015 14 McNAIR SCHOLARS WILL MAKE PRESENTATIONS JULY 31

Release date: July 25, 2007

News & Public Affairs contact: Randy Weiler, 615-898-2919
McNair Scholars Program contacts: Dr. Diane Miller or Steve Saunders, 615-898-8462


14 McNAIR SCHOLARS WILL MAKE PRESENTATIONS JULY 31

(MURFREESBORO) — Fourteen MTSU students in the McNair Scholars Program will make presentations and have their research posters on display during the 8th annual McNair Symposium Tuesday, July 31, an event organizer said.
The event will be held from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. in the Tom H. Jackson Building (old Alumni Center).
The students’ majors will include political science; electronic media journalism and Spanish; biology; health and human performance; psychology; computer information systems; accounting; and music performance.
According to the U.S. Department of Education, the McNair Program is designed to give low-income, first-generation and under-represented undergraduate students the support they need to prepare for and successfully complete a doctorate degree in their chosen fields.
The schedule (includes times, students’ names, majors and presentation titles):
9 a.m. – Introductions;
9:20 a.m. – Dean Andrews, political science, “Individual Rights and the President’s Military Tribunal System”;
9:40 – Logan Grant, political science, “The Phantom Category of Terrorism”;
10 a.m. – Stephanie Mills, music performance (violin), “A Creative Project: Based on the Life and Work of Manuel de Falla”;
10:20 – Sarafina Croft, electronic media journalism and Spanish, “Motivation and language transfer in L2 English of Spanish-speaking adult learners”;
10:40 – Break;
11 a.m. – Eterial Burrell, biology, “Toxicity and Degradation of Sevin-10 Insecticide”;
11:20 – Leonela Carriedo, biology, “Invasive Growth Characteristics of Kudzu (Pueraria lobata)”;
11:40 – Sade Dunn, biology, “Expression of photosystem genes in bundle sheath and mesophyll cells in the Zea mays leaf tip, a C4 photosynthetic plant”;
Noon-1:30 p.m. – Lunch;
1:40 – Sierra Douglas, health and human performance, “Emotional Empathy: A Comparative Analysis Between Pre-Professional Therapy and Business Students”;
2 p.m. – Anjelica Crawford, psychology, “The Difference in Problem Solving Between Expert and Novice School Psychologists”;
2:20 – Jeremy Minton, psychology, “The Role of Family Expressiveness in the Development of Alexithymia in College Students”;
2:40 – Danielle Ross, psychology, presentation TBA;
3 p.m. – Break;
3:20 – Ryne Joyner, computer information systems, “The Elite across America: A statistical and geographical analysis of track and field in America”;
3:40 – Drew Monks, accounting, “Tolerance for Ambiguity and Ethical Orientations: A Study of Undergraduate Accounting Students and Their Views on Ethical Dilemmas”;
4 p.m. – Dione Johnson, music performance (voice) via Austria;
4:20 p.m. – Closing remarks
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Media welcomed.