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Nelson Rusche College of Business
Top Scholar
Zola Westmoreland
"What Are The Main Drivers of State Solar Generation?"
Faculty sponsor: Rebecca Davis, Department of Economics and Finance
Finalists
- Tison Bailey, Kynlie Foit, Isabel Jedmears and Ian Lahera
"The Impact of University of Texas System Branding on Stephen F. Austin State University"
Faculty sponsors: Wenjing Li and Pamela Rogers, Department of Management and Marketing
- Lani Berg
"Skill for Salary"
Faculty sponsor: Ryan Phelps, Department of Economics and Finance
- Vivian Bivens and Kailey Fischer
"The Ethics of AI in Wealth Management"
Faculty sponsors: Justin Blount and Kristen Waddell, Department of Business Communication and Legal Studies
- Elizabeth J Denyer
"Attendance at SFA Athletics Events"
Faculty sponsors: Wenjing Li and Pamela Rogers, Department of Management and Marketing
- Amelia G. Hovinga
"Nike Consumer Research"
Faculty sponsors: Wenjing Li and Pamela Rogers, Department of Management and Marketing
- Anh Nguyen
"Evaluating U.S. Household Debt"
Faculty sponsor: Beverly Mendoza, Department of Economics and Finance
- Isaiah Snype, Samantha Sorensen, Brylee Adams and Chloe Adams
"Netflix: Leave Our Household Accounts Alone"
Faculty sponsors: Wenjing Li and Pamela Rogers, Department of Management and Marketing
- Austin Tasker
"QuickBooks Guide for Your First Accounting Job"
Faculty sponsor: Kelly Noe, School of Accountancy
- Sydney Truman and Alexis Anderson
"Stanley® 1913 Marketing Research"
Faculty sponsors: Wenjing Li and Pamela Rogers, Department of Management and Marketing
James I. Perkins College of Education
Top Scholar
Jules Fields
"Pathways and Burnout: Investigating Rates of Burnout between Alternatively Prepared Teacher and Traditionally Prepared Teachers"
Faculty sponsor: Amanda Rudolph, Department of Education Studies
Finalists
- Jody Amy
"Professional Development as Your Responsibility: A Mixed Method Reflection"
Faculty sponsor: Sarah Straub, Department of Education Studies
- Mikayla Bailey and Flor Garcia
"Graduate Students Perceptions of Helping Children with Autism Communicate Through Speech Therapy"
Faculty sponsor: Jessica Conn, Department of Human Services and Educational Leadership
- Amie Beam
"Automated Weather Observing System"
Faculty sponsor: Allen Wilson, School of Human Sciences
- Kennedy Barnhouse
"Building Compassion and Connection: A Case Study of Humane Education through Middle Level Book Club Experiences"
Faculty sponsor: Sarah Straub, Department of Education Studies
- Katie Friedrichsen
"Learning Theories Within Classrooms"
Faculty sponsor: Amber Wagnon, Department of Education Studies
- Erin Golaboff
"Empowering Educators: Enhancing Teaching Strategies for Complex Historical Topics Through Professional Development"
Faculty sponsor: Sarah Straub, Department of Education Studies
- Lily Hargrove
"Caloric Cost of Self-Paced Exercise in Full Body Tabata, Treadmill Running Tabata, and Continuous Running"
Faculty sponsor: James Rowe Jr., Department of Kinesiology and Health Science
- Angela Heaberlin
"Exercising Regularly Can Improve Static Balance for Adults 55 and Older"
Faculty sponsor: Amber Chelette, Department of Kinesiology and Health Science
- Kristina Jones
"School Based Health Clinics in Texas: A Qualitative Survey of Perceived Challenges and Opportunities"
Faculty sponsor: John Stewart, Department of Kinesiology and Health Science
Micky Elliott College of Fine Arts
Top Scholar
Lauren Duckworth
"In the Blink of an Animated Eye"
Faculty sponsor: Rick Shepardson, School of Art
Finalists
- Arie Atkinson
"Looking for Stability"
Faculty sponsor: Erik Ordaz Lozano, School of Art
- Susana de la Paz
"Astronaut and Bubbles: Representing Speech Disability through Art"
Faculty sponsor: Amanda Breitbach, School of Art
- Susana de la Paz and Rebekah Glasgow
"Opposites: Poetry/Art Journal Collaboration"
