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Tuesday, April 3
 

9:00am MDT

Spinning Laramie: Engaging a community
In January 2017, I directed a production of The Laramie Project in Cedar City, Utah—a small rural town of about 30,000 people. The largely conservative community necessitated the strategic spin of information and ideas in order to impact the largest number of people, including cast members.

Of particular importance to the way I understand both the spin I engaged in as well as the spin of the audience and community is Jill Dolan’s Utopia in Performance. Dolan speaks of the way affect and emotion is spun by both the original production of The Laramie Project and a later production in Austin, Texas to create utopian performative moments. Her work leads me to ask about the manipulations and power of spinning in out-reach, within the production itself, and within the rehearsal room. What are the ethics of emotional manipulation or spin? Do the ends justify the means? How do we spin actors towards specific ends and what do we do when they question the political conceit of the production?

In this presentation, I will expand on the successful deployment of politically and socially engaged theatre and the degree to which we have to spin through affect and emotion to effect change. Specifically, I will rely on the multiple instances of strategic spinning that I enacted in the rehearsal room, through a robust out-reach effort, and within the staging itself.
Speakers
avatar for Scott Knowles

Scott Knowles

Director, Festival of Excellence

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 9:15am MDT
ED 215
  Community Engagement

9:00am MDT

The Art of Making Art: Learning to Collaborate
Making any form of art, from visual to performance, is no small task, and requires far more sacrifice and concentration than people expect. In an art form such as theatre, where collaboration is an essential ingredient, the very nature of collaboration can cause rifts and stirs in the creative process if handled poorly. For this talk, I will draw upon my experience of putting on an original musical, Pizza Boy, and how the art of collaboration was about as difficult as writing the show at moments. Collaboration can be both the best and worst parts of the creative process, but it is absolutely essential in creating the best piece of art that you possibly can. I will also expand on how these experiences of collaboration in a creative setting expand to collaboration in any setting, from educational to day-to-day tasks, and how learning to effectively communicate and collaborate can make a world of difference.
Speakers
BG

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 9:15am MDT
BU 110
  Creative Expression & Analysis

9:00am MDT

ATLAS
I was interested in creating a work that allowed me to play with the tool of time and duration. I had a
great deal of exploration in establishing movement that was slow while inputting quick phrases. As I traveled down this path, I began to think about the continuous flow of time and the realistic observation of people. As life moves forward, it affects us, our environments and relationships with others. As everything consistently changes we, as people, may only move forward. The completion of this work echoes these thoughts how we perceived time to last and progressively become faster and faster with moments passing us by until the end.
Speakers
avatar for Parker Hess

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 9:15am MDT
Thorley
  Creative Expression & Analysis   Distinguished Student Project

9:00am MDT

Thunderground: Turning a crazy idea into a reality
After resigning from the position of Editor-in-Chief of the University Journal, the current EIC of Thunderground toyed with the idea of starting his own media organization. Through months of planning and a lot of caffeine, he was able to do what he thought was impossible, which included writing 75 articles and designing 162 magazine pages in one semester.
Speakers
avatar for Billy Clouse

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 9:15am MDT
ED 102
  Creative Expression & Analysis   Distinguished Student Project

9:00am MDT

A Blonde in China - Journey of Excellence
Today, I hope to inspire you to take chances and dream big by telling my own story. Ask me a year ago what I would be doing at this point in time, and I wouldn’t be able to tell you. My dreams and what my future could look like has always motivated me. But it wasn’t until college that I began to see the infinite possibilities of what I could make my future become.
I first experienced China at 14 years old, and I fell in love with the food, culture, and people of Asia. I began studying Chinese a few months prior to visiting China, and while there I was considered a novelty—a blonde American who understood, and could respond to, what people were saying. Their eyes were filled with wonder, and I knew in that moment I wanted to dedicate my time to learning the language. Five years later, my language study continues, and I couldn’t be happier.
I have challenged myself to learn more and to improve myself. Because I worked diligently to prepare, my dream of returning to China is now a reality. Beginning in September of this year, I will study abroad in Changsha, China, for approximately four months.
My message is one of hope: Our dreams may seem far-fetched, but, in the end, they are always worth it. Excellence is always worth chasing. Ask me today where I will be in a year, and I will say: “I will be changing the world. I know I will because my own world has changed by simply chasing my dreams.”
Dream big. Take a chance. Believe in yourself. And believe it or not, there will always be people that support you. So go. Today is the day. Chase after your dreams, because they’re worth it.
Speakers
avatar for Maura Knutsen

Maura Knutsen

I am a Sophomore at Southern Utah University, and loving it! My passions include: traveling, being in the outdoors, surrounding myself with friends and family, and of course... food! I have been fortunate enough to travel the world with my family, and love to share my stories, but... Read More →

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 9:15am MDT
ED 205
  Global Engagement

9:00am MDT

Calling a Nazi on the Phone? Wolfgang Hildesheimer's Tynset as Imagined Dialogue between Holocaust Survivor and Perpetrator
My presentation will analyze German Jewish author Wolfgang Hildesheimer’s 1965 novel "Tynset." Praised by contemporary critics for its use of a Modernist idiom reminiscent of Proust and Kafka, "Tynset" features an unnamed narrator who takes refuge in a narrative framework characterized by digressions and geographic and temporal displacements. This constant shifting allows the narrator to relocate repeatedly, migrating from one location to the next in the diegesis, while simultaneously bouncing between subject positions on the extradiegetic level. By inhabiting new identities and shedding previous ones, the narrator can vaguely refer to but also obscure his identity as a German Jewish Holocaust survivor residing in West Germany, where many former Nazi perpetrators remain undetected and unprosecuted. His desire to remain incognito, however, contrasts with a competing impulse to establish dialogue with some of these perpetrators. Hildesheimer’s narrator resorts to the telephone as a way of anonymously contacting perpetrators while safeguarding his invisibility. I argue that Tynset provides a relatively early narrative blueprint for subsequent German Jewish writers who seek the possibility of post-Holocaust dialogue, whether between victims and perpetrators or more generally between Jewish and non-Jewish Germans.
Speakers
RP
CT

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 9:15am MDT
BU 102
  Global Engagement

9:00am MDT

Civic engagement and conservation outreach in Colombia: SUU assists the 2017 International Congress for Conservation Biology
Civic engagement is one of SUU's essential learning outcomes for its students, but few instructors are confident in how to effectively assess its development in students. SUU's instructors are not alone in this need, which prompted the Society for Conservation Biology to ask Jackie Grant to lend her expertise in the area to international conservation scientists attending the 2017 International Congress for Conservation Biology. Jackie and her assistant, recent Biology undergraduate, Alyssa Marabella, also assisted the Society by organizing conservation outreach activities during the event, and judging undergraduate and graduate student presentations of conservation research. They worked with the company, Wildlife Acoustics to lead an urban bat tour in Cartagena for approximately 75 participants. A combined total of fourteen different bat species were detected during the walk, making the evening a success. Jackie and Alyssa helped develop research presentation skills in students from around the world by developing a presentation scoring rubric and coordinating an international panel of scientist-judges to evaluate student work. They also assisted students with a scientist Flash Mentoring event, and helped conservation educators and practitioners learn how to integrate civic engagement practices into their work. Jackie was able to attend ICCB with support from a Faculty Scholarly Support Fund award from the Walter Maxwell Gibson College of Science and Engineering and the Provost's Office at SUU. Attend this talk to learn more about how faculty scholarly work can lead to opportunities for students.
Speakers
avatar for Jacqualine Grant

Jacqualine Grant

Associate Professor, Southern Utah University
People should talk to me about biocultural diversity, distributed food networks, and how to use next generation sequencing to engage STEM students with the community.
AM

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 9:15am MDT
ED 204
  Global Engagement

9:00am MDT

La Casa de Bernarda Alba as a reflection of Spain during the Francoist era
How does a literary work, La Casa de Bernarda Alba, reflects the society
of Spain during the period of the Spanish Civil War and the Francoist era?

The purpose of this research is to understand the society of Spain during a difficult
period of time, the Spanish Civil War and the Francoist era throughout the play of La Casa de
Bernarda Alba written by one of the most iconic Spanish dramatist, Federico García Lorca.

During this period, Spain was divided into two different political spectrums; the nationalist
Spain who didn’t want to open their gates to the influence of a modern Europe and a
reformist Spain, positive about the future of Spain as a modern country. Lorca, in a play full
of symbolism, reflects the nationalist Spanish society.

This presentation will be conducted in Spanish because this is research that I am
doing for my Spanish major.
Speakers
AP

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 9:15am MDT
ED 203
  Global Engagement

9:00am MDT

Nanoparticle Fabrication and Microfluidic Devices
Nanoparticles are particles with dimensions in the nanometer size range, or particles that are around 1000 times smaller than the width of a hair. They are of interest because nanoparticles have properties that depend on size and shape, and therefore can be used in applications such as materials, chemical tests, medicine, and imaging. I will discuss the methods that are used at SUU to fabricate nanoparticles as well as the uses that we hope to put nanoparticles to.
Speakers
CM

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 9:15am MDT
ED 104
  Innovation in Specialized Disciplines

9:00am MDT

The use of phosphatidylserine containing supported lipid bilayers as a method for separating copper binding proteins from non-copper binding proteins.
The goal of this experiment is to develop a new way to separate copper binding proteins from non-copper binding proteins. We create a supported lipid bilayer inside a microfluidic device by flowing a solution of lipid vesicles into the device. Once the vesicles contact clean/annealed glass, they burst and adhere to the surface of the glass. A solution of copper is then flowed through the device. The copper ions bind strongly to the phosphatidylserine contained in the bilayer. We are then able to flow a solution of proteins through the device. The proteins that bind copper will stick to the bilayer, while the proteins that do not bind copper continue through the device. As the pH becomes acidic, the phosphatidylserine lets go of copper. This releases the copper binding proteins from the bilayer. If the pH is made acidic at a slow rate, then the proteins will be released from the bilayer at different rates according to their relative binding affinities for copper allowing the copper binding proteins to be separated from each other. The protein solutions are tagged with fluorophores along with the lipids. Used in conjunction with a fluorescence microscope, we can visualize the presence of proteins and lipids in the channel of the device.
Speakers
DK
NM

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 9:15am MDT
BU 101
  Innovation in Specialized Disciplines

9:00am MDT

Using Exoplanet Transits to Calibrate the Great Basin Observatory
Southern Utah University is one of four university partners who manage and operate the new Great Basin Observatory (GBO). As partners, SUU students have priority access to the remotely operated telescope for astronomical research. The GBO became operational in August 2016. Since the telescope is still new, some of its capabilities are still untested. In order to determine the telescope’s limits for exoplanet transit detection, we have started taking photometric measurements of transiting systems. We then verify that the results from our photometric data are consistent with expected values. So far we have successfully analyzed several transits and are still in the process of determining the lower limit for transit depth detection. Once our work is finished, we will have a better understanding of the GBO’s capabilities which will benefit future SUU students and other GBO university partners. In our presentation, we will explain our method for exoplanet transit observation and discuss our results.
Speakers
KW

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 9:15am MDT
LIB 002
  Innovation in Specialized Disciplines

9:00am MDT

Dance Therapy: Historical and Clinical Applications
The research for this project was done over the course of the entire semester and is rooted in dance history. In addition, its contents are supported by scientific and medical research. The visuals in the presentation were crafted to portray a clean, yet artistic scope. My goal with this research is to highlight a vastly underutilized branch of therapy that can impact the lives of sick as well as healthy people all over the world.
Speakers
avatar for Ashlee Humphries

Ashlee Humphries

Ashlee Humphries is a senior at SUU and is majoring in athletic training with a minor in dance performance. She will graduate with honors in May and LOVES southern Utah. Ashlee recently accepted a job as the athletic trainer for cheer and dance at Virginia Tech, where she will also... Read More →

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 9:15am MDT
ED 202
  Research to Increase our Physical and/or Mental Well­-being

9:00am MDT

Determining the Redox Potential of Erythrocytes via 19F NMR Spectroscopy
The cytosol of the cell exists in a reducing environment, but the exact reduction potential is unclear. Where this is the case, we will attempt to determine the redox potential of erythrocytes by determining the concentrations of the reduced and oxidized forms of a fluorothiol within a red blood cell. We have been attempting to determine a candidate fluorothiol molecule that meets the following parameters: is easily oxidized, water soluble, and experiences a significant shift in the 19F NMR spectrum between the oxidized and reduced version. Currently, 3-Mercapto-4,4,4-trifluorobutyric acid is being synthesized in order to evaluate its chemical properties. Since this molecule is similar to that of a fluorinated cysteine, we believe that it will be an optimal candidate. Once the optimal molecule has be identified, we will insert the oxidized fluorothiol into red blood cells and measure the concentrations of the reduced and oxidized forms using the 19F NMR spectra. If successful, this methodology can be used to determine the redox potential of other cell types.
Speakers
JL

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 9:15am MDT
ED 111
  Research to Increase our Physical and/or Mental Well­-being

9:00am MDT

Incorporating Place-Based Learning & Community-Based Research in Courses at SUU
Place-based learning occurs when students are encouraged to explore topics relevant to the local environment, people, society, and history. Examples of place-based learning from classes taught at SUU will be provided. Community-based research refers to a range of strategies for conducting applied research that explicitly includes community partner(s) in all, or many, of the stages of the research process. I provide an example of community-based research conducted in Cedar City. The goal of the presentation is to provide examples of pedagogies that have worked, what students have gained, and suggest possible additional ways to increase the usage of both place-based learning and community-based research at SUU. This presentation is the result of support from the Center for Engaged Teaching and Learning at SUU (FDSF and CIG programs).
Speakers
EO

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 9:15am MDT
ED 103
  Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

9:00am MDT

Teaching Teachers How to Modify Curricula.
Our program targets misconceptions about land-based sources of marine debris in the US Virgin Islands through K-12 learning. Currently, there is no Caribbean-specific marine debris curriculum for USVI teachers to draw from. Our project transformed curricula developed by Oregon Sea Grant into Caribbean-specific marine debris curricula. This presentation will share our methodology for converting curricula and give tips and tricks to convert Caribbean Marine Debris curricula into curriculum suited for other locations to facilitate place-based learning.
Speakers
avatar for Carrie Bucklin

Carrie Bucklin

Southern Utah University

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 9:15am MDT
LIB 201 A
  Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

9:00am MDT

The Effect of Algebra on Critical Thinking
This study investigated the effect of college-level algebra on critical thinking skills. Students were given critical thinking tasks to perform at the start, middle, and end of math classes during the 2016-17 academic year. They were also offered the opportunity to discuss their performance afterwards. Results did not show a clear relationship between mathematical reasoning and improved critical thinking skills; however, several possible influences on the findings raise interesting questions for additional research.
Speakers
EJ

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 9:15am MDT
BU 103
  Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

9:00am MDT

An Inside Look at Cedar City's Shelter
This project has led me on a service-oriented pursuit. I have participated in volunteer work at the local shelter as well as ride-alongs with Animal Control. This project has blended together my two majors of Sociology and Criminal Justice.
Speakers
LP

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 11:00am MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Community Engagement

9:00am MDT

Cedar High Special education room 601 adventures
My service experiences I have and will have while completing my senior capstone hours. Cedar High school special education classes. While having opportunties to help with occupational therapy goals with a few students.
Speakers
HJ

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 11:00am MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Community Engagement

9:00am MDT

Domestic Violence Against Women
Volunteering at the Cedar City Women's Crisis Center.
Speakers
MJ

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 11:00am MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Community Engagement

9:00am MDT

Establishing SUU's Community Education Initiatives Based on Audience Research
Abstract

This project is designed to provide an introduction to the concept of crafting university community-centered programs based on audience research. Community outreach programs offer universities opportunities to increase institutional culture resulting in enhanced brand equity and reputation. To be relevant, it is critical that programs are established based on community need and interest, appealing to the university’s community audience.
Currently, Southern Utah University is in the process of launching community outreach initiatives by developing four new academic experience programs for community members. New programs include: Community Education, Community Professional Development, Community on the Go (an SUU expert-led travel program), and Summer University (an SUU campus destination program for Shakespeare Festival and Utah National Parks destination tourists). Through these programs, SUU aims to enhance its institutional culture, thereby gaining equity for the university through enhanced external relations resulting in increased brand awareness, reputation and engagement. By enhancing institutional culture, SUU can enable its community to identify with the institutional image in ways that bring benefit to the university. However, for programs to be successful, foundations must be designed to appeal to the specific and unique interests of SUU’s local community.

Included is a summary of the audience analysis conducted by the SUU Community and Academic Enrichment Office fall 2017. In the form of a community survey, the office set out to conduct an analysis that would provide audience profile information as it relates to SUU’s new community initiatives slated to launch spring 2018. Also, to gauge audience interest and provide benchmark data for growing the programs.
Speakers
HS
avatar for Melynda Thorpe

Melynda Thorpe

Community Programs Director, Southern Utah University
Melynda Thorpe is executive director of SUU’s Community & Academic Enrichment office managing five community outreach programs. Her academic research titled "Introducing Beer Culture to a Conservative Utah Community," was accepted for presentation at the 2018 European Pop Culture... Read More →

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 11:00am MDT
ED 200
  Community Engagement

9:00am MDT

Hand Washing- The Key to Preventing Illness
Handwashing is an important aspect of personal hygiene for all ages. Handwashing can prevent many illnesses. It is important to teach school-aged kids about the need to prevent the spread of illnesses through appropriate hand sanitation. Children who have been provided with adequate instruction on proper handwashing technique show an increase in overall health status. Elementary school students participated in an educational activity about handwashing. Methods included discussion, a visual presentation, activities, and demonstrations. Students were able to verbalize and demonstrate good handwashing technique by the end of the presentation.
Speakers
TN

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 11:00am MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Community Engagement

9:00am MDT

Importance of Hand washing
The purpose of this presentation is to teach the importance of hand-washing. We noticed that hand-washing among kids has decreased as evidenced by an increase in illness this winter season. We taught, demonstrated, and evaluated a class of 2nd graders how to properly perform hand-washing according to Center for Disease Control guidelines. The 2nd grade class responded well to the presentation and were 100% successful at demonstrating proper hand-washing techniques. We conclude that educating kids on proper hand-washing will decrease the spreading of germs that can cause illness.
Speakers
SA
MB
MH

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 11:00am MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Community Engagement

9:00am MDT

Suicide Awareness within SUU's Student Population
We feel there is a discrepancy in available knowledge and resources for SUU students regarding suicide. We have compiled applicable information and resources for presentation to SUU students. These resources were provided in the form of a poster board and informational handout. We answered questions prior to and post presentation to gauge and provide knowledge of suicide risk and prevention.
Speakers
JJ

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 11:00am MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Community Engagement

9:00am MDT

Wifi Vulnerabilities: How You Are Being Hacked!
How often do you find yourself in search of the next hotspot or free wifi signal, for instance at your local coffee shop, random hotel, or even the airport. Free wifi may save you a few dollars on your next phone bill but is it worth the risk of being hacked and having your life turned upside down? Do you really know the network you are logging into?

Our goal is to inform our community that Free wifi is not secure and that your information is being made readily available to hackers. In general hacking can be defined as the process of stealing information through the use of a computer or smart device to gain unauthorized access of data from a system, an individual, and/or company. There are three kinds of hackers: Black Hats, White Hats, and Grey Hats. . This group project involves research on one kind of hacker, blackhats. Blackhats are aware that many companies have free wifi access available to attract the consumers. These companies do not have the resources and lack the awareness of the vulnerabilities dealing with free Wifi. Our project aims to show how hackers can choose from a multitude of tools to use in order to steal your information. Finally we will showcase the three typical steps hackers used to scan the network and gain access to sensitive and confidential information from and individuals device.
Speakers
DW

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 11:00am MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Community Engagement

9:00am MDT

Assessing the Queer Community Needs for Southern Utah University
The assessment on the LGBTQIA+ community asked questions about the resource needs, infrastructure and community support at SUU.
Speakers
avatar for Seth York

assessing the queer community needs for suu docx
Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 11:00am MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Community Engagement   Distinguished Student Project

9:00am MDT

Modernized Planner For Students
Students live a busy schedule and need a tool to keep track of everything going on. My modernized planner is meant to do just that. My modernized planner is different from a regular planner because you can only see one day at a time and when you are done with that day, you can tear out the page, there is a space for to-do lists, stick sticky notes, a space to write the time and activities for the day, and there is more note paper and not pages for contacts and passwords. I am going to put together a focus group to analyze my modernized planner to see if this is more beneficial than a typical planner and my poster will show the results.
Speakers
CW

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 11:00am MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Creative Expression & Analysis

9:00am MDT

My Paths in Life
My capstone is to produce a book containing my creative writing works while here at SUU.

I receive great enjoyment when I read work of an ancestor, some of which have been added to the Library of Congress. This book will be my legacy to future generations. My goal is for this book to be also added to the Library of Congress and stand among those of my ancestors.
Speakers
DM

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 11:00am MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Creative Expression & Analysis

9:00am MDT

Sculpting Using CNC Technology
The 2016 production of Julius Caesar at the Utah Shakespeare Festival required an over-sized statue of the title character to serve as a focal point of the scenic design. The design team’s intent was for the statue to also be an accurate replica of the actor playing the character. Given the limited time in the build schedule to carve and create the statue and given some previous experience during that season with freeware 3D modeling software, the decision was made to use a CNC router to quickly and accurately make a rough carving that the scenic artists could put the finishing details on.
Speakers
BS

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 11:00am MDT
Ballroom
  Creative Expression & Analysis

9:00am MDT

Thunderbird Film Festival
As an independent study I am organizing a student based film festival in April. The festival will take in place the Sharwan Smith Theater on April 6th. It will be based around student film entries that will be judged and awarded. We will also have independent filmmakers come and show some of their previous work and answer questions about their success.
Speakers
AW

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 11:00am MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Creative Expression & Analysis

9:00am MDT

What is the point? Art Education Club
In this Honors Thesis project, the importance of education in the arts is questioned. With this in mind it brings the author to attention the lack of motivation in the Art Education Club on campus. Even the few Art Education majors go about not knowing it exists. If the arts are important and clubs help students organize and reach common goals, why has this one been so non active in the past few years? Over the course of two semesters as active president and a change of major in between, this project was a learning experience in leadership and values.
Speakers
JJ

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 11:00am MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Creative Expression & Analysis

9:00am MDT

Accessibility for You!
This group project is part of an Information Systems Capstone class that involves the Forest Service Design and Analysis Toolkit for Inventory and Monitoring (DATIM). The capstone class provides students with a real world case to implement different phases of project management in a software development environment. This poster reflects on the current ongoing research and the previous Forest Service Capstone projects. The previous projects included Webinar training modules, DTIM and ATIM quality assurance testing, Google analytics, public perspective on the usability of DATIM, and software coding with new platforms.
The current project involves 508 section testing on DATIM by using both automated and manual processes and providing feedback on existing training modules. 508 testing is:
An amendment to the United States Workforce Rehabilitation Act of 1973, is a federal law mandating that all electronic and information technology developed, procured, maintained, or used by the federal government be accessible to people with disabilities. Technology is deemed to be "accessible" if it can be used as effectively by people with disabilities as by those without.
Our existing skills along with extensive research will provide pragmatic feedback to the development team of the Forest Service (FS).

Reference: http://searchcio.techtarget.com/definition/Section-508
Speakers
TB
DN

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 11:00am MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Digital & Information Literacy

9:00am MDT

Is Your Information Secure?
The motivation of this project involves senior information systems students enhancing cybersecurity awareness within the Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA). The focus of this ongoing research is to assess the vulnerabilities and threats linked to cybersecurity for the FIA. This process is based on best practices from the SANS Institute, the largest source for information security training and security certification. Penetration testing involves planning, information gathering, target discovery, social engineering, target exploitation, privilege escalation, and documentation.
Planning includes communication with the client to identify the scope of the project. The next step involves information gathering and data collection to identify vulnerabilities of the client’s systems. Resources such as social media, social engineering, and open source technical tools will be used. Physical security is a key element during this process because if an attacker gains access it negates all other security measures. Physical security includes lock picking, testing electronic locks, or even physical access to a computer connected to the organization. This is followed by target exploitation which uses the previous information to “exploit” the target. Extensive documentation of all processes and outcomes will be provided to the client.
The outcomes of this project will be presented to the client as best practices to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities and threats within their organization. Other industries can use these same practices as a baseline to minimize potential threats.
Speakers
ZC
JP
KS

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 11:00am MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Digital & Information Literacy

9:00am MDT

Protect Yourself From Post-Cyberattack Fallout.
This project is part of a group assignment for CSIS 2670. Our project focuses on providing information about how to deal with post-cybersecurity breaches. It includes research to compare how people deal with their confidential and sensitive information being exposed.

This is important because statistics indicate that a majority of the people cannot identify the breach until it’s too late and do not have the skills or the awareness to deal with a post-breach occurrence. Moreover, those who have the skills to protect themselves are still vulnerable to cybersecurity attacks. This is because technology is constantly changing, which makes individuals constantly vulnerable and it just takes is one failure or act of negligence to be vulnerable of exposing confidential and sensitive information.

Our goal of this project is to offer pragmatic steps that individuals can take to protect themselves from post-security breach situations. The motivation for this topic is to educate and inform individuals on the processes to handle a post-breach. Also how to be aware of possible future breaches.
Speakers
MC
BM
GP

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 11:00am MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Digital & Information Literacy

9:00am MDT

Rise and Shine
This poster is part of computer science capstone class project that focuses on creating a proof of concept for a natural light alarm clock using our existing skills, both technical and soft. Our knowledge of mobile application development, hardware programming, and Linux development will be used to create a natural light alarm on a Raspberry Pi computer with LED lights. Research shows that long term use of a natural light alarm clock can improve the quality of sleep and, consequently, maintain a proper level of physical and mental health (). Our project aims to develop a natural light alarm clock, a wake-up light, that can be extremely beneficial and help people to wake up naturally. It aims to show K-12 students; 1) computer science is more than just programming; 2) programming is not boring and requires creativity; 3) how they can incorporate creativity with programming skills with projects that benefits the community; 4) to be inspired to think outside the box. The benefit of this project is to educate and enhance awareness about the variety of careers in computer science that are not restricted to just programming.

References: “The Science of Wake-Up Lights, Sunrise Alarms, and Their Benefits.” Be Right Light, 25 Apr. 2017, www.berightlight.com/science-wake-lights-sunrise-alarms-benefits/.
Speakers
KM
BR

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 11:00am MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Digital & Information Literacy

9:00am MDT

Social Engineering: Are you vulnerable?
This research is a group project that focuses on social engineering. There are many definitions for Social engineering. For our research, we define social engineering as an attack that relies heavily on human interaction and often involves tricking people into breaking normal security procedures. Statistics indicate confidential and sensitive data is compromised easily by the process of social engineering. What is alarming is that the majority of people are not aware that they are a victim of social engineering. Statics show that about 67% of people gave out their social security numbers, birthdates or employee number when asked on different websites without confirming any form of identity on who is asking. Since 2015, social engineering cost organizations more than $2.3 billion This group aims to inform the general public: 1) The dangers and warning signs of social engineering and what to do in cases where they are the victim of social engineering; 2) It involves both technical and psychological elements where engineers often take advantage of basic human nature; 3) Every individual who uses the internet should be aware of forms of social engineering, including; phishing, baiting scenarios, and creating distrust because at some time or another they can be a victim of social engineering. Social engineering is a prevailing and growing global threat to organizations. The poster will demonstrate different social engineering techniques used to exploit their victims.
References:
http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/definition/social-engineering, DOA 1/23/2018
https://www.social-engineer.org/social-engineering/social-engineering-infographic/, DOA 1/23/2018
http://www.infosectoday.com/Norwich/GI532/Social_Engineering.htm#.Wmd19ogrLcs, DOA 1/23/2018
https://www.webroot.com/us/en/home/resources/tips/online-shopping-banking/secure-what-is-social-engineering, DOA 1/23/2018
Speakers
JC
AL

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 11:00am MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Digital & Information Literacy

9:00am MDT

Utilizing GIS Web Apps & the SUU Basemap for Utility Management
Currently, there are no mobile means of viewing SUU campus utility services. All utility data is stored as GIS or AutoCAD file types on desktop workstations. Determining general location and marking existing utilities is most commonly done by taking a printout of the desired area onto campus to use as reference. By using the existing utility feature classes in ArcMap and using ArcGIS Online capabilities, a web application was created in order to make this information mobile. The web application itself is a map of SUU in which utility lines can be viewed or hidden based on the user's preference. While the app is accessible by desktop, it can also be used on any mobile device. This, in conjunction with major updates to the Southern Utah University base map using editing tools and geo-referencing, creates an incredibly powerful tool for utility-based decision making on the go.
Speakers
KS

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 11:00am MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Digital & Information Literacy

9:00am MDT

Opening My Eyes in Tokyo
This project is a summary of what I learned as I traveled aboard in Tokyo Japan. I learned a lot about the different culture, delicious foods, and way of life in this crazy busy city. I hope to see you there and to share what it is that we can all learn from others, whether we travel across the globe or stay here in our home state.
Speakers
ST

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 11:00am MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Global Engagement

9:00am MDT

A Study of Ringtail (Bassariscus astutus) Genetic Diversity in Southern Utah
Genetic Diversity in populations of organisms is important information for conservationists because it can give indication about the overall health of the population and their future viability in their current habitats. Low genetic diversity can be very dangerous for populations, especially those populations with lower numbers of individuals. The lower the genetic diversity in a population, the greater the risk they face when dealing with environmental changes and introduction to pathogens.

Ringtails (Bassariscus astutus) are small, nocturnal carnivores that are found from southern Mexico to southern Oregon, and on 3 islands in the Sea of Cortez. They are part of the raccoon family and somewhat resemble a weasel with a black and white ringed tail much like the ring-tailed lemur of Madagascar. Ringtails are considered to be mesocarnivores, diets consisting of 50-70% meat and the rest consisting of plant matter. Many mesocarnivores are now rare and even critically endangered.

We will be focusing on conservation genetics for the ringtail with an emphasis in their biodiversity. We will be using microsatellite DNA of the ringtail to determine population diversities of the ringtail in the Zion and Bryce national parks and to determine how many individuals frequent these areas. The overall aim of our study will be to use DNA analyses to determine the viability of the ringtail in southern Utah, and possibly use this information to make further conclusions about ringtail range, ringtail relatedness, and ringtail impact in the ecosystem they reside within.
Speakers
LA

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 11:00am MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Innovation in Specialized Disciplines

9:00am MDT

Aviation Licensing: Raising SUU Pilots above the Competition
Southern Utah University recently took control of the Aviation Program after terminating the contractor hired to manage it. Under the contractor’s control several Veterans Affairs programs and policies were taken advantage of. SUU has bent over backwards to keep the program running and in order to do so has had to make several concessions with various lawmakers and the VA. One of those was in adjusting hour requirements of the flight training syllabus. Previously, Certified Flight Instructors (minimum required license to receive degree) would graduate with 300+ hours of flight experience. The program creates 10-15 CFI’s a semester and then retains 3-5 that are hired internally to train those instructors leaving the program. The remaining 10-12 would enter the job market on even footing with other entry level Instructors. The compromises made to keep the program running reduced the hours of flight training to the bare minimums. Therefore, our graduates enter the job market with a disadvantage. While there is nothing I can do to those whom prefer to jump directly into Commercial Flight Operations, I can offer guidance and support those who are pursuing Aviation Instruction. Two FAA licenses awarded to Instructors are the Advanced Ground Instructor and Instrument Ground Instructor. Both simply require administration of a written test, that unfortunately costs $150 dollars per attempt. I am funding one attempt at each test to be applied for just like a scholarship. Giving Aviation Students that make the effort to pursue instruction a leg up when entering the workforce by adding two additional licenses to their resume.
Speakers
WA

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 11:00am MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Innovation in Specialized Disciplines

9:00am MDT

Compounding Social Media Posts
Learn to compound your social media posts to maximize your online interaction, branding, marketing, and advertising.
Speakers
AB

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 11:00am MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Innovation in Specialized Disciplines

9:00am MDT

Death with Dignity a viable option?
Death with Dignity should be a viable choice for those who suffer illnesses where there is no chance of them being rehabilitated or cured. The patient should have to right to decide how they spend their last days and even last hours. Death with Dignity has sparked a vast controversy with many people throughout our society. This topic is widely controversial and there are many different perspectives to consider.
Speakers
KN

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 11:00am MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Innovation in Specialized Disciplines

9:00am MDT

EET Excercycle II
The project consists of creating a competition from a group of participants. Each participant will take a turn to ride a stationary bicycle, which produces a voltage through a generator. The produced voltage will be measured and a score will be calculated based on the amount of produced voltage. The participant that gets the greater score will win the contest and his/her name will be display on a screen as the winner of the competition.
The project is an example of how an electronic prototype could be created by using LabView, a software that simulates electronic hardware, providing a suitable option to create, to test, and to produce a device with a low budget.
Speakers
ML

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 11:00am MDT
Ballroom
  Innovation in Specialized Disciplines

9:00am MDT

INMOOV Humanoid Robot Project
The InMoov humanoid robot is an excellent opportunity for the Southern Utah University Department of Engineering and Technology to collaborate on a project with a tangible final result. The InMoov robot will be constructed as a part of the CAD/CAM, EET, and Engineering spring 2018 curriculum. Once completed, the robot will be a training tool for future students. The robot will also be valuable for recruitment for SUU, the College of Science and Engineering, and the Department of Engineering and Technology. As a student initiated project the InMoov robot will show prospective students that SUU is a school that will give them the chance to pursue interesting and exciting projects, and will give them the opportunity to create their own unique projects.
The electronic parts of the robot will be constructed by the EET and Engineering classes. The programming and control systems of the robot will also be completed. The programming and control of the robot can begin before the robot has been fully constructed, and the programs can be used to instruct students in the basics of mechatronic control.
Speakers
AA
NA
HC
CG
EG
JH
HJ
EJ
ML
KM
SR
BT

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 11:00am MDT
Ballroom
  Innovation in Specialized Disciplines

9:00am MDT

InMoov Robot Motorized Stand Design
The InMoov humanoid robot will be a valuable recruitment tool for SUU, the College of Science and Engineering, and the Department of Engineering and Technology. Something that is not included in the existing InMoov design is a method of locomotion. The perception abilities already implemented in the InMoov robot design enable both visual and kinect motion tracking, and the information can be used to give the robot some control over its own movement. Ben Thrift will act as project manager, and together with Dillon Bauer will design and build the robot stand. The design and implementation of the stand will serve as learning experience in design, model testing, and project management.

The InMoov robot will require a stand for display and storage, and the InMoov design does not have the ability to move from location to location without being physically carried. The robot must be able to shift its weight without falling over to avoid damage, therefore any stand must be stable enough to accommodate the full range of motion of the robot. The current InMoov robot project does not include the display legs, however legs might be added as a part of future projects with the InMoov robot. The stand should be designed such that it will not interfere with the addition of legs.
Speakers
DB
BT

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 11:00am MDT
Ballroom
  Innovation in Specialized Disciplines

9:00am MDT

Supersonic Test Track Automated Cleaner
The UTC Aerospace Hurricane Mesa Test Facility (HMTF) runs supersonic rocket sleds down a rail track for different tests in avionics. Before each test, the track must be swept of all debris which includes sand, dust, and bird droppings, then be lubricated to reduce friction between the slippers (the sled pieces that connect the rocket sled to the track), and the rails. This process helps promote longevity of the test equipment and the track. Team Hermes is designing a robot that will be able to clean and lubricate the track used by the Hurricane Mesa Test Facility. This will increase safety on the HMTF site because it will be completely mechanized and therefore workers will be less at risk of injury. It will also increase efficiency by cutting down substantially on labor costs. The Track Cleaning Bot (TCB) will be more effective at cleaning and lubricating the track than the current method, so the track and the equipment will last longer with less need for maintenance.
Speakers
DA
ZM
BT

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 11:00am MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Innovation in Specialized Disciplines

9:00am MDT

Conservation genetics of black bears (Ursus americanus) in southwestern New Hampshire
Large mammalian species face many challenges including habitat fragmentation and destruction, human population growth, and loss of genetic variability. It is important to describe the genetic structure and mating systems of these species to ensure their survival. American black bears, Ursus americanus, range widely throughout Canada and the United States. There is a relatively large bear population in southwestern New Hampshire, however little is published about the genetic structure in this area. Extensive research has been conducted on the black bear population in Lyme, New Hamphire by wildlife biologist Ben Kilham, Ph.D. Preliminary kinship analysis confirmed known mother-offspring relationships and suggested that multiple paternity exists. However, relatedness amongst the males and effective population size in the study area is not known. It is also suspected that twins are prevalent in the population as well, but there is no genetic evidence to support this hypothesis. A more comprehensive study is needed to further elucidate the genetic relationships of the bears residing in the study area. The main objectives of our study are to (1) estimate the rate of multiple paternity in black bear litters in southwestern New Hampshire, (2) estimated the relatedness of the male population in the study area, (3) describe the population genetic structure of the black bear population in the study area, and (4) provide evidence for twinning in the black bear. Bear samples will be provided by Dr. Kilham. This study will provide important information about the genetic structure and mating systems of the bear population surround Lyme, New Hampshire.
Speakers
avatar for Kaetlyn Revels

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 11:00am MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Innovation in Specialized Disciplines   Distinguished Student Project

9:00am MDT

Adalie Designs - Blossoming into Business
My research project focused on confirming if Etsy, an e-commerce website focused on handmade items, would be a successful venue to sell my product of hand-painted stationary, images, and prints. This was important for me to know before launching my company so that I would have the best chances of making money off of what I do. After researching market trends, current sales demands, and the habits of similar sellers, I concluded that Etsy is a very efficient way to launch a product and profit from the sales. Once this was concluded, I then kept a detailed log of my experiences while creating this startup and created charts and spreadsheets tracking my cash flow, traffic to my website, and marketing wins and fails. This project focused on the journey of starting my company and the experiences I had that caused me to find my definition of success.
Speakers
AC

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 11:00am MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Leadership & Entrepreneurship

9:00am MDT

Enterprise Class Logging, for Free - SED Quest for Functionality, Compliance, and Security
I completed an internship in cybersecurity at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. During this time, I was asked to install an open soure solution for a $100,000 problem. I will present a poster that summarizes my work.
Speakers
DT

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 11:00am MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Leadership & Entrepreneurship

9:00am MDT

A Preliminary Study of Genetic Diversity in Ant Populations at the Southern Utah University Mountain Center
Ants are a crucial part of a variety of ecosystems. They help to aerate the soil, which allows for water and oxygen transport to plants and other microorganisms. By studying their genetic diversity, we can better understand what is going on in a population. Our main objective was to conduct a preliminary analysis of the genetic diversity of ant populations at the Southern Utah Mountain Center. Ants were collected as part of a course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE) during Fall 2017. DNA was extracted from ants in the following genera using a DNeasy Blood and Tissue Kit: Camponotus (n=5), Formica (n=219), Lasius (n=38), and Pheidole (n=42). Extracted DNA will be amplified at seven previously characterized microsatellite loci. Allele calls were made using Peakscanner 2.0 and then analyzed with GenePop and FSTAT 2.913. A preliminary analysis at two microsatellite loci suggested that the ant populations were not in Hardy Weinberg Equilibrium (HWE) and that the populations were genetically diverse.
Speakers
RA
JG
MO
EO
BT
MT

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 11:00am MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Outdoor Engagement & Environmental Stewardship

9:00am MDT

Effect of salinity on the hatching Brachinecta lindahli Packard, 1883.
Utah is located in an arid desert environment, with many small isolated ephemeral or seasonal wetlands. As part of a multi-year study of a series of temporary rock pools in Three Peaks, UT, we studied the lifecycle and biology of Branchinecta lindahli Packard, 1883. These pools fill with rain or snow and then slowly evaporate until the next storm. Fairy shrimp only hatch when there is sufficient water. In this study, we looked at salinity as a hatching trigger.
The effect of salinity on hatching rates of Branchinecta lindahli was examined using five salt (NaCl) concentrations ranging from 0 g/L to 4 g/L (N = 18). A significant negative relationship (p=7.03x10-3, R2 = 0.522) was found between salt concentration and the number of fairy shrimp hatched. This supports other studies looking at hatching cues as a survival mechanism of fairy shrimp in ephemeral habitats. The avoidance of abortive hatching suggests that fairy shrimp do use a bet-hedging strategy that allows them to survive and persist in temporary wetlands. Salinity is most likely a hatching trigger used in that strategy.
Speakers
NR

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 11:00am MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Outdoor Engagement & Environmental Stewardship

9:00am MDT

Evaluating Water Quality With Next-Generation Sequencing of Diatom Species
Diatoms are a specific type of single-celled, eukaryotic alga that live in aquatic habitats. For quite a few years diatoms have been used to measure water quality of the environments they inhabit. In 2017, a wildfire occurred near Brian Head, Utah. Water quality for the Brian Head area and its surrounding cities, including Cedar City, UT, may have declined due to the environmental toll of the 100 square mile wild fire. The aim for this project is to identify diatom communities in the local rivers and streams to assess water quality. Diatoms are useful for assessing water quality because species that thrive in unpolluted, healthy water are different from those that thrive in polluted water. When the water becomes heavily polluted, diatom populations should decrease. By identifying diatom communities at various points in the local area we will be able to diagnose the quality of the water in the rivers and streams. To identify the diatom communities, we will be using Next-Generation Sequencing technology, or NGS. NGS is a far more efficient sequencing technique than what has been used in the past and will allow us to sequence multiple diatom genomes at the same time. NGS is useful for this project because we are assessing water quality by looking at diatom community abundance and not necessarily any specific diatom species. Our goal is to develop quantitative molecular indices that correlate with water quality in southern Utah. Water quality indices can be used to help the community determine when streams have recovered from the wildfire.
Speakers
SB
TC
EC
TF
PG
CR

