No. 1 Abstracts Accepted for the Annual Meeting of the Georgia Academy of Science
Program for the Annual Meeting
Georgia Academy of Science 2023 Annual Meeting Program
Al Mead, Dominic DeSantis, Hasitha Mahabaduge, Samuel Mutiti, Kristine White, and Cason Kelley
Biological Sciences Paper Presentations
EMERGING VIBRIO HARVEYI AND VIBRIO CAMPBELLII PATHOGENS IN GEORGIA WATERS: PRESENCE, DISTRIBUTION, AND CONCENTRATIONS**
Cameron Brown*, Alexandra Rosa-Calix*, and Andrei L. Barkovskii
SUSCEPTIBILITY TO POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME AND TREATMENT OPTIONS FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN IN GEORGIA
Shernaille Bataille* and Timothy O. Menzel
COMPARISON OF DIATOM COMMUNITIES IN LOW-IMPACT STREAMS IN MIDDLE GEORGIA
Sydney Brown and Kalina Manoylov
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF SUPPLEMENTAL FEEDING ON CAMERA TRAP CAPTURES OF SMALL MAMMALS IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
Travis J. Cunningham*, Raena McCown*, and Alfred J. Mead
ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA EIF2A KINASE, GCN2 IS ESSENTIAL FOR MEDIATING SURVIVAL RESPONSES TOWARDS METHYL JASMONATE STRESS
Daniel F. Diaz, Ansul Lokdarshi, and Teressa K. Akuoko
OEDICEROTIDAE (CRUSTACEA: AMPHIPODA) OF BOCAS DEL TORO, PANAMA
Elizabeth L. Durham* and Kristine N. White
AQUATIC INSECT (HEXAPODA) DIVERSITY IN MILLEDGEVILLE GA
Heath M. Ghioto and Kristine N. White
HOW DO PAINTED NEST BOXES AFFECT EASTERN BLUEBIRD NEST TEMPERATURE?
Mathew C. Gordon and Katie J. Stumpf
EVALUATION OF MICROBIOLOGICAL SHELF LIFE AT DIFFERENT TEMPERATURES AND FATE OF ESCHERICHIA COLI O157:H7 INOCULATED IN PASTEURIZED MILK**.
Md Niamul Kabir; JaTorious Henley; and Olabisi O. Ojo,
THE EFFECT OF CALLERY PEAR (PYRUS CALLERYANA) ON SOIL MACROFAUNA (DIPLOPODA AND OLIGOCHAETA)**
Joseph M. McGee and Bruce A. Snyder
THE EFFECT OF PH ON THE LARVAE OF TWO SEA URCHIN SPECIES USING DIFFERENT PH MANIPULATION METHODS**
Kacie Miller
NON-INSECT AQUATIC MACROINVERTEBRATE ABUNDANCE AND COMMUNITY COMPOSITION IN MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA**
Michelle K. Murdock and Kristine N. White
OOCYTE AND FOLLICULAR DEVELOPMENT IN IMMATURE EASTERN FENCE LIZARDS
Audrey H.S. Parrott and Matthew R. Milnes
INVESTIGATING THE EFFECTS OF ALGAL TURBIDITY ON MATING SYSTEM OF THE DWARF SEAHORSE (HIPPOCAMPUS ZOSTERAE)**
Darshi N. Patel, Dalila A. Sanchez, and Emily Rose
EMERGING VIBRIO HARVEYI AND VIBRIO CAMPBELLII PATHOGENS IN GEORGIA’S CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA OYSTERS AND MERCENARIA MERCENARIA CLAMS: PRESENCE, DISTRIBUTION, AND CONCENTRATIONS*
Alexandra Rosa-Calix, Cameron Brown, and Andrei L. Barkovskii
THE POPULATION GENETICS OF THE WHITE TUBERCLED CRAYFISH (PROCAMBARUS SPICULIFER, LECONTE 1856) FROM THE OCONEE RIVER DRAINAGE OF GEORGIA**
Noah Rylee and David Weese
MEASURING REPRODUCTIVE OUTPUT OF WILD-CAUGHT DWARF SEAHORSES (HIPPOCAMPUS ZOSTERAE)
Dalila A. Sanchez*, Taylor L. Taylor*, and Emily Rose
