UTAH ACADEMYof

Sciences, Arts & Letters

Established 1908

Annual ConferenceApril 8, 2011

Salt Lake Community College

Salt Lake City, Utah

UTAH ACADEMY OFSCIENCES, ARTS & LETTERS

Annual Conference April 8, 2011

9:00 - 10:00 a.m. Registration: Jordan Health Sciences Building Atrium

10:00 – 11:30 a.m. Plenary Session: Eccles Auditorium, JHSWelcome: Dr. Chris Picard, Provost, SLCCPresidential Address: Spencer H. BlakeDistinguished Service Award Presentation: Nichole OrtegaTanner Lecture: Warner WoodworthRabbit Room Session: Eccles Auditorium, JHS

12:30 – 1:30Lunch: Student Pavilion John and Olga Gardner Prize Presentation: Nichole Ortega

2:00 – 5:00Division Session Presentations: High Tech Center & Student Pavilion

3:15 – 3:45 BreakRefreshments & Poster Session: Student Pavilion

5:30 – 6:30 UASAL Board Meeting: Student Pavilion 206

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Division SessionsRoom Assignments

POSTER SESSIONStudent Pavilion

ARTSSessions 1 & 2, High Tech Center 109Session 3, High Tech Center 111

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES High Tech Center 107

BUSINESSSessions 1 & 2, High Tech Center 206Sessions 3 & 4, High Tech Center 209

EDUCATIONHigh Tech Center 215

ENGINEERINGHigh Tech Center 223

HPERStudent Pavilion 204

LETTERS – PHILOSOPHYHigh Tech Center 246

LETTERS – LITERATURE High Tech Center 234

PHYSICAL SCIENCESSessions 1 & 2, High Tech Center 239Sessions 3, High Tech Center 237

SOCIAL SCIENCESSessions 1 & 2, High Tech Center 231Sessions 3 & 4, High Tech Center 233

REFRESHMENTS

Student Pavilion

Tanner Lecture

Dr. Warner Woodworth

Brigham Young University

Action Learning: Using our Research & Teaching as a Platform for Change

Warner Woodworth is a social entrepreneur and professor of Organizational Strategy and Leadership at the Marriott School, Brigham Young University where he teaches OD, Third World Development, Microcredit, and Social Entrepreneurship. Author of 10 books and over 200 articles and conference papers, he has been engaged in empowering the poor for three decades. He has helped found and/or served on the boards of numerous NGOs including Enterprise Mentors International (5 countries), Ouelessebougou-Utah Alliance (Mali), Unitus (11 nations), and HELP International (8 countries), among 24 others. In 2010 alone the NGOs and MFIs he helped launch from his campus courses in past years grew to over 7.2 million clients, raised some $36 million, and trained over 520,000 microentrepreneurs. He has been honored with the Faculty Pioneer Award for his global impacts from the Aspen Institute in NYC, a Social Entrepreneurship Teaching Award at the World Forum, Oxford University, and the first Peter Drucker Visiting Scholar at the Drucker School, Claremont University in LA, among other recognitions. He was also appointed by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Muhammad Yunus to the Advisory Board of Grameen America in NYC.

Distinguished Service Award

Dr. Clifton Sanders

Salt Lake Community CollegeClifton Sanders is the Dean of the School of Science, Mathematics and Engineering at Salt Lake Community College.  He received his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the University of Utah in 1990 and a certificate in Biblical Languages from Salt Lake Theological Seminary in 1995.  He has worked as a research technician and senior scientist for several Utah biomedical, industrial and contract research companies.  His academic and industrial research has been sponsored by the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, NASA and the Department of Defense. He has co-authored several publications, presentations, technical reports and patents in mechanistic organic chemistry, mass spectrometry, polymer synthesis, and biomaterials technology.  He has worked at Salt Lake Community College since 1993 as a Chemistry Instructor, Assistant Professor, and academic administrator.  He was awarded the 1995-96 Salt Lake Community College Distinguished Faculty Lecturer Award for community outreach and science education, and he received a Teaching Excellence Award in 1997 from the Salt Lake Community College Foundation.  As an adjunct Instructor in Philosophical Theology at Salt Lake Theological Seminary Clifton developed and taught courses in Biblical Interpretation, Theology and the Arts, and Theology and Science. He has given theology presentations at the Sunstone Symposium, Salt Lake Theological Seminary and Salt Lake Community College. Clifton plays jazz saxophone with the G. Brown Quintet, a local professional group. He provided solo saxophone improvisations for Emma Lou Thayne’s reading of her suite of poems “How Much for the Earth” at the March 2008 Nuclear Weapons Symposium at Utah Valley University He also co-authored (with Michael Minch) the paper “Democracy as Music, Music as Democracy” which was published in Radical Philosophy Review, volume 12 (2009), “Art, Praxis and Social Transformation--Radical Dreams and Visions.”

