Dr. Laura Pawlow
lpawlow@siue.edu
Room 0134, Alumni Hall
Campus Box 1121
Edwardsville, IL 62026-1121
(618) 650-2608
Provost Office
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URCA Assistants and Associates often present their research, publish articles, or participate in exhibitions. Each of these 'outcomes' is recorded to note each URCA Assistant's and Associate's accomplishment.
Click here for a full list of URCA Assistant and Associate outcomes.
Congratulations to former URCA Assistant and Associate Tara Stapay (now Enders), who has just joined the faculty at Hofstra University!
Congratulations to URCA Associate Chelsie Zajac who was the only undergraduate research poster presentation participant to win an award during the 2019 National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) conference! You can read more about Chelsie’s big win here on SIUE’s news page and here on the River Bender.
Congratulations to URCA Assistant Kiah Johnson who was accepted to present her poster at the Missouri Library Association Annual Conference this coming October in Kansas City!
Congratulations to incoming URCA Associate Colleen Wagner for earning a highly competitive American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Undergraduate Research Fellowship to fund her summer research for 10 weeks! You can read more about Colleen here.
Congratulations to former URCA Assistant Vicky Wieseman for her research on salt concentrations in local bodies of water and the impact on ecosystems. You can read more about the project here, in Water Online here, and in the Intelligencer here.
Congratulations to URCA Associate Robin Cummins for presenting her project “Scribal Errors and Peculiarities in the Hildebrandslied” at both the Digital Humanities and the Undergraduate Experience Conference and at the Germanic Linguistics Annual Conference. Awesome job! You can read more about Robin here.
Congratulations to URCA Associate Paige Niepoetter who was named Nurse of the Week by Daily Nurse! You can read more about here.
Congratulations to former URCA Associate from the 09-10 cohort, Dr. Breanna Closen Hetland, who is currently an Assistant Professor in the College of Nursing at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Breanna is now the Director of the Undergraduate Research Program in their College of Nursing and is also a brand new mom!
Congratulations to URCA Assistant Amy Yates for her feature in the Alestle! You can read about her amazing story here.
Congratulations to URCA Associate Haylee Altenburg for presenting her project “The effects of sex differences and diet on the development of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in samp8 mice” at the Experimental Biology Conference.
Congratulations to all students who participated in the Scholar’s Showcase! You can read about it here.
Congratulations to URCA Associate Paige Niepoetter for receiving the prestigious Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) DREAM travel award! You can read more about Paige’s incredible accomplishment here, on Advantage news here, and in the River Bender here.
Congratulations to Dr. Rocha’s URCA Assistants, Ethan Hill, Miranda Foley, Jennifer Gaytan, and Rachel Liefer, for presenting their work at the Spanish St. Louis Symposium at St. Louis University this April. You can read more about their work here and in the RiverBender here.
Congratulations to URCA Assistants Haley Gouchenour, Hannah Carter, and Mikaylin Bent for presenting their posters at the IL State Academy of Science meeting!
Check out URCA Assistant Haley Gouchenour’s feature in the RiverBender here, on SIUE’s News page here and in the Intelligencer here!
Congratulations to URCA Assistant Michelle Jiles for presenting her poser titled “The effects of mentorship experiences on the academic self-concept of college students” at the Midwestern Psychological Association Conference. Awesome job!
Congratulations to URCA Assistant Samantha Smith for presenting her poster titled “Empathy, hypomanic symptoms, and interpersonal functioning: A mediational analysis” at the Midwestern Psychological Association Conference. Way to go Samantha!
Congratulations to URCA Assistant Sarah Gentry and former Assistants Isabella Divine and Mackenzie Harrison for presenting their posters at the Midwestern Psychological Association Conference. Great job!
Congratulations to URCA Assistants Crystal Corso, Kayla Nichols, and Dustin Angot for presenting their poster titled “Exploring the Influence of Autism Spectrum Conditions on Contextual Effects in Preference” at the Midwestern Psychological Association Conference. Fantastic job!
Congratulations to URCA Assistants Alizeja Gibson, Gabrielle Ellis, Amanda Denhof, and Lauren Ferris for presenting their poster titled “Caffeine: the college student’s friend or foe?” at the Midwestern Psychological Association Conference. Way to go!
Congratulations to URCA Associate Sarah Burt on her acceptance to an SIUE Teaching Assistantship starting fall 2019. Great job Sarah!
Congratulations to URCA Assistant Allison Norris for presenting her poster titled “los colores de la montaña (The Colors of the Mountain)" at the Conference of Undergraduate Research and Scholarship at Mommouth College. Awesome job!Congratulations to URCA Assistant Seth Kannarr for presenting his poster titled “Particle Size Analysis on Sediment Samples from the Tijuana River Estuary.” At the American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting in Washington D.C. Awesome job!
Congratulation to URCA Assistant Allison Lutz and her mentor Dr. Katherine Mora who will be featured on Show Me St. Louis in March! This is such a fun accomplishment!
Congratulations to Dr. Dixon’s lab team for presenting their work at the Probst Lecture-Bowman Research Symposium!
Congratulations to URCA Associate Ben Harsin who was accepted into the SIU School of Medicine!
Congratulations to all our spring 2019 Award winners! You can find more information about them here, in the RiverBender here, and in Advantage News here.
Congratulations to URCA Assistant Tisha Brooks for chosen for a feature in This Month in CAS! You can read about here.
Congratulations to former URCA Assistant Chase Tiffany who was accepted into a PhD program at the University of Indiana Bloomington! Awesome job Chase!
Congratulations to URCA Associate Sarah Burt on her acceptance to present her research at Illinois State University’s English Studies conference and at the Sigma Tau Delta’s Annual International Conference. Way to go Sarah!
Congratulations to former URCA Assistant Margaret Scarsdale for publishing a solo-authored article! You can read more about Margaret here.
Congratulations to URCA Associate Sarah Burt on her acceptance to SIUE’s Master’s program for English Literature!
Congratulations to URCA Assistant Rachel Davis who has been chosen for a feature in the National Sigma Xi FY18 Annual Report!
The SIUE URCA Program was excited to be featured in the Edwardsville Intelligencer – read the article here.
Congratulations to URCA Assistant Rachel Liefer and former URCA Assistants Miranda Foley, Ethan Hill, and Jennifer Gaytan who submitted a panel that was approved for the 2019 Saint Louis University Undergraduate Symposium. They will be presenting the URCA papers next April! Fantastic job!
Congratulations to URCA Associate Ben Harsin and former URCA Assistant Kelsey Lane for presenting data at the American Society for Cell Biology Meeting in San Diego California! Ben’s presentation is titled, “The chomatin remodeling enzyme, Kismet, affects synaptic cell adhesion molecule levels and synaptic endocytosis.” Kelsey’s presentation is titled, “Kismet Positively Regulates Endocytosis and Influences the Localization of Presynaptic Endocytic Proteins.” Great job!
Congratulations to Dr. Siganga, URCA Assistant Thomas Siganga, Dr. Gopalan and URCA Associate Paige Niepoetter who were featured in an Alestle article about the URCA Program. Click here to read the article.
Congratulations to former URCA Assistant Tiffany Williams who has been awarded a $1,000 scholarship from the Illinois Chapter of the Society for Public Health Education (ISOPHE). This award is only granted to three individuals across the state. Way to go Tiffany! You can read more about it on SIUE's News Page here and on the Riverbender here.
Congratulations to URCA Assistant Alyssa Groene for her research presentation at the American Speech, Language and Hearing Association’s annual convention. You can read about it on SIUE’s news page here, in the Edwardsville Intelligencer here, and in the Alton Telegraph here.
