Belmont University Research Symposium (BURS)
Submissions from 2022
“ESL Programs and the Limitations to Socioeconomic Mobility, Alexia Akhom, Grace Cleland, Jessica Mattsson, and Nigel Marvin
Are Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria Present in Nashville Bird Feces, Yezen Alhamda and Carly Ryan Jacobs
Tennessee General Assembly Senate Bill 2310, Autumn Allen, Emily Boggess, Laura Fullerton, and Cora Thomas
At Home in Tennessee Grant: Research for Japan America Society of Tennessee, Nathan Amezcua, Claire Huang, Bradford Kearney, Megan Nolen, and Elena Overstreet
Determining the variation in anthropogenic microfiber pollution in the Richland Creek watershed in Nashville, TN, Asher B. Amundson and Callie D. Swallows
Predicting Math Proficiency in Underrepresented Student Groups, Miracle Awonuga
The Crown Act, Carrington Aytes
Modeling Anxiety-Induced Avoidance in Rats, Sam Baker, Lindsey Edwards, Essence Hamer, Taylor Hays, Hope Henderson, Pratt Srinivasan, Wesley Stuart, Farris Turner, and Timothy Schoenfeld Ph.D.
The Association Between Personality, Emotional Intelligence, and Romantic Relationship Satisfaction, Sam Baker, Anna Hedger, Samantha Driggers, and Gracie Medley
How Occupying Militaries Impact Controlled Region's Stability, Scott Banker
Perceptions of Parenting, Self-Esteem, and Relationships, John Bannec, Georgia Foss, Essence Hamer, Mary Elizabeth Holloway, and Lauren Peterson
The Influence of Gender on Sexual Behaviors and Attitudes, Chloe Bellgardt, Paige Underwood, and Charlotte Maracina
An Exploration of Bedtime Music Genres and Sleep Quality, Hannah Bell, Macie Culberston, Hannah Foss, and Devyn Prater
Structural Analysis of BR3 and SY10 Provides Insight Into the Onset of Bacterial Infective Endocarditis, Paris Berrian; Laura Frigo; Pankaj Sharma, PhD; and Tina Iverson, PhD
Effects of Social Isolation on Differential Reinforcement of Low Rates Operant Learning, Paige Biebel, Sarah Boegel, Aaron Fontenot, Emma Frazier, Madison Jensen, Annalie Malone, Gabrielle Nicastro, Holland Turner, and Timothy Schoenfeld
Conflict Avoidance in Politics: Understanding the Divide Between Participation and Young American Adults, Taylor Blackwell
Awareness of Racial Disparities in Healthcare: An Analysis of Undergraduate Science Students’ Perceptions, Liz Bleyer
Occurrence of Kanamycin-Resistant Bacteria Along an Urban Hiking Trail in Nashville, Tennessee, Liz Bleyer, Ashlynn Sherwood, and Grace Hawkins
PSYCHOLOGY: Hot or Not? I’m masking you., Mariah Boatman
Examining the Molecular Mechanisms of Obesity Induced by High-Fat Diets as a Risk Factor for Colon Cancer, Hallie Braeuner
The Influence of Argument on Driving Performance, Emma Braswell, Teya Haughey, Tori Flesner, and Sara Margaret Helmsing
Prevalence of Caffeine Dependency and Daytime Fatigue Amongst Undergraduate Students, Benjamin P. Brown, Josie Nicholson, willa stauffer, Elise M. Crause, and Katie Young
What is Normal in Mental Health?: A Script Analysis of Next to Normal, Caitlyn Campbell
Elucidation Strategies: A Case Study of the U.S Supreme Court, Gordon Carroll
Size Matters: How the Size of Government Influences Polarization, Haidyn R. Carroll
Psychopathy and Empathy: A Correlational Study, Camille Castillo, Annika Simpson, Lauren Peterson, Bailey Harvey, and Grace Griffin
Structural and Genomic Characterization of a Novel B. Subtilis Phage, Caroline Cone and Rebecca Adams PhD
Butoh: From WWII To The West, Caroline Conner
Does Listening to Loud Music Increase Errors in Driving Performance?, Bailey Cowen, Inyene Ukpong, Madison Andes, and Averee Porter
An analysis of Tennessee’s take on the “Don't Say Gay” bill: SB 1216 and HB 800, Ashley Crafton, Tiara McCauley, and Zachary Miller
Social Physique Anxiety and Exercise Motivation, Elise Crause, Sade Alalade, Maeve Carei, Audrey Lyle, Beth Virostek, and Patrick Morse PhD
Trust in Government and the Ideological Center of the American Public, Madison Crenshaw
Effects of Chronic Exercise on Acute Running Effects on Spatial Working Memory, Khalil Dabdoub, Merry Bailey, Ashley Brook, Wesley Gernt, Kaylianna McCormick, Raul Rodriguez-Calvillo, Caitlyn Tyree, Joseph Waller, and Timothy Schoenfeld PhD
Generating Improved RNA Localization Reporters Using the U1hp-U1A System, Ryan Dannemiller and Rebecca Adams PhD
Characterization of NBTI-induced single- and double-stranded DNA breaks mediated by Neisseria gonorrhoeae type II topoisomerases, Soziema Dauda
The Perception of the Flu Vaccine Among College Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Genevieve Delano
Student Research Panel: The World As I See It, Josie Edwards, Caroline Elliott, Cameron Fish, Pierce Newman, and Jack Tucker
Determining the role of twist1b and twist2 in Zebrafish Tendon Development, Lindsey Edwards and Nikki Glenn Ph.D.
