URCAD 2009
Oral Presentations
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Department of Social Work Dr. Shelly Wiechelt “The Effects of Parental Substance Abuse on Children and Families” |
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Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics Dr. Thomas Field “Lexical Variations in Telling Clock Time: A Study of Age and Style Differences” |
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Department of History Dr. Rebecca Boehling “Comparing Procedure, Evidentiary Rules, and Sentencing in Three World War II POW War Crimes Trials” |
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Department of Sociology and Anthropology Dr. Robert Rubinstein “The Effect of Incarceration on the Spouses and Partners of Inmates” |
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Department of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Dr. Tomoshige Kino “Mechanism of Action of the CDK5-GR-APP Pathway in Beta-Amyloid Production and Alzheimer's Disease Pathogenesis” |
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Department of Biological Sciences Dr. Andrea Kalfoglou “To Tell or not to Tell: The Ethical Dilemma of Carrier Testing for Gaucher's Disease” |
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Department of Psychology Dr. Diane Alonso “Effects of Apparent Ethnicity in an Individual's Name on Perceived Qualifications in the Professional Service Industry” |
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Department of Interdisciplinary Studies Mr. Steven Bradley “Fear and Wisdom and Others” |
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Department of Interdisciplinary Studies Dr. Devin Hagerty “The Internet and Iranian Youth Culture” |
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Department of Physics Dr. Todd Pittman “Quantum Interference Effects with Multimode Fibers” |
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Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics Ms. Susanne Sutton “Creating National Identity and Memory: The German Historical Museum” |
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Department of English Dr. Raphael Falco “Communism and Censorship: A Stunting of Albania's Literary Culture or the Birthing of a Unique National Movement?” |
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Department of American Studies Dr. Jason Loviglio “The Baltimore Girl: An Experiment in Sustainable Living” |
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Department of Biological Sciences Dr. Lasse Lindahl “Investigating the Role of RORgammaT in Human Th17 Cell Differentiation” |
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Department of Health Administration and Policy Dr. Andrea Kalfoglou “Survey of UMBC Students' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs about Seeking Care for Emotional and Mental Health Problems” |
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Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Program Dr. Alessio Fasano "PBMC from a Subpopulation of Celiac Patients Respond to Gliadin with Interleukin-8 Production That Is CXCR3-Dependent" |
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Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics Dr. Thomas Field “Linguistic Norm Enforcement on the Internet: Chatspeak in Forum Communities” |
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Department of Health Administration and Policy Ms. Danika Rockett “Re-evaluating Malaria Prevention Techniques in Zambia” |
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Department of Psychology Dr. Shawn Bediako “It’s Written All Over Your Face: Perceptions of Genetic Illnesses” |
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Department of History Dr. Amy Froide “'Under the Colour of Religion': The Formation of Group Identity in Early Modern Ireland” |
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Department of Social Work Dr. Laura Ting “Volunteerism in the Aging Population” |
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Department of Psychology Dr. Charissa Cheah “Autonomy Development, Support, and Future Orientation in Adolescent Mothers” |
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Department of Psychology Dr. Shawn Bediako “Categorical Person Perception in Sickle Cell Disease” |
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Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Dr. Scott Thompson “The Effect of Corticosterone and trkB Receptor Downregulation on Dendritic Spine Density” |
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Department of Biological Sciences Dr. Hua Lu “Exploiting acd6-1 in Dissection of Defense Signaling Networks in Arabidopsis” |
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Department of Information Systems Dr. Roy Rada “Knowledge-Supported Evolutionary Computation in Financial Investing” |
Sadaf Siddiqi, Elizabeth A. Fitzgerald Department of Psychology Dr. Charissa Cheah “Dual Identity Formation Among Adolescent Mothers” |
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Department of Sociology and Anthropology Dr. Seth Messinger “An Ethnographic Study of an Iraqi Refugee Community in Baltimore City” |
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Department of Mathematics Dr. Natalie Eddington “Pharmacokinetics of D3 Receptor Analogs: Potential Drug Therapy for Cocaine Addiction” |
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