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Student Research Symposium

The Tarleton State University Student Research Symposium is a celebration of the students who are actively engaged in research and other scholarly activities. These students, who often go beyond the typical requirements for a degree, deserve special recognition on campus.

View the Symposium Program (includes schedule & abstracts) PDF format or HTML format

Congratulations to the 2009 Tarleton Student Research Symposium awardees.

Undergraduate Oral Presentation
1st Place-Jeremy Munz, Comparative analysis of biological integrity between the Bosque and Paluxy Rivers. Jeremy Munz* and Chris Higgins (Advisor), Department of Biological Sciences

2nd Place-Becca Peters. Level of genetic introgression across a hybrid zone between the shrews Blarina brevicauda and B. hylophaga. Becca Peters1, Cody Thompson2, and Russell Pfau1 (Advisor), 1Department of Biological Sciences, Tarleton State University, 2Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University

Undergraduate Poster Presentation
1st Place-Amber Anderson. Silencing of Claudin-2 in Keratinocyte Cultures Using siR1A. Amber Anderson*, Lynn Lemmons, Tahmina Zaman, Matt Cvitanovich, and Dale Telgenhoff (Advisor), Department of Clinical Laboratory Science

2nd Place-David Fisher. Identification and Characterization of Resistance to Meloidogyne incognita in Wild Cucurbit Species. David Fisher*, Jennifer Miller, and Travis Faske (Advisor), Department of Agribusiness, Agronomy, Horticulture & Range Management

Graduate Oral Presentation
1st Place-Thomas Schutz. An evaluation of vitamin E and selenium as a treatment for capture myopathy in Rio Grande wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo intermedia), Thomas Schutz*, Jeff Breeden (Advisor), Jim Mueller, and Roger Wittie, Department of Animal Sciences

2nd Place-Andrew Johnson. Attitudes of City Administrators toward Terrorism: North Central Texas 2009 Survey Results and Analysis. Andrew Johnson*, Department of Social Sciences (Advisor: Dean Minix)

Graduate Poster Presentation
1st Place-Denae Dorris. The mandate mystery: How mandates impact school districts physically and financially. Denae Dorris*, Department of Educational Leadership & Policy Studies (Advisor: Mark Littleton)

2nd Place-David Probasco. An Evaluation of Mercury Levels in River Otters of Northeastern Texas. David Probasco* and James Mueller (Advisor), Department of Animal Sciences

Pictures from the 2009 Symposium

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Pictures from the 2005-2006 Symposium

Pictures from the 2004-2005 Symposium