The Carolyn M. Small Honors Program provides opportunities for engagement excellence. For information on how to become a member of the Honors Program please contact Mary Ann Studer (419) 783-2555, email mstuder@defiance.edu or contact the McMaster School for Advancing Humanity at (419) 783-2552.
Throughout the program members of the Carolyn M. Small Honors Program are designated with an *.
9:00 am ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Serrick Center Room 121
Ann Karnes
Exposure to Crime and Levels of Depression
Serrick Center Room 123
*Kirsten Harmon
Typhoid Mary: Disease, Denial, Detention
9:30 am ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Serrick Center Room 121
Dustin Looser
Family Structure and Juvenile Delinquency
Serrick Center Room 123
*Andy Kohls
Recombinant DNA Technology
10:00 am ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Serrick Center Room 121
Jennifer Soeder
Looking into the Progress of Adult probationers through Self-Assessments
Serrick Center Room 123
Mike Haydon and Keith Snyder
Changing Water to Wine
10:30 am ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Serrick Center Room 121
Leslie Shoup
Juvenile Diversion programs and Recidivism Rates
Serrick Center Room 123
*Nathan Fitton
Relationship between Skin Response to Ultraviolet Exposure and Skin Color Type
10:00 am POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Serrick Center - Cultural Arts Center
Amanda Warncke, Kaitlin Monberg
Alone With Jesus
Damaris Morales, Lindsi Anderson
The Son is the Light of the World
Amanda Tooley, Courtney Sauber
The Good Shephard Viewed Through Art
Keegon Hill, Cody Steinke
Feeding the Five Thousand
Grant Phillips, Ryan Haughey
The Development of Conventional and Modern Explosives
*Kim Gieras
How Cephalopods Change Color
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11:00 am ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Serrick Center Room 121
*Jennifer Creighton and Jessica Aybar
Gospel of John: Healing of the Lame Man at the Pool (5: 1-18)
Serrick Center Room 123
Samantha Stegeman
Organ Procurement: Become an Organ Donor
11:30 am ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Serrick Center Room 121
*Robin Diers
Self-mutilation
Serrick Center Room 123
*Hilary Karst
Teaching Reading Comprehension in Mathematics
11:00 am POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Serrick Center - Cultural Arts Center
Andrew Kreager, Josh Roe
Resurrection of Lazarus
Mike Bell, Phillip Williamson
"I am...the Bread From Heaven..."
Andrew Mickey, Dan Orta, Brandon Shadtt
Healing of the Official Son
Krystle Skaziak, Kendra Stone, Kersten Sobczak, Kylea Frederick
The Views of War
Tim Pitro, Ben Gates, Trey Harris, Brad Cannon
Cuban missile Crisis and the Effect on the Rest of the World
*Matt King
Weapons of the Middle Ages
Lewis Caralla, Atem Ajak, Lisa Hickman
Sudan
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11:30 am—1:00pm LUNCH PRESENTATION
Serrick Center—Buchman Board Room
*Rachel Baker, *Tiffany Baum, *Cari Birkemeier, *Rachel Flad, *David Hammersmith, *Kyrie McDonald, *Diane Perkins, *Kaitlin Studer, *Scott Tyree
Italy: Cities as Text
12:00 pm ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Serrick Center—Room 121
*Andy Kohls, Azure-Dee Patrick, Jennifer Schroeder, Stacey Bosserman, Chuck Bowman, Breeann Lee, Gregory Vogt
Will You Take a STAND?
Serrick Center—Room 123
*Corynne Long
Differentiating Instruction
12:30 pm ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Serrick Center—Room 121
Josh Eatherton, Tammy Bursley, Jamie Hamilton, *Joel Billings, Joy Kubuske, *Andrew Pratt
The Current Genocide in Darfur
Serrick Center—Room 123
Sarah Buchhop, Nate Sutter, Brandon Portales, Angie Franz, Raymond
Martinez
Total War: What is it Good For?
1:00 pm ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Serrick Center—Room 121
Deb Anderson, Sydney Erickson, Eric Hirzel, Sarah Jones, Nicholas Nicol, Lisa Squires, Josh Roe
Historic Elements Leading to the Conflict in Sudan
Serrick Center—Room 123
*Samantha Higdon, Brad Zarembski, Jake Mulinix, Mitch Heltsley, Josh Wade, Dave Sims
Colonization and Ethnicity-Based Prejudices
1:30 pm ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Serrick Center—Room 121
*Sarah Busch
Disaster and Destruction: 2002 Van Wert Tornado
Serrick Center—Room 123
Kyle Muncy, Melissa Steman, Jessica Spears, Allison Johnson, Chantille Millender, Dani Rego
Genocide: A Modern Perspective
1:00 pm POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Serrick Center—Cultural Arts Center
*Eric Dorr
Art in War
Cody Hash, Nicole Williams, Maggie Dusbiber
Vietnam War Weapons
Ashlee Rager, Kacy Shelton
The Resurrection and the Life
Christina Rawlins
War as Seen Through Children’s Books
*Stephanie Lieto
The Beatles Hoax
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2:00 pm ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Serrick Center—Room 121
*Kristy Davenport, Michael Sharp, Kaylie Buzard
The Mathematics of Beauty: The Golden Ratio and its Relation to Attraction
Serrick Center—Room 123
*Grace Powers
Primal Scream
2:30 pm ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Serrick Center—Room 121
*Pamela Gibson
Shock Metamorphism on the Ocean Floor
Serrick Center—Room 123
Emily Kohout, Courtney Sauber
Hitler’s Rise to Power
3:00 pm ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Serrick Center—Room 121
*Sarah Manes
Sex-Offender Groups: How Affective are They?
Serrick Center—Room 123
*Mary Winters
Rock and Roll: Devil’s Music or Influenced by Real-Life Events
3:00 pm POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Serrick Center—Cultural Arts Center
Tyson Waldron
My Eperience Overseas
Miranda Moor
Montessori Methods
Jessica Lipstraw
World War I—A Soldier’s Life
David Sims, Josh Wade
Jesus Walks on Water
Donovan Evans, Nicholas Allen Cass
The Blind Man Sees
La Tousha Lewis
Sexual Harassment on Campus
4:00 pm ORAL PRESENTATION
Serrick Center—Room 121
Dr. Ken Christiansen
McMaster-New Orleans
Information about the application process for scholars and associate fellows.
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