2015 HTCC Program - Honors Transfer Council of California
The Honors Transfer Council of California presents BUILDING BRIDGES. CONSTRUCTING FUTURES. The Fifteenth Annual Honors Research Conference for California Community Colleges hosted by University of California, Irvine March 28, 2015 CONFERENCE COMMITTEE Christopher Sleeper, MiraCosta College, HTCC Vice-President and Conference Chair Jodi Balma, Fullerton College, HTCC President Erik Ozolins, Mt. San Jacinto College, HTCC President Emeritus and Conference Program Chair Christina Yamanaka, Mt. San Jacinto College, Panel Coordinator and Conference Program Advisor Derek Milne, Pasadena City College, Conference Program Coordinator and Conference Communications John Oakes, Grossmont College, Scholarship Chair Linda Diaz, Mt. San Antonio College, Conference Registration, Treasurer Joachin Arias, Los Angeles Harbor College, Poster Coordinator Tim Adell, Victor Valley College, Editor of Building Bridges Alannah Rosenberg, Saddleback College, Volunteer and Moderator Coordinator Dale Leaman, UCI, Office of Admission and Relations with Schools Darren Endo, UCI, Event Planner ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The Honors Transfer Council of California is grateful to the administration and staff of the University of California, Irvine for hosting and supporting this annual research conference. This conference is enhanced significantly by the contributions, in spirit as well as funding, of Mr. Brent Yunek, Assistant Vice Chancellor, Enrollment Services, Mr. Said Shokair, Director, Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program, Dr. Juan Francisco Lara, Vice Chancellor Emeritus, UC Irvine. We thank our UCI liaison, Dale Leaman, who has provided patient, good-‐humored, and resourceful guidance throughout the conference planning. We appreciate, too, the assistance of Darren Endo who was responsible for coordinating the equipment and room set-‐up. We owe special thanks to Julie Song, Derek Milne, Erik Ozolins, Rachel Williams, Joel Lamore, Thatcher Carter, Danielle Mueller, Jennifer Floerke, Gary Williams and Rick Adams for serving as proposal readers for this conference. We also want to recognize John Oakes and his team of Alannah Rosenberg, Daniel Bahner, Danielle Muller, Jodi Balma, Kay Ryals, Michael Harnett, Naomi Grisham, Rick Adams, Susan Starr, Tiff Gause, Tim Adell, Gary Williams who served as scholarship abstract readers for this conference. We greatly appreciate as well the invaluable assistance given by Christine Abriam of Mt. San Jacinto College, who put together this program on her own time. We also want to acknowledge the tremendous team of Meg Kramig and Melisa Capalongan from Data Based Marketing for their excellent and prompt customer service designing our new conference website and associated conference materials. Published by Honors Transfer Council of California and Mt. San Jacinto Community College District March 2015 WELCOME “In a global economy where the most valuable skill you can sell is your knowledge, a good education is no longer just a pathway to opportunity – it is a pre-requisite.” –Barack Obama Welcome to the fifteenth annual Honors Student Research Conference, and to the beautiful and inspiring UC Irvine Campus. The Honors Transfer Council of California, in partnership with the University of California, Irvine, is honored to be hosting nearly four hundred students from thirty-one California community colleges today. The HTCC conference has continued to grow in size and in quality through the years, and we are looking forward to the best conference yet! We are glad that you are here to take advantage of the great opportunity this conference affords you for sharing your work to your peers at a major research university. Today you will hear about innovative research from a wide array of disciplines. The Conference Planning Committee has attempted to organize presentation sessions around particular topics or disciplines, so it is likely that you will be able to spend the whole day listening to talks on subjects that are near and dear to your academic leanings. I encourage you, however, also to take the opportunity to attend a session on a topic with which you are not particularly familiar and in so doing come away from this conference enriched with knowledge that you might otherwise not have obtained. As you move on in your academic career, you will have ample opportunity to attend conferences that are focused exclusively on your research area of interest, but one of the things that makes this conference so unique is the diversity of presentations. I also encourage you to walk through the Pacific Ballroom and spend time looking at the record number of poster presentations. The quality of the research for these posters is tremendous and illustrate how far the scholarship for this conference has come over the past fifteen years. We hope over breakfast and lunch that you will carry on conversations that have been sparked by the poster and oral presentations that you have experienced. Remember to return to the Pacific Ballroom at the end of the day for the closing remarks and the awarding of prizes for outstanding abstracts and posters. In the spirit of the conference, please take time to introduce yourself to your fellow students. While those students may be from other campuses now, you might very well find yourself to be classmates with some of them when you transfer to a four-year college or university. We also hope you take time to introduce yourself to some of the UCI representatives and thank them for making this event possible. You are highly encouraged to use part of the day to explore the beautiful UC Irvine campus and to learn more about the opportunities UC Irvine offers. As honors students, you represent some of the best qualities of your respective colleges, reflecting not only your own hard work and academic excellence, but also the teaching and mentoring of those who have made a difference in your life. Embrace your role as an unofficial ambassador of your school and use this day to represent your college and your community. From all the members of the Honors Transfer Council of California, we wish you an educational and enjoyable day. Christopher A. Sleeper Vice President, HTCC and Conference Planning Committee Chair, Professor of History, Honors Scholar Program Coordinator, MiraCosta College The Honors Transfer Council of California Fifteenth Annual Honors Student Research Conference University of California, Irvine Saturday, March 28, 2015 SCHEDULE 7:45:-9:30 Registration, Continental Breakfast, and Poster Viewing in Pacific Ballroom Conference Center (poster presenters will be available to answer questions) 9:30-10:00 Conference Plenary Session Pacific Ballroom Welcome Jodi Balma HTCC President Coordinator, Fullerton College Honors Program Christopher Sleeper HTCC Vice President and Conference Chair Coordinator, MiraCosta Honors Scholar Program Dale Leaman UC Irvine Office of Admission and Relations with Schools 10:15-11:30 Session 1: UC Irvine Student Center (Concurrent presentation sections) 11:45-1:00 Session 2: UC Irvine Student Center (Concurrent presentation sections) 1:00-2:00 Lunch 2:15-3:30 Session 3: UC Irvine Student Center (Concurrent presentation sections) 3:45-4:30 Plenary Session: Awards and Grand Finale, Pacific Ballroom Said Shokair, Director, Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) John Oakes, Chair, Scholarship Committee Juan Lara, PhD, Vice Chancellor Emeritus, UC Irvine Tim Adell, Chair, Conference Proceedings Publication UCI Student Center WiFi Connection Instructions To use the UCInet Mobile Access network, you will need to register your computer or mobile device. 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If you cannot connect, try again in a few minutes. Your computer may take a few minutes to update its network settings. If you still can not connect, try rebooting your computer. POSTER PRESENTATIONS “Education costs money, but then so does ignorance.” — Sir Claus Moser 8:30-9:15 Before each session you may view posters inside the Pacific Ballroom. HTCC research poster presenters will be available to answer questions about their work from 8:30-9:15. Presenter/College Title and Description Kimberly Alvarado East Los Angeles Right Hemisphere Prefrontal Cortex Damage and Its Dangerous Effects on Human Behavior Research shows that individuals with right prefrontal cortex damage exhibit impaired moral judgment and impulse control, possibly resembling sociopathic behavior. Nestor Aquino Harrison Mita Citrus The Effect of Agitation on Growth in the Algae Chlorella vulgaris A study explores the potential of algae as a biofuel source by literally shaking algae to help increase the growth rate. Justine Banal Fullerton Great Sexpectations: A Sociological Approach to Sexuality in American Society Contrary to the popular belief that the United States' "hypersexualized" society condones promiscuity, the structural-functional sociological paradigm illustrates that marriage, with few exceptions, promotes monogamy. Sarah Bell Duke Choi Angie Keoseyan Diana Lau Carlos Lima Jaime Polanco Jose Rodriguez Dennis Salazar Marjan Samiee Jonathan Tellechea Los Angeles City Making a Copper Hydride Nanoball An experiment synthesizes and characterizes copper hydride nanoparticles. Because of their stability in air, these “nanoballs” may have future clean energy and biotech applications. Ana Beltran-Castillo Emma Connelly Shane Coulombe Hartrisha Dhindsa Johnathan Forde Yumi Izumi Irvine Valley Self-Regulation and Student Success Intentional self-regulation is central to healthy living and provides an area rich for research that may benefit America’s college students. Kayla Briët Fullerton The English-Only Debate: A Social Conflict Theoretical Analysis on the Compelling Perspectives on Bilingual Education Sociological analysis is used to explore the social causes of native language loss and ignite the debate over bilingual education in the United States. Samantha Brooks Long Beach City Criminal By Design: A Bio-psychosocial Analysis of Criminality in the U.S. A bio-psychosocial analysis of criminality in the U.S. explains how a laissez-faire attitude toward social inequality perpetuates the incarceration crisis. . The Effect of Aminoglycosides on Vibrio harveyi, a Marine Bacterium The marine bacterium Vibrio harveyi commonly infects marine and farmed animals; developing measures to prevent infection is crucial to preserving marine life and produce. Guillermo Chacaltana El Camino Erick Contreras Mt. San Jacinto Genome Sequencing of Drosophila biarmipes In a partnership program with Washington University of St. Louis, a student researcher annotated approximately 40,000 letters of DNA contig 45 of the Drosophila biarmapes genome. Pat Cordova Christina Granillo Nandi Weser Citrus Turning the Light on Algal Growth: The Effect of Varying Light Hours on Growth in Chlorella vulgaris As fossil fuel supplies diminish, we explore the needed light: dark cycle alterations to boost algal reproduction. Bethany Cox Mt. San Antonio Animal Trafficking and Its Environmental Repercussions: How Humans are Destroying Earth’s Exotic Wildlife Wildlife trafficking is becoming more prevalent, causing mayhem among various ecosystems. Margaret Do San Diego Mesa Stormwater Quality: How Habitable is Our Water? Human activity affects storm water quality and can greatly disrupt the beneficial standards for the survival of surrounding life. William Donohue Long Beach City Sounding Out the Roots: Reconstructing Historical Chinese Phonology Using novel methods to understand the roots of the Chinese language, and gain perspective on its ancient heritage. Julia Gallaer Orange Coast Women and Their Second Skin: Tattoos Help Create a Deeper Identity Women are “getting inked” because it has a positive effect on their self-images and they are no longer concerned about what society thinks. Norma Gonzalez Mt. San Antonio Healthcare Fraud in Medi-Cal and Medicare and the Effects of Fraud in the Healthcare Sector While healthcare fraud occurs on a large scale with billions of dollars stolen annually, the repercussions of punishment for the transgressors are very slim with a slight punishment. Amanda Hale Irvine Valley Improving Entomopathic Nematode Viability as Biocontrol A research project aims to improve biocontrol via entomopathic nematodes, by using Safflower oil to reduce UV damage and desiccation of the nematode Steinernema feltiae. Candice Handjojo Mt. San Antonio The Have's vs the Have Not's: The Case of Medical Malpractice in the United States The fear of medical malpractice has led to the increasing dependence on private healthcare and malpractice insurances that are readily available to the affluent. Elizaveta Harvey Allana Leigh Orange Coast Crime and Punishment: Perception and Prejudice in Criminal Psychology on College Campuses A psychological experiment compares punishment recommendations by community college and university students in relation to rape, theft, murder, kidnapping, and hate crimes. Nicole Iribarren Alexis Stafford Saddleback Effects of Temperature on the Prey Consumption of Agelenopsis Spiders An experiment tries to conclusively identify a change in the food consumption of spiders from the genus Agelenopsis at different temperatures. Casey Jacobi Chris Powers Mt. San Jacinto Nutrition of Organic Foods An experiment compares longevity, protein, glucose, and iron between organic and inorganic samples of strawberries, yogurt, black beans, apples, and almonds. Brittany Kastens Santiago Canyon The Use of Man-made Debris as Nesting Material by Western Bluebirds (Sialia mexicana) in Orange County, California A study documents the types of debris found in western bluebird nests and where it was used in the nest. Ravneet Kaur Riverside City DNA Sequencing: Measuring the Reliability of Processed Seafood Labels DNA extraction, polymerase chain reaction, gel electrophoresis, and phylogenetic analysis test the validity of seafood fraud, particularly among commercialized fish. Ahmad Khalifeh Toni Niemi El Camino Rekindlement of Thought in the West: Scientific Advancements Throughout the Known World During the Golden Age of Islam After the disappearance of the Greco-Roman influence, most scientific advancements were forgotten until the Golden Age of Islam reintroduced these ideas to the western world. James Kim Mt. San Antonio The Implementation of Electronic Health Records Research explains how the implementation of electronic health records can reduce medical identity theft. Kyung Hee (Rachel)Kim Orange Coast The Pursuit of Happiness: Minors Crossing the U.S. Border In Central America, unreliable law enforcement and lack of punishment force minors to the U.S. for guaranteed protection, if only temporarily and at the border. Matthew Lambuth Los Angeles City The Dynamic Pulse: Bringing Autonomous Aleatoric Hip-Hop to Life Progressive automation clips fine-tuned to manipulate polyphonic synthesizer envelopes, cycle through drum machine fills, and mix effects processors with a human-like dynamic. Junho Lee Irvine Valley Retail Gas Prices: Competitor Identification and the Speed of Competitive Response High-frequency retail gas price data tests hypotheses that describe how gas stations identify their competitors and how such competitor identification impacts competitive behavior. Soohyung Lee El Camino The Inhibitive Effects of Mouth Rinse Samples on the Growth of Oral Bacteria A study demonstrates differential effectiveness of three mouthwash samples in the inhibition of oral bacteria growth. Weixin Liang Kieko Sakata Irvine Valley From Animosity to Fondness: Anime's Role in America’s Evolving Relationship with Japan The increased popularity of Japanese anime in the U.S has changed Americans’ perspective of the Japanese people for the better since World War II. Vivian Lo Pasadena City Nurturing Food: The Effects of Commensality and Food Sharing on Sense of Belonging Research explores how and why sharing food affects an individual’s belief that he or she is an accepted member of a group. Bruce Long San Bernardino Valley Getting The GISt of It: Geospatial Information Systems as Ethnographic Tools in Virtual Worlds Applications such as ArcGIS, Google Earth, and Story Maps have novel uses in analysis of participant-observation within virtual worlds—including on-line games. Katherine Manzella Orange Coast Education First? Research finds a serious disparity between the quality of learning and education correlated to household income within the Santa Ana Unified School District. Loue Masoud Irvine Valley To Intubate or Not to Intubate? Research investigates the practice and adverse events associated with emergency department endotracheal intubation in children. Travis McEntee Crafton Hills Potential Mate Selection: Do Opposites Attract? Two different surveys look at personality traits (extraversion and openness) and find that most people prefer a mate with similar traits. Savanna Metzger El Camino Arctic Sea Ice Melt: How It Is Affecting Us and How We Can Solve It Arctic sea-ice melt is directly propelling global warming, but together, we can decrease our carbon footprint by creating new technologies to replace fossil fuels. Melanie Michel-Stuart San Diego Mesa Revisiting the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo: Re-Defining National Origin in a Global World: Botiller v. Dominguez, Hernandez v. Texas, and Espinoza v. Farah Mfg. Co. A famous historical treaty explains much that may be at the core of modern North American politics and society. Melissa Mokhtari Irvine Valley Painting the War: The Influence of World War II on Visual Arts in the Western World Artistic responses to WWII significantly transformed the world’s views on both art and the war. Joseph Molina Citrus Solving First Order Linear Equations Using p-adic Integers While not all linear equations have solutions over the set of integers, research shows that they do have unique solutions over the set of p-adic integers. Karen Montes East Los Angeles Possible Causes of Social Communication Problems in Autism Spectrum Disorder Social communication problems in Autism Spectrum Disorder may be due to impaired visual attention and generation of movement rather than a broken mirror neuron system. Gabriela Moreno Lopez El Camino MRI Hydraulically Actuated System for Biopsy Needle Position Research evaluates different types of transmission fluids and the efficiency of the control mechanisms of a modified hydraulically actuated system for biopsy needle placement. Blaine Novak Pilch Mt. San Jacinto Replacing Synthetic Fertilizer To Revolutionize Agriculture Nitrogen fertilizer is harmful for soil health, stunting plant growth. Azolla is a natural fertilizer that can replace it, changing agriculture as we know it. Kutrell Prescott West Los Angeles Joule Thief: Maximizing Battery Lifespan Disposable Alkaline batteries are often branded “dead” or unusable once their terminal voltage drops below 1 volt (V), this circuit proves otherwise. Thor Roe Fullerton Predicting the Unpredictable: Stochastic Processes and the Physics of the Stock Market A “stochastic process” is a mathematical phenomenon wherein a system moves through various states as a series of random steps, as observed in stock prices. Micaela Romero Mt. San Antonio Elder Abuse: Financial Fraud and Its Perpetrators Elder abuse, especially financial fraud, is a prevalent crime that is committed primarily by the children, relatives, and caretakers of the elderly. Saxony Schmittle Mt. San Antonio The Prevalence of Mortgage Fraud and Its Correlation with Identity Theft Identity theft can be used to commit other crimes, and mortgage fraud is one such crime with the most damaging effects for the victim. Ryan Shepard Long Beach City Between National Boundaries and a Hard Place: A Brief Study of the Plight of the Ju/’hoansi (Kung San) Modernization enhanced through globalism has affected marginal band societies, like the Ju/’hoansi, through the misappropriation of their cultural lands, accelerating their demise. Savannah Shively Irvine Valley Relatively Simple Relativity with IPython Interactive Simulations New work implements the basic equations of relativity and the new IPython Notebook interface to create an adaptive learning tool for introductory physics. Kathleen Sirin El Camino Milk Mustache? No Thank You! Millions of people consume dairy milk daily, but the majority of the population is oblivious to its negative effects on both cows and their health. Jade Sobek Santiago Canyon Consciousness after Clinical Death: Can We Verify Animation beyond Physical Mortality? Thanks to advances in medical science, researchers now have the means to empirically investigate the possibility of consciousness after the declaration of clinical death. Michel Souisa Mt. San Antonio Interest or Obsession? The Dangers of Stalking in Relationships With misconceptions of stalking, many are unaware that it happens to normal people by someone they have a relationship with, giving plenty of opportunity for dangers. Nicole Spagnolo Mt. San Jacinto Is Diet Coke Toxic? Turbatrix aceti (vinegar eels) were used as a test subject to determine whether three ingredients in Diet Coke are toxic to living animals. Sarah Tagashira Huiling Zeng