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2022 KU Inspires Program
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2022 KU Inspires

Wednesday, April 20, 2022

Sessions At-A-Glance

9:00am-4:00pm

POSTER AND ARTWORK GALLERY | Rohrbach Library, First Floor

10:00am-10:30am

SESSION 1 (Short Film Project) | Rohrbach Library, Room 28, Conference Room

10:30am-11:00am

COFFEE BREAK | Rohrbach Library, First Floor

11:00am-12:00pm

SESSION 2 (Graduate Session) | Rohrbach Library, Room 28, Conference Room

12:00pm-1:00pm

SESSION 3 (KU BEARS Present) | Rohrbach Library, Room 22, Classroom

1:00pm-2:00pm

SESSION 4: PARALLEL ROUND TABLES 

(Pennsylvania German Round Table)         | Rohrbach Library, Room 28, Conference Room

(Stoddarstville Discoveries Round Table)        | Rohrbach Library, Room 22, Classroom

2:00pm-3:00pm

SESSION 5 (Short Film Festival) | MSU 183, Alumni Auditorium

3:00pm-4:00pm

SESSION 6 (Aspects of Contemporary Health) | MSU 183, Alumni Auditorium

4:00pm

UGRC Faculty Mentorship Awards Ceremony | MSU 183, Alumni Auditorium and on Zoom

Reception to Follow, MSU 183, Alumni Auditorium Lobby

Detailed Schedule

Persons with a disability, and who require accommodation, should notify the Disability Services Office two weeks prior to the event at 610-683-4108 or email DSO@kutztown.edu, TDD number: 610-683-4499, in order to discuss accommodations. Every effort will be made to provide reasonable accommodations. Please note: Kutztown University does not provide wheelchairs or other mobility devices.

Poster and Artwork Gallery

9:00am-4:00pm

Location: Rohrbach Library, First Floor

Posters

Eric Bradley (faculty mentor: Prof. Dannell MacIlwraith), “People, Posters, and Progress: An Analysis of Movie Posters Throughout the Decades and How They Communicate Societal Trends Visually”

| speak with the researcher 3:30pm-4:00pm

Maddy Brozusky (faculty mentor: Dr. Todd Williams), “The Stories That Shape Us”

 | speak with the researcher in the gallery 10:00am-1:00pm

round table 1:00pm-2:00pm, RL 28

Marcos Dos Diaz Davila (mentor: Tania Brown), “Military and Veterans Services”

| speak with the researcher 12:00pm-1:30pm

David Gayle, Spencer Giambalvo, M. Saleck Marrakchi, Shane Secrest, Robert Steele (faculty mentor: Dr. Khori Newlander), “An Analysis of Grave Markers from Stoddartsville, an early 19th century Milling Village in Northeast Pennsylvania”

| speak with the researchers round table 1:00pm-2:00pm, RL 22

Alicia Gough (faculty mentor: Dr. Jennifer Schlegel), “Growing Up Pennsylvania Dutch”

| speak with the researcher 12:00pm-2:00pm

Kaya Hernandez, Donald Kershner, Nikolai Kochel, Jamiee Lawson, Amber Mengel (faculty mentor: Dr. Khori Newlander), “Piecing Together the Shards: Pottery from Stoddartsville”

| speak with the researchers round table 1:00pm-2:00pm, RL 22

Michael Mistler, 2021 KU BEARS Grant Recipient, (faculty mentor: Dr. Mark Wolfmeyer), “The Portrayal of Math Education in the News”

| speak with the researcher 9:30am-12:00pm

Izzie Race (faculty mentor: Dr. Derek Mace), “Relationships Between Gender and Emotion”

| speak with the researcher 12pm-1pm

Katie Steigerwalt (faculty mentor: Dr. Jennifer Schlegel), “Braucherei in the Modern World”

| speak with the researcher round table 1:00pm2:00pm, RL 28

Celeste Sukley, Levi Moran, Kayla Hogan, Ellie Fitzurka, “Through a Glass Lens: Glass Bottles from Stoddartsville” (faculty mentor: Dr. Khori Newlander)

| speak with the researchers round table 1:00pm-2:00pm, RL 22

Jesse Wilkinson, 2021 KU BEARS Grant Recipient,(faculty mentor: Dr. Christopher Harris), Social Determinants of Health in the Age of Covid: Effects of Social Isolation Among Adults 65+ in Rural Pennsylvania” (faculty mentor: Dr. Christopher Harris)

| speak with the researcher 1:00pm-3:00pm

Artwork

Shani Trebatoski (faculty mentor: Dr. Amy Pfeiler-Wunder), “My Personal and Professional Identities”

| speak with the researcher 9:00am-11:00am

Frank Pizzuta ,2021 KU BEARS Grant Recipient, (faculty mentor: Prof. Josh Miller), “Pen Plotted Generative Art”

| speak with the researcher 11:00am-4:00pm

Session One Short Film Project

10:00am-10:30am

Location: Rohrbach Library, Room 28

Moderator: Dr. Lynn M. Kutch

Emaleigh Greb (faculty mentor: Dr. Nicole McClure),” Is It Too Late?: A Documentary”