REGIONAL AQUATIC MACROINVERTEBRATE BIODIVERSITY
Sally J. Sir and Kristine N. White
INCREASING CAPTURE RATES OF GRASSLAND BIRDS OVER THIRTEEN YEARS INDICATES SUCCESSFUL GRASSLAND RESTORATION
Katie Stumpf and Charles Muise
HIGH-FREQUENCY ACCELEROMETER RECORDING OF KEY PREDATORY BEHAVIORS IN VIPERS: A CASE STUDY WITH TIMBER RATTLESNAKES (CROTALUS HORRIDUS)**
Morgan L. Thompson, Richard H. Adams, Anna F. Tipton, and Dominic L. DeSantis
TERRESTRIAL ISOPOD SPECIES DISTRIBUTION AROUND YOUNG HARRIS COLLEGE, GA
Caleb Thompson and Kevin Geyer
SSSSS-SLIPPERY SYSTEMATICS OF SLITHERING SNAKE WORMS**
Zoe S. Von Holten*, Tyler J. Achatz, and Vasyl V. Tkach
Biological Sciences Posters
TESTING PRECISION LIMITS IN ALGAL COMMUNITY ANALYSES FOR USES IN WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT
Anna L. Agi, Sally Entrekin, and Kalina Manoylov
EFFECT OF STREAM SIZE ON DENSITY OF A HEADWATER SPECIES OF AQUATIC SNAIL (ELIMIA PROXIMA)
Jenna Ash* and Carlos D. Camp
THE EFFECT OF SALINITY AND PH ON A SPECIES OF SEA URCHIN LARVAE**
Sydney L. Ashcraft*, Emma Hopper*, Elice Ventrieri*, Kacie Miller*, Margaret Smith, and Nancy Dalman
FLUORESCENT AND COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF PROTEIN LOCALIZATION IN SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE**
Lewis S. Barr* and Ellen France
THE EFFECTS OF WINTER SHELTER CHARACTERISTICS ON OVERWINTERING DURATION, BODY MASS LOSS, AND OPHIDIOMYCES OPHIDIICOLA INFECTION LOAD IN A SOUTHEASTERN POPULATION OF TIMBER RATTLESNAKES (CROTALUS HORRIDUS)**
Danielle C. Bartlett* and Dominic L. DeSantis
MONITORING GOPHER TORTOISE (GOPHERUS POLYPHEMUS) MORTALITY AND RELIABILITY OF PASSIVE INTERGRATED TRANSPONDERS (PIT TAGS) **
Jazmin M. Borges, Nicole E. Woolridge, and Mitchell J. Lockhart
DEGRADATION OF MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE BY NEW ISOLATES OF ADHERENT, BIO-FILM FORMING BACTERIA
John D. Butler*, Emma S. Young*, John P. Escate*, Pedro A. Flores*, and William J. Kenyon*
TEMPERATURE PREFERANCES IN LARVAE OF TWO SPECIES OF TWO-LINED SALAMANDER (EURYCEA BISLINEATA SPECIES COMPLEX)
Victor Cañas* and Carlos D. Camp
SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL PATTERNS OF E. COLI DISTRIBUTION IN THE PIEDMONT UNIVERSITY WETLANDS, DEMOREST, GEORGIA
Jojo Croffie* and Timothy O. Menzel
WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING FOR MILLIPEDE CHEROKIA GEORGIANA (BOLLMAN 1889)**
Elena Cruz*, Bruce A. Snyder, and Arnab Sengupta
HEALTH SCREENING OF AN AQUATIC TURTLE POPULATION IN NORTH GEORGIA, USA**
Amanda L. J. Duffus, Ashley N. Fenner*, E. Jill Pugh*, Michael J. Bender, and Jennifer L. Mook
AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO THE BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION OF ODONTOTAENIUS DISJUNCTUS AND O. FLORIDANUS
Katelyn Enderle, Frank Fontanella, Ally Shinall, and Jaylah Adams
THE EFFECTS OF SLEEP DURATION ON COGNITION AND MOTOR FUNCTION
Samuel Figueiro* and Helene Peters
CAN CINNAMON SUPPLEMENTS LOWER BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS?
