Welcome & Keynote Address

Terry McConathy, Louisiana Tech University

University Hall, Rm 134

8:05 AM

The “Concentric Crushing Rigor” of the Mountain: The Destabilization of the Human Poetic Voice in Marianne Moore’s "An Octopus"

Wenona Jonker, Louisiana Tech University
Erin Singer, Louisiana Tech University

University Hall, Rm 134

8:30 AM

Impacts of bark beetles and termites on wood decomposer communities in Honduras

Nicholas Benedetto, Louisiana Tech University
John Riggins, Louisiana Tech University
Courtney Siegert, Louisiana Tech University
Juliet Tang, Louisiana Tech University
Oscar Leverón, Louisiana Tech University
Natalie Clay, Louisiana Tech University

University Hall, Rm 134

8:45 AM

The Gateway Effect and Predicting Hard Drug Use

Quentin Jones, Louisiana Tech University

University Hall, Rm 134

9:00 AM

The Role of Notch Signaling and Environmental Factors in Adult Stem Cell Myogenic and Osteogenic Differentiation

John Bradley Cart, Louisiana Tech University
Nellie Perez, Louisiana Tech University
India Pursell, Louisiana Tech University
Chris Miller, Louisiana Tech University
Haley Barnett, Louisiana Tech University
Mary Caldorera-Moore, Louisiana Tech University
Jamie Newman, Louisiana Tech University

Carson Taylor Hall Rm 322

9:15 AM

Space and Productivity may be Co-limiting Factors for Bay and Marsh Detrital Invertebrates

Maggie Hermman, Louisiana Tech University
Craig McClain, Louisiana Tech University
Natalie Clay, Louisiana Tech University

University Hall, Rm 134

9:45 AM

Consciousness and Art

Nick Hobbs, Louisiana Tech University
Nicole Duet, Louisiana Tech University

University Hall, Rm 134

10:00 AM

Invasive water hyacinth increases blue crab abundance and alters fish predation risk along marsh edges

Brittany Hutton, Louisiana Tech University
Katheryn Steffins, Louisiana Tech University
Guillaume Reiucau, Louisiana Tech University
Jennifer Hill, Louisiana Tech University

University Hall, Rm 134

10:15 AM

Comparison of Bearing Estimation Algorithms for a Circular Array Transformed to Have a Vandermonde Manifold Vector

Noah M. Michels, Louisiana Tech University
Michael P. Hardin, Louisiana Tech University
Mindy L. Manning, Louisiana Tech University
Kaushallya Adhikari, Louisiana Tech University

University Hall, Rm 134

10:30 AM

Money and Power: The Effects of the Gender Wage Gap on Women in State Legislatures

Micheala McCray, Louisiana Tech University
Amanda Sanford, Louisiana Tech University

University Hall, Rm 134

10:45 AM