Belmont University Research Symposium (BURS)
Submissions from 2023
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
Find the Key to Discovery with Viola Spolin, Deven Ferrer
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
Richard King: From Rags to Ranching, Kaileigh S. Freeman
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
Public Relations Original Case Study: Shein Brand Trip Backlash, Isabel Hodell and Lauren Letts
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
I Was Crazy Once: An Examination of Elizabethan Insanity in Shakespeare’s Work, Hope L. Kobus
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
Designing To Build A Stronger Community: Graphical User Interface Design Influence on Social Connectedness Among College Students, Madison Novak, Asher Hunt, and Jackson Coleman
Judging Availability Heuristic and Bias within Groups, Eliza Oakley
Relationships Among Social and Nonsocial Use of Instagram, Social Anxiety, Neuroticism and Extraversion, Timothy Oakley, Kaylee Franzen, Alex Becker, Emily Tobolski, and Waldron Collins
Psychology: Mood Induction through Color Priming, Hannah Orndorff, Gabriella Gonzalez, Jada Rolston, and Rowie Profozich
African American Fashion Legacies, Yasmeen Orozco
Methods of Generative Audio Synthesis, Max Ortner and Scott Hawley
Romantic and Victorian Era: Fashion Reimagined, Sara E. Pacheco
Psychology: Exploration of Interacting Group Identities, Devanee Pappas
Photoactivatable Probes Reveal Structural Information Between InfluenzaA NP1 and Host mRNA Export Factors, Komal Patel, Bradley Clarke PhD, and Yi Ren PhD
Perceptions of Political Violence, Trisha Patel, Andrew Wachtel, and Cameron N. Smith
No Sex for Me: Female Influence and Power Through the Lens of Hrotsvitha, Madison Patoto
Do Our Eyes Deceive Us?: Polarization and the American Electorate, Lukus Perry
Central Appalachian Poverty, Jaelyn Phillips
Developing a Robust Protocol for the Isolation of Novel B. Subtilis Bacteriophages, Johnson Phung and Rebecca Adams PhD
Face Recollection and Expressive Emotional Identification Moderated by Music Tempo, Rowie Profozich, Kayla Colley, Ivy Huesmann, Lilly Rogers, and Timothy Schoenfeld PhD
Cellular Supplements as a Potential Therapeutic for Riboflavin Transporter Deficiency, Lauren Pryor and Felicity Sterling
Pangaea: Designing a Human Community on Mars, Jennifer Ray, Giulia Ware, and Alyssa Tabor
The International Monetary Fund’s Success in Developing Countries, Stephanie V. RazoArreola
Party Alignment on Gun Laws: Urban v.s. Rural, Roz Rozner
The Rise of Private Military Companies, Kaelinn Sabline-McCullough
Expanding the Resource Directory for Immigrant and Refugee Communities at The Branch, Nardien Sadik, anahita mohammadkhah, Sumaya Muhamed, and Kaylie Moss
Examining the Effect of Financial Strain on GPA in College Students, Dayanara S. Sanchez-Nunez
Analysis of SSA4 Reporter Expression by Q-PCR, Susveen Sharanshi and Rebecca Adams
"1984" Apple Commercial, Eloise Sharkey
Improving Nonprofit Volunteer Experience at The Branch of Nashville, Pria Sharma, Anna Catherine Markham, Isaac Wetzel, Allison Sarkisian, and Justin Harms
Exploring the Impact of Diabetic Medications, Kanu Shetkar
Examining Transitional Justice Mechanisms and the Efforts to Find Justice Post-Conflict, Kendall Smoke
Measuring the Effect of Negative Political Advertising on Voter Turnout, Will Sosna
Hear Here: Emotional Laterality can also be probed by auditory words, Prathyusha Gowri Srinivasan, John M. Anderson, and Michael Oliver
Analyzing Mex67 Interaction with the SSA4 Transcript for Selective Export, Gretchen E. Stalnaker and Rebecca Adams
Finding Community Through Food, Lauren Stanfill, Rosalie Risk, Lauralee Hurst, and Julie Reneslacis
A Modern Twist Based on the 17th Century and Victorian Era, Kenzie Styles
From Concrete Jungles to Hemp Sanctuaries: The Rise of Sustainable Building Practices, Kim Paige Sullivan
The Impact of Technology on Politics, Skylar Sullivan
Extending Immunity for Drug Overdoses, Dixie R. Tabet, Maggie G. Spadaro, and Kaylie E. Moss
