Select Titles from the 4th Annual Morningside College Palmer Student Research Symposium

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The Master of French Mélodie: Gabriel Fauré’s Three Musical Periods

Britt Gebhardt (Sponsor: Dr. Gail Dooley)

Negative Political Advertising and its Impact on Voters

Nicole Cleveland (Sponsor: Dr. Mark Heistad)

The Party Press in America vs. Contemporary United States Press

Ashley Lewis (Sponsor: Dr. Mark Heistad)

Self-Esteem and Self-Compassion

Sharona Ernst (Sponsor: Dr. Jack Hill)

Latin America in the Twenty-First Century:  Panel 1

Katie Kotlik, Erin Freml, Veronica Vazquez (Sponsor:  Dr. Gail Ament)

Latin America in the Twenty-First Century:  Panel 2

Kari Skalisky, Tiffnee Hummel, Andrea Collier (Sponsor:  Dr. Gail Ament)

Identification and Cloning of the Putative Redox Sensing Regulator RpiR from Staphylococcus aureus

Jennifer Nelson (Sponsor: Dr. Jane Hey)

Paternal Influence on Child Development and Attachment

Amy Hecht (Sponsor: Dr. Jack Hill)

The Influence of Video Game Playing on Gender Roles and Hypermasculinity

A. Joelle Stout (Sponsor: Dr. Susan Burns)

The Effects of Sleep Deprivation on Students’ Ability to Perform Complex Tasks

Jen Ball (Sponsor: Dr. Susan Burns)

Psychotherapy or Psychopharmacology vs. a Combined Approach for Treating Depression

Kelly Pulatie (Sponsor: Dr. Jack Hill)

Physical Activity vs. Amount of Sleep Received

Katie Bowen (Sponsor: Dr. John Pinto)

The Use of Computer Simulation to Model the Effects of Climate Change on Competing Plant Species

Danny Vennerberg (Sponsor: Dr. Gary Turner)

Framing the Story: How the Media can Influence Foreign Policy Decision Making

Dana Rossmeier (Sponsor: Dr. Ross Fuglsang)

A New Type of Terrorist Reaction: From Aum Shrinriyko to Al Quada

Ashley Lewis (Sponsor: Dr. Greg Guelcher)

The Role of Human Sacrifice in the Spanish Conquest of the Aztecs

Cassandra Peck (Sponsor: Dr. Shelley Wiley)

Relationships in the Making

Ashley Brewer (Sponsor: Dr. John Pinto)

Sleep and GPA

Bryan Fink (Sponsor: Dr. John Pinto)

Risky Business and What it Says About You

Nikki Kranz (Sponsor:  Dr. Susan Burns)

Money, Brains, or Beauty…You Decide

Brandi Shipler (Sponsor: Dr. John Pinto)

The Effects of Children’s Books on Cueing Gender Stereotypes

Jaclyn Buttermore (Sponsor: Dr. Susan Burns)

The Effect of Tobacco Use on Perceived Stress of Life Experiences

K.C. Steele (Sponsor: Dr. John Pinto)

Alcohol, Nicotine, and Marijuana – Gateway Theory

Betsy Ingenthron (Sponsor: Dr. Jack Hill)

Jessie’s Rational Choice

Alisha Willey (Sponsor: Dr. Marty Knepper)

From Hollywood to Broadway and Back: How Much is Too Much?

Jesse Pick (Sponsor: Dr. Marty Knepper)

The Sound of Music: History Becomes Drama

Sabrina Higgins (Sponsor: Dr. Marty Knepper)

The Phantom of the Opera: On Stage and On Film

Sarah Landis (Sponsor: Dr. Marty Knepper)

Oral Health Care: Promotion and Prevention for Preschool Children Living in Woodbury County

Whitney McElrath, Stephanie Loeschen (Sponsor: Jackie Barber)

The Length of Coping Following Relationship Dissolution

Jerry Young (Sponsor: Dr. John Pinto)

Drug Use Devastation: An Examination of the Influence of Drug Use on Hopelessness and Relationship Experiences

Brandi Shipler (Sponsor: Dr. Susan Burns)

Does Attendance Make the Grade?

A. Joelle Stout (Sponsor: Dr. John Pinto)

Memory, Schema and Age: What Does Psychology Have to Do with Eyewitness Testimony?

Amber Clausen (Sponsor: Dr. Larry Sensenig)

Medias Influence on Aggressive Behavior in College Students

Shawn Robinson (Sponsor: Dr. John Pinto)

No Liberty in Sport?

Trent Allen (Sponsor: Dr. Heather Reid)

Sports: Opiate to the Masses

Austin Granzow (Sponsor: Dr. Heather Reid)

How Sexy Athletes Harm Women’s Sports

Tarah Devlin (Sponsor: Dr. Heather Reid)

Autism: The Effectiveness of Home-Based Treatment a Review of Autism Treatments

Jacob Jorgensen (Sponsor: Dr. Jack Hill)

The Great Moonbuggy Race

Elizabeth Kelly, Brooke Sloup, Joshua Phipps, Josh Rensink, Danny Vennerberg, Eric Roggatz (Sponsor: Dr. Gary Turner)

Engineering Design: The Process of Designing and Building a Two-Person Riding Hovercraft

Brittany Anderson, Nick Reigle, Matt Thoma, Brad Huyck, Erik Lege (Sponsor: Dr. Gary Turner)

Forensic Nursing: Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner

Tara Felton, Michael Gale, Candice Whitney (Sponsor: Jackie Barber)

Burnout in Nursing

Tanya Huwaldt, Kari Skalisky, Rena Pedersen, Tristan Gray (Sponsor: Jackie Barber)

Barriers to Men’s Health

Amber Lemkau, Jill Zeman, Amos Schonrock (Sponsor: Jackie Barber)

Medication Errors: How Hard Can It Be?

Kara Mickelson, Phyllis Fisk, Mary Johannsen, Rachel Post (Sponsor: Jackie Barber)

Perceptions of Foster and Adoptive Children

Sabrina Higgins, Jenny Armstrong (Sponsor: Dr. John Pinto)

Forming Right or Left-Handed Molecules Using Thiamine Reactions

Miranda Martin (Sponsor: Dr. Larry Martin)

Text-Marking and the Effects on Long-Term Memory

Ashley Atwood (Sponsor: Dr. John Pinto)

Examining Effects of Video Games: Focus on Verbal Behavior Responses to Violent and Non-Violent Video Games

Jim Schmidt (Sponsor: Dr. Susan Burns)

The Relationship Between Month of Conception and Sex of Child

David Pink (Sponsor: Dr. John Pinto)

An Examination of Bullying in Adolescence in Two Midwestern Schools

Amanda K. Fangmeier (Sponsor: Dr. Susan Burns)

Increased Incidence of Tobacco Use in Women

Holly Lorenzen, Melissa Rowe, Jacquelyn Otto (Sponsor: Jackie Barber)

A Common Language: Gambling and Hard-Boiled Detective Fiction

Stacy Baldus (Sponsor: Dr. Marty Knepper)

Christie Meets Adams: The Sci-Fi Mystery Phenomenon

Rachel Castillo (Sponsor: Dr. Marty Knepper)