“The Complex Role of Religious Coping in Post-Traumatic Stress and Post-Traumatic Growth”
Emma Steele (Psychology) and Courtney Pokarney (Psychology)
Faculty-Mentor: Curtis Lehmann, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
Venues:
2018 American Psychological Association Convention, San Francisco (August)
Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, San Francisco (October), as “Exploring Complex Religious Responses to Trauma: Associations between Religious Coping, Post-Traumatic Stress, and Post-Traumatic Growth” (Emma Steele only)
Awarded: 2018 SURE Award (Emma Steele)
“Measuring the Effects of Environmental Sounds on Cognitive Performance”
Bri Askew, Psychology and Honors Humanities
Faculty-Mentor: Teresa Pegors, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
Venue: 2018 International Association for Empirical Aesthetics World Congress, Toronto,
Canada (August)
Awarded: 2017 SURE Award and Most Outstanding Psychology graduate
“‘One More Expression of Human Vanity:’ Edward Abbey’s Position, Polemics, and Paradox”
Samuel Butler, History and Honors Humanities
Faculty-Mentor: Bradley Hale, Associate Professor, Department of History and Political Science
Venue: Biennial Undergraduate Conference on Faith and History, Grand Rapids, MI (September)
“Identification of an Unknown Species of Soil Fungus Following the Colby Fire of 2014”
Alexandra Mayer, Biology and Psychology
Faculty-Mentor: Scott Kinnes, Professor, Department of Biology and Chemistry
Venue: Southern California American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Annual Meeting, La Jolla, CA (October)
Awarded: Outstanding Undergraduate Award at the annual meeting (including funding to present at the national 2019 American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Microbe meeting in San Francisco)
“Quantifying the Bitterness of Quinine through Dielectric Spectroscopy”
Marie Osire, Biology
Faculty-Mentor: Christopher Bassey, Professor, Department of Math, Physics, and Statistics
Venue: Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students, Indianapolis (November)
Awarded: Outstanding Poster Award for the Department of Math, Physics, and Statistics at APU’s 2018 STEM Research Symposium
“Depression and Relationships”
Jolia Awadallah, Psychology
Faculty-Mentor: Chong Ho Yu, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
Venue: Southern California Conferences on Undergraduate Research, Pasadena City College (November)
“How Christian Faith Influences Tobacco use Amongst College Students”
Claudia Valenzuela, Psychology
Faculty-Mentor: Chong Ho Yu, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
Venue: Southern California Conferences on Undergraduate Research, Pasadena City College (November)
“E.M.W. Tillyard: A Catalyst for a Preface to Paradise Lost”
Christine Murphy, Honors Humanities, Business Management, and English
Faculty-Mentor: Roger White, Professor/Curator, Special Collections and Rare Books
Venue: C.S. Lewis Kindred Spirits Symposium, Iasi, Romania (November)
“Identifying Barriers to Stable Housing among Domestic Violence Survivors”
Mikaela Armstrong, Social Work
Faculty-Mentor: Anupama Jacob, Associate Professor, Department of Social Work
Venue: Association of Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors, Jacksonville, FL (March)
“Effectiveness of ACT Program in Reducing Chronic Absenteeism among Elementary School Students”
Stephanie Esquivel, Social Work
Faculty-Mentor: Anupama Jacob, Associate Professor, Department of Social Work
Venue: Association of Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors Conference, Jacksonville, FL (March)
Awarded: 2nd place, BDP Student Research Poster Competition
“Family Satisfaction with Mental Health Treatment for Children Diagnosed with Depression Disorders”
Taylor Johnson, Social Work
Faculty-Mentor: Anupama Jacob, Associate Professor, Department of Social Work
Venue: Association of Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors Conference, Jacksonville, FL (March)
“Food Insecurity among College Students”
Itati Osorio, Social Work
Faculty-Mentor: Anupama Jacob, Associate Professor, Department of Social Work
Venue: Association of Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors Conference, Jacksonville, FL (March)
“Homelessness in Southern California: Service Provision Barriers”
Breana Schricker, Social Work
Faculty-Mentor: Anupama Jacob, Associate Professor, Department of Social Work
Venue: Association of Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors Conference, Jacksonville, FL (March)
Awarded: 3rd place, BDP Student Research Poster Competition
“Promoting Sexual Assault Awareness on University Campuses”
Elenoa Tupouniua, Social Work
Faculty-Mentor: Anupama Jacob, Associate Professor, Department of Social Work
Venue: Association of Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors Conference, Jacksonville, FL (March)
“The Color Purple: Necessary to the Canon”
