• What makes us happy?: predicting general happiness from the general social survey 

  Zilz, Emily (2021-05-07)

  This investigation explored the salient variables that predict general happiness, as well as those variables’ relative importance, as indicated by the General Social Survey (GSS). The study applied the Least Absolute ...
• Survey of teaching experience of university life sciences faculty: pedagogical practices in use for current/recent courses 

  Werst, Jacob (2021-05-07)

  Pedagogical training can have a noteworthy impact on creating significant learning experiences for students. In K-12 education, teachers are required to have extensive training in pedagogies before obtaining a teaching ...
• "What shall I do? What shall I do?": bearing witness to trauma in literature or an epistemic understanding of trauma informed literacy 

  Tur, Garrett (2021-05-07)

  This project develops an understanding of trauma theory at the intersections of traumatic religious systems and the experiences of Queer, Black, Indigenous, and People of Color within these systems. Making use of the ...
• A geospatial approach to studying bicycle equity in Indianapolis, Indiana 

  Tepe, Ross (2021-05-07)

  Bike lanes and bike trails are growing types of transportation infrastructure in Indianapolis, Indiana. In the past decade, 215 miles have been built. While the locations of the current and planned bikeways of Indianapolis ...
• Ethical and anti-racist grading of grammar: reassessing rubric values 

  Schiess, Emilie (2021-05-07)

  A prescriptive view of grammar in writing assessment perpetuates biases. Asao Inoue (2017) explains, “There is nothing inherently wrong with the dominant white, middle class English… but using it to judge others, to ...
• Development and application of a high throughput assay system for the detection of rieske dioxygenase activity 

  Preston-Herra, Cristina (2021-05-07)

  The chemical industry currently accounts for 14% of all greenhouse gas emissions and is projected to become the largest global consumer of oil by 2030. In the Ball State Laboratory for Biocatalysis Research, we strive ...
• The second language acquisition of Japanese particles WA and GA 

  Oshiro, Daisuke (2021-05-07)

  One of the most difficult aspects of the study and use of Japanese grammar is the distinction between WA and GA (Imamura, 2002; Hasegawa, 2014). The differences between these two particles are typically complicated since ...
• "Trembling on the brink": the fantasy of female subjectivity in the precipice stage 

  Lutz, Taylor (2021-05-07)

  In the context of the eighteenth century, the role of women was both complex and contradictory. Amid the backdrop of emerging liberalisms, women’s subjectivities in the eighteenth century appeared to be largely constructed ...
• Effect of COVID Pandemic on exercise patterns in APFP participants 

  Hutzler, Haylee (2021-05-07)

  Exercise is one of the many facets of life, as we know it that has been altered due to the life threatening COVID-19 virus. However, it is important to recognize all the other comorbidities and mortality risk that goes ...
• Do parasitic trematode flatworms form castes in freshwater snail hosts? 

  Hawkins, Shannon (2021-05-07)

  Division of labor and caste formation has evolved across multiple groups of social animals, including parasitic flatworms of marine snails. Individual animals in separate castes are often different sizes or shapes and ...
• Sex differences in vascular hemodynamics in middle-aged and older adults 

  Harman, Taylor (2021-05-07)

  Cardiovascular disease-related (CVD) mortality with older age is in part attributable to altered vascular hemodynamics including increased central and peripheral blood pressure (BP) and augmentation index (AIx). ...
• Sexual source domain selection: contrasting forums and academia in American English 

  Gramlich, JJ (2021-05-07)

  This research takes original data (40 pages) from both Internet forums and academic writing to compare source and target domain selection across the two registers in American English (taking a Conceptual Metaphor Theory ...
• Behind the community theatre curtain: the pandemic's unique challenges and opportunities for amateur performing arts 

  Good, Ellen (2021-05-07)

  This study evaluates the unique social and economic role amateur theatres play in their communities and examines how the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting their survival. By differentiating amateur theatres from their ...
• Customer satisfaction at the SFO San Francisco International Airport 

  Gall, Wes (2021-05-07)

  he following study, was conducted with archival data from the SFO San Francisco International Airport, measuring customer satisfaction. The intent of the study was to examine the validity and reliability of the 2018 iteration ...
• "Almost merely" portrayed: depictions of deafness and disability in adaptations of Hugo's Notre-Dame De Paris 

  Espinoza Repp, Sarah (2021-05-07)

  The omission, erasure, and domestication of disabled and anomalous bodies sometimes occurs within contemporary adaptations of classic literary works that feature disability. Such is the case with many adaptations of Victor ...
• Cardiorespiratory fitness, cardiac function, and hemodynamics in males and females 

  Cloud, Ryan (2021-05-07)

  Physiological sex-differences have been identified in regard to cardiovascular function and cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF). The subendocardial viability ratio (SEVR) is a measure of diastolic dysfunction and coronary ...
• An autoethnographic study on the Filipina-American graduate student surviving and thriving at a predominantly white institution 

  Blevins, Liza (2021-05-07)

  Filipino-Americans are the second fastest growing Asian and Pacific Islander community in the United States, yet they continue to be underrepresented throughout U.S. institutions (de Jesús, 2005). As one the second largest ...
• Rhetorical structure of introduction chapters by English L1 and L2 writers 

  Betancourth Lopez, Cristian (2021-05-07)

  The Introduction chapter is one of the most important sections of research papers. In this section, the writer gives an overview of the relevant aspects discussed throughout the next paragraphs along with an outline of ...
• Building the bridge: how Fort Wayne, Indiana can better incorporate immigrants into the local community 

  Aguilera, Joel Silvian (2021-05-07)

  This research paper has presented an evaluation of immigration integration policies, to be recommended for Fort Wayne, Indiana to utilize. Based on the review of published literature, trends, conditions, and city practices, ...
• The places we call home: a memoir excerpt 

  Tedeschi, Shelbi (2021-05-07)

  This project consists of the first three chapters of The Places We Call Home, a memoir. Themes in this project include generational trauma, addiction, and abuse. The first chapter focuses on the relationship between the ...

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