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 11:00am MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Outdoor Engagement & Environmental Stewardship

9:00am MDT

Exploring the Human Pressure of Antler Shed Gathering on Mule Deer
Mule deer populations have enormous impact on wilderness ecosystems and act as a keystone herbivore species. Deer activities can influence many undergrowth plant species, and some tree species, which impact the ecosystem as a whole. Deer have daily habits that place them in roughly the same location and time each day. However, human activities in wilderness locations may put pressure on the daily habits of deer. These changes could place additional stresses on the environment as well as deer populations potentially causing a cascade of ecological imbalances. Each year, deer shed their antlers and humans head out to collect these sheds leading to potential human/deer interactions. The objective of the research is to look into the effects shed hunters may have on the daily habits of deer and therefore the ecosystem as a whole. This research will observe deer in their daily routine before, during, and after the shed hunt season to determine how much pressure deer are facing leading to changes in their daily habits. We predict that deer will feel pressure from human influence and will move into areas that are not normally impacted by high deer traffic.
Speakers
RB
BH
LL

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 11:00am MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Outdoor Engagement & Environmental Stewardship

9:00am MDT

Habitat Analysis of the Greater Sage-Grouse
Habitat analysis is a vital part of conservation and restoration projects. Different types of organisms require ecosystems with the necessary components to sustain life. Many plants and animals can only be found in certain niche zones where elevation, temperature, precipitation, soil type, food source, proximity to human development and nesting sites are available. When developing a plan to conserve a threatened or endangered species understanding what factors are needed will help in locating habitat to both find remaining species and find new areas for translocation projects. My project will include analyzing data using geographical information software (GIS) and R Studio to find habitat suitable for Greater Sage-Grouse. I chose the Sage-Grouse due to the quantity of data available pertaining to vegetation and habitat requirements. The goal of my project will be to find the most suitable habitat for the birds based on the Bureau of Land Management resource management plan. The skills and knowledge I gain in the process of my analysis of the Greater Sage-Grouse will be an important step to furthering my career goals and increasing my employability potential.
Speakers
CT

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 11:00am MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Outdoor Engagement & Environmental Stewardship

9:00am MDT

Identifying Factors Contributing to Spatial Patterns of Wildlife Vehicle Collisions
Road systems cause habitat fragmentation which contribute to wildlife-vehicle collisions (WVCs) in Utah, many of which involve Rocky Mountain mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus hemionus). WVCs result in millions of dollars lost annually due to vehicle damage, injury, and death to humans and animals. Previous research has recommended the identification of ecological and physical factors contributing to greater WVC-density with the goal of proposing WVC mitigation design that could be implemented. Several factors may be associated with higher WVC density, such as proximity of water sources to roads and roadside grass density. In this study, we tested hypotheses about the following environmental and physical variables as predictors of WVC density: (1) pinyon-juniper and grassland cover, (2) vicinity of water sources to roads, (3) topographic roughness, and (4) road distance visible to drivers. We measured vegetation cover in transects along State Road 56 in Iron County, Utah, between Cedar City and Newcastle. We combined this with remotely sensed data on vegetation cover, water sources, and topographic roughness. We analyzed the data in the R computing environment, using a model selection framework to identify covariates that drive WVCs. Our preliminary results indicate that grass at 15-20 m from the road help predict WVC density. Further results will help us to understand the relationship between these variables and WVCs. Our collaborations with Utah DWR and with Dr. Karl Jarvis will enable us to make strong inferences on environmental and road-related factors associated with roadkill on Highway 56. This will allow us to make policy recommendations to reduce risk to drivers and mule deer.
Speakers
MC
AM

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 11:00am MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Outdoor Engagement & Environmental Stewardship

9:00am MDT

Investigation of plant-fungi associations in the phyllosphere and endosphere of Greenleaf Manzanita (Arctostaphylos patula)
The greenleaf manzanita (Arctostaphylos patula) is commonly found throughout the mountains of western North America, from Washington to California and east to Montana and New Mexico. These shrubs play an important ecological role by providing food and habitat to many bird species and small mammals; they also act to stabilize ecosystems after fire succession by regrowing quickly, establishing ground cover, and controlling erosion. The manzanita is also sought after for urban xeriscaping due to its drought tolerance, evergreen leaves, reddish-brown bark, showy pink, urn-shaped flowers, and attractiveness to hummingbirds and butterflies. Despite the growing evidence that plant-fungus associations play important roles in promoting plant growth, providing resistance to pathogens, and controlling frost injury, very little information is available on the beneficial fungi associated with the greenleaf manzanita. In this study we isolated fungi from the phyllosphere and endosphere of greenleaf manzanita collected from four locations around Cedar City, UT. A total of four different fungal species were isolated from the endosphere and 40 from the phyllosphere. Isolates were characterized for colony color, shape, hyphae formation, and spore arrangement. Dichotomous keys were used to identify the isolates to the genus level. Identification of fungal symbionts of the greenleaf manzanita may provide better insight on the symbiotic relationships that allow these plants to grow successfully.
Speakers
PC
SO

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 11:00am MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Outdoor Engagement & Environmental Stewardship

9:00am MDT

Muzzle Brake
Design, analyze, 3D print, and machine a functioning muzzle brake using some of the latest technology available.
Speakers
JH

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 11:00am MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Outdoor Engagement & Environmental Stewardship

9:00am MDT

Outdoor Engagement at SUU
The purpose of this display is to capture learning in the outdoors at SUU. Many people view the outdoors as a place for play and rejuvenation. This display's purpose is to capture and share students, faculty, and staff learning in the outdoors.
Speakers
JA
AB
BE

Briget Eastep

Director of Outdoor Engagement, Southern Utah University
MG

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 11:00am MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Outdoor Engagement & Environmental Stewardship

9:00am MDT

Pitfall trap comparison of beetle fauna of a Coppiced dune system in Washington County, Utah
A study of coleopteran species found in coppice dune systems in Southern Utah. The study aims to use different colored pitfall traps as a means of collecting a variety of different species found in coppice dunes near Toquerville, Utah. This area’s coleopteran species are not well documented, therefore this area was determined a suitable area for research. It was hypothesized that different species of beetles would be attracted to different colored pitfall traps. The study highlights 4 major species found in the area, and finds significant evidence that the white pitfall trap was best for collecting Acmaeodera quadrivittata, a species of jewel beetle. It was concluded that the other three species, Asbolus verrucosas, Tetragonoderus pallidus, and Trogloderus costatus, did not select for pitfall trap color, but randomly fell into traps based on location. The study provides a better look into Southern Utah’s beetle fauna and their behaviors.
Speakers
JR
BT

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 11:00am MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Outdoor Engagement & Environmental Stewardship

9:00am MDT

Semester in the Parks
Semester in the Parks is a unique, field based program where you live, work, and study in Bryce Canyon National Park. It is a great way to spend your semester learning through hands on experiences and field labs where you travel to different national parks and other surrounding areas.

For the poster we will have former semester in the parks students explaining the program and sharing their experiences from the semester. We will talk about and answer questions about classes, employment with Ruby's Inn Resort, living in the park, field labs, group dynamic, and an idea of a typical day in the semester.
Speakers
MM

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 11:00am MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Outdoor Engagement & Environmental Stewardship

9:00am MDT

Simulation of Fire-induced germination of Greenleaf Manzanita (Arctostaphylos, patula)
Manzanita are known to undergo a difficult germination period. It is suspected that this is due to their seeds being thick and generally adapted for dry environments. For these reasons, they often require a long and very specific germination processes such as scarification through means including wildfires.


To simulate this wildfire “treatment” that occurs to the seeds in nature, we collected manzanita seeds from multiple cites and exposed them to different burning methods. We also gathered seeds from wildfire burned manzanitas as a control comparing the germination rates.


Our hope was to find the most effective method of controlled fire exposure to maximize germination.
Speakers
TC
SE

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 11:00am MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Outdoor Engagement & Environmental Stewardship

9:00am MDT

Survey of the invasive northern crayfish (Orconectes virilis) in Quail Creek Utah
In our experiment we surveyed the presence of the Virile Crayfish Orconectes virilis in Quail Creek and Quail Creek Reservoir. While surveying the determined stations we saw lots of crayfish within the campground itself and lots of evidence below the campground in the reservoir. We found lots of other macroinvertebrates, such as dragonfly nymphs, in higher pools. Because there was no connectivity between higher pools the crayfish were likely inhibited from migrating further upstream. In the stations where crayfish were found there were many similarities between terrestrial and aquatic flora and fauna that possibly contribute to the survival of the crayfish.In higher pools with little to no connectivity, the ground level sediment was hard sandstone that would likely inhibit burrowing and hibernation of any crayfish that did happen to make their way upstream terrestrially. This could be an area of further study.
Speakers
WG
AK
RS

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 11:00am MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Outdoor Engagement & Environmental Stewardship

9:00am MDT

The effect of urbanization on genetic diversity in southern Utah ant populations
Genetic diversity is critical to a species’ survival and the ability to adapt to their changing environment. Species with high genetic diversity are able to adapt to their environment which will allow their species to live while species with low genetic diversity are more likely to go extinct. Conservation geneticists can use genetic diversity for various species in a habitat to determine the overall health. With this information, conservation geneticists can prevent extinction and improve population viability. Ants (Formicidae) are tiny, invertebrate omnivores found all around the globe and are considered to be good indicators of ecosystem health. Our main goals are to characterize the population genetic structure and to investigate the effect of urbanization on genetic diversity in southern Utah. Samples were collected throughout Cedar City (Canyon Park, the Lake on the Hills, Main Street Park, and along Main Street), the SUU Mountain Center and Three Peaks Recreation Area. DNA will be extracted using Qiagen’s DNeasy Blood and Tissue Kit and amplified at 10 microsatellite loci. Genetic diversity will be compared between urban (Cedar City locations), rural (SUU Mountain Center), and mixed use (Three Peaks Recreation Area) lands to see if urbanization negatively affects ant biodiversity, potentially decreasing ecosystem health.
Speakers
JG

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 11:00am MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Outdoor Engagement & Environmental Stewardship

9:00am MDT

Balanced Nutrition for College Students
Nutrition education within all populations and Identification of at risk groups is an essential element to the development of a health promoting society. Adults in a college environment are a large population that are at a particularly high risk for nutrient deficiencies and poor macro and micronutrient balance. This finding is attributed to that concept that food availability and convenience are more valued by student populations with a large emphasis on low cost. By providing information on community resources, food cost comparisons, educational materials on adult nutrition needs, and demonstrating methods to more properly monitor and promote personal nutrition, a student will more able to decrease risk for illness, increase personal health, and increase quality of life.
Speakers
BR

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 11:00am MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Research to Increase our Physical and/or Mental Well­-being

9:00am MDT

College-Aged Women's Knowledge and Purchasing Selection of Prenatal Supplements
In the U.S., there are just under four million births per year. Many complications experienced during pregnancy can be linked to the mother's poor nutrition. Only 68.6% of woman whose highest education level is high school receive prenatal care in the first trimester of pregnancy. This study was conducted due to the lack of information regarding what knowledge college-age women have about prenatal supplements, and what influences affect their choice to take one. Sixty-Six single/childless females, mean age of 19.1 ± 1.6 years, completed a survey to assess knowledge of prenatal supplements. The three-part survey consisted first of showing pictures of six different prenatal supplements. Participants identified which they would most and least likely purchase and why. The second part showed only the ingredient and nutritional labels of the same six prenatal supplements. Then participants identified which they would most and least likely purchase and why. Part three asked demographic and knowledge-based questions regarding prenatal supplement use. The data indicated that college aged females have a limited understanding about choosing prenatal supplements prior to taking an introductory level nutrition class. Results indicated that 97% of women did not know what folate/folic acid is. Further, 68.2% did not know what spina bifida is, what causes it, or how to reduce the risk. Only 29.5% indicated that they would not select the prenatal with an extensive proprietary blend. It is promising that 57.6% of women indicated they would obtain information regarding prenatal supplements from their doctor followed next by a Registered Dietitian. It seems apparent that further nutrition education related to pregnancy and supplementation is needed for women of child-bearing years prior to entering a college institution.
Speakers
ML
EP

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 11:00am MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Research to Increase our Physical and/or Mental Well­-being

9:00am MDT

Effects of Mood on the perception of Risky Behavior
Mood is described as an emotional state that humans are left in for a period of time (Brewer, 1980). Different circumstances set the tone for our mood state, resulting in the various ways that people approach and handle situations. There is evidence to suggest that the priming of one’s mood, either negatively or positively, can influence the perception of risk-taking behaviors. To the extent that the state of one’s mood does in fact predict their perception of risk-taking behaviors, this research can have important implications for understanding and approaching risk-taking, and what can influence these behaviors. It can be especially helpful in therapeutic circumstances when dealing with teenagers and young adults, who are more susceptible to make irresponsible or dangerous decisions. In the brain of an adolescent, risks are more drastic and frequent. Adolescents are able to distinguish their vulnerability to risky behaviors and engage in them to the same level as most adults; the difference is that adolescents experience more anxiety involving social situations and a much higher sensitivity to reward than their adult counterparts, resulting in increased risk-taking behaviors in adolescents (Bartolomé, 2016). If a strong effect of mood is found, mood priming could be properly used to dissuade young people from purposefully engaging in life-threatening situations. Up until this point, similar studies have been performed to show that mood has affected an individual’s behaviors (Gerrard 2014) or has brought out pre-disposed behaviors (Anderson, 2003); however, little research has been conducted on mood states in general and how they affect one’s perception of risk-taking behaviors. The present research tests the hypothesis that a heightened mood will have an effect of some kind on risk perception, but, more specifically, that those in a negative mood state will have worse perceptions of risk than those in positive mood states.
Speakers
JE
MT

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 11:00am MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Research to Increase our Physical and/or Mental Well­-being

9:00am MDT

Fluid Dynamics Simulations of Flow in Biological Systems
Fluid flow has important applications in human physiology. Several serious conditions result from fluid flow blockage or from stress and strain to fluid conduit walls. Many of these scenarios are investigated via analytic methods, but insight into how non-linear instability growth plays into these conditions requires direct simulation. In this presentation, I will present visualizations of fluid dynamics simulations carried out on super computers which give insight into how these nonlinear effects play into a set of chosen conditions. I will discuss our fluid dynamics method and present implications of our work for understanding obstruction of fluid flow and the resulting strain to conduit walls.
Speakers
HD

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 11:00am MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Research to Increase our Physical and/or Mental Well­-being

9:00am MDT

Getting your face to work for you, not against you.
Facial feedback has been studied for many years, beginning with Strack, Martin and Stepper’s study in 1988. They demonstrated that when participants simulated a smile or a frown by artificially engaging different facial muscles, they were able to elicit different emotional responses to cartoons. To date, no studies have investigated the effect that facial feedback has on cognitive motor performance. This study engages participants in a frustrating cognitive motor task, during which time they simulate a frown or a smile. To the extent that facial expressions can magnify or negate feelings of frustration, this will likely affect performance on the task. To our knowledge, this would be the first study to demonstrate that the effect of facial feedback is sufficiently strong so as to influence cognitive motor performance. That is, the effect of facial feedback extends beyond an immediate emotional impact.

In addition to its implications for enhancing cognitive motor performance in work and academic environments, such findings could extend to overall well-being and health. For example, facial feedback could be used to negate feelings of frustration common to many activities and treatments used in physical therapy. If patients need simply change their facial muscles to reduce feelings of frustration and despair, they may have a better therapeutic experience and improve their health more rapidly. The same would be true for non-clinical populations plagued with high-levels of stress and frustration which inevitably affect the whole individual along with his/her global well-being.
Speakers
NC
AW

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 11:00am MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Research to Increase our Physical and/or Mental Well­-being

9:00am MDT

Improve your School Experience: Get Enough Sleep
As SUU nursing students we have discovered through our learning that many college students experience the negative effects of sleep deprivation such as decreased cognition and memory, as well as increased levels of anxiety and cortisol. This will in turn affect their quality of living and the quality of their education. Our goal for this project is to teach students the consequences of inadequate sleep and the benefits of enough sleep in an effort to increase their knowledge and help them to recognize their need for change. We will create a presentation to teach these concepts. We will help them to create a personalized sleep schedule according to their personal needs and they will be guided in how to implement it.
Speakers
DM

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 11:00am MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Research to Increase our Physical and/or Mental Well­-being

9:00am MDT

Living an Active Life
With technological advances, children are becoming more sedentary and less active, as they are involved with electronic devices. To help the rising generation form healthy lifestyle habits to improve their overall health and prolong their lifespan by reducing the risk of disease, we will be teaching adolescents easy and fun workouts that they can do anywhere, at any time. By the end of the thirty-minute class, the students will be able to demonstrate how to prevent living a sedentary lifestyle without interrupting their current activities of daily living.
Speakers
PE
AF
CH
JN

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 11:00am MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Research to Increase our Physical and/or Mental Well­-being

9:00am MDT

MASS AND ENERGY EXPENDITURE DURING INDOOR TREADWALL ROCK CLIMBING
Abstract:
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to determine to what extent a climber’s body mass or added mass impacts the energy expenditure during sport climbing on an indoor treadwall climbing trainer. METHODS: For this study we recruited 10 participants (n=5 men, 5 women) with at least one year of rock climbing experience and an average of 4 to 5 years climbing experience. Each climber participated in four separate testing sessions. In session 1, height, weight, and BodPod measures of body composition were assessed and recorded. Participants were then given an opportunity to familiarize themselves with the treadwall and climbing with a weighted vest. The final three sessions consisted of steady state climbing for four minutes on a treadwall climbing trainer, set at a 6-degree angle under three different loading conditions. Each climber participated in the three loading conditions in random order, consisting of: body weight (BW), BW+5-pound weighted vest, and BW+10-pound weighted vest. Energy expenditure was measured using a small, portable indirect calorimetry gas analyzer system that was placed in a small backpack (CosMed K4b2, about 1 kg included as BW). Subjects also wore a Polar HR monitor during each climbing session to determine relative intensity but were asked to climb at a self-selected “moderate” pace for each session. Before and after each climbing session blood lactate levels were assessed using a hand-held blood lactate analyzer and handgrip strength was measured using a Jamar handgrip dynamometer. Each climber had at least 24 hours of rest in between sessions. The three climbing conditions were compared using ANOVA with a significance set at p
Speakers
TC
SR

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 11:00am MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Research to Increase our Physical and/or Mental Well­-being

9:00am MDT

Palladium-Catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura Cross-Coupling Reactions of (E)-Styrylboronic Acid Pinacol Ester with Aromatic Bromides
The alkene functional group is commonly found in many important organic molecules. The restriction to rotation of a carbon-carbon double bond leads to isomeric molecules that can have similar physical properties and can be difficult to separate by conventional techniques. Therefore, it is important that synthetic reactions produce one alkene isomer in excess to avoid a potentially difficult separation. Here we present our study of the stereospecific palladium-catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reaction of (E)-styrylboronic acid pinacol ester with aromatic bromides.
Speakers
MM

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 11:00am MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Research to Increase our Physical and/or Mental Well­-being

9:00am MDT

Synthesis of (Z)-Stilbene Derivatives
The carbon-carbon double bond present in the stilbene molecule prevents bond rotation. This leads to two isomeric forms of stilbene; one form has the phenyl groups on the same side (Z), and the other form has the phenyl groups on opposite sides (E). The Nobel Prize in Chemistry winning Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reaction and Wittig reaction have both been succussfully used to synthesize (E)-stilbene. However, it remains a synthetic challenge to synthesize the (Z)-stilbene isomer exclusively. Here we present our study of the synthesis of (Z)-stilbene derivatives.
Speakers
BB

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 11:00am MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Research to Increase our Physical and/or Mental Well­-being

9:00am MDT

Synthesis of Alcohols from Epoxides Using Visible Light
An alcohol is any compound that contains a hydroxyl functional group (–OH) attached to a carbon atom. Alcohols are widely found in nature, and can be prepared from epoxides. Typically, highly acidic or basic conditions are used when alcohols are synthesized from epoxides by a ring-opening reaction. However, these harsh conditions can destroy other sensitive functional groups contained in complex molecules. Here we present our work on the synthesis of alcohols from epoxides with visible light.
Speakers
CO

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 11:00am MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Research to Increase our Physical and/or Mental Well­-being

9:00am MDT

The Effect of Hydration Status of Collegiate Female Tennis Players at Southern Utah University
Proper hydration is crucial to athletes for mental and physical performance. The purpose of this study was to identify the hydration status of Division I female tennis players at Southern Utah University and to determine if hydration education would improve hydration status. Urine samples were collected before and after practice from eight female tennis players during the regular season. Using a hand-held digital refractometer, the urine specific gravity (USG) was measured and averaged (T1). Athletes were unaware of the days of these measurements. The recommendation is that athletes come to practice with an USG at or below 1.020. The average USG pre-practice was 1.015 and 1.021 post-practice, indicating athletes began practice minimally dehydrated and ended practice significantly dehydrated. All recruits were made aware of their results. Athletes were provided with hydration education and instructions for implementing proper hydration strategies. Athletes were notified of the next set of USG measurements (T2). Average USGs for this measurement were 1.011 pre-practice and 1.016 post-practice, indicating athletes both began and completed practice minimally dehydrated. A third set of urine samples were collected later in the season (T3) with athletes being unaware of the day urine samples would be collected. T3 measurements were implemented to see if the improved hydration status found in T2 would be continued. Average USGs for T3 were 1.013 pre-practice and 1.018 post-practice, showing athletes entered and completed practice minimally dehydrated. From T1 to T2, there was a significant (p< 0.05) improvement in hydration status, demonstrating that hydration education helped. While a significant improvement was not presented (p>0.05) between T1 and T3, there was a clinical improvement. Rather than leaving practice significantly dehydrated, athletes completed practice minimally dehydrated. These findings suggest that providing athletes with education and strategies on proper hydration does improve hydration status throughout the season.
Speakers
RB
CS

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 11:00am MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Research to Increase our Physical and/or Mental Well­-being

9:00am MDT

The Significance of the Squat Exercise
This paper combines the disciplines of biomechanics, anatomy, and physiology to describe the importance of the squat exercise. When performed incorrectly, this exercise may impose an increased risk of injury to the lower body, such as the hips and knees. The paper also contains suggested measures to prevent injury from occurring during the squat exercise.
Speakers
LC

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 11:00am MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Research to Increase our Physical and/or Mental Well­-being

9:00am MDT

Art and Aggression
Abstract
While literature about art therapy in treating aggression is rare to non-existent, this paper investigates the potentiality of utilizing art therapy for treatment of aggressive children with a review of current literature on the theories and treatment of aggression, as well as the literature on art therapy (though the literature available on art therapy is not nearly as extensive as that for treating aggression). Sources include therapists, researchers, neuropsychologists, doctors, teachers, psychiatrists and parenting experts. You will also note that these individuals come from Austria, the US, Lithuania, Iran, and the UK. The paper gives an introduction to a future study investigating a correlation between participation in visual arts activities and aggressive tendencies in children ages 2-14.
Speakers
AJ

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 11:00am MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Research to Increase our Physical and/or Mental Well­-being   Distinguished Student Project

9:00am MDT

The effect of the timing and duration of pain, and personality on visual memory
Pain is a sensory, cognitive and emotional experience that is often associated with the exposure to a noxious stimulus. Pain can be either acute or chronic. Previous research reports mixed results concerning a possible impact of acute and chronic pain on cognition. Chronic pain patients often report cognitive impairments due to their conditions. In some studies, pain negatively impacted cognitive abilities in chronic pain patients. Pain related impairments in learning, attention, and visuospatial memory have been documented. However, other studies failed to find any effect of chronic pain on cognition. The same mixed results have been demonstrated in studies investigating the effect of experimentally induced acute pain in healthy participants. Some found cognitive impairment, while other did not. It is unclear if the nature of the noxious stimulus, the stimulus duration, and/or personality variables are playing modulatory roles, thus accounting for at least some of the discrepancies.
This study investigated the effect of experimentally induced acute pain on visual recall and recognition memory. We manipulated the timing and duration of pain, and assessed the contributory effects of neuroticism and optimism on visual memory. Previous pain studies used somewhat artificial means to induce pain (e.g. ice water). We used a pressure stimulus (algometer) in the present study to increase ecological validity.
Speakers
GD

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 11:00am MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Research to Increase our Physical and/or Mental Well­-being   Distinguished Student Project

9:00am MDT

Body of Work: OERs in an Integrated Anatomy and First-Year Writing Class
Spring 2018 saw the launch of two newly integrated Open Educational Resource (OER) classes at SUU. The proposed coursework is designed to meet the requirements for Introductory Writing (ENGL 1010) and Human Biology (BIOL 1020). The students targeted by this coursework are not science majors; therefore, traditional “science writing” materials have little benefit for the future types of writing they will do. Additionally current, one semester anatomy and physiology texts (both published and OER) are more clinically focused and inappropriate for a one semester general education course. Hence the appeal of OER creation as both a part of the writing process and course content delivery. As a result, to support this cross-curricular integration, the students currently in this class will 1) draw on the flexibility offered by existing OERs, and 2) develop OERs as part of the writing curriculum of the course.

With the support of external funding, launching these OER-based integrated classes has been possible and a productive learning experience. Our poster presentation will present data gathered on student learning in this integrated environment throughout this semester’s trial run. Our hypothesis is that by both assigning OERs as texts and focusing student writing on the production of OERs, students will have: 1) a flexible, adaptable, and highly integrated curriculum for science and writing, 2) real-world audiences to engage their work, and 3) experience with broad and expanded “writing” skill sets (that include multimodal composing, document design, and user experience) necessary for work in the digital workspaces of today. Our presentation seeks to report preliminary assessment data on the results we have experienced in these areas through March of 2018. Course design, integration, and instructional information will be presented as separate panel discussion.
Speakers
RS
TZ

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 11:00am MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

9:00am MDT

College Students' Attitudes Towards Collaboration in Online Courses
The purpose of this case study was to investigate college students’ attitudes towards collaborative group assignments in an online course. Although many researchers agree that collaboration promotes student interaction and develops a sense of community, few online instructors currently integrate collaborative tasks into their courses. The research also shows that some online students are reluctant to participate in collaborative activities because they have negative perceptions about group collaboration. They believe that group members’ social loafing, apathy, and procrastination of some group members interfere with successful online collaboration and promote students’ negative attitudes. While the past research has examined students’ collaborative behaviors and attitudes in online courses, most studies have focused on graduate level online courses only. In this case study, the researcher collected data from online students at the undergraduate level to examine their attitudes towards collaboration and if those attitudes also affect their level of participation in group activities and communication patterns.
Speakers
MK

Michiko Kobayashi

Associate Professor, Southern Utah University

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 11:00am MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

9:00am MDT

Inspiring Youngsters to STEM Fields through FIRST LEGO Robots
Research in child development has indicated that children’s playful behavior has a positive impact on their brain development and their ability to learn. Preparing them to work in teams facilitates active participation and engagement in any learning environment, but also it provides a strong foundation to challenges in a professional workplace in a long run. Therefore, play in teams can possibly stimulate an enjoyable and immersive opportunity to inspire and engage children to challenging Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields. Through a field study, this research project aims to explore how such an innovative team play STEM curriculum can be effectively designed with a goal to improve children’s STEM knowledge and enhance their team performance. Accordingly, we adopted a popular LEGO® MINDSTORMS® technology to our STEM activities at Iron Springs Elementary School’s STEM Club, where the forty-six students ranging from the first grade to the fifth grade formed up six teams to learn and build their own robots. This project is still ongoing, and more findings will be reported at the Festival of Excellence on campus in April.
Speakers
SB
ZC
CC
MI
MN
JP
DW

Dezhi Wu

Southern Utah University

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 11:00am MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

9:00am MDT

Overcoming the Sophomore Slump
In effort to improve the Higher Education student experience, schools across America have implemented focused programs for second year and first year students. Here at Southern Utah University (SUU) there has been an increased focus for First Year students, but not as focused effort towards the Second Year Experience. This project expresses the results of a comparative analysis across multiple schools (including SUU) on how we as an institution can best help the student experience propel success through students’ second year. This study was performed by carefully analyzing the second year experience at other institutions as well as adapting programs and methods to fit the demographic here at SUU. The project then proposes identified objectives, and ideologies to be instituted into a Second Year Seminar that would best fit the students, increase attendance in higher education, maintain personalized opportunity, all while steering the students to career exploration and academic excellence.
Speakers
AH

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 11:00am MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

9:00am MDT

Problems encountered and Lessons learned when adopting a non-majors OER textbook in a majors Microbiology Course
An open educational resource (OER) microbiology textbook, produced in a collaboration between OpenStax and the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) is currently available through the OpenStax library. This text presents a solid foundation for its target audience, which is students enrolled in a non-majors microbiology course, but fails to meet the higher standards required for a majors microbiology course. The OpenStax Microbiology textbook was adopted in the General Microbiology (BIOL 3010) course at Southern Utah University in Summer 2017 and in Fall 2017 with the intent that students enrolled in the course would create an online majors textbook using the OER text as a basic scaffold; the resulting online text book was then intended to be used as the primary text in future majors Microbiology courses, with additional opportunities for updates and revisions. While the course strategy, which was heavy on writing and group work, was highly successful in the Summer term (5 students), numerous problems arose when the course was taught in the Fall course (48 students). This reflective study explores the problems encountered in this approach and explores possible solutions.
Speakers
RG

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 11:00am MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

9:00am MDT

Using a DNA puzzle kit as an example of active learning in the classroom
Studies have shown that the inclusion of teaching methods beyond standard lecture techniques can improve learning and retention of information. These alternate techniques can include visual or tactile learning, and can be facilitated through peer-to-peer teaching within small groups. The DNA puzzle kit from Carolina Biological Supply is an excellent example of an easily-implemented group activity that can facilitate deeper learning of DNA structure and replication. Students are introduced to the subject through traditional lecture but then are given a packet to complete for the puzzle kit during the following lecture period. Small groups are formed during the period, and the professor and any teaching assistants help the groups as they complete the activity. Students report that the combination of tactile learning and peer instruction in the small group setting significantly effects understanding of DNA structure. We will get a taste of this activity during the presentation.

Speakers
JK

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 11:00am MDT
Ballroom
  Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

9:00am MDT

Utah Student Nurses Association Convention
At the 2017 UtSNA convention, I successfully ran for and obtained the position of Convention Director. As such, I have participated in regular conference calls with members of the board, voted on topics that affect UtSNA and its members, and planed the finer details of the 2018 convention including location, payment collection, advertising, coordination with speakers, creation of the program, and ultimately the organization of the convention.

During this process I have also created a manual on convention planning after thorough research and my own experience. I hope that future convention directors will benefit from my efforts, and my employers will be able to utilize my planning abilities to hold productive meetings and conferences.
Speakers
NW

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 11:00am MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

9:00am MDT

Virtual Reality: Reinventing the Classroom
Virtual Reality (VR), a digital recreation of a physical environment, is becoming a popular method to engage and create a learning platform for K-12 students. It allows for students to experience, for example, places, historical events, and cultures that would not be practically possible. While experiencing fun and creative environments, educators can take advantage to explain challenging concepts in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM). This pedagogical style is proving to be beneficial to both educators and students. Research indicates that the majority of the younger generation have a mindset that STEM is boring and lacks creativity. Our Computer Science (CS) capstone group project involves extensive research on VR devices. Research studies helped us to identify various existing challenges and pragmatic benefits in VR educational platforms. Using our CS abilities along with research, we aim to create an educational platform using software such as the Unity engine and Blender in conjunction with YouTube and Google Cardboard. The goal of this project is to showcase how CS requires both technical and creative skills which can be fun and is not restricted to only programming. In addition, our goal is to motivate K-12 students to consider CS as a degree and a career.
Speakers
CC
TF
CG
TH
KS
JY

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 11:00am MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

9:00am MDT

Three works from the SAAG 2017 National Juried Show in Blue Ridge, Georgia.
I submitted pastel drawings and one acrylic painting to a national juried exhibition called the SAAG 2017 National Juried Show. it was sponsored by Southern Appalachian Artist Guild, Blue Ridge Mountains Arts Association. The exhibition was held in the Richard Low Evans Courtroom Gallery in The Art Center at Blue Ridge, Georgia from October 7 -November 11, 2017. The juror was Tuva Page Stephens. Much of the shipping, crating and framing expenses were funded by the Faculty Scholarly Support Fund. All three works were accepted into the exhibition and one of them received an Honorable Mention award. All three works are presented here in the 2018 Festival of Excellence.
Speakers
avatar for Eric Brown

Eric Brown

Professor of Art

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 3:00pm MDT
LIB 200
  Creative Expression & Analysis

9:00am MDT

Contemporary Three Dimensional Art
This display comprises work from current 3D Design and Ceramics Students working at SUU. As in past years, we desire the space in the Ballroom foyer, with four tables for display. We will provide signage and security during the Festival.
Speakers
SH
SS
RW

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 3:55pm MDT
Event Center Display Cases
  Creative Expression & Analysis

9:00am MDT

Production Ephemera from "Retro-Active 10 Years of Science Fiction"
Test Prints, Polaroids and other visual materials used in the production of "Retro Active, Ten Years of Science Fiction" an exhibition held at the Frank M. Doyle Arts Pavilion Main Gallery in February of 2017.
Speakers
SD

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:00am - 3:55pm MDT
SUMA
  Creative Expression & Analysis

9:20am MDT

Peaches come in a can, but do elections decide who put them there?
This research will explore the effects of Presidential elections on the individual state economies. Do presidents reward the states that elect them over states that did not vote for them? It will also review if farmers, entrepreneurs, or individuals are benefited more based on which political party is in the White House. Utah is generally believed to be a very rural state in the union and generally tends to vote Republican. Should states similar to Utah continue to have party loyalty based on the economic benefits provided to them when a Republican is in office?
Speakers
BP

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:20am - 9:35am MDT
ED 215
  Community Engagement

9:20am MDT

Just Do: Impulse and Abstraction within a choreographic process
An excerpt from a longer work, “Veto” is a duet addressing notions of agency and abstraction within a choreographed work. Neither prescriptive nor necessarily narrative, the process becomes about immediate response to impulse in decision- decision making.

As a result, we are left with a series of decisions reflective of our instincts outside of a belabored process.
Speakers
avatar for Michael Crotty

Michael Crotty

UDEO Higher Ed Rep, Southern Utah University | UDEO
Michael Crotty is a dance artist and teacher from Springboro, OH. He received his Diploma from CODARTS Conservatory in the Netherlands.  He received an MFA in Modern Dance from The University of Utah. His interdisciplinary works explore the integration of queerness with literature... Read More →

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:20am - 9:35am MDT
Thorley
  Creative Expression & Analysis

9:20am MDT

Kinesthetic Empathy and the Performing Arts: or a case for "Monkey See, Monkey Do."
In this paper, I will consider how “kinesthetic empathy,” a twentieth century phenomenological theory popularized by dance critique John Martin, has found an ally in cognitive neuroscience. A true modernist, Martin felt it was his responsibility to educate Modern Dance audiences, by encouraging them to respond to the work itself rather than a storyline or subject. His theory was built on the notion that dance audiences experience similar physical sensations, as well as emotions, of the performers. In essence, “kinesthetic empathy” posits a sort of transference of emotional expression between the performers and the audience via the body itself. I claim that recent contributions from neuroscience offer details as to how the physicality of our viewership affects our emotional engagement with works of live art, thus supporting Martin’s theory.
I utilize a theory of emotion, (Damasio) which relies on the physiological origin of the emotion process and the discovery of mirror neurons to help provide possible evidence for this bodily transference of emotion. In addition to examining the physiological process at work while watching a performance, I also examine why it matters. Proponents of Expression Theory (Collingwood, Robinson) describe how having an emotional engagement with works of art may lead to an emotional education. While I agree with this stance, I take issue with the aspects of Expression Theory that rely too heavily on the cognitive aspects of expression to depict this process. I argue that experiencing a work of live art physically, is an integral aspect of the aesthetic experience, and that the embodiment of an emotional experience bears fruit even if comprehension of it eludes us.
Speakers
MB

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:20am - 9:35am MDT
ED 102
  Creative Expression & Analysis

9:20am MDT

"Ka Mate" The Appropriation of a Cultural Icon
“Ka Mate” – The Appropriation of a Cultural Icon discusses the use of one particularly indigenous art form which has reached the media main stage primarily due in part to worldwide interest in Rugby. Sports teams outside of New Zealand have included Haka as a pre/postgame ritual and garnered the attention of the tribes who lay copyright claim to these sacred dances and they are not happy. Brandon Kennedy details this sense of outrage in his article “The Misappropriation of ‘Ka Mate’“. The indigenous owners of this Haka are calling for the immediate termination of its performance by organizations who are ignorant of the cultural values inherent in Ka Mate and all other cultural iconography associated with Maori traditional arts. The terms of the Treaty of Waitangi and the Haka Ka Mate Attribution Act has set a precedence that insures the protection of cultural iconography for indigenous cultures and is a precedence that needs our immediate attention.
Speakers
TT

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:20am - 9:35am MDT
ED 204
  Global Engagement

9:20am MDT

Cross-Cultural Connections: Helping Chinese ESL Writers Find Their Writing Voice
Helping all ESL students is an important part of writing center work, and although it can be a daunting task, it becomes more manageable when focusing on one specific population. Across the country, many universities have experienced an influx of Chinese ESL students. Research has shown that many common mistakes that Chinese ESL writers make are due to their cultural background and ways they have been taught to write in the Chinese Language. Also, research at four different universities in the Netherlands shows that the Chinese students struggle to integrate socially, as well as academically. This leads to the question: How can writing center tutors better help Chinese ESL students? An integration of a buddy system that pairs one or two tutors with a Chinese student to act as a support system is one example. Another way is by training tutors to work specifically with ESL students, and certifying them to do so. In addition, having a basic understanding of Chinese culture and rhetoric can help tutors understand the obstacles that Chinese ESL students face, and also help the tutors become more efficient at helping Chinese students understand how to more effectively write in the English language. A final method entails encouraging and training Chinese ESL students to be writing center tutors themselves, which would strengthen their writing as well as provide other ESL tutees with the opportunity to work with someone who comes from a similar background.
Speakers
LC
AS
AS
CW

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:20am - 9:35am MDT
ED 205
  Global Engagement

9:20am MDT

Curriculum Innovation: Globalizing the Second-Year Language Series in French and German--Two Case Studies
Professor Leahy and I plan on presenting the results of two Curriculum Innovation Grants that we each received this past year from SUU CETL. The focus of our grants was to refocus one of our 2nd-year language courses (in French and German, respectively) to reflect greater effectiveness in teaching with a diversity and global engagement component.
Professor Leahy had previously begun using some open access resources that have proved effective in her French 2010 (Intermediate French) class, but had found that elements were missing from the OER websites (there were no readings or literary texts). There were videos of young French people discussing course themes, but no representation from other French-speaking nations. A Curriculum Innovation Grant to diversify and globalize a course at SUU inspired her to produce her own videos, in which French-speaking SUU students from the Ivory Coast discuss some new and some of the same themes found on the OER sites. She used historical documents and traditional folk tales from Martinique to further round out a course previously too centered on a single country. A poem written by a Frenchman of color enabled a discussion of stereotypes, race and place. The course is now representative of a larger world view.
Professor Twitchell's redesign of GERM 2020: Intermediate Conversation & Grammar has been part of a larger project to revamp the entire SUU German curriculum. Prior to receiving a CIG, he began making changes to this course by experimenting with a new textbook and introducing authentic German-language texts and films (appropriate for the intermediate level). With the support of the grant, he has continued on this trajectory, developing GERM 2010 further into a course that introduces students to Germany’s (and Austria's) recent history and the development of contemporary Germany’s rich multicultural and multilingual society.
Speakers
EL
CT

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:20am - 9:35am MDT
BU 102
  Global Engagement

9:20am MDT

España sin esperanza: La visión de Larra
My research paper deals with the author Jose de Larra in Spain during the Romantic Period. The author is relevant to this period, because of the critiques he makes about the Spanish society and their ways of living. Specifically my research analyzes Larra's critiques about Spain's limiting traditions, how Spain rejects new and innovative ideas, and about how Spain has no desire to progress. I also would like to research how Larra's personal life influenced in his works. Larra lived in France for a large part of his life, and thus had many new ideas that he wanted to bring to Spain. However, the majority of those living in Spain at the time, rejected his ideas, because of their traditions.
The primary sources to conduct this research are going to be two of Larra's most famous works namely, "Vuelva usted mañana" y "El día de difuntos de 1836." In addition, I will use scholarly journals and book chapters relevant to my project. This presentation will be conducted in Spanish, because this is a project completed for one of my upper-level Spanish courses.
The purpose of this research is to demonstrate that the vital force of writers differed from that of the general Spanish society during the Romantic Period. In this period, Spain was in a heated contradiction while trying to decide if it was better to open up to the innovative ideas of Europe, especially France and England, or to enclose itself in its own traditions.
This research is significant to the literary field, because it shows how many intelligent thinkers of the time had ideas that could really benefit the general public, but out of fear, tradition, or some other motives, the ideas were rejected and forgotten.
Speakers
KP

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:20am - 9:35am MDT
ED 203
  Global Engagement

9:20am MDT

'Gelding the Commonwealth': Shakespeare's Henry VI Plays and the Specter of Masculine Rule
In Shakespeare’s Henry VI, Part I, the death of Henry V invokes multiple instances of political nostalgia, not to mention oaths to “remember,” and even compels the Duke of Bedford to invoke his brother’s ghost in the service of the nation. These attempts to recall the warrior king in a time of national crisis, however, are thwarted both by the status of his son, Henry VI, as child monarch and the absence of competent leadership during his minority. Focusing specifically on the proxies that replace the never realized father-son dyad that the play also mourns—most importantly, through the relationship of John Talbot and his son—I consider how the idealized masculine warrior is ultimately supplanted by shadowy and deviant substitutes, including the rebel Jack Cade and the “She-wolf of France” Queen Margaret. Regardless of their degree of success or failure, the father-son dyads of these plays are supplanted by a mother-son dyad, in which Queen Margaret embodies the masculine, nationalist authority her husband rejects. The ineffectual father makes way for the monstrous, phallic mother, who, rather than being absorbed through marriage by England, comes to represent an entity in danger of swallowing the nation whole. Ultimately, I connect these plays to the actual history of female usurpation in the absence of Protestant male rulers in Europe, where even in the face of political stability women rulers evoke nostalgia for the masculine and anxiety over the future.
Speakers
JT

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:20am - 9:35am MDT
ED 104
  Innovation in Specialized Disciplines

9:20am MDT

An investigation into set partitions and their applications
We are studying partitions of sets, which is a grouping of the set’s elements into non-empty subsets. In particular, we derive a recursive formula and a generating function for the number of set partitions of sets of size n, all of whose parts have more than m elements. We generate numerical data and compare it to asymptotic estimates.
Speakers
JC

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:20am - 9:35am MDT
BU 103
  Innovation in Specialized Disciplines

9:20am MDT

Building a Field-Deployable Cavity-Assisted Laser Absorption Spectrophotometer
Absorption spectroscopy is useful for identifying what chemicals are present in a sample, and in what concentrations. Sometimes a chemical is too dilute, or absorbs too weakly to be detecting with simple techniques. In those cases, cavity-assisted laser absorption spectrophotometry is used. This method uses an optical cavity to bounce laser light back and for hundreds of times, increasing the effective absorptive properties of any substances present inside the cavity. I have been designing and building such a spectrophotometer which will be used to measure the concentration of isoprene (a volatile organic compound produced by plant life) in the atmosphere. This spectrophotometer can be left in wilderness areas and logs the atmospheric conditions at regular intervals to help study both the atmosphere and the nearby plants. Students from the department of Engineering and Technology have helped by designing the enclosure, temperature control, solar power system, and ventilation system that will be required for field use of my spectrophotometer.
Speakers
MR

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:20am - 9:35am MDT
BU 101
  Innovation in Specialized Disciplines

9:20am MDT

Positive Psychology: How Intentional Activities Can Increase Your Overall Happiness
Positive Psychology is a fairly new subfield of psychology that explores the various ways that individuals can cultivate happiness and live more fulfilling lives.

