Colorado Springs Undergraduate Research Forum

The Colorado Springs Undergraduate Research Forum (CSURF) is an undergraduate conference sponsored by Colorado College (CC), the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs (UCCS), the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA), and Pikes Peak State College (PPSC). Initiated in 2004 and held annually, the conference highlights the accomplishments of undergraduates from these institutions. Students present their research in symposia or poster sessions. The event rotates annually between the four campuses and is open to the public.

Colorado College Presenters

20th Annual Colorado Springs Undergraduate Research Forum

Gallogly Events Center, UCCS, April 27, 2024

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Advisor: John Horner
BIPOC Considerations in the Development and Implementation of Psilocybin Assisted Therapy

Luke Bleckman
Advisor: John Horner
More or Less Structured Toys: Can Different Toys Change the Prosocial Behaviors of Children?

Basimah Curry
Advisor: Tomi-Ann Roberts
Exploring Decision Reversibiity Through College Grade Track Changes

Violet Datcu
Advisor: Kristi Erdal
Mental Health and Wellbeing of Undergraduates Based on Financial Aid Status

Isabella Hageman
Advisor: Margaret Kneuer
Impact of Coming Out Experiences on Attachment, Moderated by Perceived Peer Support

Riley Hester
Advisor: Margaret Kneuer
Maybe We Can Laugh It Out: Investigating the Impact of Laughter Through Memory on Constructive Conflict Resolution in Romantic Relationships

Jack Higgins
Advisor: Lori Driscoll
Mitigating Sevoflurane-Induced Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction (POCD): Pharmacological and Clinical Interventions

Gina Lynch
Advisor: John Horner
Universality of the Need for Novelty Across Age Groups: Potential for Inclusion in Basic Psychological Needs Theory

Luca Pieretti
Advisor: Jason Weaver
Assessing the Equine Guided Learning and Healing Experience: A Self-Determination Theory Perspective

Annie Seymour
Advisor: Kristi Erdal
Substance Free and in College: An Examination Into How to Best Support Students Defying the Norm

Fargol Yeganeh Fathi
Advisor: Marcela Fernandez-Vargas
Digital Media Consumption Relationship with Qeirat in Iran

Cerella Zhao
Advisor: Tomi-Ann Roberts
A Feminist Perspective on Parasocial Romance Relationships in Gaming

19th Annual Colorado Springs Undergraduate Research Forum

Armstrong Hall and Cornerstone Arts Center, Colorado College, April 22, 2023

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Advisor: Marcela Fernandez-Peters
Integrin in Neural Development and Function: Molecular Mechanisms and Theraputic Applications

Rhetta Power
Advisor: Tomi-Ann Roberts
The Dematerialized Self: Smartphone Mediated Being-in-the-World

Helena Saunders
Advisor: Tricia Waters
Alienation on Campus: The Impact of Cultural Identity and Campus Belongingness on College Students

Rocky Tongyan Sui
Advisor: Lori Driscoll
Impact of Prenatal and Postnatal Inulin Supplementation on Memory and Gut Microbiota in Maternally Separated Rats

18th Annual Colorado Springs Undergraduate Research Forum

Aspen Building, Pikes Peak Community College, April 9, 2022

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Advisor: Tricia Waters
Psychological and Somatoform Dissociation in Binge Eating: Development of the Dissociative Eating Scale

Maya Sikora
Advisor: Tricia Waters
Orthorexia: When Disordered Eating Becomes a Moral Good

Madeleine Ross
Advisors: Jeremy C. McIntyre & Lori Driscoll
Characterizing Ciliary Localization of Type 3 Andenylyl Cyclase Mutations in a Novel Obese Mouse Model

Colorado College did not attend - Remote Instruction

16th Annual Colorado Springs Undergraduate Research Forum

Centennial & Berger Halls, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, April 6, 2019

Pan Gu2019CSURF
Advisor: Kristi Erdal
False Beliefs on Symptoms, Cause, and Treatment of Depression

Zach Schulman
Advisor: Lori Driscoll
Chronic Oral Supplementation of the Probiotic Bifidobacterium infantis Increases Resilience to Social Stress in Adolescent Male Rats

Hannah Schultz
Advisor: Kristi Erdal
Relationship Between Culture, Westernization, and Mental Health in Northern Chile: An Examination of Intercultural Mental Health

Nisha Venkateswaran
Advisor: Lori Driscoll
Bifidobacterium infantis 35625 Supplementation in Eubiotic Adolescent Rats Promotes Social Preference and Reduces Anxious Behaviors

