Belmont University Research Symposium (BURS)
Submissions from 2023
A Law Preventing the Housing of Undocumented Immigrants in Tennessee, Sophie Adkins, Madison Pollock, and Bushra Alammouri
Influence of Exercise in a Rodent Spacial Model of Cognitive Flexibility, Toni Akande, Savannah Campbell, Katie Cooke, Summer Curtis, Jess Dahm, Zoe Niesen, Andrew Wachtel, and Katie Young
Moral Dilemmas and Gender Schemas, Folasade S. Alalade, Scovs Majors, Chakuen Rambang, and Emily Zimmerman
Lipid Storage Disorders: The Case Of Gaucher's Disease, Osayd Alammuri
Cultural Autobiography- Elena Amonette, Elena Amonette
A Physiological Look on the Effects of Background Music and Personality on Cognitive Performance, John M. Anderson
Does Type and Valence of Music Affect Memory Performance?, John M. Anderson
The Effects of Trance-Induced Sensations by Illicit Drug Use on Sense of Time, John M. Anderson and Micah D. Wilson
Effect of Acute Restraint Stress on Cognitive Flexibility in Rodent Models, Kirsten M. Ask, Alex Becker, Caroline Hopper, Carolyn Johnson, Kim Nguyen, Brinkley Norton, Cameron Smith, Emory Ware, and Timothy Schoenfeld PhD
Feline Behavior, Age, and Human Sociability, Caroline Avery and April Rico
Oh, To Be A Scholar!, Miracle Awonuga
The Nashville Predators Social Media Audit, Sam Baranek, Connor Clouthier, Toniya Johnson, Mary Kate Reid, and Micaela Trimble
Cut Through The Noise Campaign, Mikenzie M. Bartholomae, Amelia Muly, Evan Dorian, and Kaitlyn Mashburn
Subjective Cognitive Decline and APOE as Alzheimer’s Disease Risk Factors, Ginnie Berry, Cassandra Morrison, and Michael Oliver
Kahoot!: Social Media Audit, Rachel Boorse, Aubrey Murphy, Ellie Adams, Baylee Mathews, and Samantha Baner
The Effects of Environmental Enrichment on Extrinsic Motivation in Rodent Models, Sarah E. Bouthillier, Nicole K. Buttrey, Yulissa Cordero Mata, Allison A. Devolve, Abigail M. Greskovic, Mary E. Holloway, Emma I. Keegan, Autumn L. Rullman, and Timothy Schoenfeld
Mass Incarceration? You Bet: Crime Control Legislation and the United States Incarcerated Population, Elizabeth Bransford
The Efficacy of Eye-Witness Testimonies and Police Line Up, Benjamin P. Brown, Amanda Myers, Nicole Walheim, and Grace Lester
Analyzing the Ability of Differing FG Domains to Rescue the Gle1-Dbp5 Interaction, Lauren Brown and Rebecca Adams
Can your past predict your future behaviors? Investigating the Impact of Childhood Experiences., Savannah Campbell, Savannah Campbell, Molly Georgas, Arwen Rolinitis, Michael Oliver, and Carole Scherling
Filling in Missing Values, Jaxon Cannon
Exploration into the Relationship Between Governmental Efficiency and Levels of Individual Rights and Liberties, John M. Caskie
Building a reporter for selective SSA4 export in Heat-Shock Conditions, Luke Cline and Rebecca Adams PhD
Why are Post-Conflict Countries More Inequitable?, Claire Cole
HB277/SB941: Sentencing Disparities in Tennessee, Theresa Collins, Sloane Crockett, Amani Devault-Smith, Maggie Ask, and Natalie Schilling
PSYCHOLOGY: Measuring Physiological Response to High-Stress Music During Gameplay, Meg Combs, Eliza Oakley, Devanee Pappas, and Kaylee Franzen
Examining Function of BPD420_00474 in Bordetella pertussis, Elise A. Coughlan and Caitlyn Cody
Wholesale Beer Tax in Tennessee, Victoria L. Crawford, Lauren E. Dansbury, Mary E. Husmann, Alana G. Martinec, Kanu R. Shetkar, Shelby Sutton, and Spencer Kerch
The Crossroad of Hamsters, Robots & Electropop, Olivia CrimiVaroli
An Examination of Boredom as a State of High Arousal, John N. Crow, Molly Georgas, Hannah Wright, and Merry Bailey
Presenting and Curating Contemporary Installation Art; The Work of Cornelia Parker and Céline Condorelli, Bridget Curtis
Does How Much You Work Matter?, Khalil Dabdoub Dabdoub and Jill Graham
Ideology and the Incumbency Advantage, Gabe DeGraeve
Picture That! EEG views imagery of your mind's eye, Sinead Doogan
The Graduate Hotels: Social Media Audit, Josie Dummer, Nora Suknaic, Mallory Beach, Caroline Hunse, and Mikayla Langon
Relationship between Personality and Sexual Orientation, Christina Duncan and Madison Oliver
The Impact of Criminal Policy on Drug Use, Natalie Dusek
Relationship Between Quality Time, Conscientiousness, and Relationship Satisfaction, Lindsey Edwards, Gavin Mitchell, Talaia Goodman, Emily Cloud, and Max Blessinger
PUGNAc as a model for Sanfilippo Syndrome, Liz Eisenga and Felicity Sterling
Conservative Christian Beliefs and Transgender Identities, Katie Ellis and Tiobista Kidane
Understanding the Latino Vote, Sadie Escalona
Restoration of Oxidative Metabolism in the Model Obligate Anaerobe B. theta, Mohamad Feron, Rebecca Adams, Ryan Fansler, and Wenhan Zhu
Do Attachment Styles Predict General Wellness?, Brigham Finch, Judson Gay, Elizabeth M. Eisenga, and Melody Alvarez
Psychology, Contact: Sensing a Difference: Essential Oils' Effect on Performance, Brigham Finch, Nicole White, Brooke Chapman, and Annalie Malone
Rare Beauty: Social Media Audit, Amalia Fleming, Mariyah Martinez, Lillian Stegen, Briley Bodin, and Nadia Rodgriguez
The Graveyard of Empires, Sadaf Folad
Altering Conserved Residues on Dbp5 in S. cerevisiae to Assess Function, Maddy Ford and Rebecca Adams
The Psychology of Augusto Boal’s Theatre of the Oppressed, Kathryn Fraley
Testing for Heat-Shock Sensitivity of Nup42Δ and mex67 Mutants, Jill A. Fuqua and Rebecca Adams
Broadway Park, Heidi Gabriel
Synthesis and Characterization of Terbium(III) Complexes: Can We Manipulate the Emission Signature?, Ryan Gagnon
Gender Bias in Story Recounting, Cecilia Garcia, Zali White, Keeley Trainer, and Madison Oliver
Death Rates from Alzheimers, Wesley Gerndt and Ainsley Ambrose
Quantifying Lysosomes, Caroline Gheen
The Relationship Between Sleep and Psychological Well-Being in College Students, Caroline Gheen, Brinkley Norton, and Linda Jones PhD
Analysis of A Doll's House, Matthew Gilleran
Depictions of Jesus's Crucifixion in Passion Plays Throughout the Ages, Matthew Gilleran
A Study on the Relationship Between Stimulated Oxytocin and Morality, Gabriella Gonzalez, Davis Eddleman, Grace Gray, and Giulia Solomon
Examining Appalachian Realignment, Ali Graham
Antonin Artaud’s Art from the Sanatorium, Mary Graham
SB0022; The Sexual Assault Response Team Act, Taylor Gray, Danielle Giorgi, and Gabrielle Vallery
Progress Reimagined: A Generation Z Perspective on Belfast in relation to the UNSDGs., Lucy Love Haman, Rebecca F. MacLeod, Emilee E. Ernster, Camryn Moore, Erin Miller, Daron Baltazar, and Ricardo Jackson
Analysis of the Correlation Between Anthocyanin Concentration and Antioxidative Capacity in Different Forms of Tart Cherry, Alexandria P. Haynes and Dr. Kimberlee Entsminger
The Relationship Between Race and Policing, Dalton Hodge
Juvenile Interrogation: A Solutions-Based Approach to Ethics within Law Enforcement Practices, Julianna Hoffman, Abigail F. Goff, and Bailey Bradford
Influencing Voter Decisions, Cierra Hogan
Edited Beauty and The Isolation That Follows, Paige Hokunson
Uncovering Genes Involved in Non-NPC-Associated Dbp5 Function, Jonah Hooks and Rebecca Adams
