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1:00pm EDT

Textual & Investigative Posters Montview Alumni Ballroom "Thank God for Michigan": Michigan Troops in the Civil War Montview Alumni Ballroom A Preventable Tragedy: Taking a Look at the Great Molasses Flood in Boston, 1919 and Its Effect on the United States Montview Alumni Ballroom Analysis of the Contents of Oral Histories from the Voices of 9.11 Archive and the Naval History and Heritage Command Records of 9/11 at the Pentagon Montview Alumni Ballroom Barefoot Shoes: The Effect on Health and Wellness Montview Alumni Ballroom Barriers to Breastfeeding in Marginalized Communities in the U.S Montview Alumni Ballroom Born Too Soon, Dying Too Early: Preventable Neonatal Deaths in Rural Uganda Montview Alumni Ballroom Breastfeeding and Infant Health in Guatemala: A Systematic Review (2015–2025) Montview Alumni Ballroom Breastfeeding and Infant Health in Virginia: A Systematic Review (2015-2025) Montview Alumni Ballroom Disparities in US Ultra-Processed Food Consumption Montview Alumni Ballroom Distribution of Virginia Pollinator Insect Specimens from the Liberty University Natural History Collection Montview Alumni Ballroom Effects of SES, Bedtime Rules, and Screen Time on Adolescent Obesity Montview Alumni Ballroom Emergency Department-Initiated Buprenorphine and 30-Day MOUD Engagement in U.S. Adults with Opioid Use Disorder Montview Alumni Ballroom Evolving Marxist Criticism of Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath": Theological Tensions, Class Consciousness, and Cultural Relevance Montview Alumni Ballroom Extreme Heat Exposure During Pregnancy and Adverse Birth Outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa Montview Alumni Ballroom Impact of Family on Child Nutritional Health: A Literature Review Montview Alumni Ballroom Is Everything Awesome? Cultural Apologetics in a Metamodern Age Montview Alumni Ballroom Joy Under the Sun: Ecclesiastes and Existential Positive-Psychology Montview Alumni Ballroom Limited Access to Reproductive Health Care and Maternal Health Outcomes in Lynchburg, Virginia Montview Alumni Ballroom Mapping the Barriers: A Socioecological Scoping Review of Healthcare Access Among International Students in the United States Montview Alumni Ballroom Mental Health Consequences of Climate-Related Hazards: A US Case Study Montview Alumni Ballroom Metamodernism in Music Montview Alumni Ballroom Mining and Agricultural Expansion–Driven Deforestation as a Determinant of Malaria Risk: A Comparative Narrative Review of Zimbabwe and Nigeria Montview Alumni Ballroom Mythological Literature and the Metamodern Turn: An Augustinian Analysis Montview Alumni Ballroom PFAS Exposure and Its Influence on Fetal and Early Childhood Development Montview Alumni Ballroom Rising Waters and Resilient Hollers Montview Alumni Ballroom Shepherds in the Great War: The Evolution of the U.S. Army Chaplaincy and the Service of Malcolm Taylor in World War I Montview Alumni Ballroom Standing Firm: The Theological Significance of στήναι / στῆτε in Ephesians 6:10–20 Montview Alumni Ballroom Systematic Review on Tertiary Policies and Programs for Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence in the U.S. (2020-2024) Montview Alumni Ballroom The Effect of Enzyme Inhibition and Release of Hydrogen Sulfide: A Medicinally Therapeutic Study Montview Alumni Ballroom The Effect of Hormonal Contraceptives on ACL Tear Incidence: A Critically Appraised Topic Montview Alumni Ballroom The Effects of Ultra-Processed Foods on Metabolic Health Among Young Adults Montview Alumni Ballroom The Mentality of Women: The Accuracy of Mental Illness Treatment in Dreaming in Cuban Montview Alumni Ballroom Vaccine or No Vaccine? A Sudden Rise in Ancient Diseases Montview Alumni Ballroom Vicarious Trauma and Compassion Fatigue Among Counselors Serving Law Enforcement Populations Montview Alumni Ballroom

10:00am EDT

Textual & Investigative Oral Presentations JFL From Theses to Podcasts: A Digital Humanities Analysis of Religious Communication from the Reformation to the Digital Age JFL 261B - Group Study Room Landscape in Early 20th Century Canadian Literature JFL 380 - Scholars Lounge Past His Prime: Polonius and the Language of Advice JFL 362 - Scholars Conference Room The Cold War's Impact on ABBA--The USSR's Temporary Acceptance of ABBA JFL 261A - Group Study Room

10:30am EDT

A Parlamente of Liberté, Égalité, and Fraternité: Gender Inequality in the Heptameron JFL 001B - Terrace Conference Room Amplifying the Issues of Colorism: How Literature Challenges Colorist Beauty Standards JFL 362 - Scholars Conference Room Just One More Thing, S'il Vous Plaît: The Use of Affective Presentation in Fictional Detectives Hercule Poirot and Lt. Columbo JFL 380 - Scholars Lounge The Assessment of Women: A Study of the Recruitment, Assessment, and Training of Female Personnel in the OSS JFL 261B - Group Study Room To Loot or Not to Loot: The Rise and Fall of the Louvre (1793-1815) JFL 001A - Terrace Conference Room Women in the Early Church: Developing a Documentary JFL 261A - Group Study Room

