Westminster Student Showcase Schedule
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Celebrating the professional-level experiences of Westminster students
Friday, May 1, 2026
Panel Session 1
Science and the Environment
Location: Room 120
Moderators: Natalie Winward and Brent Olsen
- Arsenic, Antimony, and the Cost of Extraction: A Literature Review for Antimony Canyon, Utah | Belen Busquets, Evan Spaniol, Sophia Huh, Aidan Franklin, and Madeline Vittum
- Mapping the Rapid Spontaneous Restoration of Glen Canyon: Ecological Succession and Geomorphic Shifts in a Post-Lake Powell Era | Kimberly Petersen, Aaron Jones, Julian Elia, and Riley Seeley
- Grazing Impact on Cryptobiotic Soil | Sophia Fadler
- UTMB Sustainability Playbook: The First Step in Changing Ultra-Running | Audrey Theo Babbitt
- Addressing Rural Housing Through Sustainable Building Methods | Justin Collins
Science and Society
Location: Room 170
Moderator: Han Kim
- An Exploration of Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome | Julia Graff
- Science Communication Through Modern Media | Matt Austin
- The Constitutional Floor: Deliberate Indifference and HIV Treatment in U.S. Prisons | Sophie Mackay
Literature, Media, and Writing
Location: Room 110
Moderator: Georgiana Donavin
- Minecraft, a Globally Popular Creative Video Game, Contains an Inherently Colonial Narrative of Resource Extraction Coded Within the Gameplay Mechanics | Isabel Hill
- A Queer Spatial Analysis of Giovale Library | Lucinda Smith-Lahrman
- LMW Capstone Thesis | Piper Nutting
History and Treatment
Location: Room 160
Moderator: Bonnie Baxter
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Semaglutide vs. Tripeptide GLP-1 Receptor Antagonists, a Systematic Review | Ellie Tille, Jack Cardwll, and Christian Jones
Poster Sessions 1
Location: Meldrum Science Center Atrium
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Parents’ Lived Experiences of Parental Love: A Qualitative Examination of Gender Differences | Avery Rognan
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The Impact of HB 261 on Utah College Students' Sense of Belonging and Community | Sarah Phillips
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The Dating App Hinge: Men’s Performances of Masculinity and Women’s Responses to Them | Melissa Osmundson and Celia Pierson
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Framing Civic Obligation: Public Support for Universal National Service in the United States | Jonah El-Farra
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Communications Portfolio | Ibrahim Hikmate
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Communications Portfolio | Justine Gibson
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Communications Portfolio Kyra Cortez
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How to Build Flexibility into a Routine that Sticks | Etta Sklar
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The Role of Social Behaviors in Shaping Primate Group Dynamics Jake Landsparger
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Institutions, Leadership, and Resilience: Explaining Divergent Paths of Democratic Backsliding in Poland and Czechia | Logan Huggard
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ACL injuries in Women | Kirsten Kirkham
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MōōD: Building Hyperlocal Boutique Discovery Platform as a Technical Founder | Lauren Morgenthaler
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This Song is Your Song: A Cultural History of "This Land is Your Land" | Reilly Sullivan
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Location: Meldrum Science Center Second Floor
Panel Session 2
Women and Femininity
Location: Room 170
Moderator: Kristjane Nordmeyer
- (Re)Producing Femininity: A Theoretical Analysis of SKIMS Ad Campaigns | Sofia Nyquist
- Music and Femininity | Meadow Gleichmann
- Lesbian Life and Social Study in the 1920s-40s in Salt Lake City, Utah | Elena Allred
Policy and Legal Studies
Location: Room 120
Moderator: Peggy Cain
- Experiences of Gentrification, Food Insecurity, and Limited Resources within the West Side of Salt Lake County | Rocio Campuzano De La Luz
- The Impact of Voting Frameworks on Political Engagement: A Comparison of 5 Countries | Isabella Sims
- A Policy Analysis of Housing First Application in United States Cities | Alexandra Davis
The Great Salt Lake
Location: Room 160
Moderator: Georgie Corkery and David Parrott
