2026 Juniata College Liberal Arts Symposium
Student Artwork at the JCMA
Presenters: Kelsey Covert, Caitlin Lane, Jadyn Slovick, Jessica Suarez, Elena Winslow
JCMA
No plenary sessions scheduled.
A Temporal and Spatial Study of Morchella Esculenta Growth Habits
Presenters: Alex Young
Effect of Shelterwoods on Niche Partitioning of Bat Communities in a Northern Mixed Forest
Presenters: Cheyenna Walter-Hoerath
The Impact of Soil Characteristics on the Distribution of Chronic Wasting Disease in Pennsylvania White-Tailed Deer
Presenters: Ava Merced
Support and Serve: Criminal Justice and Social Work Dual Degree Field Experiences
Presenters: McKenzie Kapuschinsky, Josephine Kelly, Talbot Reed-Jaquay
"What Gets You Out of Bed in the Morning?”: How Juniata College’s General Education Curriculum Represents Liberal Arts Values
Presenters: Madison Seipp
“His Servant and Subject”: Marriage and Female Autonomy in The Canterbury Tales and Chaucer for Children
Presenters: Rachel Knearl-Wearne
“Now, at least, he will know what he is fighting against”: American soldiers, General Eisenhower, and the Liberation of Ohrdruf concentration camp April 1945
Presenters: Ethan Kreitzer
Monopoly Power: Lessons from Progressive Era Antitrust Regulations for Contemporary American Politics.
Presenters: Cole Gross
The Growth of Presidential Power: How Donald Trump Has Asserted His Control Over Tariff Policy
Presenters: Theo McWilliams
The NRA's influence on american politics through social media rhetoric
Presenters: Brooks Richardson
Benched by the Media: The Urgent Need for Advocacy in Women’s Sports.
Presenters: Emma Coolidge
Ethics vs. Virality: How Journalistic Ethics Diverge from Social Media Practices in the Treatment of Private or Emotionally Charged Viral Moments
Presenters: Emma Steinhoff
My title is Between Here and There: Chinese Students in the U1S1.S.
Presenters: Zhiyang Hu
Development of a greener synthesis of an iron(III) amine triphenolate complex
Presenters: Claire Thomas
Synthesis of Potentially Biologically Active Copper(II) Complexes with Ligands Derived from L-phenylalanine and 3-aminobutanoic acid and 2-Pyridinecarbaldehyde N-oxide
Presenters: Kya Lester
Synthesis, structural, and spectroscopic characterization of biologically active Schiff-base copper(II) complexes with a Schiff-base ligand derived from ß-alanine and 2-pyridinecarbaldehyde N-oxide
Presenters: Karis Huff-Love
Assessing the prevalence of tickborne pathogens in the Huntingdon community using a multiplex qPCR panel
Presenters: Alexa Viands
Characterizing YDL129W: The Role of an Uncharacterized Saccharomyces cerevisiae Gene in the Cell Cycle and Microtubule Dynamics
Presenters: MacKenzie Kissinger
Modeling Microbiomes: Uncovering Functional Contributions to C. difficile infections
Presenters: Manali Misra, Selin Yalcinanahtar
An Unwavering Motif of Religious Intolerance: Contemporary Evangelical Christian Support for Donald Trump
Presenters: Ethan Achmoody
Religious/Spiritual Influence on Juniata College Campus
Presenters: Audrey Muth
“Prompting” the Community Using AI
Presenters: Luke Becker, Ava Cook, Pratham Dhandhania, Kaleah Leisher, Spriha Pokharel, Breanne Spencer
Anti-Fascist Fabric Art Introduction & Activity
Presenters: Myles Miller
How does the relationship between cohesion and performance outcomes differ between athletes in co-acting sport and interdependent sports?