Coffee Break Poster and Artwork Gallery Mix and Mingle

10:30am-11:00am

Location: Rohrbach Library, First Floor

Session Two Graduate Session

11:00am-12:00pm

Location: Rohrbach Library, Room 28

Moderator: McKenzie Hollenbach

Megan Rutter, “My Place Enhanced Autism Services: Background and Explanation”

Alexandra Garcia (mentor: McKenzie Hollenbach), “KU My Place Program Research”

Session Three KU BEARS Present

12:00pm-1:00pm

Location: Rohrbach Library, Room 22

Moderator: Prof. Thiep Pham

Paul Barton, 2021 KU BEARS Grant Recipient, (faculty mentor: Dr. Brooks Emerick), “KU BEARS Applied Math Research”

Sarah Edris, 2021 KU BEARS Grant Recipient, (faculty mentor: Dr. Bill Donner), “PA German Cultural Heritage Materials”

Matthew Cruz, 2021 KU BEARS Grant Recipient, (faculty mentor: Prof. Thiep Pham),“The Six States of Play Through the Eyes of Gaming”

Session Four Concurrent Round Tables

1:00pm-2:00pm  Roundtable 1: Pennsylvania German Heritage

Location: Rohrbach Library, Room 28

Moderator: Dr. Jennifer Schlegel

Pennsylvania German Roundtable

Maddy Brozusky, 2021 KU BEARS Grant Recipient, (faculty mentor: Dr. Todd Williams), “The Stories that Shape Us”

Katie Steigerwalt (faculty mentor: Dr. Jennifer Schlegel),” Braucherei in the Modern World”

Jonathan Weinrich (faculty mentor: Dr. Jennifer Schlegel), “Then and Now: A Look into the History of Kutztown”

1:00pm-2:00pm  Roundtable 2: Stoddartsville Discoveries

Location: Rohrbach Library, Room 22

Moderator: Dr. Khori Newlander

Stoddartsville Discoveries Roundtable (faculty mentor: Dr. Khori Newlander)

David Gayle, Spencer Giambalvo, M. Saleck Marrakchi, Shane Secrest, Robert Steele, “An Analysis of Grave Markers from Stoddartsville, an early 19th century Milling Village in Northeast Pennsylvania”

Kaya Hernandez, Donald Kershner, Nikolai Kochel, Jamiee Lawson, Amber Mengel, “Piecing Together the Shards: Pottery from Stoddartsville”

Celeste Sukley, Levi Moran, Kayla Hogan, Ellie Fitzurka, “Through a Glass Lens: Glass Bottles from Stoddartsville

Session Five (Short Film Festival)

2:00pm-3:00pm

Location: MSU 183, Alumni Auditorium

Moderator: Dr. Lyn McQuaid

Delijah Joseph (mentor: Tania Brown), “KU Veterans and Military Services”

Jenny Wallace, 2021 KU BEARS Grant Recipient, (faculty mentor: Prof. Jennifer Suwak), “KU Summer Filmmaking Institute”

Cody Hawley (faculty mentor: Prof. Jennifer Suwak), “Call Now”

Session Six (Aspects of Contemporary Health)

3:00pm-4:00pm

Location: MSU 183, Alumni Auditorium

Moderator: Dr. Michael Davis

Van Anh Nguyen, 2021 KU BEARS Grant Recipient, (faculty mentor: Dr. Yuxia Qian), “Asian American Immigrants’ Health Acculturation”

Macy Turner, 2021 KU BEARS Grant Recipient, (faculty mentor: Dr. Michael Davis), “Adult Diabetes Prevention in Urban Heat Islands: A Case Study of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania”

Madison Stanton, 2021 KU BEARS Grant Recipient, (faculty mentor: Dr. Carol Watson), “The Effect of 100% Virtual Learning on ML Students, A Teacher’s Perspective”

UGRC Faculty Mentorship Awards

4:00pm-5:00pm; reception immediately following, MSU 183 lobby

Location: MSU 183, Alumni Auditorium and on Zoom

Reception to Follow, MSU 183 Lobby

Welcome and Opening Remarks | Dr. Lorin Basden Arnold, provost and vice president for Academic Affairs

Recognition of the 2021 Recipients | Dr. Lynn M. Kutch, coordinator of Undergraduate   Research and Creativity

Announcement of the 2022 Nominees and Recipients | Dr. Lynn M. Kutch, coordinator of Undergraduate Research and Creativity

Reception and Congratulations, MSU 183 Lobby