Welcome to the 2021 Celebration of Scholarship & Creative Activity!
We encourage you to take your time browsing the contents of each student’s page. Read, listen, examine and ponder everything they have to share. When you’re finished, leave a comment in the box at the bottom of the page! Students will be joining the discussion to respond to questions and see who explored the results of their work.
Sincerely,
Dr. Stephen Kercher & the Office of Student Research and Creative Activity
Explore Student Research & Creativity
Click on a student to view their presentation.
PLEASE NOTE:
All of the research and creative work featured herein is protected by UW System copyright and is the intellectual property of UW Oshkosh students. Visitors to COSCA 2020 may not copy or distribute any research or creative work without the consent of UW Oshkosh students.
Oshkosh Scholar Volume XV is Here
Explore some of the best undergraduate research undertaken by UW Oshkosh Titans in the 2019-2020 academic year!
Awards & Recognition
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Oshkosh Scholar
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
National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR)
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
UW System Symposium
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
Civil Liberties Collaborative Grants Program
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
Graduate Student/Faculty Collaborative Research Program
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
Undergraduate Student/Faculty Collaborative Research Program
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
Undergraduate Small Grants Program Awards
(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
WiSys Quick Pitch Awards
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
McNair Scholars Program
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)
Special Thanks
COSCA wishes to thank the 58 UW Oshkosh faculty and academic staff members who mentored student research and creative work for this year’s event. We also appreciate very much that another 61 faculty members agreed to serve as judges for work entered into competition.
Special thanks go to Jonathan Miller, Jennifer Monroe and Trevor Clementi of University Marketing and Communications for all of their hard work in preparing COSCA 2021!