The 2014 McNair Symposium will be at WSU June 4-6th. Ten scholars will be presenting their research on a variety of topics. Come see what our scholars have spent many hours working on!
2014
McNair Symposium Program Schedule
Wednesday, June 04, 2014
Psychology
CUE 407
9:00 AM Attitudes About and Willingness to Seek Professional Mental Health Services: A Look into
Whether Military Culture Effects Perceptions of Mental Health
Services
Antonio
Martinez Tlatenchi, Clinical Psychology
Faculty
Mentor: Dr. Niels Nielsen, Psychology
9:30 AM Relationship between Leadership and Resiliency and the
Moderating Effect of Proactive Personality: Implications on Disadvantaged
Populations
Shanee Wimberly, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Dr. John Kalu Osiri, Management Information Systems
10:00 AM The effect of Parental Control on Young Adults Shoplifting Behavior
Maria Guadalupe Orozco, Criminal Justice; Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jennifer Schwartz, Sociology
Thursday, June 05, 2014
Social Sciences: Humanities, Education, History
CUE 407
9:00 AM Effective Language Revitalization Programs used within Salish Speaking Communities, with an insight of the connection between Culture to Language
Tillie Torpey, Linguistics
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Paula Price, Education
9:30 AM The American White Racial Frame Effect on Atro-Cubans' Racial Location in Post-Cuban Revolution Cuba
Christina Sessoms, International Politics; Comparative Ethnic Studies
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Lisa Guerrero, Critical Cultural, Gender, and Race Studies
10:15 AM The Internet, Human Rights, and Concentrated Poverty
Maria Rebeca Orozco, Criminal Justice; Spanish
Faculty Mentor: Dr. David Makin, Criminal Justice and Criminology
10:45 AM "In the Name of the State": Bonapartism and the Foreign Policy of the Second French Empire
Brian Cieslak, History
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Steven Kale, History
Friday, June 06, 2014
STEM and Health Related Topics
Lighty 260 Conference Room
9:00 AM The Effects of Stored Donated Blood on Recipients
Melissa Tilley, Animal Science
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Tandi Ngwenyama, Veterinary Clinic Science
9:30 AM Blogging to Communicate the Effects of Adolescent Pregnancy
Tia Sonesouphab, Nursing
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Donna Holmes, Biology
10:00 AM Investigating the Role of Leptin in Limb Regeneration of Xenopus Laevis
Kayla Titialii, Zoology
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Erica Crespi, Biology
2014
McNair Symposium Program Schedule
Wednesday, June 04, 2014
Psychology
CUE 407
9:00 AM Attitudes About and Willingness to Seek Professional Mental Health Services: A Look into
Whether Military Culture Effects Perceptions of Mental Health
Services
Antonio
Martinez Tlatenchi, Clinical Psychology
Faculty
Mentor: Dr. Niels Nielsen, Psychology
9:30 AM Relationship between Leadership and Resiliency and the
Moderating Effect of Proactive Personality: Implications on Disadvantaged
Populations
Shanee Wimberly, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Dr. John Kalu Osiri, Management Information Systems
10:00 AM The effect of Parental Control on Young Adults Shoplifting Behavior
Maria Guadalupe Orozco, Criminal Justice; Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jennifer Schwartz, Sociology
Thursday, June 05, 2014
Social Sciences: Humanities, Education, History
CUE 407
9:00 AM Effective Language Revitalization Programs used within Salish Speaking Communities, with an insight of the connection between Culture to Language
Tillie Torpey, Linguistics
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Paula Price, Education
9:30 AM The American White Racial Frame Effect on Atro-Cubans' Racial Location in Post-Cuban Revolution Cuba
Christina Sessoms, International Politics; Comparative Ethnic Studies
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Lisa Guerrero, Critical Cultural, Gender, and Race Studies
10:15 AM The Internet, Human Rights, and Concentrated Poverty
Maria Rebeca Orozco, Criminal Justice; Spanish
Faculty Mentor: Dr. David Makin, Criminal Justice and Criminology
10:45 AM "In the Name of the State": Bonapartism and the Foreign Policy of the Second French Empire
Brian Cieslak, History
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Steven Kale, History
Friday, June 06, 2014
STEM and Health Related Topics
Lighty 260 Conference Room
9:00 AM The Effects of Stored Donated Blood on Recipients
Melissa Tilley, Animal Science
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Tandi Ngwenyama, Veterinary Clinic Science
9:30 AM Blogging to Communicate the Effects of Adolescent Pregnancy
Tia Sonesouphab, Nursing
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Donna Holmes, Biology
10:00 AM Investigating the Role of Leptin in Limb Regeneration of Xenopus Laevis
Kayla Titialii, Zoology
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Erica Crespi, Biology