This presentation will go over what percentage of happiness that one can influence, a handful of theories of happiness, and intentional activities that increase overall happiness including mindfulness and proper goal setting.

This is a compilation of classroom learning, personal research, and practical application of the principles of Positive Psychology.

The overarching goal of this presentation is to expose people to positive psychology and to encourage them to delve further and create their own happiness.
Speakers
GF

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:20am - 9:35am MDT
LIB 002
  Innovation in Specialized Disciplines

9:20am MDT

Effects of Exercise on GPA
Our research was to see if there was a correlation with GPA and exercise, specifically on this campus. We wanted to see this, in order to see if exercise should be emphasized more on this campus and more options be offered to the student population while simultaneously helping them achieve higher grades. The information for research was collected by a survey in front of the library to provide a vast population. Statistics were ran on the information provided by the survey indicating whether or not GPA and exercise correlated. In our particular research there was found to be no correlation between exercise and GPA and we failed to reject the null hypothesis that exercise and GPA have no correlation. That being said, we know that there are many research projects that provide the complete opposite results than what we yielded. We have gone over things we could have done better and reasons as to why we got the results we did.
Speakers
SC
MM
JT

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:20am - 9:35am MDT
ED 202
  Research to Increase our Physical and/or Mental Well­-being

9:20am MDT

Pornography Use Among SUU Students: Predictors and Outcomes
In this presentation, Dr. Hatch and I will provide an overview of our findings from an online survey conducted here on campus. Specifically, students were surveyed about pornography use (or non-use) along with other factors associated with use. Despite the growing social acceptance of pornography, researchers and clinicians have become increasingly concerned about the impact on the individual and the family. Compulsive use of online pornography has been linked with several challenges include career loss, decreased productivity, depression, anxiety, shame, potential legal problems and negative financial consequences (Cooper, Galbreath, & Becker, 2004; Kraus, 2013; Mitchell & Wells, 2007).

Our survey revealed high levels of pornography use here on campus. Of the 456 partcipants, 73% of men reported a current use of online pornography, while 34% of women reported the same. The men who do view it, do so much more frequently, (an average of three to five times a week), whereas women are reported viewing it less than once a month. Closeness to parents also played an interesting role. Women who had a poor relationship with their father were statistically more likely to view pornography, however, their relationships with their mothers was not statistically significant. Neither men's relationships to their fathers or mothers were statistically significant.

Though 72% reported wanting to stop their use, only 25% reported seeking out assistance to help them in this process - suggesting a greater need for outreach. Religiosity was also significantly related, wherein religious pornography viewers had higher levels of shame and stress than their non-religious counterparts, who interestingly had higher levels of anxiety. However, pornography use was associated with higher levels of anxiety, depression and stress than non-users.

Overall these findings suggest there is a real need to better understand and help those who struggle with this issue.
Speakers
DH
avatar for Jim Mock

Jim Mock

Faculty

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:20am - 9:35am MDT
ED 111
  Research to Increase our Physical and/or Mental Well­-being

9:20am MDT

Implementing a CURE to investigate the impacts on student attitudes towards nature and science
There has been extensive research investigating how course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) help students develop a better understanding of science content. Utilizing CUREs rather than the traditional apprenticeship model allows students to learn about existing research opportunities, the benefits on partaking in them, and it removes the perceived cultural norms and barriers to interacting with faculty. By removing these barriers, we can encourage more students to become involved in scientific research. We utilized the CURE model to have students complete a biodiversity survey of southern Utah through collection and classification of ant species. Our classes (Environmental Biology, Introduction to Biology, and Genetics) replicated a subset of the work being completed in Gorongosa National Park (GNP) in Mozambique. Researchers in GNP are investigating how biodiversity of an area increases after it has been destroyed by human impact, in this case the Mozambique Civil War. One of the GNP projects utilized ants as a measure of ecosystem health. The diversity of ant species mirrors the diversity of a local ecosystem. We replicated the collection and genotyping of ant species GNP project. Exposing SUU students to work being completed by individuals who break stereotype barriers (many of the researchers at GNP are underrepresented in the sciences) showed our students that science is for all people, and that anyone can do science. By developing these courses as CUREs, the barriers to research typically experienced by SUU students were reduced. During the course of this project students in all courses were asked to complete pre and post-assessments measuring their changes in their attitudes Toward the Environment (NEP), Toward Science (SAI II), and Undergraduate Research (SURE Surveys). Students were also given a skills assessment each week so we could better understand what skills student thought they were learning and honing over the course of the semester.
Speakers
avatar for Carrie Bucklin

Carrie Bucklin

Southern Utah University
LM

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:20am - 9:35am MDT
LIB 201 A
  Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

9:30am MDT

A Survey of Digital Literacy in General Education Degree Requirements at Southern Utah University Peer Institutions
Digital literacy does not have the long-standing tradition in academics that other curriculum topics have, e.g. Mathematics. This lack of long-standing tradition surrounding computing, and the current breadth of possible digital literacies, has given rise to many varied curriculum approaches at higher education institutions. Faculty, and other curriculum creators at Southern Utah University (SUU), are currently creating digital literacy curriculum that is both integrative, and focuses on just in time learning, but these curriculum creators struggle with determining proper digital literacy requirements that should be required of all students in a General Education (GE) curriculum. This paper records the approaches towards digital literacy found at SUU, its peer institutions, and other Higher Education Institutions in the State of Utah.
Speakers
NB
LH

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:30am - 9:37am MDT
Living Room
  Digital & Information Literacy

9:40am MDT

Darknet Markets Shedding Light on the Opioid Crisis
U.S. overdose deaths attributed to synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl and its analogues, have increased from under 3,000 in 2010 to nearly 20,000 in 2016. Using data available on darknet markets we explore synthetic opioid availability and prices, essentially observing illegal synthetic opioid transaction prices and volume in the midst of one of the largest health issues of our time.
Speakers
JM

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:40am - 9:47am MDT
Living Room
  Community Engagement

9:40am MDT

Out of work and out of votes: How Unemployment Affects Voting
In elections, the issue of unemployment is a prevalent and important one. In this research we compare the changes in unemployment for swing states and at the national level against who those respective bodies voted for in various elections. Through this, we hope to determine whether or not elections are effected by changes in unemployment in different periods of time and across each grouping of which the unemployment is determined.
Speakers
WP

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:40am - 9:55am MDT
ED 215
  Community Engagement

9:40am MDT

Who are the Refugees
Refugees are a bigger part of today’s reality than ever before. We have seen a dramatic jump in the world's population of displaced persons and refugees from roughy 40 million in 2013 to 65 million in 2017. We hear the word used on the news, on social media and in everyday conversation. We have political debates about refugees being a national security risk and make plans to restrict their legal entry into the United States. But do people really know what a refugee is, where they come from or how they became a refugee? Does the SUU population have a clear understanding of refugees and the refugee crisis, or do we completely misunderstand them? The survey I constructed asks a range of questions designed to measure knowledge and interest in the current refugees crisis. With the information I collected and analyzed we have a better understanding of where the informational gaps are so that awareness campaigns and fundraiser can be more productive.
Speakers
TL

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:40am - 9:55am MDT
BU 101
  Community Engagement

9:40am MDT

'Spectres, Mysterious Voices, . . . Omens, Haunted Places': Why and How Hardy Smuggles 'Magic' into His Poetry
In his book 'Science and Poetry'(1926), I.A. Richards argues that poetry ultimately depends upon what he calls “The Magical View” of the Universe, premised upon belief in Spirits, Inspiration, and the Efficacy of Ritual. But Richards asserts that the scientific outlook is incompatible with “the Magical View” and therefore the growing ascendancy of science in the broader culture quite possible means the passing both of the Magical View and of poetry. The very existence of a modern poet such as Thomas Hardy—that is, a godless thinker committed to the scientific worldview, regardless of its harsh implications—casts doubt on Richards’ view. However, a closer view reveals that Hardy actually recognizes that as a poet he needs the Magical View, even if he cannot rationally defend it. Careful readers will see in Hardy’s work—in, for instance, “Hap,” “I Am the One, “Waiting Both,” “The Haunter,” and especially 'The Dynasts'-- traces of the Magic View, artistically smuggled across the threshold of rationalism. The relative ineptness of that smuggling in Hardy’s meisterwerk—'The Dynasts'--raises serious questions about what happens to the poetry of a scientifically minded rationalist who intellectually rejects the Magical View that he continues to draw from.
Speakers
BC

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:40am - 9:55am MDT
ED 102
  Creative Expression & Analysis

9:40am MDT

In the Whites: Diversity in the Theatre
How does emphasizing diversity in theatre benefit the art form? A central part of the initial thoughts of this paper has to do with this idea that that I heard about in a podcast called “Reply All.” In my paper I want to argue that not only is diversity in the theatre morally correct and beneficial to people of color, women, LQBTQ+, religious minorities, etc. (essentially any group that is underrepresented), but that it is also beneficial to all of theatre. Even for the “cisgendered straight white men” who run the industry.

In my paper I focused a lot on four main subjects: Whitewashing, actors playing outside of their own race, the importance of positive representation for people of color, and the art of theatre itself expanding powerfully because of the inclusion of minorities. A great podcast called "Reply All" focuses on the importance of diversity using a ketchup analogy to explain a much broader picture about the importance of diversity. A famous debate by Robert Brustein and August Wilson presented arguments about whitewashing and colorblind casting that was an invaluable source on this subject. Several authors, in an anthology called "This Bridge Called My Back," along with an address to parliament by the actor Riz Ahmed, and an interview with Olympian, Laurie Hernandez, gave me a lot of insight on the necessity of accurate representation on stage and screen.

Aside from the questions and ideas presented being very close to my heart, it affects a much broader scale than my, or anyone else’s, personal experience. Solving problems with a diverse group is better for creativity and productivity. When all of the creative decision making in theatre is made by one prominent group, other groups lose their voice and real life isn’t represented accurately.
Speakers
IA

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:40am - 9:55am MDT
BU 110
  Creative Expression & Analysis

9:40am MDT

The Musical SUU Tesla Coil
A Tesla Coil creates long, bright lightning bolts which vibrate the air to create musical tones. In this performance, I will briefly introduce the coil's functionality and proceed to perform two short classical period melodies. Our presentation, which celebrates science and the arts, is best enjoyed with dimmed lights.
Speakers
avatar for Brandon Wiggins

Brandon Wiggins

Assistant Professor of Physics, Southern Utah University

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:40am - 9:55am MDT
Thorley
  Creative Expression & Analysis

9:40am MDT

A look at the Spanish Language Use of Bilingual Returned Mormon Missionaries in the US
Mormon Missionaries who have returned from serving during an extended stay in a Spanish speaking country show different levels of Bilingualism. Their proficiency vary greatly placing them at different parts of the bilingual cycle and varying, also, at different moments after their return.
This study analyzes the Spanish language use of a group of returned Mormon Missionaries. Specifically, it examines certain linguistic features in order to establish the characteristics of their language use in writing production. Among others aspects, the study looks at the lexical features, the verbal system and the cases of variation from the standard use of Spanish in the United States.
Preliminary data analysis indicates that many of the participants show similarities with the language use patterns of heritage speakers (who learned Spanish at home from Spanish speaking parents or relatives). It also shows a trend to move towards the English side of the cycle after their return to the United States.
Speakers
JA

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:40am - 9:55am MDT
LIB 201 A
  Global Engagement

9:40am MDT

Cultures of London 1
Twenty SUU students traveled to London for six days over Spring Break 2018 and experienced firsthand the city's many cultures. Each student has a story to tell illustrating something they learned while in London and how they learned it. Experiencing another culture is not only educational; it can also be quite entertaining.
Speakers
NA
AA
SA
KB
avatar for Kurt Harris

Kurt Harris

Director of Learning Abroad, Southern Utah University

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:40am - 9:55am MDT
ED 204
  Global Engagement

9:40am MDT

El Encaje Roto: Ripping the Lace off of 19th Century Feminism in Spain
This presentation is based off of a five page essay on a Spanish short story called "El Encaje roto" by Emilia Pardo Bazan. Not only does the presentation give the basic principles of the story, but it relates to the feminist movements of the time and of those today.
Speakers
avatar for Naomi Beatty

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:40am - 9:55am MDT
ED 203
  Global Engagement

9:40am MDT

French Identity: Integration and Cultural Clashes
Here are two presentations exploring French identity in literary works by authors from Jewish and Muslim cultural backgrounds.

Rosa Perez's ongoing research examines the impact of exile, in 1962, on the French Jewish communities of Algeria, where Jews have lived for more than two thousand years.
Last year, instead of focusing on French Jews exiled in France, Perez looked at works of fiction taking place in post-independence Algeria from which Jews have disappeared. Two novels present two young Muslim characters, who after much struggle decide to reclaim their Jewish heritage. This literary fantasy constitutes a recent phenomenon since only a handful of novels attempt to keep the Jewish legacy alive.
In this presentation, Perez will talk more broadly about her research on French Jewish communities of Algeria, communities forced to leave after decolonization. Jews have been struggling to adapt to a new life in France, torn between the two sides of the Mediterranean.

Elise Leahy’s presentation analyzes how Magyd Cherfi’s literary representations of his mother and of sex roles in his community of origin play into his identity crisis first explored, then resolved.
Cherfi’s latest narrative, Ma Part de gaulois, explores his “muddled identity,” with his Berber origins and upbringing in the mostly immigrant-populated cité, near Toulouse, France, clashing with his love of France’s literary, philosophical and secular traditions. Cherfi’s ambivalence towards France is reflected in his textual approach to his mother and her role in his identity formation. Furthermore, the strict gender roles he experiences as dominating his cité push him towards a resolution to his identity trouble at the end of Ma part de gaulois. He decides to leave behind the identity crises he sees as ubiquitous in the cité and embrace fully his francité, or Frenchness.
Speakers
EL
RP

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:40am - 9:55am MDT
BU 102
  Global Engagement

9:40am MDT

Fulbright Opportunities for Faculty and Staff
Whether you are a student, staff, or faculty member, global experiences are transformative and life changing. Since 1946, the Fulbright Organization has been America's flagship international exchange program. This session will introduce students, faculty and staff to the Fulbright Organization and opportunities around the world. The presenters  will share their experiences participating in their respective  Fulbright programs. Whether you are a student, staff, or faculty member, global experiences are life changing and perpetuate greater understanding. 
Speakers
SA
avatar for Jon Smith

Jon Smith

Communication Professor, SUTV Southern Utah University
SUU Communication Professor

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:40am - 9:55am MDT
ED 205
  Global Engagement

9:40am MDT

Asymptotic estimates for the number of set partitions without small parts
We present asymptotic estimates for the number of partitions of a set of n elements, all of whose parts have more than m elements. The main tool in the proof is Cauchy's residue theorem and the saddle point method. As an application, we derive an estimate for the number of set partitions of n elements, which have the property that its parts can be combined to form subsets of any size between 1 and n.
Speakers
AW

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:40am - 9:55am MDT
BU 103
  Innovation in Specialized Disciplines

9:40am MDT

MEASURING SOLAR FLUX AND ABSORPTIVITY
The goal of this research was to determine the Solar Irradiance in Cedar City, UT and the absorptivity of an aluminum plate. This task was performed by first measuring the change in temperature with respect to time for an 8”×10”×1/8” aluminum plate. Matlab and Microsoft Excel software was utilized to analyze the data collected and determine the solar irradiance and absorptivity of aluminum 6061-T6. Solar irradiance measurements were compared to the solar irradiance measured by the Utah Red Hills Renewable Park solar plant in Parowan, UT at the same time and date. The absorptivity of the aluminum plate, determined from the measurements taken, was compared to published values. The solar irradiance measured was determined to have a discrepancy of 16.9% and absorptivity of an unpolished aluminum face was determined to have an approximate error of 5.1%. Uncertainty and error analysis were performed and using these results, it has been determined that the methods used to measure solar irradiance and absorptivity, while fairly simple and accurate, can be improved to reduce the discrepancies with published data.
Speakers
DA
LE

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:40am - 9:55am MDT
LIB 002
  Innovation in Specialized Disciplines

9:40am MDT

The Worth of an MLB All-Star: Are MLB All-Star Players the Key to Wins, the Playoffs, and the World Series?
All-Stars are given the title of being the best a team has to offer but are they helping their teams get more wins, make it to the playoffs and win the World Series? Players are more likely to make the MLB all-star team in the first years of their career, thus a team should identify and purchase these players if it is found that these players could help a team be successful. It is also in the team’s best interest to know how many players they should purchase with an “all-star” status. This study found that while holding home game attendance, salary, earned run average (ERA) and fielding percentage constant, a team should try to have 8-9 all-stars on their team to increase wins and probability of making the playoffs, while 6-7 all-stars will help a team to win the World Series.
Speakers
CM

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:40am - 9:55am MDT
ED 104
  Innovation in Specialized Disciplines

9:40am MDT

Gotta Help Them All: Pokémon Go Can Alleviate Depression and Anxiety
Pokémon Go is a force to be reckoned with. While the need to catch them all is not a new phenomenon, the ability to actually go out into the community to do so is. One obvious side effect is the exercise players are getting. However, a not-so-obvious side effect is how playing the game is helping those with social anxiety. There have been previous studies that show how gaming can help people with depression and generalized anxiety disorder, but the number or anecdotal reports of people getting out of their shells and talking to strangers for the first time while playing this game seems unprecedented. The benefits of this type of gaming can be life-changing for those with these mental health issues. I will discuss my plan to gather data specifically on college students who have such issues and play Pokémon Go to show just how much help it can offer.
Speakers
avatar for Joy Sterrantino

Joy Sterrantino

Assistant Professor of English, Southern Utah University
I teach English composition, including Writing About Video Games and Writing About Conspiracy Theories, and will be teaching Writing About Art in Fall 2018 for the first time. I also teach science fiction literature as well as general ed. English classes in London Each May for 10... Read More →

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:40am - 9:55am MDT
ED 202
  Research to Increase our Physical and/or Mental Well­-being

9:40am MDT

Obesity: What is the cost?
Obesity is a national health crisis. There are many different factors contributing to this epidemic and it is has costs on the nation and individuals. Many of those costs are not apparent at first. This presentation focuses on those costs and factors not seen.
Speakers
GR

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:40am - 9:55am MDT
ED 111
  Research to Increase our Physical and/or Mental Well­-being

9:40am MDT

Developing a Stronger Sense of Self: a Curriculum Innovation Grant Report
I will discuss the process of backward design as it related to the reconceptualization of a portion of my PHIL 1000 class. In addition to outlining the process according to which I re-worked my Intro class, I will share the results of my curricular innovation including both the benefits and challenges that I face as a result of having made these changes to my course.
Speakers
avatar for Kristopher Phillips

Kristopher Phillips

Assistant Professor, Southern Utah University

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:40am - 9:55am MDT
ED 103
  Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

9:50am MDT

YouTube Creators: A Fad or Cultural Phenomenon?
Through this presentation I will be exploring the cultural relevance of YouTube creators like Casey Neistat, Sean Evans, and Colleen Ballinger. Will history remember these internet celebrities' videos as a cultural phenomenon or a mere fad?
Speakers
SE

Tuesday April 3, 2018 9:50am - 9:57am MDT
Living Room
  Creative Expression & Analysis

10:00am MDT

Shoes and Dreams
The speech, "Shoes and Dreams" explores principles of success, and takes the audience through a journey of self-empowerment. The sharing of, and relating to stories about dreams and inspiration helps individuals gain a better understanding of their potential.
Speakers
JW

Tuesday April 3, 2018 10:00am - 10:07am MDT
Living Room
  Leadership & Entrepreneurship

10:00am MDT

The Fine Line of Native American Dance Appropriation
It is known that the Native American culture is appropriated in many ways. This research will discuss examples of historic recollections as well as cultural appropriation. By comparing historical recollection to cultural appropriation this research will educate viewers to avoid offensive appropriation.
Speakers
MM

Tuesday April 3, 2018 10:00am - 10:15am MDT
BU 101
  Community Engagement

10:00am MDT

"The Perfection of the Hideous": The New England Gothic Tradition
New England has long been a popular setting for works in the American Gothic tradition. Whether discussing the cosmically haunted Rhode Island of Lovecraft's fiction, the atavistic ritualism of Shirley Jackson's Vermont, or Stephen King's Maine, with its own assortment of vampires, cursed burial grounds, and evil clowns, the five states comprising the New England region have long inspired the macabre imaginations of American writers of Gothic horror. In this presentation, we will look at some unifying elements of the New England Gothic tradition, as well as representative authors and their major works.
Speakers
CC

Christopher Clark

Southern Utah University

Tuesday April 3, 2018 10:00am - 10:15am MDT
BU 110
  Creative Expression & Analysis

10:00am MDT

Becoming Clear: Abstract Choreography and Inescapable Meaning”

In an effort to "turn the volume up" on embodiment, the dancers were given distinct prompts to consider when interacting as a pair. Rather than relentlessly impose a narrative, the means through which they accessed partnering were isolated to directions related to anatomical cueing. What results is perhaps an articulate stream of phrasing, through which, meaning making can occur. Additionally, this language offers a conduit to approach complex relationships in choreographic processes. As meaning-making machines, our perceptions cannot be controlled. However, the dancing can efficiently fall from intention into action
Speakers
avatar for Michael Crotty

Michael Crotty

UDEO Higher Ed Rep, Southern Utah University | UDEO
Michael Crotty is a dance artist and teacher from Springboro, OH. He received his Diploma from CODARTS Conservatory in the Netherlands.  He received an MFA in Modern Dance from The University of Utah. His interdisciplinary works explore the integration of queerness with literature... Read More →

Tuesday April 3, 2018 10:00am - 10:15am MDT
Thorley
  Creative Expression & Analysis

10:00am MDT

Classifying Schur Rings over the Integers
Schur rings are a type of algebra that is spanned by a partition of finite groups that meets other conditions. Schur rings were originally developed by Schur and Wielandt in the first half of the 20th century. They were originally developed to study permutation groups and have since been more widely studied. They were especially studied in the 1980s and 1990s to look at finite cyclic groups, which are finite sets that cycle through their elements equipped with an operation satisfying certain properties.

Past research has provided a classification of Schur rings over finite cyclic groups. We will provide an extension of this classification to Schur rings over infinite cyclic groups. This will be accomplished by using a mapping technique involving what we call freshman exponentiation. Using this we will show that there are only two types of Schur Rings over the integers up to isomorphism. As all infinite cyclic groups are isomorphic to the integers this will prove our claim.
Speakers
NB
JB

Tuesday April 3, 2018 10:00am - 10:15am MDT
ED 102
  Creative Expression & Analysis   Distinguished Student Project

10:00am MDT

A comparison of light and darkness as symbols in "Él sí de las niñas" by Leandro Moratín and "Don Juan Tenorio" by José Zorrilla
Due to the nature of the material used and the field of study, the paper is written in and will be presented in Spanish.
An analysis is made which seeks to identify the ways in which authors utilize symbols in their writing to convey specific messages. Particularly, it discusses how these messages and the use of symbols may vary and why. Two theatrical works are identified as the basis of this study. The first is entitled El si de las niñas and is written by Leandro Moratín. The second is Don Juan Tenorio and was written by José Zorrilla. Both of these authors are Spanish and the two works were written within a few decades of each other. However, these authors pertain to different cultural and literary movements. Leandro Moratín, is a neoclassical author, while José Zorrilla, is a romantic author.
The paper first gives a brief overview of the cultural ideas that were circulating at the time that both of the previously mentioned authors were actively writing. It later identifies key characteristics in literature of their respective movements, giving examples of how they are used within the text. It then identifies the use of specific symbols, light and darkness, within each of the two works, and discusses how the author´s use of them impacts the message that they are conveying. The conclusion is then made that the placement of symbols within the context of a story is key. Symbols evoke emotions, which can subtly emphasize key points that the author tries to make while simultaneously helping the audience to better connect with them.
Speakers
avatar for Brayden Jackman

Tuesday April 3, 2018 10:00am - 10:15am MDT
ED 203
  Global Engagement

10:00am MDT

Cultures of London 2
Twenty SUU students traveled to London for six days over Spring Break 2018 and experienced firsthand the city's many cultures. Each student has a story to tell illustrating something they learned while in London and how they learned it. Experiencing another culture is not only educational; it can also be quite entertaining.
Speakers
KB
KB
SC
KC
avatar for Kurt Harris

Kurt Harris

Director of Learning Abroad, Southern Utah University

Tuesday April 3, 2018 10:00am - 10:15am MDT
ED 204
  Global Engagement

10:00am MDT

Developing Grassroots Chinese, American Friendship
Southern Utah University received the “Bridging Award” presented by the Edgar and Helen Snow Studies Center at Northwest University in Xian, China. This special recognition was awarded to SUU for our commitment to promoting international friendship and understanding. The presenter will share various projects created by the College of Performing and Visual Arts over the past seven years that were instrumental in fostering partnerships and relationships necessary to promote global understanding and also provide transformative experiences for our students.
Speakers
SM

Tuesday April 3, 2018 10:00am - 10:15am MDT
ED 205
  Global Engagement

10:00am MDT

Variation of Dialectal Features in Spain According to Socioeconomics and Educational Levels
This sociolinguistic study investigates the variation patterns of dialectal features in the community of Segorbe, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain. The analysis focuses on how, within the same community, speakers’ use of certain dialectal features varies according to social variables like socioeconomic status and educational level. The data come from sociolinguistic interviews with four participants, two males and two females from the studied speech community. The participants were of different ages, levels of education and income. Each participant had different dialectal variations.

Data analysis showed that the use of prestigious dialectal forms is higher among the male participants with a higher educational level. It also showed that the educational level may be a more reliable indicator than the socioeconomic status variable to measure variation among the speakers of this community. The data indicates, in addition, that in relation to the linguistic aspect of prosody, the educational level of the participants is not as important as the socioeconomic status.
Speakers
AP

Tuesday April 3, 2018 10:00am - 10:15am MDT
LIB 201 A
  Global Engagement

10:00am MDT

Heat Transfer of a Phase Change Material Thermal Energy System
Interest is growing in the utilization of passive thermal energy stored or released during the phase change of a substance. A variety of applications exist for the use of latent heat energy such as building HVAC systems, electronics cooling, and passive heating and cooling of instruments in satellites. More than 40 years of work has been conducted in this field; however, there are still many possibilities for undergraduate engineering research to lead to new advancements. The objective of this project is to design and construct a test system to be used for experimentation and research in the thermal behavior of phase change materials. The system will consist of a vertical test cylinder which will be heated and cooled inwardly by using copper tubing wrapped in a counterflow arrangement around the outside of the test vessel. The copper tubing will be connected to a constant temperature bath that can provide fluid to heat or cool the copper tank in the range of -20oC to 100oC. Progress of the phase change will be monitored using more than a 100 thermocouples. Once the test system is complete, water will be utilized as the phase change material and validate the test system. Future work will consist of testing 99% pure eicosane (C20H42), and investigating the use of porous copper foam in conjunction with eicosane to improve heat transfer performance and measuring the thermal conductivity of the substance. Future users of the test system will be able to gain a better understanding of how this phase change energy is stored and released in different materials.
Speakers
HG
BT
DU

Tuesday April 3, 2018 10:00am - 10:15am MDT
LIB 002
  Innovation in Specialized Disciplines

10:00am MDT

Suspicious Patterning: Aesthetic Implications in Margaret Cavendish's Nature
The Early Modern Period of Philosophy, though in the thick of the classical Baroque period, is severely lacking in popular aesthetic theory. While this might be the case, the accounts of causation and perception can be decidedly important in understanding the philosophical attitudes toward the creation of art. I think that we can employ the account of nature and causation of Margaret Cavendish in her Observations on Experimental Philosophy to piece together an account of aesthetics in the Early Modern Period.
If Cavendish remains married to her distaste for crafts that are unnatural compositions of parts of nature, then she would have to call for a rejection of the arts which are inherently unnatural and intentional attempts to create a false sense of the natural world. I intend to offer reason to believe that this rejection of the visual arts would follow from her account of our interaction with nature. Additionally, I will attempt to offer an account of certain kinds of visual arts that might still be acceptable in Cavendish’s world that would still be consistent with her rejection of the unnatural combining of parts of nature. Further, I will offer a summary of the ancient account of aesthetics given by Plato as reference to the philosophical understanding of imitation and deception through art.
Speakers
TB

Tuesday April 3, 2018 10:00am - 10:15am MDT
ED 215
  Innovation in Specialized Disciplines   Distinguished Student Project

10:00am MDT

The Body in Extremity: Sarah Kane and the effect of affect
Sarah Kane’s Phaedra’s Love and Cleansed were originally staged in starkly different ways. While Cleansed almost exclusively relied on highly stylized representations of violence, Phaedra’s Love (in particular the first production directed by Kane herself) attempted to perform “real” violence on stage. Despite these differences, both plays focus on themes of love and death, creation and destruction, and structure and anti-structure. These broad themes are narrowed by the play’s othering of various characters and groups of people. For example, Cleansed’s focus on the concentration camp, the non-normative and violently punished aspects of LGBTQ+ relationships, and the othering accomplished through heteronormative gender prescriptions. Through neuroscientific theories of emotion and affect this paper will contrast the potential bodily effects/affects of highly stylized and “real” forms of performative violence in order to understand possible sociocultural effects.


Theatre is effective because of its ability to engage the body; however, as Jill Dolan asserts in Utopia in Performance, the work of understanding this experience in the theatre (its liveness, its affect) is “the most ineffable, most difficult aspect of performance to capture, to manipulate and to ‘prove’: how it makes people feel.”[2] Violence, and indeed performative violence, evokes feelings, emotions, and affects powerfully. Through an integration of neuroscience, theories of the performative, and work in trauma and violence studies my research works to make this “most difficult aspect of performance” legible and provides an avenue for understanding the various forms of performative violence and its sociocultural impact.
Speakers
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Scott Knowles

Director, Festival of Excellence

Tuesday April 3, 2018 10:00am - 10:15am MDT
ED 111
  Research to Increase our Physical and/or Mental Well­-being

10:00am MDT

The Reliability of the Standing Long Jump in NCAA Track and Field Athletes
Abstract

Many athletes require lower body power for their various sports, such as track and field athletes. When determining this particular attribute in track and field athletes, it is vital that the reliability of the test is determined for the particular athletic group so that coaches can monitor the training state of the athletes. PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to determine the reliability of the standing long jump (SLJ) in NCAA track and field athletes. METHODS: Thirteen NCAA Division I track and field athletes (male n=6 and female n=7) (age: 21.0±2.0yrs, height: 178.0±7.6cm, mass: 80.0±18.2kg) participated in three trials of the SLJ. After completing a dynamic warm-up, the trials of the SLJ were executed. The athletes stayed warmed-up in between the trials, walking and jogging to keep moving, as is the nature of athletics. In completing the SLJ trials, the athletes performed a standard countermovement SLJ, and distance was measured from the starting line to where the rear heel was upon landing. In order to determine the reliability of the SLJ, the best of Trials 1 and 2, were compared to Trial 3 with: Pearson (PCC) and Intraclass Correlation Coefficients (ICC), SEm, ∆ Means, and CV%. RESULTS: The best of trial 1 and trial 2 SLJ scores were: 2.37±0.37m, while trial 3 scores were: 2.39±0.37m. The interclass reliability coefficient was r=0.99 (UL:1.00, LL:0.97). The intraclass reliability coefficient was ICC=0.99 (UL:1.00, LL:0.97). The Standard Error of Measurement (SEm) =0.04m (UL:0.07, LL:0.03). The ∆ Means= 0.02±0.06m (UL:0.05, LL:-0.01). The typical error CV% =1.97 (UL:3.0, LL:1.5). CONCLUSION: Within the parameters of this study, it was found that the SLJ is a highly reliable field test of horizontal muscular power for collegiate track and field athletes.
Speakers
CR

Tuesday April 3, 2018 10:00am - 10:15am MDT
ED 202
  Research to Increase our Physical and/or Mental Well­-being   Distinguished Student Project

10:00am MDT

Live from Studio97
SUU Graduate and Online Schools Studio97 is a new video recording studio for SUU Faculty to use to help with their classes, be it online, or face to face. We have also started planning the use of a Light Board for recordings so the Professor can look at the camera aka Students and engage them as well as show or write on the Light Board without turning their backs to the camera aka Students. I would like to show how that is done as well as show some of the work being planned in Studio97
Speakers
SF

Tuesday April 3, 2018 10:00am - 10:15am MDT
ED 104
  Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

10:00am MDT

Not-So-Secret Agent: The Teacher's Role in Social Justice
Like it or not, teachers directly influence the extent to which their schools are truly equitable places of learning and development for all students. When teachers become aware of that role, they are empowered to advocate on behalf of their students. Work with past and present teachers demonstrates how practitioner research helps teachers develop this awareness. Teachers who conduct research in their own classrooms and school see schools as places of social growth and change and become agents of that change.
Individual examples of teachers who are "change agents" will be presented.
Speakers
JJ

Tuesday April 3, 2018 10:00am - 10:15am MDT
ED 103
  Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

10:00am MDT

The New College of Sciences, Society, Humanities and Engineering.
We plan on holding a panel discussion in the fashion of a Socratic dialogue based upon the trajectory of higher education. Our panel topic is summarized as follows:

As a gesture of commitment towards stewarding value across the university we suggest two more types of classes: one which fulfills upper-division elective credits and blends majors i.e., an upper-division philosophy course entitled 'Philosophy of Science' made available for certain science and humanities majors in lieu of other required reading and writing courses; the other which fulfills the general education requirement but has an emphasis on basic logic. The value of a basic understanding of logic would increase the entire schools ability for critical thinking and we wouldn't have any qualms without our designation if we just did the right thing. The opportunity for bridging departments both at an associate's degree level as well as a bachelor's degree level is crucial for surviving the trend of specialization. The wave of tech-focus is drawing to an end, and the new age of a technical and holistic education draws nigh. Let's be the first to realize the marriage of COSE and HSS into COSSHE.
Speakers
AG
JH
GJ
JO
SS

Tuesday April 3, 2018 10:00am - 10:35am MDT
BU 103
  Innovation in Specialized Disciplines

10:10am MDT

Pinching Pennies and Living Dreams: A Discussion on Money Management with Incoming Freshman.
Numerous high school students and their parents share a dream of walking across a stage at a University and receiving a well deserved diploma. Unfortunately according to the National Center for Education Statistics of the 2009 national cohort only 59% of students obtained degrees. Some may say, that particular statistic does not apply here at Southern Utah University, however, our 2009 cohort graduated at only 47%. This means that out of 100 excited Freshman 53 will not finish their degree and achieve their dream of an SUU diploma. Research shows that there are seven reasons students dropout of college, the second highest reason being finances. Generation Z students are hypersensitive to money and its challenges due to the recession, wars, and family debt they experienced growing up. However, many have not been taught how manage their money successfully. When these students reach college they are thrown into the tsunami of student loans, housing costs, tuition, and car payments. Student Affairs here at SUU is aware of this and will be implementing new approaches to effectively support and prepare our future Freshman as they begin their journey to achieving their dreams.
Speakers
SH

Tuesday April 3, 2018 10:10am - 10:17am MDT
Living Room
  Innovation in Specialized Disciplines

10:20am MDT

Bringing Health Education and Encouraging Independence in an Elder of the Cedar City Community.
My name is Kayla Smith, and I’m a student in the nursing program. My project, wherein I visited with an elder of the community once or twice a week, fulfilled a health goal, and created a therapeutic relationship, was meant to remind me of the people I’m working for.

Here in Cedar City, I’ve met with a 70 y/o man, unmarried and with no kids, throughout Fall Semester 2017. I wrote a blog chronicling my experiences with my elder, and documenting how well I managed to help the elders of our community learn about their own healths and resources.

