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SOAR 2019

Welcome to the 12th Annual Southern Oregon Arts & Research conference!
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8:30am AKDT

Aloha kaumaha i ka home - Homesick SU 202 Shark Fin Soup SU 202 Silver Key Creations SU 202 Sisyphus and Loss SU 202 The Somewhat Dangerous Adventures of a Questionable Crew SU 202

9:00am AKDT

Library of Congress and Theory LIB 352 Western White Pine and Whitebark Pine Resistance to WPBR LIB 329

9:30am AKDT

Conversation Café SU Foyer Mathematics Capstones Meese Room

12:00pm AKDT

Superman and Storytelling LIB Rotunda ICC Pizza Party SU Courtyard

12:30pm AKDT

Rappel Off the Roof! SU Courtyard Language Roundtable SU 323

1:00pm AKDT

Silver Key Creations SU 202 Improvisation for Reducing Fear in Public Speaking SU 319 Nostalgia Marketing and its Influence on Shopping Behavior SU 313

1:30pm AKDT

0 of Nothing Elmo's

3:30pm AKDT

Sub-Saharan Africa Connections SU 319 Comics On Campus LIB 352 Medical Symposium II SU 313

4:00pm AKDT

Unconventional Creation LIB 329 (Indie) gentes: (A)islados Arte brut y outsider de Cuba (Isolated Outsider and Brut Art of Cuba) SU 323

8:30am AKDT

USEM/A Sense of Place: Beyond the Single Story Arena Aloha kaumaha i ka home - Homesick SU 202 Shark Fin Soup SU 202 Silver Key Creations SU 202 Sisyphus and Loss SU 202 The Somewhat Dangerous Adventures of a Questionable Crew SU 202

9:30am AKDT

Conversation Café SU Foyer

10:00am AKDT

Poster Preview Session Rogue River Room

10:30am AKDT

The Alp Horn: Sounds from the Swiss Alps SU Courtyard Military History LIB 352 Spanish Capstone Presentation LIB 329 Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies Capstone SU 319 Honors Foundations Research Symposium SU 323

11:00am AKDT

Billy Shakes and Friends 2019 Third Eye Theater Dulcet LIB Rotunda

11:30am AKDT

Exploring Antioxidants through Fruit Flies LIB 329 Inclusive Fitness Does Not Impact the Survival Processing Effect SU 313 Native Southern Oregon: Takelma and U.S. Relations, 1845-57 Meese Room

12:00pm AKDT

Is Globalization to Blame? Ukraine in the Post-Soviet Era SU 313 SOU Mentor Program- Mentor/Mentee Activities Taylor Lawn MRC BBQ SU Courtyard

12:30pm AKDT

Developing "Inside the Box" Creativity Through Improvisation SU 313 SOU's Bridge Program: Reflections on Peer-to-Peer Mentoring SU 319

1:30pm AKDT

Musical Training and Emotion Regulation SU 313 Necessary Luxury: A Sociological Review of Higher Education LIB 329 Rogue Valley Military History 1850-1856 LIB 352 Only Hope: My Mother and the Holocaust Brought to Light Meese Room Communication, Health, & Technology SU 319 English Program Presentations SU 323

2:00pm AKDT

Integrating Environmental Education with English Composition SU 313

3:00pm AKDT

Farewell Meese Room Resisting Mass Incarceration: Indigenous Justice and Healing LIB 329

3:30pm AKDT

An Analysis of Western States of America from 1850-1856 SU 313 University Seminar Creativity Exhibition & Performance Diversions

5:30pm AKDT

In The Grain (Part of Studio Art Presentations) Meese Auditorium No One Wants to See That: On Trans Fat Queer Disabled Neurodivergent Survival & Resistance (Part of Studio Art Presentations) Meese Auditorium The Company I Keep (Part of Studio Art Presentations) Meese Auditorium Wake (Part of Studio Art Presentations) Meese Auditorium When I Live My Dream (Part of Studio Art Presentations) Meese Auditorium Studio Art Presentations Meese Auditorium

6:30pm AKDT

Honors College Quiz Bash Arena

7:00pm AKDT

Campus Theme Presentation: Ignorance, Failure, Doubt, Uncertainty–Why Science is So Successful Science Bldg. RM 151

8:30am AKDT

Climate Change in Plastic Ed-Psych 196 Aloha kaumaha i ka home - Homesick SU 202 Shark Fin Soup SU 202 Silver Key Creations SU 202 Sisyphus and Loss SU 202 The Somewhat Dangerous Adventures of a Questionable Crew SU 202

