2024 NACTA Poster Schedule

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Even-numbered posters to present.
*Students have been scheduled with even-numbered posters.

Curriculum Development / Design

  • 102 - The Role of Research: A Delphi Study Seeking to Understand the Role Research Hours Should Play in Agricultural Social Science Graduate Programs    
    Presented by Matthew Gold
     
  • 104 - Exploration of College Students Self-Regulated Learning Experience Using Interactive Notebooks in an Introductory Plant Science Course    
    Presented by Jean Paul Iyakaremye
     
  • 106 - Implementing Agricultural Literacy in Pennsylvania Elementary and Middle Schools: Perceptions of Principals    
    Presented by Madisen Plunkert
     
  • 108 - Exploring Impact of Course Assessment Selection on Student Career Self-Efficacy in Soil Science    
    Presented by Zoelie Rivera-Ocasio
     
  • 110 - The Influence of Quiz and Exam Crib Sheet Use on Horticultural Student Test Performance, Stress, Confidence, and Retention of Subject Matter Knowledge    
    Presented by Alex Stanton
     
  • 112 - Innovative Pedagogy in Agri-food Systems: Cultivating Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes through a Hybrid, Flipped-Classroom Approach    
    Presented by Jonathan Watson
     

Community-Based Learning / Extension

  • 202 - ASPIRE-ing Diverse Undergraduates to Pursue a Career Path in Agriculture    
    Presented by Angel Cruz
     
  • 204 - Influences of Participation in Sustainable Fashion Workshop on Secondary Student's Knowledge and College Going Intentions 
    Presented by Aaron Giorgi   
     

Discipline-Specific Teaching / Classroom

  • 302 - Scale of Production Differences in Farm Operators' Access to Resources and Information as an Agribusiness Teaching Tool    
    Presented by Jennifer Clark
     
  • 304 - Timing is Everything: Deciphering the Impact of Abstraction Order When Learning with Film    
    Presented by Matthew Gold
     
  • 306 - Perceptions of Anaerobic Digestion Lecture and Laboratory Exercises by Horticultural, Renewable Energy, and Environmental Health Students    
    Presented by David Kopsell
     
  • 308 - Dog Days of Teaching Finance: Student Perspectives of Canine in the Classroom Learning    
    Presented by Joey Mehlhorn
     
  • 310 - Use of an AgSTEM Issues Café to Provide Experiential Learning Around Skills for Honest Collaborative Dialogue, Stimulation of Creative Thinking and Ag Issue Knowledge Acquisition    
    Presented by Donald Mulvaney
     
  • 312 - Engaging Elementary Students In a STEM-Based Poultry Online Curriculum    
    Presented by Brianna Wardwell
     
  • 314 - Examining Animal Welfare During Student-Animal Interactions in a Post-Secondary Animal Sciences Curriculum Through Animal Behavior and Emotional States 
    Presented by Faith Oster
     

Inclusive Pedagogy / Andragogy

  • 402 - Cultivating Classroom Community; The Power of Nameplates, Team-Building Exercises, Icebreaker Trivia, and GroupMe    
    Presented by Emma Steely 
     

Faculty Support / Development / Mentoring

  • 502 - Low Stakes, Non-Graded Assessment Activity for Plant Identification Courses    
    Presented by Makenzie Lee
     

Technology in the Classroom

  • 602 - Byte-Sized Learning: Agricultural Students in the Online Mix    
    Presented by Patricia Cordero-Irizarry
     
  • 604 - Show Me: Student Agency in Learning Evaluation of Immersion Experiences Utilizing Goosechase    
    Presented by Mia Sullivan
     
  • 606 - Cultivating Knowledge: Assessing the Impact of Virtual Reality Greenhouse Tours on Perceptions and Learning Outcomes in Agricultural and Natural Resource Communication Classes    
    Presented by Gabriel Spandau
     

Student Support/Development/Advising

  • 702 - Navigating Long COVID: Embracing the New Normal in Higher Education    
    Presented by Cora Andrews
     
  • 704 - Self-Efficacy of First-Year Students in an Animal Science Experiential Learning Program    
    Presented by Dea Bogdanic
     
  • 706 - Everything Will Be Fine! Understanding the Role of Self-Efficacy in Agricultural Undergraduate Students' Academic Achievement    
    Presented by Joshue Lewis
     
  • 708 - Bridging Virtual and Physical Spaces: Online Graduate Students Mentoring On-Campus Undergraduates in Clemson's Foundations of Digital Media & Learning Course    
    Presented by Caleb Neeley

Odd-numbered posters to present.

