This collection of UNH Undergraduate Research Conference (URC) presentations has been created by the University Library in collaboration with the Hamel Center for Undergraduate Research, the administrative home of the URC. To add your oral or poster presentation, please click the "Submit Research" link on the left sidebar. If you are unable to contribute your entire research presentation, you may submit just an abstract either by entering it into the submission form or uploading a document.
URC event programs, which list the schedule of students’ presentations at specific URC events, may be found on the URC website, www.unh.edu/urc.
Submissions from 2014
The Significance of Built Space and Body Behavior in Social Interaction, Brooke Ashley Guertin
Cultural Barriers: The Integration of North African Immigrants in France, Jessica Hansen
Unveiling New Hampshire Legislators' Knowledge and Attitudes About Intimate Partner Violence and Relevant Policies, Jennifer Hogan, Amy Winkler, and Tina Cannon
Middle School Girls Friendship Preferences: Attitudes Towards Girls Who Are Obese, Mary Holleran
Interpretation and Experience: J. Hillis Miller's Reading of Heart of Darkness, Colton Huelle
Examining and Promoting the Role of Assistive Technology for People with Disabilities in the Workplace, Kasey Lesner
The Role of Architecture in the Revitalization of Bilbao, Spain, Taygra Longstaff
Independence in Catalonia, Spain: The Causes Which Impel Them to Separation, Jamie McDonough
Ovid Through the Inferno: A Study of Ovidian Myth in Dante's Inferno, Michael Mignanelli
Reader-Response Theory vs. Feminist Criticism, Marisa Milone
#2 Race and Gender in Film, Madalyn Northcutt
Not in my Backyard: Citizen Attitudes and Disaster Preparedness Policies at the Local Level, Tegan O'Neill
Who Can I Tell?: The Role of Confidants in Rule-Violating Behavior, Katie Parent and Thomas Reese
Examining the Tumorgenic Ability of Cytokeratin 8/18 Filaments in Cervical Cancer Cells In Vitro, Stephanie Parisi
Quechua Language Use in Modern Peru: An Investigation of Cultural Authenticity and Identity Construction, Theresa A. Renker
The Breakdown of Bureaucracy in Response to Hurricane Katrina and Why it Matters, Alexxandre Schlieder
Putin's Democracy?, Kellie Shea
Manson Family Coercion: A Study of Religious Rhetoric in Cult Structures and Social Groups, Katina Sousa
Instilling Diet and Exercise Confidence: Influence of Nurse Body Size, Erin Murdock Spaulding
Polysemy, Polyvalence, and Pink: Audience Responses to Music Videos, Rachel Strauss
Environmental Protest Framing as "Ecoterrorism", Brieanne Young
Submissions from 2013
Survivors' Voices on Prevention, Maria Aiello, Sidney Bennett, and Cameron Cunningham
RFID Fish, Nathan Alix
Mi Método, Mi Elección: A Comparative Look at Birth Control Access in Chile and the United States of America, Lauren Banker
The Effect of a Barefoot Running Training Program on Running Economy and Performance, Neil Barody
When Does Rule Violating Behavior Affect Peer Delinquency Between Middle School and High School Boys and Girls?, Casey Benner, Nadine Maliakkal, and Shannon Zimmerman
A Dramatistic Approach to Understanding the Rhetorical Influence of Taxi Driver, Hilary Bird
Climate Change, Cosmology, and Cultural Resilience: An Andean Case Study, Madeline L. Bishop
All Stressed Out; The Effects of Stress, Depression and Self-Control on Adolescent Delinquency, Catherine Bousquet
Signifying Slowly: Defamiliarization and Interrupting Tempo in Amit Chadhuri's, A Strange and Sublime Address, Chrisopher Brown
ExxonMobil vs Gasland : the Natural Gas Controversy, Andrew Cardello
Macau: The New World Leader in Gambling, Joseph Cenney
All for a Bowl of Soup: A Study of the Illegal Shark Fin Trade in Costa Rica, Michelle Chase
Family Matters: History and Heritage in Graphic Form, Jonathan Constable
The Impact of Sexual Violence on Women's Transition to College, Melissa Copeland
Maya Calendar and the End of the World, Evelyn French
The Ultimate Spanish Review and Practice: Mastering Spanish Grammar for Confident.... or Maybe Just Okay Communication, Daniel Hagenbuch
The Raging Dragon: Exports, FDI, and China's Electronic Sector, Nathaniel Hathorn
Comedy in War Film, Katherine Juster
Renewing promise: An Analysis of the Effects of Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports in New Hampshire High Schools, Alexander Lamothe
The Effect of Crown Thinning on Residual Stand Growth: a Dendroecological Approach, Nicholas Lanzer
Bringing Native Musicians Online, Thomas Lusted
Teenagers: 1950's, Olivia Marchioni
Permaculture: Principles, Beliefs, and Values, Molly McCahan
Characterization of Cellular FLICE Inhibitory Protein (c-FLIP) in Cells of Human Cervical Cancer, Caitlin McCarthy
The Relationship Between Psychosocial Challenges and Pediatric Voiding Dysfunction, Jenna McCarthy
