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Towards Molecular Wires: A Density Functional Theory Study of Metallocenes
(2025-05-02)Organometallic sandwich complexes, also known as metallocenes, are some of the most instantly recognizable motifs in chemistry. In particular, triple-decker sandwiches are attractive because of their potential use in ... -
Green Organic Chemistry: Halogen Free Isolation of Crude Curcumin and Ar-Turmerone from Turmeric
(American Chemical Society Great Lakes Regional Meeting, Appleton, WI, 2025-06-05)The spice Turmeric, which comes from the underground stem of the Curcuma longa plant, has many compounds in it, such as curcumin or (1E, 6E)-1,7-bis(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-1,6-heptadiene-3,5-dione. Curcumin has a vast ... -
The Depiction of Myths in The Last of Us and its Meaning for Survivors
(College of Letters and Science, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2025-05-02)The Depiction of Myths in The Last of Us and its Meaning for Survivors explores how the series of The Last of Us uses myths to construct meaning for survivors navigating a world shaped by an infection of death. Drawing ... -
Zebra Finch Relationship Stability and Stress
(College of Letters and Science, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2025-05-02)Relationship stability is key for loving and stress-free monogamous relationships from humans to zebra finch. Consistency of affiliation can greatly influence an individual when going through a stressful event. An indicator ... -
Ultrastructure of Testis & Cerebellum in DSS-Treated Mice, a Model for IBD
(College of Letters and Science, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2025-05-02)Mice fed with dextran sodium sulfate (DSS) exhibit signs closely related to those found in the human inflammatory bowel disorders of ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease. It is thought that cytokines released from immune ... -
Hydrogen Production with Oxide Semiconductors
(College of Letters and Science, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2025-05-02)Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting can produce hydrogen gas as a means to store and transport renewable energy. One method of PEC water splitting uses n-type semiconductors made of metal oxides. We created oxide ... -
Crafts, Contests, and Control?: An Insider Analysis of Bias and Its Effects Within the Cosplay Community
(College of Letters and Science, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2025-05-02)When a subculture is built upon the rubble of insecurity, the end product is imbued with the bias and anger of those who laid the first brick. Despite the subculture of cosplay and anime conventions originating from a ... -
Dairy Farms and Disasters: Preparedness and Emergency Management
(College of Letters and Science, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2025-05-02)Although the number of dairy farms in the United States is shrinking, the risk of tragic disasters is increasing due, in part, to changing climate conditions. The possibility of needing a plan for emergency management on ... -
A Discovery of Witches: Sorcery, Courtly Love, Heresy, and the Divine in the Middle Ages
(College of Letters & Science, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2024-05-03)The modern recounting of witch trials tend to focus on the implausibility of the supernatural. This disdain for witchcraft as a concept has seeped through the documentation of its history. Whether through the soaring heights ... -
“Childish Things” — Narnia, Susan Pevensie, and the Nature of Adulthood
(College of Letters & Science, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2024-05-03)Many have spoken about the “Problem of Susan”-- arguments spanning the full range of reactions to her permanent ejection from Narnia, from frustration with C.S. Lewis’s cruelty to certainty that Susan must have deserved ... -
Perpetuation of Heteronormativity in E.M. Forster’s Maurice
(College of Letters & Science, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2024-05-03)This project explores both the external and internal factors which contribute to the continuation of heteronormative standards within middle-upper class English society, as illustrated by the character of Clive Durham. ... -
The Effects of Fear: Club Disney and the Privatization of Recreation
(College of Letters & Science, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2024-05-03)This research explores the history of how fear has shaped public and private recreational facilities and how Club Disney is a prime example of this fear in effect. The late 1800s and early 1900s saw a rise in public parks ... -
A Search for Suitable Water-Splitting Electrodes Using SEAL and HARPOON
(College of Letters & Science, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2024-05-03)The search for suitable electrodes for photoelectrochemical water splitting extends across the periodic table. While III-V semiconductors exhibit superior light gathering properties, metal oxide semiconductors generally ... -
Collegiate Stigmas: Attitudes, Beliefs, and Opinions on Mental Illness
(College of Letters & Science, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2024-05-03)Historically, individuals diagnosed with a mental illness were often met with disgust and judgement, resulting in institutionalization with potentially atrocious conditions and outcomes. Today, mental healthcare has improved ... -
Comparative Research on American & South Korean Feminism
(College of Letters & Science, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2024-05-03)As the use of technology changes how we interact with social movements, the 4B Movement of South Korea has spread widely through digital spaces. This recent radical women’s movement utilizes four key tenets to push for ... -
Living Legacy of Camp Pattison: Civilian Conservation Corps at Pattison State Park, 1935-1942
(College of Letters & Science, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2024-05-03)This research examines the history of the involvement of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) at Pattison State Park. Often overlooked were the lives of the men in Company 3663 and how living and working at Camp Pattison ... -
Pasīpahkīhnen: Stories of Survivance
(University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2022)These panels share stories from within an hour’s drive of Stevens Point. As white settlement transformed the landscape, native people defied demands that they leave. They established places to live, ways of making a living, ... -
¡El hambre no espera!: The Role of Radical Food Sovereignty Movements in Reshaping our Food Systems
(College of Letters & Science, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2023-05-05)Food sovereignty movements have emerged worldwide in response to social, economic, and environmental crises brought on by the dominant corporate food regime. One especially important moment was the 2007-2008 world food ... -
How the Bridgetown Initiative is Changing the Way we Fight Climate Change
(College of Letters & Science, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2023-05-05)This project examines the Bridgetown Initiative, a policy designed to fight climate change and the debt crisis introduced by Mia Motley, the Prime Minister of Barbados at COP 27 in November 2022 (pictured in Figure 1). ... -
Holodomor Famine Commemoration and the Challenges of Developing a Shared National Identity in Post-Soviet Ukraine (1991-2023)
(College of Letters & Science, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2023-05-05)In this research project, I examine Ukraine’s struggle to develop a shared national identity after the fall of the Soviet Union. This project addresses Holodomor, an artificial famine from 1932-1933 that devastated Soviet ...
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