Session 11: Playing the Game (Multipurpose Room) 1. Andres Umbacia, “Gamification as a Strategic Tool in Digital Applications: An Analysis of Engagement and Retention Mechanisms in Fitness and Learning Platforms” 2. Maurice Walker II, Joseph Hardimon, Henry Tropeia, & Samuel Essilfe, “Game Day Spring ‘26 Internship” 3. Adelia Timmer, “The Role of Play Therapy in Reducing Anxiety in Pediatric Patients” 4. Alberto Fontanabona (session chair) Judges: Claire Schmidt, Ivan Aires Soria, Taylor Thomas 12:00-1:00 PM Session 12: Understanding Environment: Animals and People (Bacon A) 1. Kennedy Omey, “Everyone Is Involved In A Parasitic Relationship” 2. Logan Cunningham, “A Temporal Analysis of Changes in Riparian Condition encompassing the Salt Fork Creek and the Influence on Community Diversity of Fishes” 3. Estefano Delgado, “Environmental Factors Influencing Snake Detectability During Visual Encounter Surveys at Marshall Junction Conservation Area, Saline County, Missouri” 4. Ashtyn Sagely, “Understanding the Hidden Values of Misunderstood Insects” (session chair) Judges: Noel Nunn-Faron, Tonya Eddy, Chamara Jayasundera Session 13: Money (Bacon B) 1. Alexander Ballinger, “Student Cash Flow Management” 2. Elizabeth Hurst, Hayden Leavell, Alexander Ballinger, & Martiniano Sansone, “Team Insight” 3. Patricia Uzoma, “Big Brother to Big Brands: How Marketing Influences Our Reality” 4. Xhuliano Marku, “The Future of Digital Payments: Exploring Cashless Economies and the Potential to Transform Global Banking” (session chair) Judges: Mia Johnson, Mason Lipsey, Peggy Sherman
Session 14: Humans and Monsters (Multipurpose Room) 1. Darius Green, “Blood Chronicles” 2. Preston Nicholson, “Parasites Can’t Talk: How Corporations Reassign Dependency and Control Worker Identity Through Narratives of Parasitism” 3. Roberta Rus, “Analysis of the Psychological and Ideological Dimensions of Dehumanization” 4. Leslie Chastain, “When Fear Became Evidence: Moral Panic and the Manufacturing of Monsters during the Satanic Panic of the Late Twentieth Century” (session chair) Judges: Douglas Roberts, Marsha Lashley, Alberto Fontanabona 12:00-2:00 PM Session 15: Graduate Session II (Ferguson Formal Lounge) 1. James McMeachin, “Designing A Study To Assess The Degree To Which Preferred Musical Affect Influences How College Students Perceive Music” 2. Drake Tipton, “Understanding Adjustment Disorder: A Case-Based Perspective from a Counseling Internship” 3. Julia Vidallon, “Healing Through IFS and Empty Chair Technique” 4. Tyra McKenzie, “Compassion Through the Eyes of a Visual Impairment” (session chair) Judges: Tisha Solopa, Bathsheba Love-Burkett, Alicia Jones 12:00-1:00 PM Session 16: Performance (Eckilson Mabee Theatre) 1. Naomi Curry & Ty Billingsley, “Better” 2. James Menz, “Calling All Air Drummers!!” 3. Addie Wolfe & Brighid Groom, “Seasons of Adversity” 4. Sydnei Cummings, “Misfit” (session chair) Judges: McKenna Christensen, Peyton Pinter, Jen Livengood
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