The following students presented posters at the 2014 Student Research Forum during Session II. Click the thumbnail photo to see the full-sized image. Although we tried to photograph each student manning their poster, we were unable to get photos with every student. Long abstracts will be added soon.
Presenter Ayat Aldoori.
Ayat Aldoori
Human Sciences, Human Nutrition
Dr. Ouliana Ziouzenkova, Advisor
Title: Immune Response Influences in an Adolescent Cohort Examined for the Pathogenesis of Mood Disorders
Abstract: We investigated immune response and oxidative stress in adolescent subjects with and without varying severities of mood disorders. To assess immune response we measured immunomodulatory vitamin D, the inflammatory cytokines monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1) and interleukin-6 (IL-6), as well as their transcriptional regulator nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kB). Contact: aldoori.1@osu.edu
Presenter Triubaida Ardianti.
Triubaida Ardianti
Teaching and Learning, Reading & Literacy in Early & Middle Childhood
Dr. Adrian Rodgers, Advisor
Title: Teachers as Agents of Change in the US and Indonesian Education
Abstract: This poster is about the teacher potential to become agents of change. Since society changes at a fast pace, those changes themselves also simultaneously affect education. Thus, schools as the realization of education are expected to to engage in continuous renewal in which change expectations are constantly swirling around them. Contact: ardianti.1@osu.edu
Presenter Barbara Boyd.
Barbara Boyd
Human Sciences, Human Development and Family Science
Dr. Cynthia Buettner, Advisor
Title: Early Warning Indicators Predicting High School Dropout
Abstract: Many studies have shown that dropping out is the culmination of factors and events that occur over time. What are the early warning indicators that predict on time matriculation to tenth grade and what are the reliable profiles of students using data readily available to schools? Contact: boyd.420@osu.edu
Presenter David Bwire.
David Bwire
Teaching and Learning, Language, Education, and Society
Dr. Valeria Kinloch, AdvisorTitle: Local Meanings, Global Conversations: Exploring Intercultural Pedagogies for a Pluralist World, an Alaska-Kenya Case Study
Abstract: What might it mean and how might it look to include multiculturalism in mainstream curricula? In this project, I investigate meaning-making processes produced within an intercultural, on-line, classroom writing project which was conducted between 2 grade 9 classes; one in Nairobi, Kenya, and another in Aleknagik, Alaska. Contact: bwire.1@osu.edu
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Presenter Sarah Campbell.
Sarah Campbell
Teaching and Learning, Reading & Literacy in Early & Middle Childhood
Dr. Ian Wilkinson, Advisor
Title: Context and Instructional Models for Engaging Literacy Instruction for Adolescents
Abstract: This literature review outlines factors influencing motivation in adolescent readers, and instructional approaches that have been used to influence motivation in that population. The framework of the review is built upon characteristics of successful classrooms.
Contact: campbell.1632@osu.edu
Presenter Emi Tsuda.
Seung Ho Chang & Emi Tsuda
Human Sciences, Kinesiology
Dr. Jackie Goodway, Advisor
Title: The Effects of a Professional Development Workshop on Elementary Physical Education Teachers’ Pedagogical Content Knowledge and Student Learning
Abstract: This study examines the effects of a professional development workshop on the improvement of teachers’ pedagogical content knowledge and investigate the changes in teachers’ pedagogical content knowledge prior to and following a professional development workshop on student learning in a lower elementary physical education.
Contact: chang.770@osu.edu, tsuda.6@osu.edu
Presenter Hye Yoon Choi.
Hye Yoon Choi
Human Sciences, Consumer Sciences
Dr. Jay Kandampully, Advisor
Title: Investigating Green Hotel Consumer’s Green Decision-Making Process: Integrating TPB Theory into VBN Theory
Abstract: This study seeks to expand knowledge on green hotel consumer behaviors. Limited research efforts have been sought to identify important factors that may influence green hotel consumption. Therefore, this paper aims to propose and test the integrated model of VBN and TPB theory in explaining the intention of visiting a green hotel. Contact: choi.741@osu.edu
Jihee Choi
Human Sciences, Consumer Sciences
Dr. Robert Scharff, Advisor
Title: Does Adopting a Color-Coded Restaurant Grading System Help Foodservice Staff Make More Efforts to Ensure Food Safety?
