Schedule
October 25, 2024 at 8:30 AM
— October 25, 2024 at 10:00 AM
Registration and College Fair
Check in at the front with Taha and Daven.
Please meet with representatives from multiple colleges that are looking for exceptional transfers like you.
Director's Meeting
| WHI Room 167 |
GCIC Fall 2024 Honors Conference Director’s Meeting
- Introductions
- Old Business
- Conference
- 97 Submissions
- 18 paper panels
- 1 poster session
- Speaker
- chancellor
- Issues
- GCIC Mysteries
- Logistical issues
- Facilities
- Registration/IDLOOM
- Delegation
- Committees
- Site Hosting
- Submissions
- Paneling
- Committees
- Questions?
- Opportunities
- GCIC Spring Symposium
- GCIC Spring Retreat
- Community College in France
- Model Arab League
- Others
October 25, 2024 at 11:00 AM
— October 25, 2024 at 12:00 PM
Poster Presentations
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Poster Presentations will Occur in the Auditorium
Fashion in Technology |
| Jasmyn Rodriguez, Houston Community College-Honors College Central-Advisor Dr. Nick Rangel |
| Funerals |
| Rubi Dominguez, Houston Community College-Honors College Northline, Advisor-Prof. Carolyn Cross |
| Artistry as Communication |
| Kristian Harvey, Houston Community College-Honors College Northline, Advisor-Prof. Carolyn Cross |
| Poetry: The Excitement of Love |
| Cesar Morales, Houston Community College-Honors College Northline, Advisor-Prof. Carolyn Cross |
| A New Voting Act |
| Xavion Rhoads, Houston Community College-Honors College Northline, Advisor-Prof. Carolyn Cross |
| Encouraging Voting |
| Daveon Peters, Houston Community College-Honors College Northline, Advisor-Prof. Carolyn Cross |
| Sleep Deprivation |
| Estefanie Salgado, Houston Community College-Honors College Northline, Advisor-Prof. Carolyn Cross |
| Descriptive Writing, The Animals of Hermann Park |
| Abigale Soto, Houston Community College-Honors College Northline, Advisor-Prof. Carolyn Cross |
| Silent Home Invasion: The Assessment of Radon Gas on Rural and Urban Canadian Homes |
| Sandy Nguyen, Lone Star College-Cyfair, Advisor-Prof. Aurora Lugo |
| Gene Variants MAOAuVNTR and 5-HTTLPR as Possible Indicators of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury (NSSI) and Differential Expression Between Hispanic/Latino and Anglo-American Adolescents |
| Jimena Alcala, Lone Star College-Montgomery, Advisor-Prof. Michael Maningas |
| Stereotypes and Lived Experiences of Participants in the Women’s Suffrage Movement: Conventional Representation of Women across Visual Media |
| Maris Bouche, Lone Star College-Montgomery, Advisor-Prof. Michael Maningas |
| The Empathy Paradox: How High Levels of Empathy Can Impair Social Functioning in Gifted Children |
| Shelby Hastings, Lone Star College-Montgomery, Advisor-Prof. Michael Maningas |
| Unbuilt Promises: The Lack of Infrastructure Funding in Border Colonias and its Socioeconomic Barriers on Hispanic Residents |
| Yoseline Mendoza, Lone Star College-Montgomery, Advisor-Prof. Michael Maningas |
| A Lot of Dead Frogs: Violacein and Prodigiosin as Batrachochytrium Dendrobatidis Mitigation |
| Annasophia Palacios-Wilhelm, Lone Star College-Montgomery, Advisor-Prof. Michael Maningas |
| Brain and Behavior: The Diathesis-Stress Model of Schizophrenia in Autoimmune Disease Patients |
| Francesca Yanos, Lone Star College-Montgomery, Advisor-Prof. Michael Maningas |
