Belmont University Research Symposium (BURS)
Submissions from 2024
Code and Cognition: Investigating the Working Memory, Attention, and Linguistic Processing of Programmers, Suad H. Mohamed
Beyond the Numbers:Tennessee's Mortality Mosaic, Mary Morkos
Mutagenesis of Conserved Residues on Dbp5 Structure and Analysis of Function in Cells, Sumaya Muhamed and Rebecca Adams, PhD
Gendered Gambles: Gender Bias in Perceived Likelihood of Action, Heba Muhsin and Veen Briefki
Cobalt & the DRC: a technological and ethical crisis, Sinead C. Mukolo-Villegas
Beyond Calories: An Exploratory Analysis of Glycemic Index and Oxalate Content in Nutritional Science, Victoria Leigh Crawford Nelson
Pale Predators: Investigating Albinism in Food Foraging of the African Clawed Frog, Elaine H. Nguyen and Emily L. Garner
Two Is Better Than One: Integrating the Senses to Improve Memory, Khanh Nguyen, Baie Ensio, Sydney Willis, and Olivia Mee
Attending to Absence, Zoe V. Nichols
Sensory Space: Navigating Data Accessibility for Disabled Individuals through Yelp Web Scraping, Zoe Niesen and Christina Davis
Well, this is awkward! The effects of non-normative behavior during emotional clip viewing, Zoe Niesen, Hannah Kershner, and Carole Scherling
Black Students’ Perceived Socioemotional Safety On College Campuses, Mia Nobrega-Jason, Martha-Grace Abel, and Peter Cannella
Increasing Faculty Knowledge of Competency-Based Education: A Quality Improvement Study, Lindsay O'Sullivan
The Impact of an Educational Video on Physician Confidence and Comfort Level in Discussing Autopsies, Joy N. Owings, Laura Gray, and David Phillippi
Demographic Data Analysis for Measuring Economic Impact of The Branch of Nashville, Tessa Pendleton, Annie Wardroup, Nicole Speyrer, and Kimberly Amaya Hernandez
Comparing 5Hz to 10Hz During Sprint Acceleration, Lena Perry and Erin Feser
Nourish Your Stress Away, Lena Perry, Olivia Mee, Madison Lincoln, and Elizabeth Godfrey
Exploring COVID-19 Mortality : An exploration of outside influences, Brady Pinter
The Effect of Crises in Polarization of Democracies, João Vítor M. Prado
Psychological Science: Who’s really in Charge? Popular Media’s Influences on Food Behavior, Chakuen W. Rambang, Amilya Bryant, Benjamin Ramer, and Delvin Porter
A Deeper Look into Enrique Granado’s “El majo discreto”, Sawyer Randall
The Mobilization of the Great Divide: Party Polarization's Influence on Voter Turnout, Maelyn Reyes
The Effects of Binaural Beats on Fatigue using Eye Movement, Raul Rodriguez-Calvillo
Unveiling the State of Loneliness: An Investigation of Loneliness Patterns in Generation Z Undergraduates Across Tennessee, Arwen Rolinitis, Alden Laborde, and Jordan Osborne
Baseball: On the Clock, Nathanael Rorie
The Effects of Various Visual Impairments on Balance and Coordination, Maddie Rowe, Ainsley Ambrose, Max Blessinger, and Niya McKinley
The Effect of Ethanol Treatment on the Protein Content of Difi Exosomes, Kenzie Rushing
Exploring the Intersection of Racial Demographics and Health Risks across U.S. Metropolitan Areas, Quinn Saleik
Sleep Quality in Post-Menopausal Women, Mia N. Sanchez-Guevara, TaMya McHaney, Sophie C. Grant, and Taylor Stinson
Analyzing Success Factors in First-Round Matches for Lower-Ranked Players in Professional Tennis, Gabriel Sardo
Can the Presence of Homeland Security Offices Reduce City Crime Rates Pre and Post 9/11?, Allison Sarkisian
