Join us on Thursday, March 26 for the 11th Annual Research Symposium! Guest speaker presenting will be Jaret Heise, Science Liaison Director for the Sanford Interim Lab.
The Black Hills Research Symposium is an interdisciplinary conference to showcase undergraduate research activity in the Black Hills region.
Submissions are accepted from university students in the Black Hills to present posters or to give oral presentations describing completed scholarly work. This work is done in collaboration with a faculty research mentor.
During the Black Hills Research Symposium, a panel of experts will judge student presentations and award cash prizes for the top presentations.
Agenda:
- March 25: Poster Presentations - All Day - Meier Hall Lobby
- March 25: Poster Judging, Question and Answer Session - 3:00 to 5:00 p.m.
- March 26: Student Research presentations - Meier Hall Choir Room
- 9:00 to 9:15 a.m. Adriane Bohlender
“Teammates in Learning: A Unique Action Research Collaboration between Higher and Lower Education.”
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Len Austin
- 9:20 to 9:35am Josh McDonald
“A Theoretical Interpretation of Max Weber and The Matrix.”
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Laura Colmenero-Chilberg
- 9:40 to 9:55am Erin E. Murtha
“Anne Bradstreet: Expanding a Community of Love.”
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Vincent King
- 10:00 to 10:15am Ben Reiter
“ Beyond War Criticism: Re-Reading Dos Passos' Three Soldiers and Willa Cather's One of Ours.”
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Vincent King
- 10:20 to 10:35am Eric Zimmer
“Sobriety Program Evaluation.”
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Stephen Pratt
- 10:40 to 10:55am Jake Miller
“Microsatellite Development and Characterization in finescale dace (Phoxinus neogaeus) and interspecific amplification in northern redbelly dace (Phoxinus eos).”
Faculty Mentors: Dr. Cynthia Anderson and Dr. Shane Sarver
- March 26: Reception - 12:00 p.m.
- March 26: Student Awards Ceremony - 12:30 p.m.
- March 26: Keynote Speaker, Dr. Jaret Heise - 12:45 p.m.
Read more about the outcome of last year's research symposium below.
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| Joanna Vandever, Black Hills State University senior psychology major from Spearfish, explains her research poster titled, “Serotonin Transporter Genotype and Gender are associated with Iowa Gambling Task Performance: Results from a Non-clinical Population” at the tenth annual Black Hills Research Symposium held recently on the BHSU campus. Vandever earned first place in the student poster presentations. |
Black Hills State University recently hosted the tenth annual Black Hills Research Symposium.
The symposium is a conference which showcases the research of undergraduate students at BHSU in a variety of topics from the different academic areas. This year the symposium featured 13 students who presented poster presentations and 8 students who delivered oral presentations.
Dr. Jose Alonso, director of the Sanford Undergraduate Science and Engineering Laboratory at the former site of Homestake Mine in Lead, delivered the keynote speech for the conference. Alonso told the students that the lab will bring a multitude of opportunities for the region.
“Deep science is the new frontier. There are lots of opportunities for students to get involved with the lab,” Alonso said.
Alonso added that he expects a huge amount of research and development as the infrastructure develops and he believe that there’s great potential for tourism through outreach programs.
The winners of this year’s student presentations were:
First place poster:
Joanna Vandever, senior psychology major from Spearfish
Faculty mentors: Scott Stoltenberg, Dan Bergey, and Parthasarathi Nag
Title: “Serotonin Transporter Genotype and Gender are Associated with Iowa Gambling Task Performance: Results from a Non-clinical Population"
Second place poster:
Samantha Sharpe, senior biology major from Rapid City
Faculty mentor: Scott Stoltenberg
Title: “Dopaminergic Gene Polymorphisms Show No Association with Depression, Anxiety, and Stress”
Third place poster:
Laura Nord, senior biology major from Spearfish and
Samantha Hersrud, integrative genomics graduate student from Sturgis
Faculty mentor: Scott Stoltenberg
Title: “Alcohol-related Problems are Not Associated with Dopamine Transporter (DAT1) Genotype”
Oral presentation winner:
Kelly Kirk, senior history major from Beulah, N.D.
Faculty mentor: David Wolff
Title: "The Commerce Question: Commerce and its Influence on the Articles of Confederation”
Undergraduate research is a top priority at BHSU. These students were among the twenty BHSU students that presented their research at the 22nd National Conference for Undergraduate Research (NCUR) at Salisbury University in Maryland this spring.