| Nanotechnology: How Buckyball’s Administration of Treatment Can Aid Late-Stage Melanoma Skin Cancer |
| Chloe DeJong, Lone Star College-University Park, Advisor-Dr. Stephanie Kim |
| Investigating the Therapeutic Potential of Hericium Species on Alzheimer's Disease in Genetically Modified Mouse Models |
| Gabriela Galue , Lone Star College-University Park, Advisor-Dr. Stephanie Kim |
| A Drone-Based Analysis of Spearford Gully Arosion and Rainfall Correlation |
| Alexander Jefferson, Lone Star College-University Park, Advisor-Dr. Stephanie Kim |
| Effects of Rainfall on Conductivity in the Spearford Gully |
| Christopher Perrier, Lone Star College-University Park, Advisor-Dr. Stephanie Kim |
| Traditional vs. Modern Statistics in Baseball: Are Modern Stats Going Too Far? |
| Faisal Piperdi, Lone Star College-University Park, Advisor-Dr. Stephanie Kim |
October 25, 2024 at 12:00 PM
— October 25, 2024 at 1:15 PM
Lunch
Lunch in the Auditorium
Remarks by Dr. Margaret Ford Fisher, Chancellor of the Houston Community College System
Keynote Address by Dr. Nick Rangel, Your Host, "Bad Faith Arguments, Good Faith Beliefs and research as Remedy"
October 25, 2024 at 1:30 PM
— October 25, 2024 at 2:30 PM
Afternoon Panel Session 1
| Afternoon Panel Session 1-A |
| 1:30PM-2:30PM |
| WHI Room 167 |
| Chair:Auburn Carvell |
| The Death of Alexander the Great: A Study in Contradictions |
| Raul Violante, Brazosport College, Advisor-Prof. Carrie Pritchett |
| VR Museum |
| Joe Amaya, Houston Community College-Northline, Advisor-Prof. Carolyn Cross |
| Sacred Architectural Buildings: A comparative analysis of Cultural Influence on The Great Mosque of Xi’an, and The Blue Mosque |
| Warda Binte Zahid, Lone Star College-North Harris, Advisor-Dr. Dana Van De Walker |
| A Comprehensive Comparison: Yayoi Kusama and Traditional Japanese Art and Culture of the Edo Period (1615-1868) |
| Clara Gillis, , Lone Star College-North Harris, Advisor-Dr. Dana Van De Walker |
| Afternoon Panel Session 1-B |
| 1:30PM-2:30PM |
| WHI Room 169 |
| Chair:Taha Al Nouseri |
| Psychological Effects in Design |
| Uriel Machuca, Houston Community College-Central-Advisor Dr. Nick Rangel |
| Family Guy Model |
| Adrian Menendez, Houston Community College-Central-Advisor Dr. Nick Rangel |
| How School Organizations Influence Teenager's Mentality |
| Mariela Pacheco, Houston Community College-Central-Advisor Dr. Nick Rangel |
| Dressing for Identity: Exploring the Interconnection of Fashion and Self-expression |
| Valerie Varela, Houston Community College-Central-Advisor Dr. Nick Rangel |
| Afternoon Panel Session 1-C |
| 1:30PM-2:30PM |
| WHI Room 170 |
| Chair:Daven Bofil |
| Herd Behavior: The Psychological Guide to Overconsumption and Social Media Obsession |
| Vivian Varela, Houston Community College-Central-Advisor Dr. Nick Rangel |
| Immersive Exploration of Houston's Flora: A Sensory Approach |
| Jennifer Castillo, Houston Community College-Northline, Advisor-Prof. Carolyn Cross |
| How Ancient Astronomical Observations Have Evolved Into Our Modern Understanding of Celestial Mechanics |
| Arafat Oyeyemi, Houston Community College-Stafford-Advisor Dr. Robin Reagler |
| Transport of Perfluorooctanoic Acid in Covalent Organic Frameworks |
| Dione Mechane Ebong, Houston Community College-Stafford-Advisor Dr. Robin Reagler |
| Afternoon Panel Session 1-D |
| 1:30PM-2:30PM |
| WHI Room 171 |
| Chair: Quoc Dung Dao |
| The Border Crossing Boogeyman: Implicit Bias Perpetuated By Language |