Presenters: Tamanna Chhabra
Machine Learning Models for Predicting Startup Success: Comparative
Evaluation and Feature Analysis
Presenters: Sara Kadam
Visualizing barbell velocity and perceived readiness: A data-driven approach to monitoring performance and mental fatigue in division III athletes
Presenters: Breanne Spencer
Presentation of Student Artwork at the JCMA
Presenters: Kelsey Covert, Caitlin Lane, Jadyn Slovick, Jessica Suarez, Elena Winslow
Plenary featuring Jim Tuten, Madison Seipp, and Fin Thornhill presenting Student Participation in the Construction of Knowledge: Juniata's Twenty-First Century, so far
Presenters: Madison Seipp, Finn Thornhill
Habitat Conservation and Restoration: Developing Turtle Habitat in a Constructed Wetland on Private Property in Central Pennsylvania
Presenters: Rilee Connors
Hypothetical Environmental Education Center and Property Museum for Sidwell Property
Presenters: Connor Bunnell
Increasing waterfowl population on private property
Presenters: Blake Magill
Pitfall Survey of Invertebrates
Presenters: Mary Grant
Inside the System- Lessons from Criminal Justice Internship Experiences
Presenters: Tamanna Chhabra, Erin Fenn, Mia Gianni, Marlana Miller, Matthew Quigley, Taahirah Smith
Community Engaged Learning Experience
Presenters: Ian Bennett, Olivia Brenneman, Paytan Henry, Mckenna Kelley, MacKenzie Kissinger, Isaac March, David Mitiku, Em Perago, Brooks Richardson
Analisis de Mataron un Inocente
Presenters: Estefany Granados Saravia
La poesía en la canción popular
Presenters: Myles Miller
Masculinidad y transformación en el tango “Uno”
Presenters: Fernando Molina-Gomez
Detached
Presenters: Max Locke
Ideological Framing of Sexual Assault in News Media: A Comparative Analysis of how Conservative, Liberal, and Centrist News Outlets Reinforce Rape Myths.
Presenters: Sina Liesenhoff
Reel meets Real
Presenters: Jonah Matthews
Introduction of Monetary Etherality, a new dimension of purchasing behavior, in the contemporary market
Presenters: Bryan Daberam
Psychophysiological Responses to Both Men's andWomen's Intrasexual Competition Primes?
Presenters: Lincoln Riddle
The Effect of Team Role on Athlete Anxiety and Performance
Presenters: Tyler Mack
From Metabolomic Signatures to Clinical Decision Support: A Predictive Modeling Framework for Cognitive Decline Integrating EPHX1 Genotype and the Internal Chemical Environment
Presenters: Bhuvi Ajmera, Manali Misra
Obligacy and variability of diapause in hybridizing field crickets
Presenters: Lauren Mahkovic
Spatial Organization of Cutaneous Microbiomes Reveals Putative Microbial Contributions to Host Chemical Defenses in the American Toad
Presenters: S. Donovan McCammon
Ventriculomegaly-Defined NPH-Like Phenotype as an Independent Predictor of Executive and Functional Decline in Alzheimer’s Disease
Presenters: Holden David, Ashraf Ravindarnath
Emergence of Magnetism in Two Dimensions
Presenters: Kay Peli
Influence of Aluminum Additions on Chromium Connectivity and Passivation in Fe–Cr and Ni–Cr Alloys
Presenters: Lee Roby
Tuning Alloy Atoms for Corrosion Resistance
Presenters: Wenyi Li
From Play to Platforms to Places: Connecting game design, algorithm recommendation systems, and spatial environments through research-informed practices
Presenters: Stephen Kataria, Kaleah Leisher
Blockchain Based Anti-Counterfeiting Measures in Supply Chains
Presenters: Ryan Fenchak
AlfieAI Courses: AI Schedule Builder for Intelligent Academic Planning
Presenters: Adithya Kommi, Ryan Smith
Exploring RISC-V Architecture and its Unique Features and Advantages
Presenters: Ian Lauver
Eagle Fund Update
Presenters: Bhuvi Ajmera, Abjana Bhandari, Aedan Hrivnak, Prash Khadka, Anjan Kumar, Jahnavi Patel, Logan Peterson, Connor Rohm, Erika Sorto
Small Rodents, Small Footprints: Creating Affordable and Eco-Friendly Habitats
Presenters: Sophia Volper
The Impact of Brush Piles on Wildlife
Presenters: Eli Ober
Wildlife Impact In Pennsylvania
Presenters: Dawson Booher
Uplift. Defend. Transform: Social Work Students in Action
Presenters: Carolyn Barshinger, Lauren Cummins, Nakyah Robinson, Skyler Stevens
Beyond Stereotypes: How Displaced People Presence and Women’s Borrower Concentration Shape MFI Loan Delinquency
