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Schedule of Events: May 14, 2019 9:00 - 10:00am Oral Presentations 10:00 - 11:00am Oral Presentations 11:30 – 12:00pm Symposium Opening Ceremony, Welcome, Theatre Performance, Science Slam 12:00 – 1:00pm Poster Sessions (Hub 302) 1:00 - 2:00pm Oral Presentations 2:00 - 3:00pm Oral Presentations 3:00 - 4:00pm Oral Presentations 4:00-5:00pm Oral Presentations

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Symposium Opening Ceremony 11:30am-12pm | Hub 302

Welcome – Dr. Jennifer Brown, Vice Provost & Dean of Undergraduate Education

Opening Remarks – Dr. Cynthia Larive, Provost

Theatre Performance: Introduction: Dr. Bella Merlin, Professor, Theatre, Film, and Digital Production

Shakespeare’s “Measure for Measure” This performance will feature a scene in which the Duke Angelo offers to save the novitiate nun Isabella's brother if she agrees to sleep with him.

Performers:

• James Loudermilk, Theatre, Film, and Digital Production • Ollie Holley, Theatre, Film, and Digital Production

Science Slam Presentations: Introduction Dr. Connie Nugent, Divisional Dean of Student Academic Affairs

1. Steven Bishay, Neuroscience “Mechanisms of Learning Deficits in Mouse Model of Fragile X Syndrome”

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Iryna Ethell, Biomedical Sciences 2. Alexander Brinkley, Biology

“Quantifying Sugar Levels in Hemolymph to Explore Bumble Bee Energetics” Faculty Mentor: Dr. S. Hollis Woodward, Entomology Closing Remarks - Dr. Jennifer Brown, Vice Provost & Dean of Undergraduate Education

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TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2019

12:00 -1:00PM

HUB 302 POSTER PRESENTATIONS

COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

A1 STUDENT: CAMILA REYES, ENGLISH & PSYCHOLOGY TOPIC: SHAKESPEARE'S VIOLENT WOMEN: A FEMINIST ANALYSIS OF LADY MACBETH AND QUEEN MARGARET MENTOR: AMY KENNY, ENGLISH A2 STUDENT: HALEY HENSON, ANTHROPOLOGY TOPIC: PRODUCTIONS' REPRODUCTION: HOW FEMALE FILM WRITERS BIRTH THE WOMAN MENTOR: ANTHONY JERRY, ANTHROPOLOGY A3 STUDENT: ASHLEY BAER, LINGUISTICS TOPIC: THE TYPOLOGY OF SERIAL VERB CONSTRUCTIONS IN AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE MENTOR: HEIDI WALTZ, COMPARATIVE LITERATURE AND LANGUAGES A4 STUDENT: STEPHANIE OROZCO, ANTHROPOLOGY & GENDER AND SEXUALITY STUDIES TOPIC: USING SEXUALITY STORYTELLING TO MOVE AWAY FROM RISK MANAGEMENT APPROACHES TO SEXUAL EDUCATION MENTOR: TAMARA HO ANTHONY JERRY, ANTHROPOLOGY A5 STUDENT: MIGUEL MUNOZ, SPANISH TOPIC: INTERSECTIONS OF DIALECTS AND COMMUNITIES: SPANISH IN XIX CENTURY COLOMBIA AND CALIFORNIA MENTOR: COVADONGA LAMAR-PRIETO, HISPANIC STUDIES A6 STUDENT: YULISSA CARDOZA, SOCIOLOGY & HISPANIC STUDIES TOPIC: ON BEING A HERITAGE SPEAKER OF SPANISH IN STUDY ABROAD PROGRAMS MENTOR: COVADONGA LAMAR-PRIETO, HISPANIC STUDIES A7 STUDENT: DEBBIE ARCE, HISTORY TOPIC: THE VAGRANCY OF RACE SUICIDE THROUGH THE LATE TWENTIETH CENTURY: COALITION BUILDING MENTOR: DANA SIMMONS, HISTORY A8 STUDENT: GEMMA AGUILAR, SPANISH & POLITICAL SCIENCE TOPIC: THE MAZE OF REPORTING SEXUAL ASSAULT IN THE FIELDS MENTOR: AMALIA CABEZAS, MEDIA AND CULTURAL STUDIES A9 STUDENT: JOHN DALTON-BALLARD, PSYCHOLOGY TOPIC: CROSS-CULTURAL PERCEPTIONS OF WATER CONTAMINATION AND WATER TREATMENT METHODS MENTOR: MARY GAUVAIN, PSYCHOLOGY A10 STUDENT: DAVID IFEDIBA, BIOLOGY TOPIC: THE IMPACT OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE HEALTH OF AFRICAN AMERICANS MENTOR: CAROLYN MURRAY, PSYCHOLOGY

