2025 Wiggins Memorial Library Academic Symposium

2025 Wiggins Memorial Library Academic Symposium

Don’t miss your opportunity to be a part of this event, now a highly anticipated Campbell tradition, a decade in the making!
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10:00am EDT

Bias in Care: Assessing Patient Experiences of Discrimination in a Geriatric Clinic Wiggins Memorial Library, Room 224Tamera Hutchinson • Haylie Fehl • Dr. Christine Khandelwal Reading, Kansas: Built and Abandoned by the Railroad Wiggins Memorial Library, Room 312Clahra Buswell • Dr. Justin Nelson Rhetorical Genre of Pixar Movies: A Generic Description of Transformation Rhetoric in Toy Story, Monster's Inc., and The Incredibles Wiggins Memorial Library, Room 309Tyler Yeatts • Dr. Dean Farmer Understanding and Addressing Mental Health Stigma From a Social Psychological Point of View Wiggins Memorial Library, Room 301Shane T. Roles • Dr. Katherine Van Allen

10:30am EDT

Bridging Health Equity: Confronting Disparities in Gauley Bridge Wiggins Memorial Library, Room 303Allyson May • Dr. Justin Nelson Cross-Cultural Engagement in Soliya: Zoom Calls, Onions, and Silence Wiggins Memorial Library, Room 309Olivia Cox • Dr. Dean Farmer Dextrose Prolotherapy as a Treatment for Thumb Pain: A Case of a Hobby Video Gamer Wiggins Memorial Library, Room 312Garrett Mozingo • Dr. Robert Agnello Lost In The Screen: The Correlation Between Screen Time and Attention Wiggins Memorial Library, Room 301Taylor Gery • Dr. Katherine Van Allen Tolkien's Middle-Earth: Economies in The Hobbit Wiggins Memorial Library, Room 224Charisma Morgan • Dr. Donna Waldron

11:00am EDT

Balance and Mental Wellness: The Impact of VR Gaming for Undergraduate Students at Campbell University Wiggins Memorial Library, Room 312Arianna Hunsucker • Callum Sitek • Alexis Chvala • Dr. Sarah Christie Data Analysis: Temperatures Changing in Raleigh for the past 30 years Wiggins Memorial Library, Room 301Ashley Harper • Dr. Sidong Zhang Not That There’s Anything Wrong With That: Exploring LGBTQ+ Representation in Modern Television Wiggins Memorial Library, Room 224Maggie Salisbury • Prof. Brian Bowman Stuck in a Loop Wiggins Memorial Library, Room 309Jillian Zermeno • Dr. Nicole Rushing The Appalachian Murder Ballad: An American Search for Transcendence Wiggins Memorial Library, Room 303Samuel Rogers • Dr. Sherry Truffin

11:30am EDT

Enzymatic cross-coupling of carbonyl compounds and alkyl halides: Crossing into new territory with thiamine-dependent enzymes Wiggins Memorial Library, Room 301Rachel VanWinkle • Dr. Evan Reynolds Moving Towards Intersectionality: A Critical Analysis of Capote's Other Voices, Other Rooms Wiggins Memorial Library, Room 312Zeke Epps • Dr. Sherry Truffin Randle McMurphy as a Christ Figure Wiggins Memorial Library, Room 303Kayla Caulk • Dr. Jennifer Bashaw Rewriting History: How Carbon Black-Based Inks Changed the World Wiggins Memorial Library, Room 224Ian Hudson • Dr. Michael Wells

12:00pm EDT

Experiencing Divorce: Students' Resilience Levels and Academic Performance in Campbell Undergraduates Wiggins Memorial Library, Room 309Madelyn Converse • Dr. Jutta Street Factors Involved With Gender Discrimination in Leadership Wiggins Memorial Library, Room 303Hannah Byers • Dr. David Thornton Leandro and the Right to Education in North Carolina Wiggins Memorial Library, Room 312Hannah Brown • Dr. Lisa Lukasik Nature vs. Nurture in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Wiggins Memorial Library, Room 301Lilly Johnson • Dr. Elizabeth Rambo

12:30pm EDT

Cowboys, Outlaws, and the Sublime: Instances of the Sublime in American Western Literature Wiggins Memorial Library, Room 303Kyle Levy • Dr. Stephanie Womick Expanding asymmetric catalysis with thiamine-dependent enzymes Wiggins Memorial Library, Room 301Inayat Zulfiqar • Dr. Evan Reynolds The Physiological and Psychological Impact of Virtual Reality Games in Exercise and Rehabilitative Settings: A Systematic Review Wiggins Memorial Library, Room 309Olivia Dunmire • Elizabeth Underwood • Dr. Sarah Christie Tracking Kissing Bugs in North Carolina Wiggins Memorial Library, Room 312Nicholas Juhasz • Monica Mercurio • Dr. Bonnie Brenseke

1:00pm EDT

An Emergency Management Plan for a Hypothetical Malaria Outbreak in Harnett County NC Wiggins Memorial Library, Room 224Faith Medlin • Dr. John Mero Challenges and Resilience in Fairfield, NC: A Rural Community Case Study Wiggins Memorial Library, Room 301Emma Guild • Dr. Justin Nelson Dextrose Prolotherapy in the Management of Knee Osteoarthritis: A Comprehensive Review Wiggins Memorial Library, Room 312William Kyle Sadler • Dr. Amy Hinkelman How Wonder Woman is Portrayed as a Christ-Like Figure Wiggins Memorial Library, Room 303Peyton Brooks • Abbi Davenport • Dr. Jennifer Bashaw Societal Standards: How Does the Beauty Standard Affect Adolescents’ Mental Health and Self-Esteem? Wiggins Memorial Library, Room 309Kayla Lucas • Prof. Brian Bowman

1:30pm EDT

God, Who is Love: The Southern Baptist Convention, Christian Exclusivity, and Julian of Norwich Wiggins Memorial Library, Room 312Kyle Levy • Dr. Elizabeth Rambo Impact of Genetic Mutations on the Prognosis and Treatment Strategies for Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Wiggins Memorial Library, Room 303Catherine Dauw • Lauren Wozny • Greta Nebeker • Jacob Ackerman • Dr. Christopher Fink • Dr. Alan Proia MQ-9A Payload System Wiggins Memorial Library, Room 301Jacob Bernas • Jesse Murphy • Walker Smith • Dr. Kim Fowler Succession: A deeper look through the lenses of Narratives, Co-Cultural Theory and Dominant Group Theory Wiggins Memorial Library, Room 224Mackenzie J. Davis • Dr. Dean Farmer The Impact Greek Life has on Academic Performance, Campus Involvement, and Overall Mental Well-being Wiggins Memorial Library, Room 309Haleigh Strickland • Dr. Jutta Street

2:00pm EDT

Addressing Rural American Issues in Wapello, Iowa Wiggins Memorial Library, Room 309Abby Reutinger • Dr. Justin Nelson FemurRing Tech LLC Skydiving Drone Wiggins Memorial Library, Room 301Julian Brickhouse • Carson Daly • Harper Beck • Dr. Kim Fowler Guenevere’s Loyalties: Cultural Concerns in Malory’s Morte d'Arthur and the BBC’s Merlin Wiggins Memorial Library, Room 224Cassady Wall • Dr. Elizabeth Rambo The Troubles in Ireland: Religious or Political? Wiggins Memorial Library, Room 312Chad Casale • Dr. Ken Vandergriff

2:30pm EDT

Assessing Risk of a Cardiac Event Prior to Initiating Aerobic Exercise: A Scoping Review Wiggins Memorial Library, Room 224Megan Jackson • Dr. Karlyn Green From the Artists' Perspective Wiggins Memorial Library, Room 309Jamari Cannady Pratt • Ivy White • Gunnar Hardt • Meredith Ashburn • Prof. Ray Im Improving PA Student Preparation for Pediatrics Wiggins Memorial Library, Room 312James Hampson • Dr. Victoria Kaprielian Juvenile Waivers: Due Process and Equal Protection Wiggins Memorial Library, Room 301Aaron Walls • Dr. Ethan Alexander-Davey

3:00pm EDT

Analysis of Hitler's Personality Using Psychoanalysis Wiggins Memorial Library, Room 301Charisma Morgan • Dr. Guy Vitaglione Behind the Lens: The Ethical Dilemma of Paparazzi and the Protection of Minors Wiggins Memorial Library, Room 224Kimberly Prodorutti • Prof. Brian Bowman Not the Demon, the Man: Vampirism as Masculinity in Buffy the Vampire Slayer Wiggins Memorial Library, Room 312Gray Ricks • Dr. Elizabeth Rambo Prostitution: Purchased and Forced (Human Trafficking and Sex Work in the European Union) Wiggins Memorial Library, Room 309Anne AshLee Greene • Dr. David Thornton