Please Join Us (Asychronously) for the Fall 2020 Virtual Student Research Symposium!

We have created a Google site, https://sites.google.com/smcm.edu/fa20researchsymposium, as a virtual space for students at St. Mary's College of Maryland to present their research generated as part of coursework in Fall 2020. Its contents are best viewed on a computer. To view students' posters and/or slideshow video presentations, just click on the various sub-pages for the relevant courses/projects participating in this virtual symposium. Thanks in advance for helping us celebrate student research efforts!

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Listing of Courses and Projects Included in the Symposium

• PHYS397.01 and 497.01 Directed Research (Dr. Erin De Pree)

  • "Can the Moon Have a Moon? Modeling Submoon Orbits" - Nathan Donoghue

  • "Constructing a Small Radio Telescope for Advanced Physics Lab" - Jonah Salehi

• PSYC101.02 Introduction to Psychology (Dr. Cjersti Jensen)

  • "Night Owls vs Early Birds: The Use and Effects of Caffeine" - Lukas Domorad, Luke Smith, & Lilian Walker

  • "Managing Social Anxiety" - Audrey Dickens, Annabelle Dunigan, Regan Farrar, & Naheed John

  • "Mass Incarceration: How a Triadic Approach May Help Improve the Current Prison System Structure" - Amy Forsbacka, Amaris Pitts, & Catie Wehage

  • "Relationship Between Sleep and GPA" - Derrick Booker, Megan Fogle, Joseph Hayden, & Victor Riley

  • "Solving Test Anxiety" - Abdullah Alzaman, Elizabeth Meier, & Willow Sanderlin

  • "Stress" - Andrew Diehl & Morgan Thomas

  • "Who's Watching Me ?" - Maeve Ballentine, Daniel Carey, & Jerry Wright

  • "Zoom Engagement: Making Educational Strides Through Interactive Gaming" - Malaki Freeman, Emma Kuhaneck, Charlotte Mayer, & Olga Sullivan

• PSYC204.02 Psychological Research, Analysis, and Writing I (Dr. Kristina Howansky)

  • "Does Playing Dungeons & Dragons Help People Feel More Accepted by Society?" - Alex Clay & Alyssa Heintzelman

  • "The Effect of Exercise on Wellbeing During COVID-19" - Nick Cerenzia

  • "Feminist Standpoint on Non-Feminist Reforms Regarding Disadvantaged Minority Groups" - Jasmine Player

  • "The Gamer’s Mind: the difference between gamers and non-gamers on aggression and reaction time" - Dylan Rivera

  • "Is Ignorance Really Bliss? An Examination of Introspection and Anxiety" - Beth Mlinek

  • "Music as a Medium: the correlation between mental health and music" - Bella Sterner

  • "Pets, Productivity, and Caffeine: an analysis" - Sophie Thompson

  • "Scary TV, Stress, and Restlessness" - Victoria Daniels

  • "Sleeplessness in Adults" - Lauren Boyer & Samorah Neal

• PSYC301.01 Psychological Statistics (Dr. Jennifer Tickle)

  • "Diagnosis and Misinformation: A Quantitative Study on Where People Get Their Trusted Medical Information Based on Cancer Diagnosis" - Jordan Bailey

  • "Effect of Employment Status on the Perceptions of COVID-19 Reduction Measures" - Yetunde T. Oladunjoye

  • "Exploring the Relationship Between Hobbies and Happiness" - Mary Claire Basso-Luca

  • "Gender and the Knowledge That HPV is a Sexually Transmitted Virus" - Claire Ruble

  • "Relating Heart Disease and Nutritional Awareness: A Study on the Nutritional Choices of Individuals with Cardiovascular Disorders" - Sam Sheats

  • "The Relationship Between School Belongingness and Overall Happiness" - Julia Fitzpatrick