Attendance & Participation Instructions
Unfortunately, in-person attendance is limited to Milligan faculty, staff, and students this year. If there is a classroom location listed, you may attend in person up to the maximum seating capacity (14 in Derthick). You can attend any presentation virtually with a Zoom link. Poster sessions are in-person only, but all posters will be uploaded to Milligan’s digital repository. The faculty lecture will be virtual only. In the event of inclement weather, the alternative location for posters will be Gregory Lobby.
Masks and social distancing rules apply for any in-person events. Click here to view abstracts.
POSTER SESSION 1
2:00 – 3:00 p.m. | Derthick Lawn
Joy Drinnon, host
“Effects of game-based learning on information retention and improvement of cognitive skills in elementary-school aged children”
Jasmine Guerrero | Mentor: JP Abner
“Painting the Trauma: A Study Into How Art Can Heal”
Callie Daniel | Mentor: Kayla Walker Edin
“Examining the Relationship Between Christianity and Feminism”
Korynne Taylor | Mentor: Jeff Miller
“Mental Health in Student-Athletes Affected by COVID”
Taylor Begley | Mentor: Ashley Stiltner
“Using Nature to Connect”
Ethan Wymer | Mentor: Rachel Jones
“Does This Bumper Sticker Make Me Look Reckless? Stereotypes About Driving Ability Based on Perceived Gender”
Lydia Helton | Mentor: Joy Drinnon
POSTER SESSION 2
3:30 – 4:30 p.m. | Derthick Lawn
Joy Drinnon, host
“Analysis of Alpha Helices in the Receptor Binding Domain in Botulinum Types A, B, D, G”
Dakota Topp | Mentor: Jediddiah Griffin
“Compilation of Data from Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm Assays Using Synthesized Novel Antibiotic Candidates”
Madison Blanton | Mentor: Kristen Mudrack
“The Effects of Purified Halogen Antibiotic Compounds on Pseudomonas aeruginosa”
Kali Pitman & Aria Binkley | Mentor: Kristen Mudrack
“A Combination Approach: Quorum Quenching and Antibiotics against P. aeruginosa”
Danielle Bryant | Mentor: Kristen Mudrack
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING DEMONSTRATIONS
2:00 – 4:00 p.m. | tent by the cross
Greg Harrell, host
“Engineering Design Project: Improving the Ride and Increasing the Impact of Affordable Ride on Vehicles Designed for Children with Limited Mobility”
Ian Kelly | Mentor: Landon Holbrook
“Sustainable Irrigation for Turkana, Kenya”
Nathan Baker, Josh Clemens, Ty Wilcox, Levi Holloway, Mackenzie Simpson | Mentor: Greg Harrell
“Steer Assist”
Matthan Yonas | Mentor: Ke Bao
presentation session 1: Music & art
3:00 – 4:00 p.m. | Derthick 309
Kayla Walker Edin, moderator
Meeting Link or Enter Meeting ID 928 2318 4246 in Zoom Application.
Meeting Password: 550804
“Art of Hope”
Abigail Russell | Mentor: Heather Hoover
“Arranging Tchaikovsky’s Finale from Symphony in F Minor No. 4”
Sarah Baker | Mentor: Hunter Mullins
“Revisioning Children’s Songs for the Future”
Michael Nickens | Mentor: Kellie Brown
presentation session 2: psychology
3:00 – 4:00 p.m. | Derthick 108
John Paul Abner, moderator
Meeting Link or Enter Meeting ID 921 7425 0679 in Zoom Application.
Meeting Password: 921536
“Perceptions of Appropriate Facebook Disclosure”
Hannah Alford & Alynda Worrell | Mentor: Joy Drinnon
“Yoga as an Intervention for Post-Traumatic-Stress-Disorder”
Kristin Kumbera | Mentor: Christine Browning
“College Student Peer Perceptions of Alcohol Use Amid Alcohol Use Policy Changes”
Alexis Terrell | Mentor: Joy Drinnon
“The Impact of Virtual Reality Technology on Public Speaking Anxiety”
Amber Mitchell | Mentor: John Paul Abner
“Pets vs. Humans: Psychology of Moral Dilemmas”
Christina Triplett, Jeston Mason, Herandy Lucas Pino, Breanna Coley | Mentor: John Paul Abner
presentation session 3: graduate projects in theology
3:30 – 4:15 p.m. | Derthick 207
Paul Blowers, moderator
Meeting Link or Enter Meeting ID 750 500 1643 in Zoom Application.