Abstract: The purpose of this study is to see if posting color-coded signs helps to increase restaurant inspection scores. Results from this study showed that the inspection score was increased after posting. Contact: choi.780@osu.edu
Presenter Ruri Famelia.
Ruri Famelia
Human Sciences, Kinesiology
Dr. Jacqueline Goodway, Advisor
Title: Children’s Motor Skill Description, Intervention, and Relationship with Other Factors
Abstract: A literature review was conducted to examine the effectiveness of motor skill interventions for young children and factors associated with children’s fundamental motor skills (FMS). Review from 29 articles reveal that different pedagogical approaches to motor skill intervention significantly improved children’s FMS and perceived motor competence. Contact: famelia.1@osu.edu
Brent Goff
Teaching and Learning, Adolescent, Post-Secondary, & Community Literacies
Dr. George Newell, Advisor
Title: The Social Construction of Evidence: A Case Studies of How Argumentative Writing is Taught in a High School English Class
Abstract: This study examines the social construction of evidence in an argumentative writing unit in a secondary English classroom. The teacher utilizes intra-element discourse methods to foster the construction of evidence. Using an interactional-ethnographic approach, this study suggests that evidence is constructed with the other elements of argumentation in mind. Contact: goff.71@osu.edu
Presenter Yi Guo.
Yi Guo
Human Sciences, Human Nutrition
Dr. Richard Bruno, Advisor
Title: A Quercetin Nanoemulsion Enhances Oral Bioavailability and Hepatic Accumulation of Quercetin
Abstract: Quercetin has antioxidant activity but poor bioavailability. Our studies demonstrate that a quercetin nanoemulsion improves quercetin oral bioavailability without inducing acute liver or renal injury in rats. Quercetin nanoemulsion also increases hepatic concentrations of quercetin and its metabolites to a greater extent at 4 hours. Contact: guo.256@osu.edu
Presenter Justin Haegele
Justin Haegele
Human Sciences, Kinesiology
Dr. David Porretta, Advisor
Title: Physical Activity and School-Aged Individuals with Visual Impairments: A Literature Review
Abstract: The purpose of this review was to develop a better understanding of the role of physical activity for school-age individuals with visual impairments. Keyword searches were used to identify articles from electronic databases published from 1982 to 2013. Eighteen studies met inclusion criteria and data were extracted. Contact: haegele.9@osu.edu
Hwewon Kim
Teaching and Learning, Reading & Literacy in Early & Middle Childhood
Dr. Lea McGee, Advisor
Title: The Quality of Low Achieving First Grade Children’s Writing Compared to Average Writers
Abstract: The purpose of this study is to examine the quality of writing produced by low achieving first grade children who are in Reading Recovery (RR) interventions compared to the quality of writing produced by first graders who are considered average in their classroom. Contact: kim.2267@osu.edu
Presenter Anne Kunkler
Anne Kunkler
Human Sciences, Human Development and Family Science
Dr. Eugene Folden, Advisor
Title: Oncolytic Viroradiotherapy for Neuroblastoma
Abstract: Neuroblastoma is the leading cause of childhood cancer mortality. Oncolytic virotherapy is a promising therapeutic approach and oncolytic, attenuated, herpes simplex virus therapy can be used to deliver the receptor transgene to resistant tumor cells to increase susceptibility to targeted radiotherapy. Contact: kunkler.24@osu.edu
Presenter Heidi Liou
Heidi Liou & Anupama Sukhu
Human Sciences, Consumer Sciences
Dr. Jay Kandampully & Dr. Robert Scharff, Advisors
Title: Will ‘Doing Right’ Lead to ‘Doing Well’?: An Examination of Purchase Intentions of Hotel Consumers from a Green Perspective Abstract: The purpose of this study is to research the intention of customers to stay in green hotels which will provide essential knowledge to help hotel management attract customers. This research modifies the Theory of Planned Behavior to predict attitudes and behavioral intentions of green consumers using a structural equation model. Contact: liou.37@osu.edu, sukhu.3@osu.edu
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Presenter Susan Mauck
