Student Research Symposium
Sacramento State Participants
Graduate Division
Christian R. Patz, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies - Winner
The Black and White World of Emotional Disturbance
Kelly Marie Thomasson, Biological Sciences – Runner-up
An Analysis of the Efficacy of the Marine Protected Areas of Maui County in Consideration of Tourism.
Undergraduate Division
Sukhvir Kaur Dhillon, Biological Sciences - Winner
The Quantity of Male DNA Found on a Female’s Mouth after Kissing
Sara Warren, Anthropology – Runner-up
Seasonal Food Resources’ Effect on the Activity Budgets of Two Nicaraguan Mantled Howler Monkey Groups
Graduate Division
Christian Patz, Graduate, Education - Winner
The Black and White World of Emotional Disturbance
Kelly Marie Thomasson, Graduate, Biological Sciences – Runner-up
An Analysis of the Efficacy of the Marine Protected Areas of Maui County in Consideration of Tourism
Sarah Billingsley, Graduate, Communication Studies
The Effect of Teacher Classroom and E-mail Immediacy on Student Affective Learning and Motivation
Gary Scholze, Graduate, Anthropology
Native American Root Use within Northeastern California and the Utilization of Starch Grain Analysis
Hector Topete, Doctoral Student, Education Leadership and Policy Studies
The Relationship between Peer Perceptions and Grades among Latino High School Students: Myth or Reality?
Undergraduate Division
Sukhvir Kaur Dhillon, Undergraduate, Biological Sciences - Winner
The Quantity of Male DNA Found on a Female’s Mouth after Kissing
Sara Warren, Undergraduate, Anthropology – Runner-up
Seasonal Food Resources’ Effect on the Activity Budgets of Two Nicaraguan Mantled Howler Monkey Groups
Tracy L. Audisio, Undergraduate, Biological Sciences
The Depths of Divergence: A Phylogenetic Analysis of Troglomorphic Spiders in the Genus Usofila (Araneae, Telemidae)
Nicholas Macias, Undergraduate, Biological Sciences
Potential Direct and Indirect Effects of Omnivorous Shrimps on Mayfly Naiads in a Tropical Island Stream: A Laboratory Study
Tomasine Quinney, Undergraduate, Biological Sciences
Identification of Antibody to Group a Streptococcal Antigen in Pediatric Neuropsychiatric Disorders
Bianca Davis, Undergraduate, Biological Sciences
The Effect of Microwaves on the Ability to Detect Semen Stains on Fabric More information>
Jennifer Mendiola, Graduate, Psychology, and
Heather Valdez, Undergraduate, Psychology
Cultural Differences Between Asian and European Americans: A Study on Family Strain among College Students
Tereze Lear, Graduate, Education
Why Are We Doing Art? The Impact of Standards Based, Sustained Art Instruction for Incarcerated Youth
Michelle Garbato, Graduate, Psychology
Exploring the Effects of Leader Sex, Leadership Style and Employee Locus of Control on Employee Satisfaction
Milton Rosa, Ed.D. candidate, Educational Leadership
A Mixed-Methods Study to Understand the Perceptions of High School Leaders about ELL Students: the Case of Mathematics
Megan Maas, Undergraduate, Psychology
The Influence of Internet Pornography Use on College Students
Jennifer Depold, Graduate, Liberal Arts/History
Images of Death and Damnation in the Holkham Bible
Zachary Craig, Undergraduate, Civil Engineering
Axial and Bending Stiffness of a Two Member Structural Assembly
Nicole Bain, Undergraduate, Business Administration
Power of the Brand
Anthony Barley – Undergraduate, Biological Sciences
Habitat structure directly affects aggression in convict cichlids, Archocentrus nigrofasciatus
His study investigated how a fish’s habitat structure affects the amount of aggressive behavior that it exhibits. He tested this using convict cichlids, Archocentrus nigrofasciatus. More information>
Jim Alford - Undergraduate, Biological Sciences
Corn lily (Veratrum californicum) presence structures Sierra Nevada subalpine meadows
Paul Anthony Dickey - Undergraduate, Business
“Another” Record High: Sacramento Housing Market
Carrie Lessin - Graduate, Biological Sciences
How Nutrient Influxes and Community Composition Affects Species Richness and Abundance in Vernal Pools
Renée Romero Lyons - Graduate, Education
Aliens, Beggars, and a Queen: Inclusion and Images of Chicanas and Latinas in History-Social Science Textbooks
Jennifer Marie Rossiter - Undergraduate, Biological Sciences
Testing Island Biogeography in Sub-Alpine Meadows: Do Invading Trees Facilitate the Invasion of Forest Species into Meadow?
Hitasha Mitera – Graduate, Speech Language Pathology (received “best presentation” award) Assessment for People with Aphasia
To facilitate clinicians in providing evidence-based treatments for people with aphasia, by providing a comprehensive assessment tool incorporating advantages of other assessments tools, minimizing disadvantages. More information>
Tejaswitha Bhavsar - Graduate, Computer Science
A Fuzzy Trigger Language to Relational Database Systems
J. R. Carroll - Graduate, Psychology
Visual/Haptic Sensory Memory: A Line Length Discrimination Task
Sarah Estrella - Graduate, Biological Conservation
Ecology and Control of Perennial Pepperweed (Lepidium latifolium L.) in a Tidal Marsh in Solano County, California
Kimberley Aisha Folkes - Graduate, Ethnic Studies
“With All Good Intent”: An analysis of AFSA and Affiliated Legislation
Jessica Lynn Knight - Graduate, Education
An Examination of Gender Differences in Building Classroom Community
Jennifer Reynolds-Kusler - Undergraduate, Geography
Reconstruction of Late Holocene Vegetation Productivity and Composition from Meadow Sediments at Diamond Lake in California’s Klamath Mountains.
James Phillips - Graduate, Biological Conservation
Nest site selection by cuckolder (Type II) plainfin midshipman (Porichthys notatus)
Rupal Prajapati - Graduate, Mechanical Engineering
A Computational Study of Premixed Methane/Air Mixture in a Microburner
Michael Skidmore - Undergraduate, Chemistry
The Synthesis of a Sulfated Cellobiose Glycodendrimer as a Potential Anti-Viral Agent
Pang Moua – Undergraduate, Biological Sciences
The Effects of Datisica Glomerata on Two Breast Cancer Cell Lines, MDA-MB 231 and BT-474. An aqueous extract of Datisica glomerata (Durango root) was shown to have cytotoxicity towards breast cancer cell lines MDA-MB 231 and BT-474 grown in culture. More information / Presentation slides (pdf).
Meenal S. Abhyankar - Graduate, Chemistry
Use of Tracers to Estimate Influence of Smoke from Forest Fires on CA Central Valley Cities
Catalina Alvarez - Undergraduate, Social Work
The Views of Domestic Violence through the Perspective of Immigrant Mexican Women as a Norm in their Romantic Relationships
Ryan Bibler - Undergraduate, History
Interpretations of Herodotus’ Account of the Battle of Thermopylae
Elizabeth Glidewell - Undergraduate, Biology
Morphometrics as a Method to Determine Sexual Dimorphism in the Convict Cichlid
Erika Holland - Graduate, Biological Sciences
Reproductive Biochemistry of Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)
Lusi Marcia Martin - Undergraduate, Food and Nutrition
A Study of Eating Habits and Perception of Coronary Heart Disease Risk in African American Female College Students
Kim Nelson - Undergraduate, Biological Sciences
Protein Biochemistry of Cichlid Fish Eggs