Kinetics of the Lipid Extraction From Microalgae, Brian McConnell and Brendan Nichols
The Thin Ideal: Media and How it Relates to Body Dissatisfaction and Disordered Eating Behaviors in College Women, Amanda Mead and Rebecca Walker
Spanish Mood Selection: Probablemente Subjunctive, Posiblemente Indicative, Hilary Miller
ASEAN and the East Asian Countries, Tegan O'Neill
Rape Myth Acceptance and Bystander Attitudes on Campus: Understanding Students' Perceptions of Sexual Assault, Angela L. A. Puchlopek
UNH A-Lot Parking Garage, Benjamin Sawyer, Stephen Eustis, Americo Santamaria, and Michael Spencer
The Failure of Economic Sanctions on Preventing the Continuation of North Korea’s Nuclear Program, Andrew Schafer
Indigenismo: Lexical Borrowings into Peruvian Spanish, Trisha Schuman
Caregiving for Childhood Illness in Dominican Republic Bateys, Ashley Silva
High Body Weight Influences Functional Mobility in Older Adults, Charlotte Slate
From Thoreau to Muir: The Birth and Progress of American Environmental Thought, Sawyer Theriault
Reality and Misperception of Self-Value: August Wilson's Use of Dramatic Plot Structure, Sawyer Theriault
The United States of Empire?, Zachary Towle
Multivitamin/Mineral Usage, Body Mass Index, and Exercise Among College Students, Leah Tully and Christie Mastriano
Multivitamin/Mineral Usage, MyPlate Adherence and Diet Quality Among College Students, Leah Tully and Christie Mastriano
MEND and MOSOP: Civil Conflict in the Niger Delta, Zachary Turgeon
Investigation of Pentacene Derivatives on Au(788) by Auger Electron Spectroscopy, Jeremiah van Baren
Sex and Morality, and Its Implications for College, Emily Varnese
Trace DeMeyer: Indigenous Online Journalist/Publisher/Memoirist, Amanda Weissgerber
Submissions from 2012
Quantifying Methane Ebullitive Flux from Subarctic Ecosystems, Jaqueline Amante
A Nigerian Spring: How to Make the Niger Delta B(l)oom, Again, Elizabeth Barker
The Effective Removals of Pharmaceuticals by Direct/Advanced UV Photolysis, Alexandra Bowen and Megan Good
The King of Tars and Dramatic Conversion Romance, Jacob Browning
Studies on Thermal and Carbocationic Rearrangements Through Isotopic Labeling, Jeffrey Brulet
Tangible User Interfaces for Multi-touch Surfaces, Shawn Bryan and Joshua Clairmont
Are Matrix Metalloproteinases (MMPs) Present in Skeletal Muscle of the Spiny Dogfish Shark, Squalus acanthias?, Bradley Chamberlain
The Delicacy of Social Relationships: How Seemingly Small Choices in Formulating Talk Can Have Large Consequences For Relationships, Paige Clairmont
A Screen to Identify Mutants with a Sodium-induced Root Skewing Phenotype, Matthew Cotton, Elora Demers, and Kendall Milkey
Problem Revisited: Understanding China's Arms Export Policy, Patricia Donahoe
Exploring Weight Maintenance and Perceived Stress in College Students: The Young Adults Eating and Active for Health Project at UNH, Margaret Donovan and Richard Madol
Monitoring Forest Loss and Population Growth in a Biodiversity Hotspot of Africa, Nicholas Dowhaniuk
Influence of Cytoskeletal Stress Filaments on Cell Death in Human Cervical Carcinoma, Benjamin J. Duckless
Experiential Education Philosophy: The Role of Risk, Natalie Fortier
Invitation as a Form of Play, Luke Franco
Passive se and ser in Three Spanish Language Magazines: Usages and Styles Compared, Alyssa Freedman
Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Goal-directed Intervention on the Social Interaction of Youth with Neurodevelopmental Disabilities, Natalie Gatlin
Costa Rica: An Emigration Anomaly, Emilie Hall
Student Usage of Prepositions: Considerations Far Beyond Por and Para, Emilie Hall
Unemployment in Spain: Analyzing the Job Market for Youth and the General Population, David Houle
Automated Functional Testing at Philips Teletrol Systems, Inc., Karen Ibey
Correlates of Local and Global Stereopsis, Andrew Kitt
Women and Hostile Work Environments: Representations of Sexual Harassment in North Country, Julia Maldonado
The Role of HAUSP in the Mitochondrial Non-transcriptional p53 Apoptotic Pathway of IMR-32 Human Neuroblastoma Cancer Cells, Rebecca Mason
Floating Photobioreactors for Microalgae Growth, Brian McConnell and Seth Tremblay
The Idea of Necessity: Shopping Trends Among College Students, Halie Olszowy
Fiber Arts in the Early Soviet Period, Sasha Thalheimer
Aid Influx into Madagascar: The Damage of the U.S. Sanctions Effect, Kelly Whittier
Are Female Rats Prone to the Same Stress-induced Memory Deficits as Male Rats in a Visible Platform Task in the Morris Water Maze?, Katherine Wooten
Nonprofit Research: Seacoast Local, Danielle Zamarchi
Submissions from 2011
The Fight Against the War on Women, Bie Aweh
The Impact of Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant on the Family, Jennifer Bakan