Schedule
Opening Remarks
4:10 p.m. in Merrick Hall 301
Poster Session 1
4:15-5 p.m. in Merrick Hall 301
(Refreshments available)
- Board #1A: Anterior Cruciate Ligament Autograft Reconstruction Outcomes in Adolescents and Young Adults: A Critically Appraised Topic
Presenters: Klevione Brown '28 and River Hamilton '27
Mentor: Elizabeth Starns - Board #1B: Household Well-Being Inside the United States
Presenters: Kieren Campbell '27, Stefaniia Minakova '28, Shane Slack '27, and Mariema Thiobou '27
Mentor: Goran Skosples - Board #2A: Monitoring Spotted Salamanders and Leaf Out Phenology at Stratford Ecological Center's Vernal Pool
Presenter: Hayden Kelner '27
Mentor: Laurie Anderson - Board #2B: Rewilding in the Central Apennines: Bridging Ecology, Community, and Business
Presenter: McCalister Klinzing '28
Mentor: William Hayes - Board #3A: Business IV Variables
Presenters: Ella Holtsberry '27, Casey Kaylor '27, Ethan Payne '28, and Simon Rivera '28
Mentor: Goran Skosples - Board #3B: The Effectiveness of an Educational Program on Young Swimmers Water Consumption and Dry Land Exercises
Presenters: Shelby Bay '26, Maddie Hoyt '26, and Maria Thibodeaux '27
Mentor: Elizabeth Starns - Board #4A: The Golden Age in the Modern Day: Adapting Ana Caro's Valor, agravio y mujer
Presenters: Lilly Colbeck '27, Emerson Freas '26, and Frida Ramirez '27
Mentor: Glenda Yael Nieto Cuebas - Board #4B: The Recalibration Deep Dive: A Quantitative Study of Labor Hoarding and Wage Stickiness in 2026
Presenters: Jaden Hopkins '27, Ryan McGinley '27, Eli Stewart '27, Alex Stoller '27, and Nana Tweneboa-Kodua '27
Mentor: Goran Skosples - Board #5A: Antimicrobial Properties of Red Oak and White Oak Organic Extracts
Presenter: Jennifer Velasquez '27
Mentor: Andrea Suria - Board #5B: How Diet and Energetics Drive Fine-scale Demographic Variation in the Eastern Red-backed Salamander (Plethodon cinereus)
Presenter: Ella Neuenschwander '27
Mentor: Eric Gangloff - Board #6A: Inflation
Presenters: Justin Beekman '27, Ya'Va Harris '27, Jack Novak '27, and Miles Theetge '27
Mentor: Goran Skosples - Board #6B: Investigating the Effects of Early Adolescent Stress on Gabaa α3 Subunit Expression in the Medial Prefrontal Cortex of Adult Mice
Presenters: Sharvi Arora '26, Emily Holt '27, and Jan Kubacek '26
Mentor: Chelsea Vadnie - Board #7A: Secrets of the Sailfin: Impact of Social Environment on Gut Microbiome of Sailfin Mollies (Poecilla latipinna)
Presenters: Doyi Kim '27, Sophia Rohr '27, and Ian Sander '27
Mentor: Andrea Suria - Board #7B: Beyond the Eye Test: A Data-Driven Framework for Quantifying "Hot" and "Cold"
Presenter: Luke Johnson '27
Mentor: Scott Linder - Board #8A: Homefield Advantage in Action: Climbing and Sprinting Performance in Podarcis muralis
Presenter: Devon Haley '26
Mentor: Eric Gangloff - Board #8B: Effects of Soil Sodium Concentration on Nectar Sodium Concentrations of Snapdragons
Presenter: Alex Bzdafka '27
Mentor: Laurie Anderson - Board #9A: Housing Newsletter
Presenters: Wade Beckstrom '27, Jason Mosher '27, and Henry Ross '27
Mentor: Goran Skosples - Board #9B: Histology of Fish Reproductive Organs
Presenter: Aidan Weir '27
Mentor: Tami Panhuis - Board #10A: Evaluating the Economic Insight Into the Impacts of the Financial Sector
Presenters: Ryan Betts '26, Carson Browning '27, Evaleigh Garnett '26, Jack Jennings '27
Mentor: Goran Skosples - Board #10B: Economic Indicators Business IV
Presenter: Olivia Green '27, Daniel Koomson '27, Jada Taylor '28, and Aaron Woods '27
Mentor: Goran Skosples
Poster Session 2
5:10-6 p.m. in Merrick Hall 301
(Refreshments available)
- Board #1A: Inflation: Comparing Expectations and Reality
Presenters: Riley Brokaw '26, Reid Hall '28, Cord Podolan '26, and Tyler Staten '27
Mentor: Goran Skosples - Board #1B: Activity-Cooccurrence of Red Backed Salamanders
Presenters: Ariana Brown '26 and Brooklyn Upp '27
Mentor: Eric Gangloff - Board #2A: Acquisition of Food in Cuba
Presenters: Mia Bucci '28, Lilly Colbeck '27, Peyton Groves '26, and Maria Thibodeaux '27
Mentor: Elizabeth Nix - Board #2B: Understanding and Forecasting the Labor Market