Congratulations to URCA Assistant Macey Brown for winning Best Undergraduate Research Poster Award from the American Art Therapy Association (AATA) during their national conference in Miami. Way to go Macey! You can read about the story here.
Congratulations to URCA Assistant Gregory Takas, former Assistant Brentsen Wolf and their mentor, Dr. Ron Worthington for earning first place for scientific merit for their research entitled, “Association of Synonymous Mutation Codon Frequency Changes with Levels of Protein Expression in Breast Cancer Cells.” You can read about the story here.
Congratulations to URCA Assistant Taylor Aarns and her URCA Mentor Dr. Kathy Mora for their poster presentation titled From Concept Toward Commercialization: A Student Learning Experience in Food Product Development. The poster was presented at the Lilly Conference in Asheville, NC. Awesome job!
Congratulations to URCA Assistant Logan Sherrill and his URCA Mentor Dr. Mingshao Zhang for developing a 3-D printed prosthetic arm! You can read about this amazing story on SIUE’s News Page here as well as in The Alestle found here. Great work Logan!
Congratulations to all of our Spring 2018 Award winners! They were featured on SIUE's News Page found here and the Riverbender found here.
Congratulations to Dr. Susanne DiSalvo of the Biological Sciences Department and her URCA Assistant Sydni Rubio on receiving a scholarship from Microscopy Society of America. You can read about it on the Riverbender here and on SIUE's News Page found here. Way to go Sydni!
Congratulations to URCA Assistant Sydni Rubio on winning first place in the Microbiology division for her poster presentation “Investigating Host Specificity of the Burkholderia-Dictyostelium Symbiosis System in Diverse Slime Mold Species.” She presented at the Illinois Academy of Science Conference at Millikin University. Way to go!
Congratulations to URCA Associate Austin Leigh on his acceptance to SIUE’s Electrical Engineering Master’s Program! Good luck Austin!
Congratulations to URCA Associate Jessica Schultz on her acceptance to the Counseling Psychology Doctoral program at the University of Southern Mississippi! We would also like to recognize her for receiving the Outstanding Field Study Student in Psychology Award! She also got second place at the Psi Chi paper presentation. Great work Jessica!
Congratulations to URCA Associate Rachel Davis on her acceptance to SIUE’s Chemistry Master’s Program! Good luck Rachel!
Congratulations to URCA Associate Haleigh Sperry on her acceptance to SIUE’s Chemistry Master’s Program! We would also like to recognize her for obtaining the Sigma Aldrich Student Grant! Great work Haleigh!
Congratulations to URCA Associate Angel Nihells for her Outstanding Student in Anthropology Award! We would also like to recognize her for being accepted into the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society!
Congratulations to URCA Associate Josh Chappell for his presentation titled “The Testing Effect: Influences of Retrieval Interval and Cognitive Differences” at the Midwestern Psychological Association this month. We would also like to recognize him for being accepted into the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society!
Congratulations to URCA Associate Nick Schimp for receiving a Sigma Aldrich Student Grant in the Department of Chemistry, as well as a Senior Research Award in Biological Sciences! Great work Nick!
Congratulations to Dr. Brianne Guilford of the Applied Health Department and her URCA Assistants Ashley Gagen, Jordyn Nimmer, and Abigail Reller on their poster presentations at Experimental Biology Conference in San Diego, California! Great work everyone!
Congratulations to Dr. Brianne Guilford of the Applied Health Department for receiving SIUE’s Vaughnie Lindsay New Investigator Award! Check out the story here. We’d also like to recognize her as one of our newest URCA Board members!
Congratulations to Dr. Kim Carter of the Social Work Department and her URCA Assistants Allie Sweatt and Luke Zabotka on their poster presentation at the 6th Annual Social Work Symposium in Memphis, Tennessee. Their poster was titled “Two Students, Two Stories, A MAJOR Difference: Innovative Career Outlooks in Macro Social Work Practice through Undergraduate Research Assistantship Participation.”
Congratulations to Ms. Megan Robb and her URCA Assistant Macey Brown for being accepted to present her poster titled “Exploring What it Takes to be a Successful Art Therapy Group Leader” at the Annual Art Therapy Conference in November, 2018.
Congratulations to Dr. Elizabeth Esselman of the Biological Sciences Department and her URCA Assistant Noah Pyles on his poster presentation at the Illinois Academy of Science. Great work Noah!
Congratulations to Dr. ZQ Lin of the Environmental Sciences Department and his URCA Assistant Grant Zeidler on his poster presentation at Illinois State Academy of Science at Millikin University. His presentation was titled “Using Walnut Sawdust Wastes as Cultivation Substrate for Growing Edible Mushrooms.” Great work Grant!
Congratulations to Dr. Eva Ferguson of the Psychology Department and her URCA Assistant Hailey Becker on her poster presentation titled “How Does Gender and Ethnicity Affect Students’ Cultural Values and Leadership Styles?” She presented at the 45th Annual Illinois-Iowa Undergraduate Psychology Empirical Research Conference. Good job Hailey!
Congratulations to all of our hard-working SIUE undergraduate scholars as their work is highlighted at the SIUE Undergraduate Scholar Showcase! The Council on Undergraduate Research included SIUE on their list of Undergraduate Research celebrations across the country! Check it out here.
Congratulations to S18 URCA Assistant Emily Deahr, whose work with Dr. Laura Fowler was recently featured here!
Congratulations to URCA Associate Angel Nihells who just received the highly competitive Frederick N. Andrews Fellowship at Purdue which will fully cover all of her academic and living expenses for one year!
Congratulations to Dr. Kevin Tucker of the Chemistry Department and his URCA Assistants Clayton Donald, Jillian Rhomberg, Bobbi Potter, Nicholas Grunloh, Dalia Hassan, and Jayda Hatten on their poster presentations. Great work everyone!
Congratulations to Dr. Schreiber of the Social Work Department and her URCA Assistant, Taylor Dichsen, on her acceptance for two paper presentations at the Twelfth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry in Champaign this May! One is titled “Gender differences in a Child Advocacy Center” and the other is titled “Foster parent religiosity.” Great work Taylor!
Congratulations to Dr. Schreiber of the Social Work Department and her former URCA Assistant, Janet Wiley, on their publication in the journal Child & Family Social Work. Their publication is titled “Finding a routine that works: A mixed methods study of foster parents.” Great job!
Congratulations to Mr. Joseph Page of the Art and Design Department and his URCA Assistant Brittany Rhodes for assisting in two solo and one group exhibition. Great work!
Congratulations to former URCA Assistant Alexa Knuth who was featured in the SIUE News for thriving in a competitive Scottish Physical Therapy PhD program. Check out the story here.
Congratulations to Dr. Kevin Tucker of the Chemistry department and his former URCA Assistant Danielle Smith for being featured in the Riverbender (found here), Advantage News (found here), and SIUE’s News page (found here) for their research on antibiotics in groundwater.
Congratulations to Dr. Marc Schapman of the Music Department and his URCA Assistant Maika Miller who assisted in the production of SIUE’s Opera Theatre’s The Rake’s Progress by Igor Stravinsky.
Congratulations to URCA Associate Rachel Davis for receiving the first Dr. Vincent Masangu Shabangi Memorial Summer Undergrad Research Assistantship award from the Chemistry Department. Way to go Rachel!
Congratulations to URCA Associate Rachel Davis on her poster presentation at the Pittcon Conference in Orlando, Florida! Great work Rachel!
Congratulations to Dr. Klingensmith of the Electrical & Computer Engineering Department and his former URCA Assistant, Addison Elliott on their publication to the Journal of Biomedical Graphics and Computing! Their publication is titled, “Automated segmentation of cardiac adipose tissue in Dixon magnetic resonance images.” Great work!
