Office of Institutional Effectiveness

High Impact Practices (HIPs) Student Symposium

Fresno State HIPs Awardees

A certificate of distinction was awarded to each of the following presentations for garnering the highest reviews by their peers. Great job to all Fresno State HIPs Awardees!

51113 | Brooklyn Haley | Journalism's Facilitation of Youth Media Literacy Skills and Civic Engagement | Alison Mandaville | Rhetoric, Grammar, Writing Instruction | ENGL 132S
52506 | Noah Lo | Violent Crimes | Michael Bishop | Evidence Based Decision Making | CSM 15
52839 | Valerie Vang | Alcohol and Pregnancy: Is it Safe? | Edward James Boyle IV | PH 111 Alcohol and Alcoholism | 31672
52875 | Malaena Agustin | Diabetes amongst Hispanic Adults | Susan Mirlohi | Epidemiology of Disease | PH 109
53187 | Neha Buddiga | Asthma Caused by Particulate Matter in California Counties | Beth Weinman | Evidence Based Decision Making | CSM 15
53459 | Selene Garcilazo | Mono crater | Keith Putirka | EES 101
55480 | Samuel Willis | Agroforestry and Climate Change | Beth Weinman | Evidence Based Decision Making | CSM 15
59499 | Cameron Biggs | Statistical Analysis of Deaths Per Year | Earvin Balderama | Math 101
56607 | Janette Lopez Villalobos | The More You Know: My Time working with The kNOw | Alison Mandaville | Rhetoric, Grammar, Writing Instruction | ENGL 132S
55785 | Yaneli Cruz | Alzheimer's | Susan Mirlohi | Epidemiology of Disease | PH 109
58302 | Dominique Malapit | Monitoring the Growth and Lipid Accumulation in Scenedesmus Dimorphus for its potential use as biofuel | Kalyani Maitra | Biochemical Laboratory Techniques | CHEM156-05-35416-2213
55474 | Lilly Ann Reyes | Asthma & Covid-19 | Mara Brady | Evidence Based Decision Making | CSM15
53336 | Jenna Perez | Factors that Determine Cities’ Stance on having Smoke-free Multiunit Housing Policies-- This presentation will focus on the factors that I have found that help to determine whether a city will or will not have a SFMUH policy. | Annabella España-Nájera | COSS Honors Program | SSCI 102H
52235 | Anber Choudhry | Inequities in Park Access for Ethnic Communities in Fresno City | Mara Brady | Evidence Based Decision Making | CSM15
53589 | Aaron Cantu | COVID 19 Statistical Analysis | Mathieu Richaud | CSM 15
52433 | Sara Rogers | Advantage of Long Giraffe Limbs | Anahit Hovhannisyan | BIOL 143 | BIOL 143-01 (36135)
52105 | Esteban Garcia | Mildew Prevention | Miguel A. Pedroza | Introduction to grape yeast and wine biochemistry | ENOL 162T

51001 | Phasakda, Ethan | Inequity | Weinman, Beth | The Scientific Method | CSM 10
51340 | Iqbal, Alina | How does climate change effect energy in California? | Bishop, Michael | The Scientific Method | CSM 10
51452 | Madison, Chanel | Winemaking Processes and their Effects on Phenolic Extraction | Pedroza, Miguel | Wine Production and Analysis | E164
51849 | Lotakoon, Matthew | Soil Depth Survey from San Joaquin Central Valley | Putirka, Keith | Analytiucal Methods in the Earth & Env Sciences | EES 100
52015 | Johnson, Shay (Shannon) | Student Agency and Literacy Development | Mandaville, Alison | ENGL | 132S
52100 | Chavez, Jaime | Fall 2021 Social Media Project w/ the Fresno County Department of Health: Applying Comm theories to Agile Principles in the Group Communication Classroom. | Anzoleaga, Clare | Group Communication | COMM-8-73893
52559 | Anderson, Noah | Fall 2021 CSCI 150 Team 2 Project: Smrt Grdyn | Liu, Shih-Hsi | Intro to Software Engineering | CSCI 150
53571 | Chevy, Alice | Production and Distribution of Food: Its Affect on Economic Groups | Brooks, Teresa | CSM10 | 76009
53717 | Dotson, Jacob | Eriogonum fasciculatum and Climate Change | Waselkov, Katherine | Plant Anatomy | BIOL 140
54170 | Garcia, Teresa | Yogurt with different sweetners | Licon, Carmen | Sensory Evaluation | FSC100
56340 | Brito, Adrianna | The Spread of Misinformation | Ram, Melanie | International Law & Organization | PLSI 126
56716 | Barrera-Varela, Abraham | Breast Cancer Presentation | Cortney, Candice | CSM 10. Scientific Method | 75732
56772 | VanderVelde, Bryant | XRF/XRD Analysis of Soils in Front Yard | Putirka, Keith | Analytiucal Methods in the Earth & Env Sciences | EES 100
57232 | Dandini, Eslam | NORESCO Marketing Internship | McPeak (NORESCO), Deanna | Central Plant Internship Projects | -
58393 | Albino, Juan | Foodomics | Cortney, Candice | CSM 10. Scientific Method | 75732
58470 | Maltezo, Mitchell | Word of Mouth | Liu, Shih-Hsi | Intro to Software Engineering | CSCI 150
59571 | Chong, Alexis | Human Negligence | White, Brandy Murray | CSM 10 The Scientific Method | 76124
59974 | Zhao, Xingyu | Presenting the effects of hole doping and applied magnetic fields on resistance-temperature data for the filled skutterudite compound Ce(x)Pr(1-x)Os(4)Sb(12) | Zhao, Xingyu | PHYS 190 | 97050

