Oral Presentations

The 2025 INSPIRE Student Research and Engagement Conference was held on April 7-8, 2025. This conference combined and expanded upon what used to be the Graduate College Symposium and the CSBS Undergraduate Student Research Conference.

ALL undergraduate and graduate students across campus were invited to share their research, scholarship, creative, internship and/or service learning projects. Clubs and other student groups could also do presentations or set up tables and have demonstrations. The conference was held face-to-face in Rod Library.

To view the collection of conference programs, click here.
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Schedule
2025
Monday, April 7th
10:00 AM	Mystery Cave Underground: Mapping for the Future Ryder Bates, University of Northern Iowa Easton Steffen, University of Northern Iowa 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
10:15 AM	Filming in Caves Easton Steffen, University of Northern Iowa Ryder Bates, University of Northern Iowa 10:15 AM - 10:30 AM
10:30 AM	Magnetotransport Properties of NiFe1+xMn1-xAl Heusler Alloys Salimatou Diallo, University of Northern Iowa Brandon Schmidt, University of Northern Iowa Jax Wysong, South Dakota State University Gavin Baker, University of Northern Iowa Parashu Kharel, South Dakota State University Pavel V. Lukashev, University of Northern Iowa 10:30 AM - 10:45 AM
11:00 AM	Community-Based Participatory Research Scholarship as a Curriculum Transformation in Higher Education Luthando Molefe, University of Northern Iowa 11:00 AM - 11:15 AM
11:15 AM	Navigating through the Unknown Waters of the Teaching Profession in a Rural School: A Beginner Teacher’s Self-Study Luthando Molefe, University of Northern Iowa 11:15 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM	The Influence of Field Experiences on English Language Teachers' Preparedness: An Analysis of Teacher Education in Nigeria Bushroh O. Animashaun, University of Northern Iowa 11:30 AM - 11:45 AM
12:00 PM	De QuikTrip a la Panadería: El Paisaje Lingüístico de Capitol East, Des Moines, Iowa Kathleen Hunter, University of Northern Iowa 12:00 PM - 12:15 PM
12:15 PM	¿Por qué Estudiar Español?: Un Examinación de los Motivaciones de los Estudiantes Universitarios Neah McGovern, University of Northern Iowa 12:15 PM - 12:30 PM
12:30 PM	The Use of Spanish in Political Advertisements Bailey Johnson, University of Northern Iowa 12:30 PM - 12:45 PM
1:00 PM	The Role of Capital on Literacy and Second Language Acquisition: A Cross-National Comparative Study Brenda Koumondji, University of Northern Iowa 1:00 PM - 1:15 PM
1:15 PM	Hireability of Female Hispanic Applicants by Accent/Career Type and Participant First Language Lauren Logue, University of Northern Iowa Helen C. Harton, University of Northern Iowa 1:15 PM - 1:30 PM
1:30 PM	Investigating Pronunciation Teaching Practices and Teachers’ Beliefs about Pronunciation in EFL Classrooms in Burkina Faso Moussa Barry, University of Northern Iowa 1:30 PM - 1:45 PM
1:45 PM	Second-Language Acquisition of French Nasal Vowels: Phonological and Orthographic Considerations Claire Tow, University of Northern Iowa 1:45 PM - 2:00 PM
Tuesday, April 8th
10:00 AM	Friendship with Violence: The Boffer LARPing Community Cassandra Ralston, University of Northern Iowa 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
10:15 AM	Women's Suffrage in the Cedar Valley: Professionalism and Women's Activism at the Iowa State Teachers College, 1860-1920 Amber Hoodjer, University of Northern Iowa 10:15 AM - 10:30 AM
10:30 AM	Gonna, Kinda, Nothin’, an’ so on: Attributions of Literary Dialect by American Versus British Writers Wesley Freiman, University of Northern Iowa 10:30 AM - 10:45 AM
10:45 AM	Following the Line Amber Jones, University of Northern Iowa 10:45 AM - 11:00 AM
12:00 PM	100th Day of School Celebration on Centenarians Hallory Domnick, University of Northern Iowa Melinda Heinz, University of Northern Iowa 12:00 PM - 12:15 PM
12:15 PM	Understanding Dementia Friendly Features of Public Bathrooms: Dementia-Friendly Bathroom Design Explored + Checklist Sarah Stegge, University of Northern Iowa Elsie Aslesen, University of Northern Iowa Gowri Betrabet Gulwadi, University of Northern Iowa Denell Henninger, University of Northern Iowa Janice Blevins, University of Northern Iowa 12:15 PM - 12:30 PM
12:30 PM	Investment Casting AM Burnout Time Identification and Usage with Machine Learning Samuel Bast, University of Northern Iowa 12:30 PM - 12:45 PM
12:45 PM	Exploring Spin-Gapless Semiconducting Properties of FeVTaAl and FeCrZrAl Caden Sadler, University of Northern Iowa Samuel Smith, University of Northern Iowa Brandon Schmidt, University of Northern Iowa Parashu Kharel Paul M. Shand, University of Northern Iowa 12:45 PM - 1:00 PM

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