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Art History, Philosophy, and Literature
 

The Cultural Landscape of Cardiff Castle (PDF)
Author: Thomas Snyder
Faculty Advisor: David Wigston (deceased) and Lauren Friesen
Department of History, University of Michigan-Flint 
 

The Pagan Influences on Christian Art in Ireland (PDF)
Author: Caitlin Hutchinson
Faculty Advisor: Shelley Perlove
Department of Art History, University of Michigan – Dearborn 
 

Memory and Metaphor on Roman Funerary Monuments (PDF)
Author: Jessica Hull
Faculty Advisor: Melanie Grunow Sobocinski
Department of Art History, University of Michigan-Dearborn 
 

Psychological Continuity, the Circularity Objection, and Quasi-Memories (PDF)
Author: Michael Pauldine
Faculty Advisor: L. Nathan Oaklander
Department of Philosophy, University of Michigan-Flint 
 

How We Put It: An Analysis of Wittgenstein’s “Language Games” and
Their Relation to Skepticism
(PDF)

Author: Aaron Usher
Faculty Advisor: Maureen Linker
Department of Philosophy, University of Michigan-Dearborn
 

Evaluating Freedom (PDF)
Author: Kathleen Pullen
Faculty Advisor: Maureen Linker
Department of Philosophy, University of Michigan-Dearborn 
 

Machismo to Mask Inferiority (PDF)
Author: Sydney Wissman
Faculty Advisor: Aldona Pobutsky
Department of Modern Languages and Literature, Oakland University 
 

Gretchen as Tragic Heroine in Goethe’s Faust, Part I (PDF)
Author: Grace Gahman
Faculty Advisor: Ingrid Rieger
Department of Modern Languages and Literature, Oakland University 
 

The Historical Development and Social Meaning of the Faust-Figure (PDF)
Author: Caitlin Koseck
Faculty Advisor: Ingrid Rieger
Department of Modern Languages and Literature, Oakland University 
 

Nationalism in Sab, La Clase Media, and María (PDF)
Author: Kristin Castelvetere
Faculty Advisor: Cecilia Saenz-Roby
Department of Modern Languages and Literature, Oakland University 
 

Religious Elements in Sab and La Clase Media (PDF)
Author: Laura Spangler
Faculty Advisor: Cecilia Saenz-Roby
Department of Modern Languages and Literature, Oakland University 
 

Tom Stoppard’s Mirror: How Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead and Travesties Are a Reflection of the Modern Man (PDF)
Author: Nusrat Hossain
Faculty Advisor: J. Caitlin Finlayson
Department of Literature, Philosophy, and the Arts, University of Michigan-Dearborn 
 

Good Heartedness and Virtue in Henry Fielding’s Tom Jones (PDF)
Author: Mary Kathleen Angel
Faculty Advisor: Brian Connery
Department of English, Oakland University 
 

Breath-molecules: Order and Chaos in Jorie Graham’s Overlord (PDF)
Author: Benjamin Malburg
Faculty Advisor: Gladys Cardiff
Department of English, Oakland University 
 

Business and Social Studies
 

Attitudes on Dating Violence Among African-American Adolescents (PDF)
Author: Teila S. Pickett
Faculty Advisor: Pamela McAuslan
Department of Behavioral Sciences, University of Michigan – Dearborn 
 

Fighting Corruption: Should We Rely on Altruistic Punishment? (PDF)
Author: Jonathan M. Bertin
Faculty Advisor: Natalia V. Czap
Department of Social Sciences, University of Michigan – Dearborn
 

Vision and Commitment in Transformational Change: Workers’ Perceptions of Management’s Leadership Abilities (PDF)
Author: Natalie Lowell
Faculty Advisor: Thomas Callahan
College of Business, University of Michigan-Dearborn
 

Student Success and Professor Salary: A Statistical Analysis (PDF)
Author: Michael El-Zein
Faculty Advisor: Patricia Smith
Department of Economics, University of Michigan-Dearborn 
 

Rethinking “Rosie the Riveter”: The Intersection of Propaganda, Actual Experience, and the Women of Ford’s Phoenix Mill in the History of Women’s Involvement in World War II (PDF)
Author: Tiffany A. Baugh
Faculty Advisor: Pamela Pennock
Department of American History, University of Michigan-Dearborn
 

Role of the Prime Minister in Contemporary Japan (PDF)
Author: Lana Brown
Faculty Advisor: Seigo Nakao
Department of Modern Languages and Literature, Oakland University
 

The Republic of Mauritius (PDF)
Author: Rashard L. Wagner
Faculty Advisor: Dauda Abubaker
Department of Africana Studies, University of Michigan-Flint
 

Computer Science, Engineering, and Physics 


Experimental Determination of lastic Relaxation Modulus of Polymeric Materials (PDF)
Authors: Ravil Patel and Michael Isaac
Faculty Advisor: Olanrewaju Aluko
Department of Computer Science, Engineering and Physics, University of Michigan-Flint 
 

Microstructural Changes and Hardness Response of Hardenable Steels to Heat Treatment (PDF)
Author: Joseph Wilkinson
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Olanrewaju Aluko
Department of Computer Science, Engineering and Physics, University of Michigan Flint
 

