Psychology & Neuroscience SMP Poster Presentations, April 29

Please join the Department of Psychology and the Neuroscience Program for the Spring 2025 St. Mary's Project Poster Presentations. All presentations will be on Tuesday, April 29 in the MPOBARC.  

9:00 am - 10:30 am

• Kolton Blackistone. Coaching in Division III Soccer (Dr. Scott Mirabile)
• Aiden Doyle & Cullen McKay. Reappraising Pre-Performance Anxiety in Athletics (Dr. Jennifer Tickle)
• Gracie Duch. Crescent Loom Neuroscience Simulation: Analyzing User Engagement and Attention Using Eye Tracking Technology  (Dr. Liz Leininger) * NEUR SMP
• Giselle Harris. Engaging Cultural Values and Social Norms to Enhance Latine Environmentalism (Dr. Jennifer Tickle)
• Daisha Jones. Confessing Under Pressure: How Interrogations Lead To False Confessions (Dr. Jennifer Tickle) 
• Kayla Kopf. "I Can Do It" : How Implicit Theories of Intelligence Affect Academics (Dr. Scott Mirabile)
• Jillian Mazingo. The Impact of ACEs on Learning: Empowering Teachers Through Awareness and Strategies  (Dr. Scott Mirabile)
• Mary Rose McEvoy. Parent-Child Emotion Regulation: Emotion Regulation Strategies Emerging Adults Learn from Parental Figures in Their Life (Dr. Scott Mirabile)
• Dani Snyder. Investigating the Impact of B Vitamins on the Onset of Alzheimer's Disease (Dr. Liz Leininger) * NEUR SMP
• Hermla Tamegn. The Impact of Cognitive Load on International and Domestic Students. (Dr. Nayantara Kurpad)

10:00 am -11:30 am

• Trinity Boone. Bullying & Cyberbullying: How Does It Affect LGBTQIA+ Youth? (Dr. Kristina Howansky)
• Thomas Brennan. The Works of Working Memory (Dr. James Mantell)
• Raven Davis. Childhood Domestic Violence and Adult Emotional Health (Dr. Anandi Ehman)
• Ashley Johnson. Fatherless Foundations: Examining the Impacts of Absent Fathers on Their Children (Dr. Anandi Ehman)
• Logan Klasmeyer. Determining Factors of LGB Hookup Frequency (Dr. Kristina Howansky)
• Maria Mandruinga & Zoe Picker. From LOL to BRB: A Retrieval Approach to Texting Abbreviations (Dr. Nayantara Kurpad)
• Conor O'Callaghan. Familiarity and Lyrical Presence in Context Dependent Memory (Dr. James Mantell)
• Elizabeth Poissant. The CSI Effect and Its Impact on Jury Decision Making (Dr. Nayantara Kurpad)
• Thomas Zabriskie. Risk Factors That Influence Alcohol Use Disorder Among College Students (Dr. Ayşe Ikizler)
• Ameera Zobayer. Effects of Environmental Sounds on Patients’ Multiple Physiological Responses (Dr. James Mantell) * NEUR SMP

10:30 am - 12:00 pm

• Henok Bedasso. Wisdom & Well-Being: What Philosophy Reveals About College Students (Dr. Anandi Ehman)
• Sanai Chase. Rattles and Realities: A Qualitative Study on Postpartum Mood Disorders (Dr. Anandi Ehman)
• Bianca Falby. Developing an Assessment Tool for Brain Stimulator Buyers (Dr. Vicky Müller Ewald/ Dr. James Mantell)
• Leslie Fuentes. The Roots of Negative Parental Reactions to LGBTQ Coming Out (Dr. Kristina Howansky)
• Michelle Halper Cracks in the Mirror: Revealing Self-Worth, Life Satisfaction, and Self-Harm in SMCM Undergraduates (Dr. Vicky Müller Ewald/ Dr. James Mantell) * NEUR SMP
• Mariely Lopez Perez. Understanding ADHD Medication: Task-Attention and The Placebo Effect (Dr. Vicky Müller Ewald/ Dr. James Mantell)
• Shannon Lutz. Coping with Family Rejection: Narrative Therapy in a Peer Support Group for LGBTQ+ Individuals (Dr. Kristina Howansky)
• Natalie McConnell. Confusion in Kink: What Kind-Aware Therapists Think (Dr. Kristina Howansky)
• Abigail Pisanic. Homelessness Without Barriers: Destigmatizing and Implementing Prosocial Understandings (Dr. Ayşe Ikizler)
• Joseph Plass. Men and Mental Health (Dr. Anandi Ehman)