Citrus The Effect of Glycerol on the Growth of the Algae Species Chlorella vulgaris While algae can grow autotrophically through photosynthesis, heterotrophic conditions created by feeding on glycerol can effectively stimulate algal growth for wide scale biofuel production. Jin Tanizaki Irvine Valley History's Effects on Japanese Language Maintenance and Identification with the Japanese American Subculture Contrary to the popular belief that subculture is defined by ancestry, many Japanese-American communities reflect that some subcultures are largely defined by language proficiency. Vincent Tran Fullerton Modern Day Discrimination - School Segregation Modern day segregation in schools has a detrimental effect on those in the lower class who seek higher education and future financial stability. Nathan Yan East Los Angeles Marijuana and the Adolescent Brain: Why Females May Suffer More Adverse Effects Than Males Females males may be more susceptible than males to the negative effects of marijuana use due to the estrous cycle and cannabinoid receptors. Danessa Yip East Los Angeles The Brain Mechanisms Underlying Audioverbal Hallucinations in Non-Clinical or NonPsychotic Individuals Nonpsychotic individuals with audioverbal hallucinations show increased activation in the motor, frontal, temporal, and parietal areas during hallucinations, similar to psychotic individuals. Yicheng Zhang Fullerton When English is Not a Choice: A Social Conflict Analysis of the English-Only Movement The social conflict theory rationalizes that the English-only policy promotes the de-facto status of native English speakers over non-English speakers. Isaac Zheng Mt. San Antonio A Sight of Racial Preference Admission: The Social Opinions Toward the Affirmative Action Admission Policy and Further Suggestions on Racial Diversity in Colleges Basic reforms may maintain Racial Preference Admission’s advantages of keeping racial diversity and helping the minority and ultimately ameliorate its disadvantages of being too inclusive, unfair, and discriminatory. SESSION I “I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.” — Thomas Jefferson Oral Presentations 10:15-11:30 Please note that the following rooms are not on the main conference floor and must be accessed through specific elevators or staircases. Presenters and attendees should allow extra time to get to these rooms: Aliso Beach A and B Balboa Island A and B Newport Beach A and B To reach the Aliso Beach Rooms (A307 and A309 on the map), take the elevator across from the Emerald Bay Meeting Rooms on Level 1 (see map). Get off on the 3rd floor and follow the signs. (Note: Other elevators and staircases will not gain you access to these rooms.) To reach the Newport Beach Rooms or the Balboa Island Rooms, take the elevator or staircase near the Pacific Ballroom on Level 1 (see map). Get off on the 4th floor and follow the signs. (Note: Other elevators and staircases will not gain you access to these rooms.) We expect all presenters and attendees to arrive before 10:15 and stay for the entire session. Please refrain from leaving or entering a presentation already in progress. Presenter/College Title and Description Room Session Noël Hong Audrey Lim Irvine Valley The Impact of Classroom Peer Mentors and Cognitive Interventions on Students’ Academic Success Psi Beta’s longitudinal study, the C.O.N.N.E.C.T. program, includes classroom peer mentors and the presentation of a cognitive intervention workshop and will examine changes in college connectedness and academic success. Aliso Beach A 1 Karis Tanksley MiraCosta How to Create Failures: Brains, Learning, and Standardized Testing Current research on the structure of the reading brain suggests a disconnect between curriculum geared towards standardized testing and how children best learn to read. Aliso Beach A 1 Mark Vandre Santiago Canyon Mission Status Curious: Evaluating Causes of Veteran Students’ Underperformance in College Classrooms Veteran students may arrive at college with skills and discipline, but limitations in assessment may distort understanding their actual performance, endangering success and institutional effectiveness. Aliso Beach A 1 Aliso Beach B 1 ********** Aaron Bunch John Flores Alex Kemnitz Joseph Molina Brian Weatherspoon Citrus Mars Rocks! Robotic Sample Return in Martian Environments The Citrus College rocketry team is developing a robotic Martian sample return system in support of future NASA missions. ********** Kenneth Perry Orange Coast Creation and Analysis of a Binary Compression Algorithm: Using a Multi-algorithmic Approach to Maximize Compression Ratio Live demonstrations and algorithm executions demonstrate the efficacy of a developed binary compression algorithm against other compression algorithms. Balboa Island A 1 Kayla Orlinsky Milena Tintcheva Irvine Valley Promoting a Cure: Using Mathematical Modeling and Experimental Results to Predict the Infectiousness of the Ebola Virus Experimental data and mathematical modeling correct misconceptions and promote the development of a vaccine for the Ebola virus. Balboa Island A 1 Anahita Sarvi Saddleback Understanding Musical Harmony: A Visual Approach Through Mathematics A visualization of musical notes inspired by mathematical technique may be useful in the study of harmony and sightreading. Balboa Island A 1 ********** Gerardo Hernandez San Bernardino Valley The Ketogenic Lifestyle: Making Genes Work for You The correlation between excessive carbohydrate intake, obesity and mental instability demonstrates that carbohydrates fail to provide efficient long term quality of life for humanity. Balboa Island B 1 Isabelle Tran Irvine Valley Cancer and Chemical Warfare: How the Vietnam War Continues to Affect Us Use of Agent Orange in the Vietnam War links directly to cancer rates in the United States, despite the U.S. government’s denial of the connection. Balboa Island B 1 Yicheng Zhang Fullerton The Fat Tax: A Remedy for Obesity? The fat tax has been proposed as a means of incentivizing good health, and may have some potential as a solution. Balboa Island B 1 Brandon Thibodeau Victory Valley Neurological Impairment: The Effects of Contact Sports on the Cognitive, Neurological and Physiological Development in Young Athletes Concussions in youth sports, particularly football, have proven detrimental on the cognitive, psychological, and neurological development of adolescent children. Balboa Island B 1 ********** Sandra Diaz Riverside City Birdsong Across Time: Romantic, Late Victorian, and Modern Theory in Lyric Poetry The symbolism of birds in nineteenth century and early twentieth century British lyric poetry explores themes of death and transcendence. Crescent Bay A 1 Robin Gaitan Cerritos Conventionality is Not Morality: Jane Eyre, The White Tiger, and the Bildungsroman Tradition Aravind Adiga’s novel The White Tiger inverts the more traditional bildungsroman found in Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre. Crescent Bay A 1 Elizaveta Harvey Orange Coast Determinism or Free Will: Analysis of Rodion Raskolnikov’s Actions in Crime and Punishment Deterministic suffering from Raskolnikov’s actions is the expression of his freedom in committing the crimes that eventually force him to accept responsibility and confess. Crescent Bay A 1 Trisha Felix Mt. San Jacinto Progression of Female Characters from Anglo-Saxon Literature to the Medieval Period During the transition from the Anglo-Saxon to the AngloNorman and into the Medieval period the representation of female characters underwent an extreme progression. Crescent Bay A 1 ********** Elena Hursky Danielle Le Annie Zhang San Diego Mesa Gender Stereotypes: Normative Assertiveness as Observed in Self Presentation Society’s association of dominance with masculinity suggests that men engage in assertive self-representation more frequently than women do, as indicated by observed expansive body language. Crescent Bay B 1 Vanessa Lopez Riverside City Fight Club ft. Sigmund Freud An exploration of the issue of threatened masculinity within the film, Fight Club gains support from the theories of Sigmund Freud. Crescent Bay B 1 My Dinh Irvine Valley Bitcoin: A Setting Stone for the Future of Money or A Threat to the Economy? Bitcoin has both advantages and disadvantages, and an examination of this innovative means of payment says much about the future of currency. Crescent Bay B 1 ********** Fatima Alamire Irvine Valley Hydropolitics: Waging a Water War Military tension, hydro-politics, and climate change have had a tremendous impact on the Palestinian population's access to fresh water resources. Crescent Bay C 1 Joy Mo El Camino Untapped Treasures: The Role of Children's Education in Eradicating Poverty in the Developing World The long-term sustainable solution to eliminating widespread poverty must address the social responsibility of establishing policies and mobilizing resources, making education accessible for all. Crescent Bay C 1 Grecia PerezVerduzco East Los Angeles Color-Coordinated: Recognizing the Disparity in Education Recognizing unfair conditions and school practices is crucial when advocating for equal educational opportunities and advancements for minority populations. Crescent Bay C 1 Jessymar Gallaga East Los Angeles The Effects of Apartheid on South Africa's Educational System: Then and Now After its first national elections in 1994, South Africa was transformed into a democratic society; however, educational opportunities for blacks still continue to be limited. Crescent Bay C 1 Crescent Bay D 1 ********** Jose Gallaga East Los Angeles South Africa's Apartheid System and Steps Towards Freedom and Equality An examination of discrimination and segregation during South Africa's apartheid explains the struggle to abolish this unjust and inhumane system. Taryn Jacobson Irvine Valley Why Hasn't Palestine Been Granted Statehood? A Case Analysis Four independent variables in the internal workings of the Palestinian movement have affected the Palestinian fight for statehood. Crescent Bay D 1 Marie Kim Mt. San Antonio The Unification of North and South Korea: Is Germany an Appropriate Model for Unification? A comparison of West and East Germany to North and South Korea determines whether Germany's unification is an appropriate model for the Korean Peninsula. Crescent Bay D 1 Ehecatl ChumaceroRojas East Los Angeles Gender Inequality and the Culture of Oppression: Observations on the Worldwide Victimization of Women Varied constructs designed to subjugate women exist all over the world and reinforce the fact that the female gender is by far the world's largest oppressed majority. Crescent Bay D 1 ********** Faviolanny Rath Long Beach City Sexually Dimorphic Genes in the Developing Mouse Cortex and Hippocampus: Relative Gene Expression of Psmd10 A measurement of gene expression of Psmd10 and the effects of testosterone using RT-qPCR tests for sexual dimorphism in the developing mouse cortex and hippocampus. Doheny Beach A 1 Stephanie Lara Danilo Noguera Moreno Valley Gene Expression in Arabidopsis thaliana Through gene isolation and reporter binding, an experiment analyzes the expression and determine the function of particular genes in Arabidopsis thaliana. Doheny Beach A 1 Shawn Kim Irvine Valley Genetic Exploration of Conserved Unknowns in C. elegans An experiment uses C. elegans as a model organism to discover the function of conserved genes with unknown functions from humans to C. elegans. Doheny Beach A 1 ********** Monica Kirollos Katayoun YazdiNejad Irvine Valley The Effect of Low Light Level Stimulation on Mesenchymal Stem Cell Cultures The effect of LLL stimulation on growth of human mesenchymal stem cell cultures is examined by illuminating them with LED light at a wavelength of 660 nm. Doheny Beach B 1 Gina Wahdat Irvine Valley Taenia solium (Tapeworm) and Related Disease in Humans The Taenia solium, more popularly known as the tapeworm, is the cause of parasitic diseases related to human ingestion. Doheny Beach B 1 Bavly Ibrahim El Camino Recombinant DNA and Its Medical Benefits: Synthesis of Insulin Recombinant DNA has a great advantage in producing insulin from bacteria that is very similar to human insulin and causes no allergies for diabetic patients. Doheny Beach B 1 Cameron Wisdom Citrus The Effect of Increase Nitrogen Availability on Algal Growth in Chlorella vulgaris In the search to find the optimal conditions to grow Chlorella vulgaris for biofuel production, increased nitrogen availability shows little effect as a standalone variable. Doheny Beach B 1 ********** Emma Stavropoulos Moorpark An Analytical Approach to Disease: What Can Evolutionary Game Theory Reveal about Cancer? Evolutionary game theory may provide a useful analysis of cancer cell populations and reveal optimal treatment conditions. Doheny Beach C 1 Danielle Kasa MiraCosta Mamba Medication: The Effect of African Mamba Venom on Alzheimer’s Disease Fasciculin in mamba venom inhibits acetylcholinesterase from breaking down the neurotransmitter acetylcholine, suggesting an unexplored option in the symptomatic treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. Doheny Beach C 1 Koyinsola Oloja El Camino Death, Distrust, and Paranoia: Repercussions of the Negligence of the Ebola Virus With the recent Ebola outbreak, the rush to understand and find treatment for the Ebola virus has skyrocketed after being largely ignored for decades. Doheny Beach C 1 Alejandro Cabrera El Camino Protecting Your Future: Stress Management for College Students College students frequently experience the adverse bodily and psychological effects of stress; however, the consequences can be prevented by a variety of simple coping mechanisms. Doheny Beach C 1 ********** Nadiya Dubova Saddleback Internet Ubiquity: The Stagnation Of Mental Capability Among Digital Natives Regulating children's use of technology and implementing connected learning in 7-12 grade will effectively ameliorate the mental stagnation propagated by internet ubiquity. Doheny Beach D 1 Leslie Alvarado Andres Madrigal Irvine Valley Self-Regulation and Interpersonal Communication A study examines the effects of technology on self-regulation within interpersonal relationships, especially as it pertains to communication. Doheny Beach D 1 Hanyu Zhu East Los Angeles Internet Gaming Addiction: The Catastrophic Effects of Gaming-Related Visual Cues Visual gaming cues trigger addiction-related brain activity and lingering cognitive disruptions in young adults with Internet Gaming Disorder. Doheny Beach D 1 ********** Vivian Lo Pasadena City Put on Shuffle Play: The Effects of Musical Genre and Tempo on Text Recall It is often claimed that classical music enhances memory while studying. However, there is no significant difference on recall across different music genres and tempos. Emerald Bay A 1 Desiree Delavary Los Angeles Pierce The Beneficial Results Found in the Neurobiological Correlates of Meditation The neurobiological correlates that occur as a result of meditation and mindfulness training result in emotional, physiological, behavioral, and cognitive improvement. Emerald Bay A 1 Edwin DerSookiassian Glendale Mind and Body Dualism: The Effects of Meditative Practice on Overall Health Research investigates the effects of meditative practice on overall health with an individual assessment of each practice to determine which is more effective. Emerald Bay A 1 Reagan Smith Irvine Valley Writing Away Troubles: The Emotional Benefits of Therapeutic Writing Creative writing in therapy has been shown to increase the mental well-being of patients, and the same benefits may also be possible outside of therapy. Emerald Bay A 1 ********** Christopher Cabrera Mt. San Antonio Social Comparison: Effects on Body Image Satisfaction, Self-Esteem, and Gender Research examines the effects social comparison may have on body image satisfaction, self-esteem, and gender differences. Emerald Bay B 1 Cinthya Gonzalez Victor Valley The Struggles of Being Transgender Transgender individuals face many struggles. They experience rejection by family and friends, discrimination and victimization all while fighting a never-ending battle within themselves. Emerald Bay B 1 Jennifer Quan Irvine Valley Deconstructing Heterosexism: Opening Our Awareness to Our Own Homophobic Attitudes Heterosexism negatively impacts queer individuals physically, psychologically, and socially; heteronormative society should become aware of its heterosexist language to cultivate a more accepting environment. Emerald Bay B 1 Kylie Gardner Mt. San Jacinto Gender Neutral Parenting: Child-Rearing for the Fluid Parent Originally developed for trans-children, Gender Neutral Parenting provides a new and trending parenting technique that gives all children the freedom to be themselves. Emerald Bay B 1 ********** Rachel King Citrus The Weight of Her Heart: Wu Zetian in Perspective Research analyzes how China’s only female emperor, Wu Zetian, is observed by historians, uncovers pervasive genderbias, and offers insight into Wu Zetian’s life. Emerald Bay C 1 Tamara Russell Mt. San Jacinto History of the Motivations and Struggles of Women Travelling to Antarctica A brief history of the first women to travel to Antarctica demonstrates the hardships and social issues of women pursuing work there. Emerald Bay C 1 Albert Esquivel Rio Hondo Dissecting the Mysteries of Renaissance Anatomy: Anatomy in Early Western Art A study explores how and why Western artists of the Renaissance decided to go as far as taking up human dissection for their art. Emerald Bay C 1 Emerald Bay C 1 Melanie Michel-Stuart Comfort Women: Chinese and Korean Iconographic San Diego Mesa Symbols and Contemporary Meaning The use of traditional Chinese and Korean iconographic symbols in a contemporary framework communicates powerful messages of unspeakable atrocities and personal tragedy. ********** Sofia Zorian Los Angeles City The Timeless Classical Heroes: The Ideology of the Greek and Roman Hero Compared through the Works of Homer and Virgil Throughout the works of Homer and Virgil, extraordinary feats, valor, royal birth, physical suffering, nobility, and hamartia classify the ideology of the epic Classical Hero. Emerald Bay D 1 Tatianna Giron Glendale The Function of the Literary Anti-Hero as a Tool for SelfIntrospection Research breaks down the appeal of the anti-hero into key elements, using Wuthering Heights as an example and Jungian psychology as the framework. Emerald Bay D 1 Patience Lavoie Riverside City Touch No Evil in the Monkey House: Analysis of a Short Story by Kurt Vonnegut An analysis of Kurt Vonnegut’s short story “Welcome to the Monkey House” shows how Vonnegut draws attention to reallife political and religious systems he sees as unjust. Emerald Bay D 1 Grace Ciccarello Saddleback Pint-Sized and Powerful: An Analysis of Shakespearean Productions An analysis of production traditions and popular adaptations of Shakespeare's plays brings a new understanding of the Bard. Emerald Bay D 1 ********** Mark Keane San Diego Mesa What Does Unprecedented Monetary Policy Cost? The consequences of bad monetary policy are severe, sparking the need to carefully examine the costs and benefits of the Fed’s recent quantitative easing. Emerald Bay E 1 Andrew Stanton Moorpark Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: To Privatize or Not Privatize To remedy the potential hazard to taxpayers, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac should be stripped of their privileges of government sponsorship; eventually they should be replaced by fully private enterprises. Emerald Bay E 1 Joseph Luck El Camino Capitalism and Satisfaction: Measuring National WellBeing through Wealth vs. through Happiness Differences between traditional economic ideologies in western societies like the United States and emerging philosophies like the National Happiness Index reflect respective fundamental social, philosophical, and economic values. Emerald Bay E 1 Nicolas Lotorto San Bernardino Valley Opening Pandora’s Box: How Complex, Financial Mathematic Formulas Engendered a Stock Market Apocalypse While the misapplication of mathematical models contributed to the financial crisis of 2008, financial and political problems, as well as lax regulation, caused the crisis. Emerald Bay E 1 ********** William Donohue Long Beach City On the Origin of Speeches: The Creative Role of Exaptation in the Evolution and Diversification of Human Language Ability The evolution of the human capacity for speech benefited from the creative repurposing of a wide variety of preexisting primate characteristics. Moss Cove A 1 Ian Rigby MiraCosta The Genetic Underpinnings of Speech & Language and the Evolutionary Implications Specific genes, emerging during recent hominid evolution, have been shown to impact the neural and throat morphology associated with human speech and language. Moss Cove A 1 Laura Martin MiraCosta Biological Foundations and Evolutionary Implications of Psychopathy Under certain circumstances, psychopathy can provide a fitness benefit; however, selective pressures imposed by American society negate the fitness benefits of psychopathy. Moss Cove A 1 Amy Tims Chaffey Cervical Functional Anatomy in Extinct Human Ancestors An experiment uses NIH software to reconstruct degrees of neck