11:00am EDT

Decoding Christianese: Analyzing the Double-Edged Sword of Evangelical Jargon JFL 380 - Scholars Lounge Enduring Legacies: The Constitutional and Policy Impact of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 JFL 001B - Terrace Conference Room Moving Toward Unworthy Life: German Eugenical Views Before 1933 JFL 261B - Group Study Room Myth in Service of Sin: Theology and Mythology in Dante's Inferno JFL 261A - Group Study Room Spirit-Enabled Sonship in Paul: Adoption and the Cry "Abba" JFL 362 - Scholars Conference Room Ulysses S. Grant: How an Author and a Memoir Saved a President JFL 001A - Terrace Conference Room

11:30am EDT

"I Guess It Was My Turn": German Public Perception of the Sterilization Program from 1933 - 1939 JFL 261B - Group Study Room A Pass From the Field to the Couch: The Story of How Television Spurred the Embedding of Professional Football in American Popular Culture JFL 001A - Terrace Conference Room Recovering Children's Choirs: Bonhoeffer's Musical Pneumatology and the Formation of Polyphonic Fellowship JFL 362 - Scholars Conference Room Taming the Spirits: How Late Antiquity Domesticated the Bible's Supernatural World JFL 380 - Scholars Lounge The Influence of Pre-War Cruiser Design and Doctrine on the Guadalcanal Campaign of World War II JFL 261A - Group Study Room When Faith Becomes a House of Cards: C.S. Lewis’ Lament JFL 001B - Terrace Conference Room

12:00pm EDT

A Created Longing: A Textual Analysis of Sehnsucht JFL 001A - Terrace Conference Room Mother-Daughter Ties Across Borders: Identity and Connection in Dreaming in Cuban JFL 001B - Terrace Conference Room Purposes for Sacred Song in Eighteenth-Century British Colonial America JFL 380 - Scholars Lounge The Lakota Sioux and the U.S.: What Went Wrong? JFL 261B - Group Study Room Theater of the Fright JFL 261A - Group Study Room Transnational Beings: Corner Store Entrepreneurship of MENA Immigrants of The Third Wave JFL 362 - Scholars Conference Room

12:30pm EDT

Beyond the Homefront: The Transformation of Women’s Military and Support Roles, 1941–1953 JFL 001B - Terrace Conference Room Euripides’ Medea as an Existential Protagonist: Comparing Conceptualizations of Fate in the 400s BC and the 1800s AD JFL 261A - Group Study Room Examining Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There: A Christian Calling to Spiritual Childhood JFL 380 - Scholars Lounge The Mentality of Women: The Accuracy of Mental Illness Treatment in Dreaming in Cuban JFL 261B - Group Study Room

1:00pm EDT

Authentic vs. Artificial Intelligence: The Effect of Generative AI on Users’ Brains JFL 261A - Group Study Room Influential Factors and Prospective Causes to the Development of Alzheimer’s Disease JFL 362 - Scholars Conference Room M.E. Bradford and American Conservatism JFL 261B - Group Study Room Not Allowed To Say Goodbye: The German Civilian's Perception of Aktion T4, 1939 - 1941 JFL 001A - Terrace Conference Room Playing the Past: Girls, Dolls, and Entrepreneurs JFL 380 - Scholars Lounge “Slaves to Sin:” Harnessing Neuroplasticity to Defeat Habitual Behaviors JFL 001B - Terrace Conference Room

1:30pm EDT

An Unfaltering Step to the End: An Analysis of Virginia Governor James L. Kemper's Veto of the 1874 Petersburg Charter JFL 261A - Group Study Room GUPPY: From Fleet Boat to Modern Submarine JFL 001B - Terrace Conference Room Inclusion May Affect Marching Band Members of Black Universities Differently than Members of White Universities: Narrative Inquiry JFL 362 - Scholars Conference Room Over the Garden Wall and The Divine Comedy: McHale's Modern Vision of Purgatory JFL 001A - Terrace Conference Room The Mythopoeic Translator in Peter Jackson’s The Fellowship of the Ring JFL 261B - Group Study Room

2:00pm EDT

American Phoenix: The Rise of J.D. Vance JFL 001B - Terrace Conference Room Choreographed Confession: Plath’s Engineered Extremity and Technical Voice JFL 261B - Group Study Room Winston Churchill's Crucial Role in Developing the Tank JFL 261A - Group Study Room “The Inspiration of Woman’s Genius:” The 1893 Columbian Exposition and Its Recognition of Women JFL 001A - Terrace Conference Room

2:30pm EDT

Epistemological Skepticism, Certainty, and How Knowledge Is Still Possible JFL 001A - Terrace Conference Room The Alarming Rise of Constitutional Illiteracy In America JFL 261B - Group Study Room The Secret Society of British Prisoners of War at the Albemarle Barracks JFL 261A - Group Study Room

11:30am EDT

Does a Youth-Led Faith Revival Suggest Promise for Reversing Decades-Long Trends of Religious Decline JFL 261A - Group Study Room