Congratulations to Dr. Chaya Gopalan of the Applied Health Department and her URCA Assistant, James Pletsch, on their acceptance to present their poster titled, “The Effect of Flutamide on Spatial Working Memory and Serum Estrogen Levels in Female Rats.” They will be presenting at the Experimental Biology conference in San Diego this April. Good luck!
Congratulations to Dr. Nadler of the Psychology Department and his former URCA Assistant, Maya Gann-Bociek on their publication in Management Research Review. Their publication title is, “Interview support on perceptions of organizational attractiveness: The effects of applicant gender and socio-economic status. Amazing job!
Congratulations to Dr. Lu of the Chemistry Department and his URCA Assistant, Dylan Gladson, on his acceptance at the 255th American Chemical Society National Meeting next month in New Orleans! Good luck Dylan!
Congratulations to Emeritus Chancellor Dr. Vaughn Vandegrift for being selected to receive an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from SIUE at the May 2018 commencement ceremonies. Dr. Vandegrift’s leadership and vision was responsible for bringing the URCA program to SIUE.
Congratulations to Dr. Pawlow of the Psychology Department and her URCA Assistants, Kevin Cunningham, Shelbi Linton and Latavia Harley, on the acceptance to present their poster titled, “Demographic and personality factors related to intent to vaccinate.“ They will be presenting this at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association in Chicago this April. Great work everyone!
Congratulations to Dr. Sarah Conoyer of the Psychology Department and her URCA Assistants, Jennifer Robbins, Gabrielle Ellis, Nicole Ties, and DeAnna Scully, for having their research featured in the Riverbender. They are researching about ways to better assess students with learning disabilities. Click here to read all about it!
Congratulations to URCA Mentor Dr. Jessica DeSpain for receiving the 2018 William and Margaret Going Endowed Professorship Award! Read all about Dr. DeSpain’s fascinating work here.
Congratulations to URCA Associate, Angel Nihells, for being accepted into Purdue University's Anthropology Ph.D program! Good luck Angel, we know you will do great things!
Congratulations to Dr. Nastasia of the International Studies Department and his URCA Assistant, Claire Schneider, on her abstract acceptance titled, “An International Studies Mapping Project at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.” Claire will be presenting at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) in Oklahoma. Great work Claire!
Congratulations to Dr. Klingensmith of the Electrical & Computer Engineering Department and his former URCA Assistant, Zach Zaszold, on their poster presentation titled, “Short-term effects of resistance training on total and regional abdominal fat: A preliminary approach and analysis.” They presented at the Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences Symposium at Washington University in St Louis. Great work!
Congratulations to Dr. Schapman of the Music Department and his URCA Assistant, Rachel Wagner, on their performance, The Mikado by Gilbert and Sullivan. The performance was produced by SIUE Opera Theatre. Great work everyone!
Congratulations to URCA Associate, Haleigh Sperry, on her acceptance to the 255th ACS National meeting where she will be presenting her poster titled, “Ugi-Smiles Based Triazole Formation and Derivatization” this March in New Orleans. Way to go Haleigh!
Shout out to Dr. Ross-Stewart of the Applied Health Department and her URCA Assistant, Emily Grahl, on being featured in the Telegraph for their upcoming research regarding imagery-assisted virtual reality and its influence on athletes. You can read the story here for more information.
Congratulations to Dr. Gordon of the Construction Department and his URCA Assistant, Matt Lawton, on their recent poster presentation titled, “Real-time augmented transparency of construction site models” at the 2017 AGC MO Design & Construction Technology Conference Academic Showcase. Keep up the great work!
Congratulations to URCA Associate, Nick Schimp, on his abstract acceptance titled, “Regulatory mechanism of nitric oxide synthase by cav-1 and calmodulin.” Nick will present it at the 255th ACS National Meeting this March in New Orleans! Good luck Nick!
Congratulations to former URCA Associate, Daniel Miller, on his acceptance into SIU School of Dental Medicine. Good luck Daniel!
Congratulations to Dr. Kevin Tucker of the Chemistry Department and his URCA Assistants, Clayton Donald, Jessica Rutledge, and Bobbi Potter on their poster presentations at the East Central Illinois American Chemical Society Undergraduate Research Conference. Great work!
Congratulations to Dr. Kevin Tucker of the Chemistry Department and his URCA Assistants, Clayton Donald, Jessica Rutledge, Nicholas Grunloh, Krystal Harms, Danielle Goetter and Bobbi Potter on their poster presentations at the American Chemical Society St. Louis Section Undergraduate Research Symposium. Great work!
Congratulations to Dr. Jewell of the Psychology Department and his URCA Assistant, Hannah Dahms, on their poster presentation at the 51st annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies in San Diego! Their poster was titled, “Investigating the effects of compassion meditation with detained youth.” Great work!
Congratulations to our Fall 2017 URCA Awardees, who were featured in three articles! First, they were featured in the Riverbender, which can be found here. Additionally, they were featured in the Telegraph, which can be found here. Also, they were featured in Advantage News, which can be found here.
Congratulations to Dr. Rocha of the Foreign Languages and Literature Department and her URCA Assistant, Jessica Mateo, on her acceptance to the Popular Culture Association conference in Indianapolis this March. Her abstract is titled, “Not for Illegal Immigrants: The American Dream in A Better Life.” Good luck Jessica!
Congratulations to Dr. Zuercher of the Applied Health Department and her URCA Assistants, Bailey Allen and Riley Dodson on their poster presentation at the Food and Nutrition Conference and Expo (FNCE) in Chicago. Their poster was titled, “Eat. Support. Live. Examining the Weight and Health-Related Concerns of Postpartum Moms in East St. Louis” Great work everyone!
Congratulations to URCA Associate Angel Nihells for receiving the National Preservation Institute scholarship! Great job, Angel!
Congratulations to former URCA Associate, Daniel John Carroll, for passing the Illinois Bar Exam! What a great accomplishment!
URCA will be represented at the CAS/SEHHB’s Explore SIUE Day on 9/30. You can find out more information about it here.
Congratulations to Dr. Ayse Evrensel of the Economics and Finance Department and her former URCA Assistant, Tiffany Minx, on their publication titled, “An Institutional Approach to the Decline of the Ottoman Empire.” Great work!
Congratulations to Dr. Ron Worthington of the Pharmacy Department and his URCA Assistants, Brentsen Wolfe and Elijah Ball, on their publication titled, “Method to identify silent codon mutations that may alter peptide elongation kinetics and co-translational protein folding.” Great work, everyone!
Congratulations to URCA Associate, Gabrielle Borders, on her acceptance to the South Atlantic Modern Language Association Conference (SAMLA), where she will present her paper, titled, “Making Queer Space in Nineteenth Century Book History and the Digital Humanities” in Atlanta, Georgia this November! Good luck Gabrielle!Congratulations to Dr. Klingensmith of the Engineering Department and his three URCA Assistants, Miranda Fulton, Zechariah Faszold and Taylor David for getting a grant from the American Heart Association. They are researching to find a cost-effective tool for measuring risk of heart disease. They were featured in SIUE news, found here, as well as the Riverbender, found here. Good luck, everyone!
Congratulations to former URCA Associate, Abbie Fox, for being accepted into SIU School of Medicine Program! Good luck, Abbie!
Congratulations to Dr. Nahid Shabestary and her URCA team on an incredibly prolific year! Members of the Shabestary team gave 6 research presentations at various venues during the 16-17 AY. Her URCA students who presented included Xavier Morrison-Wallace, Isaiah Blackburn and Laila Ait Haj Kaddour. Great work everyone!