The elders in our community are often an overlooked population, particularly those who are healthy; because they aren’t in the hospital, or in a long-term care facility, they tend to fade into the background. I will be doing my best to not only help a member of our community, but I hope to be making a friend and gaining a new perspective on life as well.
Speakers
KS

Tuesday April 3, 2018 10:20am - 10:35am MDT
ED 215
  Community Engagement

10:20am MDT

Parking Problems at SUU: Aerial Drone Footage and Statistics
It has been asserted that "we don't really have a parking problem here at SUU." In this talk, we present Ultra HD incontrovertible, indisputable, undeniable, unassailable direct aerial drone footage data of three parking lots monitored hourly from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. to objectively quantify the magnitude of the parking issue in 3 lots on campus. Using combinatorics and frequentist statistics we calculate empirical probabilities for finding a parking space as a function of hour and parking lot as well as the probability of find a "pull-through" parking space. We carry out Monte Carlo simulations of parking based on these probabilities to estimate the efficacy of various parking schemes.
Speakers
KM
DM
AM
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Brandon Wiggins

Assistant Professor of Physics, Southern Utah University

Tuesday April 3, 2018 10:20am - 10:35am MDT
BU 101
  Community Engagement

10:20am MDT

Breaking into The Baker Street Boys Club: Laurie King's Mary Russell Series and "The Game"
In 1934, the creator and first leader of the Baker Street Irregulars, Christopher Morley, declared that “The first meeting will be stag.” This refusal to allow women membership became a policy of the BSI, the first and most famous Sherlock Holmes society, until 1991, alienating and limiting the interactions of female Sherlock Holmes scholars and fans for almost sixty years. The Baker Street Irregulars has boasted the membership of famous authors from Rex Stout to Neil Gaiman, and a benefit of membership is participation in a special kind of writing exercise called “the game,” where it was assumed that Sherlock Holmes was an actual person. Although Laurie King’s Mary Russell series is an excellent example of the kind of writing required by “the game,” she faced harsh criticism for introducing a female protagonist to work alongside Holmes. In the last thirty years, the Baker Street Irregulars have worked to be more inclusive of both female writers and fans in general, but the larger fan culture is still catching up. Although Laurie King now has a membership in the Baker Street Irregulars, she and other female authors like her are constantly working against the boy’s club mentality provided by the early Baker Street Irregulars, which had significant impact on larger fan culture for the Sherlock Holmes books and can still be seen in some modern interpretations of the stories like the BBC’s Sherlock and Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes film series.
Speakers
CS

Tuesday April 3, 2018 10:20am - 10:35am MDT
BU 110
  Creative Expression & Analysis

10:20am MDT

Inequality in Entertainment Media: Censorship, Erasure, and Gender Bias
While people may assert that pop culture and media is designed for everyone to consume and enjoy equally, it is actually catered to and manipulated by those that create and distribute this information. Furthermore, the generation who creates the media during any specific time period, retains more control of the information being shared than the generations of those consuming the information. This allows for total control of subject matter, presentation, and the particulars of actualities distributed or discussed within the society. No form of pop culture is exempt of this control. From tabloids to reality TV and video games to movies, pop culture can influence society’s behaviors, stereotypes, ideals and values in a positive or negative manner. I would not be amiss in saying that the hand that crafts the information, rules the world.
Speakers
CJ

Tuesday April 3, 2018 10:20am - 10:35am MDT
ED 102
  Creative Expression & Analysis

10:20am MDT

A Glimpse Into Global Healthcare
From a healthcare administrative perspective, what is Nicaragua’s healthcare system like? I will present on key processes in Nicaragua’s system along with findings on if the country could host a world-class surgical center from One World Surgery. I will gain this information first hand through a cultural immersion trip to Nicaragua in March of 2018.
Speakers
JB

Tuesday April 3, 2018 10:20am - 10:35am MDT
ED 205
  Global Engagement

10:20am MDT

Cultures of London 3
Twenty SUU students traveled to London for six days over Spring Break 2018 and experienced firsthand the city's many cultures. Each student has a story to tell illustrating something they learned while in London and how they learned it. Experiencing another culture is not only educational; it can also be quite entertaining.
Speakers
JC
ZC
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Kurt Harris

Director of Learning Abroad, Southern Utah University
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BS

Tuesday April 3, 2018 10:20am - 10:35am MDT
ED 204
  Global Engagement

10:20am MDT

Linguistic Differences between Men and Women
Variation of Dialectal Features in Spain According to Socioeconomics and Educational Levels



This sociolinguistic study investigates the variation patterns of dialectal features in the community of Segorbe, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain. The analysis focuses on how, within the same community, speakers’ use of certain dialectal features varies according to social variables like socioeconomic status and educational level. The data come from sociolinguistic interviews with four participants, two males and two females from the studied speech community. The participants were of different ages, levels of education and income. Each participant had different dialectal variations.

Data analysis showed that the use of prestigious dialectal forms is higher among the male participants with a higher educational level. It also showed that the educational level may be a more reliable indicator than the socioeconomic status variable to measure variation among the speakers of this community. The data indicates, in addition, that in relation to the linguistic aspect of prosody, the educational level of the participants is not as important as the socioeconomic status.
Speakers
SB

Tuesday April 3, 2018 10:20am - 10:35am MDT
LIB 201 A
  Global Engagement

10:20am MDT

The Diathermometer and the Thermal Conductivity of Air
Thermal conductivity is a measurement of the ability of a material to conduct heat. The thermal conductivity can easily be measured for solid materials. However, it is much more difficult to measure the thermal conductivity of gases. This is due to convection heat transfer in gases making up the majority of how heat is transferred. In 1860, the thermal conductivity of air was thought to be too difficult to measure and nearly impossible to calculate. In the mid-1800’s Josef Stefan set out to build a device capable of measuring the thermal conductivity of ideal gases (including air). Around this era, there have been attempts to measure the thermal properties of gases with minimal success. The problem was finding a way to change the temperature of ideal gases without causing natural convection currents. This issue was solved when Josef Stefan developed the Diathermometer. The goal of this experiment is to build a diathermometer, measure, and predict the thermal conductivity of air.
Speakers
CC

Tuesday April 3, 2018 10:20am - 10:35am MDT
LIB 002
  Innovation in Specialized Disciplines

10:20am MDT

Tidal Disruptions radius's around black holes
We have a supermassive black hole in the center of our galaxy (Sagittarius A). A stellar (or average-sized) black hole is created when, in essence, a star collapses in on itself. While stellar black holes may be 10's of solar masses in size, supermassive black holes tend to weigh millions or tens of billions of suns. The process of accretion disk formation is not well understood, along with what takes place in their formation. We test the formation of accretion disks by the phenomena of tidal disruption, which gives insight into super massive black hole formation itself. We tested several specific scenarios involving the course of a star in the vicinity of a black hole. Using smoothed particle hydrodynamics, we modeled the process of tidal disruption on the star in its trajectory, spaghettification, and consequent obliteration. We discuss implications of our results for how massive black holes may have grown through cosmic time.
Speakers
PC
KC

Tuesday April 3, 2018 10:20am - 10:35am MDT
ED 104
  Innovation in Specialized Disciplines

10:20am MDT

Evaluation of cultivatable rhizosphere-associated bacteria isolated from Manzanita (Arctostaphylos patula) in Southern Utah for plant growth promoters
Manzanita (Arctostaphylos), an evergreen shrub common to desert regions of the western United States, are of interest for their ecological role as an important food source for wildlife, for erosion control on dry, rocky, slopes, and, for their potential use in xeriscaping due to their drought tolerance, showy flowers, and attractiveness to birds and butterflies. Very little information is available on beneficial microbes associated with manzanita despite growing evidence that rhizospheric, endospheric, and phyllospheric microbes play important roles in promoting plant growth, strengthening resistance to plant pathogens, controlling frost injury, and in controlling plant diversity within local ecosystems. Mechanisms by which plant-associated microbes influence host fitness include plant hormone production, protection of the plant from pathogen colonization, and nutrient cycling, including nitrogen fixation and phosphate solubilization. In this study, cultivation-based techniques were used to isolate bacteria from the rhizospheres of the greenleaf manzanita (Arctostaphylos patula), to characterize the isolates for evidence of plant growth promoting activities, and to identify the isolated species using 16S rRNA gene sequencing. A total of 14 manzanita plants were sampled from three distinct populations in the Cedar City region of Southern Utah. From these samples, 47 rhizospheric bacterial isolates were identified through 16S DNA sequencing. Species common to all three locals included Clavibacter michiganensis, Caulobacter sp., Pseudomonas koreensis, Pseudomonas fluorescens, and Bacillus simplex. Several of these species have been reported to promote plant growth and to contribute to pathogen resistance in other plant species, suggesting a possibility of similar beneficial associations with Manzanita.
Speakers
MH
AR

Tuesday April 3, 2018 10:20am - 10:35am MDT
ED 203
  Outdoor Engagement & Environmental Stewardship

10:20am MDT

The Effect of Terpinen-4- ol on Blood Vessel Diameter in Frogs
Plants produce a series of compounds known as secondary metabolites which are not essential for primary growth or development, but do provide advantages such as chemical protection from herbivores or coloration to attract pollinators. Terpenoids are the largest category of plant-produced secondary metabolites. Terpenoids have been found to cause vasodilation in rat aortae and mesenteric arteries. However, previous research has shown that vasoconstriction occurs when the essential oil from Umbellularia californica is applied to small cutaneous blood vessels in leopard frogs (Rana pipiens). This essential oil is composed of several terpenoids, including terpinen-4-ol. To explore the possible cause of the observed vasoconstriction, we focused on this terpenoid in an isolated study. We applied the compound directly to cutaneous microvasculature in resected portions of frog skin and recorded changes in blood vessel diameter. Terpinen-4-ol caused a sustained reversible vasoconstriction of blood vessels in a concentration dependent manner. Our results suggest that Terpinen-4-ol may be partially responsible for the observed vasoconstriction caused by U. californica essential oil.
Speakers
MA
BO
MJ

Tuesday April 3, 2018 10:20am - 10:35am MDT
ED 111
  Research to Increase our Physical and/or Mental Well­-being

10:20am MDT

The Third Week Survey: Understanding the Student Retention Forecast from the Beginning
Why do students leave college? In small campus-community settings, retention is an ever-present challenge. At Southern Utah University, student affairs administrators have placed an intentional, proactive focus on creating an environment in which students can thrive. These administrators have created programs such as ACES to assist incoming students to transition successfully from high school to college. While these steps are associated with positive increases in retention of first-year students, we recognize that more could be done to identify struggling students and preemptively intervene. To this end, Dr. Eric Kirby developed the "Third Week Survey," which evaluates several wellness factors in an effort to predict students at risk for prematurely leaving college. The current project intends to analyze the Third Week Survey for criterion validity to explore an association between survey scores in the fall semester to subsequent GPA and retention status. Results will be presented in an oral presentation format at the Festival of Excellence.
Speakers
avatar for Evan Miller

Tuesday April 3, 2018 10:20am - 10:35am MDT
ED 202
  Research to Increase our Physical and/or Mental Well­-being

10:20am MDT

Emphasizing Identity and Culture in ENGL 2010
Reporting on the outcomes of my curriculum innovation grant for ENGL 2010: Writing about Identity and Culture.
Speakers
LW

Tuesday April 3, 2018 10:20am - 10:35am MDT
ED 103
  Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

10:20am MDT

SUU Halversen Strings
Roy, L. Halversen is one of the founders of SUU Music Department and a professor who was a beloved teacher at Southern Utah University and the community of Cedar City. He studied at Juilliard and in Germany. His dedication and passion has been passed down through his students. We honor his legacy by naming the newly founded Halversen Strings . Professor Halversen devoted his life to develop the music program especially in the strings area . The Music Department started a faculty group named the Halversen Faculty String Quartet about 10 year ago but stopped because a member left. As the new director of SUU newly founded established performing group, I would like to present this group which is comprised of by faculty members and students to perform in concert on the Festival Excellence Day as a live performance setting , or possibly have a concert in that evening at Thorley Hall in Music Department.
I would like submit this project as a in the signature performance.
Speakers
CB
RG
DI
LJ
ZL
TL
MP
SH
XS

Tuesday April 3, 2018 10:20am - 11:15am MDT
Thorley
  Community Engagement

10:40am MDT

Worry, Worry, Worry: The Millennial Anxiety Epidemic
The prevalence of anxiety has increased as the Millennial generation transitions into adulthood. This epidemic is due to the change in modern medicine, the understanding of mental illness and the impact technology has in our lives. Today, this generation is accountable for all phone notifications received at any moment of any day. This is one way the upbringing of Millennial's increases anxiety in young adults today.
Speakers
SP
JR
BW
NW

Tuesday April 3, 2018 10:40am - 10:47am MDT
Living Room
  Research to Increase our Physical and/or Mental Well­-being

10:40am MDT

'The Sturdiest of Footholds': A Comparative Analysis of the Affordable Housing Options Available to the Homeless Population in Salt Lake City, Utah
Homelessness is an important social issue that is continually increasing across the country. Aid programs and initiatives to reduce the number of homeless people in urban areas (and beyond) have been implemented, but some of these programs are more effective than others. Salt Lake City has implemented many different types of programs to improve this issue, and it is my hypothesis that these programs have been more efficient than programs in other metropolitan areas in the United States. This research would lead those involved with this issue to a better understanding of how to improve it. While conducting this research, the principal investigator will collect information on the different types of affordable housing options that are available to the homeless in Salt Lake City, Utah, as well as four other metropolitan areas in the United States of America. After collecting this information, a comparative analysis will be done to provide an explanation of the differences in the culture of homelessness between each of the four metropolitan areas and Salt Lake City. A ratio of the city’s population divided by the number of homeless people will be found. This ratio will be compared to the number of options they have available to them. The research will go on to analyze the types of options and programs in Salt Lake City, and whether they are more or less effective in fighting homelessness than the other cities examined, and why that may be. The researcher will then investigate why this may be by analyzing existing statistics and by interviewing members of the Salt Lake City community involved in this issue of homelessness. As Matthew Desmond stated, "We can start with housing, the sturdiest of footholds for economic mobility," and through improving these initiatives, we can more effectively fight homelessness.
Speakers
SE

Tuesday April 3, 2018 10:40am - 10:55am MDT
ED 215
  Community Engagement

10:40am MDT

The impact of financial aid on students performance
The present study evaluates the effect of financial aid on student's academic Performance at Southern Utah University (SUU). Financial aid helps decrease the overall cost, or the full retail price of an institution. The objective seeks is to make students less worried about the cost and more focus on their studies. This study aims to evaluate the correlation between the Financial Aid amounts received by students and their GPA which is a measure of their academic performance. The results indicate that the amounts of financial aid given to students have no impact on academic outcomes.
Speakers
FC

Tuesday April 3, 2018 10:40am - 10:55am MDT
BU 101
  Community Engagement

10:40am MDT

Applications of Calculus: The most economical shape of a can.
We study the dimensions of a can that minimize the total cost to make it, where the total cost includes the cost of the metal and the cost of joining sides. Using Calculus, we find an equation which describes the relation between the ratio of height and radius, and the volume of the can.
Speakers
LW

Tuesday April 3, 2018 10:40am - 10:55am MDT
BU 110
  Creative Expression & Analysis

10:40am MDT

¿Me Puedes Ayudar? Tutoring Foreign Language Learners in Writing
The greatest writers (such as Tolstoy, Hemingway, Twain, or Shakespeare) are not considered so because their grammar was flawless or because they sometimes broke those grammar rules, but it is because they chose to write the right things. At the Writing Center, we help people do the same. How? By talking with the writers, finding what they are passionate about, and helping them to express those ideas in an order that is clear. If the writer provides necessary background information, removes irrelevant information, and places their ideas in the larger context of things, then their writing will stand above the vast majority of writing that is in the world.

This pattern is true for writing in many languages. Therefore, why can't a tutor who only speaks English help a writer who is writing in a different language? This is not done, but I believe this type of session can not only work, but it could be more effective than a standard English-English tutoring session.

To see how, we need to differentiate these types of sessions. In an English-English tutoring session, the writer brings a draft, the tutor reads it (taking about half the time of the session), then they talk about how to adjust the draft to make it better. In a foreign language tutoring session, the writer may bring a draft, for personal reference, then the writer and the tutor discuss the paper the entire time, in English. This new format gives more time for discussion, increases willingness to make large changes, and improves the writer's skill in identifying errors in their own writing.

This presentation will focus on the factors that make writing great, how these new sessions function, and my research which is collecting data to verify the effectiveness of these sessions.
Speakers
avatar for Donald Prunty

Tuesday April 3, 2018 10:40am - 10:55am MDT
ED 102
  Creative Expression & Analysis

10:40am MDT

Called to Serve...as Bilinguals
In defining the different levels of bilingualism among speakers is important and necessary to establish the social factors that can explain them (Silva-Corvalán, 2001). The present study seeks to explain the social factors that affect second language acquisition among Mormon missionaries who have learned Spanish in an extended stay abroad. Specifically, it looks at the specific factors that have an impact on the learning of the Spanish language among these returned Mormon missionaries. The data was collected from sociolinguistic interviews with four participants, the application of grammar tests and surveys. The results show that social interaction between native Spanish speakers and Mormon missionaries was the most important factor to develop higher levels of written and oral proficiency.
Speakers
KE

Tuesday April 3, 2018 10:40am - 10:55am MDT
LIB 201 A
  Global Engagement

10:40am MDT

Cultures of London 4
Twenty SUU students traveled to London for six days over Spring Break 2018 and experienced firsthand the city's many cultures. Each student has a story to tell illustrating something they learned while in London and how they learned it. Experiencing another culture is not only educational; it can also be quite entertaining.
Speakers
AH
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Kurt Harris

Director of Learning Abroad, Southern Utah University
KJ
KK
NS

Tuesday April 3, 2018 10:40am - 10:55am MDT
ED 204
  Global Engagement

10:40am MDT

The Birth of Islam
Islam is the world's second largest faith tradition and growing. This presentation will cover the origins of Islam and the background of its founder, Muhammad Ibn Abdullah. Given its prominent position among the world's faiths, this lecture is intended to give greater context and grounding as to why and how Islam was founded.
Speakers
avatar for Brad Cook

Brad Cook

Southern Utah University

Tuesday April 3, 2018 10:40am - 10:55am MDT
ED 205
  Global Engagement

10:40am MDT

Economic Impact of SUU Athletic Program Expenditures in Iron County
The purpose of this project was to estimate the economic impact on Iron County and the State of Utah of expenditures associated with the SUU athletic program. Using a regional input-output model, the economic impact was measured for 3 variables: employment, earnings, and GDP.
Speakers
SB

Tuesday April 3, 2018 10:40am - 10:55am MDT
BU 103
  Innovation in Specialized Disciplines

10:40am MDT

Exploring the Light-Harvesting Properties of Nature's Most Adaptive Pigments: Spectroscopy and Structural Studies of Bilins
Photosynthetic organisms utilize a variety of light-harvesting strategies for efficiently capturing sunlight necessary for the conversion of carbon dioxide and water into storable food/energy. These “strategies” depend on the sunlight available to the specific organism (also called light quality) and they manifest themselves in the form of light-harvesting proteins. These proteins are the key to enabling light capture in the quantities required to sustain life and growth, and at the heart of their success are pigments―those molecules bound inside of the protein and responsible for light absorption. While chlorophyll is the most widespread pigment utilized on Earth (plants, green algae, etc.), many organisms use a class of tetrapyrrole (four pyrrole rings linked together) pigments called bilins which can harvest light in a window of the solar spectrum not taken up by chlorophyll. A unique feature of bilins is their chemical and structural variability, which is often exploited in nature where they can be tailored to match available sunlight. In our group, we are taking a bottom-up approach to understanding the light-harvesting properties of bilins and Nature’s development thereof. Our approach involves breaking these molecules down into functional units of single pyrrolic derivatives, to dipyrrolic derivatives, up to the whole pigment to track the intrinsic light-harvesting properties and electronic states responsible for light capture. We employ UV-vis absorption, fluorescence, and IR spectroscopy coupled with quantum chemical calculations to achieve this goal, and we find that already in the dipyrrole case the pigment can absorb light in the solar range and with high efficiency.
Speakers
JD

Tuesday April 3, 2018 10:40am - 10:55am MDT
ED 104
  Innovation in Specialized Disciplines

10:40am MDT

Separating Organic Material Using a Microfluidic device
Our research is on separating organic material using a microfluidic device. A microfluidic device is used to prevent the mixing of liquids running through a tube. We are attempting to separate the organic material by using electric currents on either side of the device. Negatively charged material will be separated out to one side, positively charged material will be separated to the other side. The purpose of this research is to find a quick, and inexpensive way to separate DNA, which is negatively charged, from organic material. However, there are several other possible uses as well. Our research is currently still in the developmental stage. We are still working out how to maintain a constant liquid flow while applying a powerful electric charge, which creates a large amount of bubbles.
Speakers
AC
MJ

Tuesday April 3, 2018 10:40am - 10:55am MDT
LIB 002
  Innovation in Specialized Disciplines

10:40am MDT

Coral Reef Bleaching as a Result of Thermic Stress
Each day humans contribute a small amount to the increasing concentration of atmospheric gases just from our daily activities, which is further contributing to the larger issue that is global warming. Humans are now beginning to see some of the adverse consequences that stem from the rise in carbon dioxide levels, which can subsequently exacerbate the effects of global warming and result in widespread bleaching of the coral reefs. It is important that we try and reverse the influences of global warming that cause the bleaching of the coral reefs or humans will be responsible for the eradication of one of nature's oldest and most extraordinary ecosystems. Some of the most influential factors that have the potential to reverse the current trend in coral reef bleaching have been identified. Evidence shows that by reducing our carbon dioxide emissions, effectively implementing carbon sinks, and researching alternative symbiotic algal partners for the corals actually do have the potential to restore the great coral reefs. This research aims to educate humans on the harm we are inflicting on the environment, and to excite change.
Speakers
avatar for Patricia Reeves

Tuesday April 3, 2018 10:40am - 10:55am MDT
ED 203
  Outdoor Engagement & Environmental Stewardship

10:40am MDT

An Experiment to Evaluate the Deflection of a Beam
In engineering applications, when different components such as beams, columns or foundations have been used, they are typically designed within certain limits. Limits are placed on the amount of elastic beam deflection when it is subjected to a load. The design of such beams can be complex but is to ensure the beam can safely carry the required load. In our previous paper, a device was designed and constructed to evaluate the elastic deflection of a beam. The paper discussed the fundamentals of beam deflection and a simple, cost effective method (integration method) to evaluate the amount of deflection and the slope at the free end of a beam. The purpose of this paper is to examine, both analytically and experimentally, the fundamentals associated with four beams made from the following materials: copper, steel, bronze, and aluminum. The analytical results from this experiment were compared to SolidWorks simulation data. SolidWorks uses the Finite Element Analysis method to determine the deflection along a beam. All characteristics of the experiment were considered in the simulation, such as gravity, length, width, thickness, and material properties. Upon successful completion of this exercise, participants understood the concept of elastic beam deflection and evaluated the deflection of a beam under different vertical loads. This exercise demonstrated the experimental values and published values match within 95%.
Speakers
JC

Tuesday April 3, 2018 10:40am - 10:55am MDT
ED 202
  Research to Increase our Physical and/or Mental Well­-being

10:40am MDT

Curriculum Innovation: Honors Seminar- Just and Diverse
The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) offered curriculum innovation grants (CIG) for instructors to significantly change one element of a course they teach, utilizing guidance from peers and experts in specific areas. As a recipient of a CIG for innovation in the area of diversity, I designed a new course for the Honors Program: Just and Diverse. This presentation will discuss the ways in which backward design and innovative instructional methods were used to develop a new and meaningful course for the Honors Program.
Speakers
JB

Tuesday April 3, 2018 10:40am - 10:55am MDT
ED 103
  Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

10:40am MDT

Body of Work: OERs in an Integrated Anatomy and First-Year Writing Class
With support from the Provost's office, the author's have designed an integrated course that satisfies requirements for Introductory Writing (ENGL 1010) and Human Anatomy and Physiology (BIOL 1020); however, as the students we are targeting are not science majors, traditional “science writing” materials have little benefit for the future types of writing they will do, hence the appeal of OERs as both a part of the writing process and as an eventual focus of student production from the course. As a result, to support this cross-curricular integration, we will 1) draw on the flexibility offered by existing OERs, and 2) develop student-created OERs as part of the writing curriculum of the course. Ultimately, the goal of the course is to create a Human Biology OER applicable to one semester combined A&P courses containing material produced by students for students. In our presentation, we will be discussing the collaborative process of course development and implementation, providing tips and strategies for other faculty looking to integrate across disciplines. Preliminary assessment data will be presented separately as a poster presentation.
Speakers
JB
LR
RS
TZ

Tuesday April 3, 2018 10:40am - 11:15am MDT
ED 111
  Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

10:50am MDT

Semester in the Parks
Semester in the Parks is a unique, field based program where you live, work, and study in Bryce Canyon National Park. It is a great way to spend your semester learning through hands on experiences and field labs where you travel to different national parks and other surrounding areas.

In the presentation we will have former semester in the parks students explaining the program and sharing their experiences from the semester. The presentation will talk about classes, employment with Ruby's Inn Resort, living in the park, field labs, group dynamic, and an idea of a typical day in the semester.
Speakers
MM

Tuesday April 3, 2018 10:50am - 10:57am MDT
Living Room
  Outdoor Engagement & Environmental Stewardship

11:00am MDT

Not your Average Sticks
Most Americans struggle with a skill that children at the age of four can master. This skill is the ability to use chopsticks, a utensil that's used around the world. Chopsticks are not just two simple sticks. There is various types, rules, deep history, and more to chopsticks than your everyday average twig.
Speakers
HL

Tuesday April 3, 2018 11:00am - 11:07am MDT
Living Room
  Global Engagement

11:00am MDT

Cultivating an Interfaith Culture on a University Campus
A report of the progress SAIL (the Student Alliance of Interfaith Leaders) has made in improving the interfaith culture at SUU. This is especially important in today’s political climate, particularly as SUU strives to grow and make important international connections. SAIL promotes understanding, education, cooperation and unity, while reducing stigma, ignorance, apathy, and discord. The presentation includes a summary of what has been done,and what should be done in the future by all interested in improving their community. I will also briefly describe a painting I have done titled “Saint or Sinner” that is inspired by my work with SAIL. SAIL is the only program of its kind on SUU’s campus, opening eyes and changing lives.
Speakers
AJ

Tuesday April 3, 2018 11:00am - 11:15am MDT
BU 101
  Community Engagement

11:00am MDT

Thoughts of a Middle School Student
I will be showing two videos containing the similarities and differences between middle school students five years ago and present students. The discussion after the videos will be based on the major issues of Middle school (bullying, self acceptance, and everyday stresses)
Speakers
AB

Tuesday April 3, 2018 11:00am - 11:15am MDT
ED 215
  Community Engagement

11:00am MDT

Animation Plus: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Creating an Animated Short
This project is an experiment in creating a 3D animation influenced by modern film and theatre. Through history there have been various marriages between various art forms. In recent years, there has been an increasing disconnect between film and theatre. Early animation began with strong ties to vaudeville and the newspaper comic strip, but over the years, the animation industry has stuck close to its own sensibilities. This undergraduate research combines the similarities and differences between the various performing arts and attempts to create a continuing conversation within the world of performance.
Speakers
JP

Tuesday April 3, 2018 11:00am - 11:15am MDT
BU 110
  Creative Expression & Analysis

11:00am MDT

The Art of Portraiture in Neue Sachlichkeit
Neue Sachlichkeit, or New Objectivity, is the German art movement that arose out of the ashes of the calamity of World War I and faced the new German republic: Weimar. As a direct reaction to Expressionism, which focused on displaying emotion, how would the roaring 20’s of Berlin deal with the devastation and tragedy of WWI? By looking at the portraiture works of four artists in Neue Sachlichkeit we are given an answer. Comparing and contrasting the styles, interests, and personalities of Otto Dix, Christian Schad, August Sander, and Annelise Kretschmer we are given insight to the politics, gender equality, and emotions of the Weimar Republic.
Though tempers were high and emotions complicated, Neue Sachlichkeit is more formal, more cold, and more realistic than any other art movement in 1920’s Europe. By focusing on the four artist’s work with portraiture we are able to see four distinct experiences and reactions within the movement itself. Dix, angry from WWI and unsatisfied with the present, focused of the grotesque and the satirical; painting not portraits of people but portraits of society. Schad’s approach was more subtle focusing on the elite and upper class of Berlin focusing on the risque and glamour that was taken for granted at the time. Sander and Kretschmer, both photographers, had an earnest desire to capture the people and their personality within their portraits. Sander had a desire to capture the portraits of every person in Germany, while Kretschmer was fighting to maintain a studio as one of the only female photographers of Neue Sachlichkeit. These four artists are not often compared and contrasted to each other, but the theme of Neue Sachlichkeit permeates them all and their art of portraiture retells the story of the Weimar Republic and their lives in Germany during the 1920s.
Speakers
SS

Tuesday April 3, 2018 11:00am - 11:15am MDT
ED 102
  Creative Expression & Analysis

11:00am MDT

Cultures of London 5
Twenty SUU students traveled to London for six days over Spring Break 2018 and experienced firsthand the city's many cultures. Each student has a story to tell illustrating something they learned while in London and how they learned it. Experiencing another culture is not only educational; it can also be quite entertaining.
Speakers
avatar for Kurt Harris

Kurt Harris

Director of Learning Abroad, Southern Utah University
BP
DR
DR
KW

Tuesday April 3, 2018 11:00am - 11:15am MDT
ED 204
  Global Engagement

11:00am MDT

The Discourse Marker 'pues' among Colombian Spanish Speakers
The linguistic study of the discourse marker ‘pues’ has been quite extensive in recent years. Some studies (Grajales Alzate, 2011; Uribe Mallarino, 2015; Guevara, 2015) have looked at the different uses of this discourse marker and the functions it plays in the oral discourse among speakers of Medellín, Colombia. Scholar try to understand, with these linguistic investigations, the functions of the connectors and discourse markers in the language, and how they work in the oral discourse.
This study is aimed at describing the frequency of occurrence of the discourse marker ‘pues’ among the speakers of the cities of Medellín and Pereira, in Colombia, comparing the frequency of use in speakers of rural and urban areas in both cities. It looks at social variables such as gender, age, educational level and place of origin and how they impact the speakers’ use of discourse markers. It was hypothesized that speakers from rural areas of Medellín use the discourse marker ‘pues’ more frequently than the speakers from Pereira. Preliminary results show that both types of speakers use the discourse marker frequently, however, Medellin’s speakers do not use it more frequently than Pereira’s speakers.
Speakers
SO

Tuesday April 3, 2018 11:00am - 11:15am MDT
LIB 201 A
  Global Engagement

11:00am MDT

Translation of Culture-loaded Tourist Attractions from an Intercultural Communication Perspective
Intercultural communication theory analyzes the role of different cultures in achieving successful interpersonal communication. Translating one language into another one is a typical process of intercultural communication, whose goal is to help readers understand the culture of the source language.

Names of culture-loaded tourist attractions carry with them a rich culture of the source language, and were mainly designed to convey that information to tourists. To a large degree, whether the translations of these names are good or not depends on the response of the tourists. According to intercultural communication theory, communication can be difficult when people from high context cultures communicate with others from low context cultures. China is recognized as a high context culture, while English speaking countries are usually seen as low context cultures. It is likely that even if we have translated Chinese names of culture-loaded tourist attractions into English, tourists from English speaking countries may still find it hard for them to understand those English translations, let alone to understand the Chinese culture behind those names.

This project aims to analyze dozens of collected English translations of Chinese culture-loaded tourist attractions, uncover the reasons for their failure to improve communication between English and Chinese culture, and propose a translation strategy— the form-and-meaning double duplicated strategy — to help improve Chinese-English translations of culture-loaded tourist attractions.
Speakers
avatar for Tingting Gu

Tuesday April 3, 2018 11:00am - 11:15am MDT
ED 205
  Global Engagement

11:00am MDT

Analysis of Lipid Vesicles Resulting From Bilayer Stripping
Lipids are an important part of cell membranes. When in water, these lipids form a model cell
shape called a vesicle. When lipid vesicles come in contact with smooth glass they form
Supported Lipid Bilayers (SLB) which are unrolled, flattened, lipid vesicles on glass. These
bilayers are important for the purification, separation, and study of cell membrane
substituents. As a fast moving buffer flows over these bilayers, it disrupts the bilayer and strips
portions of it from the glass and reforms into vesicles. We are building a device to determine
the number and size of these particles that are produced from stripping the bilayer.
Speakers
SS

Tuesday April 3, 2018 11:00am - 11:15am MDT
ED 104
  Innovation in Specialized Disciplines

11:00am MDT

Liberty. Equality. Fraternity: Comparison of the British and French Monarchies from 1643-1795 and the Impact on Modern Governments
Monarchies were the predominant form of government, dating back to the early recorded history. Strong primary leaders led the development of the world, through colonization and industrialization. However, during a transition consequent to The Enlightenment, many governments experienced changes, some more drastic than others. The most contrasting nations are France and Great Britain, with the collapse of the French monarchy into a dictatorship and eventual republic, and Great Britain’s slight transition into a constitutional monarchy which still exists today. This paper addresses the political, social, and economic contexts from 1643-1795 that may have led to such drastic results for each nation.
Speakers
AB

Tuesday April 3, 2018 11:00am - 11:15am MDT
LIB 002
  Innovation in Specialized Disciplines

11:00am MDT

Is There a Gender Pay Gap Among Faculty at SUU?
This paper provides an analysis on salaries for female and male faculty members at Southern Utah University. Given all the attention that gender pay gap has gotten in the last years, I have decided to respond to the question if Southern Utah University, the university where I study, has a gender pay gap among faculty members. After gathering information on SUU’s faculty education, job position, age, and salary, I used a linear regression model to answer this question. The results of the study suggest that there is not enough evidence to prove that there is a gender pay gap among SUU faculty, probably because the data set is limited to the year 2016.
Speakers
JM

Tuesday April 3, 2018 11:00am - 11:15am MDT
BU 103
  Innovation in Specialized Disciplines   Distinguished Student Project

11:00am MDT

Orientation of Paleostress of Raplee Ridge
For my EDGE project I studied the strain that occurs in the Honaker Trail Formation along the San Juan River. The particular section of the Honaker Trail Formation consists of limestone with chert nodules. The limestone has been folded into a large anticline (Raplee Ridge) and there are a few fractures present throughout the fold. The chert nodules on the other hand are extremely fractured. The objective was to determine the order of geologic events that caused the strain in both the limestone and the chert. In order to study this formation I took a group of SUU geology students to float down the San Juan River to get to the location. The people that went with me will be my field assistants and help me collect data. None of the people accompanying me on this trip are considering this trip as their own EDGE or undergraduate research projects.
I choose this particular project because I am very interested in structural geology. This project helped me better understand structural geology in the field. This project also allowed me to gain experience in conducting field work. I learned how to plan and organize the trip, delegate, collect and analyze data, and compile and present data in a professional manner. These skills that I gained will help me be successful in my career. Another reason that I choose this project is that it is in the area that I grew up in. I have a great appreciation for this area and I want to learn and understand more about how it became the unique, beautiful place it is
Speakers
LH

Tuesday April 3, 2018 11:00am - 11:15am MDT
ED 203
  Outdoor Engagement & Environmental Stewardship

11:00am MDT

Trapped in a Paradox: Exploring Avoidant Personality Disorder
This presentation will discuss avoidant personality disorder, its effects on the mind and behavior, and provide a summary of the service learning project/ case study completed involving direct contact with an avoidant personality disorder consumer. It will entail a literature review on the subject, a service report, and reflective thoughts focusing on what was learned from project. This research sought to answer the following questions: “What is avoidant personality disorder?” “What is generally the most effective treatment?” “What can be learned from face-to-face service with those who have the disorder?” “How can this project be applied to lectures from Dr. Steve Barney’s PSY 4310 class and to life?” and “What is the value of compassion and human contact when working with mental health consumers?” In addition, one of the main purposes of this service learning project was to provide a hands-on experience that can be applied to a future career in the field of psychology.
Speakers
AM

Tuesday April 3, 2018 11:00am - 11:15am MDT
ED 202
  Research to Increase our Physical and/or Mental Well­-being

11:00am MDT

Incorporating Undergraduate Research
As part of a Curriculum Innovation Grant, I redesigned an upper division Economics elective course to incorporate undergraduate research. Undergraduate research is one of the LEAP High Impact Practices. I will report on my experience on how I incorporated undergraduate research and the experience from the semester.
Speakers
avatar for Joshua Price

Joshua Price

Southern Utah University
I am an associate professor in Economics in the Leavitt School of Business at Southern Utah University.I am the Director of the Health Education Action Lab (https://www.heallabs.org/) whose mission is to find data-driven solutions to problems society faces at the intersection of health... Read More →

Tuesday April 3, 2018 11:00am - 11:15am MDT
ED 103
  Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

11:30am MDT

Keynote - APEX Event: Bertice Berry
The Apex Event Series is proud to present the Keynote speaker and event for the 2018 Festival of Excellence. This event is also the third of three of our Eccles Visiting Scholars for the 2018 -2018 season.

Sociologist, Bertice Berry, PhD. is, a best-selling author and award winning lecturer has been named Comedian of The Year, Lecturer of the Year and Entertainer of the Year. She has published 11 best-selling books in both fiction and non-fiction and has won numerous awards and accolades for both her writing and presentations. Berry has had her own nationally syndicated television show and has hosted, interviewed and made numerous television, documentary and radio appearances on a variety of diverse venues including The Tonight Show, Oprah Winfrey, Between The Lions, Crossfire, 20-20, NPR, PBS and Comedy Central and CBN. Berry has used her unique gifts and talents as a writer and ghost writer for others on a wide range of topics including race and gender issues, sociological studies, spirituality, sexuality, slavery and relationships.

More About Bertice Berry
Bertice Berry's Ted Talk
Speakers
avatar for Bertice Berry

Tuesday April 3, 2018 11:30am - 12:30pm MDT
Gilbert Great Hall
  Keynote

1:00pm MDT

"High Crimes and Misdemeanors," The Constitutional Basis for Presidential Impeachment: A Tribute to the Work of Francis Dunham Wormuth
It is popularly believed that Congress, can impeach a President of the United States for anything from treason to a simple misdemeanor, and given the fact that impeachment itself is only an accusation of wrong-doing that is true. But actually removing a president is another matter. The conviction and removal of a president must be based on rather high levels of impropriety, effectively violating the Constitution itself. What construes such a violation, however, is somewhat muddy given the two examples of actual impeachment in the history of the United States. What was the original intent of the framers of the Constitution? It is fairly clear that the original intentions of the framers
considered impeachment to be the ultimate safeguard against the possibility of personal tyranny, a fail-safe measure to use a modern term, and that purpose was believed to be well defined in their use of the words "treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors." Impeachment was not meant to be a
punishment for minor offenses but
a constitutional device to protect the republic from tyrannical acts including
subversion of the Constitution and treason. The basis of this definition of
"high crimes and misdemeanors" as nothing less than high crimes against the Constitution has roots in the framers understanding of "English precedent." and in "American practice. " the framers' meaning was quite clear, as was their intent, that such a definition was to be beyond congressional interpretation, therefore limiting the power of impeachment itself. The single greatest weakness of this device is that it has never actually been used to remove a president from office, and is therefore more of a theoretical remedy than one in actual practice with clear precedent. And in the final analysis, would a president actually accept a verdict and leave office?
Speakers
GM

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 1:15pm MDT
ED 215
  Community Engagement

1:00pm MDT

Exploratory Research of Artifact Management and Curation Practices
What are the primary duties of curation and artifact management at the SUU repository, Library Special Collections, the Frehner Natural History Museum, and Frontier Homestead that both reflect and shape anthropological research? How do the curation and management systems differ between locations and what is their significance?

Is there an impact by the work done at these locations on the student body - or, how aware are they of their each facility's purpose and function? Could more be done to spread the word, grow support, and increase interest in local archaeology?