Kendall Maurer, Liberal Studies
Faculty-Mentor: Andrea Ivanov-Craig, Professor, Department of English
Venue: Sigma Tau Delta [English Honor Society], St. Louis (March)
Original Jazz Ensemble Performance
Daniel Cobo (Music Education), Martha Diaz (Commercial Music in Bass Performance), Stephen Flores (Commercial Music/Honors Humanities), Anthony Garcia (Music Education), Blake Huxell (Commercial Music/Honors Humanities), Michael Medina (Performance), Gabriel Mora (Bassoon Performance), Garrett Morris (Commercial Music), Paul Najera (Music Composition), Hayden Ortiz (Music Education), Jean-Pierre Ramirez-Mora (Pre-Teacher Certification in Music Education), Ghent Range (Music Education), Seth Roberts (Pre-Teacher Certification in Music Education), Yeuk Hei Siu (Commercial Music: Composing and Arranging), Rafael Tapia (Music Education), and Joseph Yang (Music Education)
Faculty-Mentor: David Beatty, Chair, Department of Commercial Music
Venue: Next Generation Jazz Festival, Monterey, CA (April)
“Determining SmMAK16–α-importin Binding with Protein Co-Precipitation”
Benjamin Hull, Biology
Faculty-Mentor: Jon Milhon, Professor, Department of Biology and Chemistry
Venue: West Coast Biological Science Undergraduate Research Conference, University of San Diego (April)
“Determination of Zinc Binding Affinity of SmMAK16, a Nucleolar Protein from Schistosoma mansoni”
Mia Brantley (Biology), Courtnee Reaves (Biology), Annelise Shaw (Biology), and Erik Voelker (Biochemistry)
Faculty-Mentor: Jon Milhon, Professor, Department of Biology and Chemistry
Venue: West Coast Biological Science Undergraduate Research Conference, University of San Diego (April)
“Changes in Astrocyte Cell-Surface Protein Expression Following OGD and LPS”
Robert O’Dell, Biology and Honors Humanities
Faculty-Mentor: Kathleen Tallman, Professor, Department of Biology and Chemistry
Venue: West Coast Biological Science Undergraduate Research Conference, University of San Diego (April)
“Pericyte Smooth Muscle Actin Induced by Inflammation or Ischemia”
Devin Sanders, Biology
Faculty-Mentor: Kathleen Tallman, Professor, Department of Biology and Chemistry
Venue: West Coast Biological Science Undergraduate Research Conference, University of San Diego (April)
“Photographic Time-Course of Axolotl Ectopic Limb Formation during Decitabine Treatment in Ambystoma mexicanum”
Amanda Bledy (Biochemistry) and Claudia Berlinn (Biology)
Faculty-Mentor: Cristian Aguilar, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology and Chemistry
Venue: Beta Beta Beta Biological Honors Society District Convention, District W-2, University of San Francisco (April)
Awarded: 3rd place, Best Poster in the Cellular/Ecological category (Claudia Berlinn)
“Investigating Mode of Death of Drosophila melanogaster in Response to Treatment of Aspergillus sclerotiorum”
Jessica Carter, Biology and Psychology
Faculty-Mentor: Sarah Richart, Professor, Department of Biology and Chemistry
Venue: Beta Beta Beta Biological Honors Society District Convention, District W-2, University of San Francisco (April)
“Ochratoxin A Not Detected in Strain of entomopathogenic Aspergillus Sclerotiorum Fungus”
Faith Lovcik, Biology
Faculty-Mentor: Sarah Richart, Professor, Department of Biology and Chemistry
Venue: Beta Beta Beta Biological Honors Society District Convention, District W-2, University of San Francisco (April)
“Leaves of Takanari Rice Cultivar Maintain Proteins and Chlorophylls under Elevated [CO2] and Limited Soil Nitrogen Supply”
Abigail Schricker, Biology
Faculty-Mentor: Charles Chen, Associate Professor, Department of Biology and Chemistry
Venue: Beta Beta Beta Biological Honors Society District Convention, District W-2, University of San Francisco (April)
Awarded: 1st place, Best Poster in the Organismal/Ecological category (includes funding to present at the national 2020 Beta Beta Beta Convention in Columbus, GA)
“Determining the Effects of Aspergillus Sclerotiorum on Cell Cycle Progression in Drosophila Cells”
Hannah Valencia, Biology and Honors Humanities
Faculty-Mentor: Sarah Richart, Professor, Department of Biology and Chemistry
Venue: Beta Beta Beta Biological Honors Society District Convention, District W-2, University of San Francisco (April)
Awarded: 1st place, Best Poster in the Cellular/Molecular Category (includes funding to present at the national 2020 Beta Beta Beta Convention in Columbus, GA)
Awarded: 1st APU undergraduate to receive a research fellowship from the American Society of Microbiology, which provides 10 weeks of summer funding, attendance at an academy providing career guidance, and travel to present at the 2020 ASM Microbe conference in Chicago
“Estimating Lead Physiological Parameters in Three Orysa sativa Varieties during the Vegetative and Early Reproductive Growth Stages”
Kayla Vander Shuur, Biology
Faculty-Mentors: Charles Chen, Associate Professor, and Scott Kinnes, Professor, Department of Biology and Chemistry
