WHEELING, W.Va. - Wheeling Jesuit University has announced the winners of the 14th Annual Student Research and Scholarship Symposium, held on Tuesday, April 16th.

During the Symposium, over 100 students presented research findings, culminating months of study and preparation. Winners were announced in eight separate categories: Humanities; English, Communications, and Fine Arts; Natural and Physical Sciences; Social and Behavioral Sciences; and Information Science, Computer Science, Technology, and Mathematics. An award was also given to the winning design for the Symposium Program Cover.

A panel of faculty judges chose winners based on the quality of the presentation and overall body of work.

The Symposium winners are listed below.


RESEARCH & SCHOLARSHIP SYMPOSIUM WINNERS

SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM COVER DESIGN

Rebecca Olsavsky

HUMANITIES ORAL PRESENTATIONS

Emily Amos [Rutherford] - Ravensbruck: The Dual Suppression and Exploitation of Women

ENGLISH, COMMUNICATIONS AND FINE ARTS PRESENTATIONS

Jayla Speece [Voorhees] - The American Dream Girl

Brynne Jewell [Scanlon] - Tourette Syndrome Awareness Campaign

NATURAL, PHYSICAL, AND HEALTH SCIENCES ORAL PRESENTATIONS

Cassandra Crithfield [Coffield and Duffy] - Analysis of the thermal Decomposition of Several Cis-dicarbonylbis(diorganodithiocarbamato)iron(II) Complexes

Vera Filatova [Shurina] - AFAP-110 as a Prognostic Biomarker for Prostate Cancer

SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES ORAL PRESENTATIONS

Michael Little [Driscoll] - The Effectiveness of Aftercare in Terms of Juvenile Recidivism

INFORMATION SCIENCE, COMPUTER SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MATHEMATICS PRESENTATIONS

Cody Skonecy [Plunkett] - Computer Club Egg Hunt: Applying Existing Technology to Build an Automated Text Messaging System

NATURAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES POSTERS

Erin Metzger [Railing] - The synthesis of unique amines

Giovanna Bonasso [Cook] - Analysis of coral reef health at six dive sites in the Caribbean

HEALTH SCIENCES POSTERS

Eric Knuth [Emmerth] - What are the effects of mindfulness meditation on test-taking anxiety of the senior Respiratory Therapy class?

Jenna Gleason [George] - What is the public's perception of ionizing radiation as used in diagnostic imaging?

SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES POSTERS

Sierra Moore and Patrick Dwyer [Raudenbush] - Effects of 5á-ANDROST-16-EN-3á-OL scent administration on gambling behavior in males

Killeen Schlegel; Kristin Custer, Kelsey Leach, Justin Amos, Ryan Naumann and Lucas Lemasters [Hull] - The effects of color and sex on job candidate suitability

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Photo Caption: Brynne Jewell recieves award for her Tourette Syndrome Awareness Campaign