He is married to Sandra Watkins and they have a 14-year old son, Nathaniel.

John & Olga Gardner Prize

H. Scott Hinton

Utah State University

H. Scott Hinton was born in Salt Lake City in 1951. He received a B.S.E.E. in 1981 at Brigham Young University and an M.S.E.E. at Purdue University in 1982.

In 1981, he joined AT&T Bell Laboratories in Naperville, IL as a Member of the Technical Staff. He was promoted to supervisor of the Photonic Switching Technologies group in 1985 and then Head of the Photonic Switching Department in 1989.

From 1992 to 1994, he was the BNR-NT/NSERC Chair in Photonic Systems at McGill University and from 1994 to 1999 he was the Hudson Moore Jr. Professor of Engineering at the University of Colorado at Boulder, and finally from 1999 to 2002 he was the Dean E. Ackers Distinguished Professor and the Chairman of the University of Kansas Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department.

In June 2002, he accepted the position as the Dean of the College of Engineering at Utah State University. He has been very active in the scientific community where he has published over 35 journal articles and 85 conference papers. He has also been active in service to the professional community by serving in leadership positions for numerous technical conferences and workshops.

Dean Hinton has also been awarded 12 patents. His current research is focused on developing systems applications of smart pixels and free-space optical interconnection, synthetic biophotonic systems, and in developing and understanding technology-enhanced learning environments. He was the 2004-2005 President of the IEEE Laser and

Electro-Optics Society (LEOS), an IEEE-LEOS Distinguished Lecturer for 1993-94 and is a fellow of both the IEEE and OSA.

Utah Academy 2011 Spring Excursion

Topaz Japanese Internment Camp Saturday, June 4th 2011

Each year the Utah Academy participates in a Spring Excursion to explore some natural or historic feature of our beautiful state. Our excursion this year will be to Topaz Japanese Internment Camp and Great Basin National Park. We will start at Delta at 8:00 a.m. on June 4th, visit Topaz and Fort Deseret near Delta, and then drive to Great Basin National Park. On the way, we will view Sevier Lake and the Baker Archeological Site (Fremont Indian village). At Great Basin National Park, we will visit Lehman Cave and the Wheeler Peak Scenic Drive. We recommend that you make plans to spend Friday night in Delta in order to get started at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday morning.

Please join us! Feel free to invite friends and family members to join us as well. More information will be forthcoming via email, but mark your calendars and contact Dwight Israelsen, Utah Academy Member at Large, to RSVP.

Dwight IsraelsenDept of Economics & FinanceUtah State University3565 Old Main HillLogan, UT 84322-3520(435) 797-2298dwight.israelsen@usu.edu

We also invite you to mark your calendars for the 2012 UASAL Annual Spring Conference to be held at Utah State University

Journal of the Utah Academy Publication Policy

Papers published in The Journal of the Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters are drawn from papers presented by members in good standing at the annual conference of the Utah Academy. To qualify for publication, the papers must be recommended through a double blind refereeing system.

Presenters are encouraged to publish their paper in The Journal of the Utah Academy. The Journal’s criteria are that a submission is (1) fresh, meaningful scholarly insight on its subject; (2) readable and well written; and (3) of general interest for an academic readership beyond the author’s field. If you wish your paper to be considered for publication in The Journal, please send one hard copy of your paper and abstract to;

Nichole OrtegaDance Department MC233Utah Valley University 800 West University Parkway Orem, UT 84058

Please send three hard copies to the chair of your division by May 15, 2011. All submitted papers will be considered for an Outstanding Paper Award. Include both your institutional and home addresses and phone numbers, email address and fax number. Papers will be peer reviewed. Please suggest possible appropriated referees, including names, telephone numbers and addresses.