Faculty sponsor: Peter Andrew, School of Art
- Kiel Garrett
"Life is a Dream's Segismundo, a Case Study on Isolation"
Faculty sponsor: Richard Jones, School of Theatre
- Leah Kutch
"Timeline Travelers Process Book"
Faculty sponsor: Danny Anguiano, School of Art
- Austin Pena
"Digital Comic Book Development"
Faculty sponsor: Lindsey Creel, School of Art
- Emily Sanchez
"The Implementation of Glass Art Fusing in the Classroom"
Faculty sponsor: William Nieberding, School of Art
- Mia Thornton
"SFA Art Day Button Design"
Faculty sponsor: Denise Davis, School of Art
Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture
Top Scholar
Cari Mitchell
"A Survey of Fruiting Parasitic and Saprotrophic Fungi Species during the Fall Season in Nacogdoches County, TX"
Faculty sponsor: David Kulhavy, Forestry and Spatial Science
Finalists
- Greta Bergman
"Cattle Health Changes Before, During, and After Partuition"
Faculty sponsor: Erin Brown, Department of Agriculture
- Daniel Cagle, Matthew Petre and Thomas Edwards
"Mapping the Centennial Pine Trees of Stephen F. Austin State University"
Faculty sponsors: David Kulhavy and I-Kuai Hung, Forestry and Spatial Science
- Eli Childre, Sydney Henley, Kelsey Hudspeth and Jake Miller
"Efficacy of Duckweed Used as Fertilizer: Availability of Soil Nutrients in Two Soil Types"
Faculty sponsor: Sheryll Jerez, Division of Environmental Science
- Anna Contreras, Linnea Maddux, Serif Tolleson, Alexandra Marty and Emily Moore
"Quantifying Emitted Air Lead Concentrations from General Aviation Fuel at Georgetown Executive Airport"
Faculty sponsor: Sheryll Jerez, Division of Environmental Science
- Lee Cottle
"Evaluating the Precision of ImageJ for Wildlife Morphometry: A Comparison with Traditional Methods for Measuring Amphibians"
Faculty sponsor: Cord Eversole, Forestry and Spatial Science
- Sydney Cunningham, Elizabeth Smith, Brayden Wagner and Rachel Nelson
"Ammonia Production from Cattle Feedlot at the Walter C. Todd Agricultural Center"
Faculty sponsor: Sheryll Jerez, Division of Environmental Science
- Holli Heim
"Maximizing Chances for Profit when Marketing Cattle in Livestock Auctions"
Faculty sponsor: Erin Brown, Department of Agriculture
- Matthew Petre and Daniel Cagle
"Mapping AED Devices Using DJI Mavic Mini 2 Drones on a University Campus"
Faculty sponsor: David Kulhavy, Forestry and Spatial Science
- Matt Petre and Carlos Perez
"Quantifying the Light Pollution Levels Around a Building on Stephen F. Austin State University"
Faculty sponsor: Sheryll Jerez, Division of Environmental Science
College of Liberal and Applied Arts
Top Scholar
Kaytie-Jane Ballard
"Crossing Conversations"
Faculty sponsor: Ghanem Elhersh, Media and Communication
Finalists
- Chloe Albrecht and Natalie Pradia
"Understanding AI’s Potential in Creativity and Research"
Faculty sponsor: Jason McIntosh, Department of English and Creative Writing
- Rylie Cerny, Adyson Ratley and Caitrin Dalton
"The Heritage Co: Social Media Strategic Plan"
Faculty sponsor: Ghanem Elhersh, Department of Media and Communication
- Emma Griggs and Ailani Williams
"Effect of Narrated and Silently Rendered Artificial Intelligence (AI) Output on Comprehension and Satisfaction"
Faculty sponsor: Scott Drury, Department of Psychology
- Rebecca Jestis
"The Harsh Realities of Opera Houses and the Continual Popularity of Minstrelsy in Terrell, Texas"
Faculty sponsor: Courtney Carney, Department of History
- Misty Ledesma
"Analyzing the Special Supplemental Nutrition for Women, Infants, and Children in Texas"
Faculty sponsor: Mohammad Mostafizur Rahman Khan, School of Social Work
- Kate O. Middleton
"The Effects of Leadership on College Student Well-Being"
Faculty sponsor: Kyle Conlon, Department of Psychology
- Briley Smith
"The Role of Internet Liberation in Securing Human Rights"
Faculty sponsor: Lee Payne, Department of Government
College of Sciences and Mathematics
Top Scholar
Hadley Watts
