The following students and faculty have been selected to participate in the 2018 Collegiate Undergraduate Research and Inquiry Opportunities (CURIO) program. Of the 24 applications received, 17 faculty-student teams were selected.

 

Lindsey Brown, Effects of the Annual Training Cycle on Anaerobic Power Outputs with Considerations of Body Composition in Division I Female Soccer Athletes

HEALTH, ATHLETIC TRAINING, RECREATION AND KINESIOLOGY

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Kyle Levers

 

Ashley Crabtree, Barriers to Mental Health: How Stigma, Personality Traits, and Locus of Control Relate to Views of Self and Others

PSYCHOLOGY

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Chris Bjornsen

 

Charlotte Dash, An Intercultural Guidebook on Rhetoric: A Synthesis of Greek and Turkish Traditions

ENGLISH AND MODERN LANGUAGES

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Elif Guler

 

Breana Figueroa

MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Thomas Wears

 

Jake Giles, Using Lower Body Mobility Testing to Evaluate the Annual Training Effects on Muscle Balance and Joint Symmetry in Division I Female Soccer Players

HEALTH, ATHLETIC TRAINING, RECREATION AND KINESIOLOGY

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Troy Purdom

 

Taylor Jacobson, Making A Difference: What Research Has to Say About Social Justice in the Classroom

EDUCATION AND SPECIAL EDUCATION

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Sean Ruday

 

Dean Jewett, The Ins and Outs of Building a Wood Kiln at the State Level

THEATRE, ART AND GRAPHIC AND ANIMATION DESIGN

Faculty Mentor: Mr. Adam Paulek

 

Laura Johnson, Les Filles du Roi/Les Filles de la Rochelle

ENGLISH AND MODERN LANGUAGES

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Wade Edwards

 

Jesse Plichta-Kellar, Maintenance and Changes of Relationships During Wartime

HISTORY, POLITICAL SCIENCE & PHILOSOPHY

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Melissa Kravetz

 

Helena Lasala, Improving the Secondary Mathematics Education Program

MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Leah Shilling

 

Erin Maloney, Impacts of Climate Change on the Performance of Rainwater Harvesting Systems

BIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Kathy Gee

 

Patrick Martin, Changes in Overhead Deep Squat Evaluation Characteristics and Their Correlation to Vertical Power Throughout the Annual Training Cycle in Division I Female Soccer Athletes

HEALTH, ATHLETIC TRAINING, RECREATION AND KINESIOLOGY

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Kyle Levers

 

Nicole Marzolf, Applications of Geometric Probability to Physics

CHEMISTRY & PHYSICS

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Michelle Parry

 

Megan Mayton, Effect of Mindfulness and Aromatherapy

PSYCHOLOGY

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Chris Bjornsen

 

Chase McPherson, The Effect of the Animal Training Cycle on Aerobic capacity and Body Composition

HEALTH, ATHLETIC TRAINING, RECREATION AND KINESIOLOGY

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Troy Purdom

 

Laura Oertel, Lackland Well Arts Residency and Retreat

THEATRE, ART AND GRAPHIC AND ANIMATION DESIGN

Faculty Mentor: Ms. Angela Bubash

 

Ryan Oldridge, Genetic Analysis in a High School Setting

BIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Dale Beach