{"id":10741,"date":"2020-03-16T14:48:56","date_gmt":"2020-03-16T14:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/rasc24\/?page_id=10741"},"modified":"2024-05-17T15:32:30","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T15:32:30","slug":"graduate-oral-presentations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/rasc24\/graduate-oral-presentations\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate Oral Presentations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;66px|0px|0|0px|false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.2&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_divider _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; min_height=&#8221;156.8px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||-133px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_divider _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; min_height=&#8221;156.8px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||-133px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.2&#8243; min_height=&#8221;142.4px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center\">Oral &amp; Performance Presentations<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">This year, graduate and undergraduate students join group discussions in the <strong>UC on Wednesday, March 20.<\/strong> These discussions are moderated by a WCU faculty member and facilitate positive and collaborative conversations amongst peers and faculty. We will also hold performance presentations in the UC and Coulter Recital Hall.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: 0in;vertical-align: baseline\">[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_divider _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_3,1_3,1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Session 1<\/span><\/span><\/strong><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">9:00 am &#8211; 11:00 am<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">UC 212 &#8211; Dogwood Room<\/span><br \/><em><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Technology<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Moderator: Paul Yanik<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Session 2<\/span><\/span><\/strong><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">9:00 am &#8211; 12:00 p<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">m<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">UC 226 &#8211; Raleigh Room<\/span><br \/><em><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Science<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Moderators: Katherine Matthews, Rangika Koralege, and Joe Pechmann<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Session 3<\/span><\/span><\/strong><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">10:00 am &#8211; 12:00 pm<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">UC 215 &#8211; Catamount Room<\/span><br \/><em><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">English<\/span><\/em><br \/><em><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Moderator: Jonathan Bradshaw<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_4,1_4,1_4,1_4&#8243; 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1:30 pm<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">UC 226 &#8211; Raleigh Room<\/span><br \/><em><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">The Fraction Quartet<\/span><\/em><br \/><em><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Moderator: Andrew Adams<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Session 7<\/span><\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px\">1:00 pm &#8211; 3:00 pm<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px\">UC 215 &#8211; Catamount Room<\/span><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Social Sciences<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Moderator: Ben Steere<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_3,1_3,1_3&#8243; 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Reitz<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_divider _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-32px|auto||auto||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||12px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">Presentations By Session<\/h2>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; 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Physics<br \/>Faculty Sponsor: Channa De Silva\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Quantification and characterization of Larva64 primpol activity and endogenous protein-protein interactions<br \/><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Graduate Student: Hunter Bishop<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Degree Program: Chemistry<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><strong>Chronic Stress and Waterborne Hormone Analysis in Desmognathus monticola (Seal Salamanders) at the Buck Creek Serpentine Barrens<br \/><\/strong>Graduate Student: Matthew Zimmerman<br \/>Degree Program: Biology<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><strong>Overcoming knowledge shortfalls in South American fireflies: the case of a diurnal Photinus species from the Amazon rainforest<br \/><\/strong>Undergraduate Student: Nicole Carrillo Corujo<br \/>Presenting Department\/Program: Biology<br \/>Faculty Sponsor: Luiz Felipe Lima Da Silveira<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><strong>Evaluating the Effect of Co-polymer Composition on the Esterolytic Activity of Encapsulated Proteins<br \/><\/strong>Graduate Student: Reginald Hines<br \/>Degree Program: Chemistry<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><strong>The Diffusion of Limonene through Paraffin Wax Using FT-IR<br \/><\/strong>Undergraduate Student: Taylor Gregory<br \/>Secondary Authors: Morgan Higgins and Clarissa Mitchell<br \/>Presenting Department\/Program: Chemistry &amp; Physics<br \/>Faculty Sponsor: Scott Huffman\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=&#8221;Session 3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.2&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; toggle_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; open=&#8221;off&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h6>English<\/h6>\n<p><strong>A Retrospective of Shirley Jackson: A Legacy of Repression in a Queer Present<br \/><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Graduate Student: Daniel Acocella<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Degree Program: English<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><strong>Dualism, Not Dichotomy: Applying Cherokee War and Beloved Dualism to Linda Hogan\u2019s Power and LeAnne Howe\u2019s Shellshaker<br \/><\/strong>Graduate Student: Johnny Holloway<br \/>Degree Program: English<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><strong>Communicating Queerness through Set Design in 1990s Cinema<br \/><\/strong>Undergraduate Student: Molly Mayfield<br \/>Presenting Department\/Program: English Studies<br \/>Faculty Sponsor: Emily Naser-Hall<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><strong>A Lesson on Sexism: Saunder\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Unintentional Gender Discrimination in Liberation Day: Stories<br \/><\/strong>Undergraduate Student: Taleigh Verrault<br \/>Presenting Department\/Program: English Studies<br \/>Faculty Sponsor: Brian Railsback<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><strong>An Ethnographic-Sociolinguistic Approach to Vowel Breaking in Smalltown, NC<br \/><\/strong>Undergraduate Student: Wyatt Wilson<br \/>Presenting Department\/Program: English Studies<br \/>Faculty Sponsor: Erin Callahan<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=&#8221;Session 4&#8243; 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