Binghamton Research Days Student Presentations

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▪Acceptance of Primary Care Providers Acquiring Buprenorphine Waivers for Opiod Use Disorder Population in Rural Upstate New York

Julia Schultz (Graduate, Nursing)

▪Acculturative Stress and Substance Use Among Chinese International Students

Liam Lane (Senior, Anthropology)

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

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

▪An Examination of Guard Detainee Relations in Guantanamo Bay

Samantha DeProspo (Freshman, Political Science)

Applicative Potential of Using Superabsorbent Polymers to Absorb Leachate, The

Eleonora Recio (Junior, Mechanical Engineering)


▪Art in Context: Murals, Graffiti, Street Art, and Activism in Contemporary Argentina and Ecuador

Peter Farquharson (Junior, Art History)


▪Assessment of dietary and exercise effects on neurobehaviors

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

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

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

▪Assumptions about the Nature of Sexual Attraction and Asexuality

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

▪Attitudes Towards Sexual Assault: The Influence of Athletic Background and Media Portrayal on Perceptions of Rape

Bridget Jules (Senior, Psychology)



▪Design and optimization of a turn-on fluorescence assay for the identification of improved ADC linkers

Caitlin Vitro (Junior, Chemistry), Jared Miller (Senior, Biochemistry), Samantha Benjamin (Pharmacy Research Technician)

▪Development of Assay Platforms for Monitoring Human C-Reactive Protein

Palmer Ernst (Junior, Biochemistry, Integrative Neuroscience), Corrine Stahura (Graduate, Pharmaceutical Sciences)

▪Diversity In The Learning Environment

Sierra Echevarria (Freshman, Industrial and Systems Engineering), Jenna Levine (Freshman, Mathematical Sciences), Megan Welch (Freshman, Neuroscience), Katie Dotzler (Freshman, Political Science), 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), Amanda Minaker (TLEL Doctoral Program)


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

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)


▪Drug Usage in Heart Disease as a Risk factors for Mental Illness using Machine Learning

Jay Sivakumar (Graduate, Systems Science)


▪Effects of Dietary Choices on Anxiety and Depression

Frederick Mignone (Senior, Biological Sciences), Lina Begdache (Health and Wellness Studies)

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

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)


▪Effect of Where You Live and How You View the Binghamton Economy, The

Steven Geiseler, Jr (Freshman, Philosophy, Politics and Law)

▪Effects of 5-HT2AR stimulation on psychosis-associated behaviors in naive and L-DOPA treated hemiparkinsonian rat, The

Annique McLune (Senior, Integrative Neuroscience), Evan D'Almeida (Junior, Integrative Neuroscience)

▪Effects of Prenatal Methadone Exposure on Learning and Memory in Sprague Dawley Offspring, The

Rhea Marfatia (Junior, Integrative Neuroscience)

▪Effects of Stock Photos on Autobiographical Memories of Physically and Emotionally Painful Experiences, The

Dori Polovsky (Senior, Psychology), Joseph Wilson (Graduate, Psychology)


▪Effects of Maternal Care and Estrogen Treatment on Dopamine Receptor D2 Expression in the Ventral Hippocampus of Male and Female Long Evans Rats

Deven LoSchiavo (Senior, Integrative Neuroscience), Ashley Bui (Graduate, Psychology)

▪Effects of Prenatal Methadone Exposure on Ethanol Intake in Adult Sprague Dawley Offspring

Michelle Montero (Junior, Integrative Neuroscience)


▪Effects of teachers' promotion of diversity on students' interpersonal education experiences

Daniel Wheeler (Freshman, Biochemistry), Joe Knudsen (Freshman, Integrative Neuroscience), Nick Sevecke (Freshman, 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), Amanda Minaker (TLEL Doctoral Program)

▪Esters in ADC linkers: Optimization of stability and lysosomal cleavage

Kelsey Watts (Senior, Chemistry, Music), Brittany Brems (Junior, Biochemistry), Courtney Jackson (Former Student, Biochemistry), Samantha Benjamin (Lead Laboratoy Technician)

▪Ethics of CRISPR

Ethan Mowery (Freshman, Chemistry)

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

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

▪Exploring Multi-electron Redox for Na-ion Battery Electrodes

Grayson Hoteling (Senior, Chemistry, Materials Science and Engineering)

