Poster presentations, session I

Session schedule

Education

Dr. Michelle Hinzman-Ferris and Mary King, “Examining the Effects of Morphological Instruction on the Reading of Upper Elementary Students

Economics

Advisor: Dr. Chris Marmé

Nicolas Delgado Rodriguez, “Impact of US military bases abroad Economics”

Aymen Jadda, “Institutional Trust, Financial Inclusion, and Financial Well-Being: Evidence from Morocco and the United States Economics”

Sahil Lawati, “Borrowed Stability: The Developmental Costs and Benefits of Nepal's Fixed Exchange Rate with India”

Claire Martino, “More Money, More School? Linking Bolsa Família Payment Levels to Academic Outcomes in Brazil”

Fabio Muchar, “Who Captures Economic Growth? A Cross-Country Analysis of Mean versus Median Income Divergence, GDP per Capita Growth, and Inequality Trends in Selected Developing and Developed Economies, 2000 to 2023”

Minh Nguyen, “The Economic Impact of Major Banking Fraud Scandals in Developing Countries: Evidence from Vietnam's SCB Crisis”

Ayuj Paudel, “From Capital Inflows to Structural Transformation: Why Development Outcomes Diverge Across Economies”

Bijaya Rana, “Economics of Privatized Education: Inequality and Social Mobility”

Shreza Shrestha, “Impact of Cultural Values on Economic Development”

Shuvam Shrestha, “The Impact of Microfinance Access on Household Income and Poverty Reduction in Rural Nepal”

Krisha Silwal, “Fujimori's forced sterilization program and the cost of poverty reduction policy on indigenous women in Peru”

Crystal Torres, “The Impact of Brazil's Racial Quota Law on Higher Education Access”

Psychology

Mia Okasha, “The Puzzle of Perception: Examining Parental Insight and Scaffolding During Puzzle Play” advisors, Dr. Megan Lorenz, Dr. Daniel Corts, Dr. Jamie Nordling

Joey Maish, Aastha Kharel and Destiny Missel, “The Psychometrics of the Mankeeping Scale” advisor Dr. Dan Corts

McKenna Lewis, “Perceptions of Mentoring” advisor Dr. Lisa Milford

Environmental Studies

Dr. Bohdan Dziadyk, “Comparison of Muskrat Sightings at Two Audubon Society Nature Preserves in Lee County during 2023 and 2024”

Christian Mammoser, "Deer Overpopulation and its Effects on Local Forest Communities” advisors Dr. Michael Reisner, Dr. Kevin Geedey

Geology

Tom Gruber, “Rare Earth Element Concentrations and Their Relation to Marine Environments at the Mt. Simon - Eau Claire Contact” advisors Jack Malone, Dr. Jeffery Strasser, Dr. Michael Wolf

Naoto Kado, "Radon-222 in Groundwater: Implications for Drinking Water Health Risk and Qualitative Assessment of Well Stagnation” advisors Dr. Jeffrey Strasser, Dr. Michael Wolf

Emma McVicker, "Macroinvertebrate Diversity and Sediment Grain Size Distribution of Duck Creek Watershed (Davenport, IA)” advisors Dr. Kelsey Arkle, Dr. Kevin Geedey, and Dr. Michael Reisner

Hannah McKoon, “Quantifying Radon Entry Points and Efficacy of a Mitigation System in a Single-Family Home, Moline, IL.” advisor Dr. Michael Wolf

Niccolo Benevenuto, “Rare Earth Element Concentrations in the Basal Mount Simon Sandstone Formation, Iowa” advisors Jack Malone, Dr. Jeffrey Strasser, Dr. Michael Wolf

Geography

Gianna Zampogna, “Growing a Sense of Place: Feasibility of a Community Garden on Campbell's Island” advisors Dr. Christopher Strunk, Dr. Jennifer Burnham

Curtis Baldwin, “Bird-Window Collisions at Augustana College” advisor Dr. Christopher Strunk

Math

Hoang Trieu, “On Roots of Unity: Using Symmetry to Find Higher Powers of A Binomial” advisor Dr. Brooke Randazzo

Political Science

Nepa Shahi and My Ha, “The Role of Students in Decision-Making at Augustana College: A Historical and Contemporary Analysis” advisor Dr. Mariano Magalhães

ALIVE Program

Selina Osebre Yawson, Phat Lam and Areeya Tandukar, “From ‘Me’ to ‘We’: Reimagining Vocation as a Shared and Inclusive Journey Through Student Co-Researcher Experiences” advisor Dr. Çağlar Çetin-Ayşe

Communication Sciences and Disorders

Dr. Jill Potratz, “Narrative or Conversation: Which Language Sample Type is Optimal for Bilingual Children?”