movement in 2 million year-old fossils of Australopithecus sediba, a newly discovered species of human ancestor. Moss Cove A 1 ********** Mackenzie Anderson Pasadena City Species and Time: On the Origins of Being by Means of Temporal Selection Research fuses ontological discourse and biological speciation, formulating a temporally-based understanding of evolution to benefit cross-disciplinary research and discovery. Moss Cove B 1 Mahnoor Mian MiraCosta Altruism and Risky Business: The Biological Foundation for Economic Decisions Economic decisions, including generosity and risk-taking, are founded in genetics, hormones, and brain activity, providing the biological foundation for variation in human behavior. Moss Cove B 1 Sameer Aboufadel MiraCosta The Influence of Genes on Athleticism: In Regards to Endurance, Speed and Strength Elite athletes are the product of superior genes which create a physiology and biochemistry that enhance an individual’s endurance, speed, and/or strength. Moss Cove B 1 Rafaella Lisboa Pasadena City Foods We Eat: A Five-Course Wasting Menu Cultural values and social status define what is edible and what is garbage. If we are what we eat, are we also what we throw away? Moss Cove B 1 Newport Beach A 1 Newport Beach B 1 ********** Salwan Alhani Kutrell Prescott Juan Sebastian Rodriguez West Los Angeles Applied Nanotechnolgy: Photovoltaics Carbon Photovolatics are an efficient substitute for commonly used solar panels. Being abundant in nature with high optical absorption, carbon material is optimal for usage. ********** Deborah Wheeler Fullerton Zoos: Exploitation or Conservation Findings show that zoos contribute to conservation, education, and research. We must start working together, pool our resources, and help zoos succeed at their mission. Wes Stevens Crafton Hills Is Mining Asteroids Unavoidable? Long- term Sustainability of Mineral Resources for Earth’s Growing Technologically-Dependent Society For human civilization to maintain its way of life into the future, new sources of minerals must be located before current sources are depleted. Newport Beach B 1 Anthony Vasquez Fullerton How Do You Like These Apples? Rooting-out the Truth behind GMO Food and the Influential Role of Big Agriculture Research seeks to prove that GMO in food production is dangerous to both human life and the environment. Newport Beach B 1 Sara Aliabadi Irvine Valley Alzheimer’s Disease: Where Do We Stand? With the steady increase in life expectancy, geriatric care becomes more crucial. Recent innovations in managing Alzheimer's Disease show some promise. Newport Beach B 1 ********** Ryan Shepard Long Beach City If You Build It, They Will Ride: An Analysis of Los Angeles Metro’s Light-Rail System Though some claim that mass transit is implausible in LA, analyzing ridership data with statistical regression shows the merit of Metro Rail’s system. Pacific Ballroom A 1 Melissa Myers Orange Coast Papa Hobo: The Rise, Fall and Rebirth of Detroit Detroit has long been regarded as a rust-belt wasteland, but in recent years, this has turned around. From inside and out, Detroit is rising from the ashes. Pacific Ballroom A 1 Grant Sheagley Irvine Valley The Problem with IQ Tests Research on several fronts suggests that current intelligence assessments are greatly flawed and fail to quantify cognition. Pacific Ballroom A 1 Layla Bina Irvine Valley Seeing is Not Believing: How Memory Research Discredits Eyewitness Testimony Decades of research demonstrate the fallibility of human memory, yet juries remain convinced, incorrectly, that eyewitness testimony is the ultimate source of evidence. Pacific Ballroom A 1 Pacific Ballroom B 1 ********** Brenna Arant MiraCosta Manipulating the Polls: The Influence of Semantics Original polling research shows that bias and word choice in polling questions give the researcher the power to manipulate and control poll outcomes. Sara Ali Irvine Valley A Dangerous Love Triangle: False Advertisement in Hospital Ratings, Doctors, and Drugs Patient satisfaction surveys have a corrupting, detrimental effect on health care management and physician behavior. Pacific Ballroom B 1 Fernando De La Torre Are the Personal Opinions of Medical Professionals and San Diego Mesa the Public Still Deterrents of National Healthcare Policy?: A Survey A survey comparing calculus to sociology students finds that both subscribe to “hard work” as sole determinant of socialstatus, contrary to modern social problem theory. Pacific Ballroom B 1 Amber Wagstaff Santiago Canyon Pacific Ballroom B 1 Politicians and Opportunity Costs: How Pay-to-Play Campaign Financing Creates Disincentives for Robust Policy Analysis and Promotes Self-Protective Voting Campaign contributions from interest groups can disproportionately influence analysis and voting on environmental policies by accentuating the opportunity costs politicians factor during their decision-making process. ********** Janet Ng East Los Angeles If Only Plato's Rulers Were Mothers Too Despite allowing women to be rulers in his Republic, a fundamental flaw in Plato's ideal state is his prohibition of motherhood among these rulers. Woods Cove A 1 Heruy WoldeYohannes Mt. San Antonio The Effects of Social Networking on Aristotle’s Three Components of Friendships Social networks have ruined Aristotle’s idea of friendship. Eudemonia, or happiness, is achieved by partaking in fruitful intellectual and emotional interactions with friends. Woods Cove A 1 Anna Lapuos Moreno Valley Love as a Stride toward Death An assessment of Simone de Beauvoir’s critique of erotic relationships suggests two distinct roles, the lover and the beloved. Woods Cove A 1 Yunda Song East Los Angeles The Republic and The Giver: Observing Injustice through the Lens of Fiction When compared to Plato's Republic, Lois Lowry's The Giver reveals fundamental injustices inherent in Plato's perfectionist conception of justice and the ideal state. Woods Cove A 1 Woods Cove B 1 ********** Cristian Alejandre Joaquin Bañuelos Riverside City Transforming Western Civilization: the Synthesis of Greco-Roman and Judeo-Christian Thought The synthesñis of Greco-Roman and Judeo-Christian ideals influenced the development of philosophical and artistic thought in Western culture and civilization. Jerson Estrella Citrus Knowledge and Power: The Origins of the Library at Alexandria The Library at Alexandria was a cornerstone in securing the Ptolemaic dynasty’s reign over northern Africa through cultural unity and political influence. Woods Cove B 1 Adam Diaz Crafton Hills When a Count Takes the Cross: Raymond of SaintGilles’s Impact on the First Crusade Pope Urban II’s sermon at Clermont inspired the First Crusade, but Raymond of Saint-Gilles’s initiative and commitment made the campaign and its success possible. Woods Cove B 1 ********** Marcus Medrano Victor Valley Beyonce, Womanhood and Personal Agency Beyonce's control over every aspect of production in her career suggests just how far women in general and black women in particular have come. Woods Cove C 1 Geno Shin Fullerton Changing and Uneven Worlds: A Social Interactionist Analysis of Gender Construction and Gender Stratification Since gender norms are socially constructed, the definition of gender changes as society does. From a social interactionist approach, however, change is integral to society. Woods Cove C 1 Jendi Samai Mt. San Antonio Why Lighter-Skinned Black Women Triumph Over Darker-Skinned Black Women in Mainstream Music Pharrell Williams is one of the leading male artists today in music; however, his album is not exactly making audiences happy as his music is. Woods Cove C 1 Sequoia Thompson Pasadena City The Effects of Gender and Attire on Receptivity This non-experimental field study investigates the effects of Gender and Attire on Receptivity by offering free hugs to Pasadena Community College students passing by confederates. Woods Cove C 1 SESSION II “Education is not received. It is achieved.” —Author Unkown Oral Presentations 11:45-1:00 Please note that the following rooms are not on the main conference floor and must be accessed through specific elevators or staircases. Presenters and attendees should allow extra time to get to these rooms: Aliso Beach A and B Balboa Island A and B Newport Beach A and B To reach the Aliso Beach Rooms (A307 and A309 on the map), take the elevator across from the Emerald Bay Meeting Rooms on Level 1 (see map). Get off on the 3rd floor and follow the signs. (Note: Other elevators and staircases will not gain you access to these rooms.) To reach the Newport Beach Rooms or the Balboa Island Rooms, take the elevator or staircase near the Pacific Ballroom on Level 1 (see map). Get off on the 4th floor and follow the signs. (Note: Other elevators and staircases will not gain you access to these rooms.) We expect all presenters and attendees to arrive before 11:45 and stay for the entire session. Please refrain from leaving or entering a presentation already in progress. Presenter/College Title and Description Room Session Emily Garcia Stephanie Paule Danielle Taylor Sylvane Vaccarino Samantha Woo San Diego Mesa In Search of a Smile: Gender Differences in Smile Reciprocity In infancy, smiling is universal, regardless of the infant’s sex. Something during human development influences our tendency to smile, and gender seems a determining factor. Aliso Beach A 2 Nanea Dominguez El Camino Dopamine: The Science of Motivation and Addiction Dopamine is the neurotransmitter that can both motivate us to higher heights and yet lead us down the destructive path of addiction. Aliso Beach A 2 Elyse Smith Mt. San Antonio Psychedelics: Exploring the Possibilities Considerable evidence through scientific studies and inquiry has revealed remarkable benefits that can be reaped from the use of psychedelic substances in controlled settings. Aliso Beach A 2 ********** Paul Denham Long Beach City The Key to a Scientifically Inclined Society: Creating Mathematical Interest The number of STEM majors has declined, but an increased demand prompts mentors to act as recruiters for STEM fields. Aliso Beach B 2 Quintin Gaddy Chaffey Nuclear Fusion: A Projected Timeline Who is competing in the emerging nuclear fusion market and its effects on the global economy will be crucial in the future. Aliso Beach B 2 Xavier Muñoz Glendale Can Humans Create “Spooky Action From a Distance?” Using Quantum Theory to Teleport Information Can people teleport information to others? Research investigates the possible Quantum Mechanical properties of the human nature of interaction. Aliso Beach B 2 Christian Espinoza San Bernardino Valley Contextual Computing: Humanization + Fusion of Data Usage of contextual computing is essential, considering that it will allow individuals and business organizations to make better and faster predictions in real-time. Aliso Beach B 2 Balboa Island A 2 ********** Farshud Sorourifar MiraCosta Squaring a Circle: Creative Solutions to an Irrational Problem Generations of mathematicians made numerous discoveries while trying to prove a 3000 year-old math problem, demonstrating that the process of proofing is often more important than the finding the correct answer. Omeed Aman Pasha Khosravi Irvine Valley Numerical Methods in Braking Analysis Research focuses on modeling the distribution of heat through a brake disk in real time, which is governed by a timedependent partial differential equation. Balboa Island A 2 Taylor Daymude MiraCosta Mathematics Exposed: Cracks in the Seams of Mathematical Certainty Math isn't as perfect as you think; it is realistically a human construct and requires leaps of faith to achieve certainty. Balboa Island A 2 ********** Max Balaban Taylor Heryford Cynaera Lewis Jeremiah Norton San Diego Mesa Condom Acceptance: Variance in Area and Sex An observational study compares the likelihood of people in sexually diverse versus sexually neutral communities to accept free condoms made available in nightclub restrooms. Balboa Island B 2 Angelica Fermin Irvine Valley Working Against Working Women: The Relationship between the Continuing Influence of Gender Roles and the Discrimination Against Women in Corporate America A study investigates the relationship between modern American assumptions from past gender roles and their contribution to the continuing sexual discrimination of women in the workplace. Balboa Island B 2 Miski Abdi Grossmont Cyrus the Great: 6th Century Father to the Jews and Babylonians Cyrus the Great, among history’s most successful rulers, is unique among world leaders as exemplified by his wisdom in warfare, and his religious tolerance. Balboa Island B 2 Daniel Mazon Los Angeles Harbor The Imagination in Cultural Learning: A Departure from Knowledge-based Cultural Construct A variety of literary sources help researchers understand deeper implications of human behavior. Balboa Island B 2 Crescent Bay A 2 Crescent Bay A 2 ********** Micah Raimo Victor Valley Demons to Some. Angels to Others: The Horror/ Sadomasochistic Dynamic in Clive Barker’s The Hellbound Heart Clive Barker reestablishes the Sadomasochistic relationship between man and monster, using a combination of gothic and ancient horror themes in his work, The Hellbound Heart Jie Hui (Allison) Zhou From Paralysis to Embodied Transcendence Pasadena City An examination renders paralysis necessary in the initiation of existential transcendence. Coalescing major philosophical theories of the 1790’s-onwards, arguing that the aesthetic mind does not paralyze. Lukas McCutcheon Los Angeles City Take Your Pain and Use It: In Defense of Medea The Greek play Medea, by Euripides, invites a metanarrative providing examples of third-wave feminist ideals which deconstruct the perspectives of the antagonists in the play. Crescent Bay A 2 Nicolas Elder Cerro Coso Cosmology in Milton's Paradise Lost The sources and inspiration of the many cosmological elements in John Milton's Paradise Lost are central to this Christian epic. Crescent Bay A 2 Crescent Bay B 2 Agustinus Pamungkas Super PACs: A Potential Scourge of American Democracy El Camino The threat of big money in U.S politics through super-PACs endangers the integrity of our electoral institutions. Crescent Bay B 2 Brian Denney Saddleback Comprehensive Student Initiated Education Reform: The Potential for Change within Our System of Higher Education Legislation initiated by students could provide the greatest opportunity for comprehensive education reform to meet success in Congress. Crescent Bay B 2 Ryan Carr Orange Coast Data Analytics: The Obama Campaign's Key to Victory in 2012 President Obama was reelected in 2012 thanks to his campaign's use of data-analysis. This efficacy of technology forever changed the landscape of political campaigns. Crescent Bay B 2 ********** Tiffany Guzman San Bernardino Valley Turn up for What: Spreading Hope through Democracy While voter turnout in San Bernardino County is second lowest in California, modernizing the voting process will enable democracy to prosper. ********** Daniel Magana Cornejo East Los Angeles The Dilemma of "Obamacare": Those Who Benefit Most Oppose It Although the Affordable Care Act was designed to benefit demographically diverse populations, those who benefit most often unexpectedly oppose this healthcare reform. Crescent Bay C 2 Samantha Brooks Long Beach City Public Defense, or Public Incarceration? An UnderFunded Public Defense Violates the Sixth Amendment, and Ultimately Furthers Inequality in America The public defense structure is a key component of inequality in our modern judicial system. Crescent Bay C 2 Arzviek Moradian Glendale Revenge Porn: Social and Political Approaches to a Growing Problem “Revenge porn,” the use of explicit online content to harm an individual, is a social and political problem requiring consideration of both protection and privacy. Crescent Bay C 2 Andres Madrigal Irvine Valley Is Pornography Helpful? The impact pornography has on its audience has a wide range of positive functions in everyday life and should be more socially acceptable. Crescent Bay C 2 ********** Judy Huang Mt. San Antonio The Consequences of Drug Addiction: Nurses Risking Their Careers to Maintain a Drug Habit Treating substance abuse as a disease may encourage more nurses to come forward and receive treatment; however, stealing drugs from patients should not be overlooked as a crime. Crescent Bay D 2 Daniel Medina Grossmont High Times: The Economic Argument for Marijuana Legalization Every forty-five seconds, someone is arrested for marijuana offenses in the U.S. Although there are several approaches to solving this problem, one solution is common to all: legalization. Crescent Bay D 2 Cameron Abrams Irvine Valley The Collateral Damage of the War on Drugs: The Development and Consequences of a Perpetual Offensive on Drug Addicts and the Communities They Come from The War on Drugs has led to a system which doesn't rehabilitate, but instead, punishes drug addicts and reduces their chance of reintegration into society. Crescent Bay D 2 Nima Sabaghzadeh Mt. San Antonio Behind The Minds Of Stock Fraud Criminals A study examines the criminal minds behind stock fraud to understand the true motivation behind this white collar crime. Crescent Bay D 2 ********** Andrew Robles Moorpark Synthetic Food Supply: Why Genetically Modified Food Should Be Labeled Since the long-term health effects of genetically modified foods are uncertain, labeling should be mandated to allow consumers to make informed decisions about the food they purchase. Doheny Beach A 2 Issa Al Hadeed Glendale A Study of Marine Debris The Enviros team will study the marine debris concentrations around Long Beach and the Pacific Ocean for effects of manmade pollutants on ecology. Doheny Beach A 2 Rachel Lockman Irvine Valley The Allelopathic Potential of Lyonothamnus floribundus ssp. aspleniifolius, or Santa Cruz Island Ironwood Tree A dilution experiment tests the allelopathic potential of Lyonothamnus floribundus ssp. aspleniifolius, or Santa Cruz Island Ironwood. Doheny Beach A 2 Matt DeRemer Mt. San Jacinto Bio-chemistry: In a Different Sense a Look at Pharmaceuticals’ Effects on Radishes When foreign chemicals are added to the soil or water of a plants ecosystem, there are generally adverse effects on the germination, growth, development, and survival of those plants. Doheny Beach A 2 ********** Alan Garcia Mt. San Antonio Fighting Depression: How to Beat It Depression interferes with people’s lifestyles, making living a productive life extremely difficult; however, cognitive behavioral therapy and meditation can trounce depression and provide relief. Doheny Beach B 2 Nicholas Karp Briana Lawson Kinza Qureshi Sam Wolotsky Saddleback The Destruction of Society: How Cell Phones Are Running Our Lives Cellular phones have a crippling effect on the social skills of teenagers, forging a generation of technology-dependent people unable to interact in face-to-face social situations Doheny Beach B 2 Jocelyn Barete Citrus Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Breakdown of the Available Treatments and Therapies Autism Spectrum Disorder Treatments is a project that breaks down the options in a way that parents and families can use to better navigate their choices. Doheny Beach B 2 ********** Bryant Banh Irvine Valley It’s All in the Genes: A Study of the Influence of Biological Information on Attitudes toward Homosexuality Research examines the influence of various factors on people's attitudes towards research that shows a link between epigenetics and homosexuality. Doheny Beach C 2 Dong Jae Lee El Camino A Cue to Clone: The Bioethics of Non-coital Reproduction Although modern research into developmental biology and human cloning holds a fascinating advance in science, ethical concerns pose a great threat to the profound discovery. Doheny Beach C 2 Nestor Aquino Rachel King Citrus Searching for the Fountain of Youth: An Inquiry Into the Function of Telomerase Telomerase, an enzyme that could hypothetically fend off cellular aging, is popularly called the “Fountain of Youth”. A study tests the validity of these claims. Doheny Beach C 2 ********** Candy Iñiguez Cynthia Zuniga Irvine Valley Hashtag Social Networking Sites: The Effects SNS Have on Users' Self-esteem There is a deep and often overlooked relationship between social networking, envy, and self-esteem. Doheny Beach D 2 Bridget O’Brien MiraCosta Warped Vision: Visual Imagery and the Neurobiology of Body Dysmorphic Disorder Evidence of abnormal visual and emotional processing in individuals with Body Dysmorphic Disorder shows that visual imagery can stimulate the severity of the disorder. Doheny Beach D 2 Anuninderjeet Virk Glendale Reaching Peak Performance with Visualizations A project explores how practicing visualizations allows one to reach one’s full potential, through an experiment based upon mind-body theory and research. Doheny Beach D 2 ********** Garryson Zamora Mt. San Antonio Don’t Get Fat! Are Mothers of Daughters Who Don’t Give Second Helpings Perceived More Negatively Than Mothers of Sons? Participants’ gender affect their reactions to a mother who does not allow her child (either a son or a daughter) to have a second helping. Emerald Bay A 2 Harmonie Strohl Irvine Valley Economic Deprivation and Cognitive