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Education

Education

08:30 AM to 10:00 AM
Irwin Library 3rd Floor
Fighting for America's Kids: A Discussion on K-12 Teacher Tenure
Nicholas Huang Butler University
Faculty Sponsor(s):
Jason Lantzer Butler University
How Multiple Facets of Non-Parental Care Impact Children’s Socioemotional Readiness
Lydia Egan Ball State University
Faculty Sponsor(s):
Jill Walls Ball State University
Poster Presentation

Education 1

09:00 AM to 10:15 AM
Jordan Hall 174
09:00 AM
Close Reading, Historical Thinking, and Text-Based Writing Using Secondary Sources
Rachel Snyder Eastern Illinois University
Faculty Sponsor(s):
John Bickford
Faculty Sponsor(s): III
Eastern Illinois University
09:15 AM
Around the World in 180 Days: A Case for Translated Works in the Classroom
Brooke Foote Grace College
Faculty Sponsor(s):
Paulette Sauders Grace College
09:30 AM
Governmental Funding of K-12 Arts Programs
Elizabeth Abbick Butler University
Faculty Sponsor(s):
Derek Reid Butler University
09:45 AM
Legend Lost: Exploring Mathematical Concepts Through Gaming
Zach Wild Indiana Wesleyan University, Dylan Stai Indiana Wesleyan University, Ethan Richards Indiana Wesleyan University
Faculty Sponsor(s):
Joe Hoffert Indiana Wesleyan University, Chris Devers Indiana Wesleyan University
10:00 AM
Medical Visualization Applied to Anthropologic Education
Arielle Payne Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Faculty Sponsor(s):
Jeremy Wilson Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Oral Presentation

Education 2

10:30 AM to 11:45 AM
Jordan Hall 174
10:30 AM
Evaluating the Quality of Peer-generated Artefacts when Using Web2.0 Computer-supported Collaborative Communities in Large Enrollment Freshman Chemistry Courses
Yanying Chen Purdue University West Lafayette
Faculty Sponsor(s):
George Bodner Purdue University West Lafayette, Christopher Randles Purdue University West Lafayette
10:45 AM
Understanding the ‘Quality’ of Peer-to-peer Computer-supported Collaborative Communities in Undergraduate Science Students Studying Freshman Chemistry
Holly Riggle Purdue University West Lafayette
Faculty Sponsor(s):
George Bodner Purdue University West Lafayette, Chris Randles Purdue University West Lafayette
11:00 AM
Young, New, Hoosier: Refugee Students in Indy Classrooms
Grace Albertson Marian University
Faculty Sponsor(s):
Pierre Atlas Marian University
11:15 AM
What is Fair? Case Study and Analysis of Second Language Acquisition and Assessment
Hannah Turk Illinois College
Faculty Sponsor(s):
Steven Gardner Illinois College, Diana Grullon-Garcia Illinois College, Amy Schwiderski Illinois College
Oral Presentation

English Literature & Creative Writing

English Literature & Creative Writing 2 Landscapes of the Physical, Mental, and Critical
09:00 AM to 10:15 AM
Jordan Hall 303
09:00 AM
American Literary Naturalism in H. P. Lovecraft
Brett DeWitt Butler University
Faculty Sponsor(s):
Brynnar Swenson Butler University
09:15 AM
Narrators of Change: a Contemporary Study of Patrisse Kahn-Cullors, Malala Yousafazai, and Emma Watson
Evan Davis Butler University
Faculty Sponsor(s):
Brynnar Swenson Butler University
09:30 AM
On Fungi, Future, and Feminism: An Ecofeminist Analysis of M.R. Carey's "The Girl with All the Gifts"
Leah Heim Ball State University
Faculty Sponsor(s):
Adam Beach Ball State University
09:45 AM
Through Their Eyes: Exploring Severe Mental Illness through Short Stories
Emily Adkins Eastern Kentucky University
Faculty Sponsor(s):
Carter Sickels Eastern Kentucky University
Oral Presentation