80498 | Guillen, Angel |Who Goes to College: The Educational Aspirations of Latinx Students | España-Nájera, Annabella | COSS Honors
63073 | Powell, Tucker | Natural disasters and mental health | Cortney, Candice | CSM 15 Evidence Based Decision Making
99289 | Walker, Alex | Struggles of Legitimacy: Examining Internal Legitimacy in Afghanistan
España-Nájera, Annabella | COSS Honors
75651 | Ruiz, Stephanie | Comparing Stratigraphical Columns from Observed Sediments in Tesoro Viejo | Brady, Mara | Sedimentology
97276 | Valencia, Luis | Construction of yeast model to study the the metabolic of BCL-2 family proteins during cancer transformation | Dejean, Laurent | Biochemistry Laboratory Techniques CHEM 156
65540 | Ojeda, Logan | NVUM Program | Mara Brady | EES 199
80934 | Rendon Guzman, Citlalli | Only Given Half of the Instructions: Undocumented Students Navigating a Higher Education in CA's Central Valley | España-Nájera, Annabella | COSS Honors
95047 | Hauge, Rylie | The impact that family life and socioeconomic status has on rearrest rates and the severity of the crime juveniles commit | España-Nájera, Annabella | COSS Honors
66562 | Esguerra, Edward | The Kingdom of Which the Peasants Speak Of: Analyzing Motivations for Peasant Rebellion during the Cristero War | España-Nájera, Annabella | COSS Honors
70827 | Sorensen, Blake | How Climate Change Effects California's Agriculture | Reece, Amber | CSM 15
82154 | Higgs, Elise | "Injustice Anywhere is a Threat to Justice Everywhere: Trying Presidents for Human Rights Abuses in Argentina, Colombia, and Peru" | España-Nájera, Annabella | COSS Honors
60067 | Sarieddine, Anis | Temperature Effects on Fecundity Rates in Temporal and Temperate Strains of Caenorhabditis Briggsae | Kendoyan, Sosse A | Genetics and Cell Biology Lab
88552 | Santos, Christian | Climate Change and Your Respiratory Health | Bishop, Michael | Evidence Based Decision Making
72234 | Soghomonian, Olivia | Construction of a Yeast Model to Study the Metabolic Role of BCL-2 Family Proteins During Cancer Transformation | Dejean, Laurent | Biochemistry Laboratory Techniques
75202 | Madrigal, Kim | The Effects of Stigma on Policymaking and Policy Implementation for Sex Work in Fresno, CA | España-Nájera, Annabella | COSS Honors
97209 | Gomez, Stan | Analysis of Lipid Accumulation in Microalgae for Potential Use in Biofuel
Maitra, Kalyani | Biochemical Techniques

