Academic Symposium 2015
Academic Symposium – April 15 and 16, 2015
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
7:00pm – Ruth Cameron Auditorium
The Cost of College and the Cost of Discipleship
Dr. Christopher Noble, Department of English and High Sierra Program at Azusa Pacific University
ENC COLLOQUIUMS – Faculty Lounge, Young Hall
10:00am-noon – ENC Colloquium I
Panel Title: St. Thomas More’s Utopia (1516) at the Crossroads of the Liberal Arts
Chair: Marianna Krejci-Papa, Associate Professor of Language, Theater and Communication Arts
Part I: Thomas More in Intellectual Tradition
First Presenter: Robin Dean, “Thomas More in the Context of Renaissance England”
Second Presenter: Dr. Marianna Krecji-Papa, “A Core Text for All Seasons: Thomas More’s Utopia (1516) as a
Cornerstone for Divergent Modern Disciplines”
Third Presenter: Dr. Karen Henck, Associate Professor of Language, Theater and Communication Arts –
“Imagining Improvements: More’s Utopia, Dystopian Fiction, and the Liberal Arts Student”
Part II: Creative Writing Inspired by Thomas More’s Utopia
Part III: Moderated Discussion – Moderator: Marianna Krecji-Papa
Discussion Topic: What are “core texts” and why are they vital for a liberal arts education? What is the role of
liberal arts today?
1:00pm-3:00pm – ENC Colloquium II
Panel Title: “Storytelling as Craft: Adventures in Reading to Write”
Chair: Kassidy Kelley
Overview: Panel features reading and discussion of intricately crafted student creative work
Part I: Introduction Mini-Lecture – lead by Marianna Krejci-Papa, evaluating the impact deep reading has on the
production of writing
Part II: Creative Writing Inspired by Reading
Part III: Discussions, Questions, Feedback
3:30pm-5:00pm – ENC Colloquium III
Panel Title: “Linguistic and Literary Analysis of Particular Poems” – The Bells, Edgar Allen Poe; Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night, Dylan Thomas; i shall imagine life, E.E. Cummings
Chair: Caitlin Schesser
Part I: Opening Statement
Part II: Linguistic and Literary Analysis of Particular Poems
Part III: Discussion, Questions, Feedback
POSTER PRESENTATIONS – Munro Parlor, 10:00am-Noon
Multipath Interference Simulation and Reduction
Daniel Burley
Sound of a Mother’s Heart
Betsy James
Radio Detection And Ranging (RaDAR) Identification System
Christopher White
7 band Portable Equalizer
Christopher Preble
GPS Data and Potential Correlation with Seismic Activities
John Hughes
Wireless Mouse Design Based on an Energy Coil System
Gregory Parenteau
Solar Device Charging Case
Dinesh Manandhar
Synthesis and Shape Control of Cuprous Oxide for Solar Energy Conversion
Christopher Vatral
The Effects of Meat on the Human Body
Yahalael Carter
Cardiac Rehabilitation Improves Coronary Blood Flow in African American Patients with Coronary Artery Disease
Jennifer Glen
Expressive Writing and Stress in College Students
Elizabeth Aliotta
Discovering the Personality of Emma Watson
Jessica McCaffery
Grant Writing and the Social Work Profession
Krystal Holl
Market Entry Strategy for Ireland
Leonardo Silva, Jacob Johnson, Tristan Birnstiel, Mikayla Birnstiel, Danielle Bacon, Micah Hobson, Marlon
Blackman, Alex Shaw, Jill Russell, Phuong Nguyen (Anna), Zach Johnson, Jameson MacFarland
The Adverse Effects of Declining Oil Prices on the Venezuelan National Economy
Andres Biondi
Intergroup Bias in Political Orientation
Kelsie Griffes
Let’s Talk About Sex: Sexual Discovery, Dishonesty, and Dichotomy in Tennessee Williams and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Hillary Sunberg
Plaque Morphology and Thickness in Psoriasis Vulgaris Associated with Therapeutic Response
Samantha Williams
SYMPOSIUM TALKS – Ruth Cameron Auditorium
10:30am-noon – Symposium Talks – Session I
Our Doctrine of Holiness (from the Gould Lecture Series)
Dr. Phil LaFountain, Associate Professor of Theology
Philosophy, Piety, and Popular Magic: Early Modern Demonological Discourse in Old and New England
Jacob McAuliffe
An Act to Enhance Consumer Protection and Transparency under the Social Work Licensing Law
Jaime Hultgren
1:00-3:30pm – Symposium Talks – Session II
Counselors’ Perspectives of Positive Psychology for the Treatment of Addiction
Dr. Stacey L. Barker, Professor of Social Work, and Dr. Amy R. Krentzman
Sexism Hits the Screens, Once Again: How “Mad Men” and “Masters of Sex” teach Americans about the realities of
sexism in the 1950s and today
Amy Wetzel
Buddy Bags Advocacy Class Project Video
Dr. Laurie Giles, Assistant Professor of Crime, Law and Justice, with Elise Moran, Doug English, Korie Deen-Sie,
Yahalel Carter, and Sondra Hazelton
Buddy Bags Advocacy Project
Dr. Laurie Giles, Assistant Professor of Crime, Law and Justice, and Brandyy Fernandes, JD Brecke, and Emily Morin
The Sound of a Mother’s Heart
Betsy James
Multipath Interference Simulation and Reduction
Daniel Burley
GPS Data and Potential Correlation with Seismic Activities
John Hughes
4:00-5:30pm – Symposium Talks – Session III
The Idaho Giant Salamander
Jonathan Twining, Assistant Professor of Biology
Market Entry Strategy for Ireland
Leonardo Silva, Jacob Johnson, Tristan Birnstiel, Mikayla Birnstiel, Danielle Bacon, Micah Hobson, Marlon
Blackman, Alex Shaw, Jill Russell, Phuong Nguyen (Anna), Zach Johnson, Jameson MacFarland
Historicizing Headlines: Cannabis, Disease, and the Law in 20th Century Swaziland
Dr. William McCoy, Assistant Professor of History