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Lost Luggage and Lost Memories: The Southwest Airlines Meltdown of December 2022
Ara Pachmayer, School of Applied Health Faculty
- JoeWatsonKinesiology & Recreation AdministrationUndergraduate Student
- BillySalazarKinesiology & Recreation AdministrationUndergraduate Student
- BrendenBarryKinesiology & Recreation AdministrationUndergraduate Student
- SkyeMacLachlanKinesiology & Recreation AdministrationUndergraduate Student
- JoshMartinKinesiology & Recreation AdministrationUndergraduate Student
- AlexandriaMonneyKinesiology & Recreation AdministrationUndergraduate Student
- ArisValerioKinesiology & Recreation AdministrationUndergraduate Student
In this joint project, students from REC 315 Travel Industry Management researched the Southwest Airlines (SWA) flight disruption that happened in December 2022. Considering both the causes and the outcomes of the event, a variety of issues are explored including lost luggage liability, antiquated technology used by SWA, airline structure, customer sentiment, economic impacts, human resources and steps to take to avoid in the future.
Making America Great Again: American Identity Uncertainty and White-American Bias
- Natasha La VoguePsychologyUndergraduate Student
- Stephanie ByersPsychologyUndergraduate Student
- Berkeley KijsriopasPsychologyGraduate Student
- Bryan SherburnePsychologyUndergraduate Student
- Alexandria JauriquePsychologyGraduate Student
- Amber M. GaffneyPsychologyFaculty
Research collected from attendees of the RNC shows that White Americans who feel uncertain about their American identity and possess a bias toward viewing their country as “White” might be particularly likely to turn to a candidate who uses rhetoric which excludes ethnic minorities as a means of reducing their identity uncertainty. This work examines the moderating role of American identity uncertainty on the relationship between implicit bias and American identification. These results are important because they display the relationship between American identification and the extent of Americans’ implicit biases as moderated by the extent of their identity uncertainty.
Making Connections Between Queer Students and Resources
- Sebrinna SchmidtSocial WorkGraduate Student
The Eric Rofes Multicultural Queer Resource Center (ERC) works hard every year to provide resources to the queer identified students on campus. This can be a difficult yet rewarding position to be in. The difficulty being, at times, queer students have other needs that go beyond what the ERC is able to assist with. This does not stop the ERC from trying to connect students with other resources both on and off campus. With their guidance a resource zine was created. Its intention is to bridge gaps and make connections from the students to the resources they may find useful.
Managing Pain to Avoid Opioid Misuse
Nicholas Terrill, Nursing Undergraduate Student
College of Professional StudiesThis Capstone research project dissects the complexities of chronic pain management and pushes for a system wide move aware from opiate dependency. This project proposes interventions such as CAM therapy, ERAS and PPACT to battle chronic pain, avoid opiate misuse and over prescription within the healthcare system.
Manual Therapies in Myofascial Pain and The Application of Trigger Point Therapy
Alexandria Sekulski, School of Applied Health Undergraduate Student
College of Professional StudiesMyofascial manipulation techniques have gained prominence in pain management due to their ability to address musculoskeletal issues, alleviate pain, and improve overall function. This review encompasses various manual therapy approaches such as trigger point release therapy, and self-myofascial release. These techniques target main symptoms of fascial restrictions, muscle tightness, and trigger points. The aim of these techniques can improve blood flow and as a result restore pain perception in the tissue. Integrating myofascial manipulation techniques with regular exercise therapy and stretching protocols interventions provides a comprehensive approach to pain management.
Maternal Nutrition & Gut Microbiota Quality: Determining Fetal Immune Development Outcome
Gessica Stepanenko, School of Applied Health Undergraduate Student
College of Professional StudiesPregnancy nutrition determines the strength of connection between maternal gut microbiota quality and the developing immune system of the fetus (also known as the Maternal-Fetal Gut Microbiota Axis. )
Mazes and Memory: Does lifestyle affect spatial memory and ability?
- Josue RodriguezPsychologyUndergraduate Student
- Undergraduate Student
This study aims to address whether differences in spatial ability and memory will be found among those who have active lifestyles, inactive lifestyles, and those who play video games. Spatial ability was examined by having participants become familiarized and then tested on a 3-D computerized maze. Participants were tested on memory and spatial components when asked to recollect the spatial layout of the computerized map.
Meds to Beds
- Katie OhlsenNursingUndergraduate Student
Hospital readmissions that occur within 30 days of discharge due to medication adherence are largely preventable. CMS, the largest insurance payer, does not cover hospital admissions that occur within 30 days of discharge. Our rural area lacks critical access to pharmacies. Frequent hospitalizations and medication non-adherence increase patient mortality and reduce the quality of life for the patients and their families. Providing patients with a 30-day supply of their medications prior to leaving the hospital, along with patient education and a nurse follow-up phone call 48 hours later, can reduce ER visits and 30-day hospital readmissions.
Meet and Eat
Julia Top, Social Work Graduate Student
College of Professional StudiesMeet and Eat was a project created to educate high school students from the grade tenth to twelfth. Workshops were created to educate students about what options they have post graduation. Examples consisted of helping students understand how to apply for FASFA, job resources available to students, and learning about resources on college campuses as well as learning about the benefits of a 2 year and 4 year college. This project took place in Del Norte County’s school District and was open to students within the McKinney Vento and Foster Youth program.
Mental Health - Medication Compliance in Corrections
Darin Straub, Nursing Undergraduate Student
College of Professional StudiesThe purpose of this project is to help increase inmate adherence to mental health medications during incarceration to decrease the duration of incarceration as well as decrease return incarcerations.