At the time of acceptance for publication, manuscripts must be submitted as an attachment in Microsoft Word via email, also attach a PDF. Figures, diagrams and photographs must be saved as TIFF files and should be no larger than 5 x 7. Papers must conform to the style of the paper’s discipline: MLA, APA, Chicago, CBE, or AIP. Papers should be between ten and twenty double-spaced pages.

The Journal of the Utah Academy is a refereed journal. Editorial responses will be forthcoming after the resumption of school the following fall when referees have returned their comments to the division chairs.

Detailed publication guidelines are available at the Utah Academy website: www.utahacademy.org

Poster SessionSession Chair: R Steven Turley

Brigham Young University

A Comparative Analysis of Increased Childhood Obesity and the Reduction of Physical Education Programs in Public Education in Utah Public SchoolsRosqvist, Kemp & Boyer, Bret H. D.P.T., Utah Valley University

The Effect of a Regional Exercise Science Professional Conference on Student Perception of Professional BehaviorDenney, Paige & Boyer, Bret H. D.P.T., Utah Valley University

How Ecological Science Is Portrayed In Mass MediaLeilani F. Williams, Brigham Young University; Jerald B. Johnson & Matthew J. Baker Northern Kentucky

Digital Humanities: What's all the Buzz about?Burke Sorenson

Analysis of barn owl pellets (Tyto alba) collected from Davis County, UtahJaime S. Heiner & Stephen P. Niedzwiecki M.S., Oquirrh Mountain Charter School

Defense Chemistry In Inga umbelliferaSusanna Khachaturyan, Thomas A. Kursar, Phyllis D. Coley, & John Lokvam, University of Utah

Seperation Of Mixed Halophilic Cultures From The Great Salt LakeStaples, A., Culumber, M., Domek, M., Weber State University

ArtsDivision Chair: Nichole Ortega

Utah Valley University

Session OneSession Leader: Nichole OrtegaHigh Tech Center 109

2:00 DreamsMelanie Ewell Francom , Utah Valley University

2:15 LacunaAngela Banchero-Kelleher, Amy Markgraf Jacobson & Nichole Ortega, Utah Valley University

2:30 Rudollf von Laban and the NazisAleisha Paspuel , Utah Valley University

2:45 Backwards and in High Heels: The Myth of Female Passivity in Ballroom DanceRoger Wiblin, Utah Valley University

3:00 Going Through Life Sideways: Fritz Lang’s Violence with His Female CharactersElaine Sharp, Dixie State College

3:15 – 3:45 Break (Refreshments in Student Pavilion)

Session TwoSession Leader: Marcus Vincent, Utah Valley UniversityHigh Tech Center 111

2:00 Partcipant Motivation in College Ballroom Dance ClassesJohnny Ahn, Utah Valley University

2:15 John Wayne, ProducerStephen Armstrong, Dixie State College

2:30 International Style v. American Style: The Coaches’ Perspective

Emily Darby, Utah Valley University

2:45 Gender Performance and Performativity in Ballroom DanceVeronica Argyle, Utah Valley University

3:00 Alwin Nickolais: How His Choreography Reflects His Life ExperiencesBreanna Orr, Utah Valley University

3:15 – 3:45 Break (Refreshments in the Student Pavilion)

Session ThreeSession Leader: Nichole OrtegaHigh Tech Center 109

3:45 The Disillusioned Hero: Friz Lang and Dave BannionTrisha Haber, Dixie State College

4:00 Night Journey: Insight of the Subconscious of Martha GrahamLauren Harris, Utah Valley University

4:15 The Shadow EffectMelanie Ewell Francom, Utah Valley University

4:30 Visual ScriptingElizabeth Micklavcic, University of Utah

4:45 Reggaeton from a Feminist Perspective Giselle Fernandez, Utah Valley University

Biological SciencesDivision Chair: Erin O’Brien

Dixie State College

Session Leader: Erin O’BrienHigh Tech Center 107

2:00 Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis fungus update for populations of Hyla arenicolor in Zion National ParkBritnee Moore & Curt Walker, Dixie State College

2:15 The Effect of Rock Pool Properties on the Diversity and Abundance of Microflora and Fauna in SW Utah Slot Canyon PoolsChad Roberts, Dixie State College

