Ten UIS students to present at the U of I Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol

Ten students from the University of Illinois Springfield will present their work at the third annual University of Illinois Undergraduate Research Day at the Illinois State Capitol on Tuesday, April 25, 2017.

The students will display their research from 9:30 to 11 a.m. in the first floor south corridor of the capitol building. Students will make poster presentations about their research and answer questions from lawmakers and the public.

UIS students will join their peers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the University of Illinois at Chicago. Students were selected in a competitive process by the Undergraduate Research Steering Committee.

Student	Major	Project	Faculty Mentor	Hometown
Noah Sisson	Business	The BAD System	Bruce Sommer	Virden
Breanna Henderson	Environmental Studies, Sociology/Anthropology	Seeds of Possibility: Social Cohesion and Local Participation in Springfield's Community Gardens	Megan Styles	Springfield
Briana Rodriguez	Political Science	Finding the Beauty in the Ugly	Vicki Perkins	Streamwood
Tonda Chasteen	Biology	Inter-Institutional Collaborative Chemistry Assignments	Layne Morsch	Lewistown
Katelyn Camardelle	Legal Studies / Political Science	United States Maternity Leave and the State-Sponsored Opportunity Gap	Eugene McCarthy	McHenry
Abigail R. Norville	Biology	Hepatitis C Among Homeless People in Major Central Illinois Cities	Tracy Schatteman	Palmer
Jack Zinnen	Biology	Focus Stacking as a Means of Capturing Images of the Small World Around Us	Michael Lemke	Springfield
Christina Hanula	Visual Arts	Dementia	Shane Harris	Springfield
Vanessa Pratt	Legal Studies and Communication	Drug Courts: The Cure for the American Legal System's Addiction to Punishment	Nicole Overcash	Quincy
Leanna Kehl	Psychology	Important Characteristics of Early School Readiness According to Teachers and Caregivers	Michele Miller	Des Plaines

The event is co-sponsored by the UIS Undergraduate Research Support Program and the UIS Chancellor’s Office.

For more information, contact UIS Associate Professor of Chemistry and Director of Undergraduate Student Research Keenan Dungey at 217/206-7345 or kdung1@uis.edu.