Meeting Password: 465452
“Spirit and the Cosmic Crisis”
Caroline Kangwa | Mentor: Samuel Elolia
“Futility and Virtue: Gregory of Nyssa’s Fourth Homily on Ecclesiastes”
Alyssa Elliott* | Mentor: Paul Blowers
presentation session 4: technology & innovation
3:30 – 4:15 p.m. | Derthick 208
Dave Hampton, moderator
Meeting Link or Enter Meeting ID 543 357 3259 in Zoom Application.
“Addressing the Great Digital Divide using Out of the Box Design and Technical Concepts”
Tamica Carlisle | Mentor: Namyoun Choi
“Sustainable Irrigation for Turkana, Kenya”
Nathan Baker, Josh Clemens, Ty Wilcox, Levi Holloway, Mackenzie Simpson
Mentor: Greg Harrell
presentation session 5: “Fissures and Fusions: Cross-Cultural Studies of the Spanish-Speaking World”
4:30 – 5:30 p.m. | Virtual Event
Allysha Martin, moderator
Meeting Link or Enter Meeting ID 927 0264 4533 in Zoom Application.
Meeting Password: 145600
“Trade Between United States and Spanish Speaking Countries”
Austin Corcoran | Mentor: Allysha Martin
“Romanticized Socialism in “The Last Supper”
Daniel Robinson | Mentor: Allysha Martin
“Ableism in Latin America”
Rachel Dove | Mentor: Allysha Martin
presentation session 6: religious studies
4:30 – 5:30 p.m. | Derthick 309
Mark Matson, moderator
Meeting Link or Enter Meeting ID 646 310 5999 in Zoom Application.
Meeting Password: 1234
“Perfectionism and Spiritual Struggle”
Alynda Worrell | Mentor: Lori Mills
“The Big Idea: How VeggieTales used Bible Stories to teach kids about God”
Matthew Haagen | Mentor: Mark Matson
“Societas and Salvation: Augustine and his Theological Discourse on Marriage
Andrea Hyder | Mentor: Lee Blackburn
PRESENTATION SESSION 7: Social Sciences
4:30 – 5:30 p.m. | Wilson Auditorium
Joy Drinnon, moderator
Meeting Link or Enter Meeting ID 943 8057 2097 in Zoom Application.
Meeting Password: 764296
“The Racial Disproportionality of the Foster Care system”
Hannah Alford | Mentor: Todd Edmondson
“A Study on Defunding the Police”
Hannah Brokaw | Mentor: Rachel Jones
“Attitudes Towards Black & Blue Lives Matter”
Alexandria Thomas | Mentor: Joy Drinnon
“The Anti-Democratic Logic of Christian Nationalism”
Marcos Nuchurch | Mentor: Amy Edmonds
PRESENTATION SESSION 8: Science
4:30 – 5:30 p.m. | Hyder Auditorium
Aaron Allen, moderator
Meeting Link or Enter Meeting ID 923 9677 4621 in Zoom Application.
Meeting Password: 990260
“Determining from Which Part of the Willow Tree to extract The Bark From in a Survivalist Situation”
Andre Levarity | Mentor: Matthew McDonald
“Exhaling a Breath to Foster Healing: Unnatural Dipeptide Synthesis targeting Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Cystic Fibrosis Patients”
Amy Hyder & Leah Jamerson | Mentor: Kristen Mudrack
“Evaluation of the in vivo and in vitro Effects of Polyphenols in Virgin Coconut Oil on Oxidative Stress”
Drake Shull | Mentor: Kristen Mudrack
“Is Burger King playing God? A study in genetically modified organisms in commercially available soy products”
Rachel Dove | Mentor: Michael Whitney
FACULTY LECTURE
6:00 – 7:00 p.m. | Virtual Event
Joy Drinnon, moderator
Meeting Link or Enter Meeting ID 960 9333 7884 in Zoom Application.
Meeting Password: 227983
“The Sound of Hope: Holocaust Music as an Agent of Resistance, Resiliency, and Reconciliation.”
By Kellie Brown
For almost 20 years, Dr. Kellie Brown has researched music during the Holocaust through the lives of remarkable people—composers, conductors, and performers, who stubbornly clung to music, wherever and however they could, to preserve their culture, to uplift the human spirit, and to triumph over oppression, even amid incredible tragedy and suffering. Her work highlights how music became an agent of spiritual resistance and resiliency for the Jewish people as they battled against a force that sought to exterminate them. Dr. Brown has also cultivated relationships with Holocaust survivors and their children and grandchildren, and through these connections, she has witnessed how music has been, and continues to be, a vital means for remembrance and reconciliation.