13745 | Martinez, Juliana | Texas Health Rankings | Balderama, Earvin | Fundamentals of Statistics | MATH 11
18147 | Patel, Harry | CSCI-130 Final Project Connect 4 | Cecotti, Hubert | Web Programming | CSci 130
32400 | Stacy-Alcantara, Alexander | Design and build a recombinant expression system using Maltose Binding Protein (MBP) | Brooks, Teresa | Biochemistry Lab Techniques | CHEM156
33987 | Peters, Sydney | Soil Composition across the Campus of Fresno State | Putirka, Keith | Analytical Methods in the Earth Sciences | EES 100
99289 | Walker, Alex | Struggles of Legitimacy: Examining Internal Legitimacy in Afghanistan | España-Nájera, Annabella | COSS Honors | Research thesis
13129 | Pena, Nick | Fresno's Water Quality | Richaud, Mathieu | CSM10-18
21221 | Ojeda, Logan | Facies Analysis of Corvallis Area Cores | Brady, Mara | Stratigraphy | EES122
16154 | Vang, Hlee | Maltreatment of Young Children and the Ineffective Impacts | Frederick Anzoleaga, Clare | COMM
33926 | Atkins, Ciera | Accounting Student Helping a Local Business. | Parra Reyes, Fernando | Accounting information systems | ACCT - 146S
36252 | Lee, Jacklyn | How Differing Communication Styles Impacts Families | Frederick Anzoleaga, Clare | COMM
12549 | Brazier, Isabella | Mental Abuse in Childhood | Cortney, Candice | CSM 10
15579 | Flores, Alyssa | Sierra Resource Conservation District, Agriculture & Rangeland Program | Brady, Mara | Undergraduate Thesis through Service Learning | EES 199
37849 | Tress, Luke | Deforestation | Reece, Amber | The Scientific Method | CSM 10
16378 | Rocha, Bianca | Does Temperature Affect Reproductive Fitness in Caenorhabditis elegans? | Kendoyan, Sosse | Genetics and Cell Biology Lab | Biol 104
19163 | Barajas, Rolando | Topaz | Putirka, Keith | Mineralogy | EES 12
99040 | for Richard Vang and Krystal Timmons, Micheala Bojorquez Ford | Student Managed Enterprise-CSB Student Store | Student Managed Enterprise-CSB Student Store
23617 | Wilcox, Katelyn | Analysis of the geomorphology of burned and unburned meadows using R | Balderama, Earvin | Statistical Programming and Data Analysis | MATH 105
37217 | Siong, Lucy | CMAC Experience | Tamyra Pierce | MCJ 191I | 73473
24781 | Lozano, Jonah | Connect-4 Game | Cecotti, Hubert | Web Programming | CSci 130
37730 | Needham, Lily | How technology effects generations today | Frederick Anzoleaga, Clare | COMM

60046 | Alajmi, Tufoof | Lab experiment | Uchida, Masaki | 35479 | CHEM 12
60358 | Munoz, Ariana | Water Pollution | Reece, Amber | Evidence-Based Decision Making | CSM 15
61574 | Vu Gonzalez, Andrew | Conformational Equilibria of DCE and DBE Under Various Solutions | Closser, Kristi | Chem 111
62919 | Yang, Cheyenne | PEV Accessibility in Fresno | Weinman, Beth | Evidence-Based Decision Making | CSM 15
67343 | Piri, Keyara | Creating Educational Materials with the Fresno State Gilcrease Collection | Muller, Ulrike | Comparative Vertebrate Morphology | Biol 143
69309 | Judge, Amandeep | Our group researched the correlation between certain violent crime indicators like demographics and violent crimes. | Reece, Amber | Evidence-Based Decision Making | CSM 15
69982 | Rivera, Joseph | Effects of Salt and pH on the Hydrolysis of Pyruvic Acid Using Temperature Varied H-NMR Spectroscopy | Closser, Kristi | Chem 111
70758 | Moore, Hailey | Moving Back to Go Forward: Cultural Motivations Behind Cold War German Architecture | España-Najera, Annabella | COSS Honors | SSCI 102H
70806 | Norman, Daylon | CMAC Community Service Scholarship Program Presentation | Service Learning: CMAC Internship
74369 | Santiesteban, Jose Angel | Regional Variations in Feminicide: The Role of Human Trafficking and Maquiladoras in Mexico's Gender-Based Violence. | España-Najera, Annabella | COSS Honors | SSCI 102H
76935 | Jirde, Fathia | Natural-history collections reveal historical academic inequity - an analysis using the UC Berkeley Vertebrate collection | Muller, Ulrike | Comparative Vertebrate Morphology | Biol 143
77358 | Gonzalez, Emelyn | Modular Cloning Creation of Fc Fusion Protein, E-Selectin | Brooks, Cory | Biochemical lab Techniques | CHEM 156
77660 | Ogden, Eric Ogden | Determination of the number of Unpaired Electrons in Iron-Ligand Complexes with Evan's Balance and NMR Spectroscopy | Closser, Kristi | Chem 111
78516 | Heil, Karenna | Fining Agent Trial: Casein vs. Gelatin in Attempt to Brighten Color and Decrease Color Oxidation in a Cabernet Sauvignon Rose Wine | Pedroza-Villareal, Miguel | Cellar Operations | E166
78969 | Corchado, Raulalonso | From Paper to Digital: Helping Small Businesses with QuickBooks Online and Social Media | Parra Reyes, Fernando | Accounting information systems | ACCT - 146S
80481 | Villarmea, Royce | Analysis of metabolic shift alongside expression of protooncogenes Bcl-2 and Bax in yeast | Dejean, Laurent | Biochemical Laboratory Techniques | CHEM 156
87314 | Frauenheim, Bryn | The Importance of Financial Literacy In Undergraduate Students at Fresno State | Miele, Jennifer | 190 | CSB Honors Thesis

