linfield College
Logan Mays, Linfield College
Cassandra Pangelinan, Linfield College
Caitlin Evans, Linfield College
Emily Eisert, Linfield College
Quillan Bourassa, Linfield College

Vivian A. Bull Music Center: Delkin Recital Hall

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Noll Collection of Musical Instruments

Kelsey Garrett, Linfield College

Vivian A. Bull Music Center: Delkin Recital Hall

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

2:00 PM

Department of English Honors Presentations

Shaterah Hall, Linfield College
Dawn Wyruchowski, Linfield College
Samantha Hilton, Linfield College
Mattie Wong, Linfield College
Delaney Bullinger, Linfield College
Marit Berning, Linfield College

Jereld R. Nicholson Library: Austin Reading Room

2:00 PM - 5:15 PM