Chelsea Frederick* and Helene Peters
ROLE OF REGULATORY MRNA STRUCTURES IN THE EXPRESSION OF CANCER-RELATED GENES**
Alexandra Furney*, Brittany Benner*, Jin Yeong Kim*, and Arnab Sengupta*
THE EFFECTS OF DIET AND SPINOSYN ON THE LARVAL LIFE HISTORY OF TRICHOPLUSIA NI**
Laura Kate Gleaton* and Margaret Smith
AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE OCCURRENCE OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS (ROSENBACH, 1884) AND SCREENING FOR ALCOHOL PRESENCE IN MECHANICALLY EXPRESSED BREASTMILK SAMPLES
Ansley Hartley* and Helene Peters
POSTHATCHING DEVELOPMENT OF THE REPRODUCTIVE ANATOMY IN MALE EASTERN FENCE LIZARD (SCELOPORUS UNDULATUS)
Sarah Holder, Christina Riecke, and Matthew R. Milnes
SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL TRENDS IN CONDITION INDEX OF SAPELO ISLAND, GEORGIA OYSTERS (CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA)
Rebekah M. Huneke, MacEva Wright, Jill Schulze, and Nancy Dalman
AQUATIC HABITAT RESOURCE USE OF EASTERN BOX TURTLES IN NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA**
Emily E. Jones*, Amy L. Rodriguez*, Natalie L. Hyslop, and Jennifer Mook
THE FEMALE MICROBIOME: PROBIOTICS, LACTOBACILLUS INCIDENCE AND ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE
Grace Jones* and Helene Peters
AVIAN COMMUNITY OF TUMBLING CREEK WOODS**
Myra A. Kincaid* and Dawn E.W. Drumtra
LUNG CAPACITY OF ATHLETES AT BREWTON-PARKER COLLEGE AND THE GROWTH AND ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS AND PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA
Alexia Mays* and Helene Peters
GENETIC SUPPRESSOR SCREEN FOR INTERACTORS OF SEC6 TEMPERATURE SENSITIVEMUTANT SEC6-49 AND IN SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE**
Sophia A. McNeill* and Ellen C. France
THE APPLICATION OF MULTILOCUS GENOTYPING TO DETECT INVASIVE HYBRIDS IN THE GENUS CYPRINELLA**
Maci S. Miller, Gregory J. Glotzbecker, and Michael J. Blum
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SHOULDER INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL RANGE OF MOTION AND ISOMETRIC GRIP STRENGTH OF COLLEGIATE BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL ATHLETES
Cuyler Morris and Helene Peters
EFFECTS OF ROADWAYS ON MATE SEARCHING MOVEMENTS AND MATE LOCATION SUCCESS IN AN IMPERILED PIT VIPER (CROTALUS HORRIDUS)**
Elizabeth J. Noble, Anna F. Tipton, and Dominic L. DeSantis
BEHAVIORAL CORRELATES OF OVERWINTERING SITE SELECTION IN A SOUTHEASTERN POPULATION OF TIMBER RATTLESNAKES (CROTALUS HORRIDUS)**
