Students Present at Symposium

Ten Guilford students presented their projects at the eighth annual State of North Carolina Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium, also known as SNCURCS, held Nov. 17 at Duke University in Durham.

The symposium is a statewide meeting for undergraduates and recent graduates. Participants are invited to submit articles to the symposium’s peer-reviewed journal, Explorations.

“All the students did a fabulous job presenting their work,” said Melanie Lee-Brown, associate professor of biology. “Please let them know that we are proud of them and applaud their hard work!”

Five Guilford students made oral presentations:

  • Katherine Lincoln Pozgay, English
    Women Protagonists and Masculine, Victorian Structures of Identity and Space: Two Stories by Kate Chopin and Charlotte Perkins Gilman
  • Thomas Alexander Norbutt, Psychology
    Reducing Social Stigma of Schizophrenia: The Effect of PowerPoint Presentations
  • Charles Carrier, Economics
    Pell and Poverty
  • Amy McMinn, History and Political Science
    The Crusades of a Peacemaker: Saint Catherine of Siena
  • Alison Rebecca Steigerwald, History
    From Radical to Liberal in Six Months: Lloyd George’s Policy during the Treaty of Versailles and its Effect on German Peace Terms

And five students presented posters:

  • Rebecca Dozier, Geology
    Investigation into Potential Nutrient Leaching from Wood Processing Waste
  • Alicia Bachman, Biology/Environmental Studies
    Avian Populations Among Semi-permanent Beaver Pond Impoundments of Varying Successional Stages
  • Lesia Caudle Lancaster, Psychology, and Cindy Lain, Psychology
    The Effect of Facial Expressions and Posture on Perceived Self-Esteem
  • Willem Parshley, Psychology
    “Trembling grass: Quakes from the human foot”: Animal Rights Legislation, John Clare, and the lines between Nature & Humanity