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

Erin Dunn (Freshman, History)

▪Extending Empathy: From Photograph to Engagement

Carolyn Zou (Freshman, Undeclared)


▪Haudenosaunee in Contemporary Contexts, The

Joela Falk (Freshman, Undeclared)


▪Hazardous drinking is associated with expectancies for the simultaneous use of alcohol and e-cigarettes

Brendan Walsh (Junior, Psychology), Callon Williams (Graduate, Psychology), Mike Shaw (Graduate, Psychology), Ashley Shayya (Junior, Integrative Neuroscience)


▪Head Start in Science: Parent-child interactions and children’s science process skills, A

Ariel Kachuro (Junior, Psychology), Dennis Cregin (Sophomore, Integrative Neuroscience), Arlicia Gross (Senior, Psychology), Herlands, Samantha (Junior, Psychology), Julia Kolodny (Senior, Psychology), Briana Squires (Senior, Psychology), Danielle Wolfe (Junior, Psychology), Kayla Yim (Junior, Integrative Neuroscience), Samantha Ziesel (Junior, Integrative Neuroscience)

Hole Board Behaviors and Monoamine Levels in Neonatal Clomipramine Rat Model Show Validity for Males, but not for Females

Gina Rizzo (Junior, Psychology), Juliana Viola (Junior, Integrative Neuroscience), Randy Abramovich (Junior, Pre-Health), Nicole Gill (Junior, Biological Sciences), Olivia Lawrence (Junior, Pre-Health)


▪Host-Parasite Interactions in the Presence of Microplastic Contamination

Brianna Sander (Senior, Biological Sciences), Nick Buss (Graduate, Biological Sciences)

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

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

▪How is climate change endangering indigenous Andean cultures?

Eliezer Ugarte (Freshman, Undeclared)

▪Human Rights Research - Guantanamo Group - Ruling on the Fates of Detainees

Alyssa Pugh (Freshman, Philosophy, Politics and Law)


▪Identification of genes that affect cardiac failure in diabetic Drosophila melanogaster

Ashley O'Toole (Junior, Biological Sciences), Christie Santoro (Graduate, Biological Sciences)

▪Identifying Genes Associated with Elevated Rates of Mitochondrial DNA Instability in a Yeast Model System

Austen Tinz-Burdick (Graduate, Biological Sciences)

▪Impact of Colonialism on a States' Punitive Policies

Deanna Ciacciarelli (Freshman, Philosophy, Politics and Law)

▪Implementation of a heart failure clinic: strategy for reduction in 30-day readmissions

Laurinda Karpel (Graduate, Nursing)

Mentor: Pamela Stewart Fahs, Decker School of Nursing


▪Importance of Health and Wellness Education: Its Relationship between Childhood Diabetes, Paternal Hypertension and Maternal High Cholesterol, The

Ryan McGuire(Junior, Integrative Neuroscience), Imina Emokpae (Senior, Integrative Neuroscience), 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)


▪Improving the Stability of Manganese-Substituted Cs(Pb/Mn)Br3 Inorganic Perovskite Quantum Dots Through Silica-Coating

Jacob Hard (Junior, Chemistry)

▪Increasing the Efficacy of Student Learning Groups

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

▪Investigating the Correlations between Frequency of ADHD Medication Use with Perception, Dependence, and Undesired Side Effects

Lee Ann Genussa (Senior, Integrative Neuroscience), Dennis Cregin (Sophomore, Integrative Neuroscience), Camille Guo (Junior, Integrative Neuroscience), Rebecca Koltun (Junior, Spanish: Language and Literature), Eva Kristoferson (Senior, Integrative Neuroscience), Sana Malik (Sophomore, Biological Sciences,Philosophy, Politics and Law), Haley Norton (Senior, Integrative Neuroscience), Adelle Ricci (Senior, Biological Sciences), Devon Umeozor (Freshman, Integrative Neuroscience), Lina Begdache (Health and Wellness Studies)

▪Investigation of properties of alloys through multiscale computational modeling

Hashan Peiris (Graduate, Materials Science and Engineering), Michael Woodcox (Graduate, Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy)


▪Issues and Voter Tendencies in the NY-22

EJ Meltzer (Freshman, Undeclared)

▪"It doesn't hurt to smile" ...Or Does It? Tend and Befriend Reactions to Stress During Hookups

