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Table of Contents

 

Servant Scholars Program

Generation Fit: A Focus on Health and Wellness in LaGrange, Georgia  

Authors: Cassandra Bates, Nicholas Rawls, Macy Milford, Maggie Ivester, Chris Smith, Paige Taylor, Chandler Joyner, Delani White, Jacob Krzysiak, Kylie Taunton, and Garrett Wallace
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Jack Slay

 

Department of Business and Non-profit Studies

United Parcel Service, Inc. Financial Analysis

Authors: Emily Hampton
Faculty Sponsor: Professor Cindi Bearden

 

Artificial Intelligence and the U.S. Economy

Authors: Kendra Mobley
Faculty Sponsor: Professor Cindi Bearden

 

Department of Exercise Science

Effects of Interinning Dynamic and Static Stretching on Pitching Velocity and Perception in D-III Baseball Players

Authors: Elijah M. Brague & Isaiah A. Garris
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Jason Casey

 

Relationship Between Maximal Isometric Strength and 20-meter Sprint Times in Division I Men’s Soccer Players

Authors: Katie Jacobsen
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Chris Bellon

 

Force Production Asymmetry and Jumping Performance in Baseball Players

Authors: Chandler Joyner
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Chris Bailey

 

Relationship Between the Eccentric Utilization Ratio and 20meter Sprint Times in Division I Men’s Soccer Players

Authors: Kelsey Lewis
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Chris Bellon

 

Effect of Low-Frequency Electrical Stimulus as a Mean of Post-Activation Potentiation on Vertical Jump

Authors: Madison D. McCollough, Shenelle A. Toxen, Kristen A. Grover
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Jason Casey

 

Blood Flow Restriction on Grip Strength and Forearm Hypertrophy Division III Collegiate Baseball Players

Authors: Jackson W. Patrick, Alex M. Gaba, William H. Peatross
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Jason Casey and Dr. Chris Bailey
  

Comparison of Plethysmography and BMI-Based Equations for Estimating Body Fat in Female Collegiate Gymnasts

Authors: Lea Ann Porter
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Jason Casey

 

Homeward Bound: An Incredible Journey from Pet Therapy to Jumping Performance

Authors: Lea Ann Porter, Ashlan Bloodworth, Kaitlin Lovins, Emily Cauldwell
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Chris Bailey and Dr. Jason Casey

 

Relationships Between Jumping and Baseball Performance

Authors: Stanton Rogers
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Chris Bailey

 

Influence of Pre-Performance Routines on Perpetual Preparedness in Collegiate Baseball Players

Authors: Gregory Thomas Jr.
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Jason Casey

 

Department of Fine and Performing Arts: Art and Design

Time for Tea: The Embodiment of Zen

Authors: Jessica Mae Morgan
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Dorothy Joiner

 

Department of Fine and Performing Arts: Music and Digital Creative Media & Film

Kenopsia

Authors: Coral Douglas
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Mitch Turner

 

Ruby

Authors: Alania Magree & Coral Douglas
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Mitch Turner

 

The Time Machine

Authors: Wesley Walker & Cole Juskus
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Mitch Turner

 

Department of Humanities: English

Mythical and Biblical Allusions in W.T. Stead’s New Journalism   

Authors: Sadie Gibson
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Dulin-Mallory

 

On Charles Lamb’s Romantic Essays 

Authors: Jeris Johnson
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Dulin-Mallory

 

And Then I Woke Up: Violence, Good and Evil, Morality and Consequences in Blood Meridian, The Road, No Country for Old Men and Outer Dark

Authors: Chris Jones
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Dulin-Mallory

 

Hypocrites and Anti-Semitism: Representation of Christians and Jews in Marlowe’s The Jew of Malta and Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice

Authors: Jacob Krzysiak
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Dulin-Mallory

 

People with Guns Speak First: Perspective, Authority, and Ownership in Ernest J. Gaines’s A Gathering of Old Men  

Authors: Rebekah Lee
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Dulin-Mallory

 

Department of Sciences: Biology

Effect of Prescribed Burning on Forest Tree Diversity and Species Composition of Understory Woody Regeneration

Authors: Daniel Blankenship
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Mark Yates

 

Expression of Caspase-8 in SH-SY5Y Cells After Acute Exposure to Chlorpyrifos

Authors: Lexi Hall
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Melinda Pomeroy-Black

 

Examining the Effects of Common Pharmaceuticals on the Growth of Freshwater Bacteria Isolated from Streams in LaGrange, GA

Authors: Trey Ward
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Molli Newman

 

Department of Sciences: Chemistry

Synthesis of 3,5-dimethoxyphenyl-1-methyl C60 [6,5] Open Fulleroid and its Diasteriometric Isomer, [6,6] Closed Methanofullerene

Authors: Jacob Fussell
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Melvin Hall