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Edwin Clausen,
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Academic Affairs and
Dean of the College

Kevin Telford ,
Dean,
Arts & Sciences
ktelford@daemen.edu

Mike Brogan,
Dean,
Health and Human Services
mbrogan@daemen.edu

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Margene Weiss,
Committee Chair
Director,
Conferences & Events
mweiss@daemen.edu

Brenda Young,
Associate Professor
Chair, Natural Sciences
byoung@daemen.edu

Laura Edsberg,
Associate Professor
and Director,
Natural & Health
Sciences Research Center
ledsberg@daemen.edu

Sabrina Fennell,
Assistant Director,
HEOP
sfennell@daemen.edu

Mary Fox,
Associate Professor,
Chair, Education/CIEL
mfox@daemen.edu

John Frederick,
Executive Director,
Leadership & Change
jfrederi@daemen.edu

Sherrie Gustas,
Presidents Office
sgustas@daemen.edu

Felice Koenig ,
Assistant Proffor
Art Department
fkoenig@daemen.edu

Chris Malik,
Director,
Student Activities
cmalik@daemen.edu

Bruce Marzahn,
Webmaster
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Doris Murphy,
Administrator,
Academic Affairs
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Kim Pagano,
Director,
Orientation & Transition
kpagano@daemen.edu

Brent Robbins,
Assistant Professor,
Psychology
brobbins@daemen.edu

Peter Siedlecki ,
Director of Honors Program
Professor,
English
psiedlec@daemen.edu

Laura Sommer,
Assistant Professor,
Chair, Visual and
Performing Arts
lsommer@daemen.edu

John Zaepfel,
Web Programmer
Academic Computing
jzaepfel@daemen.edu

 


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THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 2008

The Daemen College Academic Festival 2008, our eighth year, brings us together on campus to celebrate the academic and creative achievements of Daemen students. The Academic Festival centers on student presentations to the campus and community, providing a showcase for academic achievement and excellence through student and faculty presentations, exhibitions, and performances. These presentations may reflect work done in a single discipline or be interdisciplinary in nature, and include posters, papers, panel discussions, exhibits, videos, artistic, musical, or theatrical performances. This Festival Program contains the schedule and the abstracts for all presentations. We are deeply appreciative of the level of student involvement in this Academic Festival 2008. We are also appreciative of faculty support for this endeavor. Faculty sponsors have worked with students through teaching, research projects, study abroad experiences and encouragement in their proposals. We hope you will experience the exciting and insightful ideas generated through their scholarship. The members of the planning committee have worked very hard over the past year to make this 2008 Academic Festival a success! Committee members are listed inside the back cover of the printed program and to the left of this page.


COVER ART:
Untitled
Oil on Watercolor Paper
Tamblyn Gawley, B.F.A. Painting, 2009


BACK COVER:
Golden Egg Choke
Plaster, Paint, Gold Leaf and Shellac
Kyla Kegler, B.F.A., 2010

2008 SCHEDULE OVERVIEW

INFORMATION

9:00 AM – 3:00 PM Information Table Athletic Center
9:00 AM – 3:00 PM Information Table Wick Center

PRESIDENT’S WELCOME

9:30 AM Athletic Center
President’s Reception for all presenters, faculty sponsors, campus community and guests. Refreshments provided. Please join us!

