The 2013 Florida Collegiate Honors Conference (February 22 - 24)

Over twenty students represented Florida Atlantic University's Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College by presenting their work at the Florida Collegiate Honors Council Annual Conference the weekend of February 22nd - 24th, 2013. The conference was held at the Westin Hotel in Fort Lauderdale. FAU Honors student Nicholas Fuller received a writing award for "Documented Research." For more information on the conference see http://floridacollegiatehonorscouncil.org/Program.pdf. A Few Presenters: Andrew Faris and Kadeem Ricketts: "Freedom's Role in a New China"   Nicholas Fuller: "Terror Management Theory versus Evolutionary Theory" Lauren Goldsworthy: "Sea turtles at Mon Repos, Australia"   SriGita Madiraju, Parker McDonald, and Mumbi Ngugi: "Roles and Implications of Race, Gender, Class and Sexuality in Johnson v. Calvert (1993)" Lauren A. Martin: "Deconstructing Whiteness" Philip Olsen and Kristina Kohuth: "An Analysis of German National Attitudes toward the Holocaust"   Hina Shaikh: "Racial Inequality & 14th Amendment Jurisprudence" Tania Rodriguez: "The Making of a Serial Killer"

Other presenters included:

Maria Lourdes Aitken, Emmanuel Sturchler, and Patricia McDonald: "GABA-B Receptor Ligands: Implications for Drug Screening"
David Friedman: "Environmental Viability of Artificial Reefs"
Britni M. Hiatt: "This is Us, This is Now: EcoFeminism, Sustainability, and You"
Alexandra Kaye: "R15 Neuron of Aplysia Californica and Implications on Aging"
Zoe Lewycky: "How 'Pseudoscience' Whitewashes the History of Science"
Morgan Levy: "Factors Affecting the Experience of Mindfulness"
Alexa Robinson: "The Objectification of Women in the 2012 Election"
Rachel Rohan: "Reduce, Reuse, Rethink Recycling"
Melissa Stiksma: "An Examination of Immediate Outcomes Following a Single Session of Mindfulness Meditation"