The IUPUC Office of Student Research is holding its 12th annual Student Research Exhibition on Tuesday, April 12 from 2:30 p.m. - 4 p.m. in the student commons at the Columbus Learning Center. The exhibition brings together the work of 16 students and eight faculty mentors to showcase 10 research projects selected for the academic year.
Each student-faculty team receives up to a $1,000 grant from the Office of Student Research to fund their project. To earn a grant, students submitted detailed project proposals, passed a rigorous vetting process by a review committee, and then completed their projects with direction and guidance from a faculty mentor.
“These innovative research projects have important impacts on various target populations and communities. Completing the work has been an excellent opportunity for students to integrate their academic knowledge with professional research,” explained IUPUI Chancellor’s Professor of English, Julie Goodspeed-Chadwick, who has been leading the Office of Student Research since its inception. “Intensive research adds to the overall academic experience for our students and elevates the quality of learning throughout the region.”
The exhibition is free and open to the public.
Descriptions of the funded projects, along with the names of the student researchers, their hometowns, and the faculty mentors follow.
Personality Characteristics and Lie Detection—Introverts vs. Extroverts
Description: This online survey research was created to determine whether personality characteristics impact one’s ability to detect when others are lying. In the past, there has not been much evidence to support that any personality characteristics influence a better ability to discern truth from lies. This study chose to take a narrower approach to this idea in order to learn more about extraversion in particular—attempting to learn if those with more social experience (extroverts) spot lies easier or if there is no difference between the two groups at all.
Student: Bryor Brown, Franklin, IN
Faculty mentor: Kimdy Le, Ph.D.
This project was presented at the 2021 Indiana University Undergraduate Research Conference.
Sylvia Plath in the 21st Century Undergraduate Classroom
Description: This project looks at the relevancy in studying Sylvia Plath in the 21st century literary studies classroom. In examining the famous author with different academic lenses, including through a trauma studies lens and gynocritical approach to her life and works, a greater sense of her impact on the legacy of English literature in the late 20th/early 21st century can be examined and appreciated.
Students:
Olivia Brown, Columbus, IN
Margaret Carson, Elizabethtown, IN
Sarah Kendall, Columbus, IN
Christian Litsey, Seymour IN
Faculty mentor: Julie Goodspeed-Chadwick, Ph.D.
Risk Factors and Treatment of Substance Use Disorders
Description: The purpose of this study is to assess the likelihood of developing a substance use disorder (SUD) based on family dynamics and sibling order. We are also looking into understanding how family involvement impacts the substance abuse treatment process. Finally, we want to study motivation and self-esteem in those that have been through treatment for SUD.
Students:
Kelsie Bullard, Shelbyville, IN
Anna Weedling, New Whiteland, IN
Faculty mentor: Elizabeth daSilva, Ph.D.
Studying the Performance and Compatibility at the Boundary Interfaces of Multi-Material Composites Fabricated by Additive Manufacturing
Description: For this project, tensile test specimen were created using additive manufacturing with two or three materials. The interfaces of these specimen were tested to determine the strength at the boundary.
Student: Joseph Focke, Columbus, IN
Faculty mentor: Mohammed Noor-A-Alam, Ph.D.
Intelligence and Visual Perceptual Skills
Description: Past research has shown the positive effects of developing a growth mindset and demonstrated that effort praise can promote the development of growth mindset in learners (Kamins & Dweck, 1999). Research in this area has traditionally used authority figures as the source of praise, leaving a lack of evidence that other social influences, such as peers, could also be effective at influencing the development of growth mindset. In addition, no previous studies have examined whether the source of effort praise has differential effects on college students' self-efficacy and growth mindset beliefs. The purpose of this study is to investigate if the source of effort praise feedback effects the development of growth mindset beliefs and to find support for peers as an effective source of influence in mindset development.
Student: Brittany Gholsten, Nashville, IN
Faculty mentor: Kimdy Le, Ph.D.
This project was presented at the 2021 Indiana University Undergraduate Research Conference.
Understanding the Impact of Public Discourse on Teacher Autonomy in Rural Schools
Description: As someone who has worked as a teacher’s aide in an elementary setting for several years, I have noticed the lack of inclusivity of diverse experiences among popular curriculums created and disseminated by large publishing companies. This is especially apparent in stories designed to teach critical elements associated with reading comprehension that simultaneously possess a historical component, such as The Flag Maker (Bartoletti, 2007).
Student: Daymon “D.J.” Higdon, Shelbyville IN
Faculty mentor: A’ame Joslin, Ph.D.
My Story: Corporate Scandal Survey
Description: Understanding the effects that scandals have on business successfulness and the relationship between the business and the customer is an important part of being an educated businessperson and consumer. Conducting a survey that collects data regarding corporate scandals is a great way to learn more about the human response to a scandal. Once the survey is completed, the results will be graphed, which will make it simple to test our hypothesis that different demographic factors affect the response to a specific type of scandal.
Student: Lauren Pauley, Brownstown, IN
Faculty mentor: Jon Padfield, Ph.D.
Design of a Driver Gear System for Incessant Feeding of Fiber in Additive Manufacturing of Continuous Fiber Reinforced Composites
Description: The goal of this project is to design a driver gear system for a 3D printer that will allow for continuous fiber composite printing. This gear system will allow a more consistent fiber integration in the filament.
Student: Andrew Philip Glen McGinnis, Brownstown, IN
Faculty mentor: Mohammed Noor-A-Alam, Ph.D.
What Are You Going To Do With That Degree: Alternative Prompts for English Capstone Reflection
Description: This project is a metacognitive reflection on the idea of what the English Capstone means: by drawing on student experiences in the English program, this project looks at not only how students have applied knowledge during their time at IUPUC but also at how students will take this knowledge into the next phase of their lives post-graduation.
Students:
Dalton Ferguson, Commiskey, IN
Christian Litsey, Seymour IN
Ethan Montgomery, Freetown, IN
Cynthia Scott, Columbus, IN
Faculty mentor: Katherine Wills, Ph.D.
My Story: Identity Dilution in Rural Indiana
Description: This research centers on tensions that exist between my interaction with the communities/peoples in rural Indiana, the institutions that shape me (e.g., university life), my employment, family roles, and alliances that form within these systems. It is a realization of an assimilation of self and what that means and how others, especially white (Euro-centered) individuals, interact with me. This auto ethnographical research will be a study of the culture of my own group, of me, the way of life of people like me, my family, and my current cultural experiences in this present community of rural Indiana.
Student: Priscilla Villarreal, Columbus, IN
Faculty mentor: Lawrence Ruich, Ph.D.
For more information about the Office of Student Research, or the exhibition, contact Dr. Julie Goodspeed-Chadwick at 812.348.7270 or juligood@iupuc.edu.