Thursday October 3, 2013 Oral Research Presentations: Session 1 - - PDF document

Kina Collins Louisiana State University Is There a New Mentoring in America? Poor-on-Poor Mentoring in Lower-Income Communities Lobo A Ivonne Orozco Acosta University of New Mexico Understanding Underrepresented Students' Identity Development within the AOLME Project Lobo A Jazzmine Parker California State University, Sacramento Same Race Mentors for African American Former Foster Youth in Higher Education Lobo A Maria Elwan University of New Mexico A ‘Village Approach’ To Community and Academically Sponsored Literacy Programs Lobo A Dinah DeFord East Tennessee State University The Voice of the ABD: A Phenomenological Exploration of Lived Experiences Lobo B Jimi Sanchez University of New Mexico A Comparison of Retention Rates: Self- Reported vs. Non-Self-Reported- Felons at the University of New Mexico Lobo B Jordan Hepler Southern Nazarene University Just Let Me Check This Text: Attachment and Personal Technology Use in Social Settings Lobo B Raquel Sepulveda University of Oklahoma The impact of implicit egotism on the Perceptions of Personality Traits Lobo B Brandon Gassaway University of New Mexico The Values People Place on Adaptive Reuse Building Design Acoma A Ryan Griego University of New Mexico Building Information Modeling: Implementation of BIM and how it can change the world we live in Acoma A Donya Ziraksari University of New Mexico Green Energy Sustainable Technology Acoma A Danielle Kabella University of New Mexico Paradox: Combining Holistic and Biomedical Interventions in New Mexico Acoma B Kimberly Sanchez University of Wyoming Working hard or hardly working?: An examination of the Division of Labor among the Dukha Pastoralists, Khövsgöl Province, Mongolia Acoma B Peter Siyahhan- Julnes University of New Mexico Meta-Analysis of Problematic Opioid Use Behaviors in the Chronic Non- Cancer Pain Population Acoma B Maureen Evans Arthurs University of Maryland, Baltimore County Are the Girls Alright? Assessing the Educational Experiences of Adolescent Girls in Baltimore City Santa Ana A

Thursday October 3, 2013 Oral Research Presentations: Session 1 10:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. –

Genesis Lopez University of New Mexico Detection of amyloid-β protein aggregate-induced membrane disruption Acoma A Alfonso T. Delaney University of Maryland, Baltimore County Fall Management through Wearable Sensors and Pervasive Health Monitoring Acoma A Edgar Chavez University of New Mexico FPGA Soft-Processors: How to Configure and Utilize a Soft-Processor on a Custom Built FPGA Board Acoma A Mahelet Gennene University of Maryland, Baltimore County The Contemporary African Diaspora: Political Engagement and Development

• f the Homeland

Acoma B Briana Walker Kent State University The Millennial Inheritance of Françafrique: An Analysis of French Military Interventions in Francophone Africa. Acoma B Leslee Horn University of New Mexico Psychological Disturbance in Haitian Historical Fiction: Analyzing Trauma in the Novels of Edwidge Danticat Acoma B Caroline Muraida University of New Mexico Mapping a New Mexican Economic Identity, from Aesthetics to Institutions Acoma B Matthew Aguilera University of New Mexico Exercise Program Design for Type 2 Diabetics Santa Ana A Uvonne C. Andoh University of Maryland, Baltimore County How does Designing Assistive Technology with a Physical Therapist Help Older Adults? Santa Ana A Katherine Kelton University of New Mexico Personality and Motivation Predictors

• f Dual Enrollment Students

Santa Ana A Destiny Gray Texas A&M University- Commerce Do White Students Experience Discrimination Too? Microaggressions in a Multiethnic College Sample Santa Ana A Rodolfo Rodriguez California State University, Sacramento From the Fields to College: An Analysis

• f College Aspirations among Latino

Farm Workers Santa Ana B Jesus Sarmiento University of New Mexico The Immigration and Neighborhood Crime Relationship in Traditional and New Gateway Cities Santa Ana B Alejandro Zermeno California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Mexican American Identity: The Impact of Traditional Knowledge and Cultural Practices Santa Ana B

Friday October 4, 2013 Oral Research Presentations: Session 2 9:45 a.m. – 10:55 a.m.