2:30 Susceptibility Study of Staphylococcus aureus Carotenoid Deficient Mutants to Oxacillin Uriwan Vijaranakul, Pibulsongkram Rajabhat University, Thailand; R. K. Jayaswal & Brian J. Wilkinson, Illinois State University

2:45 Novel Marinobacter-like Organism and a Related Phage Isolated from the Great Salt LakeT. B. Simon, C. J. Oberg, M. D. Culumber, & M. J. Domek, Weber State University

3:00 A Unified Study of Ethics on Conservation of BiodiversityRuhul Kuddus, Utah Valley University

3:15 – 3:45 Break (Refreshments in Student Pavilion)

3:45 Isolation and Characterization of Cellulytic Microorganisms from the Great Salt Lake, UTElizabeth Mora, Brian Bill, Craig Oberg & Michele Culumber, Weber State University

4:00 Comparison of Idiomarina Bacteriophage Isolated from the Great Salt Lake, UTCarlie Benson, Craig Oberg, Matthew Domek, & Michele Culumber, Weber State University

4:15 Inhibition of Clostridium difficile by Lactic Acid BacteriaTarris Webber, Jed Lowe, Rachel Lowe, & Craig Oberg, Weber State University

4:30 Antibacterial Properties of Originum vulgare Essential Oil on Staphylococcus aureusMarcus Stucki, Dennis Farnsworth, Zachary Hazenwinkel & Dr. Don Warner, Dixie State College of Utah

4:45 – 5:00 Q&A

BusinessDivision Chair: Jon Westover

Utah Valley University

Session One – Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Student ResearchSession Leader: Jonathan H. Westover, Utah Valley University High Tech Center 206

2:00 Organizational Politics in a Utah ContextTrista Doxey, Utah Valley University

2:20 The Impact of Right to Work Policies in Utah Troy Callahan, Utah Valley University

2:40 The Impact of Workplace Wellness Programs on Decreasing Employee Obesity and Increasing Overall HealthSkyler C. Macdonald & Jonathan H. Westover, Utah Valley University

3:00 – 3:15 Q&A

Session Two – EntrepreneurshipSession Leader: Peter Robinson, Utah Valley University High Tech Center 209

2:00 Sources of Entrepreneurial PassionMichael Glauser, Westminster CollegeMelissa Cardon, Pace University

2:20 The Challenge: Experiential Education in Theory and Practice Dr. Peter Robinson, Dr. Laurent Josien & Rachel McGovern, Utah Valley University

2:40 What Successful Entrepreneurs Really DoMichael Glauser, Westminster College

3:00 – 3:15 Q&A

Session Three – Statistical Methods in Business ResearchSession Leader: James B. McDonald, Brigham Young UniversityHigh Tech Center 206

3:45 Partially Adaptive Estimation of the Censored Regression ModelRandall A. Lewis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology;James B. McDonald, Brigham Young University

4:05 Partially Adaptive and Semiparametric Estimation of Regression Models for Grouped DataJason B. Cook & James B. McDonald, Brigham Young University

4:25 Moments to Remember: Some Popular Models for the Distribution of Income James B. McDonald & Jeffrey T. Sorensen, Brigham Young University; Patrick A. Turley, Harvard University

4:45 – 5:00 Q&A

Session Four – Other Topics in BusinessSession Leader: L. Dwight Israelsen, Utah State UniversityHigh Tech Center 209

3:45 An Analytical View of China as a Software Outsourcing Outlet*Taowen Le, Weber State University; Wayne Huang, Ohio University; Jin Zhang, Professor, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee

4:00 Advertising to Children: A Review to Determine Ethics and Social ResponsibilityBenjamin Hart, Utah Valley University

4:15 A Note on the Usefulness the Minimum-Variance Portfolio in Practice

Leo Chan, Utah Valley University

*Presentation by Ed Harris, Weber State University

4:30 Diversification and Comparative Advantage: 160 Years of Change in Utah’s EconomyL. Dwight Israelsen, Utah State University

4:45 – 5:00 Q&A

EducationDivision Chair: David Williams

Brigham Young University

Session Leader: David WilliamsHigh Tech Center 215

2:00 Visions and Blueprints for Tomorrow’s Schools: Why We Need Them Now Dr. Jim McCoy & Dr. Prent Klag, Southern Utah University

