Nov. 7
Mary Beecher (American Studies), “A Place
for Everything: The Influence of Storage Innovations
on Modern American Domesticity (1900-1955),” J.
Desmond, chair; 8am, 704 JB
Kari Olson (Anthropology), “Methods of Control:
An Anthropological Analysis of Fertility Regulating
Technologies in Urban China,” M. Marshall,
chair; 1pm, Callen Room, 205D GILH
Nov. 14
Thomas Oates (Mass Communications), “On the
Block: Constructing Masculinity in ESPN’s Presentation
of the NFL Draft,” J. Polumbaum, chair; 10am,
W613 SSH
Carmen Mota de Cabrera (Education), “Teaching,
Tutoring, and Revision: The Experiences of Two Freshmen
ESL Students in a Rhetoric Class,” C. Colvin,
chair; 3pm, N262 LC
Nov. 17
James McKeown (Education), “The Use of a Multimedia-based
Tutorial for the Development of Appropriate Mental
Models in Novice Computer Programming Students,” S.
Alessi, chair; 1pm, 340B LC
Wendy Huang (Education), “Perceptions of Gender
Discrepancy and Eating Disorders,” D. Clay,
chair; 2:30pm, 350 LC
Andrew Hawkins (Microbiology), “Chemotaxis
and Signal Transduction in Three Proteobacteria:
Pseudomonas putida, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Ralstonia
eutropha,” C. Harwood, chair; 3pm, 3-560 BSB
Elise Fillpot (Education), “A
Study of Selected Variables Associated with Freshman
Attrition at the
University of Iowa,” J. Dallam and C. Rzonca,
co-chairs; 3:30pm, N434 LC
Nov. 18
Linhbao Tran (Mechanical Engineering), “Development
of a Sharp-interface Cartesian Grid Method for Study
of Shock-initiated Detonation in Energetic Materials,” H.
Udaykumar, chair; 8am, 3210 SC
Lane Law (Genetics), “Molecular and Genetic
Analysis of Adenovirus Serotype 30 Fiber,” M.
Stinski, chair; 9am, 2117 MERF
Pratyusha Basu (Geography), “Village Cooperatives
at the Intersections of Gender and Agriculture: The
Work of Dairy Development in Gujurat and Madhya Pradesh,
India,” T. Mutersbaugh, chair; noon, 205D GILH
Alberto Gasparoni (Oral Science), “Differentiation
and Growth in Monolayer Cultures of Human Oral Normal
and Malignant Keratinocytes and Their Relationship
with Adhesion Molecules Expression,” G. Johnson,
chair; 1pm, N212 DSB
Nov. 19
David Hogberg (Political Science), “Parties
or Committees? An Analysis of the Bolling Committee
Reforms in the U.S. House of Representatives,” P.
Squire, chair; 10am, 343 SH
Anita Stineman (Education), “Factors Impacting
Persistence among Nursing Students at Community Colleges,” C.
Rzonca, chair; 12:30pm, N434 LC
Kevin Cunningham (Education), “Evaluating
the Predictive Validity of CCAT Scores in Pre-clinical
Chiropractic Education,” S. DesJardins and
C. Rzonca, co-chairs; 2:30pm, N461 LC
Nov. 20
Mirou Jaana (Health Management and Policy), “Clinical
Information Technology in Hospitals: Evaluation in
a Rural State,” M. Ward, chair; 10am, E216
GH
Sungwon Lee (Pharmacy), “Characterization
and Total Synthesis of Mycothiol: Exploring Roles
of Thiols with Nocardia sp. Nitric Oxide Synthase,” J.
Rosazza, chair; 2pm, S310 PHAR
Nov. 21
Zan Mi (Mechanical Engineering), “Task-based
Prediction of Upper Body Motion,” K. Abdel-Malek,
chair; 9am, 2128 SC
Ming-Che Lai (Industrial Engineering), “A
Hybrid Genetic/Benders’ Algorithm with Applications
to Vehicle Routing and Scheduling Problems,” D.
Bricker, chair; 10am, 4511 SC
Huy Le (Business Administration), “Correcting
for Indirect Range Restriction in Meta-analysis:
Testing a New Meta-analytic Method,” F. Schmidt,
chair; 2pm, W364 PBB
Chun-Ling Chuang (Industrial Engineering), “Supplier
Selection and Order Allocation in Supply Chain Management,” P.
O’Grady, chair; 2:30pm, 3111 SC
Nov. 24
Preston Phillips Jr. (Geoscience), “Paleoclimatic
and Stratigraphic Implications of Early Diagenetic
Carbonate Cements within Marginal Marine Mid-Cretaceous
Strata, North American Western Interior Seaway,” R.
Brenner and L. Gonzalez, co-chairs; 2pm, 231 TH
Nov. 25
Lokesh Gakhar (Chemical and Biochemical
Engineering), “Flash
Cooling of Protein Crystals for X-ray Crystallography:
A Study of the Heat Transfer Processes Involved,” J.
Wiencek, chair; 1pm, Gehry Conf. Room, IATL
Nov. 26
Maher Abdalla (Free Radical and
Radiation Biology), “Modulation
of Antioxidant Defenses and Down Regulation of Heme
Oxygenase-1 by Hepatitis C Virus Infection in vivo
and Hepatitis C Proteins Expression in vitro,” B.
Britigan, chair; 2pm, B180 ML
Dec.
1
Jon Andresen (Neuroscience), “Vascular Function
in SOD2-deficient Mice,” D. Heistad, chair;
10:30am, 3139 ML
Frances Pullen (Education), “Perfectionism,
Procrastination, and Other Self-reported Barriers
to Completing the Doctoral Dissertation,” J.
Westefeld, chair; 1pm, 350 LC
Kelly Schmidt Clay (Speech and
Hearing Science), “Variations
in Neural Adaptation across Nucleus CI24 Cochlear
Implant Users and the Relationship to Behavioral
Dynamic Range and Word Recognition Performance,” C.
Brown, chair; 1pm, 21155 PFP
Dec. 2
Walaisiri Muangsiri (Pharmacy), “Studies on
the Reactions of Daptomycin and Aldehydes,” L.
Kirsch, chair; 2:30pm, S211 PHAR
Dec. 3
Lisa Winborn (Education), “An Analysis of
Mand Selection across Different Stimulus Conditions,” G.
Sasso and D. Wacker, co-chairs; noon, 334 CDD
Evangelia Kikou (Music), “Exaltation,” L.
Fritts, chair; 1pm, Rare Book Room, Music Library,
VMB
George Achrazoglou (Education), “Assessing
Teacher Preparedness Using Electronic Portfolios
and Conventional Methods,” J. Marshall and
W. Nibbelink, co-chairs; 2pm, N262 LC
Dec. 4
Kelvyn Moore (Business Administration), “The
Effect of Ethnicity and Acculturation on Black Consumer
Food Purchases,” C. Cole, chair; 10:30am, W401
PBB
Matthew Mordhorst (Education), “Long-term
Psychosocial Adjustment of Pediatric Bone Marrow
Transplant Survivors,” D. Clay, chair; 1pm,
350 LC
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