Senior thesis schedule announced

The following is the schedule of senior thesis presentations for the Spring 2014 semester. All presentations will take place in Room 217 of Taylor Hall.

Monday, April 21

11 a.m.: Kenzo Van Baal, biology major – “A Genome Specific Approach to Antibiotic Treatments”

3 p.m.: Ankit Basnet, literary studies major – “On the Surface of Things: Image and Subjectivity in John Ashbery’s Poetry”

4 p.m.: Taylor Haas, political science major – “State of the Campus: Does the Student Government of Missouri Southern State University Effectively Represent the Interests of Its Students?”

Tuesday, April 22

3 p.m.: Jordanne Wright, biology major – “Genetic Homology Among Local Staphylococcus”

4 p.m.: Sarah Chambers, sociology major – “Echoes from the Past: The Kalevala’s Cultural Significance in Present-Day Finland”

Thursday, April 24

1 p.m.: Chasity Henson, physics major – “Tornado Climatology of the Joplin Area”

2 p.m.: Austin Gibbs, general studies major – “The Predictive Reliability of Therapist’s Predicted Functional Impairment Outcomes vs. Actual Functional Impairment Outcomes”

3 p.m.: Michael Weaver, biology major – “Parental Influence and the Diagnosis of ADHD in Pediatric Patients”

4 p.m.: Jansen Adams, management and marketing major – “Business Plan for Missouri Southern State University’s Intramural Sports Program”

Friday, April 25

8 a.m. Molly Shumaker, biochemistry major – “The Synthesis of Naproxen Using Organozinc Reagents”

9 a.m.: Luke Barr, math major – “Predicting the 2014 FIFA World Cup Using the Least Squares Method”

10 a.m.: Elizabeth Hammons, Spanish education major – “Motivation and Anxiety in the Foreign Language Classroom”

11 a.m.: Casey Carr, biology major – “Prairie Dependent Birds of Prey in Missouri: A Field Study Analysis of Current Day Population Trends of Wintering Northern Harriers and Short-eared Owls in Southwest Missouri”

12 p.m.: Eryn Walters, marketing major – “The MSSU Consumer: Apple vs. Samsung”

1 p.m.: Faith Collingsworth, psychology major – “The Effects of Distinctively African Amercian Names on the Perception of Drug Crimes”

2 p.m.: Brady Ghan, sociology major – “The Spirit of Conspiracism: An Investigation of the Link between Parapsychological Belief and Conspiracism”

3 p.m.: Shelby Cummins, Secondary English Education major – “‘Wherefore art thou Romeo?’: Teaching Shakespeare in the Secondary Classroom”

4 p.m.: Abigail Frances, art graphic design major – “The Golden Ratio and Design: An Analysis of the Influence of Phi in the Efficacy of Poster Design”