John R. Powers and Dominic L. Desantis
HOW DOES YOUR CHOICE OF MINNOW TRAP INFLUENCE STREAM CAPTURE SUCCESS**
Stormy Ramey*, C. Walker Peck*, Michael J. Bender, and Mike Saunders
COMPARISON OF HOUSEHOLD DISINFECTANT SPRAYS USING THE KIRBY BAUER DISK DIFFUSION METHOD
Emily Y. Rankin and Julia M. Schmitz
VARIATION IN GROWTH RATES OF EASTERN BOX TURTLES (TERRAPENE CAROLINA CAROLINA) IN AN INVASIVE-DOMINATED HABITAT IN NORTH GEORGIA**
Amy L. Rodriguez*, Emily E. Jones*, Natalie Hyslop, and Jennifer Mook
IDENTIFICATION OF THE SOURCES OF FECAL CONTAMINATION IN BRUSHY CREEK WATERSHED*
Kathryn Sanders, Isreal Thrape, and Dave Bachoon
THE INCIDENCE OF CONCUSSIONS IN SOCCER PLAYERS AT BREWTON-PARKER COLLEGE AND THE USEFULNESS OF CONCUSSION SYMPTOM SEVERITY REPORTS
Mackenzie Stewart* and Helene Peters
QUANTIFYING FUNGI AND THE PRESENCE OF ASPERGILLUS IN HEMP AND GARDEN SOILS OF GEORGIA
Jaiden A. Stidston and C. Daniel Burt
HIGH-FREQUENCY ACCELEROMETER MONITORING OF FORAGING AND MOVEMENT BEHAVIOR IN A SECRETIVE PREDATOR (CENTRAL RAT SNAKES, PANTHEROPHIS ALLEGHENIENSIS)**
Amber A. Stubbs, Morgan L. Thompson, and Dominic L. DeSantis
COMPARISON BETWEEN HISTOLOGY TECHNIQUES USED ON ERISTALIS TENAX HEADS AND BRAINS**
Elizabeth L. Taylor* and Jason D. Lang
REVISITING THE ENERGETICS HYPOTHESIS: CAN ACCELEROMETER MONITORING REVEAL HIDDEN VARIATION IN THE MOVEMENT PATTERNS OF SNAKES?
William L. Tillett II and Parker L. Wilson
Chemistry Paper Presentations
CLONING OF AN ALGAL AQUAPORIN GENE
Donna L. Gosnell
ANALYTICAL DISCUSSION ON THE POTENCY OF WATER DESALINATED VIA TEMPERATURE SWING SOLVENT EXTRACTION
Jonathan McKinney*, Voytek Tarnowski*, and Seungjin Lee
DEVELOPMENT OF A PASSIVE MULTIPHASE ACOUSTIC FLOW METER
Liam A. Newsome*, Callie Miller*, Sierra Lutz*, Damian Harris*, Isabella Malloch*, Harrison Smy*, Katelyn Dixon*, Reese Allen*, Ryan Smith*, and Kenneth C. McGill
SYNTHESIS OF METALLO-MESO-TETRAPHENYLPORPHYRIN DERIVATIVE USING ZINC (II) METAL
Cole Smith*, Nicole Snyder*, Catrena Higginbotham Lisse, and Peter J. Rosado Flores
OPTIMIZATION OF BIOETHANOL PRODUCTION FROM KUDZU, PUERARIA MONTANA**
Jordan T. Pandolph*, Suzanne E. Moore*, Charles D. Swor, and Andrea L. Kwiatkowski
BIOFUEL SYNTHESIS FROM WASTE OIL AND GREASE: CHARACTERIZATION, BLEND PERFORMANCE, AND COMBUSTION ANALYSIS
Jasmin Mena*, Corina Paun*, Pedro Rodriguez-Romero*, Tyler Rockey*, Jessica Taza*, Sang H. Park, Neelam Khan, and David P. Pursell
Chemistry Posters
AN OPTIMIZATION OF TIME IN THE BROMINATION OF VANILLIN REACTION**
Chandler Lowe* and Elaine Bailey