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A11 STUDENT: DAVID SAENZ, PSYCHOLOGY & EDUCATION TOPIC: DYSLEXIA VISION TRAINING: AN EXPERIMENTAL SPECIAL EDUCATION INTERVENTION MENTOR: AARON SEITZ, PSYCHOLOGY A12 STUDENT: VALERIYA RAGOZINA, PSYCHOLOGY TOPIC: INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN LANGUAGE ACQUISITION AND BILINGUAL LEXICAL ACCESSIBILITY MENTOR: JUDITH KROLL, PSYCHOLOGY A13 STUDENT: JOSE ALVAREZ, NEUROSCIENCE TOPIC: VISUAL ACUITY AND CONTRAST SENSITIVITY TEST-RETEST RELIABILITY MENTOR: AARON SEITZ, PSYCHOLOGY A14 STUDENT: SHARDAE GEAR, PSYCHOLOGY TOPIC: LIKE, COMMENT, SUBSCRIBE: THE ROLE OF YOUTUBE IN IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT MENTOR: REBEKAH RICHERT, PSYCHOLOGY A15 STUDENT: CHARLES LAI, BIOCHEMISTRY TOPIC: USING VERBAL FLUENCY TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT OF LANGUAGE USE AND SELF-RATED PROFICIENCY ON LEXICAL ACCESS IN BILINGUALISM MENTOR: EVE HIGBY, PSYCHOLOGY A16 STUDENT: YEMA CONTEH, PSYCHOLOGY TOPIC: WEATHER AND THE EVALUATION OF THE DAY MENTOR: DANIEL OZER, PSYCHOLOGY A17 STUDENT: DAISY ANDRADE CHANNELL, PSYCHOLOGY TOPIC: NEVERTHELESS, THEY PERSISTED MENTOR: LIZ DAVIS, PSYCHOLOGY A18 STUDENT: SOPHIA BOBADILLA, PSYCHOLOGY TOPIC: TACTILE SEARCH MENTOR: DAVID ROSENBAUM, PSYCHOLOGY A19 STUDENT: ASHLEY MILLER, PSYCHOLOGY TOPIC: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TEST ANXIETY, SELF-HANDICAPPING, AND PERSONALITY MENTOR: CAROLYN MURRAY, PSYCHOLOGY A20 STUDENT: SABRENA GALAVIZ, PSYCHOLOGY TOPIC: INSECURE ATTACHMENT AND INTEGRATIVE LIFE NARRATIVES MENTOR: WILLIAM DUNLOP, PSYCHOLOGY A21 STUDENT: JOSE CALDERON, ANTHROPOLOGY TOPIC: UNDERSTANDING THE EFFECTS OF PREDICCIÓN IN BILINGUALS MENTOR: MEGAN ZIRNSTEIN, PSYCHOLOGY