Development This research outlines how poverty in the three main sectors of a child’s environment- neighborhood, home, and schoolcan negatively affect cognitive development, and considers successful interventions. Emerald Bay A 2 Daisy Espinoza Irvine Valley Facebook and Self-Esteem: What's the Relationship? Research investigates the relationship between self-esteem and Facebook posting and viewing. Emerald Bay A 2 Evan Rivkin Pasadena City Discerning the Morally Colorblind: A Hermeneutical Critique of the Contemporary Significations of the Psychopath Research explores, challenges, and seeks to redefine clinical psychologists’ denigrating representations of psychopaths through an appeal to philosophical hermeneutics. Emerald Bay A 2 Emerald Bay B 2 ********** Estrella Serrato Irvine Valley ROCD: A Way to Ruin Your Sex Life Relationship obsessive compulsive disorder can lower an individual’s sex drive due to insecurity, attachment, and anxiety issues. Tania Escobedo San Bernardino Valley Follow Your Nose: The Essence of Attraction A survey of male- and female-oriented scents given to participants evaluated according to the Kinsey scale investigates whether olfaction is influenced by sexual orientation. Emerald Bay B 2 Arianna Villasor El Camino The Search for Power and Empowerment: Why Sex Trafficking Persists Today Sex trafficking creates a false sense of belonging for both the trafficker and minor and fulfills the need for companionship through abuse and exploitation. Emerald Bay B 2 Susan Lawino Los Angeles Pierce Prostitution: Does Legalization Harm Prostitutes? The debate over legalizing prostitution is driven by safety and human rights, whether it is the right to freely participate or the right to be free from participation. Emerald Bay B 2 ********** Katherine LaVeaux Citrus Creoles, Mulattos, and Voodoo, Oh My!: The Development of Creole Culture in Louisiana Divisions among white Creoles, Creoles of Color, and the black population created a social hierarchy that allowed, people of color to hold semblance of power. Emerald Bay C 2 Elisabeth Larson Los Angeles City The Effects of Public Opinion on Reconstruction in the Postbellum South Reconstruction came to an untimely end because of a backlash of public opinion, as seen through the political cartoons of Thomas Nast and Harper’s Weekly. Emerald Bay C 2 Abigail Ledesma Victor Valley The Lincoln behind Sherman During the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln allowed William T. Sherman to forage and demoralize the South in order to preserve the Union. Emerald Bay C 2 Akash Kasibhatla MiraCosta An Interpretation of Democratic Theory: Philosophia, Naturalis et Politicus An analysis of the evolution of Democracy emphasizes Jeffersonian Democracy and the American Republic. Emerald Bay C 2 Emerald Bay D 2 ********** Sophie O'Brien Mt. San Antonio Beatlemania: How the British Invasion Defined the American Identity The crazed fandom known as Beatlemania encompassed an image of the American identity as an escapist society that relied on structure and idealized love. Abigail Atchison Los Angeles City Irish “Neutrality” During WWII: Why Did Ireland really Remain Neutral During World War II? The reasons Ireland remained neutral during World War II show much of what is key to United Kingdom politics in the mid-century. Emerald Bay D 2 Joaquin Bañuelos Riverside City The Burden of Masculinity in Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried: Challenging Depictions of Masculinity in Film and Media Tim O’Brien’s stories reveal how the Vietnam War pressured men to conform to prevailing expressions of maleness and shamed men into war and abandoning their personal identities. Emerald Bay D 2 Rosario Metheny San Bernardino Valley A Divine Obligation to Spread A weakened Mexican government facilitated the United States’s divine obligation to expand its territory and with “Mr. Polk’s War” expanded its territory by 40%. Emerald Bay D 2 ********** Emilia Vitti El Camino Swimming: A Pre-Industrial Historical Approach Regarding Masculinity, Gender Roles, and Homoeroticism In nineteenth century America, Thomas Eakins’ paintings challenged gender roles, masculinity, and sexuality through nudity and choice of landscape, providing male form and preindustrialization commentaries. Emerald Bay E 2 Trevor Reynolds Los Angeles City The Living Document of a Dying Moment: The Subconscious Manifestation of a Photographer’s Imminent Mortality in the Photograph Through the subconscious representation of impending mortality in their work, five photographers nearing death establish the ubiquitous interconnection between the artist and their subject. Emerald Bay E 2 Chris Chien MiraCosta The “Ahh-ness” of Things: An Eastern Look at French Impressionism Famous French Impressionist paintings take on new meanings viewed through the lens of the Japanese aesthetic mono no aware. Emerald Bay E 2 Albert Castro Mt. San Antonio Deleuze and Gottlieb: A Critical Development of Painting An application Gilles Deleuze’s art theory examines the ontological implications of painting and apparent reality found in Adolph Gottlieb’s “Blast, I.” Emerald Bay E 2 Moss Cove A 2 ********** Colt Gordon MiraCosta Sex Sells; and So Do People in Thailand In Thailand, millions are exploited because the Thai government, law enforcement, and US Military officials are willing to ignore and enable the $4.3 billion problem. Bruce Long San Bernardino Valley Circles in Sand: Defining Play, Game and Sport in Actual and Virtual Playgrounds Treating play, game and sport as three distinct yet overlapping categories enables more fruitful comparison of virtual and actual world areas assigned to play-related activities. Moss Cove A 2 Matthew Gold Pasadena City “Bighed Meriâ” and Spiritual Piety: Evaluating Evangelical Christianity and Female Agency In Papua New Guinea The influx of various Christian denominations into Papua New Guinea has had a profound and nuanced effect on the exercise of agency by Papuan Women. Moss Cove A 2 Aqsa Altaf Pasadena City Ritualized Homosexuality and the Reproduction of Social Order in Melanesia Ritualized homosexuality plays a critical role in the reproduction of social order among various peoples in Melanesia. Moss Cove A 2 ********** Bradley Woolf Pasadena City Social Influences on Dieting and Nutrition: A Study of Dietary and Exercise Trends in Young Adult Males Men are influenced to fulfill a position in an imagined social hierarchy, in which dieting and exercising help achieve a socially defined body type. Moss Cove B 2 Estevan Garcia San Bernardino Valley What Can an Urban Planner Learn from an Anthropologist: The Relationship between Anthropology and Urban Planning An understanding of cultural values, cosmologies, and materialities affects the built environment and can be used to build better cities. Moss Cove B 2 Brooke Tyler MiraCosta Vaccines and Autism: Myths, Truths, and Health Consequences Following the fraudulent work of Wakefield linking autism to vaccines, the US experienced significant increases in measles outbreaks that continue to hurt society. Moss Cove B 2 Danielle Bui Santiago Canyon Linguistic Preservation: The Obligation to Preserve Akkadian and other Disappearing Languages A language determines cultural/functional identity and world view. To lose a language like Akkadian is to lose that culture’s thoughts, emotions, and transactional communications. Moss Cove B 2 ********** Laura Medina San Bernardino Valley Roman Extraction: Exploring Mars for Plutonium A mission to Mars to find and extract an element known as muromontite is inherently beneficial for future space exploration. Newport Beach A 2 Bradley Evans Riverside City Designing a Cost-Effective, Efficient Wind Turbine An RCC team faced challenges designing an efficient wind turbine for a UCR engineering competition. Newport Beach A 2 John Flores Citrus Project Lambda Project Lambda is a year-long project whose objective was to research lateral vibrations and triboelectric charging of a high power rocket in flight. Newport Beach A 2 Christopher Urquilla El Camino Ocean Acidification: The Impact on Marine and Human Life Population growth and industrial processes have caused an increase of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, negatively impacting marine life and ecosystems by ocean acidification. Newport Beach A 2 ********** Crystal Johnson Ann Kim El Camino Sex, Skin, and Bones Sell: The Influence of Media on Distorting the Perception of Healthy Body Images of Females Through the media’s portrayal of highly unrealistic body images and its over-sexualization of females, women face an overwhelming escalation in self-objectification, low selfesteem, and eating disorders. Newport Beach B 2 Rachel Todd Fullerton Misogyny Aged Like a Fine Wine: A Symbolic Interactionist Approach to Sex Discrimination in the Workplace Since childhood, gender roles are socialized into both men and women, and those roles carry on into the workplace, creating inferior and superior roles between genders. Newport Beach B 2 Hannah McCann El Camino I’m Still Not an Equal: Gender Inequality Still Rampant in the 21st Century Despite the societal advances of the twenty-first century, gender inequality is still prevalent through stereotypes and prescribed gender roles, causing global dehumanization. Newport Beach B 2 Pacific Ballroom A 2 ********** Christopher Quach MiraCosta The Model Minority’s Bamboo Ceiling Asian Americans have been the face of minority socioeconomic success, yet an invisible barrier impedes Asian American progress in the professional world. Sahara Al-Madi Mt. San Antonio It Takes Two to Talk: The Importance of Social Motivation When Learning a Language Interacting interpersonally benefits a person, because it will spark social motivation, which will in turn help enhance their ability to learn and retain a language. Pacific Ballroom A 2 Calvin Handoko San Diego Mesa The Misleading Stereotype of Asian Students Several factors prove the misguided stereotype of Asian students being academically gifted in STEM-related subjects to be totally incorrect. Pacific Ballroom A 2 Nailah Sewell Long Beach City They May Have Lied When They Said Skin Color Didn’t Matter: A Study of How African Americans’ Skin Complexions Are Perceived by other Ethnicities Although people claim skin complexion does not impact attractiveness, an analysis of perception on skin color found that in one gender, lighter skin is preferred. Pacific Ballroom A 2 ********** Abhay Bhanot MiraCosta Real Time News: Social Media Empowers Global Protests Social media have increased global awareness of heavyhanded government actions and empowered protesters to make positive changes. Pacific Ballroom B 2 Sara Yogi San Diego Mesa Digitally United, Yet Socially Estranged: The Influence of Social Media on our Interpersonal Relationships A critical analysis examines the influence and implications our social media and virtual communication habits have on our “real-life” interpersonal relationships. Pacific Ballroom B 2 Hana Fisher Saddleback The Effects of Media: The Early Sexualization of Young Girls Today’s media sexualize girls at younger ages than ever before; this trend has many negative effects and just as many causes. Pacific Ballroom B 2 Jennifer Chae Irvine Valley False Memories and Eyewitness Testimonies: Can Your Memories be Trusted? Human memories do not reflect reality perfectly; thus, eyewitness testimony should not be considered trustworthy evidence. Pacific Ballroom B 2 Woods Cove A 2 ********** Patrick Shaffer Long Beach City Disciplining Dismemberment: Foucault, Body Worlds, and the Censorship of Survival Horror A pragmatic critique examines various macabre entertainments and their usage of Michel Foucault’s theories regarding governmental control, criminal justice, and plague response. Michael Collins Pasadena City How Death Affects Life before It Death is the antithesis of being—of life framed by cultural interpretive practices that limit or promote individuals’ capabilities to consistently transcend themselves. Woods Cove A 2 Annalise Wood Irvine Valley Photo-Retouching in Advertising: The Role of Technology in the Destruction of Women’s Self-Esteem Advertisers’ digital photo-retouching techniques give normal girls and women unattainable expectations for themselves, resulting in low self-esteem, wasted time, money, and energy, cosmetic surgery, and eating disorders. Woods Cove A 2 Lourdes NuñezCasielles Los Angeles City Godot and Structuralism Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot can be interpreted in terms of structuralism to emphasize the challenging structure of language through the lens of the Absurd. Woods Cove A 2 ********* Gary Pei Irvine Valley What Is "Hip-Hop" Now?: From Artistry to Consumerism Originally an artistic movement, contemporary hip-hop has redefined itself as a consumer commodity, a transformation that has created conflict between newer and older Hip-Hop generations. Woods Cove B 2 Nate Pavon Mt. San Jacinto America’s Great Catalyst: Music from The Harlem Renaissance The Harlem Renaissance forever changed American culture. After the 1920s music evolved, and shaped the cultural identity of society throughout the twentieth century. Woods Cove B 2 Julia Julima San Diego Mesa Hip Hop and History; The History in Hip Hop An examination of the station of terror and Hip Hop within the African American community suggests a relationship between these two bodies. Woods Cove B 2 Jason Botello Mt. San Jacinto The Victimization of Mexican-American Adolescents into a Gang Subculture Hispanic gangs were largely created from the historical marginal aspects of their lives with war being a primary factor that victimized the ethnic group entirely through processes of cultural cleansings. Woods Cove B 2 Woods Cove C 2 ********** Zeina Mousa Irvine Valley A Prize to be Won: The Sexualized and Objectified Image of the Arab Woman in Disney’s Aladdin An examination of Disney’s Aladdin reveals cultural and sexist stereotypes that dehumanize the Arab woman, depicting her to be nothing more than a subservient “other.” Stella Petkova Pasadena City War on Women: The American Rape Epidemic Research explores the complex relationship between rape in American high schools and universities, in both mainstream and social media, and their effect on rape culture. Woods Cove C 2 Devon Lukasiewicz MiraCosta Skin Over Skills: The Sexualization of Female Athletes Original interview data and comment analysis research show that women receive second-class treatment to men in action and combat sports. Woods Cove C 2 Cody Strohl Irvine Valley The Divorce Rate: A Financial Issue? Research analyzes the aspects of couple finance that lead to marital dissolution, hypothesizing that a negative financial situation is a driving force behind divorce. Woods Cove C 2 SESSION III “Change is the end result of all true learning.” —Leo Buscaglia Oral Presentations 2:15-3:30 Please note that the following rooms are not on the main conference floor and must be accessed through specific elevators or staircases. Presenters and attendees should allow extra time to get to these rooms: Aliso Beach A and B Balboa Island A and B Newport Beach A and B To reach the Aliso Beach Rooms (A307 and A309 on the map), take the elevator across from the Emerald Bay Meeting Rooms on Level 1 (see map). Get off on the 3rd floor and follow the signs. (Note: Other elevators and staircases will not gain you access to these rooms.) To reach the Newport Beach Rooms or the Balboa Island Rooms, take the elevator or staircase near the Pacific Ballroom on Level 1 (see map). Get off on the 4th floor and follow the signs. (Note: Other elevators and staircases will not gain you access to these rooms.) We expect all presenters and attendees to arrive before 2:15 and stay for the entire session. Please refrain from leaving or entering a presentation already in progress. Presenter/College Title and Description Room Session Charlie James El Camino The Necessity of Student Activism: Decreased Government Subsidies Jeopardize Students and Higher Education Significant cuts to government subsidies for higher education have endangered our educational system. It is time for students to unite and address this issue. Aliso Beach A 3 Thomas Stevens Irvine Valley The Relationship Between Qualities of College Professors and Student Academic Success A study examines the relationship between qualities of college professors and student academic success based on GPA. Aliso Beach A 3 Edric Mirzoian Glendale Ethnic Diversity and Prosperity: A Systematic Study on the Ethnic Density Effect and Ethnic Isolation An investigation of ethnic isolation includes ethnographic interviews with students who are distinct minorities, with focus on academic performance and well-being in those situations. Aliso Beach A 3 Man Chong Pasadena City Walking out of the Factory Line: A Gadamerian Approach to Freire’s Banking Model of Education The current education paradigm presents itself as a factory that reproduces knowledge. However, a Gadamerian approach suggests that understanding is gained through dialogue and application. Aliso Beach A 3 Aliso Beach B 3 ********** Noura Alayyan James Couch Jimmy Lam Oumnia Maaouni Alec Nystrom Casey Rudd Citrus Project Kinetic Owl A project designs and builds a fuel-efficient vehicle, as optimizing fuel efficiency helps reduce damage to the environment and increases economic security. ********** Tyler Carson Miriam Fadel Travis McEntee Crafton Hills In Defense of Change in the English Language Research reviews the common arguments that the English language is declining in quality, concluding that the English language is simply naturally evolving. Balboa Island A 3 Joel Ramirez East Los Angeles The Amazing Olaudah Equiano: From African Slave to Best Selling Author Olaudah Equiano was the first African slave to write a bestselling autobiography and slave narrative of his extraordinary life when slavery still plagued the world. Balboa Island A 3 Steven Kha Irvine Valley How Rude! Perceived Rudeness in Cellphone Usage Have cell phones made people ruder? A study explores the relationship between perceptions of rudeness and cell phone usage. Balboa Island A 3 ********** Michael Cormier Victor Valley Race and the Chasm of Justice Dehumanization accounts for an overrepresentation of African Americans in the criminal justice system, which conflicts with the Fourteenth Amendment and tears the fabric of freedom. Balboa Island B 3 Chelsea O'Camb Mt. San Antonio We Are More Fearful of Whites Than Minorities: A Comparison of the Perception of Arabs vs. Whites at an Airport Students reacted to a scenario describing a suspicious man of either white or Arab descent at an airport; results indicate greater concern directed toward the white man. Balboa Island B 3 Arielle Stephenson El Camino The Jews are Alive: The Trajectory of Anti-Semitism Anti-Semitism is a prevalent issue in society that needs to be addressed; individual and institutional solutions are the first step to fixing the problem. Balboa Island B 3 Annie Nicholson Santiago Canyon Challenging Cultural Stigmas: Finding Ways to Engage Perceptions and Problems of Homelessness The homeless suffer from many negative misconceptions; eliminating these prejudices requires applying new understandings of who the homeless are and how to productively engage them. Balboa Island B 3 ********** Brianna Fergus Riverside City Whoso Lust for Subjectivity: The Representation of Women in “Whoso List to Hunt”, “Sonnet 67”, and “Rima 190” The sexual objectification and subjectification of women runs through Sir Thomas Wyatt's "Whoso List to Hunt," Edmund Spenser's "Sonnet 67," and Francesco Petrarch's "Rima 190." Crescent Bay A 3 Brennan Gonering Riverside City Mortality and Misogyny: Feminist Criticisms of World Epics Using Terror Management The reactions of male epic heroes to reminders of their mortalities indicate the belief that women belong to an outgroup and threaten men’s worldviews. Crescent Bay A 3 Regina Agopian Los Angeles Pierce The Gender Gap in Competitive Sports Research into explanations for the reasons females participate in competitive sports far less than males suggests the influence of many social and cultural factors. Crescent Bay A 3 Apryl Boyd Saddleback Voltaire: Religious Tolerance and the Correlation to Islam The controversial ideas of religious tolerance of Islam have long been depicted through the French philosopher Voltaire and stress the importance of religious acceptance. Crescent Bay A 3 ********** Joanna Chavez East Los Angeles The Achievement Gap: Direct Influences Affecting Minority Students Direct influences have contributed to the academic achievement gap phenomenon among minority students and may explain their poor academic performance. Crescent Bay B 3 Justine Banal Fullerton Put Your Money Where Your Mouse Is: Net Neutrality, Capitalism, and the First Amendment Questions of net neutrality suggest issues at the heart of our nation’s concepts of freedom of speech and the profit motive. Crescent Bay B 3 Armon Goharbin Irvine Valley Spying Eye: Security, Privacy and Freedom in the Post9/11 Surveillance State Developments in surveillance technology and methods since 9/11 bring into question many basic understandings of security and privacy. Crescent