To apply for participation in this year’s Undergraduate Research Symposium, please click here. For more information, contact Dr. Gina Weaver, Honors Director, at 405.491.6660 or gweaver@snu.edu.

2012 Undergraduate Symposium

13 April 2012

Southern Nazarene University is proud to announce its Sixth Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium, “Voices Across the Disciplines,” to be held on Friday, April 13, 2012. The symposium, hosted on the Bethany campus of Southern Nazarene University, invites undergraduate students from all disciplines to present research projects in the form of papers and posters. For the first time this year, SNU is inviting area colleges and universities to participate in this one-day event.

Participation in the Undergraduate Research Symposium gives students invaluable experience in presenting and discussing their work in professional context. Each submission is reviewed by a panel of experts, and prizes are given for the best project submitted in each discipline.

This year’s keynote address will be given by Dr. Jimmie Weaver III, a 2004 graduate of Southern Nazarene University. Weaver completed his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the University of Kansas in 2010 and is currently a Post-Doctoral Associate at Yale University. He has received a number of prestigious awards including the Higuchi Doctoral Award for the top chemistry Ph.D. from the University of Kansas. Dr. Weaver’s primary area of expertise is catalysis and synthetic methodology.

Preliminary Schedule of Events and Panel Arrangements

10:00-11:00 Thesis Panel Room: RB 206

Candace Robinson, Paul Flores, Kayla Conant

11:10-12:00 Intercultural Showcase Room: RB 206

Amy Chandapillai, Candace Robinson, Collin Whitsett

12:00 - 1:00 Lunch with Jimmie Weaver for Participants Room: Herrick 228

1:00 - 1:30 Poster Session Royce Brown, 1st Floor Hallway

Michael Rains

1:30 - 2:15 Keynote Address Room: RB 136

Keynote Address: Dr. Jimmie Weaver

2:20 - 3:20 Paper Session 1

Panel A: Social Sciences Panel Room: RB 125

Randy Gallegos, Hannah Marchant, Allie Oakes

Panel B: Women and Literature Room: RB 136

Abbey Marra, Ronna Fisher, Tesica Starkey

3:30 - 4:45 Paper Session 2

Panel A: Freshman Panel Room: RB 116

Jamie Williams, Mary Jo Galbraith, Heather Cox, Andy Estrada, Brianne Canino

Panel B: Literature Panel Room: RB 125

Rebekah Bence, Hallie Stapp, Katelyn Lamb

Panel C: Sciences Panel Room: RB 136

Collin Whitsett, Ashley Sweeney, Mary Siems, Blake Jordan, Trey Polk

4:50 - 5:15 Closing and Awards Room: RB 136

2009 Research Symposium

We would like to congratulate the winners of the 3rd annual Undergraduate Research Symposium and all of its participants as they embody SNU's aspirations for student academic success. This year, there was a record number of participants. Presentation winners were awarded in four categories - Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, Humanities, and Theology. A separate award was given for best poster presentation in the Sciences area. The winners in each category were as follows.

Social Sciences
Paul James: "The Integration of Psychology and Christianity,"
Erin Fitzgerald: "The Absence of Conservatives in Academia"

Natural Science
Johnnie West: "The Study of the Interaction Between Th-POK and Corepressors"

Humanities
Sarah Hunnicutt: "Female Deviance in Victorian England,"
Lauren Brand: "Shakespeare and Alcott: Connections Rich and Strange"

Theology
Kelcie Exline: "God Meets Human: An Exegesis of John 1:43-51"

Poster Presentations
Stephanie Mabe, Sarah Whittenberg, and Amanda Mayo: "Memory Malleability and Misinformation"

We also want to thank the student assistants, the faculty who volunteered their time as panel judges, the SNU IT department, and the School of Business office staff for their help in making this annual event a success. Please help us celebrate the accomplishments of our student scholars!