4. Presentation Schedule
Biological Sciences
Room 2206C
Session One (1:00pm - 2:10pm)
Ellee Cook, Chair
“Binding Behavior of Flavonols by Addition of Milk to Neem, Green
and Black Tea with an Application to Ready-To-Drink (RTD)
Beverages”
Abhinandya Datta
“Toxicity of Graphene Oxide on Intestinal Bacteria and Caco-2 cells”
Trang Nguyen
“A Habitat Suitability Analysis for the Red Wolf across Its Historic
Range”
Lauren Toivonen
Session Two (2:25pm - 3:35pm)
Hallie Thompson, Chair
“Is Bigger Always Better? An Investigation of Female Territorial
Behavior in Anolis Gundlachi Lizards in Puerto Rico”
Ellee Cook
“Building Bigger, Faster Neurons: Determination of Axonal Structural
Properties by Target Size”
Maria Jones
“Treating Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Are All SMN Proteins Created
Equally?”
Madeline Miller
5. Creative Arts
2501 Leadership Auditorium
Session One (9:00am - 10:20am)
Teresa Milbrodt, Chair
“The Unaccompanied Saxophone”
Joseph E Rulli
“Different Space(s) for Inspiration: Location as Germination in the
Work of the Green House Theatre Project”
Carrie E Winship
Session Two (10:40am-12:00pm)
Joseph E Rulli, Chair
“Seeking Addie: An Auto-ethnographic Performance Confronting
Race and the Historically Silenced of Lillian Hellman’s Little Foxes”
Jennie J Pardoe
“’Marbles’: A Fabulist Fiction Reading”
Teresa Milbrodt
Session Three (1:00pm - 1:35pm)
Yue Hao, Chair
“Great American Works: Two Cello Concertos and a Symphony”
Rachel Czech
6. Engineering, Computer, and Information Sciences
Room 2206A
Session One (9:25am - 10:35am)
Naphtali Mokgalapa, Chair
“Advancements in Evaluation Reliability of Nondestructive
Technologies for the Detection of Subsurface Fracture Planes in R.C.
Bridge Decks”
Ali A. Sultan
“Development of a Total-Stress Measurement Instrument”
Pedro Ruiz Fabian
“Use of Infrared Thermography for the Detection of Subsurface
Damage in Reinforced Concrete Bridges”
James Dawson
Session Two (10:50am – 12:00pm)
Aashish Jagini, Chair
“Adhesion Force Between a Silver Particle and Haynes-230: Role of
Surface Conditions”
Naphtali Mokgalapa
“Fatigue Life of Unidirectional Carbon Fiber/Epoxy in Earth Orbit and
Mars”
Ali Anvari
“3-D Printed Thermal Connector with Embedded Oscillating Heat
Pipe & Indium Thermal Interface Material”
Haolun Xu
7. Session Three (1:00pm – 1:45pm)
Ali Anvari, Chair
“Mobility Benefit for Evacuation Traffic Control in Autonomous and
Connected Vehicle Environment”
Yohan Chang
“Traffic Flow/Speed Prediction for Special Events using Machine
Learning”
Yohan Chang
Health Sciences, Medicine, and Veterinary Medicine
Room 2205A
Session One (9:25am - 10:35am)
Kristin Torres, Chair
“A Preliminary Study of Sleep Disturbances in Thai Elders”
Chantra Promnoi
“Complex Gut Microbiota Modulation of Colon Cancer Susceptibility”
Susheel B Busi
“Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) In Mice”
Megan Haney
8. Session Two (10:50am – 12:00pm)
Susheel Bhanu Busi, Chair
“Through Student Eyes: Behaviors that Promote an Inclusive Learning
Environment”
Kelsie Coe
“Thiamine”
Rachel A Richardson
“Memory deficits in a novel rat model of Alzheimer's disease”
Diana Klakotskaia
Session Three (1:00pm – 2:10pm)
Megan Haney, Chair
“Perceptions Regarding Adolescent Pregnancy Among a Group of
Thai Adolescents in Sweden”
Tipparat Udmuangpia
“A Spatio-Temporal Investigation of Colorectal Cancer Incidence
and Mortality Rates in Missouri”
Jiang Du
“Creating a Profile of Female Breast Cancer for Missouri Senatorial
District #19”
Awatef A Ben Ramadan
9. Session Four (2:25pm – 3:10pm)
Sidharth Sen, Chair
“Radiosurgery to the Post-Operative Tumor Bed for Metastatic
Carcinoma Versus Whole Brain Radiation”
Kristen M. Scheitler-Ring
“An Underappreciated Leukocyte, the Basophil, in Neonatal
Necrotizing Enterocolitis”
Lila Wahidi
Humanities
St Louis Room
Session One (9:00am - 10:20am)
Rokeshia Ashley, Chair
“Blues and Jazz”
Meng Ren
“A Practical and Systematic Approach to Cultivating a Global
Awareness of Foreign Music Traditions: Utilizing a Concise Template
and Systematic Process”
Jeremiah G Rittel
10. Session Two (10:40am-12:00pm)
Anna Valiavska, Chair
“Examining the Ferguson Protests”
Fred Jennings
“Holy Commodities: Transforming the Material and Social Nature of
Roman Catholic Altar Bread in the United States and the Liturgical,
Social and Economic Repercussions of Machine-made Bread”
Mark F Nicolais
Session Three (1:00pm - 2:20pm)
Abbot Henderson, Chair
“’There ought to be a law’: Rough on Rats, Advertising, and
