Fredonia students participate in virtual research conference

The SUNY Undergraduate Research Conference (SURC) was held virtually on Friday, April 16, hosted by SUNY Old Westbury.

Once again, Fredonia was well represented at the conference.

Students from the departments of Biology, Communication, Communication Disorders and Sciences, English, Music, Politics and International Affairs, Psychology made presentations. For many, this was the culmination of their academic career.

Those who participated, their mentors, and their project titles include:

• Stephanie Berta of Eden; Dr. Joseph McFall of the Department of Psychology; “Emerging Adulthood and Interpersonal Transgressions;”
• Aleecea Denton of Fayetteville, N.C.; Dr. Jill Reese of the School of Music; “Creating Content to Support Diversity, Social Justice, and Social Emotional Learning in Early Childhood Music Classes;”
• Nicholas DiBerardino of Derby; Dr. Angela McGowan-Kirsch of the Department of Communication; “The Rhetorical Situation of the Granite Mountain Hotshots Memorial;”
• Mitchell Gleason of Ashville; Dr. Catherine Creeley of the Department of Psychology; “Gender, Socioeconomic Status and Political Ideologies;”
• Shannon Graham of Stony Brook; Dr. Gordon Root of the School of Music; “Explicating the Doppelganger in Schumann’s Early Piano Cycles;”
• MaryClaire Haseley of Lockport; Dr. Nicholas Quintyne of the Department of Biology; “Tagging centrin Genes with GFP using CRISPR-Cas9 via Homology Directed Repair;”
• Molly Hourihan of Elmira; Dr. McLoddy Kadyamusuma of the Department of Communication Disorders and Sciences; “The Effect of Traumatic Brain Injury on the Acquisition of Mild Cognitive Impairment and its Role in Word Retrieval;”
• Jordyn Lee of Canisteo; Dr. McGowan-Kirsch; “Rhetorical Situation Theory and Climate Strikes Analysis;”
• Alexander Mathewson of North Chili; Dr. Scott Ferguson of the Department of Biology; “Measuring Cap-Independent Translation of gurken by Transgenic Reporter Gene Analysis in Drosophila melanogaster;”
• Zoe Nelson of Gerry; Dr. Szu-Han Kay Chen of the Department of Communication Disorders and Sciences; “The Effects of Synthetic Speech Output on Augmentative and Alternative Communication Software in Language Performance;”
• Olivia Nguyen of Penfield, Lynda Croft of Syracuse, Cassidy Carter of Fairport and Brionna Emery of Fulton; Dr. Jack Croxton of the Department of Psychology; “Perception of Traits and Attitudes as a Function of Gender, Occupation, and Voter Behavior;”
• Julia Nicolosi of Webster; Dr. Chen; “The Relationship Between Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Usage and Narrative Application;”
• Colm Roster of LeRoy; Dr. Ferguson; “Determination of the Male Mating Frequency in Tenodera Sinensis Through Microsatellite Variation;”
• Thomas Sheffield of Ballston Spa; Dr. Jonathan Chausovsky of the Department of Politics and International Affairs; “Practical Insights on Parlour Games: The Viability of a Systematic Approach to Analyzing Modalities of Interpretation;”
• Abbigail Sokolofsky of Akron, N.Y.; Dr. McFall; “Establishing Adulthood: Confidence and Conceptions About Attaining Adulthood;”
• Emilee Stenson of Warsaw, N.Y.; Dr. Jeanette McVicker of the Department of English; “Woolf, Grief and Medicine;"
• Sudi Wang of Beijing, China; Dr. Jonathan Titus of the Department of Biology; “How Does the Non-native Invasive Periwinkle (Vinca minor) Outcompete Native Species?;"
• And, Vaneiqua Wilson of Jamaica, N.Y., Dr. Chen; “Augmentative and Alternative Communication Performance: The Effects of Word Navigation.”