Bay B 3 Michelle Rios Fullerton 2 + 2 = 5: The Discrepancy of California Higher Education, Ourselves, and State Funding The crisis of funding for California colleges casts doubt on the security of education in the state’s future. Crescent Bay B 3 ********** Maria José Lopez Mt. San Jacinto Guatemala’s Genocide: A Closer Look at the Causes, the Offenses Committed and Reasons for Little Opposition to Stop the Crimes Committed Against the Ixil Mayans in the 1980’s The Guatemalan Genocide is rarely mentioned. However, it branded the lives and hearts of Ixil Mayas and, to this day, Ixil Mayas are seeking justice. Crescent Bay C 3 Yoobin Kang Mt. San Antonio The Vietnam Syndrome and the Tragedies of the Wars in Vietnam and Iraq The Vietnam Syndrome, which sprang from the Vietnam War, was a major contributor of the disastrous consequences of the Iraq War. Crescent Bay C 3 Jada Blanshard Cerritos Child Soldiers: The Ugliness of the Twenty-First Century The world needs to stop turning its back on children who are being robbed of their innocence by involuntarily fighting in wars. Crescent Bay C 3 Vanesse Hiten Mt. San Jacinto Understanding Genocide Through the Herero Genocide has become more prevalent in the twentieth century. One case study provides reasons for genocides and strategies to alleviate such conflicts in the future. Crescent Bay C 3 ********** Nicole Arasteh Moorpark Success Through Eucation: Sending Immigrants to College Immigrant Culture and its Effect on Academics With more immigrant families coming to the U.S., programs to overcome socioeconomic and cultural barriers can greatly promote higher education attainment among these disadvantaged groups. Crescent Bay D 3 John Llamas Pasadena City Humanity vs. Wealth: The Psychology of Money Money doesn't necessarily bring us happiness, but it does significantly influence our emotions and is a factor in many psychological disorders explored through cognitive biases. Crescent Bay D 3 Fion Lam Pasadena City The Changing the Face of Consumerism in Fashion By selling the idea of fulfillment, advertisements subconsciously trick the consumer mind into believing the necessity of buying a product. Crescent Bay D 3 Adam Simon Fullerton Private Prison System: Corruption And Fear Private prison systems are detaining illegal immigrants while they wait for trial and deportation. The cost of incarceration, consequently, leads to budget deficits and corruption. Crescent Bay D 3 ********** Mahdokht Hamidian Irvine Valley Fruit Preservation Cream Research has invented a safe, non-toxic, creamy substance that coats the fruit in order to help fruit maintain its freshness. Doheny Beach A 3 Delilah Calderon Pasadena City Genetically Modified Organisms: Matter out of Place? Research explores how genetically modified organisms (GMOs) problematize the classic nature/culture dichotomy, creating an ambiguous grey area. Doheny Beach A 3 Nooneh Khachatourian Renita Moradian Glendale Caffeine and Mental Illness Research investigates the effect of caffeine dependence as a form of substance abuse and establishes the relationship that it has with the nervous system and psychiatric health. Doheny Beach A 3 Doheny Beach B 3 ********** Max Moilanen Stephen Sansom El Camino The Green Wave: Minimizing the Environmental Impacts of the Surf Industry We have developed sustainable, cost-effective alternatives to petrochemical based surf waxes at the least harm to the environment using naturally harvested beeswax. Izzy Davis MiraCosta Just Say No to Beef: Problems with Animal Agriculture Our growing obsession with meat and dairy products poses a major threat to the environment because of unsustainable tactics that are used in animal agriculture. Doheny Beach B 3 Rachael Lee Pasadena City Gadamerian Ecology: Reconciling Humanity’s Place in the Anthropocene Through Dialogic Engagement Current ecological thought perpetuates the Human-Nature binary, and must be replaced by a Gadamerian approach that challenges anthropocentricity and encourages dialogue between all interconnected beings. Doheny Beach B 3 ********** Ishak Mahamoud San Diego Mesa A Mystifying Phenomenon: The Change Sparked by Electromagnetism Electricity advanced the prosperity of modern society, and curiosity to explore the inner workings of electricity through scientific research elevated our understanding of the modern world. Doheny Beach C 3 Abdul Wasay Irshad Irvine Valley The Green Future: Nanotechnology Enhancing the Efficiency of Solar Energy Research presents a technological assessment of solar energy profiles that exist and how they may be improved in the future through nanotechnology. Doheny Beach C 3 Selin Auvazian Glendale How Far Could Consciousness Be Traced in Nature? The Possibility of Responsiveness in Plants An investigation features an experiment hypothesizing that plants have consciousness and respond accordingly. Doheny Beach C 3 Jude Chavez Long Beach City Alternative Energy: Solar Cells, Hydrogen Fuel Cells, and Supercapacitors Currently clean energy is expensive to produce. Using organic materials to construct photovoltaic panels and supercapacitors will drive down the cost of clean energy. Doheny Beach C 3 ********** Irene Sipan Glendale Racism/White Preference: Does it Exist in this Local Community Today? Using Dr. Kenneth Clark's Doll Test as an example, a study investigates the existence and severity of white preference in my local community. Doheny Beach D 3 Alvin Igna Irvine Valley The New Eugenics A research project surveys the history of eugenics and considers some of the current ethical debates raised by recent developments in biotechnical and genetic engineering. Doheny Beach D 3 Abigail Ames Mt. San Antonio The Color of Racism: The Effect of the Symbolic Associations of Colors on Racism The perceptions people have regarding color are closely related with perceptions people have about race. Colors are an important aspect of the categorization. Doheny Beach D 3 Ana Beltran-Castillo Irvine Valley The Quiet Concern: A Study Examining Advertising's Preference for Extroversion The advertising industry’s preference for extroversion in American culture has contributed to the discrimination and misunderstanding of introverted characteristics. Doheny Beach D 3 ********** Jesus M. Escudero IV San Diego Mesa The Link between Personality and Ideologies There are possible correlations between personality traits and choices of political and religious ideologies by measuring size effects between them. Emerald Bay A 3 Buu Le Irvine Valley Sports Injury in Non-Professional Youth Athletes: Fixed Mindset Messages Can Contribute To Injury Possibilities Although precautionary steps in sports participation could help young athletes minimize risk of injury, parents’ growth mindset messages may prove equally effective. Emerald Bay A 3 John Noble Crafton Hills Texting and Driving: An Analysis of College Students With recent advances in technology, we are confronted with new challenges and the temptation to act on our own impulses. Emerald Bay A 3 Rose Guzenski Crafton Hills Does Where You Eat Predict Your Grades?: A Look at Extroversion, GPA, and Eating Location A study examines how where a community college student sits to eat can predict personality traits (like extroversion/ introversion) and grade point average. Emerald Bay A 3 ********** Rooke Baron Moreno Valley Sparing the Rod, Sparing the Child A comprehensive, in-depth look examines religious exemption laws in child abuse cases and evaluates whom they benefit. Emerald Bay B 3 Kayla Brit Fullerton The Twenty-First Century World of Digital Media: How Content Creation Fuels Growth in Creativity, Confidence, Learning, and Interpersonal Communication The culture of user-generated content allows media production to appear feasible, and thus promotes creativity, the ability to produce work that is both novel and useful. Emerald Bay B 3 Kennah Cabrera Saddleback The Relation between Social Media and Intimate Relationships A study examines the relationship between social media and intimate relationships, focusing on relationship jealousy levels. Emerald Bay B 3 Alexis Burnstan MiraCosta Understanding the Increase in ADHD diagnoses throughout the United States ADHD diagnoses in the United States have drastically increased due to social and medical changes, making ADHD the most common mental health disorder in children. Emerald Bay B 3 ********** Nahal Amouzadeh Saddleback Somebody, Not Just a Body: Women in Magazines Through socially constructed gender roles, women's magazines sell an unattainable image that results in socially stunted and self-conscious women. Emerald Bay C 3 Aric Deardorff MiraCosta The Fifth Great Awakening and the Battle for America's Soul Many prominent historians, economists and theologians believe that the fifth Great Awakening may be the largest and most impactful American social movement of the twenty-first century. Emerald Bay C 3 Daniel Rosales San Bernardino Valley Overcoming Differences to Work Together: The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom Despite political, philosophical, and personal differences, black leaders in the Civil Rights Movement came together to successfully organize the historic Great March on Washington. Emerald Bay C 3 Fannya Cordova Citrus Immigration Policy and Politics: An American Tradition The first immigration laws, such as the Naturalization Acts, can provide an historical context to analyze and comprehend the founding fathers’ thoughts on immigration. Emerald Bay C 3 ********** Kayley Blome El Camino Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of a Husband: Jane Austen’s Views on Marriage through Life Experience and Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen challenges conventional attitudes towards women of the nineteenth century, as she encourages young women to marry for love rather than wealth and security. Emerald Bay D 3 Abigail Leyva Los Angeles City Knights on a Chessboard: Achilles and Aeneas Are Not Heroes but Manipulated Men Achilles and Aeneas are often regarded as great heroes, but they are no more than puppets on a string, controlled by gods who play them. Emerald Bay D 3 James Gutierrez Moreno Valley The Supplemental Love Schopenhauer’s pessimistic worldview led him to understand erotic love as the evil of evils, opposed to a selfless, unconditional love. Emerald Bay D 3 Juan Moreno East Los Angeles Magical Realism: An Instrument of Social and Political Criticism in Latin America The short works of many Latin American writers have attempted to criticize their countries’ social and political problems by using Magical Realism. Emerald Bay D 3 ********** Ani Hakobyan Glendale Is the Eurasian Economic Union the Next Soviet Union? The Eurasian Economic Union will not become the next Soviet Union, as the West fears, because it lacks the geopolitical and economic power. Emerald Bay E 3 Luis Basurto Calvin Tsang Orange Coast The Transgression of Worth: How Poverty Destroys Whiteness as a Social Currency An in-depth examination considers how the properties of poverty can negate the values and virtues that whiteness may bestow. Emerald Bay E 3 Christian Scott East Los Angeles The Impact of the Eurodollar on Trade Between the Three Largest Economies of the European Union The adoption of the Eurodollar on trade between the U.K., France, and Germany between 1998 and 2011 had great impacts on the world economy. Emerald Bay E 3 ********** Elena Thomas Pasadena City Coffee Shops as Third Place Locations: Globalism and Community within Coffee Shop Culture Research analyzes interplaying physical, social, and global factors that determine modern small-business coffee shops as third place locations in an age of cultural globalism. Moss Cove A 3 Melissa Mokhtari Irvine Valley Damming the Amazon: The Social Costs of Hydroelectric Dam Development in Northeastern Brazil An analysis of the Belo Monte Dam exposes how improvident planning of hydroelectric dams threatens societal conditions in Brazil and beyond. Moss Cove A 3 Ryan Taylor Pasadena City The Growth of Gendered Violence in Papua New Guinea Gendered Violence has become an institutionalized way for males in Papua New Guinea to sustain their power and consign women to a lower status. Moss Cove A 3 Rahil Hamza Irvine Valley No Culture Is an Island: Why the Loss of Indigenous Peoples and Cultures Matters Industrial advancements have led to the displacement and eventual disappearance of indigenous peoples, with potentially grave consequences to the world’s diverse cultures. Moss Cove A 3 Moss Cove B 3 Chelsea Glover-Odom The Evolution of Marriage: An Investigation of Modernity Pasadena City and its Effects on Papua New Guinea Tribes The evolution of marriage practices in Papua New Guinea has further reinforced the growing clash between modernity and traditionalism, thus aiding the breakdown of tribes. Moss Cove B 3 Hannah Small Cerro Coso The Non-biological Roots of "Races" and Their Elimination in Forensic Anthropology "Races" should be eliminated from forensic identifications because they do not exist in the biological sciences; anthropologists should identify ancestry instead. Moss Cove B 3 Gabriella Nuñez MiraCosta Primordial Past: Northwest Coast Native American Art Original art and analysis from the pre-Columbian indigenous perspective of Northwest Coast Native Americans depicts ancient mythology, society, and cultural themes. Moss Cove B 3 ********** Hannah Stewart Pasadena City Being Japonaise: Understanding the Authentic Implications of Fusion Cuisine Asian-French fusion cuisine is produced by the transition from cooking to cuisine and the development of post-national food cultures in a rapidly changing global foodscape. ********** Byung Do Lee Los Angeles Harbor Providing Cleaner and Safer Water for Public: The Photocatalytic Degradation of Methyl Red Contaminated Water Using ZnO Catalyst A chemistry research project involves the use of a transition metal catalyst which decomposes a pollutant in the presence of UV light. Newport Beach A 3 Timothy Bierlein Riverside City Pretty Hurts: How Food Coloring Influences the Body and Mind Pretty food comes with a price. Humans use color to measure the desirability of certain foods, and food dyes jeopardize consumer safety by manipulating consumer biology. Newport Beach A 3 Karen Cayetano El Camino Unlocking Silence: A Walk in the Shoes of Those with Muscle Degeneration Muscular dystrophy, a genetic disorder that decreases the functions of muscles in the body, reveals physical and emotional effects on affected individuals and their loved ones. Newport Beach A 3 Maxene Denholtz Riverside City Listen to the Squirrels: GMOs in the United States Today It is vital to raise awareness about the use of genetically modified organisms, and the difficultly small, organic producers have in acquiring GMO licenses. Newport Beach A 3 ********** Megan Masler Saddleback In Vitro Fertilization: Eugenics in Disguise Although In Vitro Fertilization benefits infertile couples, the ability to screen for gender and genetic disorders is creating a modern form of the eugenics movement. Newport Beach B 3 Kirstin Rochel Los Angeles Pierce How Harmful Intolerance and Discrimination Can Truly Be: The Effects of Society on the Health of Transgender People Prejudice and discrimination against one’s sexual identity can lead to a much higher rate of health issues and suicide attempts than found in non-transgender people. Newport Beach B 3 Yijie Huo Chaffey The Success of Hong Kong’s Healthcare System A study of the success of Hong Kong’s public healthcare system suggests ways that the U.S. can learn to better access its system. Newport Beach B 3 Hana Brannigan Irvine Valley Exploring the Biological Forces behind Eating Disorders Examines biological explanations behind eating disorders by investigating several key questions plaguing researchers since the disorder became defined as a mental illness. Newport Beach B 3 ********** Jaylene Beligan Saddleback Gender Politics and Empire: Imperialist Feminism in Afghanistan The motives and impacts of imperialist feminism in Afghanistan demonstrate the U.S.' presence as an empire, differentiating its efforts from Afghan feminists. Pacific Ballroom A 3 Keri Seymour Pasadena City Sorcery and Engendered Violence in Papua New Guinea An exploration of gender inequality directly relates to the continuation and increase of sorcery-related violence and murder in Papua New Guinea. Pacific Ballroom A 3 Feras Morad Moorpark The Interaction of Afro-Pessimism and International Relations: Attempts at “Fixing” Other Nations Resulting in New Hegemony An application of Afro-Pessimism to U.S. foreign affairs suggests the impacts of a nation defining itself relative to “less than human” regions. Pacific Ballroom A 3 Vincent Tran Fullerton Human Trafficking: Victims of Southeast Asia’s Social Morality and Economic Inequalities Victims of human trafficking from Southeast Asia remain in a state of victimhood due to societal morality and economic pressures from their homelands. Pacific Ballroom A 3 ********** Vanessa Serrato Fullerton It’s Magically Delicious: The Advertising Industry’s Effect on Children’s Health Children are bombarded with fast food advertisements, and because their minds are not fully developed, those advertisements can distort their ideas of a healthy lifestyle. Pacific Ballroom B 3 Allana Leigh Orange Coast Lady and the Tramp: Narrative, Intent and Gender Bias within Our Legal System Narrative, intent and gender in laws further the virgin/whore dichotomy and favor violators by placing the prima facie burden of proof on the victims. Pacific Ballroom B 3 Misak Khachatryan Glendale The Impact of Childhood Trauma on Neurodevelopment, Mental Health, and Behavior Children from low socioeconomic backgrounds around the globe are frequently victimized by traumatic experiences that make them susceptible to neurological and psychological abnormalities in life. Pacific Ballroom B 3 Evan Rodriguez San Diego Mesa Current Observations and Trends in Male Eating Disorders Eating disorders have a long term reputation as a woman’s disease. Contrary to popular belief, men struggle with eating disorders, but also face their own unique challenges. Pacific Ballroom B 3 Woods Cove A 3 Woods Cove B 3 ********** Elizabeth G. LucasPemstein Krystle Parnala Delilah E. Shockley Madeline T. Sy Xioaling M. Zhu Pasadena City The Relationship between Gender Identity and Gendertyped Toy Preference in Children The toy preference of preschool children provides a measure of their developing gender identity and indicates the child’s understanding of gender-role behavior. ********** Eman Salameh Pasadena City Anthropogenic Queering of Sexuality in Robert Hass' "A Story about the Body" Robert Hass’s poem "A Story about the Body" demonstrates the catalytic tendency of the anthropocene in queering the binary between the human and nature. Beverlee Wood Cerro Coso "[Less] than Kin and [More] than Kind": Hamlet and Iago The protagonist of Hamlet has essentially the same intellect and is in effect the same character as Iago, the antagonist of Othello. Woods Cove B 3 Anna Reilly El Camino Family is the “Food of Love” in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice reveals that the underlying force of the Bennet sisters’ love stories are the misgivings, expectations, and reputations of their family. Woods Cove B 3 Julianne Cox Victor Valley House Elves: Poor Enslaved Souls? Throughout the Harry Potter series of novels, J.K. Rowling introduces children to many adult matters, slavery among the house elves being the most prevalent issue. Woods Cove B 3 Woods Cove C 3 ********** Nicole Huddleston Ariana Piloti Lacey Sly Saddleback The Downside to Diversity: Reactions toward the Niqab Although society possesses religious and cultural diversity, the treatment and services vary substantially in public and retail institutions in response to women in a niqab. 2015 CONFERENCE FACULTY MENTORS “Nothing is ever achieved without enthusiasm.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Professor Rick Adams, Santiago Canyon Professor Tim Adell, Victor Valley Professor Patricia Alexander, Long Beach City Professor Marcos Alvarez, Los Angeles City Professor Vicente Alvarez, San Bernardino Valley Professor Tucker Amidon, Riverside City Professor Jack Appleman, Irvine Valley Professor Joachin Arias, Los Angeles Harbor Professor Becca Arnold, San Diego Mesa Professor Susan Bachmann, El Camino Professor Glen Baghdasarian, Los Angeles City Professor Jodi Balma, Fullerton Professor Cynthia Barnett, Moorpark Professor Jack Beckham, Saddleback Professor Jane Beitscher, Crafton Hills Professor Elizabeth Bell, West Los Angeles Professor Elizabeth Bell, Moorpark Professor Francesca Bishop, El Camino Professor Marc C. Blake, Los Angeles City Professor N. Sean Bonness, Long Beach City Professor Joline Bourdages, San Diego Mesa Professor Devon Bradley, Irvine Valley Professor Debra Breckheimer, El Camino Professor T.L. Brink, Crafton Hills Professor Tony Burman, MiraCosta Professor Pamela Byrd-Williams, Los Angeles Valley Professor Aida Caballes, East Los Angeles Professor Holly Cannon, Mt. San Antonio Professor Kat Carroll, Orange Coast Professor Thatcher Carter, Riverside City Professor Michael Cassens, Irvine Valley Professor Richard Cerreto, Victor Valley Professor Jeff Cervantez, Crafton Hills Professor Sheng-Tai Chang, Long Beach City Professor Cathy Cleveland, East Los Angeles Professor Stephen Clifford, Cerritos Professor Leah Cluff, MiraCosta Professor Tom Cody, El Camino Professor Rachael Collins, Irvine Valley Professor Marie Connors, Irvine Valley Professor Vince Crisostomo, Moorpark Professor Dana Crotwel, El Camino Professor Janice Daurio, Moorpark Professor Cliff Davis, Cerro Coso Professor Jim Davis, Mt. San Jacinto Professor Daniel DeRoulet, Irvine Valley Professor Sue Dowden, El Camino Professor Rex Edwards, Moorpark Professor Ilknur Erbas-White, Irvine Valley Professor Justin Estep, San Diego Mesa Professor Scott Farthing, Saddleback Professor Wendy Esteras, Irvine Valley Professor Tiffany Gause, Los Angeles Pierce Professor Kevin Gill, Los Angeles Pierce Professor Bruce Gilman, Saddleback Professor Christine Goedhart, Citrus Professor Edward Gomez, San Bernardino Valley Professor Frank Gonzales, Saddleback Professor Lee Gordon, Orange Coast Professor Sara Gray, Irvine Valley Professor Amy Grimm, Irvine Valley Professor Joan Gurfield, East Los Angeles Professor Thao Ha, MiraCosta Professor Michael Harnett, Glendale Professor Laurel Harrison Breece, Long Beach City Professor Rebecca Hatch, Mt. San Antonio Professor Jennifer Hedgecock, Saddleback Professor Christina Heisser, Los Angeles City Professor Lisa Henkle, San Bernardino Valley Professor Ann Hennessey, Los Angeles Pierce Professor Robert Hollenbaugh, Irvine Valley Professor Joe Holliday, El Camino Professor Richard Hughes, Crafton Hills Professor Fumiko Ishii, Irvine Valley Professor Barbara Jaffe, El Camino Professor Rin Kahla East Los Angeles Professor Jefferey Kaufmann, Irvine Valley Professor Sara Kelley, Irvine Valley Professor Joon Kil, Irvine Valley Professor Melissa King, San Bernardino Valley Professor Sarah King, Cerro Coso Professor Misty Kolchakian, Mt. San Antonio Professor Scott Kushigemachi, El Camino Professor Joel Lamore, San Bernardino Valley Professor Crystal Lane Swift, Mt. San Antonio Professor Gilbert Lara, Chaffey Professor Steve Leonelli, El Camino Professor Chris Loeffler, Irvine Valley Professor Dean Lofgren, El Camino Professor Lewis Long, Irvine Valley Professor Maria Lopez, Mt. San Jacinto Professor Charise Louie, Mt. San Antonio Professor Senya Lubisich, Citrus Professor Gary Luke, Saddleback Professor Sheila Lynch, Rio Hondo Professor Michael Lysak, San Bernardino Valley Professor Emalee Mackenzie, Irvine Valley Professor Michael J. Mageean, Mt. San Antonio Professor Gwenyth Mapes, Grossmont Professor Debra Marbey, MiraCosta Professor Valerie Marino, Irvine Valley Professor Rick Maschek, Citrus Professor Roy McCord, Irvine Valley Professor Katheryn McGuthry, Fullerton Professor James McKeever, Los Angeles Pierce Professor Mark McNeil, Irvine Valley Professor Kurt Meyer, Irvine Valley Professor Marc R. Meyer, Chaffey Professor Lynne Miller, MiraCosta Professor Derek Milne, Pasadena City Professor Reza Mirbeik, El Camino Professor Benjamin Mis, Irvine Valley Professor Scott E. Mitchell, UC Irvine Professor Dina Miyoshi, San Diego Mesa Professor Sandra Moore, San Bernardino Valley Professor Jason Morales, Crafton Hills Professor Debbie Moreira, Long Beach City Professor Danielle Muller, Los Angeles City Professor Edgar Muñiz, Mt. San Antonio Professor Eduardo Muñoz, El Camino Professor Allison Murray Pop, Long Beach City Professor Kelly Nelson-Wright, Fullerton Professor Jeffrey Nishimura, Los Angeles City Professor John Oakes, Grossmont Professor Robert Oventile, Pasadena City Professor Erik Ozolins, Mt. San Jacinto Professor Teresa Palos, El Camino Professor Linda Palumbo, Cerritos Professor Christie Papagiannis, Irvine Valley Professor Cynthia Parker, Chaffey Professor Laura Pecenco, San Diego Mesa Professor Zika Perovic, MiraCosta Professor Lan Pham, Irvine Valley Professor Janine Pliska, Long Beach City Professor Michael Plotkin, Mt. San Jacinto Professor Jamie Poster, Irvine Valley Professor Roger Powell, San Bernardino Valley Professor Susana Prieto, El Camino Professor Yvonne Pueblos, Los Angeles Harbor Professor Ansha Qian, El Camino Professor Geetha Rajaram, Long Beach City Professor Garry Raley, Mt. San Jacinto Professor Alma Ramirez, Mt. San Jacinto Professor Robert Randall, Pasadena City Professor Nick Reeves, Mt. San Jacinto Professor Lucia Riderer, Citrus Professor Roland Rodriguez, Irvine Valley Professor Denise Rogers, San Diego Mesa Professor Karen Rose, Fullerton Professor Priscilla Ross, Irvine Valley Professor Mariano Rubio, Citrus Professor Bari Rudmann, Irvine Valley Professor Jerry Rudmann, Irvine Valley Professor Robert Runquist, Chaffey Professor Kay Ryals, Irvine Valley Professor Joe Safdie, San Diego Mesa Professor Teresa Scarbrough, Orange Coast Professor Kathleen Sell, Riverside City Professor Gina Shaffer, Saddleback Professor Virginia Shank, Irvine Valley Professor Alec Sim, Irvine Valley Professor Jennifer Sime, San Diego Mesa Professor Nick Sinigaglia, Moreno Valley Professor Christopher Sleeper, MiraCosta Professor Wendy Smith, San Diego Mesa Professor Timothy Snead, East Los Angeles Professor Paul Sternberg, Caltech University Professor Jason Suarez, El Camino Professor Alex Taber, Santiago Canyon Professor Rhonda Taube, Riverside City Professor Joan Thureson, El Camino Professor Jodi Titus, Irvine Valley Professor Maryann Tolano-Leveque, Mt. San Antonio Professor Jessica Treglia, Orange Coast Professor Houng-Wei Tsai, Long Beach City Professor Kari Tucker, Irvine Valley Professor John Turbeville, MiraCosta Professor Bob Turner, MiraCosta Professor Gwendollyn Ulrich-Schlumbohm, San Diego Mesa Professor Shane Underwood, Pasadena City Professor Brian Waddington, Citrus Professor Amanda Walzer, Fullerton Professor Stephan Waterworth, El Camino Professor Stephanie Wells, Orange Coast Professor Joanna Werner-Fraczek, Moreno Valley Professor Jeff Wheeler, Long Beach City Professor Laura Wheeler, Long Beach City Professor Toshio Whelchel, Irvine Valley Professor Karen Whitney, El Camino Professor Gary J. Williams, Crafton Hills Professor Rachel Williams, El Camino Professor Christina Yamanaka, Mt. San Jacinto Professor Valarie Zapata, Moreno Valley Professor Katie Zeoli, Santiago Canyon CONFERENCE AWARDS Presentation of all awards will be made during the closing ceremonies at the conference. Checks will be sent after the conference to the Honors directors to be given to the winning student. Poster Awards The Honors Transfer Council of California will recognize the top research posters with an award accompanied by a cash prize. Posters will be judged on visual presentation, creativity, originality and reflection of sound scholarship. First-, second-, and third-place awards will be given for research posters in the categories of Humanities/Social Sciences and Physical/Life Sciences. Outstanding Abstract Awards These $500 awards are conferred by the HTCC to four or more students who have submitted toprated abstracts describing their conference presentation. The abstracts are judged on organization, quality of writing, and originality and importance of the research. HTCC Exceptional Achievement Scholarships The Honors Transfer Council of California will give a number of $250 awards (two maximum per college) to students graduating this year who show extraordinary improvement in scholarship, especially related to performance in an honors program. Students must be nominated by their honors director/coordinator. These students display exceptional perseverance in overcoming obstacles to success in college or in an honors program. They have given outstanding service to their college or community, or distinguished themselves as leaders in cultural or athletic activities. Finally, their application essays reveal a high quality of thought and expression. Juan Lara Scholarship Dr. Lara created this scholarship in order to give special honor to a student who has overcome great financial, personal, cultural or other obstacles to achieve significant success as an honor student. Candidates for this $800 award have been nominated by their Honors Directors for the Exceptional Achievement Scholarship. In conferring this award, we also honor Juan Lara, Assistant Vice Chancellor Emeritus of UC Irvine, a generous supporter of this conference and of our efforts to serve community college honors students. As an energetic and inspirational Director for the UCI Center for Educational Partnerships, Dr. Lara created opportunities for countless non-traditional students, leading them to seek—and attain—the highest success in their academic lives and career. The HTCC DIRECTOR’S SCHOLARSHIP The Honors Transfer Council of California awards its Director’s Scholarship annually to the student who has submitted the finest presentation abstract and been judged as exemplifying the qualities of an outstanding honors student. The Director’s Scholarship of $1,000 is the highest honor HTCC bestows on a student. Presentation of this award will be made during the closing ceremonies of the conference. The Director’s Scholarship, created to recognize and reward student excellence, also honors each year a vital director who is a member of the Honors Transfer Council of California. This person has made an outstanding contribution to the students in his or her honors program as well as to the HTCC—and thus to all the students served by this organization. This year, the HTCC dedicates the Director’s Scholarship to Carolyn Kuykendall. This is perhaps the most fitting dedication we have ever done, because without Professor Kuykendall there would be no award to award, no HTCC Building Bridges Conference at all. While serving in her first of several terms as president of the HTCC, Professor Kuykendall developed the idea of a university-sponsored community college research conference and made it happen. Her vision, guidance, administration, and continual effort not only established this conference but also helped it grow into a central part of the experience of honors education in California. This conference is something we can see, but Professor Kuykendall was responsible also for many things HTCC honors students have that aren’t as visible. She negotiated numerous honors transfer partnership agreements. Her work at the National Collegiate Honors Council, of which she was created a Fellow in 2013, increased the participation of and respect given to community college honors programs at the national level. Her advocacy for support of honors at both Saddleback College and Mt. San Antonio College raised the bar for programs statewide, helping many other honors programs increase resources. Most invisibly but perhaps most important, she is one of the people to whom honors directors turn for advice, and her gracious sharing of her great expertise has been an invaluable help to both new and seasoned directors nationwide. Professor Kuykendall’s career as an honors director began with her having to revive a program in crisis. It ended with her passing on to a successor a program that is thriving, widely respected, and developing even further. Along the way, she taught innumerable honors courses, touching students’ lives directly with her love of literature. But our debt today is mostly to her monumental work outside the classroom. Without her, the California community college honors experience would be much poorer. In fact, considering the repeated budgetary crises the state has faced, it might not be here at all. Thanks to the activity and leadership of people like Carolyn, it is assumed now that a comprehensive community college must have an Honors Program. It is assumed that community college Honors students should be especially welcomed to transfer institutions. Most pertinent for today, it is assumed that community college Honors students should have research conferences focused around them. It is most fitting that we honor Carolyn Kuykendall with the Director’s Award for these reasons. FINAL ACKNOWLEDGMENTS “No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.”-Alfred North Whitehead We want to thank everyone who has helped make the fifteenth Honors Student Research Conference possible. Particular gratitude is given to all the current past HTCC presidents, whose conference organizing vision, expertise, and continuing advice helped to make everyone else’s work so much easier. In particular, Erik Ozolins, Cristina Yamanaka, Linda Diaz and Derek Milne have patiently offered their advice, tireless work ethic and institutional memory to help make this conference stay true to the vision and tradition of excellence this conference is known for. The research conference would not be possible without the selfless contributions of the various conference committee members. These are dedicated professionals who received no compensation other than the pleasure of sharing our students’ experiences at the conference. Special thanks needs to be given to Megan for his assistance with updating and managing the website, to the tireless team of Christina Yamanaka and Erik Ozolins for organizing today’s sessions and putting the program together. Erik you have been a wonderful colleague and friend. This conference exists this year because of your hard work behind the scenes. I also want to thank the magnificent Linda Diaz for her expertise and hard work in coordinating student registrations and requests in addition to handling the conference registration table. Derek Milne did a wonderful job keeping everyone in connected as communications chair. Thanks as well to Alannah Rosenberg for providing vital support in organizing conference volunteers. We owe a debt of gratitude to the members of the Scholarship Committee, chaired by John Oakes, and to all his committee members, who gave long hours of their time and discernment in judging the essays of the scholarship applicants. Much appreciation goes to Tim Adell, the editor of Building Bridges, a compilation of abstracts from the Honors Student Research Conference, and to Christine Abriam for preparing this conference program for us. Finally, thanks to all the conference student volunteers and moderators for taking time from their Saturday to help make the conference a success. We encourage participants to meet our UCI partners in this project. For this year's conference, we were provided with invaluable assistance from Dale Leaman, our UCI liaison, as well as Darren Endo. We would also like to extend a special thanks to Mr. Brent Yunek, Vice Chancellor of Enrollment Services and Mr. Said Shokair, Director of the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Office. We recognize that our partnership with UC Irvine is one of the most important aspects of our organization’s success, and it is difficult to find the words to express our gratitude for years of exemplary hospitality and service to our organization. To all of you who shared the brightness of your minds in our celebration of learning, not only by moderating or presenting, but also by the vital contribution of attentive listening, we thank you. Your involvement has been essential to the success of this conference. Finally, thanks to all the family members and friends who spent their day at our conference. We hope you had an inspiring and memorable experience today. INDEX BY LAST NAME Last Name First Name College Room Session Abdi Miski Grossmont Balboa Island B 2 Aboufadel Sameer MiraCosta Moss Cove B 1 Abrams Cameron Irvine Valley Crescent Bay D 2 Agopian Regina Los Angeles Pierce Crescent Bay A 3 Al Hadeed Issa Glendale Doheny Beach A 2 Alamire Fatima Irvine Valley Crescent Bay C 1 Alayyan Noura Citrus Aliso Beach B 3 Alejandre Cristian Riverside City Woods Cove B 1 Alhani Salwan West Los Angeles Newport Beach A 1 Ali Sara Irvine Valley Pacific Ballroom B 1 Aliabadi Sara Irvine Valley Newport Beach B 1 Al-Madi Sahara Mt. San Antonio Pacific Ballroom A 2 Altaf Aqsa Pasadena City Moss Cove A 2 Alvarado Kimberly East Los Angeles Alvarado Leslie Irvine Valley Doheny Beach D 1 Aman Omeed Irvine Valley Balboa Island A 2 Ames Abigail Mt. San Antonio Doheny Beach D 3 Amouzadeh Nahal Saddleback Emerald Bay C 3 Anderson Mackenzie Pasadena City Moss Cove B 1 Aquino Nestor Citrus Doheny Beach C 2 Aquino Nestor Citrus Poster Arant Brenna MiraCosta Pacific Ballroom B 1 Arasteh Nicole Moorpark Crescent Bay D 3 Atchison Abigail Los Angeles City Emerald Bay D 2 Auvazian Selin Glendale Doheny Beach C 3 Balaban Max San Diego Mesa Balboa Island B 2 Banal Justine Fullerton Crescent Bay B 3 Banal Justine Fullerton Poster Banh Bryant Irvine Valley Poster Doheny Beach C 2 Bañuelos Joaquin Riverside City Emerald Bay D 2 Bañuelos Joaquin Riverside City Woods Cove B 1 Barete Jocelyn Citrus Doheny Beach B 2 Baron Rooke Moreno Valley Emerald Bay B 3 Basurto Luis Orange Coast Emerald Bay E 3 Beligan Jaylene Saddleback Pacific Ballroom A 3 Bell Sarah Los Angeles City Beltran-Castillo Ana Irvine Valley Doheny Beach D Beltran-Castillo Ana Irvine Valley Poster Bhanot Abhay MiraCosta Pacific Ballroom B 2 Bierlein Timothy Riverside City Newport Beach A 3 Bina Layla Irvine Valley Pacific Ballroom A 1 Blanshard Jada Cerritos Crescent Bay C 3 Blome Kayley El Camino Emerald Bay D 3 Botello Jason Mt. San Jacinto Woods Cove B 2 Boyd Apryl Saddleback Crescent Bay A 3 Brannigan Hana Irvine Valley Newport Beach B 3 Briët Kayla Fullerton Emerald Bay B 3 Briët Kayla Fullerton Poster Brooks Samantha Long Beach City Crescent Bay C Brooks Samantha Long Beach City Poster Bui Danielle Santiago Canyon Moss Cove B 2 Bunch Aaron Citrus Aliso Beach B 1 Burnstan Alexis MiraCosta Emerald Bay B 3 Cabrera Alejandro El Camino Doheny Beach C 1 Cabrera Christopher Mt. San Antonio Emerald Bay B 1 Cabrera Kennah Saddleback Emerald Bay B 3 Calderon Delilah Pasadena City Doheny Beach A 3 Carr Ryan Orange Coast Crescent Bay B 2 Carson Tyler Crafton Hills Balboa Island A 3 Castro Albert Mt. San Antonio Emerald Bay E 2 Poster 3 2 Cayetano Karen El Camino Newport Beach A Chacaltana Guillermo El Camino Poster Chae Jennifer Irvine Valley Chavez Joanna Chavez 3 Pacific Ballroom B 2 East Los Angeles Crescent Bay B 3 Jude Long Beach City Doheny Beach C 3 Chien Chris MiraCosta Emerald Bay E 2 Choi Duke Los Angeles City Chong Man Pasadena City Aliso Beach A 3 Chumacero-Rojas Ehecatl East Los Angeles Crescent Bay D 1 Ciccarello Grace Saddleback Emerald Bay D 1 Collins Michael Pasadena City Woods Cove A 2 Connelly Emma Irvine Valley Poster Contreras Erick Mt. San Jacinto Poster Cordova Fannya Citrus Emerald Bay C Cordova Pat Citrus Poster Cormier Michael Victor Valley Couch James Citrus Coulombe Shane Irvine Valley Poster Cox Bethany Mt. San Antonio Poster Cox Julianne Victor Valley Davis Izzy Daymude Poster 3 Balboa Island B 3 Aliso Beach B 3 Woods Cove B 3 MiraCosta Doheny Beach B 3 Taylor MiraCosta Balboa Island A 2 De La Torre Fernando San Diego Mesa Pacific Ballroom B 1 Deardorff Aric MiraCosta Emerald Bay C 3 Delavary Desiree Los Angeles Pierce Emerald Bay A 1 Denham Paul Long Beach City Aliso Beach B 2 Denholtz Maxene Riverside City Newport Beach A 3 Denney Brian Saddleback Crescent Bay B 2 DeRemer Matt Mt. San Jacinto Doheny Beach A 2 DerSookiassian Edwin Glendale Emerald Bay A 1 Dhindsa Hartrisha Irvine Valley Poster Diaz Adam Crafton Hills Woods Cove B 1 Diaz Sandra Riverside City Crescent Bay A 1 Dinh My Irvine Valley Crescent Bay B 1 Do Margaret San Diego Mesa Dominguez Nanea El Camino Aliso Beach A 2 Donohue William Long Beach City Moss Cove A 1 Donohue William Long Beach City Poster Dubova Nadiya Saddleback Doheny Beach D 1 Elder Nicolas Cerro Coso Crescent Bay A 2 Escobedo Tania San Bernardino Valley Emerald Bay B 2 Escudero IV Jesus M. San Diego Mesa Emerald Bay A 3 Espinoza Christian San Bernardino Valley Aliso Beach B 2 Espinoza Daisy Irvine Valley Emerald Bay A 2 Esquivel Albert Rio Hondo Emerald Bay C 1 Estrella Jerson Citrus Woods Cove B 1 Evans Bradley Riverside City Newport Beach A 2 Fadel Miriam Crafton Hills Balboa Island A 3 Felix Trisha Mt. San Jacinto Crescent Bay A 1 Fergus Brianna Riverside City Crescent Bay A 3 Fermin Angelica Irvine Valley Balboa Island B 2 Fisher Hana Saddleback Pacific Ballroom B 2 Flores John Citrus Aliso Beach B 1 Flores John Citrus Newport Beach A 2 Forde Johnathan Irvine Valley Gaddy Quintin Chaffey Aliso Beach B 2 Gaitan Robin Cerritos Crescent Bay A 1 Gallaer Julia Orange Coast Gallaga Jessymar East Los Angeles Crescent Bay C 1 Gallaga Jose East Los Angeles Crescent Bay D 1 Garcia Alan Mt. San Antonio Doheny Beach B 2 Garcia Emily San Diego Mesa Aliso Beach A 2 Poster Poster Poster Garcia Estevan San Bernardino Valley Moss Cove B 2 Gardner Kylie Mt. San Jacinto Emerald Bay B 1 Giron Tatianna Glendale Emerald Bay D 1 Glover-Odom Chelsea Pasadena City Moss Cove B 3 Goharbin Armon Irvine Valley Crescent Bay B 3 Gold Matthew Pasadena City Moss Cove A 2 Gonering Brennan Riverside City Crescent Bay A 3 Gonzalez Cinthya Victor Valley Emerald Bay B 1 Gonzalez Norma Mt. San Antonio Gordon Colt MiraCosta Granillo Christina Citrus Gutierrez James Moreno Valley Emerald Bay D 3 Guzenski Rose Crafton Hills Emerald Bay A 3 Guzman Tiffany San Bernardino Valley Crescent Bay B 2 Hakobyan Ani Glendale Emerald Bay E 3 Hale Amanda Irvine Valley Poster Hamidian Mahdokht Irvine Valley Doheny Beach A 3 Hamza Rahil Irvine Valley Moss Cove A 