Esmeralda Lopez University of Oklahoma Results of a Study Examining Task Failure during Fatiguing Contractions Santa Ana A Heather Cox Southern Nazarene University Water Quality of the Savegre River, Costa Rica Acoma A Florencia Monge University of New Mexico Methylation patterns in the b1 locus of maize through different developmental stages Acoma A Timothy Rhyker Benavidez University of Oklahoma Expanded Recursive Formulae for the 1- Slice of the Symmetric Group under Various Rearrangement Models Acoma A Dianne Sanchez California Polytechnic State University, Pomona Determination of Perchlorate in Drinking Water Acoma A Elijia Buenviaje University of New Mexico Error Patterns of Five-Year-Old Children Using AAC within Simple Rule Based Messages Acoma B Shawna Kircher University of New Mexico Assessing Lexical Competition and Inhibition in German-English Bilinguals via the Stroop Color Test Acoma B Teressa Davis University of Mississippi Learning Fun: An Evaluation of Reading Software in a Summer Program Acoma B Melissa Marquez Binghamton University Bed Management: Improving Patient Flow Using Coordination Principles Santa Ana A Devon Lara University of New Mexico Physician motives for choosing to practice rural health care in rural communities Santa Ana A Saba Saeidi Rizi University of New Mexico Effects of Radiation on Familial Cavernomas Santa Ana A Ronna Fisher Southern Nazarene University Taking up the Burden of Their Songs: A Look at the Real World Impact of In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez Santa Ana B April Fuller University of Mississippi Dracula the Liberator: Redeeming Nature and Desire in Bram Stoker’s Dracula Santa Ana B Alexandra Johnson

• St. Edward’s University

Dark Romanticism and Transcendentalism: An Exploration of Spirituality in Poe and Emerson Santa Ana B Alison Rodriguez University of New Mexico Technology, Dehumanization, and Capitalism: A Narrative Critique of Tron (1982) Santa Ana B

Friday October 4, 2013 Oral Research Presentations: Session 3 11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

Joshua Reynolds University of Wyoming Observing Laramie Basin Grassland Phenology using MODIS Lobo A Christopher Deaderick University of Wyoming Growth Release of Subcanopy Trees Following Mountain Pine Beetle-Induced Overstory Mortality in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado Lobo A Angelica Swanson University of New Mexico Following the Water: Carabid Assemblages and Riparian Ecosystem Health Lobo A Tom Thein University of New Mexico CO₂ Concentration in Xylem sap of Non- woody Plants: reevaluating Carbon Sources in Transpiration Lobo A Christian Cabanlong University of New Mexico Lumican Deficiency in Mice Leads to Increased Th-17 Cell Migration and Cytokine Expression Resulting in More Severe EAE Lobo B Melika Shayegh California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Effect of g-Aminobutyric Acid (GABA) on Motility Parameters of Bovine Sperm Department Lobo B LaKalea Wilson Kent State University The Metabolic Components of Executive and Motor Regions of the Basal Ganglia Lobo B Joshua Trujeque University of New Mexico NOD2 mediated host-commensal interactions in stress-induced rainbow trout Lobo B Stephanie Hood University of New Mexico Alcohol Relapse after Treatment: The Influence of Gender and Marital Status Acoma A Tiffany Trujillo University of New Mexico Fluctuating Pain Sensitivity across the Menstrual Cycle is Contingent on Romantic Relationship Status Acoma A Cierra Williams Kent State University Parent-Child Attachment and Emotion Regulation Acoma A Andy Nez University of New Mexico Diné Youth as Third-Gender Identifiers at the Dawn of the Twenty-First Century Santa Ana A Melissa Santos University of New Mexico Understanding Women's Health Issues through Interdisciplinary Research Applications Santa Ana A Gregory Montoya- Mora University of New Mexico Albuquerque Postwar Urban Development: A Crisis of Identity Santa Ana A Anna Storti California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Re)Conceptualizing the Normative: A Glimpse into the Radical Potential and Ultimate Failure of Queer Politics Santa Ana A

Friday October 4, 2013 Oral Research Presentations: Session 4 1:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Jasmin James Kent State University The Importance of Vocabulary: Examining Metacognition Skills Acoma B Jamie Ragsdale University of New Mexico Language Sampling Measures for Children with Highly Unintelligible Speech Acoma B Juliana Garcia Cornell University A face in the crowd: Socio-mnemonic influences on working memory Acoma B