News Release

Student Research Day February 15

February 11, 2008

Penn State Harrisburg will celebrate Student Research Day Friday, Feb. 15 from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. with 18 students presenting on their efforts.

Faculty, staff, and students are invited to visit the Gallery Lounge throughout the day as faculty and student discuss their important academic contributions to the college community.

Student Research Day 2008

Program Schedule

8:30 a.m.   Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00     Welcome – Dr. Marian Walters

Session I - Health and Psychology (Moderators: TBD and Dr. John Haddad)  

9:15 Mary Marchant: “Noise and Silence in Marc Chagall's Paintings and Poetry of the 1940's” – Oral presentation, School of Humanities

9:30 Aaron Croasmun: “Vessel Mapping in Retinal Images” – Oral presentation, School of Science, Engineering, and Technology

9:45 Kaitlin Harding: “The Beginning of Forensic Psychology” – Oral Presentation, School of Behavioral Sciences and Education

10:00 Melanie Steimle: “Eat My Shorts: Portrayals of Countercultural Dissent in The Simpsons” – Oral presentation, School of Humanities

10:15   Coffee Break – Poster Session

Session II - Human Experiences (Moderators: TBD and Dr. Peter Kareithi)

11:00 James Spaulding: “Action Research for a Playful Adult Learning Activity” – Oral presentation, School of Behavioral Sciences and Education

11:15 Lynne Calamia: “Serving Suffrage: Rediscovering the Suffrage Coffee House of Ayer,    Massachusetts” – Oral presentation, School of Humanities

11:30 Patricia Thompson: “A Narrative Inquiry of Primary Care Physicians' Professional Entry Experiences” – Oral presentation, School of Behavioral Sciences and Education

11:45 Jessica Charlton: “A Discourse on 'Otherness' : Examining the Denigration of Identity in Literature and Culture” – Oral presentation, School of Humanities

Noon   Lunch: Welcome by Dr. Mulkund Kulkarni (Special Events Room)

12:45 p.m.   Poster Session and Dessert

Session III - Interface with Technology (Moderators: Nadezda Ivanova and Dr.  Seth Wolpert)

1:00 Betsy Aumiller: The meaning of health-related email messaging at the worksite and health behavior” – Oral presentation, School of Behavioral Sciences and Education

1:15 Harley Hartman: “Visualization of Basic AC Electrical Machine and System Concepts” – Oral presentation, School of Science, Engineering, and Technology

1:30 Richard Kordel: “Exploring the Electronic Classroom as a Learning System” – Oral presentation, School of Behavioral Sciences and Education

1:45 Daniel Treese: “Pollutant Capacity within the Vadose Zone of Soils” – Oral presentation, School of Science, Engineering, and Technology

Session IV - Cultural Connections (Moderators: TBD and Dr. Peter Kareithi)

2:00 Caitlin Downs: “An American Tourist in India: A Penn State Harrisburg Study Tour” – Oral presentation, School of Humanities

2:15 Sharon Melincavage: “Anxiety in Student Nurses in the Clinical Setting: A Phenomenological Study” – Oral presentation, School of Behavioral Sciences and Education

2:30 Karin Sprow: “Film Violence and Adult Learning: What Do We Take Away from Violent Images” – Oral presentation, School of Behavioral Sciences and Education

2:45  Evaluations and Adjourn

Poster Presentations

Nadezda Ivanova: “E-government As a Means To Promote Public Trust and Participation: A Case Study of County-Level E-Government Initiatives in Pennsylvania” – School of Public Affairs

Ted McCadden: “Promoting Transformative Learning in Small-Group Counselor Supervision” – School of Behavioral Sciences and Education

Michele Mont: “The Use of Storytelling Within Higher Education Classrooms from the African American Perspective” – School of Behavioral Sciences and Education