SYNTHESIS, GELATION, AND STEADY-STATE FLUORESCENCE PROPERTIES OF N-(HYDROXYPHENYL)ALKANAMIDE DERIVATIVES**
Byron Fisher*, Daniel Li*, Ryan Lee*, and Ajay Mallia
CANNABIS CRIME: UNDERGRADUATE INVESTIGATION
Kaitley Congdon*, Liam Newsome*, Emmy Ho*, Peter Rosado-Flores, and Catrena Higginbotham Lisse
SYNTHESIS OF MESALAMINE AND CURCUMIN CAPPED SILVER NANOPARTICLES FOR THE TREATMENT OF IRRITABLE BOWEL DISEASE (IBD)**
Haidee Martinez-Perez*, Logan M. Hall*, and Peter J. Rosado Flores
QUALITATIVE DETECTION OF ILLICIT DRUG USE IN HAIR SAMPLES VIA GC/MS ANALYSIS**
P. Carson Griffeth* and Catrena Higginbotham Lisse
PREPARING AND CHARACTERING PT AND PD SINGLE ATOM CATALYSTS ON ZrO2**
Jake McCarthy*, Kailong Ye, Fudong Liu, and Sampyo Hong
SYNTHESIS AND BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF N-SUBSTITUTED-BENZOTHIAZOLIUM SALTS UPON APPLICATION WITH ALS CELLS AND THE EFFECTS OF THE TDP-43 PROTEIN**
Katelynn B. Powell*, Alisha Kennedy*, Destini Thornton*, Harris Carlisle*, Rakaiya Martin*, and Kerri Taylor
SYNTHESIS, GELATION, AND STEADY STATE FLUORESCENCE PROPERTIES OF ALKYLOXYCOUMARIN DERIVATIVES **
Joshua Leonora*, Nguyen Le*, and Ajay Mallia
DESIGNING AN UNDERGRADUATE FORENSIC CHEMISTRY EXPERIMENT ON THE LEVELS OF AMPHETAMINE IN URINE USING TWO DIFFERENT METHODS**
Madeline E. Teigen*, Wathsala Medawala, and Mia Popkin
SYNTHESIS OF A COLORIMETRIC SILICA SOL-GEL SENSOR FOR THE DETECTION OF METHAMPHETAMINE**
Richard Jenkins* and Catrena Higginbotham Lisse
Physics, Mathematics, Computer Sciences,Engineering and Technology Paper Presentations
MOON PACKING AROUND AN EARTH-MASS PLANET
Billy Quarles, Suman Saytal, and Marialis Rosario-Franco
STRUCTURAL, ELECTRICAL AND MAGNETIC CHARACTERIZATIONS OF CHIRAL MAGNETIC OXIDES SYNTHESIZED BY CONVENTIONAL SOLID-STATE METHODS
Ananta R. Acharya, August Meads, Brady Wilson, and Chetan Dhital
EXPERIMENTAL DEMONSTRATION OF DIELECTRIC CONSTANT ENHANCEMENT WITH METAL PATCHES
Arun K. Saha and Walker G. Pendleton
PHOTOMETRY OF TWO TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSES
Richard W. Schmude Jr.
WHOLE DISK j- AND h-FILTER BRIGHTNESS MEASUREMENTS OF THE MOON
Richard W. Schmude Jr.
DO EXOPLANETS EXIST AROUND HIGH VELOCITY STAR SYSTEMS?
Braven Lyall*, Idan Ginsburg, and Sébastien Lépine
EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN AND COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF DESALINATION OF HYPERSALINE BRINES USING TEMPERATURE SWING SOLVENT EXTRACTION
Cristin Colona*, Voytek Tarnowski, Favor Archer, and Seungjin Lee Dr.
