Dr. Ken Nikels
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A record number of 66 undergraduate students from the University of Nebraska at Kearney will travel to Salt Lake City, Utah to present research at the University of Utah’s National Conference of Undergraduate Research (NCUR) on March 13 – 15.
“NCUR gives students an opportunity to present research papers aimed at their specific discipline and tell other interested students about what they learned,” Ken Nikels, Dean of Graduate Studies and Research, said.
The following students have had their research accepted for presentation at the 2003 conference:
| HOMETOWN | STUDENT | ADVISOR | TITLE |
| BAYARD MAYWOOD |
James Dukesherer Leanne Fritsche |
Jim Scott | Fighting the War on Drugs: The United States and Plan Columbia, 2000-2002 |
| BRIDGEPORT | Emily Munter | Wyatt Hoback | Trap Success for Small Mammals and Carrion Beetles Differs Between Two Counties Along the Platte River |
| COLUMBUS | Jerod Trouba | Greg Broekemier | Outshopping Perceptions and Behaviors of Rural Retailers |
| GRAND ISLAND | Kaylinn Riley | ||
| HUMPHREY | Season Molczyk | ||
| KEARNEY | Stephanie Richter | ||
| MORSEBLUFFS | Jimmy Soukup | ||
| OMAHA | Ryan Hatt | ||
| DANBURY | Dana Uehlin | Greg Broekemier | Level of Awareness of Hydroponic Vegetabels in a Rural Area |
| KEARNEY | Kim Wemhoff | ||
| DAVIDCITY | Julia Mowers | Claude Louishomme | Waves of Change in the Social Fabric of Nebraska: A Comparative Analysis of the Integration of Minority Populations in Nebraska |
| DAVIDCITY | Deanna Schatz | Carol Lilly | Catherine the Great: Russia’s Oxymoron |
| ELKHORN | Emily Ohm | Keith Terry | The Effects of Homosexual Imagery in Print Advertising |
| FARMINGTON | Christopher Ferris | Jim Scott | Intellectual Property Rights in a Global Era: The Dilemma of Protecting Rights While Promoting Progress |
| GIBBON | Pamela Schoenrock | Diane Duffin | Facilitating the Election of a Female President: Applying the Lessons of Women in Democratic Governments to the United States |
| GRANDISLAND | Taffnee Faimon | Charles Peek | Sustaining the Platte River |
| GRANDISLAND | Sara L.Wilson | Krista Forrest | The Effects of Ruminative Thought on False Confession Rates |
| GRANDISLAND | Sara L.Wilson | Krista Forrest | The Effects of Defendant Community Support and Occupational Prestige on Juror Decision-Making in Criminal and Civil Court Cases Making in Criminal and Civil Court Cases |
| KEARNEY | Brad Musil | ||
| OMAHA | Paula Sieczkowski | ||
| GRANT | Chad Cook | Kate Heelan | Exercise Mode and Gender Comparisons of Energy Expensiture at Self-Selected Intensities |
| KEARNEY | Ryan Krueger | ||
| HENDERSON | Mindy Boehr | Peter Longo | The Impact of Water and Water Legislation on Nebraska’s Family Farms |
| HERSHEY | Brian Jensen | Joseph Springer | Determining the Defecation rate of Wild Turkey, Meleagris Gallapavo in Nebraska |
| HICKMAN | Carie Steele | Jim Scott | Assisting Democratization? The Nature and Impact of Democracy Support by the United States, 1990-2000 |
| HOLDREGE | Brian Leonard | Christopher Exstrom | Tunability of Charge-Transfer Energies in Cadmium Complexes |
| HOWELLS | Kevin Vogel | Jose Mena Werth | Short-term Solar Irradiance Variability |
| IMPERIAL | Beth Bremer | Joan Blauwkamp | Media Coverage of Presidential Candidates During the 1996 and 2000 Primaries |
| IMPERIAL | Amanda State | Debbie Bridges | Perceptions of Conservation’s Impact |
| JOHNSONLAKE | Nolan Jurgens | Sherri Harms | Game Development in Visual C++ With Direct X |
| KEARNEY | John C. Brewster | William Aviles | Effects of the North American Free Trade Agreememt on Enforcement of Environmental Regulations in Mexico |
| KEARNEY | Mindy Doss | ||
| KEARNEY | Aaron Estes | Peter Longo | The Constitutionality of Title IX |
| KEARNEY | Wendy Fie | Claude Louishomme | Why Citizens Take on the Initiative |
| KEARNEY | Maribeth Jorgensen | Rick Miller | The Effects of Partner’s Appearance on Perception of Physical Attractiveness |
| KEARNEY | Dustin Kozal | John Hastings | Determination of an Efficient Algorithm to Calculate Short-Term Solar Variability |
| KEARNEY | Ashley Larsen | Jim Scott | After the Rio Summit: Assessing the Implementation of Agenda 21 on Sustainable Forest Development |
| KEARNEY | Lisa Meadows | Carol Lomicky | American Beauty – A Media Content Analysis |
| KEARNEY | Brad Musil | David Rozema | The Cause of Confusion: The Problem of Aristotle’s Final Cause |
| KEARNEY | Chuck Rowling | Jim Scott | Food and Foreign Policy: Hubert Humphrey |
| KEARNEY | Tanis Saldivar | Daryl Kelley | Effects of Family Social Capital on Youth’s Educational Attainment |
| KEARNEY | Vernon Volpe | Jose Mena | Werth Analysis and Determination of an Optimal Method to Find Short Time Scale Solar Variability |
| KEARNEY | Laron Williams | Jim Scott | Worlds Apart: East Asian Development Model and Economic Growth |
| MINDEN | John Madsen | Wyatt Hoback | Non-Indigenous Nebraska: A Catalog of the Introduced Species of Birds, Fish, and Plants of the Platte River Ecosystem |
| MINDEN | Scott Meisenbach | Michael Mosher | Substituted Isoxazoles by a Palladium- SOUTH SIOUX CITY Matthew Beaver Mediated Nucleometalation/ Methoxycarbonylation |
| OGALLALA | Nathan Eidem | Steele Becker | A Comparative Study of Groundwater Nitrate- Nitrogen Levels in Two South Central Nebraska Townships |
| OGALLALA | Felipe Zuluaga | William Aviles | Plan Colombia and its Success: Two Competing Views of the Drug War |
| O’NEILL | Jessica Baker | Theresa Wadkins Predictors of Racial Profiling SYRACUSE Lisa Fisk | |
| OMAHA | Briana Duffy | Peter Longo | The Working Mother: Are Her Children a Blessing or a Burden to an Employer? |
| OMAHA | Paula Sieczkowski | Peter Longo | Ring v. Arizona: The Future of the Death Penalty in Nebraska |
| PALMER | Faye Kilday | Carol Lomicky | Romance Novels: Changing with the Times |
| PAPILLION | Brian Meade | Peter Longo | Towards Cooperative Water Policy: Platte River Lessons for International Relations |
| PAWNEECITY | Matthew Miller | John Hastings | Platform Independent Distributed Networked Programs |
| POTTER | Megan McKinney | Julie Shaffer | Investigation of the Efficiency of Ephemeral Wetlands to Remove Pathogens from the Environment |
| SCOTTSBLUFF | Shea Holman | W.Wyatt Hoback | Isopods of the Platte River Valley Differ in Their Response to Flooding and Desiccation |
| ST. PAUL | Merrill Latta | Joan Blauwkamp | Racial Profiling as a Law Enforcement Technique in the Wake of September 11th |
| VALPARAISO | Becky Karel | Peter Longo | Human Genome Project Introduces New Discrimination and Loss of Privacy |
| WAYNE | Heather Stauffer | Carol Lilly | How London Conquered the Blitz during Battle of Britain |
| WESTERVILLE | Amanda Ruzicka | Marc Albrecht | A Fine Scale of Cattle Grazing Patterns |
| KANSAS | Hays Allison Spicer | Steele Becker | Is There Enough Water? An Analysis of the City of Kearney’s Water Supply |
| MINNESOTA | Rosemont Jamin Mrkvicka | Debbie Bridges | Is Poverty a Problem in Rural Nebraska?: An Examination of Five Counties Along the Platte River |
| BAHAMAS Freeport |
Lancia Darville | Christopher Exstrom | Analysis of Iron Content in the Platte River Water Using Ultra Violet Visisble Spectroscopy and Atomic Absorption |
| COLUMBIA Bogota |
Carlos Arias | Jim Scott | Education: Keystone of Power in the International Global System |
| JAPAN | Seiki Muratani | Jim Scott | Article 9 and Japan’s Dilemma |
| MOLDOVA Rybnitsa |
Olga Stasishena | Jim Scott | International Economic Organizations: A Friend or a Foe to Globalization? |