Answering these questions will not only help promote awareness of those in the community who help manage important artifacts, but also the importance of the artifacts collected, or still awaiting discovery, as well as give me the opportunity to gain valuable experience in curation processes.
Speakers
AT

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 1:15pm MDT
BU 101
  Community Engagement

1:00pm MDT

Costume Crafts BFA Portfolio Review
A compilation of pieces I have made and concepts I have learned in my classes and added to my portfolio, with emphasis on costume crafts.
Speakers
NC

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 1:15pm MDT
Randall Jones Lobby
  Creative Expression & Analysis

1:00pm MDT

The "Mythic Sublime" in Irish Mythology
Belief in life, death, and rebirth is the most important concept in Irish mythology. Irish myths venerate all aspects of nature, from harsh winters to bountiful summers. In this project I will examine how Ireland’s physical landscape affected early Irish people’s myths, gods and goddesses. Because Irish myths have awe for the fearsome power of nature, they are deeply rooted into the “mythic sublime”. My concept of the mythic sublime incorporates both reverence and fear towards the divine because humans cannot fully comprehend divinity. Part of ancient Irish comprehension of the mythic sublime is the repeated image of life, death and rebirth in their myth and deities. In this project I will examine ancient Irish relationship to the mythic sublime by closely reading the Mythological Cycle and Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology, specifically the Táin Bó Cúailnge, which is the text of the Ulster cycle. I will also incorporate Kant’s theories about sublimity, Levi-Strauss’s “Structural Study of Myth” and Joseph Campbell’s theories about the four functions of myth. Using these scholars as secondary sources I will closely study how the repetition of life, death and rebirth is how ancient Irish people connected to the mythic sublime. I will also study whether or not the mythic sublime can be experienced in the modern world as we read, hear, and tell these myths. This project is significant because it will bridge the ancient Irish connection with the mythic sublime to the modern world, reflect on how modern people can connect to the mythic sublime, and how the mythic sublime helps humans understand the universe.
Speakers
MD

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 1:15pm MDT
BU 110
  Creative Expression & Analysis

1:00pm MDT

Panel "The Impact of Social factors on Linguistic Variation" Talk: "Linguistic Differences between Men and Women"
Differences in the speech of men and women include, among other aspects, their speech rate, their use of diminutives and pronouns and their differentiated use of vocabulary (Silva-Corvalán, 2001). Several studies have examined differences in men and women’s speech finding that men use stronger swear words than women (Bailey & Timm, 1976). In addition, women have been found to use more adverbs and adjectives than men when expressing wishes (Abbas, 2014).
This sociolinguistic study looks at differences in the linguistic behavior of men and women. Specifically, it analyzes the use of adjectives and adverbs among both groups. It is hypothesized that women will use more adverbs and adjectives as compared to men in daily conversation. The data comes from recorded sociolinguistic interviews with two groups of bilingual men and women. The analyzed data from the Spanish portion of the interview showed that the participants used similar amounts of adverbs and adjectives in their speech.
Speakers
SB
AP

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 1:15pm MDT
ED 204
  Global Engagement

1:00pm MDT

Religious Identity as a Component of National Identity in Post-Communist Europe
We explore the relationship between
Communist political regimes and religious identity becoming a key part of
national identity after the collapse of Communism at the country level. 
Speakers
DD
MS

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 1:15pm MDT
ED 111
  Global Engagement

1:00pm MDT

Athletic Training in the Community
Background: In small high schools and communities, there is a passion for playing and competing on sports teams is strong. However, inevitably, as a part of sports and physical activity, there are injuries that occur. injuries will inevitably occur as a part of sports. Many of these small schools and sports teams do not have resources to understand how to treat these injuries, such as an inversion or eversion ankle sprain. Objective: The purpose of this project is to provide a resource to attend to assist these needs to help healmanage these injuries. Methods: Working with the SUU Athletic Training Department, instructional video(s) will be created and distributed to teach coaching staff, administration, and athletes how to tape an ankle, and assist with management attend to those types of ankle injuries. The video of how to tape an ankle shows the different steps of the taping process, and how each plays a significant role in stabilizing the ankle. to help it heal Results: . As a result of this project, these small schools and sports teams will have a resource that the coaches, administrative staff, and athletes can turn to, so they will be able to practice safe and effective ways to treat these injuries when they happen. Conclusion: In conclusion, these taping videos will be made to help the coaching staff and athletes manage and care for injuries that occur during sport programs.
Speakers
SR

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 1:15pm MDT
ED 102
  Innovation in Specialized Disciplines

1:00pm MDT

Quantitative Determinations of Elements in Soil Using an X-Ray Fluorimeter
An X-Ray Fluorimeter can be used to determine elemental concentrations in solid materials; however, it must first be calibrated by comparing measurements made by a more traditional technique such as ICP-MS to make it more than a qualitative instrument. In the ICP MS Technique, the samples must first be digested with nitric acid and hydrogen peroxide while heating and then filtered. The XRF must be calibrated for samples with known concentrations of metals. It is intended to correlate the response of the XRF with the concentrations of soil samples measured by ICP-MS followed by digestion. Efficiency in both time and money of measuring concentration of soil samples via the XRF versus the ICPMS will be evaluated.
Speakers
MC
DF
AP

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 1:15pm MDT
ED 104
  Innovation in Specialized Disciplines

1:00pm MDT

Sport Rock Climbing: Nutrition and Hydration Considerations for One of the Newest Olympic Events
The unique physical act of climbing rock at an elite level requires physical and cognitive tenacity as well as an exceptionally lean physique. As a result, many elite and recreational sport rock climbers believe they need to eat little to be lighter to climb harder. As a certified sports specialist dietitian/nutritionist who climbs for pleasure, I have noticed interesting food and fluid consumption behaviors among climbers; for example, avoiding water and carbohydrates in the hours before ascending tall over-hanging rock with tiny holds. It’s likely that climbers achieve or maintain a low body weight/lean physique through erroneous methods that may consequently limit training capacity and jeopardize health. Despite the paucity of research pertaining to nutrition/hydration needs of climbers, I will present evidence-based recommendations with some interpolation from similar physical activity-based research, and include suitable food/fluid intake strategies for the elite-level adult rock climber seeking to maximize short-term and long-term performance.
Speakers
AL

Abigail Larson

Mentor, Kinesiology, Southern Utah University

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 1:15pm MDT
LIB 002
  Innovation in Specialized Disciplines

1:00pm MDT

Too sexy for the Pell Grant? Nudging students toward applying for college and financial aid
One of the barriers that prevent potential students of applying and enrolling in college are the perceived costs of attendance. For many students, there is a difference in the perceived cost of college and the cost that they will actually pay to attend. This study analyzes a randomized controlled experiment designed to nudge students toward college by providing salient information on the net cost of college.
Participants in the study consist of over 9,000 seniors from high schools that are in the same state as the university, which is a regional public university. All participants received a letter which offered automatic admission to the university, conditional that they fill out a free application. The letter also included references to where the students could go to learn more about the costs of the university and how to fill out a FAFSA and apply for a Pell Grant. A subset of participants were randomly assigned to a treatment group. This group received a letter with the same wording but contained an additional content that summarized the costs of the university, the potential award amount provided by a Pell Grant, and an estimated net cost. This information was presented clearly, conspicuously, and at the center of the letter.
Those that received this letter detailing the expected costs of college were 2.2 percentage points more likely to apply than those that just received a letter (of which 14 percent applied to the university). Using proxies for family income, individuals from lower income families were 4.4 percentage points more likely to apply, indicating that the nudge was most effective among individuals who were most likely to receive a Pell Grant. One reason why the nudge may have been effective was that it provided salient information and simplified the application process.
However, examining other outcomes like enrollment, filling out the FAFSA and applying for a Pell Grant show that there was no significant effect of the intervention. There was no statistical difference in enrollment between the treatment and control group. There also was no statistical difference in the likelihood of individuals filling out a FAFSA or applying for a Pell Grant between the two groups. While the information was directed at providing information on potential award amounts from a Pell Grant, the intervention only simplified the application process and not the enrollment or financial aid process. This suggests that information may not be enough, instead interventions should be designed to remove obstacles that prevent individuals from taking advantage of programs that make college more affordable.
Speakers
avatar for Joshua Price

Joshua Price

Southern Utah University
I am an associate professor in Economics in the Leavitt School of Business at Southern Utah University.I am the Director of the Health Education Action Lab (https://www.heallabs.org/) whose mission is to find data-driven solutions to problems society faces at the intersection of health... Read More →

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 1:15pm MDT
ED 205
  Leadership & Entrepreneurship

1:00pm MDT

Quantifying the impacts of highways on genetic structure and diversity in two kangaroo rat species in the lower Sonoran Desert of Arizona
Southwestern North America has large patches of relatively undisturbed desert that is increasingly impacted by roads, which can affect wildlife populations via roadkill and road avoidance. These road impacts may influence genetic variation by (1) limiting gene flow across roads and (2) decreasing genetic diversity in individuals nearest to roads. We tested the hypotheses that two-lane highways cause genetic differentiation and a decrease in genetic diversity in the desert kangaroo rat, Dipodomys deserti, and Merriam's kangaroo rat, D. merriami, at study sites in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona. We collected microsatellite data for both species from individuals distributed across the study sites. We found that (1) genetic differentiation across roads was minimal and generally insignificant for both species at both sites; and (2) genetic diversity was not significantly different near roads than far from them. These results were supported by Mantel tests that indicated little support for isolation-by-distance or isolation-by-barrier patterns. Our findings do not support the hypothesis that these highways have caused important changes in genetic patterns in these species over the time scale that the roads have been present. Our results suggest that partially permeable roads have negligible impacts on the genetic diversity and differentiation of kangaroo rat populations over the course of 40-50 years, but it also leaves open the possibility of such effects by impermeable barriers and/or larger time scales.
Speakers
KJ

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 1:15pm MDT
ED 203
  Outdoor Engagement & Environmental Stewardship

1:00pm MDT

The Impact of Psychology on Exercise - and vice versa
Psychology and exercise are tied together in many ways. Many professionals have agreed that exercise has a very positive impact on psychology, as well as psychological factors impacting the effectiveness of exercise. This presentation will explore some examples of how these two topics affect one another, and how one can greatly benefit from the other.
Speakers
DH

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 1:15pm MDT
ED 202
  Research to Increase our Physical and/or Mental Well­-being

1:00pm MDT

Life or death by syllabus: Your choice
Many times a student enters a face-to-face/online classroom and immediately feels overwhelmed, de-motivated or wants to drop the course solely based on how long or complicated the syllabus appears. This presentation will provide examples of syllabi to include shorter and encouraging ones', while still following Policy 6.36.
Speakers
avatar for Cynthia Kimball Davis

Cynthia Kimball Davis

K-12 Programs Director & Assistant Professor, Southern Utah University - SUU
Dr. Cynthia Kimball Davis is the Director of K-12 Programs and an Assistant Professor in Southern Utah University’s College of Education and Human Development's Department of Teacher Education at Southern Utah University (SUU). She holds a Ph.D. and M.Ed. in curriculum and instruction... Read More →
MM

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 1:15pm MDT
BU 103
  Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

1:00pm MDT

Online & Graduate Education Incorporating and addressing Engaged and High Impact Practices.
This presentation will outline and describe the how efforts that the Graduate Studies in Education program at Southern Utah University, engages in and incorporates these high-impact practices. We are encouraged that educational research suggests that these practices increase rates of student retention and student engagement. The rest of this presentation will explore in more detail why these types of practices are effective, which students have access to them, and, finally, what effect they might have on different cohorts of students.
Speakers
avatar for Tony Pellegrini

Tony Pellegrini

Professor and Department Chair, Teacher Education, Southern Utah University - SUU
Dr. Tony Pellegrini is a professor of Education at Southern Utah University. He received his B.A from Brigham Young University, his M.Ed. from Utah State University, and terminal degree from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, before eventually becoming school principal at Blanding... Read More →

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 1:15pm MDT
ED 103
  Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

1:00pm MDT

Byron Songs: A Lecture-Recital
Long cherished for its lyricism, pathos, and wit, the poetry of George Gordon, Lord Byron (1788–1824) has always lent itself easily to music. In this lecture-recital Dr. Lawrence Johnson, tenor, will perform seven new settings of Byron poems, accompanied by Tracey Bradshaw on the piano. The composer of these settings, Dr. Douglas Ipson, will introduce the set as a whole and will comment throughout the recital on individual songs, explaining the musical techniques and styles he employed in order to capture something of Byron’s mercurial, but endlessly fascinating, voice.

This performance will be the world premiere of the set as a whole and of all but two of the seven songs.
Speakers
DI
LJ

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 1:35pm MDT
Thorley
  Creative Expression & Analysis

1:00pm MDT

Exaggeration, Obfuscation, and Evaluation in a Post-Truth World
Exaggerated and watered-down language has been used by rhetoricians since classical times. However, in this brave new world of post-truth rhetoric and extreme satire, these language devices can be deployed as framing strategies and warrant careful analysis. For this panel presentation, we will explain what hyperbole and doublespeak are, share specific examples, and more importantly, discuss implications for public and political discourse. We will also evaluate aspects of information such as authority, accuracy, currency, relevance, and purpose. As the fake news phenomenon in our information society continues to rapidly evolve and muddy the waters, we need to look more carefully at the nuances that lay below the surface of a formerly black and white process.
Speakers
avatar for Caitlin Gerrity

Caitlin Gerrity

Associate Professor, Southern Utah University
Caitlin Gerrity is an Associate Professor and Program Director for the School Library Media Endorsement Program at Southern Utah University. She teaches college-level information literacy skills and prepares teacher librarians for the State of Utah and beyond.
EM

Eric Morrow

Assistant Professor, Southern Utah University
NP

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 1:35pm MDT
BU 102
  Digital & Information Literacy

1:00pm MDT

Trees are the Answer! - How to select & grow the right ones for Utah.
As part of maintaining Tree Campus USA status through the Arbor Day Foundation, the SUU Campus Tree Board hosts a Service Learning Project and Arbor Day Celebration every year.

The benefits of trees are multitudinous. Come and learn how you can more fully enjoy what trees have to offer. This presentation will also offer reliable techniques for the proper care of trees.

What's more, you can see these techniques demonstrated on site and feel good about helping to plant native trees that have the potential to stand and provide these benefits for centuries.
Speakers
BP

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 1:55pm MDT
Native Plant Center
  Outdoor Engagement & Environmental Stewardship

1:00pm MDT

Community Nursing: Healthy Handwashing
Our goal was to teach young school-aged children the proper handwashing technique in order to prevent the spread of germs. We visited an elementary school and implemented a teaching plan to a class. We demonstrated proper handwashing, which includes proper temperature, time, amount of soap, friction, and hard-to-reach areas. We first explained to the students what bacteria is, then we did the demonstration of proper handwashing, then used Glow Germ as an activity to evaluate their learning of a proper handwashing technique. Glow germ is a lotion that can show a representation of bacteria under black light. We successfully taught proper handwashing technique to young school-aged children to help prevent the spread of germs.
Speakers
BH

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Community Engagement

1:00pm MDT

Disgust Sensitivity Better Predicts Political Ideology than Disgust Reappraisal
In order to test why conservatives tend to be more impacted by disgust that liberals, participants completed a disgust sensitivity and a disgust reappraisal questionnaire. Results indicated that individuals identifying as more conservative tended to be more sensitive to disgust whereas political ideology did not correlate with disgust reappraisal.
Speakers
AA
GD
GS

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Community Engagement

1:00pm MDT

Evaluating the Benefits of Volunteers in Police Service (V.I.P.S.)
This project outlines the benefits of Volunteers in Police Service (V.I.P.S.). When an individual volunteers their time to a local police department, they are choosing to assist the men and women in blue. However, little is known for how beneficial these volunteers are in their roles that affect the community in a positive light.
Speakers
NR

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Community Engagement

1:00pm MDT

Evaluation of Cultivatable Rhizosphere-associated Bacteria Isolated from Crispleaf Buckwheat (Eriogonum corymbosum) in Southern Utah for Plant Growth Promoters
The crisp leaf buckwheat (Eriogonum corymbosum) is of interest for their ecological role in desert environments as an important food source and shelter for small mammals, birds and insects and as the larval host plant for several butterfly species. This flowering plant is also of interest for its potential use in xeriscaping due to their drought tolerance, ability to grow in a wide range of soil types, wind tolerance, and showy flowers. Very little information is available on beneficial microbes associated with E. corymbosum despite growing evidence that microbes in the rhizosphere, endosphere and phyllosphere play important roles in promoting plant growth, strengthening resistance to plant pathogens, controlling frost injury, and in controlling plant diversity within local ecosystems. Mechanisms by which plant-associated microbes influence host fitness include plant hormone production, protection of the plant from pathogen colonization, and nutrient cycling, including nitrogen fixation and phosphate solubilization. Root samples of E. corymbosum were collected from 5 different regions around Cedar City, Utah and bacterial isolates were obtained from each sample. Isolates were characterized morphologically, biochemically, and genetically using the 16S rRNA gene. Preliminary results identified Xanthomonas, Streptomyces and Kocuria bacterial species in the E. corymbosum rhizosphere; possible impacts on plant health were analyzed.
Speakers
AB
JO

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Community Engagement

1:00pm MDT

Gun Control
The current process to buy a gun is way too easy and way to easy to manipulate. Between 2009-2016 80 percent of mass shooters bought guns legally going through the current process to buy guns with no problems or red flags. From 2009-2016 there have been 156 mass shootings 80 percent of these shooters owned guns legally. 54 percent of these shootings were related to domestic or family violence. 42 percent of these shooters showed warning before the shootings but these warning signs were ignored. These warning signs included attempted acts, threats of violence and Violations of protective orders. 48 percent of these shooters suffered from some sort of mental illness. We believe that if the current process to buy a gun included a background check and a mental health evaluation many of these shooters would not be able to so easily posses the firearms they used in the shootings. We used survey and research method to compare students opinions to our research findings.
Speakers
JA
SG
AP

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Community Engagement

1:00pm MDT

Nutrition Assessment Pros and Cons: Analyzing Nutrition in Nicaragua
Most of my current Honors Thesis is based off of my EDGE project, coined "The Nutrition in Nicaragua" project. While also examining my personal experience, this thesis will attempt to relate current research regarding nutrition assessment methods and common obstacles encountered in counseling. My goal is to accurately portray these parts of my Honors Thesis in a poster format.
Speakers
avatar for Naomi Beatty

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Community Engagement

1:00pm MDT

Sexual Health: Let's Play a Game!
Through a presentation regarding sexual health education such as, common signs and symptoms of sexually transmitted infections (STI's) and correct forms of birth control, students will be able to participate in a matching game. After the presentation, students will be able to name 3 forms of birth control and recognize common signs and symptoms of STI's.
Speakers
avatar for Shay Clark

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Community Engagement

1:00pm MDT

The Ins and Outs of a Nonprofit Organization: A Volunteer's perspective
I will be talking about my experience as a volunteer at the Canyon Creek Womens Crisis Center. I will be talking about how the CCWCC gives aid and awareness to the community and how I participated or observed their services.
Speakers
CM

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Community Engagement

1:00pm MDT

What's Stopping You? The psychology behind why we don't stop at stop signs.
In our study we are surveying what different factors affect if a person will stop at a stop sign while driving. We wanted to study the psychology behind these driving habits and see if there is a correlation between social pressure and priorities with stopping at a stop sign. When an individual believes being late can lower their personal reputation they are more likely to speed or in this case run through stop signs. Additionally, different personalities have different levels of respect for authority that will affect the probability of stopping at stop signs while driving. Some individuals regard rules as the law, while others regard them as safe suggestions. Different personalities also have different priorities that can affect their stopping habits. In order to gather our information, we conducted our survey and a case study.
Hypothesis: If a person periodically doesn’t stop at stop signs, then it might be due from social pressures, fear of being late, and priorities.
Speakers
SB
AF
KM

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Community Engagement

1:00pm MDT

Why GDP Is Not A Good Measure of Economic Well-Being
GDP (gross domestic product is an important economic principal that is used often in media and reports. However, few people understand what it is, how it is measured, and how it is used. For my
honors project Using reliable and accurate sources I will create a shareable info-graphic explaining GDP and the problems with using GDP as a measure of well-being.
Speakers
CH

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Community Engagement

1:00pm MDT

Brooke Ann's Food Blog
For my EDGE project I created a food blog to document recipes I created and tried. Not only were the recipes so yummy, but they were also inexpensive and easy to make. I did this food blog to help me develop more skills in cooking. I feel like the recipes and tips that I have could help other college students or those new to cooking as well. My food blog can be found at brookeann.blog.
Speakers
BM

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Creative Expression & Analysis

1:00pm MDT

Changes in Water Chemistry In Cedar City Irrigation Systems
Irrigation of lawns and gardens in Cedar City, Utah is accomplished in two fundamentally different manners. In older neighborhoods, water is diverted from a natural stream (Coal Creek) into a series of canals and ditches for residential flood irrigation, compared to newer neighborhoods, which use sprinklers or similar devices from well water. The overall objective of this project is to better understand the chemical and biological changes that occur in irrigation and runoff waters in Cedar City. We are addressing the following three hypotheses. 1) Changes will be observed in water chemistry as surface water moves from Coal Creek through Cedar City. 2) Irrigation strategies influence water chemistry during periods of high precipitation. 3) Microbial community changes will be associated with differences in water chemistry. Water chemistry data including dissolved oxygen, conductivity, pH, alkalinity, dissolved organic matter and nitrate/nitrite were collected weekly at eight sites and during high precipitation events. Over the course of four months, there was a reduction in alkalinity levels among all sites. During high precipitation periods, nitrate was detected in newer neighborhoods. Dissolved oxygen and pH were at higher levels, while salinity and conductivity were lower in a reservoir site relative to irrigation canals. Future work will investigate bacterial community composition in Cedar City waters. We will isolate bacterial DNA from water samples and amplify the 16sRNA segment of DNA using the polymerase chain reaction. We will then correlate bacterial community composition to the water chemistry results described above.
Speakers
DL

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Creative Expression & Analysis

1:00pm MDT

The World percussion Group Tour with Dr. Lynn Vartan
This poster will be a representation of the European Tour with the World Percussion Group that I was a guest artist and coach for. This tour was what I was awarded a Faculty Travel Fund Grant for, in support of the travel expsenses of the tour.
Speakers
avatar for Lynn Vartan

Lynn Vartan

Director, A.P.E.X. Events, SUU
For more about me check out: www.lynnvartan.com Thanks! Looking forward to meeting everyone!

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Creative Expression & Analysis

1:00pm MDT

Applications of Machine Learning
As the first batch of undergraduate Machine Learning students at Southern Utah University, we intend on sharing our research and the modern day applications of Machine Learning. We may also talk about the future of the field and it's potential and existing real world uses.

We aim to familiarize people from all fields and academic backgrounds with the technology and how it affects us as individuals, as a community, and as a people.

Since the project is still in it's initial stages, please feel free to contact us for further clarifications, comments, or questions.
Speakers
CC
JC
KM
DS
JT

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Digital & Information Literacy

1:00pm MDT

Cyber Security Knowledge
As part of our group assignment for CSIS 2670, this project focuses on informing and educating the “community” particularly non-technical, about Distributed Denial of Service(DDOS), Ransomware, and Phishing cyber-attacks. DDOS is denying service to the targeted network or computer system by overwhelming them with either messages or extremely large amounts of packets. Ransomware is a form of malicious software that is designed to stop users from accessing data until a sum of money is paid in order to regain control. Phishing also known as spear phishing is defined as the fraudulent practice of sending emails purporting to be from reputable companies in order to induce individuals to reveal personal information, such as passwords and credit card numbers. In our research, cyber-attacks are attempts to damage, disrupt, or gain access to a computer network or system. This is important because research and statistics show an alarming increase in cyber-attacks. Our poster will showcase The WANNACRY attack that happened back in May of 2017, The Spamhaus Project, which was a DDOS attack that happened in September 2016, and Operation Phish Phry, a phishing attack that happened in March 2011. Through this poster, our group highlights three different types of attacks to help the community to prepare and prevent them with. It will display all of the above examples as a starting point to enhance awareness on the damages such attacks can inflict on people’s daily lives. Our goal is to inform people with knowledge and tactics to help further prevent any potential incidents.
Speakers
SC
CG
TH

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Digital & Information Literacy

1:00pm MDT

Quite Far From the Point: A Statistical Analysis of Accuracy in Recreation-Grade GPS Units
Anyone who has owned or studied the nature of recreation-grade GPS units will be familiar with their inaccuracies. Not only do these devices have natural limitations in the accuracy and precision of logged points, they also advertise as such, with such major manufacturers as Garmin proclaiming their units to be trustworthy to no more than 10 feet. This error is supposedly mitigated by the inclusion of the wide area augmentation system (WAAS) in these devices, but often the claimed rectification is less than a foot, and in reality sometimes fails to aid locational exactitude by any noticeable amount. What’s more, the units themselves actively calculate and display their projected offset from the specified location, oftentimes as far less than the literature claims, so how far can one expect that offset to be, and how can it be minimized? This project presents the statistical analysis of locational data obtained at points of known latitude and longitude using the default and averaging point-logging programs of the Garmin ‘Legend HCx’ recreation-grade GPS unit, both with WAAS reception enabled and disabled. The points obtained by these methods are then presented graphically in order to examine general trends in their errors, and potential causes and mitigation methods thereof. These error-trends are compared with the published specifications of the units, and the hypotheses of causes major trends are explored. This research can provide long-term benefits in error avoidance with GPS units of this type, as this research shows area-specific methods to improve accuracy through understanding the ways in which major trends of errors are generated.
Speakers
AW
CW

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Digital & Information Literacy

1:00pm MDT

Smart Cities: The Impact on Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants
This group focuses on an ongoing research about how individuals, both digital immigrants and digital natives living in smart cities can be vulnerable to technology misuse. This is important because smart cities mark a change for the future with the potential of an even wider gap between digital natives and digital immigrants. Statistics indicate an alarming increase of technology use and misuse. This poses serious concerns and challenges on managing the new and sophisticated breaches with traditional security measures. Another concern is that people are dependent on technology for their daily activities. Our group focuses on showing some examples of both vulnerabilities and solutions specific to smart cities. The benefit of this project is to recognize there are digital natives vs digital immigrants. Digital natives are people born or brought up during the age of digital technology and therefore are familiar with computers and the Internet from an early age, whereas digital immigrants are people born or brought up before the widespread use of digital technology. We use specific example of Las Vegas, a growing smart city, only 198 miles from Cedar City, to show the seriousness of misuse of technology. Utah is growing towards a smart city, with Salt Lake area known as the silicon slopes, as well as educational technology hotspots. Another example is the installment and use of Blyncsy sensors in Park City. Through our poster, we aim to educate and enhance the awareness of the general public about smart cities and the impact they will have on the future.
Speakers
HA
TH
SV

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Digital & Information Literacy

1:00pm MDT

Social Media Challenges
We decided to look at different social media challenges and what drives people to make these dangerous and harmful decisions because they are trending on social medias. We focused on age range groups because it there are different challenges that trend more from each age ranges. Social media has a large impact on our society and can influence people to think a certain way or do things that are out of the norm. We found that most people knew at least one of the challenges that we had listed in our survey along with most people either knowing someone that has done a challenge or that person has done one themselves. These challenges can be severely dangerous and has been known to put people at harm of their lives and/or others. We tried to narrow down the range of people that chose to do these challenges more than the age range by asking if any of these people struggled with depression, anxiety, or had suicidal thoughts currently or in the past. We were able to research and find out what the driving force is behind people who are partaking in these challenges.
Speakers
AB
ME
AT
KP
PW

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Digital & Information Literacy

1:00pm MDT

Video Games: Cheating Tools
This research is part of the group project for the CSIS 2670 information security & assurance. This poster explains what is cheating in the video games and how the different cheating methods work. Our goal is to provide some awareness and guidelines to players who may not be aware their opponents who won the game by cheating. With popularity of video games, cheating is these games is also increasing. This is because video games have become more competitive and “cheating” increases the probability of high scores. The first cheat code was in the Manic Miner. Game guides, cheat books, and cartridges are some examples that cheat developers use in helping people to win video games. Many single player games have a pre-designed “cheat code”. The “cheat code” enables special functions or provides the extra resources for the player. For online gaming, some players cheat in the game by modifying runtime data, memory editing and code injections which produce unusual effects in the play. PUBG was the most famous online competitive and highest sales game in 2017, which generated $756 million profit. There were 1.5 million players banned during 2017 and 1 million players banned in January 2018 for cheating in this video game. Our group project discusses the various cheating methods involved when a video game player uses non-standard methods to create an advantage or disadvantage beyond normal gameplay.

References
https://www.pcgamesn.com/steam/steam-direct-new-releases-2017
https://www.rollingstone.com/glixel/news/study-pubg-made-more-than-700-million-last-year-w516162
https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/21/16806758/playerunknowns-battlegrounds-pubg-30-million-sales
https://gamerant.com/playerunknowns-battlegrounds-cheater-ban-count/
https://www.polygon.com/2018/2/5/16973984/pubg-cheat-ban-1-million-january-china-battleeye
Speakers
TB
JC
YJ
SJ

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Digital & Information Literacy

1:00pm MDT

Cultural Immersion Trip to Nicaragua
This presentation is about my cultural immersion trip to Nicaragua with the Rural Health Scholars program. We spent 8 days in rural areas of Nicaragua holding health clinics to the people there who cannot afford medical attention otherwise. By the end of the trip, our group had seen and helped over 400 patients. I also brought donations that I had collected here in the U.S. before leaving for the trip, which I handed out to the patients we saw. This trip was one of the greatest experiences of my life, and I hope to be able to go back soon.
Speakers
VV

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Global Engagement

1:00pm MDT

A new gigantic sea spider in the genus Colossendeis
Pycnogonids or sea spiders are a small group of marine chelicerate arthropods (90 genera, 2,000 species). The genus Colossendeis contains the largest pycnogonids (leg spans up to 70 cm) which are found in very deep water and also near shore in shallower water in the polar regions. We have a number of specimen lots of Colossendeis sp. borrowed from the Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History and are in the process of determining whether or not any of them are new species. All are labeled as C. colossea, but after an examination of the type specimens for this species, it is apparent that many of these could be new species. Currently, we are examining USNM 69522, a specimen lot which contains two adults and a number of juveniles of different sizes. The project includes examining the specimens under a microscope, photographing them, documenting their morphology, measuring the trunk and appendages, and then comparing the results with the type species. Morphological structures to be examined include proboscis and mouth, eyes and eye tubercle, pedipalps, ovigerous legs, ovigerous leg spines, and walking legs.
Speakers
BB
JP

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Innovation in Specialized Disciplines

1:00pm MDT

Ablation Rates Under Catalyzed Deuterium flow
The presence of catalyzed deuterium on the surface of metals has been shown to cause changes in how the metal responds to pulsed laser ablation. Most of the previous research into the subject has focused on the ejecta from the catalyzed deuterium treated materials under laser ablation, but very little research has been conducted into the changes in the ablation rate of materials with catalyzed deuterium present on the surface. The effect of catalyzed deuterium on the rate at which materials ablate was studied. The change in ablation rate was studied by comparing the depth of ablation pits after being subjected to laser fire for a specified amount of time, and by observing the decay time of the capacitive sensor signal during longer firings. The difference in the length of signal decay time on the capacitive sensor, and the depth of the ablation pits in the metal samples showed a marked difference between before and after catalyzed deuterium accumulation. Tests of ablation without the catalyzed deuterium, but instead under low to medium vacuum or normal deuterium flow, do not show the same changes. Similarly, subjecting materials that are not known to accumulate the catalyzed deuterium yielded no change in signal decay or pit depth. The change in ablation rate of materials following the deposition of catalyzed deuterium is an interesting expansion on current research into this phenomenon, and can serve as a method of examining the catalyzed deuterium accumulation characteristics of materials.
Speakers
BT

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Innovation in Specialized Disciplines

1:00pm MDT

Ag Nanoparticle Synthesis with Microfluidic Devices
Our research focuses on the synthesis of silver nanoparticles using microfluidic devices. These devices are of particular interest to us because of the controlled environment that they provide for reactions to take place. As the name suggests, the “micro” scale of this device gives us a high surface area to volume ratio while the “fluidic” aspect allows a controlled flow rate and pattern. This provides reproducible products with accuracy and precision. Our microfluidic device is created by using Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), a polymer that is similar to glass. Using a magnesium wire we can shape our microfluidic device to fit the needs of our experiment and then suspend it in PDMS. The magnesium wire can be dissolved once the PDMS solidifies, forming a hollow chamber in which we can perform our reaction and synthesize our silver nanoparticles. Silver nanoparticles have a wide range of applications but the focus of our research will be to learn more about what causes inconsistency in the size of the particles. Since one of the major challenges of nanoparticle synthesis is creating a product that is uniform in size, learning how to control the synthesis process to create highly uniform nanoparticles would be beneficial. To accomplish this, we plan to gather more information about the nanoparticles using Raman spectroscopy. We will also use a UV-Vis spectrometer and spectrofluorimeter to analyze the stages of nanoparticles synthesis.
Speakers
MB
KR
RR

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Innovation in Specialized Disciplines

1:00pm MDT

Investigation of a crossed benzoin-like condensation.
The Benzoin Condensation is a reaction that couples two aldehydes to form an α-hydroxyketone. Originally this reaction only occurred on aromatic aldehydes but recently there have been many different ways to perform this reaction on molecules that do not contain aromatic groups. In recent years, many methods of synthesizing these hydroxyketones with varying groups attached have been discovered. However, all of them require several steps or expensive materials. We believe that we can optimize a new process that avoids the problems associated with current methods by utilizing umpolung chemistry.
Speakers
MB

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Innovation in Specialized Disciplines

1:00pm MDT

LEECHES (HIRUDINIDA) OF THE NORTH CENTRAL UNITED STATES
Leeches (Hirudinida) are an important component of most freshwater lakes, ponds, and quieter flowing streams and rivers with many important species occurring in the north central United States. There are approximately one hundred described species in North America with the majority of these leeches being predators that feed on a variety of invertebrate prey including chironomids, oligochaetes, amphipods, and molluscs. Many other leech species are temporary sanguivorous (blood-feeding) ectoparasites of vertebrates including fish, turtles, amphibians, waterfowl, and mammals including humans. Leeches can be recognized by having segmented bodies (annelids) with anterior and posterior suckers. They feed by a variety of methods, including: using a proboscis, engulfing their prey, and biting, with either two or three jaws. Identification of leeches can often be difficult due to problems with properly collecting and preserving specimens and the specialized nature of keys. The goal of this presentation is to provide information on how to collect, preserve and identify freshwater leeches as well as provide updates relating to recent changes in leech classification relating to the north central United States, however, most of this will also apply to other parts of North America.
Speakers
BB
avatar for Fredric Govedich

Fredric Govedich

Associate Professor, SUU
Freshwater Ecology and Leech Biology and Natural History

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Innovation in Specialized Disciplines

1:00pm MDT

Microfluidic Devices for Bioanalytical Analysis
We undertake the fabrication of microfluidic devices for analysis of biological samples. Microchips are constructed from a polydimethyl siloxane (PDMS), and separation channels are imprinted using electroplated nickel templates. Here, we present the construction process as we move towards chemical analysis. We are also developing methods for rapid production for multiple microchips for various analyses. These simple microchips can be used to improve analysis of bio-molecules.
Speakers
avatar for Daniel Eves

Daniel Eves

Assistant Professor, Southern Utah Univesity
I enjoy teaching chemistry at the university level.

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Innovation in Specialized Disciplines

1:00pm MDT

Modernized Orthorectification Process of Wildfire Thermal Imagery
Aerial Thermal Imagery for wildland fires in the Western United States. Research and implementation from Space Instruments FireMapper 2.0 thermal sensor and 2005 ERDAS Imagine processing into a modernized method. Integration of instrument settings and IMU data for orthorectification, block adjustment, and mosaic imagery. A review and assessment of imagery/mosaic ground accuracy and individual imagery adjustment. With the orthorectification process, we are able to remove image distortion and more accurately georeference thermal imagery of fire. We are then able to more accurately classify fire lines, fire movement, and hotspots.
Speakers
MT

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Innovation in Specialized Disciplines

1:00pm MDT

Revisions to the FAI: A new way to measure state anger
Spielberger, Jacobs, Russell, and Crane (1983) divided the experience of anger into two dimensions: state-anger and trait-anger. Known tests that purport to measure anger most often measure trait anger as opposed to state anger. Although there are many that measure trait anger, there are few measures of state anger. Moreover there is less available in the public domain. As a result, measures of state-anger tend to be more cost-prohibitive to the average undergraduate researcher. The current version of the FAI was built using emotionally-anchored words selected from the Affective Norms for English Words (ANEW) database (Bradley & Lang, 2017). Researchers hypothesize that the FAI will be negatively correlated to the State Trait Anger Expression Inventory (STAXI-2; Spielberger, 1988) as well as showing internal consistency.
Speakers
LA

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Innovation in Specialized Disciplines

1:00pm MDT

The Development of a Cavity Assisted Absorption Spectrometer Case
The goal of this capstone project was to design a case and power supply combination for a Cavity Assisted Absorption Spectrometer (CAAS) system that will be left outside for up to seven days at a time to measure ambient isoprene levels. It is believed that isoprene may be an indicator of the health of the surrounding plant life. The system will need to provide its own power since it will not be able to connect to the grid. The case will allow sampling of isoprene to occur while at the same time protecting the system from excess dust, moisture, vibration and extremes in temperature.
Speakers
LE
HG
DU

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Innovation in Specialized Disciplines

1:00pm MDT

The Effect of the Media on Civil Law
Th
Speakers
EP

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Innovation in Specialized Disciplines

1:00pm MDT

The effects of alcohol on the emotions and behaviors of college age students
Alcohol can make each social response more extreme. It can enhance feelings of anxiety, happiness, indifference, or depression. Different types of alcohol can make people feel differently, some types of alcohol may make one feel of happiness while other types of alcohol may make one feel depression. The objective of this study is to investigate the effects of alcohol on the emotions and behaviors of college age students. Investigations will take place by giving college students survey questionnaires online as well as face to face. These questionnaires will give different types of alcohol and then the students will respond to how those make them feel, giving positive, negative, and indifferent descriptive words. These different effects caused by different alcohol will be explored over the next few weeks. The findings of this research may provide references to maintain security level in venues of serving alcohol to college age students.
Speakers
TB
FC
HH
MM
CR
MS
CT

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Innovation in Specialized Disciplines

1:00pm MDT

APPLICATION OF UNITED STATES (US) ANTITRUST LAWS TO HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PRACTICE AND POLICY
ABSTRACT

In October of 2016, the Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJAD) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued guidance for Human Resource Professionals regarding the use of agreements to fix the terms of employment for potential hires that may violate US antitrust laws. The guidance was issued on the heels of the recent settlement of a high profile case regarding alleged violation of US antitrust law by technology companies Apple, Google, Adobe Systems Inc., Pixar and Intel (Wright, 2015). The purpose of this paper is to examine the application of US antitrust laws to Human Resource (HR) management decision making, recent litigation, and suggestions to facilitate compliance with US antitrust laws as they apply to HR decision making.
Speakers
GC

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Leadership & Entrepreneurship

1:00pm MDT

Marketing: Apple vs. Android
The goal of this research is to determine if the marketing of iPhone and Android is being focused on the correct groups of people. Android has been making a significant marketing push in the white collar business industry. We hypothesize that this direction is not extremely effective because we believe if the individual is a male over 25 years of age and has a career that is not a so called “office job” that they will be the most likely to use an Android. We also hypothesize that the efforts of Apple to market the iPhone to the average middle class individual are highly effective, so much so that the negative publicity about Apple regarding the software that slows down the iPhone for battery conservation has not and will not cause people to switch phone brands.
We will use a Google survey that researches different aspects of these phone brands and the people who use them. We will post the survey to Instagram and Canvas to collect data for our research of this topic. We expect over 600 responses.
Speakers
AE
CH

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Leadership & Entrepreneurship

1:00pm MDT

PAC President Leadership Experience
My edge project consists of learning how to effectively lead a large club of students who have one common goal: networking with local, regional, and national CPA firms in order to secure employment upon graduation. The majority of the project will be to conduct trainings and events in such a way that an increased percentage of students who are members of PAC receive internship and full-time job offers from these firms. This will be accomplished by holding events where individuals are trained in how to network and follow up with professionals they come in contact with. Increased level of participation in PAC will also be a target objective as more CPA firms express interest in recruiting accounting students from SUU. The importance of marketing oneself and providing value will also be covered.

Speakers
LB

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Leadership & Entrepreneurship

1:00pm MDT

Southern Utah University Undergraduate Assistant Coach
In my project I compare my service site of working with the SUU Football Team to the ideas of organizational culture and other various sociological themes.
Speakers
CW

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Leadership & Entrepreneurship

1:00pm MDT

A Survey of Biodiversity in Southern Utah
Southern Utah fauna is comprised of a wide assortment of organisms from small mammals and lizards to deer and snakes. There are over 600 animal species in Utah with about 200 of them residing solely in the south. The purpose of this study is to conduct a preliminary population survey of reptiles in southern Utah. There are no published, comprehensive surveys of reptile habitat usage in southern Utah. In order to gain a broader understanding of the species living in the area, camera traps will be used to observe local reptilian species and estimate the herpetological biodiversity and habitat usage of Three Peaks Recreation Area, Quichapa Lake, and Old Iron Town. Each area is in a different geographical zone so they provide a rounded view of the animals living around 6,000 feet in elevation. Three Peaks is in the pine/oak belt, Quichapa is surrounded by grassland, and Old Iron Town is in the pinyon/juniper belt. We will set up two camera traps in each location. Photos will be collected twice weekly and analyzed for species type present. Walking surveys will also be conducted weekly in each location to assess the different varieties of herpetological species present.
Speakers
SB

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Outdoor Engagement & Environmental Stewardship

1:00pm MDT

Does mode of locomotion affect respiration rate
Abstract

The energy production in cells, cellular respiration, is a vital process that allows for continued operation and function of different cell processes. This experiment is designed to test whether mode of locomotion in insects affects respiration rate. I will test the respiration rate of walking (ants), jumping (crickets), and flying (butterflies) insects by comparing the amount of CO2 produced per min by each insect in a 5-minute interval. I hypothesize that there is a correlation between an insect’s respiration rate and their form of locomotion.
Speakers
RC

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Outdoor Engagement & Environmental Stewardship

1:00pm MDT

Genetic Diversity and landscape gentics of Ants at Three Peaks
Ants have an essential role in ecosystem health. Having a healthy ecosystems is a precursor for conserving biodiversity (Milty and Merenlender, 2000). Ants, such as the genus Pogonomyrex, more commonly known as harvester ants, have an important role within the ecosystem. The purpose of our experiment is to investigate the effect of landscape features on gene flow in Pogonomyrex in Three Peaks Recreation Area. We collected ants from five genera from various locations throughout Three Peaks Recreation Area as part of a course-based undergraduate research experience. DNA will be extracted and amplified at ten microsatellite loci from individuals in the genus Pogonomyrex. We will analyze the genotyped microsatellites for standard population genetic measures and use GIS technologies to determine landscape features that enhance or impede gene flow. The results of our study will have important conservation implications for understanding the effect of land use on genetic diversity in ant populations.
Speakers
RA

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Outdoor Engagement & Environmental Stewardship

1:00pm MDT

Investigating the Light-Absorbing Properties of Dipyrroles common to Bilins
Pigments in plants give us a wide variety of color. They are very beautiful at times, but also serve a more practical purpose for plants. The dark green visible in almost all plants and algae serve the purpose of collecting light for photosynthetic processes. These green pigments are a certain class of molecules called tetrapyrroles, specifically chlorophyll. In this project we aim to dissect a different class of tetrapyrrole pigments found in nature called bilins (commonly found in algae). Specifically, we investigate the light absorbing properties of a smaller “building block” that forms this pyrrole chain called a dipyrrole. We will perform UV-vis absorption, fluorescence and IR spectroscopy on said dipyrrole compound to evaluate its light-absorbing properties in order to help us more fully understand what makes the larger natural pigment so efficient at capturing sunlight
Speakers
CS

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Outdoor Engagement & Environmental Stewardship

1:00pm MDT

Outdoors and Academics
The purpose of our project is to determine whether spending time outdoors increases overall health and focus leading to more academic success. We choose our sample population to be the students attending Southern Utah University. Here at SUU, they have been deemed the University of the Parks and really encourage outdoor activities. The university itself has three different outdoors recreation bachelors of science degrees, participate in a month long outdoor nation challenge between several other universities (from which SUU became the most outdoorsy university having won), and the university gave the day off on National Parks Day one year to encourage students to visit National parks nearby. Researching in this environment we expected that most students would enjoy spending time outdoors. To do this we surveyed students on campus and researched what it was about being outdoors that affects academic success. We hope to find that if students participate in outdoor activities, it will help to improve their focus and health and if that will then lead to and increase in academic success.
Speakers
avatar for Heather Durfee
DM
AS
ST

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Outdoor Engagement & Environmental Stewardship

1:00pm MDT

Plasticity of etiolation and water storage in succulent leaves under different light conditions
Succulent plants have developed ways to store extra water within their stems and/or leaves but these adaptations can affect their survival in other ways. Kalanchoe daigremontiana is a succulent that has developed thick leaves in order to maximize the amount of water it can store but this limits its capabilities to perform photosynthesis. I hypothesized that Kalanchoe would have different plastic responses in different light levels that would affect the plant’s ability to store water in its leaves. I tested the response of Kalanchoe developing in high, ambient, or shaded light conditions over a month. I took the youngest leaf of each plant from the start of the experiment and measured its dry mass and water content. After comparing leaf mass per area, water mass per area, and saturated water content percentage I determined that there is a correlation between the plant’s plastic response and its water storing capacity. Succulent plants are commonly used as ornamental plants and these results could help make their maintenance easier.

