Bridge-Building: Effects of Humanization in Conflict Resolution

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Preston Hughes, Chris Karpowitz, Political Science The research I conducted with Haley Peterson in London during the Winter 2018 semester under the direction of Professors Chris Karpowitz and Joshua Gubler was one case in a multi-case study focusing on the effects of humanization on conflict resolution in conjunction with the psychological effects empathy and dissonance. Conflict […]

Remote Sensing Approaches To Improve Water and Nitrogen Management of Kentucky Bluegrass (Poa Pratensis)

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Austin Hopkins and Dr. Neil C. Hansen, Plant & Wildlife Sciences This project identifies remote sensing practices to conserve water by optimizing nitrogen (N) fertilization and irrigation strategies. Turfgrass is the most irrigated crop by area (163,800 km2 ), accounting for 1.9% of the continental U.S. This causes negative environmental impacts and puts the future […]

The Long run Economic Effects of the Dustbowl Migration

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Julie Hollenbaugh and Joseph Price, Economics Introduction In this project we explore the long-run economic effects of the dustbowl migration on children in families that moved out of the Oklahoma dustbowl region in the 1930’s relative to children in families that stayed in the region. My primary contribution to this ongoing analysis was the creation […]

Gaming the Government: How to get government officials to engage with evidence-based reports – Experimental evidence from India, Tanzania, and Peru

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James Hodgson and Daniel Nielson, Political Science Important policy decisions, that affect lives all around the world, are often made without consulting the best available evidence. Many governments have called for an increase in evidence-based policy making in an effort to make policies more effective and based on research. From the baseline survey we collected […]

Religiosity and Psychological Well-Being: A Correlational Meta-Analysis in North America

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Niyeli Herrera, Yerenia Flores and Timothy Smith, Counseling, Psychology & Special Education In recent years, the demographics of the United States has evolved at exponential rates and now includes an increasingly diverse population of people who are in need of a variety of services, including mental health interventions. Mental health interventions strive to promote well-being, […]

Association of Urban/Rural Residence with Cognitive Impairment

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Matthew Harris and Evan Thacker, Public Health Introduction: 5.4 million people in the United States are classified as cognitively impaired, with 11.7% progressing to dementia annually (Plassman 2008). Alzheimer’s Disease has risen to the 6th leading cause of death in the United States, an 89% increase from the year 2000 (Alzheimer’s Association 2017). Cognitive decline, […]

Testing the Psychometric Properties of Positive Psychology Measures

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Olivia Hansen and Jared Warren, Psychology Introduction Positive psychology is the rigorous and empirical study of well-being, human strengths, and human flourishing, and the experiences, traits, and institutions that lead to those aims. It began as a rigorous subdomain of psychology in the late 1990’s. Up until this point, the field of psychology had focused […]

Nabataean Painted Pottery Wares: Core vs. Periphery

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Shawn Hall and David Johnson, Anthropology Department Introduction The Nabataeans were an ancient civilization contemporary with the Romans who, through trading, where able to exhort influence over a large portion of the Middle East. Their capital of Petra is well-studied many of the cities on the outskirts of the Nabataean kingdom have just recently been […]

Whole-Genome Sequencing in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU): Nurses’ Roles in Communicating Test Results to Families

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Laura Grenfell and Deborah Himes, College of Nursing Research Process: The grant I received through the Office of Research and Creative Activities was helpful in supporting this research project. My mentor and I started work on the project early in the year by analyzing the data we had gathered. In 2017, I attended a nursing […]