(April 24, 2012)
College announces winners of 21st Student Research Forum
SHREVEPORT, LA — Fourteen students received awards in four separate divisions during Centenary's 21st Annual Student Research Forum, April 19-20:
Humanities oral presentation
1st place |
Zachary Cowsert |
Prince Camille de Polignac: "A Damn Frog-Eating Frenchman" Commanding Confederate Soldiers, 1861-65 |
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2nd place |
Lauren Rogers |
Civil Religion in the Republic of Turkey |
3rd place |
Adam Gatlin |
A Lesson in Diplomacy: Robert Bigger Oakley's Years as U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan, 1988-1991 |
Natural Sciences oral presentation
1st place |
Brandon McRae |
Stairway to Heaven |
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2nd place |
Jacob Jennings |
Parsing Mathematical Expressions into MathML |
3rd place |
Gaurav Shah |
The CK1 Protein Kinase Yck2 Exhibits Multiple Phosphorylation Sites |
Social Sciences oral presentations
1st place |
Drew Burnham |
The Development of Arrears to the IMF |
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2nd place |
Candace Rushing |
How Do You Spell /ʃəʊl/: Orthographical Differences Across Fourth Graders at Three SES Levels |
3rd place |
Katie James |
Measures of Vertical and Horizontal Religious Language in Christian Liberal Arts College Mission Statements |
Poster session
1st place |
Dallas Krentzel |
Similarities in Toxicity between an Environmentally Ubiquitous Polyurethane Component and DDT in Daphnia magna in Terms of Survivorship, Fecundity, and Excitotoxicity |
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2nd place |
Stephanie Hansen |
Suppressor Analysis of the Yck2 Ser243Asp Protein Kinase Mutant |
3rd place |
Roumta Odisho, Millicent Davis, James Hall |
Analgesic Effects of Perfluroalkyl Derivatives of Ibuprofen |
This year, students shared more than 51 independent studies, senior seminars, or summer research projects with the Centenary community.
Thanks to the generosity of the Muses, the winners of the Forum will receive $50 for first place, $35 for second place, and $25 for third place. The Muses group is dedicated to funding student-centered campus projects and programs not included in the regular college budget. Members hold the annual Centenary Book Bazaar in the Gold Dome every fall.