The Celebration of Undergraduate Research and Creative Performance at Hope College is an annual opportunity for student-faculty collaboration. Students complete research projects under the guidance of a faculty member, which is then presented at the Celebration. For more information, please visit the Celebration of Undergraduate Research and Creative Performancewebsite.

Note: Posters are only available for download when they have been approved by faculty mentors and provided by students. If a poster is not present in the repository it will not be available.

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Over the Border: What are the Myths, Misconceptions, and Controversies Surrounding U.S.-Mexico Illegal Immigration?, Jordan Hill

Paris and Shanghai: A Tale of Two Cities, Rebekah Llorens, Kelli VanDyke, Reginald Duncan, Whitney McCloe, Tyler Peterson, and Benjamin Smith

Pebbling in Planar Graphs, Timothy Lewis

Photometric Analysis of Phosphates in Lake Macatawa Watershed Sediment, Rachel Kreb

Phylogenetic and Phytochemical Studies of Apios (Fabaceae), Holly Vander Stel

Physiological, Behavioral and Biochemical Effects of a Cafeteria Diet in Male and Female Rats, Cassondra Cramer

Politics of Diaspora in the Digital Age: How Immigrant Communities Use Social Media to Change Their World, Anne Harrison

Post-Conflict Peace-building: What Role for Historical Accounting?, Daniel Owens

Post-translational Modification of a Key Transcription Factor for HSV-1 Infection, Jamie Gritt

Predicting Insect Development in Changing Climates: Bean Beetle Phenology Modeling, Joseph Adamson

Preparing to Harvest Radioisotopes from FRIB, Scott Essenmacher

Probing the Effects of Various Rhodium Catalysts on the Carbon-Carbon Activation of Quinolinyl Ketones, Samantha Pahls

Project Based Learning (PBL): the Cognitive and Motivational Impact on Secondary Students of Mathematics, Nicholas Haugen

Public Education Spending and Graduation Rates in Michigan, Brent Wilkinson

Quantitative Analysis of Cardiac Glycosides in Digitalis purpurea and Digitalis lanata with HPLC, David Grossens

Quantitative Analysis of Various Metalloprotein Compositional Stoichiometries with Simultaneous PIXE and NRA, Andrew McCubbin

Rape and Reconciliation in Sierra Leone, Mary Kate Hart

Rare Earth Element Enriched Minerals in Hydrothermal Copper Deposits from the Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan, USA, Connor Mulcahy

Rate of Treatment for Osteoporosis in Patients with Previous Fragility Fractures at the Time of Current Fracture, Katelyn VerHage

Reduced Risk of Hospitalization or Emergent Care for Home Care Patients, Julia Fulton

Referred Sensation Using Surface Electrical Stimulation, Derek Blok

Regulation of Seam Cell Function by the Non-Receptor Tyrosine Kinase, FRK-1, in C. Elegans, Caroline Askonas

Role of Music in the Korean and English Language, In Hyuk Hwang

Salivary IgA in Female Cross Country Runners: The Correlation to Training Level and URTI Risk, Lauren Maslyk

Save the Indian, Save the (Wo)man: The Boarding School Poetry of Elsie Fuller, Maude Cooke, and Agnes Hatch, Alicia Schubert

Sediment Runoff Fingerprinting Using Pollen, Austin Homkes

Self Affirmation of Morality: Do Implicit Meaning Threats Increase Self-Reported Morality?, Sabrina Hakim

Self-Enhancement and Ratings of Mate Desirability, Erica Iceberg

Servant of Which Master? The Sixteenth-Century Spanish Inquisition, Alex Mouw

Single-Molecule Florescence Spectroscopy at Hope College, Andrew Cutshall

Steric and Electronic Effects Influencing Beta-Aryl Elimination in the PdCatalyzed Carbon-Carbon Single Bond Activation of Triarylmethanols, James Bour

Strokes, Flashes, and Jottings: The Lives and Work of Alice Rahon and Lola Alvarez Bravo, Sara Sanchez

Student Literary Magazines Face and Embrace the Digital Reality, Katie Sauer

Synthesis of γ-Lactams via Nickel Catalyzed Addition of Diorganozinc Nucleophiles to Imides, Catherine Calyore

Tainted Images: Attitudes Toward Women During the Thirty Years' War, Julie Oosterink

Teaching a Man to Fish: NDGOs, Development Interventionism, and the Capacity Building Approach, Sa'eed Husaini

Technology and Movement; Teaching Learners with Autism, Adrianne Brown

The 1745 Scottish Rebellion—Interpreting the Reality of a Romanticized Rebellion, Victoria Henry

The Acute Affects of Whole-Body Vibration on Power Output and Muscular Activation of the Vastus Lateralis in College-Aged Female Basketball Players, Justin Johnston

