Oral Presentation Sessions 7-12
Oral Presentation Schedule Listed by Session #
Friday, September 11, 2026 - Location: SUB Top Floor Rooms
Session # 7 - 1:25pm - 1:45pm on Friday, Sept. 11, 2026
Bowen, Amy, Major: Biology, Title: Medical Professional Knowledge Of Vector-Borne Diseases In New Mexico- Room: Acoma B
Session #7
Cao, Anna, Major: Economics, Title: Analysis of SNAP Purchasing Power based on Local Food Prices - Room: Fiesta A
Session #7
Gloria, Jacqueline, Major: Social Work and Spanish, Title: The Influence of Family Achievement Guilt on College Persistence Among Hispanic Early College High School Graduates - Room: Fiesta B
Session #7
Hill, Desmond, Major: Physics, Title: How Different Fin Geometries Affect the Center of Pressure and Stability in a Rocket - Room: Trailblazer/Spirit
Session #7
Imber, Moxi, Major: Chemistry, Title: Chemical Modification of Mycelium-Based Materials Through Citric Acid Crosslinking - Room: Acoma A
Session #7
Molina Gutierrez, Micheal T., Major: Psychology, Title: Examining Emotional Training as a Resilience-Building Intervention Across Military Members - Room: Santa Ana A
Session #7
Murray, Kaela, Major: Anthropology, Title: Do I Exist? An Examination of African American Youth’s Perceptions of the New York City Education Curriculum - Room: Isleta
Session #7
Rocha-Hernandez, Crystal, Major: Psychology, Title: Religious Trauma: The Negative Effects Of A Strict Religious Upbringing - Room: Santa Ana B
Session #7
Sandoval Diaz, Drizella, Major: Psychology, B.A., Title: Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy, Social Support, and Racial-Ethnic Differences: A Systematic Review - Room: Lobo A
Session #7
Torres, Noelia, Major: Sports and Exercise Science, Title: Effectiveness of Conservative Treatment for Hip Pain in Young Adults - Room: Lobo B
Session #7
Ward, Holly, Major: Anthropology, Title: Identifying the Many Varieties of Orestias Fish Found in Lake Titicaca - Room: Luminaria
Session #7
Session # 8 - 1:50pm - 2:10pm on Friday, Sept. 11, 2026
Amezcua Campos, Yuridia, Major: Molecular and Cellular Biology, Title: A Genetic Counseling Workforce Assessment: Analyzing Workforce Practices Across Specialties - Room: Acoma B
Session #8
Angulo, Denise, Major: Psychology, Title: Roots and Identity: The impact of Grandparent Socialization on Grandchildren Identity - Room: Santa Ana B
Session #8
Boegeman, Leah, Major: Chemical Engineering, Title: Light-Activated Liposomes for Drug Release: Comparison of Geometric Position of Photothermal Croconium Dye - Room: Acoma A
Session #8
Bosco, Noel, Major: Biology, Title: Season-Mediated Individual Change In Plastron Coloration In Painted Turtles (Chrysemys Picta) - Room: Luminaria
Session #8
Chavarria, Casandra, Major: Psychology, Title: ChatGPT as an Academic Tool: Perceptions Among First-Generation Hispanic/Latino/a College Students - Room: Isleta
Session #8
Green, Sasha, Major: Public Health, Title: Exploring Male College Students’ Attitudes, Perceptions and Motivations Toward Male Hormonal Contraception - Room: Lobo B
Session #8
Johnson, Tina, Major: Public Health, Title: Understanding Behavior Challenges after Prenatal Opioid Exposure: A Caregiver Perspective - Room: Lobo A
Session #8
Lambert-Norfleet, Jeremiah, Major: Criminology, Title: Beyond the Food Pantry: Food Justice, Institutional Responsibility, and Student Need at CUNY - Room: Fiesta A
Session #8
Maldonado Castellanos, Alexander, Major: Mechanical Engineering, Title: Surviving atmospheric reentry: An introductory study of drag reduction on space vehicles using oblique wing designs and porous opposing jets - Room: Trailblazer/Spirit
Session #8
Martin, Layla, Major: Psychology, Title: Perceived Historical Loss, PTSD, and Alcohol Use Among Emerging Adult Latina and Native American Women with Histories of Sexual Trauma - Room: Santa Ana A
Session #8
McDermid, Ian, Major: Psychology, Title: Reexamining the Deficit Narrative: Psychological Profiles of Traditional and Nontraditional College Students - Room: Fiesta B
Session #8
Session # 9 - 2:15pm - 2:35pm on Friday, Sept. 11, 2026
Beltran, Kimberly, Major: Psychology, Title: "Affirming the Healer, Honoring the Patient: Psychological Strategies for Equitable BIPOC Care" - Room: Lobo A
