LVC students share research at annual Inquiry Symposium

Inquiry

Inquiry 2025

Inquiry 2025 concluded on Thursday, April 24, with the Inquiry Symposium, a signature event showcasing LVC students’ diverse talents. At the symposium, undergraduates from every academic department displayed their work to an audience of faculty, peers, Trustees, and administrators.

2025 Displays by Program

  • “Investigation of Expansins in Early Diverging Land Plant Lineages” – Maddisyn Behney &?Tyani Orta
  • “Microparticles formed from proteins found in cereal grains” – Ainsley Buia
  • “Environmental Effects on Oak Regeneration” – Kenzie Rohrer
  • “Trans-Feminine Identities in Funeral Parade of Roses: A Historical Comparison to 1960s Japan” – Kennedy Cohen
  • “Angels in America and the Battle Against Conservatism During the AIDS Crisis” – Bryn Deibel
  • “Same Story, Different Terms: Audre Lorde vs. James Baldwin on Intersectionality” – Kohai Pavan
  • “Boys Don’t Cry (1999): Combatting Transgender Stereotypes in the 1990s” – Lindsay Weidner
  • “Craft Call” – Denise Colon Olivencia, Sam Dozier, Brady Frankland, Jacob Kramer
  • “Individual Course Project (Mobile App Enterpreneurship)” – Brian Goodwin
  • “Compost Connect” – Ben Hare, James King, Hunter Nelson, Andrew Steckel
  • “Restroom Radar” – Hannah Kohr, Ashanti Ros, Jacob Snarksy, Alyssa Werner
  • “SmartSocial” – Daniel Murtha, Mason Proskin, Caleb Shade,?Emilie Whitewolf
  • “Looo – Capstone Project” – Ki Shon, Tyler Singer, Jacob Winter
  • “Exploring Generation Loss in Photogrammetry and 3D Printing” – Brandon Davidsen
  • “Incorporating Movement to Enhance Engagement” – Meghan Byrnes
  • “Increasing Writing Fluency Through Quick Write Intervention Strategy” – Taylor Graham
  • “Behavior Intervention for a Student with ADHD” – Colin Hughes
  • “The Impact of Visual Supports on Hand Raising” – Hannah Mills
  • “Question Writing Interventions” – Sophia Piepmeier
  • “Social Praise vs. Edible Reinforcement for Students in an Autistic Support Classroom” – Riley Simon
  • “Spectrum Senses” – Haley Thunberg
  • “In Defense of Ghost Stories: How Irish Folklore Illustrates the Importance of Vernacular Culture Preservation” – Lucey Walton
  • “Water Quality Assessment of the Quittapahilla Creek” – Delaney Dyer,?Abigail Sausser
  • “Using Benthic Macroinvertebrates to Indirectly Determine Water Quality” – Charles Katona
  • “Effects of the Spotted Lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) Invasion on Insect Community Abundance in the Wood Thrush Research Preserve” – Bryce Schofield
  • “Barriers to Exercise” –?Krystian Hammaker,?Erin Yorke
  • “Meta-Analysis of NCAA Women’s Gymnastics and Football Injuries” – Hannah Bashore, Madison Miller
  • “Body Comp” – Megan Fedder, Erin Yorke
  • “Core and Spinal Stability Exercise Class” – Alexis Goldsborough, Taylor Straley
  • “Examining the Relationship Between Barriers to Being Active, Engagement in Aerobic Activity, and Health Outcomes in College Students Compared to Faculty and Staff” –?Krystian Hammaker,?Erin Yorke
  • “Meta-Analysis of NCAA Men’s Wrestling and Football Injuries” – Lydia Haggy, Victoria Manmiller
  • “Penn State Hershey Cardiac Rehab Case Study” – Sarah Honsel, Alexandra Janner
  • “Return to Play Metabolics for University of Delaware Women’s Ice Hockey” – Char Kauffman
  • “Meta-Analysis of NCAA Field Hockey and Football Injuries” – Joseph Martin, Ashton Sloan
  • “Meta-Analysis of NCAA Volleyball and Football Injuries” – Taylor Mazanek, Jessi Wenger
  • “Sprinting for Speed” – Brody Robinson
  • “Markerless Motion Capture Using Ai” – Andrew Steckel, Alexander Wiggins
  • “Dutchmen Nutrition Station” – Matthew Taskowitz
  • “Gender Disparities in ACL Injury Risk” – Veronica Venezia
  • “TBD” – Mackenzie Koller
  • “Preschool Program” – Ashley Hart, Jacob Houp, Jordan Knouse, Laura Nye, Cora Patterson, Josie Riberdy, Sara Wray, Aidan Younkin
  • “Combattre les gangs et la traite des personnes en Haiti” – Nathan Argiro
  • “La Médecine féminine aux ?tats-Unis et en France” – Stella Phillips
  • “Exploring Matchgate Circuits” – Olivia Delgiacco
  • “Polygons and Werner States” – Justin DeShong
  • “Spectral Deep Learning for ACL Injury Classification: A Convolutional Neural Network Approach to Knee Joint Movement Analysis” – Christopher Mingus
  • “Transverse Single-Spin Asymmetries in Inclusive DIS and SIDIS Production of Photons: Numerical Predictions using Models for Multi-Parton Correlators” – Michael Harris, Jack Putnam
  • “Differences in Psychological Health Among People with God-Focused or Self-Focused Spirituality” – Olivia Bartal, Jamie Sweigart
  • “Does Infant Gaze Influence Inexperienced Caregivers’ Perceptions of Infant Vocalizations?” – Lydia Crespo, Sara Dintiman, Emma Rjepaj, Alexandra Wasko
  • “Defining Academic Success Via GPA & Effective School-Based Behaviors/Attitudes” – Ashley Darrow, Erin Miller, Samantha Miller, Bret Miller, Margaret Neyer, Hannah Shelley, Alexandra Ward, Alexandra Wasko
  • “Fear responses of Rats” – Ashley Darrow, Brooke Eberhard, Aubryn Mastellar, Kylie Metzler, Aubri Noll, Caleb Sikalis
  • “Impact of Exercise Duration and Structure on Attention Span: Effects of Multitasking, Selective Attention, and Overall Cognitive Focus” – Marina Gerges,?Kaitlyn Snyder
  • “Queer Health and Body Image” – Cheyenne Lehman
  • “Re-nativizing Wellness: Eco-therapy, Ethnobotony, & Community in the LVC Commons” – Kati Shanaman
  • “Assessing Accessibility: Experiences of Students with Accommodations at LVC” – John Adams, Nathan Argiro, Alyxander Behm, Joseph Beidler, Marina Biltcliff, Ainsley Bressler, Myrella Burfeind, Gabriela Delgado, Jake Detwiler, Drew Dorsey, Ben Farmer, Nate Fish, Trevor Gallagher, Abigail Hamilton, Mackenzie Koller, Ayden Kunkel, Brodie Lyons, Max Lyshchuk, Emma Mitchell, Christian Morrison, Brenna Mulcahy, Anna Petry, Gryphyn Phillips, Abigail Reed, Emma Ross, Alyson Sager, Emilee Schmidt, Taylor Stone, Ryan Talton, Lydia Winn, Chelly Wolff