Brain and (not) Breathing • Brattain
Moderator: David Shairer

• Loren Schmidt | The Role of Caspases in Lung Injury and Inflammation
• Rachel Carroll | Thy-1 and PTEN Regulation of Lung Scarring
• Curt Lindley | Sawing Logs: An Epidemic at Fifty Decibels
• David Schairer | Noninvasive Measurements of Neural Tract Connectivity using Electroencephalography Source Localization

Musical Performances • Chism
Moderator: Madeline Swan

• Jacqueline Kamm, Kaley Eaton, and Laura Deering (piano) | The Language of Love
• Beth Frieden | Traditional Gaelic Music in Scotland
• Lisa Taylor | Etude No. 10 in F-minor — “Appassionata”

Mysteries of the Earth and Sky • Gaiser
Moderator: Katherine Farrington

• Ryuhei Yokokawa | Spectrometry and its Application for Geology
• Jessie Runnoe | Rest-frame Optical Properties Of Radio-selected Broad Absorption Line Quasars
• Katharine Logan | Quiet Waters and Great Floods
• Katharine Farrington | Before the Missoula Floods: Exploration of the Origin and Pathways of Prior Glacial Outburst Flooding Events

Untold Stories in Walla Walla and Washington State: The Search for Justice • GO2 (Reid Campus Center)
Moderator: April Vorhauer

• Sandy Flores | Homeboy 411 vs. Hometown Headlines; A Discourse on Different Narratives on Gang Activity in Walla Walla
• Brittany Smith | Whitman Prison Education Initiative
• Kramer Phillips | Think You Have a Right to Vote? Think Again
• Erik T. Andersen | The KKK in Walla Walla: The Ethics of Masks in Public Space
• April Vorhauer | Park Use in Walla Walla

Portrayal and Bias • Kimball
Moderator: Andrew Huntington

• Seth Bergeson and Stephanie Silver | Racism and the Experiences of African Americans in Walla Walla during the ’50s, ’60s, and ’70s : A Study in Narrative and Perspective
• Elizabeth Sher | Racial Bias in Individual and Group Decisions in Jury Deliberation
• Daniel Scalise | Walla Walla’s First Winemakers: Italian Immigration and Community
• Cassady Walters | Behind the Camera: Representations of Africa and Africans in Film
• Andrew Huntington | Viewing the “Dark Continent”

Global Transformations • Olin 245
Moderator: Kim Trinh

• Maile Zeng | The 2008 “Green” Olympics in Beijing and the NGOs
• John Frasene | World Soccer’s Brawn Drain: An Issue of Globalization Reflected in Sport
• Kim Trinh | Class-ifying Racial Representation: Gender, Sexuality, and the Transformation of Chinese American Identities

Textual Interpretation • Olin 130
Moderator: Joseph Bornstein

• Thomas Bugert | Philosophy of Science Textbooks
• Hilary Davis | The Perils of Poetry
• Nani Gilkerson | An Ethics of Revision: Readings in a Postcolonial Context
• Joseph Bornstein | The Daimon of Thoreau: An Encounter of Thoughts and Words

Contested Spaces • Olin 157
Moderator: Caitlyn Collins

• Andreea Coca | Madrid is Killing Me; Urban Spaces and Spanish Women’s Emancipation in Four Spanish Films
• Yukta Kumar | Constituting the South African Nation-State: Refugees and Refugee Camps
• Aisha Fukushima | Guilty Until Proven Innocent: Racial Profiling at Schiphol Airport
• David Blanchard | Duwamish Identity
• Caitlyn Collins | Bedrooms and Belongings: Material Representations of Divorce for Adolescents

Environmental Degradation • Science 151
Moderator: Faith Applewhite

• Brice Crayne | Assessing Traditional Food Contamination of the Karuk Tribe of Northern California
• Chris Fryefield | Conflicts and Coalitions in Invasive Species Management
• Emily Davis and Aaron David | Mussels of the Klamath and Salmon Rivers: The Ecology of an Underappreciated Taxon
• Faith Applewhite | Mental Health Impacts of Cultural Genocide Resulting from Environmental Degradation