2:15 Developing instruction for the diverse classroom:Collegial collaboration in actionVessela Ilieva, Ph.D. Utah Valley University

2:30 The Use of Instructional Time for Teaching Science at the Elementary LevelMary Sowder, Utah Valley University

2:45 Teacher Training at Snow College, 1888-1936David Rosier, Snow College

3:00 Practical Theory: Making Research Writing Theory Useful for StudentsAngie Carter, Utah Valley University

3:15 – 3:45 Break (Refreshments in Student Pavilion)

3:45 Mobile Technology Talitha Hudgins, Utah Valley University

4:00 Assessing Effective Instructional Design in the Developmental Mathematics ClassroomJacque P. Westover, Utah Valley University

EngineeringDivision Chair: Doran Baker

Utah State University

Session Leader: Doran BakerHigh Tech Center 223

2:00 The Effect of Surface Geometry and Heat Flux on Thin Wire Nucleate Pool Boiling of Subcooled Water in MicrogravityTroy Munro, Utah State University

2:15 Mechanical Property Effects on Anisotropic Thermal Conductivity of Planetary SoilsDaniel Garrett, Utah State University

2:30 Document Flash Thermography Cory A Larsen, Utah State University

2:45 SABER OH Mesospheric Airglow EmissionsBryant Svedin, Utah State University

3:00 Mars to Go Lite: A Minimal Manned Mars MissionDonovan Chipman & David Allred, Brigham Young University

3:15 – 3:45 Break (Refreshments in Student Pavilion)

3:45 Analytical and Experimental Evaluation of Aerodynamic Thrust Vectoring on an Aerospike NozzleShannon Eilers & Matthew Wilson, Utah State University

4:00 Enhancing Multispectral Imagery of Ancient DocumentsTrace A. Griffiths, Utah State University

4:15 SAM Instrument Control and TrackingSpencer Jackson, Utah State University

4:30 Attitude Control Using Aerodynamic Vectoring on an Aerospike NozzleCrystal Frazier & Nate Erni, Utah State University

Health, Physical Education& Outdoor RecreationDivision Chair: Shaunna McGhie

Utah Valley University

Session Leader: Shaunna McGhieStudent Pavilion 204

2:00 Assessment of the Army’s Method of Predicting Body CompositionJason V. Slack, PhD, & Jeffery Cowley, Utah Valley University

 2:15 Food Insecurities in Global Communities

Judith Pratt, MSN, RN, Weber State University 2:30 Motivational Behaviors of Elite Senior Athletes

M. Vinson Miner, Ph.D., Bret H. Boyer D.P.T., Utah Valley University

 2:45 Eat to Live, Live to Dance: Preventing Eating Disorders in

DancersKristy Jo Hunt, Dixie State College

 3:00 – 3:15 Q&A

3:15 – 3:45 Break (Refreshments in Student Pavilion)

3:45 Under Graduate Student vs. Graduate Program Perception of Professional Behavior in Utah Bret H. Boyer, D.P.T., M. Bohne Ph.D., Jason Slack, Ph.D., Brian Seastrand & Spencer Evensen, Utah Valley University

4:00 Patients’ Opinions on the Proper Reimbursement for Services Offered by their Primary Care Physicians Travis Moulton, Osteopathic Medical Student III

4:15 Accessibility of Outpatient Services as Viewed by those Being Discharged from State Hospital SouthNicholas Baldwin, Osteopathic Medical Student III; Jaren Blake M.D., Principal Investigator

4:30 – 4:45 Q&A

Letters – Foreign Language, Humanities & Philosophy

Division Chair: Jim GustafsonSouthern Utah University

Session OneSession Leader: Jim GustafsonHigh Tech Center 246

2:00 Effects of American Cold War Propaganda on Modern Perceptions of Russian Culture and Motives Josh Uda, Utah Valley University

2:15 A Marriage Blessing: Masha, Pyotr, and a Tale of Two Russias Michael Flynn, Dixie State College

2:30 The Poetic Imperative: Pedagogical Musings on Teaching Spanish PoetryDavid Richter, Utah State University

2:45 Phenomenological Intentionality of Pedro Salinas in His Poem “La memoria en las manos” from Largo lamentAndrew Bishop, Brigham Young University