This is a continuation of a previous study with hopes to obtain more conclusive results on the degree that light intensity affects succulence in Kalanchoe when light intensity is the sole variable changed.
Speakers
BH

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Outdoor Engagement & Environmental Stewardship

1:00pm MDT

Semester in the Parks
Semester in the Parks is a unique, field based program where you live, work, and study in Bryce Canyon National Park. It is a great way to spend your semester learning through hands on experiences and field labs where you travel to different national parks and other surrounding areas.

For the poster we will have former semester in the parks students explaining the program and sharing their experiences from the semester. We will talk about and answer questions about classes, employment with Ruby's Inn Resort, living in the park, field labs, group dynamic, and an idea of a typical day in the semester.
Speakers
MM

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Outdoor Engagement & Environmental Stewardship

1:00pm MDT

Spiny Soft Shell Turtle Diet Analysis
Biological invasions by nonnative species are not uncommon and the effects that these species have on native species is an area of investigation and concern. Locally, the Virgin River system now houses many exotic species that threaten many native species including the Virgin River Chub (Gila seminuda) (NatureServe, 2013). Among these exotic species the Spiny Softshell Turtle (Apalone spinifera) is speculated to have inhabited the lower Colorado River basin since the early 1900’s (Miller, 1946). However, we sought to understand how non-native species of turtles, including the Spiny Softshell Turtle may be impacting the native piscifauna - especially the endangered Virgin River Chub - whose distribution is limited to the Virgin River. As a new element to the Virgin River, the potential impact of these turtles is not limited to predation alone but may include disturbing ecological balances and competition networks by vying for common resources. Through dietary analyses of captured turtle specimens we are gaining a better understanding of the feeding habits of Apalone spinifera, in this system, which may help determine if management action is necessary to remove these turtles from these historically turtle-free river systems.
Speakers
GJ
KM
GS

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Outdoor Engagement & Environmental Stewardship

1:00pm MDT

Wolbachia Infection Rates in Southern Utah Ants
The study of endosymbionts has become an important field of study because it allows us to
better understand the effects these bacteria have on their eukaryotic hosts. Once such
endosymbiont, bacteria from the genus Wolbachia, has piqued the interest of scientists when it
comes to the role they play in arthropod populations. Wolbachia are a group of maternally
inherited, intracellular bacteria that infect many species of arthropods and some other
invertebrates. They are exclusively found in the reproductive tissues and can cause
reproductive alterations in infected hosts. These alterations can potentially have many effects
on arthropod population structure. Understanding the function of Wolbachia provides
important knowledge about reproductive trends, population structure, and genetic diversity.
Studying the effects of Wolbachia on reproduction can provide information for population
manipulation, pest control, and disease prevention. Various studies have been performed
around the world to determine infections rates but little is published about the presence of
Wolbachia in Southern Utah and the surrounding region. Therefore, this research is designed
to determine Wolbachia infection rates in Southern Utah ants and to determine if
infection rates are similar to other locations which have been studied. Ants will be collected
and characterized down to the genus level. Individuals will be isolated and diagnostic PCR will
be used to verify the presence of Wolbachia in extracted DNA using Wolbachia specific primers at the wsp gene. Infection rates will then be determined and compared between ant genera and locations.
Speakers
LT

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Outdoor Engagement & Environmental Stewardship

1:00pm MDT

"Balance and stability exercises" Improving one's performance
Balance training can improve stability in the knees and ankles and reduce postural sway. These are all factors that can increase risk for injury among young, healthy athletes, but potentially improve performances when done well. Balance training is intended to improve the ability to maintain or recover stability from a postural sway. One of the primary factors influencing performance is the ability to regain stability after a perturbance. A technique that could be used to improve recovery from perturbance is slackline training. A slackline provides an unstable surface which is thought to have an advantage over more traditional balance training methods involving a stable surface. The purpose of this study is to determine if a 4 week training program utilizing an unstable surface (slackline) has any advantage over a stable surface in the ability to recover from a perturbance. In this study, 24 participants were recruited, by word of mouth, to participate in training for balance and strength. Each participant participated in baseline tests that measured their static balance, sway from center of gravity and the time it took to regain stability after a perturbation. In this case, the perturbance was catching a basketball tossed from a partner. The participants were randomly assigned to either slackline training or stable surface training. The stable surface was a floor/balance beam based training. Participants completed a 4-week training program. They trained 3 days a week on non-consecutive days. Each training session consisted of a 10-minute standardized warm-up, 30 minute, progressive balance training session and a 5-minute cool down. Following the 4-week training program, participants were then post-tested and the results were compared and analyzed to determine if slackline training offered any advantage over beam training for static balance or recovery from a perturbance.
Data being collected and results presented at Festival of Excellence.
Speakers
HD

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Research to Increase our Physical and/or Mental Well­-being

1:00pm MDT

3D Modeling of an Acute Supraspinatus Tear in a Skeletally Mature Individual
Among the most common injuries seen by orthopedic surgeons in skeletally mature individuals are tears to the muscles surrounding the joints of the shoulder. While there are multiple major muscles that make up the “rotator cuff”, the supraspinatus is the most commonly torn and is most often caused by acute, traumatic injury in individuals less than 40 years of age. The symptoms of this injury are often enough to push patients to have a non-invasive surgery, most often performed via arthroscopy, in which the supraspinatus or otherwise torn muscle is “re-anchored” into the bone through surgical drilling and suturing. Through this research project, we will examine an amalgamation of the physiology and physics of an acute rotator cuff tear, implementing hypothetical physical forces likely to cause an injury consistent with rotator cuff damage. This analysis of the physical forces will be drawn out and cross-examined for accuracy in the angle and occurrence most frequently found in these injuries. The data, drawn from the use of physics equations and analysis, will be 3D modeled through a computer generator to emulate the tear of the supraspinatus, including the effects it has on the neighboring tissues. This 3D modeling will provide a visualization of the tear itself with true physics applied, promoting a physically accurate depiction for both students learning the physiology of injuries to the supraspinatus as well as for student doctors learning to work on rotator cuff repairs.
Speakers
AM

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Research to Increase our Physical and/or Mental Well­-being

1:00pm MDT

Academic Grit Scale: An Initial Psychometric Evaluation
Grit, defined as long-term interest and persistence toward goals, is a relatively new construct. Despite research being in its infancy, Grit has been found to be related to academic success. The purpose of this study was to develop a scale to measure a student’s level of Grit in academic settings. Using an online survey platform, 111 undergraduate students completed the study. Measures included demographic questions, the newly developed Academic Grit Scale, and the Grit-S scale (Duckworth & Quinn, 2009). Criteria measures included college and high school GPA, the number of times participants changed their major, and the level of education desired by participants. Once data was collected statistical analysis found that our scale has evidence of criterion validity with three of the four criteria, is approaching adequate internal consistency but lacks evidence of construct validity.
Speakers
VB
MG
LR

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Research to Increase our Physical and/or Mental Well­-being

1:00pm MDT

Can't Get No Satisfaction: The Impact of Shame, Religiosity, and Pornography
Pornography use has been increasing because of easier access to the internet on electronic devices. Shame and pornography addiction have been shown to have a positive correlation, but little research has been done on pornography and religiosity. We were also interested in the relationship between high religiosity, shame, pornography use and anxiety/depression.
Speakers
TH
BJ

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Research to Increase our Physical and/or Mental Well­-being

1:00pm MDT

College Students Knowledge and Misconceptions of the Caloric Value of Foods.
More than one-third of U.S. adults are obese. Although obesity is a multifactorial disease, one basic reason for weight gain is an imbalance of energy intake/output. Over time, as individuals consume more calories than they expend, the energy balance is tipped and weight gain results. Many people are unaware of how many calories they are consuming or their daily calorie needs. A variety of factors may be responsible for their knowledge/misconceptions pertaining to calories. The study’s purpose was to examine college students’ general knowledge/misconceptions of the caloric value of commonly consumed foods. One hundred four college students (44 male, 60 female) mean age 20.63 ± 4.22 years completed the study. General calorie knowledge/perception, demographics, and dieting habits/status were surveyed. Subjects also viewed and estimated the caloric content of 16 foods commonly consumed by this population. Independent t-test showed no significant differences (p>0.05) between BMI, dieting status, and gender, with regard to calorie knowledge. According to the data, subjects were unable to correctly identify or approximate the amount of calories in foods and typically underestimated the total caloric value by an average of 17.3%. Data suggest that underestimating calories consumed in this sample could lead to an overconsumption of total calories. This could further lead to weight gain and an unhealthy BMI. Underestimation of calorie intake and expenditure could be due to this population's misunderstanding of portion sizes or macronutrient content of foods. Additional education is needed to help this population gain a better knowledge of the caloric value of foods.
Speakers
MS

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Research to Increase our Physical and/or Mental Well­-being

1:00pm MDT

Hangry: A James-Lange Explication
Younger generation’s vernacular has crafted tons of witty terms to explain daily living. For example, “hangry” is the state of anger that arises out of hunger. Although there is no scientific evidence, this quip may be rooted in actual scientific theory. James (1884) wrote that an emotion arises from physiological reactions. Although, this theory is heavily debated. My study aims to 1) find evidence to support the term hangry and 2) to add weight to the ongoing debate of the James-Lange theory of emotion. This presentation will encompass my findings and make conclusions to the debate.
Speakers
LA

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Research to Increase our Physical and/or Mental Well­-being

1:00pm MDT

Predicting Suicide Risk from Religious Strain
As the relation between religious affiliation and suicidal risk remains unclear, we tested the prediction that religious strain significantly predicts suicidal risk. Participants completed self-report measures of religious strain and suicidal risk. As predicted, these two measures correlated. Furthermore, lack of religious comfort and religious fear/guilt best predicted suicidal risk.
Speakers
SH
BH
MN
GS

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Research to Increase our Physical and/or Mental Well­-being

1:00pm MDT

Reactivity of the Novel Flame Retardant TTBP-TAZ with Biological Molecules
Humans have been exposed to brominated flame-retardants (BFRs) in various settings and they have even been found in human milk and blood The specific BFR 2,4,6-tris(2,4,6-tribromophenoxy)-1,3,5-triazine (TTBP-TAZ) has been found in indoor dust samples and plastic parts of some consumer products. Some negative health effects due to BFRs have been reported. Previous research at Southern Utah University has shown that reactions between TTBP-TAZ and amines can occur. Because of these novel reactions, a question has risen of the potential dangers with being exposed to TTBP-TAZ, as it may react similarly with nucleophilic groups on biomolecules like proteins and DNA. This could have the effect of cross-linking these biomolecules, which could be harmful in cells. Due to the insolubility and high temperatures required in order to react, it is thought that molecules like TTBP-TAZ may be biologically inert. However, these molecules would be soluble in nonpolar parts of the body (for example, in cell membranes). Because negative health effects have been reported with exposure to BFRs, we wanted to directly test whether TTBP-TAZ can link protein molecules together. Preliminary results have not indicated such cross-linking, but the research is ongoing. If such cross-linking occurs, it may point to health dangers of TTBP-TAZ and would merit further testing to determine exactly what health risks are associated with exposure to TTBP-TAZ.
Speakers
RB
CM

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Research to Increase our Physical and/or Mental Well­-being

1:00pm MDT

Slack line training compared to floor based training for balance and strength.
This study has the goal of determining if balance can be improved more through training on a slack line or on a stable balance beam from ground level. The study began with 24 participants that were randomly assigned to a slackline or balance beam group equal in size. Everyone will have a balance test administered prior to any training to provide a baseline for comparison to after training. Both groups will follow the same training program for for five weeks and will then be retested. The test and retest results will be analyzed for statistically significant differences. We are in the midst of data collection and training currently but will have preliminary results by the time of the Festival of Excellence.
Speakers
CC
CS

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Research to Increase our Physical and/or Mental Well­-being

1:00pm MDT

Strategies for Calming the Chaos of Living in Today's World for Better Health
Abstract

This poster presentation covers ways to survive the chaos of modern day living. It is based on a talk given by Dr. Kathleen D. Pagana, PhD, RN. Dr. Pagana presented at the El Sevier Nursing Education Conference in January 2018 which this nurse educator attended. Her talk was aimed at nursing educators and nursing students. This nursing educator feels that other students, faculty, and possibly the general public could benefit from these tactics. The tactics are straight forward enough that everyone would likely be able to follow them, thus eliminating possible major stressors from their lives. The elimination of major stressors ultimately leads to better health which is what nursing is all about. Therefore, this poster will attempt to endeavor to present these tactics in a manner that is relevant to most people in order to attempt to help most people be able to bring their lives under control and reap the side benefit of better health.
Speakers
SF

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Research to Increase our Physical and/or Mental Well­-being

1:00pm MDT

Students' Hydration
Dehydration occurs when people use or lose more fluid than you take in. If dehydration occurs, it will cause symptoms such as extreme thirst, less-frequent urination, dark-colored urine, fatigue, dizziness, confusion. To prevent this situation, some students carrying water bottle with them. According to a study, there is a correlation between the different type of water bottle and how it is cleaned and how much bacteria is living on it. The average athlete’s water bottle has 31,499 CFU of bacteria in comparison to the average dog toy having 2937 CFU of bacteria. A water bottle should be cleaned through dishwasher or using a weak bleach solution and wash by hand after each use to minimize the bacteria growth. We hypothesize that students that try to stay hydrated are generally healthier than those that do not. Furthermore, students are becoming sick due to the bacteria on their water bottles.
Speakers
SC
RK
KP
BW

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Research to Increase our Physical and/or Mental Well­-being

1:00pm MDT

Synthesis of Alkyl-Substituted trans-Alkenes by Palladium-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reaction
The alkene (C=C) is an important functional group that is found in many interesting and useful organic molecules. The palladium-catalyzed Suzuki cross-coupling reaction is a general, mild, and high yielding method to produce trans-alkenes of defined geometry. Here we present our work on the Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reaction of alkyl-substituted alkenyl boranes with aromatic bromides. The goal of this project is the development of a general method for the synthesis of alkyl substituted trans-alkenes in high yield and isomeric purity.
Speakers
MS

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Research to Increase our Physical and/or Mental Well­-being

1:00pm MDT

Synthesis of Aziridines
Aziridines are organic molecules containing a three membered cyclic ring that consists of one nitrogen atom and two carbon atoms. Aziridines are often found in various natural products and pharmaceuticals, the most common being mitomycin, which is an anti-tumor agent often used in chemotherapy. Aziridines are often synthesized two different ways; the first being the addition of imines with carbenes, and the second way is the addition of alkenes with amines or nitrenes. Here we present our study of the synthesis of aziridines.
Speakers
HB

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Research to Increase our Physical and/or Mental Well­-being

1:00pm MDT

The effect allergies have on our peers
In our survey we wanted to understand the different types of allergies and how each person reacts differently. The reason this topic was interesting to us is because we wanted to know what portion of the population has an allergy and how important it can be to be aware of them. One of our group members has been in the hospital many times due to reacting to unknown allergies and allergies she is also aware of. First, we needed to see how individual found out they had an allergy and what precautions are needed to make sure they can maintain a safe environment. We did this by first doing research on all the different categories of allergies there are. Once a foundation of knowledge was built about the allergies we found statistics to help back up the data we researched. After this we created a survey asking questions specifically targeted to answer the questions about symptoms, reaction times, quality of life, treatment, and personality. The main purpose for this survey is to educate people on allergies so they can be aware of the different symptoms and on how important it is to know how to treat someone if the situation arises.
Speakers
JC
WM
HS
NT
CW

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Research to Increase our Physical and/or Mental Well­-being

1:00pm MDT

The Role of Multiple Stimuli in Short-term Memory Retention
Short-term memory retention in individuals may be either positively or negatively influenced by the amount of stimuli available for processing. When asked to memorize text information in a particular sequence, introducing two forms of stimuli may result in an increase in the recollection of the sequence of random text patterns. In this proposed study, I will provide participants with varying colored slides in a random sequence and have them recall what order the slides are in after presenting the entire sequence. I will measure the accuracy of the sequence that participants can recall across three randomized lists. I hypothesize that the use of more than one simultaneous sensory input (color and text) will increase the ability of participants to recall short-term patterns. The goal of this experiment is to determine the magnitude of the role that multiple sensory inputs have in short-term memory retention.
Speakers
TZ

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Research to Increase our Physical and/or Mental Well­-being

1:00pm MDT

The Shame of High and Low Pornography Users with Their Self-Control, Anxiety, and Depression
Over the past 10 years, pornography use has increased as has research surrounding the topic. In 2016, a popular pornography website (pornhub) received 23 billion visits equaling 4,599,000,000 hours of pornography that were watched (Fight the New Drug, 2017). According to the Huffington Post, 33% of men self-reported to having a pornography addiction (2014). With an increase in pornography use, as well as the increase in addiction, we in turn see an increase in shame. In a study that looked at participants who were recruited from an online pornography treatment program, researchers found that, in comparison with other studies, participants scored higher on the shame scale (Gilliland et al., 2011).
The purpose of this study was to see if there was a correlation between high and low porn users shame and their anxiety, depression, and self-control. Participants were Southern Utah University students who were given partial course credit or extra credit. Participants were given access to an online survey which they were free to access during their own time on their smartphone or computer. The survey was created using Qualtrics (qualtrics.com), which is an online survey tool which allows users to create surveys and collect data. Participants read an informed consent waiver at the beginning of the survey, which would redirect them to the rest of the study if they responded to the informed consent saying that they agreed to the conditions.
After agreeing to the informed consent form, the participants were given a survey which consisted of a few basic demographic questions, the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale, Pornography Addiction Screening Tool , Self-Control Scale, and a Personal Pornography Shame Scale
Speakers
SA
JH
CW

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Research to Increase our Physical and/or Mental Well­-being

1:00pm MDT

Validity of Wearable Devices in Determining Step Count in Hiking and Trail Running
While wearable technology devices are generally validated in a controlled laboratory setting, there is also a need to determine accuracy in applied environments utilized by the general population, such as hiking and trail running. Purpose: to 1) determine intra-rater reliability of visual step count taken outdoors, 2) determine the validity of commercially available wearable technology devices in this setting, and 3) report the test-retest reliability of commercial devices during hiking and trail running.
Speakers
CD
NG
MD
GG
BK
AL
JM

Jacob Manning

Southern Utah University
AMGA SPI :)
JM
JN

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Research to Increase our Physical and/or Mental Well­-being

1:00pm MDT

Diversity at SUU
Abstract:

Over the past 100 years, researchers and academics have worked to define and examine the impact of identity on student outcomes. Their work had led to the recognition of important ideas such as stereotype threat and identity bifurcation. Research into these topics has uncovered evidence of these issues relating to identity across many stigmatized social groups, including African Americans, Hispanics/Latinxs, and Women. There is also research to support the idea that being a stereotyped minority on campus can cause undue stress. Given this, we must consider how these ideas are realized on Southern Utah University Campus. As of Fall 2017, 75.8% of students at Southern Utah University are white, with all other racially/ethnically diverse students making up remaining 24.2%. Additionally, there remain no full-time, tenure track professors of color and only one individual of color at the administrative level. With such a lack of diversity present in the campus climate, it follows that we should expect to see the same issues with minority student outcomes associated with it. The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, this paper aims to advocate for the implementation of a diversity course requirement into the core curriculum and to show that there is quantifiable evidence that students benefit from such a course; second, this paper will show that presence of such diversity requirements improve student outcomes in higher education. In light of this, it is essential that the Board of Trustees vote to add a Diversity Requirement to the core curriculum at Southern Utah University.
Speakers
JD

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

1:00pm MDT

Introducing Spectroscopy to High Schools
High Schools are a place of learning and developing skill in preparation for college. Most high school chemistry teachers will try and convince students to explore what chemistry is in college. Demonstrations are a good way to show what chemistry is, engage the students, and get them excited about the subject matter. Spectroscopy can be show in a high school setting, and teaches the student about energy, light, and chemical identification. I am designing and building from parts a small educational spectrometer for use in local high schools. Along with the instruments, I will prepare experiential learning labs which utilize the spectrometer and test their effectiveness in teaching core concepts to students at two local high schools.
Speakers
LD

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

1:00pm MDT

Learning Why Students Leave Lab Early
Southern Utah University has a unique anatomy lab structure allowing students to attend multiple labs per week. Students, however, often do not take advantage of this time and leave lab early. Anecdotal evidence from faculty suggests those who leave lab early tend to have lower success in the course than those who stay the whole time and/or come to multiple extra lab sessions, but why students leave lab early is relatively unknown. Research on general science lab courses suggest missing lab, even when it can be made up, results in poorer overall student performance in lab and lecture (Moore & Jensen, 2008). With those students who miss three or more labs in a semester having a 20% chance of passing both the lecture and lab (Moore & Jensen 2008). Most science course attendance research focuses on introductory course attendance (i.e. general biology, anatomy & physiology, introductory physics, etc.) in lecture with linked labs, but little work focuses on the effect attendance has on student performance in standalone labs, the effect “open” lab attendance has on student performance, or student reasoning and motivations for staying in lab the whole time versus leaving lab early (Moore, 2003; Moore & Jensen, 2008). To explore this, the researchers are administering a 20-question survey to students in a general anatomy lab during the spring 2018 semester. The researchers aim to use these results to identify why (1) students stay in lab the entire time, (2) students attend their full lab and extras, and (3) students leave their own allotted time early. Additionally, the researchers look to identify factors affecting student performance in lab including stress, perceived benefit, course/content interest, and others. Using this information, the researchers can inform students on potential attendance pitfalls and issues that may impede student motivation and success in the course.
Speakers
SA

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

1:00pm MDT

Using Video-making as a Tool for Empowering Students to Self-Assess Social Emotional Learning Skills
According to the National Education Technology Plan Update released in January 2017, assessing and documenting the growth of students' non-cognitive (social emotional) competencies is as important as assessing and documenting students' academic progress. The plan also stresses the need for more reliable and relevant tools. Student created video can be a powerful tool for promoting and self-assessing social-emotional competencies Through the use of video recordings students can:

• Demonstrate competencies and
social-emotional learning "visible"
• Self-assess social emotional competencies
• Solicit feedback from teachers and peers
• Evaluate how well they are performing relative to learning goals and track their progress toward meeting a goal

This poster presentation explores the benefits of empowering students to use video to self-assess non-cognitive competencies and describes instructional strategies useful in incorporating video self-assessment in the classroom.
Speakers
avatar for Lee Montgomery

Lee Montgomery

Professor of Graduate Education, Southern Utah University
For the past 30 years Dr. Lee Montgomery has been a professor of graduate education at Southern Utah University. He teaches courses in educational psychology, philosophy and ethics, assessment and curriculum design.

Video and SEL docx
Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
LIB Reading Room
  Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

1:20pm MDT

Breaking Beyond Stigmas: Changing Terminology of Mental Retardation to Intellectual Disability
This research essay looked at the terminology change from 'mental retardation' to 'intellectual disability'. I started in the early happenings in the terminology change, what happened, where it changed, and the effects of the change through today. It looks at both a national and international level.
Speakers
RM

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:20pm - 1:35pm MDT
ED 215
  Community Engagement

1:20pm MDT

The LGBTQ Community and how Allies Can Better Support Them
This project is to evaluate if Allies are accomplishing their goal of helping LGBTQA+ people. I started out by doing research on the background of the LGBTQA+ community. I read about how the movement for equality started and what they had already accomplished as well as what they are working to accomplish now. I then interviewed people from both the Allies community and the LGBTQA+ community. This totaled to be around 10 people interviewed. When I talked to people from the LGBTQA+ community I asked them about their goals and what they wanted to accomplish. These were usually goals related to legal and social rights that they did not have access to. I also asked them how Allies on campus could help and already was helping with these goals. Then I talked to members of the Allies community to understand what their goals were in helping the LGBTQA+ community. By comparing these interviews I was able to see the areas where the LGBTQA+ goals were being helped and supported by the Allies community and areas where they did not match. So this paper is about giving a voice to LGBTQA+ community members and showing the ways Allies are supporting them or could provide more support. This provides positive feedback for those on campus, but also allows other campuses to use this information as a way to measure their own support. How could the relationship be strengthened. This paper provides some suggestions as given from the LGBTQA+ community members themselves.
Speakers
SH

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:20pm - 1:35pm MDT
BU 101
  Community Engagement

1:20pm MDT

Lighting: The Reactive Design
The idea of Lighting design is out of many peoples realm, as a Lighting Designer I control many of the moods people feel while watching a production. I like to think of myself as a emotion manipulator, through my use of color, texture and angle I can make those in the audience feel emotions stronger than acting could do alone.
Speakers
RP

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:20pm - 1:35pm MDT
Randall Jones Lobby
  Creative Expression & Analysis

1:20pm MDT

Tenuous Tenure: Satan and Adam in Milton's Paradise Lost
In 17th century England, John Milton and others produced highly politicized tracts involving invective and religious rhetoric in an attempt to either defend or destroy the stance of King Charles I and royalists like Thomas Bayly. While Milton’s political tracts against the royalists were not widely received by the public, his epic poem, Paradise Lost, was “recognised as an extraordinary achievement shortly after it appeared” (Read) and deals with many of the political conflicts of his time. In particular, the text examines the roles of God, Satan, and Adam in their kingdoms. Paradise Lost functions as an artistic justification for Milton’s political tracts on the rule of kings by rooting his political rhetoric in a biblical epic as a means of refuting the popular defenses of monarchy.

In the epic of Paradise Lost, the fall of not only Satan and Adam, but their subjects with them, corroborates the political arguments Milton formulates against the divine right of kings. Milton depicts Satan and Adam as sovereigns with divine right: Adam by decree and Satan by default. In depicting Satan and Adam with divine right, Milton tears down royalist notions because ultimately the subjects of these monarchs are punished when Satan and Adam fall. If their subjects would have rejected their kings and instead supported Law designed for the common good and their own welfare, the situation of Satan’s angels and mankind might have been more favorable. Similarly, Milton seems to argue that subjects to the British crown need not worry whether Charles I had divine right or not, but rather concern themselves with whether Eternal Law is being upheld for their common good.

My project examines themes in Paradise Lost related to Milton's political tracts.
Speakers
RS

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:20pm - 1:35pm MDT
BU 110
  Creative Expression & Analysis

1:20pm MDT

Looking for a Local Hero in Ancient Greece: Remembering Theagenes of Thasos
Few athletes from ancient Greece enjoyed a career better than that of Theagenes of Thasos. Among the astounding 1200 victories earned by this fifth century BCE athlete was his triumph at the Olympic Games of 480 BCE, when he won championships in both boxing and pankration (all-around fighting) – an unprecedented achievement. About 85 years later, in the first decade of the 4th century BCE, presumably after his death, the public memory of Theagenes took on a new role as a focal point in a widespread reorganization of the public space in his home city on the island of Thasos.

According to one account, after the death of Theagenes, a political enemy decided to whip the statue of Theagenes. When the statue fell on the man, killing him, the people of Thasos convicted the statue of murder and threw it into the sea. Later, in response to a plague, the Oracle of Delphi admonished the Thasians that “the great Theagenes” was “unremembered”. Accordingly, the people of Thasos fished up the statue, re-dedicated it, and offered sacrifices to it as a divinity, attributing his parentage to Herakles.

This paper integrates the life and cultural remembrances of Theagenes into the historical and archaeological record of Thasos. Although the story of the murderous statue strains credulity, the basic outline of the story supports archaeological evidence that the people of Thasos decided to heed the oracle and “remember” Theagenes. The 390s featured a widespread re-building program in Thasos where the statue and cult of Theagenes were moved to a prominent spot in the city’s reorganized marketplace (agora). Thus, the people of Thasos used the memory and cult of Theagenes to construct the city’s cultural and collective memory of earlier “good times” in the wake of more recent, war-torn “bad times.”
Speakers
avatar for Dave Lunt

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:20pm - 1:35pm MDT
LIB 002
  Innovation in Specialized Disciplines

1:20pm MDT

When Saturday Night Live Mocks, Brand Back How Creating a Likeable Event Brand Based on Research Can Quell Community Crisis
St. George, Utah is a booming desert community located two hours north of Las Vegas. The region offers a lively, progressive and active outdoor community and boasts year-round access to world-class hiking, rock climbing, biking, golf and water recreation. Tourists traveling to Zion National Park travel through this gateway city that is experiencing a residential boom in population. Rich in the arts, local leadership intends to establish the community as a cultural, metropolitan destination where tourists make time to stop, stay, dine and shop.

Counter to its rising progressive vibe, St. George experienced widespread reputation damage in 2014 when law enforcement took action against public dancing by enforcing an antiquated ordinance. Law enforcement officers not only shut down a dance party at a public family fun center, they remained on-site to ensure no dancing broke out until the party ended threatening citations to violators. The rift created stark contrast to the modern, progressive brand the municipality has been working diligently to create, and news of the event made mockery of the Utah town in national media. On the set of Saturday Night Live, one skit compared the incident to a modern-day “Footloose.”

This multimedia presentation details how St. George business owners worked with city leaders to develop a community event (including public dancing venues) in response to the image crisis. By September 2016, the monthly first Friday event known as Georgefest had emerged with three designated public, outdoor dancing venues. Packaged in a likable brand, Georgefest grew rapidly and beyond expectation. More importantly, the event became so loved so quickly, the 2014 incident is now faded in collective community memory. The event won a 2017 Golden Spike Award presented by Public Relations Society of America for its research-based approach to developing a brand and beloved event in response to crisis.

Learn from a southern Utah case study about how public relations strategic planning strategy and agenda setting theory were employed to respond to crisis, repair reputation damage and regain civic trust. 
Speakers
avatar for Melynda Thorpe

Melynda Thorpe

Community Programs Director, Southern Utah University
Melynda Thorpe is executive director of SUU’s Community & Academic Enrichment office managing five community outreach programs. Her academic research titled "Introducing Beer Culture to a Conservative Utah Community," was accepted for presentation at the 2018 European Pop Culture... Read More →

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:20pm - 1:35pm MDT
ED 102
  Innovation in Specialized Disciplines

1:20pm MDT

A Successful Implementation of Quality Culture and Workers Job Satisfaction
People is the most important part of any organization. Under this simple concept, many organizations adopted the Total Quality Management (TQM) philosophy to change their organization culture and to meet the demand for an effective way to manage their employees. This TQM culture emphasizes people management practices as its foundation for achieving high quality products and services. The main idea is that quality cannot be forced, but can only be achieved through workers who are highly committed, highly motivated, genuinely have great pride in their work, and wanting to do their best, day in day out, throughout their career in the organization. This paper proposes that organizations should measure levels of their workers job satisfaction as the main measurement for whether or not their TQM implementation has been a success. Financial performance should be the least of their concerns because without these highly committed and motivated workers, an improved financial performance could just be a mirage.
Speakers
avatar for Azmi Ahmad

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:20pm - 1:35pm MDT
ED 205
  Leadership & Entrepreneurship

1:20pm MDT

Using Wildlife Cameras to Identify Ecological and Physical Factors Driving Wildlife-Vehicle Collisions in Utah
Habitat fragmentation caused by Utah roads contributes to wildlife-vehicle collisions (WVCs) with Rocky Mountain mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus hemionus), costing millions in each year in death, damage, and injury to humans and animals. Our previous research focused on identifying ecological and physical factors that drive WVC hotspots with the goal of informing WVC mitigation design to be implemented by the state. The present study will build on our previous research results in the collection and analysis of photographic data captured with wildlife cameras at state-recognized areas of high WVC-density on Highway 56. Our goals include verification of data retrieved through the state, determination of behaviors which elevate risk of WVC, and identification of environmental factors which promote or facilitate high-risk behaviors. Hypotheses are that (1) our observed deer occupancy is highest at hotspot locations recorded in documentation recorded by the state of Utah, and (2) ecological and physical factors within the habitat at each sample location drive behaviors which elevate risk of WVC. This project is coordinated with simultaneous research focusing on the relationship between landscape variables and WVCs. Our results will help us to inform that team’s research and to verify data serving as the basis for multiple research projects at SUU. Our ultimate goal is to understand the relationship between environmental factors and animal-behaviors which elevate risk for WVCs, an issue that directly affects human and wildlife safety. Our collaboration with Dr. Karl Jarvis will allow us make strong inferences on the causes of roadkill on Highway 56, helping us to make appropriate policy recommendations.
Speakers
DA
NB

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:20pm - 1:35pm MDT
ED 203
  Outdoor Engagement & Environmental Stewardship

1:20pm MDT

Mental Illness and the Workplace: How Your Environment Affects You
The prevalence of anxiety, depression, and other mental illnesses in the human population has been steadily increasing year by year. While there are, no doubt, many contributing factors to this phenomenon, one cause may be the general trend toward spending more and more time indoors. Previous research has found widespread benefits that individuals can derive from outdoor time including psychological, physical, emotional and spiritual benefits. Because much of our time is occupied by our professions it stands to reason that those who work in an area that requires them to spend more time outdoors will have a better state of mental health than those whose work requires them to spend all or most of their time indoors. Many college students spend significant hours, comparable to a full time job, indoors for lectures, studying etc. However, some have courses that involve outdoor, fieldwork as well. Using the Solomon four group design I will give an anxiety assessment to four groups of students, after a lecture period, fieldwork period or both. I will analyze these results to determine the extent student anxiety levels were affected by their environment.
Speakers
MP

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:20pm - 1:35pm MDT
ED 202
  Research to Increase our Physical and/or Mental Well­-being

1:20pm MDT

How Young Learners Can Benefit from Better Books
In an education community concerned with improving student resilience in rigorous learning experiences, I have observed how modern trends in youth-oriented literature (both children’s literature and Young Adult Fiction) underestimate the cognitive abilities of young readers. This underestimation and its resulting literary produce has the limiting effect on young people’s acquisition of more formidable critical thinking skills. The question this presentation seeks to address is how can youth-oriented literature better serve the development of critical thinking and social awareness in young readers? This project is established upon the tested conclusion that young readers are capable of understanding forms of figurative language, found in “Figurative Language Development Research And Popular Children's Literature: Why We Should Know, “Where The Wild Things Are,”” by Herbert L. Colston and Melissa S. Kuiper, as well as the pedagogical philosophies of social justice education and critical pedagogy of Paulo Freire. Then, it will discuss how specific children’s authors, such as Diana Wynne Jones (Howl’s Moving Castle) or Ursula K. Le Guin (Wizard of Earthsea), have been able to instill their works with deeper, more complicated, themes (e.g., identity, gender, race relations) that inspire critical thinking as well as rich writing content (i.e., imagery, figurative language). This presentation hopes to show how youth-oriented literature can be improved by its authors, as well as parents and educators, for the betterment of education and, in turn, society. Improvements would include: raising standards to more a rigorous degree, no longer shying away from “complicated” topics, and delivering young people the best example of writing possible whether or not it “goes over their heads.” These improvements would result in that students have every opportunity to gain the most astute abilities of critical thinking and social awareness to apply in all their continued years of education.
Speakers
avatar for Peyton Carter

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:20pm - 1:35pm MDT
ED 103
  Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

1:20pm MDT

Strength of Identity in a Teacher Activist Organization
This qualitative case study focuses on leadership members of a social justice based teacher activist organization and what characteristics the organization believed important for accomplishing their social justice and democratic education goals. One of the primary objectives of the analysis was to understand if the members of leadership interviewed believed the group was solely an organization, part of a social movement, both an organization and part of a social movement, or some other definition. While the group referred to itself as an organization, there were components of a larger social movement that were identified in the group. The largest identifiable component during analysis was collective identity, which is a core component for the growth and successes found in social movement organizations.
Speakers
BK

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:20pm - 1:35pm MDT
BU 103
  Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

1:20pm MDT

The value of the biennial 2017 AASL National Conference and what the National School Library Standards mean for instruction in the School Library Media Program at SUU.
At the biennial American Association of School Librarians (AASL) conference held in Phoenix last November, along with a host of fantastic presentations, new National School Library Standards also were released. This is an instructor's account of the Conference and of the potential integration of the Standards into coursework for the School Library Media Program here at SUU.
Speakers
avatar for Doug Wayman

Doug Wayman

UX Librarian / Asst. Professor, Southern Utah University
I'm very interested in Book arts, History of the Book, and rare books. I was a cataloger in public and academic library settings for 25+ years. I enjoy food & cooking, travel, playing cards, biking, hiking, and camping (not necessarily in that order).

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:20pm - 1:35pm MDT
ED 111
  Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

1:20pm MDT

Stress Management
In our presentation, we will go over a lesson plan, where viewers will understand different coping mechanisms and techniques to manage their everyday stress.
Speakers
KK
EL
MV

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:20pm - 1:55pm MDT
ED 104
  Innovation in Specialized Disciplines

1:40pm MDT

Dilemmas and Decisions: A Case Study of Southern Utah University Women Professionals
My feelings on the matter of motherhood are complex: I have never had a child, but have been raised in a Latter-day Saint culture that lauds motherhood not only as a role women are blessed to carry but also a divine responsibility. This perspective, of course, is not unique to the LDS culture.

Women in professional careers, and particularly in academia, are often faced with the dichotomy of homemaking and pursuing their careers. As an emerging academic with a desire for children, I am uncertain that I can do both satisfactorily.

Due to the conversations I have had with roommates and peers as we have grappled with our shared conservative surroundings and diverse opinions, I recognized that my situation is not unique. We want to know what to expect because we have a uterus

Because a variety of personal philosophies, religions, and varying feminist perspectives influenced the decisions of women at SUU, I am intrigued by the balance they have chosen between their careers and having a family. My project gathers personal interviews from women at my university and explores the impact of their decisions regarding their professional and domestic roles. My goal is not to evaluate their satisfaction or decisions but to make their choices visible to emerging women professionals faced with similar decisions.

Though my study is specific to SUU and evaluating the impact of the Utah LDS culture, this project will capture rich ethnographic insight into the variety of dilemmas women face when surrounded by conservative cultures.