Jinkang Yu
Advisor: Tricia Waters
Comparative Study of Depression, Voice, and Shame

15th Annual Colorado Springs Undergraduate Research Forum

Armstrong Hall, Colorado College, April 28, 2018

Paige Anton2018CSURF
Advisor: Lori Driscoll
Bifidobacterium infantis 35624 Supplementation in Eubiotic Adolescent Rats Does Not Influence Anxious or Compulsive Behaviors

Sarah Barker
Advisor: Lori Driscoll
Cross Generational Effects of Bifidobacterium Infantis 35624 on the Maternal Restraint Model of Depression

Caleigh Cassidy
Advisor: Kristi Erdal
Stigma in Bipolar Disorder: The Impact of Cause and Treatment Information

Matthew Cole, Camille Ginsburg, & Kelly Culshaw
Advisor: Tomi-Ann Roberts
So You Think You're a Creep?: Sexualization in Youth Dance

Alec Sheffield
Advisor: Dr. Flavio Frohlich
Modulation of Neural Oscillations with Frontal Transcranial Static Magnetic Field Stimulation

Katharine Teigen
Advisor: Lori Driscoll
Bifidobacterium infantis Supplementation Reduces Anxious Behavior Induced by a Stressful Social Situation in Rats

Allysa Warling
Advisor: Bob Jacobs
Long-term Dendritic Changes Following Repetitive Traumatic Brain Injury: A Quantitative Golgi Study

Robert Welch
Advisor: Kevin J. Holmes
The Difficulty Principle: Language's Effect on Perceptual Discriminations Depends on Difficulty

Lauren Wilmott & Maxwell Veiga
Advisor: Margaret Daugherty
Purification of a Kinase Associated with the Ter Y-P Triad of A. Baylyi ADP1

14th Annual Colorado Springs Undergraduate Research Forum

Polaris Hall, United States Air Force Academy, April 15, 2017

Candelaria Alcat2017CSURF
Advisor: Kevin Holmes
Spatializing Emotional Valence and Intensity: A Review and Critical Test of Competing Proposals

Cassandra Cohen
Advisor: Kristi Erdal
Creativity in Bipolar Disorder

Brigid Connelly
Advisor: Tomi-Ann Roberts
Effects of Self-Objectification on Social Media

Emilia Lynn Delgado Heinz
Advisor: John Horner
How Bad Was It? Situational Factors Determining the Perceived Seriousness of Rape

Emily Galenbeck
Advisor: Tomi-Ann Roberts
Spandex Superstitions

Anne Hale
Advisor: Jason Weaver
An Investigation of 2d:4d Ratios in Relation to Sexual Orientation: Application of a New Sexual Orientation Measure

Regina Henares
Advisor: Tomi-Ann Roberts
Exploring the Origins of Uptalk and Working Towards a Quantitative Measurement

Emma Kepes
Advisor: John Horner
Explaining the Hispanic Health Paradox

Carina Rodriguez Jaimes
Advisor: Tricia Waters
The Effects of a Mindset Intervention on Adolescent Self-Silencing and Depression

Beckett Shea-Shumsky and Madeleine Garcia
Advisor: Bob Jacobs
Comparative neuronal morphology of gigantopyramidal neurons in mammals

Monica Weindling
Advisor: Kristi Erdal
Implicit Theories of Ability in Youth Athletics

13th Annual Colorado Springs Undergraduate Research Forum

Centennial & Berger Halls, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, April 2, 2016

Jacqueline Child
Advisor: Tricia Waters
Thinking to the Beat of the Music

Spencer Cook, William Harris, Ryan Lach, Tia Tummino
Advisor: Lori Driscoll
Influence of Bifidobacterium infantis on the Development of Anxiety, Depression, and Stress, in Adolescent Rats

Alison Rowe
Advisor: Tomi-Ann Roberts
Removing Linguistic Agency Enhances People's Likelihood to Forgive

Mackenzie Tennison
Advisor: Bob Jacobs
Comparative Neuronal Morphology of Gygantopyramidal Neurons in Felids, Primates, Ungulates, the Wallaby, and the Rat

Twelfth Annual Colorado Springs Undergraduate Research Forum

Edith Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts Center, The Colorado College, April 4, 2015

Melissa BarnesCSURF 2015
Advisor: Tricia Waters
Uncovering Hidden Forces: Intersectional Perspectives on Acquaintance Rape and Interpersonal Violence

Nicholas Bernstein
Advisor: Lori Driscoll
N-terminal EF-Hand Calcium Binding Proteins (NECABs) throughout Development of the Nervous System