POSTER SESSIONS

9:00 AM – 10:30 AM Poster Presentations Athletic Center

Throughout the day, between 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM, posters will remain displayed in the Athletic Center GYM. Read complete abstracts beginning on page 21 of the printed program.
· A Closer Look At American-Iranian Relations
· Accounting Clusters 
· Accounting Requirements For Business Combinations
· Acupuncture And Its Effects On Insomnia
· ADHD And Brain Development
· Analysis Of Proteins Found In Fluid From Patients Suffering With Temporomandibular Joint Disorders 
· Ankle Instability Of Female Collegiate Volleyball Players Vs. Female Collegiate Non-Athletes
· Architecture Of Italian Churches
· Aromatherapy Application For Depression/Anxiety
· Behavioral Characteristics Associated With Siberian Tigers 
· Body Image Risk Factors
· Building Artificial Life: The First Synthetic Chromosome
· Caution: Polar Bear In Play Behavior
· Children With Social And Emotional Challenges
· CIEL Opportunities For Students And Faculty
· College Student Study Habits- A Survey Of Current Practice
· Comparing Accounting Policies In The United States And France
· Coping With Autism Through The Social/Emotional Domain
· Corporate Social Responsibility 
· Cotton-Top Tamarins Response To Rainstorms 
· Cross-Border Fraud
· Data Security: How Safe Is Credit Card Information On The Internet? 
· Ethogram Of Brazilian Agouti
· Fixing The National Debt
· Gender Differences In Salt Perception And Preference 
· Health Behavior Change: Research and Self-Application
· High Relief Based On Visual Images Of Buffalo Architecture
· Holistic Therapies In An Hispanic World 
· Homocysteine And Nitric Oxide Levels In Topical Oxygen Treated Wounds
· Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells: Stem Cells From Adults
· Influence Of The Menstrual Cycle On Emotional Memory
· International Taxation
· International Taxation And E-Commerce
· Investigation Of The Relationship Between Perfectionism And Memory In Undergraduate College Students
· Is There Enough Space In Our Library?
· It Changes Everything: The Lived Experience Of The Brain Tumor Survivor
· Jane Austen: A Revolutionary In The Field Of Literature
· Jensen's Brain-Based Research
· Life and Works of Lyonel Feininger
· Linear Algebra And The Change In The Population Of A Metropolitan Area
· Linear Algebra And The Degree Of Accessibility 
· Linear Algebra And The Number of Walks of Certain Length
· Massage Therapy Beneficial for Treating Autism
· Navajo Healing
· Patient Knowledge And Practitioner Of Choice For Consumers In Western New York
· Personality And Attachment To Relationship Status Following Infidelity 
· Personality Traits, Creativity, And Problem Solving
· Physical Therapists' Knowledge And Utilization Of Appropriate Parameters For Clinical Therapeutic Ultrasound
· Prescription Drug Abuse Among College Males And Females 
· Relationship Between Emotional Intelligence And The Perpetration Of Obsessive Relational Intrusions In College Students
· Relaxation And Functioning
· Repeated End Range Spinal Movements And Their Effect On Adverse Neural Tension As Measured By The Straight Leg Raise
· Risky Sexual Attitudes And Body Image 
· Service Learning In Dominican Republic
· Social And Situational Determinants Of Suppressed Laughter
· Social Problem Solving Skills And Alcohol-Related Aggression In College Students
· Strategic After-School Tutoring: Effects Of Combined Direct And Mnemonic Strategy Instruction
· Students’ Awareness Of Alcohol Consumption And Its Consequences
· Symmetry In Science And Art: Frieze Patterns 
· The Concurrent Validity Of The Standardized Walking Obstacle Course When Compared To The Berg Balance Scale
· The Effect Of Music-Message Incongruency On Purchasing Intention
· The Effects Of Cyclic Loading On Articular Cartilage
· The Ethics Of Advertising To Children
· The Female Stereotype And Maternity Images
· The Human Genome Project 
· The Issue And Impact Of Stock-Option Backdating
· The Prevalence Of Plantar Sensation Loss And Its Effects On Postural Stability 
· The Reliability And Validity Of A Pressure Biofeedback Unit In Testing Lumbo-Pelvic Stability 
· The Standardized Walking Obstacle Course And Modified Scoring System
· The Theory Of Eric Erikson
· The Unwanted Exposure Model Of Embarrassment: Experimental Validation Of An Empirical, Phenomenological Study 
· The Use Of Psychotic Drugs In Young Children 
· The Use Of The PECS System
· U.S.-Canada Tax Treaty
· Validity Of The Pediatric Balance Scale
· What Is The Intertester Reliability Of R1 In The Sciatic Nerve In Asymptomatic College-Aged Individuals?
· Wound Assessment: A Contemporary Perspective
· Yoga And Its Therapeutic Affects For Stress Management

EXHIBITS

Read descriptions of these EXHIBITS beginning on page 39 of the printed program.

VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS B.S. SENIOR EXHIBIT
9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
GOLDMAN/GREENFIELD GALLERY in DUNS SCOTUS HALL
CRAIG PILC, ADAM TELECH, CARLA WOKERSIEN, JENNIFER WYDER

HIGH RELIEF BASED ON VISUAL IMAGES OF BUFFALO ARCHITECTURE,
JAMIE CALLARI, LAURA JAMES; FACULTY SPONSOR, DENNIS BARRACLOUGH

9:00 AM – 2:00 PM GYM in ATHLETIC CENTER
This will also be a Poster Session from 9:00 – 10:30 AM in the GYM.

WEEDING OUT THE PROBLEMS
11 AM – 2 PM in Wick Lobby
MARTHA CRAMMOND, KELLY BERG, RICK WESTPHAL; Faculty SPONSOR: JOHN BLEST
This participatory exhibit will be displayed throughout the day.

