A list of student presentations from the 2021 Arthur Olsen Student Research Symposium follow, both Oral and Poster sessions.
Oral Presentations
Katherine Asklund Veteran Suicide in the United States (Cory Conover)
Lila Batcheller The Duality of Women in Drug Trafficking in Contemporary Literature (Joseph Patteson)
Sarah Bell The Importance of Elementary Foreign Language Learning (Stephan Lhotzky)
Kissanet Birhane Diagnosing America's Healthcare System (Reynold Nesiba)
Geena Black Owl Cave Mass Bison Kill (K.C. Carlson)
Rachel Boer "La Lucha o La Huida" en personajes de Narcocultura (Joseph Patteson)
Blake Chesley How Businesses Use Your Personal Data (Raymond Leach)
Jason Connelly The Role of American Journalism in Public Opinion During the Rise of Fascism (Cory Conover)
Audrey Cope Public Transit: A Policymaker's First Line of Defense in Addressing Concentrated Poverty Growth (Joel Johnson)
Rachel Davis Exploring COVID-19 Vaccination Workplace Policy (Shelly Gardner)
Haley Delaney Alice Pickler's Contribution to Women's Suffrage in South Dakota (Cory Conover)
Sydney Denekamp Normalization of Child Exploitation Online (Kathleen McCollough)
Grace Douglas The 2020 Election: Securing the Vote During a Pandemic (Emily Wanless)
Carla Graciano Perra Brava: An Analysis of Power and Subjectivity in the Mexican Cartel (Joseph Patteson)
Alicia Grassmid Music as an Essential Element of Responsible Life (Peter Folliard)
Brooklyn Gross Using Young Adult Literature to Destigmatize Mental Illness (Beth Boyens)
Kale Hellman "I am of an entirely different character": An Actor's Portrayal of Complex morality in Euripides' Medea (Jayna Fitzsimmons)
Cal Irvine What They Know About You (Sharon Gray)
Logan Kadoun College Protesters in the 1060s Revolutionizing the Methods of Protest for those that have Followed (Cory Conover)
Emily Kreykes Costuming Guys and Dolls: Designing a show of the 1940s in 2021 (Jacee Casarella)
Noah Langley A Requiem For My Youth (Janet Blank-Libra)
Tori Lind, Mia Becic, & John Thorstenson Urban Bird Evolution (Carrie Olson-Manning, Cecelia Miles, & Amy Lewis)
Luke Matzner Troubleshooting protoDUNE (Drew Alton)
Isabelle McElyea Desegregation in Minnesota Schools: a Review of the History of Desegregation and Integration with a Case Analysis (Cory Conover)
Gloria McKenney Meeting the Needs of ELL Students in a Virtual Learning Environment: A Case Study (Sharon Andrews)
Gabrielle Minneman Houseplants and Happiness: The Benefits of Indoor Gardening on Mental Health (Julie Swanstrom & Richard Swanson)
Callin Naddy EILMELDUNG! Journalismus stirbt nicht!: Ein kurzer Blick auf die journalistischen Praktiken und Lösungen heute (BREAKING NEWS! Journalism is not dying: A short look at the practices and solutions of today) (Stephan Lhotzky)
Sky Nockels The Nazi Network: The Rise of the American Far-Right in the Age of Social Media (Cory Conover)
Hailey Nold Perceptions of Mental Health Resources at Augustana University (Ben Jeppsen)
Joseph Norem From East to West to South: The History of Cymbals within the Marching Ensemble (Dan Sailer)
Thea Patrick The Effects of Emphasizing Feminine and Masculine Traits on Evaluations of Female Political Candidates of Different Races and Ethnicities (Anne Zell)
Elizabeth Pompa How to be fit: Using gene expression in plant tissues and new mutations to understand the link between genotype and phenotype (Carrie Olson-Manning)
Sydney Powers Tribal Self-Governance of Indian Health Services in the Great Plains Region (Joel Johnson)