Displacements Caused by Eddy Currents Induced During Magnetic Resonance Imaging (PDF)
Authors: Yuwen Mei and Bradley J. Roth
Faculty Advisor: Bradley Roth
Department of Physics, Oakland University
 

Muon Transmission Through Lead (PDF)
Author: Shawn Zaleski
Faculty Advisor: Chris Pearson
Department of Computer Science, Engineering and Physics, University of Michigan Flint
 

Chaotic Pendulum (PDF)
Author: Eric Christopherson
Faculty Advisor: Chris Pearson
Department of Computer Science, Engineering and Physics, University of Michigan Flint 
 

How Cyberanthropology Relates To MMORPGS and METAVERSES (PDF)
Author: Tim Elliott
Faculty Advisor: Michael Farmer
Department of Computer Science, Engineering and Physics, University of Michigan Flint
 

Language and Communication
 

Meaning and Understanding of Messages Received In Face-To-Face and Computer-Mediated Communication (PDF)
Authors: Theresa M. Nutten and Aarre Laakso
Faculty Advisor: Aarre Laakso
Department of Behavioral Sciences, University of Michigan – Dearborn
 

Is the Patriot Act Terrorizing Our Right to Privacy? (PDF)
Author: Allegra Rowan
Faculty Advisor: Kellie Hay
Department of Communications, Oakland University
 

The Effects of Sarcasm: A Rhetorical Analysis of Ann Coulter’s “Godless:  The Church of Liberalism” (PDF)
Author: Amanda Deschamps
Faculty Advisor: Dana L. Driscoll
Department of Writing and Rhetoric, Oakland University
 

Intuitive Writing: When Environment Influences Style (PDF)
Author: Myron Manns
Faculty Advisor: Stephanie Roach
Department of English, University of Michigan-Flint
 

Natural and Environmental Science
 

Shooting Up: The Sugar Addiction (PDF)
Author: Bri L. O’Connell
Faculty Advisor: Arthur Bull
Department of Chemistry, Oakland University
 

Soils Analysis and Species Distribution in the University of Michigan-Dearborn Floodplain Forest (PDF)
Author: Tristen B. Roberts
Faculty Advisor: Orin Gelderloos
Department of Natural Sciences, University of Michigan-Dearborn
 

PBB Contamination of Cattle Feed in Michigan, 1973 (PDF)
Author: Susan Dykstra
Faculty Advisor: Marlos Scrimger
Department of Earth Resources and Science, University of Michigan-Flint
 

Psychology and Behavioral Sciences
 

Correlations Among Psychosocial Factors and Do Not Resuscitate Order Decisions in a Sample of Independent Elderly (PDF)
Author: Donya Sorensen
Faculty Advisor: Thomas Wrobel and Eric Freedman
Department of Psychology, University of Michigan-Flint
 

Particular Gender Differences within Appearance Accuracy (PDF)
Author: Carl Bastien
Faculty Advisor: Terrence Horgan
Department of Psychology, University of Michigan – Flint
 

Posttraumatic Growth, Perceived Directness of Traumatic Events, and Religious Strength Among Students (PDF)
Author: Lynn Jarrell
Faculty Sponsor: Kanako Taku
Department of Psychology, Oakland University
 

The Effects of Living Arrangement and Nation on Posttraumatic Growth (PDF)
Authors: Lauren Rogers, Sean Callan, and Melanie Phillips
Faculty Sponsor: Kanako Taku
Department of Psychology, Oakland University
 

Differences between the Most Experienced Traumatic Events on Posttraumatic Growth (PDF)
Authors: Brenton R. Yanos, Melanie Phillips, and Lauren Rogers
Faculty Sponsor: Kanako Taku
Department of Psychology, Oakland University
 

Art that Really “Grabs” You: Using the Environment to Prime Concepts in a Creative Generation Task (PDF)
Authors: Angela Hasman, William Fuss, Caitlin Kleist, Yvonne Miles, and Stephanie Camarata
Faculty Sponsor: Cynthia Sifonis
Department of Psychology, Oakland University 
 

Individual versus Social Responsibility: Paradigms for Health Education (PDF)
Authors: Amal Alsamawi and Nitya Sethuraman
Faculty Advisor: Nitya Sethuraman
Department of Psychology, University of Michigan-Dearborn
 

Lithium in the Treatment of Bipolar Disorder: Evidence of Intracellular Mechanisms that Substantiate Two Prominent Theories of Action (PDF)
Author: Hayley Amsbaugh
Faculty Advisor: Keith Williams
Department of Psychology, Oakland University
 

Public Health and Health Services
 

Importance of Health Literacy and Effective Communication Within the Relationship between the Physician and Older Patient to Improve Patient Health Outcomes and Quality of Life (PDF)
Authors: Jessica L. Harshfield and Rie Suzuki
Faculty Advisor: Rie Suzuki
Department of Public Health and Health Studies, University of Michigan-Flint
 

The Assessment of Physical Accessibility at the Urban Health & Wellness Center for People with Disabilities, Part I (PDF)
Authors: Tracy Sweeney and Rie Suzuki
Faculty Advisor: Rie Suzuki
Department of Public Health and Health Studies, University of Michigan-Flint