Venue: Beta Beta Beta Biological Honors Society District Convention, District W-2, University of San Francisco (April)
Awarded: 2nd place, Best Poster in the Cellular/Molecular Category
“Effects of Environmental Factors on Annual Survival Rates of Brodiaea filifolia”
Timothy Wagner, Biology
Faculty-Mentor: Scott Kinnes, Professor, Department of Biology and Chemistry
Venue: Beta Beta Beta Biological Honors Society District Convention, District W-2, University of San Francisco (April)
Awarded: 3rd place, Best Poster in the Organismal/Ecological Category
“Salvadorans in Limbo: Understanding the Future of Salvadoran TPS Recipients”
Emily Davies, International Relations
Faculty-Mentor: Joshua King, Assistant Professor, Department of History and Political Science
Venue: Pi Sigma Alpha Western Regional Research Conference, Cal State Bernardino (April)
“Time and Ritual: Codex Borgia vs. Codex Vindobonensis Mexicanus I”
Kevin McDaniel, History
Faculty-Mentor: Verónica A. Gutiérrez, Associate Professor, Department of History and Political Science/Director of Undergraduate Research
Venue: Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference, Vanguard University, Costa Mesa, CA (April)
“Connecting Visual Scanning Practices to Recognition Accuracy for Racially Ambiguous Faces and Cross-Race Faces”
Zhenia Carich (Psychology) and Taylor Weeks (Psychology)
Faculty-Mentor: Benjamin Marsh, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
Venue: Western Psychological Association, Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA (April)
“Meaning Making in Immigration: A Mixed Methods Study with First Generation Latina/o Immigrants”
Kayleigh Carras (Psychology), Lizbeth Miranda (Psychology), Bryanna Orellana (Psychology) and Cathaline Romero (Psychology)
Faculty-Mentor: Andrew Shelton, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
Venue: Western Psychological Association, Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA (April)
“Navigating Disability Stigma within Online Dating: Potential Partners’ Attitudes Vary as a Function of Method for Disclosure”
Lara Chakrian, Psychology and Honors Humanities
Faculty-Mentor: Brian Collisson, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
Venue: Western Psychological Association, Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA (April)
“Surrendering Trauma to God: Can it Reduce Post-Traumatic Distress?”
Kaila Falcon (Psychology), Eleeza Mecua (Psychology), Karina Melin (Psychology), and Ana Wyngaarden (Psychology)
Faculty-Mentor: Curtis Lehmann, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
Venue: Western Psychological Association, Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA (April)
“Foodie Calls: Why Some Women Date Men for a Free Meal (Rather than a Relationship)”
Trista Harig, Psychology
Faculty-Mentor: Brian Collisson, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
Venue: Western Psychological Association, Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA (April)
Published: Collisson, B., Howell, J.L., and Harig, T. (2019). “Foodie Calls: Why Some Women Date Men for a Free Meal (Rather Than a Relationship).” Social Psychological and Personality Science
“The Prevalence of Dissociative Experiences Moderates the Imagination Inflation Effect on Neutral Events and Gender-Related Events”
Victoria Jones, Psychology
Faculty-Mentor: Benjamin Marsh, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
Venue: Western Psychological Association, Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA (April)
“Briefly Exposing Bilingual Latino-Americans to Spanish Facilitates More Fixations towards Latino Faces than White Faces"
Deborah Revenaugh (English and Honors Humanities with Psychology Minor) and Ki’ana Thomas (Psychology)
Faculty-Mentor: Benjamin Marsh, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
Venue: Western Psychological Association, Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA (April)
“Current Research on Substance Use Disorders among Youth Populations: A Systematic Review”
Brianna Thrasher (Psychology and Economics) and Jaclyn Warwick (Psychology amd Honors Humanities)
Faculty-Mentor: Rachel Castaneda, Professor, Department of Psychology
Venue: Western Psychological Association, Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA (April)
"How Christian Faith Influences Tobacco Use amongst College Students"
Claudia Valenzuela, Psychology
Faculty-Mentor: Chong Ho Yu, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
Venue: Western Psychological Association, Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA (April)
“Dignity of a Hurting Mind: Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway”
Sarah Shahan, English with Biblical Studies minor
Faculty-Mentor: Sarah Adams, Associate Professor, Department of English
Venue: 29th Annual Virginia Woolf Conference, Mount St. Joseph University, Cincinnati (June)