2020 Honors Research Poster Session

Haidyn Bulen: Deficits in spatial working memory depend on age in a novel rat model of Alzheimer’s disease; Mentor: Heather Bimonte-Nelson
Elliot Smith: Chronic stress alters local estradiol expression across brain regions in a sex- dependent manner; Mentor: Cheryl Conrad
Xochitl Arlene Smola: The role of familism and family conflict in Latinx adolescents’ cortisol response; Mentor: Nancy Gonzales

External Examiners:

Gemma Casadesus Smith
Professor of Biological Sciences
Kent State University
Cara Wellman
Director, Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior
Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences
Indiana University- Bloomington
Andrew Fuligni
Professor, Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
University of California, Los Angeles

Completed Thesis Posters From 2019 Cohort:

Student	Mentor	Title
Baldevia, Aegia Mari Y	Will Corbin	Utilizing Promotive and Protective Factors in Alcohol Prevention for First-year College Students
Baldwin, Lauren	Doug Kenrick	Sex Differences in Patterns of Criminal Ideation
Breiten, Riley	Lani Shiota	Mania Symptom Endorsement and Creativity
Bulen, Haidyn Leigh	Heather Bimonte-Nelson	Deficits in spatial working memory depend on age in a novel rat model of Alzheimer’s disease
Cervantes, Jasmine Jezabel	Adam Cohen	Forgive Me Father”: A Look at Trust EngagementWithin Catholic Confession
Goldentyer, Gabriela	Eric Amazeen	The Role of Attention in the Development of Coordination: Assessing the Effects of Attention on Fine and Gross Motor Skills in Preschool Children
Kalina, Elena Aleksandra	Mina Johnson-Glenberg	VR: Presence Effects on Platform and Embodiment
Kumar, Sanjana S	Will Corbin	Developing a Measure of Parental Monitoring of Social Media Use
Kwok, Connie*	Kathryn Lemery-Chalfant	A Comparison of Hand and Computer Coding of Expressions of Emotion
Martos, Christopher Robert	Doug Kenrick	Leaders at Face Value: Comparing Leadership Characteristics Inferred Through Faces
Ott, Lauren Ruth	Art Glenberg	Determining if Positive Emotions Moderate the Effectiveness of an Embodied Language Comprehension
Perry, Beth Madison	Linda Luecken	Executive Functioning as a Mediator of Authoritarian Parenting and Child Externalized Behavior Problems
Richards, Nicole Eve	Mary Davis	The Relation Between Child Chronic Pain and Internalizing Symptoms: An Analysis of Sibling Relationships as Moderators and Child Social Engagement as a Mediator
Smith, Elliot Ann	Cheryl Conrad	Chronic stress alters local estradiol expression across brain regions in a sex-dependent manner
Smola, Xochitl Arlene	Nancy Gonzales	The role of familism and family conflict in Latinx adolescents’ cortisol response
Watters, Shannon Marie	Laurie Chassin	Generational Changes in Adolescent Alcohol and Marijuana Use

*Completed thesis outside of the seminar