Congratulations to URCA Associate, Emily Wade, for being accepted into SIU School of Medicine Program! Good luck Emily, we know you will do great things!
Congratulations to all of our URCA participants (and thank you to their outstanding mentors) who presented their amazing work at the annual SIUE Undergraduate Scholars Showcase on April 27. This event was featured in the Riverbender, which can be found here.
Congratulations to Dr. Eva Ferguson of the Psychology Department and her URCA Assistant, Ryan Robbins, on his recent paper presentation titled, “Do Parenting Styles Differ According to Ordinal Position and Gender of Children?” at the ILLOWA conference at Monmouth College. Keep up the great work Ryan!
Congratulations to Dr. Kevin Tucker of the Chemistry Department and his URCA Assistants, Paisley Harper, Michael Lohman and Clayton Donald, on all three of their poster presentations. The first is titled, “Effects of Wastewater Effluent on the Levels of Antibiotics in Freshwater Streams,” presented at the Emerging Contaminants conference in Champaign, IL. The next two were at the Illinois State Academy of Science in Chicago, where they were awarded 1st place on their poster titled, “Relationship between Antibiotics Found in Wastewater and Receiving Streams” and 3rd place on their poster titled, “Mapping Antibiotics in Southwest Illinois from Wastewater Treatment Plants.” Amazing work everyone!
Congratulations to Dr. Kevin Tucker of the Chemistry Department and his URCA Assistants, Rachel Davis, Jessica Rutledge and Nicholas Grunloh, on their recent poster presentation titled, “Modeling Endocrine Disruptor Uptake in Aquatic Invertebrates” at the Emerging Contaminants conference in Champaign, IL. Fantastic job everyone!
Congratulations to Dr. Kevin Tucker of the Chemistry Department and his URCA Assistants, Sarah Bilskey and Nicholas Grunloh, on their recent poster presentation titled, “Method Development for Antibiotic Extraction from Soil” at the Louis Stokes Midwest Center of Excellence Annual Conference in Chicago. Great work!
Congratulations to former URCA Associate, Jacquelin Koehne, on her recent poster presentation titled, “Compensatory Mechanisms to Exercise Induced Energy Deficit” at the American College of Sports Medicine in Denver, Colorado. Great work, Jacquelin!
Congratulations to Dr. Hamad of the Physics Department and his URCA Assistant, Dakota Waldrip, for presenting his research titled, “Gain Studies of Europium Doped Phosphate Glass” at the Illinois Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers conference. Great work, Dakota!
Congratulations to Dr. Debbie Mann of the Foreign Languages Department and her former URCA Assistants, Chance Goodwin and Alexia Keller for presenting their paper titled, “The World(s) of Three Pines: Creating Community in the Novels of Louise Penny” at the Quebec Past & Present conference in Canada!
Congratulations to Dr. Laurie Rice of the Political Science Department and her URCA Assistant, Margaret Scarsdale, for her recent poster presentation titled, "The Use of Statements of Administration Policy and Signing Statements During the Obama Administration" at the Midwest Political Science Association. Way to go Margaret!
Congratulations to Dr. Connie Barber of the Computer Management and Information Systems Department and her URCA Assistant, Kylie Smutzer, for their recent paper acceptance at America's Conference on Information Systems in Boston. Kylie co-authored on the paper that will be presented in August. Keep up the great work!
Congratulations to URCA Associate Emily Wade for being awarded Honorable Mention for Undergraduate Poster Presentations in the Cellular, Molecular, and Developmental Biology Division at the Illinois State Academy of Science Annual Meeting last month. Great work Emily!
The URCA program was so thrilled to see former URCA student Tiffany Eickhoff featured in the Alton Telegraph. Please click here to read about her amazing journey!
Congratulations to our Spring 2017 URCA Awardees, who were featured in two articles! First, they were featured in the Riverbender, which can be found here. They were also featured in Advantage News, which can be found here.
Congratulations to Dr. Jeff Manuel of the History Department and his URCA Assistant, Angela Little their work on the Madison Historical: The Online Encyclopedia and Digital Archive for Madison County, IL. She is using current technology to publically feature historical items. This was featured in the Edwardsville Intelligencer, which can be found here. Angela also discovered some interesting information about her own family’s history, including her “mystery grandfather.” This was featured in the Belleville News Democrat, which can be found here. Amazing work, Angela!
Congratulations to Dr. Eva Ferguson of the Psychology Department and her URCA Assistant Ryan Robbins for getting accepted to present a poster titled, “Do Parenting Styles differ according to Family Size and Gender of Children?” at the Undergraduate Scholars Showcase. He will also be presenting the poster at the ILLOWA conference this month at Monmouth College! Good luck Ryan!
Congratulations to Debbie Mann of the Foreign Languages Department and her former URCA Assistants, Chance Goodwin and Alexis Keller for co-authoring on two different papers titled, "Creating Community in the Novels of Louise Penny" and “The World(s) of Three Pines: Creating Community in the Novels of Louise Penny.” Alexis also helped work on a paper being presented in July titled, "Linguistic and Cultural Confluences Through the Lens of the French (-speaking) Detective Novel." Great work everyone!
Congratulations to Dr. Zhiqing Lin of the Biology Department and his URCA Assistant, Stefan Jones for his resent presentation at the 2017 Annual Meeting of Illinois State Academy of Science. Keep up the great work!
Congratulations to URCA Associate Amanda Markovich for her recent poster presentation at the Illinois State Academy of Science. Her poster was titled, “Pre-Zygotic Reproductive Isolation among Topminnows in an Artificial Stream System.” Great work, Amanda!
Congratulations to Dr. Rocha of the Foreign Language and Literature Department and her current URCA Assistant, Ellie Vondohlen on both of her abstract acceptances! The first was accepted at the 22 Annual Symposium at Illinois State University, where she won the Rhonda Nicol Memorial Book Award for her outstanding paper! The second was accepted at the Annual Spanish and French Symposium at St. Louis University. Ellie was featured in the SIUE News Page, which can be found here. She was also featured in the Alton Telegraph! Amazing job, Ellie!
Congratulations to Dr. Guilford of the Applied Health Department and her current URCA Assistant, Claire Maciejewski for her recent poster presentation, “Omega-3 fatty acids therapeutic potential in the development of neuropathy” at the Texas chapter meeting for the American College of Sports Medicine! Claire was also pre-selected to be judged by a panel of three judges in the undergraduate research poster category. She was also featured in an article written by the Riverbend, which can be found here. What a great accomplishment Claire!
Congratulations to Dr. Wooten of the Applied Health Department and his current URCA Assistants, Dakota Kamm and Marcus Breden for their recent poster presentations at the Texas chapter meeting for the American College of Sports Medicine! Dakota presented his poster titled, “Dietary enrichment of fish-oils attenuates diet-induced obesity and hepatic steatosis.” Dakota was also pre-selected to be judged by a panel of three judges in the undergraduate research poster category and was awarded 2nd place! Marcus presented his poster titled, "The relationship of visceral adipose tissue with markers of energy homeostasis following weight-loss." They were even featured in an article written by the Riverbend, which can be found here. Great work guys!
Congratulations to URCA Associate Abbie Fox for being accepted to present her poster at the 253rd American Chemical Society National Meeting and Exposition this April in California! Good luck!
Congratulations to URCA Associate Luke Brown for presenting his poster at the American Society for Plant Biologists at Purdue University! Great job!
Congratulations to URCA Associate Emily Wade for being accepted to present her URCA poster titled, "Evaluation of the role of light in fruiting body formation in the fungus Schizophyllum umbrinum as compared to its sister species, Schizophyllum commune" at the Illinois State Academy of Science Conference in March. Good luck!
