Axe ’Em, Jacks!
Nelson Rusche College of Business
Top Scholar
CJ Cochrane, Candace Hartsell and Calvin Smith
"Stephen F. Austin Transit System"
Faculty sponsor: Joe Ballenger, Management, Marketing, and International Business
Finalists
- Felicia Beam, Chris Bereznak, Quinton Lee, Brad McKinney and Federickia Washington
"Recruiting Through Social Media"
Faculty sponsor: Charlotte A. Allen, Management, Marketing, and International Business
- Caty Beard, Bayley Birdwell, Chelsea Bogue and Rachel Bostick
"A Study on Great Places to Work"
Faculty sponsor: Clive Muir, Business Communication and Legal Studies
- Ashlyn Brackin
"SFASU Nursing Majors Attitudes toward the Health Care Reforms in the 2012 Presidential Election"
Faculty sponsor: Joe Ballenger, Management, Marketing, and International Business
- Juan Duarte, Kayla Morton and Bryan Wells
"P.E.R.K (Pleasing Employees Requires Kindness)"
Faculty sponsor: Judith Biss, Business Communication and Legal Studies
- Jami Miller
"Professor Salaries at Stephen F. Austin State University"
Faculty sponsor: Ryan Phelps, Economics and Finance
- Theunis Oliphant
"Warfare versus Business: A Comparison of East Asian Principles and Strategies"
Faculty sponsor: Robert Culpepper, Management, Marketing, and International Business
James I. Perkins College of Education
Top Scholar
Geneva Castillo, Amy Ferguson, La Keisha Grace, Sarah Rowland and Julia Scott
"The Effect of Amber Nightlighting on Resident Satisfaction and Safety: A Pilot Study"
Faculty sponsor: Mitzi Perritt, School of Human Sciences
Finalists
- Amy Brennan, Julissa Lopez, Wil McFarland and Trevor Sparks
"Organization Outreach to the SFA Campus"
Faculty sponsor: Mary Olle, School of Human Sciences
- Chakeithia Brown, Yansy Galdamez and Alyssa Phillips
"Accommodating Students of Poverty in Middle Level Education"
Faculty sponsor: Erik Jon Byker, Department of Elementary Education
- Michael Hayford
"The Citrus Tree: A Student’s Quest for Entrepreneurship"
Faculty sponsor: Todd Barrios, School of Human Sciences
- Cinnamon McKey
"The Effectiveness of Guided Reading on Reading Achievement"
Faculty sponsor: Robin D. Johnson, Department of Elementary Education
- Natalie Schaeffer and Erin Thompson
"Establishing the Learned Effect of Repeated Wingate Anaerobic Tests"
Faculty sponsor: Eric Jones, Department of Kinesiology and Health Science
- Shirmyra Swaby
"'A Shade of Swaby' Fashion Startup Business Plan"
Faculty sponsor: Rebecca Greer, School of Human Sciences
- Jillian Wilson
"The Impact of Small Group Instruction on the Reading Ability of Three First Grade Students"
Faculty sponsor: Robin D. Johnson, Department of Elementary Education
- Shelby Young
"Induction of Apoptosis, Antiangiogenic, Antimetastatic and Antiestrogenic Properties of Resveratrol in Human Breast Cancer Cell Lines"
Faculty sponsor: Darla O’Dwyer, School of Human Sciences
College of Fine Arts
Top Scholar
Amelia Fultz
"The Madwoman of Chaillot"
Faculty sponsor: Richard Jones, School of Theatre
Finalists
- Daniel Baugh
"Burning House"
Faculty sponsor: Candace Hicks, School of Art
- Travis A. Erxleben
"Week to Weeks: Learning to Work Professionally"
Faculty sponsor: Lauren Selden, School of Art
- Emilie Gaultier
"An Explanation of Mannerisms Through Cast Bronze"
Faculty sponsor: Lauren Selden, School of Art
- Sarah Joblin
"The Madrigals of Gesualdo: Madness or Method"
Faculty sponsor: Jamie Weaver, School of Music
- Christina Kramer
"Hildegard of Bingen: The Other Side of the Story"
Faculty sponsor: Jamie Weaver, School of Music
- Samara Martinez
"Que Bonita Es Esta Vida"
Faculty sponsor: Jamie Weaver, School of Music
- Akeila Thomas
"The Introduction of the Black Conductor"
Faculty sponsor: Jamie Weaver, School of Music
- Brittani Corin Tyer
"Art & Design Florida"
Faculty sponsor: Peter Andrew, School of Art
Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture
Top Scholar
Jarod Davidson, Joseph Mars and Destiny Russell
"Volatile Organic Compounds Emitted from Indoor Plants"
Faculty sponsor: Sheryll B. Jerez, Environmental Science
Finalists
- Tamara Bennett and Hollis Gregory
"Bark Texture as an Indicator of Tree Vigor in Three Bottomland Oak Species"
Faculty sponsor: Jeremy Stovall, Forestry
