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Fourteen Shepherd University students participate in social research conference

ISSUED: 18 May 2005
MEDIA CONTACT: Valerie Owens
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(Fourteen Shepherd University students participate in social research conference)

Shepherdstown, WV--Fourteen Shepherd University students participated in the 25th Mid-Atlantic Undergraduate Social Research Conference on April 19 at Elizabethtown College, Pennsylvania. Approximately 200 students represented 16 schools giving presentations or posters.

Jefferson County residents submitting papers include Adam Hunt, Shepherdstown, "The Effects of Sundowning on Nursing Home Patients in a Veteran's Hospital"; Lauren McKee, Shepherdstown, "Stress and Coping Skills of Undergraduates"; Christopher Patterson, Charles Town, "Gender and Attitudes Toward Rap Music"; Chris Brown, Kearneysville, "Terrorism and the Theories of Marx and Durkheim"; and Jake Nelson, Shenandoah Junction, "Gender and Attitudes of College Students about the Presentation of Women in Advertisements."

Berkeley County residents submitting papers include Ezekial Holt, Martinsburg, "Art and Sport in Late Meiji and Taisho Japan"; Christy Lebida, Martinsburg, "Characteristics of Personnel Who Have Completed Treatment"; Karlee Williams, Hedgesville, "Domestic Violence: Victim or Abuser? Creating an Assessment Tool"; and Belita Bailey, Falling Waters, "Recidivism to Acute Care Psychiatric Treatment by the Mentally Ill as Influenced by Medication Compliance."

Other students submitting papers include Julie Dawson, Vienna, "Simmel and Durkheim Take on the Sims"; Justin Evans, Moorefield, "Negative Labels, Falling Grades"; Kim Scritchfield, Myersville, Maryland, "Late Hospice Referrals Affect the Duration of the Time Patients Spend in Hospice Care"; Amanda Hartman, Finksburg, Maryland, "Parental Involvement and the Impact on Their Children's Education"; and Pamela Cooper, Stephens City, Virginia, "The Effects of Gender on Attitude Toward Premarital Cohabitation."

At this year's conference Dr. V.J. Brown, dean of the School of Social Sciences and Business, was awarded for his pioneering work and dedication to the creation and perpetuation of the conference. Villanova University, Towson University, Shippensburg University and Hood College were among the 16 schools participating. The first Mid-Atlantic Undergraduate Social Research Conference was convened on the Elizabethtown College Campus on April 6, 1981.

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