Poster & Concurrent Session Schedule
Poster Session
8:00-8:50am
Multipurpose Room (UC 232)
Poster 1: Vitoria Domingues, Correlating Reported Influenza Vaccine History with Current Vaccine Knowledge and Attitudes Among a Group of Pre-Nursing Students
Poster 2: Nico Markle, Race and Superfund Sites in North and South Carolina: A Geospatial Analysis of Environmental Injustice
Poster 3: Trinity Pittman, Serverless Data Flow Integrity Focusing on Database Operations
Poster 4: Jake Bonafede, Dangers of misleading statistics among Native Americans
Poster 5: Reagan Brown, The Letter of Navigating the Complexities of Public Administration
Poster 6: Michaela Lantz, Investigating the biphasic activity of ferulic acid in ovarian cancer
Poster 7: Parker Metlick, Ethical Use of AI in Communication and Public Relations
Poster 8: Philip Cressler, Western Gods on the East Coast (virtual presenter)
Poster 9: Jessica Jacob, Fruit Consumption, Species Diversity, and Neophobia in Wild Panamanian White-Faced Capuchin Monkeys (Cebus imitator) (virtual presenter)
Concurrent Session 1
9:30-10:30am
Dogwood Room (UC 212)
Presenter 1: Molly Mayfield, Communicating Queerness through Set Design in 1990s Cinema
Presenter 2: Hestia Beltran Bamaca, The Satanic Panic and The Battle of Media Censorship
Catamount Room (UC 215)
Presenter 1: Jordan Hicks, Steinbeck and the “-ologies”: Psychology, Biology, Physiology, and the Power of Animals in All Three
Presenter 2: Lakota “Wyatt” Wilson, Finding Two Veterans: An Explication of Natasha Tretheway’s “Again, the Fields”
Presenter 3: Brynne Sawyer, Lasting Impacts of Natural Disasters in Denis Johnson’s Train Dreams and Ariel Francisco’s A Sinking Ship is Still a Ship
Cardinal Room (UC 214)
Presenter 1: Lily Haney, Native American Voices: The Impact of Native Americans on the Proclamation of 1763 and the Roots of Rebellion
Presenter 2: Amanda Sanchez, Uncovering Lost Knowledge of Pre-Contact Native American Cultures
Presenter 3: Jackson Adams, Standing Stereotypes at the Supreme Court: The Misrecognition and Dehumanized Portrayals of Native Americans in the Law and its Resistance in Film
Raleigh Room (UC 226)
Presenter 1: Jackson Futch, A Critique of Radical Democracy and a Movement Towards Poststructuralist Anarchism
Presenter 2: Mykala Anderson, Shaping our Perspectives: How Media Affects Climate Change
Presenter 3: Kevin Paul Rojas Aguiar, A Bright Future for Humanity in Gene Editing
Saluda Room (UC 321)
Presenter 1: Elizabeth Pennell, “Building Bridges”: Connecting the WCU Honors Community for Over 25 Years
Presenter 2: Amyra Dial and Arabella Warthin, Joy of Christmas – Mini-Grant Reflection
Presenter 3: Emma Roy, Le Cinema de Francais: The Process of Completing and Reflecting on a Creative Project in Foreign Language Within the Honors Experience
Tuckaseegee Room (UC 138)
Virtual Room
Presenter 1: David Diaz, Children’s Exposure to Gratitude Through Read-Aloud Books
Presenter 2: Gabriela Rivera, Passion 4 Paws
Presenter 3: Sophia Rosenberg, Creating “Paradise”: Passport Bros and Constructing Eastern Europe As “Other”
Nantahala Room (UC 344)
Faculty/Staff Presentations
Presenter 1: Eric Toler and Angela Bolte, Honors in the Here & Now: The Evolution from International to Global Honors at Lloyd International Honors College
Presenter 2: Lori Oxford, Celebrating Global Experiences with the Honors Global Symposium
Concurrent Session 2
10:40-11:40am
Dogwood Room (UC 212)
Presenter 1: Carson Doyle, The Power of Place in Living Systems
Presenter 2: Isabella Barger, Appalachian Flooding
Presenter 3: Chantell Chavez, Where Do We Hang Out: A Look into Third Places in the United States
