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Symposium
on Student Research,
Creative Activities,
& Innovation
February 27th, 2015
Agenda
February 27, 2015
Session 1
Session 2
Behavioral and Social Sciences--Undergraduate
1:30-3:40 pm, Markstein Hall 101
Behavioral and Social Sciences--Undergraduate
1:30-3:40 pm, Markstein Hall 102
Session 3 Sciences---Undergraduate
1:30-4:20 pm, Markstein Hall 103
Session 4
Sciences---Undergraduate
1:30-4:20 pm, Markstein Hall 107
Session 5
Sciences---Graduate
1:30-4:20 pm, Markstein Hall 105
Session 6
Interdisciplinary
Reception
The Dome
1:30-3:20 pm, Markstein Hall 106
4:30 - 5:30 pm
Light Refreshments
Welcome & Remarks
5:00 pm
Dr. Kamel Haddad
Vice Provost of Planning and Academic Affairs
Finalists Announced
Dr. Wesley P. Schultz
Interim Dean of Graduate Studies
Associate Vice President of Research
Session 1:
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Undergraduate
Markstein Hall 101
1:30 - 1:50
Robert Altamirano
Ketamine Leads to an Increase in
Pleasurable Calls for Adolescents
1:50 - 2:10
Tania Cisneros
Better Care in Hospitals? Inpatient
Interest and Perception of Integrative
Medicine
2:10 - 2:30
Petrona Gregorio
Age, Gender, Ethnicity, and Perceptions of
Designating a Driver
2:30 - 2:50
Cristal Lopez
The Gender Differences in Social Support
Received by a Significant Other
2:50 - 3:00
Break
3:00 - 3:20
Stephanie Price
Perceived Social Norms and Exercise
Behavior among Caucasions and
Hispanics
3:20 - 3:40
Nicholas Lacy
Learning by Doing: The Importance of
Afterschool Programs for Developing
Students’ Social and Personal
Communication Skills
4:20 - 5:30
Please join us in the Dome for the
Awards Reception.
Session 2:
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Undergraduate
Markstein Hall 102
1:30 - 1:50
Carlos Rosas
Within- and between-group
discrimination and stress among Latinos
1:50 - 2:10
Jayme Temple
Antidepressant effects of Ketamine in
Sprague Dawley and Wistar Rats
2:10 - 2:30
Trevor Towner
Endogenous Opioid Involvement in the
Rewarding Effects of Methamphetamine
2:30 - 2:50
Annalise Binette
Sensitization to MethamphetamineInduced Ultrasonic Vocalizations in Rats
2:50 - 3:00
Break
3:00 - 3:20
Veronika Espinoza
Adolescents Show A Reduced Behavioral
Response To Methamphetamine And
Dextroamphetamine When Compared To
Adults
3:20 - 3:40
Berta Luis Sanchez
Socio-Cultural Stressors Increase Stress
Reactivity among Mexican-Americans
Infants
4:20 - 5:30
Please join us in the Dome for the
Awards Reception.
Session 3:
Sciences
Undergraduate
Markstein Hall 103
1:30 - 1:50
3:00 - 3:20
An Effort to Identify UA-088 Working
with Metabolite Production from Marine
Organisms
Validation of PCR Construct for In Vitro
Recombination of Oxidoreductase-Like
Gene in a Tiger Salamander Ranavirus
Luis Dorantes
1:50 - 2:10
Sharon Patray
Secondary Structure and Stability of Curli
Secretion Protein CsgE and CsgF, and
their interaction with CsgA
2:10 - 2:30
Cindy Barba
The Effects of TNF-α on Spleen T Cell
Lymphocytes of the Immune System in
Obese and Diabetic Mice
2:30 - 2:50
Yesenia Cabrera
Effects of inflammation on depression and
maternal behavior in mice; implications
for post-partum depression
2:50 - 3:00
Break
Hector Galvez
3:20 - 3:40
Jocelyn Olvera
Nitrate and cytokinin regulation of type
III glutaredoxin proteins in Arabidopsis
thaliana
3:40 - 4:00
Greg Walters
Single-molecule FRET Microscopy
4:00 - 4:20
Consuelo Sauceda
Competitive induction of marine
bacterium strain UA1207
4:20 - 5:30
Please join us in the Dome for the
Awards Reception.