Stress and Eye Movement in Different Visual Environments, Emma Rhea Sells, Maddie Wiseman, Hannah Walling, and Jenna Jemtrud
Apocalypta, Zoe A. Simpson
Analyzing Mex67 Interaction with the SSA4 Transcript for Selective Export, Gretchen E. Stalnaker and Rebecca Adams, PhD
The Southern Rural Voter’s Revenge: Political Change In an Era of Consistency, Lauren Stanfill
"Salir Adelante": Improving the Quality of School Physicals for MIgrant MInors, Jennifer Sternberg and Elizabeth Morse
Sleep Profile Study, Emily R. Stripling and Michael D. Oliver
Implementation of a Standardized Suicide Screening Process in a University Student Health Clinic: A Quality Improvement Project, Addie Grace Strong BSN, RN; Kathryn Dambrino DNP, APRN, FNP-BC; and R. David Phillippi PhD
Density = Destiny, Kim Paige Sullivan
Discerning the Origins of Polarisation, Nathan R. Sullivan
The Chicago Blues, Luke J. Sunderland
Playing it Sun Safe: A Quality Improvement Project, Sarah Tarr MSN, RN; Kathryn Dambrino DNP, RN; David Phillippi PhD; and Ashley Karpinos MD, MPH
Photography, Architecture, and Environment: An Architectural Analysis of Edward Ruscha’s 26 Gasoline Stations, Rebecca Tonguis
Health and Healthcare: Designing for the Social Determinants of Health and Blue Zones in North Nashville, Rebecca Tonguis, Honor Thomas, and Olivia Hobbs
Mutagenesis of conserved residues on Dbp5 structure and analysis of interaction with Nab2, Zeen s. Tovi and Rebecca Adams
Optimizing Purification of Gle1 for Future Analysis of Dbp5 ATPase activity, Allie Tyler
Impact of Religious Extremism on Government Stability, Jasmine Usmanova
Establishing a Biochemical System for the Purification and ATPase activity of GST-Dbp5, Sarah R. Utley, Rebecca L. Adams PhD, and Rachel E. Rigsby PhD
“The Role of Artificial Intelligence in the Pharmaceutical Field: Enhancing Therapeutic Outcomes and Repurposing through the Acceleration of Drug Discovery”, Tonivie Valeriano
Relationship Between Visible Conscientious Behaviors and Classic Big Five Measures, Andrew J. Wachtel, Jemma Jemtrud, Hannah Johnson, and Hannah Foley
Course Discourse: Reimagining Course Evaluations and Feedback, Andrea Walker, Katja Gehr, Gracie Allen, Sara-Lou Adams, Brooke Poirier, Greyson Gainey, Haven Ladd, Katerina Tkachenko, Braxton Lazarus, Bella Marquez, Nora Jones, Chase Lowery, and Paul Hanson
Making Waves: Water Flow and its Impacts on Locomotion of the X. laevis, Kennedy Warden and Sara Smith
"what is, as is", Raymarah Watson-Cunningham
Uprooting Inaccessibility: Growing Awareness and Efficacy for the Use of Health-Related Resources at a Nashville Nonprofit, Jules Webb, Abby E. Ray, and Caroline Driskell
HB 1844- Free Breakfast and Lunch Programs in Tennessee, Cora SM Williams, Bailee M. Walker, and Lynn D. Fawcett
Advancing Health Equity on Campus: A Minority Health Promotion Quality Improvement Initiative, Natasha Wilson, Elizabeth Morse, and Phillippi Phillippi
How Media Affects Health Decisions, Cassy Ziegler, Katherine Kenworthy, and Katharine Mattos
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
The Singer and Tongue Tension: The Effects of Tongue Tension on Singing and Recommendations for Remediation, Megan A. Calgaro
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
Center for the Study of Sacred Artifacts, Grace A. Capps
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
The Prevalence of ADHD among undergraduate students at Belmont University, Holly Eaves
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