| Daylen Heidt, Lone Star College-Tomball, Advisor-Prof. Ava Veselis |
| Inside and Outside the Prison Walls: A Study of Abuse Within the Texas Penal System |
| Zackery Isaacks, Lone Star College-Montgomery, Advisor-Prof. Michael Maningas |
| The Evolution and Impact of Epidemiology in Combating Disease Outbreaks |
| Cira Stanley, Houston Community College-Northline, Advisor-Prof. Carolyn Cross |
| Media Portrayals of Maternal Death Rates: The Intersection of Socioeconomic Status and Race |
| Alexa Garcia, Lone Star College-Tomball, Advisor-Prof. Ava Veselis |
| Afternoon Panel Session 1-E |
| 1:30PM-2:30PM |
| WHI Room 205 |
| Chair: Mariella Fernandez |
| Sartre and "Birds Aren't Real." |
| Mariella Ocampo, Lee College, Advisor-Prof. Brianne Dayley |
| Sartre, "Essence," and Momfluencers |
| Isabella Ramirez, Lee College, Advisor-Prof. Brianne Dayley |
| In Defense of Bugs |
| Kayleigh Mims, Houston Community College-Central-Advisor Dr. Nick Rangel |
| Relative Reasons and Neutral Reasons to Think and Feel like an Animal |
| Freddy Ruiz, Lone Star College-Montgomery, Advisor-Prof. Michael Maningas |
| Afternoon Panel Session 1-F |
| 1:30PM-2:30PM |
| WHI Room 206 |
| Chair: Jasmyn Rodriguez |
| The Relationship Between K-Pop and Black Culture |
| Onyinyechi Oji, Lone Star College-Tomball, Advisor-Prof. Ava Veselis |
| Music As Alternative Therapy |
| Manuel Briceno Carvajal, Houston Community College-Central-Advisor Dr. Nick Rangel |
| Music and Concentration |
| Zayra Ochoa, Houston Community College-Central-Advisor Dr. Nick Rangel |
| Visions of Tomorrow: A Cultural Investigation of Psychedelic Rock, LSD, and Eastern Religion |
| Noah Brewster, Lone Star College-Kingwood, Advisor-Dr. Mari Nicholson-Preuss |
| Afternoon Panel Session 1-G |
| 1:30PM-2:30PM |
| WHI Room 214 |
| Chair: Cynthia Chavez |
| UV Radiation and Sunscreen Awareness Among College Students |
| Hamdah Binte Faisal, Houston Community College-Central-Advisor Dr. Nick Rangel |
| Life in Plastic: The Role of Plastiglomerate Formations in Ocean Acidification |
| Christine Gonzalez, Lone Star College-Kingwood, Advisor-Dr. Mari Nicholson-Preuss |
| Air Pollution Policies: A Case Study on the Correlation Between the United States and South Africa's Oil Production |
| Chelsea Caballero, Lone Star College-North Harris, Advisor-Dr. Dana Van De Walker |
| The Connection of a City’s Geography to Air Pollution and Asthma Rates: A Comparison of Two South American Cities |
| Benjamin Elizalde, Lone Star College-Cyfair, Advisor-Prof. Aurora Lugo |
| Afternoon Panel Session 1-H |
| 1:30PM-2:30PM |
| WHI Room 231 |
| Chair: Elisabeth Jonson |
| The Mental Benefits of Soccer |
| Ahmed Alnouser, Houston Community College-Central-Advisor Dr. Nick Rangel |
| Being Motivated in the Gym Despite the Constraints of being a College Student |
| Tristan Martinez, Houston Community College-Central-Advisor Dr. Nick Rangel |
| Batter’s Choice: A Comparative Analysis between Maple and Ash Wood Bats in MLB |
| Blake Brandon, Lone Star College-Kingwood, Advisor-Dr. Mari Nicholson-Preuss |
| Game On: Analyzing the Integration of Pathfinding in MMO and RTS Environments |
| Ai Lan Nguyen, Lone Star College-Kingwood, Advisor-Dr. Mari Nicholson-Preuss |
| Afternoon Panel Session 1-I |
| 1:30PM-2:30PM |
| WHI Room 233 |
| Chair: Andrea Ascencio |
| Stray Animal Overpopulation in Houston |
