Art and Art History
Moderator: Dr. Laura Crary

“Artistic Expressions of National Pride: A Look into Landscape Paintings in the 19th Century”
15 Minute Presentation
Presenter: Haley Clare Hughes
Link: https://youtu.be/Ozf3bXKkKmg

“Monet and Manet: Brothers of Impressionism”
15 Minute Presentation
Presenter: Caroline Simons Moorman
Link: https://youtu.be/k23OsT8Fz0o

“Man at the Crossroads”
15 Minute Presentation
Presenter: Eron Vergara
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ghh07932yg

“Women in Surrealism and the Black Dahlia Murder”
15 Minute Presentation
Presenter: Katherine Scott Russell
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uirnJIrhFE&feature=youtu.be

“Feminist Art History: A Portrait of Strong Women Throughout Time”
30 Minute Departmental Honors Presentation
Presenter: Sammy Jo Lee
Link: https://youtu.be/jCxps3ZHtg8

Violence and Vietnam
Moderator: Dr. Justin Brent

“Giving a Voice to the Voiceless: Allowing Serial Killers the Chance to Speak”
15 Minute Presentation
Presenter: Richard Caleb Simpson (starts at 1 p.m.)
Link: https://youtu.be/HJ894iFV3GU

“Fascinated With Serial Murder? The Media is to Blame”
15 Minute Presentation
Presenter: Julia E. Marsh (starts at 1:20 p.m.)
Link: https://youtu.be/UgEqKkO-8No

“Michael Herr, Tim O’Brien and the Vietnam War”
15 Minute Presentation
Presenter: Brandon Elledge (starts at 1:40 p.m.)
Link: https://youtu.be/uDJZ-wrF_bU

“Norman Mailer’s The Armies of the Night: New Tools for the Trade”
15 Minute Presentation
Presenter: Denise Kathryn Devaney (starts at 2 p.m.)
Link: https://youtu.be/0w1lYYlkvd8

American Mythmaking
Moderator: Dr. Justin Brent

“Opening Their Own Doors: Female Journalists and the Fashion Industry”
15 Minute Presentation
Presenter: Emily Grace Price (starts at 2:30 p.m.)
Link: https://youtu.be/M48O7fu6Wks

“Deciphering the Other in Cold-War Era American Film”
15 Minute Presentation
Presenter: Matthew Kyle Davis (starts at 2:50 p.m.)
Link: https://youtu.be/xkbzJTzvGN0

“New Journalism and the Death of the American Dream”
15 Minute Presentation
Presenter: Sarah Caroline Marshall (starts at 3:10 p.m.)
Link: https://youtu.be/T8MkNJQwBVo

“Bookmovies and the Convergence of Novel and Film”
15 Minute Presentation
Presenter: Shannon Elena Kimbrough (starts at 3:30 p.m.)
Link: https://youtu.be/VQHBoa4XeRQ

Arab-Israeli Conflict
Moderator: Dr. Roy Campbell

Recording of live stream: https://youtu.be/9E_YZX0c2lc

“Media Coverage: The Story of the Munich Olympics Massacre”
15 Minute Presentation
Presenter: Sydney Elise Ribelin (starts at 8:30 a.m.)

“The Sabra and Shatila Massacre: Where the Guilty, Israel, the Phalangists, and the United States are Vindicated and the Victims, the Palestinian People, Prevail Against All Odds”
15 Minute Presentation
Presenter: Riley Elizabeth Hemm (starts at 9 a.m.)

“From Saigon to Beirut: How Israel Fought its Own Vietnam in Lebanon”
15 Minute Presentation
Presenter: Cooper Raywells Short (starts at 9:30 a.m.)

“Israel Defense Forces: The Military Masterminds of the Middle East”
15 Minute Presentation
Presenter: Cole Veira (starts at 10 a.m.)

Colonialism and its After Effects
Moderator: Dr. Roy Campbell

Recording of live stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyeKIX61nOA

“Cameroon’s Decolonization: The French Involvement in the ‘Hidden War’”
15 Minute Presentation
Presenter: Ayi Armel TeTe (starts at 12:30 p.m.)

“The Women of the Troubles in Northern Ireland: Challenging Traditional Gender Stereotypes and Their Clash with Patriarchal Systems”
15 Minute Presentation
Presenter: Sarah Bates Myers (starts at 1 p.m.)

“American Hubris: The Battle of Mogadishu”
15 Minute Presentation
Presenter: Andrew Mark Tezza (starts at 1:30 p.m.)

“Arguments for the Necessity and Justification of Anti-Colonial Violence through the Algerian Revolution”
15 Minute Presentation
Presenter: Emily Swanigan (starts at 2 p.m.)