Presenters: Kosuke Toyoda
Hiroshima and Peace Study Abroad
Presenters: Adithya Kommi, Danny McCauley
Diplomacy in Action: The Juniata Model United Nations Team's Conference Experience
Presenters: Tamanna Chhabra, Elizabeth Hanna, Delia Jones, Mehak Mann, Manali Misra, Nicole Montes Perez, Drew Perhamus, Jack Polglaze, Brooks Richardson, Ursa Vanzetten
Amélioration ? Understanding Improvement in Upper-Level French Studies
Presenters: Holden David, Danielle Michael
Presentacion de Nueva Cancion y la Nueva Trova
Presenters: Lincoln Riddle
Athletic Excellence Driving Academic Rigor and Belonging at a Liberal Arts Institution
Presenters: Shawn Gamble
Community Health Coordinator Internship Presentation
Presenters: Addison Ganey
Heart of Appalachia Digital Storytelling
Presenters: Luke Becker, Kaleah Leisher
How Parking “Queues” Build Trees: A Visual Story of Combinatorics
Presenters: Venus Yan
Navigational experiences of students with ASD and other Development Learning Differences in Reality and Virtual Reality
Presenters: Luke Becker, Grace Strayer
Flood-Driven Redistribution of Heavy Metals and Associated Human Health Risks: A Screening-Level Risk Assessment Across a Flood Gradient
Presenters: Nicole Montes Pérez
EPHX1 Variation and the Internal Chemical Environment: A Longitudinal Metabolomics Study of Alzheimer’s Disease Progression in ADNI
Presenters: Taylor Hoffman, Grace Miller
Chinese Session - Welcome to my Hometown!
Presenters: Ethan Cooper, Rose Domzalski, Ethan McKellop, Abby Ortiz, Jadyn Slovick, Isidro Verzosa
Writing the Self: Memory, Identity, and Experience
Presenters: Haleigh Bauer, Fall McCoy, Alexander Ross
How American Museums Shape Power, History, and Identity
Presenters: Chloe Dunn
Nature's Nation: The Reimagination of the American Landscape
Presenters: Claire Thomas
Advocacy In Action
Presenters: Jude Pagliai
Statton Academic Resource Center
Are self-esteem and social connectedness related to identity in athletes: The potential moderating effects of gender and sport type
Presenters: Devyn Mauger
Statton Academic Resource Center
CSI Effect and DNA Evidence
Presenters: Adam Gallo, Teresa Temple
Statton Academic Resource Center
Developing a Hands-On Nanoscience Curriculum Using Computational Modeling for High School Students
Presenters: Riley Nelson
Statton Academic Resource Center
Linking sleep to academic and athletic performance
Presenters: Connor Blough, Connor Lindsey
Statton Academic Resource Center
Lunar and Stellar Occultation Observations
Presenters: Dominique Amisial
Statton Academic Resource Center
Parental Incarceration
Presenters: Dalton Metzger, Spencer Siegel, Jayden Strausbaugh
Statton Academic Resource Center
Promoting Flourishing and Thriving: Perceptions of College Seniors
Presenters: Luke Bittner, Wallecia Byfield, Olivia Hardin, Makenna Hartman, Emma Kulisek, Katherine Winstead
Statton Academic Resource Center
Psychophysiological Responses to Primed Intrasexual Competition Vignettes
Presenters: Lincoln Riddle
Statton Academic Resource Center
Raspberry Pi-5 Based Biomedical Robotics
Presenters: Heechan Jung, Lee Roby, Haofei Yan
Statton Academic Resource Center
School-to-Prison Pipeline: A Systematic Review of Exclusionary Discipline and Adult Criminality
Presenters: Zoe Biles
Statton Academic Resource Center
Solar System Imaging Project
Presenters: Abigail Paterson
Statton Academic Resource Center
Thriving or Surviving? The Reality of Student Stress and Coping
Presenters: Jillian Dalansky
Statton Academic Resource Center
Film Through an Intersectional Lens: Hidden Figures
Presenters: Kaelonni Lashinsky, Kara Loych
Statton Gibbel Legacy Lobby
Gender Stereotype Threat in Women and Girls: Cognitive Load and Spillover Effects
Presenters: Kevin Bowser, Autumn Butler, Nina Jane Meadows
Statton Gibbel Legacy Lobby
Gender, Power, and Institutional Bias: How Systems Meant to Protect Often Reproduce Inequality
Presenters: Pratham Dhandhania, Jonathan McDonnell, Abby Sweeney
Statton Gibbel Legacy Lobby
Gendered Fallout: Women, Radiation, and Nuclear History
Presenters: Leila Ferrucci, Rylea Lynch, Marissa Shawley, Claire Thomas
Statton Gibbel Legacy Lobby
How are “comfort women” portrayed in newspapers and documentaries in Europe and East Asia?
