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I Run to Me : Exploring the Religious Oppression of LGBTQ Youth Through Autobiographical Photo Collage
(2024-04)The U.S. recently has seen a wave of anti-LGBTQ laws targeting trans youth. Such laws are supported by far right, white dominated Evangelical Christian organizations seeking to enforce binary gender and (hetero)sexual ... -
The Moderating Role of Interpersonal Hopelessness on Proximal Transitions to Suicidal Thinking
(2024-04)The integrated motivational-volitional (O’Connor & Kirtley, 2018) model states that feelings of entrapment contribute to the development of suicidal ideation but only occur when motivational moderators such as perceived ... -
Testing Cognitive Flexibility in the Relationship Between Traumatic Events, Posttraumatic Symptoms, and Nonmuricidal Self-injury
(2024-04)Individuals with PTSD use a various strategies to manage their symptoms, such as nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI; Smith et al., 2014). Cognitive flexibility has evidence of being related to NSSI. Research shows that cognitive ... -
Testing the Moderating Role of Rumination Between Sexual Orientation Discrimination and Factors Associated with Suicide Risk
(2024-04)The interpersonal theory of suicide states that suicidal ideation develops through perceived burdensomeness and thwarted belongingness (PBTB) and that individuals acquire the capability to attempt suicide through repeated ... -
Patterns in the Pisano Period and Entry Points of Linear Recurrence Sequences Modulo M
(2024-04)The Pisano periods and entry points in the Fibonacci sequence has been a well-studied subject since D.D. Wall’s seminal paper in 1960. The Pisano period is the length of consecutive sequence terms which repeat infinitely ... -
Quandles, n-Colorability, and Cocycles
(2024-04)In the 1960s Ralph Fox introduced a tool of knot theory called colorability. Briefly, a knot is n-colorable if the diagram for that knot can be decorated with numbers 1, 2, . . . , n subject to a simple constraint at each ... -
Building White Dwarf Models With MESA : A Glimpse into Modular Stellar Astrophysics
(2024-04)When we look at the stars, they seem constant and unchanging. In reality, stars age and change over time, but these changes take place over the course of millions of years—much longer than the lifetime of an astrophysicist. ... -
Transit Detection Probability of Habitable Planets as a Function of Stellar Spectral Type
(2024-04)Thousands of exoplanets have now been detected. Many of these discoveries occurred using the transit method: the planet’s existence is deduced from a small dimming of the host star’s light every time the planet crosses in ... -
Wellbeing Status and Demographic Socioeconomic Characteristics of The Chinese Elderly
(2024-04)Using a national survey data, this study is intended to examine the wellbeing status of the Chinese elderly and to investigate the links between the wellbeing and its social economic and demographic characteristics. Based ... -
Perceptions of Indigenous Americans Within 20th Century Performance
(2024-04)Performative media in Western culture cannot be accurately represented without inclusion of the works and perceptions of marginalized groups. This presentation seeks to understand 1) what aspects of Indigenous peoples’ ... -
Vital Signs: A Digital Humanities Project Exploring the Impact of the 1918 Influenza Pandemic on the Chippewa Valley
(2024-04)“Vital Signs: The Chippewa Valley 1918 Influenza Project” is a digital humanities resource exploring the impact of the 1918 Influenza Pandemic on Northwestern Wisconsin. This poster explores a collaborative local history ... -
College Students’ Achievement Pressures and Well-Being : Preliminary Findings
(2024-04)Mental health concerns among college students have been on the rise over the last decade. In a recent survey of over 90,000 U.S. college students, 41% of the students reported symptoms of depression and 36% reported symptoms ... -
Strategic Policymaking in Totalitarian Governments : A Pathway to Survivability in the Modern World
(2024-04)This project investigates the driving factors of policy and decision-making in totalitarian regimes and the implications for the survival and longevity of dictatorships in the modern era. This is relevant, as it addresses ... -
How Does COVID-19 Affect Everyday Policing? : Analyzing Police Perception and Attitudes Prior, During, and Post Pandemic
(2024-04)Everyday policing during the pandemic has become critical and challenging. A handful of studies focus on how COVID-19 would change police officer’s perceptions toward police performance and departmental change. This study ... -
Shred Central : Estimating the User Benefits Associated with Large Public Skateparks, Des Moines Iowa
(2024-04)Skateparks, often called 'wheel parks,' are becoming increasingly common within communities worldwide. Despite this growth in parks, estimates show that the development of parks needs to catch up to users. Using a count ... -
Exploring Ambivalence : Within Clinician-Parent Collaboration
(2024)The purpose of this project was to investigate the impact of motivational interviewing strategies on parent-clinician collaboration during reminiscing interventions. Motivational interviewing is a counseling framework that ... -
Balancing Science and Service : Analyzing University Websites' Depiction of CSD Programs
(2024-04)This study evaluates university CSD program websites to determine how they present the field of Communication Sciences and Disorders—as a "helping profession" or one grounded in scientific inquiry, or a combination of both. ... -
Does Hands-On Learning Work? : The Influence of In-Class Experience with Augmentative and Assistive Communication Technology on Undergraduate Student Learning
(2024-04)This research investigated instructional practices in undergraduate courses to determine how hands-on experience influences undergraduate students’ knowledge and skill in an augmentative and assistive communication (AAC) ... -
Barriers to High-Quality Assessment of Dual Language Learners Across Diverse Practice Settings
(2024-04)Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) work to prevent, assess, diagnose, and treat speech, language, and communication disorders in children and adults. SLPs work across a variety of settings including Early Intervention ... -
Evaluating the Effects of a Brief Social Emotional Learning Program on the Functioning of At-risk Youth
(2024-04)Research on social emotional learning (SEL) programs with at-risk adolescents is scant, resulting in a limited literature to inform educational professionals on how to best deliver SEL to this population. The intention of ...