Below is a list of winning Posters and Oral Presentations delivered at past Black Hills Research Symposia
Winning Oral Presentation from 2010
Winning Posters from 2010
Undergraduate Poster
Graduate Poster
- Joseph D. Manthey and Dr. Garth M. Spellman, "Ecological niche modeling corroborates cryptic species delimitation in the Brown Creeper (Certhiaamericana)"
Winning Posters from 2009
Undergraduate Poster
- Jake Miller, senior biology major from Spearfish - “Microsatellite Development and Characterization in finescale dace (Phoxinus neogaeus) and interspecific amplification in northern redbelly dace (Phoxinus eos).” Miller was mentored by Dr. Cynthia Anderson, research faculty in the Center for the Conservation of Biological Resources (CCBR), and by Dr. Shane Sarver, professor and director of CCBR.
- Wendy O’Lexey, junior special education major from Rock Springs, Wyo. - “The relationship between Word Use Fluency and Reading Comprehension among Caucasian and Native American students.” O’Lexey was mentored by Dr. Lee Pearce, associate professor of education.
- Matthew O. Luebeck, sophomore psychology major from Hot Springs - “Are Negative Childhood Experience and 5-HTTLPR Genotype Associated with Alcohol Problems?” Luebeck was mentored by Dr. Scott Stoltenberg, associate professor of psychology.
Graduate Poster
- The award for best graduate poster went to Joseph D. Manthey, from Fond Du Lac, Wisc., who is pursuing a masters degree in integrative genomics. Manthey’s winning poster was titled “Methods for Development of PCR Primers for Twenty Anonymous Nuclear Loci in the Brown Creeper (Certhia americana).” He was mentored by Dr. Garth Spellman, assistant professor of science.
Winning Posters from 2008
- 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
Winning Oral Presentations from 2008
- MATTHEWS OPERA HOUSE
Students: Anne Dickman, Tami Blewett, and Hayley Jones
1st Place Winner