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A22 STUDENT: DINH BUI, STATISTICS TOPIC: THE IMPACT OF ENVIRONMENTAL L2 IMMERSION ON THE PROCESSING OF EMOTIONALLY-LADEN WORDS MENTOR: JUDITH KROLL, PSYCHOLOGY A23 STUDENT: VIVIAN PHAN, PSYCHOLOGY TOPIC: WHAT’S REAL AND WHAT’S NOT: THEORY OF MIND AND SOCIAL REALISM IN CHILDREN MENTOR: REBEKAH RICHERT, PSYCHOLOGY A24 STUDENT: EVA MEZA, PSYCHOLOGY TOPIC: DOES TREATMENT WITH A SEROTONIN RECEPTOR AGONIST REDUCE SYMPTOMS IN AN AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER (ASD)? MENTOR: KHALEEL RAZAK, PSYCHOLOGY A25 STUDENT: MORGAN GOMEZ, PSYCHOLOGY & EDUCATION TOPIC: CONTRAST ON THE GO; AMBULATORY TABLET BASED MEASURES OF CONTRAST SENSITIVITY MENTOR: AARON SEITZ, PSYCHOLOGY A26 STUDENT: MICHELLE PENICHE, PSYCHOLOGY TOPIC: GENDER DIFFERENCES IN PERCEPTUAL LEARNING AND TRANSFER USING TDT MENTOR: AARON SEITZ, PSYCHOLOGY A27 STUDENT: GABRIELLE BLANCH, NEUROSCIENCE TOPIC: EYE-HEAD COORDINATION IN WALKING AND SEARCHING TASKS MENTOR: JOHN FRANCHAK, PSYCHOLOGY A28 STUDENT: SABA FARIDI, PSYCHOLOGY TOPIC: DOES RELIGION HELP YOU WALK A MILE IN SOMEONE ELSE’S SHOES? MENTOR: REBEKAH RICHERT, PSYCHOLOGY A29 STUDENT: JENNIE PATEL, BIOLOGY TOPIC: SHORT-TERM STABILITY OF RESPIRATORY SINUS ARRHYTHMIA IN TYPICALLY DEVELOPING ADOLESCENTS: A LONGITUDINAL EXAMINATION MENTOR: LIZ DAVIS, PSYCHOLOGY A30 STUDENT: MONICA MARTINEZ, PSYCHOLOGY TOPIC: EFFECTS OF IMPLICIT WORD RETRIEVAL IN BILINGUALS MENTOR: JUDITH KROLL, PSYCHOLOGY A31 STUDENT: ZHI TAN, PSYCHOLOGY TOPIC: IS MINDFULNESS TRAINING EFFECTIVE FOR IMPROVING MOOD SYMPTOMS? ONLY FOR PHYSIOLOGICALLY WELL-REGULATED YOUTH MENTOR: LIZ DAVIS, PSYCHOLOGY A32 STUDENT: SIPRIANA RODELA, BIOCHEMISTRY TOPIC: ¿CÓMO SE ENFERMAN LAS PERSONAS? MEXICAN-AMERICAN CHILDREN’S REASONING ABOUT THE CAUSES OF ILLNESS MENTOR: REBEKAH RICHERT, PSYCHOLOGY

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A33 STUDENT: JOSHUA ROSALES, ENGLISH TOPIC: HIP-HOP ARTISTS—BRANDED: OBSERVING SUCCESS IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY MENTOR: RICKERBY HINDS, THEATRE, FILM, AND DIGITAL PRODUCTION A34 STUDENT: SAMANTHA PERALTA, CELL, MOLECULAR, AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY TOPIC: DEVELOPING AND VALIDATING THE BROAD ADULT LEARNING QUESTIONNAIRE SHORT FORM MENTOR: RACHEL WU, PSYCHOLOGY

A35 STUDENT: NEHA SHEIK, BIOCHEMISTRY TOPIC: THE EFFECT OF BILINGUALISM ON COGNITIVE AND PHYSIOLOGICAL CONTROL MENTOR: JUDITH KROLL / MEGAN ZIRNSTEIN, PSYCHOLOGY / PSYCHOLOGY

COLLEGE OF NATURAL AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES

A36 STUDENT: BRIAN NGUYEN, BIOCHEMISTRY TOPIC: CHARACTERIZING THE STRUCTURE OF MRPC, A TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATOR MENTOR: GREGOR BLAHA, PSYCHOLOGY A37 STUDENT: VICTOR GARCIA, BIOCHEMISTRY TOPIC: UTILIZING THE OPS ELEMENT AND TRANSCRIPTIONAL ANTITERMINATOR RFAH FOR EXPRESSION OF EUKARYOTIC GENES IN E. COLI. MENTOR: GREGOR BLAHA, BIOCHEMISTRY A38 STUDENT: LEANDRA DOAN, BIOLOGY TOPIC: TARGETING PCNA BY FRAGMENT-BASED DRUG DISCOVERY TO DEVELOP A NEUROBLASTOMA THERAPY MENTOR: JEFF PERRY, BIOCHEMISTRY A39 STUDENT: JESSICA LE, BIOLOGY TOPIC: USING CRISPR/CAS9 TO OBSERVE KNOCKOUT OF FRUITFULL HOMOLOGUES FUL1 AND FUL2 IN NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA MENTOR: AMY LITT, BOTANY AND PLANT SCIENCES A40 STUDENT: CHRISTIAN NERI, BIOCHEMISTRY TOPIC: SEARCH FOR GENETIC FACTORS CONTROLLING DOUBLE FERTILIZATION IN PLANTS MENTOR: ADAM LUKASZEWSKI, BOTANY AND PLANT SCIENCES A41 STUDENT: MICHELLE ORTIZ, PLANT BIOLOGY TOPIC: THE EFFECT OF CLIMATE AND HUMAN INTERFERENCE ON ARTEMISIA CALIFORNICA DISTRIBUTION MENTOR: AMY LITT, BOTANY AND PLANT SCIENCES A42 STUDENT: VICTORIA MORRIS, PLANT BIOLOGY TOPIC: IN-VIVO STUDY OF TANGLED1 AND AIR9 IN ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA USING MICROTUBULE ALTERING DRUGS MENTOR: CAROLYN RASMUSSEN, BOTANY AND PLANT SCIENCES

