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Academic Excellence Conference 2020

8:00am EDT

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9:00am EDT

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10:00am EDT

A Summer at Harvard Forest: Exploring Off-Campus Research through an REU (LIVE: IN PERSON & ZOOM INTERACTIVE) Click the TITLE in the description to connect to this sessionMentor: Karen Seaver • Audrey Kaiser • National Science Foundation Owl Assist – Chatbot for Keene State College Click the TITLE in the description to connect to this sessionMentor: Meenalosini Vimal Cruz • Matthew Pittendreigh • SSH Student Stipend Award Phytophthora and the Emergence of New Pathogens in Eelgrass Click the TITLE in the description to connect to this sessionMentor: Cynthia Hays • Julian Murphy Understanding Neural Network Behavior Using Small Changes in Network Connectivity Click the TITLE in the description to connect to this sessionMentor: Caitlyn Parmelee • Cameron Spiess • SSH Student Research Stipend "Age Cannot Wither": Modern Considerations of Shakespeare Click the TITLE in the description to connect to this sessionMentor: Brinda Charry • Kathryn Spadafora • Autumn Lagace-Hazeltine • & Michael Costa • August-Morris Honors Program Student Race, Gender, and Economy in American Modernism Click the TITLE in the description to connect to this sessionMentor: Michael Antonucci • Jessica Lapsey • Rowan W. Hawthorne • Sydney M. Eichner • Alexa M. Unger • & Jeremy S. Landers Race, Progress, America (the United States and the Progressive Age) Click the TITLE in the description to connect to this sessionMentor: Michael Antonucci • Jessica Lapsey • Alexis Ladebush • Erin E. Lynch • Savanna L. Rovazzini • & Ethan L. Sweetland

10:35am EDT

The Rights of Artificial Intelligence TBAMentor: Wes Martin • Taylor Beaven This Land is Mine: The Geopolitics of Populism in France and the Netherlands Click the TITLE in the description to connect to this sessionMentor: Christopher Brehme • Victoria Bergstrom • August-Morris Honors Program Student

11:10am EDT

Steinhaus Triangle Problem Click the TITLE in the description to connect to this sessionMentor: Vincent Ferlini • Jackson Turni Teaching Strategies That Support Students Who Stutter in the Classroom Click the TITLE in the description to connect to this sessionMentor: Sandra Howard • Jason Coburn Greek Life Student Leadership Panel Click the TITLE in the description to connect to this sessionMentor: Jayme Hines • Greek Life Leaders

11:45am EDT

Indigenous Peoples’ Day as a Step Towards Educational Decolonization Click the TITLE in the description to connect to this sessionMentors: Denise Burchsted & Kya Roumimper • Jedidiah Crook Music Therapy Enhances the Development of Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder Click the TITLE in the description to connect to this sessionMentor: Sandra Howard • Sarah Ames

12:20pm EDT

Lunch and Live Presentation: KSC Partnership with INBRE (IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence) Click the TITLE in the description to connect to this session

1:05pm EDT

Psychological and Physical Considerations of Chest Binding for the Pedagogical Singer Click the TITLE in the description to connect to this sessionMentor: Sandra Howard • Lucas Mendelsohn Purposeful and Casual Technological Use: Relationship to Anxiety and Depression in College Students Click the TITLE in the description to connect to this sessionMentor: Donna Viveiros • Alexandra Phillips • Center for Creative Inquiry Grant The Link Between Sleep Quality and Stress Reactivity Click the TITLE in the description to connect to this sessionMentor: Harlan Fichtenholtz • Emily Whitman • Center for Creative Inquiry Grant Wintertime Air Quality, Woodsmoke, and Air Inversion Research in Keene, NH Click the TITLE in the description to connect to this sessionMentor: Nora Traviss • Elizabeth Abrevaya • August-Morris Honors Program Student Internship Panel Click the TITLE in the description to connect to this sessionMentor: Kristin Brooks and Chitra Akkoor • Nathan Flyzik • Paige Rust • &Kerry MacKay Strengths, Challenges, and Relationship-Building: Experiences of Student Government Leaders Click the TITLE in the description to connect to this sessionMentor: Jennifer Ferrell • Davis Bernstein (Student Body President • Sara Olson (Student Body Vice President • & Abby Cohen (Class of 2023 Independent Cinema: Creative Negotiations Click the TITLE in the description to connect to this sessionMentor: Debra White-Stanley • John Kelleher • Zachary Rioux • Tyler Thompson • Jacob Egan-Boothroyd • Dylan O’Connell • August-Morris Honors Program Student

