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.
Posters
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
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 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 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
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
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
