The Undergraduate Publications collection includes a selection of papers and presentations by Sacred Heart University students. Papers below may also be found under Undergraduate Publications within the various academic departments in this depository.
Submissions from 2023
Gender Differences in College Athletes Feelings of Burnout, Coaching Treatment, and Well-Being, Erin Burgess
The Crossroads of SHU SAACS, Stephanie Campbell
Effects of Oral Care, Juliette Canzona
Oral Care, Juliette Canzona
The Literary Comic Book: Reasoning for Why Comic Books Should be Regarded as Serious Literature, Matthew Carrara
Does Voluntary Euthanasia Fulfill or Contradict a Physicians’ Oath to “Do No Harm”, Sarah Margaret Carr
Disibility Laws and The Education System: Enough to Protect and Properly Educate Disabled Students?, Rena Casalinhor
Use of Daily Sedation Vacation Protocol in Prevention of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia, Theresa Cash
People Over Profit: Greed in Hospital Administrations as the Source of Nursing Shortages, Eva Cassellius
The Impact of Social Class on Health: How to Take Control, Jaycob Castillo
The Impact of Religion and Spirituality on Nursing Compassion Fatigue, Gabriella Catino
The Evaluation of Agritourism in Italy, Lucia Catino
English Language Proficiency: Effects on Stress and Well-Being, Jessica Catterson
Be Kind to Yourself: Examining How Self-Compassion Mediates the Relationship between Minority Stress and Health, Samantha Cavalea
Think Before You Speak: Examining the Impact of Ageist Labels on Perceptions of Older Adults, Samantha Cavalea, Devin McCarthy, Nicole Badia, Nicole Alvira, Victoria M. Federico, and Maria Pandolfo
The Relationship Between Cognition and Visual Statistical Learning, Olivia Cayward, Paige Donovan, Racquel Walsh, and Toni Young
Genetic Editing: Technology Ahead of Its Time, Natalie Champagne
The Rise of Art Therapy as a Robust Treatment for Mental Health Issues, Erin Clark
Opt-Out Mental Health Support Groups: Confronting Ethical and Financial Concerns for Parents Facing Childhood Cancer, Abigail Cofsky
Effect of COVID-19 on Child Development, Sydney Colesworthy
The Relationship Between Resolution of Semantic Interference and Non-verbal Inhibition, Sydney Collier, Mia Greenberg, Jessica Longa, and Erin Dobson
Early Mobilization as a Strategy to Decrease Rates of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia, Grace Conboy
Epidemiology Through the Lens of Differential Equations, Cameron Connelly
Shifting Disability Representation and Portrayal in Film and Television, Margaret Connolly
Optimization of a DNA Extraction Protocol for Meiofaunal Identification, Joanna Coreno and Lilly Bove
Free Will, Tyler Cramer
The Professional, Psychological, and Physical Effects on Women Who Face Gender Discrimination, Gabriella D'Arienzo
You Look So Good for Your Age: First Steps of Creating a Measure of Daily Experiences of Ageism, Francesca Davenport, Angelina M. Wargo, Angela C. White, and Ava K. Bjelka
Effect of Caffeine Ingestion on Softball Pitching Velocity and Accuracy, Rebecca Del Toro
Child Maltreatment & Juvenile Delinquents, Victoria DeMercurio
Conducting Literature Review on Alcohol-Drug Interaction in Diabetic Patient which Leads to Cusing Severe Effects on the Diabetic Patient along with the Treatment to Resolve the Adverse Effects, Vidhi Rajeshbhai Desai
The Effect of Self-affirmation on Memory for Negative Stimuli, Micaela Deutsch, Grace Del Pino, and Sam Cavalea
The Importance of Performing Arts in Development, Christopher Devlin
Giving New Life in More Ways Than One: Reimagining Mental Health Support for Pregnant Women, Natalie Dextradeur
With Obesity On the Rise, It Is More Important Than Ever to Live a Balanced and Healthy Lifestyle, Victor DiPierro
The Relationship Between Non-Verbal Inhibition and Lexical Retrieval, Erin Dobson, Sydney Collier, Jessica Longa, and Mia Greenberg
The Impact of Working from Home on Employees, Alexandra Doto, Jenna Erdman, Lilah Horn, and Madeline Shannon
The Negative Effects on Covid-19 Related Isolation On The Speech Development of Children, Jillian Duval
Feminism v. Femininity & Masculinity in The Hunger Games and Ulysses, Mackenzie Eaton
Baseline macroinvertebrate and infauna communities in an eroding salt marsh prior to restoration, Madison Eaton
Law As Literature: Within the Parameters of Literary and Linguistic Theory, Alyssa Ednie
A Women’s Choice to Abortion: A Look at History, Medical Prevention, and Consequentialism, Elaina Edwards
Should Major League Baseball Players Who Used Performance Enhancing Drugs be Allowed in the Hall of Fame?, Tyler Eisenhardt
The Influence of Social Media on Business & Communication, Julianne Erhard
The Digital Age is Making Us Worse Humans, Isabella Fabbo
Optimization of the Oxidation of 1-Phenylethanol, Caroline Faraday
The Influence of Artificial Turf Increasing Knee Joint Injuries Compared to Natural Grass, Lily Farrell
