It’s How You Respond: Emotional Preschoolers and their Longterm Victimization

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Sarah Shepard and David Nelson, School of Family Life Introduction Experiencing victimization by peers can have detrimental consequences for children, such as depressive symptoms, social anxiety, and feelings of loneliness (Crick & Grotpeter, 1995; Crick, Ostrov, & Werner, 2006; Prinstein, Boergers, & Vernberg, 2001; Tran, Cole, & Weiss, 2012). For this reason, it is important […]

Disconnected Decisions Understanding School Decision Factors Within Low-SES Families

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Daniela Barriga and Kristie Rowley, Department of Sociology Parents constantly make decisions in regard to their children’s education, whether it be decisions about enrolling their children in the local public school or private school or even where to live based on school zoning areas. Alternative school options such as charter and magnet schools are becoming […]

Electronic Structure and Quassiclassical Dynamics of [2+2] Tetrafluoroethylene Cycloaddition Reactions

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Steven Jones and Daniel Ess, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Introduction Cycloaddition reactions are key reactions used to construct complex cyclic scaffolds (large networks of carbon atoms that can be used in catalysis, synthesis, etc.). While classical reactions that form 6-membered rings are well-known and generally have a one-step reaction mechanism, 4-member ring-forming reactions are […]

We Need to Text Patterns of Cummunication Channel Use in Emerging Adult Romantic Relationships

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Samuel Jackson and Scott Braithwaite, Department of Psychology Introduction Communication in romantic relationships is changing. Partners today increasingly choose to communicate via technology1, and use a mix of communication channels ranging from purely verbal formats (e.g., text messaging) to those rich in nonverbal expression (e.g., video chats). Despite this, theories about romantic communication tend to […]

Mindset and Resilience in High-School Cross Country Runners

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Anna Lisa Ward and Ben Ogles, Department of One debate found in the psychological field is one of nature vs. nurture. Those agreeing with the nature side of this argument would state that we, as individuals, come into the world knowing everything we will ever know. We are ‘born’ with the genes, brain structures, etc. […]

Functional MRI: The Future for Neurocognitive Assessment

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Daniel Sands and Erin Bigler, Department of Psychology Introduction Americans suffer an estimated 3.2 million concussions per year. Concussions are known to cause notable and long-lasting deficits in cognitive functioning in some individuals. This creates the need for new assessment tools and technology to facilitate assessment and treatment. This study will advance research in the […]

Effects of Family Structure and Transitions on Adolescent Stress in Korea

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Amanda Ferguson and Mikaela Durfur, Sociology Department Introduction A wide scope of research has been done on family structures in the United States and Western culture. Research has moved from studying divorce extensively to researching cohabitation, just as extensively (Kennedy and Fitch, 2012). Korea, due to their strong cultural focus on traditional families, is only […]

Karl May’s Amerika German Intellectual Imperialism

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Seth Cannon and Robert McFarland, Department of German and Russian Introduction From Columbus to the Spaghetti Westerns of the 20th century Europeans have manipulated and sculpted America to reflect their values and priorities. Germans in particular have developed a strange fascination with America, specifically the American West. This “America” is, however, largely an intellectual construct, […]