Congratulations to URCA Assistant Chase Tiffany for getting his abstract accepted to the inaugural Migrations of Cultures conference at the University of Pittsburgh in March! Chase was also accepted into a the French Linguistics PH.D program at Indiana University. Good luck Chase!
Congratulations to URCA Associates, Emily Fabry and Rebecca Ngo for being accepted to present their URCA projects in the 2017 American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition in San Francisco, California in April! Good luck!
Congratulations to Dr. Retzlaff of the Biology Department and his current URCA Assistants, Kayla Tatum and Caleb Mau for presenting their poster, "The case for green roof maintenance: Long-term Sedum performance, weeding maintenance, and thermal benefit" at the Cities Alive 14th Annual Green Roof and Wall Conference in DC! They had another poster presentation for their project, "Weeding maintenance of green roof systems" at the Illinois State Academy of Science. Caleb also presented a poster, "Thermal benefits of different weeding methods of green roof systems" at the Illinois State Academy of Science. Kayla won the Best Undergraduate Student Oral Presentation and Caleb won second prize for the Undergraduate Student Poster Presentation award. Amazing work, keep up the great work!
Congratulations to Dr. Rocha of the Foreign Language and Literature Department and her current URCA Assistant, Chase Tiffany on his abstract acceptance for the April 2017 Conference of Undergraduate Research and Scholarship. Keep up the great work Chase!
Congratulations Dr. Gordon of the Construction Department and his current URCA Assistant, Cody Kruse on their recent poster presentation at the Design and Construction Technology Conference in Missouri. Great work!
Congratulations to Shaelyn Grant, one of our URCA Associates, for getting accepted into the Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College. Shaelyn was admitted into the Upper Division option and will start May 2017! Good luck Shaelyn!
Congratulations to Dr. Sumita of the Chemistry Department and her current URCA Assistants, Nikki Geron and Hailey Bowen on their recent poster presentation at Rustbelt RNA in Ohio. Great job!
Congratulations to Dr. Sarah Luesse of the Chemistry Department and her current Associate/former Assistant, Abbie Fox, and her former Assistant, Michael Meyers for co-authoring on a recent publication of the paper: Application of heterocyclic aldehydes as components in Ugi-Smiles couplings. Keep up the great work!
Congratulations to Dr. Ross-Stewart of the Kinesiology Program and her two former URCA Assistants, Corrine Brent and Alexa Knuth on their four recent presentations! Three of the presentations took place at The Association for Applied Sport Psychology Conference in Phoenix, Arizona. The other presentation was for the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity in Canada! Great job everyone!
Success story: Previous URCA Assistant and Associate, Tara Stapay (now Tara Enders), was awarded a dissertation improvement grant while working on her PhD at Washington University in St. Louis. Tara and her previous mentor, Dr. Esselman, wrote a paper from the work they did together when she was an URCA student at SIUE, which helped her get the grant. She is now a successful plant scientist, who has two papers published. Great work, Tara!
Congratulations to Dr. Moffett of the Political Science Department and his previous URCA Assistant, Triniece Cummins, who helped with the book Web 2.0 and the Political Mobilization of College Students that just got published in The Hill! The book was also featured in The Huffington post. A link can be found here.
Congratulations to Dr. Carter and her URCA Assistants, Victoria Greer and Savannah Bounds for getting accepted to present their poster at The Council for Social Work Education, Annual Program Meeting Conference in November. They will be presenting an interactive poster titled Assessing and Improving Nonprofit Organizational Capacity: A Service-Learning Instructional Model. How exciting!
Congratulations to Dr. Schapman of the Music Department and his URCA Assistant, Zora Vredeveld for getting an article featured in the Edwardsville Intelligencer about their Halloween-themed opera show. The article can be found here. Great job and good luck on the show!
Congratulations to Dr. Duvernell of the Biology Department and his URCA students, Amanda Markovich (Associate) and Tessa England (Assistant) for presenting their research at the St. Louis Ecology, Evolution and Conservation event. Great job everyone!
Congratuations to Dr. Ercal of the Engineering Department and her URCA Assistant, Jeffrey Borwey being a co-author for another paper publlication! The paper being published is: Robust Graph-theoretic Clustering Approaches Using Node-Based Resilience Measures. Incredible work! Keep it up!
Congratulations to Dr. Ercal of the Engineering Department and her URCA Assistant, Jeffrey Borwey for their publication of the paper: The Vertex Attack Tolerance of Complex Networks. We also want to congratulate her and one of her first URCA assistants, William Stimson, for getting another paper published this year: The Quality of Sampling from Geographic Networks. This is outstanding news! Great work!
The URCA program would like to recognize Dr. Meeks of the Psychology Department and his former URCA Assistants, Nikki Hurley and Krista Sheets for being co-authors on a poster that will be presented at the Society for Teaching of Psychology’s 15th Annual Conference on the Teaching of Psychology in October. How exciting!
Congratulations to Dr. Foster of the Physics Department and his URCA Assistant John Peters for presenting their work at The American Association of Physics Teachers Summer Meeting. The title of their presentation is Examining Engineering Course Work by Looking for Breadcrumbs. Great job guys!
Congratulations to Dr. Pawlow of the Psychology Department and her URCA Assistants Ronnie Henson and Toni Muzzarelli on their poster presentation at the Midwestern Psychological Association in Chicago! The title of their poster is Acceptance of Cosmetic Surgery, Self-Esteem, and Need for External Validation. Great work!
Congratulations to Dr. Darron Luesse of the Biology Department and his URCA Assistants, William Schryver, Luke Revelt, Veronica Heintz, Jessica Westerhold, Michael Vierling, Jaren Ross, and Allison Newton on their very busy, very productive year. So far, Dr. Luesse and his students have completed 4 studies, all of which were presented at ATGC Accessing Translational Genomics/Gernetics Conference at Harris Stowe University in St. Louis, Missouri. Keep up the great work!
The URCA program would like to recognize Dr. Joshua Wooten and his URCA Assistants, Rachael Hartke and Marcus Breden on their recent presentations at the regional Texas chapter meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine. At the meeting, both Rachael and Marcus were ranked as finalists (top 8 out 45 posters) in the undergraduate research poster category. Following the presentation of their research to a panel of judges, Rachael was awarded 2nd place overall! Great job Rachael and Marcus, what an outstanding achievment!
Congratulations to Dr. Ayse Evrensel of the Economics and Finance Department and her URCA Assistant Tiffany Minx on their recent presentation. Dr. Evrensel and Ms. Minx presented their paper, An Institutional Approach to the Decilne of the Ottoman Empire in Washington, D.C. at the meeting of the Eastern Economic Association in February. They are hoping to submit the manuscript for publication.
URCA Assistant James Moss has received some well-deserved praise for the work he is completing with his URCA Mentor, Dr. Mark Poepsel of Mass Communications. James has been using globally available resources to produce a Nigerian screenwriter's short-film entitled, "Get Up, Get Up."
Check out the full story here.
The URCA program would like to recognize URCAAssociate, Dillon Santoni and his mentor, Dr. Denise DeGarmo in their remarkable acheivment, the co-authorship and publication of the book: The U.S.-Israeli Strategic Alliance and the Disappearing Palestine. The book examines the implications of the U.S.-Israeli strategic alliance on the proposed "two state solution." Click here for more information or to purchase a copy.
Congratulations to Dr. Justin Sutters of the Art & Design Department and his former URCA Assistant Keirsten Savering on their recent publication in Arts and Activities magazine. The article, 'Differing Realities: The Contemporary Graphic Art of Daniel Guzman,' can be found here.