The Relationship Between Sleep and Driving Performance, Sondos El-hulu, Andy van der Merwe, Caroline Haynes, and Audrey Wade
The Prisoner Plateau: How Prisons Affect Rural Economies, Andi Ellis
Fake News, Foreign Opinions, and Personal Beliefs, Oh My!, Katelyn Elvington
Modification of SSA4 reporter plasmid for regulated expression, Jake Finlay and Rebecca Adams PhD
PSYCHOLOGY: The Effect of Guided Meditation and Meditation History on False Memory Susceptibility, Caroline G. Firmin, Jessica Dahm, Khalil Dabdoub, and Benjamin Brown
It's Painfully Evident, or Is It? An Investigation of Empathy and Sleep Quality on Pain Identification in Faces, Tori Flesner and Carole Scherling
Analyzing Aural Scores’ Effectiveness and Impact on the d/Deaf and Hard of Hearing Community’s Musical Interpretation, Abigail Foley, Nick Wright, and Aireal Wilson
Education for Algorithms and Advocacy, Aaron Fontenot, Leah Kuhn, Kila Johnson, Anthony Poli, and Hunter Merideth
A Kinetic Analysis of Bleaching Synthetic Indigo in Solution, Emily Fry
Exercise Motivation Based on Gender and Body Satisfaction, Caroline Gheen, Christopher Toepfer, Taylor L. Garrels, Amelia C. Hayes, Amanda Myers, and Macie Culbertson
The Influence of Stigma on Mass Incarceration and Homelessness, Angela Goodearl, Olivia Miller, and MaCayla Thurmon
COVID, Is It Me Or Is It You?, Jillian Graham and Sondos El-hulu
Can State Gratitude be Increased through Mindfulness Practice and a Gratitude Story?, Grace Gray, Grace Harris, Gabrielle Givers, Caroline Hopper, and Grabriella Gonzalez
The Cost of Denying Public Education to Undocumented Students in Tennessee, Maddie Griffin, Jacob Shelton, Mack Martin, vianney muniz, and Julianne Hughart
Using Population Data to Predict Crime Rates for Washington State, Chris Guardo
Investigation of WINN55,212-2 on Development of Zebrafish Endocannabinoid System, Allison Gunderson; Madison Wade; and Nicole Glenn, PhD
The Relationship Between Moral Foundations and Substance Abuse Attitudes, Olivia Haffey, Christina Duncan, and Samantha Driggers
An Exploration of Online Sex Work, Olivia Haffey, Carolyn Miller, and Emily Isbell
Isolation of plasmids and confirmation of rescue from Dbp5-Nup159 multicopy suppressor screen, Zoe Harbison
Generating a Colorimetric SSA4 Transcript Export Reporter For Multicopy Suppression Screen in S. cerevisiae, Zaid Hatem
Determining the Abundance and Density of Cats in an Urban Neighborhood in Nashville, TN, Alexus M. Hatfield
Emotional Response to Emergency Alarms, Anna Hedger, Sarah Boegel, Cailyn Currie, and Morgan Louderback
The Journey of Grief Campaign: An Analysis of Qui Nguyen's play; She Kills Monsters, Eve Helak
Personality & COVID Attitudes, Riley Herman, Camille Witt, Devanee Pappas, Talaia Goodman, Adriana Calzavara, and Kaylee Franzen
Examining Geographic and Temporal Trends in Symbiotic Relationships Between Sharks and Remoras, Zachary Hilt and Matthew Heard
Keeping One's Friends Close: The Maintenance of Cooperation in Supposedly Fragmenting Alliances, Ethan M. Ingram
Yeast Three Hybrid Screen in Search of SSA4 3’ UTR Binding Protein in S. cerevisiae, Emma Irbe
Investigation of the Role of Twist2 on Bone Development in Zebrafish, Elma Jashim and Nikki Glenn
Relationships Among Personality, Burnout, Perceived Stress in the COVID-19 Pandemic, Emma Keegan, Kate Grady, Teya Haughey, and Camille Witt
Predicting Overs in the NBA, Spencer Kerch