Presenters: Adithya Kommi, Ellie Parton, Miriam Struble-Hedstrom, Kosuke Toyoda
Statton Gibbel Legacy Lobby
International and Domestic Student Experience at Juniata College
Presenters: Katherine McGrath, Nina Meadows, Fernando MolinaGomez, Jezreel Ortiz
Statton Gibbel Legacy Lobby
The "Pink Tax" on Safety: Your Self-Defense Tools is a Policy Failure
Presenters: Brenda Armendariz, Marieona Fabian, Vicky Huang
Statton Gibbel Legacy Lobby
The History of Gender Based Discrimination in the United States Military
Presenters: Moss Pines, Ursa Vanzetten, Jonas Walker
Statton Gibbel Legacy Lobby
The Impact of Taliban Governance on Women's Education
Presenters: Nino Karanaia, Rachel Knearl-Wearne, Mariam Toloraia
Statton Gibbel Legacy Lobby
Women's Rights in Afghanistan
Presenters: Gyo Arroyo
Statton Gibbel Legacy Lobby
Assessing Tick-Borne Illness Rates Through Processing of Ticks From Local Community Members
Presenters: Logan Cree, Ilse Ness, Kara Scotti
Statton Lower Level Commons
Detecting microplastic accumulation in Faxonius obscurus vs. Faxonius rusticus using nile red
Presenters: Joseph Menke
Statton Lower Level Commons
EPHX1 Variation and the Internal Chemical Environment: A Longitudinal Metabolomics Study of Alzheimer’s Disease Progression in ADNI.
Presenters: Stephen Kataria, Manali Misra
Statton Lower Level Commons
From Metabolomic Signatures to Clinical Decision Support: A Predictive Modeling Framework for Cognitive Decline Integrating EPHX1 Genotype and the Internal Chemical Environment
Presenters: Stephen Kataria, Jahnavi Patel
Statton Lower Level Commons
GLP-1 Receptor Agonist Therapy Reshapes the Gut Microbiome: A Longitudinal Genomic and Bioinformatic Study of Fecal Microbial Dynamics
Presenters: Ethan Achmoody, Hailey Baker, Gustaf Geremia, Omkar Warke
Statton Lower Level Commons
The Association Between Systemic Inflammation and Balance Function in the U.S. Adult Population
Presenters: Shubh Sethia
Statton Lower Level Commons
The Effect of Aerobic Exercise on the Blood Pressure Response to a Mental Stress Task in Healthy Adults
Presenters: Sofia Martinek
Statton Lower Level Commons
The Effects of Health Care on Blood Pressure Status in Huntingdon, PA
Presenters: Paytan Henry, Chloe Sauer
Statton Lower Level Commons
Ventriculomegaly-Defined NPH-Like Phenotype as an Independent Predictor of Executive and Functional Decline in Alzheimer’s Disease
Presenters: Jayden Gaynor, Stephen Kataria, Kunga Yitso
Statton Lower Level Commons
Zelkova serrata Research
Presenters: Drew Smith
Statton Lower Level Commons
A Two-Year Survey of Batrachochytrium Prevalence in South-Central Pennsylvania Amphibian Populations
Presenters: Trey Bennett, Ella McGlaughlin, Kate Richardson
Statton Smale Presentation Center
Bioaccumulation of microparticles and microplastics in the American eels, Anguilla rostrata
Presenters: Maycie Kulp
Statton Smale Presentation Center
Internal Tools Advisor for Fulton Bank
Presenters: Gareth Wright
Statton Smale Presentation Center
Investigating ultrasound-assisted fractionation method to determine more efficient bio-oils
Presenters: Carly Hill
Statton Smale Presentation Center
Magnetic Effects of Copper(II) Complexes With Pyridine N-Oxide Ligands
Presenters: Jason Yoder
Statton Smale Presentation Center
Monitoring Constructed Vernal Pools in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
Presenters: Trey Bennett, Kate Richardson
Statton Smale Presentation Center
Pharma in the tides: investigating the impact of CBD, GABA, and Levonorgestrol on behavior in low trophic level invertebrates.