Renate Gerstenberger (Junior, Biological Sciences), Kimberly Cola (Junior, Integrative Neuroscience), Skyler Powers (Sophomore, Psychology), Diana Riestra (Sophomore, Biological Sciences), Juan Riestra (Sophomore, Integrative Neuroscience), Jordana Weissman (Sophomore, Human Development), Jason Zheng (Sophomore, Integrative Neuroscience)

▪"It's not a phase mom": How Parental Acceptance Influences Long Term Well Being for Sexual and Gender Minorities

Jonathan Gaughan (Sophomore, Integrative Neuroscience)







▪Neonatal Clomipramine Model of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Demonstrates Treatment and Sex Differences

Allison Radin (Sophomore, Biological Sciences,German), Lenah Midani (Sophomore, Biological Sciences), Samantha Paley (Sophomore, Biological Sciences), Eliana Safer (Sophomore, Biological Sciences), Emily Walters (Sophomore, Integrative Neuroscience)

▪Neonatal Clomipramine Rat Model of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Demonstrates Neurochemical Differences in Prefrontal and Motor Cortices and Behavioral Differences in Elevated Plus Maze and Hole Board

Rebecca Nussbaum (Sophomore, Integrative Neuroscience), Maylin Vititow (Sophomore, Biological Sciences), Juan Mato (Sophomore, Biological Sciences), Kristen Coletti (Sophomore, Biological Sciences), Dana Silberstein (Sophomore, Integrative Neuroscience)


▪Netherlands: Legalized Prostitution vs. Illegal Trafficking, The

Veronica Rich (Freshman, Political Science)


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

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)

▪Norepinephrine and Corticosterone in the neoCLOM Animal Model of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: Effects of Treatment and Sex

Hannah Rockwood (Junior, Biological Sciences), Jason Howard (Junior, Chemistry), Lea Safarpour (Junior Biological Sciences), Kate Lerner (Junior, Integrative Neuroscience)


▪Pain-related Disability is Associated with Greater Consequences of Cannabis Use

Ashley Shayya (Junior, Integrative Neuroscience), Michael Shaw (Graduate, Psychology), Brendan Walsh (Junior, Psychology), Callon Williams (Graduate, Psychology)

▪Perception of the Value of Diversity and Diversity Training

Donna Hadidi (Freshman, Biological Sciences), 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), YingLi (TLEL Doctoral Program)

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

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)

▪Physical restraint increases feeding response due to activity-induced energy expenditure

Jacob Gordon (Senior, Integrative Neuroscience)

▪Population Control=Not Controlling Climate Change

Natasha Ruscoll (Freshman, Undeclared)

▪Postpartum Smoking Cessation Video. A Qualitative Study

Wendi Gallagher (Graduate, Nursing), Lauren Katz (Sophomore, Nursing), Valerie Cruz (Junior, Integrative Neuroscience), Gianna Degrezia (Junior, Biological Sciences), Gabriella DiMuro (Sophomore, Nursing), Rebecca Krabill (Senior, Nursing), Ciara McNeill (Senior, Nursing), Megan Sutton (Senior, Nursing)

▪Potential Connection Between ADHD Medication Misuse and Risk-Taking Behaviors

Adelle Ricci (Senior, Biological Sciences), Sana Malik (Sophomore, Biological Sciences,Philosophy, Politics and Law), Haley Norton (Senior, Integrative Neuroscience), Dennis Cregin (Sophomore, Integrative Neuroscience), Lee Ann Genussa (Senior, Integrative Neuroscience), Camille Guo (Junior, Integrative Neuroscience), Rebecca Koltun (Junior, Spanish: Language and Literature), Eva Kristoferson (Senior, Integrative Neoroscience), Devon Umeozor (Freshman, Integrative Neuroscience), Lina Begdache (Health and Wellness Studies)

▪Potential Negative Cyclical Effects of ADHD Medication, Mental Health, and Academic Performance

Eva Kristoferson (Senior, Integrative Neuroscience), Dennis Cregin (Sophomore, Integrative Neuroscience), Lee Ann Genussa (Senior, Integrative Neuroscience), Camille Guo (Junior, Integrative Neuroscience), Rebecca Koltun (Junior, Spanish: Language and Literature), Sana Malik (Sophomore, Biological Sciences,Philosophy, Politics and Law), Haley Norton (Senior, Integrative Neuroscience), Adelle Ricci (Senior, Biological Sciences), Devon Umeozor (Freshman, Integrative Neuroscience), Lina Begdache (Health and Wellness Studies)


