Danielle Stanford and Faculty Mentor: Daryl Lee, French and Italian Introduction The goal of this project was to make an academic study on violence against women in Senegal accessible to a non-French speaking audience. The study was conducted by a university research group on gender issues (GESTES) at the Université Gaston Berger, Saint Louis, Senegal. […]
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More than a Feeling: The Transmission of Affect and Group Identity
Lauren Fine and Brian Jackson, English Introduction We’ve all experienced moments where we walk in and feel the tension in the room. Even before our minds can process what’s happening, we start to mirror the emotions of the people we’re around. Instances like this, where the emotion (or affect) one person is feeling subconsciously triggers […]
Translation from French to English of a Women’s Rights Study by a Senegal Research Group
Danielle Stanford and Daryl Lee, French and Italian Introduction The goal of this project was to make an academic study on women’s property rights in Senegal accessible to a non-French speaking audience. The study was conducted by a university research group on gender issues (GESTES) at the Université Gaston Berger, Saint Louis, Senegal. I worked […]
The Humility Effect: Mitigating Intergroup Conflict
Reese Haydon and Dr. Kurt Sandholtz, Organizational Leadership and Strategy Prior techniques for solving intergroup prejudice have shown limited practical application. Common to these techniques is an emphasis on understanding and appreciating the competencies of the out-group members (i.e., disconfirming the in-group’s stereotypes of the out-group). The purpose of our research is to build a […]
Molecular Phylogenetics of Basal Insect Groups: A Team Mentored Experience
Michael F Whiting, Biology Funding was received from the BYU ORCA mentorship program during 2012-2013 to support undergraduates performing research in my lab on insect evolution, under the mentorship of postdoctoral researchers, graduate students, and myself. During 2013- 2014, this funding provided direct support for 6 undergraduates who are in various stages of completing research […]
Transpose Symmetry Groups of Noninvertible Polynomials
Nathan Cordner and Dr. Tyler Jarvis, Department of Mathematics Introduction Mirror symmetry is an area of mathematical research that stems from theoretical physics, particularly from string theory. Solutions of problems in mirror symmetry yield not only interesting mathematical results, but also have important theoretical implications for high energy particle physics. In Landau-Ginzburg mirror symmetry, there […]
BYU COMPUTATIONAL NUMBER THEORY RESEARCH GROUP DAVID CARDON, DARRIN DOUD, PAUL JENKINS, AND PACE NIELSEN
Pace Nielsen, Mathematics Evaluation of Academic Objectives In the years 2013-2014 we held a weekly seminar in which every supported student gave presentations at least once (but usually twice or more) per semester. This gave the students opportunities to learn and develop presentations skills, which will help them later in their careers. It also gave […]
Defining the Transpose Group in Landau-Ginzburg Mirror Symmetry
Lisa Bendall, Dr. Tyler Jarvis, Math Department Introduction. Mirror symmetry is a phenomenon first observed in theoretical physics, which has garnered interest among mathematicians. The Landau-Ginzburg mirror symmetry conjecture proposes two algebraic structures which are isomorphic, or in some sense “mirror” each other. These structures are built from polynomials and corresponding symmetry groups. Much research […]
University Counseling Groups for International Students: Impact on Group Leaders and Members, Mark Beecher, Ph.D.,
Title: University counseling groups for international students: Impact on group leaders and members Faculty Mentor: Mark Beecher, Ph.D., Department of Counseling and Psychological and Special Education Academic Objectives: All of the objectives in the grant proposal were met. Included is each of the objectives from the original proposal and how each has been met. Outcome […]
QUASIGROUP STRUCTURES ARISING FROM PARTIAL LATIN SQUARES
William Cocke and Dr. Rodney Forcade, Mathematics Department Latin squares represent one of the oldest elements of modern algebra, despite being over- shadowed by the structurally superior subclass of nite groups. Every nite group generates a Latin square, an n by n grid wherein n distinct element appear exactly once in each row and column. […]