A43 STUDENT: STEPHANIE MARTINEZ, BIOLOGY TOPIC: STUDYING THE SENSITIVITY OF KAI2, A PROTEIN INVOLVED IN SEED GERMINATION AFTER FIRES MENTOR: DAVID NELSON, BOTANY AND PLANT SCIENCES

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A44 STUDENT: MARINA IBRAHIM, BIOLOGY TOPIC: USING EMS MUTAGENESIS TO IDENTIFY NOVEL GENES DETERMINING DIVISION PLANE ORIENTATION MENTOR: CAROLYN RASMUSSEN, BOTANY AND PLANT SCIENCES A45 STUDENT: RAQUEL DIEFFENBACHER, NEUROSCIENCE TOPIC: FORWARD GENETICS APPROACH USING EMS LEADS TO IDENTIFICATION OF MUTANTS SHOWING DIVISION PLANE DEFECTS IN MAIZE MENTOR: CAROLYN RASMUSSEN, BOTANY AND PLANT SCIENCES A46 STUDENT: PHARTHO PAUL, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING TOPIC: MODULAR APPROACH TO THE SYNTHESIS OF SMALL MOLECULE INHIBITORS OF THE SUMO E1 ENZYME MENTOR: DAVID MARTIN, CHEMISTRY A47 STUDENT: KIANA MORTEZAEI, BIOLOGY TOPIC: DISSECTING THE FLIPPED CLASSROOM: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL MENTOR: JACK EICHLER, CHEMISTRY A48 STUDENT: LUIS ORELLANA, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING TOPIC: FOOD DYE BEHAVIOR AND STABILITY DURING STORAGE MENTOR: CHRISTOPHER BARDEEN, CHEMISTRY A49 STUDENT: NOA BAR ZIV, CHEMISTRY TOPIC: SYNTHESIS OF A COBALT PORPHYRIN COMPLEX TO BE USED AS A CATALYST IN REACTIONS INVOLVING ORGANIC RADICAL INTERMEDIATES MENTOR: DAVE MARTIN, CHEMISTRY A50 STUDENT: NICHOLAS AKKAWI, BIOCHEMISTRY TOPIC: TRANSITION-METAL CATALYZED AMINOCARBONYLATION AND SKRAUP APPROACHES EN-ROUTE TO THE SYNTHESIS OF AMYLOID-Β AGGREGATION INHIBITORS: ANNOTINOLIDES A AND B MENTOR: KEVIN KOU, CHEMISTRY A51 STUDENT: XINGYU CHEN, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING TOPIC: CREATING A CIRCULAR ECONOMY: FROM FOOD WASTE TO SUSTAINABLE FOOD PRODUCTION THROUGH MICROBE-MEDIATED PROCESSES MENTOR: NORMAN ELLSTRAND, BOTANY AND PLANT SCIENCES A52 STUDENT: MEGAN WHITESELL, BIOLOGY TOPIC: THE EFFECT OF PASSIVE VS. ACTIVE DISPERSAL ON POPULATION DYNAMICS IN TETRAHYMENA MICROCOSMS MENTOR: KURT ANDERSON, EVOLUTION, ECOLOGY, AND ORGANISMAL BIOLOGY A53 STUDENT: SHUBH DHRUV, BIOLOGY TOPIC: ESTUARINE ACIDIFICATION ON MIXOTROPHS: IMPLICATIONS FOR ECOLOGICAL SUCCESSION MENTOR: KURT ANDERSON, EVOLUTION, ECOLOGY, AND ORGANISMAL BIOLOGY A54 STUDENT: JONATHAN CALERO, BIOCHEMISTRY TOPIC: GENE EDITING IN WHITEFLY BEMISIA TABACI MEAM 1 MENTOR: PETER ATKINSON, ENTOMOLOGY

