Student Scholars Day winners recognized

As part of York College's 13th annual Student Scholars Week, students presented their academic research (often conducted with faculty members) on Student Scholars Day, held this year on April 26. Throughout the day, more than 100 students presented posters, while others shared their research, skills and knowledge through oral presentations and performances. Check here for the  full schedule of presentations.  

Student Scholars Week continued on April 29, when the top three student winners from each academic department, chosen by departmental faculty, presented their research projects.

Behavioral Sciences Department

1st place: Jennifer Lantz, The Success of Rehabilitation for Drug Offenders, Sponsor: Eric Ling 

2nd place: Jeremy Winters, Breaking Down Barriers; Impact on Quality of Life and Perceived Level of Security of Students and the Surrounding Community, Sponsor: Eric Ling 

3rd place: Hannah Geiple, Juvenile Probation Officer Discretion, Sponsor: Eric Ling

Biological Sciences

1st place: Zachary Harrison, Identification of a Mammailan Homolog to Amphibian Allurin, a Sperm Chemoattractant, Sponsor: Jeffrey Thompson & Deborah Ricker   

2nd place: Stephanie Bauernfeind, The Impact of the Predation Threat by Cichlids (Petenia splendida) on Reproduction  in Guppies (Poecilia reticulata), Sponsor: Bradley Rehnberg 

3rd place: Shawn Fauth, Sex Ratios of Barn Owls in South-central Pennsylvania, Sponsor: Karl Kleiner

Business Administration Department

1st place: Kenneth Jester, Devin O'Neill, Andrew Pawlyk, and Stephanie Vincent; The Positive/Negative Effects of Participating in an Extracurricular Activity at York College of Pennsylvania on Academic Performance; Sponsor: Robert O’Connell

2nd place: Michael Crane and John Roman, The Secrets of Successful Video Marketing, Sponsor: Ken Slaysman 

3rd place: Erik Eitel, Daniel Little, Benjamin Roden, and Kaitlan VanDuzer; Green Energy at York College, Sponsor: Robert O’Connell 

Education Department

1st place: Kayla Helm, A Functional Behavior Assessment for a Student with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Sponsor: Deborah Watkins

2nd place: Kristen Derr, Together Nothing is Impossible: Parental Involvement in the Classroom, Sponsor: Brian Glandon

3rd place: Daniel Dellinger, Ecosystems: More Complex than High School Drama, Sponsor: Brian Glandon

English & Humanities Department

1st place: Dianna Anzaldo, “Las lenguas en vías de extinción: un proceso prevenible y reversible” (Languages on the Path to Extinction: A Preventable and Reversible Process), Sponsor: Gabriel Abudu

2nd place: Emily Schwartz, Kelly Smyth, Reading Women/Gothic Women, Sponsor:  Colbey Reid

3rd place: Robin Martin, The Rhetoric of Teacher Commentary on Student Papers, Sponsor: Michael Zerbe

History & Political Sciences Department

1st place: Mike Mountz, The Electoral Effects of Culture Wars Era Political Realignment in York County, Sponsor: Peter Levy

2nd place: Dianna Anzaldo, The Cuban-American Millennial Generation:  A New Voice Asserts a Unique Political Identity, Sponsors: Javier Aguayo and Richard Van Tassell

3rd place: Kendell Snyder, Policy Versus Popular Opinion: Environmental Law in the U.S. Congress from 1990-2000, Sponsor: Richard Van Tassell

Nursing Department

1st place: Kevin Raber, Barriers to Providing Western Medical Model Care in a Rural Guatemalan Village, Sponsor: Cheryl Thompson

2nd place: Samantha Stapleton, Alaina Smelko, Catherine Lilly, and Nicole Gemmill; Rolling Over: Prone Positioning in ARDS; Sponsor: Carrie Pucino 

3rd place: Kelsey Caffrey, Lydia Flinner, Kristin Leonard, and Allison Lockatell; Evaluating the Effectiveness of Rapid Response Teams to Decrease Patient Mortality; Sponsor: Karen March

Physical Sciences Department

1st place: Nicholas Cappello and Takeshi Ei, Visualizing the Effects of Water Hammer, Sponsor: Emine Celik 

2nd place: W. Chris Schleicher, Validation of Fish Simulations for use in the Hydro Power Generation Field, Sponsor: Laura Garrison

3rd place: Andrea Lando, The Synthesis of 3,5-dimethyl-para-nitrophenol and the Analysis of Partitioning Behavior, Sponsor: William Steel