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

• 2026 Spring Student Symposium Program (PDF)