Making Ethics Practical

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Tyson Tharp and Dr. Brad Agle, Marriott School of Management Introduction The purpose of this project was to gain a deeper understanding of ethical dilemmas in an organizational context. From our increased understanding of these dilemmas, we hoped to offer guidance for practitioners and students of management that would help them to identify the major […]

Human Capital Strategy: The Effect of Human Resource Competencies on Innovative Capabilities within the Firm

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Grant Russell and David Kryscynski, Organizational Leadership and Strategy Introduction The aim of this project was to better understand how individuals within an organization would affect the organization’s ability to innovate, compete, and sustain strategic advantage in the marketplace as measured through ‘expert’ surveys. This was driven by David Kryscynski in partnership with the RBL […]

Social Stratification and Inequality in PreModern Korean Literature: A qualitative research on slavery and its impact on Korean society

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Moeun Jeong and Mark Peterson, Department of Humanities Introduction Introduction This project seeks to explore the social stratification and inequality by examining the premodern Korean literature, in order to determine the meaning and significance of the cultural and social roles the slaves played in the premodern era (i.e. before 1900s) in Korea. Through preliminary research, […]

Resolving “mixed” privacy signals Untangling the anchoring and adjustment in the presence of multiple signals

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Thong Pham and Mark Keith, Information Systems Introduction As the technologies enabling mobile and ubiquitous information rapidly evolve, so do the information privacy risks to consumers (Belanger and Crossler 2011; Pavlou 2011; Smith et al. 2011). Perceived privacy risk has been demonstrated to be a critical factor in both information disclosure intentions (Dinev and Hart […]

Changing the World of Research As We Know It

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Aaron Sainsbury and Thomas Meservy, Information Systems Introduction Research plays a vital role in the advancement of knowledge. In conjunction, feedback through idea exchange, peer reviews, and formal reviews play a vital role in every research project. With the current academic organizations in place, the impact of feedback is not fully realized because of the […]

Real-Time Webpage Adaptation for Improved User Accessibility

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Parker Williams and Jeff Jenkins, Information Systems Introduction Hand tremors are experienced by millions of individuals on a daily basis, the main cause being neurological disorders and neurodegenerative diseases. Essential Tremor, “a progressive neurologic condition that causes involuntary rhythmic trembling of the hands,” affects 10 million Americans of all ages1. It is estimated that 87% […]

Cognitive Control and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

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Katherine Slinn and Faculty Mentor: Michael Larson, Psychology and Neuroscience Introduction This project was an in-depth statistical analysis of previously collected data in order to explore the hypothesis that obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is associated with a decrease in the ability to regulate behavior and to apply top-down cognitive control. OCD has been diagnosed in approximately […]

The use of mass defect to measure protein turnover in vivo

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Elise Wilson and Faculty Mentor: John C. Price, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Introduction Mass spectrometry utilizes ionized atoms or molecules, and separates these particles according to their mass-to-charge (m/z) ratios. Mass spectrometry is a commonly used analytical tool in physics, chemistry, biochemistry, and pharmaceutical science.1 In the biochemical study of protein kinetics, mass spectrometry […]

Word borrowing in Riograndenser Hunsrückisch

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Trenton Hyer and Faculty Mentor: Dirk Elzinga, Department of Linguistics Introduction The objective of this project is to document word borrowing in Riograndenser Hunsrückisch, an understudied variety of German spoken in southern Brazil. UNESCO’s The Red Book of Endangered Languages listed Riograndenser Hunsrückisch as an endangered language in 1992, but linguists have written very little […]

Spectral Graph Theory for Weighted Digraphs

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Alexander Zaitzeff and Faculty Mentor: Jeffrey Humpherys, Mathematics For digraphs weighted and unweighted, one important application is ranking: Given a directed graph, whether it be the Internet or a social network, which node (representing a web page or a person) is the most important? There are many different methods to find answer this question. A […]