A MODIFIED L-SHAPED BANDSTOP FILTER FOR INDUSTRIAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND MEDICAL (ISM) APPLICATIONS
Jordan Hewins*, Marissa Norlund, and Shantanu Chakraborty
APPLICATION OF A DIATOMIC MOLECULE MODEL POTENTIAL TO HOMO- AND HETERODIATOMIC MOLECULES
Dorien E. Carpenter*, Javier E. Hasbun, and L. Ajith DeSilva
OPTIMIZATION OF A BALL'S LAUNCH IN SPORTS
Andrew C. Smith* and Javier E. Hasbun
DESIGN OF A HIGH VACUUM CHAMBER AND MICROWAVE FABRY-PEROT CAVITY RESONATOR USING TORISPHERICAL CAP MIRROR
Siam Sarower*, Varun Raghuraman, Valera Karpenko, and Lu Kang
MATHEMATICAL MODELING OF POST-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS OF SARS-COV-2
Makayla M. Preston*
IDENTIFYING UFOS IN THE COS FUV SPECTRA OF PDS 456
Kseniya Harrington and Jay P. Dunn
Physics, Mathematics, Computer Sciences, Engineering and Technology Posters
AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE GLOBAL COVERING FRACTION AND LUMINOSITY OF AN AGN**
Alton Patrick* and Jay P. Dunn
FUTURE TRANSITABILITY OF THE CIRCUMBINARY PLANET KEPLER-16-b**
Ralph Avery*, Billy Quarles, and Veselin B. Kostov
IMPLEMENTATION OF SERIERS FED PATCH ANTENNA FOR BEAM FOCUSING
William L. Spooner*
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Posters
LATE PLEISTOCENE TURTLES FROM COASTAL GEORGIA
Lucy A. Beck*, Alfred J. Mead, and Josh L. Clark
INVESTIGATING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHINESE PRIVET, SOIL ORGANIC CARBON, AND PHYSICAL SITE CHARACTERISTICS
Tori L. Morgan*, Heidi Whitten*, and Christine Mutiti
THE EFFECTS OF COMPOSTABLE DISHWARE ON OVERALL COMPOST QUALITY
Shannon E. Northen*, Isabella Banich*, Savannah Kimbrell*, and Allison VandeVoort
COMPARISON OF AVIAN AND NON-AVIAN REPTILE DIGESTION ON SMALL MAMMAL REMAINS AND ITS IMPLICATIONS ON PALAEOECOLOGICAL INTERPRETATIONS**
Todd B. Bennett* and Alfred J. Mead
LATE PLEISTOCENE ECOSYSTEM EVOLUTION IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH AMERICA: A TRANSDISCIPLINARY APPROACH USING FOSSIL AMERICAN ALLIGATOR ENAMEL ISOTOPES**
Atticus Tomcho*, Mary Dickens*, Alfred J. Mead, Heidi F. Mead, Christopher Seminack, and David B. Patterson
SOIL AND HEAVY METAL CHARACTERIZATION AT TAILING DUMPS IN ZAMBIA**
Abigail Logan*, Alana Stevens*, Ashley Clark*, Lupupa K. Tembo, Victor Shitumbanuma, Rennie Kaunda, and Samuel Mutiti
MOBILIZATION, LEACHING, AND TRANSPORT OF Pb AND Cu IN POLLUTED SOILS **
Wiley Bundy*, Ashley Clark*, and Samuel Mutiti
Biomedical Sciences Paper Presentations
DETERMINING THE EFFECTS OF GREEN TEA EXTRACT, QUERECITIN, AND EPICATECHIN ON CELL PROLIFERATION AND LACTATE LEVELS IN MOUSE HEPATOCYTES**
Kiera E. Lewis* and Jennifer C. Schroeder
POTENTIAL ROLE OF ADENOVIRUS E4 11K PROTEIN IN THE RIG-I-MEDIATED TYPE 1 INTERFERON RESPONSE**
