Office of Student Research and Creative Activity

Oshkosh Scholar Authors 

Ash Bott (Dr. Don Dingledine, English) Hard Times and Soft Bodies: Poverty and Emasculation in Tom Kromer’s Waiting for Nothing

Olivia Smith (Dr. Caryn Murphy, Radio TV Film) Framing Womanhood: Benevolent Sexism and Racialized Rhetoric in Antichoice Image Campaigns

Gabrielle Newman (Dr. Carmen Heider, Communication Studies) Reframing Womanhood: A Rhetorical Analysis of Ada James’s “The Womanly Woman”

Samantha Moore (Dr. Caryn Murphy, Radio TV Film) Visual Cyborgs, (Un)faithfulness, and Body Autonomy: A Cyborg Feminist Analysis of Alita: Battle Angel

Molly Hennig (Anna Hersey, Music) Bringing Robert Schumann’s Frauenliebe und Leben into Present-Day Performances

Elijah Schmidt (Dr. Elizabeth Wade-Sirabian, Global Languages and Cultures) Purity Redefined: Sébastien Laudenbach’s De-Christianized Film Adaptation of the Grimm Fairy Tale, “The Maiden Without Hands”

Sam Diemel (Dr. Don Dingledine, English) Beginning to End: Mastery, Hierarchy, and the Anthropocene in Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick

McKenzie Kalshauer (Dr. Heike Alberts, Geography) The Effects of Food Advertising on Childhood Obesity

Macrina Schry (Mr. Richard Kalinoski, Theatre) “God is an Old Drag Queen”

Oshkosh Scholar Cover Design (

Cover artist for Volume XV: Keu See Lor

Oshkosh Scholar Editorial Team 

Dr. Robert Wagoner – Faculty Editor

Natalie Dillon – Student Editor

Macrina Schry – Student Editor

Amanda Martinez, Nou Xiong, and Ayak Deng (Alicia Johnson, Women’s Center), Women of Color’s Experiences of Pursuing Higher Education During a Pandemic

Stacey Sparks (Pascale Manning, English), Navigating States of Mind in Jane Austen’s Persuasion

Burgundy Johnson (Jim Feldman and Laura Jean Baker, Environmental Studies and English), Wisconsin, the Wilderness, and the Anthropocene: The Existentialist Dread of a Gen Z’er

Francisco Solares Hertewing and Adeel Sultan, Basic Utility Vehicle: Testing, Solar Tracking System, and RC Implementation

James Pechacek, Student Performances in Synchronous and Asynchronous Online Introductory Economics Classes

Margaret Grewal, Hawaiian Music Authenticity: Preservation and Representation

Stacey Sparks, Navigating States of Mind in Jane Austen’s Persuasion

Elias Flor Martinez and Doua Xiong, Subcellular Localization of MntS and Its Interaction with MntP in Manganese Homeostasis of E.coli

Kalista Paszczak, An Exploration of the Relationship Between the Small Protein MntS and the MntP Exporter Protein Regarding Manganese Homeostasis in Escherichia coli

Jordyn Hussey (Trina Smith, Art), America the Unbeautiful

Amanda Martinez and Ayak Deng (Alicia Johnson, Women’s Center), Women of Color’s Experiences of Pursuing Higher Education During a Pandemic

Abigail Merrill (Heidi Nicholls, Anthropology), Imagery Impact

Ben Saltigerald (Anca Miron, Psychology), Examining Effectiveness of Male Ally Goals and Helping Strategies on Twitter

Taylor Kelley (Jessica Lucas, Biology), Kinesin Proteins in the Regulation of Stomatal Pores

Sarah Woody (M. Elsbeth McPhee, Biology), Heavy Metal Concentrations in Sediment, Plant and Muskrat Tissue at Horicon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge

Margaret Ivers (Elizabeth Alderton, Education), Nontraditional Post-Baccalaureate Students: How to Better Provide Support for Perceived Mental Health Needs

Yessra Sankari (Samantha Larson, Public Administration), Evaluation of Refugee Integration in the Oshkosh Area