WOODHULL INSTITUTE FOR ETHICAL LEADERSHIP
11 AM – 2 PM in Wick Lobby
Amy McCann, Victoria Boorman, McKenzie Higgins, Rebecca Martel, Rachel Baird, Hayley Edwards, Adrianne Stachura, Melanie Miles, Lucinda Wright; FACULTY SPONSOR, KIM PAGANO
This exhibit will be displayed during the day.

PERFORMANCES/ EVENTS

Read descriptions of these performances beginning on page 40 of the printed program.

ART CLUB INSTALLATION: PIECES INSPIRED BY ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG
11:00 AM – 4:00 PM WICK LOBBY
During the day, this interactive exhibit will be created. Be part of the final project!

11:30 AM–12:30 PM DAEMEN DANCE ENSEMBLE WICK SOCIAL ROOM

NOON - 1:00 PM STEP TEAM PERFORMANCE WICK DINING ROOM

1:00 – 3:00 PM SIXTH ANNUAL MOOT COURT SCHENCK 202

3:00 – 4:00 PM FESTIVAL MUSICALE! ALUMNI LOUNGE

4:00 – 5:00 PM SINGIN’ THE BLUES (and other rockin’stuff) ALUMNI LOUNGE

4:30 – 5:30 PM SPONTANEOUS DESIGN: AN EXPLORATION INTO
VISUAL DESIGN IN IMPROVISATIONAL PERFORMANCE ART GALLERY

PRESENTATION SESSION I

These sessions will generally run from 10:45 – 11:45 AM unless otherwise noted. Read abstracts beginning on page 13 of the printed program.

10:45 – 11:45 AM
ALUMNI LOUNGE
STUDENTS REFLECTIONS ON LEARNING EXPERIENCES IN CORE COURSES INTISAR HIBSCHWEILER, PATRICIA LEPAGE, ELIDA ALVAREZ, CHRISTINA GIUNTA, TAMBLYN GAWLEY, KIM FOX, CHELSIE BARTOSZEK; FACULTY SPONSOR: INTISAR HIBSCHWEILER, CHARLES SABATINO, KEVIN TELFORD

10:45 - Noon
DUNS SCOTUS 34
IS GOD NECESSARY? A DEBATE ON THE NATURE OF ETHICS, DAN DECARLO, SAM WRIGHT; FACULTY SPONSOR: SHAWN KELLEY

10:45 – 11:45 AM
DUNS SCOTUS 227
ANALYSIS OF CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN (S100A9) IN SERUM OF CHRONIC WOUNDS, JESSICA DREXINGER; FACULTY SPONSOR: KRISTIN FRIES

HYDROGELS IN WOUND DRESSINGS, ANGELA TRYBUSKIEWICZ; FACULTY SPONSOR: KATHLEEN MURPHY

INTRINSIC FLUORESCENCE DETERMINATION OF THE INTERACTION OF LUMINOL WITH HEMOGLOBIN, RANDI CATTOI; FACULTY SPONSOR: DERRICK SWARTZ

10:45 – NOON
DUNS SCOTUS 139 ART STUDIO
ART LEARNING: A KEY TO SUCCESSFUL CLASSROOM EXPERIENCES, LAURA JAMES, LISA STAHLMAN, MEAGAN RUSSELL, ANGELA DELLA SALA; FACULTY SPONSOR: G.E. WASHINGTON

DOES MY TEACHER “HELP” LEARNING?, RICHARD LAHR, G.E. WASHINGTON; FACULTY SPONSOR: G.E. WASHINGTON

10:45 am - NOON
DUNS SCOTUS 236
SOCIAL WORK RESEARCH AND THE INTERNSHIP: WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF SIMULTANEOUS LEARNING? DANIEL GALLAGHER, ALLYSON NYE; FACULTY SPONSOR: GEORGE SIEFERT

HEALTH CARE DISPARITIES AND POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS AS IDENTIFIED BY BUFFALO COMMUNITY MEMBERS, KATHRYN TOMALA; FACULTY SPONSOR: PAULETTE NIEWCZYK

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
WICK SOCIAL ROOM
DAEMEN DANCE ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE, Larissa Gramza, Kelly Jeanne Freatman, Julie Lamping, Brianna Cooper, Cassie Bender, Jackie Slack, Shawna Lefort, Chelsea Foss, Melissa Czajka, Missy Bakker; Faculty Sponsor: Justine TUTUSKA

11 AM – 2 PM LUNCH WICK DINING ROOM
Free campus lunch.
BEGINNING AT NOON:
· PERFORMANCE STEP Team Performance

PRESENTATION SESSION II

These sessions will generally run from 1:00 – 2:30 PM unless otherwise noted. Read descriptions beginning on page 13 of the printed program.

