SSCD Poster: Social & Behavioral Sciences

Abstract headers are listed alphabetically by student last name below. You may download and read the full student research abstract(s).   #Eritrea|n: Making and Contesting Eritrean Political Subjectivity Across the Digital Diaspora Layla Al, 4th-Year, Global Studies, Human RightsMentor(s): Dr. Owen Kohl, Anthropology; Dr. Maliha Chishti, Public Policy, The Pearson Institute   Does Variation in Speech Production Impact Acoustic Cue Weighting in Speech Perception? Nicholas Aoki, 3rd-Year, Linguistics, StatisticsMentor(s): Dr. Jinghua Ou, Linguistics, Phonology Laboratory; Professor Alan Yu, Linguistics, Phonology Laboratory   What's In a Name? Effects of Categories Versus Norms on Children’s Openness to Unfamiliar Foods Katherine Boggs, 2nd-Year, PsychologyMentor(s): Dr. Hyesung Grace Hwang, Psychology   A Walk In the Park Or a Day at the Mall: The Effects of the Environment on Affect and Impulsivity Jillian E. Bowman, 4th-Year, PsychologyMentor(s): Professor Marc G. Berman, Psychology; Kathryn E. Schertz, Psychology   Impact of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on Airway Inflammation in Individuals with Asthma Estelle Higgins, 4th-Year, Psychology & Comparative Human DevelopmentMentor(s): Dr. Melissa A. Rosenkranz, Psychiatry, Center for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Dr. Richard J. Davidson, Psychology, Psychiatry, Center for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Professor Greg J. Norman, Psychology   A View From the Oval Office: Insights From the Presidential Daily Brief, 1961-1977 Sophia Kierstead, 4th-Year, Political Science Lucia Geng, 3rd-Year, Political ScienceMentor(s): Professor Austin Carson, Political Science   Wise Reasoning Project Yena Kim, 3rd-Year, PsychologyMentor(s): Professor Howard Nusbaum, Psychology, Center for Practical Wisdom; Professor Boaz Keysar, Psychology; Dr. Tamera Schneider; CUNY   Oops, I Did It Again: Children’s Third Party Evaluations and Perceptions of Apology’s Communicative Nature and Recidivist Implications Abbie Klein, 4th-Year, Psychology & Comparative Human Development, Human RightsMentor(s): Professor Alex Shaw, Psychology, Center for Early Childhood Development, Developmental Investigations of Behavior and Strategy Laboratory; Benjamin Morris, Center for Early Childhood Development, Developmental Investigations of Behavior and Strategy Laboratory   Politics in My Good Christian Suburbs: How a Weakened Christian Right Failed to Overcome the Suburban Chicago’s 2018 Blue Wave Ridgley (Ridge) Knapp, 4th-Year, Public Policy Studies, Religious StudiesMentor(s): Dr. Sorcha Brophy, Public Policy Studies; Sol Lee, Public Policy Studies; Professor Curtis J. Evans, Religious Studies   Forgiveness: The Effects of Mental Health Diagnostic Labels on Transgressions Daniel Labrousse, 4th-Year, PsychologyMentor(s): Professor Alex Shaw, Psychology, Developmental Investigations of Behavior and Strategy Lab   Seeing Green: The Restorative Effect of Natural Environments on Visual Attention Tanvi Lakhtakia, 4th-Year, Psychology & NeuroscienceMentor(s): Professor Marc G. Berman, Psychology, Environmental Neuroscience Lab; Kathryn (Kate) E. Schertz, Integrative Neuroscience, Environmental Neuroscience Lab   Maximum Pressure, Minimal Impact: How Hezbollah Can Survive Without Iran Geoffrey LaMear, 4th-Year, Political Science & Near Eastern Languages and CivilizationsMentor(s): Professor Robert Pape, Political Science   When the Going Gets Tough: Investigating Childhood Academic Resilience through Expressive Writing Samuela Mouzaoir, 4th-Year, Psychology & Comparative Human Development, Education & SocietyMentor(s): Professor Lindsey Richland, School of Education, University of California Irvine; Almaz Mesghina, Comparative Human Development   Decision Making for Children Higher Education: Understanding the Effect of Chicago Neighborhood Residence in Relation to Decision Making Processes about Children’s Higher Education Rimsha Nazeer, 4th-Year, Economics & Public PolicyMentor(s): Samantha Steinmetz, School of Social Service Administration   Theorizing American “Naming and Shaming” of NATO Allies Giacomo Ramos, 2nd-Year, Political Science & Anthropology Mentor(s): Professor Rochelle Terman, Political Science   Democracy in the Age of Plutocracy and Pluralism Emily Salamanca, 4th-Year, Political Science & Romance Languages and Literatures (Italian)Mentor(s): Professor John P. McCormick, Political Science   Mapping the Politics of the New Global South Neeraj Sharma, 2nd-Year, Economics Major, Quantitative Social AnalysisMentor(s): Professor Mark Bradley, History, Pozen Family Center for Human Rights   The Potentials of Altruism in Children: Children's Willingness to Place Themselves in Harm's Way for the Sake of Others Margaret Wolfson, 3rd-Year, Psychology, English and Creative Writing Mentor(s): Professor Fan Yang, Psychology