Students Share Scholarly and Creative Work
Nearly 40 undergraduate students presented their best work in research, creative arts, or community engagement projects. The Scholarship Celebration is an annual event that brings together students and faculty from almost every academic department and program on campus. During the celebration students explained their research, shared digital projects, and visual displays of art. The following students shared their scholarly and creative work during the celebration:
Ryan Ackerman • Communications - Spartan Editorial Cartoons: The Process
*Suzanne (Houck) Aldana • Natural Sciences - Prevalence of Salmonella Among Small-scale, Cage-free Layer Flocks in Vermont
Samantha Barrale, Steve Root, Katelyn Seager • Social Work- Youth Experiences with Bullying in Vermont: A Civic Engagement Project
*Paul Chrisman-Watson • Natural Sciences - Evaluation of the Potential for Wind Energy at Castleton
Amber Dumas • Communications - Sticks and Stones
Rafael Escobar • Natural Sciences - Shedding Light on Indirect BPA Indirect Photodegradation Pathways of BPA in Vermont Surface Water
*Jennifer Ferington • Natural Sciences - Effects of Low-dose, Short-term Exposure to the Herbicide “Roundup” on Long-term Survival of the African Clawed Frog, Xenopus Laevis
Zachary Howe, Abigail Miles • Psychology - Oh Snap! I’ve Fallen, Who Will Help Me Up?: Social Support for Injured Student-Athletes
*Kurt Hewes • Natural Sciences - Riparian Net Ecosystem Production in Varying Conditions
Brandon Kennedy • Art - Serenity through Speed
John Lucas • Theater Arts - The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
*Timothy MackIntosh, Damilola Mustapha, Tanner Darwell, Erin Devost, John Snee, Kyle Hall • Business Administration - The Social Influence of Permission Marketing
*Mereceds Maltbie • Natural Sciences - Microhabitat Use in Sidewinder Rattlesnakes (Crotalus cerastes) on the Kelso Dunes
Elizabeth Mangan • Psychology - Effects of Mindfulness, Impulsiveness, and Difficulties in Emotion Regulation on Substance Use
*James McCormick, Ryan Flood • Political Science - The Changing Views of Vermonters
Brad Niles • History - Memories from Making America: A United States County Forged through Civil War and the Burgoyne Campaign
Hollie Nop • Spanish - Historical Contributions and Current State of Latin America’s Indigenous Peoples
*Anna Olson • Women and Gender Studies - Working Out: Exploring Gender, Fitness, and Health Among the Student Population at Castleton
*Cassandra Pinaire, Molly Ramsden, McKynze Works • Psychology - Playing the Sympathy Card Could be Playing with Fire: Manipulating Victim Blame and Sympathy in a Simulated Rape Case
*Zachary Racenet • Natural Sciences - Inhibition of Alcohol Dehydrogenase
Molly Ramsden • Psychology - Guns and Roses: The Effects of Visual Priming on the Trolley Scenario
Chelsea Sheehan, McKynze Works • Psychology - Time to Weigh in
Marissa Smyrski • Communications - Aladdin and the Light of Importance: A Media Analysis
Molly Stratton • Psychology - Facebook: A Killer App? A Study On The Impact of Facebook, Smart Phones and Grades
Elizabeth Waller-White • Communications - Rampant
*Project supported by Academic Dean’s Faculty-Student Research Fund