A Day of Learning: The Mentored Student Research Conference

Students from across the College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences gathered virtually for the 17^th annual Mary Lou Fulton Mentored Student Research Conference on Thursday, April 8. After opening remarks from President Kevin Worthen and a brief talk from Loren Marks, professor in the School of Family Life, participants watched as awards were announced for outstanding posters from each discipline.

These research posters are a representation of the great scholarship being carried out by our undergraduate and graduate students. Experiential learning is a core part of the college's aim to prepare students to be active participants in their respective disciplines. Through the conference, students are given the opportunity to share their work in a professional setting; this opportunity not only builds resume, but also helps prepare students with tools for success in their future careers.

The conference is funded by the Mary Lou Fulton Endowed Chair in the College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences. See the list of awards below and view all posters and a recording of the awards ceremony at https://fultonchair.byu.edu.

Undergraduate Awards

Anthropology

1^st Place
Student: Abigail Rivera
Mentor: David Johnson
Poster: Paleopathology Report for Excavations at Wadi Mataha 

Economics

1^st Place
Student: Carver Coleman
Mentor: Joseph Price
Poster: Mortality Benefits of Non-pharmaceutical Intervention During the 1918 Flu Pandemic 

Geography

1^st Place
Student: Casey McClellan Geslison
Mentor: Sam Otterstrom
Poster: ‘To Hold the World Together‘: A Uinta Basin Homesteading History, 1905–1930 

History

1^st Place
Student: Jinhee Nelson
Mentor: Rebecca de Schweinitz
Poster: From the Eisenhower Presidential Library- Young People in Politics 

2^nd Place
Students: Steven Tarno, Abigail Davidson, AJ Tower
Mentor: Dr. Skabelund
Poster: “To Lose a Voice: The Systematic Suppression of Women within Nazi Germany” 

Neuroscience

1^st Place
Students: Shawna Ibarra, James Bates, Summer Arthur, Gavin Jones, Tanner McVey, and Dallin Otteson
Mentors: Scott Steffensen and Jordan Yorgason
Poster: Shaking for Relief: Reducing Anxiety in Alcohol Withdrawal

2^nd Place
Students: Lindsey Edwards, Roger Woods, Lesle Nevillle
Mentors: J. Dee Higley, Elizabeth Wood, Jacob Hunter
Poster: MAOa-Genotype-by-Environment Interactions on Central Monoamine Metabolite Concentrations in Infant Rhesus Macaques (Macaca Mulatta) 

Political Science

1^st Place
Students: Kelsey Eyre, Kesley Powell, Heather Walker
Mentor: Jeremy Pope
Poster: White Identity Does Not Equal Racial Resentment 

2^nd Place
Students: Grant Baldwin and Zeke Peters
Mentor: Adam Dynes
Poster: At Large But Not in Charge: How Formal Institutions Affect Minority Representation on US City Councils 

3^rd Place
Students: Ethan Meldrum, Camilla Alacron, Layla Shaaban 
Mentor: Ethan Busby 
Poster: Whistle While You Work: What Attributes Influence Whistleblower Credibility? 

4^th Place
Student: George R. Garcia III 
Mentor: Darren Hawkins 
Poster: International Reverberations: How the January 6^th Insurrection Affected Political Views of South American Bureaucrats 

Psychology

1^st Place
Students: Alex Merce and Maryn Rolfson
Mentor: Wendy Birmingham
Poster: Breadwinners and Bread Makers: Trends in Gender Ideology Among Religious Working and Stay-at-Home Mothers 

2^nd Place
Students: Alice Wang, Samuel Castillo, Fatma Luka, Tyler Parra, and Josely Velasquez 
Mentor: Niwako Yamawaki 
Poster: Misinformation and Education Level on Discriminatory Behavior Toward Asian Victims During COVID-19 

3^rd Place
Students: Leslie Neville, Elysha Cash, and Elijeh Tauai 
Mentors: J.D. Higley and Elizabeth K. Wood 
Poster: Inherent Sensitivity and Acquired Tolerance to the NMDA-Antagonist Ketamine is Associated with Alcohol Intake: A Nonhuman Primate (Macaca mulatta) 

4^th Place
Students: Colt Mitchell Halter and Elysha Cash 
Mentor: Dr. Higley 
Poster: Translating Kagan's Human Testing Paradigm for Measuring Behavioral Inhibition four Use Infant Rhesus Macaques (Macaca Mulatta)—A Pilot Study 

School of Family Life

1^st Place
Students: Logan J. Marks and Heather H. Kelley 
Mentors: Loren D. Marks, David C. Dollahite, and Spencer James 
Poster: Change in Financial Stress and Relational Wellbeing during COVID-19: Exacerbating and Alleviating Influences 

2^nd Place
Student: Annie Rushton 
Mentors: Erin Homes and Jeremy Yorgason 
Poster: What Did You Preconceive Before You Conceived 

3^rd Place
Students: Danielle Cannon, Jessica Willis, and Elisabeth Kimball 
Mentors: Loren Marks and David Dollahite 
Poster: Strong Black Families: Unique Strengths and Challenges to Religious Black Families 