12495 | Gao, Zhi | X-ray machine improvement by UHS | Ho, Pei- Chun | PHYS 190 | 76420
16742 | Hayes, Simon | How wildfires affect children's health and well being | Walter, Emily | CSM 10
18533 | Vu Gonzalez, Andrew | Effect of N49Q Mutation on SEA-5 AR9.6 Binding Affinity | Brooks, Teresa | CHEM 156 | 76126
18659 | Diaz, Bionce | Effects of the expression of the tumor suppressor Bax on yeast cells expressing the proton-oncogene BCL-2. | Dejean, Laurent | Biochemistry Laboratory Techniques | CHEM 156
19965 | Cargin, Jessica | The need for electives and creativity within education | Mandaville, Alison | Rhetoric, Grammar, and Writing Instruction | ENGL 132S
21100 | Novoa Avila, Melissa | Book banning and Youth Literacy | Mandaville, Alison | Rhetoric, Grammar, and Writing Instruction | ENGL 132S
27070 | Parra, Celeste | How COVID-19 was a struggling year for students and how some studnets managed to come back when faced with adversity. | Mandaville, Alison | Rhetoric, Grammar, and Writing Instruction | ENGL 132S
30469 | Chheang, Banond | The Effects of Chalcones on Nematode Extracellular Structures | Hovhannisyan, Anahit | Physiology Lab | BIOL 169L
32162 | Nuesca, Jason | Impacts of health caused from electronic waste | Hovhannisyan, Anahit | CSM 10
34285 | Nguyen, Natalie | Cardiovascular Disease Disparities | Murray, Brandy | CSM 10
42419 | Gomez, Stan | Utilization of Chemical Tools to Track the Activity of DNA-Interacting Agents and Their Role in Human Disease | Maitra, Kalyani | CHEM 240T | 77630
46506 | Xiong, Zong | Water-Driven Natural Disasters and their Impacts on Infectious Diseases within South and Southeast Asia | Richaud, Mathieu | CSM 10-18 The Scientific Method | 76704
47069 | Sanchez, Jocelyn | Universal Learning In the Classroom | Mandaville, Alison | Rhetoric, Grammar, and Writing Instruction | ENGL 132S
52932 | Cooke, Kona | Climate Change and Cave Systems | Putirka, Keith | Mineralogy | EES 12
54590 | Fraisse, Maelys | Wildfires | Murray, Brandy | CSM 10
55515 | McCall, Ireland | Fibrous Glaucophane | Putirka, Keith | Mineralogy | EES 12
55696 | Kildirian, Rafael | How The Way Ministries... John 14:6 Fulfills Its Purpose of "Changing Lives Through Christ" | Professor Fiorentino 73598
55708 | Baldwin, Kelli | Minerology | Putirka, Keith | Mineralogy | EES 12
57060 | Baldwin, Riley | Air Pollution affects on Human Organ systems | Richaud, Mathieu | CSM 10-18 The Scientific Method | 76704
59287 | Torres, Gerardo | Brain Computer Interface program | Hovhannisyan, Anahit | Physiology Lab | BIOL 169L