LOTS Multidisciplinary Conference 2023 Schedule

Session IA: Psychology Presentation 2 - A Psychological Perspective on Christian Martyrdom

James Noah Seip, Gardner-Webb University

Stewart Hall

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Session IA: Psychology Presentation 3 - The Effects of Covid-19 Pandemic Isolation on Multiple Aspects of Child and Adolescent Lives

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Alissa Carpenter, Gardner-Webb University

Stewart Hall

9:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Session IB: Literature Presentation 1 - Writing and World-Building

Brandon Richmond, Gardner-Webb University

Faith Hall

9:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Session IB: Literature Presentation 2 - From Folklore to Fantasy: Chronotopic Evolution in the Witcher Novels

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Benjamin Flournoy, Gardner-Webb University

Faith Hall

9:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Session IB: Literature Presentation 3 - Casa tomada y Peronismo (House Taken and Peronism)

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Paula Harvie, Gardner-Webb University

Faith Hall

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Session IB: Literature Presentation 4 - The Heroine’s Journey in 18th Century Gothic Literature

Sherri Moye, Gardner-Webb University

Faith Hall

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Session IC: Natural Sciences Presentation 1 - An In-Vitro Study of the Effects of Essential Oils on Human Skin Microbiome

Jared Reeder, Gardner-Webb University
Katie Wilson, Gardner-Webb University

Hope Hall

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Session IC: Natural Sciences Presentation 2 - Isolation of Citral from Lemongrass: Steam Distillation, Spectroscopy, and GC-MS Analysis

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Nicole L. Riha, Gardner-Webb University

Hope Hall

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Session IC: Natural Sciences Presentation 4 - Is CRISPR a Potential Treatment for Huntington’s Disease?

Madison Mintz, Gardner-Webb University

Hope Hall

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Sessions IC: Natural Sciences Presentation 3 - Porifera: Biology and Medicinal Properties

Emma L. Rayfield, Gardner-Webb University

Hope Hall

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Session II: Faculty Showcase Presentation 2 - The Making of Modern Female Citizens in Republican Beijing

Dr. Aihua Zhang, Gardner-Webb University

Stewart Hall

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Session II: Faculty Showcase Presentation 3 - Beware of Bogus Barcodes

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Dr. David Campbell, Gardner-Webb University

Stewart Hall

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Session II: Faculty Showcase Presentation 4 - Navigating the Post-COVID Chemistry Classroom and Laboratory by Using POGIL-Based Pedagogy and Technology

Dr. Stefka Eddins, Gardner-Webb University
Dr. Ben Brooks, Gardner-Webb University
Dr. Venita Totten, Gardner-Webb University

Stewart Hall

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Session IIIA: Religious Studies Presentation 3 - God's Big Happy Family: The Ecology of Joy in Psalm 104

Abigail Hackworth Mooney, Gardner-Webb University

Hope Hall

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM

Session IIIA: Religious Studies Presentation 4 - Reading Rahab through the Lens of Colonization

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Rebecca Majorel, Gardner-Webb University

Hope Hall

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM

Session IIIA: Religious Studies Presentation I - Sex Work and the Old Testament

Brandon Richmond, Gardner-Webb University

Hope Hall

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM

Session IIIB Psychology/Sociology Presentation 4 - College Involvement on Campus and Its Relationship to Undergraduate GPA

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Marissa DiMatteo, Gardner-Webb University

Faith Hall

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM

Session IIIB: Psychology/Sociology Presentation 1 - Autism as Seen in the Mirror

Haley Baker, Gardner-Webb University

Faith Hall

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM

Session IIIB: Psychology/Sociology Presentation 2 - Schizophrenia in Women: Cause for a New Approach to Diagnosis, Treatment, and Accommodations

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Erin White, Gardner-Webb University

Faith Hall

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM

Session IIIB: Psychology/Sociology Presentation 3 - The Parental Effects of Addiction on Child Development

Sarah Morrow, Gardner-Webb University

Faith Hall

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM

Session IIIC: Political Science/History Presentation 1 - The New Public Square: Social Media and the First Amendment

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Michelle P. Lominac, Gardner-Webb University

Stewart Hall

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM

Session IIIC: Political Science/History Presentation 2 - Middle Eastern Media Framing

Emily Cox, Gardner-Webb University

Stewart Hall

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM

Session IIIC: Political Science/History Presentation 3 - Helping Women on the Homefront and at Home: The Charlotte YWCA’s Impact on Women During the World War Periods

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Bethany Mace, Gardner-Webb University

Stewart Hall

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM

Session IIIC: Political Science/History Presentation 4 - The Supreme Court’s Jurisprudence from Roe to Dobbs

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Rebekah Vaughn, Gardner-Webb University

Stewart Hall

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM

Session IIID: Literature Presentation 1 - Public Libraries as Rural Infrastructure

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Ashley Rich, Gardner-Webb University

Theater

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM

Session IIID: Literature Presentation 2 - The Importance of Mythology in YA Literature as Seen through an Ecocritical Lens

Sherri Moye, Gardner-Webb University

Theater

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM

Session IIID: Literature Presentation 3 - Sustainability at Gardner-Webb University

Zoe Mina, Gardner-Webb University

Theater

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM