Geneseo to Host COPLAC Undergraduate Conference

Sturges Quad

Sturges Quad (SUNY Geneseo photo/Keith Walters '11)

More than 70 students and faculty sponsors from COPLAC institutions in the Northeast will convene on campus October 12–13 as Geneseo hosts the 2018 Northeast Regional Undergraduate Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity Conference (URSCA).

Participating COPLAC members include Eastern Connecticut University, Keane State University (NH), Mansfield University (PA), Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, Ramapo College of New Jersey and SUNY Geneseo. Presentations will include posters, oral presentations, performances, creative writing presentations, and visual artists.

Last year, 12 SUNY Geneseo students presented at the NEURSCA hosted by Mansfield University.

This year, the following students will present (major and faculty sponsor indicated):

  • Brandon Burger ’19 (history/Professor Emilye Crosby): "Like a Tree Beside the Water: Amzie Moore, Bob Moses, and the Reinvention of SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee)"
  • Lina Clifford ’19 (geography/Assistant Professor Steve Tulowiecki): "Old-growth Forests in New York State"
  • Shannon Curley ’20 (geography/Assistant Professor Steve Tulowiecki): "Contested Spaces: Changing Borders and Life in the West Bank (Arab-Israeli Conflict)"
  • Emma Lupoli ’21 (education/Associate Professor Doug MacKenzie): "Tobii Dynavox Eye Gaze Device as a Means of Augmentative Alternative Communication (AAC) in an Educational Setting"
  • Hannah McClow ‘20, Kevin Palmisano ’18, Corey Wilkinson ‘19 (physics/Distinguished Teaching Professor Of Physics Steve Padalino): "Characterizing ICF Neutron Diagnostics on the nTOF line at SUNY Geneseo"
  • Harrison Moses ’18 (anthropology/Associate Professor Barb Welker): "Bite Force Analysis"
  • Isabel Owen ‘18 (history/Professor Emilye Crosby): "Lessons From the Past: What Can the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Teach Today’s Organizers?"
  • Simran Singh ‘19 (chemistry/Lecturer Barnabas Gikonyo): "Evaluating the Promise of Calcium Phosphate Cements to Transfer Proteins to Fractured Bone Site Part 1: Diffusion Studies"
  • Colleen Steward ’19 (chemistry/Lecturer Barnabas Gikonyo): "Role of Epigenetically Dysregulated Glycine N-methyltransferase in Diet-Induced Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease"
  • Scott Williams ’20 (geography/Assistant Professor Steve Tulowiecki): "Lake Ontario flooding in Monroe County: Plan 1958DD and Plan 2014"