- Cyanobacteria in Great Salt Lake as a Mechanism for Ecosystem Regulation | Lauren Rothman
- Establishing Pure Culture Techniques for a Great Salt Lake Euhalothece Species | Sofia Rand
- Snowy Plover Nesting and Disturbance at Great Salt Lake | Kimber Jeffrey
- Untitled | Bella Willes
Investing and Venture Capital
Location: Room 150
Moderator: Matthew Crouse
- CFA Investment Research Challenge | Keller Hopkins, Katie Barraco, Anthony Turco, Kim Howes, and Macie Edwards
- CleanBite Venture Proposal | Justin Egan and Luke Sillstrop
- DrinkTank Venture: Leasing and Selling Smart Vending Machines | Roman Frost, Benjamin Angerer, and J-West Lee
Poetry Reading
Location: Room 110
Moderator: Jaia Hamid Bashir
Students:
- Fatimah Alabbas
- Spencer Bagley
- Roman De Morales Chanza
- Asher Dean
- Ben Eisenberg
- Harper Elder
- Josie Gerritsen
- Noelle Hendrickson
- Isabel Hill
- C. E. Janecek
- Malia Jeffers
- Arabella Matthews
- Piper Nutting
- Sheila Pardee
- Megan Wade
Poster Sessions 2
Location: Meldrum Science Center Atrium
- Pause and Pinch | Oliver Vaughan
- Introduction to the Color Wheel | Ty Dahl
- Buddhist Style of Meditation Called Metta Meditation | Toby Morse
- Nuestra Caminatita: Our LEDL Walk | Berkeley Sando and Jade Rogers
- Solo Study Abroad in Peru | Isabella Story
- Hospitalera Internship on the Camino de Santiago: Application to My Double degree in Neuroscience and Spanish | Faith Young
- Peru 2024 | Olivia Solomone-Hala’eua
- The Impact of Disability Status on Sexual and Reproductive Health Experiences among Women Aged 18-24 in Utah | Alexia Anderson
- Spelling on the High Seas: An Educational Gaming Experience | Jack Brinkman Tawananyasha Dzenga, and Caden Proulx
- Math Game: Dumpster Digits | Larissa Silveira, Madie Butcher, and Arabella Martin
Panel Session 3
Griffin Tank
Location: Room 150
Moderator: Matthew Crouse
- Accessibility Information App | Alejandra Maloney and Florencia Campos Yapura
- AthleteBridge | Jack Epstein, Brody Webster, and Carlos Padilla
- Clear Paycheck | Nicc Winegar, Gage Wood, and Chase Kluksdal
- Eczema Body Case Venture Pitch | Brooklyn Terry and Colin Wyrsch
Identity, Culture, and Power
Location: Room 110
Moderator: Christopher LeCluyse
- The Inevitable Nexus: Domination, Death, and a New Way Forward | Lauren Rothman
- Crippling Migraine in Higher Education | Lila Howells
- The Role of Latin in Modern Legal Practice | Arabella Matthews
Art and Literature
Location: Room 160
Moderator: Matt Kruback
- Virgen de Guadalupe | Brighton Jakeman
- Romanticism as a Revolution: Eugène Delacroix at Saint Sulpice | Sophie Haslam
Philosophy and Ethics
Location: Room 120
Moderator: Kara Barnette
- Untitled | Max Murphy
- The Aesthetic Justification of Suffering in La Llorona | Max Gutierrez
- Ethics and Political Violence | Simeon Hammond
Business and Leadership
Location: Room 170
Moderator: Brian Wierman
Unredacted: A Student Zine
Student Presenters:
- Alberto Anaya Cardenas
- Cam Cohn
- Ian Fehr
- Owen Gallo McMahon
- Hayden Hanson
- Hayden Howell
- Hailey Killett
- Peyton Longnecker
- Julian Matamoros
- Calvin Meadows
- Charley Mehney
- Michael Nilan
- Fatima Romero
- Max Scalici
- Alexandra Sparrow
- Gus Terteling
- Nathan Tucker
- Emily Veater
- Clay Waters
- Brody Webster
- Apiline White
Poster Sessions 3
Location: Meldrum Science Center Atrium
- Visually Basic Compiler | Ellie Berg
- Regenerative Energy on a Theoretical Fully Electric Airbus A 320 | Eduardo Moreno De La Paz
- Probabilistic Ancestral Inference from Incomplete Genetic Data | Makenna Worley
- Microbial Control of Sediment Stability Under Erosion and Drying | Sandra Uribe
- News Sentiment Analysis for Algorithmic Trading | Anthony Mackay
- Maximization of Airline Capacity Through Data-Driven Optimization Techniques | Madeleine Bateman
- Geometric Semi-Supervised Learning: Reimplementing Manifold Regularization and Investigating Scalable Laplacian Methods | Lauren Morgenthaler
- A Bio-blitz of Emigration Creek at Allen Park | Kimberly Vergara-Ocampo | Dylan Nigh
- Deep Learning Usage to Monitor Snowy Plover Breeding Success and Activity at the Great Salt Lake | Julian Elia
- MiniLab | Elizabeth Carmichael
- Intelligent Supply Chain Forecasting: Backorder Risk, Overstock Risk, and Inventory Optimization | Addy Cruz
- Pigments For Paint, Made With Haloarchaea | Sunshine Rhodehamel
- Review and Applications of Bacteriorhodopsin | Carter Inazu
- Current Vaccines Used to Prevent Equine Herpesvirus Type 1 | Lexi Segaline
Debut of Westminster’s student run, award-winning literary journal, ellipsis.
