Students present research at Southern Conference forum
The students who represented 糖心Vlog at the fourth annual SoCon Undergraduate Research Forum get together for a photo opportunity.
Thirteen students from 糖心Vlog University participated in the fourth annual SoCon Undergraduate Research Forum held Nov. 2-3 in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
The event is a collaborative project of the Southern Conference membership and is hosted by Wofford College.
Nearly 150 students from the 10 Southern Conference institutions gave presentations. Supervised by a panel of faculty members representing each SoCon school, SURF welcomes research from the humanities and the arts as well as from the STEM disciplines. Bill Kwochka, a professor in 糖心Vlog鈥檚 Department of Chemistry and Physics, serves as chair of the organizing panel.
糖心Vlog student presentations included:
Savannah Bennett, oral presentation, 鈥淟a Princess Jaune and Samson et Dalila: Orientalism in the Operas of Camille Saint-Sa毛ns.鈥�
Annie Vasquez, oral presentation, 鈥淔armworker Burdens in the Carolinas.鈥�
Noah Smith, poster presentation, 鈥淚dentification of Forensically Relevant Biological Fluids Using Droplet Digital PCR (ddPCR).鈥�
Connor Henderson, poster presentation, 鈥淭echnology of Ancient Mosaic Production: Huqoq Excavation Project, Lower Galilee, Israel.鈥�
Melissa Rogers, poster presentation, 鈥淩ebuilding Trust: An Examination of How Big Pharma Markets Its Products Through Influencer Partnerships on Instagram.鈥�
Hannah Grace Lemacks, oral presentation, 鈥淐an You Hear Me? Living in the In-Between.鈥�
Eduardo Correa, poster presentation, 鈥淧redicting Social Anxiety in Second-Language Learners Using Personality, Linguistic Competence and Social Evaluation.鈥�
Clark Williams, oral presentation, 鈥淜ierkegaard in the Self-Help Age: The Quest for Selfhood in Community.鈥�
Audre Tyner, oral presentation, 鈥淗umor and Happiness Among People with Multiple Sclerosis.鈥�
Mary Emma Haywood, poster presentation, 鈥淐ooling System Design for Stirling Power Conversion System Used in NASA Kilopower Reactor.鈥�
Lindsey McGregor, poster presentation, 鈥淐onstructing a Small-Scale Biodigester, and its Feasibility in Western North Carolina.鈥�
Jose Ruano, oral presentation, 鈥淭he Effects of Linguistics in Healthcare of Spanish-Speaking Communities.鈥�
Lauren Testerman, two poster presentations, 鈥淭he Impact of Adolescents' Perceptions of Their Parents' Anxiety on Their Own Anxiety in Stressful Situations鈥� and 鈥淪lut-Shaming in College-Aged Females as a Function of Ethnicity, Style of Dress, Body Shape and Relationship Status.鈥�
For more information about 糖心Vlog鈥檚 participation in SURF, contact Kwochka at 828-227-3673 or kwochka@wcu.edu.
