2025 GradCon Schedule
Friday, March 7, 2025
8:00 AM to 8:50 AM
Welcome
Continental breakfast: Coffee, tea, and pastries
UC Back Foyer, Floor 3, Near UC 330-333
9:00 AM to 9:50 AM
Exploring Gender Dynamics and Social Power in Different Contexts
UC 326
- “Reproductive coercion as a form of sexual violence and existential trauma” Selina Hardt
- “Women Objectifying Women: The Impact of Social Power” Sarah Attaway
- “Coaching While Mothering in NCAA Division I Volleyball” Allison Lawrence, Integrative Physiology and Athletic Training
Innovative Approaches to Mental Health and Counseling
UC 327
- “The School Counselor-Parent Relationship: Cultivating Trust and Collaboration Utilizing Elements of Child Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT)” Matthew Schramm, Counseling
- “Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in 猎奇重口: Barriers and Best Practices” Lindsey Hundemer, Public and Community Health Sciences
- “Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy: A Creative Approach to Mental Health Treatment” Leah Finch, Counselor Education and Supervision
Advancing Our Understanding of Animal Behavior, Movement, and Adaptation
UC 329
- Perceiving an Animal’s Reality: Combining Emotional and Cognitive Capacities in Attention to Non-Human Animals” Shane Randle, Philosophy
- “Tracking Tiny Animals: Assessing the Strengths and Limitations of Proximity Loggers in Deer Mice” Leah Rensel
- “Assessing adaptive potential using genomic vulnerability and trait-based approaches in white-tailed jackrabbits” Jessica D Scales, Ecology and Evolution
Cognition, Communication, and the Complexities of Interpretation
UC 332
- “Why Are You Laughing Right Now?” Christopher Kehoe, Theatre and Dance
- “Predictive Power of Metalinguistic Skills in Children with Developmental Language Disorder” Melissa Phelan, Speech, Hearing, Language and Occupational Sciences.
- “Archival is (In)Sufficient: The Dissonant Roles and Instances of Archives in Station Eleven” Mac Miller, English Literature
10:00 AM to 10:50 AM
Examining Water, Air, and Aquatic Systems: Impacts on Communities and Ecosystems
UC 326
- “Water Scarcity in the Bitterroot Valley” August Guenthner, Environmental Studies
- “The Impacts of Ambient Air Quality on Asthma Outcomes in California: A longitudinal Analyses” Abigail Obour, Economics
- “Impacts of the Coastal Aquaculture Authority (Amendment) Act and Adaptive Capacity in the Social-Ecological System of Chilika Lagoon, India” Adyasha Nayak, Forestry and Conservation
Intersecting Gender, Language, and Ethics in Environmental Conservation
UC 327
- “Gendered Barriers to Working in Conservation: A Comparative Case Study in South Korea and Mongolia” Nari Lee, Humanity and Science
- “Lake as Body: Gendered and Personified Language by Activists at the Great Salt Lake” Shae Barber, Environmental Studies
- “Proceeding with Sound Judgment: Applied Soundscape Ecology and Wilderness Ethics” Julia Daniell, Society and Conservation
Education, Development, and Well-Being in Early Learning and Young Adulthood
UC 329
- “猎奇重口 School Leaders Knowledge of a P-3 Framework and Developmentally Appropriate Practice” Anna Puryear, Teaching and Learning
- “The impact of data-informed interventions on early numeracy and literacy development in Pre-Kindergarten and Transitional Kindergarten classrooms” Eilis O’Herlihy, Teaching and Learning
- “The EmBODYment Project: Body Image in College-Age Dancers” Katelyn Melcher, Psychology
Exploring Historical and Scientific Perspectives on Preservation and Heritage
UC 332
- “Assessing the Micro- and Macroscopic Changes of Taphonomically Altered Bone” Shelby Feirstein, Anthropology
- “The Sequels of Colonialism in the management of African World Heritage Sites – the case of Ghana” Elizabeth Matilda Abena Mantebeah, Anthropology
11:00 AM to 11:50 AM
Addressing Climate Challenges Through Policy, Narrative, and Community Impact
UC 326
- “Climate Change and the Radical Power of Fiction” Aineka Carlson, English
- “Understanding Inter-Agency Decision Making Processes of Prescribed Fire in Western 猎奇重口” Casandra (Cassie) Mendoza, Forestry and Conservation Sciences
- “From Drought to Disparity: Navigating Relief and Barriers for Vulnerable Farmers in the Western US” Kayla Fugate, Environmental Studies
Understanding Identity, Health, and Well-Being Through Comparative Perspectives
UC 327
- “Comparing LGBTQIA+ and Non-LGBTQIA+ Knowledge of Queer History: Implications for Historical Trauma” Harris Bajwa, Psychology
- “Comparing Eating Pathology Among Patients With and Without Previous Anonymous Group Attendance” Taylor E. Penewll, Psychology
- “PREVEnT: Personalized Veterans Protection – Integrating Technology and Behavioral Health” Terra J. Osterberg, Clinical Psychology
Expressions of Identity, Obsession, and Creation in Contemporary Narratives
UC 329
- “#Seahorsedad: A Study of Metaphors in Transmasculine Birther’s Instagram Posts” Alexa Runnion, Communication Studies
- “Index of Obsessions” Skylar Lynn Tibbetts, Writing and Public Speaking Center
- “Divine Child: A Quilt” Hillary Jo Foreman, Creative Writing
Global Power Dynamics and the Evolving Landscape of International Relations
UC 332