Presenters: MacKenzie Moore
Statton Smale Presentation Center
Quick Scanner for Open Quartermaster
Presenters: Jase Colino, Jake Elston, Elsa Milhet, Kyleigh Pearsall
Statton Smale Presentation Center
Sheeetz Site Reliabilty and Data Analysis
Presenters: Dylan Shaneberger
Statton Smale Presentation Center
Structure and Protonation State of the Biliverdin Radical Intermediate in Phycocyanobilin:Ferredoxin Oxidoreductase (PcyA)
Presenters: Elycia Montano, Gia Pacheco
Statton Smale Presentation Center
Swarm Intelligence
Presenters: Marcus StPierre
Statton Smale Presentation Center
The Impact of Soil Characteristics on the Distribution of Chronic Wasting Disease in Pennsylvania White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
Presenters: Ava Merced, Jermikah Parkinson, Lauren Smith
Statton Smale Presentation Center
The Method Development of Extraction Techniques for Determining Microplastics Contamination Concentrations in Pennsylvania Wild Deer Populations
Presenters: Kara Stringfellow
Statton Smale Presentation Center
A Collaborated Self Study of Physics Applied to Medicine Through Team and Field Learning
Presenters: Logan Eggleston, Heechan Jung
Statton Academic Resource Center
Beyond the First Year: Longitudinal Academic Self-Efficacy in Undergraduate Students
Presenters: Zoe Biles, Jillian Dalansky, Danny Ortega, Sophia Repholz
Statton Academic Resource Center
Building an Autonomous Waste-Sorting Robot
Presenters: Abigail Paterson
Statton Academic Resource Center
Evaluating Iterations of Anxiety Induction Methods
Presenters: Kelsey Covert
Statton Academic Resource Center
Food Insecurity in Young Adults
Presenters: McClain Reamer-Shervinskie, Lanie Skalos, Heather Small
Statton Academic Resource Center
Impact of Food Insecurity on Child Development in Central PA
Presenters: Estelle Miller, Kyra Shipley
Statton Academic Resource Center
Integrating SBIRT Into Broad Top
Presenters: Carolyn Barshinger
Statton Academic Resource Center
Quantum Spin Dynamics
Presenters: Jack Shelton
Statton Academic Resource Center
Simulating a Microgrid in MATLAB
Presenters: Drew Perhamus
Statton Academic Resource Center
Sleep Quality Associated with Athletic and Academic Performance
Presenters: CJ Coffey, Isaiah Rodriguez
Statton Academic Resource Center
The Encoding Specificity Principle
Presenters: Jace Irvin
Statton Academic Resource Center
The Intersection of Mental Health, Sleep Quality, and Academic Outcomes in College Students
Presenters: Sophia Arnold, Cadence Hockensmith, Dani Martinez
Statton Academic Resource Center
Contemporary Formulation of Song Dynasty Oil-Spotted Ceramics
Presenters: Mollie Feight
Statton Gibbel Legacy Lobby
Conversational AI in children’s home literacy learning: effectiveness, advantages, challenges, and family perception.