Progressive Era Health Reform, 1874-1906”
Paula Hunt and Sarah Lirley-McCune
“Only Men and Women Allowed: How Folksongs Have Developed a
Binary System of Gender Expectations in the Region of the Ozark
Mountains”
Erin M Schlabach (presented by Nathan Fratzke)
11. Physical Sciences
Room 2206C
Session One (9:00am - 10:35am)
Matthew McCune, Chair
“On Some Topological Deformation of Stationary Spacetimes”
Arka Prabha Banik
“Neutron Scattering and ESEM Study of Water Near a Cupric Oxide
Surface”
James Torres
“Polarization-Induced Transport in TIPS-Pentacene Field-Effect
Transistors”
Amrit Prasad Laudari
“Mechanical Investigation on Protein-Lipid Interactions at the Single
Molecule Level”
Tina R.Matin
Session Two (10:50am – 12:00pm)
Tina R. Matin, Chair
“Comparative Study of the Dynamics of Lipid and Water Molecules in
Free and Supported Lipid Bilayers”
Matthew McCune
12. “Deep-UV Resonance Raman Spectral Properties of Aromatic
Residues of Membrane Proteins”
Anahita Zare
“The Interplay between MT1-MMP, Collagen and the Cell Surface”
Tara Marcink
Social Sciences (Qualitative)
Room 2205B
Session One (9:25am - 10:35am)
Elena Galata, Chair
“The Lived Experiences of Marginalized Agricultural Education
Professionals”
Ben Weikert
“Narrative Thematic Analysis of Food Insecurity Stories at a Food
Pantry”
Megan Koch
“Conceptualizing the Process of CDE Preparation”
Amanda Bowling
13. Session Two (10:50am – 12:00pm)
Sara Schlemper, Chair
“Unveiling Extreme Metal Festival Producers: The Emergence of
Narrative Identities”
Mark Kloeppel
“Intercultural Communication between Local and Global Dynamics”
Yassine Dguidegue
“A Look at the Science in the Media - GMO Impact”
Elena Galata, Maria Kalaitzandonakes and Daphne Yu
Session Three (1:00pm – 2:10pm)
Megan Koch, Chair
“White Ain’t Right: Framing Analysis of Oppositional Media Coverage
of Colorism and Skin Whitening Practices in Sudan”
Rokeshia Ashley
“Defining and Managing Crisis Grounded in Campus History”
Anna Valiavska
“Visualizing Complex Adaptive Systems: a Case Study of the Missouri
Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program”
Sara Schlemper
14. Social Sciences (Quantitative)
Room 2206B
Session One (9:00am - 10:35am)
Cassie Boness, Chair
“Facebook and Rumor”
Fred Jennings
“’She Chose Us to be Your Parents’: Exploring the Content and
Process of Adoption Entrance Narratives Told in Families formed
through Open Adoption”
Alexie Hays
“Price Competition in Retail Gasoline: New Evidence from Korea”
Taehwan Kim
“The Economic Impact of the 2015 Avian Influenza Outbreak on U.S.
Egg Prices”
Agnieszka Dobrowolska
Session Two (10:50am – 12:00pm)
Agnieszka Dobrowolska, Chair
“The Analysis of the Relationships among Professional Training Factors,
Personal Literacy Preferences, Professional Literacy Attitudes and
Classroom Practices of Current Agriculture Teachers”
Laura Hasselquist
15. “Exploring Visitor Perceptions of Climate Change: Differences by
Income”
Hongchao Zhang
“Perceptions of Workplace Fairness among Missouri State
Government Employees”
Darima Butitova
Session Three (1:00pm – 2:10pm)
Darima Butitova, Chair
“Psychological Reactance of Intermittent vs. Heavy Smokers: Effects
of Message Framing on College Students’ Compliance with Smoke-
Free Campus Ordinances”
Yitian Gu
“Assessment of Withdrawal and Hangover are Confounded in the
AUDADIS: Potential Cause of Overdiagnosis”
Cassie Boness
“Waste Separation and Fan Behavior at the Mizzou Football Stadium”
Hannah Peterson
16. Banquet and Awards Ceremony
The Shack
Dinner
University Catering
Hallie Thompson
GPC President
Welcome and Introduction of Keynote Speaker
Dr. Mark McIntosh
Professor and Chair of Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Interim Vice Chancellor for Research, Graduate Studies and Economic
Development
University of Missouri - Columbia
Keynote Address
Rachel Bauer
GPC Vice-President
Introduction of Awards Presenters
Dr. E. Louis Lankford
Judge in Creative Arts category
Des Lee Foundation Endowed Professor in Art Education
University of Missouri – St. Louis
Dr. Mark McIntosh
Presentation of the Awards
20. The University of Missouri Graduate Professional Council would
like to thank all who made this year’s RCAF a success.
We would especially like to thank our judges:
Cheryl Hardy Mihail Popescu
E. Louis Lankford Mohammed Ali
Frank L. Somer Nicole L. Nichols
Gary Homann Peggy Wright
Iris Zachary Prasad Calyam
James M. Amos-Landgraf Tim Langen
Jason Telford Tony Castro
Jeni Hart Yngve Digernes
Maya C. Gibson Ze Wang
Megan McKinstry