Social Media and its Effects on Mental Health, Christian Felipe
Piperine and 6-Gingerol Do Not Stimulate Proliferation of C2C12 Myoblasts, Alana Felix, Kendall Decker, and Brenna Regan
Name, Image, Likeness & It's Impact on College Athletics, Dominique Felix
Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period - How Resistance Training Can Help, Emma Felix
Women Fighting for Their Executive Spot in the Workplace, Allyson Ferreira
An Interdisciplinary Study on the Impact of Work-Family Conflict on Employed Mothers, Nicole Ferrero
Frankenediting: The Philosophical Monster Created by Editing Tools, Ava Flannery
Ethical Implications of the Fashion Industry, Ciara Flood
Asian Shore Crab Population Decline at a Marsh Restoration Site in Stratford, Connecticut, Leah Foito
How the Damage of Racism in Social Media Generates Social Activism, Jessica Fontaine
What Are The Long-Term Effects of Ocean Pollution, and Why Should We Care?, Elli Forgione
Validity of a Computer Vision System to Determine Bar Displacement and Velocity, Padraig Francis
Validity of Maximal Heart Rate During an Intermittent Cycle Test, Ella Frisbie
Validity of Maximal Heart Rate during an Intermittent Cycle Test - A Pilot Test, Ella Frisbie
Effects of using Continuous Endotracheal Cuff Pressure Control Systems on Rates of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia., Hannah Galeucia
Student Athletes and Access to Mental Health Resources on a College Campus, Maria Gambino
WallStreetBets: Evaluating Market Manipulation Through a Psychological and Legal Scope, Mark Garfinkel
The Use of Chlorhexidine in Combating Phlebitis, Gabrielle Gately
The Impact of Suctioning Frequency on Rates of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia, Sarah Gehrlein
Di-butyl Phthalate Disrupts Muscle, Motor and Sensory Neuron Development in Embryonic Zebrafish, John Paul Giacalone, Michael Fumo, Evelyn Paquette, and Nicole Roy
The Impact of Brief Animal Assisted Therapy Dog Interactions on College Student Stress and Self-Efficacy Levels, Savannah Giordano and Julian Percoco
Evaluating High- and Low-Tech Visual Scene Displays in Children with Complex Communication Needs, Colleen Goldrick, Tara Shipos, and Gabrielle D'Andrea
The Argument for Sports Fandom and Its Unrealized Societal Benefits, Daniel Gonzalez
How Context Shapes our Concerns: Investigating the Causal Effects of Social Identity Threat Concerns using the SITC Inventory”, Nicholas Granja, Fabiola Millien-Faustin, and Noelle Debrot
The Relationship Between Attention and Working Memory in Healthy Individuals, Mia Greenberg, Jessica Longa, Erin Dobson, and Sydney Collier
Physical and Occupational Therapy: Tools to Change Lives, Cara Grill
Visual Assessment of a Meiofaunal Community, Ashley Guglielmi, Lilly Bove, and James Moore
The Effect of Social Media on Perceptions of Women in Sports, Grace Hand
Autism Spectrum Disorder and COVID-19: How the transition to remote learning affected students with ASD, Julia Hardesty
Superheroes and Their Underlying Humanity Within Them, Luke Healy
Can Dogs Detect a Surprising Event?, Emma Higley, Samantha Faeth, Nicole Alvira, Kaitlyn Borg, Marissa Colloca, and Gabrielle Esposito
Are We Bait or Clickbait?, Aladeen Hussein
The Effect of Screen Time on Children and Adolescents' Physical and Mental Health Including Differences Seen in Sex and Familial Socioeconomic Status, Lauren Iacoviello
Masculinity within the Age of Innocence, Caleb Jean-Pierre
Investigating Key Characteristics of Target Audience in Promoting Non-Profit Events, Lauren E. Jones and Mikela M. Pirri
R Analytics Tool to Study the Performance of the D1 Women’s Basketball Team at Sacred Heart University, Erica Juliano and Chelsea Thakkar
A Dynamic Online Dashboard for Tracking the Performance of Division 1 Basketball Athletic Performance, Erica Juliano, Chelsea Thakkar, Christopher B. Taber, Mehul S. Raval, Kaya Tolga, and Samah Senbel
Patterns of Snail Herbivory and Phenolics in Restored and Natural Spartina alterniflora Populations in Long Island Sound, Amanda Kailher
Classifying Action of Internet Firewall Using Machine Learning Models, Geetanjali Kakda
LGBTQIA+ Dance: An Evolving Guide for the Future of Dance Education, Madison Kamme
The Silent Killer, Irene Katehis
Sex Trafficking in the United States, Julia Kavanagh
The Psychology of Recovery, Abigail Keating
The Relationship of Opponent Ranking and In-Game Dynamics of Division-1 Women’s Basketball, Allison Keefe
Medical Marijuana Efficacy: Cannabis in Treating Chronic Pain and Inflammation, Erin Keenan
The Importance of Sales Enablement in B2B Marketing Strategies, Grace Kelliher
Psychological Disorders as Seen in Film, Tiffany Kellstrom
Holistic Health Healing, Ashley Kenneally
Inequity Surrounding Insulin Prices and its Impact on American Citizens, Natalie Kennedy
A Feminist Perspective on Social Media’s Impact on Body Image and Mental Health in Young People, Marykate Kiley