Kjersten Conway
Advisor: Emily Chan
Effects of Stereotype Threat in People with a History of Depressive Disorders

Susannah Conway
Advisor: Tomi-Ann Roberts
Bringing Unsexy Back: A Review of Protective Factors against Sexualization and an Argument for Summer Camp

Samantha Ellner
Advisor: Emily Chan & Kevin Holmes
Representations of Word Meaning in Dyslexic and Non-Dyslexic Individuals

Julia Liao
Advisor: John Horner
Effects of Primed Self-Perceptions on Environmental Attitudes and Behavior

Sydney Minchin
Advisor: Tricia Waters
Language Development and the Acquisition of Self-Regulation Mechanisms: An Exploration of Language Disorders and Externalizing Behaviors

Jake Sullivan
Advisor: Tomi-Ann Roberts
Cognitive Broadening and the Other-Praising Emotions

Wan Hung Yau
Advisor: John Horner
Artificial Grammar Experiment: The Effect of Implicit Knowledge and Explicit Knowledge of an Underlying Process on Our Ability to Detect Changes in that Process

Samuel Zarky
Advisor: John Horner
Small Stakes, High Impact: How Varying Levels of Uncertainty in Low Consequence Games Influences Affect

Hadar Zeigerson
Advisor: Kevin Holmes
Categorical Perception of Labeled and Unlabeled ASL Facial Expressions in Hearing Non-signers

Eleventh Annual Colorado Springs Undergraduate Research Forum

United States Air Force Academy, April 12, 2014

Melissa Barnes2014 CSURF
Advisor: Emily Chan
Rural Stereotype Threat: The Relationship with Prejudice Behavior within an In-Group

Katherine Duker
Advisor: John Horner
The Effect of Arts Training on Emotions Regulation

Arianna Gentile-Polese
Advisor: John Horner
Representational Drawing and Spatial Ability: Exploring the Process of Creating Visual Art

Claire McNellan
Advisor: Kristi Erdal
Movement Therapy for Parkinson's Disease

Shaina Riciputi
Advisor: Kristi Erdal
The Effects of Stereotype Threat on Student-Athlete Math Performance

Abigail Sawyer
Advisor: Lori Driscoll
The Effects of Prenatal Stress and FGFR2 on Anxiety and Locomotion and the GABAergic System in the Hippocampus

Jenny Wool
Advisor: Tomi-Ann Roberts
Gender Differences in Proprioceptive Effects of Tilted Faces

Roshni Patel, Erica Hoffman, Laura DiRusso, Nicolas Ravitch
Advisor: Emily Chan
The Effects of Learning Orientation on Motivation and Test Performance

Tenth Annual Colorado Springs Undergraduate Research Forum

Centennial & Berger Halls, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, April 13, 2013

Elizabeth Burrus2013 CSURF
Advisor: Tricia Waters
The Developmental Relationship Between Theory of Mind and the Understanding of Emotions in Children with High Functioning Autism

Alexander Glassman
Advisor: Tomi-Ann Roberts
The Gift of Giving: Philanthropy as a Path to Self-Actualization

Nicholas Johnson
Advisor: Bob Jacobs
Comparative Morphology of Cerebellar Cortex Neurons in Clouded Leopard, Siberian Tiger, Humpback Whale, and Chimpanzee

Laura Lee
Advisor: Bob Jacobs
Neocortical Neuronal Morphology in the Infant Giraffe and Infant Elephant

Rebecca Twombly
Advisor: Lori Driscoll
The Effect of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ether Mixture DE-71 on Perceptual Attentional Set Shifting in Rats

Ninth Annual Colorado Springs Undergraduate Research Forum

Edith Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts Center, The Colorado College, April 28, 2012

Juan Arias2012 CSURF
Advisors: Lori Driscoll & Francia Restrepo
Determining Caffeine Pharmacokinetics in Rat Blood and Brain Using High-Performance Liquid Chromatography

Amrit Calhoun
Advisor: Tricia Waters
Bridging Theory and Evidence to Illuminate Future Directions of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy

Christina Draganich
Advisor: Kristi Erdal
Placebo Effects: Perceived Sleep Quality Affects Cognitive Functioning

James Haran
Advisor: Lori Driscoll
Effects of DE-71 Exposure on Spatial Learning and Reference Memory in Rats: Attenuation by Thyroid Hormone Supplementation

Tessa Harland & Deborah Kennedy
Advisor: Bob Jacobs
Neuromorphology of Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) Visual and Motor Cortices