| Sandra Pena, Houston Community College-Northline, Advisor-Prof. Carolyn Cross |
| United States, Turkey, and Vietnam: Humans’ Standards of Living and Domesticated Cats’ Welfare |
| Tam N. Vuong, Lone Star College-Cyfair, Advisor-Prof. Aurora Lugo |
| How to Best Take Care of a Dog |
| Phoenix Martinez, Houston Community College-Central-Advisor Dr. Nick Rangel |
| The Evolution of the Portrayals of Dogs in Art |
| Brittany Jade Rambur, Lone Star College-North Harris, Advisor-Dr. Dana Van De Walker |
October 25, 2024 at 3:00 PM
— October 25, 2024 at 4:00 PM
Afternoon Panel Session 2
| Afternoon Panel Session 2-A |
| 3:00PM-4:00PM |
| WHI Room 167 |
| Chair:Kayleigh Mims |
| Unveiling the Chicano Soul: Exploring How Artists and Photographers Shaped Cultural Identity in the Chicano Movement |
| Yasmin Moreno Rivera, Lone Star College-Tomball, Advisor-Prof. Ava Veselis |
| Coping with Comedy: An Analysis of the African American Experience Depicted through Satire |
| Naomi Felder, Lone Star College-University Park, Advisor-Dr. Stephanie Kim |
| Familia Over Everything: How Culture Impacts Mental Health as Shown in the Novel Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter ​​ by Erika Sanchez |
| Calderon Nora, Lone Star College-Tomball, Advisor-Prof. Ava Veselis |
| Afternoon Panel Session 2-B |
| 3:00PM-4:00PM |
| WHI Room 169 |
| Chair:Taha Al Nouseri |
| The Vision: A World Without Malaria |
| Sadia Mughal, Lone Star College-University Park, Advisor-Dr. Stephanie Kim |
| Does CryDASH Function as a Photolyase? |
| Huynh Phuong Thao Do, Houston Community College-Spring Branch-Advisor Dr. Simone Gardiner |
| The Impact of Digital Technologies on Physical, Psychological, and Social Well-Being |
| Hector Rotundo Lima, Houston Community College-Northline, Advisor-Prof. Carolyn Cross |
| Applications of Nano-Medicine |
| Yaye Awa Seck, Houston Community College-Spring Branch-Advisor Dr. Simone Gardiner |
| Afternoon Panel Session 2-C |
| 3:00PM-4:00PM |
| WHI Room 170 |
| Chair:Daven Bofil |
| Greenwashing: How Effective is U.S. Legislation at Deterring Corporations from Greenwashing |
| Paola Euceda Nieto, Lone Star College-Cyfair, Advisor-Prof. Aurora Lugo |
| Powerful Propaganda in the 16th Century: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of the Royal Portraits of Queen Elizabeth I of England and Empress Xiao Duan Xian of China |
| Jackie Galvan, Lone Star College-Cyfair, Advisor-Prof. Aurora Lugo |
| Tabling the Religious Issue: United States v. Catholicism during JFK’s 1960 Presidential Campaign |
| John Paul Marconi, Lone Star College-Kingwood, Advisor-Dr. Mari Nicholson-Preuss |
| Addressing Ethics in Public Relations |
| Elisabeth Jonson, Houston Community College-Central-Advisor Dr. Nick Rangel |
| Afternoon Panel Session 2-D |
| 3:00PM-4:00PM |
| WHI Room 171 |
| Chair:Valerie Varela |
| Literature and Societal Awareness |
| Dakota Williams, Houston Community College-Spring Branch-Advisor Dr. Simone Gardiner |
| Disqualified: A Textual Analysis of the Relationship between Japanese Society and Oba Yozo in Osamu Dazai’s No Longer Human |
| Jimena Marin Duenas, Lone Star College-Tomball, Advisor-Prof. Ava Veselis |
| King versus Kubrick versus Danny Torrance: The Differing Portrayals of Addiction and Abuse in the Novel and Film Versions of The Shining |
| Sloan Landry, Brazosport College, Advisor-Prof. Carrie Pritchett |
| Jensen Huang and the Butlerian Jihad: Artificial Intelligence Through the Lens of Frank Herbert |