"Redox Cooperativity Analysis with Computational Chemistry: Interplay Between Energy Matching and Geometric Arrangement in Redox Non-Innocent Systems"
Faculty sponsor: John Brannon Gary, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Finalists
- Husna Chaudhary
"Gut Microbiome of Organisms While Under Effect of Rotavirus"
Faculty sponsor: Alexandra Van Kley, Department of Biology
- Kathryn Clevenger
"Analysis of Calcium in Eggshells"
Faculty sponsor: Alyx Frantzen, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Thanh Dao
"Exploring the Therapeutic Potency of Some Polypeptides Against Insulin Aggregation: A Computational Approach to Combat Type-2 Diabetes"
Faculty sponsor: Bidisha Sengupta, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Katelyn Defrancis
"Exploring Relationships between The Index of Biological Integrity and Species Composition Variability in East Texas Streams"
Faculty sponsor: Carmen Montana Schalk, Department of Biology
- Kadin Green, Kayleigh Klein and Kylie Robertson
"Method Development and Validation of Pesticides by UPLC-MS/MS"
Faculty sponsors: Michael Janusa and Jamie Humphries, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Olivia Payne
"Exploring Graphs and Chromatic Symmetric Functions"
Faculty sponsor: Colin Lawson, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
- Joseph Sheffield
"Exploring Neotropical catfish diversity in rivers of the Guiana Shield: A Combined Approach Using Taxonomic, Functional, and Isotopic Tools"
Faculty sponsor: Carmen Montana Schalk, Department of Biology
- Perla Tovar
"Antioxidant Properties of Phytochemicals in Watercress and Mint Extracts in Serum Albumin"
Faculty sponsor: Bidisha Sengupta, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Marlene Zepeta-Rodriguez and Dayanara Ramirez
"Development Fluorescent Sensor for Sequential Detection of Anions and Cations"
Faculty sponsor: Rashid Mia, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Regional Colleges and Universities
Top Scholar
Kaitlyn Martin
"Traditional vs Artistic Athletes: Comparison of Injury Rehabilitations in Dancers and Standard Athletes"
Faculty sponsor: Andrea R. Hathcote, Tyler Junior College
Finalists
- Dallas Allmon
"Laughing Through the Lens: How Sitcoms Shape Perceptions of Feminism"
Faculty sponsor: Andrea R. Hathcote, Tyler Junior College
- Aspen Cunningham
"Sexual Assault: Emotions and Trauma Experienced by Survivors"
Faculty sponsor: Andrea R. Hathcote, Tyler Junior College
- Tadeen Feroz, Tyler Shannon, Taryn Pledger, Kaci Monk and Olivia Donnelly
"Relative Sensitivities of Rainbow Trout Gill Cell Cultures, Green Algae and Rotifers to Assess the Toxicity of Inorganic and Organic Substances"
Faculty sponsor: Scott Dyer, LeTourneau University
- Maelynn Fuller
"Adapting Minds: College Students and the Power of Human Adaptation"
Faculty sponsor: Andrea R. Hathcote, Tyler Junior College
- Sam Hardy
"The Psychological Impact of Someone with Sialic Acid Storage Disease"
Faculty sponsor: Benetha Jackson, Angelina College
- Justice Johnson
"Language Beyond Words: The Effects of Dance Therapy in Children with Autism"
Faculty sponsor: Andrea R. Hathcote, Tyler Junior College
- Akayla Manning
"Diving into Hell: Navigating the Intertextual Relationship between Dante's Inferno and Hozier's Album Unreal Unearth"
Faculty sponsor: Andrea R. Hathcote, Tyler Junior College
- Taryn Pledger, Tadeen Feroz, Kaci Monk, Tyler Shannon and Olivia Donnelly
"Assessment of Fish Tissue Cultures as Substitutes for Animal Tests"
Faculty sponsor: Scott Dyer, LeTourneau University
- Fatema Smadi
"The Black Death Turns Red: Analyzing a Medieval Ebola Pandemic"
Faculty sponsor: Andrea R. Hathcote, Tyler Junior College
- Kolby White
"Tetralogy of Fallot: Its Many Diseases, Psychological Effects, and My Experience with It"
Faculty sponsor: Benetha Jackson, Angelina College
- Kristi Williams
"The Psychology of Aquagenic Urticaria"
Faculty sponsor: Benetha Jackson, Angelina College