Spring 2023 Conference Program

Welcome to the Spring 2023 Schuylkill
Student Research Poster Conference

The Penn State Schuylkill Spring 2023 Poster conference is on April 12, 2022 from 12:20 – 1:10 pm (Common Hour).

Poster Presentations Include:

Biology – Dr. Sarah Princiotta

  • Valerie Sleva – vns5063@psu.edu – Methodological Challenges For Quantifying Grazing Among Mixotrophic Algae

Biology – Ms. Mary Ann Smith

  • Elyssa Yeagley – eny5031@psu.edu – Potential Antibiotic Properties of 2,3-diphenyl-2,3-dihydro-1,3-thiaza-4-ones
  • Scarlet Tejada Rodrieguez – sjt5842@psu.edu – The Phage Underground 
  • Haily Showers – hms5975@psu.edu – Antibiotics around the World
  • Grace Carolonza – gpc5191@psu.edu – The Bioinformatics of Gene Actbeta in Drospholia kikkawai

Biology – Dr. Brenna Traver

  • Logan Maurer – lmm7154@psu.edu- Support for Pollinators: Could Physical Attractiveness Play a Role?

Nursing – Dr. Marianne Adam

  •  Hannah Meyer – hjm5418@psu.eduu –  The Stigma Related to Substance Use Disorders
  • Karandhir Singh Flora – ksf5248@psu.edu – Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in Pregnant Women
  • Kyla Guillermo – kcg5215@psu.edu – The Effectiveness of Combining Pharmacotherapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Adolescent and Young Adult Patients with Opioid Use Disorder: A Study of Long-Term Abstinence

Physical Science – Dr. Michael Gallis

  • Michael Stoudt – mas8860@psu.edu – Measuring Gravitational Attraction Within a Classroom

Physical Science – Dr. Lee Silverberg

  • Sarah Tran – sat5751@psu.edu – Synthesis of Heterocycles for Antifungal and Antiparasitic Research
  • Evelyn Louca – eml5989@psu.edu – Synthesis of Heterocycles
  • Isabela Caruso – ifc5138@psu.edu – Synthesis of Heterocycles:
  • Elyssa Yeagley – eny5031@psu.edu – The Synthesis of 2,3-diaryl-2,3-dihydro-4H-pyrido[3,2e][1,3] thiazin-4-ones
  • Aloura Gavalis – adg5511@psu.edu – Synthesis of Heterocycles
  • Zoe N, Tidmore – znt5024@psu.edu – Antioxidants: A Cure for Cancer?
  • Kaely Walshaw – kew5738@psu.edu – Synthesis of Heterocycles Containing a Sulfur and Nitrogen in Their Central Ring

Environmental Science – Ms. Mary Ann Smith

  • Richard Joyce, III – rmj5450@psu.edu – Data Preservation for the Penn State Schuylkill Arboretum: The Creation of a User-Friendly Database and Input Forms for Research

Physical Science – Dr. Joseph Squillace

  • Andrew Sepp – afs6479@psu.edu – An Exploration of SETA in Cyber Bullying to Reduce Social Harm and Juvenile Suicide
  • Justice Cappella, Zakkary Hozella – jlc6927@psu.edu, zjh5211@psu.edu – Economic Impact to Overall Stock Market Value from Information Security & Data Breach Events
  • Zakkary Hozella, Justice Cappella  – zjh5211@psu.edu, jlc6927@psu.edu – The Impact of Global Security and Privacy Inequality on the Climate Crises

Arts & Humanities – Dr. Valerie Schrader

  • Sarah Tran – sat5751@psu.edu – A Rhetorical Analysis of Social Movement Leadership and Strategies Theory in Larry Kramer’s Lifetime Acceptance Award Speech
  • Austin Blackman – atb5613@psu.edu – Gender Communication Poster
  • Kyla Guillermo – kcg5215@psu.edu – Facework Theory and the Musical “Daddy Long Legs”

Arts & Humanities – Dr. Harold Aurand

  • Maleeha Bano – mbb6255@psu.edu – The Progression of Art in Ancient Egypt in Relation to their Pride
  • Katherine Joyce – kpj5192@psu.edu – Life, Liberty, and the Pirates of the Caribbean

Social Science – Dr. Jessica Saalfield

  • Bethany Haag – beh5376@psu.edu –  Alcohol Use and Perceived Risk Among Geographically Diverse 12th Grade Students