Susan Mauck
Educational Studies, Quantitative Research, Evaluation, and Measurement (QREM)
Dr. Richard Lomax, Advisor
Title: Assessing the Dimensionality of the Observation Survey of Early Literacy Achievement
Abstract: A two-dimensional measurement model of The Observation Survey of Early Literacy Achievement (OS) was tested using data from a randomly selected, national sample (N = 3,657). The OS is the primary assessment tool used in Reading Recovery. Based on our analysis, the underlying structure of the OS is unidimensional. Contact: mauck.2@osu.edu
Presenter Kristy McCray
Kristy McCray
Human Sciences, Kinesiology
Dr. Donna Pastore, Advisor
Title: Embracing Interdisciplinary Research: An Epistemological Argument for Critical Inquiry in Sport Management
Abstract: The field of sport management is dominated by commercial interests, ignoring the political, social, and cultural underpinnings of society, and concentrating on value-free research to support business profits. This study will review the epistemologies used in sport management research, arguing for an interdisciplinarity approach. Contact: mccray.72@osu.edu
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Presenter Kimberly Murphy
Kimberly Murphy
Teaching and Learning, Reading & Literacy in Early & Middle Childhood
Dr. Laura Justice, Advisor
Title: Predicting Reading Risk at the End of Kindergarten for Children with Language Impairment
Abstract: This study aimed to predict the kindergarten decoding status of children with language impairment from their preschool language and literacy skills. Results showed that children could be reliably identified as good or poor decoders; however the sensitivity of the model for predicting poor decoders was low. Contact: murphy.1116@osu.edu
Presenter Alexandra Norris
Alexandra Norris
Human Sciences, Kinesiology
Dr. Jackie Buell, Advisor
Title: Nutritional Performance Factors in Collegiate Female Swimmers
Abstract: Research supports that low serum ferritin decreases aerobic performance despite adequate hemoglobin. This study is designed to measure serum ferritins with diet, supplementation, training volume and fitness in elite swimmers. Past ferritins on this team demonstrated great variability and this study is designed to better monitor factors of potential influence. Contact: norris.531@osu.edu
Presenter Fabiola Gutierrez Orozco
Fabiola Gutierrez Orozco
Human Sciences, Human Nutrition
Dr. Mark Failla, Advisor
Title: Dietary α-Mangostin, an Abundant Xanthone Compound in Mangosteen Fruit, Exacerbates Colitis and Adversely Alters the Gut Microbiota
Abstract: The effects of dietary α-mangostin, a compound in mangosteen fruit, beverages, and supplements with proposed anti-inflammatory activity, on colonic inflammation were examined in a mouse model of colitis. α-Mangostin exacerbated colitis and adversely altered the mouse gut microbiota, suggesting that ingestion of mangosteen containing supplements may have unintentional consequences. Contact: gutierrez-orozco.1@osu.edu
Presenter Tara Strang
Tara Strang
Teaching and Learning, Reading & Literacy in Early & Middle Childhood
Dr. Shayne Piasta, Advisor
Title: Date of Entry into a Childcare Program and Verbal Outcomes
Abstract: Differences in childrens’ language abilities by socioeconomic status is a well-documented phenomenon. Research and theory suggest that children’s early language is related to the language environments to which they are exposed. In this study, we investigate the effect of early childhood programming on mitigating such gaps.
Contact: strang.42@osu.edu
Presenter Shiao-Chen Tsai
Shiao-Chen Tsai
Teaching and Learning, Foreign, Second, & Multilingual Language Education
Dr. Alan Hirvela, Advisor
Title: Literature Review on Linguistic Relativity and Focusing on Studies That Comparing Chinese-Speaking Participants with English-Speaking Participants
Abstract: Because of Chinese’s typologically distance from English and the increase of Chinese speakers in the US, re-examining studies that compare how there two languages shaped or influence their speakers’ thinking in the area of cognitive psychology and contrastive rhetoric may provide new directions for future research and teaching ESL/EFL students.
Contact: tsai.239@osu.edu