Student Scholars of Excellence submitted both a paper and poster to the SEARCH Symposium Student Showcase. Papers are read and ranked within the categories of humanities, sciences, and arts by Asbury University's Liberal Arts Council. The overall winner receives a cash award of $1,000 and the runners-up from the two remaining categories receive $500.
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Glenn Harden Course: Migration Project title: Religion, Race, and the Refugee Experience in Greece
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Vicki Bell Course: Music Theory Project title: How Form Reinforces Meaning- A Formal Analysis of Benjamin Britten’s Canticle II
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Bruce Branan Course: Senior Seminar Project title: Low-Field 1H NMR Quantification of Capsaicin in Five Capsicum Varieties
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Julianne Burnett Course: OT 200 Pentateuch Project title: Exodus 32-34 and Numbers 14 as Original and Authoritative Contexts for the ‘Character Creed’
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Bruce Branan Course: CHE 400 Senior Research Title: Identifying and quantifying antidepressants in the Wilmore treated wastewater during a pandemic
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Vicki Bell Course: MTH 311 Form and Analysis Project title: Op. 87 No. 2: Origin in Tradition, Birthed in Controversy
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Nathan Miller Project Title: Mazeppa: Liszt’s Development of a Tense Symphonic Poem
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Chris Bounds Project Title: The Form of Leadership: A Missing Piece in Plato’s Republic
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Janet Dean Project Title: Gender Roles, Religion, and Self-Discrepancies
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Marcia Hurlow Project Title: The Pluralization of Ithaka
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. David Swartz Project Title: Stuck in the Middle with You: A Glimpse into Kentucky’s Complex Experiences in the American Civil War
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Janet Dean Project Title: The Mediating Role of Shame in the Relationship Between Thoughts about God and Mental Health
Faculty Sponsor: Marcia Hurlow, Ph.D., M.F.A. Project Title: Poetry Matters in the Face of Sex Trafficking and Sexual Violence
Faculty Sponsor: David R. Swartz, Ph.D. Project Title: Feuds and Dehumanization: Becoming the “Other”
Faculty Sponsor: Janet B. Dean, Ph.D. Project Title: Understanding Psychological Distress within the Christian Student Community: The Influence of Resilience and God Representations