Oral presentations, session II

Featured presentation

Olin Auditorium (Session A)

"Summer Student Research Fellowship: Tracking Residual-Yolk Energy in Hatchling Turtles from the Slough"
Presented by Aliza G. Salinas-Cervantes (‘26) and Tim J. Muir (Biology)

Description: For many STEM students, a faculty-mentored research project is a signature experience in their college career. But why is that the case? What makes these experiences valuable, and how can STEM students find them? In this presentation, we will discuss the process and results of one faculty-mentored student research project and highlight ways that Augustana supports these experiences. 

After hatching in late summer, painted turtles remain dormant in their subterranean nests and do not eat until the following spring — a fast of seven months! Their only fuel comes from leftover yolk energy, much of which is still in the yolk sac when they hatch. To better understand how hatchling turtles manage their energy, we tracked the fate of residual-yolk energy throughout their dormancy and found that turtles quickly move it into other body stores rather than gradually deplete it over the winter. We also found that the quick assimilation of energy is itself energetically costly. That up-front cost may be necessary as cold-induced inhibition of nutrient absorption from the yolk could make that energy otherwise unavailable in the winter.

→ Return to top

Religion (Old Main 117)

Are Angels Men?: Gender Constructions of Angels in the Book of Revelation
Presented by Katie West
Advisor: Dr. Eric Stewart

Biblical Womanhood in Shakespeare
Presented by Olivia Julian
Advisor: Dr. Eric Stewart

→ Return to top

Sociology and Athropology (Olin 209)

Place Matters: Structural Inequality and Substance Use in Rural America
Presented by Grace Danek
Advisor: Dr. Adam Kaul

Busking as a Tool of Economic Subversion
Presented by Madelyn Garrigan
Advisor: Dr. Adam Kaul

Examining Intercultural Couples: Model for Societal Coexistance
Presented byy Karen Kinto-Ambriz
Dr. Adam Kaul

→ Return to top

Honors (Lindberg 202)

Environmental Agency in an Ecoanxious Time
Presented by Sophie Green, Tara Helton, Jenna Nowik, Iona Ory
Advisor: Dr. Wendy Hilton-Morrow

→ Return to top

French (Old Main 28)

The Poetics of Gender-Just French (1964-2024)
Presented by Dr. Kiki Kosnick

Fabricating Identity Through The Eyes of Others in Bouraoui
Presented by Koen Sievert
Advisor: Dr. Kiki Kosnick

The Roles of Women in L'armée du salut
Presented by Wren Thul
Advisor: Dr. Kiki Kosnick

→ Return to top

Texas Medical Center (Old Main 132)

MBS evaluation of dysphagia after total laryngectomy, components of assessment at MD Anderson Cancer Center
Presented by Emma Vander Wall
Advisors: Dr. Heidi Storl, Barbra Ebersole, Dr. Kate Hutcheson, and Sheila Buoy

Navigating Financial Toxicity Through Behavioral Coping
Presented by Krisha Silwal
Advisor: Dr. Heidi Storl

The Process of Medical Illustration & Patient Case
Charlize Cardenas
Advisor: Dr. Heidi Storl

→ Return to top

Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS lounge/Old Main 310)

Arpilleras and Women's Social Movements in Latin America: An Exhibit of Chilean Tapestries at Augustana College
Presented by Eli Aldana, Curtis Baldwin, Mariah Binion, Jack Ellis, Lily Erickson, Grace Lichthardt, Tyler Marquez, Leo McRaven, Will Mitchell, Susan Palmentera-Reid, William Routh, Samara Singer, Mia Sturm, Jordyn Van Santen, Joren Weller-Vanhollebeke, Amiyah Woods, Jillian Younger 
Advisor: Dr. Chris Strunk

→ Return to top

Business for Humanity Initiative (Wilson Center)

How Our College Story can Shape Our Futures for Good
Presented by Andree Escobedo and Drake Stoudt
Advisor: Dr. Amanda Baugous

→ Return to top