Elon students present at national conference

Twenty-one Elon students presented their research at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research in Lexington, Ky., March 15-17. Details...

The National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) sponsors the annual conference to promote undergraduate research, scholarship and creative activity in all fields of study. Students participating in NCUR have the opportunity to have their work published and network with other students, faculty and scholars throughout the nation.

Below is the list of Elon students who attended NCUR, along with the title of their presentations:

  • Tiffany Avery-“Commercials and Race: A Comparative Look at the United States and Denmark.”
  • Maria Joy Brown-“Where Philosophy Lived and Breathed: Classical Athenian Pederasty and its Function as a Dominant Culture.”
  • Meredith Canady-“The Lost Ones: A Look at the Role of the Women in Classical Literature and Culture.”
  • S. Janelle Deer and Meghan Fuller-“Effects of Oxygenated Water on Performance.”
  • William Duffy-“Contemplating Candide: What does it say about the Enlightenment?”
  • Meri Ferry-“Soviet Sports Diplomacy in the Modern Olympics (1952-1992).”
  • G. Erik Furlan-“Media Framing of the Phenomenon of Cable Television.”
  • Halle Haniewich-“When ‘Much Ado’ about Nothing becomes ‘Much Ado’ about Something: The Dawn of a New William Shakespeare.”
  • Stacey Havard-“Alternative Reproductive Strategies and Egg Survivorship in a Marine Fish, Poricthys notatus.”
  • Mindi Holt-“An Investigation of the Use of Private Speech in Young Children.”
  • Melissa Martchek-“Biochemical and Histological Investigation of the Tunicate Nervous System.”
  • Rebecca Mattern-“An Investigation of Preservice Teachers’ ways of Knowing and their Experience of a Course in Educational Psychology.”
  • Jennifer McCort-“Ethical and Legal Issues of Manipulating Photographs.”
  • Benjamin Moore-“The Role of the Accuser in the Book of Job.”
  • Laura Richardson-“Influences on Goal Orientation in Youth Sports Participants.”
  • Nina Tann and Anna McClymonds-“The Influence of Type of Play and Peer Interaction on the Private Speech of Preschoolers.”
  • Jennifer Umpleby and Erin Way-“Maternal Scaffolding of Preschooler’s Cooking and Play Activities.”
  • Andy Villwock-“‘Do This in Remembrance of Me’: An Exegetical Analysis of the Institution of the Lord’s Supper.”
  • Erin Way and Anna McClymonds-“Preschooler’s Guided Participation with Mothers at Home.”