Curriculum Development / Design

  • 101 - Examining the Impact of Creative Writing Assignments in the Agricultural Classroom    
    Presented by Anthony Delmond
     
  • 103 - You are Hired! A Fun Approach to Engage Students Immersing Them in the Application of New Concepts    
    Presented by Monica Giusti
     
  • 105 - From Sidecar to Foundation: A DEI Curriculum to Ground Exploration of the Environmental Conservation Field    
    Presented by Nia Morales
     
  • 107 - Careers and Curricular Topics That Interest Introductory Animal and Dairy Science Students    
    Presented by Dante Pizarro
     
  • 109 - Do They Know What We Think They Know?    
    Presented by Joe Raczkowski
     
  • 111 - Food Security Education: A Descriptive Exploration of Teaching Practices and Perceptions    
    Presented by Laura Rice
     

Community-Based Learning / Extension

  • 201 - Contract Grading: Does it Produce Equitable Learning Outcomes?    
    Presented by Logan Britton
     
  • 203 - Youth Urban Sustainable Agriculture Farming Entrepreneurship Program: An Overview and Pilot Results from Urban Farming Youth Initiative Summer Camp 
    Presented by Delphine Iradukunda
     
  • 205 - An Agricultural Study Tour Increases Middle School Social Studies Teachers' Agricultural Knowledge and Instructional Practices    
    Presented by Saifur Rahman
     

Discipline-Specific Teaching / Classroom

  • 301 - Grain Marketing Simulation Improves Students' Knowledge and Confidence    
    Presented bty Maria Boerngen
     
  • 303 - Are Two Better Than One? An Evaluation of Team Teaching in Teacher Preparation    
    Presented by Grace Dooley
     
  • 305 - Escape Rooms as Assessments in an Insect Pest Management Course    
    Presented by Ellen Klinger
     
  • 307 - Evaluating Student Stress in an Animal Science Course With Unsupervised Livestock Experience    
    Presented by Jayden Lawrence
     
  • 309 - Engaging Students in Diagramming    
    Presented by Misti Sharp
     
  • 311 - Urban Agriculture: Trends in Course Enrollment 2021-2024    
    Presented by Bob Williams
     
  • 313 - Breeding Unicorns: Overcoming Math Anxiety in an Animal Genetics Course    
    Presented by Todd Winters
     
  • 315 - Employability Skills of University-Level Agricultural Engineering Technology Students: Are Students Ready for Success in the Agriculture Industry?    
    Presented by Art Wolfskill
     

Inclusive Pedagogy / Andragogy

  • 401 - A Forestry Camp for Young Adults with Special Needs: Reflections and Lessons Learned    
    Presented by Carolyn Copenheaver
     

Faculty Support / Development / Mentoring

  • 501 - What is the Well-Being of Faculty Undergraduate Advisors in a College of Agriculture?    
    Presented by Lauren Lewis Cline
     
  • 503 - Rooted: Training Faculty to Deliver a Cross-Curricular Integrated Agricultural Humanities Minor at a Liberal Arts Institution    
    Presented by Thomas Paulsen
     

Technology in the Classroom

  • 601 - Online vs. In-Person Attendance in a Sophomore-Level Hybrid Course    
    Presented by Jose Lopez
     

Student Support/Development/Advising

  • 701 - Influence of Pandemic and Academic Major on Undergraduate Agricultural Internship Selection    
    Presented by Karen Bennett-Wimbush
     
  • 703 - Students in Majors with a Pre-Veterinary Option and Correlating Attributes to Successful Entry of a DVM    
    Presented by Mellissa Crosswhite
     
  • 705 - First-Generation College Student Academic Experiences During COVID-19 Transitions    
    Presented by Aaron Giorgi
     
  • 707 - Using Mentors to Support Undergraduate Student Career Development    
    Presented by Joey Mehlhorn