Projects
Important Projects I Have Created in Both Undergrad and Grad School.
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Evaluation of TNR Within a One Health Perspective
Abstract. This project aims to research, review, and share information on the effects of TNR within the One Health framework. A major concept being discussed is wildlife well-being and how it translates into human well-being.
Problem Statement. Wildlife health is suffering at the hands of outdoor cat communities due to predation and disease prevalence. Endangered species have become extinct due to outdoor cats, and other animals are being threatened with the possibility now.
Methods Overview. A literature review has been conducted to compare and contrast findings of TNR success, TNR methods, wildlife rates of predation by cats, and disease spread in both wildlife and humans from these cats.
Key Findings & Implications. High-intensity TNR works best if coupled with high adoption rates. However, there is a severe lack of research on wildlife recovery in TNR areas. Further research is needed.
Rats and The System
This project details how domestic rats fit into shelter systems.
Shelter needs of rats are included to help shelters build a new program that allows intake of rats.
Possible SOP topics are also recommended.
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Adoption of Pets with Behavioral Problems
This project provides details on an animal's journey through the shelter system when they have behavioral problems.
Sociolinguistic Multi-Point Analysis of Southern Appalachian English
Abstract. The following paper is constructed around a multi-point analysis of Appalachian English, specifically Southern Appalachian English (SAE). This type of Appalachian dialect is found in “West Virginia, eastern Kentucky and Tennessee, western Virginia and North Carolina, northern Georgia and Alabama, and northwestern South Carolina” (University of South Carolina, About). The first point being discussed is the origin of SAE. Linguistically, SAE has a rather mysterious nature and origin. There are many working theorists in the field of linguistics trying to discover where this unique dialect comes from; one such theory is the Scotch-Irish Theory. The second point of discussion is the sociolinguistic analysis of the stereotypes surrounding the SAE accent and dialect. For example, SAE speakers are typically thought to have a lower intelligence level compared to other Americans. The last point will explore the social impacts on SAE speakers. These social impacts are constructed upon listener bias and listener judgement, which stem from stereotyping.
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The Power of the Accent
Preliminary linguistic research for BA Thesis.
Abstract. There is substantial evidence that accents hold power over individuals within society, even though “accents merely refer to one’s manner of pronunciation…they are potent in capturing attention immediately. They may even outweigh other cues to social categorization, such as gender or visual cues of ethnicity” (Roessel, Janin, et al. 2018). Accents, both foreign/nonnative and regional, dictate how one lives their life. They also control the future of the speaker. Accents can impact the speaker both positively and negatively. These impacts depend specifically on where the speaker is geographically located. The location then influences how that region and/or country creates biases and judgements, which lead to stereotypes about the speaker’s accent.
Stereotypes, as exemplified in this paper, create a basis for how the speaker will be interpreted, treated, and perceived by fellow individuals in terms of academic, economic, emotional, and social factors. The key concepts discussed in this paper “foreign/nonnative accents, regional accents, listener bias, listener judgement, stereotype(s) and stereotyping, and accent modification) show how accents can control their speakers’ lives, making it either more difficult or better, or have no impact at all. This still depends on where the speaker is speaking.
Bacteriophage Therapy Treatment Of Salmonella Outbreaks In Food-Animal Production
BS Thesis Presentation
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Long-Term Damage from Leaching and Direct Pollution of Chemical Waste by Olin Corporation
Abstract. In Saltville, Virginia, a chemical corporation called Olin Corporation pumped chemicals into the surrounding ground and river, leading to several environmental damages. There have been cases against Olin Corporation, but they all seem to end the same way: Olin Corporation paying the minimum penalties and afterwards ignoring the chemical waste problems left in their wake. The cases held against them are in different states, not just Virginia, such as New York and North Carolina. For Saltville specifically, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) discovered high levels of mercury and alkali within both the soil and the water of the North Fork of the Holston River (NFHR). There were then laws passed and policies created to help protect the people of the town and the wildlife.