Binghamton Research Days Student Presentations

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▪Sherrina Abdool (Sophomore, Biomedical Engineering), Moyosola Adeyemi (Junior, Integrative Neuroscience), Aquil Alexander (Senior, Biological Sciences), Matt Heider (Sophomore, Integrative Neuroscience), Jordyn Plair (Sophomore, Biological Sciences, Spanish: Language and Literature), Leora Wasserman (Freshman, English, Psychology)

"No, We're Just Talking": Exploring the "Talking Phase" as an Emergent Dating Phenomenon

▪Lauren Algerio (Sophomore, Biological Sciences), Casey McKenna (Junior, Integrative Neuroscience), Kimberly Jaussi (School of Management, Center for Leadership Studies, Dickinson Research Team), Sara Reiter (School of Management), Dina Layish (School of Management), Tom Kelly (School of Management), Austin Lee (School of Management)

The Effect of Exposure to Diversity on Preparedness of Students for the Job Market

Diana Almallah (Freshman, Undeclared), Max Amram (Freshman, Economics), Kerry Harper (Freshman, Cinema)

Trash-Talking in Soccer: What It Tells Us About Human Nature

Azva Alvi (Senior, Biochemistry), Christina Capobianco (Junior, Biomedical Engineering), Matt Pereira (Graduate, Other), Thomas Rundell (Graduate, Biological Sciences)

Experimental Evolution Selecting for Resistance to a High-Sugar Diet in Drosophila melanogaster

▪Raymond Amirault (Senior, Integrative Neuroscience), Mary Spodnick (Graduate, Psychology), Trevor Towner (Graduate, Psychology)

Adolescent Intermittent Ethanol Influence on Kappa Opiod Receptor Function within the Nucleus Accumbens in Adult Rats



Violeta Bangiyev (Senior, Judaic Studies, Psychology), Dana Ergas (Graduate, Psychology)

Associations Among Internalized Homonegativity, Adverse Childhood Experiences, and Religiosity in a Community Sample of Sexual Minority Individuals

▪Nicolas Belmonte (Junior, Integrative Neuroscience), Michelle Chan (Freshman, Integrative Neuroscience), Jenny Liu (Freshman, Biochemistry), Kimberly Jaussi (School of Management, Center for Leadership Studies, Dickinson Research Team), Eric Hoffman (School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences), Paul Visch (University of New England), Rebecca Place (University of New England), Shivani Dhanasamy (Watson School of Engineering, Computer Science)

The Relationship Between Grip Strength, Metabolic Syndrome, and BMI in Children

▪Brooke Bokal (Sophomore, Chemistry), Miya Carmichael (Sophomore, Integrative Neuroscience), Jessica Krupa (Sophomore, Biological Sciences), Emily Bellow, (Sophomore, Biological Sciences), Kayla Elder (Sophomore, Integrative Neuroscience), Danielle Stern (Sophomore , Pre-Health)

Striatal Dopamine and Norepinephrine Levels in Conjunction with OCD-like Behaviors in a Novel Animal Model of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

▪Brittany Brems (Junior, Biochemistry), Tak Ian Chio (Graduate, Chemistry), Breanna Demestichas (Graduate, Biological Sciences, Mathematical Sciences)

Optimizing Conditions for the Conjugation of Unusual Substrates to IgG1 Antibodies Using Microbial Transglutaminase

▪Juliet Buddiga (Junior, Environmental Studies), Mel Philip (Graduate, Biological Sciences)

Increasing the Efficacy of Student Learning Groups

McKenna Bunnell (Freshman, Comparative Literature), Emelyn Ehrlich (Freshman, English), Gillian van der Have (Freshman, Political Science)

How Do People Understand and Communicate Their Sexuality?: Application of Labels and the Sexuality Spectrum


▪Chloe Cairncross (Freshman, Mathematical Sciences, Philosophy), Alex Rehman-Grosser (Freshman, Anthropology)

Assumptions about the Nature of Sexual Attraction and Asexuality

▪Angela Candrilli (Junior, Psychology)

Factors Impacting Age of Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder

▪Christina Capobianco (Junior, Biomedical Engineering), Azva Alvi (Senior, Biological Sciences), Matthew Pereira (Graduate, Biological Sciences), Thomas Rundell (Graduate, Biochemistry, Biological Sciences)

Evaluation of TAG and Glucose Concentrations to Determine the Degree of Adaptation to a High-Sugar Diet in Drosophila melanogaster

▪Deanna Ciacciarelli (Freshman, Philosophy, Politics and Law)

Impact of Colonialism on a States' Punitive Policies

Marissa Cimmino (Senior, Integrative Neuroscience), Jasper Otvertchenko (Junior, Psychology)

Let's Talk About Sex...and Gender: The Varying Ways in Which Sex and Gender are Operationally Defined in Current Medical Research

Alicia Clum (Junior, Integrative Neuroscience), Hannah Bronson (Junior, Biological Sciences), Justin Chen (Junior, Integrative Neuroscience), Phoebe Goldberg (Sophomore, Psychology), Anastasia Guerra (Senior, Psychology), Emily Mendelson (Senior, Business Administration)

Sexual Consent: Do you get it? How college students' definitions of consent differ from their region's consent policy

▪Dennis Cregin (Sophomore, Integrative Neuroscience), Jake Diamond (Freshman, Business Administration), Kimberly Jaussi (School of Management, Center for Leadership Studies, Dickinson Research Team), Sara Reiter (School of Management), Dina Layish (School of Management), Tom Kelly (School of Management), Ying Li (TLEL Doctoral Program), Mitchell Waldran (Biological Sciences)

The Relationships between Faculty Respect for Diversity on Readiness for the Job Market Among Undergraduates


▪Kristin Crowder (Senior, Psychology)

Character Profile of Relational Bullying Victims


Jen Daly (Freshman, Philosophy, Politics and Law), Eve Marks (Freshman, Philosophy, Politics and Law)

Media vs. Law: How Human Trafficking is Represented in American Media


▪Vanessa Deleg (Freshman, Undeclared), Kimberly Jaussi (School of Management, Center for Leadership Studies, Dickinson Research Team), Sara Reiter (School of Management), Dina Layish (School of Management), Tom Kelley (School of Management), Austin Lee (School of Management)

Perceptions of Receiving Training in Diversity and Students' Ability to Recognize Faculty and School Valuing Diversity

Gerard Dempsey (Sophomore, Integrative Neuroscience), Casey McKenna (Junior, Integrative Neuroscience), Lina Begdache (Health and Wellness Studies)

Assessment of dietary and exercise effects on neurobehaviors

Samantha DeProspo (Freshman, Political Science)

An Examination of Guard Detainee Relations in Guantanamo Bay

Priya Desai (Freshman, Integrative Neuroscience)

The Contaminated Realities of Post-IBM Endicott Today

▪James DiPersio (Junior, Integrative Neuroscience), Danielle Petzold (First-year, Integrative Neuroscience), Michelle Cheung Zheng (First-year, Environmental Studies), Kimberly Jaussi (School of Management, Center for Leadership Studies, Dickinson Research Team), Eric Hoffman (School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences), Paul Visch (University of New England), Rebecca Place (University of New England), Shivani Dhanasamy (Graduate, Computer Science)

Does BMI Influence the Link Between HDL and Vo2 in 4th and 5th Grade Students?

▪Michael Dua (Freshman, Undeclared)

Prisoners and The Wealth of Nations

Erin Dunn (Freshman, History)

Exploring the Possibility of Foreign Prosecution in Regard to the Treatment of Detainees in Guantanamo Bay