▪Predictors and Correlates of Psychological Health Through Ecological Momentary Assessment

Briana Squires (Senior, Psychology), Stacy Ellenberg (Graduate, Psychology), Michael Georgescu (Junior, Psychology), Dori Polovsky (Senior, Psychology)

▪Prisoners and The Wealth of Nations

Michael Dua (Freshman, Undeclared)


▪The Relationship between a Leader's Willingness to Go Above and Beyond and Follower Job Satisfaction, Time for Creativity, and Self-Efficacy

Ryan McGuire (Junior, Integrative Neuroscience), Gina Rizzo (Sophomore, Integrative Neuroscience), Kimberly Jaussi (School of Management, Center for Leadership Studies, Dickinson Research Team), Thomas Burkhardt (Maine-Endwell School District)


▪The Relationship between Company Exemplars for Diversity and Feelings of Being Valued

Angelin Tai (Freshman, Biochemistry), 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)

▪The Relationship Between Diversity Climate, Skills, and Value on Student Perception of Bias

Courtney Nowetner (Sophomore, Integrative Neuroscience), Jillian Morley (Junior, Anthropology, Sociology), 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)


▪The Relationship between faculty valuing diversity and respectfulness of students

Jocelyn Peryea (Freshman, Psychology), 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), Mitchell Waldran (Biological Sciences)

▪The Relationship between faculty valuing diversity and students' feelings of being accepted

Kayla Elder (Sophomore, Integrative Neuroscience), David Meiseles (Sophomore, Computer Science), 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), Mitchell Waldran (Biological Sciences)


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

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 Relationship Between Faculty's respect for diversity of students and the students respect for diversity of their peers

Mackenzie Roach (Freshman, Biological Sciences), 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)


▪The Relationship Between Glucose and LDL Levels in Children

Maeve Hatfield (Sophomore, Integrative Neuroscience), 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), Mitchell Waldran (Biological Sciences)

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

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 Groupwork Diversity Training and the Diversity Culture of an Educational Institution

Ryan Gavi (Freshman, Mechanical Engineering), 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), Mitchell Waldran (Biological Sciences)


▪The Relationship Between Perceived Fun and Various Aspects of Follower Behavior

Ryan McGuire (Junior, Integrative Neuroscience), Kayla Elder (Sophomore, Integrative Neuroscience), Gina Rizzo (Sophomore, Integrative Neuroscience), Kimberly Jaussi (School of Management, Center for Leadership Studies, Dickinson Research Team), Thomas Burkhardt (Maine-Endwell School District)

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

Dennis Cregin (Sophomore, Integrative Neuroscience), Jake Diamond (Freshman, Business Administration)

▪The Rise of the Binghamton Hemp Industry

Jared Ninyo (Freshman, Psychology)


▪Self-Expression in Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp

Natalie Schuster (Freshman, English, Political Science)


▪Sex influences elevated plus maze behaviors and monoamine levels in the Orbitofrontal and Anterior Cingulate Cortices of the neonatal Clomipramine model for OCD

Erika Hryhorenko (Sophomore, Integrative Neuroscience), Julia Mende (Sophomore, Pre-Health), Abigail Reilly (Sophomore, Integrative Neuroscience), Sydney Tse (Sophomore, Biological Sciences), Sophia Valerino (Sophomore, Pre-Health), Hannah Wojcik (Sophomore, Psychology)


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

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)

▪Sharing Isn't Always Caring: STI Concerns

Matt Heider (Sophomore, Integrative Neuroscience)

▪Stone, Wood, Fire: Remembering the Armenian Genocide in Yerevan and Binghamton

Linda Zheng (Senior, Environmental Studies, Philosophy, Politics and Law)

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

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)


▪Synthesis of Pt-Ni nano octahedra

Yang Peng (Graduate, Materials Science and Engineering)

▪Systematic Racism in the U.S.: Disproportionate African American Maternal Mortality Rates

Jillian Karlicek (Freshman, Undeclared), Connor Barry (Freshman, Philosophy, Politics and Law), Mackenzie Johnson (Freshman, Undeclared)