- “Conflict in the South China Sea: Examining Theoretical Explanations For US/China Rivalry” Scott Yearwood, Political Science
- “China-Kenya Relations: A Study of the Standard Gauge Railway” Madelyn LaBelle, Political Science
- “A Century of the Irish Border: Revisiting Militarization in the Post-Brexit Era” Carolyn Crowder, Political Science
12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Lunch
Lunch is generously sponsored and provided by the Institute of Health and Humanities
UC North Ballroom, Floor 3
12:15 PM to 1:00 PM
Lunch Panel: Dimensions of Health and Well Being in Graduate Students
UC North Ballroom, Floor 3
Panelists: TBA
1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Expanding Access, Empathy, and Scientific Understanding in Diverse Fields
UC 329
- “Applying the Theory of Access to understand access to camping on public lands: A complement to leisure constraints theory” Hayley A. Johnson, Society and Conservation (Virtual Presentation- Here’s the to access it)
- “Enhancing Empathy for Teachers through Interactive Video Game Mechanics” Shanel Locke, Visual and Media Arts (Virtual Presentation- Here’s the to access it)
- “Investigating the Role of Ubiquitin-Binding Domain of RIOK3 in Viral Immune Defense” Ifeoluwa Dada, Molecular and Biomedical Sciences
Emotional Well-Being and Mental Health in Education and Medical Contexts
UC North Ballroom, Floor 3
- “Compassionate Diagnosis: From 'Disorder' to Emotional Healing” Kobe Hayward, Counseling
- “Supporting Students' Emotional Wellbeing while Teaching Climate Change Curriculum” Claire Maguire, Counselor Education and Supervision
- “Juvenile Arthritis, Body Image, and Disordered Eating: An Exploration of Experiences” Katelyn Melcher, Psychology
2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Poster Presentations
UC North Ballroom, Floor 3
- “Expectations in the Preservation of DNA & Bacterial Organisms in Differential 猎奇重口 Burials” Kaylee M Hinds, Anthropology
- “K12 students as reliable and trustworthy groundwater monitors in Missoula, 猎奇重口” Abby Gearhart, Environmental Studies
- “AI-Guided Drug Design: Reinforcement Learning and Docking for PPARγ Ligands” Andrew Voss, Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Science
- “Green carpets in a blue-ribbon fishery: predicting nuisance algal blooms using river metabolism” Cora M. Steinbach, Ecology and Evolution
- “Immigrant generational status, late-life social support and mental well-being, and cognitive change in the Kaiser Healthy Aging and Diverse Life Experiences cohort” Joya Deb Lucky, Public and Community Health Sciences
- “Alumni perspectives of outdoor academic program components” Abigail Fuesler
- “3D digitization of Yellowstone wolf (Canis lupus) skulls for education, research, and outreach” Madeline Rowland, Wildlife Biology
- “The Impact of T Cell Receptor Affinity on Trogocytosis Efficiency and Trogocytosis-Mediated Immune Signaling” Deborah Agbakwuru, Center for Environmental Health Sciences
- Rodents, Ungulates, and Water, oh my! A Story of Community Assembly in the Soil Seed Bank” Madeline Mayorga, Systems Ecology
- “The Impact of Sex and Heat Exposure Schedule on Heat Acclimation” Alejandro Rosales, Integrative Physiology and Athletic Training
- “Cytoplasmic Protein Responses to Load-Carriage Intervention” Ian Matthews, Integrative Physiology and Athletic Training
- “Science in the Studios: Communicating Science on Social Media Using On-Campus Resources” Danielle Airola
- “Assessing the Impact of Hazardous Fuel Treatments on Parcel Characteristics and Environmental Justice” Patrick Benson, Native American Studies
- “Mitochondrial Protein Dynamics in Response to Repeated Load Carriage in Men and Women” Josey Walker, Integrative Physiology and Athletic Training
- “ACL Reconstruction Graft Type Influence on Outcomes of Female Soccer Athletes: A Systematic Review” Josie Windauer, Integrative Physiology and Athletic Training
- “Myofibrillar Proteomics of Sustained Load-Carriage Hiking” Rachel Perez, Integrative Physiology and Athletic Training
- “Muscle Asymmetry and the Incidence of Adductor Strains in Professional Soccer Players: A Systematic Review” Ariana Virella, Integrative Physiology and Athletic Training
- “A Castle Built on Sediment: The Erosion of Life Along the Mekong River” Emily Senkosky, Geosciences
- “Health and Wellbeing of Sexual and Gender Minority Graduate Students” Benny Ilac, Psychology
- “Heat Stress with once vs thrice daily exposures to heat” Noah Wilfong, Integrative Physiology and Athletic Training
- “Environmental Factors Influencing the Development of Disordered Eating in Female Collegiate Athletes” Ashley Pepper, Integrative Physiology and Athletic Training
- “Amber Molecular Dynamics Simulations Display Ligand Induced Conformational Changes in Coregulator Binding Surface of Nuclear Receptor FXR” Bethany Miller, Pharmaceutical Science and Drug Design
- “Environmental Justice Reporting: Humanitarian Aid in the Borderlands” Cassidy Motahari, Journalism
- “Grade Two Hamstring Strain in a College Football Player: A Case Report” Audrey Missildine, Athletic Training Program
3:00 to 3:30 PM
Awards Ceremony
UC North Ballroom, Floor 3
Reception to follow; assorted appetizers and non-alcoholic beverages