Research and Creative Activity Day
The College of the Sciences and Mathematics
The College of Education and Social Work
The College of Business & Public Management
The College of Health Sciences
University Libraries
The College of Arts and Humanities
Scholarly Research & Creative Activity (SRCA) Awards
Video Submissions
Because West Chester University seeks to be a leader in local, regional, and global sustainability efforts, the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs has collaborated with the Office of Sustainability to create a special designation for those Research and Creative Activity Day projects that perpetuate the health and welfare of people, economies, and the environment. Thus, all abstracts identified with the Brandywine B reveal the many ways that West Chester University faculty and students are helping to design, implement, evaluate, and improve a variety of environmental, social, and economic sustainability activities.
The College of the Sciences and Mathematics
Anthropology & Sociology
Jennifer Ryan, William Volpe, Emily Mauser, Laura DeHart, Angela Perretti, & Maddy Vandevere:
- Evaluating the Effects of Temperature and Time of Day on the Activity of Captive Western Lowland Gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)
Angela Perretti:
- Effects of Artificial Enrichment for Captive Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) Activity Budgets
Biology
Sarah Kerr:
- Biomechanical energetics of terrestrial locomotion in California sea lions
Alyson Hally:
- Identification of mitochondrial transfer sequences in homologs of a folic acid metabolism gene
Computer Science
Lipika Chandrashekar, Jasmine Howard, Akash Kumar, Eric Lacker, & Srilaxmi Paramaiahgari:
- Statistical Analysis of Eclipse Refactoring Bug Reports
Mathematics
Eric Boerman:
- Parallel Computation of Action Potentials in the Hodgkin-Huxley Model via the Parareal Algorithm
Henry Brown:
- Solving Parabolic Interface problems with a Finite Element Method
Psychology
Corinne Yost:
- Stress Hormone Cortisol relates to Emotion Expression for Young Children facing Economic Hardship
Zachery Engle & Samuel Colligan:
- Evaluating Differences between Psychedelic Drug-Users and Non-Psychedelic Drug Users among College Students
Fola Shokunbi:
- Playtime and Bedtime relate to Stress Levels for Children facing Economic Hardship
Shanon Ward:
- An assessment of the needs of at-risk prison populations: Supports and Challenges
Brittni Gettys, Sydney Monaghan, & Autumn Greene:
- Does It Hurt and Heal? A Qualitative Study of the Relationships Among Sexual Assault Survivors in Support Groups
Kathleen Moser:
- Pilot Analysis of the Contemporary Beliefs and Identity Inventory
Suzanne Varnell:
- Music Education Program relates to Social-Emotional Growth for Children facing Economic Hardship
Ben Wolfe:
- Want to change perspectives on social justice? Academic courses and social movements matter
Rosa Boniface:
- A Theoretical Foundation Introducing an Innovative Service Delivery Model for Families Impacted by Intimate Partner Violence
Jordan Broussard:
- Ageism and Perceptions of Vulnerability: Framing of Age during Covid-19 Pandemic
Zachary Weaver:
- Cortisol relates to executive functioning for children attending Head Start preschool
Michael Quin:
- Examining Student Service Members/Veterans (SSM/V) College Adjustment and Mental Health Risk-Resilience Factors
The College of Education and Social Work
Counselor Education
Lauren Andrulewich:
- Fostering Health Disability Identity Development in College Students
Literacy
Emily Duckett:
- The Evaluation of a Soft Skills Curriculum in Athletic Training Education: A Mixed Methods Study
Thomas Pantazes:
- Online Instructors' Use of the Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning Design Principles: A Mixed Methods Investigation
John Linetty:
- Mentorship Matters: An Instrumental Case Study of Mentorship in a Student Affairs Graduate Preparatory Program
Graduate Social Work
Melanie Snyder, Bayley Saffier, Abigail McLane, Colleen Keeler, & Zsa Zsa Alston:
- Examining the Experiences of Community College Students
Veronica Gillen & Wendy Myers:
- Impact of Paid Internships for MSW Students
Undergraduate Social Work
Sarah Vengen:
- Relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Coping among Children in the United States: A meta-analysis
Educational Foundations & Policy Studies
Early & Middle Grades Education
Dr. Crystal Loose, David Hearn, & Julia Formicola:
- How Do Practice-Based Experiences Influence Preservice Teacher Preparation
The College of Business & Public Management
Business Management
Public Policy & Administration
Dimple Sunayna Johnson & Dr. Angela Kline:
- Realities of a pandemic: A qualitative study of women faculty with caregiving responsibilities
University Libraries
University Libraries Section
Grace Liu:
- WCU Business Students' Attitudes and perceptions towards Information Literacy
The College of Health Sciences
Nursing
Dr. Julie McCulloh Nair & Amanda Thomas:
- The Ever-changing work Environment During COVID-19: Nurses’ Experiences in the Early Phase
Health
Mabintu Donzo:
- Mental Help-Seeking Behavior in Sub-Saharan African College Students in the US
Abigail Zimondi:
- Given that participation in “Shared Reading” groups appears to increase mindfulness and improve quality of life in undergraduate students, what experiences most impact participants?
Kiersten Millward:
- Personal Perceived Stigma and Mental Health in Sub-Saharan African Immigrant Students
Sports Medicine
Christian Miles:
- The effects of vestibular rehabilitation on reaction time: A critically appraised topic
Heather Wood:
- Influences on Female Athletic Training Graduates During Their Transition to Professional Practice
Noah MacNiven:
- The effect of cryotherapy and inflammation and myofiber regeneration following skeletal muscle injury
Communication Science & Disorders
Nutrition
Syreeta Morgan:
- Water Footprint and the Impact on Food Production and Environmental Sustainability
Laura Heth:
- Low sugar oat products are more sustainable, why are they not on the shelves of supermarkets?
Luke Ramirez-Bryan:
- Declining Knowledge on paper food storage and preparation household food waste and sustainability
Tommy Benedetti:
- The return to a more basic and traditional approach to foodways and the three pillars of sustainability
The College of Arts and Humanities
Philosophy
Scholarly Research & Creative Activity (SRCA) Awards
SRCA Awards
Barbara Chen:
- Effects of capsid and delta Orsay virus proteins on the Intracellular Pathogen Response of C. elegans
Madeline Esch:
- Intelligibility as a Measure of Dysarthria: Survey of SLPs Working with Adult Populations
Hannah Crespy:
- Reading Disabilities and Anxiety, Stress, Depression, and Stigma among College-Age Adults
Victoria Pauline & Shannon Fyalkowski:
- It's in the Process: A Process Evaluation of a Peer Support Group Intervention to Improve the Mental Health of Adolescent Mothers in Harare, Zimbabwe
Daniel Purnell & Erin Walsh:
- Nontraditional and First-Generation College Graduates: Help Seeking and College Adjustment
Caitlyn Moore:
- Spiritual Assessment in Palliative Care Clinical Practice: Nurse Practitioner Focused Educational Interventions and Outcomes
Tyler Clark & Kevin Codd:
- Studying Break-In Attempts Across Multiple Servers Using Apache Spark and Security Logs
Video Submissions
Video Submissions Section
Carnival of Ruin, excerpts:
- This video presents a brief tour of the Carnival of Ruin Exhibit and several dance vignettes performed in the Gallery. All costumes, sets and props have been created from post-consumer materials to draw attention to the issues surrounding consumerism and waste.
Coming Together – for solo double bass and electronic media:
- Coming Together for solo double bass and electronic media. Coming Together is a piece representing the culmination of the double bass. Being the most versatile of the instruments, the bass has a high level of potential in modern music. Coming Together merges the benefits and capabilities of the acoustic double bass with the electric, resulting in a sort of bass introspection and contemplation. All sounds throughout the entire work are derived only from the double bass and the composer.