Elizabeth C. Seidita*, Camille Browning*, Jadalynn A. Ginn*, and Kasey Karen
COMPARISON OF THE EVOLUTIONARY CONSERVATION OF INSULIN-LIKE PEPTIDES BETWEEN D. MELANOGASTER AND D. VIRILIS
Andrew C. Holmes* and Brian W. Schwartz
EFFECTS OF CANNABIDIOL AND OMEPRAZOLE ON CELL GROWTH AND INTRACELLULAR LACTATE LEVELS IN MOUSE LIVER CELLS**
Madeline T. Deaton* and Jennifer C. Schroeder
Biomedical Sciences Posters
EFFECT OF DELTA-9 AND DELTA-8 TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL ON DEVELOPMENTAL MORPHOLOGY OF ZEBRAFISH**
Cynthia A. Jackson* and Linda G. Jones
EFFECTS OF TYPE I DIABETES ON THE HEALTH OF ATHLETES’ GUT MICROBIOMES**
Erika M. Williams* and Andrea L. Kwiatkowski
COMPARISON OF STRESS-INDUCED AGGRESOMES IN ADENOVIRUS E4 11K INFECTIONS AND CDCL2 TREATMENT**
Heather Vincent*, Sarah West*, and Kasey Karen
THE EFFECTS OF PHYSICAL INTERACTIONS ON THE CONSERVATION OF INSULIN-SIGNALING PATHWAY GENES BETWEEN D. MELANOGASTER AND D. ARIZONAE
Marc A. Pierre* and Brian W. Schwartz
EFFECT OF THE NUMBER OF PHYSICAL INTERACTIONS ON DIVERGENT EVOLUTION BETWEEN INSULIN-SIGNALING PATHWAY GENES OF DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER AND DROSOPHILA BIPECTINATA
Rajvi J. Desai* and Brian W. Schwartz
Psychological Sciences Presentation
REFLECTIONS ON PAST AND PRESENT COPING STRATEGIES FOR COVID-19 RELATED STRESS AND THE IMPACT ON MENTAL WELL-BEING: A PILOT STUDY IN COLLEGE STUDENTS**
Elizabeth Schultz* and Stephanie E. Jett
TOWARDS A TRANSGENERATIONAL TRAUMA ASSESSMENT TOOL**
Marlena M. Salters
A PILOT STUDY EXPLORING VETERAN IDENTITY USING LYRIC ANALYSIS IN A QUALITATIVE, COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH FRAMEWORK**
Joseph Pabian*, Lauren Ernst-Fortin*, Marley Lentine-Brown*, Shay Silvia*, Laurie Peebles, and Stephanie E. Jett
A PILOT STUDY INVESTIGATING VETERAN IDENTITY USING THE PHOTOVOICE TECHNIQUE IN A QUALITATIVE, COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH FRAMEWORK**
Alicia Zarker*, Meredith Robertson*, Trenholm Fahy*, Dawson Robinson*, Laurie Peebles, and Stephanie E. Jett
USING PERCENTAGES TO CALCULATE CHI-SQUARE TESTS OF INDEPENDENCE
Mark D. Thomas and Pamela P. Brown
Psychological Sciences Posters
EVALUATING MATCHING AND ODDITY-TO-SAMPLE LEARNING IN HOUSE CRICKETS**
Zachary T. Guerra* and Walter L. Isaac
EFFECTS OF ROADWAYS ON MATE SEARCHING MOVEMENTS AND MATE LOCATION SUCCESS IN AN IMPERILED PIT VIPER (CROTALUS HORRIDUS)**
Elizabeth J. Noble*, Anna F. Tipton, and Dominic L. DeSantis
THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE, CORONAVIRUS IMMUNIZATION STATUS, MASK WEARING BEHAVIORS, AND MPOX CONCERN AMONG HBCU STUDENTS**
Lisa Padua*, Theodosia M. Lovett, and Mark D. Thomas
