Below is a list of the Posters and Oral Presentations delivered at the 2007 Black Hills Research Symposium. To read more about the event, check out the Campus Currents Article on 9th Annual BHRS

Posters

• PHYLOGEOGRAPHY OF THE BUSHTIT (PSALTRIPARUS MINIMUS)  
  Students: Jess Moser and John Klicka
  Faculty: Garth M. Spellman
  1st Place Winner
  
• THE INFLUENCE OF LEGAL AGE STATUS ON GAMBLING AND DRINKING PROBLEMS IN COLLEGE STUDENTS    
  Student: Krista B. Highland           
  Faculty: Scott F. Stoltenberg
  2nd Place Winner
  
• GENDER MODERATES ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN IMPULSIVITY AND NEUROTRANSMITTER GENES
  Student: Melissa Lehman
  Faculty: Scott F. Stoltenberg
  3rd Place Winner
  
• POTENTIAL ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEEN NEUROTRANSMITTER GENES AND GAMBLING ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIORS
  Student: Kelley K. Aline Faculty: Daniel Bergey, & Scott F. Stoltenberg
• A DNA BAR-CODING APPROACH TO ASSESS THE BIODIVERSITY OF BLACK HILLS ARACHNIDS
  Student:Emily J. Chiller                
  Faculty:  Cynthia Anderson & Shane K. Sarver
• VARIABILITY IN ALCOHOL PROBLEMS AND TOBACCO USE DEPENDENT ON GENDER, BUT NOT ON GENOTYPE.
  Student:  Jeanie Stockland
  Faculty:  Daniel Bergey & Scott F. Stoltenberg
• GENETIC VARIATION IN THE SMOOTH GREEN SNAKE, OPHEODRYS VERNALIS, IN SOUTH DAKOTA                           
  Student:  Laurelin Cottingham
• INFLUENCE OF GAMBLING BEHAVIOR, GAMBLING BELIEFS AND NEUROTRANSMITTER GENE VARIATION ON IOWA GAMBLING TASK PERFORMANCE
  Student:Joanna M. Vandever        
  Faculty: Scott F. Stoltenberg, Dan Bergey
• PRIMARY GUSTATORY CENTERS IN THE ZEBRAFISH BRAIN                
  Student: David Czerny                 
  Faculty: Charles Lamb
• BLACK HILLS STATE UNIVERSITY DINING OPTIONS
  Students: Wendy Regynski, Jason Fall, Deann Neuberger and Lindsay Holum
• GENE EXPRESSION IN ECOLOGICALLY MEANINGFUL CONTEXTS:  EVOLUTION OF PLANT DEFENSES IN COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENTS
  Student: Riston Haugen                
  Faculty: David H. Siemens, Richard Gayle
• NOVEL ALTERNATIVE SPLICING OF A TOMATO CALMODULIN GENE VARIANT, EXON SHUFFLING, AND THE EVOLUTION OF NEW GENES IN THE SOLANACEAE PLANT FAMILY
  Student:Tracy Kobbermann
  Faculty: Daniel Bergey
• GENDER DIFFERENCES IN PROBLEM GAMBLING AND DRINKING, AND AN ANALYSIS OF SPECIFIC BEHAVIORS THAT PUT MALES AT RISK             
  Student:Natalie Lecy
  Faculty: Scott F. Stoltenberg
• GENETIC POPULATION STRUCTURE OF THE FINESCALE DACE, PHOXINUS NEOGAEUS AND THEIR HYBRIDS                                
  Student: Jake Miller                                    
  Faculty: Cynthia Anderson, Shane Sarver
• NON-RADIOACTIVE THIAMINASE ASSAY           
  Student: Jessica Partridge             
  Faculty: Micheal Zehfus
• THE CIRCLE OF LITERATURE CIRCLES: CRITICAL THINKING COMMUNITIES                                 
  Student: Chantelle O’Dell             
  Faculty: Dr. Joanna Jones
• SEROTONIN-RELATED GENE POLYMORPHISMS ASSOCIATED WITH DECISION-MAKING BEHAVIOR                                        
  Student: Ben Roman                      
  Faculty: Scott F. Stoltenberg, & Daniel Bergey

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

• MATTHEWS OPERA HOUSE
  Students: Anne Dickman, Tami Blewett, and Hayley Jones
  1st Place Winner
  
• PREDICTING ATTITUDES TOWARDS ABORTION
  Student: Lindsay Bruckner
  Faculty: Pam Carriveau
• SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS AND ITS ROLE IN THE AGING POPULATION
  Student:Becky Ellingson
  Faculty: Pam Carriveau
• FORGOTTEN AREAS OF THE NORTHERN BLACK HILLS         
  Student: Marcus Fox John Berg
• CREATING A CULTURE OF SERVICE
  Students: Amanda Scott, Kelly Kirk, Jim Holmes, and Clint Augustson
• AN ANALYSIS OF BEER TRENDS IN THE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY
  Student: Aaron Renville
• CASEY PETERSON & ASSOCIATES MARKETING RESEARCH
  Students: Loren Odgard and Rocky Ruzicka