1:40pm EDT

Effect of Aquaculture on Microbial Structure and Function Click the TITLE in the description to connect to this sessionMentor: Priyanka Roy Chowdhury • Josh Stevens Experimental Research on the Unintentional Air and Moisture Movement through Buildings Assessment Of Hygrothermal Aspects Of Details For High Quality Buildings: Construction Of Mock-Ups And Analysis Of Case Stu... Click the TITLE in the description to connect to this sessionMentor: Frenando Del Ama Gonzalo • John P McMahon & Michael Downing The First-Generation Experience: Discovering New Pathways for Musicians Click the TITLE in the description to connect to this sessionMentor: Sandra Howard • Colette Rinker & Samantha Ducharme

2:15pm EDT

Effects of Enhancement and Suppression Cueing on Long Term Memory Click the TITLE in the description to connect to this sessionMentor: Harlan Fichtenholtz • Janis Gaudreau • NH-INBRE • Center for Creative Inquiry Grant Effects of Moderate Physical Activity on Concussion Symptoms Click the TITLE in the description to connect to this sessionMelanie Adams • Mentors: Wanda Swiger • Mya-Ann Tschopp & Marissa Lamoree The Effectiveness of Vaping among Keene State Students as a Cessation Method Click the TITLE in the description to connect to this sessionMentor: Stephen Clark • Lindsey Sitaro The Psychology Behind Empathetic Characters in Creative Writing Click the TITLE in the description to connect to this sessionMentor: Irene McGarrity • Leah Carlson First Person Filmmaking: Exploring Our Lives Through Film Click the TITLE in the description to connect to this sessionMentor: Ted White • Peter Kelleher • Sydney Robinson • & Casey Brown • August-Morris Honors Program Student Student Activism Roundtable Click the TITLE in the description to connect to this sessionMentor: Taneem Husain • Jedidiah Crook • Macie Flammia • Sara Olsen • Maura Cavagnaro • & Amira Rosado

2:50pm EDT

Knot Games Click the TITLE in the description to connect to this sessionMentor: Karen Stanish • Lydia Ahlstrom Transgenerational Effects of Arsenic Exposure in Daphnia pulex Click the TITLE in the description to connect to this sessionMentor: Priyanka Roy Chowdhury • Anthony Schultz • Center for Creative Inquiry Student Grant

3:25pm EDT

A Look in the Mirror: Find Your Match in the Craft Beer Industry Click the TITLE in the description to connect to this sessionMentor: Jeff Halford • Sophie Bushey Does Absence Make The Heart Grow Fonder?: Navigating the Effects of Distance on Sexual Relationships Click the TITLE in the description to connect to this sessionMentor: Jeff Halford • Mary Winn Public Perceptions of Female Criminality Click the TITLE in the description to connect to this sessionMentor: Angela Barlow • Emma Conant The Innovative Software Engineering Methodologies Facilitator Click the TITLE in the description to connect to this sessionMentor: Elvis Foster • Glenna Tremblay-Taylor & Halie Martineau