Catamount Room (UC 215)
Presenter 1: Priyanka Kumari, Treating and Curing Non-Hodgkin and Hodgkin Lymphoma
Presenter 2: Faith Blom, Life Beyond Earth: How NASA is Growing Food in Space
Presenter 3: Mingyeong Jeong, Endangered Species of the Ocean and The Importance of Biodiversity
Cardinal Room (UC 214)
Presenter 1: Lydia Basham, The Necessity of a Common Vernacular Bible
Presenter 2: Cierra Lail, Hypostatic Union: Navigating Faith and Reason in the Evolution of Modern Culture
Presenter 3: Harrison Walser, The Priesthood of All Believers: The Influence of Luther’s “Common Priesthood” on Today’s Small Group Movement
Raleigh Room (UC 226)
Presenter 1: Laurel Keasler, Making Waves: Exploring the Discourse Community of Swimming
Presenter 2: Itala Flores, The Cost of Fast Fashion: Environmental and Social Impact
Presenter 3: Reuben Evans, Housing in the Here and Now
Saluda Room (UC 321)
Presenter 1: Stacey Roberts, The Importance of Mental Health Awareness for North Carolina Residents
Presenter 2: Abby Hilton, Progressive Institutional Change: Hiring Individuals with Disabilities
Presenter 3: Daniel Ramirez, Bridging the Gap: Financial Strategies to Address Wealth Disparity in North Carolina
Nantahala Room (UC 344)
Faculty/Staff Presentations
Presenter 1: Robert Turpin, Envisioning a Place-Based Education in the Appalachian Mountains
Presenter 2: Emily Sharpe, Brinson Honors College Advising Model
Presenter 3: Colin Townsend, Honors Contracts and Assessment
UC Theatre (UC 315)
Presenter 1: Withdrawn
Presenter 2: Mariam Idris, The Science and Art of Joy
Presenter 3: Tiffany Zamora, A Paradise for Predation: A Sociological Examination of Solid Rock Church as a Microcosm of Religious Abuse
Alphabetical List of Presenters
| Jackson | Adams | Appalachian State University – Honors College | Standing Stereotypes at the Supreme Court: The Misrecognition and Dehumanized Portrayals of Native Americans in the Law and its Resistance in Film |
| Mykala | Anderson | Western Carolina University | Shaping our Perspectives: How Media Affects Climate Change |
| Isabella | Barger | Western Carolina University | Appalachian Flooding |
| Hestia | Beltran Bamaca | Catawba College | The Satanic Panic and The Battle of Media Censorship |
| Faith | Blom | Central Piedmont Community College | Life Beyond Earth: How NASA is Growing Food in Space |
| Jake | Bonafede | Western Carolina University | Dangers of misleading statistics among Native Americans |
| Reagan | Brown | Catawba College | The Letter of Navigating the Complexities of Public Administration |
| Chantell | Chavez | Central Piedmont Community College | Where Do We Hang Out: A Look into Third Places in the United States |
| Philip | Cressler | UNC Greensboro | Western Gods on the East Coast |
| Amyra | Dial | Western Carolina University | Joy of Christmas – Mini-Grant Reflection |
| David | Diaz | University of North Carolina Wilmington | Children’s Exposure to Gratitude Through Read-Aloud Books |
| Vitoria | Domingues | Western Carolina University | Correlating Reported Influenza Vaccine History with Current Vaccine Knowledge and Attitudes Among a Group of Pre-Nursing Students |
| Carson | Doyle | Western Carolina University | The Power of Place in Living Systems |
| Reuben | Evans | Central Piedmont Community College | Housing in the Here and Now |
| Itala | Flores | Central Piedmont Community College | The Cost of Fast Fashion: Environmental and Social Impact |
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Futch | Appalachian State University | A Critique of Radical Democracy and a Movement Towards Poststructuralist Anarchism |
