On April 19th Appalachian State University held its 26th Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors. This event gives students an opportunity to present posters and talk about the research that they’ve been involved in. Within the psychology department, we had many students present their research at the conference. One student in particular, Tori Elliott, was one of the winners of the morning poster competition with her poster titled, "She Wears it How? Hair Texture Dissatisfaction Relates to Colorism and Racism in Black Women."! Below are all the posters that were presented by psychology students.
Abigail Branco (Undergraduate)
Title: Can Psychology Students Solve Top Industry Issues?
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Shawn Bergman
Co-Authors: Aidan Powell, Robert Gruber, Brenna McNamara, Samantha Plourde
Abryanna Vidot (Graduate: School Psychology)
Title: Racial Disproportionality in Teacher Discipline Referral
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jamie Yarbrough
Co-Authors: Natalie Moyer, Laura MacLean, Caroline Cummings, Hannah King, Tierney O'Brien, Sara Hehn, Mlynn Wooden, India Horn
Emma Albertino (Graduate: Clinical Psychology)
Title: High Prevalence of In-person and Technicological Sexual Violence Among Women with Eating Disorders
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Denise Martz
Co-Authors: Drs. Lisa Curtin & Twila Wingrove
Janaka Volpe (Undergraduate)
Title: Robbers, Renters, & Recall: Perspective and Story Memory
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Lisa Emery
Co-Authors: Corinne Nocar, James Auwn, Brenna McNamara, Emilie Murdoch, Helen Vonderhaar, Jonathan Taylor, Maia Harbaugh, Myers Busch, Katie Gundry
Kaitlyn Miller (Undergraduate)
Title: Value Alignment in Workers and Organizational Messaging of Environmentally Sustainable Initiatives
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jack Carson (Management)
Co-Authors: Morgan Greene, Mariana Solanilla, Mackenzie Law
Katelyn Saunders (Undergraduate)
Title: The Impact of COVID-19 on Depression and Anxiety with Social Support as a Protective Factor
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Reagan Breitenstein
Co-Author: Dr. Lisa Curtin
Kelly Davis (Graduate: Clinical Psychology)
Title: Intent to Receive a COVID-19 Vaccination Among College Students: Theory of Planned Behavior and Sociodemographic Predictors
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Lisa Curtin
Co-Authors: Drs. Jackqueline Hersh & John Paul Jameson
Keyona Anthony (Undergraduate)
Title: Cyberbullying as Related to School Transitions During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Mary Balalrd
Co-Author: Anastacia Schulhoff
Olivia Hydzik (Undergraduate)
Title: Remote or In-person Work: How do Personality and Qualifications Relate to Performance?
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Yalçın Açıkgöz
Co-Authors: Ena Hodzic, Samuel Whiteheart, Aspen Wood, Mary Covington, Alexis Jones, Ty Graves, Madison Culver
Rachel Stern (Undergraduate)
Title: A Study on Imagined Events in Romantic Relationships
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Doris Bazzini
Rowaida Hamdan (Undergraduate)
Title: Using Eye Tracking to Quantify Aesthetic Judgements
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Chris Dickinson
Ryan Whitfield (Undergraduate)
Title: Identification of a Natural Phospholipase A2 Inhibitor for Use as a Novel Antivenom
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Mark Venable (Biology)
Sara Hehn (Graduate: School Psychology)
Title: Does Mode of Instruction Impact Academic and Social Success?
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jamie Yarbrough
Co-Authors: Natalie Moyer, Laura MacLean, Abryanna Vidot, Caroline Cummings, Hannah King, Tierney O'Brien, Mlynn Wooden, India Horn
Tori Elliott (Undergraduate)
Title: She Wears It How? Hair Texture Dissatisfaction Relates to Racism & Colorism in Black Women
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Denise Martz
Co-Authors: Dr. Doris Bazzini, Shraddha Selani
We’d once again like to congratulate Tori Elliott and all of the other students for their contributions to another spectacular research conference!