3 Handjojo Candice Mt. San Antonio Poster Handoko Calvin San Diego Mesa Pacific Ballroom A 2 Harvey Elizaveta Orange Coast Crescent Bay A 1 Harvey Elizaveta Orange Coast Poster Hernandez Gerardo San Bernardino Valley Balboa Island B 1 Heryford Taylor San Diego Mesa Balboa Island B 2 Hiten Vanesse Mt. San Jacinto Crescent Bay C 3 Hong Noël Irvine Valley Aliso Beach A 1 Huang Judy Mt. San Antonio Crescent Bay D 2 Huddleston Nicole Saddleback Woods Cove C 3 Huo Yijie Chaffey Newport Beach B 3 Hursky Elena San Diego Mesa Crescent Bay B 1 Ibrahim Bavly El Camino Doheny Beach B 1 Poster Moss Cove A 2 Poster Igna Alvin Irvine Valley Doheny Beach D 3 Iñiguez Candy Irvine Valley Doheny Beach D 2 Iribarren Nicole Saddleback Poster Izumi Yumi Irvine Valley Poster Jacobi Casey Mt. San Jacinto Poster Jacobson Taryn Irvine Valley Crescent Bay D 1 James Charlie El Camino Aliso Beach A 3 Johnson Crystal El Camino Newport Beach B 2 Julima Julia San Diego Mesa Woods Cove B 2 Kang Yoobin Mt. San Antonio Crescent Bay C 3 Karp Nicholas Saddleback Doheny Beach B 2 Kasa Danielle MiraCosta Doheny Beach C 1 Kasibhatla Akash MiraCosta Emerald Bay C 2 Kastens Brittany Santiago Canyon Poster Kaur Ravneet Riverside City Poster Keane Mark San Diego Mesa Emerald Bay E 1 Kemnitz Alex Citrus Aliso Beach B 1 Keoseyan Angie Los Angeles City Kha Steven Irvine Valley Balboa Island A 3 Khachatourian Nooneh Glendale Doheny Beach A 3 Khachatryan Misak Glendale Pacific Ballroom B 3 Khalifeh Ahmad El Camino Khosravi Pasha Irvine Valley Kim Ann El Camino Kim James Mt. San Antonio Poster Kim Kyung Hee (Rachel) Orange Coast Poster Kim Marie Mt. San Antonio Crescent Bay D 1 Kim Shawn Irvine Valley Doheny Beach A 1 King Rachel Citrus Doheny Beach C 2 King Rachel Citrus Emerald Bay C 1 Kirollos Monica Irvine Valley Doheny Beach B 1 Poster Poster Balboa Island A 2 Newport Beach B 2 Kudryavtseva Valeriya Citrus Poster Labanieh Iman Irvine Valley Poster Lam Fion Pasadena City Crescent Bay D 3 Lam Jimmy Citrus Aliso Beach B 3 Lamarche Gabrielle Citrus Poster Lambuth Matthew Los Angeles City Poster Lapuos Anna Moreno Valley Woods Cove A 1 Lara Stephanie Moreno Valley Doheny Beach A 1 Larson Elisabeth Los Angeles City Emerald Bay C 2 Lau Diana Los Angeles City Poster LaVeaux Katherine Citrus Emerald Bay C 2 Lavoie Patience Riverside City Emerald Bay D 1 Lawino Susan Los Angeles Pierce Emerald Bay B 2 Lawson Briana Saddleback Doheny Beach B 2 Le Buu Irvine Valley Emerald Bay A 3 Le Danielle San Diego Mesa Crescent Bay B 1 Ledesma Abigail Victor Valley Emerald Bay C 2 Lee Byung Do Los Angeles Harbor Newport Beach A 3 Lee Dong Jae El Camino Doheny Beach C 2 Lee Junho Irvine Valley Lee Rachael Pasadena City Lee Soohyung El Camino Leigh Allana Orange Coast Pacific Ballroom B Leigh Allana Orange Coast Poster Lewis Cynaera San Diego Mesa Balboa Island B 2 Leyva Abigail Los Angeles City Emerald Bay D 3 Liang Weixin Irvine Valley Poster Lim Audrey Irvine Valley Aliso Beach A Lima Carlos Los Angeles City Lisboa Rafaella Pasadena City Moss Cove B 1 Llamas John Pasadena City Crescent Bay D 3 Poster Doheny Beach B 3 Poster 3 1 Poster Lo Vivian Pasadena City Emerald Bay A Lo Vivian Pasadena City Poster Lockman Rachel Irvine Valley Long Bruce Long 1 Doheny Beach A 2 San Bernardino Valley Moss Cove A 2 Bruce San Bernardino Valley Poster Lopez Maria José Mt. San Jacinto Crescent Bay C 3 Lopez Vanessa Riverside City Crescent Bay B 1 Lotorto Nicolas San Bernardino Valley Emerald Bay E 1 Lucas-Pemstein Elizabeth G. Pasadena City Woods Cove A 3 Luck Joseph El Camino Emerald Bay E 1 Lukasiewicz Devon MiraCosta Woods Cove C 2 Maaouni Oumnia Citrus Aliso Beach B 3 Madrigal Andres Irvine Valley Crescent Bay C 2 Madrigal Andres Irvine Valley Doheny Beach D 1 Magana Cornejo Daniel East Los Angeles Crescent Bay C 2 Mahamoud Ishak San Diego Mesa Doheny Beach C 3 Manzella Katherine Orange Coast Martin Laura MiraCosta Moss Cove A 1 Masler Megan Saddleback Newport Beach B 3 Masoud Loue Irvine Valley Poster Mazon Daniel Los Angeles Harbor McCann Hannah El Camino McCutcheon Lukas McEntee Poster Balboa Island B 2 Newport Beach B 2 Los Angeles City Crescent Bay A 2 Travis Crafton Hills Balboa Island A 3 McEntee Travis Crafton Hills Poster Medina Daniel Grossmont Medina Laura San Bernardino Valley Medrano Marcus Metheny Crescent Bay D 2 Newport Beach A 2 Victor Valley Woods Cove C 1 Rosario San Bernardino Valley Emerald Bay D 2 Metzger Savanna El Camino Poster Mian Mahnoor MiraCosta Moss Cove B 1 Michel-Stuart Melanie San Diego Mesa Emerald Bay C Michel-Stuart Melanie San Diego Mesa Poster Mirzoian Edric Glendale Mita Harrison Citrus Mo Joy El Camino Crescent Bay C 1 Moilanen Max El Camino Doheny Beach B 3 Mokhtari Melissa Irvine Valley Moss Cove A 3 Mokhtari Melissa Irvine Valley Poster Molina Joseph Citrus Aliso Beach B Molina Joseph Citrus Poster Montes Karen East Los Angeles Poster Morad Feras Moorpark Pacific Ballroom A 3 Moradian Arzviek Glendale Crescent Bay C 2 Moradian Renita Glendale Doheny Beach A 3 Moreno Juan East Los Angeles Emerald Bay D 3 Moreno Lopez Gabriela El Camino Mousa Zeina Irvine Valley Woods Cove C 2 Muñoz Xavier Glendale Aliso Beach B 2 Myers Melissa Orange Coast Pacific Ballroom A 1 Ng Janet East Los Angeles Woods Cove A 1 Nicholson Annie Santiago Canyon Balboa Island B 3 Niemi Toni El Camino Noble John Crafton Hills Noguera Danilo Norton Aliso Beach A 1 3 Poster 1 Poster Poster Emerald Bay A 3 Moreno Valley Doheny Beach A 1 Jeremiah San Diego Mesa Balboa Island B 2 Novak Pilch Blaine Mt. San Jacinto Poster Nuñez Gabriella MiraCosta Nuñez-Casielles Lourdes Nystrom Moss Cove B 3 Los Angeles City Woods Cove A 2 Alec Citrus Aliso Beach B 3 O’Brien Bridget MiraCosta Doheny Beach D 2 O'Brien Sophie Mt. San Antonio Emerald Bay D 2 O'Camb Chelsea Mt. San Antonio Balboa Island B 3 Oloja Koyinsola El Camino Doheny Beach C 1 Orlinsky Kayla Irvine Valley Balboa Island A 1 Pamungkas Agustinus El Camino Crescent Bay B 2 Parnala Krystle C. Pasadena City Woods Cove A 3 Paule Stephanie San Diego Mesa Aliso Beach A 2 Pavon Nate Mt. San Jacinto Woods Cove B 2 Pei Gary Irvine Valley Woods Cove B 2 Perez-Verduzco Grecia East Los Angeles Crescent Bay C 1 Perry Kenneth Orange Coast Balboa Island A 1 Petkova Stella Pasadena City Woods Cove C 2 Piloti Ariana Saddleback Woods Cove C 3 Polanco Jaime Los Angeles City Poster Powers Chris Mt. San Jacinto Poster Prescott Kutrell West Los Angeles Newport Beach A Prescott Kutrell West Los Angeles Poster Quach Christopher MiraCosta Quan Jennifer Qureshi 1 Pacific Ballroom A 2 Irvine Valley Emerald Bay B 1 Kinza Saddleback Doheny Beach B 2 Raimo Micah Victor Valley Crescent Bay A 2 Ramirez Joel East Los Angeles Balboa Island A 3 Rath Faviolanny Long Beach City Doheny Beach A 1 Reilly Anna El Camino Woods Cove B 3 Reynolds Trevor Los Angeles City Emerald Bay E 2 Rigby Ian MiraCosta Moss Cove A 1 Rios Michelle Fullerton Crescent Bay B 3 Rivkin Evan Pasadena City Emerald Bay A 2 Robles Andrew Moorpark Doheny Beach A 2 Rochel Kirstin Los Angeles Pierce Newport Beach B 3 Rodriguez Evan San Diego Mesa Pacific Ballroom B 3 Rodriguez Jose Los Angeles City Poster Rodriguez Juan Sebastian West Los Angeles Newport Beach A 1 Roe Thor Fullerton Poster Romero Micaela Mt. San Antonio Poster Rosales Daniel San Bernardino Valley Emerald Bay C 3 Rudd Casey Citrus Aliso Beach B 3 Russell Tamara Mt. San Jacinto Emerald Bay C 1 Sabaghzadeh Nima Mt. San Antonio Crescent Bay D 2 Sakata Kieko Irvine Valley Salameh Eman Pasadena City Salazar Dennis Los Angeles City Poster Samai Jendi Mt. San Antonio Woods Cove C Samiee Marjan Los Angeles City Poster Sansom Stephen El Camino Doheny Beach B 3 Sarvi Anahita Saddleback Balboa Island A 1 Schmittle Saxony Mt. San Antonio Poster Scott Christian East Los Angeles Emerald Bay E 3 Serrato Estrella Irvine Valley Emerald Bay B 2 Serrato Vanessa Fullerton Pacific Ballroom B 3 Sewell Nailah Long Beach City Pacific Ballroom A 2 Seymour Keri Pasadena City Pacific Ballroom A 3 Shaffer Patrick Long Beach City Woods Cove A 2 Sheagley Grant Irvine Valley Pacific Ballroom A 1 Shepard Ryan Long Beach City Pacific Ballroom A 1 Shepard Ryan Long Beach City Poster Shin Geno Fullerton Shively Savannah Irvine Valley Shockley Delilah E. Pasadena City Woods Cove A 3 Simon Adam Fullerton Crescent Bay D 3 Sipan Irene Glendale Doheny Beach D 3 Sirin Kathleen El Camino Poster Sly Lacey Saddleback Woods Cove C Poster Woods Cove B Woods Cove C 3 1 1 Poster 3 Small Hannah Cerro Coso Moss Cove B 3 Smith Elyse Mt. San Antonio Aliso Beach A 2 Smith Reagan Irvine Valley Emerald Bay A 1 Sobek Jade Santiago Canyon Poster Song Yunda East Los Angeles Woods Cove A 1 Sorourifar Farshud MiraCosta Balboa Island A 2 Souisa Michel Mt. San Antonio Poster Spagnolo Nicole Mt. San Jacinto Poster Stafford Alexis Saddleback Poster Stanton Andrew Moorpark Emerald Bay E 1 Stavropoulos Emma Moorpark Doheny Beach C 1 Stephenson Arielle El Camino Balboa Island B 3 Stevens Thomas Irvine Valley Aliso Beach A 3 Stevens Wes Crafton Hills Newport Beach B 1 Stewart Hannah Pasadena City Moss Cove B 3 Strohl Cody Irvine Valley Woods Cove C 2 Strohl Harmonie Irvine Valley Emerald Bay A 2 Sy Madeline T. Pasadena City Woods Cove A 3 Tagashira Sarah Citrus Poster Tanizaki Jin Irvine Valley Poster Tanksley Karis MiraCosta Aliso Beach A 1 Taylor Danielle San Diego Mesa Aliso Beach A 2 Taylor Ryan Pasadena City Moss Cove A 3 Tellechea Jonathan Los Angeles City Thibodeau Brandon Victory Valley Balboa Island B 1 Thomas Elena Pasadena City Moss Cove A 3 Thompson Sequoia Pasadena City Woods Cove C 1 Tims Amy Chaffey Moss Cove A 1 Tintcheva Milena Irvine Valley Balboa Island A 1 Todd Rachel Fullerton Newport Beach B 2 Tran Isabelle Irvine Valley Balboa Island B 1 Poster Tran Vincent Fullerton Pacific Ballroom A Tran Vincent Fullerton Poster Tsang Calvin Orange Coast Tyler Brooke Urquilla 3 Emerald Bay E 3 MiraCosta Moss Cove B 2 Christopher El Camino Newport Beach A 2 Vaccarino Sylvane San Diego Mesa Aliso Beach A 2 Vandre Mark Santiago Canyon Aliso Beach A 1 Vasquez Anthony Fullerton Newport Beach B 1 Villasor Arianna El Camino Emerald Bay B 2 Virk Anuninderjeet Glendale Doheny Beach D 2 Vitti Emilia El Camino Emerald Bay E 2 Waggoner Weston Citrus Wagstaff Amber Santiago Canyon Wahdat Gina Wasay Irshad Poster Pacific Ballroom B 1 Irvine Valley Doheny Beach B 1 Abdul Irvine Valley Doheny Beach C 3 Weatherspoon Brian Citrus Aliso Beach B 1 Weser Nandi Citrus Poster Wheeler Deborah Fullerton Newport Beach B 1 Wisdom Cameron Citrus Doheny Beach B 1 Wolde-Yohannes Heruy Mt. San Antonio Woods Cove A 1 Wolotsky Sam Saddleback Doheny Beach B 2 Woo Samantha San Diego Mesa Aliso Beach A 2 Wood Annalise Irvine Valley Woods Cove A 2 Wood Beverlee Cerro Coso Woods Cove B 3 Woolf Bradley Pasadena City Moss Cove B 2 Yan Nathan East Los Angeles Yazdi-Nejad Katayoun Irvine Valley Yip Danessa East Los Angeles Poster Yogi Sara San Diego Mesa Pacific Ballroom B 2 Zamora Garryson Mt. San Antonio Emerald Bay A 2 Zeng Huiling Citrus Poster Doheny Beach B Poster 1 Zhang Annie San Diego Mesa Crescent Bay B 1 Zhang Yicheng Fullerton Balboa Island B 1 Zhang Yicheng Fullerton Poster Zheng Isaac Mt. San Antonio Poster Zhou Jie Hui (Allison) Pasadena City Crescent Bay A 2 Zhu Hanyu East Los Angeles Doheny Beach D 1 Zhu Xiaoling M. Pasadena City Woods Cove A 3 Zorian Sofia Los Angeles City Emerald Bay D 1 Zuniga Cynthia Irvine Valley Doheny Beach D 2 INDEX BY SUBJECT Subject Last Name Title Room Session Anthropology Aboufadel The Influence of Genes on Athleticism: In Regards to Endurance, Speed and Strength Moss Cove B 1 Anthropology Altaf Ritualized Homosexuality and the Reproduction of Social Order in Melanesia Moss Cove A 2 Anthropology Anderson Species and Time: On the Origins of Being by Means of Temporal Selection Moss Cove B 1 Anthropology Bhanot Real Time News: Social Media Empowers Global Protests Pacific Ballroom B 2 Anthropology Bui Linguistic Preservation: The Obligation to Preserve Akkadian and other Disappearing Languages Moss Cove B 2 Anthropology Davis Just Say No to Beef: Problems with Animal Agriculture Doheny Beach B 3 Anthropology Donohue On the Origin of Speeches: The Creative Role of Exaptation in the Evolution and Diversification of Human Language Ability Moss Cove A 1 Anthropology Garcia What Can an Urban Planner Learn from an Anthropologist: The Relationship between Anthropology and Urban Planning Moss Cove B 2 Anthropology Glover-Odom The Evolution of Marriage: An Investigation of Modernity and its Effects on Papua New Guinea Tribes Moss Cove B 3 Anthropology Gold “Bighed Meriâ” and Spiritual Piety: Evaluating Evangelical Christianity and Female Agency In Papua New Guinea Moss Cove A 2 Anthropology Gordon Sex Sells; and So Do People in Thailand Moss Cove A 2 Anthropology Hamza No Culture Is an Island: Why the Loss of Indigenous Peoples and Cultures Matters Moss Cove A 3 Anthropology Handoko The Misleading Stereotype of Asian Students Pacific Ballroom A 2 Anthropology Labanieh Karoshi: Is There Such a Thing as Working Too Hard? Anthropology Lisboa Foods We Eat: A Five-Course Wasting Menu Moss Cove B 1 Anthropology Long Circles in Sand: Defining Play, Game and Sport in Actual and Virtual Playgrounds Moss Cove A 2 Anthropology Martin Biological Foundations and Evolutionary Implications of Psychopathy Moss Cove A 1 Anthropology Mokhtari Damming the Amazon: The Social Costs of Hydroelectric Dam Development in Northeastern Brazil Moss Cove A 3 Poster Anthropology Seymour Sorcery and Engendered Violence in Papua New Guinea Pacific Ballroom A 3 Anthropology Shepard Between National Boundaries and a Hard Place: A Brief Study of the Plight of the Ju/’hoansi (Kung San) Anthropology Small The Non-biological Roots of "Races" and Their Elimination in Forensic Anthropology Moss Cove B 3 Anthropology Stewart Being Japonaise: Understanding the Authentic Implications of Fusion Cuisine Moss Cove B 3 Anthropology Taylor The Growth of Gendered Violence in Papua New Guinea Moss Cove A 3 Anthropology Thomas Coffee Shops as Third Place Locations: Globalism and Community within Coffee Shop Culture Moss Cove A 3 Anthropology Tims Cervical Functional Anatomy in Extinct Human Ancestors Moss Cove A 1 Anthropology Tyler Vaccines and Autism: Myths, Truths, and Health Consequences Moss Cove B 2 Anthropology Woolf Social Influences on Dieting and Nutrition: A Study of Dietary and Exercise Trends in Young Adult Males Moss Cove B 2 Art Michel-Stuart Comfort Women: Chinese and Korean Iconographic Symbols and Contemporary Meaning Emerald Bay C 1 Art History Chien The “Ahh-ness” of Things: An Eastern Look at French Impressionism Emerald Bay E 2 Art History Esquivel Dissecting the Mysteries of Renaissance Anatomy: Anatomy in Early Western Art Emerald Bay C 1 Art History Mokhtari Painting the War: The Influence of World War II on Visual Arts in the Western World Poster Art History Nuñez Primordial Past: Northwest Coast Native American Art Moss Cove B 3 Art History Vitti Swimming: A Pre-Industrial Historical Approach Regarding Masculinity, Gender Roles, and Homoeroticism Emerald Bay E 2 Biochemistry Ibrahim Recombinant DNA and Its Medical Benefits: Synthesis of Insulin Doheny Beach B 1 Biochemistry Lara Gene Expression in Arabidopsis thaliana Doheny Beach A 1 Biochemistry Noguera Gene Expression in Arabidopsis thaliana Doheny Beach A 1 Biochemistry Stavropoulos An Analytical Approach to Disease: What Can Evolutionary Game Theory Reveal about Cancer? Doheny Beach C 1 Bioethics Lee A Cue to Clone: The Bioethics of Non-coital Reproduction Doheny Beach C 2 Biology Al Hadeed A Study of Marine Debris Doheny Beach A 2 Biology Aliabadi Alzheimer’s Disease: Where Do We Stand? Newport Beach B 1 Poster Biology Aquino Searching for the Fountain of Youth: An Inquiry Into the Function of Telomerase Doheny Beach C 2 Biology Aquino The Effect of Agitation on Growth in the Algae Chlorella vulgaris Biology Auvazian How Far Could Consciousness Be Traced in Nature? The Possibility of Responsiveness in Plants Doheny Beach C 3 Biology Brannigan Exploring the Biological Forces behind Eating Disorders Newport Beach B 3 Biology Calderon Genetically Modified Organisms: Matter out of Place? Doheny Beach A 3 Biology Chacaltana The Effect of Aminoglycosides on Vibrio harveyi, a Marine Bacterium Poster Biology Contreras Genome Sequencing of Drosophila biarmipes Poster Biology Cordova Turning the Light on Algal Growth: The Effect of Varying Light Hours on Growth in Chlorella vulgaris Poster Biology DeRemer Bio-chemistry: In a Different Sense a Look at Pharmaceuticals’ Effects on Radishes Biology Granillo Turning the Light on Algal Growth: The Effect of Varying Light Hours on Growth in Chlorella vulgaris Poster Biology Hale Improving Entomopathic Nematode Viability as Biocontrol Poster Biology Hamidian Fruit Preservation Cream Biology Iribarren Effects of Temperature on the Prey Consumption of Agelenopsis Spiders Poster Biology Jacobi Nutrition of Organic Foods Poster Biology Kasa Mamba Medication: The Effect of African Mamba Venom on Alzheimer’s Disease Biology Kastens The Use of Man-made Debris as Nesting Material by Western Bluebirds (Sialia mexicana) in Orange County, California Poster Biology Kaur DNA Sequencing: Measuring the Reliability of Processed Seafood Labels Poster Biology Kim Genetic Exploration of Conserved Unknowns in C. elegans Doheny Beach A 1 Biology King Searching for the Fountain of Youth: An Inquiry Into the Function of Telomerase Doheny Beach C 2 Biology Kirollos The Effect of Low Light Level Stimulation on Mesenchymal Stem Cell Cultures Doheny Beach B 1 Biology Kudryavtseva The Effect of Glucose on the Growth Rate of Chlorella vulgaris Poster Doheny Beach A Doheny Beach A Doheny Beach C Poster 2 3 1 Biology Lamarche The Effect of Glucose on the Growth Rate of Chlorella vulgaris Poster Biology Lee The Inhibitive Effects of Mouth Rinse Samples on the Growth of Oral Bacteria Poster Biology Lockman The Allelopathic Potential of Lyonothamnus floribundus ssp. aspleniifolius, or Santa Cruz Island Ironwood Tree Biology Mita The Effect of Agitation on Growth in the Algae Chlorella vulgaris Poster Biology Novak Pilch Replacing Synthetic Fertilizer To Revolutionize Agriculture Poster Biology Powers Nutrition of Organic Foods Poster Biology Rath Sexually Dimorphic Genes in the Developing Mouse Cortex and Hippocampus: Relative Gene Expression of Psmd10 Doheny Beach A 1 Biology Robles Synthetic Food Supply: Why Genetically Modified Food Should Be Labeled Doheny Beach A 2 Biology Spagnolo Is Diet Coke Toxic? Poster Biology Stafford Effects of Temperature on the Prey Consumption of Agelenopsis Spiders Poster Biology Tagashira The Effect of Glycerol on the Growth of the Algae Species Chlorella vulgaris Poster Biology Tran Cancer and Chemical Warfare: How the Vietnam War Continues to Affect Us Balboa Island B Biology Waggoner The Effect of Glucose on the Growth Rate of Chlorella vulgaris Biology Wahdat Taenia solium (Tapeworm) and Related Disease in Humans Biology Weser Turning the Light on Algal Growth: The Effect of Varying Light Hours on Growth in Chlorella vulgaris Poster Biology Wisdom The Effect of Increase Nitrogen Availability on Algal Growth in Chlorella vulgaris Doheny Beach B 1 Biology Yazdi-Nejad The Effect of Low Light Level Stimulation on Mesenchymal Stem Cell Cultures Doheny Beach B 1 Biology Zeng The Effect of Glycerol on the Growth of the Algae Species Chlorella vulgaris Business Huo The Success of Hong Kong’s Healthcare System Chemistry Bell Making a Copper Hydride Nanoball Poster Chemistry Choi Making a Copper Hydride Nanoball Poster Chemistry Keoseyan Making a Copper Hydride Nanoball Poster Doheny Beach A 2 1 Poster Doheny Beach B 1 Poster Newport Beach B 3 Chemistry Lau Making a Copper Hydride Nanoball Poster Chemistry Lima Making a Copper Hydride Nanoball Poster Chemistry Polanco Making a Copper Hydride Nanoball Poster Chemistry Rodriguez Making a Copper Hydride Nanoball Poster Chemistry Salazar Making a Copper Hydride Nanoball Poster Chemistry Samiee Making a Copper Hydride Nanoball Poster Chemistry Tellechea Making a Copper Hydride Nanoball Poster Chinese Donohue Sounding Out the Roots: Reconstructing Historical Chinese Phonology Poster Communications Dubova Internet Ubiquity: The Stagnation Of Mental Capability Among Digital Natives Computer Science Espinoza Computer Science Doheny Beach D 1 Contextual Computing: Humanization + Fusion of Data Aliso Beach B 2 Perry Creation and Analysis of a Binary Compression Algorithm: Using a Multi-algorithmic Approach to Maximize Compression Ratio Balboa Island A 1 Earth Science Stevens Is Mining Asteroids Unavoidable? Long- term Sustainability of Mineral Resources for Earth’s Growing Technologically-Dependent Society Newport Beach B 1 Economics Dinh Bitcoin: A Setting Stone for the Future of Money or A Threat to the Economy? Crescent Bay B 1 Economics Keane What Does Unprecedented Monetary Policy Cost? Emerald Bay E 1 Economics Lam The Changing the Face of Consumerism in Fashion Crescent Bay D 3 Economics Lee Retail Gas Prices: Competitor Identification and the Speed of Competitive Response Poster Economics Medina High Times: The Economic Argument for Marijuana Legalization Crescent Bay D 2 Economics Mian Altruism and Risky Business: The Biological Foundation for Economic Decisions Moss Cove B 1 Economics Mo Untapped