Presenters: Laney Gerdich, Tatum Livelsberger
Statton Gibbel Legacy Lobby
Data storytelling with GAUD: Gathering Archaeological Unified Data (GAUD) Database
Presenters: Isabel Shelatz
Statton Gibbel Legacy Lobby
Juniata Ventures Collective
Presenters: Connor Rohm, Octavian Sperry
Statton Gibbel Legacy Lobby
Sales/Marketing Expierence
Presenters: Sam Gunning
Statton Gibbel Legacy Lobby
State Farm internship
Presenters: Samantha Brandt
Statton Gibbel Legacy Lobby
The Future of Institutional Knowledge: Building a Custom AI for Juniata College
Presenters: Adithya Kommi, Ryan Smith
Statton Gibbel Legacy Lobby
Assessing variation in wing morphology of hybridizing field crickets
Presenters: Kenneth Sorokie
Statton Lower Level Commons
Correlation Between Physical Activity Levels and Perceived Stress Among International College Students
Presenters: Rylea Lynch
Statton Lower Level Commons
Developmental staging of a diapausing field cricket (Gryllus firmus)
Presenters: Mae Haussmann, Erin Leland, Bella Rose
Statton Lower Level Commons
Evaluating the Role of Fontinalis Antipyretica as a bioindicator for Microplastic Pollution within the Juniata River and Headwater Stream
Presenters: Jackson Albright, Grace Broadrick
Statton Lower Level Commons
Exploration of Genes of Unknown Function That May Regulate Cell Growth in Yeast
Presenters: Xandra Thompson
Statton Lower Level Commons
Intersectionality and Student Happiness at Juniata College
Presenters: Dylan Barber
Statton Lower Level Commons
Metabolic Scaling in Freshwater Crustaceans: Effects of Lifestyle and Body Size
Presenters: Leo Kirsch, Shah Kothagondla, Griff Snowberger
Statton Lower Level Commons
Microplastic prevelance in local Catostomus Commersoni, Salmo trutta, and Salvelinus fontinaliv populations
Presenters: Ava Shaw
Statton Lower Level Commons
The Effect of Ventilation Rate on Muscular Power via the Wingate Test
Presenters: Krieg Pierce
Statton Lower Level Commons
Variability of life history traits in hybridizing field crickets
Presenters: Hailey Baker, Addison Bert, Ryan Branton, Rhea Cody, Celeste Flores, Katie Hackman
Statton Lower Level Commons
Applications of 3D Printing in Representations of Aquatic Environments
Presenters: Waylon Ehrenzeller
Statton Smale Presentation Center
Chemo selective Formation of an Amide Intermediate Toward an NHC Precursor
Presenters: Michael Finnegan
Statton Smale Presentation Center
Confirming a greener pathway for synthesis of an iron(III) amine triphenolate complex
Presenters: Siena Guttormson, Mason Ream
Statton Smale Presentation Center
CryoEM structure of Haspin bound to nucleosome reveals novel insertion of Haspin into DNA supergroove
Presenters: Stacy Vasquez
Statton Smale Presentation Center
Energetic growth and demise of flowers
Presenters: Allison Quinn
Statton Smale Presentation Center
Investigating the Mechanism(s) of Z-DNA-Induced progression of Alzheimer's Disease
Presenters: Helen Centeno, Logan Eggleston
Statton Smale Presentation Center
Investigation of trends among strongly antiferromagnetically coupled Cu(II) centers in dinuclear Cu(II) N-oxide complexes using differently substituted pyridine N-oxide ligands
Presenters: Aaliyah White
Statton Smale Presentation Center
Juniata Journal of Ecology
Presenters: Brian Beere, Liv Burk, Maximus Frankunas, Mary Grant
Statton Smale Presentation Center
Passive monitoring of amphibian populations in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania through AHDRifT
Presenters: Trey Bennett, Ella McGlaughlin, Kate Richardson
Statton Smale Presentation Center
Preservation Focused Sampling of Lead Bullet Artifacts for Isotopic Analysis
Presenters: Courtney Price
Statton Smale Presentation Center
Shifts in Small Mammal Community Composition Following 50 years of Forest Succession at Raystown Lake
Presenters: Kara Scotti
Statton Smale Presentation Center
Sparks Farm Wetland Model
Presenters: Colin Denault, Jared Johnson, Olivia Rodriguez, Matthew Tiernan
Statton Smale Presentation Center
Virtual Reality: A Tool for Math Anxiety?
Presenters: Luke Becker, Grace Strayer
Statton Smale Presentation Center