Women in Colonial Latin America
Moderator: Dr. Jackie Sumner

Recording of live stream: https://youtu.be/42h3peNdjXk

“A Woman’s Significance in Society: How and Why Did Society’s Perceptions of Women Change from the Aztec Empire to Spanish Rule in Colonial Mexico”
15 Minute Presentation
Presenter: Serina Combs (starts at 8:30 a.m.)

“Gender Expectations in Colonial Latin America and How Women Set Out to Challenge the Norm”
15 Minute Presentation
Presenter: Thomas Zachary Davis (starts at 9 a.m.)

“The Battle of the Nuns: How Nuns View the Patriarchy in New Spain”
15 Minute Presentation
Presenter: Kendall Elizabeth McGeorge (starts at 9:30 a.m.)

Medicine and Religion in Colonial Latin America
Moderator: Dr. Jackie Sumner

Recording of live stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyiQYiScwGM&t=1s

“‘The New World of Medicine’: Syncretism between Spanish and Indigenous Medical Practices in the Colonial Era of Latin America”
15 Minute Presentation
Presenter: Alexis Kristine Clark (starts at 10 a.m. – break from 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.)

“Religion Rebranded: How Maya Religion Persisted with the Arrival and Increased Influence of Catholicism”
15 Minute Presentation
Presenter: Hyland Chantal Gonzalez (starts at 12:30 p.m.)

“A Republic of Missions: The Reality of Jesuit Missions among the Guarani Tribe of Brazil and Paraguay”
15 Minute Presentation
Presenter: Jahnnie Lynn Conner (starts at 1 p.m.)

Economies of Exploitation in Colonial Latin America
Moderator: Dr. Jackie Sumner

Recording of live stream: https://youtu.be/XYYgeVR4QtI

“The Contradictory Nature of African Slavery in Brazil”
15 Minute Presentation
Presenter: Eleanor Everett Porter (starts at 1:30 p.m.)

“The Impact of Piracy in Latin America”
15 Minute Presentation
Presenter: Thomas Roddey (starts at 2 p.m.)

“Exploitation of Wealth at the Hands of European Colonial Expansion”
15 Minute Presentation
Presenter: Leason Griffith Horne (starts at 2:30 p.m.)

Censorship and Secession
Moderator: Dr. Sharon Knight

“Eso que no puede ser censurado: el humor durante el franquismo (1939-76)”
15 Minute Presentation
Presenter: Alyssa Leaman
Link: https://youtu.be/4QcF-ce7TU0
(Q & A for Alyssa Leaman at 2-2:30 p.m. on Zoom)

“Movimientos secesionistas en España”
15 Minute Presentation
Presenter: Sarah Lane Ramsbottom
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydrEXNwsYs4&t=7s
(Q & A for Sarah Ramsbottom at 2:30-3 p.m. on Zoom)

Religion
Moderator: Dr. Kirk Nolan

Holy Inclusivity: An Analysis on Judaized East Jerusalem and Presbyterian Church (USA) Social Witness Policy
15-minute Presentation
Presenter: Emily Jean Green
Link: https://youtu.be/F2Mu5iJn0AQ

Creative Writing
Moderator: Mr. Robert Stutts

Consequences of Ours
45-minute Departmental Honors Presentation
Presenter: Sarah Elizabeth Gastright
Link: https://youtu.be/Rp3pRNDCGsk

Entitlement, Mood Perception, and MemoryModerator: Dr. Sarah Burns

Testing an Academic Entitlement Intervention
30-minute Departmental Honors Presentation
Presenters: Liza Powers and Emma Roach
Link: https://youtu.be/ShklsSIkw6k

Affective Prosody Perception in Typically-Developing College Students
30-minute Departmental Honors Presentation
Presenter: Madyson Glenn
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlK-LKGDQ2I

The Effect of Word Length on the Serial Position Effect
30-minute Departmental Honors Presentation
Presenters: Megan Jones and Brooke Stephenson
Link: https://youtu.be/4_9-QJfQ3nI

Taxes, LGBTQ+ Issues, and Gender

Moderator: Dr. Erin McAdams

The Alternative Minimum Tax and its Impact on the Middle Class
30-minute Departmental Honors Presentation
Presenter: Russ Hightower
Link: https://youtu.be/KWmFyNamdPM

One Nation Under God: Religious Affiliation and Congressional Voting Behavior on LGBTQ+ Legislation
30-minute Departmental Honors Presentation
Presenter: Emily Jean Green
Link: https://youtu.be/_VYJA3tzSuo

Do Americans Judge Elected Female Politicians According to Traditional Gender Stereotypes?
30-minute Departmental Honors Presentation
Presenter: Shannon Kimbrough
Link: https://youtu.be/AkVdw3omV9M