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The Interdisciplinary Research and Informatics Scholarship (IRIS) Center is an interdisciplinary facility designed to support individual and collaborative scholarship (at faculty and student levels) that applies digital content as a primary methodology. The Faculty Coordinators of IRIS, Dr. Jessica DeSpain and Kristine Hildebrandt, are both recurrent URCA Mentors who encourage their URCA Assistants to post blog entries about their experiences and research endeavors.
Check it out for yourself here: http://siueiris.com/
January 01, 2016
Two URCA Assistants, David Umbaugh and Jane Maciejewski (Jane Spiller) recently presented their work at the Central States Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting. The two Assistants have worked closely for several semesters with Dr. Brianne Guilford in the Department of Kinesiology and Heath Education. The poster entitled "The Effects of a High-Fat Diet on Neuronal Inflammation" was presented in Warrensburg, Missouri. Congratulations to David, Jane, Dr. Guilford, and the Department of Kinesiology!
January 13, 2016
Congratulations to Dr. Min Liu and her former URCA Assistant, Laurel Servies on being published in the Atlantic Journal of Communications! This is the abstract:
With recent tragic incidents like the 2007 Virginia Tech campus shooting and the 2014 Seattle Pacific University shooting, it is clear that crisis is always a possibility for colleges and universities. Many large organizations have crisis contingency plans, which are ineffective unless they are communicated to the desired target audience. The current study presents findings from a survey of university employees, measuring perception variables regarding risk and crisis preparedness. Women were more knowledgeable than men on crisis response. Staff members reported higher levels of knowledge and self-efficacy than faculty. In addition, perceived knowledge may be a better predictor of self-efficacy and perceived preparedness than actual knowledge. Implications for risk and crisis management are discussed.
The manuscript entitled "From Virginia Tech to Seattle Pacific U: An Exploratory Study of Perceptions Regarding Risk and Crisis Preparedness Among University Employees" can be found here.
January 22, 2016
Congratulations to Dr. Ryan Fries of the Civil Engineering Department on his recent publication:
Seitzinger, R., Fries, R. Qi, Y., Zhou, H. (2016). "A Driving Simulator Study Evaluating Traffic Sign Mounting Height for Preventing Wrong-Way Driving." Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting. Washington, D.C. january 10-14.
Dr. Fries credits his former URCA Assistant saying that "although the URCA student declined my invitation to be a coauthor, his work played a large role in our overall study."
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December 18, 2015
A very special congratulations to URCA Associates Shelby Markel and Aaron Hancock who were both recently accepted into the
SIU School of Medicine! Way to go Associates!!
December 03, 2015
Congratulations to Dr. Faith Liebl, former URCA Associate Morgan Sturgeon, and former URCA Assistant Matt Ferguson on their recent publication:
Dr. Faith Liebl is an Associate Professor of Biological Science in the College of Arts and Sciences. Morgan Sturgeon is a former URCA Associate from the 2013-2014 cohort, and Matt Ferguson is Dr. Liebl's former URCA Assistant.
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November 18, 2015
The Fall 2015 Newsletter is now available!!
This Semester URCA Associate Kyle DeProw, Dr. Ryan Krauss, and URCA Assistants Kenneth Coleman, Sarah Paitz, Chad Kolmer, and URCA Mentors Ms. Kathryn Bentley, Dr. Marc Schapman, and Dr. Xing Su are featured.
Congratulations to this semester URCA Award winners: Dr. Mike Crider, Dr. Marc Schapman, Sarah Paitz, and James Moss!
You can check out the full story here.
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Kelsey Bernard SECD |
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Aaron Hancock Chemistry |
Zack Ladson Biological Sciences |
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Shelby Markel Biological Sciences |
Tyler McGowan Biological Sciences |
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Brittany Mersman Biological Sciences |
Dillon Santoni Political Science |
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Kyle Schafer Biochemistry |
Jacquelin Smith Kinesiology |
October 15, 2014
Congratulations to URCA Mentor and Psychology Professor, Dr. Eva Ferguson and her lab assistants, Gregory Rectenwal (URCA Assistant), Alexandra Hammond, Kelsey Bernard, Aaron Morris and Jared Deerhake whose poster entitled: “Does Gender Affect Leadership Values of College Students and Their Parents?” was recently accepted for presentation at the 10th Annual Missouri Undergraduate Psychology Conference (MUPC) 2014. This is the abstract:
The current study compares values of college students and their parents. To measure leadership values described by Lewin (Lewin, Lippit, &White, 1939) and Dreikurs (Dreikurs, Grunwald, & Pepper, 1999), university students described their own values (PVa, Ferguson Adult Values Inventory) and values their mother and father held when raising the student (PVi, Ferguson Parental Values inventory). Both the gender of the parent and the gender of the student had significant effects on reported values.
Dr. Eva Ferguson
Congratulations to URCA Mentor and Psychology Professor, Dr. Jeremy Jewell and his lab assistants, Haley Pemberton (URCA Assistant) and Madison Schoen on the development of a new stress and aggression management program which is being implemented in the Madison County Juvenile Detention Home. The new program, named Compassionate Approach to Learning Meditation (CALM) incorporates mindfulness, compassion, and meditation while teaching the juveniles skills to self-regulate their stress and internal aggression. Dr. Jewell has been a consistent and active URCA mentor since URCA’s conception. His assistants had this to say regarding his mentorship: “Having the opportunity to participate in Dr. Jewell’s research lab has been one of the biggest highlights of our undergraduate careers. Dr. Jewell is constantly finding ways to help us boost our resumes and gain new experiences!” For more information about Dr. Jewell and his research you can visit his website here.
Dr. Jeremy Jewell
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE ENTIRE PSYCHOLOGY DEPARTMENT! KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!!
September 23, 2014
Congratulations to Dr. Ken Moffet, an Associate Professor of Political Science who, with the help of URCA Assistants, has recently had two papers accepted for publication! According to Dr. Moffet, past URCA Assistants, Daniel Mead, Eric Lupardus, and Mark Rosenkoetter were influential in the development of these projects. The contributions that Mark Rosenkoetter and Eric Lupardus made were part of a paper that was presented at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association. Recently, a revised version of that paper was accepted for publication in Party Politics. In addition, the contributions that Daniel Mead made were part of a paper that was presented at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association. Recently, a revised version of this paper was also accepted for publication in Congress and the Presidency. Congratulations to Dr. Moffet, Daniel Mead, Eric Lupardus, Mark Rosenkoetter, and the Depatrment of Political Science in these awesome accomplishments!
August 11, 2014
Congratulations to URCA Assistant Mitchel Kramer, the first author of the paper entitled "Comparative Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Hepatitis C Virus NS3/4A Protease (genotypes 1b, 3a and 4b) Predicts Conformational Instability of the Catalytic Triad in Drug Resistant Strains", which was accepted for publication and appeared in the August edition of PLOS ONE. PLOS ONE is an international, peer-revied, open-access, online publication that features reports from all disciplines within science and medicine. Congratulations to Mitchel Kramer, Dr. Mohammad Yousef, and the Department of Physics!
June 19, 2014
Congratulations to URCA Assistant, Brian Massie, who's paper entitled "Ethnic Divide and Armed Conflict: Struggle and Development through the Eyes of a Child" has been accepted for publication and is scheduled to be appear in Visions & Revisions VII. According to his mentor, Dr. Carolina Rocha, associate professor in Spanish, "Brian was in a unique position to undertake the analysis of two films. His first-hand knowledge of Peruvian culture was a springboard to understand issues of ethnicity and class division that are prevalent in these films." It is also a special time for the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature, because Brian has the distinction of being the first undergraduate student in the department who's work has been accepted for publication. Congratulations to Brian Massie, Dr. Carolina Rocha, and the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature!