Adanna Okeke, Katelyn Binkowski, Chloe Amoth and Eli Brahm (Paula McNeil and Catherine Schmitt, Nursing), Understanding the Impact of COVID-19 on Students Learning

Julia Thompson (Benjamin Artz, Economics), Flexible Job Structure and the Gender Gap in Voluntary Turnover: The Case of Information Technology Occupations

Hailey Johnson (John Chan, Chemistry), Anthelmintic Mechanism of Benzodiazepines

Elsa Zank (Anna Hersey, Music), Così fan tutte’s Despina

Megan Flood (Anna Hersey, Music), December Songs: A Modern Work Showcasing the Best of the Romantic Era

Joe Sharp (Ahmed Nasif, Engineering Technology), Object Detection Using Millimeter Wave Imaging

Ashlyn O’Brien (Craig Clifford, Art), Ceramic Art Exploration: A Dive into Making Custom Glazes

(Awarded during the 2020-2021 Academic Year)

Carter Uslabar (Andrew Redington, Art), Form and FUNction

Aaron Mleziva (Colin Long, Geography), Charcoal Accumulation of Round Lake (WI) – Paleoecological History

Patrick McManus (Nenad Stojilovic, Physics), Electrospinning Aluminum Nanofibers

Adeel Sultan (Warren Vaz, Engineering Technology), Basic Utility Vehicle Optimization

Emma Hathorne (Craig Clifford, Art), Technique Development for Uniform Ceramic Mug Making

Eric Giese (Colin Long, Geography), Glacial Collapse and Floral Advance: A Timeline of Change at Long Lake Near Dundee (WI)

Eric Giese (Brett Hoffman, Anthropology), Gems Amongst the Stones: Looking For a Newly-Identifed Pre-Clovis Tool Complex in Old Collections

Quill Graham (Michelle Kuhl, History), Methodological Framework for Writing Animal/Human Relationships in History

Jordyn Hussey (Trina Smith, Art), Fault

Allison Chen (Benjamin Hallett, Geology), Pressure and Temperature History of the Watersmeet Terrane of Northern Wisconsin

Sarah Vandersee (Andrew Redington, Art), Small Tapestry Weaving in a Contemporary Landscape

Mackenzie Seymour (Jessica Lucas, Biology), Pilot Studies in Plant Physiology to Identify Proteins Involved in Environmental Stress

Hailey Johnson (John Chan, Chemistry), Bioinformatics and RT PCR to Make cDNA for Anthelmintic Mechanism of Benzodiazepines

Kimberly Fredericks (Eric Matson, Biology), Identification and Characterization of Plastic Degrading Microbes From the UW Oshkosh Biodigester

First Place, Science and Technology Division: Brianna Roberts (Brian Wallace, Kinesiology), The Extent Helmet Types Have on Helmet Motion in American Football Collisions

Second Place, Science and Technology Division: Mikayla Cann (Wendy Bauer, Nursing), An Integrative Review of Civil Liberty-Based Rationales for Vaccine Hesitancy and Denial

First Place, Social Sciences and Humanities Division: Julia Thompson (Benjamin Artz, Economics), Flexible Job Structure and the Gender Gap in Turnover: The Case of Information Technology Occupations

Second Place, Social Sciences and Humanities Division: Raiden Montero (Mike Jasinski, Political Science), Materialism and Post-Materialism’s Effects on the Emperor’s Role in Japan

Program Director: Cordelia Bowlus

Hector Ortega (Michael Baltutis, Religious Studies)

Joshua Roberts (Drew Whiting, Music)

Mia VanHooreweghe (John Chan, Chemistry)

Kaycey Henning (Justyna Olszewska, Psychology)

Jayda Newman (Robbie Wagoner, Philosophy)

Anissa Garcia (Caryn Murphy, Radio, Television & Film)

Matthew Garvey (Mark Lattery, Physics)

Lux Beibhinn (Kathleen Corley Schuhart, Religious Studies)

Litzy Baltierrez-Romero (Michael Baltutis, Religious Studies)

Matt Frisch (Nenad Stojilovic, Physics)

Nick Morrissay (Evan Kreider, Philosophy)

Kinrandeep Kaur (John Chan, Chemistry)