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10:00am EDT

A Chaotic Symphony: Studying the Music of Dmitri Shostakovich in its Socio-Political Context, 1932-1955 JFL, Active Learning Classroom (171)Adaline Nolley • Jamaica Conner • Carey Roberts Bricks: Using Music to Increase Individual Mindfulness JFL, 300Lakievia Johnson • Will Coberly • David Leffler Imitation, The Sincerest Form of Flattery: Whether the Unauthorized Use of a Trademark After the Termination of a Franchise Constitutes Counterfeiting? JFL, 261BRachel Auld • Virginia Dow • Mark Hamilton Preserving Life, Protecting Dignity: A Call to Abolish Physician-Assisted Suicide JFL, Scholars Lounge (380)Adeline Holcombe • Alexander Mason • Sheri Parmelee Unveiling Agency: The Roles of Women in Virginia Manumission JFL, 261ASydney Gilbert • Travis Bradshaw • Shaun Cashman Textual or Investigative Oral Presentations JFL

10:30am EDT

Don Lonie: America’s No. 1 High School Assembly Speaker JFL, 261AKimberly Weaner • Travis Bradshaw • Shaun Cashman Equality or Equity? Weighing Prima Facie Cases in Reverse Discrimination Claims JFL, 261BEmerson Allen • Virginia Dow • Mark Hamilton Shaping Perceptions: Roger Fenton's Photography During the Crimean War JFL, 300Hannah Dugan • Will Coberly • David Leffler The Impact of Educational Polarization on Demographic Shifts and Associated Political Behaviors in U.S. Politics JFL, Active Learning Classroom (171)James Black • Jamaica Conner • Carey Roberts When Posters Went to War: The Division of Pictorial Publicity and Propaganda Posters in World War I JFL, Scholars Lounge (380)Kaitlyn Misirian • Alexander Mason • Sheri Parmelee

11:00am EDT

A Gripping Controversy: Examining Hoplite Spear Grip Positions in Art, Practice, and Context JFL, Active Learning Classroom (171)Ethan Pierce • Jamaica Conner • Carey Roberts A Man, a Family, and a Story: Influences on the Creation of J. M. Barrie’s Peter Pan JFL, Scholars Lounge (380)Audra Horton • Alexander Mason • Sheri Parmelee Abandonment in Children's Literature JFL, 261APaige Sturek • Travis Bradshaw • Donna Donald Advocating for Ableist Practices: Nazi Propaganda against the Disabled between 1933-1941 JFL, 261BDylan Cumbo • Virginia Dow • Christopher Jones Red Herring: The Overstatement Of Soviet Power In The Early Cold War (1945-1953) JFL, 300Ronald Shaw • Justin Bower • Will Coberly

11:30am EDT

Miracles in Medicine? A Review of Neuralink's Blindsight and the Future of Brain Computer Interface Technology JFL, Scholars Lounge (380)Thomas Yu • Alexander Mason • Sheri Parmelee Odysseus the Prince: An Analysis of The Odyssey Through a Machiavellian Lens JFL, 261AEmily Baugh • Travis Bradshaw • Donna Donald The Boxer Rebellion and Missionaries: A Study of Historical Context and Ideological Perspectives JFL, 300Danielle Russano-Simpkins • Justin Bower • Will Coberly The King's Antiquary: John Leland Between Destruction and Preservation JFL, 261BChristopher Dykes • Virginia Dow • Christopher Jones To Parent or Not to Parent: How Far Do Parental Rights Extend? JFL, Active Learning Classroom (171)Emilie Das • Jamaica Conner • Carey Roberts

12:00pm EDT

Brewing Revolution: The Influence of Cafes in Eighteenth-Century France JFL, 300Ian Landry • Roriebeth Fredrich • Matthew Grannell Bytes, Banter, and the Bible: An Interdisciplinary Account of Objective Meaning JFL, Scholars Lounge (380)Cameron Bonin • Sheri Parmelee • Miranda Sutherland Cries from the Living Stones: An Analysis of Palestinian Christian Literature about the Israel-Palestine Conflict for Western Evangelicals JFL, Active Learning Classroom (171)Lily Perdue • Mike Cobb • Deidra Simpson The Lynchburg Musketeers in World War I: From Guardsmen to Doughboys JFL, 261BTimothy Brophy • Virginia Dow • Christopher Jones The Paradox of Unity: Exploring the Racism Targeted Towards Puerto Ricans in the United states’ Military During World War I JFL, 261ANatalia Garcia • Travis Bradshaw • Jeremy McGinniss