Session 4:
Sciences
Undergraduate
Markstein Hall 107
1:30 - 1:50
3:00 - 3:20
Investigating the signaling pathway of
type III glutaredoxins in Arabidopsis
thaliana
Joint Angles of the Index Finger and
Thumb during Touchscreen Gestures
Miguel Angel Rosas
1:50 - 2:10
Cipriano Zuluaga
Alejah Tabula
3:20 - 3:40
Kimberly Wood
The Effects of Obesity Onset on γδ T Cell
Number in the Epidermis
Dissimilar Physiological and Perceptual
Responses to Sprint Interval Training and
High-Intensity Interval Training
2:10 - 2:30
3:40 - 4:00
Breaking Brucellosis: Mapping and
Burden Estimates for the Nakapiripirit
District of Karamoja, Uganda, 2013-2014
IR Spectrum and Electrical Transport
Characterization of DMDT-TCNB
Anneke Bulthuis
2:30 - 2:50
Vuk Ekmecic
Effects of Acute Beetroot Supplementation
on Circuit Training Performance
2:50 - 3:00
Break
Mark Bartolo
4:00 - 4:20
Juan Lopez
An Analysis of the Combinatorial Game
Kayles
4:20 - 5:30
Please join us in the Dome for the
Awards Reception.
Session 5:
Sciences
Graduate
Markstein Hall 105
1:30 - 1:50
3:00 - 3:20
The Effects of Hypocretin Blocking on
Maternal Behavior and Depressive
Symptoms in Mice
Explicit and Implicit Science Identity
Among Minority Students in STEM
Marcia Chavez
1:50 - 2:10
Adriana Maldonado
The role of sociocultural factors on
perceived mental health service
utilization in Mexican-American
farmworkers
Lilibeth Watson
3:20 - 3:40
Karlena Ochoa
Do children learn to reason about others’
knowledge before others’ intentions?
3:40 - 4:00
Abraham Escobedo
2:10 - 2:30
Andrea Preciado
Relationship of Acculturative Stress and
Traditional Cultural Values on State Trait
Anxiety
Effects of the Combination of Ketamine
and Methamphetamine on USVs in
Laboratory Rats
4:00 - 4:20
Michelle Bagood
2:30 - 2:50
Brittany Gabrielle Wren
Anxiety, Emotion Knowledge, and
Emotional Reactivity in Preschoolers
2:50 - 3:00
Break
Hematocrit percentage has a complex
relationship with voluntary wheel running
and duration of parasite infection
4:20 - 5:30
Please join us in the Dome for the
Awards Reception.
Session 6:
Interdisciplinary
Markstein Hall 106
1:30 - 1:50
2:50 - 3:10
Valuing Recreation on the San Gabriel
River: A Travel Cost Analysis
Why Are We Digital?: The Geopolitical
History of Hard Drive Technology,
1978-1995
Waldemar Vidal and David Huelin
1:50 - 2:10
Nicholas Lacy
The N Word(S)... All of Them
2:10 - 2:30
Tiffaney Boyd
Communicating and Creating “Safe
Spaces”
2:30 - 2:50
Nicholas Lacy
Power Discourse and Social Identity
Zane Cooper
4:20 - 5:30
Please join us in the Dome for the
Awards Reception.
About the CSU Student
Research Competition
This year’s Symposium finalists will travel to the statewide
competition at CSU San Bernardino on May 1st and 2nd. Finalists
in the CSU Student Research Competition receive certificates of
recognition and cash awards.
Each spring California State University hosts the CSU Student
Research Competition at one of its 23 campuses. The purpose of
the event is to promote excellence in undergraduate and graduate
scholarly research and creative activity by recognizing outstanding
student accomplishments. Each campus holds its own competition to
select a group of ten student research presentations to send to the
statewide competition. Finalists in the campus competition receive
cash awards and travel resources to compete at the statewide
competition in late April/early May.
2014 CSUSM Finalists
For more information on different research opportunities and travel
resources visit:
www.csusm.edu/gradstudies
Acknowledgements
We would like to thank the community members and alumni
judges for their participation today.
We would also like to acknowledge and thank all the
participants, judges, faculty sponsors, and room moderators
for their participation. Below is a listing of all the academic
programs that participated today:
Biological Sciences
Biochemistry
Business & Economics
Communication
History
Kinesiology
Mathematics
Physics
Psychology
Mathematics
Office for Training, Research,
& Education in the Sciences
Physics
Psychology