Can you HAND-le these emotions? An investigation on hemispheric dominance with exposure to visual stimuli., Keirsten Howard, Prathyusha Gowri Srinivasan, Youstina Tadros, Hannah Potts, and Carole Scherling PhD
Why are Asian-Americans Less Participatory?, Logan S. Jalil
Developing a Protocol for the Isolation of Lichen DNA for Educators to Use in DNA Barcoding Projects, Shannon M. Jeffries and Remah O. Hatem
Well-being and Relaxation, Michelle Johnson, Lindsey Edwards, Ashley Brook, Toni Akande, Monica Bennett, Camille Castillo, Christina Duncan, Davis Eddleman, Carolyn Johnson, Lindsey Mathews, Tiara McCauley, Ephreme Megenta, Ashley Richmond, Mena Azer, Anna Hedger, Ivy Huesmann, Isha Kapoor, Alec Khatter, Caroline Coey, Kimt Nguyen, and Olivia Yake
Assessing the Current Level of Health Literacy for Belmont University Students And Interest In Future Health-Related Resources, Jessica Jones, Sarah Utley, and Annette Sisson PhD
Adaptive Reuse of Frosty Morn, Veronika Kalugina, Rebecca Tonguis, Heidi Gabriel, and Peyton Kauffman
Affordable Healthcare, Anastasia Keith
Yeast Two-Hybrid (Y2H) to Test Dbp5-Gle1 Interaction Dependence on Nup42 FG Domain Length, Hank A. Keller
Anarchy? Nope. Just Probability., Spencer J. Kerch
The Sound of Silence: Background Noise and Sustained Attention, Hannah Kershner, Monica Bennett, Michelle Johnson, and Sophie Grant
Social Media's Effect On Mental Health During COVID-19, Hannah Kershner, Krista B. Semones, and Kailey Ryan
Spanish Communication as a Campaign Tool: Confrontando La Nueva Realidad Del Pueblo Estadounidense, Aaron Kleinschmidt
Investigating the Use of Recurrent Neural Networks in Modeling Guitar Distortion Effects, Caleb Koch, Scott Hawley, and Andrew Fyfe
Testing SSA4::ADE3 Reporters for MCS Screening, Chloe Ledford and Rebecca Adams Ph.D.
How did COVID-19 Affect Substance Abuse and Mental Health Treatment Rates?, Anna Lee, David Angle, and Jen Zou
Jesus was a Refugee: Parables as Contemporary Rhetoric, Luke Litz
Testing Small Molecules to Induce GAG Storage, Tibyaan Lodhi
Phage Repressor Characterization Reveals Insights Into the Regulation of BPD420_03561 in Bordetella pertussis, Kara M. Loutzenhiser and Katelyn Wong
Narrative Musical Microcosms: How Celeste Uses 18th-Century Counterpoint to Depict Anxiety and Feigned Confidence, Matthew Love
Accuracy of Recollection Without Rehearsal, Carolyn Lowe, Jen Bui, Ella Marks, and Maddie Rowe
Self-Compassion and Self-Efficacy Protect Emerging Adults from the Negative Influence of Daily Hassles on Life Satisfaction, Carolyn Lowe and Abigail Heller
Inflation and Voting Behavior, LJ Maclean
Green and Non-Green Extractions of Eugenol from Betel Leaves Using Steam Distillation, Muhammad Malik and Dr. Alison Parker
Function of Gene 03309 in Bordetella Pertussis, Abigail Marianetti and Leslee Torres
Mate Preferences and Big Five, Lindsey Mathews, Nicole White, Emily Norviel, Mykayla Spurlin, and Emma Sells
"Hand full of Takaaful"- Exploratory Research Informatics on the Islamic Insurance Market, Yosef S. Mehio
Comorbidities of Anxiety and Substance Use Across Age, Suad H. Mohamed and Gavin Khamphouvong
A Girl Named Malaka: An Exploration of Lebanese-American Identity, Ava Munyer
Distractibility of Subtitles on Visual Attention and Working Memory, Husna Nabi, Olivia Shorter, Talaia Goodman, and Josie Nicholson
Professor Ratings Across the U.S., Brinkley Norton and Veen Briefki
The Relationship Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Cognitive Control in College-aged Participants, Brinkley Norton and Timothy Schoenfeld