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Former URCA Associates, Brad Denby and Morgan Sturgeon, were recently featured in the Edwardsville Intellligencer for their interview with Segue conducted by Dr. Aldemaro Romero, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. The two recent SIUE graduates talked about how they became interested in the research process, and their individual research within the URCA Associate program. The full article can be found here. A link to the webcast will be available soon.
April 24, 2014
The URCA program would like to welcome the newest Associate members! Listed below are the 2014-2015 cohort members, and their contact information. Congratulations, and happy researching!
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Jennifer Roberts Major: English |
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Savanna Stabenow Major: Biological Sciences |
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April 22, 2014
URCA Associate, Caleb Butler, recently exhibited his research about how African American men experience college life at a public, predominantly white institution . Caleb interviewed twenty-one African American male SIUE students. In the interviews he discussed several themes, including feelings of support, feelings of belonging and connectedness to peers, faculty, and staff, definitions of success, and personal understandings and definitions of the students’ identity as African American men. Check it out: URCA student, Caleb Butler, presents research in mixed media exhibit.
Caleb's research has sparked additional research to be conducted into how American American females experience college life at a public, predominately white institution by Dr. Connie Frey-Spurlock's upcoming URCA assistant, Andrea Williams. See the full story here.
April 18, 2014
URCA Assistant, Emma Kuester has been working with Dr. Betsy Esselman doing research on a magnificent part of SIUE history -- an historic Elm tree that is hundreds of years old. Emma details her research below:
"This project doesn't contain any laboratory research but involved going through the historic archives on campus and the Madison County Museum to uncover information about a slab of Elm which was cut down September 17,1963 and stored in the 4th floor of the old science building. The tree was acknowledged as the largest Elm tree in Illinois already in 1936; however it succumbed to Dutch Elm disease, which is a phloem necrosis caused by fungus. Using the information I found about the Elm, we are devising a method of displaying the thousand pound slab for everyone to see."
The Elm Tree slab, pictured below, has a 6-7 foot diameter.
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Caleb Butler, URCA Associate
Mentor: Drs. Erin Murphy and Howard Rambsy Department: Sociology
Caleb Butler researching how African American men experience college life at a public, predominantly white institution . Caleb interviewed twenty-one African American male SIUE students. In the interviews he discussed several themes, including feelings of support, feelings of belonging and connectedness to peers, faculty, and staff, definitions of success, and personal understandings and definitions of the students’ identity as African American men. |
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Brandy McAdams-Hart, URCA Assistant Mentor: Dr. Jeremy Jewell Department: Psychology The research project that Brandy McAdams-Hart will be presenting at NCUR is also her senior honors thesis. She investigated the relationship between sexual assault history and current substance abuse in women. She believe that sexual assault and substance abuse in women are two growing epidemics, that are deserving of more attention from clinicians, activists and researchers. |
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Miles Foltynowicz, URCA Assistant
Mentor: Dr. Suranjan Weeraratne Department: Political Science
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Both Tayler and Kelsey will be presenting their posters again at the national meeting for the American College of Sports Medicine in Orlando, FL in late May.
Congratulations!
February 13, 2014
Congratulations to Austin LaMay (pictured below), URCA Assistant to Dr. Paul Wanda of the SIUE School of Dental Medicine, and his team, who won 2nd place at the Illinois Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Conference-- Funded by National Science Foundation. Nine universities and 5 community colleges and 1 government lab participated.
The following is their abstract:
"Apoptosis and Membrane Fluidity in Human Leukemia (HL60) Cells
Austin LaMay, Brock Cameron, Jamie Gniadak, Jazmine Sanders, Paul E. Wanda, and Dan Welch
Apoptois was induced in human myeloid leukemia cells (HL60) with UVB irradiation as part of our ongoing investigation in the role played by the membrane. We previously found that phosphatidylserine (PS) translocation was reduced when temperature was increased. Analysis using a nitroxide spin label conferred that there was a corresponding increase in membrane fluidity during apoptosis. In addition, new data has indicated that a decrease in membrane fluidity reduced apoptosis perhaps by impeding death-receptor formation required for the extrinsic apoptotic pathway. Preliminary results using BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene), a known membrane perturber, also increased membrane fluidity."
Meyer, C., Johnson, J., Maglasang, T., & Nadler, J. T. (2014, May). Think, Think Male: Implicit Gender Associations with Career Prestige. Paper submitted for presented at the Midwestern Psychology Association (MPA) annual conference. Chicago, IL.
October 14, 2013August 1, 2013
EVER WONDERED HOW GREAT THE FACULTY MENTORS ARE AT SIUE?
SIUE is home to many great faculty mentors, and Dr. Kathryn Brady, Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders, is no exception. Over the past year, Dr. Brady mentored Jaime Henderson, an URCA Associate. Jaime ended the school year with a successfully completed Associate project and has continued to apply to present her research at professional conferences. After submitting to the Illinois Speech and Hearing Association's Student Initiated Clinical Research and Application (SIRCA), Jaime noticed that Dr. Brady also needed to submit a few things. This is where things become truly heroic:
"Earlier this summer I was up against a rapidly approaching deadline to submit my project to [SIRCA] call for presentations [and] posters for the state convention in [February] 2014. I suddenly realized that Dr. Brady, as my mentor, also needed to submit a digital disclosure form in order for the proposal submission to be complete. I sent a text m essage to her while she was in Guatemala letting her know of the deadline but that I also did not expect her to be able to do it, since she was so far away and likely didn't have Internet access. Let me say that I think she has set the bar quite high for URCA mentors. She walked to a nearby town (in a monsoon, no less) to a small Internet cafe to get the form in on time. Her effort was not in vain. My proposal was accepted for an oral presentation at the ISHA conference..." -Jaime Henderson
Dr. Brady in front of the internet cafeDr. Kathryn Brady in front of the Internet cafe
she walked to during a monsoon to submit the
digital disclosure form to help the professional development
of her student, Jaime Henderson.
Brittany Buckles, an URCA Associate from the 2012-2013 cohort, who researched bee ecosystems was recently interviewed by the St. Louis Post Dispatch (see the full article here). She, along with several other students, are planning a trip Nairobi, Kenya in hopes to "increase public awareness about the importance of hazards facing bees and the need for human intervention to help" (Gillerman, 2013). Congratulations, Brittany (pictured below)!
April 2013
April 26, 2013
URCA is pleased to welcome the new 2013-2014 Associate Cohort!
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| Name: Caleb Butler Major: Sociology Project Title: The First-Hand Experiences of African American Men at a Predominately White Institution: Exploring How the Intersection of Race and Gener Affects Academic Performance Mentors: Dr. Erin Murphy & Dr. Howard Rambsy |
Name: Bradley Denby |
Name: Kristin Dierker |
Name: Timothy Gentry Major: Mechanical Engineering Project Title: Mitigating Negative Effects of Liquid Rope Coiling Through Dynamic Vibration of Target Container Mentor: Dr. Majid Molki |
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| Name: Kyle McClary Major: ACS Biochemistry Project Title: A Study of Conjugated Heterocyclic ldehydes in the Passerini-Smiles Reaction Mentor: Dr. Sarah Luesse |
Name: Rocky Pardo Major: Studio Art (Metals) Project Title: Artistic Exploration and Application of Metal Alloys Mentor: Dr. Thad Duhigg |
Name: Morgan Sturgeon Major: Biological Sciences Project Title: Investigating the Role of Mib1 in Glutamate Receptor Localization Mentor: Dr. Faith Liebl |
Name: Taylor Weissman Major: Biological Sciences Project Title: Analysis of Circumnuation in Arabidopsis Gravitropic Mutants Mentor: Dr. Darron Luesse |
April 12, 2013
Josh Prince, URCA Assistant to Dr. Ferguson, along with Taylor Smith, and Courtney Miller presented "The Relationship between Autocratic, Democratic and Laissez-Faire Leadership Style Values and Cultural Values" at the Graduate Research Symposium April 2nd at MUC.