Cobun Keegan
Advisor: Emily Chan
Exploration of the Fundamental Dimensions of Social Perception in the Legal Domain

Katrina Kutchko
Advisors: Jessica Siltberg-Liberles & John Horner
Creating Melanin, Melatonin, and Monoamine Neurotransmitters: The Evolution of the Tyrosine and Tryptophan Metabolic Pathways

Marina Leith
Advisor: Tomi-Ann Roberts
What I Look Like in 'Real Life': Wilderness Therapy as Treatment for Self-Objectification in Adolescent Girls

Megan Lieb
Advisor: Lori Driscoll
Effects of Exposure to DE-71 on Visual Discrimination Learning in Rats and the Attenuation Effects of Levothyroxine

Allison Lurie
Advisor: Tricia Waters
Gender and Gender Stereotypy in Classroom Interactions

Claire Mann
Advisors: Lori Driscoll & Deanna M. Barch
Spared and Impaired Aspects of Motivated Cognitive Control in Schizophrenia

Jeffrey Nadel
Advisor: Kristi Erdal
The Neuropsychological and Cognitive Impacts of Deep Brain Stimulation in Treating Parkingson's Disease

Eleanor Olson
Advisor: John Horner
A Cross-Sectional Study on the Development of Sharing Behavior: An Evolutionary Perspective

Charlotte Pfeffer
Advisor: Kristi Erdal
Community Perceptions of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Northern Uganda

Kathryn Post
Advisor: Tomi-Ann Roberts
The Power of Yucky: Can Disgust Embodiment be Desensitized

Margaret Hild Schott
Advisor: John Horner
Effects of Processing Fluency on Readers' Judgments

Shiho Ushijima
Advisor: Emily Chan
Predictors of Appearance-Contingent Self-Worth

Devin Wahl
Advisor: Bob Jacobs
Comparative Neuromorphology of Florida Manatee, Giraffe, African Elephant, ad Human Cerebellar Cortex

Eigth Annual Colorado Springs Undergraduate Research Forum

United States Air Force Academy, April 30, 2011

Eric Einstein2011 CSURF
Advisor: Emily Chan
Influence of Solicitation Framing on Non-Profit Giving

Matthew Franco
Advisor: Lori Driscoll
Exploring the Thyroid-Disrupting Effects of Developmental Exposure to Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers on Reference Memory in Rats

Caroline Janeway & Courtney Townshend
Advisor: Bob Jacobs
Quantitative Neuromorphology in Cetacea: Bottlenose Dolphins (Turisops truncatus), North Atlantic Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata), and Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)

Khanhsong Nguyen
Advisor: Kristi Erdal
Predicting Homicide among Individuals with Schizophrenia

Alison Rhoads
Advisor: Lori Driscoll
Levothyroxine Supplementation to Attenuate the Effects of Exposure to Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers on Sustained Attention in Rats

Maggie Seay
Advisor: Lori Driscoll
Effects of Acute Postnatal Exposure to DE-71 on Five Port Visual Discrimination Learning in Rats

Seventh Annual Colorado Springs Undergraduate Research Forum

University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, April 10, 2010

Annisa Harsha2010 CSURF
Advisor: Tomi-Ann Roberts
The Hooking Up Culture in College

Samara Haver
Advisor: Tricia Waters
The Neuronal Basis of Theory of Mind in the Autistic Brain

Sarah Lukens
Advisor: Tricia Waters
Wilderness Therapy and Family Systems Change

Kameron Moding
Advisor: Tricia Waters
The Importance of Measuring Importance: Linking Sport Involvement to Self-Esteem

Scarlett Prati
Advisor: Kristi Erdal
Malingering on Concussion Baseline Testing in Athletes

Sixth Annual Colorado Springs Undergraduate Research Forum

Palmer Hall, The Colorado College, April 11, 2009

Andrew Abeyta
Advisor: Emily Chan
Extending Stereotype Threat to Low-Income Parents: Impact on Parenting Style and Behavior

Kaeley Anderson
Advisor: Bob Jacobs
The Morphology of Supragranular Pyramidal Neurons in the Human Insular Cortex:
A Quantitative Golgi Study

Kelli Christensen
Advisor: Tomi-Ann Roberts
Girls Gone Mild: An Intervention to Combat Sexualization in Middle School Girls

Briana Cushing
Advisor: Tricia Waters
Exploring the Developmental Deficits of Children of Adolescent Mothers:
Implications for Intervention

Jeanna Del Vecchio
Advisor: Kristi Erdal
The Relationship of Alzheimer's Disease to the Human Prion Diseases
Through Shared Biochemistry and Pathology