Presenters: Jacqueline Harper '28, Mallorie Hollis '26, and Kailey Sweet '28
Mentor: Goran Skosples - Board #3A: Growing Season Temperature and Tree Size Influence Sap Sugar Concentration in Acer saccharum: A Multi-Year Study
Presenter: Carsyn Hagans '26
Mentor: Laurie Anderson - Board #3B: The Effect of Taper on Scapular Positioning in Division III Collegiate Swimmers
Presenter: Maddie Hoyt '26
Mentors: Andrew Busch and Elizabeth Starns - Board #4A: Examining the Function of a Potential Type VI Secretion System Toxin in a Reproductive Bacterial Symbiont of the Hawaiian Bobtail Squid
Presenter: Cooper Christie '26
Mentor: Andrea Suria - Board #4B: Business III Data Newsletter
Presenters: Bradley Conley '28, Evan Dunham '26, Chinedu Melenu '26, and Garrett Osborne '28
Mentor: Goran Skosples - Board #5A: Stock Forecasting: Integrating Models for Stock Prediction
Presenter: Austin Jackson '26
Mentor: Craig Jackson - Board #5B: Characterizing the Microbiome and Antimicrobial Activity of Mud Crab and Porcelain Crab Eggs
Presenter: Andrew Inamdar '27
Mentor: Andrea Suria - Board #6A: Understanding the Challenges of Disability and Representation: The Case of Food Allergy
Presenters: Lauren Dorsel '26 and Camille Payne '26
Mentor: Franchesca Nestor - Board #6B: The State of the Housing Market: An Economic Perspective
Presenters: Lilly Colbeck '27, Lucy Johnson '27, and Emma Pzedpelski '27
Mentor: Goran Skosples - Board #7A: Morphology of Benadryl Trip: Structural Character Design in Interactive Fiction
Presenter: Ranjan Sharma '27
Mentor: Stephanie Merkel - Board #7B: Iberian Lynx Monitoring and Population Forecasting Using Machine Learning
Presenter: Naya Banti '26
Mentor: Mehwish Abbasi - Board #8A: Water Acquisition and Safety in Cuba
Presenters: Owen Dooley '27, Adrian Enrique '27, and Josiah Gross '27
Mentor: Elizabeth Nix - Board #8B: International Business Newsletter
Presenters: Logan Bills '28, Matthew deGraft-Johnson '28, Connor Lasch '27, and Cole Tulgestke '27
Mentor: Goran Skosples - Board #9A: Forecasting Industrial Sector Performance: Evidence from Industrial Production, Capacity Utilization, Construction Spending, and Durable Goods
Presenters: Nia Barjatya '27, Susan Benincasa '28, Reagan Shifflett '28, and Carolina Sola '28
Mentor: Goran Skosples - Board #10A: Housing Newsletter
Presenters: C.J. Abahazi '27, Zach Hertzberg '28, and Alexander Tovtyn '27
Mentor: Goran Skosples - Board #10B: Data Project: International
Presenters: Jeyoung Son '27, Nagomi Katano '28, Stanly Scandell '28, and Inesh Tickoo '26
Mentor: Goran Skosples
Oral Presentations
Merrick Hall 202
- Time: 4:30-4:50 p.m.
Title: Bringing Verona to OWU: Romeo & Juliet Publicity Campaign
Presenter: Pedro Figueiredo '26
Mentor: Ashley Kennard - Time: 4:50-5:10 p.m.
Title: Casta Paintings: Legacies of Racism and Sexism in Mexico from the Colonial Period to the Present
Presenter: Nyx Forsythe '27
Mentor: Camilla Querin - Time: 5:10-5:30 p.m.
Title: Pressure to Conform: How LGBTQ+ Family Socialization Shapes Gender Norms in Emerging Adulthood
Presenter: Jessie Spurling '26
Mentor: Krystal Cashen - Time: 5:30-5:50 p.m.
Title: Ideologies Which Mere Modernity Cannot Kill: "The Great War in England in 1897", "Dracula", & the Eastern Question
Presenter: Roland-William McGurr '26
Mentor: Mark Allison
Merrick Hall 203
- Time: 4:30-4:50 p.m.
Title: AI-Driven Dormitory Access: A Facial Recognition Approach
Presenter: Aryaa Subedi '27
Mentor: Mehwish Abbasi - Time: 4:50-5:10 p.m.
Title: Financial Metrics and Trends: Tracking the Key Indicators of Today's Economy
Presenters: Luke Johnson '27, Kirsten Quinn '28, and Chris Radman Jr. '27
Mentor: Goran Skosples
Merrick Hall 204
- Time: 4:30-4:50 p.m.
Title: Investigating the Impacts of the United States Food System on Food Insecurity
Presenter: Isabel Allo '26
Mentor: Chris Fink - Time: 4:50-5:10 p.m.
Title: Comparison of Agricultural Practices in Cuba and the United States
Presenters: Katalina Abell '28, Lillian Borofsky '28, Hektor Stephens '26, and Ally Wolff '27
Mentor: Elizabeth Nix - Time: 5:10-5:30 p.m.
Title: Food Develops Community in Cuba
Presenters: Klevione Brown '28 and Lexy Starner '29
Mentor: Elizabeth Nix