From Dr. Ferguson: "The research is part of an ongoing set of projects that began in the year 2000 when I was a Visiting Scholar at the University of California at Berkeley. I have been Visiting Scholar there for a number of years since then, including when [she] was on sabbatical leave in 2007 and [she is] still a Visiting Scholar at UC Berkeley. My colleague there is Kaiping Peng, a cultural social psychologist. We published some of our research together in 2006 in the journal GROUP DYNAMICS and another article is coming out this month in the journal JOURNAL OF APPLIED SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY. We are showing that leadership styles, as developed by Kurt Lewin and as applied by Rudolf Dreikurs and contemporary Adlerian Psychology, work in the family the same way as they do in any other group (school, work, nations). We are showing that these leadership styles in the family of origin (in which you were raised) have profound influences on young adults (college students). These leadership styles teach children (and later the young adults into which the children develop) a set of values that have wide ramifications. My lab has found that national differences exist in parental leadership styles. Moreover, in modern Asian countries the style is moving toward a Laissez Faire style that is accompanied by increased individualism and competitiveness. Within the United States, regional differences exist in parental leadership styles. This "group dynamic" approach towards parenting differs sharply from the Freudian-based model of Baumrind, whose work does not address the kind of social issues that Lewin and Dreikurs addressed and that work in my lab addresses."
March 2013
MARCH 28, 2013
Human Security in the Occupied Palestinian State: Israeli Military Orders and Their Impact on the Needs of the People of Palestine
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Dr. Denise DeGarmo's URCA Assistants recently facilitated a panel and presented their own work this past weekend at the Indiana Political Science Association Conference at the University of Southern Indiana. In addition to facilitating the panel entitled, "Human Security in the Occupied Palestinian State: Israeli Military Orders and Their Impact on the Needs of the People of Palestine," each student presented his or her own original research. Matthew Boyer, presented his research entitled, "The Link Between Post Traumatic Stress and Human Security in Palestine," Erin Gross', research was entitled, "Tertiary Education in the Occupied Palestinian State," and Bryan Skorczewski's research was entitled, "How Differing Accounts of Economic Activity Damage the Ability of Occupied States to Liberate Themselves."
Three URCA Assistants Present at Indiana Political Science Association Conference
Rob Wann, Samuel Border, and T.J. Pearson, all URCA Assistants to Dr. Laurie Rice, presented at the Indiana Political Science Association Conference which was held on March 22, 2013 at the University of Southern Indiana. The presentation was entitled, "The Effects of Campaign Visits During the Presidential Primaries." Congratulations!
MARCH 22, 2013
URCA Assistants named Ward O. Winer Scholarship Recipients
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URCA Mentor, Dr. Majid Molki, is proud to announce that his URCA Assistants, Michael Largent (URCA Assistant in Spring 2012), and Morgan Hemker (current URCA Assistant), received the Ward O. Winer Scholarship from Pi Tau Sigma National Honorary Mechanical Engineering Society. Both Assistants received $250! Congratulations!
MARCH 11, 2013
URCA Assistant wins 2nd place in Undergraduate Research Poster Category
URCA Assistant, Alissa Yoder, was awarded 2nd place in the undergraduate research poster category at the annual Texas chapter meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine in Austin, TX (February 28-March 1). He presentation was entitled, "Effects of Human apolipoprotein E3 and E4 genotypes on cardiometabolic disease risk." There were 31 posters in the undergraduate research category. The award is presently being displayed in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Education. In addition, Alissa will be presenting her work at the SIUE's 2013 Graduate Student Research Symposium in April. Congratulations, Alissa!
February 2013
February 8, 2013
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"I had two URCA assistants work with me in Fall 2012 when I was designing experimental stimuli for a pilot project titled The L2 Acquisition of Wh- Dependencies: Linguistic and Psycholinguistic Perspectives which has won STEP funding for fiscal year 2014. The students' contribution was greatly appreciated, and I'm currently still working with one of them preparing to implement that project." Thank you to URCA Assistants, Samantha Seale and Jessica Fritsch , for their dedication and help on Dr. Slavkov's research project! |
January 2013
January 20, 2013
URCA would like to welcome 157 new URCA Assistants to the program. Good luck on your projects this semester! Click here for a full list of URCA Assistants for the Spring 2013 semester.
December 2012
December 10, 2012
A big Thank You goes to Samantha Winkler, an URCA Assistant, who helped in the design and launch of Dr. Kristine Hildebrandt's website: www.mananglanguages.org. Dr. Hildebrandt studies tribal languages in the Manang District of Nepal.
November 2012
November 14, 2012
The URCA Fall Newsletter is now available!
This semester, Dr. Brady's lab team -- Jaime Henderson, Mollee Pezold and Megan Smith-- and URCA Associate, Erik Zimmerman, were featured!
November 9, 2012
Congratulations to Dr. Jeremy Jewell, Yonatan Gebre and Matthew Vallejo! They are this semester's URCA Award Winners! Be sure to check out the full story here.
October 2012
October 23, 2012
Congratulations to Morgan Hemker who presented her research this weekend at the Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physical Sciences(WoPhyS) at the University of Nebraska- Lincoln! Morgan had this to say about URCA and her mentor, Dr. Majid Molki:"I am very grateful that the URCA program enables me to participate in these research opportunities. I also owe many thanks to Dr. Molki, who has mentored me throughout my research project."
Morgan Hemker at WoPhys
View Morgan's full poster here.
October 22, 2012
Katie Mosby and Brittany Buckles presenting their research posters at the Green Roof for Healthy Cities Conference today in Chicago! Congratulations ladies!
URCA Assistant, Katie Mosby URCA Associate, Brittany Buckles
October 18, 2012
Congratulations to the URCA Assistants of Dr. Yun Lu -- Scott Alvarado, Blake Ferando, Christopher Hall, and Jared Swanberg!
Their research assistance was recently acknowledged on Dr. Lu's new journal articles, Imbalanced tunneling ready states in alcohol dehydrogenase model reactions: rehybridization lags behind H-tunneling , and A Model Reaction Assesses Contribution of H-Tunneling and Coupled Motions to Enzyme Catalysis.
October 16, 2012
This year's group photo of the 2012-2013 Associates:
Left to right: Stephanie Bargiel, Kathryn Chapman, Stephanie Link, Drake Jensen,
Robert Watson, Rosemary Morr, Erik Zimmerman, Jaime Henderson, Erica Bohmer
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September 2012
September 21, 2012
URCA Associate, Brittany Buckles (green t-shirt), and URCA Assistant, Chico Weber (beige button-up), were featured on FOX2 News this past week for their work at the SIUE Eco House! Congratulations! To view the full story on the FOX2 News webpage, please click here.
August 2012
August 31, 2012
The URCA Program is happy to welcome 91 faculty mentors and 156 students to the URCA Assistant program for the Fall 2012 semester! We wish you luck on your research this semester!
For a complete list of the Fall semester's Faculty mentor and Assistants, click here.
June 2012
Daniel Carroll, an URCA Associate from the 2010-2011 cohort, joined Boston Metro Opera's 2012-2013 Artist Roster as Lecturer-in-Residence. Daniel mentioned the URCA program in this article. Check out his profile!
April 2012
URCA Announces the 2012-2013 Associates! Click here for further information about this year's Associates.
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