English Literature & Creative Writing 1 Horrors of Many Stripes
09:00 AM to 10:15 AM
Jordan Hall 305
09:00 AM
Characterizing Evil through Physical Transformation in Milton’s and Lewis’ Fiction
Olivia Richardson Houghton College
Faculty Sponsor(s):
Laurie Dashnau Houghton College
09:15 AM
Inherited Consequences: The Effects of the War on Bosnian Young People Born after the War
Brooke Regier Purdue University Northwest
Faculty Sponsor(s):
Heather Fielding Purdue University Northwest
09:30 AM
Killing the Youth, Battle Royale and the Politics of Generational Warfare
Heather Atkins Butler University
Faculty Sponsor(s):
Elise Edwards Butler University
09:45 AM
Speaking about the Unspeakable: Sexual Violence in Young Adult Literature
Lydia Gard Grace College
Faculty Sponsor(s):
Paulette Sauders Grace College
Oral Presentation

English Literature & Creative Writing 3 Ecocritical Interrogations
10:30 AM to 11:45 AM
Jordan Hall 305
10:30 AM
The Digital Literature Review
Leah Heim Ball State University, Bailey Shrewsbury Ball State University, Katie Garrett Ball State University, Audrey Bowers Ball State University
Faculty Sponsor(s):
Adam Beach Ball State University
10:45 AM
The Dystopian Novel and Human Nature
Sarah Madden Houghton College
Faculty Sponsor(s):
Laurie Dashnau Houghton College
11:00 AM
The Evolution of Membership: Community and Ecology in Wendell Berry and Barbara Kingsolver
Sarah Vande Brake Houghton College
Faculty Sponsor(s):
Laurie Dashnau Houghton College
Oral Presentation

English Literature & Creative Writing 4 Potpourri: British Literature and Critical Theory
01:30 PM to 02:45 PM
Jordan Hall 305
01:30 PM
Narrative Technique in the Works of the Pearl Poet
Karl Agger Butler University
Faculty Sponsor(s):
William Watts Butler University
01:45 PM
Praxis of the Theory of Poetry as Philosophy
Max Bruns Xavier University
Faculty Sponsor(s):
Thomas Strunk Xavier University
02:00 PM
The Taylor MacDonald Hamlet Manuscript: A Project of Descriptive and Interpretive Bibliographic Scholarship
Kendra Smalley Taylor University, Kaylen Dwyer Taylor University
Faculty Sponsor(s):
Joe Ricke Taylor University, Ashley Chu Taylor University
Oral Presentation

English Literature & Creative Writing

02:30 PM to 04:00 PM
Irwin Library 2nd Floor
Learning to Walk on My Own: A Journey of Following Footsteps Through Europe
Julia Robben Ball State University
Faculty Sponsor(s):
Elizabeth Dalton Ball State University
Research and Design of a Youth Writing Camp at Taylor University: WORDshop 2018
Hannah Perry Taylor University, Hillary Foreman Taylor University, Camy Hanna Taylor University
Faculty Sponsor(s):
Carie King Taylor University
The Post is Female
Megan Schillereff Ball State University
Faculty Sponsor(s):
Adam Beach Ball State University
The Research and Design of a Writing Camp at Taylor University: WORDshop 2018
Hannah Perry Taylor University, Hillary Foreman Taylor University, Camy Hanna Taylor University
Faculty Sponsor(s):
Carie King Taylor University
Zombies, Race, and Misinformation in "Men Against Fire"
Nick Smith Ball State University
Faculty Sponsor(s):
Adam Beach Ball State University
Poster Presentation

English Literature & Creative Writing 5 American Literature
03:00 PM to 04:15 PM
Jordan Hall 305
03:00 PM
Anxiously Awaiting: Exploring the Stigma Surrounding Mental Illness in Rural America through a Fiction Novella
Alex Bartlow Butler University
Faculty Sponsor(s):
James Keating Butler University
03:15 PM
Whirling Atoms: Continuity and Distortion in Edith Wharton's Fiction
Rachel Zimmerman Houghton College
Faculty Sponsor(s):
Laurie Dashnau Houghton College
03:30 PM
“A Wooden Part of Her Soul”: Disability in Flannery O’Connor’s Short Stories
Stuart Mullet Grace College
Faculty Sponsor(s):
Paulette Sauders Grace College
03:45 PM
“While the imagination strains / after deer”: William Carlos Williams’ Interrogations of the American Transcendental Imagination and the Proto-Suburban Scene
Tyler Wagner Butler University
Faculty Sponsor(s):
Brynnar Swenson Butler University
Oral Presentation

Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies

Gender, Women, & Sexuality Studies

02:30 PM to 04:00 PM
Irwin Library 2nd Floor
Poster Presentation