Treasures: The Role of Children's Education in Eradicating Poverty in the Developing World Crescent Bay C 1 Economics Myers Papa Hobo: The Rise, Fall and Rebirth of Detroit Pacific Ballroom A 1 Economics Scott The Impact of the Eurodollar on Trade Between the Three Largest Economies of the European Union Emerald Bay E 3 Economics Shepard If You Build It, They Will Ride: An Analysis of Los Angeles Metro’s Light-Rail System Pacific Ballroom A 1 Economics Stanton Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: To Privatize or Not Privatize Emerald Bay E 1 Economics Strohl The Divorce Rate: A Financial Issue? Woods Cove C 2 Engineering Evans Designing a Cost-Effective, Efficient Wind Turbine Newport Beach A 2 Engineering Lambuth The Dynamic Pulse: Bringing Autonomous Aleatoric Hip-Hop to Life Poster Engineering Moreno Lopez MRI Hydraulically Actuated System for Biopsy Needle Position Poster English Salameh Anthropogenic Queering of Sexuality in Robert Hass' "A Story about the Body" Woods Cove B 3 English Shaffer Disciplining Dismemberment: Foucault, Body Worlds, and the Censorship of Survival Horror Woods Cove A 2 Environmental Chemistry Lee Providing Cleaner and Safer Water for Public: The Photocatalytic Degradation of Methyl Red Contaminated Water Using ZnO Catalyst Newport Beach A 3 Environmental Science Chavez Alternative Energy: Solar Cells, Hydrogen Fuel Cells, and Supercapacitors Doheny Beach C 3 Environmental Science Environmental Science Do Stormwater Quality: How Habitable is Our Water? Poster Lee Gadamerian Ecology: Reconciling Humanity’s Place in the Anthropocene Through Dialogic Engagement Doheny Beach B 3 Environmental Science Moilanen The Green Wave: Minimizing the Environmental Impacts of the Surf Industry Doheny Beach B 3 Environmental Science Sansom The Green Wave: Minimizing the Environmental Impacts of the Surf Industry Doheny Beach B 3 Environmental Science Wasay Irshad The Green Future: Nanotechnology Enhancing the Efficiency of Solar Energy Doheny Beach C 3 Environmental Science Film Studies Wheeler Zoos: Exploitation or Conservation Newport Beach B 1 Briët The Twenty-First Century World of Digital Media: How Content Creation Fuels Growth in Creativity, Confidence, Learning, and Interpersonal Communication Emerald Bay B 3 Film Studies Mousa A Prize to be Won: The Sexualized and Objectified Image of the Arab Woman in Disney’s Aladdin Woods Cove C 2 Gender Studies Agopian The Gender Gap in Competitive Sports Crescent Bay A 3 Gender Studies Amouzadeh Somebody, Not Just a Body: Women in Magazines Emerald Bay C 3 Gender Studies Beligan Gender Politics and Empire: Imperialist Feminism in Afghanistan Pacific Ballroom A 3 Gender Studies Fisher The Effects of Media: The Early Sexualization of Young Girls Pacific Ballroom B 2 Gender Studies Gonzalez The Struggles of Being Transgender Emerald Bay B 1 Gender Studies Leigh Lady and the Tramp: Narrative, Intent and Gender Bias within Our Legal System Pacific Ballroom B 3 Gender Studies Lucas-Pemstein The Relationship between Gender Identity and Gender-typed Toy Preference in Children Woods Cove A 3 Gender Studies Medrano Beyonce, Womanhood and Personal Agency Woods Cove C 1 Gender Studies Parnala The Relationship between Gender Identity and Gender-typed Toy Preference in Children Woods Cove A 3 Gender Studies Shockley The Relationship between Gender Identity and Gender-typed Toy Preference in Children Woods Cove A 3 Gender Studies Sy The Relationship between Gender Identity and Gender-typed Toy Preference in Children Woods Cove A 3 Gender Studies Zhu The Relationship between Gender Identity and Gender-typed Toy Preference in Children Woods Cove A 3 Geography Long Getting The GISt of It: Geospatial Information Systems as Ethnographic Tools in Virtual Worlds Poster Health Cabrera Protecting Your Future: Stress Management for College Students Doheny Beach C 1 Health Cayetano Unlocking Silence: A Walk in the Shoes of Those with Muscle Degeneration Newport Beach A 3 Health Masoud To Intubate or Not to Intubate? Health Oloja Death, Distrust, and Paranoia: Repercussions of the Negligence of the Ebola Virus Doheny Beach C 1 Health Serrato It’s Magically Delicious: The Advertising Industry’s Effect on Children’s Health Pacific Ballroom B 3 Health Sirin Milk Mustache? No Thank You! Health Science Hernandez The Ketogenic Lifestyle: Making Genes Work for You Balboa Island B 1 History Abdi Cyrus the Great: 6th Century Father to the Jews and Babylonians Balboa Island B 2 History Atchison Irish “Neutrality” During WWII: Why Did Ireland really Remain Neutral During World War II? Emerald Bay D 2 History Cordova Immigration Policy and Politics: An American Tradition Emerald Bay C 3 History Deardorff The Fifth Great Awakening and the Battle for America's Soul Emerald Bay C 3 History Diaz When a Count Takes the Cross: Raymond of SaintGilles’s Impact on the First Crusade Woods Cove B 1 History Estrella Knowledge and Power: The Origins of the Library at Alexandria Woods Cove B 1 History Hiten Understanding Genocide Through the Herero Crescent Bay C 3 History Igna The New Eugenics Doheny Beach D 3 Poster Poster History Khalifeh Rekindlement of Thought in the West: Scientific Advancements Throughout the Known World During the Golden Age of Islam Poster History King The Weight of Her Heart: Wu Zetian in Perspective Emerald Bay C 1 History Larson The Effects of Public Opinion on Reconstruction in the Postbellum South Emerald Bay C 2 History LaVeaux Creoles, Mulattos, and Voodoo, Oh My!: The Development of Creole Culture in Louisiana Emerald Bay C 2 History Ledesma The Lincoln behind Sherman Emerald Bay C 2 History Lopez Guatemala’s Genocide: A Closer Look at the Causes, the Offenses Committed and Reasons for Little Opposition to Stop the Crimes Committed Against the Ixil Mayans in the 1980’s Crescent Bay C 3 History Mahamoud Just Say No to Beef: Problems with Animal Agriculture Doheny Beach C 3 History Metheny A Divine Obligation to Spread Emerald Bay D 2 History Michel-Stuart Revisiting the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo: ReDefining National Origin in a Global World: Botiller v. Dominguez, Hernandez v. Texas, and Espinoza v. Farah Mfg. Co. Poster History Niemi Rekindlement of Thought in the West: Scientific Advancements Throughout the Known World During the Golden Age of Islam Poster History Rosales Overcoming Differences to Work Together: The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom Emerald Bay C 3 History Russell History of the Motivations and Struggles of Women Travelling to Antarctica Emerald Bay C 1 Humanities Alejandre Transforming Western Civilization: the Synthesis of Greco-Roman and Judeo-Christian Thought Woods Cove B 1 Humanities Bañuelos Transforming Western Civilization: the Synthesis of Greco-Roman and Judeo-Christian Thought Woods Cove B 1 Humanities Boyd Voltaire: Religious Tolerance and the Correlation to Islam Crescent Bay A 3 Humanities Gonering Mortality and Misogyny: Feminist Criticisms of World Epics Using Terror Management Crescent Bay A 3 Humanities Huddleston The Downside to Diversity: Reactions toward the Niqab Woods Cove C 3 Humanities Masler In Vitro Fertilization: Eugenics in Disguise Newport Beach B 3 Humanities Pavon America’s Great Catalyst: Music from The Harlem Renaissance Woods Cove B 2 Humanities Piloti The Downside to Diversity: Reactions toward the Niqab Woods Cove C 3 Humanities Sly The Downside to Diversity: Reactions toward the Niqab Woods Cove C 3 Humanities Smith Writing Away Troubles: The Emotional Benefits of Therapeutic Writing Emerald Bay A 1 Linguistics Arant Manipulating the Polls: The Influence of Semantics Pacific Ballroom B 1 Linguistics Carson In Defense of Change in the English Language Balboa Island A 3 Linguistics Fadel In Defense of Change in the English Language Balboa Island A 3 Linguistics McEntee In Defense of Change in the English Language Balboa Island A 3 Linguistics Rigby The Genetic Underpinnings of Speech & Language and the Evolutionary Implications Moss Cove A 1 Literature Bañuelos The Burden of Masculinity in Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried: Challenging Depictions of Masculinity in Film and Media Emerald Bay D 2 Literature Blome Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of a Husband: Jane Austen’s Views on Marriage through Life Experience and Pride and Prejudice Emerald Bay D 3 Literature Ciccarello Pint-Sized and Powerful: An Analysis of Shakespearean Productions Emerald Bay D 1 Literature Cox House Elves: Poor Enslaved Souls? Woods Cove B 3 Literature Diaz Birdsong Across Time: Romantic, Late Victorian, and Modern Theory in Lyric Poetry Crescent Bay A 1 Literature Elder Cosmology in Milton's Paradise Lost Crescent Bay A 2 Literature Felix Progression of Female Characters from Anglo-Saxon Literature to the Medieval Period Crescent Bay A 1 Literature Fergus Whoso Lust for Subjectivity: The Representation of Women in “Whoso List to Hunt”, “Sonnet 67”, and “Rima 190” Crescent Bay A 3 Literature Gaitan Conventionality is Not Morality: Jane Eyre, The White Tiger, and the Bildungsroman Tradition Crescent Bay A 1 Literature Giron The Function of the Literary Anti-Hero as a Tool for Self-Introspection Emerald Bay D 1 Literature Harvey Determinism or Free Will: Analysis of Rodion Raskolnikov’s Actions in Crime and Punishment Crescent Bay A 1 Literature Lavoie Touch No Evil in the Monkey House: Analysis of a Short Story by Kurt Vonnegut Emerald Bay D 1 Literature Leyva Knights on a Chessboard: Achilles and Aeneas Are Not Heroes but Manipulated Men Emerald Bay D 3 Literature McCutcheon Take Your Pain and Use It: In Defense of Medea Crescent Bay A 2 Literature Moreno Magical Realism: An Instrument of Social and Political Criticism in Latin America Emerald Bay D 3 Literature Nuñez-Casielles Godot and Structuralism Woods Cove A 2 Literature Raimo Demons to Some. Angels to Others: The Horror/ Sadomasochistic Dynamic in Clive Barker’s The Hellbound Heart Crescent Bay A 2 Literature Ramirez The Amazing Olaudah Equiano: From African Slave to Best Selling Author Balboa Island A 3 Literature Reilly Family is the “Food of Love” in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice Woods Cove B 3 Literature Wood "[Less] than Kin and [More] than Kind": Hamlet and Iago Woods Cove B 3 Literature Zorian The Timeless Classical Heroes: The Ideology of the Greek and Roman Hero Compared through the Works of Homer and Virgil Emerald Bay D 1 Mathematics Aman Numerical Methods in Braking Analysis Balboa Island A 2 Mathematics Daymude Mathematics Exposed: Cracks in the Seams of Mathematical Certainty Balboa Island A 2 Mathematics Denham The Key to a Scientifically Inclined Society: Creating Mathematical Interest Aliso Beach B 2 Mathematics Khosravi Numerical Methods in Braking Analysis Balboa Island A 2 Mathematics Lotorto Opening Pandora’s Box: How Complex, Financial Mathematic Formulas Engendered a Stock Market Apocalypse Emerald Bay E 1 Mathematics Molina Solving First Order Linear Equations Using p-adic Integers Poster Mathematics Orlinsky Promoting a Cure: Using Mathematical Modeling and Experimental Results to Predict the Infectiousness of the Ebola Virus Mathematics Roe Predicting the Unpredictable: Stochastic Processes and the Physics of the Stock Market Mathematics Sorourifar Squaring a Circle: Creative Solutions to an Irrational Problem Balboa Island A 2 Mathematics Tintcheva Promoting a Cure: Using Mathematical Modeling and Experimental Results to Predict the Infectiousness of the Ebola Virus Balboa Island A 1 Music Sarvi Understanding Musical Harmony: A Visual Approach Through Mathematics Balboa Island A 1 Neurobiology Dominguez Dopamine: The Science of Motivation and Addiction Aliso Beach A 2 Neuroscience Sobek Consciousness after Clinical Death: Can We Verify Animation beyond Physical Mortality? Neuroscience Thibodeau Neurological Impairment: The Effects of Contact Sports on the Cognitive, Neurological and Physiological Development in Young Athletes Balboa Island A 1 Poster Poster Balboa Island B 1 Nutrition Bierlein Pretty Hurts: How Food Coloring Influences the Body and Mind Newport Beach A 3 Nutrition Denholtz Listen to the Squirrels: GMOs in the United States Today Newport Beach A 3 Oceanography Metzger Arctic Sea Ice Melt: How It Is Affecting Us and How We Can Solve It Oceanography Urquilla Ocean Acidification: The Impact on Marine and Human Life Philosophy Chong Philosophy Poster Newport Beach A 2 Walking out of the Factory Line: A Gadamerian Approach to Freire’s Banking Model of Education Aliso Beach A 3 Collins How Death Affects Life before It Woods Cove A 2 Philosophy Gutierrez The Supplemental Love Emerald Bay D 3 Philosophy Lapuos Love as a Stride toward Death Woods Cove A 1 Philosophy Lawino Prostitution: Does Legalization Harm Prostitutes? Emerald Bay B 2 Philosophy Luck Capitalism and Satisfaction: Measuring National Well-Being through Wealth vs. through Happiness Emerald Bay E 1 Philosophy Morad The Interaction of Afro-Pessimism and International Relations: Attempts at “Fixing” Other Nations Resulting in New Hegemony Pacific Ballroom A 3 Philosophy Ng If Only Plato's Rulers Were Mothers Too Woods Cove A 1 Philosophy Song The Republic and The Giver: Observing Injustice through the Lens of Fiction Woods Cove A 1 Philosophy Zhou From Paralysis to Embodied Transcendence Crescent Bay A 2 Physics Alayyan Project Kinetic Owl Aliso Beach B 3 Physics Alhani Applied Nanotechnolgy: Photovoltaics Newport Beach A 1 Physics Bunch Mars Rocks! Robotic Sample Return in Martian Environments Aliso Beach B 1 Physics Couch Project Kinetic Owl Aliso Beach B 3 Physics Flores Mars Rocks! Robotic Sample Return in Martian Environments Aliso Beach B 1 Physics Flores Project Lambda Newport Beach A 2 Physics Gaddy Nuclear Fusion: A Projected Timeline Aliso Beach B 2 Physics Kemnitz Mars Rocks! Robotic Sample Return in Martian Environments Aliso Beach B 1 Physics Lam Project Kinetic Owl Aliso Beach B 3 Physics Maaouni Project Kinetic Owl Aliso Beach B 3 Physics Medina Roman Extraction: Exploring Mars for Plutonium Newport Beach A 2 Physics Molina Mars Rocks! Robotic Sample Return in Martian Environments Aliso Beach B 1 Physics Nystrom Project Kinetic Owl Aliso Beach B 3 Physics Prescott Applied Nanotechnolgy: Photovoltaics Newport Beach A 1 Physics Prescott Joule Thief: Maximizing Battery Lifespan Physics Rodriguez Applied Nanotechnolgy: Photovoltaics Physics Rudd Project Kinetic Owl Physics Shively Relatively Simple Relativity with IPython Interactive Simulations Physics Weatherspoon Mars Rocks! Robotic Sample Return in Martian Environments Aliso Beach B 1 Political Science Alamire Hydropolitics: Waging a Water War Crescent Bay C 1 Political Science Banal Put Your Money Where Your Mouse Is: Net Neutrality, Capitalism, and the First Amendment Crescent Bay B 3 Political Science Brooks Public Defense, or Public Incarceration? An UnderFunded Public Defense Violates the Sixth Amendment, and Ultimately Furthers Inequality in America Crescent Bay C 2 Political Science Carr Data Analytics: The Obama Campaign's Key to Victory in 2012 Crescent Bay B 2 Political Science Cormier Race and the Chasm of Justice Balboa Island B 3 Political Science Denney Comprehensive Student Initiated Education Reform: The Potential for Change within Our System of Higher Education Crescent Bay B 2 Political Science Goharbin Spying Eye: Security, Privacy and Freedom in the Post-9/11 Surveillance State Crescent Bay B 3 Political Science Guzman Turn up for What: Spreading Hope through Democracy Crescent Bay B 2 Political Science Hakobyan Is the Eurasian Economic Union the Next Soviet Union? Emerald Bay E 3 Political Science Jacobson Why Hasn't Palestine Been Granted Statehood? A Case Analysis Crescent Bay D 1 Political Science James The Necessity of Student Activism: Decreased Government Subsidies Jeopardize Students and Higher Education Aliso Beach A 3 Political Science Kasibhatla An Interpretation of Democratic Theory: Philosophia, Naturalis et Politicus Emerald Bay C 2 Political Science Kim The Pursuit of Happiness: Minors Crossing the U.S. Border Poster Political Science Moradian Revenge Porn: Social and Political Approaches to a Growing Problem Crescent Bay C Poster Newport Beach A 1 Aliso Beach B 3 Poster 2 Political Science Pamungkas Super PACs: A Potential Scourge of American Democracy Crescent Bay B 2 Political Science Rios 2 + 2 = 5: The Discrepancy of California Higher Education, Ourselves, and State Funding Crescent Bay B 3 Political Science Simon Private Prison System: Corruption And Fear Crescent Bay D 3 Political Science Tran Human Trafficking: Victims of Southeast Asia’s Social Morality and Economic Inequalities Pacific Ballroom A 3 Political Science Vasquez How Do You Like These Apples? Rooting-out the Truth behind GMO Food and the Influential Role of Big Agriculture Newport Beach B 1 Political Science Wagstaff Politicians and Opportunity Costs: How Pay-to-Play Campaign Financing Creates Disincentives for Robust Policy Analysis and Promotes Self-Protective Voting Pacific Ballroom B 1 Political Science Zhang The Fat Tax: A Remedy for Obesity? Balboa Island B 1 Psychology Alvarado Self-Regulation and Interpersonal Communication Doheny Beach D 1 Psychology Alvarado Right Hemisphere Prefrontal Cortex Damage and Its Dangerous Effects on Human Behavior Psychology Balaban Condom Acceptance: Variance in Area and Sex Balboa Island B 2 Psychology Banh It’s All in the Genes: A Study of the Influence of Biological Information on Attitudes toward Homosexuality Doheny Beach C 2 Psychology Barete Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Breakdown of the Available Treatments and Therapies Doheny Beach B 2 Psychology Beltran-Castillo The Quiet Concern: A Study Examining Advertising's Preference for Extroversion Doheny Beach D 3 Psychology Beltran-Castillo Self-Regulation and Student Success Psychology Bina Seeing is Not Believing: How Memory Research Discredits Eyewitness Testimony Pacific Ballroom A 1 Psychology Burnstan Understanding the Increase in ADHD diagnoses throughout the United States Emerald Bay B 3 Psychology Cabrera The Relation between Social Media and Intimate Relationships Emerald Bay B 3 Psychology Chae False Memories and Eyewitness Testimonies: Can Your Memories be Trusted? Pacific Ballroom B 2 Psychology Connelly Self-Regulation and Student Success Poster Psychology Coulombe Self-Regulation and Student Success Poster Psychology Delavary The Beneficial Results Found in the Neurobiological Correlates of Meditation Poster Poster Emerald Bay A 1 Psychology DerSookiassian Mind and Body Dualism: The Effects of Meditative Practice on Overall Health Emerald Bay A 1 Psychology Dhindsa Self-Regulation and Student Success Psychology Escobedo Follow Your Nose: The Essence of Attraction Emerald Bay B 2 Psychology Escudero IV The Link between Personality and Ideologies Emerald Bay A 3 Psychology Espinoza Facebook and Self-Esteem: What's the Relationship? Emerald Bay A 2 Psychology Forde Self-Regulation and Student Success Psychology Garcia In Search of a Smile: Gender Differences in Smile Reciprocity Psychology Garcia Fighting Depression: How to Beat It Psychology Gardner Psychology Poster Poster Aliso Beach A 2 Doheny Beach B 2 Gender Neutral Parenting: Child-Rearing for the Fluid Parent Emerald Bay B 1 Guzenski Does Where You Eat Predict Your Grades?: A Look at Extroversion, GPA, and Eating Location Emerald Bay A 3 Psychology Harvey Crime and Punishment: Perception and Prejudice in Criminal Psychology on College Campuses Poster Psychology Heryford Condom Acceptance: Variance in Area and Sex Balboa Island B 2 Psychology Hong The Impact of Classroom Peer Mentors and Cognitive Interventions on Students’ Academic Success Aliso Beach A 1 Psychology Iñiguez Hashtag Social Networking Sites: The Effects SNS Have on Users' Self-esteem Doheny Beach D 2 Psychology Izumi Self-Regulation and Student Success Psychology Johnson Sex, Skin, and Bones Sell: The Influence of Media on Distorting the Perception of Healthy Body Images of Females Newport Beach B 2 Psychology Kha How Rude! Perceived Rudeness in Cellphone Usage Balboa Island A 3 Psychology Khachatourian Caffeine and Mental Illness Doheny Beach A 3 Psychology Khachatryan The Impact of Childhood Trauma on Neurodevelopment, Mental Health, and Behavior Pacific Ballroom B 3 Psychology Kim Sex, Skin, and Bones Sell: The Influence of Media on Distorting the Perception of Healthy Body Images of Females Newport Beach B 2 Psychology Le Sports Injury in Non-Professional Youth Athletes: Fixed Mindset Messages Can Contribute To Injury Possibilities Emerald Bay A 3 Psychology Leigh Crime and Punishment: Perception and Prejudice in Criminal Psychology on College Campuses Psychology Lewis Condom Acceptance: Variance in Area and Sex Poster Poster Balboa Island B 2 Psychology Lim The Impact of Classroom Peer Mentors and Cognitive Interventions on Student’s Academic Success Aliso Beach A 1 Psychology Llamas Humanity vs. Wealth: The Psychology of Money Crescent Bay D 3 Psychology Lo Put on Shuffle Play: The Effects of Musical Genre and Tempo on Text Recall Emerald Bay A 1 Psychology Lo Nurturing Food: The Effects of Commensality and Food Sharing on Sense of Belonging Psychology Madrigal Is Pornography Helpful? 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