Session #9
Chowdhury, Iqra, Major: Public Health, Title: Motivational Interviewing in Collectivist and Islamic Contexts: A Pilot Survey with Afghan Community Mental Health Trainees - Room: Acoma B
Session #9
Cooper, Jobie, Major: Marketing Major, Title: The Cognitive Impact of Generative AI in Higher Education - Room: Fiesta B
Session #9
Costello, Katherine, Major: Planetary Geosciences and Applied Mathematics, Title: Exoplanet Atmospheres: Cloud Behaviors of SIMP-0136 - Room: Trailblazer/Spirit
Session #9
Guare, Kage, Major: Environmental Science, Title: Aquatic Mites (Hydrachnidia) as Bioindicators of Long-term Physiochemical Conditions of Lac Courte Oreilles - Room: Luminaria
Session #9
Morales-Greene, Xavier, Major: Sociology, Title: The Colonized Workspace: How Contemporary Workplaces Reproduce Colonial Arrangements and Logics to Control and Exploit Human Labor - Room: Lobo B
Session #9
Noriega, Dorian, Major: Mechanical Engineering, Title: Investigating the effects of cannabidiol exposure and substrate stiffness on micropatterned endothelial monolayer contractility - Room: Acoma A
Session #9
Ortiz, Zandria, Major: Psychology, Title: Sex Differences in the Reward-Related Neurocircuitry of Trauma-Exposed, Alcohol-Using Individuals - Room: Santa Ana A
Session #9
Salguero Jimenez, Edyn, Major: Political Science & History, Title: Violence, Immigration, and Economic Stagnation: Guatemala and El Salvador in the Cold War - Room: Santa Ana B
Session #9
Verdugo-Lopez, Paulina, Major: Business Administration, Title: Paradox of Citizenship: Systemic Barriers Faced by Transnational U.S. Citizens Seeking Postsecondary Education - Room: Fiesta A
Session #9
Zambrano, Jennifer, Major: Chicana/o and Latinx Studies, Title: No soy chismosa, soy informativa: I'm Not a Gossip, I'm Being Informative - Room: Isleta
Session #9
Session # 10 - 2:40pm - 3:00pm on Friday, Sept. 11, 2026
Almeida Ruiz, Enrique, Major: Applied Mathematics, Title: Explainable AI with multi-agent collaborative system for colonoscopy and Dermoscopy diagnosis - Room: Acoma B
Session #10
Belanger, Gabriel, Major: Computer Science - Game Development, Title: Geriatric Gaming: Optimizing a Serious Alzheimer’s Disease Data Collection Video Game for Older Adults - Room: Santa Ana A
Session #10
Buenrostro, Deanna, Major: Political Science, Title: From Fields to Futures: Migrant students journey through Dare to Dream and their pursuit of higher education - Room: Fiesta A
Session #10
Burnett, Owen, Major: Molecular Biology, Title: PopZ Ultrastructure as a Kinetic Regulator of Bacterial Condensate Signaling - Room: Acoma A
Session #10
De Silva, Parami, Major: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Title: Building an "Astrobiology Atlas": Mapping Biosignatures in Mars-Analog Environments - Room: Trailblazer/Spirit
Session #10
Gaytan, Abby, Major: Biology Pre-Vet, Title: Thermal tolerance in response to larval acclimation in cactophilic Drosophila - Room: Luminaria
Session #10
Guzman de la Rosa, Citlaly, Major: Latin American Studies, Title: Claiming Indigeneity, Inheriting Mestizaje: Ethics of Belonging within Identities - Room: Fiesta B
Session #10
Lara-Sotelo, Stephanie, Major: Statistics and Data Science, Title: Evaluating the Influence of Linguistic Diversity for Statistics Students in Short-Answer Responses with Causal Inference - Room: Isleta
Session #10
Molina, Mia, Major: History & Russian and Slavic Studies, Title: The Illusion of Liberation | Red Army Sexual Violence in 1945 - Room: Santa Ana B
Session #10
Velasco Jr, Pedro, Major: History, Title: Unearthing Environmental Inequality: Historical Development of Soil Contamination in Anaheim, California (CA) - Room: Lobo A
Session #10
Villegas, Zcherina, Major: English and Anthropology, Title: Shapes of Fear: Adaptations of Aswang in Filipino Folklore - Room: Lobo B
Session #10
Session # 11 - 3:05pm - 3:25pm on Friday, Sept. 11, 2026
Abdulkadir, Hakima, Major: Political Science, Title: Striving for equity in data report back for rural and urban environmental justice communities - Room: Isleta
Session #11
Dacpano, Jeremiah, Major: Electrical Engineering, Title: Simulating Multi-Stream Electron Beams: A Proposed Framework for Verifying the Two-Stream Instability - Room: Acoma A