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A55 STUDENT: ALEXANDER BRINKLEY, BIOLOGY TOPIC: QUANTIFYING SUGAR LEVELS IN HEMOLYMPH TO EXPLORE BUMBLE BEE ENERGETICS MENTOR: S. HOLLIS WOODARD, ENTOMOLOGY A56 STUDENT: MADISON HERNANDEZ, ENTOMOLOGY TOPIC: IN THE BELLY OF THE BUG: ILLUMINATING THE PREY OF THE SPECIOSE ASSASSIN BUG SUBFAMILY STENOPODAINAE (HEMIPTERA: REDUVIIDAE) MENTOR: CHRISTIANE WEIRAUCH, ENTOMOLOGY A57 STUDENT: CHRISTIE MIRANDA, ENTOMOLOGY TOPIC: CROWDSOURCING VIDEO DATA ANALYSIS OF BOMBUS IMPATIENS BEHAVIOR IN MICROCOLONIES MENTOR: S. HOLLIS WOODARD, ENTOMOLOGY A58 STUDENT: ALEXIS GARRISON, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES TOPIC: ANALYSIS OF PARTICULATE MATTER DEPOSITION AT SALTON SEA SONNY BONO SITE MENTOR: ROYA BAHREINI, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES A59 STUDENT: LEANN LABRA, BIOCHEMISTRY TOPIC: THE EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION OF FEEDING BEHAVIOR AND SIZE STRUCTURE OF COEXISTING AND ECOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS BETWEEN GUPPIES AND KILLIFISH MENTOR: DAVID REZNICK, EVOLUTION, ECOLOGY, AND ORGANISMAL BIOLOGY A60 STUDENT: NEIMA GHANDIAN, MATHEMATICS TOPIC: THE ART OF PROBLEM SOLVING MENTOR: ZHIXIAN ZHU, MATHEMATICS A61 STUDENT: EVA FUENTES LOPEZ, MATHEMATICS TOPIC: MEAN DISPLACEMENT OF DISCRETE TIME P-ADIC RANDOM WALKS AND THEIR CONTINUUM LIMITS MENTOR: DAVID WEISBART, MATHEMATICS A62 STUDENT: CAMILA ALVAREZ, NEUROSCIENCE TOPIC: MECHANISMS OF ASTROCYTE SELECTIVE SWELLING IN ELEVATED POTASSIUM CONCENTRATIONS MENTOR: TODD FIACCO, MOLECULAR, CELL AND SYSTEMS BIOLOGY A63 STUDENT: SHANIAH PEREIDA, MICROBIOLOGY TOPIC: UC NEURO: INSPIRING FUTURE GENERATIONS WITH NEUROSCIENCE MENTOR: MARGARITA CURRAS-COLLAZO, MOLECULAR, CELL AND SYSTEMS BIOLOGY A64 STUDENT: RAFAY ZAMAN, NEUROSCIENCE TOPIC: EFFECTS OF METALS FROM ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES ON HUMAN BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMS MENTOR: PRUE TALBOT, MOLECULAR, CELL AND SYSTEMS BIOLOGY

A65 STUDENT: MARCO DUENAS, PLANT BIOLOGY TOPIC: FUNCTIONAL COMPLEMENTATION OF THE HIGH-AFFINITY K+ TRANSPORTER 1 (PPHKT1) GENE FROM ALMOND ROOTSTOCK RESULTED IN ENHANCED SALINITY TOLERANCE IN ARABIDOPSIS MENTOR: AMY LITT, BOTANY AND PLANT SCIENCES

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MARLAN AND ROSEMARY BOURNS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

A66 STUDENT: MARYANN MORALES, CHEMISTRY TOPIC: FLUORESCENTLY LABELED MAGNETIC MICROBEADS FOR EXPERIMENTAL SINGLE-MOLECULAR MECHANICS MENTOR: VALENTINE VULLEV, BIOENGINEERING A67 STUDENT: NOLAN WINICKI, BIOENGINEERING TOPIC: EXPERIMENTAL BINDING VALIDATION OF COMPUTATIONALLY-DERIVED CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS WITH THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME CANCER THERAPEUTICS MENTOR: DIMITRIOS MORIKIS, BIOENGINEERING

A68 STUDENT: MADELEINE CHEN, BIOENGINEERING TOPIC: MODELING FLUID-PARTICLE AND INDUCED PARTICLE-PARTICLE INTERACTIONS IN THE TRANSPORT OF RECTANGULAR PARTICLES IN MICROCHANNEL FLOW MENTOR: VICTOR RODGERS, BIOENGINEERING