1:00 – 1:30 PM
ALUMNI LOUNGE
CHINA: EXPERIENCES AND OPPORTUNITIES, ALI LADAK; FACULTY SPONSOR: MICHAEL BROGAN, SUSAN ROSS

1:00 – 3:00 PM
SCHENCK HALL 202
SIXTH ANNUAL MOOT COURT: WRONGFUL DEATH, ALEXANDER MARKS, JUSTIN JOHNSTON, MCKENZIE HIGGINS, DAN DECARLO, PAUL KOWTUN, MATHEW SAXTON, DENNIS HERNANDEZ, JUSTIN SANTINI, DEBBIE SMIGIEL, CHRISTOPHER GERACE, NICOLE DUELL, ANDRE BOWMAN, TYLER THREEHOUSE, MELANIE NOWICKI, SHANTELLE SONGSTER; FACULTY SPONSOR: LAURIE WALSH, LISA PARSHALL, BRIGID NILAND

1:00 – 2:30 PM
WICK 113-115
DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF CAREER HOUR WITH THE INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS AT GROVER CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOL, ALLYSON NYE, STEPHANIE MAZZONE, ELISE LESAKOWSKI, KADIE SKULSKI, DANIEL GALLAGHER, ELIZABETH MINNS, ELIDA ALVAREZ; FACULTY SPONSOR: RENEE DANIEL

1:00 – 2:00 PM
DUNS SCOTUS 236
JEALOUSY IN INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS, ASHLEY MARINACCIO; FACULTY SPONSOR: DENISE EMER

THE IMPACT OF VIOLENT MUSIC: IS IT MODERATED BY CONTEXT?, SHANNA VERNON; FACULTY SPONSOR: DENISE EMER

1:00 – 2:30 PM
DS244
OPEN DISCUSSION OF DR. DYSON'S PRESENTATION AT THE ACADEMIC FESTIVAL , SHAUNETTE ARCHER, BRANDON SIMMONS, ALICIA SCHAEFFER, JOANNE SADLER, JOE SANKOH, WILLIAM DIPIETRO; FACULTY SPONSORS: JOE SANKOH, JOANN SADLER, WILLIAM DIPIETRO

1:00 – 2:15 PM
DUNS SCOTUS 227
CAN WE “SLOW THE FLOW” OR WILL WE HAVE TO BURY IT? DECREASING CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS TO THE ATMOSPHERE, ERIN STOCKSCHLAEDER, AARON BARTOLOMEI, MICHAEL BOOTH, DANIEL CLAUSS, AMANDA FITZGERALD, ERIC FRAREY, TANYA GENERAL, TIFFANY PETRANEK, ANGELA TRYBUSKIEWICZ; FACULTY SPONSOR: KATHLEEN E. MURPHY

POLLINATOR ABUNDANCE AS AFFECTED BY INVASIVE SPECIES, LAUREN DESSENA; FACULTY SPONSOR: BRENDA YOUNG

1:30 – 2:30
ALUMNI LOUNGE
EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP AND CHANGE COHORT XI PRESENTS REFRAMING ORGANIZATIONS, GINA PANNULLO, LISA KOLMETZ, MELODIE BAKER; FACULTY SPONSOR: JOHN FREDERICK

NURSING COMMUNITY ASSESSMENTS

1:00 – 4:00 PM
BUSINESS 107/109
Read descriptions beginning on page 19 of the printed program.

1:00 - 1:30 PM
THE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF KALEIDA NURSE MANAGERS REGARDING MAGNET STATUS, DEBORAH BOSS, TRISHA FISHER, DAWN TAL, MELISSA TRAVIS; FACULTY SPONSOR: ROSEMARY WALTER

1:30 - 2:00 PM
THE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF HEALTH PROFESSIONALS EMPLOYED AT SISTERS HOSPITAL REGARDING PERINATAL BEREAVEMENT, DEBRA GAMBINI, AMY HEYDEN, PAMELA SCHMIDT, JEANIE SCOTT; FACULTY SPONSOR:LYNDA CESSARIO

