(April 23, 2013)
College announces winners of 22nd Student Research Forum
SHREVEPORT, LA — Nineteen students received awards in four separate divisions during Centenary's 22nd Annual Student Research Forum, April 12 and 19:
Humanities oral presentation
1st place |
Tianna Murphy |
Evangelical Sports Ministry at the Collegiate Level |
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2nd place |
Holden Penny |
Poverty Point: An Archeological and Religious Monument |
3rd place |
Brenton Gryder |
"An Aid to the Communist Conspiracy"? An Investigation of the National Council of Churches by St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 1959-1967 |
Natural Sciences oral presentation
1st place |
S. Garrett Whipple and Alexandra Hebert |
The Synthesis of Asymmetric Tetraether Lipids Through a Convergent Wittig Reaction |
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2nd place |
Everett D. Grimley |
Spectroscopy for Measurement of the Surface Spin-Polarization of Perovskite Oxides |
3rd place |
Lindsey Fileccia |
Functional Annotation of Ebola and Marburg Virus Proteins via Community Assessment of Community Annotation with Ontologies |
3rd place |
Alex Larsen |
Using Machine Learning to Predict a Bad Day - Text Classification for FMyLife.com |
Social Sciences oral presentations
1st place |
Josh Scott |
Does Technical Analysis Pay-off in Latin America |
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2nd place |
Karley Aiken |
Reconfiguring the Fairytale: Exploring Gender Relations in Polyamory |
3rd place |
Adam Ghaemmaghami |
Skill in Poker: Empirical Evidence from the Statistical Analysis of Low Stakes Play |
Poster session
1st place |
Alexandra Larsen, Ryan O'Donnell, |
Modeling the Cost of Water Desalination in Egypt |
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2nd place |
Monique Long, James Hall, |
Associative Memory in Chilopoda lithobiomorpha |
3rd place |
Taylor Atkinson |
Strength of Handedness and Backward Recall |
This year, students shared more than 40 independent studies, senior seminars, or summer research projects with the Centenary community.
The annual forum is sponsored by the Centenary Muses and the Provost and Dean of the College. 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.