Speakers
RS

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:40pm - 1:55pm MDT
ED 215
  Community Engagement

1:40pm MDT

Food Sovereignty, Health, and Traditional Diets
Traditional Native American foods have been experiencing a resurgence based around Native American chefs, Tribal leaders and "Foodies" interest in traditional ingredients and recipes. Often resurgences like these affect the population who traditionally eat these food sources. The Native American community faces several challenges surrounding food. Lack of food sovereignty, the proportion at which Native American peoples suffer from lifestyle diseases, and food desserts withing Native communities are all things that are tied to the food and how populations eat. The research conducted was to discover how often traditional ingredients are being used by descendant communities and their possible influences on health.
Speakers
SJ

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:40pm - 1:55pm MDT
BU 101
  Community Engagement

1:40pm MDT

Losing One's Selfie: Facial Obliteration in Contemporary Art
This will be a summary treatment of a paper I delivered at The 8th Conference of the Image in San Servolo, Venice, Italy on October 31, 2017. The paper built on and expanded the evidence for an earlier case I made for the existence of a distinctive kind of portraiture/self-portraiture (dubbed the "un-selfie") which, while based on precedents dating as early as 1909, more properly owes its formal traits to the art of Romanian painter Adrian Ghenie beginning in the 1990s. This genre is characterized by visual features that suggest more or less traditional portraiture marred by obliterative content. The current paper adds significantly to the tally of artists working in the genre today; organizes them within geographic schools; and proposes the existence of a subgenre (named the "un-un-selfie"),which preserves evidence of genuine portraiture while still maintaining formal affiliation with the obliterative, "un-selfie" genre.
Speakers
AM

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:40pm - 1:55pm MDT
ED 205
  Creative Expression & Analysis

1:40pm MDT

Shakespeare as a Pastoral Artist: Pastoralism and Role Reversal in Shakespeare's 2 and 3 Henry VI
This research explores and categorizes the amorphous relationships between monarch and commoners, specifically within the pastoral realm of Henry VI Parts 2 and 3. The significance of nature and pastoralism within the text is examined in relation to the social roles and subsequent relationships of Shakespearean England, implementing the theory of New Historicism by assuming elements of context-specific analysis. The research draws on sources illustrating the relevance of Shakespeare’s pastoralism as not just a mode but a literary genre, including sources by Elizabethan philologists. The paper expounds upon the implications of both social circumstance and geography as portrayed in the text, and argues that the pastoral elements of Henry VI are part of a greater literary device that subvert conventional assumptions about social class distinctions. It is through nature that we see the true form of king-commoner relationships as they relate to each other and to themselves, and the subsequent reversal of their roles as brought about by the subversive force of the outdoors, a place without jurisdiction.
Speakers
KM

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:40pm - 1:55pm MDT
BU 110
  Creative Expression & Analysis

1:40pm MDT

So It's Come to This- A Culmination of a Theatre Tech & Design BFA
This is a presentation of my updated theatrical portfolio, including work - and showing progress from - my four years at SUU in this degree track.
Speakers
RF

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:40pm - 1:55pm MDT
Randall Jones Lobby
  Creative Expression & Analysis

1:40pm MDT

Women's Liberation and Jazz Dance in 1920's America
The Roaring Twenties were a significant time in dance history, and they were also a time of liberation and celebration for women. Being passionate about both of these things, I decided to dedicate my class research paper to the study of how they are related. I've enjoyed conducting this research and learning about not only my roots as a dancer, but my roots as a young American woman.
Speakers
MJ

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:40pm - 1:55pm MDT
Thorley
  Creative Expression & Analysis

1:40pm MDT

State of the State: Information Literacy Instruction across Utah
The information literacy competencies of first-year students about to embark on their post-secondary education are lacking. Similarly, employers complain that university graduates are ill-prepared to handle the information problems present in the workplace. Ideally, information literacy instruction is sequenced throughout students’ academic careers, continually building on earlier instruction. Given the aforementioned information literacy gaps however, this so-called information literacy pipeline clearly warrants a second look. This session will serve as a “state of the state” update regarding information literacy instruction in school libraries and academic libraries across the state of Utah. With a goal of looking forward to statewide improvements, we survey the information literacy instruction across Utah, mapping out instructional gaps, curriculum and pedagogy. Attendees will have the opportunity to participate in a collaborative discussion about the information literacy pipeline, brainstorm possible improvements, and forge valuable new partnerships between librarians across all levels of education.
Speakers
avatar for Anne R. Diekema

Anne R. Diekema

Assoc. Professor/Dept. Chair, Southern Utah University
Anne Diekema is Department Chair of the Library & Information Science department at Southern Utah University's Sherratt Library. Anne teaches information literacy and library research skills and studies how to best prepare students for information problem solving in school, profession... Read More →
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Caitlin Gerrity

Associate Professor, Southern Utah University
Caitlin Gerrity is an Associate Professor and Program Director for the School Library Media Endorsement Program at Southern Utah University. She teaches college-level information literacy skills and prepares teacher librarians for the State of Utah and beyond.
PM

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:40pm - 1:55pm MDT
BU 102
  Digital & Information Literacy
  • Presentation Format Oral
  • College/Division Affiliation Library

1:40pm MDT

The Mystical Past and the Lucrative Present: New Age Archaeological Tourism in the Andes
The last two decades in the south central Andes have witnessed the rapid growth of "Turismo Mistico" or New Age Tourism to archaeological sites and monuments in the south central Andes. Using the Cusco Valley of Peru as a case study, this paper analyzes textual, visual, experiential, and ethnographic data in order to assess the economic and socio-political impact this industry has on the communities in which it thrives. In particular, I explore the implications New Age Tourism has on local and visitor perceptions of Andean prehistory and heritage management. What are the positive and the negative aspects of New Age Tourism. I conclude by discussing the ambivalence many professional archaeologists feel when confronted with these 'un-scientific' understandings of the past. How do we, as archaeologists, respond (or not respond) to perceived challenges to our professional authority? How do we share the past with people we may disagree with? While many of us are keenly interested in indigenous religious practices, we may be highly skeptical or even contemptuous of New Age spiritual beliefs. How do we negotiate the limits of our own professional cultural relativism?
Speakers
ED

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:40pm - 1:55pm MDT
ED 204
  Global Engagement

1:40pm MDT

A Reflection of the Work of Douglass C. North and The New Institutional Economics (NIE)
My presentation will specifically focus on the late Nobel Prize Winner Douglass C. North and Arthur T. Denzau's seminal work on Shared mental Models and the profound impact that this work has had on the contemporary economics, organizational management, economic growth, trade, outsourcing, rational choice and international development over the last twenty years.
Speakers
RR

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:40pm - 1:55pm MDT
ED 102
  Innovation in Specialized Disciplines

1:40pm MDT

An Old World Media, Revived
The goal of my research is to determine if a radio program still be a form of entertainment that elicits an emotional response from an audience? Radio is still alive today in the form of "top 40s" stations and political talk shows, but has severely cut its ties with entertainment media (consisting of a storyline and characters). This project will consist of a twenty to thirty minute radio "murder mystery" program set in the 1940s with some modern twists in hopes to elicit feelings of suspense and wonder throughout the listening experience. The ultimate goal of this project is to see if there is still an interest in radio shows. With modern day media entertainment, TV shows and movies ultimately monopolize most content. This project is not being done to bring back radio entertainment, but to simply test its ability to thrive within the screen age. All content will be produced, written, edited, and recorded personally. The entertainment factor will be measured via several surveys done beforehand and after listening to the finished project.
Speakers
CH

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:40pm - 1:55pm MDT
LIB 002
  Innovation in Specialized Disciplines

1:40pm MDT

Soil analysis of molybdenum metal near Milford, UT
Because molybdenum forms a complex with many different biomolecules that are responsible for nitrogen fixation and other essential cycles we hypothesized that areas denser in foliage would have higher concentrations of molybdenum in the soil. Our study site, just northwest of Milford, Utah, is near the outflow of an old tungsten mine. Initial surveys found variable molybdenum concentrations over an area of about six square miles, providing diverse, natural areas to take sampling from for our study. We took three samples from eleven different areas, where the first sample was directly under a sage bush, the second was about a pace away, and the third was two paces away. We then measured the molybdenum concentration using soil digestion methods, and we are currently measuring the amount of biomatter in each sample through combustion of the soil in a muffle furnace. We demonstrate that molybdenum concentrations in soils don’t particularly change over time allowing for further study, and we are working on determining whether molybdenum concentrations are greater near sage bushes and other areas high in organic mass.
Speakers
MH
AM

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:40pm - 1:55pm MDT
ED 104
  Innovation in Specialized Disciplines

1:40pm MDT

Progress on Evaluating Groundwater Flow Interactions between Basin and Range Faults and the Markagunt Gravity Slide: Implications for the Panguitch Municipal Watershed, Southwest Utah
The Panguitch Municipal Watershed (PMW), located in the Dixie National Forest 10 km west of Panguitch, Utah, is underlain by part of the 5,200 km2 Miocene Markagunt gravity slide (Biek and others, 2015). Panguitch relies on six springs along Delong Creek and Indian Hollow in the PMW for the majority of its municipal water. Determining groundwater flow directions to these springs is complicated because of the combined effect of gravity slide structures and younger basin-range normal faults. Slide structures also change the properties of aquifers and confining units, most of which are volcanic rocks that predate the slide. Concern over potential groundwater contamination from livestock and forest fires prompted the Dixie National Forest to initiate a groundwater study to determine the origin and subsurface flow of the water that feeds the springs. Field mapping, 3-D fault modeling, and water quality monitoring were used to construct groundwater flow models for the watershed. A specialized model was created for ArcGIS products to create 3-D faults from new and existing 2-D geologic maps. During the spring of 2017, models based on 2-D geologic mapping at a scale of 1:100,000 were created. However, data at that scale could not provide the necessary accuracy for groundwater modeling. Detailed field mapping begun during the summer of 2017 and is ongoing in order to provide data that can be used for groundwater modeling. Through this mapping, a major horizontal fault surface was located that can be correlated with the springs in both Delong Creek and Indian Hollow.
Speakers
ZS

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:40pm - 1:55pm MDT
ED 203
  Outdoor Engagement & Environmental Stewardship

1:40pm MDT

Health During First Time Pregnancy
We will be discussing the various aspects of health during first time pregnancy in women ages 16-30.
Speakers
SB
RG
SG
AL

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:40pm - 1:55pm MDT
ED 202
  Research to Increase our Physical and/or Mental Well­-being

1:40pm MDT

Collaboration in the Arts: Writing a 20-Author Short Story Collection
In an effort to employ the HIPs of collaborative learning and experiential learning, our class of intermediate fiction writing students spent the fall semester writing a 300-page collection of linked short stories which we have now self-published as a keepsake. This presentation will focus on evaluating the experiment for what we--both the instructor and the students--learned worked well and what we'd change if we were to do it again.
Speakers
CC
RS
AT

Alexis Taylor

Utah College Advising Corp

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:40pm - 1:55pm MDT
BU 103
  Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

1:40pm MDT

Community Engaged Learning @ SUU
In this mercifully brief presentation, Earl Mulderink will share insights and resources about Community Engaged Learning (CEL), a pedagogy known as a High Impact Practice. This information is designed for educators and learners in all disciplines and at all levels.
Speakers
avatar for Earl Mulderink

Earl Mulderink

Professor of History, Southern Utah University
Proponent and practitioner of community engagement and experiential learning.  Old dog eager to learn new tricks.

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:40pm - 1:55pm MDT
ED 111
  Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

1:40pm MDT

Using Open Educational Resources and Project-Based Learning to Teach Research Methods and Statistics: a Student's View.
Last spring, I (Dr. Abigail Larson), applied for a grant to incorporate open educational resources (OERs) into my Research Methods and Statistics class (PE 4020). I also re-formatted the class to include more High Impact Practices. Throughout the course of a semester, students work in small groups on several assignments that culminate in a formal research proposal. The quality of these proposals rival those submitted by many graduate students. In this presentation, Honors Student Liz Cafferty, presents her research proposal as well as her candid perceptions on the use of OERs and my use of High Impact Practices (such as group work and project-based learning) as a means to meet the course objectives.
Speakers
LC
AL

Abigail Larson

Mentor, Kinesiology, Southern Utah University

Tuesday April 3, 2018 1:40pm - 1:55pm MDT
ED 103
  Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

2:00pm MDT

Exploring Trans Identity - Unlearning Gender, Critical Allyship Practice, and Community Uplift
Exploring Trans Identity is a small-scale workshop aimed at addressing misconceptions about transgender (trans) identity. The workshop will also address how to combat trans discrimination and performative allyship and how to critically assess our relationships with the trans community in order to uplift trans experiences, stories and voices in our community. The time will also be used to assess positive representations of trans identity available in popular media and how allies can use them to visibilize trans identity in their social circles.
Speakers
avatar for Christopher Mendoza

Tuesday April 3, 2018 2:00pm - 2:15pm MDT
ED 215
  Community Engagement

2:00pm MDT

Pokémon: 20 years of digital culture
My journey with Pokémon started in December of 1998. This was a whole two years after the original release in Japan. It was all the rage when I was in the third grade. I thought it was a fad that would fade out like jelly shoes, but I was very wrong and for me it would develop into a friendship worth twenty years. I would be lost for hours on my green game boy pocket and you couldn't get me away from it. I would go on to play the different versions of this game, for the rest of my days. Because I was bullied as kid and this was a way for me to escape into a different reality. As I grew older, I noticed a lot of themes that the creators would put into these games. It would range from religion to organized crime. When I got to college is when I really thought of the themes in Pokémon, as it being its own digital culture. Because twenty years, seven generations, and literally 807 species caught. Pokémon culture and the society that so many have enjoyed for many years to come. In this presentation, I plan to give a in depth look at the world of Pokémon. The impact it has had on the world and me as an individual. It would also give information about hidden learning outcomes. Within well-known forms of media, that it turned into a cultural phenomenon. Pokémon is one of those explorable digital cultures.
Speakers
TM

Tuesday April 3, 2018 2:00pm - 2:15pm MDT
BU 101
  Community Engagement

2:00pm MDT

Michael Demasi Portfolio: Bigger Steps
An overview of the various projects that I have completed over the course of this academic year.
Speakers
MD

Tuesday April 3, 2018 2:00pm - 2:15pm MDT
Randall Jones Lobby
  Creative Expression & Analysis

2:00pm MDT

Self-Identity and Social-Identity: The Battle for Homogeneity
The human species contains billions of individuals, each with their own background, belief system, and ambitions. Yet, one thing remains consistent within our species: the individual’s pursuit of happiness. The path to happiness varies, as distinct as every person who chases it. Within this paper, I delve into the novel Maurice by E.M. Forster and analyze one man’s search for happiness, which I define as a homogeneity between individual self and social self. As a homosexual man in Edwardian England, Maurice is plagued with the strict social norms that are a direct contrast to who he feels he is as a person. In an ideal world, self-identity and societal self are one and the same; however, with the influence of societal rule in sexual and gender identification, especially with homosexuality during the novel’s time, a conflict arises between self-identification and what--or who--is deemed socially acceptable. When the outward facade of self and the individual’s own idea of self conflict, the attempt to identify and organize such a complicated and personal matter often leads to cognitive dissonance for the individual. The distinction between masculinity and femininity are expounded to discuss external influences, and the effects of societal pressure to assign femininity with women and masculinity with men results in an external pressure to conform to a mold that may not agree with individual ideas. The story of Maurice and his author takes readers through a journey of finding individuality and happiness in a society where conformity is not only encouraged, but expected.
Speakers
EW

Tuesday April 3, 2018 2:00pm - 2:15pm MDT
BU 110
  Creative Expression & Analysis

2:00pm MDT

Autism Awareness
I am performing a survey study to measure the effectiveness that an informative presentation has on increasing autism awareness. I believe that there is a major lack of autism awareness in today's world and I am hoping that by providing information and the opportunity for people to ask questions that they have about autism will help them better have a better understanding of it. Prior to the presentation, I want to administer my survey using SurveyMonkey to a wide variety of people by posting it on social media (Facebook, Twitter). I would allow people to share this survey with people they know to reach a more broad population. The data taken prior to the presentation would then be used as part of the presentation to show if there is a general lack of awareness or understanding of autism and specifically what the most common misunderstandings are about. My panel members would be made up of different individuals familiar with autism from a parent of a child with autism, to a special ed, to someone diagnosed with autism. To see if the informative presentation influences autism awareness, I would administer the same survey to all of those that attend the event prior to the presentation as well as after the presentation has concluded. With this I would be able to compare the data of those that attended from before the informative presentation to after and see if there was an increase in understanding. I want to present the results of my survey at the Festival of Excellence as well as provide another opportunity for people to learn more about autism and ask questions they have.
Speakers
TL

Tuesday April 3, 2018 2:00pm - 2:15pm MDT
ED 102
  Innovation in Specialized Disciplines

2:00pm MDT

The Effectiveness of Sediment Removal from Coal Creek River
Coal Creek River runs through Cedar City, Utah, providing water to individuals throughout Iron County. However, any unused water arrives in Lake Quitchepa, where it is stored until it eventually evaporates. The Water Conservation Board of Cedar City is currently working to develop ways to utilize the water and minimize droughts. However, Coal Creek River has a high concentration of dissolved salts in the water, which can crystallize and block any infrastructure developed. Consequently, the dissolved compounds must be removed from solution prior to any repurposing intended. The Water Conservation Board has enacted a method of water filtration to remove the ions, and this experiment is designed to test the efficiency of the current method.
Speakers
TM
AB
BC
AH

Tuesday April 3, 2018 2:00pm - 2:15pm MDT
ED 104
  Innovation in Specialized Disciplines

2:00pm MDT

The Negative Repercussions of Penny-Pinching at the Gas Pump
TBD
Speakers
CN

Tuesday April 3, 2018 2:00pm - 2:15pm MDT
LIB 201 A
  Innovation in Specialized Disciplines

2:00pm MDT

Stripping Supported Lipid Bilayers
Lipid bilayers are necessary components of living organisms. In addition to keeping the contents of a cell separate from the environment, they play a major role in intercellular signaling, drug activity, nutrient absorption, and metabolic pathways. Membrane proteins are a significant component of lipid bilayers. Membrane proteins have multiple functions in lipid bilayers, but their purification and characterization is problematic due to the difficulty of keeping membrane proteins in their native state during the purification process. One proposed method to purify membrane proteins without denaturing them is to use a supported lipid bilayer. Supported lipid bilayers are promising because they are good cell membrane mimics. Multiple research groups are working on supported lipid bilayer-based membrane protein separations. Our work focuses on the retrieval of membrane proteins (after a separation has taken place) by stripping the supported lipid bilayer from its solid support and repackaging the lipid bilayer, including any proteins, as lipid vesicles. This stripping and repackaging is achieved by a high buffer flow above a supported lipid bilayer. We will present the results of our research.
Speakers
MO

Tuesday April 3, 2018 2:00pm - 2:15pm MDT
LIB 002
  Innovation in Specialized Disciplines   Distinguished Student Project

2:00pm MDT

JSYK: Heart-based hope leaders communicate to create hopeful cultures
The purpose of this research, “JSYK: Heart-based hope leaders communicate to create hopeful cultures” is to provide an extension to the significant research that was conducted in “An autoethnography of heart-based hope leadership: A matter of life or death” (Kimball, 2014) dissertation. This extension will provide leaders with a roadmap on how to become a heart-based hope leader who can create a culture of hope through hopeful communication. This will be conducted by utilizing Kimball’s (2014) Heart-Based Hope Model of Leadership which instructs leaders, through a three-step process, in cyclical fashion, by way of the following components: identifying needs; implementing approaches; and by monitoring the impact. Once a leader completes this process, they can model Dr. Stephen R. Covey’s (1989) seventh habit of highly effective people, by continually “sharpening the saw” (p. 287). Methodology will include qualitative research design through interactive interviewing. A purposeful sampling of nine participants will be selected; three from each domain: business, education and healthcare. Potential results include adding to the body of literature in the growing heart-based hope, communication and culture fields. Research conclusions can lead to recommendations to aid leaders in the business, education and healthcare domains, in addition to others, who have interest in learning how to become a heart-based hope leader who creates, through, hopeful communication, a culture of hope. Snyder (1994) explains if you are a leader lacking these types of “interpersonal” skills, you are in luck since they can be learned.
Speakers
avatar for Cynthia Kimball Davis

Cynthia Kimball Davis

K-12 Programs Director & Assistant Professor, Southern Utah University - SUU
Dr. Cynthia Kimball Davis is the Director of K-12 Programs and an Assistant Professor in Southern Utah University’s College of Education and Human Development's Department of Teacher Education at Southern Utah University (SUU). She holds a Ph.D. and M.Ed. in curriculum and instruction... Read More →

Tuesday April 3, 2018 2:00pm - 2:15pm MDT
ED 205
  Leadership & Entrepreneurship

2:00pm MDT

Characterization of Major Anions of Coal Creek
Our objective is to measure and quantify the anions in coal creek water samples and compare them to the summer values collected by Chris Lamb and Jared Weaver. We will be determining and looking for any seasonal and daily concentration trends. We will compare work to other years while maintaining collection of quality data. This year is particularly important as there is a low amount of snow pack which may effect the water quality. One question that will be answered is: does drought affect the water quality in coal creek?
Speakers
CA
KC
JP

Tuesday April 3, 2018 2:00pm - 2:15pm MDT
ED 203
  Outdoor Engagement & Environmental Stewardship

2:00pm MDT

Diastereoselectivity of the Nucleophilic Addition Reaction of the (±)-Menthylmagnesium Chloride Grignard Reagent with Phenyl Isocyanate
Menthol is a chiral, natural product isolated from mint leaves and is an active ingredient found in some cough drops. It is a six-membered carbon ring that contains three substituents at stereogenic centers: an alcohol, an isopropyl, and a methyl group. The alcohol functional group can be transformed into a nucleophilic carbon-magnesium bond consisting of a 1:1 mixture of epimers. The stereoselectivity of the reaction of this diastereomeric mixture with phenyl isocyanate was studied. The reaction of excess (±)-menthylmagnesium chloride with phenyl isocyanate at 0°C produced the addition product in 53% isolated yield. No isomeric products were observed by analysis of the crude reaction mixture with gas chromatography coupled mass spectrometry. 1H NMR coupling constant analysis of the product suggests nucleophilic attack of an equatorial carbon-magnesium bond on the electrophile to produce the (±)-(1R,2S,5R)-diastereomer of the product. The potential applications of this research are in the preparation of chiral menthol-derived catalysts for the production of stereochemically pure fine chemicals and medicines.
Speakers
RM
MP
avatar for Nathan Werner

Nathan Werner

Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Southern Utah University
Synthetic Organic Chemist. Mentor. Educator. Scientist.

Tuesday April 3, 2018 2:00pm - 2:15pm MDT
ED 202
  Research to Increase our Physical and/or Mental Well­-being

2:00pm MDT

Do re mi fa sing: Levels of engagement in secondary choral methods
Inspired by a course redesign for an upper-division methods class, this session will include a presentation of three levels of engagement from two perspectives: professor and preservice teacher. Levels of engagement were curriculum development and design, high-impact course assessments, and observations of student engagement in a choral classroom, grades 9-12. This course experience served as crucial for preservice teachers' growth by providing practical experience for implementing methods and high-impact practices with faculty support and guidance.
Speakers
KM
MN

Tuesday April 3, 2018 2:00pm - 2:15pm MDT
BU 103
  Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

2:00pm MDT

The Wonders of Mathematics with Desmos.
This presentation looks at the graphing, modeling, and computational capabilities of the Desmos online calculator. We will look at using Desmos to model data, look at function transformations, and look at calculus applications.
Speakers
BB

Tuesday April 3, 2018 2:00pm - 2:15pm MDT
ED 103
  Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

2:00pm MDT

Storytelling: Crafting Engaging Stories Worth Sharing
Understand the structure that all good stories must have to resonate with an audience

Apply that structure to brand development and marketing

Take away tips on how to build stronger, human-centric stories

Build student, faculty and research stories worth sharing
Speakers
LC
avatar for Nikki Koontz

Nikki Koontz

Assistant Vice President Marketing & Communication, Southern Utah University
Nikki Koontz is the Assistant Vice President of Marketing Communication for Southern Utah University. In this role, she specializes in brand awareness, reputation management, media relations, digital advertising and leadership. Other areas of expertise include content marketing, video... Read More →
KL
ET

Tuesday April 3, 2018 2:00pm - 2:35pm MDT
BU 102
  Digital & Information Literacy

2:00pm MDT

Directing II 3-Minute Film Festival: Restless, Elegiac, and Hope
This presentation is an opportunity for young directors to explore their craft in the medium of film. By employing basic film techniques, they are charged with creating a film narrative which incorporates a specific emotion, prop, soundtrack and genre. These presentations encourage the student directors to show their artistic leadership and creativity. The presentation highlights the top three film winners.
Speakers
AD
DI
SG
AN
JS

Tuesday April 3, 2018 2:00pm - 2:55pm MDT
Thorley
  Creative Expression & Analysis

2:00pm MDT

Colonial Latin American Literature / Literatura Latinoamericana Colonial
This panel presentation showcases exemplary student work from Spanish 4310 (Fall 2017). In this course, students analyzed and discussed the textual production in Spanish America from pre-colonial times to the 19th century. Their comparative final research projects demonstrate a complex understanding of the major schools of thought, historical events and literary movements in colonial Spanish America. Selected students from the course will also participate as discussants. This presentation will be conducted in Spanish.

Panel Participants and Paper Titles:

Luke Heaton: El lamento y la naturaleza en la poesía quechua y gauchesca: una comparación de "Al gran Inca Atahualpa" y "El gaucho Martín Fierro"

Kolton Elmer: ¿Real o ficticio?: la conquista de México según Bernal Díaz del Castillo y Hernán Cortés

Alejandra Portolés Colás: La labor social y literaria de Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz y Clorinda Matto de Turner y el desafío al convencionalismo social.

Marissa Speakman: La libertad latinoamericana: una comparación de “La carta de Jamaica” de Simón Bolívar y “Nuestra América” de José Martí
Speakers
AP
KE
LH
IP
MS

Tuesday April 3, 2018 2:00pm - 2:55pm MDT
ED 204
  Global Engagement

2:00pm MDT

Discovering Diversity Through Identity and Privilege
This panel will feature five pre-service teachers’ documentaries discussing how examination of their identities and schooling processes is an important part of learning to teach in diverse communities. The documentaries will be shown to provide the audience an understanding of each panel member’s process of discovery throughout their time learning about diversity in schools and communities. The remainder of the time will consist of a discussion between the panel members about how understanding their identity, schooling, and privilege coupled with their knowledge of diversity has prepared them to teach in America’s public schools.
Speakers
avatar for Tyler Barber

Tyler Barber

French Ed. Major, Southern Utah University
I am a gay Mormon that aspires to be a high school French/Theatre teacher. Talking points will be Christian privilege, heterosexual privilege, NO PROMO HOMO, etc.
AB
HC
avatar for Alex Curtis

Alex Curtis

Secondary Education Major, Southern Utah University
My name is Alex Curtis. I'm in my third year of college and I'm currently pursuing a major in Spanish Education with a concentration in ESL and a minor in Global Studies. I attended Snow College for two years where I earned an Associates Degree in Science and Art with a certificate... Read More →
HD

Tuesday April 3, 2018 2:00pm - 2:55pm MDT
ED 111
  Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

2:20pm MDT

Exploring UFO culture in Utah
My film will be an in depth examination of the UFO culture that exists in Utah. I will find out why these people come together in the first place.
Speakers
VM

Tuesday April 3, 2018 2:20pm - 2:35pm MDT
BU 101
  Community Engagement

2:20pm MDT

Acting Methods and Musical Theatre
How do varying acting methods and techniques affect musical theater? This is the question I explored throughout my capstone project and paper. You see, it is not uncommon to have discussions and conversations about acting techniques, such as: Sanford Meisner,Vesvolod Meyerhold, Konstantin Stanislavski, and Uta Hagen, and their application to acting in straight plays. However, not much is mentioned about how their works contribute and affect the acting in musical theater.
I began my search for answers, by discussing the above mentioned methods, practices, and theories, to begin exploring the application and opportunities these methods may poses for musical theater performers and their craft. Following that expedition, and using the comparison of two of my own musical theater experiences, The Spitfire Grill (Fall of 2016), and Heathers:The Musical (Spring 2017), I hoped to be able to not only discover which methods I personally lean to, but also to discover how these methods, practices, and theories can be utilized by musical theater performers, practitioners and instructors. As in all acting, it is the actor's’ job to convincingly portray and convey the story and all its’ elements. How much better could they do so if the works of these theatrical giants were put into practice in every aspect: musical or otherwise?
I believe that these methodologies have the power to help actors find a deeper level of meaning in their acting. I believe that if we can learn how to implement these methodologies into our musical theater practices, studies and performances, we may be able to raise the bar at which musical theater is not only learned, but performed.
Speakers
CM

Tuesday April 3, 2018 2:20pm - 2:35pm MDT
ED 102
  Creative Expression & Analysis

2:20pm MDT

Aspiring to be in the dark
Many artist want to be seen, it’s how the living is made, or at least for the Majorty. As a stage manager for live theatre it’s my goal to remain unseen. If you see me, I failed. As my field requires a myriad of skills in which the top is to be able to combine them to create a efficient and creative environment.
Speakers
AA

Tuesday April 3, 2018 2:20pm - 2:35pm MDT
Randall Jones Lobby
  Creative Expression & Analysis

2:20pm MDT

The Dramatized Representation of Henry VI
This paper delves into the dramatization of national history by Shakespeare in Henry VI Parts I, II, and III. The history of Henry VI is popular because of Shakespeare’s manipulation of Henry’s inability to be a King, not because of the factual history of Henry VI and his reign. The goal of this research is to use new historicism and the reacting new criticism, with a minor touch of gender criticism and deconstruction, to show Shakespeare’s manipulation of historical characters. Henry VI is looked at by audiences as a weak King, who is unable to make his own decisions, following the lead of others, including his wife, Margaret of Anjou and the true heir to the throne, Richard of York. Shakespeare represents the written character of Margaret Anjou as stronger and more capable to the throne, as a woman and not of royal blood, than that of the King himself. Through interpretation of Richard of York’s implied character Shakespeare gives the audience reason to believe that he should be King, through his line, rather than Henry, whose line stole the throne. These three characters are studied with the analysis of other theorists to achieve the goal to unravel the manipulation of dramatized representation by a popular writer and the history that is remembered in dramatization versus the factual history that has been ignored for entertainment.
Speakers
MH

Tuesday April 3, 2018 2:20pm - 2:35pm MDT
BU 110
  Creative Expression & Analysis

2:20pm MDT

Measuring Oxygen in Anoxic Environments Using a Microfluidic Device
Aquatic anoxic environments affect many aspects of the world around us. For example, fish require dissolved oxygen to live and our pipes will corrode more easily if oxygen levels are too high. We have fabricated a microfluidic device that is sensitive enough to measure low levels of oxygen, is reusable, and inexpensive. Our device consists of a block of PDMS with embedded wires and channels. It measures oxygen in anoxic aqueous environments using an electrochemical process analogous to that of the Clark electrode. Our design is based on the STOX electrode, which is essentially a Clark electrode inside of another Clark electrode. The STOX electrode is sensitive and we hope our device will have similar sensitivity, but will be less expensive. We have successfully fabricated a device, calibrated it, and performed field tests.
Speakers
BA
MC

Tuesday April 3, 2018 2:20pm - 2:35pm MDT
LIB 002
  Innovation in Specialized Disciplines

2:20pm MDT

Social Deficiencies due to Social Media Technology Addictions
TBD
Speakers
avatar for Sage Hadley

Tuesday April 3, 2018 2:20pm - 2:35pm MDT
LIB 201 A
  Innovation in Specialized Disciplines

2:20pm MDT

Structure and mechanism of an unusual TPP-dependent enzyme
Oxalate is common in soil, where it binds to cations and affects availability of other nutrients. The soil bacterium Moorella thermoacetica can grow on oxalate as its sole carbon and energy source by an unusual, strictly anaerobic pathway. The enzyme that oxidizes oxalate is a homolog of 2-oxoacid:ferredoxin oxidoreductases, which are common in some groups of strictly anaerobic bacteria and archaea. The catalytic cycles of these enzymes begin with nucleophilic attack of the thiamine pyrophosphate cofactor on the carbonyl carbon of the substrate. Oxalate should be a significantly worse electrophile than common substrates for OFOR enzymes, but current evidence shows that oxalate:ferredoxin oxidoreductase acts via a similar mechanism to other OFOR enzymes. The structure and catalytic mechanism of oxalate:ferredoxin oxidoreductase show specific changes that may promote substrate binding and reactivity.
Speakers
EP

Tuesday April 3, 2018 2:20pm - 2:35pm MDT
ED 104
  Innovation in Specialized Disciplines

2:20pm MDT

Achieving Credibility Through Professionalism
With information so readily available on the internet, those who are formally educated need to establish their credibility in their chosen field of study. One way to develop credibility is to conduct yourself professionally. Professionalism requires knowledge and conscious effort.
Speakers
avatar for Celesta Lyman

Celesta Lyman

Dietitian, Assistant Professor, Southern Utah University

Tuesday April 3, 2018 2:20pm - 2:35pm MDT
ED 205
  Leadership & Entrepreneurship

2:20pm MDT

Determination of Cations in Coal Creek
This project will examine the cation concentration in Coal Creek. To do this, we will be comparing our data from that obtained in previous years, with special consideration to seasonal trends in cation concentration. We will also analyze the current daily concentration variations. Furthermore, as this year has had a particularly low snow-pack, we will determine if the drought has had any effect on the overall water quality. This analysis will be done using Flame Atomic Absorption. Results will be presented at the presentation.
Speakers
KC
DR

Tuesday April 3, 2018 2:20pm - 2:35pm MDT
ED 203
  Outdoor Engagement & Environmental Stewardship

2:20pm MDT

Teaching Children Sex Education
Teaching youth about sex education at the proper time.
Speakers
JC
MK
RT
PV

Tuesday April 3, 2018 2:20pm - 2:35pm MDT
ED 202
  Research to Increase our Physical and/or Mental Well­-being

2:20pm MDT

The Effectiveness of Online Videos in Improving Clinical Skills Involving Musculoskeletal Injury Assessment
Context: Advances in technology has increased the popularity of online methods for distance learning and continuing education efforts. While evidence suggests that the use of online methods (e.g. online videos) increases learner knowledge, it is unclear if similar benefits exist for improving hands-on clinical skills such as musculoskeletal injury assessment. Objective: To determine the effectiveness of online videos in improving knowledge and hands-on clinical skills for musculoskeletal injury assessment. Main Outcome Measures: Knowledge and hands-on clinical skills were operationalized by written and practical examination scores, respectively. Both examinations consisted of 10-items that assessed each participant’s knowledge of and ability to properly perform the Lever Sign including patient/clinician positioning, hand placement, proper amount of force applied, and interpretation of results. The written and practical examinations consisted of fill-in-the-blank and binary items, respectively. Examination scores were reported as percentages, with higher scores indicating better knowledge and ability. We used a Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test to evaluate score differences between testing sessions (alpha=.05, two tailed). Participants scoring over 70% were classified as being competent. Results: Participants demonstrated significantly higher scores at post-test for the written (P
Speakers
NS

Tuesday April 3, 2018 2:20pm - 2:35pm MDT
ED 103
  Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

2:20pm MDT

Using Open Pedagogy in an Upper Division Mathematics Course
Through a Curriculum Innovation Grant from SUU's Center of Excellence for Teaching and Learning, I have modified the way I teach my usual Abstract Algebra course by adopting OER course materials and by engaging the students with the Open Pedagogy of Renewable Assignments, which allowed students to be
creators of content knowledge instead of just consumers of knowledge. In particular, students created an artifact to be used by future students in their own learning. This talk will showcase some of the creative learning artifacts these students created, present student reflections on this project, and present my own reflections on this open educational project.
Speakers
AM

Tuesday April 3, 2018 2:20pm - 2:35pm MDT
BU 103
  Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

2:40pm MDT

Marriage Enrichment

Our goal through presenting this topic is to help new parents and young couples transition to parenthood. Our goal is to educate couples in specific areas such as: dating after marriage, conflict resolution and communication, responsibilities and goal setting, and finances in order to help couples grow closer together as they go through the challenges that come with raising children.
Speakers
CE
CG
SG
KS

Tuesday April 3, 2018 2:40pm - 2:55pm MDT
ED 215
  Community Engagement

2:40pm MDT

The Culture of Agriculture in Southern Utah
Water is the most important resource in the Western United States. The impact on water usage of growing varieties of drought resistant crops in diverse polyculture farms provides more security in a dry region like Southern Utah. Polyculture farms use significantly less water than traditional monoculture farms. Beef production is a large share of the agriculture market in parts of Southern Utah. Beef production does not contribute, but rather, depletes the biodiversity of the region. In contrast, polyculture farming practices have been shown to improve the biodiversity of their regions. I seek to provide further evidence that supports efficient water use and building up of bioagro biomes through the means of Polycultural farming practices. My work will focus on key stakeholders including: the farmer, community member, and consumer in the market. Through semi-structured interviews with polyculture farmers and surveys of biodiversity on Southern Utah farms. Through this work I seek to understand how to more effectively use limited water resources to produce food for the local community. The local community could potentially benefit by developing a diverse food economy and food culture if there is a clear focus on land stewardship by the means of polycultural farming practices.
Speakers
SJ

Tuesday April 3, 2018 2:40pm - 2:55pm MDT
BU 101
  Community Engagement

2:40pm MDT

Hunting as Comedy In Shakespeare
This research project takes up two of William Shakespeare’s comedy plays: A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Merry Wives of Windsor. The focus of the research revolves around the theme of hunting and its contribution to comedy in both plays, as well as a main character in each play (Theseus and Sir John Falstaff). The project explores how hunting relates to masculinity and power through research about customs that existed during Shakespeare’s time. Such customs include a typical deer hunt and literary customs connecting masculinity to deer and hunting. In particular, Paul Fatout’s “With Horn and Hound” provides significant insight into the hunting traditions of the time, which allows for the majority of the identification of the theme in the two plays. This project comes to the conclusion that the use of the hunting theme is more comical in The Merry Wives of Windsor than in A Midsummer Night’s Dream due to its connection to the idea of manhood and the complete emasculation of Sir John Falstaff.
Speakers
KK

Tuesday April 3, 2018 2:40pm - 2:55pm MDT
BU 110
  Creative Expression & Analysis

2:40pm MDT

Progress
This will be a review/ presentation of a stage managers four years of college, some projects that have been completed throughout those four years within the BFA program, as well as how the stage managers process has change throughout.
Speakers
KN

Tuesday April 3, 2018 2:40pm - 2:55pm MDT
Randall Jones Lobby
  Creative Expression & Analysis

2:40pm MDT

Concise Guide to Information Literacy: Contents or Process

This presentation is a “choose your own adventure” presentation.  However, unlike the books, there are only 3 choices here, unless I talk really, really fast.   You, the members of the audience, will get to choose from

  1. a discussion of the content of my recently published book entitled Concise Guide to Information Literacy that I wrote while on sabbatical, or
  2. about the process of creating a book proposal and getting a contract to write a textbook, or finally,
  3. about the/my writing process for writing a textbook.
Speakers
avatar for Scott Lanning

Scott Lanning

Associate Professor of Library Media/Assessment Librarian, Southern Utah University - Sherratt Library
What I would like people to know about me is that I love my job - teaching, librarianship, research and writing. I am so lucky that I found a position that enables me to do all of these things!

Tuesday April 3, 2018 2:40pm - 2:55pm MDT
BU 102
  Digital & Information Literacy

2:40pm MDT

Expectations of Emotion Alter Perceptions of Emotional Displays
In order to test the impact of expectation on the interpretation of emotions, participants viewed emotionally laden scenarios and subsequently rated photos of emotional displays that were either congruent or incongruent with the emotion in the scenario. Scenario interacted with the emotion displayed in the photo affecting participants’ emotion ratings.
Speakers
AA
VB
SB
MG
QS
GS

Tuesday April 3, 2018 2:40pm - 2:55pm MDT
ED 104
  Innovation in Specialized Disciplines

2:40pm MDT

How to Raise Respectful Kids.
TBD
Speakers
AB

Tuesday April 3, 2018 2:40pm - 2:55pm MDT
LIB 201 A
  Innovation in Specialized Disciplines

2:40pm MDT

Why are they here? Analysis and comparison of the functional characteristics of Quercus gambelii, Q. turbinella, and their interspecific hybrids
Utah is home to two species of oak, Quercus gambelii and Q. turbinella, which hybridize to form Q. undulata. This mysterious hybrid oak has incited the curiosity of various researchers, leading to many studies in order to better understand it. In spite of this previous research, we are still unsure of how the hybrid has survived in locations well outside of the range of Q. turbinella, which is currently restricted to Washington County in Utah. We hypothesize that the anatomical and physiological structure of Q. undulata plays a vital role in its ability to exist outside of the range of Q. turbinella. We predict that Q. undulata possesses Q. turbinella-like characteristics, such as narrow xylem vessels, low stomatal density, and low leaf vein density that allow it to inhabit dry, hot microsites found in the current range of Q. gambelii. Our primary objective is to identify and compare the functional characteristics of the three species to determine whether these characteristic differences account for the survival and success of Q. undulata. We have collected samples from Three Peaks in Cedar City, and are continuing to collect from different locations throughout Utah. We have measured the stomata size and density, leaf vein density, leaf size and shape, and leaf mass per area, as well as general anatomical traits of the stem and stem wood. We have also identified locations of the hybrid oak and have entered them into GIS to analyze microhabitat characteristics of the species. We are using the collected data to compare and contract the characteristics of the three species in order to test our hypothesis.
Speakers
SP

Tuesday April 3, 2018 2:40pm - 2:55pm MDT
LIB 002
  Innovation in Specialized Disciplines

2:40pm MDT

How Big Data Affects the Four P's of Marketing: Product, Price, Place, Promotion
Big data, the enormous databases of information, is revolutionizing marketing. The marketing mix, or the four P’s of marketing, consists of price, promotion, place, and product. We have synthesized information on big data and its relation to marketing through the most current articles available, analyzing big companies, talking to to experts, and recording trends. Through our research we’ve found that each of the P’s of marketing can be improved by the use of big data. We have come to the conclusion that big data will revolutionize the way marketers optimize price, product, placement, and promotion. Big data creates the opportunity for more targeted marketing strategies. It can increase efficiency, analyze future behaviors, influence decision making, and personalize promotion and placement.
Speakers
ST
KW

Tuesday April 3, 2018 2:40pm - 2:55pm MDT
ED 205
  Leadership & Entrepreneurship

2:40pm MDT

University of the Parks: Partnering to create hands on education opportunities
Southern Utah University has trademarked University of the Parks. This status was built on a decade of partnerships with our regional public lands creating hands on education opportunities for SUU students, faculty and staff.