A69 STUDENT: SABRINA WUESTE, BIOENGINEERING TOPIC: ERYTHROCYTE-DERIVED NANOPARTICLES FOR DUAL CHEMOPHOTOTHERAPEUTIC DESTRUCTION OF CANCER CELLS MENTOR: BAHMAN ANVARI, BIOENGINEERING A70 STUDENT: TAMARA TANG, BIOENGINEERING TOPIC: CHARACTERIZING THE COGNITIVE AND NEURAL SIGNATURES OF ABSOLUTE PITCH PROCESSING VIA COMPUTATIONAL ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY MENTOR: MEGAN PETERS, BIOENGINEERING A71 STUDENT: ALI RAZA, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING TOPIC: RECENT CLIMATE TRENDS ACROSS CALIFORNIA MENTOR: CESUNICA IVEY, CHEMICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING A72 STUDENT: KAMALJOT SINGH, COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING TOPIC: ANALYSIS OF THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY POINT-IN-TIME COUNTS FOR HOMELESSNESS MENTOR: PAEA LEPENDU, COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A73 STUDENT: HOLLY GREZDO, BIOENGINEERING TOPIC: FOCUSED HELIUM ION BEAM INDUCED SUPERCONDUCTOR INSULATOR TRANSITION IN YBCO MENTOR: SHANE CYBART, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

A74 STUDENT: FELIX FIGUEROA, BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION TOPIC: HOW STUDENT DEBT AFFECTS THE ECONOMY MENTOR: GREG RICHEY, SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND ADMINISTRATION A75 STUDENT: GABRIEL MORADA, BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION TOPIC: INSTAGRAM HAPPINESS MENTOR: YE LI, SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND ADMINISTRATION

GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

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A76 STUDENT: YUEN NAP, EDUCATION, SOCIETY, AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT TOPIC: UNDERSTANDING THE RELATIONS BETWEEN MATHEMATICAL SKILLS AND SPATIAL SKILLS: A META-ANALYSIS MENTOR: KINNARI ATIT, GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION A77 STUDENT: CRYSTAL LEIGH, ENGLISH TOPIC: SPATIAL SKILLS AND ACHIEVEMENT IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING: A META-ANALYSIS MENTOR: KINNARI ATIT, GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

A78 STUDENT: ADELINA SEFIANI, BIOLOGY TOPIC: SIGNALING PATHWAYS THAT ACTIVATE GONADOTROPIN HORMONE TRANSCRIPTION MENTOR: DJURDJICA COSS, BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES

A79 STUDENT: GILLIAN WRIGHT, MICROBIOLOGY TOPIC: LIVER EXPRESSION OF PROLACTIN RECEPTOR ISOFORMS THROUGHOUT THE MURINE ESTROUS CYCLE MENTOR: AMEAE WALKER, BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES A80 STUDENT: ERIC HUYNH, BIOLOGY TOPIC: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE OPIOID CRISIS AND AN INVESTIGATION OF CURRENT VIABLE TREATMENT STRATEGIES MENTOR: GERARDO HIZON, SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

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Thank you to the campus community who make the symposium a great success each year!

FACULTY MENTORS FACULTY MODERATORS ORAL PRESENTATION EVALUATORS POSTER JUDGES JENNIFER BROWN, VICE PROVOST AND DEAN OF UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION COLLEGE DEANS

• CHRISTOPHER LYNCH, DEAN OF THE MARLAN AND ROSEMARY BOURNS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING • MILAGROS PENA, DEAN OF THE COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES, ARTS, AND SOCIAL SCIENCS • KATHRYN UHRICH, DEAN OF THE COLLEGE OF NATURAL AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES • THOMAS SMITH, DEAN OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION • YUNZENG WANG, DEAN OF THE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS • DEBORAH DEAS, DEAN OF THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE • ANIL DEOLALIKAR, DEAN OF THE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY

CYNTHIA LARIVE, PROVOST AND EXECUTIVE VICE CHANCELLOR KIM WILCOX, CHANCELLOR UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION TEAM SUMMER SESSIONS ACADEMIC RESOURCE CENTER STUDENT ENGAGEMENT STAFF UNIVERSITY WRITING PROGRAMS CENTER FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING ACADEMY OF DISTINGUISHED TEACHERS ACADEMIC ENGAGEMENT STUDENT ENGAGEMENT STUDENT WORKERS AND AMBASSADORS

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