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2009PosterWinners

2009 Mary Lou Fulton Poster Conference Winners

The number of winners from each department is dependent on the volume of posters submitted.


Anthropology

1st Place


Making a Difference: Structural Issues,
Mismanaged Expectations, and
Cross-cultural Conflict in Short-term,
International Volunteer Projects
By: Michelle Jackson Bateman

 2nd Place


Nabataean Tomb Platform
By: Thomasina Ilene Morris


Economics

1st Place


Just a few more moments: The g-and-h distribution
By: Patrick A Turley 




Geography

1st Place


Landscape Fragmentation along the Western Yellowstone Boundary and its Ecological Implications
By: Noel Curtis, Andrew Keske, Rebecca Knudson, Brandon Bradley, Carson Stam, Jamie Wadsworth, Janalyn 

 2nd Place


Avalanche Chronology of the Loafer Mountain Avalanche Path
By: Andrew Allen Keske



History

1st Place


Is This Racial Freedom: Student Perceptions of the Civil Rights Movement at Brigham Young University
By: Ardis Kay Smith

 2nd Place


Who's in Your House-  A Study of 16th Century Households in Garganta la Olla, Spain  through Confraternity Membership Lists
By: Elizabeth A Snow



Neuroscience

1st Place


Learning and Memory Modulaion by Activation of the Hot Pepper Receptor: TRPV1 Modulation of Synaptic Plasticity in the Hippocampus
By:  Douglas Bennion, Tyron Jensen, Blake Nelson, Matthew Mors, Curtis Walther



Political Science

1st Place


Facing Reality: An Experimental Approach to Ethnic Identity in South Africa
By:  Adam Stuart Harris

 2nd Place


Politics at Face(book) Value
By: David Spencer Lassen



Psychology

1st Place


Use of Cognitive Screening Tests to Identify Cognitive Impairments in Survivors of Critical Illness
By:  Callie J Beck, Fu Woon

 2nd Place


Conformity: The Effects of Misinformation without Direct Social Pressure
By: Ryan Johnson, Jeffrey Gale, Alexander Hale

3rd Place


Different developmental outcomes following lab rearing by biological or adoptive mothers: Maternal influence on
behavioral and physiological responses to separation stress in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta)
By: Andrea Sorenson, Whitney Richards


Psychology - Graduate Poster Winners

1st Place


Contact Aggression in Social Intrusion Situations and the Serotonin Transporter Gene
(rh5-HTTLPR) in Rhesus Macaques: A Genotype by Genotype Interaction
By: Brandon L Roberg

 2nd Place


Cortical Thinning With Age Progression for Traumatically Brain Injured 
and Typically Developing Children
By: Tricia L Merkley


Public Policy (Graduate Program)

1st Place


Can Peace Be Bought?
By:  Shane W Dayton

 2nd Place


New Kid on the Block -- An Analysis of Voting Following Congressional Redistricting in Utah, 2000-2002
By: Michael Jay Barber




School of Family Life

1st Place


Parenting and Adolescent Temperament: They Both Matter
By:  Nathan R Hardy

 2nd Place


Do Grandparents Matter? The Relationship Between Emotional Closeness and Adolescent Prosocial Behavior
By: Jami Lyn Jackson

3rd Place


Forgiveness: Your Choice for Happiness
By: Diane M Bowns, Cheryl Slack, Benjamin Malczyk, Adam Clark

4th Place


A Qualitative Study of Stressors and Resilience in Couples Managing Multiple Chronic Illnesses
By: Michele Price, Vicky Jubber, Brandon Wheeler, Dara Kruman

School of Family Life - Graduate Poster Winners

1st Place


Individual and Family Predictors of Caregiver Burden Among Mothers of  Children With Diabetes
By:  Joan M. Leishman

 2nd Place


Influence of Transition to Parenthood on Virtue Report
By: David Fawcett



Social Work

1st Place


Stigma by Association: The Impact of Working with HIV/AIDS Patients in South Africa
By:  Daniel Benjamin Haber

 2nd Place


Children's Rights in Romanian Institutions
By: Jessica Marie Woodbury


Social Work - Graduate Poster Winners

1st Place


Cardiovascular Disease and the Associated Risk of Depression: Bypassing Mental Health
By:  Emily Marie Mathusek

Sociology


1st Place


Perceptions of Immigrant Criminality in Utah
By:  Catherine Tindall, Darren Jackson, Dylan Jackson, Faith Roark, Jason Simons

 2nd Place


Affluence and Adolescents' Initial Drug Use
By: Teresa Walker, Jennifer Bennion, Jodi Hutchings, Jason Mast, Amber Shawcroft

3rd Place


Advantage Men: The Gender Pay Gap in Professional Tennis
By: Collin Read Flake



Thank you to the Fultons for their sponsorship of the internships that benefited these and countless other students.