Using a Yeast Model System to Study Disorders in Humans
Moderator: Dr. Evelyn Swain

Analyzing the Relationship Between Aluminum Exposure, Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) Production, and Iron Dyshomeostasis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
30-Minute Departmental Honors Presentation
Presenter: Tannor Allen Byrd (starts at 9:30 a.m.)
Link: https://youtu.be/2E5HO2BQ0Ng

The Study of Sphingolipids Metabolism and Its Effect on Neurological Disorders
45-Minute Departmental Honors Presentation
Presenter: Ricardo Hernandez (starts at 10 a.m.)
Link: https://youtu.be/q5DXAXWwmM0

Biology of Disease
Moderator: Dr. Austin Shull

In silico Investigation of the Mechanism of Transmembrane Transfer of Cholesterol by NPC1
30-Minute Departmental Honors Presentation
Presenter: Shelby Michelle Baker (starts at 1 p.m.)
Link: https://youtu.be/ZgRgCEb9ZhY

The Role of IL32 in Metastatic Breast Cancers
30-Minute Departmental Honors Presentation
Presenter: Emma V. Gray (starts at 1:30 p.m.)
Link: https://youtu.be/3b63naO-Xc0

Dendrology
Moderator: Dr. Mike Rischbieter

A Study of White Oak (Quercus alba) Growth in Clinton, South Carolina
30-Minute Departmental Honors Presentation
Presenter: Sharmila Samuel (starts at 2:15 p.m.)
Link: https://youtu.be/Yf5NVR7ErpM

Assessing the soil microbiome surrounding Quercus alba as a possible cause for inconsistent tree growth patterns in relation to the PDSI
30-Minute Departmental Honors Presentation
Presenter: Adrianna L Cody (starts at 2:45 p.m.)
Link: https://youtu.be/4BWbyuBec70

Fish Embryology and Gut Microbiomes
Moderator: Dr. Payal Ray

Embryogenesis in the live-bearing fish, Poecilia latipinna: A correlative microscopy study
30-Minute Departmental Honors Presentation
Presenter: Corinne Elizabeth Gillion (starts at 3:30 p.m.)
Link: https://youtu.be/B6Gxu0rxWV8

Taxonomic Influence of Iron in Zebrafish Microbiome
30-Minute Departmental Honors Presentation
Presenter: Janetta Kitchko (starts at 4 p.m.)
Link: https://youtu.be/kOtvrTj3ago

Physics
Moderator: Dr. Eli Owens

Graphical Analysis of the Rope Braiding Process
15-Minute Presentation
Presenter: Harrison Harper Fisher
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAEPWeyLTDE

Interactive Chess
15-Minute Presentation
Presenters: Preston Robinette, Emily Mitchell, Andrew Ellis
Link: https://youtu.be/lO72rUlevK8

Estimating in Design-Bid-Build Project Delivery
30-Minute Departmental Honors Presentation
Presenter: Alyssa Christine Leaman
Link: https://youtu.be/dFDeivO2iL8

A Study on Solar Wind Bulk Flow Velocity and the DST Index Pertaining to the Human Physiology
15-Minute presentation
Presenter: Briana Cody
Link: https://youtu.be/NfEw5yKfwDs

Pharmacy
Moderator: Dr. Wei Lei

Heat shock protein 90β plays a leading role in promoting lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced inflammation in microglial cells
15-Minute Presentation
Presenter: Amanda Smith
Link: https://youtu.be/QPnVDdssSKM

Poster Presentations

A strategy for de novo assembly of a bacterial genome using open-source software
Poster Presentation
Presenter: Kobie Josh Kirven
Link: https://youtu.be/VF4H1GyZPXE

Myoelectric Prosthetic Hand
Poster Presentation
Presenter: Preston K. Robinette
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_qP7vG8w2I

Potential Drug Targets for Colorectal Cancer Cells
Poster Presentation
Presenters: Manali Patel and Marianne Vandiver
Link: https://youtu.be/o5OKrsdJs6s

The Rise of Right-Wing Populism in Modern Europe
Poster Presentation
Presenter: Nicholas J.M. Quatraro
Link: https://youtu.be/CufKV99eEn0

Music

Fantasia in C Major by Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Dawson Burroughs, flute
Student of Professor Roya Farzaneh
Link: Listen to the mp3 file »

Impromptu in G Flat Major, Op. 90 (D. 899), No. 3 by Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Patrick Leonard, piano
Student of Dr. Karen Buckland
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aclw_Y6v6II

Suite for Solo Cello by Gaspar Cassadó (1897-1966)
Harris Banks, cello
Student of Dr. Richard Thomas
Link: https://youtu.be/pUvmReXAxt0

Senior Art Exhibition
Lori Hart, graduating Art major

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