9:00am AKDT

Sociology and Anthropology Capstone Project Presentations Meese Room

9:15am AKDT

Ballet I Diversions

9:30am AKDT

Lesbian Nation LIB 329 Poster Preview Session Rogue River Room Conversation Café SU Foyer

10:30am AKDT

Medical Symposium I SU 313

10:45am AKDT

Musical Theatre Dance Demo Diversions

11:30am AKDT

Free Textbooks at the Library, What's the Deal? LIB 352

12:00pm AKDT

Revisiting Classical Inspiration Blood Art SU 202 6th Annual CORE BBQ & Fundraiser SU Courtyard Abstract Mural Honoring a Lesser-Known Activist Rogue River Room Activism in a New Age: Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women Rogue River Room Adverse Childhood Experiences and the Outdoors Rogue River Room Airline Sustainability Rogue River Room Alternative Education for Environmental Youths Rogue River Room Alternative Fuel for Cruise Ships Rogue River Room Aluminum Cluster Formation in Antiperspirant Deodorant Rogue River Room Are Cell Phones Sustainable? Rogue River Room Art Across the Curriculum in Early Childhood Education Rogue River Room Art and Mindfulness in the YMCA's Afterschool Program Rogue River Room Art in Special Education Rogue River Room Bee Populations Rogue River Room Being an International Student Rogue River Room Benefits of Vertical Farming Rogue River Room Bilingual Books Rogue River Room Body of a Woman, Heart of a King Rogue River Room Book Drive Rogue River Room CBD Analogues for Binding Affinity to FABPs Rogue River Room CC-NBS-LRR Gene Resistance to WPBR in White Pines Rogue River Room Chronic Absenteeism Rogue River Room Chronic Absenteeism in Public Schools Rogue River Room Community Based Learning Project: Bringing Nature Inside Rogue River Room Computational Analysis of Soluble Epoxide Hydrolase Rogue River Room Corporate Media Rogue River Room Creating Spaces in Schools for Mental Health Awareness Rogue River Room Cryotherapy Rogue River Room Cultural Assets Rogue River Room Cytochrome c: Missense Mutation Effects on Redox Potential Rogue River Room Dam Deconstruction and Adjacent Property Values Rogue River Room E-Waste Recycling Rogue River Room Educational Benefits of Virtual Reality Rogue River Room Effect of Cosmetic Chemicals on Marine Environment/ Humans Rogue River Room Effect of Genocide in Cambodia Regarding Public Healthcare Rogue River Room Effective Teaching Strategies For English Language Learners Rogue River Room Employment Bias Against Biological Children of Serial Killers Rogue River Room Encouraging Creativity through Open-Ended Art Rogue River Room Environmental Education: Field Trips and Translation Rogue River Room Environmental Effects of Being Vegan Rogue River Room Establishing One-on-One Relationships with Young Students Rogue River Room Exceptionalities and Education Rogue River Room Factory Farming Rogue River Room Forensic Investigation of Suspect Antibiotics using HPLC Rogue River Room Fostering Friendships in Preschool Rogue River Room Freshwater Insecurity: Policy Reform Needed in the United States Rogue River Room Fun Hidden in Plain Sight: Geocaching! Rogue River Room Funding Equity for Schools Rogue River Room Gender Equality and Sustainability Rogue River Room Healthy Lives Fuel Healthy Minds Rogue River Room Histidine protonation in epoxide hydrolase B Rogue River Room How social media is affecting the American population Rogue River Room HPLC Quantification of Trimethoprim in Cotrimoxazole Tablets Rogue River Room Identification of Methamphetamine Using Raman Spectroscopy Rogue River Room Impacts of Class Size Rogue River Room Implementing Art in Afterschool Programs Rogue River Room Implementing Healthy Habits for Students Rogue River Room Increasing Parent Involvement in Education Rogue River Room Inspiring a Life-Long Love of Learning Rogue River Room Integrated Sensory Experiences Rogue River Room Investigation of Antitumor Properties from M. Aquifolium Rogue River Room Is Mycoremediation Effective for Environmental Restoration? Rogue River Room Is Veganism a Sustainable Way of Living? Rogue River Room Justice and Healing in Oregon Correctional Facilities Rogue River Room Labor Induction, Pregnancy Edicate Rogue River Room Life in Space