4:00pm EDT

Conference Reflection and Discussion Room including Q+A with AEC Committee Members and Faculty Mentors TBA An Analysis of Lactation Space Implementation in Worksites Click the TITLE in the description to connect to this sessionMentor: Meg Henning • Sarah Avery & Teva Marquis Benefits and Drawbacks of Incorporating Biochar on New Hampshire Farms Click the TITLE in the description to connect to this sessionMentor: Thomas Webler • Madelyn Thomas • Carlee Schettino • & Maria Tenore Blocking Fatty Acid Synthesis as a Way to Potentially Treat Breast Cancer Click the TITLE in the description to connect to this sessionMentor: Paul Baures • Maddison Ouellette • NH-INBRE Combating Stress in College Students Click the TITLE in the description to connect to this sessionMentor: Margret Henning • Dana Beauregard • Jessica Madore • Marianna Panakis • & Meghan Campanella Comparison of the Impact of Diesel and Biodiesel on Heart Function Click the TITLE in the description to connect to this sessionMentor: Susan Whittemore • Casey Koziara • Audrey Kaiser • & Timothy Brodeur • INBRE - Institutional Development Award • August-Morris Honors Program Student Does Smoking Cigarettes or Using Juul Affect Cardiorespiratory Fitness? Click the TITLE in the description to connect to this sessionMentor: Melanie Adams • Sarah Willson & Sophie Hayes • August-Morris Honors Program Student Electoral Management System Click the TITLE in the description to connect to this sessionMentor: Elvis Foster • Quinlan Wood Elementary school principal’s knowledge, attitudes, policy and practices regarding childhood lead exposure Click the TITLE in the description to connect to this sessionMentor: Meg Henning • Madelyn Thomas Energy Justice for Low to Moderate Income People in Keene, NH Click the TITLE in the description to connect to this sessionMentor: Thomas Webler • Lauren Peyser & Maia Roderick ERP Measures Of Human Cortical Long-Term Depression Click the TITLE in the description to connect to this sessionMentor: Harlan Fichtenholtz • Grace Vogel • NH-INBRE Evanescent--Exploring the Fleeting Quality Life Through Movement Research Click the TITLE in the description to connect to this sessionMentor: Cynthia McLaughlin • Lindsay Gibbons • August-Morris Honors Program Student Food Insecurity, Homelessness, and Related Effects on Campus Click the TITLE in the description to connect to this sessionMentors: Dena Shields & Amanda Hickey • Elyria Gordon & Tana Meyer Hospital Based Food Pantry for Food Insecurity and Chronic Disease Click the TITLE in the description to connect to this sessionMentor: Dena Shields • Tana Meyer How Comfortable Individuals Are When It Comes To Deception Click the TITLE in the description to connect to this sessionMentor: Harlan Fichtenholz • Angelise Melanson • Hailey Fisher & Emily Fernandes • NH-IBRE Lifestyle Factors That Affect Microbiome Development in FPIES Children and Allergy Free children Click the TITLE in the description to connect to this sessionMentor: Jeanelle Boyer • Brian Reese • NH-INBRE • August-Morris Honors Program Student Living Economic Wage Analysis System: A Software Engineering Research Project Click the TITLE in the description to connect to this sessionMentor: Elvis Foster • Drew Pickett • SERI Productivity and History of Beaver Brook Click the TITLE in the description to connect to this sessionMentor: Thomas Webler • Gianni DeMasco • Samantha Cantone • & Caitlin Scanlon The Chilling Truth About Melting Ice and the Northwest Passage Click the TITLE in the description to connect to this sessionMentor: Sarah McGregor • Breanna Lester The Difference in Behavioral and ERP Responses to Static and Dynamic Facial Expressions Click the TITLE in the description to connect to this sessionMentor: Harlan Fichtenholtz • Megan Marshall The Impact of Attention on Creative Cognition Click the TITLE in the description to connect to this sessionMentor: Lawrence Welkowitz • Taylor Caccia • Center for Creative Inquiry • August-Morris Honors Program Student The Impact of the 2018-2019 U.S. Government Shutdown on Joshua Tree National Park Click the TITLE in the description to connect to this sessionMentor: Thomas Webler • Lindsay Penn • Creative Center for Inquiry The Weaponization of DNA Click the TITLE in the description to connect to this sessionMentor: Dana Smith • Miranda Cloutier Understanding Dyscalculia Click the TITLE in the description to connect to this sessionMentor: Karen Stanish • Erin Morley