Location: Meldrum Science Center Room 110
Student Editors:
- Fatimah Alabbas
- Asher Dean
- Ryann Hansen
- Brinly Johnson
- Piper Nutting
- Bailee Parker
- Blanca Sartillo-Mejia
- Megan Wade
Graduate Student Presenters:
- Sorcery of Student Whispering: A Phenomenological study of Language Arts Teachers' Beliefs on Grading and Feedback | Hillary Hermansen
- Bridging the Gap: Practical Tools for Family Nurse Practitioners to Address Pediatric Anxiety in the Outpatient Setting | Kristine Hoggard, Kelli Clarke, Everardo Lopez, and Laurel Wright
- Building Community-Owned Infrastructure: A Return to Ancestral Work and Economies | Tyne Dickson
- Community Response Plan for the Oklahoma Federal Bombing and How Mental Health Professionals Can Intervene with Extremist Individuals | Tessa Huecksteadt
- Better Sleep, Better Health: The Role of the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse in Treating Sleep Disorders | Samantha Pehrson, Lauren Taylor, Kristi Jewell, and Serena Fuhriman
- Full Practice Authority First: Building the Foundation for a Safe and Effective APRN Interstate Compact | Paige Melehes, Brett Engar, Jesse Hernandez, Liz Rosioru McWilliams, and Carolina Estrada
- Interracial Couples: Unique Issues and Considerations for Counseling Mixed Culture, Interracial, and Interethnic Relationships | Taya Billingsley and Aurora Augulis
- Voices of Intersectionality: A Qualitative Analysis of LGBTIQ+ Latino Immigrants Participating in Ally Organizations | Kenny Brito
- The Impediments of Trauma and Menopause in the Workplace: An Autoethnography | Sara Scott
- An Ecofeminist Phenomenology of Intuition | Renelle Smith
- A Narrative Inquiry of the Lived Experience and Transformative Learning of Parents Who Bike for Transportation with their Children | Elyssa Morrill
- Meeting Patient’s Where They Are: A Harm Reduction Toolkit For APRN Management of Substance Misuse | Shae Layton, Ian Shenk, and Amber Munoz
- Hot Flashes, Cold Facts: Navigating Hormone Replacement Therapy in Menopause | Jennifer Price, Jessa Salmon, Allie Berg, and Lili Rosell
- Bridging the Gap: Can CAM Reduce Medical Mistrust in Patient Care | Amber Petterle, Laura Asturias, Emily Amadori-Alberoni, and Erica Hartsell
- Hormonal Replacement Therapy in Med Spa Settings: Safety, Regulation, and Implications for APRN Practice | Miley Feltman, Sheena Arenas, and Erika Peters
- Closing Palliative Skills Gaps in Primary Oncology: Barriers and an Educational Newsletter Strategy | Christy Pasinsky Emma Hanson, and Wendi Whittaker
- Eating Disorders and Gender Diversity: A Call for Gender-Affirming Group Counseling | Eva Thimmes
- Comparative Study of Middle School Educational Philosophies in China and the United States | Ruihan Ma
- Choosing Us: A Group for Couples Navigating Faith Differences | Tyler Parra
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Black Women Scholars Collective | Taya Billingsley, Jasmine McWilliams, and Carolina Estrada