Session #11
Danko, Lucas, Major: Biology with a concentration in Ecology & Evolution, Title: Unique Adaptation: A Potentially Novel Toxin in the Cerbat Mountain population of The Arizona Black Rattlesnake - Room: Luminaria
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Domínguez, María, Major: Psychological Science, Title: Analyzing the Neural Correlates of Experiences Associated with Lower Social Hierarchies: A Comprehensive Review of Neuroimaging Findings. - Room: Santa Ana A
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Garcia, Alyssa, Major: Art History, Title: Exploring Historical Precedents of Racism and Colorism in the Chicana and Chicano Community - Room: Santa Ana B
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Gonzalez Perez, Jacqueline, Major: International Business, Title: Rebranding Access: Examining Students Of Color's Experiences In The Wake Of H.B.261, Anti-Dei Policies In The State Of Utah - Room: Lobo B
Session #11
Harris, LaTrra, Major: Civil Engineering, Title: ANN Development to Assess the Post-Wildfire Slope-Stability and Debris-Flow Risk in Connection to Hazard Mitigation Policies - Room: Lobo A
Session #11
Newcomb, Michael, Major: Biochemistry, Title: Medicinal Qualities of Native Plant Prunus Virginiana in Antioxidant Research - Room: Trailblazer/Spirit
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Ramirez, Isabella, Major: Biology, Anthropology, Title: Modulation of Thioester-Containing Proteins in Hemocytes of Resistant and Susceptible Biomphalaria glabrata Snails Upon Exposure to Schistosoma mansoni Larval Transformation Products - Room: Acoma B
Session #11
Ramirez-Sierra, Gabriela, Major: Social Services and Psychology, Title: Parental Practices and Educational Motivation: Perceptions of Latine First-Generation Post-Secondary Students - Room: Fiesta A
Session #11
Soto, Valeria, Major: Psychology and Communication, Title: Between Prayer and Professional Care: Latino Parishioner and Priest Perspectives on Mental Health in Catholic Church Settings - Room: Fiesta B
Session #11
Session # 12 - 3:30pm - 3:50pm on Friday, Sept. 11, 2026
Alexander, Charles, Major: psychology, Title: Feature Integration Theory and Visual Search Dynamics: Behavioral Performance and Temporal Organization - Room: Santa Ana A
Session #12
Berehnie, Elijah, Major: Physics and Mathematics, Title: Measuring flux pinning strength in superconductors with different defect densities - Room: Acoma A
Session #12
Beshay, Keroles, Major: Computer engineering & computer science & mathematics, Title: AI-Supervised Generic PID: A Model-Free Control Deployment Framework for Industrial PLCs - Room: Lobo B
Session #12
Estrada Rivera, Alma Estela, Major: Economics/Spanish, Title: The Impact of Financial Aid on Educational Outcomes among Underrepresented Students in New Mexico. - Room: Fiesta A
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Gomez, Fatima, Major: Biology-Pre Vet, Title: The affects of artificial light at night on black widow spider mortality - Room: Luminaria
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Herrera, Erick, Major: Geology, Title: Evaluation of Environmental and Pest Impact on Paleontological Samples - Room: Lobo A
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Miranda, Nathan, Major: Political Science, Title: Empire's Workshop: An Analysis of U.S. Policy in Puerto Rico.- Room: Isleta
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Montelongo, Jose, Major: History, Title: Camp Easter Seal: A Hidden Oasis on Lake Coeur d’ Alene - Room: Fiesta B
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Pinckard, Joshua, Major: Robotics Engineering, Title: LEAN-Bench: Evaluating LLM Performance in Algorithmic Trading Strategy Generation - Room: Acoma B
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Rael, Gabrielle, Major: Biology, Title: Are Coralroot Orchids Partners or Parasites? - Room: Trailblazer/Spirit
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Romero, Florence, Major: Art History, Title: Tradition and Representation in the Work of Contemporary Native American Artists - Room: Santa Ana B
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