This presentation will review signature programs and their learning outcomes in terms of stewardship of our lands and giving students opportunities for personal and professional development.
Speakers
BE

Briget Eastep

Director of Outdoor Engagement, Southern Utah University
KK

Tuesday April 3, 2018 2:40pm - 2:55pm MDT
ED 203
  Outdoor Engagement & Environmental Stewardship

2:40pm MDT

Understanding Rejuvenation Tablets and Its Process in Using Magnesium as Source for Making Ingestible Molecular Hydrogen
Molecular hydrogen has been identified as a therapeutic agent with positive effects towards many processes like oxidative stress and inflammation. Rejuvenation tablets have recently been produced as a way to ingest this therapeutic gas. After placing a tablet in a cup of water, a simple reaction occurs between the water and the magnesium metal, which creates a drinkable solution containing molecular hydrogen. In this reaction all of the magnesium should be consumed in the reaction, but quantitative tests have indicated that the amount of magnesium that reacted was less than the amount indicated per tablet as shown on the bottle. To further understand this process, analytical methods will be used for magnesium quantification. The results recorded from analysis will be detailed during an oral presentation.
Speakers
PA
AA
KC
SI

Tuesday April 3, 2018 2:40pm - 2:55pm MDT
ED 202
  Research to Increase our Physical and/or Mental Well­-being

2:40pm MDT

Silence and Sound: Blanchot and Beckett
In “The Space of Literature” and other essays, Maurice Blanchot describes how the "language of literature" is an attempt to experience that moment before language as speech becomes language. Literature is sustained, paradoxically, by this cadaver-like, Lazarus-like, material which is the passing of that moment. When one speaks, it is never really a speaking that delivers any "reality" or immediacy. Therefore, death (not to be equated with nothingness, the void, or the interminable silence) props up literature—not to express the desire for speech, but, rather, simply to mark that there was a hypothetical moment when speech was not yet speech--in other words, simply to mark being on Becoming. In his meditation on Nietzsche’s thought of the Eternal Return, Blanchot says that even “when we think nothingness, we are still thinking being” (“The Limits of Experience” 126). Similarly, it is impossible to fathom that hypothetical moment before speech, if we consider how radically other (not grounded in the presence/absence dialectic) that moment seems: a pure moment of chance, perhaps, before language kills "the flower" (Mallarmé). Can the "becoming" of the "hypothetical moment" before speech becomes speech be "experienced" as pure sensation?

My project relates Blanchot's views on silence and madness to those of Samuel Beckett's on sound to consider how we might think of that “hypothetical moment.” I focus on Beckett's radio plays (Words and Music, Embers) and Blanchot's recit, "The Madness of the Day." Beckett experimented with "sounds" in ways that threaten the “limits of experience.” Blanchot experimented with writing in ways that question the very possibility of any narrative. Beckett's radio plays may free us from usual modes of perception/sensation, which implies there may be other possibilities for joining Blanchot and Beckett in fathoming literature’s relationship with silence, the void, nothingness, and chaos—but perhaps, most importantly, chance.
Speakers
NI

Tuesday April 3, 2018 2:40pm - 2:55pm MDT
BU 103
  Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

2:40pm MDT

Updating the "Ghetto-Fabulous" Laser
When I first came to SUU as a new physical chemistry professor, "building a ghetto-fabulous laser" was one of the favorite labs done by the quantum mechanics students. The lab was fun, but it definitely earned its name. Students spent most of their time fiddling with the lab apparatus and many failed to produce any laser light at all. I applied for and was granted funds from the Faculty Development Support Fund (FDSF) to update the physical chemistry labs. In the new lab students are much more successful at achieving lasing, and get to focus their attention on exploring the wonderful properties of coherent light!
Speakers
MR

Tuesday April 3, 2018 2:40pm - 2:55pm MDT
ED 103
  Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

3:00pm MDT

Domestic and Interpersonal Violence
How to identify victims, find appropriate resources, and help prevent future violence
Speakers
SG
MH
AR
AT

Tuesday April 3, 2018 3:00pm - 3:15pm MDT
ED 215
  Community Engagement

3:00pm MDT

Why should America care about the effects of climate change on the Marshall Islands?
My primary question is, "Why should America care about the effects of climate change on the Marshall Islands?" This led me to other questions, namely what is the history between the US and the Marshall Islands, what are the effects of climate change on the Marshall Islands and how will this affect the United States of America? This question allowed me to further investigate and create an ethnographic short film on the Marshallese people and the steady increase in immigration from the Islands to the mainland of the United States. Taking a deeper look at how the Marshallese people feel about the subject and what they think must be done to help? I feel that this is an important topic that needs to be revealed because these Islands are disappearing and it is having a devastating effect on these people. Since World War II the United States has had a presence in the Marshall Islands, from the orchestrating of 67 nuclear tests during the cold war to the ever presence of the Army base on Kwajalein Atoll. This presence led to the Compact of Free Association and the approval for the Marshallese people to travel freely to the United States. Now with the United States backing out of the Paris Climate Change deal that was formed by the UN, one can only ask what the United States will do to help another country like the Marshall Islands that is being lost to climate change. These people will most likely be among the first climate refugees.
Speakers
avatar for Damon Swain

Tuesday April 3, 2018 3:00pm - 3:15pm MDT
BU 101
  Community Engagement   Distinguished Student Project

3:00pm MDT

Body Love
Perhaps the boldest endeavor we can undertake is the reclamation of our bodies. Too often we subject ourselves to severe destructive behaviors and self-talk. Fundamentally, this piece comments on the journey necessary to achieve recognition of worth — something depleted for too many. The time has come for a shift. The time has come for change.
Tuesday April 3, 2018 3:00pm - 3:15pm MDT
Thorley
  Creative Expression & Analysis

3:00pm MDT

Technical Direction: The Only Direction For Me.
I love being able to create worlds and atmospheres that people can live in and thrive in. As a Technical Director I do just that, I take a two-dimensional drawing that a designer gives me, and actually create the world that the designer envisioned.
Speakers
TC

Tuesday April 3, 2018 3:00pm - 3:15pm MDT
Randall Jones Lobby
  Creative Expression & Analysis

3:00pm MDT

The Blind That Truly See: An Investigation of Sight Within Oedipus Rex
This paper delves into the Greek tragic play Oedipus Rex, written by Sophocles, where a man kills his father and marries his mother. Many people today tend to focus on the horror of the incestuous acts and the blood and gore of how the drama ends. Nevertheless, my paper will center on the complex concept of sight. Through a close reading of the text, the paper will take into account the different connotations of the word “see,” e.g. the physical sense of using one’s eyes, versus the power of knowledge, wisdom, and understanding, while also featuring sight’s counterpart, blindness and ignorance. To illustrate the ideas being presented, the paper will focus on three different characters that each display their own type of blindness: Oedipus who is unintentionally ignorant, Iocaste who is intentionally ignorant, and Teiresias who is the physically blind seer. Through the use of these characters and their ability/inability to “see” the paper will attempt to showcase how literature and drama have the power to impact daily life and how it’s cultural significance has not diminished over the many years it has been in publication. Making connections to other Greek literature and myth, such as the Odyssey, will help to further prove the validity of the arguments that will be presented. In essence, the paper will show that the physical manifestation of sight within the play is a weakness, and it’s the inner wisdom of an individual that truly wins out in the end.
Speakers
KW

Tuesday April 3, 2018 3:00pm - 3:15pm MDT
BU 110
  Creative Expression & Analysis

3:00pm MDT

508 Accessibility Testing: Are you compliant?
The issue of digital accessibility truly affects everyone although we often wrongly assume it only applies to individuals with disabilities. However, people without disabilities share the same frustration when completing work online becomes impossible due to non-accessibility issues. The ability to access information online with minimal issues is necessary for the success of all applications and websites.
We are research assistants working in the Outdoor Engagement Center and we have completed accessibility testing for a forest data application designed by the Forest Inventory Analysis (FIA) and the National Forest Service (NFS) called the “Design and Analysis Toolkit for Inventory and Monitoring” (DATIM). Since this is a federal application, it must abide by Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1978. Testing the application for compliance with Section 508 has primarily been the responsibility of our research team here at SUU.
We began testing over a year ago with a list of the standards required to be followed in order for a page to be compliant. We have since developed testing resources and standard protocol to complete our testing. In this presentation we will discuss our manual testing method and compare it to automated testing alternatives. Research, testing, and analyzing results indicates that manual testing is the optimal way to ensure a page is fully compliant. While manual testing offers the most accurate results, it also requires a significant time investment with research assistants spending 4-8 hours of testing time per page. We’re continuously pursuing new avenues for testing to create a more efficient process which can be incorporated into the most accurate form of testing.
Speakers
JB
CM

Tuesday April 3, 2018 3:00pm - 3:15pm MDT
BU 102
  Digital & Information Literacy

3:00pm MDT

Developing a Cheap and Efficient DNA Purification Method
Microorganisms incorporate molybdenum into cofactors in enzymes that are used in basic reactions in sulfur, carbon, and nitrogen metabolism. We are interested in studying two molybdoenzymes that should be common in soil microbes. To make these enzymes in the lab, we will need to work with purified genomic and plasmid DNA. Typically, DNA is purified in biochemistry labs using expensive kits. These kits use proprietary technology, but are mostly based on the binding of DNA to silica membranes. Older purification methods are cheaper but require hazardous chemicals. We are optimizing silica gel purification using minimally hazardous reagents that can be purchased cheaply. This method makes use of high salt concentrations that favor DNA binding to silica so that contaminants like proteins and solubilized agarose can be removed.
Speakers
BP

Tuesday April 3, 2018 3:00pm - 3:15pm MDT
LIB 002
  Innovation in Specialized Disciplines

3:00pm MDT

First Comes Love, Then Comes Marriage, Then comes Comunication Issues
There are many issues that can come up for newly engaged or married couples. Most of these stem from differences in the individuals families and how money is said and spent. How do you navigate the troubles that come with dissimilarities in families of origin? We will discuss how to communicate and problem solve during the first years of marriage especially about finances and spending habits.
Speakers
CB
MC
JW

Tuesday April 3, 2018 3:00pm - 3:15pm MDT
ED 104
  Innovation in Specialized Disciplines

3:00pm MDT

Philosophy of Geology: An Under-Developed but Promising Interdisciplinary Research Program
The Philosophy of Science is an interdisciplinary investigation into various aspects of science, including its overall nature, its methods, its explanatory claims, and the ways that science changes over time. The Philosophy of Science is the application of philosophical methods to philosophical problems that are associated with issues that arise in the context of science. Philosophical methods include: clarifying/defining terms, textual analysis, critical thinking, argumentation, reasoning and rational decision making, analyzing inferences, and identifying fallacies. Philosophical problems can be organized into four broad subfields: metaphysics, epistemology, logic, and value theory.


Geology is an earth science that studies the earth's physical structure and substance, its history, and the processes that act on it. Geology is inherently an interdisciplinary field of inquiry that routinely relies on physics and chemistry, and includes a number of specialized subfields, such as: structural geology, environmental geology, paleontology, tectonics, hydrogeology, sedimentology, stratigraphy, mineralogy, and petrology.


Compared to robust areas of inquiry like the Philosophy of Physics, the Philosophy of Chemistry, and the Philosophy of Biology, the Philosophy of Geology is an under-developed subfield within the Philosophy of Science. This presentation will outline key features of a comprehensive, interdisciplinary research program in the Philosophy of Geology. First, we will situate the Philosophy of Geology within the larger context of the Philosophy of Science. Next, we will provide an overview of Geology and some of its main subfields. Finally, we will outline examples within each of four broad areas of investigation and research found in the Philosophy of Geology: metaphysics, epistemology, logic, and value theory. Additional consideration will be given to education, advocacy, and public outreach; ethical and moral dilemmas; large-scale historical changes over time; and limits, debates, and controversies.
Speakers
JM
avatar for James Sage

James Sage

Associate Provost, Southern Utah University

Tuesday April 3, 2018 3:00pm - 3:15pm MDT
ED 111
  Innovation in Specialized Disciplines

3:00pm MDT

The History of Hip Hop
Speakers
CP

Tuesday April 3, 2018 3:00pm - 3:15pm MDT
LIB 201 A
  Innovation in Specialized Disciplines

3:00pm MDT

"The Handmaid's Tale" and "Herland": Analyzing Gender through Dystopia and Utopia
"Herland" is a utopian novel that was published in 1915 by Charlotte Gilman and "The Handmaid's Tale" is a dystopian novel that was published in 1985. Both novels are heavily influenced by sex and gender and contain many themes that reflect what the social structure was like during the time periods in which they were written. By analyzing and comparing the two novels, much can be found about the representation of women and their role in society throughout history.
Speakers
avatar for Hanna Dawson

Hanna Dawson

History Major, Southern Utah University

Tuesday April 3, 2018 3:00pm - 3:15pm MDT
ED 102
  Innovation in Specialized Disciplines   Distinguished Student Project

3:00pm MDT

Virtual Offices: The Workplace of the Future
With the emergence of new Internet Communication Technologies (ICTs), virtual offices have become a new and popular way for teams to be managed. A virtual office is a workspace in which members of a team use ICTs as their primary communication and organization methods. Teams that have successfully transitioned to a virtual office have found that the virtual workplace allows for greater flexibility, independence, and adaptability while still retaining effectiveness. Adversely, virtual offices encounter issues that may reduce productivity and effectiveness such as: lack of accountability, issues with communication, and lack of team relationships. This presentation focuses on observations and analyses we have made about the development of our own virtual research team that is composed of 10 remotely-working research assistants. Even though our team is not separated geographically, we have chosen to run as a virtual office because of the several benefits. We will discuss aspects of an effective virtual office and how we have managed to find success in the following areas: communication, management, and teamwork.
Speakers
TJ
AP

Tuesday April 3, 2018 3:00pm - 3:15pm MDT
ED 205
  Leadership & Entrepreneurship

3:00pm MDT

Determination of Chlorophyll Concentration in Coal Creek by Spectrofluorometry
Chlorophyll concentrations are often used as a method for determining the amount of primary producers in natural waters. Southern Utah has many sources of natural water. In the past years, Coal Creek, a natural water source that runs through Cedar City, has had low chlorophyll concentrations relative to other waterways in Southern Utah, which indicates a low primary producer level. This may be an explanation for why Coal Creek has a low biodiversity relative to other southern Utah waters. In this experiment, we compare chlorophyll levels of Coal Creek to surroundings water to determine if there is a correlation between chlorophyll levels and biodiversity. The methodology and results of the experiment will be explained in the presentation
Speakers
JL
KR
RR

Tuesday April 3, 2018 3:00pm - 3:15pm MDT
ED 203
  Outdoor Engagement & Environmental Stewardship

3:00pm MDT

Synaptotagmin Localization in Zebrafish Embryos
Synaptotagmins (syts) are a group of proteins that play an important role in exocytosis from neuro and neuroendocrine cells. While some isoforms are essential for neurotransmitter release at mature synapses, very little research has been published regarding the localization of these proteins during embryonic development. Therefore, we plan to systematically identify which syt isoforms are expressed in the neural tube during earlier stages of development and their location. We will harvest embryos from the zebrafish population residing in the animal lab, humanely euthanize them prior to hatching, and then determine the locations of the seventeen syt isoforms at various stages of development in the embryonic tissue. To determine which isoforms are expressed iwill isolate mRNA from the embryos and then perform RT-PCR. Once we have determined the specific stages of development during which the isoforms appear, we will perform in situ hybridization on the harvested tissues to find the location of synaptotagmin expression in the embryos. This presentation will cover the development of important protocols and preliminary data collected at this time.
Speakers
EJ

Tuesday April 3, 2018 3:00pm - 3:15pm MDT
ED 202
  Research to Increase our Physical and/or Mental Well­-being

3:00pm MDT

Classroom-based experiential education at the site of the 2017 Brian Head fire
In summer 2017, the Brian Head fire burned over 70,000 acres of forest in southern Utah and at its peak was the largest active fire in the United States. As biology educators, we felt the disturbance created by this significant local event could provide a topical and relevant entry point to teach ecological methods and awareness of the role of wildfire in biological communities. We designed a course-based research project analyzing the effect of fire strength on the responses of insect pollinators, understory plants, seeds, and soil characteristics. Students in five sections of the SUU introductory ecology lab collected data from the Thunder Ridge Boy Scout Camp north of Brian Head, which had areas that ranged in burn severity from severely burned to not burned at all. Students read primary literature on fire ecology, learned field survey methods, identified arthropods and germinated seedlings in the lab, analyzed combined class data using the software programs R and Arc-GIS, and compiled and presented their results in both written and oral format. We surveyed student perceptions of wildfire in forest communities before and after the course, and found that students overall gained a more nuanced appreciation of the role that fire can play in these habitats, recognizing both the negative and positive effects.
Speakers
RB
MO

Tuesday April 3, 2018 3:00pm - 3:15pm MDT
BU 103
  Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

3:00pm MDT

Curriculum Innovation Grant (CIG) Report: Creating a research community in the genetics lab at SUU
Providing research opportunities to undergraduate students is a high impact educational practice. However, the traditional model focuses on independent research experiences with direct mentoring by a faculty member, which is time-consuming, expensive, and limited in reach. My colleague, Dr. Karl Jarvis, and I used funding from the Provost's Office Curriculum Innovation Grants Program to re-design five sections of BIOL 3065 Genetics Lab. We created a semester-long research experience in which students worked together to develop a research community of practice. The student research community learned genetic techniques while working on a real-world problem for the United States Forest Service (USFS). The USFS wanted to know how human communities and the 2017 Brian Head Fire affected water quality. Communities of microscopic organisms known as diatoms are excellent predictors of water quality. Traditional methods rely on the use of a microscope to identify diatoms, however, recent techniques in genetics allow diatoms to be identified using taxonomy-free Next Generation Sequencing approaches. Genetics students collected diatoms from selected streams, extracted their DNA, amplified the DNA, and interpreted output from a DNA sequencing facility. Our goal was to measure how this high-impact educational practice affected student engagement with genetics content, and student perception of science, research, project ownership, and networking abilities. We present preliminary data on this semester's CIG-revised classes.
Speakers
avatar for Jacqualine Grant

Jacqualine Grant

Associate Professor, Southern Utah University
People should talk to me about biocultural diversity, distributed food networks, and how to use next generation sequencing to engage STEM students with the community.
KJ

Tuesday April 3, 2018 3:00pm - 3:15pm MDT
ED 103
  Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

3:00pm MDT

Colonial Latin American Literature / Literatura Latinoamericana Colonial
This panel presentation showcases exemplary student work from Spanish 4310 (Fall 2017). In this course, students analyzed and discussed the textual production in Spanish America from pre-colonial times to the 19th century. Their comparative final research projects demonstrate a complex understanding of the major schools of thought, historical events and literary movements in colonial Spanish America. Selected students from the course will also participate as discussants. This presentation will be conducted in Spanish.

Panel Participants and Paper Titles
Sandra Overbey: Unidos por el pensamiento de la libertad: un breve análisis de Simón Bolívar y José Martí

Brookayla Nelson: Los estereotipos de género en la obra de Sor Juana Inés De la Cruz

Brandon Hales: La modernización y el progreso en las obras de José Martí y José Hernández

Miriam Velasco: Los comienzos del feminismo en la literatura latinoamericana: una comparación de Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz y Clorinda Matto de Turner
Speakers
BH
BN
SO
IP
MV

Tuesday April 3, 2018 3:00pm - 3:55pm MDT
ED 204
  Global Engagement

3:20pm MDT

The Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television: A short lesson on the linguistics of profanity through the lens of stand-up comedy
Swearing, profanity, and taboo words are a powerful yet relatively understudied aspect of language. The words that fall into these categories have the greatest potential to create emotional responses, and are therefore worth studying. By utilizing a framework based around Kristin Janeschewitz’s 2008 study “Taboo, emotionally valenced, and emotionally neutral word norms” I intend to survey a large population of Southern Utah University students, faculty, and staff and compare these results with that of Janeschewitz’s larger scale study. The results are anticipated to reflect both the subtle changes in swearing trends over the last ten years, and the larger effect a more homogeneous religious population has on language use. Based on the survey results I will put together focus groups and semi-structured interviews to shed additional light on the nuances of taboo word use with more qualitative data on the contexts in which swearing is more or less acceptable, why people feel the way they do about certain words, and what the largest influences in the use, offensiveness, and acceptability of profanity are.
Speakers
SS

Tuesday April 3, 2018 3:20pm - 3:35pm MDT
BU 101
  Community Engagement

3:20pm MDT

Channel 22 at Full
I have been working in the entertainment industry for the past 6 years and have learned a lot along the way. I have also had the opportunity to practice many different aspects of theatrical design which I have helped me gain a stronger understanding and appreciation for theatre arts. This is a collection of the design and production work I have worked on over the past few years.
Speakers
TS

Tuesday April 3, 2018 3:20pm - 3:35pm MDT
Randall Jones Lobby
  Creative Expression & Analysis

3:20pm MDT

The Multicultural World in Zadie Smith's White Teeth
Zadie Smith's novel White Teeth was written the year before the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001. It presents a view of the world before the War on Terror, something that has altered the way in which cultures interact with one another. The novel is both a critique and a celebration of the multiculturalism that had started to infiltrate the world. The story takes place between the years 1974 and 1992 and follows three families living in London during the time. Two of these families have come from colonies of the British Empire, and the different backgrounds within the text illustrate the blending of the different cultures. As a result of this multiculturalism, however, certain characters are left without a specific identity and begin to cling to versions of their ancestry that they create for themselves. These characters are stuck in the past, with ideas of their homelands that are stagnant and unchanging, and their efforts to return to or maintain specific cultural identities often back-fire. By viewing these characters, and the novel itself, through the lens of Post-Colonialism and specifically Edward Said's Orientalism, my paper will examine White Teeth and the effects of British imperialism and the onset of the multiculturalism that defined the world up until the beginning of the 21st century. While the novel is considered a 21st century novel, it is unique in that it was written in, and portrays, a world that was a simmering melting-pot of cultures, a world before the fear of terrorism that has gripped the world since the attack of 9/11. My paper looks at the assimilation of the Other into the Hegemony and the resulting loss of cultural identity which can lead to the cultural extremism and separation seen in the post-2001 world.
Speakers
KW

Tuesday April 3, 2018 3:20pm - 3:35pm MDT
BU 110
  Creative Expression & Analysis

3:20pm MDT

Net Neutrality: Yay or Nay (Net in the Neutral Zone)
This is discussing my views on net neutrality.
Speakers
DL

Tuesday April 3, 2018 3:20pm - 3:35pm MDT
BU 102
  Digital & Information Literacy

3:20pm MDT

Stability of Collision-Based Periodic n-Body Problems
The Newtonian n-body problem describes the motion of n point masses interacting with each other with gravitational force. The physical laws governing this motion were codified by Newton in his Principia in 1686. Under Newton's laws, two colliding bodies' velocities increase without bound as they approach collision. Levi-Civita demonstrated that through a suitable change of variables, certain collisions could be regularized, allowing the orbit to be continued past the collision. Variations on Levi-Civita's work continue to be used in the study of collision-based orbits today. In this talk, I will present a few periodic orbits featuring collisions, describe the methods used to study their stability, and present known results about a few orbits.
Speakers
SS

Tuesday April 3, 2018 3:20pm - 3:35pm MDT
ED 104
  Innovation in Specialized Disciplines

3:20pm MDT

Sun Fire on Earth: The Hydrodynamics of Kiloton Explosions
Nuclear weapons and proliferation are becoming more of an issue in today's world. As this continues to become an increasing threat, the effects of a nuclear blast need to be better understood. In our research, we will be using FLASH, an authoring software, to better understand the magnitude of the shock wave and the spread of its effects. To do this we will be testing different parameters and observing how they affect the hydrodynamics of a nuclear shock wave. To show the results of our observations, we will be creating pictures, graphs, three dimensional images, short videos and calculations. These will be generated using FLASH and a supercomputer. This research will allow a better understanding of nuclear blasts, their effects and the parameters that may affect them.
Speakers
TG

Tuesday April 3, 2018 3:20pm - 3:35pm MDT
LIB 002
  Innovation in Specialized Disciplines

3:20pm MDT

Science Matters
I will be presenting on my honors captsone thesis. This paper is a defense of science and an examination of the issues surrounding the recent loss of respect for and lack of faith in science. Science is important to all of us because it affects all of us, but the public distrust and disrespect of science, such as climate change denial and anti-vaccine movements, poses a threat. Someone needs to take action, and that process starts with attempting to understand the viewpoint of those trying to protect science and what they are proposing might do so, trying to understand the external conflict surrounding science, and improving communication between scientists and the public. Thus, the three main focuses of this defense of science are the need for inclusion of science and greater diversity within science, a look at the conflict between the EPA and the Trump administration, and the need for effective communication between the scientific community and the public. In this paper, the point that science is an integral part of everyone’s daily lives is driven home. To incur real, positive change, people, especially those in the political and public realms must respect the validity of scientific research and restore their faith in the scientific community. Creating a united, science-literate public could influence the political world positively with regards to science. This could create more science-centered policies and ensure that science remains an innate consideration within the political agenda. If the public once again respects the validity of science and they are able to regain their faith in the scientific community, perhaps science will require less defending.
Speakers
avatar for Megan Abel

Tuesday April 3, 2018 3:20pm - 3:35pm MDT
ED 102
  Innovation in Specialized Disciplines   Distinguished Student Project

3:20pm MDT

Bills Become Laws: An Interns Perspective In Legislation.
Many people vaguely knows what the President does, and they might know their Congressional and US Senate Leaders. However, State Government is different, large portions of people don’t know who their Representatives are and don’t know how to get involved.
The Utah Legislature effects Utahn’s much more directly than anything the President does. The author will delve into her experiences working as an intern for a member of the Utah House of Representatives and the journey his most important bills took to become law. The reasoning, inspiration and process of bills becoming law and how it affects the people who live in Utah. This project will specifically touch on HB 57, a bill that could change the lives of thousands of impoverished Utahns. As most bills very directly affect constituents the author will also address how people can get involved and how public opinion affects legislative decisions.
Speakers
KE

Tuesday April 3, 2018 3:20pm - 3:35pm MDT
ED 205
  Leadership & Entrepreneurship

3:20pm MDT

Outdoor Leadership: Building a Crew Program
The IIC Crew Program offers in depth outdoor leadership training and then a summer of experience leading others in conservation work. The curriculum needs to give leaders the knowledge and skills to manage conservation projects, lead youth to complete those projects, risk management, group dynamics, and reporting.

This presentation shares the outcomes from the 2017 crew program and highlights the training being offered by the IIC program for crew leaders. The training is being submitted to become a certificate program for SUU.
Speakers
BE

Briget Eastep

Director of Outdoor Engagement, Southern Utah University
avatar for Danny Strand

Danny Strand

Youth Coordinator & Crew Manager, IIC

Tuesday April 3, 2018 3:20pm - 3:35pm MDT
ED 203
  Outdoor Engagement & Environmental Stewardship

3:20pm MDT

Meeting the Mental Health Needs of Gen Y College Students
Generation Y with their unique upbringing, the first generation of students who have been raised from birth with technology and social access to the world population. As a population, they are characterized by confidence, technologically savvy, team players, demanding and motivated, socially conscious and easily bored (Hills, Boshoff, Gilbert-Hunt, Ryan, & Smith, 2015; Lyford, 2017). They have lived in times where money, employment and access to higher education abound (Hills et al., 2015; Lyford, 2017). Some would describe the population as narcissistic, but they are socially conscientious, willing to work collaboratively and especially driven for a desired common goal or cause (Lyford, 2017; Webber, 2016). They have demonstrated tolerance and acceptance of differences, what hasn't changed with this generation is the engagement in open conversations about Mental Health. Stigma still keeps Gen Y silent. Stigma is one of the leading barriers to help seeking behaviors and addressing stigma in the college age population is critical in promoting self care, understanding and effective gatekeeping practices (Gask et al., 2017; Kern et al., 2017; Reynolds, 2015). Eisenberg et al. (2011), reported that those who reported they were not receiving professional help with their mental health problems (80%) are relying on friends (70%) and family (52%) for support. This is a significant burden placed upon a largely untrained gatekeeping population (Albright & Schwartz, 2017). Based upon the low percentages of college students who seek out professional mental health care support, the need for gatekeeper training is critical (Gask et al., 2017).
Speakers
avatar for Amy Thorpe

Amy Thorpe

Adjunct Faculty, Graduate Student, Southern Utah University

Tuesday April 3, 2018 3:20pm - 3:35pm MDT
ED 202
  Research to Increase our Physical and/or Mental Well­-being

3:20pm MDT

Project-based instruction in an Intensive English Program
Get the insider's perspective on how SUU's American Language and Culture Center (ALCC) uses project-based instruction to promote life-long learning for English language learners. Come and see how language, content, and transferable skills are integrated in the incredible projects produced by our international students.
Speakers
SK

Silvia Kozlovska

Lecturer, American Language & Culture Center, Southern Utah University

Tuesday April 3, 2018 3:20pm - 3:35pm MDT
BU 103
  Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

3:20pm MDT

The Study of a Brusselator Model
We study a Brusselator model of oscillating chemical reactions. The stability of the steady state solutions of this system will be analyzed. Also a stable numerical scheme is proposed to verify theoretical results of the system.
Speakers
PE
MT

Tuesday April 3, 2018 3:20pm - 3:35pm MDT
ED 103
  Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

3:20pm MDT

Product to Process
Upon returning from an immersive, showcase experience in New York City, an event for which these five students have spent this academic year preparing, they will deconstruct their final show to explore and articulate how their process has developed and changed to prepare them for the professional theatre world. It is my hope that by closing the creative loop in this step of analysis and self-evaluation, then organizing and articulating their process will further prepare them for life-long learning and ownership as artists in their chosen field.
Speakers
IA
HB
TH
KJ
CM
MV

Tuesday April 3, 2018 3:20pm - 3:55pm MDT
Thorley
  Creative Expression & Analysis

3:20pm MDT

Current Trends in Educational Research
In this panel presentation, recent Masters of Education graduates will share professional insights gained from investigating their classrooms and schools. These teachers designed and carried out research on individual and school-based questions of interest. Their personal narratives focus on how the research process is as important as the product, and helps empower them to make evidence-based decisions on behalf of their students.
Speakers
JJ
avatar for Tony Pellegrini

Tony Pellegrini

Professor and Department Chair, Teacher Education, Southern Utah University - SUU
Dr. Tony Pellegrini is a professor of Education at Southern Utah University. He received his B.A from Brigham Young University, his M.Ed. from Utah State University, and terminal degree from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, before eventually becoming school principal at Blanding... Read More →

Tuesday April 3, 2018 3:20pm - 3:55pm MDT
ED 111
  Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

3:20pm MDT

Synecdoche on the American Stage: The Remarkable Life of James Stark, or, Meet the Forrest Gump of the 19th Century
Board of Trustees Faculty Achievement in Excellence Award Recipient Address
Speakers
MN

Tuesday April 3, 2018 3:20pm - 3:55pm MDT
ED 215
  Scholarship of Teaching & Learning
  • Presentation Format Oral
  • College/Division Affiliation Library

3:40pm MDT

Angels: Extinct, Endangered, or Merely Forgotten?
Angels are one of the few constants shared between the major Abrahamic faiths. These divine messengers enforce God’s will and make His word known, and often do so in unconventional or mysterious ways. As well as that, they protect humans from demons, and in some cases, even have children with them. In consideration of this, one might ask: what are the angels really for, and how have they become what they are now? How have the changes in the heavenly host reflected our own human developments? This essay hopes to delve deeper into the angelic lore of Orthodox Judaism, Roman Catholicism and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints to find the answers.
Speakers
CD

Tuesday April 3, 2018 3:40pm - 3:55pm MDT
ED 104
  Community Engagement

3:40pm MDT

Erasure in America
From cultural homogenization to the state-to-prison pipeline, this presentation will explore the existence of erasure in America. This discussion will dive into the subject of “erasing” cultural diversity through the spread of Eurocentric values and the popularization, thereby diffusion, of cultural symbols. In addition, this conversation will include methods of institutional and systematic oppression that have been utilized throughout history and persist in our current society. By digging into the history of erasure and uncovering the ways in which it continues to manifest itself in present day America, students will understand erasure and how it impacts our communities. Students will engage in a moderated oral presentation, discussion, and brief group activity that will allow them to gain insight in how erasure maneuvers its way through social settings, government, and school systems. This presentation is approved by Southern Utah University’s Center for Diversity and Inclusion.
Speakers
avatar for Ayleen Perry

Tuesday April 3, 2018 3:40pm - 3:55pm MDT
ED 202
  Community Engagement
  • Presentation Format Oral

3:40pm MDT

Feed Hope: How Childhood Hunger is Experienced in Cedar City, Utah
This research project will focus on how hunger is experienced in Cedar City, Utah, specifically among elementary school students (ages 6-12). According to Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, food is a basic need. This research is motivated by the notion that this concept is widely accepted but rarely understood. An individual or group’s relationship with food is a fundamental part of what it means to be human and live in a society. This study will examine the amount and type of food available to students, as well as the lack thereof. It will include a humanistic analysis of the hunger experience, by interpreting existing statistics and collecting observational and interview data. Hunger has been researched extensively, but an embodied approach to how an elementary school student in rural Utah faces hunger has never been explored. As well as being an instrument to inform, this research will investigate potential programs that may be implemented, and how these efforts can alleviate the burden that lies heavily on the shoulders of some of our own children. After the data is collected and analyzed, there will be an event open to campus and the public to present some of the findings as well as offer a hands-on, symbolic experience to help the community understand the issues of hunger even further. This event will be an Oxfam America Hunger Banquet hosted by the primary investigator.
Speakers
SE

Tuesday April 3, 2018 3:40pm - 3:55pm MDT
BU 101
  Community Engagement

3:40pm MDT

Art Portfolio: Progression
Here is a collection of what I've accomplished with my time in the Theater Arts department at Southern Utah University. Costume design and construction is a difficult and often passed over component of a performance. That does not change how significant it is to communicating emotion, character and feeling. My time spent here has improved my skill-sets tremendously, and it proves to me that the price of diligence cannot be named. My presentation is a tribute to progress. This means there is no other way to classify my work than as a work in progress. I present it in hopes that it would demonstrate why time and commitment are priceless. It is evidence for me, the school, and the students that people and art move forward. My progress has changed me, and it will continue to do so.
Speakers
avatar for EmmaLee Coleman

EmmaLee Coleman

Costuming, Theater and Growing as a stitcher in the workforce.

Tuesday April 3, 2018 3:40pm - 3:55pm MDT
Randall Jones Lobby
  Creative Expression & Analysis

3:40pm MDT

Heart of Darkness: Morality and Universality in the Jungle and London
This research will focus on Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness" through the illumination caused by New Humanism. "Heart of Darkness" has been ravished by the postmodern approaches of Race Theory and Postcolonial Theory. New Humanism focuses more on morality and what constitutes a universal experience. As Conrad makes clear in the novel, both the "uncivilized" interior of Africa and the "civilized" center of the world at that time, London, are both places of darkness. This can only be so if a level of universality can be found within the human family.
Speakers
CS

Tuesday April 3, 2018 3:40pm - 3:55pm MDT
BU 110
  Creative Expression & Analysis

3:40pm MDT

Whose Bride Is She Anyway? Developing the Monstrous Feminine in Frankenstein Adaptations
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1818) famously presents the story of a man who dares to usurp the creative power of God and bestows life upon inanimate matter. Although Victor does succeed in bringing a powerful, monstrous creature to life, he refuses to repeat his accomplishment to create a female version, fearing the two beast might reproduce, giving birth to “a race of devils” that might destroy the entire human race (119). Nevertheless, in many filmic adaptations of the novel in the 20th century, the misguided Frankenstein does make a female creature, often referred to as the “Bride of Frankenstein.” In both James Whale’s The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) and Kenneth Branagh's mislabeled Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1994), these female creatures are as scarred and disfigured as their male predecessors; yet they are ambiguously presented as potential mates for Frankenstein rather than his lonely first creation. In more recent and revisionist takes such as Franc Roddam’s The Bride (1985) and John Logan’s television series Penny Dreadful (2014-16), these creatures represent idealized beauty, and they are overtly fetishized by both Frankenstein and the viewing audience.

Relying primarily upon Barbara Creed’s conception of the “monstrous feminine,” I will trace the development of this character from the passive, sexualized object of Whale’s film to the terrifyingly autonomous monster in Penny Dreadful. Most of these depictions of a female flesh golem--whether ugly or beautiful, monstrous or desirable--are simple, childlike creatures who love their maker on an almost instinctual level, Logan’s Lily (Billie Piper)--whose name evokes the mythological tradition of “Lilith”--realizes Shelley’s conception of an even more terrifying monster. Lily has made no oath of peace to her maker, and her monstrous behavior manifests primarily in terms of her sexuality. Whereas a female monster was frightening in Shelley’s day because of its potential procreative power, the so-called Bride figure today has become a powerful symbol of female independence and sexuality, one that remains particularly frightening to a stereotypical male viewer.
Speakers
avatar for Kyle Bishop

Kyle Bishop

Honors Program Director, Southern Utah University
I have a BA in humanities with an emphasis in art history and minors in music performance, German, and English. I have an MA in English with an emphasis in American studies and a focus in film studies. I have a PhD in English with emphases in Gothic literature, post-Civil War American... Read More →

Tuesday April 3, 2018 3:40pm - 3:55pm MDT
ED 102
  Creative Expression & Analysis

3:40pm MDT

English 2010/Library Media 1010 Mashup: Helping Students and Learning in a Meaningful Way
Beginning Fall 2017 the Library and English faculty combined to offer English 2010 and Library Media 1010 courses concurrently, so as to best serve our students by creating a situation in which research skills can be applied at time of need. The session will highlight the collaborative effort of two instructors (one from the English Department, one from the Library) who will discuss details of the connection, achievements, barriers encountered, and more.
Speakers
avatar for Phil Roche

Phil Roche

Early Experience Librarian, Southern Utah University Library
Gerald R. Sherratt Library, Southern Utah UniversityEarly ExperienceLibrary InstructionAcademic libraries and student retention
JS

Tuesday April 3, 2018 3:40pm - 3:55pm MDT
BU 102
  Digital & Information Literacy

3:40pm MDT

Asymptotic behavior of the numerical solution for a symbiotic model
A new semi implicit finite difference scheme is proposed for a symbiotic model. The scheme conserves the similar dynamic properties of the classical solution of the system. The asymptotic behavior of the solution to the difference system is studied.
Speakers
JH

Tuesday April 3, 2018 3:40pm - 3:55pm MDT
LIB 002
  Innovation in Specialized Disciplines

3:40pm MDT

Bridging the Gap: Pacific Island Students in Higher Education
The retention and graduation rate among SUU’s Pacific Island students has achieved a level of success over the past several years. This presentation addresses the experiences of two individuals from both Academic and Student Affairs who have merged their efforts to assist students in reaching their scholarly and secular goals.
Speakers
TT
AT

Tuesday April 3, 2018 3:40pm - 3:55pm MDT
ED 205
  Leadership & Entrepreneurship

3:40pm MDT

Using the Chemical Composition of Coal Creek to Better Understand the Lack of Biodiversity
Coal Creek in Cedar City has very low or no biodiversity present. Some of the creeks above Coal Creek have been found to have some living organisms. This sparked the question as to why the main creek does not support life. Since the fall of 2012 analysis has been performed on hundred of samples to determine the concentration of total metals, dissolved metals, anions, chlorophyll and more. The purpose of this research is identify possible explanation behind the low biomass and biodiversity of the creek. Principally, we have focused on the chemical characterization of the creek and its tributaries in order to better understand the processes occurring within coal creek. The data collected will be presented and hypotheses will be shared as to why Coal Creek cannot sustain life.
Speakers
SI

Tuesday April 3, 2018 3:40pm - 3:55pm MDT
ED 203
  Outdoor Engagement & Environmental Stewardship

3:40pm MDT

Communicating with Generation Z
Generation Z is the demographic cohort following Millennials. Generation Z yearns for instant gratification, personalized messages, and social justice. This presentation will utilized the wants of Generation Z to capture their attention and continue communication. As members of a University community, we are focused on adjusting our communication to our incoming Generation Z students.
Speakers
RB
HG
MM

Tuesday April 3, 2018 3:40pm - 3:55pm MDT
BU 103
  Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

3:40pm MDT

Involving General Education Students with The Great Basin Observatory
The Great Basin Observatory (GBO) is unique in that it is the first and only permanent research telescope inside a national park. SUU is one of the founding partners in the Observatory, so our students have priority access to the telescope. In addition to using the telescope for research, students taking PHYS 1040 Elementary Astronomy, have the opportunity to use the GBO to take photos of galaxies and star clusters. Students select targets based on the specs of the telescope and submit them for observation. This is unique in that few students in intro astronomy courses have access research-grade telescopes.
Speakers
CP

Tuesday April 3, 2018 3:40pm - 3:55pm MDT
ED 103
  Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

4:00pm MDT

Solutions for Higher Education: Podcast Recording with Distinguished Student Project Winners
President Scott L Wyatt will record an episode of the podcast "Solutions for Higher Education" with winners of the 2018 Distinguished Student Project Award.
Moderators
avatar for Scott L Wyatt

Scott L Wyatt

President, Southern Utah University

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avatar for Megan Abel
NB
JB
TB
avatar for Billy Clouse
avatar for Hanna Dawson

Hanna Dawson

History Major, Southern Utah University
avatar for Parker Hess
AJ
JM
MO
CR
avatar for Kaetlyn Revels
GD
avatar for Damon Swain
avatar for Seth York

Tuesday April 3, 2018 4:00pm - 5:00pm MDT
Charles Hunter Room
  Distinguished Student Project
  • Presentation Format Panel
 

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