The Undergraduate Research Symposium at UMSL provides a professional-style venue for undergraduates to present their original research, scholarship, and creative works to faculty, staff, administrators, students, and visitors. To find out more about URS visit http://urs.umsl.edu/

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Ethical Dilemma: Police Access to Private Internet Data An analysis of the ECPA of 1986, its effects on the St. Louis area, and the proposed solutions to remedy this outdated document., Amber Essary

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Signing to Success: Developing Effective ASL Curricula in Secondary Public Education, Claire Sutterer

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Skills for Living with Loss, Emily McNeil

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Spectral Analysis of a New Electronic Transition of Platinum Fluoride, PtF, Carol Welch

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The Role of the Reader is to Fallow: Responding to the Negative Reception of Paul Verhoeven’s Film Adaptation of Starship Troopers, Julian Meyerstrom

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2021 Program, University of Missouri-St. Louis

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Could Social Media be a Mortality Salience Prime?, Miriam Mead

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Historical Trauma Response Scores as a Function of Unresolved Grief and Substance Use Disorder in American Indian Populations, Andrew R. Saunders

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Public Opinion on Capital Punishment, Sydney Young

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Analysis of Deuterated Standards for Determination of Humulones and Their Derivatives in Beer, Matthew Murphy and Bruce Hamper Dr.

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Chronic Stress in Relation to Locus of Control, Kendra Clark, Miranda Jany, and Carissa Philippi

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Examining Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Care Services and Information for Young Women with Physical Motor Disabilities in Dakar, Senegal, Olivia Soule and Diatou Sonko

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Father's Profession Predicts Academic Outcomes for Women in STEM, Christopher Bach and Bettina Casad

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Public Opinion on Capital Punishment, Sydney Young

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Rurality of Medical Provider and Race of Patient as Risk Factors for Overdose in Opioid Use Disorder Populations, Christopher Vance, Colleen Mulligan, David Von Nordheim, and Jodi Heaps-Woodruff Ph.D.

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Silver Salt-Mediate Benzylation of Carbohydrates Under Mildly Acidic Conditions, Nicholas Forsythe, Samira Escopy, Yashapal Singh 2436808, and Alexei Demchenko

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Stressful life events correlate with depression symptoms, Michelle Mercedes Meng

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The Collective Submitted Works from Honors 2030, Rob Wilson, Odette Beagrie, Sophia Bell, neeha chaudhry, Allison Christman, Zahrak Farese, Olivia Fuller, Kathryn Grothen, Meghan Hruskocy, Cullen Landolt, Maddesyn Langley, Sarah Jane Matt, Samantha McKlin, Hunter Moore, and Maxwell R. Wootten

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The Influence of Anhedonic Symptom Severity on dmPFC Connectivity in PTSD, Nathan L. Bugger, Sally M. Pessin, Carissa Philippi, and Steven Bruce

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The protection of children and their rights: A comparison between the United States and Costa Rica, Abigail Rothweiler

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The Relationship Between Self-Focus and Anxiety, Katie Leutzinger, Leah Reyna, and Carissa L. Philippi

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2020 Program, University of Missouri-St. Louis

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Comparing Two Species: Historical Phylogeography and Species Delimitation of Myiarchus Flycatchers in the West Indies., Emily L. Staden, Meghann Humphries, Leticia Soares, and Kasey Fowler-Finn

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Disabled Gods: A Critical Disability Studies Analysis of Ancient Greek Myths, Haley R. Graham

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Academic Self-Efficacy and Undergraduate Research Opportunities Predict Intentions to Pursue Graduate School, Elizabeth A. Koellner, Heather M. Lange, Drake A. Anderson, Steven J. Mellifont, and Bettina J. Casad

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Building Blocks for Oligosaccharide Synthesis, Mariya Novakova, Mithila Bandara, and Catherine Alex

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California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus) Ethogram & Handedness Study, Tricia A. Flesner

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Childhood Obesity: A Childhood Nightmare, Sarah S. Teemul

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Cloning, Sequencing, Expression and Characterization of an Alzheimer’s-Specific Monoclonal Antibody, Anna K. Jones and Thao Pham

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Comparison of Hop Derived Humulone Constituents in Beer Using UV-Vis, HPLC, and LC-MS, Aaron Boland, Nicholas Viriyasiri, and Hunter Campbell

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Comparison of Hop Derived Humulone Constituents in Beer Using UV-Vis, HPLC, and LC-MS, Aaron I. Boland, Nicholas Viriyasiri, Lorna Espinosa, Hunter Campbell, and Kurt Driesner

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Controlling an Invasive Forest Pest, the Asiatic Oak Weevil (cyrtepistomus castaneus), Using Prescribed Fire, Nicole J. Hayes-Wolff and Laura Bhatti-Catano

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Correlates of Seasonal Variation in a Community of Shelter Building Lepidoptera, Christopher J. Ernst

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Cystic Fibrosis: Support Networks Help Patients Lead Normal Lives, Brandon D. Vestal

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Development of a Protofibril-Selective Sandwich ELISA to Analyze Alzheimer’s Amyloid-β Levels, Marina Villoch Diaz Maurino and Cristina Sinobas Pereira

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HPLC-Based Automated Synthesis: Building Blocks for the Development of New Technologies, Hayley B. Steber and Matteo Panza

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Identifying New Genes that Regulate Nitrogen Fixation in A. variabilis, Mara N. Hamilton and Brenda Pratte

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Impact of Literacy Rates on Democratic Desire, Katherine Volandt

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Knot Groups of Torus Knots, Alexander H. Galindo

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"Modifying CBT for Cognitively Impaired Older Adults with Depression ", Abigail Foster and Mary Wells

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Molecular Assembly Line for Intramolecular Electron Transferring Bimetallic Fe and Mn Cyanometallate Clusters, Austin L. Stelling and Nigam Rath

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Regulation of mRNA Decay by Puf Proteins is Dependent on Environmental Conditions, Anthony Fischer, Alexandra Hamrick, and Shayna Mueller

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Right/Left Hemisphere Lateralization: Correlation Between Individual Differences in Subjective Wellbeing, Happiness, Life Satisfaction, Success, Personality and Thinking Styles, Wallat M. Baban

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The Dimensional Relationship Between Age of First Traumatic Exposure and Perceptions of Control: A Pilot Study, Ellen L. Gruebbeling, Miranda Jany, and Carissa Philippi

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The Effects of Previous Childhood Trauma on Dissociative Symptoms in Adult Survivors of Recent Trauma, Lillith J. Clark, Natalia M. Kecala, Brittany F. Goodman, and Rebecca C. Chesher

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The Relationship Between Phonemic Decoding Ability and Recall Accuracy and Reaction Time, Melissa Growney, Max Schechter, and Adam Runyan

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Missing the 'B' in LGBTQ+, Jenna C. Haddock

Programs

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2019 Program, University of Missouri-St. Louis

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2018 Program, University of Missouri-St. Louis

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2017 Program, University of Missouri-St. Louis

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2016 Program, University of Missouri-St. Louis

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2015 Program, University of Missouri-St. Louis

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2014 Program, University of Missouri-St. Louis

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2008 Program, University of Missouri-St. Louis

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2005 Program, University of Missouri-St. Louis