Field Notes APSS - 2018-19

NCUR Spotlight Katlin Eyre: “Impact of Life Skills Curriculum on Students’ Well- Being” Jordyn Horvath: “Social Media Influence on Voter Turn-Out Among College Students” Noel Jacobson: “ADA Compliance Accommodation and Success: Harvey Hall Renovation” Frank Janovec: “Public Lands, Public Identity” Matthew Johnson: “Does the Tiebout Sorting Model Hold True For Property Tax Values?” Ryan Leckel: “Assisting Wisconsin Municipalities and Citizens With the Replacement of Lead Service Lines using Wisconsin Act 137” and “Silence in a Small Town: Conceptualizing Sexual Violence in a Community Context” Anne McShane: “Research on Cadets’ Motivations, Expectations, and Goals Regarding Joining the Military” Madalaine McConville: “The School-to-Prison Pipeline: Creation, Effects, and How it Can be Diminished” Emmi Nielson-Gunning: “Sex Trafficking in Minnesota” Johanna Peterson: “American Fascism: We Beat the Nazis, Now it’s Time to Tackle Ourselves” Marcus Ramirez: “The Meiji Secret: The Emergence of the Zaibatsu and Their Dominance of Japan” Rachel Smith: “What Drug Court Treatments and Services Matter the Most?” Megan VanEgdom: “The Effectiveness of Gun Control Laws” Alayna Wier: “At a Breaking Point”

T he largest contingent of APSS students ever travelled to Kennesaw, GA April 10-14 this year to present their research with more than 4500 fellow students from across the nation. While there, many took in the sights of nearby Atlanta and enjoyed a break from the Wisconsin winter with several days of gorgeous Southern spring weather.

J unior Maddie McConville’s research on the school-to- prison pipeline generated a crowd throughout her presen- tation session. Her project ex- amined the mechanisms that create unequal outcomes in schooling and lead more mi- nority students into contact with the criminal justice sys- tem. Most importantly, she ex- amined how restorative justice initiatives could make a posi- tive impact for students, help- ing to keep them in school. S enior Ryan Leckel present- ed his ongoing work ad- dressing sexual assaults in the Menomonie community. His survey data helps to provide more information about the extent of assaults, how they are experienced by survivors, and what services communities should provide to help change the culture that normalizes this type of violence and subtly blames victims for it.

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