4^th Place
Student: Corinne Archibald 
Mentor: Laura Walker 
Poster: Sexual Development: Influence of Peers and Media on Adolescent Sex Ethics and Behaviors when Parent Communication Quality is Low 

Sociology

1^st Place
Student: Emley Holcombe 
Mentor: Melissa S. Jones 
Poster: Early Adverse Childhood Experiences and Adolescent Substance Use: Boys vs Girls 

2^nd Place
Student: Brianna Walker 
Mentor: Melissa S. Jones 
Poster: Police, Teen Cynicism & Gender 

3^rd Place
Student: Michele Castro 
Mentor: Curtis Child 
Poster: Sisterhood is the Most Beautiful Gift: The Social Meaning of Direct Sales 

4^th Place
Student: Ashley Kernan 
Mentors: Melissa S. Jones and Rick Miller 
Poster: Affects of Childhood Adversities on Women Prisoners Who Experience PTSD 

Graduate Awards

Psychology

1^st Place
Student: Maddy Peterson 
Mentor: Jared Nielsen 
Poster: Extra-axial Cerebrospinal Fluid Volume Normalizes with Age in Autistic Individuals 

School of Family Life

1^st Place
Student: Rebecca Walker Clarke
Mentors: Chelom Leavitt and Jeremy Yorgason
Poster: Honoring Otherness: Religiosity and Marital Connection Through Empathy and Commitment 

2^nd Place
Students: Alexandra Cooper and Matthew Daines 
Mentor: Jeremy Yorgason 
Poster: Too Fit to Quit: Relationship Benefits of Exercise in Early Marriage 

3^rd Place
Student: Amber Price 
Mentor: Chelom E. Leavitt 
Poster: Self-silencing & Emotional Intimacy in Romantic Relationships 

Social Work 

1^st Place
Student: Spencer Sandberg 
Mentors: Sherinah Saasa and Steve Hoffman 
Poster: Exclusion, Drugs, & African Immigrants: Testing Social Exclusion Theory 

2^nd Place
Student: Abena Yirenya-Tawiah 
Mentors: Sherinah Saasa and Joseph Olsen 
Poster: Perceived Parental Involvement and Self-Efficacy among children in Zambia 

3^rd Place
Student: Kirra Crump 
Mentors: Stacey Shaw and Mallory Funk 
Poster: Refugees and Religion: The Impact of Religious Coping on Emotional Distress and Resilience 

4^th Place
Student: Tucker Wallace 
Mentor: Steve Hoffman 
Poster: I Think I Can: How Health Literacy Influences Self-Efficacy Among College Students 

Sociology

1^st Place
Students: Taylor Topham, Breanna Duffin, Hannah Dizon, Avanlee Peterson, Alex Rieder, and Jordan Coburn 
Mentor: Carol Ward 
Poster: Native Americans in STEM: A Case Study of Mentored Internships 

Neuroscience

1^st Place
Students: Hillary Wadsworth, Gavin C Jones, James Bates, Summer Arthur, Tanner McVey, Dallin Otteson, Shawna Ibarra, and Parker Layton 
Mentors: Jeremy Yorgason and Scott Steffensen 
Poster: Virus-Induced Inhibition of Mu Opioid Receptors and Anxiety in Mice 

Anthropology

1^st Place
Student: Jacob Jepsen 
Mentor: Michael Searcy 
Poster: Detecting Remnants of the Past: Archaeo-Geophysical Prospection at Wolf Village, Utah 

Additional Awards

Redd Center

1^st Place
Student: Casey McClellan Geslison 
Mentor: Sam Otterstrom 
Poster: “To Hold the World Together”: A Uinta Basin Homesteading History, 1905–1930 

2^nd Place
Students: Nadia Gisselle Terron Ayala, Catalina Valdez, and Rachel Weaver 
Mentor: Jane Lopez 
Poster: Shades of Belonging: The Intersection of Race and Religion in Shaping Utah Immigrants‘ Integration 

Civic Engagement

1^st Place
Student: Camilla Alarcon 
Mentor: Jay Goodliffe 
Poster: A Latent Class Analysis of Methods of Political Participation 

Gerontology

1^st Place
Student: Carver J. Coleman 
Mentor: C. Arden Pope III 
Poster: Greenness is Associated with Decreased Mortality Risk in Cancer Patients 

Diversity and Inclusion

1^st Place
Students: Nadia Gisselle Terron Ayala, Catalina Valdez, and Rachel Weaver 
Mentor: Jane Lopez 
Poster: Shades of Belonging: The Intersection of Race and Religion in Shaping Utah Immigrants‘ Integration 

2^nd Place
Students: Taylor Topham, Breanna Duffin, Hannah Dixon, Avanlee Peterson, Alex Rieder, and Jordan Coburn 
Mentor: Carol Ward 
Poster: Native Americans in STEM: A Case Study of Mentored Internships 

3^rd Place
Student: Samuel Hale Pulsipher 
Mentor: Aaron Skabelund 
Poster: Himmler's Persecution: His Mistreatment of Homosexuals in the Third Reich 

4^th Place
Student: Ruth Kaloki Bryson 
Mentors: Anthony Bates and Ben Ogles 
Poster: BYU Students‘ Experiences with the African American Civil Rights Seminar 

To view all posters, visit the conference page.