3:00 Political Journalism and Pamphlets by Peruvian Women During the 1920s: The Role of Dora Mayer de ZulenIliana Portaro, University of California, Davis

3:15 – 3:30 Q&A

3:15 – 3:45 Break (Refreshments in Student Pavilion)

Session TwoSession Leader: Matias Martinez-Abeijon,

Southern Utah UniversityHigh Tech Center 246

3:45 Translation of Media as Education: Engaged Learning Project at UVUMariana Penin, Utah Valley University

4:00 What Holds the World Together at its Innermost?  The Correct Interpretation of Goethe’s Faust Eberhard Lehnhardt, Utah Valley University

4:15 The Project of Silencing – Why White Supremacist Capitalist Patriarchy Never Dies Vanim Zetreus, Utah Valley University

4:30 Oedipus Family in José Luis Borau’s Furtivos and Icíar Bollaín’s Flores de otro mundo Matias Abeijon, Southern Utah University

4:45 – 5:00 Q&A

Letters – LiteratureDivision Chair: David Allred

Snow College

Session Leader: David AllredHigh Tech Center 234

2:00 Robert Browning on the Unfaithful WomanTonia Wilson, Weber State University

2:15 The Function and Fetishism of Victorian Clothing in the Neo-Victorian NovelAmanda Scott, Dixie State College

2:30 Patriarchal Discourse in Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper” and “If I Were a Man”Kami McArthur, Dixie State College

2:45 A Destructive Modern ‘Game of Chess’ in T. S. Eliot’s The Waste LandDustin Jackson, Dixie State College

3:00 – 3:15 Q&A

3:15 – 3:45 Break (Refreshments in Student Pavilion)

3:45 The Cold-Blooded Murder of the English Tongue: Addressing Grammar across the CurriculumJulia Combs, Southern Utah University

4:00 The Museum, the Academy, and the Politics of Display: Fetishiziation and Aestheticization of American Indian Texts Kimberli Lawson, Utah Valley University

4:15 The Reign of Ants in Magical Realist Novels of Grass, Rushdie, and Marquez Maria Inglefield, Weber State University

4:30 Enamored of an Ass: A Shakespearean Exploration of Falling for the Wrong GuyJennifer Gibb, Northern Arizona University

4:45 – 5:00 Q&A

Physical SciencesDivision Chair: Jean-Francois Van Huele

Brigham Young University

Session One - PlenarySession Leader: Jean-Francois Van HueleHigh Tech Center 239

2:00 Romancing Mathematics with Chemistry: How Mathematical Trees Can Be Used to Synthesize Molecular StructuresChin-yah Yeh, Utah Valley University

2:15 Validation of Mineral Chelates by Scanning Electron MicroscopyRobert Jensen, Aldolph Yonkee, & Edward B Walker, Weber State University

2:30 Instantaneous frequency tracking of partials of a string vibrating at large amplitudes using a high speed cameraDavid C. Ripplinger & Brian E. Anderson, Brigham Young University

2:45 Direct Determination of Iron in Whole Blood by X-ray FluorescenceShenelle Kleyn, Shalease Adams, R. Devin Roane, Firas Harb, Yasmen Simonian, & Edward B Walker, Weber State University

3:00 Lorentzian and Gamma Distribution Representations of EFG Components in Inhomogeneous Broadening in PAC SpectroscopyMike Adams, P. Matheson, & W. E. Evenson, Utah Valley University

3:15 – 3:45 Break (Refreshments in Student Pavilion)

Session Two - PhysicsSession Leader: Brent A. Sorenson, Southern Utah University High Tech Center 239

3:45 Accretion Disk Structure and the Fe Kα Spectral Line Profiles in Active Galactic NucleiBrandon K. Wiggins & Brent A. Sorensen, Southern Utah University

4:00 Measuring the change in EUV reflectance caused by amorphous silicon oxidationZephne Larsen, David D. Allred, & R. Steven Turley, Brigham Young University

4:15 Calculation of gravitational fields of disk-like and ring-like structuresJeremy Redd & Alexander M. Panin, Utah Valley University

4:30 Who can perform an observation?Merrill Asp & Jean-Francois Van Huele, Brigham Young University

4:45 Modeling a history of radiative cooling of various size planets and planetesimals using MapleAlexander M. Panin, Utah Valley University