| Samuel Tellez, Lone Star College-Kingwood, Advisor-Dr. Mari Nicholson-Preuss |
| Afternoon Panel Session 2-E |
| 3:00PM-4:00PM |
| WHI Room 205 |
| Chair: Mariella Fernandez |
| Social Media's Effect on Businesses. |
| Andrea Ascencio, Houston Community College-Central-Advisor Dr. Nick Rangel |
| How Can Artificial Intelligence Benefit Small Businesses? |
| Cynthia Chavez, Houston Community College-Central-Advisor Dr. Nick Rangel |
| Emotional Intelligence on the Job |
| Nehemias Alonso, Houston Community College-Northline, Advisor-Prof. Carolyn Cross |
| The TikTok "Death Scroll" |
| Grecy Fernandez, Houston Community College-Central-Advisor Dr. Nick Rangel |
| Afternoon Panel Session 2-F |
| 3:00PM-4:00PM |
| WHI Room 206 |
| Chair: Vivian Varela |
| Children's Online Safety |
| Quoc Dung Dao, Houston Community College-Central-Advisor Dr. Nick Rangel |
| Addressing the Epidemic of Driving Under the Influence: Causes, Trends, and Prevention Strategies |
| Ariana Quintanilla, Houston Community College-Northline, Advisor-Prof. Carolyn Cross |
| Intersectionalism in LGBTQIA+2 |
| Auburn Carvell, Houston Community College-Central-Advisor Dr. Nick Rangel |
| The Ecology Problem of Trash in the Ocean |
| Thanh Nhan Do, Houston Community College-Central-Advisor Dr. Nick Rangel |
| Afternoon Panel Session 2-G |
| 3:00PM-4:00PM |
| WHI Room 214 |
| Chair: Hamdah Binte Faisal |
| Forecasting the Future: Nintendo's Strategy for Market Agility |
| Roberto Rodriguez Pena, Lone Star College-Cyfair, Advisor-Prof. Aurora Lugo |
| The Case of the Microsoft-Activision Blizzard Merger |
| Jose Brito Munoz, Brazosport College, Advisor-Prof. Carrie Pritchett |
| Beyond The Event Horizon: Exploring Black Holes in Science, Film, and Society |
| Maria Hernandez, Lone Star College-Kingwood, Advisor-Dr. Mari Nicholson-Preuss |
| Science Fiction Literature: Tensions Between Scientific Rationality, Moral Values and the Impact of the Space Race on American Education and Pop Culture. |
| Zoe Kondiles, Lone Star College-Tomball, Advisor-Prof. Ava Veselis |
| Afternoon Panel Session 2-H |
| 3:00PM-4:00PM |
| WHI Room 231 |
| Chair: Mariela Pacheco |
| Rhina P. Espaillat's "Bilingual/Bilingüe" and Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" |
| Ruben Capetillo, Lee College, Advisor-Prof. Brianne Dayley |
| Machismo in Luis Buñel’s Los Olvidados |
| Emilio Moreno, Lee College, Advisor-Prof. Brianne Dayley |
| Macha but Feminine: Latina Representation in the Fast & Furious Film Franchise |
| Gabriela Ortiz, Lone Star College-Kingwood, Advisor-Dr. Mari Nicholson-Preuss |
| Afternoon Panel Session 2-I |
| 3:00PM-4:00PM |
| WHI Room 233 |
| Chair: Zayra Ochoa |
| Choose your own Adventure: Revolutionary Mothers Edition |
| Abraham Zavala, Houston Community College-Northline, Advisor-Prof. Carolyn Cross |
| Summary of Revolutionary Mothers |
| Mark Mendez, Houston Community College-Northline, Advisor-Prof. Carolyn Cross |
| Fate or Personal Choice in Epics |
| Gabriel Mendoza, Houston Community College-Central-Advisor Dr. Nick Rangel |
| Pendulum Residence |
| Jean Claude Mvuyekure, Houston Community College-Northline, Advisor-Prof. Carolyn Cross |
February 7, 2025 at 1:30 PM
— February 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Closing Session
Keynote address-Dr. Amy Tan, Dean of English and Communications
Awards and Closing Remarks-Daven Bofil and Dr. Nick Rangel