Rogue River Room Love Skills are Life Skills Rogue River Room LSD for End of Life Anxiety Rogue River Room Mental Health in Adolescence Rogue River Room Methods of Boron Filtration and Removal from Natural Waters Rogue River Room Mind to Body Rogue River Room Mindfulness in an At-Risk Boxing Gym Rogue River Room Mindfulness In Early Education Rogue River Room Mindfulness in the Classroom Rogue River Room Mycelium and its Future Role in Medicine Rogue River Room Naloxone Distribution and Education at SOU Rogue River Room Natural Education in the Rogue Valley Rogue River Room Neurologic Effects of Sleep Deprivation and Dietary Copper Rogue River Room Nitrogen Oxide Reduction Strategies in Coal-Fired Utilities Rogue River Room Oil, War, and the Environment. Rogue River Room Overdevelopment of Previous Agriculture Lands in Maui Rogue River Room Persona Non Grata: Are Veterans Receiving Proper Care? Rogue River Room Police Brutality Against African Americans Rogue River Room Poster Session Rogue River Room Practicing Social-Emotional Awareness Through Art Rogue River Room Protection Against Compassion Collapse Rogue River Room Race Discrimination in the Criminal Justice System Rogue River Room Reactions Between Mineral Surface Mimics and Fracking Fluids Rogue River Room Rotaract of SOU Rogue River Room School Food Systems and the Effects of Food Injustices Rogue River Room School Safety Rogue River Room Spreading Positivity Rogue River Room Students Learning their Heritage. Rogue River Room Sustainability of the Marijuana Industry in the USA Rogue River Room Sustainable Alternatives To Current Body Disposal Methods Rogue River Room Synthesis of Calcium Hydroxyapatite for Bone Substitution Rogue River Room Synthetic Peptides as Inhibitors for the Oncogenic c-Jun Transcription Factor Rogue River Room Teaching Chinese Language & Culture Rogue River Room Teaching Mindfulness to Middle School Students Rogue River Room Team-Based Learning in a Flipped Classroom Rogue River Room The Advantages of Hydro, Aqua, and Aeroponics Farming Rogue River Room The Art of School Safety: Prevention through Intervention Rogue River Room The Arts' Impact on Marginalized Populations In Education Rogue River Room The Compassion Coffee Cart for Teaching Independent Living Rogue River Room The Constraints of Sending Humans to Mars Rogue River Room The Cost of Crime in Jackson County Rogue River Room The Effects of Class Size on Students and Teachers Rogue River Room The Effects of Music in the Classroom Rogue River Room The Evolution of Evolution Rogue River Room The Femme Fatale: Women in Film Noir Rogue River Room The Impact of Food Insecurity in Urban Schools Rogue River Room The Oceans' Plastics: Education & Prevention Rogue River Room The Political Economy of Crimmigration Rogue River Room The Possibilities of Mental Time Travel Rogue River Room The Role of LC-MS with Soft Ionization Techniques in Heroin Rogue River Room The Sustainability Efforts in Space Travel Rogue River Room Thermal Dependence of Metabolic Rates of Crayfish Rogue River Room Veganism Affecting the Environment Rogue River Room War in Afghanistan Rogue River Room Water Protector Project Rogue River Room What Alternatives do we Have for Conventional Disposable Plastics? Rogue River Room Yoga with Veterans with PTSD Rogue River Room

12:30pm AKDT

My First 55 years in Magic: A Report from the Road SU Foyer Raider Alternative Breaks 2019 SU 313 Event Planning with EPIC Elmo's Shark Fin Soup SU 202

1:00pm AKDT

Military Sexual Assault Awareness (MST) SU 313 Queersources SU Foyer

1:30pm AKDT

Battle of Hungry Hill/Rogue Indian War LIB 329 Climate Change in Plastic Ed-Psych 196 International Studies Capstone Presentations SU 319

3:00pm AKDT

"The Games I Play" from Falsettos Elmo's

3:30pm AKDT

Maternal Beliefs and Health LIB 329 Love, A Music Showcase Elmo's

4:00pm AKDT

Winning in the Wild SU 319

4:30pm AKDT

American Creed: Community Conversations Meese Room

10:30am AKDT

EMCon Keynot Speakers SU 202

12:00pm AKDT

EMCon Creator's Alley Rogue River Room The Future of the Profession: Key Research SU 319

1:30pm AKDT

Utter Chaos: Mass Hysteria Throughout the Ages Meese Room