12:30pm EDT

Continuity in Colonization: A comparative study between Hampton and Jamestown, Virginia, regarding their occupation and its impact JFL, Active Learning Classroom (171)Chandler Lilley • Mike Cobb • Deidra Simpson From a Certain Point of View: The Portrayal of Autism in Mark Haddon's "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" JFL, 261ALillian McSweeney • Travis Bradshaw • Jeremy McGinniss How Much is Too Much? JFL, 261BEllie Shoemaker • Virginia Dow • Christopher Jones No One Likes a Mad Woman: The 'Big Reputation' of Rebekah Harkness JFL, Scholars Lounge (380)Kimberly Weaner • Sheri Parmelee • Miranda Sutherland Shaping Wartime Illinois: Dwight H. Green's Re-Election Campaign of 1944 JFL, 300Cole Klicker • Roriebeth Fredrich • Matthew Grannell

1:00pm EDT

A Proposal for the Structure of the Conclusion of 2 Peter JFL, 261BMichael Frye • Mark Hamilton • Andrew Volk Divergent Persecution: The Varied Treatment of the Disabled in the Third Reich JFL, Scholars Lounge (380)Dylan Cumbo • Alex Boggs • Rachel Joseph Fostering the First Amendment: analyzing the constitutionality of the Safe & Appropriate Foster Care and Designated Placement Federal Rules through religious discrimination JFL, 261AHailey Donovan • Shaun Cashman • Song Cho Limits of Language: A Multidisciplinary Analysis of Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations JFL, Active Learning Classroom (171)Elizabeth Mathews • Carey Roberts • Deidra Simpson The Liability Crisis and Its Ensuing Effects on the Property and Casualty Insurance Industry JFL, 300Leah Locke • Mike Cobb • Miranda Sutherland

1:30pm EDT

An Analysis of the Circuit Split on Auer Deference’s Application to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines’ Commentary JFL, Scholars Lounge (380)Jesse Garner • Alex Boggs • Rachel Joseph Exodus 20:13 & The American Civil War: The Etymological Importance of ‘Kill’ JFL, 261AChristina Banker • Shaun Cashman • Song Cho Restoration Reparations: A Communication Analysis JFL, Active Learning Classroom (171)Thomas Yu • Carey Roberts • Deidra Simpson The Build-A-Child Market: The Problematic Promulgation of Commercial Surrogacy JFL, 261BCatalina Lowers • Mark Hamilton • Andrew Volk

2:00pm EDT

An Integrative Approach to the Existential Problem of Evil in a Post-Pandemic World JFL, Active Learning Classroom (171)Jacob Byrd • Jeremy McGinniss • Carey Roberts Plyler & Equal Protection: Why Plyler Does Not Apply JFL, 261BEllena Moresco • Robert Talley • Robert Weaver Shepherds of the South: An Introduction to the Life and Service of Military Chaplains in the Confederacy JFL, Scholars Lounge (380)Micah Velarde • Alex Boggs • Rachel Joseph You Can't have your Cake and Eat it Too: Analyzing the Application of the Clayton Act's Special Venue and Service of Process Provisions JFL, 261ATori Hu • Adebukola Adebayo • Chris Sneeringer

2:30pm EDT

Clarity in Christ: Oscar Wilde’s Revelation Through Imagination, Humility, and Suffering in De Profundis JFL, 261ALeah Besser • Adebukola Adebayo • Chris Sneeringer Memories of the Lost War Memoir: Genre Subversion, Pilgrimage, and Reflections on Memoir in Tobias Wolff and Tim O’Brien JFL, 261BPeter Rogati • Robert Talley • Robert Weaver Scientific Authorial Voice: Incorporating Explicit Instruction in Undergraduate Chemistry Courses JFL, Active Learning Classroom (171)Emma Becker • Jeremy McGinniss • Carey Roberts “Germany’s Noble Cause Must Prevail”: General August von Mackensen on the Great War's Eastern Front, 1914-17 JFL, Scholars Lounge (380)Christian Mumpower • Alex Boggs • Rachel Joseph

3:00pm EDT

Gentlemen Raiders: Plotting the Origins and Proliferation of European Hussars From The Late Middle Ages to the Great War JFL, 261BChristian Mumpower • Alex Boggs • Robert Talley The Gamble for America: Why General Charles Cornwallis Decided to Attack Virginia in 1781 JFL, Active Learning Classroom (171)Gabriel Stisser • Jeremy McGinniss • Carey Roberts

3:30pm EDT

“Three Cheers for the Homespun Dress!": Resourcefulness and Changes in Wealthy, Confederate Women’s Fashion During the American Civil War JFL, 261BAdaline Nolley • Alex Boggs • Robert Talley