Coe College Student Research & Discovery Symposium
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
Schedule [print-friendly full program]
Poster Session: 9:00-10:30 AM
Presentations Session 1: 10:45-11:45 AM | Perrine Gallery (Stewart Memorial Library), Hickok Hall 207, 224, 305
Lunch: $5 lunch in the Caf! Join your students and colleagues. Look for a special performance by the Concert Choir in the Caf at 12:15 PM, and the Art Exhibition & Reception will be held in the Student Gallery from 12:00-1:00PM
Presentations Session 2: 1:30 - 2:30 PM | Hickok Hall 207, 224, 305, Kesler
Presentations Session 3: 2:45 -3:45 PM | Hickok Hall 207, 224, 305, Kesler
Celebration & Recognition Hour with Invited Alumni: 4:00-5:30 PM Clark Alumni House
Crepuscular Rays
Micah Boettger, 2024 Art Major
Invited Alumni
Larrisa Alire '20
Major: Political Science.
Larrisa was a Williston Jones Diversity Scholar and a proud first-generation low-income Latina student. She was rigorously involved on campus, having founded Latinx (now renamed Nuestra Coemunidad), participated in Student Senate and Model United Nations, and worked with various offices to address diversity and equity across campus. She participated in the Student Research Symposium as a junior highlighting Violence against Women in South Africa. Larrisa successfully completed her honor's thesis on Past Presidential Administration's National Security Policies and their Relation to the Child Separation Policy. She was selected as a 2019 Truman Scholar and is Coe's only woman and woman of color to receive such recognition. Since graduating, Larrisa graduated from the University of Colorado Law School with Order of Barrister's recognition. Larrisa is passionate about civil rights and addressing systemic inequality. She is currently a first-year attorney as a Gideon's Promise Fellow at the Johnson County Public Defender's Office in Iowa City.
Zoe Fredricksen '19
Major: biology and environmental science with minors in chemistry and writing.
During her time at Coe, Zoe was selected to present at a poetry reading and had work published in The Pearl. Zoe spent two summers at the Wilderness Field Station, one as a student and one returning as staff. Since graduating from Coe, Zoe has worked as a quality analyst in the brewing industry, as a production biochemist purifying proteins used in COVID kits and for cancer research, and currently as a Process Engineer at Integrated DNA Technologies in Coralville.
Nina Wilson '17
Major: history and creative writing.
While at Coe, Nina studied abroad at Queen's University in Belfast, Northern Ireland. She also participated in two Student Research Symposiums and created an interactive exhibit in the Stewart Memorial Library using the B.D. Silliman papers, focusing on the Nuremberg Trials. Since graduating from Coe, Nina has published three novels, and she recently obtained an MFA in fiction and poetry from Albertus Magnus College. In the Fall, she will begin a graduate program in history at Old Dominion University.
Poster Sessions Preview
Please drop in to Stewart Memorial Library, main floor, between 9:00-10:30AM to see posters and chat with student researchers. Click thumbnails to see full poster.
John McFadden (2025), Mackenzie Jones (2024)
Sneaky Snacking: The effects of portion size on consumption
Andrea Glandt (2024)
Time and Tolerance: How the Length of Relationships Shape Responses to ‘Ick’ Factors.
Shamiso Zindoga (2025)
Impact of Endocrine Disruptors on Longevity, ROS Levels, and Gene Expression of Vit-5 and Ttbk-2 in C. elegans
Karla Silva (2025), Sarah Hyatt (20240, Deynce Linn (2025)
Student perspectives of faculty classroom behaviors that support student learning and well-being
Jaden Fuqua (2025)
Marijuana Attitudes on Blaming Behavior in Intimate Relationships
Shannon Kelley (2024)
The decision-making funnel… a glance of hierarchy support in the K-12 systems
Emmalee Torson (2024), Thanh Tran (2024)
Digitizing the Coe College Catalog
MacKenzie Jones (2024), Jessica Martinez-Jimenez (2024), Ankita Kandel (2026)
Can Resiliency Lead to Forgiveness? A Model of Resiliency, Emotion Regulation, and Forgiveness
Caoilinn Messick (2024)
Educational preparation of post-secondary experience
Jessica Martinez-Jimenez (2024), MacKenzie Jones (2024), Brittany Ramirez (2025)
If I'm Close to You, Will you Forgive Me?
Isabel Dylan (2024)
Movement Ecology of the Ornate Box Turtle (Terrapene ornata) in Eastern Iowa
Megan Norris (2024)
Factors affecting thermoregulation in Ornate Box Turtles from Iowa
Max Gorden Mercer (2024)
Environmental, Social, or Governance: What Should Accountants be Focussing on Now
Rosie Cobb (2025)
Are we on different converging paths?
Meghan O'Connell (2024), Sarah Wiles (2025)
Experience with the Growing Words Project
Marisa Schultz (2025)
Organizational Citizenship Behavior and Gender
Faith Webb (2025)
South Korea
Dylan Barras (2024)
Optical Positioning Systems
Tanner Buchanan (2024)
The effects of management and personal financial stability on performance of organizational citizenship behaviors.
Sangai Dukuly (2025), Victoria Amendianeza (2025)
Endozoochoric dispersal in Ornate Box Turtles (Terrapene ornata) from Iowa
Alan Goodyear (2024)
Gall-forming Aphids on Eastern Cottonwoods in Linn County, Iowa, in June-July 2023: Salicyclic Acid Concentration in Leaves
Christian Wihlm (2024)
Curcumin's Impact on Stress and Inflammation Pathways During E. Faecalis Infection in Caenorhabditis elegans
Benjamin Roark (2026), Teressa Chen (2025)
On the Berezin Range of Composition Operators and Polynomial Symbols
Jacob Yanga (2024)
Exploring Automated Driving with DIY Components
Lennon McClanahan (2026)
A High Speed, Solid, 3D Dosimeter Prototype
The Outstanding Portfolio Prize recognizes First Year Seminar portfolios that exhibit exceptional promise in a developing writer. Honored portfolios are those that take risks and showcase inventive thinking, characterized by creativity in thought, sharp insight, and rich development and application of ideas. Portfolios are nominated by faculty readers.
Outstanding Portfolio Prize Winners: Katie Kerlik, Carlie Miller
The Young Essay prize, established by Elisabeth Young in honor of her husband James P. Young, is open to all students, and recognizes superior works of nonfiction.
Young Essay Prize
Aiden Doak, "Kathleen Clarke: Easter Rising Revolutionary"
Beth VanDyk, "Nimona and the Narrative Paradigm: A Rhetorical Analysis"
Cecilia Kintopf, "November"
Ashton Proctor, "The Time I Lied"
Photograph by Emma Rieser (2024)
Art Exhibition and Reception
Renaissance Revival
12:00-1:00 PM | Student Art Gallery, Lower Gage
The World of Renaissance Art class is excited to present an exhibition based on Italian and Northern European prints housed at the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art. After in-depth observation and analysis of the artworks, the students conducted research to craft exhibition materials.
Students:
Regyn Buffington
Kaitlyn (Kati) Clark
Christian Cole
Gabby Collins
Kimberly Contreras
Seth Gatrelle
Izabel (Izzy) Hommowun
Honoka Koyama
Sydney Lloyd
Alondra Mathena
Enza McMahon
Emma Rieser
Kacey Shimp
Shan Shrader
Olivia Smith
Blu Taniguchi
Jordan Walter