The Acute Effect of Exergaming Compared to Traditional Aerobic Activity on Cognitive Processing Speed in College Students, Sara Beery

The Differences of Organic and Non-Organic Food in a National Grocery Store Versus a Whole Foods Store , Samantha Rushton

The Dream Act, Jocabed Garduño

The Economy’s Effect on College Major Decision, Steven Van Hoven

The Effect of Ambient Pressure on Blast Reflected Impulse and Over Pressure, Brigid Toner

The Effect of Intermittent Heat Acclimation on Thirst and Body Water Status in Rats, Amanda Beck

The Effect of Sprint Interval Training Compared to Endurance Training on Aerobic Capacity in Female Collegiate Athletes. , Amanda Black

The Effect of the Kalamazoo Promise on Kalamazoo Public School Enrollment, Graduation Rate and Kalamazoo Unemployment, Erica Budge

The Effects of Barefoot Training on Balance and Postural Control in Adults aged 65-85, Jared Lincoln

The Effects of Caffeine and Muscular Fatigue on Static Balance, Matthew Blunden

The Effects of Pre-Cooling on Exercise Performance and Perceived Exertion under Moderate Environmental Conditions, Aj Baar

The Effects on Activity Level of Parents and Children, Sydney Timmer

The Growth of Epidote and Tianite During Upper Amphibolite to Lower Granulite Facies Metamorphism in Stensjoestrand, Southwest Sweden, Austin Krehel

The Impact of Environmental Awareness on People’s Everyday Foods, Katharine Flood

The Impact of Teens on Mothers' Perspectives on Work and Family, Jackie Baumeister

The Inadequacy of AP English Literature and Composition Exams as Substitutes for College Writing Courses, Allyson Hoffman

The Inheritance of Morality: The Theological Debate on Eugenics in Early Twentieth Century Britain, Samuel Fishman

The JanDY Online Survey System, Nicholas DeJongh

The Leap of Faith: Authentic Greek in the King James Bible, Bill Getschman

The McDonaldization of Race: Racial Representations in McDonald's Television Advertisements, Elena Rivera

The Production of Monoclonal Antibodies to VACM-1/Cullin 5, David Hayes

The Psychological Effects of the London Blitz, Claire Barrett

The Quiet Feminist: Feminist Themes in the Work of Erma Bombeck, Megan Stevens

The Realization of 19th Century Czech Nationalism: Folk Music Elements in Dvorak’s “Dumky”, Alec Norkey

There are Two Kinds of Bean Beetles in this World- Those that are Easy to Catch, and Those that Aren’t: A Study of Polymorphic Traits in Callosobruchus maculatus, Joseph Adamson

The Relationship between Activity Preference in Children and Parents, Mary Kelso

The Relationship between Types of Student Engagement (Emotional, Cognitive, and Behavioral) in an Informal Summer Science Camp Setting, Amanda Littleton

The Value of a Teacher: Teacher Compensation and Resulting Budget Constraints in Public Education, Anna Slemp

The Variability of Women’s Rights Across the Middle East, Siyang Hu

This is the Hope: Digital Poetics as a New Form for a New Age, Taylor Rebhan

Une Vie D’Esprit Immuable: Le Marquis de Lafayette/ Le Marquis de Lafayette: A Life of Immutable Spirit, Hannah Gingrich

Unveiling Camille Claudel's Identity through Biographical and Autobiographical Sources: "Une Femme," by Anne Delbée and "Correspondence," by Camille Claudel, Natalie Woodberry

Using Color Analysis for Fingerprinting Macatawa Sediment, Michael Atwell

Validity and Reliability of the Mishel Uncertainty in Illness Scale (MUIS) for Medically Managed Patients with Coronary Artery Disease, Christine Springer

Venture Capital and Valuation: the Importance of the External Landscape, Charles Page

Vowel Perception and Production, Danielle Meyer

VPT2+K Spectroscopic Constants and Matrix Elements of the Transformed Vibrational Hamiltonian of a Polyatomic Molecule with Resonances Using Van Vleck Perturbation Theory, Andreana Rosnik

Weapons of Cellular Destruction: Investigating the Cytotoxic Effects of Mycobacteriophage Vix Gene 80, Danielle Goodman

What If You Were One Out of 404,151?, Briana Armand

What is Solitude for in these Postmodern Times?, Dorothy Dickinson

When Theater Becomes an Art: A Study of the Multi-faceted Nature of Absurd Theater in Eugene Ionesco's Didactic Play “Rhinoceros”, Athina Alvarez

Why Are There Disparities in HIV/AIDS Between the United States and South Africa?, Emily Beckering

Writing Over Time in the Special Education Major, Ashley Blauwkamp