Combating Mass Incarceration Through Communication, Rose P. Kores and Sara-Lou Adams
New Myths and My Religion, Pallas Lane Umbra
Yeast two-hybrid (Y2H) to test Dbp5-Gle1 interaction dependence on Nup42, Gia Le and Rebecca Adams
The Relationship Between Neuroticism and Situation Perception, Elizabeth G. Lester, Gigi Emiliani, Keeley Trainer, and Kaylianna McCormick
An Interactive Simulation for Teaching Maxwell-Boltzmann Statistics, Josh Lewis and Steve Robinson
Internalized Misogyny as displayed by Aunt March in Little Women, Sydney Lofton
Understanding the impacts of urbanization on predation risk for lizards across the United States, Linnea Lyons, Eliana Blash, Amanda Overbye, Isabel Hartwig, Amy Chen, and Jacqueline McLean
Coronavirus in America; Have Partisan Politics Permeated the Pandemic?, Annabelle G. Macrae
Polarization in the Digital Age, Kaitlyn Manis
Advocating for Data and Privacy Rights Through Social Media, Chandler O. Maynard, Tre'Jean Watkins, Kingston Gardner, and Joseph Manzo
Investigating Clostridioides difficile Genes Important during Zinc Limitation in the Presence of the Intestinal Microbiota, Tess McNeely; Matthew Munneke; Erin Green PhD; and Eric Skaar PhD, MPH
Predicting Sale/Payment/Contract Types in Residential Real Estate, Yosef Mehio
The Right to Refuse Reporter Disclosure for Child Abuse and Neglect Reports, Grace Mersino, JT Albert, Lauren Carelli, and Fatima Whaley
Using Methods of Fluid Dynamics to Model Acoustic Movement, Drew Miccoli
Emotionally-Charged Music Influences Attentional Bias Towards Positive Colors, Abigail Mitchell and Carole Scherling
Strengthening Adolescents with Anxiety Through Drama Therapy, Jeremy M. Moeller
Strengthening Adolescents with Anxiety Through Drama Therapy, Jeremy M. Moeller
Moral Foundations, Disgust Sensitivity, and Homonegative Values, Brandon Moore, Rachael Arnold, Genevie Lage, Autumn Rullman, and Emily Amin
Far-Right Extremism in Online Spaces, Brandon Moore, Charley Yancy, and Nina Rose
Bearers of Bad News, William Mason Moses
Analyzing the function of putative Mex67 phosphorylation sites in S. cerevisiae, Kristen Murray and Rebecca Adams
Stereotyping the Streets: An Exploration into the Roots of Homelessness, Pearce Newman and Pierce Newman
Pursuit of the Vote: Factors Utilized in Resisting Discrimination in Democratic Elections, Matthew Nicholson
The Relationship Between Social Media Usage, Self-Esteem, and Eating Attitudes, Brinkley Norton, Grace Gray, Olivia Haffey, Grace Harris, and Lindsey N. Ross
The Effects of Meditation and Testing Anxiety on Spatial Ability Tasks, Brinkley Norton, Kaylianna McCormick, Mary Caroline Minter, and Hannah Orndorff
Examining the Myotome and Myotendinous Junction in twist1b and twist2 Morpholino-knockdown Zebrafish Embryos, Avery Nowak; Lilyan Hallum; and Nicole Glenn, PhD
Social Isolation and Adverse Mental Health Outcomes Among College Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Celeste O'Brien
Properties of a Nonlinear Differential Equation, Max Ortner
The Faith Factor: The Role of Religion in the Voting Priorities of Latino Americans, John Overstreet
Technology and Democracy: What is driving us apart?, Lilly Owens, Lucy Swearigen, Bella Belmont, and Alex Becker
The Influence of Social Media on Political Polarization, Sweeti Patel
Mutating Wildtype DPB5 to Assess if a Conserved Patch of Amino Acids is Significant in DBP5’s Selectivity During Nuclear Export., Indira Peters