IMPACTS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE ON VOLUNTEERS' MENTAL HEALTH
Annie J. Lin*, Courtney J. Lowe*, Jenny Nguyen*, and Wei-Lun Sun
Philosophy and History of Science Paper Presentations
GENDER GAP IN SOCIAL WELFARE POLICY ATTITUDES**
Vivian Cassaniti
TEACHING, LEARNING, AND STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AS CONSEQUENTIAL INDICATORS IN UNIVERSITY RANKINGS
William A. Said
TRANSMITTING SCIENTIFIC AND SCHOLARLY KNOWLEDGE: BOOKS VS. ARTICLES
Ronald E. Mickens and Charmayne E. Patterson
Science Education Paper Presentation
MENTOR SCIENCE IDENTITIES AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON STUDENT RELATIONSHIPS WITH SCIENCE: A QUALITATIVE EXPLORATION OF THE IBEARS PROGRAM
Melvin Hilson*, Jerin Jamil*, and Alex T. St. Louis
EPISTEMOLOGY OF A MISCONCEPTION REGARDING THE FLOW OF OXYGEN AND CARBON DIOXIDE DURING PHOTOSYNTHESIS
William A. Said
Science Education Posters
APPLICATION OF ANALYTICAL METHODS IN MARINE CHEMISTRY – A FIELD STUDY**
Wenlin M. Huang, Xiaoping Li, Hongxia Guan, Ying Guo, Kathryn Zimmermann, and Qing Shao
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF OVINE, BOVINE AND SWINE BRAIN ANATOMY
Ronald Garcia* and Helene Peters
A TEACHING TOOL: DETERMINING RATES OF CELLULAR RESPIRATION AND PHOTOSYNTHESIS FOR PLANT SPECIES ON GEORGIA COLLEGE'S CAMPUS
Jinha Kim, Cooper Williams, and C. Daniel Burt
Anthropology Paper Presentations
CRIME RATES NEAR RUNNING TRAILS AND PARKS IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA
Shannon Northen* and Doug Oetter
GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF THE GEORGE SMITH LITHIC ARTIFACTS USING PORTABLE X-RAY FLUORESENCE**
Dane Roberts* and Bryan Moss*
CARABELLI'S TRAIT EXPRESSION IN AGILE MANGABEYS (CERCOCEBUS AGILIS), ANGOLAN COLOBUS MONKEYS (COLOBUS ANGOLENSIS) AND OLIVE BABOONS (PAPIO ANUBIS): THE ROLE OF SIZE AND PHYLOGENY
Victoria E. Hogans* and Frank L'Engle Williams
FROM THE PROFANE TO THE SECULAR: IDENTIFYING ANCIENT MAYA ARCHITECTURAL SPACE AT PACBITUN, BELIZE
Terry G. Powis
TESTING THE VALIDITY OF DOWSING FOR APPLICATIONS IN FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY
Ariel Owens*, McKayla McCray*, and Alice Gooding
SEXUAL DIMORPHISM OF THE SECOND CERVICAL VERTEBRA IN HUMANS
Morgan Paskins* and Frank L'Engle Williams
SEXUAL DIMORPHISM AND PHYLOGENY OF THE MANDIBULAR NOTCH IN HUMANS, APES AND FOSSIL HOMININS.
Meghana R. Rapelli* and Frank L'Engle Williams
THE PRECONTACT UTILIZATION OF A DEPRESSIONAL WETLAND AT THE GRESSTON SPRING SITE (9DG152) IN DODGE COUNTY, GEORGIA **
Jonathan L. Brown*
MILLING AROUND IN SCRIVEN**
M. Jared Wood
PIGMENTS AND PALETTES: ART PRODUCTION AT A MIDDLE MISSISSIPPIAN PERIOD HOUSE IN NORTH GEORGIA**
Riley James*, Bryan Moss*, and Terry G. Powis