| Lillian | Haney | Western Carolina University | Native American Voices: The Impact of Native Americans on the Proclamation of 1763 and the Roots of Rebellion |
| Jordan | Hicks | Western Carolina University | Steinbeck and the “-ologies”: Psychology, Biology, Physiology, and the Power of Animals in All Three |
| Abby | Hilton | Catawba College | Progressive Institutional Change: Hiring Individuals with Disabilities |
| Mariam | Idris | Central Piedmont Community College | The Science and Art of Joy |
| Jessica | Jacob | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | Fruit Consumption, Species Diversity, and Neophobia in Wild Panamanian White-Faced Capuchin Monkeys (Cebus imitator) |
| Mingyeong | Jeong | Central Piedmont Community College | Endangered Species of the Ocean and The Importance of Biodiversity |
| Laurel | Keasler | Catawba College | Making Waves: Exploring the Discourse Community of Swimming |
| Priyanka | Kumari | Central Piedmont Community College | Treating and Curing Non-Hodgkin and Hodgkin Lymphoma |
| Michaela | Lantz | Catawba College | Investigating the biphasic activity of ferulic acid in ovarian cancer |
| Nico | Markle | Western Carolina University | Race and Superfund Sites in North and South Carolina: A Geospatial Analysis of Environmental Injustice |
| Molly | Mayfield | Western Carolina University | Communicating Queerness through Set Design in 1990s Cinema |
| Parker | Metlick | Western Carolina University | Ethical Use of AI in Communication and Public Relations |
| Elizabeth | Pennell | Western Carolina University | “Building Bridges”: Connecting the WCU Honors Community for Over 25 Years |
| Trinity | Pittman | Western Carolina University | Serverless Data Flow Integrity Focusing on Database Operations |
| Daniel | Ramirez | Central Piedmont Community College | Bridging the Gap: Financial Strategies to Address Wealth Disparity in North Carolina |
| Gabriela | Rivera | Wayne Community College | Passion 4 Paws |
| Stacey | Roberts | Central Piedmont Community College | The Importance of Mental Health Awareness for North Carolina Residents |
| Kevin Paul | Rojas Aguiar | Central Piedmont Community College | A Bright Future for Humanity in Gene Editing |
| Sophia | Rosenberg | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | Creating “Paradise”: Passport Bros and Constructing Eastern Europe As ‚ÄúOther‚Äù |
| Emma | Roy | Western Carolina University | Le Cinema de Francais: The Process of Completing and Reflecting on a Creative Project in Foreign Language Within the Honors Experience |
| Amanda | Sanchez | Central Piedmont Community College | Uncovering Lost Knowledge of Pre-Columbian Native American Cultures |
| Amanda | Sanchez | Central Piedmont Community College | Uncovering Lost Knowledge of Pre-Contact Native American Cultures |
| Brynne | Sawyer | Western Carolina University | Lasting Impacts of Natural Disasters in Denis Johnson’s Train Dreams and Ariel Francisco’s A Sinking Ship is Still a Ship |
| Emily | Sharpe | Western Carolina University | Brinson Honors College Advising Model |
| Eric | Toler | UNC Greensboro | Honors in the Here & Now: The Evolution from International to Global Honors at Lloyd International Honors College |
| Robert | Turpin | Lees-McRae College | Envisioning a Place-Based Education in the Appalachian Mountains |
| Lakota “Wyatt” | Wilson | Western Carolina University | Finding Two Veterans: An Explication of Natasha Tretheway’s “Again, the Fields” |
| Peter | Yoder | Montreat College | |
| Tiffany | Zamora | Central Piedmont Community College | A Paradise for Predation: A Sociological Examination of Solid Rock Church as a Microcosm of Religious Abuse |