Lydia Sargent & Amber Wendt Connections Between Personality and Willingness to Bend Moral Rules in Politics (Anne Zell)
Dylan Schuck 4Ocean: Can a For-Profit Company Alter the Private Sector and Environment for the Greater Good? (David O'Hara)
Maycie Schultz Defining the Impact of DHCR7 Mutations on Endocytic Trafficking Using Patient-Derived Fibroblasts (Andrew Klose)
William Solberg & Anna Bauman Digital Activity's Impact on Creative Ability (Elizabeth Babcock)
Anna Sorenson Gangsters, Guns, and Money (Jeffrey Miller)
Logan Stacey Biohacking: a powerful mechanism for changing human physiology and transforming our healthcare system (Paul Egland)
Jillian Stamp HPV-related post-transplant complications in Native American/American Indian females (Jennifer Gubbels)
Jillian Stamp Transforming the American Perspective on Public Health Through the Lens of Utilitarianism: A Closer Look at the HPV Vaccine and COVID-19 (Joel Johnson)
Landon Thompson The failure of the UNAMIR mission in Rwanda: The causes of disaster (Cory Conover)
Elizabeth Yoder Christian Ideology's Dominance Over Denominational Identity In Political Preference (Richard Swanson)
Poster Presentations
Jason Becker & Ellie Holmes Antimicrobial Effects of Placenta on Staphylococcus aureus Biofilms (Paul Egland)
Melanie Borson Mapping the Health of Washington State Forests (Sarah Olimb)
Grace Bucklin Wall Lake Recreational Trail Proposal (Sarah Olimb)
Nik Burow Tornadoes On the Move? (Sarah Olimb)
Natalie Chouinard Effects of Sulfide-Ore Copper Mining in Wilderness Protected Areas-B.W.C.A (David O'Hara)
Jameson A. Cosgrove, Lauren K. Kelly, & Elizabeth A. Kiffmeyer Sex-dependent impacts of environmental enrichment on Angelman Syndrome mice (Alexander Kloth)
Janai Crawford Modification of the Gut Microbiome by Exercise and Specific Estrogen Receptor Activation in Type 2 Diabetes (Brittany Gorres-Martens)
Peyton Crichton Forensic Analysis of Saw Marks on Bone (K.C. Carlson)
Madeline Engel & Natalie Chouinard Surveying The Future: Archaeology, Sustainability, and Cultural Awareness (K.C. Carlson)
Tyler Hayes & Alli Hoefakker SNPs associated with increased egg size in cold-adapted Drosophila melanogaster (Cecelia Miles)
Emily Konz & Samantha Marts Comparison of Water-Related Traits Between Asclepias speciosa and Asclepias syriaca
Rachel Nguyen, Lauren Kress, & Intisar Koch Investigating the Evolutionary History of Foraging Behaviors of Fruit-Feeding Central and South American Neotropical Butterflies (Carrie Olson-Manning)
Carly Renken Academic Growth Trajectories on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) by Race/Ethnicity (Brad Uhing)
Maxwell Sommervold The Perfect Psychopath (K.C. Carlson)
Logan Stacey The Characterization of Phagocytosis Stimulation and Bacteriostatic Activity by Animal Placenta (Paul Egland)
Kristina Theodosopoulos Speech-Language Pathology Services during the COVID-19 Pandemic (Karen Mahan)
Michaela Udlock Effect of Lavender Aromatherapy on Sleep Quality (Ranae Aukerman)
Ky Uthe The Decline of the Dakota Skipper (Sarah Olimb)
Ted Van Alstyne & Ashlee Cain Chitosan, hyaluronic acid biopolymer (LbL) assembly on siloxy amino functionalized balafilcon A contact lenses (Jetty Duffy-Matzner)
Kalista Vanden Berge & Jamie Sommerdorf Using Quantum Dot-Aptamer Bioconjugates for Cancer Detection (Barrett Eichler)
Mia Werger Vanishing Kingdom: The chronicle of a micro-prairie restoration in Sioux Falls, South Dakota (David O'Hara)
Hunter Widvey Validation of qPCR Primer Sets to Measure Gene Expression in Candida glabrata and Candid albicans (Cynthia Anderson)