Completed Student Research Projects
Winter 2012
CONFERENCE
CamTESOL Conference, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Mentor: Earl Wyman
Student: Daniel Robertshaw
Proposal: Teaching Reading Fluency
Student: Hannah Hubner
Proposal: Expanding TESOL Through the Internet
CONFERENCE
Midwest Political Science Association's Conference- Chicago, IL.
Mentor: Rand Blimes
Student: Rachel Ouellet
Proposal: Like a Good Neighbor
Student: Emily Amadori-Alberoni
Proposal: Social Media and Revolution
Student: Philip Graef
Proposal: Following the Butter: The Effect of Public Goods Provision on Immigration to OECD Countries
Student: Austin Facer
Proposal: Girls Just Want to be Smart; A Quantitative Study of Gender Educational Equality
Student: Dylan Mcmurtry
Proposal: Foreign Aid
Student: Kyle Poulter
Proposal: It Pays to Play
CONFERENCE
National Undergraduate Literature Conference, Ogden, UT
Mentor: Ned Williams{C}
Student: Roberto Sebatial Leon
Proposal: Beyond Culture: The Formation of Identity in Maxine Hong Kingston's The Woman Warrior and "A Battle of Wits: Comparing Brutus and Antony's Speeches in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar"
Student: Bailey Loveless
Proposal: In Jealous Rage: Tyrants in The Winter's Tale
Student: Michael Hamberg
Proposal: Misunderstanding One's Own Heritage: Dee's Abandonment and Misunderstanding of Her Heritage in "Everyday Use"
Summer 2012
CONFERENCE
Association for Psychological Science's, Chicago, IL
Mentor: Ron Miller
Students: Izak Rock, Emika Sawada, Alexa Tuita, Lisa Thompson, Jessica Selfaison, Kayla Suhrie, Thomas Curtis, Zach Dupaix, Sunny Griffin, Nathan Haws, Taylor Smart
CONFERENCE
Festival of Pacific Arts, Solomon Islands
Mentor: Phillip McArthur
Student: Matt Giles
CONFERENCE
Association for Institutional Research, New Orleans, LA
Mentor: Bill Neal
Students: Sela Unga, Zachary Carling
Winter 2011
CONFERENCE
2011 Midwest Political Science Association's Conference- Chicago, IL
Mentor: Rand Blimes
Students: Sin Wan Alice Yiu, Clark Cahoon
Proposal: Running with the Big Dogs: How Small States Gain Influence and Maintain Autonomy While Interacting with Strong States
Student: Philip Catudal
Proposal: Sunshine, Lollipops and International Institutions
Student: Rachel Oullet
Proposal: Multkulti of Personality: How Political Entrepreneurs and Social Identities respond to immigration and Affect State Fragility
Student: Samantha Thee
Proposal: Democratic Transitions
Student: Dylan McMurty{C}
Proposal: More Bang for your Buck? How War Affects Leaders' Approval Ratings
Student: Dylan McMurty
Proposal: Leader Age and Conflict: How Age Affects the Choice to Go to War
Student: Takashi Ushljima
Proposal: Hierarchy in East Asia