Farrell Frankel
Advisor: Emily Chan
The Impact of Visual Layout and Mental Schemas on Perception

Mariah Golden
Advisor: Tricia Waters
Understanding Self-Conscious Emotions: The Developmental Relationship Between
Theory of Mind and Emotion in Children with Asperger's Syndrome

Sarah Huff
Advisor: Emily Chan
Cultural Influence on the Self-Concept, Aesthetic Preference, and Artistic Representation of the Self:
An Empirical Study in the United States and Guatemala

Kelsey Patterson
Advisor: Tomi-Ann Roberts
She Stoops to Conquer? How Posture Interacts with Self-Objectification and Status
to Impact Women's Affect and Performance

Hannah Potvin
Advisor: Lori Driscoll
Effects of Education and Varied Hand Sanitizer Access on Student Illness Rates in a College Setting

Sarah Stults
Advisor: John Horner
The Discriminability of Playing Card Dimensions: Color and Suit

Ashley Teter
Advisor: Tricia Waters
Reflective Judgment in the First Year Experience Course

Fifth Annual Colorado Springs Undergraduate Research Forum

United States Air Force Academy, April 12, 2008

Kierin Amundson
Advisor: Emily Chan
The Shooter Bias and the Effects of Regulatory Focus

Vanessa Baltazar
Advisor: Tomi-Ann Roberts
Sexy too soon? Exploring Reactions to Sexualized Images of Youth

Jessica Bolen
Advisor: Kristi Erdal
Constructing Coherent Storyline Narratives:
Emotional Understanding Among Children and Adolescents with Asperger's Syndrome

Brian L. Bones
Advisor: Bob Jacobs
Regional Variation of Basilar Dendrites from Supragranular Pyramidal Neurons of the Insula Cortex:
A Quantitative Golgi Study

Lee Eakin
Advisor: Tomi-Ann Roberts
I Laughed Until I Died:
Exploring Terror Management Theory and the Stress-Moderating Effects of Laughter

Jennifer Mendoza
Advisor: Bob Jacobs
Does Musical Training Enhance Language Abilities?

Elizabeth Weiss
Advisor: Emily Chan
Effects of Regulatory Focus Priming and Smoking in Movies on People's Attitudes Towards Cigarettes

Fourth Annual Colorado Springs Undergraduate Research Forum

University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, April 14, 2007

Laura Snow Benoit
Advisor: Emily Chan
Morality Framing vs. Competence Framing: What Do People Value in Business?

Betsy Burkett
Advisor: Emily Chan
How Does the Number of Options Impact Our Satisfaction with the Choices We Make?

Sarah McKellar
Advisor: Tricia Waters
Strengthening Coping and Self-Perception of Homeless Children:
The Efficacy of a Curriculum-Based Support Group Intervention

Kathleen A. Steinberg
Advisor: John Horner
False Memories for Positive Emotions, Negative Emotions, and Neutral Word Lists

Third Annual Colorado Springs Undergraduate Research Forum

The Colorado College, April 29, 2006

Rebecca Gados
Advisor: Cathey Weir
Life Satisfaction of Nicaraguan Immigrants Living in Costa Rica

Amanda Gibson
Advisor: Lori Driscoll
Effects of Chronic Postnatal Exposure to
Polybrominated Diphenyl

Cameron Lowe
Advisor: Emily Chan
Satisfaction with Product Selection:
Amount of Choices, Product Types, and Evaluative Framework

Angela Schillaci
Advisor: Tomi-Ann Roberts
Psychological Explorations of Vicarious Trauma in Victim Advocates

Perry Wright
Advisor: Kristi Erdal
Sport Superstition as a Function of Level of Difficulty

Second Annual Colorado Springs Undergraduate Research Forum

United States Air Force Academy, April 30, 2005

Whitney Dunn
Advisor: Kristi Erdal
Perceived Competence in Medicine: The Effects of Gender and Profession

Charles Hass
Advisor: Bob Jacobs
Dendritic Morphometrics of Human Insular Pyramidal Neurons

Jennifer Sackett
Advisor: Tomi-Ann Roberts
Are the Disgust Response and the Understanding of Death Developmentally Related?

Namrita Singh
Advisor: Kristi Erdal
Azeri Attitudes Towards Depressive Disorder and its Treatment:
A Comparison between Refugee and Student Populations

Emily Taplin
Advisor: Tomi-Ann Roberts
Embarrassment and the Body:
Evidence for Further Gender Differences in Embarrassment

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