Session Three – ChemistrySession Leader: John Lamb, Brigham Young UniversityHigh Tech Center 237

3:45 Rapid Analysis of Zinc Oxide in Drug Products by X-ray FluorescenceJazzi Sharifan, Trandon Bender, Kevin Larkin, Brian Penman,& Edward B. Walker, Weber State University

4:00 Characterization and Separation Applications of a Resorcinarene-based CavitandNa Li, Roger G. Harrison, & John D. Lamb, Brigham Young University

4:15 Analysis of Dimethicone in Skin Protection Products by FTIRChase S. Naisbitt, Stuart A. Zuniga, & Edward B. Walker, Weber State University

4:30 A Quantitative Analysis of the Water Quality of Coal Creek in Cedar City, UtahShannon Force, Samantha Huntsman Darren Dillard, Nicole Ramos, Kasidy Miller,& Kim Weaver Ty Redd, Southern Utah University

4:45 Use of X-ray Fluorescence for Quality Screening of Minerals Used in Dietary SupplementsBrandon Price, Firas Harb, & Edward B Walker, Weber State University

Social SciencesDivision Chair: Rob Reynolds

Weber State University

Session OneSession Leader: Rob ReynoldsHigh Tech Center 231

2:00 The Regressives: Unraveling the Progressive Movement John Howell, Southern Utah University

2:15 Shared Promise: The Rhetoric of Presidents Bush and ObamaLuke Perry, Southern Utah University

2:30 The Emergence of Leadership in Online GamingChris Becker, Weber State University

2:45 The Influence of Presidential Subscription to Schools of Political Thought on the Paradigm of Imperial DeclineBrittney Parks, Southern Utah University

3:00 Internal and External Threats Posed by Islamic State and Sub State ActorsMaxwell Sands, University of Utah

3:15 – 3:45 Break (Refreshments in Student Pavilion)

Session TwoSession Leader: John Hill, Salt Lake Community CollegeHigh Tech Center 233

2:00 Lessons Learned from C.R.I.M.E.S.Ramona Linville Higley, Weber State University

2:15 Six Percent Policing: Focusing on Chronic OffendersJohn Hill, Salt Lake Community College

2:30 An Ethnography: Learning about Peace and Justice WorkJosh Gold, Salt Lake Community College

2:45 Urban Legends in Japan and the United States: A Cross-Cultural AnalysisMai Yamamoto, Weber State University

3:00 Changes in Racial Concentration Ratios in Mountain States Counties, 1990 - 2000L. Dwight Israelsen, Utah State University

3:15 – 3:45 Break (Refreshments in Student Pavilion)

Session ThreeSession Leader: Spencer Blake, Salt Lake Community CollegeHigh Tech Center 231

3:45 The Temple Recommend: A Solution to the Free-Rider ProblemAustin Bowles & Tyler Bowles, Utah State University

4:00 Demographic Transition and Religious Identity among Mormons in the Intermountain West, 1972‐2010Rick Phillips, University of North Florida

4:15 Generation Heathen: A look at religiously unaffiliated attitudes at Salt Lake Community CollegeKarine Agajanian, University of Utah; Jen Chapman & Spencer H. Blake, Salt Lake Community College

4:30 Antigay Behaviors Among Young Adults: Prevalence,Patterns, and Motivators in a Noncriminal Population (Replicated)Chad Morrow, CoCo James & Spencer H. Blake, Salt Lake Community College

4:45 The Impact and Interdiscursive Mechanics of Globalization on a Cambodian-American RefugeeBrandon Bales, Brigham Young University

Session FourSession Leader: Pam Miller, College of Eastern UtahHigh Tech Center 233

3:45 The Significance of Physical Beauty: Acid Attacks and the Media’s Message to WomenShaylee Wheeler, Weber State University

4:00 Influence of Mood Induction on Impulsive Decision MakingRodzon, K.S., Berry, M.S., Odum, A., & Jordan, K., Utah State University

4:15 A Second Soul: Exploring Contexts of Language Acquisition and PersonalityArron Combs, Dixie State College

4:30 A Test of Emerson’s Network Exchange TheoryEmmalou Rees, Weber State University

4:45 Returning to School: Women at SLCCAnne Graham, Salt Lake Community College