- Mary DePrisco, Cynthia Fuentes, Hannah Massey and Maura Roberto
"Possible Contamination of Banita Creek Due to Gasoline Truck Spill"
Faculty sponsor: Sheryll B. Jerez, Environmental Science
- Stefni Deaton
"Control of Chinese Tallow Tree (Triadica sebifera) in Patch Clearcuts with Forest Herbicides"
Faculty sponsor: Jeremy Stovall, Forestry
- Melissa Ferguson
"Analysis of Aluminum in Commercial Tea"
Faculty sponsor: Kenneth Farrish, Environmental Science
- Sierra Gibbons
"The Use of Rain Gardens and Rainwater Harvesting on Campus"
Faculty sponsor: Matthew McBroom, Forestry
- Spence Simmons
"Influence of N Source and Rate on Growth and Leaf Nutrient Content of a Taxodium Clone"
Faculty sponsor: David Creech, Agriculture
- Neal Warden
"Alternative Weaning Strategies to Improve Calf Well-being and Performance"
Faculty sponsor: Erin Brown, Animal Science
- Jacob Waters
"Building a GIS Database for the Melrose Water Supply Corporation"
Faculty sponsor: I-Kuai Hung, Forestry
College of Liberal and Applied Arts
Top Scholar
Valerie Douglas
"Weight-Based Stereotyping as a Moderator of the Relation between Weight Stigmatization Experiences and Eating Disorder-Related Pathology"
Faculty sponsor: Sarah Savoy, Department of Psychology
Finalists
- Evadney Cooper
"The Railroad’s Effect on Racial and Gendered Consumption Practice in Nacogdoches County, East Texas: A Case Study of Melrose, TX"
Faculty sponsor: Paul J.P. Sandul, Department of History
- Zoe Delafosse
"Zahra’s Search for Identity in War"
Faculty sponsor: Karol Chandler-Ezell, Social and Cultural Analysis/Division of Multidisciplinary Studies
- Kayla Fox
"Loretta Lynn: Voicing Feminism"
Faculty sponsor: Court Carney, Department of History
- Melanie Johnson
"Anthropology Research Project"
Faculty sponsors: Leslie G. Cecil, Department of Social and Cultural Analysis; Robin Williams, Steen Library
- Wilson McFarland
"Globalizing 'Jesus': Critical Review of Processes of Media Globalization in the Production and Global Promotion of the Film 'Jesus'"
Faculty sponsor: Sudeshna Roy, Department of Languages, Cultures and Communications
- Christopher Pace
"Attitude and Economics: The Effect of Happiness on Economic Development"
Faculty sponsor: Lee W. Payne, Department of Government
- Andreya Stephenson
"Death and Dying in Young Adults: Reflections from a Surviving Parent"
Faculty sponsor: Kim Rich-Rice, School of Social Work
- Renee Williams
"An Allegorical Reading of Cormac McCarthy’s Outer Dark"
Faculty sponsor: Ken Untiedt, Department of English
College of Sciences and Mathematics
Top Scholar
Ervin J. Goodrum
"Can You Feel the Heat!"
Faculty sponsor: Alyx Frantzen, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Finalists
- Johnne’ Beaty, Rachael Jasmine Greer and Bethany Sobray
"Comparing Aggression Levels in Jack Dempsey Cichlids based on Variation of Habitat Structure"
Faculty sponsor: Brent Burt, Department of Biology
- Saad Chaudhry, Kenechukwu C. Ekwemalor and Shobhit Keswani
"Toxicity of Heterologously-expressed Genes and Their Protein Products on Escherichia coli Growth Cultures"
Faculty sponsor: Odutayo O. Odunuga, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Zihao Jian
"Turret Configurations and Projectile Paths"
Faculty sponsor: Jeremy Becnel, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
- Mireya Martinez
"Effects of Size, Buffer Composition, Number and Position of Tag on Purity and Yield of Purification of Histidine-tagged Proteins by Immobilized Metal Affinity Chromatography"
Faculty sponsor: Odutayo O. Odunuga, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Jorge Ojeda
"A Determination of the Aspartame Content in Select Diet Beverages"
Faculty sponsor: Alyx Frantzen, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Jorge Ojeda
"Vibrational Spectral Studies and Mutagenicity Predictions of Mononitrated Fluoranthenes"
Faculty sponsor: Kefa K. Onchoke, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Joshua Seydler
"Hill Country Field Trip"
Faculty sponsor: Chris Barker, Department of Geology
- Reid S. Tarpley
"Large-scale Expression and Purification of Active Pseudolysin in Escherichia coli"
Faculty sponsor: Odutayo O. Odunuga, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry