Thirty University of Nebraska at Kearney students presented research projects at the annual National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR), March 14-17 in Lexington, Kentucky.
“NCUR is the major conference on undergraduate research in the country,” said Dr. Ken Nikels, dean of Graduate Studies and Research. “It covers virtually all disciplines.”
UNK has sent students to NCUR since 1994, and the number of UNK attendees has steadily increased each year.
Students that presented papers along with the paper title, faculty adviser and department, are listed alphabetically by hometown:
Alliance– Jeff Lange, “Personality Variable Involved in False Confessions: It’s Not Just the Situation,” Dr. Krista Forest, psychology.
Arapahoe– Jeremy Kroemer, “Anal and Oral Secretions of the Burying Beetle Nicrophorus Marginatus Inhibit Bacterial Enzyme Activity,” Dr. Joanne Scalzitti, biology.
Beaver Crossing– John Houston, “Luther’ s Presence at the Council of Trent,” Dr. Jim German, history.
Biggar, Saskatchewan– Carla Dobchuk, “Citizen Satisfaction Survey,” Dr. Greg Broekemier, management/marketing.
Broken Bow,/b>- Nathan Olson, ” Relationship of Dietary Magnesium to Bone Mass in Girls,” Dr. Richard Seip, physical education and recreation.
Fullerton– Mary Anderson, “Attributions of Deception in Dating Situations,” Dr. Joe Benz, psychology.
Gordon– Andrea Walton, “The Indian Child Welfare Act as a Model Policy for the Clash at Whiteclay.”
Hastings– Jeremy Smith, “Wanna See Sound? Acoustical Laserpotics in the Newest Way to “See” soundwaves in action.”
– Megan Silvers, “The Human Genome: Genetic Ties to Violence,” Dr. Trecia Markes, physics and physical science.
Irvine, CA– Maryam Tatavosian, “The Iranian Refugee Problem and Regime Type: A study of Iranian Refugee Flows From 1969-1998,” Dr. Dan Cox, political science.
Julesburg, CO– Clayton Thyne, “Techniques to battle recidivism: A study of five midwestern juvenile detention institutions’ treatment methodologies,” Dr. Peter Longo, political science.
Kearney– Shervan Alavi, “Personality Variable Involved in False Confessions: It’s Not Just the Situation,” Dr. Krista Forrest, psychology.
-Anne Cummings, “Focal Adhesion Kinase Expression is Decreased in Glioblastoma Cells by an Antisense Oligodeoxynucleotide,” Dr. Joanne Scalzitti, biology.
-James Celestian DeLaet, “Hard Choices: Human rights, sanctions, South Africa and China,” Dr. James Scott, political science.
-Charles Rowling, “Hard Choices: Human rights, sanctions, South Africa and China,” Dr. James Scott, political science.
– Joshua Schulz,” The ‘Modern’ solution to the problem of evil,” Dr. David Rozema, philosophy.
-Nathan Turner, “Avoidance of intimacy, depression, and gender as predictors of internet addiction,” Dr. Kevin Byrd, psychology.
-Matthew Walters, “Hypoxia differentially regulates focal adhesion kinase and p53 expression in glioblastoma cell lines,” Dr. Joanne Scalzitti, biology.
McCook– Brian Symington, “The evolution of genocide as a human rights issue: History, cases, and remedies,” Dr. James Scott, political science.
Macungie, PA– Justin Kirk, “Retention and Comprehension of popular music among college students,” Dr. Carol Lomicky, communications.
Neligh– Miranda Mortensen, “Citizen Satisfaction Survey,” Dr. Greg Broekemier, management/marketing.
North Platte– Todd Jensen, “Focal Adhesion Kinase Expression is Decreased in Glioblastoma Cells by an Antisense Oligodeoxynucleotide,” Dr. Joanne Scalzitti, biology.
Norton, KS-Tonya Thiele, “Citizen Satisfaction Survey,” Dr. Greg Broekemier, management/marketing.
Omaha– Kerry Fleming, “Retention and Comprehension of popular music among college students,” Dr. Carol Lomicky, communications.
-Scott Miller, “The Asian Flu: Preventing another epidemic,” Dr. James Scott, political science.
Osceola– Josh Frizzell, “Citizen Satisfaction Survey,” Dr. Greg Broekemier, management/marketing.
Oxford– Nicholas Breen, “Free markets and enslaved citizens: Solutions to the darker sides of the global economy,” Dr. James Scott, political science.
Papillion– Ben Lampe, “Human rights violations by the Reagan and Bush administration: Do these actions constitute war crimes?” Dr. Dan Cox, political science.
Ponca– Molly Burns, “The effects of religion on risk-taking behaviors in emerging adolescence,” Dr. Krista Forrest, psychology.
Shickley– Lucas Swartzendruber, “Genetic information and privacy rights: Counterbalancing factionalism in the wake of the human genome project,” Dr. Peter Longo, political science.