2:00 - 2:30 PM
THE NEEDS OF REGISTERED NURSES, EMPLOYED AT MERCY HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO, REGARDING FAMILY PRESENCE DURING RESUSCITATION, TIFFANY JALOWIEC, NATHANIEL STEARNS, JILLIAN WITTMAN, MARCELLA ZYNDA; FACULTY SPONSOR: LYNDA CESSARIO

2:30 - 3:00 PM
THE KNOWLEDGE OF HEALTH PROFESSIONALS IN ERIE COUNTY REGARDING TERRANCE HOUSE, GARRETT BAUER, KALINA BIDJOV, LINDA IRWIN, REBECCA KOZLOWSKI; FACULTY SPONSOR: ROSEMARY WALTER

3:00 - 3:30 PM
THE NEED FOR A DOCTOR OF NURSING PRACTICE PROGRAM AT DAEMEN COLLEGE, JOLENE BUEME, COLIN DOYLE, SHARON KRAMER, PHILIP SALEMI; FACULTY SPONSOR: LYNDA CESSARIO

3:30 - 4:00 PM
THE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS, AGES 25-39, RESIDING IN ERIE COUNTY REGARDING ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION, MICHELLE HENDERSON-BROWN, DILMA RODRIGUEZ, DARESHA SOLOMON; FACULTY SPONSOR: LYNDA CESSARIO

PRESENTATION SESSION III

These sessions will generally run from 2:30 – 3:30 PM unless otherwise noted. Read descriptions beginning on page 13 of the printed program.

2:30 – 3:30 PM
DUNS SCOTUS 244
CREATING AN ON-LINE CAPSTONE LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR EDUCATION MAJORS, JANE ROSS, ELIZABETH SOBIERAJ; FACULTY SPONSOR: JEFF ARNOLD

TYPICAL/ATYPICAL GROSS MOTOR DEVELOPMENT IN YOUNG CHILDREN, LUCINDA WRIGHT; FACULTY SPONSOR: MARY FOX

2:30 – 4:00 PM
WICK 113 – 115
PRESENTATION OF RESEARCH TOPICS FROM THE ETHNICITY, RACE, AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY CLASS, RENEE DANIEL, SARA SKIBICKI, NAKITA MASON, JESSICA SZYJKA, RENITA ROSS-STARKS, ALICIA SCHAEFFER, JOANNA
BARTHELEMY; FACULTY SPONSOR: RENEE DANIEL

2:00 – 3:30 PM
DUNS SCOTUS 236
FEMALE ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISTS AT LOVE CANAL FROM 1978-1980, PAM BURGHARDT; FACULTY SPONSOR: PENNY MESSINGER

BEWITCHING THE PUBLIC: TWO FUTURE EDUCATORS EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF HISTORICAL SITES IN SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS, RACHEL BAIRD, AMY STEWART; FACULTY SPONSORS: PENNY MESSINGER, ANDREW WISE

2:30 – 3:30 PM
DUNS SCOTUS 227
COSTA RICAN NATURAL HISTORY – OUR JANUARY ADVENTURE,
LEAH ZAMOYSKI, JACOB TRIPLET, JULIE NEUROHR, GINA STOUT, JENNIFER LIVERGOOD, KERRI RHINEHART, JARED FINK, MICHAEL FILIPOWSKI, AMANDA TOWNSEND, TIMOTHY M. MILLER; FACULTY SPONSOR: BRENDA YOUNG

3:00 – 4:00 PM
ALUMNI LOUNGE
FESTIVAL MUSICALE!, Kathleen Boone, John Zaepfel, Peter Siedlecki, Lawrence Kenyon, Ned Cuddy, Rush-Neke Thomas, Michelle Kmentt, LaTonya Myers, Wendell Sisnett, Jason Hartmann, Roopa Shanbag, Theresa Mellas, Chris Malik, Denise Emer, Jeremy Hall, Gary Styn; Faculty Sponsor: Chris Malik

4:00 – 5:00 PM
ALUMNI LOUNGE
SINGIN’ THE BLUES (AND LOTS OF OTHER ROCKIN' STUFF!), DENISE EMER, JEREMY HALL, GARY STYN, CHRIS MALIK, LATONYA MYERS, WENDEL SISNETT…AND OTHERS; FACULTY SPONSOR: DENISE EMER

4:30 – 5:30 PM
DUNS SCOTUS ART GALLERY
SPONTANEOUS DESIGN: AN EXPLORATION INTO VISUAL DESIGN IN IMPROVISATIONAL PERFORMANCE, CHRISTIAN BRANDJES, KYLA KEGLER; FACULTY SPONSOR: CHRISTIAN BRANDJES



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