SSCD Poster: Social & Behavioral Sciences
Abstract
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#Eritrea|n: Making and Contesting Eritrean Political Subjectivity Across the Digital Diaspora
Layla Al, 4th-Year, Global Studies, Human Rights
Mentor(s): Dr. Owen Kohl, Anthropology; Dr. Maliha Chishti, Public Policy, The Pearson Institute
Does Variation in Speech Production Impact Acoustic Cue Weighting in Speech Perception?
Nicholas Aoki, 3rd-Year, Linguistics, Statistics
Mentor(s): Dr. Jinghua Ou, Linguistics, Phonology Laboratory; Professor Alan Yu, Linguistics, Phonology Laboratory
What's In a Name? Effects of Categories Versus Norms on Children’s Openness to Unfamiliar Foods
Katherine Boggs, 2nd-Year, Psychology
Mentor(s): Dr. Hyesung Grace Hwang, Psychology
A Walk In the Park Or a Day at the Mall: The Effects of the Environment on Affect and Impulsivity
Jillian E. Bowman, 4th-Year, Psychology
Mentor(s): Professor Marc G. Berman, Psychology; Kathryn E. Schertz, Psychology
Impact of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on Airway Inflammation in Individuals with Asthma
Estelle Higgins, 4th-Year, Psychology & Comparative Human Development
Mentor(s): Dr. Melissa A. Rosenkranz, Psychiatry, Center for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Dr. Richard J. Davidson, Psychology, Psychiatry, Center for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Professor Greg J. Norman, Psychology
A View From the Oval Office: Insights From the Presidential Daily Brief, 1961-1977
Sophia Kierstead, 4th-Year, Political Science
Lucia Geng, 3rd-Year, Political Science
Mentor(s): Professor Austin Carson, Political Science
Wise Reasoning Project
Yena Kim, 3rd-Year, Psychology
Mentor(s): Professor Howard Nusbaum, Psychology, Center for Practical Wisdom; Professor Boaz Keysar, Psychology; Dr. Tamera Schneider; CUNY
Oops, I Did It Again: Children’s Third Party Evaluations and Perceptions of Apology’s Communicative Nature and Recidivist Implications
Abbie Klein, 4th-Year, Psychology & Comparative Human Development, Human Rights
Mentor(s): Professor Alex Shaw, Psychology, Center for Early Childhood Development, Developmental Investigations of Behavior and Strategy Laboratory; Benjamin Morris, Center for Early Childhood Development, Developmental Investigations of Behavior and Strategy Laboratory
Politics in My Good Christian Suburbs: How a Weakened Christian Right Failed to Overcome the Suburban Chicago’s 2018 Blue Wave
Ridgley (Ridge) Knapp, 4th-Year, Public Policy Studies, Religious Studies
Mentor(s): Dr. Sorcha Brophy, Public Policy Studies; Sol Lee, Public Policy Studies; Professor Curtis J. Evans, Religious Studies
Forgiveness: The Effects of Mental Health Diagnostic Labels on Transgressions
Daniel Labrousse, 4th-Year, Psychology
Mentor(s): Professor Alex Shaw, Psychology, Developmental Investigations of Behavior and Strategy Lab
Seeing Green: The Restorative Effect of Natural Environments on Visual Attention
Tanvi Lakhtakia, 4th-Year, Psychology & Neuroscience
Mentor(s): Professor Marc G. Berman, Psychology, Environmental Neuroscience Lab; Kathryn (Kate) E. Schertz, Integrative Neuroscience, Environmental Neuroscience Lab
Maximum Pressure, Minimal Impact: How Hezbollah Can Survive Without Iran
Geoffrey LaMear, 4th-Year, Political Science & Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
Mentor(s): Professor Robert Pape, Political Science
When the Going Gets Tough: Investigating Childhood Academic Resilience through Expressive Writing
Samuela Mouzaoir, 4th-Year, Psychology & Comparative Human Development, Education & Society
Mentor(s): Professor Lindsey Richland, School of Education, University of California Irvine; Almaz Mesghina, Comparative Human Development
Decision Making for Children Higher Education: Understanding the Effect of Chicago Neighborhood Residence in Relation to Decision Making Processes about Children’s Higher Education
Rimsha Nazeer, 4th-Year, Economics & Public Policy
Mentor(s): Samantha Steinmetz, School of Social Service Administration
Theorizing American “Naming and Shaming” of NATO Allies
Giácomo Ramos, 2nd-Year, Political Science & Anthropology
Mentor(s): Professor Rochelle Terman, Political Science
Democracy in the Age of Plutocracy and Pluralism
Emily Salamanca, 4th-Year, Political Science & Romance Languages and Literatures (Italian)
Mentor(s): Professor John P. McCormick, Political Science
Mapping the Politics of the New Global South
Neeraj Sharma, 2nd-Year, Economics Major, Quantitative Social Analysis
Mentor(s): Professor Mark Bradley, History, Pozen Family Center for Human Rights
The Potentials of Altruism in Children: Children's Willingness to Place Themselves in Harm's Way for the Sake of Others
Margaret Wolfson, 3rd-Year, Psychology, English and Creative Writing
Mentor(s): Professor Fan Yang, Psychology